Staff Notes 05 (1959-60)

IN September, 1959, the following members of staff joined the school - we bid them welcome:

Mrs. M. J. Scott joined the staff last year to specialise in Zoology and Botany. Although she teaches only part-time, Mrs. Scott has had no difficulty in adapting herself to the eccentricities of an otherwise male Common Room and to the austerity of a boys' school. The Biology Sixth, on the other hand, have learnt to accept the fact that feminine charm can be a concomitant of, rather than a substitute for, a firm insistence on hard work and high standards. Mrs. Scott has never been known to disapprove of her male colleagues though it is thought that she dislikes their tea-making arrangements.

Mr. P. Cahill (Diploma in Physical Education, Loughborough College) is another Loughborough export to reach us in good condition. Although he naturally spends much of his time in the gym, or on the games field, he is also a member of the English Department, which is in a constant state of terror lest he carry out his threats to take it for a run. A man of wide interests, Mr. Cahill is equally familiar with the achievements of Eliot (TS) and Elliott (Herb). He is probably the only man on the staff who has run a marathon and sat through the full version of Man and Superman-and enjoyed both experiences.

Mr. B. J. Clarke (B.Sc., London) joined the school after teaching at Wembley. One of his interests is indicated by the little wasp on his Rugby shirt, which buzzes angrily when the Second XV falter. His considerable resilience was severely tested when he found that, through no fault of his own, his very name was likely to prove a handicap at Saint Nicholas. He soon became associated with youth and progress, however.

Mr. D. Dixon B.A. (Hons.), Cantab came from Christ's College, where he was an Exhibitioner, to join Mr. Winter in the Classics Department. He is himself an answer to those who decry the value of a classical training. In Mr. Dixon's case it has certainly impaired neither versatility nor a sense of humour. His anecdotes concerning Cambridge college life—a kind of "Dixon und Wahrheit"— immediately found him a special niche in the Common Room as magnae spes altera Romae.

P.L.P.C.