House. The Committee has already made allocations from the Chapel Collection Fund, and it is hoped that in the future members will be able to make useful suggestions in all matters connected with the Chapel. During the School Year donations from the Chapel Collection Fund have been made to the Red Cross and St. John Fund, the Air Raid Distress Fund, the Earl Haig Fund, the National Lifeboat Institution, the Church Army, the York County Hospital, the York Boys' Club and the Lord Mayor's Christmas Cheer Fund. The Choir has again done valuable work. At the Commemoration Service the anthem was Quilter's setting of " Non Nobis Domine," and on Sunday, July 20th, J. S. Bach's " Awake us, Lord, and hasten " was sung, with oboe (John Cruft) and organ accompaniment. For some time many have felt that there should be a St. Peter's School Prayer. The following suggested Prayer has been composed by the Chaplain and was first used at the Commemoration Service :"Almighty God, Who didst cause Thy servant the Blessed Paulinus to found this School of St. Peter that men might be brought up to godliness and true learning, we yield Thee most humble and hearty thanks for all Thy mercies bestowed upon us throughout many centuries. We bless Thy Holy Name for our Founder, Benefactors, and all who have served Thee in this place, and we beseech Thee to give us Thy grace, that we in our generation may be worthy of those who have gone before, and keeping the name of our School in high honour, may become profitable members of the Church and State, and at the last partakers of Thy Heavenly Kingdom ; through Jesus Christ Thy Son our Lord."
MUSIC The music of the School is still going ahead and the time when the orchestra makes its bow is not very far distant. In order to have a constant succession of instrumentalists, we ask that more boys should learn instruments other than the piano, and we point out that it is essential to start young. We were again privileged to hear that fine oboeist, John Cruft (of the London Philharmonic Orchestra), when a short recital of organ and oboe music was given on July 18
