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Commemoration 3Days. There were a large number of parents and others present to see lir. 0. Paley-Scott, K.C., an Old Peterite, give away prizes in the big hall. Prizegiving this year was held on Friday evening instead of on Saturday morning, as in recent years. In reverting to the old custom, it was seen that many parents, who would have found Saturday morning very inconvenient, would be able to attend. Mr. Scott caused much amusement when, in referring to the unsuccessful boys, the ones who had not won prizes, he declared that they were in the majority, and, according to the institutions of England, the majority was always right. He said that they might draw consolation from this fact. Speaking of the controversy on whether a classical or a modern education was the better, he said that it really did not matter what a boy was taught so long as he was taught to work hard and to use his brains. " Probably," he said, " the best thing is to teach him the thing he likes, because he will have less difficulty, and it will do him more good in the long run." Mr. Scott concluded by saying that the public school spirit in games was the best thing possible. Mr. Toyne then gave his report of the school year :" Mr. Dean, Mr. Paley-Scott, Ladies and Gentlemen, my first duty to-night is the painful one of recording the vacant places on our Governing Body. No sooner did we welcome Canon Barker as a New Governor than he left York to take up an important post in London. We sympathise with the late Chancellor in his present illness, but I should like to bear witness to his unfailing devotion and interest in this school during his long term of office. Shortly before his retirement Chancellor Austen told me that he had never missed a Govenors' Meeting, a Prizegiving or the Christmas Theatricals at this school. A fine example of a Christian gentleman who invariably placed duty before self. Lastly, we have to mourn, in common with many other public bodies, the death of Sir John Hunt—one of the last of his kind thoughts, or may I say acts, was a gift of £20 to this school on the occassion of his last birthday, which synchronised with a meeting of the Govenors. I regret that none of the inewly elected members of the body have been able to come this evening. Now let me turn to the school itself. The world, England and St. Peter's have been passing through an anxious time of depression but I trust fiat England and the world can follow the example of this school and look forward with confidence to the future. Next term
