From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LI,i DECEMBER 1958 no 164
School Notes
We wrote in our issue of July 1946:
Continue reading “Dec 1958: The Development Plan”March 1959 Future of the School
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LI, ii MARCH 1959 No. 165
School Notes
At the time of the issue of our December number we were on the edge of a crisis.
Continue reading “March 1959 Future of the School”July 1959 Future of the School
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LI, iii JULY 1959 No. 166
School Notes
The problem still in our minds is that of the future of the School.
Continue reading “July 1959 Future of the School”Thomas Hill Green by F. C. Lay (1962)
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE Vol LIV,ii April 1962 no 174
F. C. (Fred) Lay, Old Boy and then Headmaster, writes:
Although T. H. Green was recognised by his contemporaries as playing a large part in the founding of the School it is surprising that we have never reproduced in the Magazine a copy of either of the two portraits which are so well-known to all who have been here, nor has any account been given in these pages of what this remarkable man was like.
Continue reading “Thomas Hill Green by F. C. Lay (1962)”The Remove
by John Nettell (1941)
In 1941, as far as I remember, fee-payers all started in 2A and scholarship boys in Remove. Why it was called Remove I do not know. I only remember being told “it is traditional” which was no answer.
Continue reading “The Remove”It could have been written by me
by George Pulley (1944-49)
“I have to respond to the article in the July Newsletter No 8 by Mike Brogden. This could have been written by me of my experiences and feelings when at school in the forties (1944-9).
When did the rot set in?
From Brian Gumm (1940-44)
After reading Mike Brogden’s cynical reminiscences of COHS in 1952-59 I found it hard to reconcile his views with those of mine. Could this be the same school? Admittedly, I was there 1940-44 and the headmaster was J.E.Badham but could it have changed that much in ten years?
Continue reading “When did the rot set in?”A sense of superiority
by Philip Hunt (1960-67)
Encouraging the debate: Lord Philip Hunt sides with Nigel Molden
(Lord) Philip Hunt (1960-67) writes:
I was very interested in Nigel Molden’s piece. Some of my experience chimes with his and I thought you might be interested in some comments.
Continue reading “A sense of superiority”About Secondary Education
December 1922 – Editorial of the School Magazine
“Certain 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.