Firth Park Grammar School 1961 - 1962

Taken from the 'Firparnian' magazine: June 1962

" Welcome to Counciller W. Owen as a new member of the Governing Body of the School. Mr. R. D. Hollands, B.Sc., as Head of the Mathematics Department Mr. R. T. Oliver, B.A., as Head of the Economics Department Mr. T. Higginbottom, B.A., (Geography) Mr. B. Humphreys, M.A., (History) Mr. D. Hydes, B.A., (History and English) and Mr. E. Ruding, B.Sc., (Biology) as new members of the Staff.

Miss C. Green, as Assistant Secretary. Mr. G. A. Tinkham, as Laboratory Technician. Mr. T. J. Woolley, as Assistant Laboratory Technician. 125 new boys, mainly in the First Forms, who we hope will have a happy and rewarding five to eight years with [is. 6 boys from other schools who have joined the Sixth Form.

Congratulations

to Mr. Wheeler, Mr. Burton, and Mr. Ruding on their marriages, Mr. Prince on the birth of his daughter, Mr. Pallister on the birth of his son

and Mr. Hastings on the birth of his daughter, Mr. Sutcliffe on his appointment as a Lecturer at Matlock Training College. Dr. Wood and  Mr. Haywood on the publication of "Current English Usage", and "A Second Russian Book", respectively.
Mr. Palmer, a large cast and body of helpers on their praiseworthy production of "Androcles and the Lion".
Mr. Parry and all who contributed to the success of the concert on April 5th, and the second half of the Speech Day programme.
Mr. Johnson, the Scout Parents and Scouts on the opening of the Scout Hut on Friday, May 5th, 1961- the completion of this project being a magnificent achievement.
W. G. R. Conlin on his State Scholarship and place at Balliol College, Oxford. all who have represented the City or the County in any Sport.
all who have won R.L.S.S. awards or Cycling Proficiency Certificates and badges.

David Jesinger on Ins acceptance for Voluntary Service Overseas and on the work he is doing at the Outward Bound School, Loitokitok, Kenya, and last, but by no means least, to R. S. Downing, who gained a West Riding County Exhibition, and to the following winners of Sheffield Education Committee Awards:

THANKS to:
Mrs. E. M. Draycott and family for the gift of money to purchase German books and records and a gramophone for the Modern Languages Department (see Obituary to Mr C D Draycott)..
Mr. R. Moffatt, an Old Firparnian, for the gift of some splendid working scale-models of engines, made by his father with infinite care. Mr. and Mrs. J. Walsh for the gift of weight-training equipment. J. S. Rodgers and K. G. Clark for the gift of books to the Library.
our visiting lecturers from the Manchester College of Science and Technology, and Bradford Institute of Technology, Professor Marshall of Sheffield University, and Mr. Basoah of Ghana.
those firms and organisations which entertained parties from this School in Commonwealth Technical Training Week last May and on other occasions,
the Choir who were chosen to sing at the International Carol Service at the Cathedral.
David Welch and the Prefects and Sub-Prefects who have set a new high level of helpfulness. Mr. Andrews and the Library Prefects for much voluntary work on the books.
Mr. G. Thornton of The Queen's College, Oxford, for his pleasant and valuable help in the Spring Term.
and, above all, to all masters who have given freely of their time after school, at weekends or in the holidays. The contribution they have made and continue to make to the well-being of our community is quite literally invaluable.

APOLOGIES for any inadvertent omissions from the list of those to whom appreciation is expressed.

Both congratulations and thanks to those - surely nearly all the School - who responded so magnificently to our Collection Appeal that £93. 13. 0. was sent to the Save the Children Fund, and £10 Christmas gifts to the Blind and Deaf Schools. We were impressed with the reading of our deaf visitors, deeply touched by the singing of the Blind School Choir, and very pleased to have both groups with us at Christmas Services. These visits must be repeated.

What we hope will not be repeated is the gale of February 15-16, and we must be thankful that no one was injured by flying slates, glass or roof tiles, nor by the tons of masonry which rested against the roof over Room 2.

May this magazine bring greetings to boys and masters who have left school since our last issue - particularly to Mr. Pascoe in retirement - and best wishes to all who will be taking examinations this summer, or leaving school.

MR. P. V. PASCOE
With the retirement of Mr. Pascoe at the end of the Summer Term, 1961, Firth Park severed still another link with the past. A Cornishman by birth and upbringing, and a graduate of London University, Mr. Pascoe joined the Staff of Firth Park in 1931, having previously served in other schools. On the resignation of Mr. H. Roberts, soon after the end of the war, he became Senior Geography Master, a position he held until his retirement after a total thirty years' service at the School, during which time several thousand boys must have passed through his hands and come tinder his influence. They will remember him with gratitude and affection.
From the day of his first joining Firth Park Mr. Pascoe threw himself wholeheartedly into the life of the School. Not only was he an inspiring teacher, with a thorough knowledge of his subject, but he knew how to win the confidence of his pupils. Many former pupils will remember those trips abroad which Mr. Pascoe did so much to promote and enliven - trips on which they saw sides of him which were not so easily visible in the class room, though even there he was always pre-eminently genial and human. In the Staff room he was known as a loyal colleague, with infinite patience and a dry sense of humour, who managed to get through a great deal of work with little fuss and without complaining. His presence will be sorely missed, especially by his older colleagues, who had known him for so long, but he will long be remembered by his friends on the Staff, and by the many old boys whom he had taught. We wish him and Mrs. Pascoe a long and congenial retirement, with good health to enable him to cultivate those leisure pursuits which he valued so highly.

Related information:

• Operation Vesuvius August 1962
• The Firparnian - Firth Park Grammar School Magazine
• Obituary to Mr C D Draycott
• Teachers 1962

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