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by Chris T
Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:14 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: The Matron's Inspection
Replies: 18
Views: 5433

Re: The Matron's Inspection

These inspections performed several functions. Ensuring cleanliness was of course the most obvious and important, but there were others. The matron had an opportunity to recognise some forms of illness, such as rashes, etc., and could act accordingly. It was also a social occasion in my house. The m...
by Chris T
Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:27 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CH Masters as Authors
Replies: 14
Views: 4562

Re: CH Masters as Authors

Some more books by CH masters: - Intermediate Mathematics, by CJA Trimble, TS Usherwood - Intermediate Mathematics (Analysis), by TS USHERWOOD & CJA TRIMBLE (1925) - Practical Mathematics for Technical Students, by CJA USHERWOOD & TS TRIMBLE (1914). - A First Book of Practical Mathematics, b...
by Chris T
Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:11 pm
Forum: Looking for....
Topic: Old Blue Scientists???
Replies: 10
Views: 5647

Re: Old Blue Scientists???

Although this is late, I hope that it will be of some use. Jonathan Osborne will almost certainly speak on the heuristic method and CH. But he may not mention how the heuristic method came about, with its origins in the second half of the 19th century. Prof HE Armstrong had Chas E Browne as an acoly...
by Chris T
Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:17 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Swimming
Replies: 9
Views: 2720

Swimming

As a newcomer to the Forum I started reading the approximately 1500 postings. Starting with the most important threads, eg “School for scandal or scandal school”, I read with much surprise and interest about an alleged skinny dipping incident by Hertford staff, first posted on Tue 13 Sep 2005 at 1:2...
by Chris T
Sun Oct 13, 2013 6:17 am
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Paintings in Chapel - Frank Brangwyn
Replies: 24
Views: 37051

Re: Paintings in Chapel - Frank Brangwyn

I went to the CHOBA website, found the link to Martin's questionnaire and it did not work there either. Can someone please fix it? Thanks.
by Chris T
Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:48 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: Reading to the dormitory
Replies: 74
Views: 20926

Reading to the house

When in a junior dorm, with 24 others on the top floor of the house, one of the regular delights of weekend bedtime, after lights out, was about 30 min of reading aloud by a dormitory monitor. The choice of literature was usually his, but the housemasters also took an interest in the choice, possibl...