From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ii April 1966 no 185 As promised in our July issue and thanks to Mr. I. H. Taylor’s copy of it, we are able to furnish the MAGAZINE with the photograph taken by T. E. Lawrence in which he himself appears.
Tag: Period/Early Days
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 – 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.
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.
Experiences in France in 1916
by ADC (Passed by Censor) This is a personal indulgence by Mike Chew who read the article – of which this passage is just the beginning – in the Oxford High School Magazine of December 1916. He left it to others to react in their own way. September 27th 1916 “I had the greatest day… Continue reading Experiences in France in 1916
WW1 Service Distinctions
The numbers of Old Boys serving in the 1st World War – or the Great War as it was known then – was 580. In a school with a nominal intake of 120 pupils per annum that is a huge percentage:
Sir H S Souttar (at School around 1890)
Sir Henry Sessions Souttar (1875 -1964) was an eminent surgeon. One of his books, “A Surgeon in Belgium”, dealt with his experiences in the First World War. It was first published in 1915 by Edward Arnold and is still available in a recent reprint (ISBN: 1428054154). Souttar became famous for his “Hole in the Heart”… Continue reading Sir H S Souttar (at School around 1890)
The School Roll of Service 1914-18
The transcript below is of a talk was given by Professor Adrian Gregory, the guest speaker at the COSA Annual Luncheon of 2017. It is a comprehensive review of the participation of Old Boys and Staff in the First World War.
T E Lawrence (1896-1907)
A Speech by Mr Churchill If you have not landed here from that page, you can read about the circumstances of this speech here “Mr. President: Although more than year has passed since Lawrence was taken from us, the impression of his personality remains living and vivid upon the minds of his friends, and the… Continue reading T E Lawrence (1896-1907)
A T Pollard 1881 -1898
From the unfinished School Historyby Geoffrey Hart Chapter 1: A Very Good Start – The Headmastership of A T Pollard The following résumé on the History of the School is taken from the work of Geoffrey Hart (COSA’s first Chairman) just before he died. These cover the first years of our School until Mr Cave… Continue reading A T Pollard 1881 -1898