No 34 - December 1937 - Southgate County School

36 Southgate County School Magazine-
Warren, to say a few words before he made the actual presentation.
Mr. Warren thanked the Headmaster for two things. Firstly
for inviting him on the platform that day and secondly for leaving
him so little to say; he felt the Headmaster had said it all himself.
He was thankful that there was so little to be said, for though
he had much to say there was difficulty in saying it. It was hard
to part from two one had known close on thirty years, in friendship
all the time and as colleagues most of it. He well remembered
the time when he came across each of, them. If he might
take Miss Philipson as the more recent he had seen her first in
1910 a'nd it was at a meeting of the Education Committee. Mr.
Warren remembered her so well and particularly one thing about
that year was that the fashion in hats was so different from what
it is to-day. He remembered the ladies who appeared on that
occasion wore big wide hats and if you could only get a photograph
of Miss Philipson at that period and the Headmaster would
put it among those pictures he had for competition all would
guess it to be a Gainsborough.
Miss Barham he met a little earlier in 1910. They first
began the idea of amalgamating the two schools and Sir William
Glyn-Jones and Lady'Jones had the happy idea of bringing Miss-
Barham and himself together so that they might know one
another better. Mr. Warren said what a formidable thing it was
to meet a Headmistress and he thought Miss Barham might
remember his shyness on that occasion.
In 1911. Miss Philipson appeared and Mr. Warren thought he
might refer to that as the Historic period. He felt he must refer
to Miss Barham's period as the pre-historic period but there was
a period anterior to each of these and he could only call that the
fossil period. He did not wish to speak of the past. He wished
to speak of his two friends of the future. That meeting would
soon be over but they would always be meeting old scholars
outside who would be pleased to meet them; when they visited
the school they would be greeted with smiles by those comingdownstairs
as they met them. They would be cordially received
in the Staff Rooms and from their successors he hoped they would
receive the same kind welcome he had always • received from his,
It only remained for him to join with all itv wishing them both a
long period of comparative rest and absolute happiness.
The Headmaster then asked Miss Barham and Miss .Philipson
on behalf of the school to accept envelopes with their contents
as a very small token of esteem and regard. " Our hoard islittle,
but our hearts are great."
Miss Barham, in thanking the Headmaster, Staff, and boys
and girls of the school, said this was a moment that had clouded
her days and haunted her nights for two years and now it had
come it was even worse than she had expected it to be. She had
just one word to say but she must say it many times over. First
she thanked the Headmaster for putting up with her for '&, long.
Also she thanked the Staff for all the great friendliness they had