{"id":209,"date":"2011-12-21T21:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T21:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wyrefarmed.artsrainbow.com\/2011\/12\/21\/the-rev-da-williams-charles-joyce-virtual-museum-theme\/"},"modified":"2011-12-21T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T21:51:00","slug":"the-rev-da-williams-charles-joyce-virtual-museum-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/wyrefarmed\/2011\/12\/21\/the-rev-da-williams-charles-joyce-virtual-museum-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rev DA Williams – Charles Joyce Virtual Museum Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Today I received 45 photos from Charles Joyce<\/b> – the latest of his Virtual School museum themes. This installment focuses on the Rev DA Williams<\/b> (known by pupils as ‘Jack’<\/i>). (as in Jackdaw – from his initials DAW)<\/span><\/p>\n

\nA new (in 2017) Timeline about the Reverend David Williams from some recent research, can be found here. This give fuller details of his life and career.<\/span>
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A Tribute to the Rev DA Williams by Charles Joyce<\/span><\/b>
\nThe Rev DA Williams lived and advocated a frugal life and in terms of cars, was more modest in his choice than some of the other staff who had Jags and Bentleys. Early in the 60’s he had a Morris Minor shooting break and then a mini…<\/span>
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\nCharles and I (Trev) had Mr Williams<\/b> for English lit in the 5th form 1966-67. These are three of the books we studied with him that year.<\/span>
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\nPygmalion<\/i> by George Bernard Shaw<\/b> was for CSE English whereas the GCE choice was Major Barbara. Pygmalion<\/i> of course was the basis of the popular film and stage show My Fair Lady. <\/i>Shaw’s work introduce us to the idea of social class…<\/span>
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\nMoral courage was a theme that came through strongly in DA William’s teaching and he would illustrate the theme with stories from his life’s experience. In Far from the Maddening Crowd, the Thomas Hardy novel the character of the sturdy, long-suffering Gabriel Oak who also lived a frugal life was juxtaposed against the dashing Sergeant Troy with only conquest on his mind. In the end Gabriel Oak (strong and persevering like an oak) wins out. ‘Jack Williams’ (as we knew him) knew the novel inside out and his passion for the book and its life-enriching message came through in his teaching. http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAnother book on the CSE English syllabus was Spencer Chapman<\/b>‘s The Jungle is Neutral<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThe amazing story of Freddie Spencer Chapman is told here http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Freddie_Spencer_Chapman<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n

An educated adventurer and author before the war, Chapman<\/b> joined the Seaforth Highlanders<\/a><\/i> at Fort George <\/i>near Inverness <\/i>at the outset of the 2nd world War. Sent to Japanese occupied Singapore<\/i> he became a thorn in their side, destroying no less than seven trains, fifteen bridges and forty motor vehicles and the killing of some hundreds of Japanese troops in a short period of time. Read more here<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nIn the foreword to Chapman’s book on his experiences in Japanese occupied Malaya, The Jungle Is Neutral<\/i>, Field Marshal Earl Wavell<\/b> wrote “Colonel Chapman<\/b> has never received the publicity and fame that were his predecessor’s lot (referring to T.E.Lawrence<\/b>); but for sheer courage and endurance, physical and mental, the two men stand together as examples of what toughness the body will find, if the spirit within it is tough; and as very worthy representatives of our national capacity for individual enterprise, which it is hoped that even the modern craze for regulating our lives in every detail will never stifle.”<\/span>
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\nThe explanation of the title of his book – The Jungle is Neutral <\/i>is ” However much he suffered in the Malayan jungle, he attributed his survival to the basic rule that “the jungle is neutral”. By this description he meant that one should view the surroundings as neither good or bad but neutral. The role of a survivalist is to expect nothing and accept the dangers and bounties of the jungle as of a natural course. Hence, one’s steady state of mind was of the utmost importance to ensure that the physical health of body and the will to live were reinforced on a daily basis.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n“After the war, Chapman was asked to form a School in Germany for the sons and daughters of British Forces and Control Commission Civilians resident in the British Zone of occupied Germany. This School, the King Alfred School for children<\/i> 11 to 18 years of age, used the German naval establishment at Pl\u0151n in Schleswig-Holstein where Admiral Doenitz had resided during the last days of World War II. Freddie, as Headmaster, set up the school, organised the teachers, arranged for the alterations to accept both boys and girls, and then in one day in 1948 accepted 400 young boys and girls into what was possibly the first successful comprehensive, co-educational boarding school in the World. His dynamism and understanding of the requirements of young people were the guiding influence in setting up the school and it was a first class success story which lasted for 11 years.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nhttp:\/\/wyrefarmed.blogspot.co.uk\/2011\/11\/learning-curves-2.html<\/span><\/a><\/b>
\nLearning Curves – Trev Teasdel’s look at DAW’s English Literature lessons.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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