The Junior School

A great many things have happened this term, more than is usual even in a Summer term, so that when looking back the term seems to have been a very long one, and we shall have to try to record events in something like proper order. 14'irst and foremost we welcomed Mr. J. Dronfield as the new Headmaster of St. Peter's, and we have liked to see him at our fortnightly mark reading regularly during the term. We also welcomed nine new boys, and these brought the number of boys in St. Olave's to 106—the first time the Junior School has exceeded a hundred boys. We have gathered that Mr. Ping says this is " the limit "

For the East holidays, Forms JI, JII and JIII had been set a holiday task to collect fifteen wild flowers and press them for competition. Some very nice and carefully arranged collections were handed in, and the prize winners were : JI— (i) R. Hyde, (ii) J. Bramwell ; JII—(i) J. F. Blackburn, (ii) J. Gray and P. R. Sykes ; JIII—(i) E. Denison, (ii) R. Buckle.

Owing to the illness of Mr. P. H. Sykes at the beginning of term, Mrs. Baird took all the Junior School singing lessons, and we would like to say how very much we enjoyed her entertaining and interesting methods of teaching us to breathe properly and open our mouths.

Then we had a most unusual break in the term by having the Coronation holiday, which amounted to practically three days off School. In spite of rather poor weather, everybody managed to enjoy himself thoroughly. And then immediately after this came the Whit-Monday outing for the boarders, when, after a ramble in the woods, the usual huge tea was consumed at The Farm. We were pleased to have Mr. Dronfield with us on this occasion, and we hope he enjoyed his tea as much as we did.

After this the School settled down to the routine of regular work with all the special events occurring from time to time, such as our Cricket matches, Cycling Picnics, York Regatta, the Scientific Society Outing to Skipwith, etc., all of which were enjoyable and exciting at the time, though we cannot write full details here.

We heartily congratulate A. Battrick on winning the St. Olave's. Scholarship to St. Peter's—thus following his brother's example, and also H. C. Belchamber on winning an Exhibition to St. Peter's. Congratulations also to the Form Prize winners, whose names are given below. 70

Our own School examinations were held a fortnight before the end of term so that Mr. Chilman and the Scouts could go to the Scout Camp, which was again held in Aldby Park, near Stamford Bridge, by the kind permission of Colonel G. Darley.

A full account of this appears in the Scout news, but we would like to comment on the splendid weather they were fortunate in having whilst in Camp. The number of visitors on the Sunday afternoon would be almost a record.

Then came our Swimming Sports, which were held on Wednesday, July 21st, a fine, but rather dull, afternoon.

The following were the prize winners, and the prizes were presented by Mrs. Reynolds :—

2 Lengths Breast-stroke only. 1, G. Long ; 2, P. J. Morey. 1 Length Speed. 1, G. Long; 2, J. G. Gledhill. 1 Length Boys under 12. 1, J. G. Gledhill ; 2, A. G. Reynolds. Dive. 1, F. N. Buckler; 2, R. E. Dodd. Plunge. 1, P. J. Morey; 2, D. Cole. 1 Length Beginners. 1, J. Penty ; 2, W. Stratton. 1 Breadth Beginners. 1, K. Andrews ; 2, D. Beauman. 1 Length Consolation Race. 1, R Miller; 2, D. Hart.

During the term the following boys have passed the School Swimming test-100 yards:— D. M. Hart, F. R. Fox, G. B. Pearson, J. R. Penty, J. P. Pulleyn, W. A. Stratton, E. Sheriff, I. Taylor.

Well, the 1,001 other things that we should like to write about our term's doings will have to be left out, we have had a jolly good term and we hope that all Olavites will have a jolly good holiday, and we shall expect that the boys who have gone to France with Mr. J. S. Cooper will tell us all about it in the next issue of " The Peterite." 71

JUNIOR SCHOOL FORM PRIZE WINNERS.

Form JI—R. Hyde.

Form JII—P. B. Legat.

Form JIII—F. L. Duffield.

Form JIV—A. H. Terry.

Form JV—C. A. F. Cookson.

Form JVI—A. Battrick.

Form JV Maths.—F. N. Goode.

Form JVI Essay—G. Long. SALVETE (SUMMER TERM). D. B. Beauman. N. K. Haugh. W. W. Howard. D. G. Janes. J. A. Shearston. J. M. Dook. J. D. Dench. G. H. Dodsworth. G. Janes. J. P. Shearsmith.

SALVETE (CHRISTMAS TERM).

A. M. Claybourn (St. 0.). J. R. N. Denning. J. S. H. Lodge (St. 0.). G. Cottom. J. E. Thompson (St. 0.). R. Dawson. M. Norwood (St. 0.). B. Harnby. R. L. D. Davidge. A. Gaze. D. R. Burnie. H. Walker. J. E. Taylor. G. Wilson.

VALETE.

F. N. Buckler (to S.H.). A. Battrick (to Temple). W. R. Child (to S.H.). A. Broadhurst (to Temple). G. W. Denby (to S.H.). W. B. Anderson (to Temple). J. P. Pulleyn (to S.H.). V. M. Black (to Temple). S. H. Beetham (to Rise). G. Long (to Temple). P. L. Hort (to Rise). J. H. Gray. H. C. Belchamber (to Rise). W. B. Churchill. D. Cole (to Rise). J. G. Wilberforce. G.E. K. Reynolds (to Rise). W. W. Howard. D. H. Wright (to Rise). A. T. Seville. P. H. 0. Ruddock (to Rise). P. J. Morey. H. A. Thompson (to Rise).

SUMMER TERM QUERIES?

1. Have we a pet mosquito? 2. Is anyone ever up a Gum Tree ? 3. Who is the bug-juice king? 4. Were the pits ever a paying proposition ? 5. Who holds the trick-riding record ? 72

6. Was the time-keeper's watch ever correct? 7. What is the true story of the Crow's Nest? 8. Did the Colonel ever repeat himself ? 9. What was the strong-man act? 10. And did the Mill really stop? ST. OLAVE'S SCHOOL'S GAMES.

We have had a very enjoyable and successful season with the following results :—won 4, drawn 1, lost 1.

Owing to the Coronation being held in the early part of the term we did not have our first match until June 8th, and in consequence we had plenty of time for Nets and three or four practice games before selecting the XI to represent the School.

In the first match our opponents were St. Bede's, Hornsea, whom we played on their ground. The result was a win for us by 103 runs to 13. Pulleyn 37 and Cole 23 making the majority of runs, and Denison five for nine, with Pulleyn four for four, taking the bowling honours.

On June 10th we played the Fathers' XI, whom we beat by 135 for six-103. Buckler scored a very useful 69 not out and Dodd 22 not out in this match.

In our home and away fixtures with Clifton House School, Harrogate, we gained victories of 143 for two-68 and 103 for seven-45. In the first game, Cole, 66 not out, and Buckler, 51, were chief scorers, and in the return game, Belchamber scored a very useful 48 runs.

We played Worksop Preparatory School, a new fixture, on June 24th at York, and drew a good game by 144 for five•to 96 for five (Cole 62 and Pulleyn 24), but in the return game a week later at Worksop we got well beaten by 36 runs to 114, where we found both the bowling and the wicket much faster than anything we had so far met this term.

Unfortunately, our fixtures with Terrington had to be cancelled, owing to their being in quarantine for some malady.

This term we have had four full games in progress on Tuesdays and Thursdays except on match days, when the two Junior games have played on the Squash Court Field pitches at the same time as the eleven has occupied the centre.

Our thanks are sincerely given to all the Staff, who have spent much time in superintending our games.

The following represented the School in matches :Buckler (Captain), Pulleyn (Vice-Captain), Battrick, Belchamber, Broadhurst, Child, Cole, Dodd, Denison (ma.), Seville, Steel ; also played, Wilberforce and Anderson. 73