March 1931

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MARCH, 1931.

Vol. XXVI.

No.

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School Letter.

A great honour has been brought to the School, and one which has been long hoped for and sought - after ; J. E. C. Hill has won To Win the Brackenbury Scholarship at Balliol College, Oiford. any scholarship at Balliol is a very considerable achievement, but the Brackenbury is the highest scholarship that the College gives and is always considered the premier history scholarship at the University. Not since 1878, when W. J. Faussett was awarded the Second Classical Scholarship, has any Peterite won a Balliol scholarship. Incidentally Hill had already distinguished himself.

In the Higher School Certificate last July he gained a record total for the examination. This' is - quite one of the most outstanding academic successes that the School has obtained, and everybody hopes that Hill will bring even more distinction both to St. Peter's and to himself by an equally brilliant record at Oxford.

The Easter Term is crowded, but, as a rule, enjoyable and interesting. This year, however, it has been robbed of most of its pleasantness by bad weather. Much snow made the hockey fields unplayable, and three matches had to be cancelled. The CrossCountry fixed originally for 19th February, was postponed until 12th March, and then had again to be put off for another week: Only the inter-house Rugger and Boating have been carried out according to plan. Thus School arrangements have been seriously upset, but fortunately there has been very little illness— the only way in which we have been affected was that Mr. Quilter was unable to give his Song Recital, which would have been very well worth hearing. Music is flourishing, and an Organ Recital was given by two members of the School unaided. The organ, however, has once again broken down—whether as a result of their playing, we cannot say. .

36 It was mentioned in the Christmas number that a new departure was being made in Squash—a match in the holidays with Haileybury College. The result was highly satisfactory, for the School only lost by a very narrow margin.

The match is reported at length elsewhere.

The standard of Squash at St. Peter's is undoubtedly higher than that of other games.

Economists talk gravely about the evils of "specialization" in industry ; but our cult of Squash, peculiar for a North of England School,. brings its reward : Leeds Grammar School, who have lately taken the game up, were soundly beaten, arid we were thus able to get our revenge for defeats in other games. N. W. D. Yardley, the School first string, reached the semi-final of the Public Schools' Handicap Competition, and the performance of the team this term has been very gratifying.

To conclude with, there are two new things to record. The Range has been completed and shooting is now in full swing. The old out-door Range never produced many good shots, but with the new one we are hoping for an increase in their number, and for matches with other Schools. In place of Mr. Norwood we welcome Mr. R. E. Greenway, B.A., of St. Catherine's College, Oxford. He is House Tutor at Clifton Grove and has already done yeoman service on the tow-path.

Oxford Letter.

Oxford.

To the Editors of " The Peterite."

Dear Sirs, It is always a pity when yet another term comes to an end and we find ourselves "a day's march nearer Schools." Of course most of us are anxious to be out in the world, the motives for this wish varying considerably, but we cannot fail to enjoy the Life (with a big " L ") which Oxford offers. Our motto might well be " Chaqu'un a son gout." We are particularly favoured by the way the leading men of the day favour us with their words, some too few, some too many, during the course of the term. Thus, for example, we were privileged to hear a course of sermons by the Archbishop of York. To comment on these sermons would be presumption; suffice it to say that some two thousand members of the University filled St. Mary's, the University Church, each night. As a contrast we heard Mr. Maxton, a gentleman no less fervent in his belief in his ideals, but one whose philosophy is of the sword rather than the cross.

37 From the point of view of 0.P.'s in Oxford the term has been largely filled with "the daily round and common task." E. Lorrain Smith is busy with his magnum opus. A. G. Moore, C. F. Williams and J. N. Bamforth all have Schools next term, which makes them take life rather seriously. J. C. Yates and H. A. Patrick have spent no little time on the river, the former is rowing in his College VIII in the summer and the latter having made five bumps fully deserved to get his oar, but his crew failed to bump, through no fault of their own, on the sixth night. J. R. Mawer and E. F. Williams are in the thick of prelims. as we write. Good luck to them ! They have an advantage which those who were up in "the good old days" did not enjoy ; they have no viva voce examination. Thus, for these prelims. the struggle is with an unseen enemy.

The same may now be said of "Divvers," the rock of tradition and the stumbling block of the atheist. The viva had in most cases become a farce. It is annoying to have to linger in Oxford when nearly everyone has left it, merely to be asked a few unimportant and usually unanswerable questions.

This is not the only innovation we have seen lately. We have now a Chair of International Relations, a branch of learning which might well be recommended to all candidates for Parliamentary office. Also within the last few years many notable buildings have grown up, most of them happily in keeping with Oxford's architectural traditions. Merton have re-built their meadow buildings, so that they are more in keeping with their surroundings, including the rest of Merton. " The House " might well follow their example. Entirely new buildings are Rhodes House, a new quad. in Magdalene and a new block in Corpus. All these are worth a visit, and may we suggest that the occasion of that visit should be the dinner which the Club is organising and which is to be held on Tuesday, 28th April, at the Clarendon Hotel. All O.P.'s will be very welcome. We have not been able to issue personal invitations, but will any O.P. who can, and would like to be present accept this notice as an invitation and reply to C. F. Williams, Brasenose College, Oxford, as soon as possible. Tickets will be about 15s., including wine, and this sum will be collected before the dinner begins.

In conclusion, may we congratulate Hill on the " Brackenbury." He will be a valuable addition to our ranks. Wishing the School every success in the future, .

We remain, Sirs, your obedient servants, THE OXFORD OLD PETERITES. 3

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Cambridge Letter.

The Old Peterite Club, Cambridge.

To the Editors of " The Peterite."

Dear Sirs, Our first duty is obviously to explain the non-appearance of a letter from us in the last number of " The Peterite." It has been suggested that we were prompted to abstain by a generous desire to let Oxford have all its own way for once, but that was not the case, nor was it mere idleness on our part. The letter was actually written, but owing to unfortunate misunderstanding and delay it was despatched too late for publication.

The Club has been honoured by the acceptance of the presidency by a distinguished Old Peterite, Dr. Alan Gray, who recently resigned his office at Trinity College, where he had been organist for many years.

We were pleased to welcome last term two new members from the School, A. J. B. Greeves and J. R. Pope, and only a few weeks ago another O.P. was found lurking unrecognised "in statu pupillari," in the person of A. L. B. Pattinson. Our numbers, however, are less than last year, and we are hoping that next year the deficiency will more than be made good. We feel that the Oxford influence in the School is all too strong, and we contemplate following the example of municipal advertisers by starting a "Come to Cambridge" campaign.

Our pen is held by numbed fingers. Frost and snow are making up for their previous absence, and we are being hounded by that bitter east wind which habitually seems to make special sport of Cambridge. It is said that between here and certain points in the Ural Mountains there is nothing higher than King's Chapel, and though we have not tried to verify this on a map, we are willing to accept it as an explanation. Earlier in the term we were the victims of rain, and countless games were scratched on account of sodden grounds.

In the athletic world our greatest success has been achieved

by R. G. Bullen in gaining his half-blue for squash last term, and in beating his Oxford opponent. Most of us have been playing rugger and hockey. Only two of us have been rowing, which would seem perhaps a little strange, coming as we do from a rowing school, but quality has made up for lack of quantity, since G. P. Easten, after stroking Lady Margaret to victory in the Ladies' Plate at Henley last summer, rowed in one of the three 'varsity trial boats last term.

Some of us have played squash, and excursions have even been made on to the soccer field.

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39 Last term a welcome visitor was J. Richardson, an old member of the Club, and to all intents and purposes now a doctor. He came to work for several months at Addenbrooke's Hospital.

The motor car controversy, so rampant a short time ago, has not been in evidence lately, though certain restrictions have been made. We continue to figure on the newspaper posters, and the gentlemen of Fleet Street appear to find us excellent material from which to gather food for the sensationalists. Apparently a wellknown editor told the world what was wrong with us in a recent edition of a Sunday newspaper, but the authorities appear to be unmoved; and we believe it is untrue that either Lord Beaverbrook or Lord Rothermere is destined for high office in the University.

There is little of exceptional interest to record, though perhaps we should mention Mr. Sutcliffe's true story of the two ladies who approached him in the great court of King's and enquired the whereabouts of the Chapel.

Let us waste no more space, and proceed to accounts of our individual activities.

D. V. Hewitt (King's), Vice-President, now enjoys the position of Senior Choral Scholar of the College, and leader of the Choir.

This, we would remark, is a position of no mean importance. You may hear Mr. Hewitt (together with other members of the Choir) on a record by H.M.V., issued quite recently. Most of Mr. Hewitt's time is occupied with his Muse, but twice a week he becomes a schoolmaster for an hour, and imparts a knowledge of history (he knows none) to credulous boys in the Choir School.

G. P. Easten (St. Johns) is Hon. Secretary of the Lady Margaret Boat Club. Wearing a beautiful red cap, he cuts us dead on the tow-path, and his efficiency as a coach is obvious from his oaths, which are said to have caused more than one good man to give up rowing. A versatile gentleman, he is Master of the C.U. Guild of Change Ringers (though he admits not having rung a change this year), and a doctor of witchery, which he practises at the Pentacle Club and at various concerts. He devotes an odd moment now and then to engineering, the supposed object of his residence here.

J. D. Fergusson (St. John's) plays hockey for the College, and rugger for Harlequins "A" and St. John's H—not all at the same time, he assures us. He numbers several of the fair sex among his acquaintances at the Medical School. He is known to take part in frequent orgies, and is a connoisseur of wines. We have grave misgivings about his intended trip to Paris.

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G. N. P. Crombie (St. Catherine's) deserves our sympathy, having been on the sick list most of this term. To make up for the loss of out-door sports he has founded a club for gambling, known as the " Demon Club." Startling revelations are expected shortly in the daily press. Mr. Crombie is reading law, and finds the police court both a help to his work and a cheap form of entertainment.

He has a passion for ginger beer and biscuits.

N. H. Sutcliffe (King's) ran for the Hare and Hounds 2nd team last term, but failed to strike his best form. He has been playing hockey for the College and running for the athletic team at Fenner's.

At the moment he is occupied with plans for his trip to Spain, and is said to be learning to play the guitar and to shower compliments.

He has accompanied roof-climbing expeditions over the College, and scared various people by sudden appearances through trap-doors.

W. G. Hutton (Peterhouse) seems to be taking his medicine quite seriously. When not slashing corpses with a knife he plays rugger and hockey for the College. He has been seen at Fenner's trying to pass as a running blue by means of his School House running vest, but has betrayed himself by refusing to discard his stockings which he insists on wearing to keep his legs warm.

R. G. Bullen (Queen's), as you know, is a half-blue for squash.

He also plays hockey occasionally and was an enthusiastic member of his College fives team in a match against Newnham. He plays a fine game of billiards and is a successful card-sharper. We do not like to enquire too closely about his frequent trips to London.

C. G. Rob (Gonville and Caius) is another medico. He plays rugger for Caius Wanderers and hockey for the Medical Society.

His best endeavours, however, are spent on midget golf, and we hear confidentially that he hopes to be rewarded with a blue. He also indulges in wild shove-ha'penny parties.

C. N. Parkinson (Emmanuel), the mystery man of Cambridge, seldom appears in public. He was run to earth last term, and in an interview stated that he had been doing nothing, but an afterthought prompted the information that he had passed Cert. B and had resigned from the O.T.C. on the strength of it. We have had a meeting in his rooms this term, and have seen him occasionally, but third degree methods of questioning about his activities have failed to extract anything more than "nothing" as an answer. So we can only let you picture Mr. Parkinson alone in his rooms, staring into space, seeing nothing, hearing nothing, and thinking nothing.

41 A. L. B. Pattinson (St. Catherine's) has come up to Cambridge after several years of teaching. He is reading history and hopes eventually to return to the life of the pedagogue. His appearance is so recent that we have not had time to rake up any scandal about him. We know, however, that he plays golf for the College.

A. J. B. Greeves (Peterhouse) has been rowing and working.

We hear that he was duped by his landlady, who managed for three weeks to keep him convinced that to enter after 10 p.m. was little short of a capital crime. He won a "crock pot" last term, and helped his College first boat to score two bumps in the Lent Races.

J. R. Pope (Peterhouse) has been (to quote his own words) "blowing about the place and spending money." He plays hockey and squash, and still speaks at the Union, in spite of his contempt for the debates which he expressed in a speech to the House last term.

We have laid bare our secrets and can no longer resist the tempting armchair by the fire. So we close with the sincere expression of our good wishes, And remain yours, etc., THE CAMBRIDGE OLD PETERITES.

" A Safety Match.

By IAN HAY. (Contributed by request.)

It was a pleasure to accept the kind invitation to write my views of the Christmas Play at St. Peter's School. As one keenly interested in Amateur Theatricals generally and in School productions, perhaps the first thing to do is to congratulate the St. Peter's Players on their achievement.

The stage is small, but peculiarly well set and lighted and the players surmounted the difficulties of the size so well, that after the first few moments the small dimensions of the stage were forgotten.

On reading the list of previous plays, it appears that this Dramatic Society does not shirk crowds.

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Productions at Public Schools are of three kinds :— 1. The School Company with professional ladies in the main parts. This is common where musical operas are chosen.

2. Purely local talent—boys, masters, masters' wives and daughters.

3. Companies of boys alone.

Personally T am strongly in favour of the practice of the St. Peter's Players. In No. 1 the professionals usually come into their parts for three or four days only, so that the rehearsals are dull and insipid for the rest of the company.

A company of boys alone narrows the choice of play, and almost invariably necessitates the unpleasant and undesirable practice of boys in girls' parts, whilst finally these productions are bound to be very uneven, as few Schools can annually provide an adequate number of actors among the boys alone. If purely classical plays, as at Bradfield, are produced, some of these objections disappear.

The St. Peter's Players have always been mixed, and they were singularly fortunate this year in having Mrs. Norwood and Mrs. Toyne for two difficult and entirely suitable parts, and at the same time The Juggernaut (Mr. S. M. Toyne) and Mr. Carthew (Mr. K. H. Rhodes) were admirably played.

The exceptionally long cast gave ample opportunities to the boy actors.

The mine scene was most effective and Bob Atkinson's singing of the Salvationist hymn held the audience most tensely. The contrast between Carthew's voice and those of the miners was well brought out. In this scene, Denton, and in the Conference, Tom Winch and Killick all scored and acted admirably, while Amos. proved himself a most finished young actor.

The opening scene at the Vicarage was brightly played, Nicky being especially good as the irrepressible young flapper. The solemn and vague Vicar made a splendid foil for Stiffy and Tony.

It would have needed a very soured nature to restrain a smile at, the entrance of the Cuttlefish.

It is impossible to enumerate all the talent of this evenly balanced team, from the Juggernaut to Graves, but the play had a deservedly hearty reception and the producer, Colonel Ford, must have felt well satisfied with the performance of his keen and hardworking Company.

The augmented Orchestra received well merited applause.

43 DRAMATIS PERSON. Veronica Vereker (" Nicky ") Mr. Dawkes Daphne Vereker Aloysius Vereker ("Ally") Stephen Blasius Vereker (" Stuffy ") Anthony Cuthbert Vereker (" Tony ") The Rev. Brian Vereker Sir John Carr (" Juggernaut ") Lord Kirkley Jim Carthew Mr. Montague Jacob Entwistle Amos Entwistle Tom Winch John Killick Graves Phillips Lady Strathrae Mr. Walker Albert Brash Mrs. Brash Bill Denton Bob Atkinson Albert Hopper -

Miss Suzanne Dodsworth " Mr. Birks " Mrs. Norwood P. N. Avery J. H. Denby J. F. Wren C. H. Prince S. M. Toyne, Esq. T. W. Jenkins K. H. Rhodes, Esq. J. E. C. Hill H. S. Eardley A. C. Mackintosh E. Ll. Dalton W. D. Draffan M. H. Seed Miss Marianne Toyne Mrs. Toyne P. K. Bourne, Esq. E. Li. Dalton Miss E. M. C. Toyne M. H. Wilson V. W. G. Musgrove J. Biggin

Produced by Lt.-Col. V. T. R. Ford.

Scene Painters, Electricians and Stage Carpenters :— G. H. Harrison, Esq., A. E. Scholfield, F. W. Roberts.

Act I.

Act II.

THE SCENES. The Rectory, Snayling.

(The curtain falls during the Act to represent the lapse of three weeks.)

Belton House, three years later.

Act III. Belton House, four months later.

Act IV. Scene 1.—Number Three Working, Belton Pit. Scene 2.—Belton House.

Incidental Music by the Orchestra, under the direction of P. H. Sykes, Esq.

44 St. Peter's Players.

PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS. 1913. Doctor Faustus.

1914.

1915. A Pair of Spectacles.

1916. A Midsummer Night's Dream. " Gentlemen, The King."

1917. She Stoops to Conquer.

1918. Charles XII. 1919. Richelieu.

1920. The Speckled Band.

1921. The Prisoner of Zenda.

1922. " If I were King."

1923. Raffles.

1924. The Admirable Crichton.

1925. The Devil's .Disciple.

1926. A Message from Mars.

1927. The Creaking Chair.

1928. Abraham Lincoln.

1929. Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure.

School Hockey.

RETROSPECT. With the prospect of good teams, there was every likelihood of the School having a first rate season. The weather, however, took entire control of the hockey programme. When the sun shone, the snow lay thick on the ground and when there was no snow, the rain came down to render play almost impossible. At the time of writing, just before the Worksop match, there have been only two matches on grass. The first against York, on February 14th, was played with only one practice and was badly lost, but the second against Scarborough a month later, ended in a convincing victory. This was particularly creditable as Scarborough was an unbeaten side. The forwards showed considerable dash and, with Musgrove, Yardley and Daintry, had more penetrating power than for some seasons. Allport showed himself clever as an offensive half back, while both the wings were determined tacklers. The backs were good on a slow ground and showed cleverness, but on a very fast ground, like the Fusiliers' barrack square, they were not difficult to run through. The Worksop match is an innovation and it is satisfactory to find another school within a reasonable distance playing hockey in the Easter Term.

45 Owing to the scarcity of matches, it would be almost ludicrous to attempt detailed characters of the side. The following played regularly for the side :W. Allport (captain) centre half, C. H. Prince, W. G. V. Musgrove, P. N. Avery, J. A. Brittain, N. W. Yardley, West, _Daintry, Baker, Henderson, Ogley. Also played—Dodds and Hill.

HOCKEY CHARACTERS. W. ALLPORT: An energetic and clever centre-half who feeds his forwards well.

C. H. PRINCE : A sound tackler at back, and can clear well. On a fast ground he was inclined to get too far forward.

T. N. AVERY : Was rather uncertain this season. Played well against Scarborough.

V. W. G. MUSGROVE : Has improved very much at outside-righta dangerous wing.

D. H. WEST : A goalkeeper of real class—might go far in Hockey. .J. A. BRITTAIN : A robust half-back—keen tackler, rather lacking in guile.

J. G. K. HENDERSON : At inside-left he can be relied upon to hit something. On his day he has several goals and victims to his credit. His dash was an asset to the side.

C. 0. DAINTRY : Was very uneven at centre-forward and rather apt to muddle his inside. At times he has scored brilliantly. _R. OGLEY : A clever back and can master anyone who is not too fast. Very promising.

N. W. D. YARDLEY : A neat outside-left and faster than he looks.

R. C. BAKER: Played some good games. Must tackle back and pass sooner.

S. DODDS C. HILL Also played for the XI. H. WISEMAN

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SCHOOL MATCHES. SCHOOL v. YORK H.C. (Played at home, Saturday, 14th February.)

Although the School showed great improvement in the second half of the match, they were defeated by York H.C. by the wide margin of nine goals to two.

The School scored first through C. 0. Daintry, and for the first few minutes of the game had the best of the play. York soon 'attacked strongly, and a hard shot by K. G. Chilman which rebounded from the post, gave G. Craig an easy equalising goal for the visitors. From then until half-time York monopolised the play and six goals were scored against the School; H. M. Waddington scored no fewer than five of these, and was the outstanding player in the York forwards.

46 After half-time the School played a really good game, and after some excellent work by D. H. West in the School goal, took the ball into the York half and scored through J. G. K. Henderson after a scramble in front of the opposing goal. The School had quite as much of the play as their opponents for the remainder of the game and C. 0. Daintry added another goal, York scoring through G. Craig (2) and K. G. Chilman. C. H. Prince was sound at full-back, and W. Allport and N. W. D. Yardley showed good form.

The School was represented by : D. H. West; C. H. Prince, R. Ogley ; P. N. Avery, W. Allport, C. Hill; V. W. G. Musgrove, R. C. Baker, C. 0. Daintry, J. G. K. Henderson, N. W. D. Yardley.

SCHOOL v. NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. Played at Fulford. Saturday, February 21st.

This match was to have been played on the School ground,. but the pitch was in such a bad state owing to the rain that the game took place on the asphalt surface of the parade ground at Fulford.

The game was very fast throughout and the School were handicapped by the playing surface, as their opponents were considerably more accustomed to it than they were. The most general fault was that of ill-judged hard hitting when passing and many chances were spoilt owing to this. Play was fairly level throughout the first half, and after play in front of the Fusiliers' goal, Allport opened the scoring. This lead was nearly increased a few minutes, before half-time when Dodds hit the post with a strong shot after a good wing run.

After leading 1-0 at half-time, the School defence was severely tested by the Fusiliers, who attacked strongly, and equalised through Captain Grimley. Shortly afterwards the same player scored his second goal. The School once more took the offensive, and drew level with a good goal through Daintry, who had been off the field for a great part of the match with a damaged hand. In the last fiveminutes of the match the Fusiliers took the lead, Bandmaster.

Hollick scoring with a strong shot which found the School goalkeeper out of position.

Considering that it was the School's first match on the hard surface, they played a very sound game, and it was only the experience of conditions possessed by their opponents which allowed the latter to win a close match by three goals to two.

The School Team was : D. H. West; C. H. Prince, R. Ogley; P. N. Avery, W. Allport, C. Hill; S. Dodds, R. C. Baker, C. O._ Daintry, J. G. K. Henderson, N. W. Yardley.

47 SCHOOL v. NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. (Played at Fulford, Wednesday, 4th March.)

The School suffered a heavy defeat on their second visit to Fulford Barracks, losing by nine goals to two. The match again took place on the parade ground pitch, and the play was even faster than it was in the first encounter.

The School nearly scored at the start through Henderson, but play moved into the opposite half and Bandmaster Hollick scored for the Fusiliers. The same player scored again shortly after with a hard drive, but the School pressed and Henderson scored at a second attempt. The play for the remainder of the period up to halftime was chiefly in favour of the Fusiliers, and Hollick scored another two goals, while C. 0. Daintry added to the School score with a neat shot.

For the first few minutes after half-time the School had the best of the game, and several times were unlucky not to score, chances being spoilt through poor shooting. The Fusiliers attacked and for the rest of the game kept the play in the School area, Captain Grimley (3), Sergt. Abbey and Bandmaster Rollick bringing their score up to nine goals.

The School were handicapped by the unusual pace of the game, and the forwards were not so fast as those of the opposing side.

N. W. Yardley played a good game on the wing.

The School team was : D. H. West; C. H. Prince, R. Ogley ; P. N. Avery, W. Allport, J. A. Brittain ; V. W. G. Musgrove, R. C. Baker, C. 0. Daintry, J. G. K. Henderson, N. W. Yardley.

SCHOOL v., SCARBOROUGH H. C. Played at home, Saturday, March 14th.

This was the first time that the School were playing with a settled team after practice, and the result of the game was highly satisfactory. We were definitely superior all round, and our team work was excellent ; Scarborough, though good individually, did not combine well enough to be effective.

After a somewhat shaky opening St. Peter's began to press vigorously, and following a movement on the wing, Daintry scored.

Soon afterwards he scored again. Scarborough then attacked, but were kept out by excellent tackling by the halves and backs, and were unable to score. Shortly before haif-time, Musgrove scored for the School. Scarborough played better after the interval, but could not prevent Henderson scoring. Before the end, however, they managed to score twice, but Baker added another goal for the School.

The School Team was :—D. H. West; C. H. Prince, R. Ogley ; J. A. Brittain, W. Allport, P. N. Avery ; V. W. G. Musgrove, R. C. Baker, L. 0. Daintry, J. G. K. Henderson, N. W. D. Yardley.

48 SCHOOL v. WORKSOP. Played at Worksop on Monday, March 23rd.

This Was the first time that St. Peter's had played Worksop at Hockey, although a match arranged last year had to be cancelled.

It was a hot day and the ground was in excellent condition, being rather harder than our own field. Nevertheless the School quickly settled down and all through the game a very fast pace was maintained. The first half was very even, but despite attacks by Worksop, School played a determined game in the second half, and the forwards succeeded in penetrating the defence. Worksop were stronger in the forward line that at back. St. Peter's played all out and deserved to win.

Worksop attacked first and opened the scoring after a scramble in the area. Then the School retaliated and scored through Daintry. A few minutes afterwards Daintry added a second goal, but just before half-time, Worksop drew level. After the resumption of play Worksop attacked strongly and West brought off some very good saves. Then the School began to get together and scored three more goals through Musgrove, Henderson, and Daintry.

Towards the end of the game Worksop scored a third goal.

The forwards played well when they combined, and their shooting, though erratic at the beginning, improved later on.

The centre half backs were the outstanding players on both sides.

Ogley played a very sound game at full back for the School.

The team was :—D. H. West ; C. H. Prince, R. Ogley ; J. A. Brittain, W. Allport, H. Wiseman ; V. W. G. Musgrove, R. C. Baker, C. 0. Daintry, J. G. K. Henderson, N. W. D. Yardley.

THE HOCKEY LEAGUES. Owing to the uniformly bad weather at the beginning of the term,. it was only possible to play four league games, and most of the exercise for the Leagues was provided by runs.. In the last few weeks, when the grounds were fit for play again, there were several good games. At the time of writing D " League are at the head of the table, and the League captains this term are : W. L. Seaborne (A), N. L. Brockbank (B), J. H. Patrick (D), S. S. Pawle (E) and H. Prince (F).

INTER-HOUSE HOCKEY. The draw for the House hockey was as follows Day Boys 3-1. 1 Day Boys 6-0 Manor Day Boys ) Grove } Day I3oys 3-0 Rise I Rise 2-0.

House The Rise v. House was the most exciting game of the competition, there being no score at half-time. The House forwards. shot badly and were too selfish.

49 The Manor gave the Day Boys a good game. The Grove put up a stout resistance in the second half.

The Day The final was played on Saturday, March 21st.

Boys scored first and the Rise rather lost their heads. The Day Boys were inferior individually, but better than their opponents when it came to teamwork. The goalkeeper and backs all played a sound game, and Musgrove was in good form at centre-half. Of the forwards Dodds and Brockbank played nest .

Squash Rackets.

THE SCHOOL v. HAILEYBURY COLLEGE. For the second time the School played against Haileybury at Queen's Club in the Christmas holidays and by a strange coincidence for the second time St. Peter's was defeated by one single point.

The first string (N. W. Yardley) and the second (W. D. Draff an) were unfortunately playing at the same time so that it was impossible to follow both of these exciting matches for the whole time, and so exciting and close were both of them that it was extremely hard to tear oneself from either to see the other. Yardley was pitted against Vanderfelt, the back marker in the Public Schools Handicap, and he had a very long reach. Both played some extremely pretty angle shots, and the critical gallery was much impressed with their knowledge of the game. Vanderfelt hit harder, but made more mistakes in trying to get in his straight "killer" down the side wall and up to the last moment it was anybody's match. In the last and deciding game Yardley was in one point of the match three times at 8-7, but could not quite finish it off and so lost a splendid encounter. In the next court Draffan appeared at one time to be outplayed, but by a magnificent display of determination and stamina, he defeated an opponent, who was in most respects a better squash player than himself. It must have been a pleasant way to end a distinguished athletic career at one's school.

The third and deciding match was then played by opponents obviously overcome by the greatness of the occasion. In the first game more points were made by mistakes than good strokes. To the end of the match the hitting was too high and if Pawle had showed anything like his present form, he might easily have won.

Scores :—N. W. D. Yardley lost to A. E. C. Vanderfelt (Haileybury) (6-9), (9 6), (2-9), (9-3), (io-9) ; W. D. Draffan beat R. D. M. Evers (Haileybury) (9-7), (7-9), (io-8), (7-9), (9-2); S. S. Pawle lost to D. F. Hill (Haileybury) (9-7), (6-9), (9-4), (9-5).

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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS' HANDICAP. There was a record entry of 68 for this event, held at Queen's Club, West Kensington, from 5th to 9th January. The School was represented by N. W. D. Yardley and S. S. Pawle, the former reaching the last four and the latter the last sixteen. N. W. D. Yardley beat Hon. C. M. B. Cokayne (Eton) (9-6), (5-9), (9-6); third round, H. J. Parton (Haileybury) (9-6), (9-5); fourth round, beat 0. D. Craig (Winchester) (9-6), (9-7); fifth round, beat R. D. M. Evers (Haileybury) (9-6), (9-7); semi-final, lost to K. A. H. Read (Lancing) (4-9), (7-9).

S. S. Pawle beat G. F. D. Haslewood (Harrow) (9-0), (7-9), (9-4); third round, beat D. G. N. Bazalgette (Lancing) (9-4), (9-6); fourth round, lost to J. A. Gillies (Winchester) (6-9), (3-9).

Yardley showed very good form against Cokayne, Craig and Evers, but was disappointing in the semi-final match against Read.

He made a fine recovery in the second game, but Read was playing really well and won it by two points. Pawle had an easy draw until he met the ultimate winner of the event, Gillies, who was much too strong for him all round. He played a good game against Haslewood in the second round.

SCHOOL v. 5th NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. (Played on Wednesday, 25th February.)

The School defeated the Fusiliers, who had not their strongest team playing, by three events to none.

The players were greatly handicapped by the damp state of the court, which caused many ordinarily simple shots to drop straight to the floor after hitting the back wall, and the surface of the forecourt was slippery.

In the first string match, Yardley outplayed his opponent from the start and he was only able to gain four points. Captain Fryer was not playing at the top of his form, and the variety of Yardley's shots completely defeated him. The match between Pawle and Sperling was the best contested game of the three, and Sperling was unlucky not to take the third game after a good recovery. Although the hitting was too high, some nice drop shots were played. Prince forced the game from the start against Captain Grimley, and was altogether too quick for his opponent. Grimley played some good shots, but was not consistent, and Prince, taking the advantage of this, won by three clear games.

Scores : N. W. D. Yardley (School) beat Capt. R. W. M. Fryer (9-0), (9-4), (9-0).

S. S. Pawle (School) beat 2nd-Lt. J. A. Sperling (9-6),

(5-9), (9-6), (9-7).

C. H. Prince (School) beat Capt. E. H. Grimley (9-7), (9-7), (9-6).

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SCHOOL v. LEEDS G.S. (Played on Thursday, 5th March.)

The School gained a very easy victory over Leeds Grammar School by three events to none. It was the first Squash Rackets match between the two Schools, and Leeds, who have played Squash for a very short period, were outplayed in all three encounters.

Yardley easily beat J. H. Phillipson, but the latter showed improvement in the third game, when he had become more used to the court. Pawle also won his match by three clear games, but was not playing well, and allowed Holderness to gain more points in the third game than he ought to have done. Holderness showed perhaps the best form on the Leeds side, but, although the score does not suggest so, Burnett showed quite good form against Prince, and there were one or two good rallies. At present the Leeds players are handicapped by lack of technique, and in this match they found the court conditions very different from their own.

Scores : N. W. D. Yardley (School) beat J. H. Phillipson (9-3), (9-1), (9-4).

S. S. Pawle (School) beat G. Holderness (9-4), (9-2), (9-6).

C. H. Prince (School) beat D. F. Burnett (9-1), (9-2), (9-1).

SCHOOL " A " TEAM v. RECKITT'S S.R.C. (Played on Saturday, 28th February.)

The School Team won this match by four events to one, and with the exception of the first string match, all the sets were decided in three straight games.

S. M. Toyne, Esq., played a very interesting match against E. S. Field, and some very pretty shots were made. Although he lost the third game, Toyne always had the match well in hand, and he won the fourth comparatively easily. Yardley and Pawle both outplayed their respective opponents, D. Cumming and P. V. Upton, the latter gaining one more ace than Cumming. The best match by far was the encounter between Prince and K. Kirkup.

Although Prince won 3-0, the score gives little indication of the close play, and there were many long rallies. The best game was the second, which Prince just won by a point after being led earlier on. Baker improved towards the end of his match with H. Rhodes, but did not adapt himself to conditions as well as his opponent.

Scores : S. M. Toyne, Esq. (School) beat E. S. Field (9-6), (3----7), (6-9), (9-3).

N. W. D. Yardley (School) beat D. Cumming (9-5), (9-2), (9-2).

S. S. Pawle (School) beat P. V. Upton (9-1), (9-4), (9-5).

C. H. Prince (School) beat K. Kirkup (9-5), (10-9), (9-4).

R. C. Baker (School) lost to H. Rhodes (1-9), (5-9), (7-9).

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On Monday, 16th February, an augmented team played a match against the Masters, and after a very close encounter, lost by three events to two.

Scores : N. W. D. Yardley (School) lost to S. M. Toyne, Esq. (1-3), S. S. Pawle (School) beat F. Smith (3-2).

C. H. Prince (School) lost to W. H. G. Milnes (2-3), T. W. Jenkins (School) beat K. H. Rhodes (3-1).

H. A. Butler (School) lost to P. K. Bourne (0-3).

NOTES. The North of England Squash Rackets Championships were held on the School courts from Monday, March 16th, to Thursday, March 19th. R. G. Bullen, 0.P., last year's holder, was defeated in the semi-final by Dr. J. C. Gregory, the famous Davis Cup Lawn tennis player, who won the Championship, beating M. W. R. Pease in the final. Yardley played Gregory in the Handicap, and ran him to five games, having previously beaten H. S. Burrows, O.P. In the open he had a fine match with Bullen in the first round and only lost 2-3; at one time in the match he led 2-0 games and 7-4. Pawle was beaten 3-1 by Gregory in the third round of the Open, but reached the last four in the Handicap.

Two school Squash Competitions, Open and Handicap, have been organised this term, the Handicap being played in two divisions.

At the time of writing, N. W. D. Yardley has won the School Championship, beating S. S. Pawle 9-3, 9-4, 10-8, in the final.

In the Senior Handicap, S. S. Pawle and A. V. Mackintosh have reached the final, but in the Junior Division the Competition has only as yet reached the semi-final stage.

With the exception of a possible return match with the Northumberland Fusiliers, after these notes have gone to the printers, the School Team have closed their season, and their record has been very satisfactory. In the complete season the School Team has played seven matches, and won six. Harrogate, Yorkshire Rocks, Leeds Grammar School and Northumberland Fusiliers (3), were defeated, and the one loss was to Haileybury College, at Queen's The School have won 48 games to their opponents' 19, and have scored 93 points more than opposing teams. Augmented teams have played three matches, winning one and losing two.

The School will have only one entry in the Drysdale Cup, at the R.A.C. this year—S. S. Pawle—as N. W. Yardley is unable to compete.

School Open Squash Rackets Championship, 1931.

3. H. Denby

R. Ogley

Denby 3-0.

R. C. Baker.

C. H. Perry N. W. D. Yardley C. H. Prin'ce T. W. Jenkins E. A. Whitaker S. S. Pawle

Denby 3-2.

Yardley 3-0.

Yardley 3-0.

Yardley 9-3, 9-4, 10-5 Jenkins 3-1.

Pawle 3-0.

Pawle 3-0.

School Senior Squash Rackets Handicap, 1931.

N. W. D. Yardley (owe 762 hands) Yardley 3-2.

P. 0. Dowson (+ 6) Pawle 3-1.

S. S. Pawle (owe 1) } Pawle 3-0 J. T. Coupe ( +5) J. Brunton ( + 5) Baker 3-1.

R. C. Baker ( + 2) Baker 3-0.

R. Ogley ( + 4) Ogley 3-1.

T. W. Jenkins ( + 2) A. V. Mackintosh ( + Mackintosh 3-0.

J. H. Patrick ( + 5) } Mackintosh 3-1.

J. H. Denby ( + 4) Denby 3-1.

C. H. Prince (owe 1) C. H. Perry ( + 3) Perry 3-0.

A. B. Maclldowie ( + 5) } Perry 3-2.

E. A. Whitaker ( + 4) Whitaker 3-0.

C. E. T. Moore ( + 5)

Pawle 3-1.

Pawle 3-1.

Mackintosh 3-0.

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Inter House Football.

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The Rise won the Inter-House Rugby Cup for the second year in succession, when they defeated the Manor in the final, on Thursday, 12th February. Teams of seven-a-side were again entered, and some fast and exciting matches were seen. In the first round the Manor beat the Day Boys, after a very hard and close match, by 9 points to 6. The Manor had to fight hard for their victory, and the Day Boys, for whom Musgrove played a fine game, showed surprisingly good form. In the semi-finals the Manor had no difficulty in defeating the Grove (16-3). The latter were outplayed from the start by a heavier and more experienced side. The other semi-final was an exceedingly good match, and the losers had by far the best of the play in the first half. The match was between the School House and the Rise, and resulted in a win for the latter team (6-3). The School House kept the play in the Rise half all through the first part of the game, and pressed hard. In the second half the Rise broke away twice, and scored both times, finally leading by one try, after extra time had had to be allowed for a result.

In the final the Rise team beat the Manor by a goal and three tries (14 points) to one goal (5 points). The game was taken at a great pace, and at half-time the Manor were leading by two points ; J. B. Doyle having scored and W. M. Scott converted for them, while J. Fargus had scored for the Rise. In the second half the Rise were attacking all the time, and P. N. Avery scored their second try after a fast wing run. Fargus outpaced the Manor defence and scored his second try, Avery converting. In the remaining period of the game the Manor defence went to pieces, and R. Ogley scored an easy try after a kick ahead, this not being converted. The ground was favourable to the Rise team, but the Manor played well and had the best of the play until half-time. In the second half the Rise took all their opportunities, and W. Allport and C. Hill played a fine defensive game.

The winning team was : J. E. C. Hill ; J. Fargus, W. Allport, R. Ogley ; C. 0. Daintry, P. N. Avery, D. H. West.

O.T.C. News.

There has been a great deal of discussion in the papers and in Parliament about the future of the 0.T.C., and it might be well to notice accurately what the new regulations are and what they imply to our own contingent. It was interesting to read that the Labour Minister of War, Mr. Tom Shaw, practically admitted that while

55 he was entrusted with the care of the army, he would safeguard the interests of the O.T.C. from a military point of view. At the same time the educative and moral sides would be left to the Minister of Education.

The new regulations mean very little and will hardly affect us.

(1) No Government grant will be given for any boy between the ages of 15 and 16.

For many years this portion of the grant has been given to certain schools only, and it is manifestly just that all should be treated alike.

(2) No Cadet under 15 on 1st November will be recognised on the strength.

As only few of this age are on the strength, it will not affect most contingents. In our own division there are only 4 boys so affected, and these will be of age before the new regulations become operative. The really regrettable feature of the Government's attitude to the Cadet Corps and O.T.C. Contingents is that there is a distinct endeavour to gain political votes from pacifists by frowning on the movements and at the same time it is hoped not to lose the votes of those, who believe in the movements, by not doing too much against them. Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds never paid for a long time.

O.T.C. At the beginning of the term the final results of the examinations for Certificate " A " were announced, and of the twenty-six candidates successful in the Practical examination, eleven passed the " Theoretical," held in November. Those who gained Certificate " A " were L/Cpls. Seaborne, Whalley, H. F. ; Cadets Barrass, Brockbank, Camm, Dodd, Harrop, Mackintosh, A. C., Moore, C. E. T., Wright.

At the beginning of the term several parades were held indoors on account of rain and snow, and lectures were given by the Platoon *Commanders.

E. P. Sewell, Esq., kindly gave several very interesting lectures at these parades, on Map Reading, Army Life, and Composition of the Army, and the thanks of the Corps are due to him for giving up so much of his time on parade days.

Owing to a slight outbreak of spotted fever in York, which prevented the N.C.O.'s from coming up from the barracks, the

56 section competition had to be postponed. Before the postponement was announced several parades were taken up with practising for the competition, under the section commanders.

One dress parade was held, and there was a route march up the North Road with the band in attendance. The latter gave a creditable performance and have put in a great deal of hard work this term, under Drum-Major C. H. Prince.

The recruits have continued their instruction this term under Sgt.-1Viajor •Puddick, and from all reports are making very satisfactory progress.

Shortly after half-term the new rifle-range was opened, and has so far proved greatly satisfactory. Since the opening, one platoon has gone down to the range on each parade day, and there has been afternoon shooting supervised by the Sergeants.

The following promotions have been made this term :W. Mc. C. Scott, to C.S.M. Sergeants : C. H. Prince, V. W. G. Musgrove.

Lance-Corporals : R. C. Barrass, N. J. L. Brockbank, J. P. Camm, C. 0. Daintry, D. F. Dodd, P. 0. Dowson, E. A. Harrop, A. C. Mackintosh, C. E. T. Moore, J. H. Patrick, H. F. Whalley, H. B. Wright.

Inter-House Rowing.

It has been remarked more than once during the term that this has been the most unfavourable rowing season we have had for some years. Not so much that the river has been in high flood, but that cold winds, and choppy water has made the business of Oarsmanship difficult to teach and difficult to learn.

Still, the inter-house races have been held as usual and the standard of rowing in the final was well up to standard.

Before we go on to a detailed description of the races, we should once more like to emphasize what a tremendous boon the new boathouse is to the rowing of the School : we sometimes wonder how in the world we ever used to manage to. get through the business of training 50 odd boys to row at all, when we only had the two old fours in the old boathouse. Let all those who so kindly helped to make the Boathouse an accomplished fact, take note, that this addition to the School is second to none in being appreciated.

57 FIRST DIVISION RACES. The draw for the 1st Division races, and the results were as follows :— Manor I (a bye)

f

Manor I School House II School House II Grove I

School House I ( Day Boys I

Manor I School House I

Manor 1

School House I Rise I

Rise I (a bye) On Thursday, 5th March, the Headmaster gave the School a special holiday, and so it was possible to row the first heats in the morning. Promptly at 11-30 a.m., the School House II and the Grove I started, Grove being on the boathouse side of the river.

Grove led a little just after the start, and then a very level race was seen until York City corner, when School House began to show in front. They continued to lead, though the Grove hung on and were only beaten by 4 length in 4 mins. 40 sec.

The next heat between School House I and Dayboys I followed as soon as possible, and after a good start the School House drew gradually to the front and held their lead all the way to win by 2* lengths in 4 mins. 25 secs.

The semi-finals were rowed at 4-30 p.m., on Friday, 6th March, against a strongish head wind, very cold, and with frequent snow showers.

Manor I and School House II. rowed first, in which the greatly superior weight of the Manor gave them a comfortable victory by 2* lengths in 4 mins., 25 secs. The race between School House I and Rise I, proved an exciting race all the way, although Dowson, qtroking the School House, appeared quite unperturbed at the strenuous efforts of the Rise to gain the lead. By his cool stroking, there is no doubt he kept his crew together, in a race where his opponents were little more than a length behind and ready to take advantage of any slackening or mistake. After a great spurt from Marygate, the Rise more or less collapsed under Lendal Bridge, to lose by a verdict of 2 lengths in 4 mins. 30 secs.

The(anal on Saturday, 11th March, was started in a thick blizzard, the driving snow almost obscuring a view of the boats.

The storm was more or less over by the time the crews reached Scarborough Bridge, and both crews rowed through in excellent

58 style. The Manor had led slightly soon after the start and maintaining a fast stroke, won by 11 lengths in 4 mins. 23 secs.

FIRST DIVISION CREWS. Manor I School House I Bow. J. B. Doyle.

Bow. A. B. Cooper.

2. M. H. Seed.

2. N. B. Corner.

3. W. Mc 0. Scott.

3. J. N. Emery.

Str. P. 0. Dowson.

H. A. Butler.

Str. H. D. Falconer.

Cox. G. E. T. Watson.

Cox.

Rise I Bow G. Douglas.

2. G. D. Stibbard.

3. W. D. Blackburn.

Str. J. E. Boyd.

Cox. W. R. Middlebrook.

Day Boys I Bow. W. M. Brook.

2. J. R. Barton.

3. E. Harrop.

H. B. Wright.

Str. Cox. W. H. H. Hanks.

Grove I Bow. F. W. P. Lupton.

2. D. Lupton.

3. H. S. Eardley.

'Str. R. S. Allen.

Cox. N. Hurtley.

School House II Bow. G. C. Lee. 2. E. L. Dalton.

3. N. R. Earnshaw.

Str. H. K. Worsley.

W. S. B. Bagshaw.

Cox.

SECOND DIVISION. The Second Division Boat Races were rowed on March 16th, 17th and 18th, in rather better weather conditions than the First Division races. On the whole, however, the weather through the term was not kind to the Second Division, as the rough winds, the high river and the strong current made it very difficult to " tub " beginners. And so, when the races came on, all the crews were rather short of practice.

However, some interesting races took place. On March 16th, in the preliminary round, the School House met the Day Boys; in this the two heaviest and perhaps strongest crews met, and an exciting race followed. The Day Boys got well away at the start and by the Boat House led by over half a length; from there the School House gradually crept up and rowed the Day Boys down, and won by 1 length in 2 mins. 26 secs.

On March 17th conditions were not so favourable, as it was At 12-15 the Rise rowed the rather rough with a head wind.

After one false start in which the two boats collided, Grove. they got away very evenly. The Rise led slightly at the start, but At the end the the Grove, rowing a fast stroke, passed them.

59 Rise again seemed to be coming up, but the Grove managed to keep their lead until after the post and won by / length, in 2 mins.

47 secs.

In the afternoon of the 17th, the School House met the Manor.

The School House were much the heavier crew, and in spite of a very plucky effort, the Manor were led all the way, and the School House won by 2 lengths in 2 mins. 43 secs.

The Final took place on Wednesday, the 18th, between the School House and the Grove. The School House took the lead at once, and rowing very well increased it all down the course, winning the race and the Second Division Cup, by 4 lengths, in 2 mins. 36 secs.

The winning crew were better together than most, and made full use of their bodies and legs, although at times, they were apt to rush. Their best race, as regards rowing, was the final, in which they showed quite good form.

THE SECOND DIVISION CREWS. School House III.—J. Biggin (bow); 2, W. Toulmin; 3, D. F. Dodd; J. Smart (str.); cox., M. Biggin.

Grove II.—C. Ward Smith (bow); 2, J. M. Fothergill; 3, H. A. Lamb; R. B. Barrett (str.); cox., J. Kooka.

Day Boys II.—R. H. Harwood (bow); 2, F. A. Brown; 3, L. Attenborough; S. Wareham (str.); cox., J. S. Sproule.

Rise II.—B. P. Parker (bow); 2, J. Boyd; 3. J. Fargus; J. S. Liddle (str.); cox., W. B. Kendall.

Manor IL—B. W. Woodcock (bow); 2, W. M. Cunningham ; 3, J. Whalley ; J. Scholey (str.): cox., A. J. Darton.

Cross Country.

The Cross Country run was run on Thursday, March 19th, after being twice postponed. The course has been altered, and is now much shorter than the original one. Starting from the School it goes up Rawcliffe Lane, across country to the Ings, and back along the side nearest the Asylum. Owing to this shorter course the race was run at a faster pace than before. Only five runners from each house were entered, and the first three counted. The Manor are to be congratulated in securing the first three places. The points were :—Manor 6, Day Boys 21, School House 25, Rise 29,.

Grove 59.

Time 20 mins. 17 secs.

6o School House.

Day Boys.

Grove.

1 3 4 Prince.

5 6 7 8 9 Dalton.

10 11 12 Smart.

13 14 15 Baker.

16 Earnshaw.

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Rise.

Manor.

Butler.

Whalley, J. Doyle.

Fargus.

'Whisker.

Brockbank.

Sedman.

MacIldovvie.

Musgrove.

Henderson.

Barker.

Coupe.

Kazerooni.

Wright.

Allen.

Whalley, H. F. Barrett.

Eardley.

Brittain.

Ogley.

Scientific Society.

Owing to the crowded nature of the Easter term the Society has not been very active this term. We had, however, on 7th February, a lecture by the Secretary, entitled " How London's Tube Railways are Built." This lecture was supplied by the Underground Company of London. It was in three sections, the first of which dealt with the historical side of the construction of tubes, and showed that the idea of tubes is by no means new. The second part dealt with the actual construction, and the third with some remarkable feats of tube engineering. The most noteworthy of these was the building of the new booking hall and station under Piccadilly.

The lecture was copiously illustrated by slides.

On Tuesday, 17th March, we had a lecture by C. H. Prince entitled " Lakeland Sports."

On Wednesday, March 25th, a party visited the Automatic Telephone Exchange.

J .B.D.

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Entertainments.

On Saturday, 28th February, Mr. P. H. Sykes gave the first of his lectures on " The Sonata : its Structure and Meaning."

He started by explaining that a Sonata had no meaning which could be so written as to form " Programme Music," but that each listener derived from it some indescribable emotion. A knowledge of its structure, however, helped the listener to grasp some of the ideas put forward by the composer.

He then proceeded to trace the evolution of the various movements of a sonata, beginning by explaining the binary form of " The Londonderry Air," which was played on the violin by C. E. T. Moore; and then the ternary form of " The Bluebells of Scotland."

It was from these simple forms that the more elaborate " Minuet and Trio " and " Sonata-Allegro " or " First Movement Form " grew up.

Miss Toyne and Mr. Sykes then played, as a duet, the minuet and trio from Haydn's "Military Symphony " to illustrate its form.

Continuing on Saturday, 7th March, Mr. Sykes explained in more detail the division of sonata first movement into the exposition, development or free fantasia and recapitulation sections, with episodes occurring between the different subjects; showing also, by illustrations on the piano, how the genius of Beethoven had smoothed over the breaks between the "water-tight " compartments of Mozart's sonata form; and how he had made his codas into a highlydeveloped piece of art.

He also mentioned that the Scherzo was merely a fast moving and jocular version of the minuet.

To conclude he showed how the Rondo was derived from the times when an instrument, usually a harp, was passed round a gathering of people, who would each sing a verse or episode, all joining in with a chorus.

In these two lectures it was a pleasure to hear such a technical subject treated so as to be lucid as well as interesting. Mr. Sykes is to be congratulated upon his excellent treatment of a title, which at first seemed to his audience a formidable one.

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Junior School.

When the word comes from the Editors of " The Peterite " that the news of the term about St. Olave's is wanted, we generally have to put on a very big thinking cap in order to remember what has really happened. However, the Easter term is a nice short term, not too short of course, so we haven't so much difficulty.

St. Olave's started off well by having a very interesting lantern lecture on " China " during the first week of term. This was given by Miss A. M. Brown, from London, who has given us several lectures from time to time on behalf of the R.T.S. Later in the term we very much enjoyed the lecture by J. B. Doyle, of the Manor, on " London Underground Railways," and later still Mr. Ping showed us a set of slides illustrating Part I of Bunyan's " Pilgrim's Progress."

School work has gone on quite well; a few boys have been away with colds or 'flu, but on the whole we seem to have been working all the term. We were very pleased when Mr. Toyne gave us an extra half-holiday on account of the splendid scholarship won by an Old Olavite, J. C. Hill. We hope some more Old Olavites will gain something else to allow us extra half-holidays!

Then we must say a word about the wintry weather we have had this term. There have been some splendid slides on the asphalt round the dining-room as well as in the playground. We have also had some tremendous snow fights. One day when the snow was fairly thick we went on to Clifton Ings and rolled a number of huge snowballs which we sent plunging into the river. Great Sport !

We ought to say that " stamps " have been one of the "crazes" this term. Someone tried to reckon up how many stamps there were in the various collections and arrived at the useful figure of 6,700.

Almost at the end of term, Mr. Toyne made an exciting announcement when he told us that a troop of Scouts is to be started at St. Olave's with Mr. Chilman as Scoutmaster and Miss Toyne in charge of the Cubs. Some of us who have been at St. Olave's a long time, wish the idea had been started long ago as we shall be out of it. Still, we can imagine some very jolly Saturday afternoons in the future when St. Olave's Scouts march out with flags flying, and—we hope— bugles or piccolos blowing, to the admiration of all Clifton. " St. Olave's Band " would surely be a musical encouragement !

63 SALVETE. P. Heywood (St. 0.).

W. L. Walters (St. 0.).

E. J. Hillyard (D.B.).

P. A. Andrew (D.B.).

B. K. Denison (D.B.).

F. H. Hillyard (D.B.).

C. D. W. Sharp (D.B.).

VALETE. W. Burn. T. C. Stevenson. M. A. Wellington.

St. Olave's School, Games.

Easter Term, 1931, has been peculiar from a games standpoint.

The grounds during January and February have been usually quite unfit for play, nevertheless, we have turned out regularly and so have had a certain amount of practice. We had two valuable practice games with Junior Teams from the Senior School which gave us the opportunity of getting together.

Our match with St. Bede's, Hornsea, was eagerly awaited, and we won by 33 points to nil. The scrum heeled well, which enabled the three-quarters to get going straight away, and until the forwards stopped heeling and tried to score themselves by forward rushes, which practically always ended by our opponents " touching down,' the team played very well. Mr. E. P. Sewell, 0.P., kindly refereed this game for us.

Early in the term we had a paper-chase, and the " hares," Sykes and Dickenson, were caught near Rawcliffe Village.

The following played for the School XV :—Davison; Segar, Large (ma.) captain, Denby, Quarrie; Tyson, Carlton; Sykes, White, McLean, Large (mi.), Lockwood, MacDonald, Buckler (m1.) and Boyes.

At the time of going to press, training for .the sports will be in full swing.

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O.P. News.

D. St. G. W. Gray has represented Malay at Hockey.

The annual rugger match between the School and the Old Peterites, played on December 18th, resulted in a win for the latter, 10-9, after a very close match. J. D. Burrows and J. Fearne scored for the Old Peterites, and J. G. Troop converted. H. A. Butler, C. Hill and H. F. Whalley scored for the School, who put up the best performance of the season against a very strong side.

We offer our congratulations to Miss E. C. M. Toyne and Mr. E. P. Sewell on their engagement.

A. L. Hicks passed out 3rd froth the R.M.A., Woolwich, into the Royal Engineers.

C. L. Troop and E. P. Sewell have played regularly for the Army at rugby and both received their caps. Sewell has also been appointed adjutant to the 1st Bn. of the Northamptonshire Regiment, a high position for him whilst so early in his career.

H. Haigh-Lumby has played for the Yorkshire XV. W. D. Draffan plays for the Reading University XV. R. G. Bullen was on the Yorkshire Squash Racquets team against Durham and will be a member of the team in the final match against Kent.

MARRIAGE. RODGERS—AIKIN-SNEATH. The wedding of John Rodgers (O.P. 1919-1925), only son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Charles Rodgers, of York, with Betty Aikin-Sneath, youngest daughter of Mr. F. W. Aikin-Sneath, J.P., and the late Mrs. AikinSneath, of 101 Ashley Gardens, S.W.1., and of Gloucestershire, took place at Christ Church, Westminster, on 23rd December, 1930, at 2 p.m.

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Correspondence.

To the Editors of " The Peterite Dear Sirs, I should like to take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Toyne and Mr. Chilman for their valuable coaching and supervision of the team. We were sorry that Mr. Toyne could not play hockey for most of the season, and .very much missed his presence on senior games. I should also like to thank Mr. Bourne and Mr. Smith for taking part in practice games and refereeing in The House Matches.

Roberts had a difficult task with the grounds owing to the bad weather, but thanks to his efforts they quickly recovered and are now in excellent condition.

Yours sincerely, W. ALLPORT, Captain of Hockey.

To the Editors of the " Peterite."

Dear Sirs, May I take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Ping, Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Greenway for their valuable coaching of the House Boats this term. Although, at the beginning of the term, the weather was quite Arctic in its severity, this never deterred them from appearing on the river bank, and as a result of their coaching, the crews were quite up to standard this year. May I also take this opportunity of thanking all those masters who officiated in various capacities during the House Races.

Yours sincerely, H. A. BUTLER, Captain of Boats.

Commemoration Day. Commemoration days will be Saturday, July 18th, and Sunday, July 19th. We understand that this year there is to be a very notable guest to give away the prizes in Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood, Bart. , G. C . B .

On Sunday, March 22nd, the School Orchestra gave a programme of Bach's works, Evensong being specially shortened for the occasion. This was an original move, but quite successful,

66 and our thanks are due to Mr. Sykes for his admirable initiative and energy in furthering school music and giving us a sound musical education. The programme was as follows :— 5th SUNDAY IN LENT—MARCH 22nd, 1931.

Overture

" Solomon " O Lord open Thou our lips.

Ps. XXIII. P. 57.

Lesson. Mark XV. 22 to end.

Magnificat. P. 88.

Collect.

Handel

MUSIC BY J. S. BACH. 1. Chorale

Bach.

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Bach.

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5.

6.

7.

8.

" All glory, laud and honour " (S. of P. No. 72) Chorale (Extended) " Jesu, Joy of man's desiring " Sinfonia to Church Cantata. " Unto Thee, 0 Lord, do I lift up my soul " Passion Chorale " 0 sacred Head, sore wounded " (S. of P. No. 83. v.v. 1, 2, 3.)

Sarabande Chorale (Extended) " What God doth, that alone is right " Sinfonia to Church Cantata " The Lord hath been mindful " Chorale " How brightly beams the morning star "

Overture

THE BLESSING. " Jephtha "

Bach Bach Bach Bach Bach Bach

Handel

Chapel.

Jan. 25. St. Paul (Epiphany III).—Rev. F. II. Barnby.

Feb. 1. Septuagesima. Music.—P. H. Sykes, Esq., M.A. 8. Sexagesima.—The Headmaster.

15. Quinquagesima.—Rev. Canon L. Dewar, M.A. 22. 1st Sunday in Lent.—Rev. H. Spence, M.A.

67 Mar. 1. 2nd Sunday in Lent.—The Headmaster.

8. 3rd Sunday in Lent. Music.—W. L. Seaborne and C. E. T. Moore.

• 15. 4th Sunday in Lent.—Rev. F. H. Barnby.

22. 5th Sunday in Lent. Sacred Music.

29. Palm Sunday.—The Headmaster.

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Thursday, 26th March.—School Confirmation by the Rt Rev. The Bishop of Whitby, at 11 a.m.

Library.

The following have been added t:o the Library :C II. 15.—The Science of Life.—H. G. Wells and Julian Huxley.

D.IV. 3a.—Re-discovering England.—Simpson.

5.—Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall.

Sussex.

6.— Oxford and the Cotswolds.

Kent.

The Border.

9.— Northumbria.

Derbyshire.

VI 12a.—The Kangchenjunga Adventure.-10. S. Smythe.

IX. 11.—A Year on the Great Barrier Reef.—C. M. Yonge.

F.VII. 6.—A History of English Literature.—Legouis and Cazamian.

G.VI. 16.—Misleading Cases.—A. P. Herbert.

17.—Undertones of War.—Edmund Blunden.

2.—How we Live.—Sir John Marriott.

3.—How we are Governed.—Sir John Marriott.

IV. 27.—A History of the Vikings.—Kendrick. ✓. 32.—The Honourable Artillery Company in the Great War.— Gould Walker.

(Presented by the H.A.C.) ✓. 33.—By Guess and by God (British Submarines in the War).— Carr.

K.VII. 13.—An Early Experiment in Industrial Organisation.—E. Roll. (Presented by J. C. Rodgers, 0.P.) 7.—

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VALETE AND SALVETE. School House.

VALETE. W. D. Draffan. 1926-30. Al. School Monitor. Head of School House. 2nd XI, 1928. 1st XI, 1928-29-30. 2nd XI colours, 1929. 1st XI colours, 1929. Played for Young Amateurs v. Young Professionals, at Lords, 1930. 2nd XV, 1928-29.

1st XV, 1928-29-30-31. 2nd XV colours, 1930. 1st XV colours, 1930. Played for Durham Public Schoolboys. 1st XI hockey, 1929-30; colours, 1929. Hon. Sec. of Hockey, 1930. Squash Team, 1930. Certificate " A," 1930. C.S.M. in O.T.C. J. H. Bolland. 1927-30. Al. Cadet in O.T.C. J. R. Rainford. 1927-30. Al. Cadet in O.T.C. SALVETE. C. W. V. Kennedy. B3.

J. H. Creigh. B4.

Clifton Rise.

VALETE. H. Webster. 1926-30. A3. 2nd XV, 1929-30. 1st XV, 192930-31. 2nd XV colours, 1929. 1st XV colours, 1930. 2nd IV, 1929. 1st IV, 1930. 2nd IV colours, 1929. 1st IV colours, 1930. L. Cpl. in O.T.C.

Clifton Manor.

VALETE. M. H. Wilson.

1927-30. A2.

2nd XV, 1930-31.

1930-31. 2nd XV colours, 1930. Cadet in O.T.C. •

Clifton Grove.

VALETE. H. G. Priestley-Yeo.

1928-30. Bl. Cadet in O.T.C.

1st XV,

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School Officers.

B. Doyle (Head-Monitor: Head cf Clifton Manor).

J. E. C. Hill (Head of Clifton Rise).

W. Allport.

J. A. Brittain (Head of Clifton Grove).

J. G. K. Henderson.

C. H. Prince (Head of School House).

H. A. Butler.

J. N. Emery.

V. W. G. Musgrove (Head of Day Boys).

W . Allport.

Captain of Hockey : C. H. Prince.

Hon. Sec. of Hockey H. A. Butler.

Captain of Boats : S. S. Pawle.

Captain of Squash : W. Mc. C. Scott.

C.S.M. of O.T.C. Editors of 'The Petertte' : J. A. Brittain.

C. Hill.

S. S. Pawle.

Librarians : J. B. Doyle.

J. A. Brittain.

F. P. Marrian.

W. L. Seaborne.

N. J. L. Brockbank.

Monitors

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Obituarp.

On 9th February, suddenly at Cromarty, THE REVEREND ALBERT CHADWICK. At School 1877 to 1881.

Open Mathematical Exhibitioner at St. John's College, Cambridge.

Whenever a good man goes to his reward, there must be many old friends whose hearts are stirred—memories of by-gone days come rushing back, and half-forgotten episodes in which the joys of youth were shared with him stand out as vividly as they did long ago. So it is that I recall the happy school days of fifty years ago when Chadwick was one of a little coterie who knew and loved him well.

Chief among them was George Eyre, whose exuberant spirits were a perpetual delight and stimulant to those of us who were not blessed with his natural gifts. " Jack " Griffith was another blithe soul who helped to brighten the dullness of the mathematical room.

Others besides me must remember the smothered chuckle of admiration with which Chadwick received the. quips and sallies of such high spirited friends.

Albert Chadwick has suddenly ended the life-work which he cheerfully and unselfishly undertook.

He went about his duties He was without ostentation or expectation of worldly , honours. always lavish in his support of causes which he had at heart, and nothing pleased him more than to give service and material support where it was needed. As the world judges, his life was not showy, but its value was inestimable in the opinion of those who recognise and appreciate real solid worth. I feel sure that there must be many along the track of his ministry who thank God for sending him to them in their hour of trouble.

One of a large class of Chadwicks who went to St. Peter's, he won an open mathematical exhibition at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took the Triposes in Mathematics and Theology.

JOHN H. COLLIN SON.

MR. P. L. NEWMAN. Mr. Philip Lewin Newman, who died at his residence, 4 Bootham Grange, York, on 14th February, was well-known throughout the insurance world as Chief Actuary of the Yorkshire Insurance Co. He was born in 1859, and was educated at St. Peter's School

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and Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1889:he succeeded his father in the office of actuary to the Yorkshire Insurance Company, and remained in its employment until 1924, the year of the -firm's centenary, when he retired.

Mr. Newman was President of the Old 'Peterite Club 'from.the year of its foundation until 1919. He was a past President of the Insurance Institute of 'Yorkshire, and was a 'member of the iCommittee of the York University Extension Society for 45 years,'cluring '30 of which he was treasurer.

The School was represented.at his funeral, which took place on 'Tuesday, 17th February, at St. Olave's Church, York.

'Reprinted from the " Yorkshire Evening Post," 7th August, 1930.

MR. J. P. HUBBERSTY. The death has occurred at West Cote, Heber's Ghyll Drive, Ilkley, of Mr. John Paley Hubbersty, a Leeds solicitor, and .a greatgreat-grandson of the famous Archdeacon Paley, author of " Paley 's ,Evidences." He had attained 'the age of .72 years.

The son of Canon Hubbersty, of Cartmel, he was educated at St. Peter's, York, and St. Catherine's, Cambridge, where he gained his M.A. degree. He had been in practice for nearly 50 years as a solicitor in Leeds, where he was a member of the firm of Messrs.

Snowden, Meredith and Hubbersty. He resided for some years at Adel, and in 1909 made his home in Ilkley.

A classical scholar, President of the Burnsall Angling Club, a keen handicraft worker, fond of music 'hewas a man of wide He was also associated with St. Margaret's Church, interests.

Ilkley, and was solicitor to the University of Leeds. He leaves a widow, one son and one daughter.

The funeral took place at'Crosthwaite, near Kendal, where Air. Hubbersty had a small property.

(The Editors apologise for not including this obituary in their last number.)

J. S. DENBY. Old Peterites were horrified to hear that one of the keenest members of the Club had died suddenly on Saturday, March 21st.

Mr. J. S. Denby was a member of the School from 1896 to 1899, but perhaps it is not untrue to say that he had identified himself

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with the School even more as an Old Boy. When the big expansions of the School were contemplated in 1913-14, he gave not only advice and criticism, but solid pecuniary support. At the end of the War, he compiled the " Denby " register, without which it would have been almost impossible to compile the Roll of Honour and get subscriptions for the War Memorial.

Mr. Denby was never absent from the Old Peterite dinners and meetings and, to crown all, he adopted the best of all methods of showing confidence in the School by sending his own son as a pupil. During this year he has suggested, or at any rate backed the suggestions of others, to promote the usefulness of the O.P. Club. At the dinner he joined with others to finance the Exhibition Secondly, he started the Scout movement in the Junior Fund.

Thirdly, he School, which will, I hope, bear fruit next term. was most anxious to inaugurate an O.P. Hockey tour, if not an O.P. Hockey Club. This latter project was still in the air, but was to be discussed in the Summer.

The School will lose a real friend, who was not afraid of coming forward or giving personal service of his own. Peterites and Old Peterites will, without exception, offer their heartfelt sympathy to his widow and to his young son and nephew, who are both at the School.

Contemporaries.

The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following contemporaries, apologising for any inadvertant omissions : " The Brighton College Magazine, ' " Dovolian," " Dunelmian," " Haileyburian," " Hurst-Johnian," " Leodensian," " Ousel,' Pocklingtonian," " R.A.F. College Journal," " Reptonian," " Sedberghian, " St. Peter's College, Adelaide, Magazine."

Any contemporaries received after this number has gone to the printers, will be acknowledged in the next issue of the " Peterite."