| [A
Report from the 1945 Prescotian] AS A
BOY REMEMBERS THEM
This year was
one never to be forgotten in the
annals of the School's history,
and one, which will always occupy
a premier place in the minds of
the scholars of the present
School. As can be seen on another
page this memorable year was not
allowed to pass without suitable
festivities.
From the boys'
point of view the function, which
aroused most enthusiasm and
delight, was the School Party,
which was held on Friday,
September 29th in the School
buildings. This was quite an
event in itself, for the last
such party was held as far back
as 1937 in celebration of the
Coronation, when tea was served
in the Hall. This time the growth
of the School in the past few
years made it necessary to
convert classrooms and even the,
laboratories into temporary
miniature restaurants, The dining
hall was used by the Senior boys
and a few Old Boys who were
present at the function, whilst
the middle school occupied the
laboratories and the lower school
the classrooms along the North
Corridor of the School.
We were very
fortunate indeed in having such a
"spread" especially
considering the war-time catering
difficulties. Our thanks must,
therefore, be extended to the.
Catering staff who through trial
and tribulation managed to
provide the necessary "
cats." We were served with
ham sandwiches and numerous
varieties of fancy cakes, and one
is not likely to forget the
rapidity with which the
heavily-loaded plates were
relieved of their contents.
After stomachs
had been duly satisfied, the
jubilant crowd of boys gathered
in the School Hall to witness a
film show, which was presented by
Mr. Lunt, of Prescot, an Old Boy
of the School. Here we had a
changing of roles, for it was
only a week later that the local
cinema was to be converted into a
temporary enlarged school hall.
Mr. Lunt presented a series of
different films, which varied in
range from light comedy to
interesting travel films. Despite
the fact that the films were
silent and obviously not the
modern Hollywood type 3bcrwn in
the local cinemas week by week,
it was most surprising to find
the great enthusiasm, which was
displayed. The younger scholars
especially showed their
appreciation of the comic films
by their hysterical laughter. We
all call to mind the Charlie
Chaplin " shop walking
" scene and the scene in
which the pet monkey, after
playing pranks upon his elephant
friend, suddenly became enveloped
in a jet of water from his "
never-forgetful " friend.
The travel films of Venice and
other artistic cities of the
world, though of a more serious
nature, were received with
appreciation.
The School
Party was the jolliest of the
Celebrations far as the boys were
concerned while, the Church
Service, held on Tuesday, 10th
October, was the most impressive.
The idea of a procession to the
Church from School delighted the
boys and the practising of the
arrangements for the procession
in the Schoolyard provided many
happy moments for the lower
school.
The annual
Speech Day ceremony was unique in
the fact that it was held in most
unusual surroundings. Here again
a practice was held the day
before, the boys being shown
their appropriate seats in the
cinema.
Throughout the
celebration period the boys gave
their whole-hearted support to
bring the celebrations to a
successful conclusion. Despite
the joviality of the School Party
and the Founder’s Day
football, every boy in the School
recognised that there was a more
serious motive behind the
festivities. All were proud to
know that they were members of
such an ancient foundation.
KW
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