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Correspondence. To the Editors of " The Peterite." Dear Sirs, May I take this opportunity of thanking Mr. Stevenson for his able coaching of the 1st and 2nd XV's this term. What successes the teams achieve is due to his tireless work, both on the field and off. I would also like to thank Mr. Rhodes for all the hard work he puts in with the Colts, and Mr. Smith and Mr. Wrenn for their handling of the more junior rugger. Finally, I should like to thank Mrs. Toyne for the excellent teas she so kindly provides the teams. Yours faithfully, J. W. STEAD,
Captain of Rugger.
To the Editor of " The Peterite." Dear Sir, The mantle of P. E. Lord, who many years ago radiated his pleasing personality on the pages of " The Peterite " seems lately to have fallen on shoulders of similar grace and competence. I have read every number since the paper was launched by the versatile Fowler (that was not his name then), but have never found its contents more interesting than they are to-day. As I have no idea who you are, Sir, my small tribute is as impersonal as it is spontaneous. As such I hope it may be found encouraging. Yours sincerely, J.H.C.
abituartes. DR. ALAN GRAY. Dr. Alan Gray, Mus. Doc., Fellow of Trinity College, died at Cambridge on September 27th in his eightieth year. Born at York, he was educated at St. Peter's and at Trinity ; he took his degree of LL.M. in 1883 and of Mus. Doc. in 1889. He was appointed musical director at Wellington College in 1883, and resigned that to become Stanford's successor at the Trinity organ, and in the conductorship of the University Musical Society in 1892. He was a devoted son of Trinity, and the College reciprocated that feeling when it made him an Honorary Fellow on his resignation a few years ago. He was primarily an organist, and his playing was distinguished by taste and good sense, his extemporisation by ingenuity and, what is much rarer, definite form. His four organ sonatas rank high in expert opinion.
