Technical Data
This volume was written using WordPerfect 6.0 & 7.0 word processors. Images for the pictorial essays were scanned using a Microtek E6 ScanMaker and a PhotoImpact 3.0 image processing program
The body of the text was printed in CG Times 11 point font. The descendancy charts in Appendix C were produced using the Personal Ancestral File genealogical program of the Church of Latter Day Saints and edited within WordPerfect 6.0
The text of the master copy of the book was printed on a Hewlett Packard Laserjet IIIP printer. The pictorial essays were printed on a Hewlett Packard 5L Laserjet printer with 600 dpi resolution
© Copyright 1998, John Fall
I wish that I had written a book like this for the benefit of my descendants.
This book tells me more about John Fall than I care to know
Contents
| Chapter 1 | My Origins. ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .... | 1, pic 11 |
| The story of my parents | ||
| Chapter 2 | Childhood - The uncritical years. ..... ..... .. 25, pic 55 | |
| My life from birth to age 13 (1928 - 1941) | ||
| Chapter 3 | Youth - The sensitive years... ..... ..... ... 71, pic 125 | |
| My life from age 14 until I married at age 26 (1942 - 1954) | ||
| Chapter 4 | Marriage - The years of consolidation. ..... . 141, pic 203 | |
| Marriage and children. The years in London and | ||
| the return to university life (1955 - 1961) | ||
| Chapter 5 | Gang life - The years of exploration...... ... 215, pic 281 | |
| I join Apex and, for the first time in my life, belong to a gang. | ||
| I explore relationships, expand my administrative ability, act as | ||
| Head of Department and become Sub-Dean of my faculty. | ||
| Through these activities I discover people and so start to discover | ||
| myself. I attend a sensitivity training program. (1961 - 1966) | ||
| Chapter 6 | Community - The beginning years...... .... 287, pic 338 | |
| I and my family take up residence at Currie Hall and join in | ||
| the task of helping to build a community (1967 - 1968) | ||
| Chapter 7 | Community - An overseas interlude...... ... 346, pic 385 | |
| I spend a year overseas with my family, visit many student residences, | ||
| take a camping holiday in Europe and return home through | ||
| South-East Asia (1969) | ||
| Chapter 8 | Community - The middle years...... ..... . 391, pic 438 | |
| I encounter the many problems of Asian students. Currie Hall | ||
| becomes co-educational and we embark on a building program (1970 - 1977) | ||
| Chapter 9 | Community - The final years. ..... ..... .. 453, pic 481 | |
| We spend three months in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand | ||
| and return home to take up the Principal’s position at Currie Hall | ||
| Our children marry and we become grandparents (1977 - 1987) | ||
| Chapter 10 | Retirement - The years of reflection...... ... 503, pic 545 | |
| We build a home at Winthrop, visit my sister in America, become | ||
| a Council member at St. Catherine’s College, and write a family history. | ||
| I become active in a school for seniors and write my Autobiography (1987 - ) | ||
| Chapter 11 | Epilogue: Change, Constancy & The pot of Gold. .... 567 | |
| I reflect on the changes that have occurred since the birth of my grandfather | ||
| and upon the nature of man that has remained unchanged. | ||
| I find my pot of gold. | ||
The first number on the right gives the chapter page number. The number after “pic” is the page number of the following pictorial essay
A My 1942 Principal’s Cup for public speaking speech. ..... . 652 B Lynn Scholarship Winner 1942
Report in “The Record” 11 February 1943. ..... ..... ... 654 C Family Ancestry & Descendancy charts. ..... ..... ..... 655
Detailed index to charts on page 656
D Faith and Life Philosophy...... ..... ..... ..... ..... 687
Written in the mid-1960s as part of my quest for inner understanding
E Halls of Residence: A philosophy, January 1967. ..... .... 715
A statement written before I took up residence.
F An example of a “Fine” at an Apex Club meeting. ..... ... 723
A light-hearted poem written about me and the subject of a “fine” exacted at a club meeting.
Q Quotations and comments...... ..... ..... ..... ..... 725
A few quotations, both light-hearted and serious that I noted over the years.
Index to People. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. 715
Index to Subjects..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .. 736