No 34 - December 1937 - Southgate County School

34 Southgate County School Magazine
then to the Ahr Valley and Ahrveil. I also saw the wonders of
the Eifel—the wooded hills, and the vineyards and the farms and
villages, high up in the hills and the oxen along the country
roads. These car drives in so many ways were never-to-be-forgotten
joys. I had never seen such wonderful country and views
before.
All too soon these exciting weeks came to an end and
" Aufwiedersehen " had to be said as we prepared to leave the
country of so many great memories. It was 1 a clear night with
starlit sky as we journeyed to Ostende; we caught sight of the
lighthouse far from the town itself. The sea was as calm " As
a millpond " and it was a strange sensation moving silently over
•the sea! At long last I saw light on the horizon. It was
England in sight!
As we left Dover dawn was slowly breaking and how
.strangely beautiful were our glimpses- of the grey misty sea with
occasional yachts appearing on the horizon. We"" crawled "
up to dirty smoky London and at last reached familiar Victoria
Station. We had left our new friends behind us with promises of
reunions, but how grand it was to be back once more in England
with old friends to greet us.
Stella Schooling. 6a Science.
a a a
FAREWELL.
The School has suffered very severe losses in recent years
owing to the retirement of several members of the Staff who were
present in the very early days of the school and have grown up
with the school so that they seemed to be an inseparable part of
it. We seem in fact to have become almost accustomed to saying
good-bye to trusted friends, teachers and colleagues. More
than one generation of old scholars of the Southgate County
School will feel when they visit the school again that there is a
blank that cannot be filled now that Miss Barham and Miss
Philipson have gone. There is'no need for us to attempt here an
•estimate of the services that these two ladies rendered the school
during a period of over twenty years. It would also be difficult
to find words to express the feelings of deep regret and sorrow
which encompassed us at the end of the Summer term when we
realised that the moment of parting .had actually arrived. A
large number of old boys and girls were present on the new
sports ground on Friday, July 23rd, when the Old Scholars said
farewell and made presentations to Miss Barham and Miss Philipson
as a token of their high regard for them, of their appreciation
of the immeasurable service they had both performed for the
school, and their best wishes for long and happy years in retirement
Ȯn the following Wednesday the school term ended and at
the final assembly in the hall the Headmaster and also our former
Headmaster. Mr. Warren, spoke on behalf of the Staff and