Mr Olim

Mr Olim

Mr Olim is a novel by Ernest Raymond, published to critical acclaim [1] by Cassell (London) 1961. It is often used by teacher training colleges to encourage students to analyse successful teaching (Mallinson,1968).

In his retirement, Davey La Tour looks back to his schooldays- specifically to his first year at St Erkenwald's, a public school in west London. There he meets the fearsome Dr Hodder,[2] High Master, and his form master, the equally volatile Mr Olim.[3] During that year he develops a deep respect for the acerbic but inspirational Classicist. Years later he organises a celebratory dinner for the now retired pedagogue.......

The book was serialised on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime in October 1990 and turned into a Talking Book for the Blind.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ "The New Novels", article by Anthony Burgess in the Yorkshire Post, 27th July 1961, p4
  2. ^ Liddell Hart in a letter to the editor of "The Pauline" confirms that the character of Dr Hodder was based on the real life High Master of St Paul's during Raymond's time, Frederick William Walker: King's College (London) Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives LIDDELL 6/1962/1 Jan 1-Mar 31, 1962
  3. ^ based on Reverend Horace Dixon Elam, Remove Master at the same school: Liddell, ibid
  4. ^ RNIB TB:1820

References

Mallinson, V June 1968, Comparative Education, Vol 4, No 3: Literacy Studies in the Service of Comparative Education pp177–181


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