Oct 1903 by StPetersYork

THE

PETERITE. VoL. XVIII.

OCTOBER, 1903.

No. 16z.

SCHOOL LETTER. NEW School Year has commenced, with old faces missing and new ones in their places. We welcome Mr. Grigson, who has come to take in hand the music of the School, which post Mr. Senior, who left us at the end of last Easter. Term, filled so adequately. We regret the departure of R. Baldwin, M. H. T. Roy, J, E. Farrow, L. M. Cadle, and P. H. Yeld, whose absence will be especially felt in all School games and matches. The new Carpenter's Shop in the Science Block is now ready for use, and should be greatly appreciated ; there is plenty of accommodation. There are three long benches, each of a different height. so that pupils of all sizes may learn ; there is also a lathe. An instructor comes three nights a week, and on the other nights the shop is always open. A Natural History Society has been started this term, of which there is a short account in these pages. We have also played and won our first match, against Ripon Grammar School, by IS pts. (3 goals and i try) to 5 pts. An account of this match will be seen in our next number.

PRIZE-GIVING.

PRIZE-GIVING. (Taken partly from the "Yorkshire Herald.")

The Prizes were distributed this year on July zoth, by the Dean of York. In spite of the inclemency of the weather there was a large gathering of parents and friends. Amongst those present were the Bishop of Beverley, the Rev. Canon Argles, the Rev. Canon Greenwood, the Rev. E. C. Owen, Mr. G. Yeld, and the other members of the Staff. The Dean, in the course of his speech, said it was something to belong to a School which had a past, and that of St Peter's reached back to Saxon times. His own early education took place in a proprietory school, which, like so many more schools of its class, had passed away. They were generally got up by people who took a superficial interest in education, and who knew practically nothing about schools. The influence of teachers and masters was never thought of, and in his school days he never saw a master in the playground. The masters never seemed to have any influence or intercourse with the boys except in school. Such a system was not likely to last, and one was happy to think that a better state of things now existed, and that the public schools and grammar schools throughout the country had taken a fresh lease of life; that a good many of the old abuses had been got rid of, and that the schools were waking up to the necessities of the times. It was gratifying to know that a school like St. Peter's, which was one of the oldest in England, had all the vigour of youth, and the other qualities calculated to place it more and more in the forefront of the schools of England. Those attending that school had a great advantage in the comprehensive education which they were getting. It was a great pleasure to him to take any part in promoting the interests of the school. Although he was not educated there, he thought he might call himself an old Peterite, for his intercourse with the school had been a very close one for twenty-three years. He had been permitted to take part

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in a great deal that had affected the welfare of the school, and if he were not entitled to call himself an old Peterite, he did not know who was. Speaking more directly to the boys, the Dean, alluding to the prizes, said, every one should be stepping stones to some future distinction, and should be spurs, as it were, for the future, and not merely laurels that you have gathered from the past. There are more boys than prizes, but I would say to those who have not got a prize, do not be disappointed or discouraged. No man ever succeeded who did not fail, and if we have not the pluck to bear failure successfully then you may depend upon it we shall never go on to win any successes that are worth the having." Referring to University life, the Dean said he would like to remind them that it had its dangers. Many looked back on it with rleasure and satisfaction, and many with unfeigned regret. He would say to those going up to the University, read the 139th Psalm, which told of the sense of the abiding presence of God with us. "You may depend upon it," added the Dean, " it is needful through life, but in no place more needful than in University life, and •especially in undergraduate life, with all its difficulties and temptations." In Acts xxviii. is, we are told how St. Paul was met by certain brethren, and how he thanked God and took courage He hoped that would be the case with those going from St. Peter's to the University. He looked back with the greatest possible thankfulness that such happy influences were given to him in his own University life. His old friend Chancellor Temple was at the same University. When he went to Oxford as a young man it was a great advantage, though he did not see it then as clearly as he did now, to be received by such a brother as Chancellor Temple, who was in the same college. They rowed together in the college racing boat, and saw a good deal of each other during the whole of their college life, and it was very much by Chancellor Temple's good influence and good example that one was encouraged and helped to meet the temptations and difficulties of undergraduate life. " And so I would say to you," concluded the Dean, " don't be too hasty in making friends and acquaintances ; see that they are brethren in the best sense of the

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word, men who are of a thoughtful and studious character. Don't be alarmed. You won't find they are dull. I never found Chancellor Temple dull. He was a very gentle, quid individual, just as he is now, and there are many others besides." The Rev. E. C. Owen prefaced an outline of the work of the school during the year by saying that the Dean had added another to a long list of kindnesses to the school in consenting to give away the prizes. He regarded that as a family gathering, and who so proper on such an occasion to take a prominent position as the one who had shown himself in a very real sense the true father of the institution ? Having referred to the opening of the science block, the opening of the Morris tube range, which he hoped was the first step towards the formation of a rifle corps, and the scheme for extending the cricket ground, Mr. Owen said the event of the greatest significance in the history of the year had been the inspection of the school by four Inspectors sent down by the Board of Education. There was a sort of impression that the school was coming under Whitehall, and going to be visited by elementary school inspectors. But it was' an entirely different thing to that. About two years ago the Board of Education received from the Privy Council powers to inspect secondary schools, and so far as science teaching went the school would receive fairly continuous visits from inspectors. But the inspection such as they had had during the past term was what was called administrative inspection. Some people might ask why the school was inspected, and what was the good of its being inspected. Well, they could not point to a large cheque as the result. There was no financial and tangible outcome, but he believed it was a most valuable thing. The inspection of secondary schools was going to spread, whether they liked it or not. It might be said they were going to Germanise their education, but he did not think they were. Sooner or later almost all, except perhaps the twenty-five biggest and strongest schools in England, would have to be inspected, and it was better to come in at the beginning, as St. Peter's had done, than to be forced in at the end. Everything depended on what sort of men the inspectors

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were. They were men who had been trained outside the Board of Education as a rule, men of the widest sympathy and education themselves, and they came down, not with cut and dried notions that that school must be forced into a certain groove, but they came to see what work it was doing, what work it ought to do, and to suggest the best ways in which it could adapt itself to the work required of it. They had no idea of assimilating the public schools to the grammar school, nor the grammar school to the higher grade Board School, nor the higher grade Board School to the lower grade Board School. The Inspectors had given their imprimatur on the policy the school had been pursuing, and said it was right to retain the school as only a first grade one, and that there must be no question of attempting to combine first grade and second grade education in one school, because they said in their experience it had always failed, They had not yet received the official report, but they were given to understand they were on right lines, and that the education given was satisfactory and efficient. The results of the examinations just over had confirmed that verdict. There was a steady rise of standard all the way through. He did not mean to say they had reached a brilliant standard, yet the tide, he thought, was rising. He believed firmly in that advance, and he believed the advance in work to be due to an advance in tone, in a strengthening of character, an increase of that moral thoughtfulness which was the glory, while at the same time to the scoffer it was the indignity of Arnold's Rugby. On the motion of the Bishop of Beverley, seconded by the Rev. Canon Argles, a vote of thanks was passed to the Dean, for whom hearty cheers were given by the boys, who in this way also remembered the Bishop of Beverley and the Governors of the school and Mr. and Miss Owen. The following is the prize • . R. Baldwin. The Archbishop's Prize for Classics .. The Dean's Prize for Mathematics .. • • P. H. Yeld. The Bishop of Bristol's Prize for Divinity J. L. Fisher. • • G. A. Fisher. English Essay Prize (First) .. J. L. Fisher. (Second) .. „ • . R. Baldwin. .• Latin Verse Prize

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8o FORM PRIZES :Form V. B. Classical

V. Modern . • IV. Classical IV. Modern III. Classical III. Modern Lower Third

.. S. W. Phillips. S. Crowther and F. G. Schroeder. J. D. Wells. T. S. Lambert. P. G. Hendley. A. S. Tonge. • • N. B. Bagenal.

MATHEMATICAL PRIZES :.. C. P. Wadsworth. •• Division II. •• .. R. 0. F. Husband. III. .. P. G. Hendley. . IV. .,., .. C. A. K. Peters. V. .• .. R. D. Foster. Lower Third Extra Prize given by the Headmaster for good work in the Scholarship Examination .. M. T. Clegg. Extra Prize for good progress, given by Mr. B. E. Yeats. . .• •. Yeld J. M. Raimes. English History Prize .. .. S. W. Phillips. French Prizes (Upper School) (Lower School) • • A. S. Tonge. ,, ,, S. Crowther. Natural Science (Upper School) (Lower School) • • C. C. Taylor. ,, Reading Prizes (Upper School) • • Not awarded. „ (Lower School) .. N. B. Bagenal. ,, J. A. Kirby. •• Music •• Singing (given by Miss Owen) G. G. Rickell. Drawing (given by Mr. A. W. Turner)— .. J. R. Sale. Division I. •. •• II. •. . • • M. Knowles. ,, .. W. P. Allen. .. .. •• ,, III. .. C. P. Wadsworth. Shorthand • • • • • . •• CRICKET PRIZE, — Batting Average .. .. G. A. Fisher. •. •. Bowling Average • .. L. M. Cadle. ••

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Fielding (given by Mr. F. W. Laughton)— First Eleven .. .. • • S. Crowther. •• Second Eleven • • R. H. Verini. •• •• The following is the Scholarship List— Foundation Scholarships .. .. R. 0. Husband. •• W. H. Colley. Day Scholarship .. .. W. Ingham. •• Hey Scholarships .. .. J. D. Wells. .. •• A. A. Phillips.

CRICKET. The following cricket matches have been played since our last number :— ST. PETER'S v. ROMANY C.C. Played at York on May 3oth, and resulted in a win for Romany C.C. by 6o runs. ST. PETER'S.

ROMANY C.C.

L. M. Cadle, c Grundy, b Power .. 37 B. II. Pickering, c Grundy, b Power 21 G. A. Fisher, c Blackett, b Clarke 10 K. S. Jones, b Power 1 P. H. Yeld, b Power 4 A. R. St. George, b Robinson ... 13 E. C. Peters, b Hammill 19 S. Crowther, b Hammill 0 M. W. Peters, c Munro, b Robinson 0 A. W. Willcock, not out 0 J. E. Farrow, b Hammill 0 Extras 10

J. J. Robinson, c & b L. M. Cadle 50

Total

....

C. F. Power, b Jones C. Blackett, c Willcock, b Jones.. C. Wolstenholme, b Jones A. Hammill, c E. C. Peters, b Jones G. G. S. Grundy, not out A. R. B. Munro, run out .... J. S. Webb, c Cadle, b Jones .... C. Wurren, c Fisher, b Jones .... F. Clarke, c Willcock, b Jones Sub, b Jones Extras

32 26

24 0 30 2 3 0 0 0 8

Total .... 175

115

ST. PETER'S v. DURHAM SCHOOL. Played at York on June 4.th, and resulted in a win for Durham. DURHAM SCHOOL.

ST. PETER'S.

J. Henderson, b A. R. St. George . 21 S. B.Pollard,cE.C. Peters,bC R ossop72 A. H. Richardson,,b L. M. Cadle.. 41 E. W. Trevor, b B. H. Pickering.. 30 D. Kelly, c Mossop, b Cadle .... 22 M. Stewart, c S. Crowther, b Pickering6 E. Morgan, b Pickering 3 F. W. Hicks, not out 5 A. Jackson, not out 7 C. S. Hodges } did net bat V. Carr Extras .. 12

P. H. Yeld, c Hicks, b Kelly .... 21 K. S. Jones, c Trevor, b Kelly .... 2 53 G. A. Fisher, not out 0 B. H. Pickering, b Carr 13 L. M. Cadle, c Carr, b Pollard.. 3 A. R. St. George, b Pollard 4 E. C. Peters, b Pollard 2 S. Crowther, run out A. Willcock, c & b Carr 0 3 M. W. Peters, b Pollard C. R. Mossop, run out .. 0 ••••• 6 E xtras

Total

220

Total

107

CRICKET. ST. PETER'S V. BOOTHAM SCHOOL.

Played June 19th on the Bootham ground, and resulted in a win for Bootham by 9 runs. ST. PETER'S.

BOOTHAM SCHOOL.

Thompson, b Cadle Thorp, c & b M. H. T. Roy ...... Littleboy, b M. H. T. Roy Barritt, b M. H. T. Roy ........ Pontefract, b A. R. St. George .. Rowntree, c E. C. Peters, b Cadle.. Knight, c Verini, b Cadle Brown, c Fisher, b Pickering Richardson, h Roy Chapman, not out Williamson, c & b St. George Extras

3 56 5 3 3 12 10 0 12 127

Total ST. PETER'S

1 18

10 L. M. Cadle, b Pontefract 14 B. H. Pickering, run out 10 G. A. Fisher, b Pontefract.... M. H . T. Roy, cLittleboy,b Pontefract 13 29 P. H. Yeld, run out E.G. Peters, c Littleboy,b Williamson 4 0 A. R. St. George, lbw Littleboy R. Verini, c Rowntree,b Williamson 23 1 S. Crowther, b Littleboy 5 E. A. Cl ark son, c Rowntree, b „ 0 C. R. Mossop not out 9 Extras • 118 Total

F. CROWTHER, ESQ.'S XI.

Played at York. ST. PETER'S.

L. M. Cadle, b G. Crowther .... 6 8 B. Pickering, b Grist 20 G. A. Fisher, b Hingston 6 M. H. T. Roy, b G. Crowther .. 30 P. H. Yeld, b Hingston E.C.Peters,cHingston,bG.Crowther 16 A.R.St.George,cHopkins,C.Whiteley 10 K. S. Jones, b G. Crowther 3 S. Crowther, b Hingston 1 E. A. Clarkson, not out C. R. Mossop, c Denham, b Hingston 2 20 Extras ...... . Total

F. CROWTHER, ESQ.'S XI. R. V. Middlemost, c Roy, b Mcssop 0 F. C. Crowther, not out 113 F. G. Crosland, c Peters, bSt.George 52 13 S. Grist, b. Clarkson 8 L. Hingston, run out G Crowther, b St. George 7 3 L. H. Hopkinson not out G. Whiteley H. Middlemost ; did not bat A. Denham Sub. 12 Extras

122

ST. PETER'S

Total

.. 208

OLD PETERITES.

Played at York 29th and 3oth June, and resulted, after a tough fight, in a victory for the School by i run. Fisher losing the toss the Old Boys went in first. They began with Jackson and Newton to face the bowling of Mossop and Cadle. Runs came at a fair pace, Roy going on for Mossop. At length Jackson was clean bowled by Roy, but with Crosthwaite in Newton still scored fast, but was at last disposed of by Cadle for a well hit 62, he was, however, badly missed once by St. George

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(2-124). Various bowlers had been tried in Jones, Pickering and St. George, but all without success but Crosthwaite and P. B. Jones' innings were brought to an end by two exceedingly good catches by Crowther in the long field off Mossop. W. M. Newton and E. Nelson gave little trouble, each being disposed of by Cadle, but Smith and E. S. Jones again livened up matters for the Old Boys, until Mossop c and b Smith. Dodsworth being stumped by Fisher, and H. Scott bowled by Cadle, the innings closed for 2i 0, G. S. Jones making 27 not out. Cadle bowled well, taking 6 for 29. The School started with Cadle and Pickering against the bowling of Jackson and P. B. Jones, but with only 7 on the board Pickering was bowled by Jackson. With Fisher in a long stand was made, Cadle and Fisher playing exceedingly good and attractive cricket, the latter's cuts being very clean. So well did these two batsmen play that it was not until the score had reached 139 that they were separated, Cadle succumbing to a catch off Newton for a wellplayed 54. Roy was bowled with only one to his credit, and io runs later Yeld fell to a catch brought off by P. B. Jones. With Peters in some more hitting was seen, until Fisher, after having played splendid cricket, was caught by H. Scott off Newton, having made 64 in two minutes under the hour. The rest offered no resistance to the attack, with the exception of Peters and St. George, and the innings finally closed for 183, or 27 behind the Old Boys. T. C. Newton and his slows proved fatal to the School, taking 5 wickets for 13. The Old Boys started again and we managed to get them out for 158. The School going in some exciting play was seen, the School winning by i run, thanks to the exceedingly good play of Fisher and Clarkson. Undoubtedly the feature of the match were the two grand innings played by Fisher, and the bowling of Cadle, who both contributed a great deal to our victory. We were pleased to see so many spectators on each day.

CRICKET.

OLD PETERITES.

2nd Innings.

1st Innings. 51 T. A. Jackson, b Roy 62 T. C. Newton, b Cadle W. H. Crosthwaite, c Crowther, b Mossop 15 P. B. Jones, c Crowther, b Mossop 0 W. M. Newton, lbw Cadle 0 E. Nelson, b Cadle C. S. Smith, c & b M ossop 17 27 E. S. Jones, b Cadle 12 P. Scott, stumped, b Cadle 0 B. Dodsworth, b Cadle 0 H. Scott, not out 19 Extras Total

20 7

run out run out c Yeld, b Pickering b Cadle b ,'St. George b Cadle c Roy, b Pickering b Cadle b Cadle b St. George not out

•

Extras Total

210

10 0 3 6 67 1 . 0 5 15 158

ST. PETER'S.

2nd Innings.

1st Innings. L. M. Cadle, c Jackson, b T. Newton 54 0 B. H. Pickering, b Jackson .. G. A . Fish er, cH •Scott,bT. C. Newton 64 M. H. T. Roy, b Jackson 1 P. H. Yeld, c P. B. Jones, b Jackson 8 19 E. C. Peters, c & b E. S. Jones.. K.S.Joncs,cDodsworth,l,T.C. Newton 0 A. R.St.George,cP. B.Jones,b „ 10 0 S. Crowther, lbw, b Newton 0 E. A. Clarkson, b E. S. Jones 0 C. R. Mossop, not out .... 27 Extras Total

.183

ST. PETER'S

7► .

lbw, Jackson b E. S. Jones c Jackson, b E. Nelson b E. S. Jones c & b, T. C. Newton c Crosthwaite, b Jackson b E. Nelson b Jackson c Dodsworth, b E. Nelson run out not out Extras Total

6 74 6 38 6 0 0 3

26 0 8 186

DURHAM SCHOOL.

Played at Durham, July 4th, on the Durham ground, and resulted in a win for Durham. DURHAM.

ST. PETER'S.

34 J. Henderson, lbw, Pickering T. B. Pollard, c Mossop, b Cadle.. 60 E. W. Trevor, c Cadle, b Pickering 0 A. H. Richardson, c Fisher, b Cadle 19 C. S. Jackson, c Fisher, b Jones .. 17 36 M. Stewart, not out 2 E. T. Morgan, b St. George F. W. Hicks,c Crowther,b St•George 1 0 D. Kelly, c Cadle, b St. George 5 C. S. Hodges, b Mossop V. Carr, did not bat 26 Extras

L. M. Cadle, b Carr 18 B. H. Pickering, b Carr 5 G. A. Fisher, not out 47 P. H. Yeld, b Carr 7 E. C. Peters, c Kelly, b Carr . • • 8 M. H. T. Roy, b Hodges 21 K. S. Jones, b Hodges • • • • • . 0 E. A. Clarkson, b Jackson ..•••• 6 A. R. St. George, at, b Pollard 0 S. Crowther, b Pollard 0 C. R. Mossop, b Carr .... 0 Extras 1

.... 199

Total „ , . ...113

Total

BATTING AVERAGES.

FIRST XI. FIXTURES. Date.

School Oppnts. Gr'nd. Result. score. score.

Versus.

Sat. May 3o. Romany C C . Tues June 2. Ampleforth College • Thurs. „ 4. Durham School

home lost 115 175 home not played home lost 107 220 for 7 wkts Sat. 125 „ 6. Bootham School away lost 119 173 away lost 116 Wed. „ 10. North Riding Asylum for 6 wkts Sat. 126 „ 13. Leeds G.S. away lost 125 for 9 wkts Sat. 158 „ 20. Pocklington School home lost 107 home lost 122 208 Wed. „ 24. F. C. Crowther's XI. for 5 wkts 183 Mon. „ 29. 210 home won r86 158 Tues. „ 3o. Old Boys Sat. July 4.. Durham School away lost 113 119 Sat. „ away not played Hymer's College RESULT .. Won I. Lost 8. Scratched 2.

SECOND XI. FIXTURES. Tues. June 2. Thurs. „ 4.. Sat. ,, 6 . Sat. „ 13. Sat. „ 20. Sat. July I1. RESULT

Ampleforth College ... . away not played. Durham School 2nd .. .. away lost Bootham School znd .. home drawn Leeds G.S. znd home drawn Pocklington School znd . • away lost Hymer's College znd .home not played. Won o. Lost 2. Drawn 2. Scratched

BATTING AVERAGE. Times Top Aggregate. not out. Score. 2 74 • . 321 . .•

Inns.

G. A. Fisher P. H. Yeld L. M. Cadle M. H. T. Roy E. C. Peters A. E. Clarkson B. H. Pickering • • • K. S. Jones A. R. St. George .. S. Crowther C. Mossop

10 0 • • I0

8 10

•• 1

5 to 9 to

••

.. ..

199

54 33 19 26

.. .. ••

196 81

. .

102

••

Average.

4.0'12 19'9 19.6 10'12 10'2

•• ••

37 88 5o

••

• •

•

5 •• Not out.

3* • • 2

•

•• • •

.•

9'25

8.8 5 . 55 5 .2 1'24

'75

CRICKET RETROSPECT.

CRICKET RETROSPECT. Custom compels us, without regard to our unwillingness, to furnish a retrospect of the last season as we have done of previous ones. Perhaps it is well that we should be able to put forward some excuse for the failure of our eleven. Bad luck is largely to blame for our ill-success but the real cause was undoubtedly the unevenness of the team. We had two good bowlers in Cadle and Roy, but if they tired there was no bowler of any merit to succeed them. We had good reason to regret the loss of E. E. Yeld's steady bowling. Three of the batsmen, Fisher, P. Yeld, and Cadle scored nearly two-thirds of the total runs. The feebleness of the batting was clearly shewn in the Durham matches and that with Bootham School. The fielding of the team was very bad. Two or three were up to the ordinary average, but some members of the team had not the faintest idea of holding a catch or saving a boundary. Cadle, Roy, and Mossop all suffered largely in their bowling figures on account of this defect. We only won one match, that against the Old Boys, by one run. We lost the other nine. We threw away the Bootham match by reckless batting. We encountered two crushing defeats by Durham owing to bad fielding and miserable batting. We made a much better fight with the Romany C.C. than we had expected, and the result would have been much closer but for the feeble batting of the tail and the slovenly fielding. The only match in which we may reasonably blame fortune was that with Leeds G.S., when, after many vicissitudes, we appeared at last to have the game in hand, and then came the heavy rain which made it impossible for our bowlers to get a foothold. Pocklington G.S, and the Asylum beat us easily : our batting was again of the most feeble description. We were unable to arrange matches with Garforth, Ampleforth, and Hymer's College, so our programme was considerably shortened. In addition to the colours who all played well, useful recruits were found in Pickering, E. C. Peters, and Clarkson, while Mossop with the ball, and Crowther in the field, were occasionally

CHARACTERS.

of service. Verini made a most promising first appearance, but was unfortunately unable to play on more than one other occasion. The second eleven failed to win any of their matches, but it contains several promising players, Greenhow,. Blenkin, Sullivan, Eardley, and Clegg, who should help to provide plenty of material for next yeaes elevens.

FIRST XI CHARACTERS. *M. H. T. Roy. An aggressive bat, but weak in defence ; on his day a good bowler, but very erratic at most times. A fair captain, but hardly careful enough in setting his field. *G. A. FISHER. A good bat, but too impetuous as a rule. A good keen field. A good bat, but too eager to score quickly ; a very *L. M.:CADLE. fair bowler. Good all-round cricketer. *P. H. YELD. A vigorous bat, lucky at times, but always useful and keen. A fair wicket-keep. *B H. PICKERING. A steady bat who will improve. Weak at first in the field, but improved later. *E. C. PETERS. A natural hitter, who improved greatly in defence. A good field. E. A. CLARKSON. A useful cricketer, who bats confidently and fields keenly. K. S. JONES. A weak bat. Bowled well at the beginning of the season, but was handicapped afterwards by a bad knee. S. CROWTHER. A fair bat, but handicapped by weak eyesight ; very good field. A. R. ST. GEORGE. A fair bat, but too careless. A useful change bowler. C. R. MCPSSOP. A slow bowler who will improve.

FOOTBALL PROSPECTS.

SECOND XI. CHARACTERS. *R. BALDWIN. Captained the team throughout the season. An awkward bat. Played one good innings. An uncertain field. R. H. VERINI. A good hard-hitting bat, but with weak defence. A very good field. W. E. EARDLEY. A very steady bat with some nice strokes. Has kept wicket with some success. E. N. GREENHOW. A very neat and careful bat. Much too slow in the field. Can bowl a little. A. WILCOCK. An ugly bat. A fast but erratic bowler. Fair field. "J. N. Blenkin. Bats in very nice style, and is very hard to get out ; but lacks strength. Smart in the field. E. S. N. BULMER. Has a very unorthodox style, which is occasionally very effective. At times a useful bowler. Slow in the field. M. T. CLEGG. Bowls medium pace and keeps a good length. A poor bat and field. J. H. SULLIVAN. As a batsman is hard to get out. A fair bowler. Safe but slow in the field. M. W. PETERS. A most disappointing player. Has a nice style and plenty of strength, but will not stand up to fast bowling. Very uncertain in the field. W. H. COLLEY. A good stone wailer. Met with some success as a bowler. A safe catch. " Denotes a colour.

FOOTBALL PROSPECTS. By the time this Number appears, football will be in full swing. We have lost most of last year's team ; the remaining colours are G. A. Fisher, M. Browne, S. Crowther, R. C. Todd, and A. R. St. George. Of these, Browne and Todd are forwards. Fisher will play half, and as St. George will probably be in the threequarter line, another half will be chosen from W. E. Eardley and

FOOTBALL FIXTURES.

M. W. Peters. Crowther will play centre and the other threequarters will be chosen from J. Fisher, R. H. Verini, D. C. Anderson and E. N. Greenhow. The last named is exceedingly light, but is a neat kick with either foot. The position of full back is at present occupied by E. A. Clarkson, who is a good tackler and kick, and should be a success. The forwards, we are afraid, will be unusually light, and have yet to learn much of the game. Of the candidates, the lighter members show most promise. It is a great pity that those who do possess the bulk requisite for a good forward, seem to be hopelessly slack and spiritless. Pickering, Schroeder, Colley, Yeats, Duffitt and Phillips have displayed some dash, and intelligence, qualities which have not yet been conspicuons in the play of Wilcock, Heap, Newton and Bulmer, all of whom have ability to become useful forwards. The defects of the team are numerous and glaring, but we hope to see many of them satisfactorily remedied. Lack of pace in the back division does not perhaps admit of immediate remedy. Smartness however may be acquired as an efficient substitute. Careful practice should effect a great improvement in their passing, and raise the standard of their tackling and kicking. The lightness of the forwards should give them an advantage in smartness over heavier opponents. May they make good use of it, by acquiring coherence and dash, in which they are at present deplorably deficient. Until the pack learns to work intelligently, and understand each other, they can hardly hope to command even a moderate amount of success. However, in football keenness covers a multitude of sins. If only we can arouse enthusiasm in the fifteen we may look hopefully towards the season which has just begun.

FIRST XV. FIXTURES. Sat. Oct. 1 oth. Ripon G. S. Wed. „ r‘t.th. Old Boys.

Away Won 18 — 5 pts. (3 g. I t.) Home Drawn 3 — 3 pts. (i t.) t.)

VALETE.

Home Drawn 3 — 3 pts. (i t.) (1 t.) Away 21st. Leeds G. S. Wed. • • Home Sat. „ 24th. Headingly 'A' Home Sat. „ 31st. Durham School Home Sat. Nov. 7th. Giggleswick School Home Wed. „ iith. Wakefield G. S Sat. „ 14th. Durham School. Away Wed. „ i8th. Hull & East Riding 'A' Home zist. Merchant Taylor's Sat. „ (Crosby) Home Sat. Dec. 12th. Hull &East Riding 'A' Home Sat. Feb. 6th. Wakefield G. S. Away Sat. Oct. T7th. Leodensian F. C.

SECOND XV. FIXTURES. Wed. Oct. 2 1st. Leeds G. S. 2nd ....Home Sat. Nov. 14th. Durham School 2nd.. Home

VALETE. P. H. Yeld. VI. Classical. Came September, 1894. Head of School. XV., 1900-1-2-3. XI., 1902-3. Hockey XI., 1903. Foundation Scholarship 1898. Open Exhibition at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. R. Baldwin. VI. Classical. Came January, 1896. Head Monitor. XV., 1902-3. znd XI., 1902-3. Foundation Scholar, 1899. Captain of Choir. Editor of Peterite. Hasting's Exhibition at Queen's College, Oxford. M. H. T. Roy. VI. Classical. Came January, 1897. House Monitor. XV., 1900-1. Captain 1902-3. XI., 1900-1-2. Captain 1903. Hockey XI., 1902-3. Victor Ludorum 1903. Foundation Scholar 1899.

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

L. M. Cadle. Upper V. Classical. Came January, 1901. XI., Batting Hockey XL, 19oz-3. XV., 1902-3. 1902-3. Average, 1902. Bowling Average, 1903. Fives Pair, 1903. J. E. Farrow. Lower V. Classical. Came September, 1894. XV., 1900-1-2-3. znd XI., 1902. Day-boy Scholarship 1900. K. S. Jones. V. Modern. 1st XI., 1903. Hockey XI., 1903. A. W. Tindall. G. H. Smith. N. B. Bagenal. F. H. Lucy. G. F. Laughton. W. M. Teasdale.

SALVETE. F. Newton. A. A. Phillips. A. J. Peters. E. R. Broughall. E. A. Selke. W. V. Lawton.

R. C. Bentley. D. C. Anderson. H. Darnell. L. Monkman. R. R. Taylor. R. M. Mills.

NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. This term has seen the formation of a Natural History Society, and there is also to be a Fishing Club. A meeting was held on October 5th, to elect a committee and make other arrangements. Monday afternoons are to be devoted to expeditions, and probably other times also will be chosen for the same purpose. A few enthusiasts set off to see what they could find on October loth, and there were rumours that a rabbit had been caught. We do not want to say anything against the society ; far from it ; but we hope that those who' arrange the times for the expeditions, will not choose such times as will interfere with football or other games.

SCHOOL REGISTER AND RECORDS.

SCHOOL REGISTER AND RECORDS. The Editors propose to publish from time to time, under this heading, short notes about the early history of the School and Old Peterites. Contributions, which will be thankfully received, may be addressed to The Editors of the Peterite, St. Peter's School, York. The following are said to have been educated at York, viz. :— Under Alcuin, Headmaster 765-782. Alubert, who was sent to York by his master, Gregory, for consecration. "Sigibodus, a companion of Liudger and Alubert. "Credulus. "Cuculus. This name and that of Credulus are probably nicknames only. "Eangist. Joseph, a schoolfellow of Eanbald and Liudger, and apparently a clerk at York, who had the management of Alcuin's property there. Onias, addressed as sacerdos by Alcuin. Guillermus, a relation of Achaius (rex Scotorum) said to have accompanied Clement, Johannes, Rabanus and Alcuin to the Court of Charlemagne. "Oduinus, a priest to whom Alcuin addressed an epistle on Baptism. "Wido. Alcuin addressed his work, De Virtutibus, to Dilectissimo filio Widoni Comiti. Under John Johnson, M.A., 1614.-1652. Rawdon, Marmaduke, born 161o. Pailer, Sir Watkinson, Bart. Frankland, Sir Henry, born 161o. Swale, Sir Solomon, born 161o. Herbert, Sir Thomas, born 16o6. Went to Jesus College, Oxford, 1621, died 1681. Gibson, Sir John. Stapleton, John.

SCHOOL REGISTER AND RECORDS.

Stanhope, Geo. A cousin of Thos. Stanhope (O.P.) Scott, Robert. Under Wm. Langley, M.A., 166o-1679. tFothergill, Marmaduke, born 1652. Went to Magdalene College, Cambridge. Under Thos. Hinchliffe, 1700-1726. Eusden, Lawrence, born 1688. Scholar and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Poet Laureate. Died 173o. 1- Emerson, Wm., born 1701, died 178z. Under Isaac Grayson, 1793-1827. tJardine, Sir Wm., born 1800. Went to Edinburgh University. Naturalist. Died 1874. t Hewitson, Win. Chapman, born 1806. A Land Surveyor and Naturalist. and t as above are more or less doubtful. NOTE. —The names marked were pupils of Alcuin either in England or abroad, and those Those marked marked t were educated in York, but it is not certain that they were at St. Peter's School.

The Bishop of Bristol (O.P.) has recently published his lectures on St. Aldhelm, 'his life and times. We have not yet been able to ascertain whether he adopts the statement that Aldhelm, born 639, and afterwards Bishop of Sherburn, studied Roman law in a school at York, which was founded under an edict of Gratian, and which is said to be mentioned by Alcuin as still existing in his time. Among the matriculations in 1740 at Christchurch, Oxford, is the name of John Blake, who is described as aged r 7 and son of Zechariah Blake, of Goldsborough, Yorkshire. He was probably afterwards Headmaster in succession to his father. From the time of the Romans until after the Norman Conquest " Every Bishop's house was a school for instruction in learning and a seminary or college for educating and qualifying persons for the ministry of the Gospel." Amongst others, Acca, Bishop of Hexham, had his education under Bosa, Bishop of York, St. Wilfrid was entrusted by the nobles of Northumbria with the tuition of their children, and St. John, of Beverley, who succeeded Bosa, had always a little company of pupils under his charge, including at different times Bede, St. Sigga, Berchthune, Herebald and Wilfrid, afterwards Wilfrid II., Archbishop of York.

NOTES AND ITEMS.

It is probable that Osbald and Osbercht, to whom Alcuin addressed one of his letters, were two of his schoolfellows at York as he speaks of his ancient friendship with them. John Harper, who designed the present school buildings, was also the architect of some churches at Bury, Lancashire. In 1813, two Roman coffins were found in a field nearly opposite Burton Stone, where a cross formerly stood, shewing the extent of the city's liberties beyond Bootham Bar. The portraits of Alcuin, Marmaduke Rawdon and Sir Thos. Herbert, may be added to the list given on p. 72 ante.

O.P. NOTICE. A committee is being formed to investigate the Registers and Records of the School. O.P.'s who wish to join it are requested to communicate with the London Secretary of the O.P. Club.

LIBRARY. The following books have been added to the Library : The Day's Work Rudyard Kipling. Barlasch of the Guard ......... H. S'eton Merriman. Six Trees Mary Freeman. The Soul of a People Fielding Hall. Constitutional History of England Stubbs. A Short History of England , .john Richard Green.

NOTES AND ITEMS. loth, the wife of Godfrey E. Crawshaw (O.P.) of a son. September i7th, the wife of R. Crawshaw (O.P.), of a son. MARRIAGES.—July 13th, Robert Athelstan Draper (O.P.), to Eleanor, youngest daughter of Mrs. Tucker of Bedford.

BIRTHS.—September

NOTES AND ITEMS.

July 27th, Edward Herbert Place (O.P.), to Euphemia, daughter of Lt. -Col. Jas. Murray Grant. September 9th, Norman Thompson Crombie (O.P.), to Anne (Daisy), fourth daughter of Francis Fleming, Esq., of Halifax. September 23rd, Christopher Cadman Cadman (O.P.), to Dorothy, third daughter of Edmund Sharpe. Appointments :Rev. E. S. Fox (O.P.), to be vicar of Huntington, York. Rev. C. Oldfield (O.P.), to be chaplain of Beaulieu, France. L. M. Cadle won the fives tournament which took place at the end of last term ; the final against G. A. Fisher being well contested. C. S. Smith (O.P.) was ordained in Peterborough Cathedral on loth September. 2nd Lieutenant E. St. G. Kirke (O.P.) won the Army and Navy Boxing Championship (Light Weights) at Aldershot. 25th September. R. G. Bingham (O.P.) has captained the St. Thomas Hospital Team. F. Mitchell (O.P.) will be captain of the South African Cricket Team which will shortly visit England. R. F. Russell (O.P.) has being playing for Leicester and the Midlands. C. Nelson (0 P.) has being playing for Lennox F. C. We congratulate E. S. N. Bulmer, J. Fisher and E. T. Heap on passing the Oxford and Cambridge Certificate last term. L. M. Cadle has been playing football for Durham City F. C. G. A. Fisher and M. Browne have been elected captain and secretary respectively, of football this term. Among recent publications we observe " St. Aldhelm, His Life and Times," Lectures by the Rt. Rev. G. F. Browne, D.D., Bishop of Bristol (O.P.). In the Cornhill Magazine for October, 1903, is an article " Poetic Justice," by W. B. Wosfold (O.P.) B. Hudson (O.P.) has passed the examination for the degrees of M.B., B.0 , Camb. ; M.R.C.S., Lond.; L.R.C.P., Eng. ; and

has been appointed Surgeon to the SS. Mombassa.

CONTEMPORARIES.

OBITUARY. July 18th, the REV. THOMAS HUTCHINSON (O.P.), aged 88. August 2ist. THE REV. RICHARD DAYRELL (0 P.). He was one of the Davrells of Lillingstone, a family whose pedigree goes back to the time of Richard I. August 28th. The eldest son of F. W. PIXLEY (O.P.). August 29th. EDWARD THOMAS MOORE (O.P.). " Taken from the Bromley and District Times." " Mr. Moore was born in 1850 at York, and was educated at St. Peter's School in that city. He gained a scholarship--he had supported himself entirely by means of his scholarships since he was 16 years of age —at Queen's College, Oxford, where he graduated. He was subsequently for a short time an Assistant Master at Marlborough College, then at Hillbrow School, Rugby, and finally at Plymouth College. In the spring of 1887 Mr. Moore came to Bickley as Head Master of Amesbury House School.' He was still at Amesbury House School when he was drowned in the holidays whilst bathing.

CONTEMPORARIES. The Editors beg to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following Contemporaries :—Abingdonian, Barrovian, Bromsgrovian, Eastbournian, Giggleswick Chronicle,; Hurst Johnian (2), Malvernian (2), Iliasonian, illerchistonian, Sedbergian, St. ► ichael's Chronicle.