| Description | Illustrated journal of St Edmund's College, Ware. Vol XXVII, Nos 180 -186.
Issue 180 includes articles on a school ski trip to Davos, the threat of closure of Standon railway station following the Beeching report, a review of a performance of 'The White Sheep of the Family' by I. du Garde Peach and Ian Hay, and 'Henry IV'. There are obituaries for Fr Joseph Law and Dom Thomas Brogden.
Issue 181 marked the death of Pope John XXIII and the sucession of Pope Paul VI, a visit to the College by Archbishop Heenan, the silver jubilee of Fr Benedict Westbrook and the golden jubilee of Mgr Bickford. There is also an article on a pilgrimage to Lourdes with disabled children, and obituaries for Fr George Thomas Wright, Fr Francis Xavier Dent, Fr Norman J Burrett, Fr Cyril N Banham, Dr Charles F Foley, Antony Stack and Roger Quinn.
Issue 182 marked the resignation of the President of the College, Mgr Reginald Butcher, due to ill health, and the appointment of Mgr Maurice J Kelleher. It also records the appointment by Pope Paul VI of Mgr Canon Patrick Casey as Domestic Prelate, and Mgr Bruce Kent as Papal Chamberlain. There are articles on the celebration of St Edmund's Day, 1963, including the sermon preached by Canon Leo McReavy, a school ski trip to Davos, and reviews of 'Brush with a Body' by Maurice Mcloughlin and 'Twelth Night'. There are obituaries for Roger J Quin, Fr John Porter, Fr Laurence N Charlier, Fr John G McGrath, Canon Charles Flood, Lt Col Maurice Herbert Bickford, Fr howard Joyce, Fr Sydney Cox, Fr Harold Darbey and Canon R B Fellows.
Issue 183 marked the silver jubilee for Fr Dennis Britt-Compton, Headmaster of the College, a visit from Archbishop Heenan, and tributes to departing staff Fr Denys Lucas, Fr Harold Winstone, Fr Oliver Kelly and Fr John Keep. There are articles on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the Companions of Emmaus in France, as well as an obituary for Mgr Joseph Cuthbert Lamb.
Issue 184 marked the appointment of Mgr Francis Thomson as Bishop of Motherwell, the departure of Fr Michael Lynam and Sister Luisita, Superior of the Consolata Sisters, and a visit to the College by Archbishop Heenan in March. There are articles on the celebration of St Edmund's Day, 1964, including the sermon preached by Fr Denys Lucas, and a sailing training trip on the 'Tectona', as well as review of 'My Three Angels' by Sam and Bella Spewack, and 'MacBeth'. There are obituaries for the Very Rev Canon William Joseph Heffernan, Edward Christopher Sweeney, Fr Frederic Bishop, Fr William Dempsey.
Issue 185 commented on new buildings and renovation works for the College in 1965 and marked the retirement of Dr Alan Wigfield, medical officer to the College, and the departure of Fr Hubert Richards, Fr Charles Davis and Fr Peter de Rosa, as well as Fr Bourne. The issue also notes that former Edmundian John Echevarria, reported missing presumed drowned in the Baltic, was in fact alive and well. There are articels on a climbing trip to the Lake District, an outbreak of a 'flu epidemic at the College and obituaries for Fr Andrew Arthur and Owen Joseph Longstaff.
Issue 186 (Spring 1966) includes tributes to three Edmundians, Mgr Francis Thomson, appointed Bishop of Motherwell, Mgr Derek Worlock, Appointed Bishop of Portsmouth, and Mgr Patrick Casey, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster, together with photographs of all three. There is an account of the celebration of St Edmund's Day, 1965, including the sermon preached by the Very Revd Canon Parsons, reviews of 'The Affair' by Ronald Millar, and obituaries for Fr Thomas Goodfellow, Fr Cyril Snowden, Thomas Jack and John Hallett.
Issue 186 (Winter 1966) commented on the near completion of the new Convent wing, the departure of Fr Austin Garvey, William Compley, Fr Norman Brown and Brian Cousins. It also announced that as the publication of the Edmundian had been running a a financial loss for several years, the magazine would cease to be published biannually and from 1967, there would be one edition published in January each year. There are articles on the celebration of St Edmund's Day, 1966 including the sermon preached by Archbishop Caridnal Heenan, a school trip to the Norfolk Broads, and a sailing training course on STS 'Winston Churchill. There are obituaries for Colonel Charles Henry Stennet Redmond and William 'Bill' Tyler |