THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ii April 1966 no 185
Ian (Spud) Taylor writes:
Continue reading “The School Badge”Mar 1959 Future of the School threatened
THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LI, ii MARCH 1959 No. 165
Commentary from the Old Oxford Citizens’ Society
It is possible that some Old Boys particularly remote from Oxford may not yet be familiar with the angry controversy that is raging over the future of the City of Oxford School.
Continue reading “Mar 1959 Future of the School threatened”Nixon’s School: A Precursor
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVI, ii March 1964 no 180
From Ian (Spud) Taylor
The Reformation had led to the establishment of grammar schools in many sizeable towns in England but not in Oxford. Wolsey, who had bestowed such liberality on Christ Church, had preferred to build a school in his native Ipswich. Yet, as time went on, it became apparent that neither Magdalen Grammar School, incorporated as it was within the walls and community of the College, nor the choir schools of New College and Christ Church by concentrating on their primary purpose were meeting the needs of many local boys.
Continue reading “Nixon’s School: A Precursor”No 1 Priority in 1939
THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LI, I DECEMBER 1958 No. 164
School Notes
We wrote in our issue of July 1946: “The Development Plan for Education in the City of Oxford has been promulgated and has been accepted by the Council and forwarded to the Minister.
Continue reading “No 1 Priority in 1939”Lord Salter (1890-99)
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LIII, ii MARCH 1961 No. 171
Lord Salter, after whom Salter House was named, was at the School from 1890-99, and was the first Treasurer of the Old Boys Club between 1903 and 1906.
Continue reading “Lord Salter (1890-99)”George Wright
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LIV, iii JULY 1962 no 175
‘ Labuntur anni nec pietas moram ‘ — as for our Headmaster, so for ‘George’ — a name that Mr. George Wright has borne with distinction in our midst since the early ’30s, when he joined the staff and developed the teaching of History as a Sixth Form subject.
Continue reading “George Wright”The School Magazine: End of an Experiment
THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, iii JULY 1966 No. 186
A Tribute by FC Lay (1908-1915) and Headmaster (1944-1962): ‘The Headmaster [R. W. Bodey] has kindly invited me to add my tribute to the value of the MAGAZINE throughout its sixty-three years of life.‘
The Magazine
Continue reading “The School Magazine: End of an Experiment”Changes of Staff in 1959
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE Vol LI,iii JULY 1959
School Notes
It makes for continuity and tradition on a School Staff when changes are infrequent.
Continue reading “Changes of Staff in 1959”Valedictory – The Final Edition
THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ili JULY 1966 No. 186
School Notes
With this issue, the C.O.H.S. MagazIne must come to an end.
Continue reading “Valedictory – The Final Edition”Theodore Wm. Chaundy (1889-1966)
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, iii JULY 1966 No. 186
It falls to the lot of the last issue of the School Magazine to report the passing of one of its very distinguished Old Boys, who, at the time of his death, was also Chairman of Governors, a post which he had held since 1952.
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