“The School will long remember the Autumn Term of 1935, for it was a term crowded with interest. A novel experience wss a Full Dress Inspection in October by the Board of Education, the first of its kind since the School opened in 1930. This inspection occupied a week and although the first few days were anxious and a little strained, the School had learned before the end of the week to regard the Inspectors with friendliness and to be easy and natural in their company.
The General Election took place on November 14th, and provided a different kind of thrill and during the preceding fortnight many of our budding politicians proved to audiences ranging from one upwards that his party was completely right and all the rest were definitely wrong. The date of the Election had been confidently given by certain of our daily newspapers as November 21st. Conse­quently our Speech Day was fixed for November 14th. Mr. Baldwin then, without consulting the Headmaster, fixed the Election for that same day, the fourteenth. Dr. Harrison’s speech, however, was ample compensation for missing the excite­ment of the Election.
The end of the term was celebrated by a School Concert on two evenings, when the singing of the choirs and the graceful movements of the girls’ gymnastic groups delighted everybody”. (From “School Notes”).

“A mock trial was the chief activity of the History Society last term. This was attended by most of the School, and proved very enjoyable. Abdulla Umbulla, an Ethiopian, admirably played by Lawler, was accused of the attempted murder of Mussolini. The trial was in no way rehearsed, but nevertheless things went very smoothly and the proceedings lasted for almost two hours. There was some “dressing up” but nothing elaborate was attempted, in fact the judge appeared in an old red carpet, and some of the wigs were made in less than ten minutes”.

“The Drayton Manor Geographical Society was formed at the beginning of the Autumn Term and well over eighty members of the fourth, fifth and sixth forms thought it worth their sixpences to join. On October 18th, 1935, about eighty members packed the Geography room for the first meeting, when Messrs. R. Cowley and R. D. Wright told of their experiences while cycling in Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany, in the previous summer holidays”.