St Edward's Rhubarb Issue 5

ST EDWARD’S r h u b a r b

Contents

Corrections We apologise for incorrectly listing S. Paul Smith’s House and years. Paul was in Cowell’s, 1947-1951. We apologise for incorrectly listing that the July 1986 cricket tour to Berlin did not take place, when it did occur. Keeping Up to Date Moved house? Changed your phone number? New email address? We love to keep in contact with OSE, so if you have changed your contact details in the last year, please do let the OSE Office know, by telephone: 01865 319438 or email ose@stedwardsoxford.org

OSE News ........................................... 21 Obituaries ........................................... 23 Events ................................................... 44 Rowing Memories ............................. 48 Martyrs Reports ................................ 50 Contacts .............................................. 55

From theWarden Society .....................................................1 Features .................................................2 Rhubarb Rhubarb .............................. 14 Archives .............................................. 15 Congratulations ................................. 18 OSE in School .................................... 20

the total number of pupils from the School who served in the Great War. Enjoy the read.

experienced the modern classroom in the company of a young man, Mike Denvir from Sing’s, and his article on this is a most entertaining read. I would commend too, amongst the many books from OSE and former members of the MCR reviewed in this issue, Chris Nathan’s book on OSE in the First World War. Since the anniversary of the start of the conflict in August 2014, I have been reading out to the School the names of those who died, as if it were in the present time, in an attempt to bring home the enormity of the loss of life. As a small school in 1914 our total losses of 120 represent a significant proportion (23%) of winners, Assemble. We follow recent leaver Albert Mitchell on his rowing adventure in America, and learn how the singing career of Edward Price began at St Edward’s and has taken him across the world. Thank you so much to so many of you who completed our survey in the summer, which you can read about on page 10. This issue of r h u b a r b coincides with the launch of our OSE Facebook page, where we will be sharing your latest news, stories and pictures, and keeping you up to date with our events and activities. The last year was so busy with events, and we are already into the events’ calendar for 2016 featuring nearly 30 different events. The full calendar can be found on the back page of r h u b a r b – I hope to see you at one of them! For the musical among you, we hope you are able to join us for the OSE music weekend in

It is always a treat to receive the latest edition of r h u b a r b and indeed each year I am astounded by the significant successes, activities and influence for the good that stem from our impressive OSE. You can see from the Editor’s introduction below the span of articles herein. Sadly, there are a number of obituaries and I would particularly commend those of Graham Cooper and Geoff Palau, both important servants of the School and former Chairmen of the Governors. The School itself is in excellent heart and it was a joy to welcome Mike Palau – the new OSE president and Geoff ’s son – into the fold for a day to “Shadow a Shell”. He

Message from the Editor

spring 2017. We will also be hosting a girls’ reunion in September 2017 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of co-education, and the 35th anniversary of the first female pupil to attend the School. Laura Hill, Alumni Relations Officer Email: ose@stedwardsoxford.org Telephone: 01865 319438

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Welcome to the latest issue of r h u b a r b ! We have been busy interviewing some of the best up-and-coming OSE forging their careers in the arts, and it has been great fun. This edition brings you interviews from Oscar- nominated film director Naji Abu Nowar and James Binning from this year’s Turner Prize

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