GENERAL
SCHOOL NOTES, 1926
| PERSONALITIES. T. G. COWLING'S WONDERFUL SUCCESS. We all heartily congratulate T. G. Cowling on his wonderful success at Oxford, in winning the Oxford University Junior Mathematical Scholarship, an achievement which ranks him as first man in the year for Mathematics at the University. Cowling will be remembered as a Prefect of the School in 1923-24, when he was also Captain of Higham. He was present at the School Sports to give vigorous support to his old House. L.W. SNAITH. Few Sixth Formers are leaving this term, but among them we are losing one of the most distinguished, L.W. Snaith. As both Cricket and Football Captain for three years, Prefect for three years, Head Prefect for this year, Captain of Morris, and twice winner of the Victor Ludorum Cup he has played a part in the life of the School which has seldom been equalled. His winsome personality, unassuming manner, and cheerful disposition have made him one of the most popular figures in the School. To us senior fellows he seems like the last of the stalwarts, who were winning the School's victories when we were only in the Third Form. We understand that he is going to take up a commercial appointment, and both in this and in his sporting career we wish him every success. FURTHER SUCCESS OF H. E. ROBSON. We congratulate H.E. Robson on his good fortune in securing a Kitchener Scholarship to the value of £100 per annum for three years. He will have brought his school career to a triumphant close when he goes up to Cambridge in October to join A.A. Smith and A. Rabson. Among the honoured posts he has filled are those of Prefect, Chairman of the Debating Society, Captain of Whittingham; and Secretary of the Chess Club. May he worthily uphold the honour of his old School in his new sphere! A. T. PERKINS. Taking his Intermediate Science Examination this term, A.T. Perkins, one of this year's Prefects, is also leaving us. He intends to enter the teaching profession. We hope he will make a model master for our sons and grandsons! G. H. TAYLOR. The Upper VA Prefect is another distinguished figure who is leaving this term. For three seasons he has proved a stalwart goal-keeper for the lst XI, and he has also won his laurels at cricket. We hope that by the time this number appears, he will have secured his Matriculation Certificate, for which he has been working so furiously. NEW PREFECTS. We congratulate M. Thorogood and W. Acres of Upper VB on their elevation to the prefectorial rank, and we must again congratulate the former on his election as Vice-Captain of the lst XI for cricket. A.E.H. (VIth). A WELCOME REFORM. The names chosen were, with the exception
of Morris, those of well-known people connected with the School. Mr. Wm. Elliot
Whittingham was a treasurer of the School (1886-1896), and it is to him that we
owe the revival of the School towards the end of the last century, and the
building of a Chemistry Laboratory. Mr. Allpass, affectionately known as the
"Guv'nor," was Headmaster of the School (1886-1903). Mr. John Higham, whose
death has just taken place, was for many years a Governor and one of the
closest friends of the School. William Morris was not, so far as we know, in
any way connected with the School, but he is the one Walthamstow man whose fame
has to any extent passed beyond the boundaries of the town, and it was fitting
that his name should be commemorated in connection with its chief school. |