Charles Richmond Featherstone

CHARLES RICHMOND FEATHERSTONE.

something new, something to which he himself had not yet risen : he might be led to wonder whether perhaps his own attitude was the right one : and so a new beginning might be made.

As House Master he kept a full and careful record of all the boys who passed through the Rise, and spent endless time and trouble in keeping in touch with those who had left. Thus, in nineteen years he had given his House a history and a tradition which will be of great value to those who will have to carry on his work.

Of his relations with his colleagues, it is enough to say that he was the best loved and the most deeply respected member of Common Room. His was the advice most eagerly sought, and, because it was obvious that he thought—and thought long and carefully—before he spoke, his was the opinion that carried most weight.

The loss to the School is more heavy than can be expressed. But what he did and what he was will remain. May the School be worthy of it.

Mr. Featherstone was buried at Thornaby-on-Tees on January 27th. The service took place in St. Luke's Church, of which his father is vicar, and was conducted by the Yen. T. E. Lindsay, Archdeacon of Cleveland, and the Rev. W. Palin, vicar of St. Paul's, Thornaby ; the committal was said by Canon Lawson.

The School was represented by the Headmaster and Mrs. Toyne, the Rev. F. H. Barnby (who read the lesson), Mr. Ping, Mr. and Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Chilman, A. W. Douglas (Head of the School and the Rise), C. A. Smart (Head of the School House), R. S. A. Bickle (Head of the Day Boys), N. A. Newman and R. White (Rise Monitors), with T. Adams and F. W. Roberts.

The Church was full, and the congregation included Mr. H. W. Liddle (some time an assistant master here, and now Headmaster of Bedford Modern School) and Mrs. Liddle, several Old Peterites, and many friends from York.