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T H E     G R E E N H I L L I A N  

 

No. 13  October 1965

The Magazine of

GREENHILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL

OLDHAM

Editor:  BEVERLEY D. HARDY

Committee:

GEOFREY EARL
MICHAEL F. MILLS
BRIAN PRICE
JEREMY M. T. SUTCLIFFE
JIM WILLIAMS
MARGARET BOLTON

 

 

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Editorial

 

 

 

As this is perhaps the last "Greenhillian" to be published, I should like to take this opportunity on behalf of all the students, past and present, of Greenhill Grammar School, to express our gratitude for the great part Greenhill has played in all our lives.

For many of us Greenhill has taken up five or even seven years of our lives, those years which are the most formative in any person's life.  During those years we have been educated and taught to play a useful part in the community.  We have been taught to give of our best, and not to take everything which is offered without thought of giving anything in return.  We have experienced the pleasures of comradeship, of competition both in the sports and educational fields, and have learned, I hope, how to suffer defeat with a good face.

For new entrants at Greenhill Grammar School the first year is very bewildering with its new system of teaching, foreign to many juniors who experience a system of one person teaching all subjects at their Junior School.  Slowly, however, the new scholars settle in and begin to feel a part of this school which to them must seem quite large and which is not just a building but a place of learning, friendship and understanding.  As the student progresses through the school he realises that he, too, has a part to play in Greenhill in order to make his school one worthy of respect throughout Oldham, a respect which I believe has been maintained both academically and in the sports field, for, although in recent years Greenhill has rarely shone in the various sports meetings held, yet it has borne its disappointments bravely.

The value of the teachers must not be underestimated and to these also we extend our thanks.  They not only instruct but also play a great part in the out-pf-school activities which again greatly benefit the student.  Their helpful guidance helps the student through the all-important G.C.E. exams, which are the gateway to a life of work and ultimate independence.

Greenhill has also been the stepping-stone of life.  Many people have left its safe limits to make a career for themselves both in Oldham and far afield.

In a short time Street Farm, the new comprehensive school, will take the place of Greenhill, educationally; but in the hearts of its ex-students nothing will take its place.  I hope, however, that the benefits with which Greenhill has endowed all her students will live long after the school is just a fond memory.