Commemoration Day at Denstone College: Wednesday was Commemoration Day at Denstone College, when there was a large gathering of parents and friends of the boys. Service in the chapel was conducted by the provost (the Rev. A. Talbot, M.A.). The preacher was the Bishop of Southampton, Provost of Lancing. The distribution of prizes subsequently took place in the large schoolroom. The Provost of Denstone presided, and amongst others present were the Bishop of Southampton, the Ven. Archdeacon Lane, Sir Arthur and Lady Heywood, and the Misses Heywood, Miss Ethel Heywood, Mia Monies Heywood, the Hon. Mr. Alexander, Lady Pinsent, Canon Madan, Mr. Raikes (Unionist candidate for West Derbyshire), and Mrs. Raikes, the Rev. F, Wrottesley, the Rev. F. A. Hibbert (Headmaster of Worksop), and the Rev. D. Edwardes (Headmaster of Denstone.) The provost explained that they had been unable to proceed with the erection of the new science block during the year, as he had hoped to do, mainly because their architect (Mr. Bertram Heywood) had had to go out to the war in command of the Manchester Company of volunteers. They now hoped to include in the new science building a training college for secondary masters, which they were told was one of the crying needs of the time, and a preparatory school for younger boys. He claimed that they had justified their position as a great public school, by turning out not only strong and good men, but learned men. — The Headmaster reported that during the year 108 new boys had entered the school, nearly twice the usual number. Six boys had gained scholarships and exhibitions at Oxford and Cambridge, and in the higher certificates examination they had gained 19 certificates and 10 distinctions. Two more scholarships were gained at the Universities by Denstonians in residence there; nine had taken their degrees in honours and one had gained the gold medal at Dublin. The prizes were distributed by Lady Heywood, to whom a vote of thanks was afterwards accorded on the motion of the Archdeacon of Stoke — The school choir having sung the school song “Carmen Denstonenes” the company adjourned for luncheon to the dining hall; the President presided: …
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GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922