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	"There are so many distractions to a young person nowadays that some of ~~the~~ appear to find it difficult to fit school in. The art of concentration is a valuable one, and parents could do a lot to encourage it at home. It is not unusual to find people flitting from activity to activity, and I am distressed to find that, in spite of the myriad of hobbies now available, there still seem to be people who say 'What is there to do?'		"There are so many distractions to a young person nowadays that some of them appear to find it difficult to fit school in. The art of concentration is a valuable one, and parents could do a lot to encourage it at home. It is not unusual to find people flitting from activity to activity, and I am distressed to find that, in spite of the myriad of hobbies now available, there still seem to be people who say 'What is there to do?'

	"Inventions come in an unbroken succession, but the capacity of the human brain has not increased, and I cannot see that anything has yet been devised to take the place of some of the tried personal qualities of reliability, concentration, hard work and, above all, an interest in doing a job well,"		"Inventions come in an unbroken succession, but the capacity of the human brain has not increased, and I cannot see that anything has yet been devised to take the place of some of the tried personal qualities of reliability, concentration, hard work and, above all, an interest in doing a job well,"
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	Mr Waddams' report stated that they had sent boys this year to [[Wikipedia:University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]], [[Wikipedia:Durham University\|Durham]] and [[Wikipedia:University of Nottingham\|Nottingham]] Universities, [[Wikipedia:University of Hull\|University College, Hull]], and [[Wikipedia:Loughborough University\|Loughborough College]], all on degree courses, whilst [[Peter Luff\|P E Luff]], last year's senior prefect has been accepted at [[Wikipedia:Christ's College, Cambridge\|Christ's College]], but was doing his [[Wikipedia:Conscription in the United Kingdom\|National Service]] first. [[Mike Pinner\|M J Pinner]] delighted everyone by being selected for [[Wikipedia:Cambridge University A.F.C.\|Cambridge University association football team]] in his first term.		Mr Waddams' report stated that they had sent boys this year to [[Wikipedia:University of Cambridge\|Cambridge]], [[Wikipedia:Durham University\|Durham]] and [[Wikipedia:University of Nottingham\|Nottingham]] Universities, [[Wikipedia:University of Hull\|University College, Hull]], and [[Wikipedia:Loughborough University\|Loughborough College]], all on degree courses, whilst [[Peter Luff\|P E Luff]], last year's senior prefect has been accepted at [[Wikipedia:Christ's College, Cambridge\|Christ's College]], but was doing his [[Wikipedia:Conscription in the United Kingdom\|National Service]] first. [[Mike Pinner\|M J Pinner]] delighted everyone by being selected for [[Wikipedia:Cambridge University A.F.C.\|Cambridge University association football team]] in his first term.

	"The second year of the [[Wikipedia:GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)\|General Certificate of Education\|]] produced numerically approximately the same number of passes in different subjects, but the general grades attained were rather higher than last year." the headmaster went on. "In future, the Examination Board is again being allowed to award distinctions as well as passes, and this should encourage the better boy to aim at a really first-class result. A pass in the General Certificate of Education is equivalent to a credit in the old [[Wikipedia:School Certificate (United Kingdom)\|School Certificate]], and that increase in standard is bound to re-act unfavourably on the results of the type of boy who used to be able to scrape through the School Certificate. passes in each individual subject are noted on the certificate, and no special group of subjects is required.		"The second year of the [[Wikipedia:GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)\|General Certificate of Education]] produced numerically approximately the same number of passes in different subjects, but the general grades attained were rather higher than last year." the headmaster went on. "In future, the Examination Board is again being allowed to award distinctions as well as passes, and this should encourage the better boy to aim at a really first-class result. A pass in the General Certificate of Education is equivalent to a credit in the old [[Wikipedia:School Certificate (United Kingdom)\|School Certificate]], and that increase in standard is bound to re-act unfavourably on the results of the type of boy who used to be able to scrape through the School Certificate. passes in each individual subject are noted on the certificate, and no special group of subjects is required.

	Mr Waddams gave a comprehensive review of sports activities, referred to various members of the staff who had left during the year and welcomed as new members [[Tom West\|Mr T R J West]], from [[Wikipedia:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge\|Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]], [[David Godfrey\|Mr D E J Godfrey]], of [[Wikipedia:St Catherine's College, Oxford\|St Catherine's Society, Oxford]], [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Veale\|Mr L Veale]], [[Wikipedia:Queen's College, Oxford\|Queen's College, Oxford]], and [[Ken Whittle\|Mr K H E Whittle]], from [[Wikipedia:University of Birmingham\|Birmingham University]] and the [[Wikipedia:Royal Air Force\|RAF]]. [[Philip Marshall\|Mr J P Marshall]], organist of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|Boston Parish Church]], now came in part-time to take charge of the music, while [[Mrs C M Clark]] came as headmaster's secretary, he added.		Mr Waddams gave a comprehensive review of sports activities, referred to various members of the staff who had left during the year and welcomed as new members [[Tom West\|Mr T R J West]], from [[Wikipedia:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge\|Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]], [[David Godfrey\|Mr D E J Godfrey]], of [[Wikipedia:St Catherine's College, Oxford\|St Catherine's Society, Oxford]], [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Veale\|Mr L Veale]], [[Wikipedia:Queen's College, Oxford\|Queen's College, Oxford]], and [[Ken Whittle\|Mr K H E Whittle]], from [[Wikipedia:University of Birmingham\|Birmingham University]] and the [[Wikipedia:Royal Air Force\|RAF]]. [[Philip Marshall\|Mr J P Marshall]], organist of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|Boston Parish Church]], now came in part-time to take charge of the music, while [[Mrs C M Clark]] came as headmaster's secretary, he added.

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	"The second year of the [[Wikipedia:GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)\|General Certificate of Education\|]] produced numerically approximately the same number of passes in different subjects, but the general grades attained were rather higher than last year." the headmaster went on. "In future, the Examination Board is again being allowed to award distinctions as well as passes, and this should encourage the better boy to aim at a really first-class result. A pass in the General Certificate of Education is equivalent to a credit in the old [[Wikipedia:School Certificate (United Kingdom)\|School Certificate]], and that increase in standard is bound to re-act unfavourably on the results of the type of boy who used to be able to scrape through the School Certificate. passes in each individual subject are noted on the certificate, and no special group of subjects is required.		"The second year of the [[Wikipedia:GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)\|General Certificate of Education\|]] produced numerically approximately the same number of passes in different subjects, but the general grades attained were rather higher than last year." the headmaster went on. "In future, the Examination Board is again being allowed to award distinctions as well as passes, and this should encourage the better boy to aim at a really first-class result. A pass in the General Certificate of Education is equivalent to a credit in the old [[Wikipedia:School Certificate (United Kingdom)\|School Certificate]], and that increase in standard is bound to re-act unfavourably on the results of the type of boy who used to be able to scrape through the School Certificate. passes in each individual subject are noted on the certificate, and no special group of subjects is required.

	Mr Waddams gave a comprehensive review of sports activities, referred to various members of the staff who had left during the year and welcomed as new members [[Tom West\|Mr T R J West]], from [[Wikipedia:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge\|Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]], [[David Godfrey\|Mr D E J Godfrey]], of [[Wikipedia:St Catherine's College, Oxford\|St Catherine's Society, Oxford]], [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Veale\|Mr L Veale]], [[Wikipedia:Queen's College, Oxford\|Queen's College]], and [[Ken Whittle\|Mr K H E Whittle]], from [[Wikipedia:University of Birmingham\|Birmingham University]] and the [[Wikipedia:Royal Air Force\|RAF]]. [[Philip Marshall\|Mr J P Marshall]], organist of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|Boston Parish Church]], now came in part-time to take charge of the music, while [[Mrs C M Clark]] came as headmaster's secretary, he added.		Mr Waddams gave a comprehensive review of sports activities, referred to various members of the staff who had left during the year and welcomed as new members [[Tom West\|Mr T R J West]], from [[Wikipedia:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge\|Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]], [[David Godfrey\|Mr D E J Godfrey]], of [[Wikipedia:St Catherine's College, Oxford\|St Catherine's Society, Oxford]], [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Veale\|Mr L Veale]], [[Wikipedia:Queen's College, Oxford\|Queen's College, Oxford]], and [[Ken Whittle\|Mr K H E Whittle]], from [[Wikipedia:University of Birmingham\|Birmingham University]] and the [[Wikipedia:Royal Air Force\|RAF]]. [[Philip Marshall\|Mr J P Marshall]], organist of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|Boston Parish Church]], now came in part-time to take charge of the music, while [[Mrs C M Clark]] came as headmaster's secretary, he added.

	Other school activities were also fully reviewed in the report.		Other school activities were also fully reviewed in the report.

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	"The second year of the [[Wikipedia:GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)\|General Certificate of Education\|]] produced numerically approximately the same number of passes in different subjects, but the general grades attained were rather higher than last year." the headmaster went on. "In future, the Examination Board is again being allowed to award distinctions as well as passes, and this should encourage the better boy to aim at a really first-class result. A pass in the General Certificate of Education is equivalent to a credit in the old [[Wikipedia:School Certificate (United Kingdom)\|School Certificate]], and that increase in standard is bound to re-act unfavourably on the results of the type of boy who used to be able to scrape through the School Certificate. passes in each individual subject are noted on the certificate, and no special group of subjects is required.		"The second year of the [[Wikipedia:GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)\|General Certificate of Education\|]] produced numerically approximately the same number of passes in different subjects, but the general grades attained were rather higher than last year." the headmaster went on. "In future, the Examination Board is again being allowed to award distinctions as well as passes, and this should encourage the better boy to aim at a really first-class result. A pass in the General Certificate of Education is equivalent to a credit in the old [[Wikipedia:School Certificate (United Kingdom)\|School Certificate]], and that increase in standard is bound to re-act unfavourably on the results of the type of boy who used to be able to scrape through the School Certificate. passes in each individual subject are noted on the certificate, and no special group of subjects is required.

	Mr Waddams gave a comprehensive review of sports activities, referred to various members of the staff who had left during the year and welcomed as new members [[Tom West\|Mr T R J West]], from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, [[David Godfrey\|Mr D E J Godfrey]], of [[Wikipedia:St Catherine's College, Oxford\|St Catherine's Society, Oxford]], [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Veale\|Mr L Veale]], [[Wikipedia:Queen's College, Oxford\|Queen's College]], and [[Ken Whittle\|Mr K H E Whittle]], from [[Wikipedia:University of Birmingham\|Birmingham University]] and the [[Wikipedia:Royal Air Force\|RAF]]. [[Philip Marshall\|Mr J P Marshall]], organist of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|Boston Parish Church]], now came in part-time to take charge of the music, while [[Mrs C M Clark]] came as headmaster's secretary, he added.		Mr Waddams gave a comprehensive review of sports activities, referred to various members of the staff who had left during the year and welcomed as new members [[Tom West\|Mr T R J West]], from [[Wikipedia:Corpus Christi College, Cambridge\|Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]], [[David Godfrey\|Mr D E J Godfrey]], of [[Wikipedia:St Catherine's College, Oxford\|St Catherine's Society, Oxford]], [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Veale\|Mr L Veale]], [[Wikipedia:Queen's College, Oxford\|Queen's College]], and [[Ken Whittle\|Mr K H E Whittle]], from [[Wikipedia:University of Birmingham\|Birmingham University]] and the [[Wikipedia:Royal Air Force\|RAF]]. [[Philip Marshall\|Mr J P Marshall]], organist of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston\|Boston Parish Church]], now came in part-time to take charge of the music, while [[Mrs C M Clark]] came as headmaster's secretary, he added.

	Other school activities were also fully reviewed in the report.		Other school activities were also fully reviewed in the report.
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	===Grammar School Prize-Day===		===Grammar School Prize-Day===
	Recipients of prizes at Boston Grammar School speech-day yesterday were:		Recipients of prizes at Boston Grammar School speech-day yesterday were:

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The 1952 [[Boston Grammar School]] [[Speech Day]] took place on 16 December at the Regal Cinema, Boston<ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/48205 Regal Cinema] - Cinema Treasures</ref>.

==Newspaper Report==

''From the [[Boston Guardian]], 17 December 1952''

<blockquote>
===Yesterday's Speech-Day at Boston===
"There is a real danger of being spoon-fed and not having to use one's ingenuity and talents to provide interests," said [[Leslie Thomas Waddams|Mr L T Waddams]], headmaster of Boston Grammar School speaking at yesterday's speech-day of the school at Boston Regal Cinema.

He commented:-

"There are so many distractions to a young person nowadays that some of the appear to find it difficult to fit school in. The art of concentration is a valuable one, and parents could do a lot to encourage it at home. It is not unusual to find people flitting from activity to activity, and I am distressed to find that, in spite of the myriad of hobbies now available, there still seem to be people who say 'What is there to do?'

"Inventions come in an unbroken succession, but the capacity of the human brain has not increased, and I cannot see that anything has yet been devised to take the place of some of the tried personal qualities of reliability, concentration, hard work and, above all, an interest in doing a job well,"

Mr Waddams' report stated that they had sent boys this year to [[Wikipedia:University of Cambridge|Cambridge]], [[Wikipedia:Durham University|Durham]] and [[Wikipedia:University of Nottingham|Nottingham]] Universities, [[Wikipedia:University of Hull|University College, Hull]], and [[Wikipedia:Loughborough University|Loughborough College]], all on degree courses, whilst [[Peter Luff|P E Luff]], last year's senior prefect has been accepted at [[Wikipedia:Christ's College, Cambridge|Christ's College]], but was doing his [[Wikipedia:Conscription in the United Kingdom|National Service]] first. [[Mike Pinner|M J Pinner]] delighted everyone by being selected for [[Wikipedia:Cambridge University A.F.C.|Cambridge University association football team]] in his first term.

"The second year of the [[Wikipedia:GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)|General Certificate of Education|]] produced numerically approximately the same number of passes in different subjects, but the general grades attained were rather higher than last year." the headmaster went on. "In future, the Examination Board is again being allowed to award distinctions as well as passes, and this should encourage the better boy to aim at a really first-class result. A pass in the General Certificate of Education is equivalent to a credit in the old [[Wikipedia:School Certificate (United Kingdom)|School Certificate]], and that increase in standard is bound to re-act unfavourably on the results of the type of boy who used to be able to scrape through the School Certificate. passes in each individual subject are noted on the certificate, and no special group of subjects is required.

Mr Waddams gave a comprehensive review of sports activities, referred to various members of the staff who had left during the year and welcomed as new members [[Tom West|Mr T R J West]], from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, [[David Godfrey|Mr D E J Godfrey]], of [[Wikipedia:St Catherine's College, Oxford|St Catherine's Society, Oxford]], [[Wikipedia:Lawrence Veale|Mr L Veale]], [[Wikipedia:Queen's College, Oxford|Queen's College]], and [[Ken Whittle|Mr K H E Whittle]], from [[Wikipedia:University of Birmingham|Birmingham University]] and the [[Wikipedia:Royal Air Force|RAF]]. [[Philip Marshall|Mr J P Marshall]], organist of [[Wikipedia:St Botolph's Church, Boston|Boston Parish Church]], now came in part-time to take charge of the music, while [[Mrs C M Clark]] came as headmaster's secretary, he added.

Other school activities were also fully reviewed in the report.

Prizes were presented by Professor J A Steers<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/633710?seq=1 Obituary: James Alfred Steers, CBE, 1899-1987] - JSTOR</ref>, of St Catherine's College, Cambridge. The Mayor (Coun Mrs Alice S Johnson) and the Mayoress (Mrs W W Johnson) were present.
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===Grammar School Prize-Day===
Recipients of prizes at Boston Grammar School speech-day yesterday were:

====Public Examinations====
Passes at advanced stand - were as follows:- [[W H Arliss]] (maths, further maths, phys, chem), [[J A Brian]] (French), [[L A Brooks]] (French, English), [[A M Catling]] (art), [[J B Chapman]] (French, geog), [[P N Day]] (maths, phys, chem), [[R N Everett]] (French, religious knowledge), [[R A Harrison]] (maths, further maths, phys, chem), [[P L Lingard]] (maths, phys), [[Peter Luff|P E Luff]] (French, English, German), [[Mike Pinner|M J Pinner]] (maths, further maths, phys), [[P D Richardson]] (French, English, German), [[C E Riches]] (maths, further maths, phys, chem), [[B T Smith]] (maths, further maths, phys, chem), [[A E Vere]] (maths), [[D Wade]] (maths, chem).

The following boys passed in five or more subjects at ordinary standard:- [[J Blundy]], [[A Burrows]], [[B Clayton]], [[M B Cox]], [[J H M Fox]], [[J F Gelsthorpe]], [[J M Gould]], [[A Heath]], [[J L Leatherland]], [[P R Loveley]], [[B H Manning]], [[J Morley]], [[G P Riches]], [[C R Saunders]], [[C E Swift]], [[R Taylor]] and [[G Wain]].

[[Parry Gold Medal|Parry medal]]: [[Peter Luff|P E Luff]]

[[Dennis Commonwealth Prize|Dennis Empire prize]]: [[Peter Luff|P E Luff]]

[[Ogle Divinity Prize]]: [[R N Everett]]

[[Hill Classics Prize|Hill Classics prize]]: [[Peter Luff|P E Luff]]

[[Scorer Local Knowledge|Scorer prizes]]: Senior. [[Peter Luff|P E Luff]]; middle, [[R H Hawkins]]; junior, [[A F Budge]] and [[Richard Stanwell|R Stanwell]]

Form 6a: [[W H Arliss]], [[R A Harrison]], [[Mike Pinner|M J Pinner]], [[C E Riches]], [[Peter Luff|P E Luff]] and [[P D Richardson]]

Form 6b: [[B M Worrall]]

Form 5: [[J D Lowe]], [[A Burrows]], [[M B Cox]] and [[J H M Fox]]

Form 4a: [[D A Smith]], [[Terry Gibson|T A Gibson]] and [[I W Forman]]

Form 4b: [[T M Hildred]]

Form 3a: [[J E Odling]], [[Edward Hackford:E A Hackford]] and [[Robert Sheehan|R M Sheehan]]

Form 3b: [[H Slator]], [[J E Stannard]] and [[A E Stacey]]

Form 3c: [[T A Wright]]

Form 2a: [[C Harrison]], [[C Naylor]], [[G C Solomon]] and [[T R Dunn]]

Form 2b: [[S N Sharp]] and [[D Ancliff]]

Form 1a: [[C A Kitchen]], [[D Jones]], [[R P R Johnson]] and [[John Allday|F J Allday]]

Form 1b: [[C G Burks]] and [[F H Goldspink]]

[[Art Prize|Art prizes]]: [[W Blakey]] and [[M Blakey]]

[[OBA Cricket Prize|Cricket prizes]]: [[Mike Pinner|M J Pinner]], [[PeterLuff|P E Luff]] and [[B E Meeds]]
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