" The Peterite - of 1879.
the Peterite. Vol. 1.
JUNE, 1879.
No. 5.
THE OXFORD LETTER. ". . . .The Bicycle Races against Cambridge were a real treat to see. Two best on record by Oxonians in one afternoon shew the quality of the riding. Ten miles in 31 mins. 5 secs. is as fast as a parliamentary train on the N.E.R. The 25 mile race was won by a short yard in under 80 mins." THE CAMBRIDGE LETTER. . . . . the Christ's boat (in, which J. E. Stephenson was rowing) had a " squizzle " of it (whatever that may mean), on the third night. No. 6 lost his oar, which was only recovered by the cox, stretching so far out of the boat for it as to half fill her with water, and unship stroke's and 4's oars, whereupon the boat ran into the bank Christ's, however, rowing as that estimable College has never been remembered to row for a very long time, managed to get away, and made their bump just before the Railway Bridge." THE DEBATING SOCIETY. The first meeting of this Term was held on Thursday, May 15th. Wade found a full house for his motion, " That any extension of the .61ranchise is undesirable." Absolute equality between man and man, he held, was all very well in theory, but was, practically, an impossibility ; democracy meant only selfishness and tyranny, and all steps towards it were to be stoutly resisted the motion, was carried by a majority of five. CRICKET. " The first Annual Match was the first six against the next twelve, in which the twelve proved too much for the smaller number." " On Saturday, May 17th, we played Hull Church Institute, with very disastrous consequences the School went to the wickets first, and the first ball of the match saw Daniels' leg stump seriously displaced, and the last ball of the fourth over was equally serious to Jackson (2 for 5). The next five wickets fell in rapid succession, and when the seventh wicket fell, the telegraph marked the enormous score of 6. Greenhow and Procter were the first to make anything like a stand, and fortunately for the credit of the eleven, the last four who went in brought the total to 33 Greenhow, Procter and Chadwick played remarkably well, Procter being especially good, on the leg-side."
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`` Eventide." Tis eventide ; And the departing sun Clasps the old grey buildings In a farewell kiss ; They glow with the roseate warmth Of the Summer sun's embrace. Shadows fall ; And the messenger breeze of the Advancing night Bows the stately poplars, Whispering 'midst their leaves The secrets of the dying day. Silence reigns ; And the stately moon Sweeping to her throne `Midst her glittering court of stars Clasps the earth in her cool embrace, And the restful night sleeps on. CONTEMPORARY.
Correspondence. The Editors of " The Peterite." Sirs, I should like to take this opportunity to protest against the appalling vandalism which takes place on the School cricket field. By all means let boys gather flowers, but the disgusting habit of pulling plants up by their roots ought to be stopped. If matters continue in their present course some of the fairest members of our flora will soon disappear and the gorgeous blooms of the Plantain (Plantago major) and Butter Burr (Tussilago Petasites) will no longer refresh our eyes. Cannot something be done about this ? I remain, Yours sincerely, " Nature Lover."
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To the Editors of " The Peterite." Dear Sirs, I should like, on behalf of the 1st and 2nd XI's and the Colts, to thank Mr. Toyne, Mr. Norwood and Mr. Davies for the coaching which they have respectively given to these three grades of the School's cricket. I also wish to thank Mr. Featherstone and Mr. Sykes for the painstaking way in which they have arranged and supervised the Leagues. The wickets, as prepared by Roberts, have again been up to his usual excellent standard, and thit is one cause for the high scores made on such a large ground. The team teas, for which we thank Mrs. Toyne, have always been produced with such little fuss, in spite of last-minute alterations in the time of the tea-interval, that it is only when one stops to think that one appreciates the kind services rendered by some genius in the cause of this all-important and essential addition to our cricket matches. T remain, Yours, etc, W. G. Hutton, Captain of Cricket. Kiveton Park, Near Sheffield, Editors of " The Peterite." March, 1929. Sirs, The very essence of the public school spirit, particularly with regard to St. Peter's, is tradition. This you will have observed from Commemoration Day speeches. The literature and oratory of such schools is one of the many quickly-falling strongholds of tradition in England. If " The Peterite " lacks the faith or the enthusiasm to defend this tradition, at least let it not be an attacker. The discarded design on your cover has an air of antiquity ; like the dimness of some old grand house. There is dignity and a hint of past splendour in its vagueness. The adopted design is suggestive of council houses and municipal secondary schools and meanness : which is not a desirable atmosphere for a public school. If there is to be no improvement upon the late cover design, it should stand as it was. The old house must be ruins sometime. But let it crumble alone ; do not pull it down. I am, Yours truly, Roger R. H. Horsley.
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[We have received several letters in this strain and would like to take this opportunity of answering our critics. In the first place if our staunch upholders of tradition would cast their minds back to the legendary and almost prehistoric date of 1921, they would realise that the then editors (for whose vandalism we hasten to say that we hold no brief) cared so little for tradition that'they actually discarded the " council-school " cover, which had been in use for the preceding 40 years, and adopted that which is so beloved of our caustic detractors. sermon Perhaps our correspondent forgets that the last was concerned with the dangers of tradition if over-emphasised. An improvement, in his mind, might be a re-adoption of the language and caligraphy of Paulinus, the recession from which doubtless caused many heart-stirrings to his O.P. prototypes and such a wealth of indignant correspondence in the " Annales Scholae."—Ed.]
Orchestra Account. Expenditure.
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VALETE AND SALVETE. The School House. VALETE. S. T. Sherwood. 1926-29. B3. Cadet in O.T.C. Played for 2nd XV, 1928. SALVETE. S. Bagshaw, B3. R. C. Bygott, Bl. J. H. Denby, Bl. T. W. Jenkins, B2.
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Day Boys. VALETE, C. Hutchinson. 1923-9. VIth Modern. School Monitor. Head of Dayboys House. Played for 2nd XV, 1927-8. 2nd XV Colts, 1928. L.-Cpl. in O.T.C. Certificate A. Sci. Soc. Committee. C. N. Parkinson. 1923-9. VIth Class. School Monitor. L.-Cpl. in O.T.C. Certificate A. J. J. S. Jones. 1927-9. B1.. Played for 2nd XV, 1928. Cadet in O.T.C. J. E. C. Hill (transferred to Clifton Rise). SALVETE. F. A. Brown, B4. R. A. Carlton, A3. N. W. Smithson, B3. E. C. Bean, B4.
Grove. VALETE: H. Haigh-Lumby. 1924-9. Remove B. School Monitor. 1st XV, 1927. Colours, 1927. 1st XI, 1927. Colours, 1927. 1st XI Hockey, 1927. Colours, 1928. Cadet in O.T.C. SALVETE. R. E. Hinchcliffe, Bl.
Clifton Rise. SALVETE. 3. E. C. Hill (from Dayboys).
Clifton Manor. VALETE. J. D. Burrows. 1924-29. School Monitor, Vth Modern. Captain of HoCkey, 1929. Secretary, 1928. Colours, 1926-29. XV, 1927-28. 2nd XI, 1926. Represented School at Squash, 1928. L.-Cpl. in O.T.C. SALVETE. Beachell, B4.
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Chapel. We wish to thank Miss Osborn for working and presenting a green marker for the Lectern Bible. Purple and red markers are still needed to complete the set, and Miss Osborn has very kindly offered to work them if some generous friends will give the materials.
LIST OF PREACHERS. May 5. (York Military Sunday.) „ 12. (Bishop of Whitby's Service at Theatre Royal.) 19. Rev. F. J. Shirley, M.A. (Headmaster of Worksop College). 26. Rev. J. G. W. Tuckey, B.D. (Canon Residentiary of Ripon. June 2. The Headmaster. „ 9. Rev. F. H. Barnby. „ 16. (Organ Recital—P. H. Sykes, Esq., M.A.) „ 23. The Ven. Archdeacon of York (C. Cooper, M.A.). „ 30. (Lecture in Hall, " Education in Russia, To-day.") July 7. The Headmaster. „ 14. Rev. F. H. Barnby. „ 21. (School Commemoration): His Grace the Archbishop of York. „ 28.
Library. We take this opportunity of expressing the great debt of the School to Mr. Woodcock and Mr. Sykes for their work in re-arranging and re-cataloguing the books in the Library. They gave a good deal of time in the Easter Holiday-i, and propose to give more in the Summer Holidays, to this dusty and thankless task. It is the sort of work that does not catch the limelight or bask in the rays of publicity ; and so some record here that it is not unappreciated seems in place.
593 RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. . The Novels of Sir W. Scott (48 vols.) ••• The Novels of Thackeray (26 vols.) ... ... The Works of Shakespeare (12 vols.) The Poetical Works of Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Dryden, Goldsmith, Burns, Scott, Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold, Browning, Tennyson, Byron, Emerson, Keats. ... Scott's Last Expedition (2 vols.) Groves' Dictionary of Music, (5 vols.) ... . . . Oxford History of Music (I II, IV VI.) ... ... Golden Treasury of Song . . Bach's Passion Music (S. Matthew.) Mass in B minor Handel's Messiah ... . . Handel's Israel in Egypt ••• Mendlessohn's Elijah ... ... •• ... Mozart's Requiem Mass Blaserna ... Theory of Sound in Relation to Music ... &elle!, Taylor Sound and Music ... Wagner's Beethoven ••• Schumann Music and Musicians Haweis . My Musical Life ... Hunelcer Mezzotints in Modern Music ... ... . ... Weiniiartner Symphony Writers since Beethoven... H. T. Finck ... ••• Greig and his Music E. Ilanslick The Beautiful in Music ... Ritter Music in England ... _Henderson Modern Musical Drift ... Banister ... ... Interludes ... Madeley Richardson Modern Organ Accompaniment Madeley Richardson .. The Southwark Psalter -
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Presented by Rev. F. H. I3arnby. Prescott's History of the Conquest of Peru ... ••• ••• Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico Novels by Q: Noughts and Crosses, Wandering Heath, Shining Ferry, The Westcotes, The Ship of Stars, Fort Amily, Hocken and Hunken, Brother Copas. Presented by J. H. Fowler, Esq., O.P. Librarian 1878-9. Macy's Story of the World's Literature Allardyce Nicholls' Readings from British Drama ••• English Narrative Poems Palgrave's Golden Treasury: Notes to Books I—V by J. H. Fowler.
594 The Scientific Society's Library. ••• ••• ... The Naturalist, as issued R. South ... Zoology by Shipley and MacBride ... ... T. E. Coward ... Birds of the British Isles (3 vols.) ... ••. ••• Butterflies and Moths of the British Isles (3 vols.) ... . ... E. Step ... Aninial Life of the British Isles ... W. J. Lucas ... British Dragonflies ... 1?. J. Tillyard The Biology of Dragonflies ... Darwin and Modern Science ... J. Johnstone Conditions of Life in the Sea ... . ... Bertham and Hooker's British Flora (2 vols.) ••• . ••• Furneaux's Life in Ponds and Streams ,.. ••• .. ••• ••• Furneaux's Sea Shore ... J. W. Judd The Coming of Evolution ••• F. Balfour Brown Concerning the' Habits of Insects ... E. B. Poulton •• The Colours of Animals
School Officers. W. G. Hutton (Head of School House). D. St. G. W. Gray (Head of Clifton Grove). R. G. Bullen. M. J. Bennion. C. G. Robb. C. D. Trimmer (Head of Clifton Manor). H. A. Patrick. •3. N. Thompson (Head of Clifton Rise). T. H. Raw. A. L. Hicks. J. R. Pope. E. Holgate (Head of Dayboys) Captain of Cricket : W. G. Hutton. Sec. „ „ : B. G. Bullen. Captain of Rowing : J. N. Thompson. Sec. „ „ : C. D. Trimmer. Sec. of Tennis R. G. Bullen. C.S.M. in 0.T.C. : W. G. Hutton. Editors of "Peterite" : M. J. Bennion. J. R. Pope. C. H. P. Bellwood. E. F. Williams.
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Contemporaries. We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following, apologising for any inadvertent omissions :—" The Merchistonian," " The Cuthbertian," " The Giggleswick Chronicle," " The Eastbournian," " The St. Peter's College Magazine " (Adelaide), " Le Journal de l'Ecole des Roches " (France), " The Limit," " The Stonyhurst College Magazine," " The Brighton College Magazine," " The Dovorian," " The Leodiensian," " The Denstonian," " The Ousel," " The Eagle," " The Cranleighan," " The Haileyburian," " The Malvernian," " The Sedberghian," The Johnian," " The Novocastrian," " The Dunelmian."
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R.U.F.C. Fixtures. 1st XI. Date.
Opponents.
Ground.
Sat., Oct. 5 .. Bradford A •• Wed., „ 23 .. Ripon G.S. Sat., „ 26 .. Leeds G.S. •• Wed., „ 30 .. Northumberland Fusiliers Sat., Nov. 2 .. Durham School .. •• Wed., ,9 6 .. Mount St. Mary's College Sat., „ 23 .. Giggleswick School Sat., „ 30 • . Worksop College •• Wed., Dec. 4 .. Northumberland Fusiliers Wed., „ 11 .. Yorkshire Wanderers Sat., „ 14 .. Ampleforth College Wed., „ 18 .. Old Peterites ..
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2nd XI. Sat., Oct. 26 .. Leeds G.S. .. Sat., Nov. 16 .. Mount St. Mary's College Sat., „ 23 .. Giggleswick School Wed., „ 27 .. Drax 1st XV .. . Sat., „ 30 .. Worksop College Sat., Dec. 14 .. Ampleforth College
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COLTS. Wed., Oct. 30 .. Ripon G.S. .. Wed., Nov. 20 .. Ampleforth College Sat. „ 23 .. Giggleswick School Tues., Dec. 10 .. Ampleforth College
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