Men Head Roedean as Fourth Girls School Chief
A 38 year old geography head from Stowe becomes Roedean’s headmaster after Christmas, joining two other male heads at girls' boarding schools. The move sparks debate on gender roles in England’s elite female education, with supporters saying administration is key while opponents push for women leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maitland Hunt
Dencris
Stowe
Buckinghamshire
Roedean
Brighton Arena
Britain
Roedean School Council
Times
London
Men running girls schools and their headmasters
An article contrasts male and female heads of girls boarding schools. It profiles Overstone headmaster Mr Airs, noting his close contact with pupils, family approach, and role as bursar, while detailing his innovations and energy. It also surveys Miss Elizabeth Manners at Fells Stowe on female leadership and why women remain central to girls schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Fort
Roedean
Board of Governors
Buzz Goodby
Aldwych Theatre
T. W. Airs
Overstone Girls’ School
Northampton
Mr Airs
Association of Headmistresses
Association of Heads of Girls
Overstone
Airs
Elizabeth Manners
Manners
Anr
Miss Manners
Ammertal
Ageecs
Advisory Council offers TV advertising plan for Canberra agenda
A Canberra council secretary rejects using a smoke message 200 feet long as ostentatious and foggy, proposing hard hitting TV commercials instead. The advisory council drama features Jim Pead Gordon Walsh and James Willoughby Seedman with Peter Nixon as guest star, while MP R R O Keefe presses for meeting dates places and agenda advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Council
Weston Creek
Advisory Council
Jim Pead
Gordon Walsh
James Willoughby Seedman
Woden Valley
Pierre Trudeau
Peter Nixon
George III
Council Meeting Drama Promises Packed Public Gallery
An outline of a plan to stage a dramatic pulp around the council agenda promises to boost attendance at Advisory Council meetings. It proposes rival factions, provocative promos, and gimmicks to draw crowds, aiming to turn council sessions into must see events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advisory Council
R. R. O'Keefe
Lab
Goverment House
ACT Advisory Council
Forsyte
Nyree Dawn Porter
Belconnen
To the Crucifixion by computer
A travelogue in Oberammergau recounts the 1970 Passion Play season endured by a Australian writer and daughter waiting for computer driven permits, realising German efficiency in village life. The narrator notes the play’s evolution into a sophisticated theatre with a vast hangar auditorium, multilingual programmes, and the Last Supper's silent, moving tableaux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberammergau
Munich
England
Australia
Passionspeilhaus
Pontius Pilate
Christ
The Man Who Hated Trees
Fred Bloggs a town planner with a fear of trees shaped a highway network that left little forest. His campaigns for bald landscapes culminated in a dramatic night amid bonfires of gum trees before psychiatry and supervision reduced his influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Bloggs
Fred
Black Mountain
Fred War
Fred Blogg
Waterloo
Joan Lym
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Fellsstowe College
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Costello
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NCDC
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Noel Lyne
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Hans Westerman
Sir John Overall
Pye
Russell Hill
Works
Aldo
Ferrari
Dr Wells
Civic Square
Gory
Ake
Hewitt
Joseph
Judas
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