Past Pupils

A. Marmot (1951)

A. Marmot was a Junior Prefect. in the Summer 1951 edition of `The Somerset` magazine, a poem appeared, which poked fun at his reputation for being a bit of a stickler. It went:-

ODE TO MARMOT

I am a naughty Prefect
And Marmot is my name;
I sit inside the Prefects loft
And greatly shines my fame;
I take down all the names I can
To put boys into det,;
And Juniors to play football
I never, never let;

I taut I taw a Junior
A-playing with a ball;
I`ll go and put him into det,;
If he is not too tall,

As I was walking around the yard,
Some boys started to boo;
One of them had a catapult,
So through the door I flew;
I soon returned to that same spot
With armies of Prefects -
We caught all the bad boys we could,
And put them into det.;

I taut I taw a Junior
A-playing with a ball;
I`ll go and put him into det,;
If he is not too tall,