10-09-2014, 16:58
(10-09-2014, 14:58)peiowl Wrote: In my day........................
Joe Collier, George Mack (headmaster), Griffen, Monty (Beaumont), Colin Smith, John Nicholls, Pharoah Smith, Killer Johnson, Alf Ridler, Polly Stansfield, SEP Presgrave, Sid Hoffmann, Tom Haller, Pole Robinson..................
Used Latin and Greek all the time when I studied Anatomy and Physiology. Helped me remember names of body parts.
And it gives me that cultured profile that I've maintained ever since.
Illegitimi non carborundum
Rerum cognoscere causas
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There were still a few of them still there when I was at HS many years later - Colin Smith, Fat Bazza, Killer, SEP & Sid. Sid was my Head of House (same as Oxon Owl).
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.