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I had sincerely hoped that it would not be necessary for me to
contribute this portion of the magazine this term, for I had trusted that
Mr.Llewellyn would be with us once more. The great loss
which he sustained in the death of his younger son compelled him to tender
his resignation to the London County Council. We are extremely sorry to
lose his kindly leadership. Few, if any, placed their trouble to him and
did not receive patient consideration and timely help or advice. In return
we give him our best wishes for a quiet, peaceful retirement - if possible
in that spot in Wales which has always been dear to him and which is
doubly so now.
Since Christmas we have had another “moving day”. One over which we had
more control than the great moving day in September last. A Church School
in St.John’s, near Woking, was placed at our disposal, and though it was a
mere shell and lacked most of the refinements of modern school buildings,
it gave us the great opportunity of being a complete school by ourselves,
and the still greater opportunity of being able to work on a full time
basis.
It was not long before the many necessary items of school furniture were
sent from London and installed in the five classrooms and hall, and on
Jan.22. the exodus from the Goldsworth Central School to the promised land
at St.John’s was completed. Time has shown that our move to this new home
was a wise one.
Movement has not been confined to the location of the school. Mr.McCaulay
and Mr.Alexander left us early in February, not to fields and pastures
new, but to bricks and mortar old, for they have returned to London.
Mr.Cole has rejoined us from Maidenhead, but we are sorry that the long
expected move of our contingent at Maidenhead has not yet been
accomplished.
Our move to St.John’s has enabled us to restore another feature of our
school organisation. We have pleasure in congratulating Artes, Chapple,
Craggs and Corp on being elected prefects, and Franks on becoming School
Captain. We would also like to make good an omission by tending our
congratulations to Harold Roberts as winner of the Old Elliottonian
Memorial Prize and to Ronald Bradley, John Gunner, Arthur Hathaway, Victor
Proctor and Rueben Wheeler, who successfully gained the Oxford School
Certificate.
H.W.H.
Note: this is a transcription of a
document at the London Metropolitan Archives researched and copied by June Broomer
(Austin).
Reproduced above is the original first page.
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