April 1947 – EditorialLovers of statistics will probably find some subtle and abstruse connection between the date 1881, 1895 and 1947. These were all hard winters. That of 1881 was remarkable for its snow and old Oxford residents can remember piles of it that were thrown over Magdalen Bridge until it was level with the… Continue reading The Winter of 1946/7
Category: School Magazine
A random selection of articles
Collecting and Digging for Victory
From wartime magazine no 3 January 1942Almost everyone seems to be busy collectinq something or other these days to help the war effort, and the members of the School have proved themselves no exception to the rule. Apart from our efforts in the National Savings Scheme, of which details are given elsewhere, boys have made… Continue reading Collecting and Digging for Victory
A Limerick by “Mayhunto”
March 1908 “There was a young fellow from Perth,Who was born on the day of his birth.He was married, they say,On his wife’s wedding day,And he died on his last day on earth.” Was this the original limerick on this topic?
About Secondary Education
December 1922 – EditorialCertain people are now demanding that all children shall have a ‘secondary’ education, and this, without considering the cost or the advantage [sic] to the nation. For our part we cannot see how this is to be done, unless the whole system of elementary education is changed, and all the schools in… Continue reading About Secondary Education
The COS Old Boys’ Machine-Gun Platoon
July 1932 In the Old Boys’ section of the school magazine of July 1932 it is announced that the Old Boys have formed a Machine-Gun Platoon in conjunction with the Machine-Gun Company of the 4th Bn. Oxf. and Bucks Lt Infantry. “Recruits sign on as Territorials for four years and are required to do a… Continue reading The COS Old Boys’ Machine-Gun Platoon