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home ann. prize winners activities assemblies buildings & grounds contact us dinners! drama form groups forum hilmians history & sch. mags houses library memorabilia music noticeboard panoramics photos of prefects pupil arr. dep. reunions 2016 sheila reflects on: snippets speech day reports sport staff & governors uniform visits hemsworth grammar school a local newspaper dated 26th june 1920 gave the first report that the west riding county council’s education committee had entered negotiations to purchase hemsworth hall for £9,000, in order to create a secondary school in the hemsworth district. the land, comprising 20 acres was the former residence of samuel gurney leatham and it was estimated that a further £7,000 would be spent in adapting the hall. in the middle of january 1921 the county council approved the initial expenditure of £2,000 for the adaptation of hemsworth high hall to the purposes of a secondary school. so begins the story..... home ann. prize winners activities assemblies buildings & grounds contact us dinners! drama form groups forum hilmians history & sch. mags houses library memorabilia music noticeboard panoramics photos of prefects pupil arr. dep. reunions 2016 sheila reflects on: snippets speech day reports sport staff & governors uniform visits major arthur godfrey jenkinson - headmaster 1921-1937 mr. jenkinson was the first headmaster of the school when it opened in november, 1921. then hemsworth grammar school was called hemsworth secondary school and had 101 pupils and a staff of four, with two houses only - holgate and talbot. from the outset, mr. jenkinson showed that he was determined to see that the school progressed both on the academic and sporting sides. anything which would be to the betterment of the school was given full encouragement. on the sports side, "rugby" and "fives" were introduced. he made folk-dancing known throughout the district and was an enthusiastic dancer himself. "drama" was encouraged, and he was always an actor in the annual staff play. a keen lover of music, he took a keen interest in the school choir, and was the author of the school song. in 1925, he formed the old hilmians' association, and was its president until his retirement. he always lived up to the school motto for which he was responsible, and, without any shadow of doubt "left the school better than he found it". major jenkinson died on the 11th february, 1968 aged 93. l.n. collette as most hilmians may know, major arthur godfrey jenkinson was appointed head master of hemsworth secondary school, a post which he held until 1937, when he retired. mr. jenkinson was educated and trained at dulwich college and brasenose college, oxford, and before he became headmaster of st. austell's county school, had held appointments at aysgarth school, yorkshire, harrow school, edinburgh, and edinburgh academy. when first appointed headmaster at st. austell's in 1910, there were 120 pupils, a low standard of work, and poor discipline; at the time of his leaving, there were 225 pupils, good discipline and traditions, and a standard of work reaching to first-class honours, oxford senior (local) and london matriculation, division 1. mr. jenkinson had principally taught classics, french and english, and had lived abroad. he could speak french and italian, and was musical and athletic. in december 1914, mr. jenkinson joined the 24th royal fusiliers as a private, and later held a commission in the royal army ordnance corps, from which he was discharged in march 1919 with the rank of major. he served two years in france and fifteen months in italy. mr. russell william hamilton - headmaster 1937-67 the ope n i ng sentence of the school magazine for the autumn term of 1937 reads: "last term marked the end of the first chapter of the school's h istory." major jenkinson, the school's first headmaster had retired in the july and miss griffiths, the senior mistress, died in the following month. mr. r. w. hamilton, whose death at the age of 92 was announced in november 1993, had come from bishop auckland to take over the headmastership and miss shortridge replaced miss griffiths. insofar as i was concerned the summer of that year marked another major change. mr jenkinson had informed me that i was to be the school's new assistant secretary and i realised that i would receive my first dictation as an employee from two equally new office holders. the tall, young, begowned and very energetic former senior classics master from bishop auckland, county durham, settled in quickly. he took the school motto, 'labor ipse voluptas' in his long stride - 'work with pleasure' was certainly his belief too. initially there were very few surprises in store for his office staff but i well remember in that first term having to race down from the main building to the games field to interrupt the upper versus lower sixth form rugby match to let the mud-spattered re feree know that the governors were assembling in his room for the term's meeting. r.w.h. enjoyed his sport, preferably in the thick of it. by the spring of 1938 he was having matches with two of south kirkby and ackworth's cricket teams and within twelve months he was capt aining one of them. on several occasions he even dictated letters to me as i sat by his bedside when he was recovering from a sporting injury. to keep track of his many duties mr hamilton kept a small, thick note-pad on his desk. every job to be done was listed and numbered from 1 to 99 before recommencing at 1. some of those notes were in english, a few in latin and many in what was to me an absolutely unknown tongue. when the work was completed the note was crossed off. twice a day the list was checked methodically to ensure that the day's commitments had been carried out. the school ran like clockwork. russell w. hamilton's mighty signature, invariably written by means of an extremely broad-nibbed fountain pen, was precisely ten centimetres in length. the only time county supplies in wakefield telephoned h emsworth 66 during my two years in the school office was to query, respectfully and tentatively, the requisition we had submitted for the enormous signature stamp in readiness for the head's first speech day in the hippodrome in november 1937. within a fortnight the gigantic stamp was supplied exactly as requested. in this, as in all other matters, r.w. hamilton was as firm as a rock! in those two opening years of his thirty year stay at the the grammar school the new headmaster took leading roles in both of the annual staff plays, "a chinese puzzle" and "the mystery at green fingers". a few years earlier his predecessor had taken the title role in "one hundred years old". like mr. hamilton, major jenkinson lived to celebrate his ninetieth birthday and both got well on the way to their one hundredth. within a few months of his arrival in hemsworth, mr hamilton, as a past president of the north-eastern esperanto league, arranged that one of the several talks which traditionally were given in the course of eve ry year to the assembled school should he given by a leading figure in the esperanto movement. thereafter scores of booklets which outlined the international language were sold at the office door at twopence each. after several years of struggling to translate letters from, and compose letters to, french pen friends it was most heartening to find oneself, within a few months, corresponding with hungary, sweden, iceland, russia and bulgaria. a few time-table changes were made about the middle of mr hamilton's first term. in addition to sharing with mr scourfield the sixth form latin he took over two of the lower sixth's "free" periods for esperanto and in the second term he began to teach the subject twice a week to the first form. the utility of the international language was soon seen in action when the headmaster of finland's largest technical school and later an educationist from the far east came to hemsworth for several weeks to study british secondary school organisation and teaching methods. i have no idea whethe r either could speak any english. all their conversations with mr hamilton were in esperanto. we found it all most exciting - a finn (sinjoro vilki) and an oriental (sinjoro kubo) in hemsworth (most probably the very first!) during the summer holiday of 1933 miss walker, one of the french staff, was invited by the headmaster to learn esperanto herself in order that she too could participate in the teaching of that language to the september 1938 intake. i believe his majesty's inspectorate at some future date looked askance at the introduction of the subject into a grammar school. the parting of our ways came at the end of july 1939. rwh's next six years at hemsworth would be very different: within weeks he would be responsible for the conversion of the cellars into air raid shelters, for the digging of trenches near the games fields for staff and pupils who might find themselves outside the main building during a sudden air attack, and for the liaison with billeting officers dealing with many hundreds of evacuees from the leeds area. the grammar school was the distribution point for all these bewildered children before they were dispersed throughout the district to what were effectively foster homes. the headmaster was also responsible for the establishment of the hemsworth and district unit of the air training corps with himself as commanding officer. as headmaster he had the grim task of notifying staff and pupils of the steadily increasing toll of casualties amongst former pupils, initially mainly old boys of the years of major jenkinson's headship, then boys he himself had known so well. before the conflict was over lads who had been in the lower forms on his arrival in hemsworth had made the supreme sacrifice. over forty perished. old hilmians served in every theatre of operations and of course their casualties were especially high amongst those who went into the air force, some became fighter pilots and, most numerous of all, the bomber crewmen. even ten years after hostilities ceased mr hamilton's first secretary would finally succumb to the hardships he endu red in the sicilian campaign of 1943. looking back after over half a century that which one recalls most vividly about russell hamilton was his penetrating gaze, his almost piercing examination of the face of whoever was in conversation with him, be he or she a member of staff, a pupil or his own secretary. permanently he had an ai r of quiet, calm authority yet one knew that when he spoke it would he with a kindly voice whether in reply to a point raised or in giving his next instruction. it was this kindness and understandin g that enabled me to write my shorthand in my notebook knowing that he would rarely begin the next sentence until he had seen me write each pitman full stop. a classical scholar of h is learnin g and eminence could have dictated his letters or his annual report for speech day at a much greater speed than my 8 0/90 words per minute. it is safe to say that when i was addressing headmasters' conferences north of the border in the 1970s i did not have thomas arnold of rugby nor f.w. sanderson of oundle nor edward thring of uppingham in mind. i am sure i based my ideas of great headmastership on arthur jenkinson and his successor, russell w. hamilton, m.a., m.litt. (durham). with th e death of russell hamilton in exmouth in november 1993 yet another chapter has closed. (written 4th january 1994) the article above was written by: w.g. branford (mr hamilton's secretary 1937-39) term after term we have had to say goodbye to very many members of staff, but twice only since the school was opened in 1921 have we said goodbye to the head of the school. mr. r. w. hamilton was headmaster of hemsworth grammar school from 1937 to 1967, and under his wise guidance and leadership the school grew in size and in reputation to its present strength. great progress was made on the academic side of school life; sporting and cultural activities were increased, and the team work of headmaster, staff and pupils did indeed succeed in "putting hemsworth on the map". not only was mr. hamilton an excellent organiser, but an able participant in all school activities. a good all-round games player, he excelled in hockey and in cricket, and captained staff teams in countless matches. his example was an inspiration to all our teams. at the annual folk dancing festival, he and mrs. hamilton always led the procession as pupils from all schools in the area took up their positions for the opening dance. mr. hamilton's talents were not, however, confined to the field of sport. music he always encouraged; drama was constantly to the fore, as was shown by the annual school and staff plays; the establishment of esperanto both as a club subject and also as part of the curriculum was another of his many achievements. nor was social welfare overlooked. with the headmaster's encouragement, regular help was given to the save the children fund, to the lord roberts memorial fund, and to other deserving causes, local, national, and international. mr. hamilton has left his mark on the school. during his long term of office, he "upheld its best traditions", and won the respect and affection of staff and pupils. his retirement at christmas 1967 was truly the end of an era. we are proud to have this opportunity of paying our tribute to mr. hamilton, and of thanking him for all he has done for the school. to him and to mrs. hamilton we wish good health and happiness in the retirement they have so well earned. school magazine 1968 the school song words by a. g. jenkinson music by mrs. wilks click here for a version of the school song sons of yorkshire, lift your voices, joyfully proclaim, honour to the school that bred you, glory in its name yorkshire's daughters swell the chorus, echo loud your praise, hail with song the school that gives you joyful happy days. here to-day and gone to-morrow, days at school will quickly pass; let your work be joy not sorrow; "labor ipse voluptas." mind and hand alike here gather, strength to see life through, gaining skill and storing knowledge, sifting false from true; goals and wickets, bursts and rallies, matches won and lost, all are part of one great lesson "strive nor count the cost". here to-day and gone to-morrow, days at school will quickly pass; let your work be joy not sorrow; "labor ipse voluptas." arm you then for life's endeavour, choose your weapons here; keep them bright, your shields untarnished, records clean and clear bear the torch as borne before you, hand it on again: "work with pleasure" be your motto, this your glad refrain here to-day and gone to-morrow, grasp your schooldays ere they pass; struggle gaily, banish sorrow, "labor ipse voluptas." pupil comments "this vast new access to the past is an incredible experience. having made contact with many ex-pupils from various stages of life, i think we are designed to 'grow old' slowly, readjusting to 'age' gradually and gently. just quickly glancing at our reflection. this is all a bit of a sudden shock. what we were. things that could have been. opportunities taken and missed." peter kaye (1955-62, talbot) "i was given the url this morning and i duly logged on. three hours later i had to be dragged, kicking and screaming, from my computer." keith twigg (1955-62, holgate) "that school was the single most important feature in shaping what i became in so many ways. what is more, my regard for it and its place in an educational era have been enhanced by time not diminished." geoff graham (1949-55, talbot) "i really cannot believe it is 40 years since i left. looking at all this for the last 3 hours it just seems like yesterday. happy days though we probably didn't appreciate just how happy at the time. in those days our whole lives revolved around school even for sport and leisure. i guess we were lucky to be so well provided for." peter cooper (1956-63, guest) "it is really nostalgic to see the old photographs and read the anecdotes of people we knew so long ago. it only seems like yesterday." colin garbett (1950-58, guest) "universal themes in all the comments on the site are the fond memories and gratitude to hemsworth grammar school; in this regard i am no exception." tony pickering (1952-58, price) "thanks for reviving all those memories of long ago." peter ackley (1944-49) "what wonderful memories these pages evoked!" linda rochnia (1965-69) "thanks for the website - its the only one i look at!" dilys hughes (1954-61) "many thanks to you and sheila for the maintenance of such a nostalgic and wonderful website, there couldn't be a better memorial to the name of hemsworth grammar school." roy walker (1961-66) "what a remarkable place hgs was, and what wonderful experiences the staff provided for us." peter wall (1947 to 1954, price) "the hgs web site has brought much pleasure to many old students who are now scattered throughout many distant corners of the world. that these former students have succeeded in many fields of endeavour is to the great credit of the two headmasters and their many staff. " leighton smith (1945-50, holgate) "this is just fabulous to find this site ... for seven years i loved going to that place, hgs ... and as i've been exploring the site, i am amazed at how much comes flooding in, generalities and very detailed memories." jean snookes (1950-57, price) "i have read many contributions within your site relating to the platform that hgs provided for later life - labor ipse voluptas - has indeed served us all well. one of the sons of yorkshire." john basford (1964-71, price) "i remember my old school with the greatest affection - i wish i had appreciated it more at the time." bill hewitt (1950-55, price) "the many hilmians i have recently met or have spoken to on the phone have a common view that the school was generally a very positive experience. it is part of our history and deserves to be captured for all time. i wonder what mr. hamilton, miss. smith and mr. collette would have made of the fact that their school is still held in such high regard after all this time?" dave mckenzie (1955-62, holgate) "they were mostly happy days at hgs and i don't think the strict regime did any of us any harm. i feel very lucky to have spent 5 of my school years there." wendy harrow (1959-64, price) "my years at hgs are remembered with great nostalgia and happiness. i was there from 1943 to 1950 and i can honestly say they were some of the best years of my life." gordon clarke (1943-50, guest) "the site continues to grow and remains of great interest with a lot of thought provoking memories." tony white (1957-64, talbot) please note: 1. all drawings on this site which come from the book "hemsworth high hall" are reproduced with the permission of the artist mr. g. holdsworth. 2. the site is best viewed in google chrome. © hemsworth grammar school | created at www.mrsite.com

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