SCHOOL MAGAZINE 50 YEARS AGO
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In the School Magazine of 1973-4
News of Former Staff - Miss Roper
It is sad to report that Miss Roper, who taught at the School from 1919 until 1957, died in October 1974. Many Old Girls will remember Miss Roper with respect for her integrity and high standards. We shall remember the gentle, quiet manner in which she conveyed her enthusiasm for her subject to us, especially when she took us to study the flora of her own woodland garden, or for botanical rambles along the river bank to Oliver’s. She contributed much to the School and maintained a personal interest in her former pupils whenever she came to OGA meetings after her retirement. We are most grateful for some mementoes of her time at the school and some books given to the school by her brother, Mr William Roper, on her behalf.
(Ed: I wonder what happened to the mementoes?)
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Also in that magazine:
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Coincidences! Pat Pearson Upper VI
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Both Kennedy and Lincoln were concerned with Civil Rights: Lincoln was elected in 1860 and Kennedy in 1960. Both their wives lost children while in the White House. Both Kennedy and Lincoln were killed on a Friday in the presence of their wives. Both were shot in the head from behind. J ohn Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, was born in 1839; Lee Harvey Oswald, Kennedy’s assassin, was born in 1939. Both assassins were Southerners favouring unpopular ideas and both were shot before being brought to trial.
Lincoln and Kennedy were both succeeded by a Vice President Johnson: Andrew Johnson was born in 1808; Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908. Both were southern Democrats of humble origin. Lincoln’s secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theatre that day. Kennedy’s secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him against going to Dallas.
Booth shot Lincoln and ran from a theatre into a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy and ran from a warehouse into a theatre.