May 1941

THE PETERITE Vol. XXXIV

MAY, 1941.

No. 297

EDITORIAL. We often feel, while turning over the pages of some famous author of prose or verse, a gentle wave of regret that the author has expressed his feelings, which we share, in exactly the words that we should have used ourselves, and which are now unfortunately forbidden to us, unless we wish to lay ourselves open to a charge of plagiarism.

Thus when we sat down, took up our pen, and decided to make some profound remark about the swift passage of time, we find that the poet has once again forestalled us. " Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying," is precisely what we would have said, had not a Mr. Robert Herrick already done so a matter of some three hundred years ago.

This consciousness of being forestalled and frustrated is by no means uncommon with us, being what we feel about the entire works of William Shakespeare. The only advantage which he and other authors have over us is that they were born earlier, and could say these things before we had time to do so. If we had been born many hundreds of years earlier, and Latin had been our native tongue, it would not have been left for Horace to lament " Eheu fugaces . . ." This accident of later birth is all that prevents us attaining eternal fame. All of which is sad, but entirely irrelevant. We merely set out to demonstrate the fact that time has slipped quickly by, and another Easter Term is gone.

Though time has undoubtedly been a-flying, the weather has not been suitable for rose-bud gathering. (We have now become so closely acquainted with the weather in our capacity as editor that we are on nodding terms with every weather-vane, wind-gauge and barometer for miles around.) In fact, the weather until half-term was wintry to say the least (the very least!) of it. Suffice it to say that days of snow-drifts were succeeded by days of flood ; in fact the river was so swollen that the boaters assure us that they had to lift the boats up on to the river, instead of lowering them into it. But, knowing the boaters, we are

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CONTENTS.

Editorial ...

Old Peterite News Valete and Salvete School Officers ...

Notes and Items ...

The Chapel and Music The School Concert The Library House Notes The Debating Society The Scientific Society The National Science Society The Ship Adoption Society ...

Famous Old Peterites—VII J.T.C. and Home Guard Notes Temple House Concert The Hill Escape from Cannes Hockey Rowing Athletics Squash Boxing Games Committee ...

Cricket Fixtures, 1941 Laurence Eusden—a Poet-Laureate Peterite .

Correspondence ...

The Junior School Examinations for Entrance Scholarships and Exhibitions, 1941 Editorial Notices ...

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tempted to echo Mark Twain's famous comment on the report of his own demise and suggest that this is " slightly exaggerated."

Again the war has taken its toll, and we shall meet next term without several familiar and valued members of the staff. It is impossible, in view of the number and frequency of such changes, to pay adequate tribute to all who leave us as the result of the inexorable demands of national service. But this time our losses seem particularly heavy.

Mr. Cooper, who has now joined the Navy, has meant much to us, and has always seemed an integral part of St. Peter's and St. Olave's alike. His versatility, his keen sense of humour, and his untiring efficiency will not readily be replaced. Miss Waller, whose engagement to Mr. Crews was announced in our last issue, has gone a stage further and is now married to Mr. Crews. The wedding, on Monday, the 14th April, took place in remote Shropshire, and many who would have wished to support the occasion found it impossible to do so. However, St. Peter's was by no means unrepresented, and Mr. Fawcett, the Chaplain, who had no doubt where his duty lay, officiated at the ceremony. We tender to both bride and bridegroom our sincerest wishes for the future. Miss Waller, upon whose unfailing helpfulness and good humour we have grown to rely so much, will be sadly missed. On the administrative side the School has sustained a very great loss.

Lastly we have had to say good-bye to Mr. and Mrs. Corkhill. Mr. Corkhill has been claimed by war industry and has joined the staff of I.C.I. His departure means not only the loss of himself as Science Master and Housemaster of the Rise, but also that we shall be deprived of the teaching services of Mrs. Corkhill, who since September last, has made a valuable contribution to the history of the upper school. Risites in particular will regret their going. Both Mr. and Mrs. Corkhill were sincerely and loyally devoted to Clifton Rise, and the severance of a tie which in recent years has grown very strong, will be deeply regretted by both sides. We hope that, in their new sphere, Mr. and Mrs. Corkhill will find no less happiness.

The Easter Term, to which, of course, this issue of the Peterite refers, was singularly free from interruption, and sickness was surprisingly and gratifyingly inconspicuous.

A full programme of school activities was carried out without hindrance, the one notable exception being the Athletic Sports, which should have been held on the last day of term, but were made impossible by heavy and continuous rain.

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It may be in place here to pay a special tribute to the Hockey XI, who preserved an unbeaten record this season.

Despite the fact that they were largely self-trained they proved one of the best Hockey teams produced by the school for some years. An official School Concert closed the term.

It was a highly successful innovation, much appreciated by the many parents and friends who were able to be present.

The concert provided further evidence of the remarkable fact that, despite the distractions of the disjointed times, our out-of-school activities not only flourish vigorously, but are still expanding. This growth, at a time when the war provides a facile excuse for the relaxing of normal effort, is gratifying.

G.L.

OLD PETERITE NEWS. SERVING WITH H.M. FORCES. The following names are to be added to the lists already published in " The Peterite " Baines, P. N. Barton, G. Barton, E. P. Blair, A. T. Bower, E. C. F. Butler, J. H. Collins, A. A. Cattley, R. W. Cattley, J. W.

Dent, J. A. Dickinson, E. N. Dobree, N. Foster, J. H. Greaves, C. Hardcastle, H. R. Hodson, M. S. Hornby, F. J. Kirke, E. St. G.

Lawson, J. H. Moore, R. C. O'Keefe, M. P. D. M. Platts, J. C. Shepherd, G. E. Ware, J. A. Wilson, T. H. D. Whitaker, E. A.

PRISONERS OF WAR. M. S. Hodson (1922-24) in Italy, and G. E. Cutforth (1922-28) in Germany, have been reported prisoners of war.

Of Cutforth we have had news from Mrs. Cutforth and from his brother, Lieut.-Col. L. E. Cutforth. His address is :91737 Capt. G. E. Cutforth, British Prisoner of War No. 1577, Oflag VII C.11., and doubtless he would be glad to hear from contemporary Peterites. He has quite recovered from a wound he received near Dunkirk. He reports that conditions in the camp are much improved and that he and his companions are turning their enforced inactivity to profit by studying languages. Captain Cutforth is teaching Spanish and in turn learning German and Urdu.

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MARRIAGES. PARKINSON—THOMAS.—On January 21st, 1941, at Huddersfield Parish Church, the Rev. R. C. Parkinson, Chaplain, R.N.V.R., Petergate, York, to Mary Martin Thomas, of Huddersfield.

HEWITT—ADAM.—The Bishop of Gambia and Rio Pongas (West Africa), the Right Rev. J. C. S. Daly, officiated at the wedding at St. John's Church, Balby, on Saturday, of the Rev. Donald Vaillant Hewitt, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Hewitt, of York, and Miss Peggy Adam, elder daughter of Mrs. J. G. S. Adam, of Warmworth Road, Balby, and the late Mr. Adam. * * BIRTHS. ALDERSON.—On January 18th, 1941, at Beechcroft, Alverstoke, to Margaret Edith, wife of Surgeon Lieutenant Basil Roxby Alderson, Royal Navy, of " Cluny," 17 The Avenue, Alverstoke, Hants., a daughter.

STIBBARD.—On April 26th, 1941, at Princess Christian Nursing Home, Windsor, to Helen (née Poole), wife of Major H. 0. Stibbard, a son. * * * Robert R. MacEwan (1918-25) was recently nominated by the Scottish Nationalist Party as a third candidate in the Dumbartonshire by-election. The decision of the Scottish Nationalists to contest the seat was due to " the unsatisfactory attitude of Baillie Adam M'Kinlay, the Labour and Government candidate, to their questionnaire on Scottish self-government." The situation was complicated by the candidature of Mr. Malcolm MacEwen as a Communist nominee. This brought brothers into rivalry, since both the MacEwens are sons of Sir Alexander MacEwen, the President of the Scottish Nationalist Party. However, the triangular contest did not take place. The differences between the Nationalists and the Government nominee were adjusted and the Old Peterite candidate withdrew, leaving the field to his Communist brother and Baillie M'Kinlay. * * *

OBITUARY. A/Corporal J. H. Foster.

On 15th January, 1941, the funeral took place at St.

Mary's Church, Sand Hutton, of A/Corporal John Hope Foster, R.A.F., who died as the result of a road accident.

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Corporal Foster, who was at St. Peter's in 1926 and 1927, was the only son of Mrs. and Mrs. S. C. Foster, of Ashtree House, Claxton, York. He had served in the R.A.F. some seven months and had just passed his final tests as wireless operator. Prior to his enlistment Hutton had been assistant to Captain Hollis, agent for Captain Adrian Bethell, of Rise Park, near Hull. He had married, about three years ago, Miss Barbara High, of Howden, and their home was at the Schoolhouse, Rise. He was well-known in Hull as a hockey player and, with his R.A.F. unit, played in the Wing XI.

J. E. R. Stephens.

It may be in place here to reprint the following from " The Times " regarding one who, though not an 0.P., was an old Olavite. " Mr. J. E. R. Stephens, formerly a Puisne Judge of Kenya, died in London on 11th February after an operation.

His home was at Sevenoaks. " Born on 9th January, 1869, John Edward Robert Stephens was the only son of the late Rev. J. E. Stephens, Vicar of Wilberfoss, York. He was educated at St. Olave's, York, and at the Royal University of Ireland. In 1894 he was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple and joined the Western Circuit. For a time he served with the Donegal Artillery, from which he retired in 1902 with the rank of captain. For 18 years he practised at the Common Law Bar before becoming in 1911 a magistrate at Zanzibar, both of the British Court and that of the Sultan. From there he went in 1922 to Jamaica as a Judge of the Kingston Court, where he remained until in 1925 he moved to Kenya to become senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court for Eastern Africa. He took part in various international law congresses on the Continent and in 1931 he retired."

John H. Collinson.

We regret to have to record the death, on January 20th, 1941, of John H. Collinson.

Mr. Collinson was 79 at the time of his death. He was at St. Peter's from 1878 to 1881, when he went to Queen's College, Cambridge, as an Open Mathematical Scholar, graduating as Senior Optime in 1884 and proceeding to his M.A. degree in 1887. He was also an Exhibitioner of the Clothworkers' Company, and at school was twice Dean of York's Prizeman, in 1880 and 1881.

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After seven years as Second Master at Stamford School, Mr. Collinson, in 1891, left England to join the staff of Upper Canada College, Toronto, and the remainder of a successful career as a schoolmaster was spent in Canada. After some ten years as an assistant master, first at Upper Canada College, and subsequently at Trinity College, Port Hope, two of Canada's foremost schools, he founded Highfield School at Hamilton, Ontario. Under his headmastership Highfield flourished and rapidly gained a considerable reputation, particularly through its numerous successes at the Royal Military College of Canada. A very high percentage of its old boys won distinction in the Great War of 1914-18. Mr. Collinson remained headmaster of Highfield until his retirement in 1920.

Mr. Collinson played an active part in the public life of Hamilton and held many important honorary offices. He was Lay Secretary to the Diocese of Niagara and a member of its standing committee; president of the St. George's Society of Hamilton, and vice-chairman of the Soldiers' Aid Society, the Navy League, and the Boy Scouts of Canada.

For the past few years he had lived in York and had renewed his associations with St. Peter's, in whose welfare he had always shown the keenest interest. Two of the honours boards for the record of outstanding athletic achievements and a set of bound volumes of " The Peterite " from its first issue (now in the Library) are his gifts to the school.

In recent years Mr. Collinson had been a frequent visitor to the school, particularly in the summer term, when he watched the cricket with unfailing regularity, and the absence of his familiar figure and the severance of so long a tie will be very generally regretted.

Reginald Hunt.

The death of Mr. Reginald Hunt, of Grimston Court, York, which took place on 29th April, after a short illness, will be very generally regretted. Mr. Hunt, who was 46 years of age, had been at St. Peter's as a day boy from 1907 to 1911. He was chairman of John J. Hunt, Ltd., brewers, of York, and also of the Scarborough and Whitby Breweries, Ltd. He was, of course, well known for his local associations, the principal of which was the York County Hospital, in which he took a keen and benevolent interest.

He was a member of the House Committee and a governor, and, as chairman of the Supporters' Club from its inception, was instrumental in raising large sums every year for the hospital.

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During his year of office as Governor of the Merchant Adventurers' Company of York he did much towards the restoration of the ancient hall in Fossgate. Among numerous other positions in local organisations he was a trustee of York Blue Coat and Grey Coat Schools. His collection of autographs is reputed to be one of the finest in the world. He presented it to York, and it is now housed in the public library.

CAMBRIDGE OLD PETERITES. (The following items have been received.)

J. T. Brockbank (St. John's). Is again to be congratulated on representing the 'Varsity against Oxford at squash.

This time he moved up to second string. Climbs about the roofs a lot and takes heavy toll of loose slates. Does Torquemada if someone has taken the trouble to get up and buy a paper; in fact we might say : " Roofer, a tin one."

T. F. Cameron (Trinity Hall). Is to be congratulated on getting college crescents for Hockey and Squash. Tried to entertain the troops at Royston but fell off the stage.

Is a member of the Asparagus Club for promoting consumption of the said plant. Has invented a staircase which invalids may climb without feeling tired.

J. C. Houghton (Selwyn). We saw him one morning going to a Theology lecture, but has not been tracked down since. We'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he is working. The Cambridge Old Peterite tie is still on its way.

J. M. Rucklidge (Emmanuel). Does a lot of work. Plays squash only occasionally these days, but we are led to believe he plays a needle match with J. T. Brockbank every Sunday. How he amuses himself we are not sure : probably by climbing more hypothetical mountains.

Persists that the illumination of the earth at a full moon is only two-thirds of what Dr. A. Wood gets it. * * * LEEDS OLD PETERITES. It has been remarked that O.P.s at any University never seem to see or know very much about one another, and Leeds is no exception to this rule. Such a state of affairs makes the writing of these letters a somewhat difficult task, but once again we are making an attempt to do so.

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G. H. Briggs and W. Boyes are to be congratulated upon passing their 2nd M.B. examinations ; they now embark upon the " clinical " period of their training, and see and participate for the first time in hospital life. G. C. Brown is now approaching the end of his second year and presumably will sit his 2nd M.B. next March. He has played rugger for the medical school on sundry occasions and is the only O.P. in residence at Devonshire Hall. J. McN. Inglis is to be congratulated on passing Part II of 1st M.B. He has now embarked upon his anatomy course and is the proud possessor of a skeleton which he calls " Dorothy."

He has become a veteran hitch-hiker. G. M. Cave has resigned from the Boat Club for this year on the ground that he wants to work ! Personally we have never seen or heard of him ever doing this, but miracles never cease. J. Scholey still remains a silent individual. He has been seen in the Union, but we have neither news nor scandal regarding him.

The fact of the sum total of O.P.s at Leeds being at present either Medics or Dentals is no doubt due to the war, but there is no reason why this state of affairs should not be changed, since the University is giving war degrees to students called up before they can finish their courses. We hope to see more O.P.s up here next year.

ST. PETER'S UNDER THE REV. G. T. HANDFORD. A correspondent sends us the following notes on two distinguished O.P's mentioned in the letter of F. P. Fausset published in the last issue of " The Peterite " :C. B. Cotterell, C.S.I., C.I.E., I.C.S., proceeded from St. Peter's to Balliol College, Oxford, where he was a Scholar.

He took a First Class Honours degree and entered the Indian Civil Service in 1898. Among other appointments held were Deputy Commissioner, Salt and Abkari Dept., 1905; Private Secretary to the Governor of Madras, 1912-15 ; Secretary to the Government of Madras, 1925. He retired in 1933 and now lives in Surrey.

Sir Richard Tute was Chief Justice of the Bahamas from 1932-38. After leaving St. Peter's he proceeded to London University ; studied at the Inner Temple and became a barrister-at-law. He entered the I.C.S., but after a distinguished career retired in 1913. During the 1914-18 war he was a major in the R.G.A., and served in France and at Gallipoli. After the war he took up work in Palestine and 8

in 1925 was appointed President of the Land Court, Jerusalem. He is the author of several books, including a translation of Omar Khayyam.

The same correspondent, an O.P. who wishes to remain anonymous, has some observations to make on the nomenclature of the various parts of the School buildings. His letter on this subject will be found elsewhere, in our correspondence pages. His remarks are published without comment, but the Editors would be interested to hear the reactions of other Old Peterites to his suggestions.

VALETE AND SALVETE. VALETE. (April, 1941.)

SCHOOL HOUSE. G. McC. Donaldson. 1938-41. Lower Sixth Classical. Cadet in J.T.C. Coxed 3rd IV, 1939. Colts XV, 1940-41.

Bronze Medallion and Intermediate Certificate for Life Saving. Food Committee.

D. E. Byass. 1938-41. Lower Sixth. Cadet in J.T.C. Member of the Curtain.

TEMPLE HOUSE. P. E. Hannon. St. Olave's, 1936. St. Peter's, 1939-41. IV B. Cadet in J.T.C. Certificate A. G. H. Oxtoby.

St. Olave's, 1936. St. Peter's, 1938-41.

Lower Sixth Modern. Cadet in J.T.C. E. A. Shearston. 1937-41. IV B. SALVETE. (January, 1941).

SCHOOL HOUSE. M. G. B. Jones, G. D. Preston.

J. M. Hope.

CLIFTON RISE.

TEMPLE HOUSE. G. C. Bodington, J. C. G. Washington.

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SCHOOL OFFICERS. EASTER TERM, 1941.

F. F. STEELE (Head of School, Head of Clifton Rise).

Monitors : E. P. BULMER (Head of Temple House).

R. EARLE (Head of School House).

H. C. BELCHAMBER. A. A. SHORT. G. LONG. P. A. LOCKWOOD. Captain of Boats—R. EARLE. Captain of Hockey—F. F. STEELE. Captain of Squash—F. N. BUCKLER. Captain of Running—H. C. BELCHAMBER. Captain of Shooting—R. EARLE. C.S.M. in J.T.C.—G. D. JEFFERSON. Editors of " The Peterite " : G. LONG, F. F. STEELE, E. P. BULMER, R. R. L. PRYER, J. A. DENISON.

NOTES AND ITEMS. The school gardening scheme is now flourishing under the able supervision of Mr. Ping and a good crop of produce is expected. Still more ground has been dug over by the school gardeners, all being volunteers, who are doing splendid work.

Fire-watching was organised last term by Mr. J. S. Cooper on the basis of one master and six boys on watch every night. A room was provided with " luxurious " bunks in New Buildings and the scheme has worked so far without a hitch.

On Friday, the 7th of February, at 3 p.m. the Rev. G. F. Cranswick gave an address to the school on the subject of " India," in the course of which he dealt with Anglo-Indian relations at the present time of war.

On Saturday, the 1st of March, Mr. George Baker gave to the school a very enjoyable lecture on " Gilbert and Sullivan," during which he sang many well-known songs from the operas. Another lecture, on " The R.A.F.," was given on Saturday, March 8th, by Mr. William Courtenay, 10

and on Saturday, March 22nd, Mr. Ernest Sewell gave an entertainment to the school.

G. Long and P. A. Lockwood are to be congratulated on being appointed School Monitors.

We congratulate F. N. Buckler on being made captain of Cricket, and H. C. Belchamber on his appointment as Captain of Running.

R. R. L. Pryer and J. H. Denison have been appointed editors of " The Peterite," and J. H. Denison and R. S. F. Webber librarians.

Congratulations to H. C. Belchamber, F. N. Buckler, H. Broadhurst and J. H. Denison on the award of their School Hockey caps for 1941, and to J. P. Pulleyn, D. Cole, P. M. Steele, J. R. Frost, R. H. Hanson and E. P. Davison on their First XI Hockey colours.

Early in the term Mr. Harper, who had been invited by the Y.C.H.A. to visit the northern Public Schools, giving lectures on hockey, gave the school an excellent and instruc tive talk on the game. He touched on play in each department of a team and gave a short explanation of the various rules.

PASTURES NEW. The following paragraph was printed in the " Yorkshire Evening Press " of April 17th under the heading " Crosscountry Runner—York St. Peter's Master Wins Race " Mr. J. S. Cooper, a master at St. Peter's School, York, now serving in the Royal Navy, recently took part in a crosscountry race in which there were 600 competitors and was the winner by several minutes."

It would seem that Mr. Cooper has joined the wrong navy.

CHAPEL. Services were held as follows :19th January—Epiphany II. 26th January—Epiphany III. Preacher : The Headmaster.

2nd February—Epiphany IV. 9th February—Septuagesima. Preacher : The Chaplain.

16th February—Sexagesima.

23rd February—Quinquagesima. Preacher : The Chaplain.

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2nd March—Lent I. Preacher : Rev. E. S. N. Bulmer.

9th March—Lent II. Preacher : The Ven. Archdeacon of York.

16th March—Lent III. Preacher : The Chaplain.

20th March, Thursday—Confirmation by His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York.

23rd March—Lent IV. 30th March—Lent V. For the first few weeks of term the early blackout made Evensong impossible.

On Thursday, 20th March, His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York, assisted by the School Chaplain, confirmed twenty-nine boys in the School Chapel.

This term the choir was strengthened by several new members, who added balance to the harmony.

The anthem " God so loved the World " was sung on Passion Sunday with great feeling by the quintette, Norwood, Simpson, Middleton ii, Davison, and Hort, with the full choir in the second verse.

MUSIC. On Sunday, 2nd March, the Glee Club gave another concert consisting of pieces for the piano and songs. Middleton (D.) played two pieces by Grieg, the popular " Watchman's Song " and " Arietta," Shardlow (J.) played a toccata by J. S. Bach, and P. L. Hort played the rather sentimental " Salut d'Amour " by Elgar.

Davison literally followed in the footsteps of Mr. George Baker in his rendering of " The Suicide's Grave." The Rev. P. P. N. Fawcett sang " The Nightmare," a piece calling for a very fluent tongue, and the " Policeman's Song." He was loudly applauded.

The Glee Club repertoire consisted of some Negro spirituals, folk songs, a sea shanty, and " On Ilkla' Moor," in which Long produced the most magnificent Yorkshire accent we have heard.

SCHOOL CONCERT. APRIL 2nd, 6 p.m.

The concert started with a hornpipe from Handel's " Water Music," arranged for two pianos.

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The theme changes from one piano to the other and at times was not too clear. In their songs, St. Olave's breathed rather audibly and this gave a muffled effect to otherwise good singing. John Cruft, the London Philharmonic oboeist, accompanied the choir in Bach's famous chorale, "Jesu, joy of man's desiring." This is a lovely anthem and was well sung by the choir.

P. L. Hort played Chopin's " Storm " prelude '• a lovely melody, which he brought out to the full, and two great climaxes made this piece one of the most popular of the evening. A very bashful quartette gave a really good rendering of two folk tunes.

The Allegro from the " Clock " Symphony went well ; this is a bright, sprightly movement and was played as such.

We then had the star turn of the evening. John Cruft described the music he was to play in a most descriptive style, using apt illustrations. As an example, he described Rameau's Gavotte as a bread and butter sandwich. His fine playing brought the house down and an encore was called for. The piece he played was composed by his younger brother earlier this year. This was its first concert performance and it was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience.

The concert finished with three rousing songs.

The School is very grateful to Mrs. Baird for her tireless energy in producing these concerts and to Mr. John Cruft ; we should very much like to hear him again.

PROGRAMME. 1.—Hornpipe (Arr. Two Pianos) " Water Music " (Handel) P. L. Hort, D. G. Middleton 2.—" Fairest Isle " (Purcell) " Where'er you Walk " (Handel) " Over the Sea to Skye " St. Olave's 3.—" Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring " (Bach) oboe accompaniment, John Cruft Choir 4.—Prelude (Chopin) P. L. Hort 5.—" The Broom o' Cowden Knowes " " Early One Morning " ...M Norwood, D. G. Middleton, T. C. Middleton, A. C. Brown 6.—" He that hath a pleasant face (Hatton) " Full Fathom Five" (Ch. Wood) ...Augmented Glee Club 7.—Allegro from 13th Symphony (Haydn) P. L. Hort, P. F. Tee 8.—Sonata (Handel) Gavotte (Rameau) John Cruft 13

9.—" Blacksmith's Song " (Brahms) " A Festival Chime " (Hoist) " England " (Parry) Augmented Glee Club

THE LIBRARY. Librarian : L. BURGESS, Esq. Assistant Librarians : D. E. BROWN, G. LONG, F. F. STEELE, R. E. DODD, P. L. HORT, J. A. DENISON, R. S. F. WEBBER. There have been numerous additions to the library during the term. Mr. Cooper has presented a large number of books. Many gaps in the Fiction and English Literature sections have been filled up and the Modern Language section, where there was a noticeable scarcity of texts, especially German, has been expanded considerably. This section has also been re-arranged. The books have been split up into their various types, such as Drama, Literary, Biography, etc. Details of this new arrangement will be found on the library notice board. Additions to the English Literature section have made a re-arrangement desirable, but the pressure of other work has prevented it taking place as yet.

Work on the upkeep of the library has been continued throughout the term and great attention has been paid to the simplifying of the shelf classification system. The major work undertaken in this direction during the term is the Subject Index, which is intended to supplement, not to supplant, the Author Index. It is divided into the ten main headings of the shelf classification system, to which subdivisions are also related. The main object of this index is to provide a simple guide to the finding of any book on any subject. It is hoped that after the Subject Index has been completed, library users will stop harassing librarians concerning the whereabouts of a certain book or books.

It has been decided that, in order to maintain the books in better order, a section or sections of the library are to be allotted to the special charge of each librarian. Any difficulties or suggestions regarding the better arrangement of any section, should be made to the librarian in charge and not to the head librarian. A list of the sections allotted to each librarian is to be found on the library notice board.

The librarians would like to draw attention to the need for replacing all books in their correct order. Failure to do 14

this increases the work of the already over-burdened librarians and makes the location of books considerably more difficult.

The librarians are always ready to consider suggested additions to the library. Books which are suggested, however, should be of lasting value and not publications of a transitory notoriety.

Gifts of books to the library are always extremely welcome, especially in these days when certain types of books, essential to a good sch000l are so difficult to obtain.

The following books have been added to the library since the last edition of " The Peterite " Don Quixote (2 Volumes) Cervantes The Old Public Schools of England John Rogers A Short History of French Painting Underwood Architecture W. R. Lethaby A Guide to Gothic Architecture T. F. Butnpus.

The Cathedrals of Great Britain P. H. Ditchfield Romanesque France V. R. Markham The Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales (3 Volumes) Timbs and Gunn The Prince Machiavelli The High Alps, a Natural History of Ice and Snow A. E. H. Tutton The Principal Voyages of the English Nation (Volumes 1 and 2) Richard Hakluyt The Conquest of Granada Washington Irving Our Prehistoric Ancestors Dorothy Davison The Axe Age T. D. Kendrick The Druids T. D. Kendrick The Traveller's Companion Compiled by P. and M. Bloomfield Marvellous Adventures Sir Thomas Malory The Oxford Book of Modern Verse Chosen by W. B. Yeats The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse Chosen by A. Quiller-Couch.

The Life of the Fields Richard Jeff eries Studies in Literature Arthur Quiller-Couch The Works of Bret Harm The New Golden Treasury Ernest Rhys The Plays of Christopher Marlowe The Poems and Plays of Oliver Goldsmith Restoration Plays from Dryden to Farquhar The Decameron Boccaccio A Life of Cortes Don Telesforo de Trueba y Cosies (All the above were presented by Mr. J. S. Cooper) The British Isles A. Demangeon Africa W. Fitzgerald The Ingoldsby Legends Richard Harris Barham Historical Portraits (1600-1700) H. B. Butler and C. R. L. Fletcher Historical Portraits (1700-1800) H. B. Butler and C. R. L. Fletcher Historical Portraits (1800-1850) C. R. L. Fletcher and Emery Walker A Constitutional History of England George Adams Political Ideals C. Delisle Burns English History in Contemporary Poetry, IV Prof. F. J. C. Hearnshaw South America E. W. Shanahan A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys John Buchan Mary Barton Mrs. Gaskell

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HOUSE NOTES. SCHOOL HOUSE. The past term, on the whole, has been a very good one for the House.

We have been well represented in the field of school sport and have won some notable victories in inter-house events.

We take this opportunity of welcoming our new assistant housemaster, Dr. B. G. Whitmore, and hope he may have a long and happy stay with us, and also of thanking Mr. Le Tocq, on his departure, for all he has done for us.

In dealing with inter-house events there are several noteworthy successes to record.

We have managed to remove both boating cups from the Rise and we congratulate them on the good races they gave us in both cases.

After a most exciting squash match we won the interhouse squash after beating Temple in the semi-finals and the Rise in the finals, the match between the third strings, Pulleyn and Frost, in the finals, being particularly thrilling, and ending in a win for Pulleyn.

Congratulations are also due to F. N. Buckler, who beat Frost in the finals of the senior competition, thus winning the individual squash trophy.

The term has not been entirely composed of victories.

We lost both the senior and junior hockey to Temple, and we also lost the inter-house boxing to the Rise, but the latter defeat was somewhat counterbalanced by F. N. Buckler winning Sgt. Maj. Puddick's cup for the best individual boxer, for which he is to be congratulated, Inside the House there has been a sudden epidemic of painting and decorating. Five of the seven studies have been thus treated by their occupants and the results have been extremely successful.

Congratulations are due to the following : P. A. Lockwood on his promotion to School monitor and R. R. L. Pryer

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on his appointment as a House monitor. F. N. Buckler on being awarded his 1st XI Hockey cap, and the following on receiving their 1st XI colours : J. P. Pulleyn, R. H. Hanson and E. P. Davison.

Congratulations also go to R. R. L. Pryer, D. E. Byass and R. H. Walker on receiving their House colours.

At the end of term the sports were cancelled at the last minute and all the work put into standards must wait until next term. It is with pleasure that we record the great keenness shown by all in athletics and the excellent performances put up by many members of the House.

D. E. Byass is to be congratulated on winning the mile, and also for his grand run in the cross-country, which, although we lost to the Rise, showed us great promise among some of our more junior members, which is a pleasant and, we hope, true augury for the future.

THE RISE. At the end of the last term the Rise suffered a great loss with the departure of Mr. and Mrs. Corkhill. During his housemastership the Rise set up new records in the number of cups we possessed. We hope that the war will soon be over and that they will be with us again.

We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, who come to us next term, and hope that they will enjoy their stay here.

The beginning of last term was a mournful story of lost cups. The losses of Steele and Beetham deprived us of a very good chance of the Hockey cup. We picked up towards the end of the term, however, winning the crosscountry and the boxing, and the mantelpiece is not looking so bare as it was at one stage.

Congratulation to D. Cole, P. McD. Steele, and J. R. Frost on being awarded their Hockey colours, to W. H. Ping on being appointed Captain of Rise boating and P. L. Hort on being appointed Captain of Rise Squash, and P. L. Hort and D. Taylor on being awarded their House colours.

Finally we should like to say a word in praise of Mrs. Le Tocq. How she does it and where she gets it from we do not know, but the food she supplies must be the best in the country. Thank you very much, Mrs. Le Tocq.

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TEMPLE HOUSE. On the whole this term has been quite a successful one for Temple House. With a very young and inexperienced team we beat the Rise in the semi-final of the inter-house Hockey cup by two goals to one, and against School House in the final we won by three goals to one. This success was as great as it was unexpected.

In the semi-final of the Junior Hockey we beat School House by two goals to one, but lost to the Rise in the final by three goals to nil, chiefly by reason of the size of the opposing team, which included several boaters.

We were defeated in the semi-final of the Inter-House Boat Races by the School House, who won fairly easily. In this respect we were unfortunate in that the captain, E. P. Bulmer, was unable to row. In the semi-final of the second division Boat Races we lost to School House by a length and a half after a very close race. We would here like to congratulate School House on their success in winning both Boating trophies.

After holding it since 1937 we lost the Cross Country Plate to the Rise. However, congratulations to Broadhurst on winning the race.

The Athletics Standards had to be cut down owing to lack of time. The Rise gained 200 standards, School House 191 standards and Temple House 176 standards. We had bad luck in this respect also, as E. P. Bulmer has been prevented from doing any running at all this term owing to a bad leg.

We lost the Squash to School House, the ultimate winners. However, Belchamber put up a very good performance against Buckler.

In the Inter-House Boxing we were second to the Rise.

The Rise gained six wins, Temple five wins and School House two wins.

After several terms of suppressed ambition we at last managed to put on a Temple House Concert, and from all reports we understand that it was higly successful. We should like here to thank Dr. and Mrs. Dench, without whose invaluable aid the Concert would never have been possible.

We hope to produce another one in the near future.

Congratulations to the following :—G. Long on being appointed School Monitor ; A. Broadhurst on his appointment as a House Monitor; G. E. K. Reynolds and P. F. Ringrose on the award of their House running colours; A. Broadhurst, A. Battrick, D. D. S. Tompkins, G. E. K. Reynolds and H. Walker on the award of their House Hockey colours.

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THE DEBATING SOCIETY. President : THE HEADMASTER. Chairman : L. BURGESS, Esq. Committee : F. F. STEELE, G. LONG, A. A. SHORT, R. R. L. PRYER. This term the society has continued a flourishing existence, in spite of losing a very able chairman in Mr. Le Tocq. Mr. Burgess has filled the breach, and we have to thank him for the large amount of work and thought he has given to the society, and for the excellent results obtained.

Under pressure of other events, only three meetings were held this term, but these were well attended, and some very good speeches were delive red.

The first meeting of the term was held on Saturday, 1st February.

Before the debate began, Mr. Burgess made a short speech on his succession as chairman to Mr. Le Tocq, in which he announced some changes in procedure, Following this, G. Long proposed the motion, " That the society wishes to record its gratitude to Mr. be Tocq for his services as chairman, and its appreciation of his success in reviving the Debating Society and promoting it to its present flourishing condition." The proposition was carried nem. con., and duly recorded in the minutes.

The House then proceeded to public business.

The motion before the House was : " That this House would welcome a return from petrol to oats."

In proposing the motion, R. S. F. Webber looked at the horse more from the romantic and pleasurable point of view than from the practical aspect. He compared fox-hunting to high-speed motoring, and ended up by discussing the state of the world to-day if there was no petrol, saying that there would be no air forces or tanks, and wars would therefore be far less horrible.

R. R. L. Pryer then rose to oppose the motion. He enumerated the advantages of petrol and the internal combustion engine, and then pointed out that the present day world could not exist without petrol, food transport and communication services having reached such a high state of development that any breakdown, or even a drastic slowing down, would produce chaos.

J. A. Denison, speaking third, made a very amusing, if rather irrelevant speech, saying he had been reading up 20

accounts of stage coach days, and had found that travellers, on arriving at an inn for the night, were greeted by a hearty kiss from the chambermaid. This seemed a very important point to the House. He then proceeded to glorify stagecoaching days, which he succeeded in doing very well.

Speaking fourth, R. E. Dodd pointed out that petrol had merely increased the mobility of modern warfare, and not the number of casualties, quoting those in the Battle of Flanders as an example. He said that the most destructive weapons were high explosive and the machine-gun, and thus petrol could not be responsible for the present state of the world.

The debate was then thrown open to the House, and several speeches were forthcoming.

In summing up, Webber pointed out that both the Greek and Roman civilisations had existed without petrol and without a knowledge of electricity, and therefore, with our knowledge of electricity why could we not abolish petrol and live in a cleaner and better world ?

A vote was taken and the motion was carried by 14 votes to 11.

The next meeting was held on Saturday, 15th February.

The motion before the House was that " Publicity is the curse of the modern world."

In proposing the motion, G. Long traced back the history of publicity, illustrating his arguments largely from the " puff " technique, as shown in Sheridan's play " The Critic."

He then dealt with various forms of publicity, as adopted by various film stars and actors. In his opinion, publicity had become a Dictator, misrepresenting things that were unnecessary as necessary in everyday life, and he also criticised the way literary and film critics misrepresented bad books and films as being good purely to induce people to buy them.

In opposition, D. G. Middleton made a very amusing speech, showing how much we depend on publicity for a knowledge of present day articles, such as razor-blades, soap, and other household commodities. Included in his speech were several pointed remarks to the proposers of the motion which invoked much laughter from the House.

M. M. Barker, ostensibly rising to speak for the motion, made a highly unintelligible speech, interspersed with frequent and highly irregular exhortations to the opposition to stop laughing at him, and then sat down, nobody having any idea what he had been talking about.

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D. Taylor, speaking fourth, started off in a whisper but increased in volume throughout until he gave an excellent imitation of the oratory of Mussolini. He mainly added to Middleton's list of commodities which we knew about because of publicity, and quoted several examples of the better kind of publicity.

The debate was then opened to the House.

T. M. S. Scott caused much amusement in the course of what he called " applying common sense " to the subject.

F. F. Steele gave examples of the right and the wrong sorts of publicity, arguing that publicity of the right kind, well used, could be a blessing to the modern world.

Various other people spoke on or off the subject, though few of their speeches reached any very definite conclusions.

In his summing-up Long reiterated points already made, and on a vote being taken the motion was defeated by 18 votes to 2.

The last meeting of term was held before a crowded House on Saturday, 15th March, when we were honoured by the presence of the Headmaster, who presided.

The motion before the House was " That this House believes that Federal Union offers the best possible chance of peace with justice after the war."

Dr. B. G. Whitmore proposed the motion and made a clear and forceful speech.

He pointed out that continued wars would destroy civilisation and that through this war we must win a lasting peace, which would give freedom for the individual, justice and tolerance.

There seemed three possible ways of endeavouring to secure peace, he stated :(1) By the domination of a single country.

(2) By the control of a body such as the League of Nations.

(3) By a Union on the Federal principle.

The first must be rejected ;• the second had been tried and had failed. Therefore we should adopt the third. He then outlined the proposed Union, which was to be an association of the western European countries, with federal assemblies, much on the lines of the U.S.A., and based on the democratic principle. The proposal postulated the substitution of a Federal force for national armies, etc., and war between members of the Federation would be automatically 22

ruled out. Such a union would bring with it economic and other advantages to the constituent States, and many causes of friction between the nations would be removed.

Mr. L. Burgess then rose to oppose the motion and in doing so delivered one of the best pieces of oratory the House has heard. In condemning the proposal he insisted that it was vain to design a very desirable residence (as the Proposer undoubtedly had) if the only available site were a fever-stricken swamp. He dwelt at some length on the past record of Germany because more than one-third of the population of the proposed Union would be Germans. It was admitted that Democracy was the first essential of the scheme. The Germans had yet to prove that they could be democratic. The Union called for co-operation. What evidence was there that the Germans could co-operate ?

Further, the association of Britain with a European Federation would probably mean the disruption of the British Commonwealth (most certainly the weakening of its cohesion) and we should sacrifice the substance of security for its shadow. " Idealism in a hurry " had brought us once to the brink of destruction. It must not be allowed to do so again.

Speaking third, J. A. Denison condemned the opposer's speech as unduly pessimistic, and then proceeded to give an excellent account of the rise of the human race. He said we had passed the stage of countries combining for purely defensive reasons by pacts, etc., and mankind had reached a point of development where a fuller co-operation could begin to exist. Federal Union had become a practical possibility.

G. Long spoke fourth. He said that there could not be peace and goodwill by artificial contrivance. Man, he said, was not naturally peace-loving. Nations could not be moulded into shape, as the results of trying Esperanto as an international language had showed. The coming of lasting peace was a natural development and could not be accelerated or forced and thus Federal Union, which at this point would be a forcing process, was of no avail.

The debate was then thrown open to the House.

R. R. L. Pryer made several points against Federal Union. He said that Germany would have to be forced into union with somebody, thus arousing natural resentment in herself, giving a basis for war inside the Federation. Also, he could not see nations with entirely separate ideals, such as Britain and Russia had, federating themselves. Federations between powers of similar ideals would eventually resolve into wars between federations.

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K. H. Rhodes, Esq., quoting Dr. Whitmore, said that to have federation there must be natural international friendship, which Dr. Whitmore believed existed. If this was so, stated the speaker, there would be no need for federation, as disarmament would have succeeded, However, it did not, as everyone knows, and therefore Federal Union would not achieve it. He too foresaw that Federation would lead merely to an extension of the scope of war by enlarging the participating units.

After some further speeches Dr. Whitmore replied to some of the arguments against him. In answering the question of wars between federations he pointed out that a federation of, for instance, Britain, France, Germany and America would be so powerful that nobody would dare to attack it. He repudiated claims that Federal Unionists were visionary on the grounds that all who advocated new ideas were classed as such.

On a vote being taken the motion was defeated by 24 votes to 16.

This was undoubtedly the best debate of the term, and it is not out of place to express the wish that both the standard of speeches and of subjects chosen should continue to improve, as they are undoubtedly doing. ,

THE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. President : THE HEADMASTER. Vice-Presidents: A. W. PING, Esq., W. N. CORKHILL, Esq., L. C. LE TOCQ, Esq., Dr. B. G. WHITMORE. Hon. Treasurer: A. W. PING, Esq. Hon. Secretary : F. F. STEELE. Two Saturday evening meetings have been held during the term, the first on January 25th, when Mr. A. W. Ping gave a most interesting lecture, illustrated by a large number of lantern slides. The title was " A Walk in the Country," and Mr. Ping showed a great variety of wild animals, birds, flowers, trees and fishes to be found in Yorkshire. The running commentary on the life and habits of the objects shown gave much useful and interesting information.

At the meeting held on the 22nd of February, Flight Lieutenant Cribb, from a neighbouring R.A.F. station, gave a lecture on " How a Bomber reaches its Objective." There was a good attendance and the lecture was excellent.

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Flight-Lieutenant Cribb enumerated four methods of air navigation which the R.A.F. is at present using, i.e. :— (1) Dead reckoning.

(2) Wireless telegraphy (W/T).

(3) Directional finding (D/F).

(4) Astro-fixing.

Taking an imaginary raid from his aerodrome to Hamburg, he explained each method in detail.

His talk on astro-fixing was particularly interesting, as he pointed out that until recently it was considered impossible to navigate an aircraft by means of the stars.

Owing to the work of an American the method became possible and the R.A.F. adopted it while the Luftwaffe did not.

The Germans, until recently, trained all their pilots to navigate by wireless alone, and thus, while they had only one method of navigation the R.A.F. had four possibles, a fact which, to a large extent, was responsible for our excellent results in night raids as compared with the Germans'.

During the course of the lecture the course and speed . calculator (C.S.C.) and the intricacies of the bubble sextant were demonstrated and explained.

Flight-Lieutenant Cribb, who has himself operated over enemy territory many times, showed some of the navigation charts and tables used, and also the logs of bombers written while in flight on raids on Berlin, Hamburg and Calais, which aroused great interest.

The whole lecture was thoroughly enjoyed by all, and Flight-Lieutenant Cribb certainly earned the applause he gained at the end of the lecture.

THE NATIONAL SCIENCE SOCIETY. President : Dr. B. G. WHITMORE. Secretary : R. E. DODD. This term it was proposed that out of the Sixth Form members of the Scientific Society a senior section should be formed whose members should undertake to lecture, or prepare a demonstration, on varied scientific subjects generally of a type other, and possibly more advanced than those dealt with in normal class work.

The outcome was the formation of a separate society under the above name, membership of which is not limited to the sixth form and does not imply obligation to lecture, 25

as was at first proposed. To avoid deterioration, however, membership is by election and non-members may only attend lectures on invitation by members.

This term the following lectures have been given :Cosmic Rays Dr. Whitmore.

Colloids R. R. L. Pryer and R. E. Dodd.

Colour ... C. A. F. Cookson and G. E. K. Reynolds.

The Eye F. N. Buckler.

It is proposed, among other things, to appoint next term a committee to investigate the colour-blindness of the whole school and to give an open lecture on the cathode ray tube and its uses.

THE SHIP ADOPTION SOCIETY. News under this head becomes inevitably scantier. The practice of following the fortunes of our particular captain is liable, in war-time, to result in all-too-frequent changes in the identity of " our " ship. We last heard from Captain Richards early in the term, when he told us that he was in London awaiting a new command.

Mr. Martin, now a very old friend, paid us a welcome visit about mid-term. In the course of the few days he was with us he gave the school a most interesting account of a dive-bomber attack on the convoy in which his ship was sailing. Mr. Martin's ship suffered severely and it was at first thought necessary to take to the boats and abandon her. Later, however, there seemed a remote chance of saving her, and the Captain, with the traditional tenacity of the Merchant Service, took it. With what must have been consummate skill on the part of the navigating officers and engine-room staff, the ship was brought safely to a British port, with her back to all intents and purposes broken. Fortunately she was an old vessel and therefore unusually wellfound. An apparently quite inadequate piece of metal in the keel plate, on which the cohesion of the forward and after parts of the ship depended, held, and the perilous passage was successfully accomplished, though the ship steered more in the manner of a trailer combination than as a rigid whole.

Mr. Martin disclaimed the qualifications of a formal lecturer, but he showed that he possesses powers of fluent and direct narration which were considerably more effective.

The School was absorbed by a thrilling tale which gained by being told modestly and with almost epic simplicity.

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The realities of the Battle of the Atlantic were brought home very vividly to us. We hope sincerely that for both Captain Richards and Mr. Martin the luck will continue to hold in their comings and goings up and down the salt seas.

FAMOUS OLD PETERITES.-VII. SIR WILLIAM GEORGE VERNON HARCOURT. There is, unfortunately, very little information at my disposal regarding Sir William Harcourt's life at St. Peter's School. We do know, however, that he attended the school under the Headmastership of Stephen Creyke, who was at the school from 1827-1838. William Harcourt lived then at Bishopthorpe, and at the age of six he began to ride three miles into York to be a day boy at St. Peter's. The only other information I have about his schooldays concerns a story about the narrow escape from death that he had in one of the mock elections held yearly at the school. Conservative opinions apparently ran strong, and it seems that the Conservative element scented in Sir William a future Radical leader, and so they took it into their heads to hang him in sport. This was duly carried out, and had it not been for Thomas Richardson, the second master, the whole affair may have had a tragic ending.

On leaving St. Peter's Sir William went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with first-class honours in the Classical Tripos in 1851, and in 1854 he was called to the Bar. He quickly made his mark in London Society as a brilliant talker. He contributed largely to the " Saturday Review," and in 1862 wrote some famous letters to " The Times " under the name of " Historicus." In these he opposed the recognition of the Southern. States as belligerents in the American Civil War. In 1868 he sat in Parliament as Liberal Member for Oxford and maintained this position until 1880, when he held a seat for Derby and later West Monmouthshire. He was appointed Solicitor-General and knighted in 1873.

In 1892 he was made Chancellor of the Exchequer in Mr. Gladstone's Government and held this post until 1895.

It was in this capacity that his main importance lies, for he scored the only Parliamentary success for his party during its period of office. Money was needed for the Navy, as the Spencer building programme had to be paid for.

Though he put a penny on the income tax, 6d. a gallon on spirits and 6d. a gallon on beer, even more drastic measures 27

were required in order to obtain the revenue required. On the advice of Sir Alfred Milner, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, he decided that a toll of the capital wealth left by deceased persons should be taken by the State. He brought all forms of property left by deceased persons into one pool and graduated his tax accordingly. The effect of this revolutionary new duty can be clearly seen to-day in the reduction of the estates of many rich landowners whose property at death is sometimes cut down to half of its former value.

After the overthrow of this Parliament Sir William was never again among the leading politicians, though he did on several occasions make fine speeches attacking Government policy.

In 1904, just after he had announced his intention not to seek re-election to Parliament, he succeeded, on the death of his nephew, to the family estates at Nuneham. In October of the same year he died there.

Throughout his life Sir William was a great personality in the political life of England, and Peterites (whatever their views on the vexed question of the equity of his famous death duties!) may well be proud of his prominence as a national figure.

G. D. Jefferson.

J.T.C. NEWS. This term 2nd Lt. K. H. Rhodes took command of the J.T.C., and he at once set about improving the organisation and parade discipline. Instead of numbering the platoons 1, 2 and 3, he made the Company realise the existence, if imaginary in this case, of a headquarter Company, by numbering them Platoons 7, 8 and 9 and Recruits. His enthusiasm did not stop here, however, for he at once gave his attention to parade ground discipline and etiquette, especially among the N.C.O.s. By the end of term discipline on parade had improved beyond all bounds, and we hope that by the General's Inspection it will be perfect!

On January 30th the contingent was inspected by Colonel S. J. Worsley, D.S.O., M.C., T.D. (Inspector of Training Corps) on behalf of the War Office. The object of his inspection was to see the Company doing its normal routine training, and so there was no ceremonial parade. After watching the various platoons in training he gave a short and helpful address in which he declared that he had seen 28

many good things, but on the other hand there were some bad points which would have to be remedied.

Mr. Rhodes, for the rest of the term, turned the Company out in full uniform every Tuesday afternoon and he made a point of seeing that the parades were varied and interesting. He managed to obtain N.C.O.s from the barracks to train the Corps in both drill and the use of the Bren gun. This applied particularly to No. 8 Platoon, the Cert. "A" Candidates, and No. 9 Platoon. No. 7 Platoon as Post-Cert "A" candidates undertook a special course of training in field tactics under the eagle eyes of Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Jackson, while the Recruits were ably trained by Sergeant-Major Puddick. One Friday a platoon came up from the barracks with their platoon truck which was, like the men themselves, fully equipped. Each man, from the Platoon Commander downwards, stepped a pace forward and explained what his particular duty was and what equipment he carried. The Platoon truck, which had been unloaded, was then reloaded and each item explained as it was put in.

One day the Contingent was unable to carry out its normal training owing to the state of the ground and so at short notice a march was arranged. The Band played the Corps through Clifton up the North Road and back to school via Rawcliffe.

Owing to the state of the weather the field day was postponed until next term.

Thus ended a term in which, thanks to the keenness and enthusiasm of Mr. Rhodes, the J.T.C. took a real interest not only in their routine drill but in all their training.

HOME GUARD. Second Lieut. Jackson has taken over the command of our platoon in succession to 2nd Lieut. Le Tocq. The equipment of the platoon increases steadily—we are soon to be issued with " Tommy " guns—and it appears that in the near future no Home Guard will be carrying a rifle. This does not mean that we are being deprived of all weapons, but that the number of machine guns is such that a machine gun is becoming the usual weapon.

The high-lights of the term were a Company dinner, attended by the platoon, who had a most enjoyable evening, and the Church Parade. On this parade we were much complimented on our smartness, the platoon putting up a very good show.

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TEMPLE HOUSE CONCERT. The School was warned by a lavish display of notices that at 6 p.m. on Saturday, 1st March, members of Temple House would make fools of themselves on the stage in Big Hall. They made fools of themselves to such an extent that they produced a very good concert.

The A.R.P. sketch was a skit on the type of A.R.P. mentality which will take a week of unhurried moving to cope with a bomb but will raise heaven and earth to deal with a crack of light.

Langstaff kept the audience in splits by frequently breaking into the proceedings with fatuous remarks. Unfortunately the singing was not very good ; singing in house concerts should either be by boys with good voices, or by the audience. A mixture of bad singers on the stage and a worse audience can never be justified.

G. Long takes first place as a sphinx-faced low comic ; he gets over jokes without a movement of his face. The inside story of the Hambush broadcasting station was revealed to an amused audience, and for the swing fans the Bulmer brothers " hotted " it on piano and drums.

The conjuring, in spite of Oxtoby's ever-ready tongue, was not a great success.

The last sketch, written in verse form by Long, was very clever. It exposed the Moriarty-Holmes-Watson combination—in the words of the sketch, Moriarty : I threaten a duke.

Holmes : I discover the crime.

Watson : And I write it up, Heinemenn's eight and nine.

THE HILL. I lie upon thy sward, so cool and soft, And dream my hours of happiness away ; I see the panorama from aloft, The fields, the woods, the slowly-dying day.

How tenderly I stroke the fragrant moss That grows upon thy gaunt and ancient brow.

O God if I should ever suffer loss, This day might take its place, this moment now.

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ESCAPE FROM CANNES—JUNE, 1940.

[The following is the text of a letter from Mr. G. F. Tendall, who was formerly Organist, Modern Languages Master and Housemaster of the Grove. Mr. Tendall will be well remembered by many generations of Peterites.1 After a most ghastly and exciting last-minute scoot from Cannes, here we are. We left our house intact, with clothes, pictures, books, letters, food, etc. We expected to stay, as the Italians threats only made us laugh and their few air raids were almost puerile—three deaths and a few injured. But when, the Germans suddenly appeared within sixty miles of Cannes we thought it time to get out, especially as we were responsible for the safe return to England of five little girls from Birmingham, sent to Cannes

by Mrs. Chamberlain and the British Government.

They had been invited by the Clinique at Cannes as a tribute to Mr. Neville Chamberlain's great efforts for peace at Munich.

No arrangements had been made, but two coal boats were sent from Marseilles, and we were told that there would be no more and that we could go if we liked. We got the kids in from the country overnight and on the morning of the 18th we assembled on the quay at dawn. Six hundred people were expected to sail, but about 600 more people flocked in from Nice and joined us. We were the whole day on the quay and eventually, at about 6 o'clock, fought our way through the customs and on to the tender.

Invalids and children, old men and women, criminals and schoolmasters, all carrying hand luggage. Passports were looked at but not inspected, so all sorts of rogues of all nationalities got on board and drifted to England under the British flag.

We got on to the s.s. Ashcrest, the second of the two boats—a crew of thirty, no life belts, four decrepit lifeboats and no accommodation except for officers and crew.

Seven hundred people crammed together, most of them down in the coal bunkers where coal had been lying the night before. We slept on deck on the bare boards along with several others who would not face the foul air down below.

One good lady lent us two blankets, and with a valise as a pillow and a 'tattered tarpaulin over our legs we carried on as far as Gibraltar. Everyone was as black as a sweep next morning and remained so until we got to Gibraltar, as there was nothing but salt water to wash with. We got a small ration of drinking water morning and evening, four biscuits, with butter, a day, a little bully beef which we took 31

in our fingers, a swallow of tepid tea twice a day, and that was all. Several people—ourselves included—had brought some biscuits, bread, sardines, brandy, etc., so we were all right, and the five children had a glorious collection of tinned milk, oranges, biscuits, etc., provided by the clinique in Cannes.

Ben Dakin, the Toc H. Chaplain, who had been staying with us a month, was with us, and also two girls of 20 or so whom we had housed the night before, and they were a great help—the latter with the kids.

We got to Marseilles the next day and left next morning with a convoy of 23 ships, including one destroyer. Very slow-7 or 8 knots—but our engines broke down and we could not do more than two knots and so were left behind, the other Cannes boat with most of our friends going on with the convoy. We put into Port Vendres for repairs, got a little water and a few vegetables and so had soup the next day and then set out alone, hugging the coast of Spain and doing ten or eleven knots, always zig-zag for fear of submarines. One introduced himself about one o'clock on the fourth night. The British were marvellous and faced it all like heroes. Slowly and silently they clambered up the ladder from the four hatchways—old women, some of them already on their death beds—old men and little children. Not a word of complaint, no outward sign of fear. The submarine fired two torpedoes—one went under the propeller, which was half out of the water, and the other in front of the ship—and two shells which fell on either side. Then our gun began. We had a gunner of the R.N. on board. He fired four shots ; the blaze of fire and the roar being stupendous ; a smoke screen was lit and then silence. Few words were spoken—someone said : " We have been hit " another " I believe we've sunk it," and an old man of eighty kissed his wife of over ninety farewell and murmured a few inaudible words. After what seemed a lifetime the loudspeaker from the captain's deck rang out : " Britishers, I am proud of you and I thank you. All remain where you are until further orders." Not a word of the definite information which we all longed for! The four hopeless lifeboats had been filled with women and children and a volunteer team were prepared to try and lower them into the sea— they were doomed to be capsized en route. For three or four tense and expectant hours we waited and watched and then came the order : " You may now return to your places." A small ration of tea was served at seven o'clock, and then we once more watched the shores of Spain and the wake of the ship as we slowly zig-zagged our way on to Gibraltar.

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Tongues were let loose and the gunner, a typically modest member of the Royal Navy, said he thought he had hit it.

He probably did, though being an Italian submarine it may have run away at the sight and sound of our gun. We heard that a ship flying the Greek flag, which had fallen behind us, was sunk next day.

The weather got steadily worse ; we got rapidly dirtier, colder and braver! In the teeth of a howling gale of wind and rain the Rock of Gibraltar appeared through the mist and at last we dropped anchor in the bay. We had never rejoined our convoy and the other ship from Cannes, and we heard later to our relief that it had safely reached Oran. We had had several parsons on board and the most energetic was Ben Dakin. He did the work of ten men, advising and comforting the old and invalid and cheering the young, and recovering and lugging lost and mislaid luggage all over the boat. We had two celebrations on the Captain's deck on Sunday morning and two services later. " 0 God our help " had a real meaning for us.

A nos moutons . . . . At eight o'clock at night it was given out that the invalids and children could go ashore.

We with our five were among the privileged few, so the children, who had gone to bed, were roused, luggage hastily packed, and we joined the expectant queue. Gibraltar was one blaze of light as if inviting the Italians to " come on."

Tenders and motor launches came alongside, went off, circled round the harbour and came back several times. The gangway was let down and we watched this variety show for two and a half hours. One dear lady remarked that they must be looking for submarines. We were all more or less dotty and she may have been right, for about 11 o'clock the loudspeaker rang out : " No one can go ashore to-night as the authorities consider it is not safe." So leaving our luggage where it was we returned supperless, frozen, wet and sad to our old boards.

Next morning, after the two biscuits and a swallow of tepid tea, the chosen 150 again assembled in a queue, and after a wait of not more than an hour descended to the tender and were taken, not as we thought ashore, but on board H.M.T. Dunere. Most of our fellow sufferers followed us, but some went ashore, stayed three days and then followed on the old " Ashcrest "—cleaned somewhat and with passengers reduced to 250. Amongst those who went ashore was Ben Dakin, and he did not rejoin us but stayed to work at the Toc H. house in Gibraltar.

At nightfall we steamed out of the harbour at 8-10 knots in a convoy of 23 with one destroyer, for destination un33

known. Canada ? South America? Davy Jones's Locker ?

England ? Had we not known that any moment might be our last and had all of us not been thoroughly unnerved and seven or eight quite out of their minds, it would have been a glorious ten days. We lived in life belts, we had boat drill every morning and one serious alarm. Aeroplanes flew over us each day, but they all proved to be British, and we cheered and waved handkerchiefs to the occupants as they almost touched our ship in passing. We were 3,000 all told, including 600 or 800 troops, for our convoy was increased to 53, all sailing so close and zig-zagging so slowly that you could read the names and see the occupants of the nearest ships. We had hot baths whenever we wanted and had our meals in the saloons—as good and varied food as you could get at the Ritz. Most of the men slept in hammocks down below ; I could not face this, so slept in a deck chair on deck—about three hours a night. All the women and children were in cabins. My wife and the kids had one to themselves, and there I used to wash and shave and she gave me a cup of hot tea at 6.30 every morning. At 7.30 I had porridge, fish, eggs and bacon, marmalade, coffee, etc., and so did they all. We did ourselves well. The clothes we had worn on the Ashcrest were the colour of crêpe, and so were our unshaven faces, heads and limbs, but several hot baths made us normal, and luckily we had a change of garments.

At the canteen you could buy everything—underclothing, razor blades, brushes, chocolates, biscuits and so on. Once a sloop came within 20 yards of us and from a loud speaker announced the destination of most of the ships in the convoy—Glasgow, Plymouth, Poole, etc., but omitting our own.

We thought we were about 300 miles out in the Atlantic but when we saw the coast of Ireland on our left and obviously England on our right, we knew we were in St. George's Channel making for Liverpool.

We arrived there on a wet and murky evening and our relief was great as in the gloom we slowly made our way up the muddy waters of the Mersey. Next day we were ten hours in a queue—it had been a most queuerious voyage— but eventually we got through the customs, stayed the night at a hotel, and next day delivered the five kids to their mothers on Birmingham station. Thence to London.

Here Mrs. Chamberlain and members of the Board of Education gave us a very gracious welcome, overwhelming us with thanks and congratulations. The mothers of the children had become restive and had begun to write letters and to give trouble. They did not realise that it was quite impossible to give them " definite information " as to the route

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and whereabouts of the ship their children were on and of its convoy.

No praise can be too high for the Captain of the s.s.

Ashcrest and its crew. Willingly they gave up their berths to invalids and children and did their utmost for us all. The Captain never once went to bed—he is reported to have lain down on deck for two hours each night, but certainly no one ever saw the bridge without the Captain and his telescope eagerly scanning the sea and the sky.

HOCKEY.

With no coach and only three old colours, prospects for the season were not very promising. But the team got down to the task of coaching themselves and so well did they do it that they went through the season unbeaten.

The Gods of the Weather seem determined to keep the grounds covered in snow for the first few weeks of every Easter Term, with the result that we lost some valuable practice and had to cancel most of our matches, in the end only playing three.

The team was one of the best for several years. Hanson, in goal, only had to deal with about six shots ; the backs were almost unbeatable, and when someone did get past them there was always a half-back in defence. The halves linked up well with the forwards and their positioning was good.

We were blessed with two clever and energetic insides, who engineered movement after movemnt.

Perhaps the most outstanding characteristic of the team was the way in which they interchanged positions. The forwards developed this into a fine art and at the end of the season were doing it automatically. Halves were often taking part in a passing movement with forwards dropping back in defence, and the covering up in defence by halves and backs was always excellent.

The usual fault of the forwards, a fault which past coaches have always decried, has this year never put in an appearance. The forwards, when they got into the circle, instead of dilly-dallying with the ball, as has been the custom, hit it hard at goal.

HOCKEY CHARACTERS, 1941.

F. F. Steele (Captain) 1939*-40*-41*. Centre Half. Was responsible for most of the team's movements. Possesses a keen sense of positioning and could be relied upon to come back in defence to assist the backs. It is mainly due to his play and coaching that the team had such a successful season.

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H. C. Belchamber (Vice-Captain) 1939-40*-41*. Left Back.

His tackling and positioning were excellent, a forward rarely beating the Belchamber-Denison combination. He controls the ball as well as anyone in the team.

F. N. Buckler. 1940-41*. Inside Right. A very hardworking forward who gave his wing many beautifullyjudged passes. Controls the ball well. Both he and Broadhurst should use more often the pass to their opposite wing.

A. Broadhurst. 1941*. Inside Left. A very hard shot in the circle. He tackled back in defence and was the " brains " of the forward line.

J. A. Denison. 1941*. Right Back. One of the season's finds. Very safe in defence, never losing his head. An excellent tackler.

J. P. Pulleyn. 1941. Right Half. Possessed of an amazing eye, he stopped almost everything within reach. Fed his own wing well but rather neglected the cross pass to the left.

D. Cole. 1941. Right Wing. Starting the season as left wing, he was changed over to the right to make a powerful combination with Buckler. A good dribbler and a dangerous hard-centring wing, but tended to hang on to the ball too long. Gives " sticks " rather a lot.

P. McD. Steele. 1941. Left Half. Inclined to be slow in passing. A good tackler who positioned himself well.

A young player who will go far.

J. R. Frost. 1941. Centre Forward. A dashing centre who hit first time in the circle. Had some good movements with his inside forwards, changing positions well.

R. H. Hanson. 1941. Goalkeeper. A converted right back who has the makings of a good goalkeeper. Not much to do, but what he did he did well.

E. P. Davison. 1941. Left Wing. Filled a difficult position adequately. He practised constantly on his own and improved as the season progressed. Rather slow in centring.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. YORK. Played at Home, Saturday, February 1st.

Result : St. Peter's School 4, York 2.

From the start of the match play quickly went from one end of the field to the other, and the School backs, Belchamber and Denison, were forced to clear hurriedly on 36

several occasions. The first goal of the match was scored about fifteen minutes after the bully-off when Broadhurst, the School inside left, rounded off a clever forward movement by putting the ball successfully past the York goalkeeper, whose brilliant keeping was an outstanding feature of the game. He was apparently a goalkeeper who believed in liberty of action, for he often marched right out of his circle, and proceeded to use his hockey-stick to good effect.

The School forwards soon noticed this, however, and made profitable use of their opponent's susceptibility.

The School, however, were not able to maintain their lead for very long. Play had been confined to mid-field after the bully-off, but a strong and persistent attack developed on the York right wing, the ball was centred, and A. T. H. Wright, finding himself unmarked in the School circle, had plenty of time in which to crash the ball past Hanson, the School goalkeeper. The School immediately made a determined attempt to resume the lead which, after a period of fast and furious play, was done shortly before half-time.

The three School inside forwards, by means of an excellent piece of combination, took the ball right into the York circle, where Broadhurst directed the ball hard and true into the York goal. A few minutes later the whistle was blown for half-time, the School leading by two goals to one.

The excellent play of the School half-backs contributed largely to this lead. They fed their forwards with accurate passes and, in defence, rendered valuable assistance to the School full backs. The School took the initiative immediately after the resumption of play, and managed to score another goal before the York defence had been able to settle down.

This goal, scored by Buckler, was the result of a series of passes in which all the forwards took part. York were not long in replying to this latest goal, and they began to press soon after the bully-off, The School backs were hard put to frustrate the designs of the opposing forwards, who were ably led by the York captain, Harper, a very experienced player. Play became confined to the School 25 and eventually, after a long tussle in the circle in which many shots were saved by Hanson, Harper was able to push the ball into an empty goal and thus to raise the York score.

The School immediately attacked, and the forwards soon found themselves in the York 25. There, after another prolonged scramble, Broadhurst scored for the third time, raising the score to 4-2 in the School's favour. No more goals were scored before the end of the game, but this was only due to the incessant tackling of the School backs and half37

backs, who successfully withstood a desperate last-minute attack by York, which taxed the School defence to its utmost.

Team :—R. H. Hanson ; H. C. Belchamber, J. A. Denison ; P. M. Steele, F. F. Steele, J. P. Pulleyn ; D. Cole, A. Broadhurst, J. R. Frost, F. N. Buckler, A. A. Short.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. WEST YORKS. REGIMENT. Played at Home, Wednesday, February 12th.

Result ; St. Peter's School 11, West Yorks. Regiment 0.

The second match of the season was played on the School ground against a team selected from men of the West Yorkshire Regiment. Although the weather was fine and the sun shone brilliantly throughout the whole afternoon, the ground was wet and muddy and a really fast game was impossible. The School were too much for the opposing side, which had had little opportunity for practice and had been forced to include several men who had never played hockey before. This overwhelming advantage, however, should not detract anything from the excellence of the School team's performance, the members of which, particularly the forwards, played much faster and much better than they had done in their first match.

After the bully-off the School team took the initiative straight away and the game soon became confined almost entirely to the opposing side's half of the field. The first goal was scored after about ten minutes' play, when Steele, F. F., whose play was up to its usual excellent standard, flicked the ball into the Army net after a long struggle in the circle. The extent to which the School team dominated play during the first half can be realised from the fact that the opposing side were able to claim only one bully in the School 25 during this period of the game. The School continued to score at regular intervals throughout the first half of the game, and at half-time the score stood at 5-0 in the School's favour, goals having been scored by Broadhurst (2), Buckler, Frost and Steele, F. F. The School played even better during the second half.

The forwards showed that they developed into a sound combination and their passing and method of interchange was, at times, worthy of considerable praise. It would be a weary repetition of phrases and names if one were to recount, in chronological order, the facts concerning the buMper crop of goals which were scored by the School during the second 38

half. It is sufficient to say that the School's score was raised by another six goals, which were scored by Buckler (2), Broadhurst, Steele, F. F., Frost and Cole. This score (11-0) would have been even higher but for the great efforts of the diminutive West Yorkshire goalkeeper, who brought off many fine saves.

This match was a forwards' match, as far as the School were concerned, and they rightly deserve the most praise.

The half-backs, however, played just as well, but in a less spectacular way, and their falling back in defence, which was seldom necessary, showed a marked improvement. The full backs had very little to do indeed, and for the greater part of the game they stood out as cold and solitary figures in their own half and wished in vain for the ball to come their way. Hanson, the goalkeeper, had even less to do, and he spent most of the match leaning up against the goalpost with an expression of abject boredom upon his face.

Team :—R. H. Hanson ; H. C. Belchamber, J. A. Denison ; P. M. Steele, F. F. Steele, J. P. Pulleyn ; E. P. Davison, A. Broadhurst, J. R. Frost, F. N. Buckler, D. Cole.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL. Played at Home, Saturday, March 1st.

Result : St. Peter's School 4, Bootham School 0.

The sun was shining brightly and the ground was in very fine condition when Bootham won the toss and elected to defend the Railway Station end of the field.

The first quarter of the game passed without incident and play was confined to mid-field. The School forwards took some, time to settle down and, in fact, it was a halfback, Steele, F. F., who scored the first goal. The ball came into his possession, just inside the Bootham half, he skilfully evaded the Bootham centre-half, managed, by means of some very good stick-work, to get past the two full backs, and successfully completed an outstanding individual effort by putting the ball into the Bootham goal. Bootham replied vigorously to this initial setback, and on one occasion the Bootham centre-forwards eluded the School full backs, who had suddenly developed the alarming tendency of standing square, and his onward progress was stopped only at the edge of the School circle by Pulleyn, who was one of the prominent players in the match.

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The School, however, soon resumed the attack, and a second goal was scored by Broadhurst who, after a general scramble in the Bootham circle, suddenly came into possession of the ball and drove it hard and fast into the goal. The School managed to obtain another goal before half-time and this raised the score to 3-0 in favour of the home team. This time the scorer was Frost, the School centre-forward. A strong movement developed on the School right wing and Cole took the ball right into the Bootham 25, he centred it to Broadhurst who passed the ball back to Frost and Frost had ample time to flick the ball past the goalkeeper, bewildered by the rapid exchange of passes. It would be unfair not to mention the valiant efforts of the Bootham goalkeeper, who was called upon to do a great deal of work. This he did with considerable success, which discouraged the School forwards, while definitely encouraging his own team.

Play in the second half was much more evenly contested, and the School were only able to score one more goal, whilst the School defence was hard pressed on several occasions.

The School's fourth goal came about halfway through the second half. Steele, P. M., successfully tackled the Bootham right wing and passed the ball on to Davison, a greatly improved player. Davison took the ball right up the wing and centred it. The ball was stopped by a Bootham defender who, however, deflected it over his own line and this resulted in a short-corner. The corner was taken by Cole, the ball was stopped by Frost, and Buckler, with unerring marksmanship, crashed the ball into the Bootham net. The game continued fast and furious until the final whistle was blown, but the School team always remained in full control of the game.

Team :—R. H. Hanson ; H. C. Belchamber, J. A. Denison ; P. M. Steele, F. F. Steele, J. P. Pulleyn ; E. P. Davison, A. Broadhurst, J. R. Frost, F. N. Buckler, D. Cole.

2nd XI MATCHES. 2nd XI v. BOOTHAM 2nd XI. Played away, Saturday, March 1st.

Result : 2nd XI 1, Bootham 2nd XI 2.

Play was even during the first half of the game and both teams made repeated and determined efforts to score.

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evidence of an outstanding ability to break the rules. Cookson made several good runs down the field, but neither he nor the other forwards could combine to put the ball into the Bootham net. The Bootham forwards attacked fiercely on several occasions, but the School defence, amongst whom Short was outstanding, were able to clear successfully every time. Half-time came with the School team on the attack, neither side having scored at all.

The School continued their attack when play was resumed after half-time and after about five minutes Short got the ball in the circle and scored with a hard shot. The School's lead was short-lived because immediately after the bully-off the Bootham forwards broke through and, enticing Pryer out of his goal, scored with a simple shot. Shortly afterwards they broke through again and Pryer save a hard shot only to see the ball trickle over the goal line. The School team now attacked desperately and the Bootham goalkeeper was called upon to save several hard shots. The final whistle went, however, with no further score, leaving the Bootham side the winners of a very keen game.

The School team lacked cohesion, but they played very well considering that it was the first time that they had played together as a team. The School defence was generally sound and Short and Caley were individually outstanding.

Team :—D. L. Pryer ; P. M. Amcotts, F. H. Hillyard ; A. Battrick, A. A. Short, D. J. G. B. Burton ; C. A. F. Cookson, D. G. Middleton, P. H. 0. Ruddock, J. P. Caley, B. Rodwell.

HOUSE MATCHES. TEMPLE I v. CLIFTON RISE I. Result : Temple House 2, Clifton Rise 1.

This was a very keenly contested match and, although the general standard of play was not high, one or two individuals played a remarkably fine game. The Rise were unfortunate in being deprived at the last moment of the valuable services of their captain, yet this fact should not detract from the acknowledged merit of the Temple victory.

Play was confined to mid-field for a long time after the bully-off and neither side showed any marked initiative.

About halfway through the first half, however, Temple began to press and their forwards, ably backed up by an efficient half-back line, were constantly hovering about the Rise circle. There were several shots at goal, but they were 41

all either deflected or saved by the goalkeeper, Rodwel.

Before the whistle blew for half-time, the Rise right wing, Veitch and Frost, launched a threatening attack on the Temple defence, which had several hectic moments before the danger was removed. At half-time there was no score, and after a five minutes' discussion concerning future strategy, the two sides changed over and eagerly resumed the fray.

The first goal of the match came a few minutes after the resumption of play. The Rise attacked strongly, found the Temple defence out of position, and Ruddock, the Rise centre-forward, had plenty of time in which to shoot accurately and successfully. This was entirely against the general run of the game, for it was the first time that the Rise forwards had shown any signs of combination. Temple soon showed that they were determined to level the score again and the great work done by Belchamber was an incentive to greater effort. This inspiration was not long in bearing its first fruits because a prolonged attack on the Rise goal by the Temple forwards was ended by Broadhurst when, from the edge of the circle, he drove the ball fast and true into the Rise goal. This equalising goal had a lamentable effect upon the previously high standard of play.

The game deteriorated in quality and play became needlessly robust.

In spite of the fierce efforts of the Rise forwards, who were ably led by Cole and Frost, the Temple defence were able to frustrate a particularly violent attack and the ball gradually moved back into the Rise half of the field. Broadhurst, Reynolds and Shearston now made persistent attempts to break through the apparently impregnable Rise defence, but the ball was always cleared. About seven minutes from the end of the game, however, Broadhurst, who all the time had been subject to the vigilance of the Rise defence, somehow managed to elude his watchers and was able to crash the ball past the Rise goalkeeper and score the vital goal.

After the pandemonion had subsided somewhat thegame was resumed and the Rise launched a desperate lastminute attack on the Temple goal. The last five minutes of the game passed very slowly for the Temple defenders but, at long last, the involved melee in the Temple circle was brought to an end by the final whistle and the Temple team left the field worthy victors of a great game.

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Temple Team :—J. L. Shaw ; D. S. Tompkins, J. A. Denison ; A. Battrick, H. C. Belchamber, H. Walker ; E. A. Shearston, G. E. K. Reynolds, A. Broadhurst, W. Amos, R. F. Dawson.

Rise Team :—B. Rodwell ; P. M. Amcotts, F. H. Hillyard ; P. M. Steele, A. A. Short, P. L. Hort ; W. E. Veitch, J. R. Frost, P. H. 0. Ruddock, D. Cole, C. A. F. Cookson.

TEMPLE HOUSE I v. SCHOOL HOUSE I. Result : Temple House 3, School House 1.

At the start of the game the School House attacked strongly and for some considerable time play was entirely confined to the Temple half of the field. The House right wing, consisting of Davison and Buckler, was particularly outstanding and the two together were responsible for several threatening movements.

This prolonged and energetic attack taxed the Temple defence to its utmost and Denison and Tomkins were forced to concede several short-corners in quick succession. These, however, did not produce any score and the pressure on the Temple goal gradually slackened. But the Temple forwards were completely out of touch with one another and their poor inter-passing brought about the complete failure of any Temple forward movement. After the concentrated School House attack had been repulsed play abated somewhat in intensity and became comparatively peaceful until half-time. Belchamber and Pulleyn did great work for their respective sides and their seemingly tireless energy saved many a dangerous situation. Half-time came with no score on either side.

A lull in any house match is a rare occurrence and when it does come about it is invariably followed by an even more heated and vigorous renewal of the game. This match was no exception, for within a minute of the resumption of play the first goal of the match was scored. After a few seconds of mid-field play the ball found its way to the Temple right wing, Shearston. He took the ball up the wing and passed to Reynolds. Reynolds made ground and then passed the ball to Broadhurst, and the crack of his stick upon the ball and the loud thud of the ball against the wooden board at 43

the back of the House goal revealed to all and sundry that Temple were now in the lead. The Temple half-backs now stepped into the limelight and they repeatedly broke up vigorous forward movements by the School House. Battrick, an unobtrusive kind of player, got through a great deal of work, and Walker, a player diminutive in stature but certainly not in ability, struggled successfully against his larger opponents.

Some time later Broadhurst received the ball in midfield and, all alone, skilfully made his way into the Hou'se circle where, from an exceedingly oblique angle, he scored a brilliant goal.

The School House immediately retaliated, and with success. An involved struggle took place in Temple circle and the ball was suddenly passed to Davison standing on the very edge of the circle where, from an apparently impossible angle, he smashed home the best goal of the match.

The score was now 2-1 to Temple and great was the excitement. The renewed hopes of the School House supporters were soon dashed, however, when Amos, Broadhurst and Reynolds combined successfully to take the ball into the House circle, where Broadhurst scored the third Temple goal and completed an individual hat-trick. A few minutes later the whistle blew for full time, bringing to an end a truly fine game.

School House Team :—R. H. Hanson ; M. M. Barker, D. J. G. B. Burton ; P. V. Leigh, J. P. Pulleyn, D. H. Dent holm ; E. P. Davison, F. N. Buckler, R. S. F. Webber, D. G. Middleton, P. Penniston.

Temple Team :—J. L. Shaw ; D. S. Tompkins, J. A. Denison ; A. Battrick, H. C. Belchamber, H. Walker ; E. A. Shearston, G. E. K. Reynolds, A. Broadhurst, W. Amos, R. F. Dawson.

TEMPLE HOUSE II v. SCHOOL HOUSE II. Result : Temple House 2, School House 1.

This was a very good match as far as junior housematches go, and both teams are to be congratulated on the 44

standard of play that was produced. The Temple Team was definitely the better of the two, the chief reason being that all the Temple side were Hockeyites, whereas the School House included in their team several inexperienced and dangerous Boaters.

For a few minutes after the bully-off the School House attacked and the Temple defence was in some danger of being pierced. Temple cleared, however, and their forwards took the ball into the School House half, where it stayed, except for odd minutes, for the rest of the first half. Temple scored two goals in the first half. Neither of these were the result of outstanding or individualistic methods, but were achieved by dint of repeated shots in the midst of a free-for-all in the School House circle. Harper and Fryer were responsible for these goals, while Walker rendered valuable service at centre-half.

The second half was much more evenly contested and caused great excitement among the spectators. The School House forwards had developed some form of combination and they were responsible for the best movement of the match. This culminated in a goal, which was scored by Goodman. The School House attempted frantically to score an equalising goal, but all their efforts were in vain. The Temple defence, amongst whom Smith and Mountain were prominent, held out until the final whistle, which left Temple winners by two goals to one of a very even match.

Temple Team :—E. Sheriff ; A. Calder, G. Mountain ; J. A. Smith, H. Walker, J. K. Andrew ; F. B. S. Harnby, K. R. G. Harper, R. H. Fryer, A. G. Reynolds, R. M. Garth.

School House Team :—D. L. Pryer; G. McC. Donaldson, B. G. Drummond ; D. E. Byass, G. E. Drake-Brockman, P. F. Cheesewright ; T. M. J. Scott, R. J. McKinlay, R. S. F. Webber, R. B. Goodman, P. F. Tee.

TEMPLE HOUSE H v. CLIFTON RISE II. Result : Temple House 0, Clifton Rise 3.

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were good as individual players, and to their strong defence, Amcotts being very steady and Morris just being big.

Play in the first half was keen and very even and the ball went quickly from one end of the field to the other.

The Temple defence held out manfully against the persistent attacks of the Rise forwards. Both Dodd and Veitch had shots at goal, but they were easily stopped by Sheriff, the Temple goalkeeper, whose keeping throughout the match was surprisingly good. The Temple forwards frequently got the ball into the Rise circle, but once they were there they lost all sense of combination and direction and Penty was called upon to make very few saves indeed.

When play was resumed after half-time the Rise attacked quickly and scored their first goal through Ruddock who, finding himself unmarked in the circle, banged the ball into the back of the goal. This was followed ten minutes later by another goal, Veitch being responsible this time.

He took the ball down his wing, cut in on his own, and had ample time to drive the ball past Sheriff. Temple staged a revival after this, but it was short-lived. The Temple forwards seemed to have gone completely to pieces and when they did get the ball only Reynolds and Garth had any idea what to do with it. Shortly before the end of the match Murray scored a third goal for the Rise, this time from a melee in the Temple circle. A few minutes afterwards the final whistle was blown, leaving the Rise worthy winners of the Junior Hockey Cup. Rise Team :—J. R. Penty ; P. M. Amcotts, G. R. Morris ; F. L. Duffield, C. J. Price, F. D. Godsmark ; A. C. Brown, R. E. Dodd, R. L. Murray, G. F. Ruddock, W. E. Veitch.

Temple Team :—E. Sheriff ; A. Calder, G. Mountain ; J. A. Smith, H. Walker, J. K. Andrew ; F. B. S. Hamby, K. R. G. Harper, R. H. Fryer, A. G. Reynolds, R. M. Garth.

ROWING. FIRST DIVISION BOAT RACE. SEMI-FINAL. This took place on February 27th and was between_ 46

Temple and School House. The old course was rowed, that is, from the boathouse to Lendal Bridge. Conditions were far from ideal ; there was a strong head wind and the very choppy surface of the river discouraged a very fast course.

Temple House won the toss and, though there was little advantage, followed tradition and took the station side.

School House got away to a very good start and soon gained what was shown to be a winning lead of about six lengths, which they maintained the whole way. The crews were :School House : Bow, D. D. S. Evans ; 2, R. L. Miller ; 3, R. R. L. Pryer ; stroke, R. Earle ; cox, R. H. Walker.

Temple : Bow, R. G. Longstaff ; 2, G. H. Oxtoby ; 3, P. G. R. Dench ; stroke, G. Long; cox, FINAL. The final was rowed on the following day, Friday, February 28th, between the House and Clifton Rise, the holders. The river had risen greatly during the night, making the old course impossible and the race was rowed from Clifton Scope to the diving boards. The stream was very fast indeed and the race was over in little more than two minutes. The House crew once more secured an early lead and won by about two and a half lengths, thus winning the First Division Boat Races for 1941. Crews :School House : Bow, D. D. S. Evans ; 2, R. L. Miller ; 3, R. R. L. Pryer ; stroke, R. Earle ; cox, R. H. Walker.

Clifton Rise : Bow, A. C. Brown ; 2, G. R. Morris ; 3, W. E. Veitch ; stroke, W. H. Ping ; cox, W. P. Anelay.

SECOND DIVISION BOAT RACES. SEMI-FINAL. This was rowed on Friday, March 14th, between School House and Temple. The day was ideal for rowing, the river being well down and the usual course from Wall End to the diving boards was rowed. The race was close enough to be interesting, School House gaining a winning lead soon after the start and winning by some one and a half lengths.

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Crews :School House : Bow, D. E. Byass ; 2, G. M. Donaldson ; 3, M. M. Barker ; stroke, R. J. McKinlay ; cox, C. J. Ruben.

Temple House : Bow, M. J. Dunn ; 2, J. Brindley ; 3, D. S. Tompkins ; stroke, A. L. Wyman ; cox, R. B. Wharldall.

FINAL. The final was rowed on March 15th between School House and Clifton Rise, the holders. The School House crew went ahead from the start and won by four lengths.

Crews: — School House : Bow, D. E. Byass ; 2, G. M. Donaldson ; 3, M. M. Barker ; stroke, R. J. McKinlay ; cox, C. J. Ruben.

Clifton Rise : Bow, G. D. Smith ; 2, J. P. Corry ; 3, R. E. Dodd ; stroke, P. L. Hort ; cox, J. E. Thompson.

ATHLETICS. In past years it has been the lot of the Athletes to have so little time and so much to do, and this year was no exception. It seems obvious that until more time is devoted to it, Athletics will never reach the high standard that it could.

It is impossible to train a boy to perfection in less than a term, and at present the time allowed is very much less than half a term.

This year a new system of standards was introduced whereby a boy could gain either a high, medium, or low standard. This was introduced in order to enable more boys to gain points for their House. The Rise gained 200 standards, which worked out at an average of 9.757 per boy, School House were second with 191 standards and an average of 9.316 per boy, and Temple House third -with 176 48

standards and an average of 8.599 per boy. These points will count towards the Athletics Shield, which will be competed for early next term as the track at the end of this term was impossible to run on.

The Senior and Intermediate Miles were run on Tuesday, April 1st. Byass won the senior Mile, with Cookson second and Veitch third. The Intermediate Mile was won

by Godsmark, with Harper second and Bulmer, J. D., third.

The time for the senior Mile was 5 mins. 10 secs.

THE INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE This year it was impossible to run the Cross-Country over the original course, so a new one was selected over the Ings. This course was a little longer than the Jetty run.

The race was won by A. Broadhurst, of Temple House, after C. A. F. Cookson (Rise) had led for most of the way. D. Cole (Rise) was second and D. E. Byass (School House) third. Broadhurst's time was 23 mins. 45 secs., which was very good considering the state of the course.

The Rise won the Cross Country plate with 65 points, School House were second with 106 points and Temple House, the holders, third with 137 points.

The first eight competitors home were as follows :— Rise.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

School House.

Temple House.

A. Broadhurst

D. Cole D. E. Byass C. A. F. Cookson W. E. Veitch P. M. Amcotts E. P. Davison H. C. Belchamber

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INTER-HOUSE SQUASH. TEMPLE v. SCHOOL HOUSE. The semi-finals of the Inter-House Squash were played off on Sunday, March 9th, between Temple House and School House. School House were easy winners.

The squash on the whole was of poor quality, as both sides, with the exception of Buckler, were inexperienced and for the most part young. The first string was played off between Buckler and Belchamber. The game opened fairly brightly and some quite good squash was seen, the latter especially retrieving very well. Belchamber was unlucky to lose a very close game. In the last two games, however, he fell away rather and Buckler had very little difficulty in winning them both. Scores :-10-8, 9-3, 9-4.

The second game, between Lockwood and Reynolds (Ma.), was rather dull, and after losing the first game badly, Lockwood had very little difficulty with his superior placing in winning the next three. Scores :-1-9, 9-0, 9-0, 9-4.

In the last game Pulleyn easily beat Reynolds (Mi.), a much younger and less experienced opponent. Reynolds, however, put up a plucky show, especially in the last game.

Scores :-9-0, 9-0, 9-5.

The finals of the Inter-House Squash were played off on Sunday, March 16th, between Clifton Rise and School House. School House were the winners after a very good match and so regained the cup from the Rise.

The squash seen was better and more entertaining than that of the previous Sunday and some exciting games were witnessed.

The first set, between Buckler and Hort, opened with some quite good squash. Hort especially played well to win the first game and he was unfortunate to lose a very close second one. In the last two games, however, he fell away and Buckler had no difficulty in winning them both.

Scores :-5-9, 10-3, 9-2, 9-4.

The second set, between Lockwood and Cole, was well played by both. The squash on the whole was good, and after losing the first game Lockwood played very well in the 50

second and was unlucky to lose, for Cole placed the ball very well and made the former run about a lot. The third game was also a good one, although the score suggests the contrary, for Lockwood retrieved well against heavy odds and he deserved to get a few points at least. Scores :-4-9, 9-10, 0-9.

The third set, between Pulleyn and Frost, was perhaps the most exciting, as it was the decisive one. The first two games went easily to Pulleyn, for Frost was a little nervous.

In the third game, however, Frost woke up and won it easily.

He then went on well and looked as though he would win the fourth. But Pulleyn rallied and after a hard-fought and exciting game managed to win a well-deserved game and set. Scores :-9-7, 9-5, 2-9, 9-7.

INTER-HOUSE BOXING. The semi-finals of the Inter-House Boxing took place on Friday, March 28th. There were only two fights, between Cookson and Reynolds, and Shaw and Denholm. Cookson and Shaw both won close fights.

The finals were held on Tuesday, April 1st, in the Gymnasium. After some very exciting contests the InterHouse Boxing Cup was finally won by the Rise, with six wins to their credit. Temple, with five wins, were a very close second, and School House were third with two wins.

The judges, after long deliberation regarding the respective merits of Mountain, Broadhurst, Buckler and Cole, finally awarded Sgt.-Maj. Puddick's cup for the best style to F. N. Buckler. There were several close and hard-fought bouts ; those between Ruben and Reynolds, Mountain and Price, Cole and Penniston, and Shaw and Frost being worthy of special mention.

Unfortunately, one or two of the contestants were not well matched. This was particularly noticeable in the last fight of the evening between Steele and Tompkins, when the former launched an unnecessarily vicious attack upon a less-experienced opponent, equal in weight but younger in years. This incident marred an otherwise interesting display of boxing, the general high standard of which is due to Sgt.-Maj. Puddick's very capable instruction. We would 51

like here to thank him for his kindness in presenting a cup for the most stylish boxer in the school, and for his continual encouragement and assistance.

INTER-HOUSE BOXING RESULTS. Weights.

6st. to 6st.

7lbs.

1st Round.

2nd Round.

Reynolds A. (T) v.

Ruben (S H)

Winners..

Reynolds (T)

.

6st. 7lbs. to 7st.

Fryer (T). (w.o.)

7st. to 7st.

7lbs

Barber (SB (w.o.)

7st. ?lbs. to 8st.

Price (R) v.

Mountain (T)

8st. to 8st.

7lbs.

Morris (R) Morris (R) v.

Coward (T)

Mountain (T)

8st. 7lbs. to 9st.

Reynolds Leigh (S H) Cookson (R (T) v. v.

Cookson (R) Cookson (R)

9st. to 9st. ?lbs.

Ormiston (S H) v.

Broadhurst (T)

Broadhurst (T)

9st. 7lbs. to Shaw (T) v.

Shaw (T) 10st.

Denholm v.

(S H) Frost (R) 10st. to 10st.

Penniston 7lbs.

(S H) v.

Cole (R) 10st. 7lbs. to Buckler 11st.

(S H) v.

Brown (R)

Shaw (T)•

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Cole (R).

Buckler (S H)

11st. to list.

7lbs.

Barker (SH) v.

Hort (R)

list. Vbs. to 12st.

Steele (R) v. Steele (R) Tompkins (T)

Over 12st.

Hort (R)

Taylor (R) (w.o.)

GAMES COMMITTEE. Two meetings were held last term. The first was a lengthy meeting. A new secretary was appointed. It was decided that the Games Committee should meet at least once every term. On the question of boxing it was agreed that boys should not be able to compete in the inter-house boxing contests unless they had reached a certain standard of proficiency. Details of the inter-house boxing and of the cross-country were arranged. The system of standards for athletics was revised so that there should be three standards for each event, High, Middle and Low. The standards were to be decided by an average per boy, but it was agreed that the points gained in the sports should stand as they were and the average points per boy gained in the standards should be multiplied by the number of boys in the largest house and added to the sports points.

At the second meeting of the term the points for the standards were fixed at one for a Low, two for a Middle, and three for a High. It was decided that School Running colours should be awarded on the same principle as that governing the award of caps in other games. The colours were to be designed by a sub-committee consisting of Mr. K. H. Rhodes and F. F. Steele.

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CRICKET FIXTURES, 1941.

1st XI. Sat., May 17—Clifton C.0

Home

Sat., May 24—Leeds G.S.

Home

Sat., May 31—Ampleforth Coll.

Away

Wed., June 4—K.O.Y.L.I.T.C. C.0

Home

Sat., June 7—Worksop Coll

Home

Sat., June 14—Bootham School

Home

Wed., June 18—York C.0

Home

Sat., June 21—C. E. Anson's XI

Home

Sat., June 28—Giggleswick School

Away

Wed., July 9—York C.0

Away

Sat., July 12—Durham School

Away

Other matches with the K.O.Y.L.I.T.C. C.C Catterick Garrison C.C. are being arranged.

and

2nd XI. Wed., May 21—Richmond G.S

Home

Sat., May 31—Ampleforth Coll

Home

Sat., June 7—Worksop Coll

Away

Sat., June 14—Bootham School

Away

Sat., June 28—Giggleswick School

Away

COLTS XI. Wed., June 4—Ampleforth Coll.

Away

Wed., July 2—Durham School

Away

Sat., July 5—Worksop Coll

Home

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LAURENCE EUSDEN (1688-1730).

A POET-LAUREATE PETERITE.

The name of Laurence Eusden is unknown to-day to any but the most curious students of English Letters.

Indeed, his fame, such as it was, scarcely survived his death, and he was quickly swept into the oblivion which Pope and other contemporary poets predicted for him. It would seem, too, that he is in some danger of being overlooked even by Peterites, who have better reason than the rest of the world to preserve his memory. For Eusden is unique in this, that he is the only poet laureate produced by St. Peter's. Perhaps, then, a few observations on this obscure versifier may be justified on the grounds that, though a poor thing, he is, at any rate, our own.

Eusden was born in 1688 at Spofforth, in Yorkshire, where his father, the Rev. Laurence Eusden, was rector.

From St. Peter's he proceeded to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1705, and in the following year was elected a Scholar.

His career at Trinity was not undistinguished and eventually, in 1712, he became a Fellow. In those days, of course, fellowship by no means necessarily implied scholarship, but Eusden seems to have made his mark by his facility in writing Latin verses, and his first publication was a Latin version of a poem by Lord Halifax on the Battle of the Boyne. With that appreciation of the benefits of publicity and patronage which was probably his greatest asset he drew attention to his own effusion by writing an English poem in praise of Lord Halifax which was published in Steele's " Poetical Miscellany " in 1714. His master stroke, however, was made in 1718, when he wrote an ode celebrating the wedding of the Duke of Newcastle and Lady Henrietta Godolphin.

Thomas Pelham, Duke of Newcastle, then only twenty-five years old, had recently combined the vast estates of the Newcastles and Pelhams and was one of the richest landowners in England. His efforts to ensure the acceptance of George I on the death of Anne had already won him the favour of the Court, and his marriage to the grand-daughter of the great Duke of Marlborough further increased his influence. In 1718 Newcastle was well on the way to the powerful pre-eminence in the Whig oligarchy which 55

dominated England for so long in the 18th century. If Eusden had wished to hitch his wagon to a star he could not have chosen one more surely in the ascendant.

His ode on the nuptials was a piece of shameless adulation. Southey in " Later English Poets " describes it as " a strain of fulsome flattery in mediocre poetry." But it earned the award of the Poet Laureateship, which the Duke of Newcastle, as Lord Chamberlain of the Household, had in his gift, and which was conveniently vacant by reason of the death of Nicholas Rowe on December 6th, 1718. Eusden thus became seventh in a moderately distinguished line since the title of Poet Laureate was first officially recognised by the grant of Letters Patent to Dryden in 1670. It is not uncommon for poets laureate to suffer from the malicious attacks of disgruntled rivals, but rarely in the history of the office can an appointment have been received with such unanimous ridicule. Led by the jaundiced muse of Pope, the poets of the day lashed Eusden unmercifully, though, if one's reading of his character is right, it is highly probable that the new laureate was easily consoled by the material fact that the office carried with it an annual emolument of £300 and a butt of Canary wine.

Later Eusden became rector of Coningsby, in Lincolnshire, where he died in 1730, being succeeded in his position as Court poet by the more illustrious Colley Cibber. Of a not insignificant output of verses (including, naturally, a number of birthday and New Year odes) nothing has received even passing commendation. His poetry is not now readily available and seems only to have survived, as curiosities, in Nichols's collection of poems. The charges of sycophancy may, indeed, be largely discounted, for in the Augustan period advancement by patronage and the jobbery of party politics was the rule rather than the exception. But with Eusden the motive of self-interest was unrelieved by any real merit. The verdict of another minor poet, Thomas Cooke (1703-56) seems justified :—

by Fortune raised, By very few been read, by fewer praised."

Pope, with virulence which characterised all his comments on the Addisonian poets (to which circle Eusden appears to have belonged) 1 is bitterly satirical in the Dunciad. He wrote Eusden's epitaph thus :"Know Eusden thirsts no more for sack or praise ; He sleeps among the dull of ancient days."

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The reference to sack is double-edged. For it seems the regrettable fact that the butt of Canary wine, which went with the Laureate's £300 annuity, would have been to Eusden a not unwelcome concomitant. There is little doubt who was meant by Pope's line in the Dunciad :" Now Laurus lay inspir'd beside a sink " ; and Gray in a letter wrote that " Eusden was a person of great hopes in his youth, though at last he turned out a drunken parson."

Perhaps Gray has summed up the matter adequately.

Eusden was certainly not a famous Old Peterite. Perhaps, if more were known of him, we should find that he was an infamous one. But, even so, he is not one whom we should allow to be forgotten.

L.B.

CORRESPONDENCE. BOATERS AND HOUSE HOCKEY. To the Editors of " The Peterite."

Dear Sirs, Through the medium of " The Peterite " I should like to suggest to the Games Committee that the practice of including boaters among the Junior House Hockey teams should cease. It only serves to bring about a deterioration in the standard of hockey of those juniors who do play hockey. In addition, the spectacle of a burly boater smiting a ball to the obvious danger of the other players is a cause of intense discouragement to young players who, at their age, ought to be receiving every encouragement. I have no objection, however, to the inclusion of boaters in Senior House teams, but I object very strongly to a junior house match developing into a " boaters' brawl."

Yours sincerely, A. Broadhurst.

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RENAMING THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS? (The following is an extract from a letter received from an 0.P.) :"Some years back it was suggested that parts of the new Library Building should be named after distinguished O.P.s. Unfortunately, unlike Eton, Winchester, Repton and a few other schools, none of the original school buildings survive nor do we occupy the buildings in which the school used to be housed near the Minster. As a consequence little history attaches to the actual buildings at St. Peter's, which accounts for such depressing names as the Science Block and the Big Hall. I would like to put forward the idea that buildings should be named after distinguished people connected with the School and preferably after O.P.s. For instance, could not the Science Block be re-christened ' Sir Clifford Allbutt Laboratories,' with special names for the physics, chemistry, biological and other laboratories ? The lecture theatre might be known as the Tempest Anderson Lecture Theatre. And what could be more fitting than christening the Big Hall—Alcuin Hall. The Library might be called ' The Poet Laureate's Library,' after our one and only poet laureate, dim though he is. Then again, the cricket ground is, I believe, part of the ground originally purchased from Guy Fawkes, probably our most famous old boy. This field might be known as 'Guy Fawkes' Field ' ; the Rugger ground might be called Mitchell's Field, after Frank Mitchell. The same principle might apply to the naming of school societies. Every school has a Debating Society, but why should not St. Peter's give distinction to theirs by calling it The Harcourt Society,' after one of our Peterite Cabinet Ministers. And the Chapel. This may be dedicated to some other Saint, but if not, what better than St. Paulinus, the school's founder."

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THE JUNIOR SCHOOL. After another Easter term of very wintry weather there seems to be almost a general agreement amongst boys of the Preparatory School that snow and frost are very jolly and to be thoroughly enjoyed—at first; but when the ground is covered with snow for so long that all usual games are stopped, well, then everybody wishes for milder weather.

Term began with a flurry of snow and though snow fights and igloos were quite keenly enjoyed, we did wish for regular football, especially as we felt the team would make a good showing. Then mumps appeared and all hope of matches disappeared, and we also had to cancel the P.T. Display, a great disappointment to all.

A fair number of boys took boxing lessons with Sergt.Maj or Puddick, and we are glad to record that the Annual Tournament was held on March 31st. The boys were very evenly matched in the contests. The award of a prize cup, given by Sergt.-Major Puddick to the boy showing the best general style, went to I. S. Macpherson. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking all the officials. The full list of contests is given below.

In the course of Nature Study lessons in School some interesting specimens have been brought in, e.g., several kinds of mice, a wood pigeon and a jay. The first Lesser Celandine in bloom was found on February 28th. This was an early specimen as general flowering was later and very tardy.

During the term there was no end of enthusiasm for getting up a Play, and after one or two preliminary efforts P. Legat seriously set to work to write a play and his great exertions finally resulted in the production of " Mutiny on the Seafoam " in the boarders' Common Room. Much weird property was gathered together and dangerous-looking swords and cutlasses appeared. We hope everything found its way back to the rightful owners in the end.

It was very pleasing that so many Olavites were selected to take part in the very successful School Concert at the end of term, which we all thoroughly enjoyed.

Mr. Cooper was able to stay with us until very nearly the end of term and this was very fortunate for us all.

We were very pleased to give a little souvenir (not a leaving 59

present) in the shape of a case of pipes, wishing him the very best of luck in the Navy. We also had to say au revoir to Mr. and Mrs. Corkhill, and we would like to thank Mrs. Corkhill for all the trouble she has taken in getting us to see daylight in Mathematics.

The number of boys in the Junior School is still keeping at a high level. We have had over 100 this term and we hear that more new boys are coming next term.

VALETE (April, 1941).

P. B. Legat (to School House).

SALVETE (January, 1941).

H. L. Dixon, J. A. Baker, M. Barnes, J. L. Fenton, G. J. W. Washington, D. H. Tate, P. Jackson.

ST. OLAVE'S SCOUT GROUP. Scouts and Cubs have both had a busy term, and though illness and bad weather have limited the former's activities, the Cubs have done well and tests have been passed by a satisfactory number. The Group owes a very great deal to the unselfish work of Mr. Cooper; he has carried on singlehanded and devoted a great deal of his time to its welfare, and if it is possible, as we hope it will be, to extend the work of the Scouts and Cubs next term, his hard work in the past will make the extension easy for his successors.

Next term there will be a new S.M. and a new Akela, and there is a possibility of yet more help. In addition, 60

both Scouts and Cubs will have new and separate headquarters, so it should be possible to undertake a really ambitious programme and to make the Group efficient over a wider field.

Congratulations to Bainton on gaining his Collector's Badge, to R. Harrison on getting his 2nd Star, and to Roseigh, Dodd and Hopkins on their 1st Stars.

Inter-patrol Competitions :1, Woodpigeons, 261; 2, Curlews, 231 ; 3, Pewits, 22 ; 4, Hawks, 18.

Inter-six Competition :1, Yellow, 281 ; 2, Red, 224 ; 3, Green, 201 ; 4, Blue, 181.

We welcome into the Troop, Dodsworth, Dobson, Reavley, Dixon, and into the Pack, Barnes, Dickinson, Wright, Fenton, Rowntree, Jackson.

ST. OLAVE'S GAMES. Weather, mumps and other things have made things difficult but, though we have had no matches, the games have been regular and the form shown really promising.

The first game played good rugger. The forwards, with Drummond and Legat outstanding, have been good, and the backs, with Clark and Haysey on the wings, McColm and Newdick in the centre, and Norwood, Copnall and Macpherson at half, have shown real promise. If the weather is kind, and it is possible to arrange a full fixture list next winter, we should have a splendid team.

ST. OLAVE'S BOXING TOURNAMENT. Monday, March 31st, 1941.

CONTESTS. J. Fenton beat R. I. Thomson.

S. Amos beat J. Gibson.

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R. Calvert beat D. Hopkins.

P. Gowan beat P. Simpson.

R. Davidge beat W. Roseigh.

H. Dixon beat D. Hardisty.

J. Amos beat D. Sim. F. Newdick drew with V. Gregory.

I. Macpherson beat J. Dench.

A. McColm beat J. Dook.

D. Reavley beat J. Cade11.

P. Arnott beat P. Weighill.

W. Andrews beat J. Copnall.

Seconds :—M. Norwood, P. Legat, R. Hutchinson, I. Haysey.

Referee :—Dr. I. Macpherson.

Judges :—G. F. Jackson, Esq., R. A. Jacques, Esq. Timekeeper :—M. K. Cassels, Esq. Announcer :—A. W. Ping, Esq.

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EXAMINATIONS FOR ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS, 1941.

The Annual Examination will be held on June 3rd and 4th for the award of the following Scholarships and Exhibitions.

One Foundation Scholarship value £60, and six of £35 to £45.

Three Hey Exhibitions value 115-120 each.

Three Day Boy Scholarships of £15-220 each.

To qualify for an award, a candidate must be under 14 on June 2nd, 1941.

Two of the Foundation Scholarships are reserved, if candidates of sufficient merit present themselves, for sons of the Clergy or Officers of H.M. Forces.

Papers will be set as follows :1. Obligatory (1) English Grammar and Composition.

(2) Elementary Mathematics (Mathematics I).

(3) English History and Geography.

(A large choice of questions will be given, so that a boy is not required to concentrate on any special period or country).

(4) Latin Grammar and Translation.

(5) French Grammar and Translation.

B. Optional (6) More advanced Mathematics (Mathematics II).

(7) Latin Composition.

(8) French Composition.

(9) Greek Translation, Grammar and Sentences.

(10) General Science.

Candidates are expected to offer one or more of the optional subjects. An outstanding performance in one of these papers will receive greater credit than mediocre performances in several.

Copies of papers set in recent ExaMinations are available and may be had on application to the Head Master.

The Entry Form, obtainable on application, together with Birth Certificate, should be sent to the Head Master before May 11th.

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EDITORIAL NOTICES. " The Peterite " is the magazine of St. Peter's School, York, and is conducted by the boys.

The Editors solicit literary contributions and general' correspondence from past and present Peterites.

No notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence.

Contributors may, if they prefer it, send their name in a separate envelope, which will not be opened unless the contribution is accepted. Where the contributor's name is not intended for publication, his " nom-de-plume " should be enclosed as well.

All articles should be written on one side of the paper only.

The subscription to " The Peterite " is 3s. Od. per annum, payable in advance, i.e., before the issue of the first number of the year (January). Members of the O.P. Club, to which the subscription is £1 per annum, receive " The Peterite " gratuitously. " The Peterite " is published three times a year, at the beginning of each term.

If any members of the O.P. Club should not receive their numbers of " The Peterite," the Editors would be obliged if notice could be sent at once to Lt.-Col. H. C. Scott, Secretary of the O.P. Club, 1 Clifton Green, York.

The Editors of " The Peterite " are G. Long, F. F. Steele, E. P. Bulmer, R. R. L. Pryer, J. A. Denison.

The Editors of " The Peterite " will be glad to supply any past numbers which they may have to those desiring them, at the price of 6d. per copy.

Applications for advertising space to be made to The Bursar, St. Peter's School, York.

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YORK. Tel. 3616.

SCHOOL & SPORTS OUTFITS ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS. Established over 70 years.

T. Coning & Sons GOOD FAMILY GROCERS AND PROVISION MERCHANTS FRENCH AND ITALIAN WAREHOUSEMEN GREEN FRUIT SALESMEN BEST VALUES in TEAS and COFFEES

For over a century this Establishment has been noted throughout the county for its SUPREME QUALITY of BACON, HAMS and CHEESE

Large Households specially catered for at advantageous prices, and always competitive with any of the London Stores All Goods delivered Free either by Own Motors or Motor Buses

THE PAVEMENT Tel. 2910.

YORK. Est. over a Century.

THE HOUSE for

FURNITURE Carpets, Bedding and

Furnishing Fabrics WITH AN EFFICIENT SERVICE OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN IN EACH DEPARTMENT.

HUNTER SMALLPAGE LTD.

GOODRAMGATE Fa FEASEGATE !ephone:

3042 `,;Sigi,

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ESTABLISHED 1763, IN THE REIGN OF GEORGE III.

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W. Anderson & Sons Official Retailers of "OLD PETERITE" CLUB COLOURS. LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S TAILORS. MILITARY OUTFITTERS. HOSIERS AND SHIRTMAKERS.

Telephone 2947.

Telegrams: "Outfits, York."

WM. WRIGHT & SONS

(YORK)

Ltd.

PURVEYORS OF BEST ENGLISH MEAT ONLY. OUR SPECIALITIES:

PORK PIES. VEAL & HAM PIES. SAUSAGE. POLONY. BRAWN. GALANTINES. COOKED MEAT. FRESH DAILY.

GOODRAMGATE

ALWAYS RELIABLE. Telephone 2896.

YORK.

14 BRIDGE STREET. 45 NUNNERY LANE. BLOSSOM STREET QUEEN VICTORIA STREET. FIELD VIEW BURTON LANE.

Branches :

MAKE SHOPPING A PLEASURE MAYPOLE SPECIALITIES Butter, Tea, Cocoa, Eggs, Margarine, Jams, Marmalade, Pure Cream, Lard, Suet, Flaked Beef Milk, Condensed

Shopping at the Maypole is always a pleasure because not only do you secure the best at favourable prices, but you get prompt and pleasing service as well. Call at the Maypole and see fo. yourself. Here is a range of specialities which we invite you to try.

Cape, Cheese, Dessert Fruits, Biscuits, Fish and Meat Pastes,

Table Jellies.

Branches Everywhere

DAIRY COMPANY LIMITED

MAYPOLE SERVES THE BEST

FOR SATISFACTION GET YOUR

COAL AT

Blundy, Clark & Co. LTD.,

NORTH STREET, YORK AND BOROUGHBRIDGE

COLLIERY AGENTS ANTHRACITE STOVE NUTS AND BEANS GRADED COLLIERY COKE NUTS

RIVER SAND LIME WHINSTONE GRAVEL GRADED PEBBLES Suitable for Garden Paths and Carriage Drives, Always in Stock.

DEPOT FOR G. & T. EARLE'S PORTLAND CEMENT

Telephones: 2031 YORK and 62 BOROUGHBRIDGE