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PETERITE. VoL. X XI.

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SCHOOL LETTER. NCE more, as the days slip by, an apparition appears to the already overworked Editor, and ominously murmurs "Peterite." In other words everyone begins to ask " When is the Peterite coming out ?"

And so the task must be undertaken of " creating "

a Peterite which will meet with as little severe criticism as possible. And it is a hard task indeed. For though many complain of the poorness of the Peterite, no one offers any help to the poor Editors. But to business. A review of the Football season up-to-date will be found elsewhere.

Speech Day, with the Prize-giving, was held on July 29th, when we were honoured by the presence of two Members of Parliament, who are brothers. Our own member, J. G. Butcher, Esq., K.C., M.P., gave the school some good advice in his speech, and kindly gave the prizes away afterwards. His brother and fellow M.P., Mr. S. H. Butcher, spoke on Classics and the value of Public Schools. A full account of the proceedings is given elsewhere.

This term we have lost Mr. Hallows from the Staff, and welcome Mr. Matthews in his place.

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We would like to offer our congratulations, though late, to Rev. R. 0. Walker on his marriage, and to Mrs. Walker, who has already obtained one extra half-holiday for the school.

NOTICE TO OLD PETERITES. Will Old Peterites desirous of playing in the Old Boys' football match communicate with H. C. Scott, St. Peter's Grove, York. The match is on the school ground at 2-30, on Tuesday, zoth December.

The Dinner will be at the Davy Hall Restaurant, York, on Wednesday, 21st December. Old Peterites intending to be present please communicate with H. C. Scott as above.

SPEECH DAY. Speech Day this year proved to be an occasion of more than ordinary interest, Mr. J. G. Butcher, K.C., M.P., and Mr. S. H. Butcher, M.P., both being present and delivering able speeches.

The Dean of York presided, and supporting him on the platform were Mr. J. G. Butcher, Mr. S. H. Butcher, the Bishop of Beverley, Canon Watson, Canon Argles, Canon Greenwood, the Rev. W. 0. F. Campbell, Mr. E. R. Dodsworth, Alderman Braithwait, Mr. J. Newton, Canon Owen (the Headmaster) and the Staff.

The Dean, in opening the proceedings, referred to the appointment of the Headmaster as one of the Canons of York

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Minster. The Archbishop, he said, had a happy knack—he wished more had it—of always doing the right thing in the right way, and of all the things he had done since his appointment to that high position, none had given greater satisfaction, both internally and externally, than Canon Owen's appointment.

Externally it had given the greatest satisfaction, because the Canon was so widely known and appreciated, whilst it would also draw him into closer fellowship with the members of the Chapter of the Minster. Canon Owen would see in this honour the recognition and appreciation of those around him of the work he had done, and he hoped it would be a link which would bind him more closely to St. Peter's School and to the Diocese of York.

May he live many years to enjoy the office.

The Headmaster, in expressing his sincere gratitude for the Dean's remarks and their reception, said that perhaps the thing of which he was most proud, next to that of being an Oxford man, was that of being a member of so ancient and historic a corporation as the Chapter of York Minster. Proceeding to present the honours list of the school, the Headmaster announced that W. Ingham had won a Classical Scholarship at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and R. D. Foster a Choral Studentship at St. John's College, Cambridge, and C. C. Taylor was going to Woolwich. Mr. W. H. Pickering, one of H.M. Inspectors of Mines, had won the Edward VII. medal for distinguished bravery in the first class, for descending a mine to the assistance of a miner in danger. In the General Election they had returned one member to each side of the House—Captain A. Jackson, M.P., and Mr. E. H. Pickersgill, M.P. A. E. Schroeder had been elected to the Leaving Exhibition, W. H. Haynes to the Foundation Scholarship, and W. Price Jones to an Entrance Scholarship. The Headmaster further reported that the numbers of the school showed a tendency steadily to rise, and the health had been very good. They were endeavouring—with what success he did not know—to refute the very common but not always deserved attacks upon the public schools of England. He did not

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think the rather cheap assumption made in some quarters that the public schools were houses of idleness was justified. No one going round the science laboratories, carpenter's shop, the museum, etc., of St. Peter's, could say they were exclusively learning Latin and Greek. "But we don't believe," he added, " that the case against the classics has been made out. At St. Peter's we stand for the ideals and traditions of the old public school, and for the type of men the old public schools turned out, and we are trying to turn them out still." In conclusion Canon Owen acknowledged the support he received from the governing body of the school, and the loyal assistance of the Staff.

Mr. J. G. Butcher, M.P., prior to presenting the prizes, heartily congratulated the Headmaster upon the honour he had received at the hands of the Archbishop by being raised to a post he had well earned and would worthily adorn. He also congratulated the boys who had won prizes on their success, and to those who had not won prizes he expressed the hope that their efforts might be rewarded by success in the future. He cordially confessed he envied the schoolboy, not because of his youth, but because of the opportunities of the present and the possibilities of the future.

It was, after all, for the boys to see that they made the best of their opportunities, not from a self-interested point of view—that would be unworthy—but from a sense of duty. It was their duty, while at school, to make the best of their powers and capacities, and fit themselves for the work they would have in after life.

How were they to discharge that duty ? He would say, "Train your muscles and brains, and above all, your character." He would go further and say do it strenuously, for he fully accepted the gospel of strenuousness. There was no place in the world to-day for loafers, whether in Park Lane or the slums of the East End, the only difference between whom was that one wore a clean shirt and the other had no shirt at all. It was hardly necessary, in Yorkshire to urge either men or boys to cultivate muscles or to play cricket and football. He did urge them, however, to continue to play, and not be merely lookers-on.

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While looking on was an admirable thing, he would far rather be a participator in an inferior game than a spectator of one far superior. As regarded brains, it did not take much to see that in the strenuous competition of life to-day they must cultivate and make the best of their brains or they would fall behind. Character, too, was absolutely essential. He saw that his friend, Lord Helmsley, had made an observation which contained a good deal of sound sense : that the development of character meant the encouragement of the latent good which is in every individual, and the elimination of the latent bad. If anyone asked him what was the best test of the merits of a man or a boy he would say that people should say of him, " I can trust him." The man to be trusted was the man of character. They must also build lip the quality of courage, not merely physical, but moral courage, such as would lead them to take up an unpopular line they believed to be right, and to say when facing the problems of life, " Yes " or " No." Perhaps some of them might enter, or attempt to enter, Parliament, and if they did he advised them to always say " Yes" or " No " to whatever they were asked. It was much more popular than saying " Perhaps," and the questioner would be much better pleased, even though he did not fall in with their convictions, than if they shilly-shallied. Many of them when they grew up might acquire positions of authority in which they would be asked to lead and govern, and there was no better training for that than the discipline of a public school. He was confident that the training they got at St. Peter's would enable them to fill their places in life with credit to them, to themselves and their country. He offered his tribute of admiration and respect to the Governors and Masters of the school, who had worthily maintained the character and traditions of the school, and enhanced its reputation for efficiency.

Mr. Butcher then handed the prizes to the successful boys, cordially shaking each by the hand. The list was :Archbishop's Prize for Classics : R. T. Brode.

Dean's Prize for Mathematics : F. Ferguson.

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Bishop of Bristol's Prize for Divinity : A. W. Jackson.

Headmaster's Prizes : Latin Prose, R. T. Brode ; Latin Verse, A. E. Schroeder; Greek Prose, A. E. Schroeder ; Essays, A. W. Jackson, 2, A. J. Peters and H. Price Jones ; Essay (below the 6th), A. C. B. Molony.

Reading : Senior, R. T. Brode and A. E. Schroeder ; Junior, A. D. Trotter.

Whytehead Divinity Prizes : Lower V. Classical, A. C. B. Molony ; V. Modern, A. D. Trotter; 1V., P. A. W. Richards; Lower School, A. G. Wilson.

Form Prizes : Upper V. Classical, H. E. K. Reynolds; Lower V. Classical, H. W. Hussey ; V. Modern, A. D. Trotter ; IV. Classical, J. Mould ; IV. Modern, R. N. Morse ; Lower School, R. A. Harpley and R. W. Horton.

Mathematical : Division I. (b), B. C. Camm ; Division II., H. E. K. Reynolds ; Division III., H. Hopkins ; Division IV., J. C. Foster ; Division V., H. L. Waddington.

Science : V. Modern, G. G. Wallace ; IV. Modern, R. N. Morse ; Lower School, R. Thornton.

History : Form VI., A. W. Jackson ; Form V. Modern, F. E. Ferguson ; Form IV., W. H. Farquharson ; Lower School, R. A. Harpley.

Music : F. Ferguson.

Choir : R. M. Baskett.

Drawing : V. Modern, 1, R. F. J. Strange, 2, L. F. Wood ; IV. Modern, J. C. Foster ; Lower School, G. T. Fairbank.

Photography (Prize given by Miss Husband) : General, A. E. Robinson ; Natural History, G. H. Mills.

Essay : Lower V. Classical, A. C. B. Molony.

Cricket: Batting Average, D. L. Fernandes ; Bowling Average, A. J. Peters.

Boating : The House won the Cup. Shooting : Silver Bowl, C. L. Armstrong ; two Spoons, H. Price Jones, C. L. Armstrong, K. Shann, R. F. J. Strange.

Swimming : Quarter Mile (open), 1, A. J. Peters ; 2, P. A. W. Richards ; 3, L. G. Barry. Two Lengths (open), 1, P. A. W.

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Richards ; 2, A. J. Peters. Diving (for objects), 1, H. E. K. Reynolds ; z, P. A. W. Richards. Four Lengths (junior), r, P. A. W. Richards ; 2, W. H. Farquharson. One Length (junior), r, P. A. W. Richards ; 2, J. 0. Wood. Relay Race : House v. Dayboys, won by the House.

ST. OLAVE'S. Upper School : Division I., Term and Examination, H. M. L. Durrant ; Latin, T. A. Ekins ; Mathematics, H. L. Hannam ; French, G. H. Jennings-Bramley ; English, W. G. Yeoman ; Divinity (Whytehead Prize), J. P. C. Bell. Division II., Term and Examination, R. H. Metcalfe ; Mathematics, R. G. Delittle.

Lower School : Division I., Rank, W. A. Pritt ; Arithmetic and Writing, C. M. Fisher ; Divinity (Whytehead Prize), C. R. Bulmer ; Latin, 0. Gray ; French, S. W. Jesper ; English, G. A. Allen.

Division II., Rank, C. E. Birks and D. Norwood ; French, P. S. Smyrk ; Arithmetic, R. R. Rainford. Division III., Rank, C. L. Metcalfe ; English, D. S. Thirsk. Division IV., Rank, J. B. Gedge ; English, C. T. B. Parker. Music, J. M. Ferguson.

Alcuin House : Term and Examination, K. Poad ; Latin, W. C. Platt ; Mathematics, A. Delittle ; Divinity (Whytehead Prize), H. W. Ellis ; French, J. R. Hodgson ; English, E. Grabham.

Cricket : Batting Average, H. M. L. Durrant. Bowling Average, A. B. Radford.

Swimming : Go-as-you-please, C. M. Fisher ; One Length, J. P. C. Bell ; Two Lengths, H. L. M. Durrant ; Four Lengths, G. P. T. Yeoman ; Certificate for swimming quarter mile, given by the Master of the baths : H. M. L. Durrant.

Church Catechism Certificates—Religious Education Examinations of the Rural Deanery of York : H. M. L. Durrant and H. L. Hannam, first-class ; J. P. C. Bell, A. B. Radford, W. G. Yeoman, G. T. P. Yeoman, G. H. Jennings-Bramley, J. M. Ferguson, T. A. Ekins, G. E. R. Edgecomb, R. H. Metcalfe and K. G. Chilman, second-class ; and J. W. Procter, third-class.

The Bishop of Beverley proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Butcher for so kindly distributing the prizes, and for his earnest words of advice and encouragement to the boys. Boys of the present day, he said, were to be congratulated in many respects. They had better tools in the way of books, and the variety of subjects

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gave boys with talents in one direction the opportunity to learn that which they could more easily assimilate and enjoy, and which would be of greater use to them in after life. They must also remember they had a duty to do, to remedy some of the abuses existing to-day, by living honest, upright, cheerful, pure, kindly, God-fearing lives.

Mr E. R. Dodsworth briefly seconded the motion. It was carried, and Mr. Butcher replied.

Mr. S. H. Butcher, M.P., moved a vote of thanks to the Dean of York for presiding. After an allusion to the respect and reverence in which the Dean is held, Mr. Butcher said it was an immense satisfaction and honour to him to visit St. Peter's School, whiCh had preserved its traditions through centuries. He was glad to hear from the Headmaster that they had no intention of discarding the classics. They ought not to believe one word which some people said outside as to the classics being a bad preparation for, and useless in after life. A few years ago, when in America, some keen business men in New York and Boston who were on the look-out for young men to go into business, had told him that young men of the universities who had been through the classics were the men they wanted, because that course had been no soft work. It meant real hard work and concentration of mind, and power to do drudgery and do it gladly, and they found that the business men who had done that were the best they had got. A line of Greek poetry described an unfortunate individual who " knew many arts and knew them all badly." The danger in education to-day was, undoubtedly, that they might fall into the peculiar error, amidst the multiplicity of subjects, of doing them all badly. His advice was to try and do some one thing after their own heart well, and to carry it on in after life.

One sometimes thought, " What does one carry away from what is called a Liberal Education ?" He suggested two things. First, the test of a good liberal education was that when they were leaving school they felt they were not at the end of their education, but only at the beginning. They carried away a sense of incompleteness, and they should feel a hankering for more.

Another test was, " Has it trained you for service for the State ?"

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Here, he thought, they had the real value of public school education in England. It was often decried as being a poor thing and compatible with idleness, but foreigners, and very often Germans, were beginning to see that the things being done in England were the things they could not do, in spite of their expert knowledge and theories on education. He had read only recently a statement by a great German Authority that the one thing we were able to do in England was to turn out rulers of men—and it seemed to him that the training and discipline of character obtained in public schools was just what was wanted after all. The public school produced the corporate spirit, the feeling that the individual was nothing, but that he had to uphold the old traditions, be loyal to his comrades, and work for the home interests of which he was a part. Their one object ought to be to play the game not for themselves, but for the whole body of which they were members. This produced, after all, that kind of public spirit which was the most valuable thing to carry away from school. It was a wonderful thing, when they looked over the Empire, to see men from the Universities sent to distant countries, become able to govern great dependencies, and show that power of organisation, initiation, courage and self-reliance, combined with the administrative capacity that in other countries was attained only, if at all, after long years of official service.

It was this, to his mind, which was the most inspiring thing in public school education ; that it trained men to be good citizens.

The young Athwnian, when he came to be 18 years of age, took an oath in which he swore never to desert his comrades in arms, and to do all in his power to leave his country better and greater than he found it. " This is an oath," concluded Mr. Butcher, " supplement it as you like, which every young Englishman ought to be proud to take, and I hope this school may continue to be what it has been already for so many centuries—a school of intellect, character and patriotism."

Canon Greenwood seconded the vote to the Dean, and it was heartily agreed to, the Dean responding.

Afternoon tea was later served to the guests.

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FOOTBALL. Sr. PETER'S SCHOOL v. OLD PETERITES.

Played on the school ground on Saturday, October 1st. At the start the game was taken into the Old Peterites' 25,' but owing to bad passing among the school backs, Sullivan intercepted and scored, Wallace converting. From the re-start the school forwards, by good wheeling, kept the Old Boys on the defensive.

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Molony scored for the school. The kick failed. Just before half-time Price Jones had hard lines in not scoring after a good dribble. Half-time score :Old Peterites, 5 pts ; School, 3 pts.

When play began again, Garbutt scored for the Old Boys, the kick failing. After good play by the school forwards, Tennant scored, Peters failing to convert. The school then took the lead, Peters and Fernandes combining well for the latter to score under he posts. A. C. Molony converted. The Old Boys, however, soon drew level again, Ingham scoring far out. The game then became very exciting, and shortly before no-side was called, Fernandes intercepted and scored, Molony converting. Throughout he game the good wheeling of the forwards, led by Molony, was one of the features of the match. Peters was noticeable in the second half for his splendid tackling. Final score School (z goals, z tries), 16 pts. ; Old Peterites (1 goal, z tries), I I pts. :-

TEAM :—P. A. W. Richards, full-back ; 0. M. Tennant, A. J. Peters, D. L. Fernandes, W. R. Wray, three-quarter backs ; F. Ferguson, L. F. Wood, half-backs ; A. C. B. Molony, F. E. Ferguson, L. G. Barry, R. T. Brode, H. Price Jones, A. C. Molony, A. W. Jackson, J. C. Foster, forwards.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V. YORKSHIRE WANDERERS.

Played at York on Wednesday, October loth. The school played up-hill, and for a time the Wanderers pressed. Good aving by the backs, amongst whom Wood was conspicuous, and ome fine forward rushes averted a score for some time, until at ength a clever piece of play between the Wanderers' halves esulted in an unconverted try. After this reverse the school played up splendidly, and a clean heel from the scrum enabled acy to score under the posts, after a brilliant run. A. C. Molony onverted. Half-time score :St. Peter's School, 5 pts.; Yorkshire Wanderers, 3 pts. .

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On resuming, " the school having not yet recovered from the lemons," the Wanderers scored a soft try, the kick failing. The school played pluckily, but the Wanderers were not to be denied, and another score resulted from one of their halves. This time the kick was successful. The school tried hard to score, but their efforts were unavailing, and time came with the score:— Yorkshire Wanderers, i r pts. St. Peter's School, 5pts. ;

TEAM :- P. A. W. Richards, full-back; 0. M. Tennant, A. 0.

Lacy, A. J. Peters and D. L. Fernandes, three-quark,- backs ; F. Ferguson and L. F. Wood, half-backs A. C. B. Molony, F. E. Ferguson, L. G. Barry, R. 'I'. 13rode, H. Price Jones, A. C. Molony, A. W. Jackson and R. C. Bethell, forwards. ;

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V.

RIPON GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

Played at York, Wednesday, October gth. A. C. B. Molony won the toss, and Ripon kicked off up-hill. Play was taken at once to the Ripon 25' and Lacy scored. A. C. Molony missed an easy kick. From the drop-out touch was found by the York backs, and after some scrambling play near the line Peters got in, the kick failing. When half-time was called the school had scored z8 points, but the play of both forwards and backs had been very poor. The former constantly wheeled when they were told to heel, and the backs played altogether individually, but the score somehow mounted up. '

The second half showed a great improvement, the ball going along the line to Fernandes, and once or twice to Wray. The school managed to score 52 points in this half, but the place kicking was poor at times. Tries were scored by Fernandes (7), Peters (6), Lacy (3), Wood (3), Wray (2), Brode and F. Ferguson.

Goals were kicked by A. C. Molony (6), and Peters. Final score :— School, 8o pts; Ripon G.S., nil.

TEAM :-P. Richards, full-back; D. Fernandes, A. J. Peters, A. 0. Lacy, W. Wray, three-quarters F. Ferguson, L. Wood, ;

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halves ; A. C. B. Molony, F. E. Ferguson, L. Barry, R. T. Brode, H. P. Jones, A. C. Molony, A. Jackson, J. Foster, forwards.

REMARKS :-- F. Ferguson played well and most unselfishly.

Wood did not enhance his reputation, and often failed to get the ball out In the second half the school played m ell, but in the first half we would have done much better if the forwards had got the ball out and had done what they were told. Peters gave Fernandes no chances until the second half, when he played very unselfishly and made some splendid openings. The good passing of some of the forwards in the second half was also noticeable.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v.

DURHAM SCHOOL.

Played at Durham, Tuesday, October•25th. From the kick-off Durham pressed, but owing to the good scrumming by the York forwards they were unable to get the ball out, and after some good footwork by both sides, Durham were awarded a free-kick in front of goal, from which Fenwick dropped a goal. For the rest of the half Durham pressed and scored three times, one being converted.

Just before half-time the York forwards took the ball to the other end, where they had hard luck in not scoring. Half-time score :Durham School, i+ pts.; St. Peter's, nil.

On resuming, York began well and kept play in the Durham 25,' but faulty passing by the backi lost a certain try. Fenwick intercepted a pass, and, running from the Durham 25,' scored.

After this Durham scored rapidly, and twenty-eight points were added. Final score :Durham, 42 pts. ; St. Peter's, nil.

TEAM :—P. Richards, full-back ; D. T. Fernandes, A. J. Peters, A. 0. Lacy, W. R. Wray, three-quarters; L. F. Wood, F. Ferguson, halves ; A. C. B. Molony, F. E. Ferguson, L. G. Barry, R. T. Brode, H. P. Jones, A. C. Molony, A. W. Jackson, R. C. Bethell, forwards.

REMARKS :—Richards at full-back played pluckily, but in the second half the Durham backs ran round him. Lacy and Peters did good work in the three-quarter-line. The Durham halves

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were much superior to our.own, and this accounts for many of their tries. The school forwards' scrumming was good, but when dribbling they were apt to let their opponents pick up the ball from their feet. The school ought to have scored twice, on one occasion Fernandes dropping an easy pass. Brode was noticeable for his good tackling, and Price Jones for his play in the loose.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. V. GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL.

Played at Giggleswick, Saturday, October 29th. The school were without Richards, and Baskett played substitute. After losing the toss the school kicked off against a strong wind, and for some time the play was of a very even character. The school then got into the Giggleswick 25,' and had hard luck in not scoring on two occasions. Peters scored a try after a good individual effort, but a good attempt at goal by A. C. Molony failed. The school again pressed, but good kicking and the strong wind took play to the school ' 25,' and Giggleswick scored an unconverted try. Just before half-time three tries were added in quick succession, all the kicks at goal failing. Half-time Score :— Giggleswick, 12 pts. ; St. Peters, 3 pts.

The school started off very well and looked like scoring, but Fernandes dropped an easy' pass and the opportunity was lost.

After this the school forwards never got the ball in the scrum, and although the play was in midfield, Giggleswick scored five tries, one being converted. Towards the end of the game play was kept in the Giggleswick 25,' but York again failed to score.

Final score :Giggleswick, 29 pts. ; St. Peter's, 3 pts. '..—Full-back, R. M. Baskett ; Three-quarters, D. T. Fernandes, A. J. Peters, A. 0. Lacy, K. Shann ; half-backs, L. F. Wood, F. Ferguson ; forwards, A. B. Molonv, F. E. Ferguson, L. G. Barry, H. P. Jones, R. T. Brode, A. C. Molony, R. C. Bethell, A. W. Jackson.

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REMARKS : —In some ways the game was rather disappointing.

The forwards were beaten in the second half for the first time this season, their chief fault being that there was slackness in getting into their places. The backs showed the best tackling of the season, and Lacy was particularly noticeable. Shann and Baskett gave a promising display for young players. The halves played well on the whole, Ferguson especially so. The fault with the backs was that they stood too far up to the scrum.

FOOTBALL NOTES. SEASON 1910- I 1.

We have entered upon this season with some hopes of success.

Of last season's team, which began so disastrously and finished so brilliantly, nine remain with us. These have grown and put on weight astonishingly. The forwards are strong and have had the best of the argument in most of the matches so far. Indeed it was mostly due to their efforts that we won the Old Boys' match.

The tackling is fairly good—scant, but unusual praise for us now-adays. Peters, Brode, Barry and Richards are fairly safe, but the rest have not much idea of going low. The dribbling of the forwards has improved, four being quite good. Wood, Ferguson, Peters and Fernandes combine well, and the first-named, if he would learn to fall on the ball and stop forward rushes, would make a good half. Lacy is a bright star, always doing the unorthodox, but doing it on the whole well. A. C. B. Molony is Captain this season, and leads the team with characteristic Irish abandon. In the second fifteen we have a ponderous pack, and they should learn to let the ball out sometimes. There is some good tackling among the backs and, as there is a certain amount of promise, the team ought to ao well.

Mr. Tendall is again very kindly coaching the team, and at the time of writing his labours have not been without fruit.

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VALETE. A. E. SCHROEDER. House. Entered September, 1901. VI. Classical. Head Monitor. Head of the House. XV. 1907-8-9-10.

Capt. 1909-1o. znd XI. 1909-10. Capt. of Choir. Secretary of Games Committee. Hey Scholar, 1904. Day Scholar, 1905.

Leaving Exhibition.

R. F. STRANGE. House. Entered May, 1908. V. Modern.

Monitor. XV. 1908-9-10. House IV. 1909-10. Captain of Gymnasium. Captain of Shooting Club.

V. Dayboy. Entered September, 1902.

NORTHCOTE. B. Classical.

E. W. HARVEY. House. Entered Sept., 1908. V. Modern.

Choir.

B. M. SMITH. House. Entered Sept., 1907. V. Classical.

Dayboy. Entered March, 1909. V. Modern.

Entered into Sandhurst. *R. N. MORSE. Dayboy. Entered Sept., 1907. IV. Classical.

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WISEMAN.

Dayboy. Entered Sept., 1908. IV. Modern. le At half-term this term.

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V, Classical.

W. Price Jones.

V. Williams.

IV. Classical.

G. C. West.

H. M. L Durrant.* III. Form W. G. Yeoman.* G. T. P. Yeoman.* W. H. Wood.

F. R. Tovey.

DAYBOYS.

III. Form B. M. Story.* J. W. Procter.* T. A. Ekins.* J. P. C. Bell.* G. E. R. Edgecomb.* C. M. W. Shadwell.

P. G. Russell.

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ST. OLA.VE'S SCHOOL. VALETE. Those marked * above and C. M. Fisher.

0. S. Richardson.

I SALVETE. W. N. Bryning.

H. L. B. Bryning.

H. W. Pomfret P. G. S. Tupper-Carey.

S. Anderson.

J. F. Birks.

G. F. Nellist.

ALCUIN HOUSE. VALETE. P. Hadow.

E. Rowland.

C. G. Bengough.

H. C. Bengough.

J. Stansfield.

SALVETE. I A. Clarke.

T. Watkinson..

M. Hill.

NOTES AND ITEMS. F. E. Ferguson has been elected Captain of Gymnasium and B. C. Camm, Secretary of N.H.S Lectures for the Society are being arranged.

The Games' Committee have given their sanction to the Second XV. tie (plain chocolate).

Since the issue of the fixture cards, the following changes have been made :The matches against the York Harlequins have been scratched, as that club is now defunct.

A match with Leeds Clergy School has been arranged for December loth, and one with the Green Howards on November 2 3 rd Weekly competitions are now going on in the Shooting Club on the miniature range. The Club's numbers are the highest ever reached, viz: 43• .

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CONTEMPORARIES.

The Monitors this term are as follows :R. T. Brode. Head Monitor. Editor of Pe/vitt,. Head Librarian.

A. C. B. Molony. Head of House. Captain of Football.

A. 0. Lacy. Hon. Sec. of Football Club.

A. W. Jackson. Librarian.

H. Price Jones. Captain of Shooting Club. Choir Captain.

Secretary of Games' Committee. Librarian.

T. M. Darling.

F. Ferguson. Librarian.

C. Morse has passed the Competitive Examination for C. Sandhurst direct from the school at his first attempt, being only old enough to compete by a few days.

W. Ingham (0.P.), Selwyn College, Cambridge, has been elected to a Classical Scholarship.

J. D. Wells (0.P.) has been elected to a London University Undergraduate's Minor Scholarship,' being first in Classics in the Intermediate Examination.

In the Higher Certificate Examination, F. Ferguson, A. W. Jackson and H. Price Jones obtained certificates, and B. C. Canim, G. A. Hyde, B. Northcote and H. E. K. Reynolds certain exemptions.

R. Harrison (Northampton), 0.P., is playing for Yorks. R.U.F.C. W. H. Colley played in the Cambridge University Seniors' Match.

R. M. Wood played for the Yorkshire County Hockey Team against Durham.

CONTEMPORARIES. The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following : The Dunelmian, The Fetlesian, The Hurst Johnian, The Sedberghian, The Merchistonian, The Hynzerian, The Framlinghamiam, The Malvernian, The East bournian, The Pocklingtonian, The Wycombe Abbey Gazette, The Leodiensian.

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