The Very Rev. H. N. Bate, D.D

The Very Reverend Herbert Newell Bate, D.D., Dean of York and Chairman of the Governors of St. Peter's School, died on May 18th, at Droitwich, in his 70th year. At the funeral service held in the Minster on May 21st the School was represented by the Head Master, the Housemasters (A. W. Ping, Esq., K. H. Rhodes, Esq., L. Burgess, Esq., and I. C. Bendall, Esq.), the Chaplain (Rev. P. P. N. Fawcett), and the School Monitors.

OLD PETERITE NEWS.

SERVING WITH H.M. FORCES.

The following names are to be added to the lists already published in " The Peterite " :—

J. P. Farrow. H. C. Pexton. S. Todd.

KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE.

We learn with regret that Michael Biggin (School House, 1930 to 1934) has been killed on active service in the Middle East.

MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED.

Flight Lieutenant Stephen Dodds, R.A.F., was reported missing after operations on the 20th May, 1940, and subsequently was officially presumed to have been killed in action on that date. F/L. Dodds was at St. Peter's from May, 1930, to December, 1934. He was Mentioned in Despatches in the 1941 New Year's Honours List.

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.

We congratulate Acting Flight Lieutenant John Rawsthorn Rainford on the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross, announced on July 19th, 1941. J. R. Rainford, a native of Bartle, near Preston, was at St. Peter's from September, 1927, to December, 1930. He is the second Old Peterite to gain this honour.

PRISONER OF WAR.

Lieutenant R. G. M. Quarrie (September, 1928—April, 1935) has been reported Prisoner of War. The military authorities intimated that he was " missing, believed prisoner of war from operations in Crete." Further confirmation has been received from the International Red Cross organisation. Quarrie, whose peace-time employment was with the Midland Bank in York, was well-known as a cricketer and played for the Yorkshire Gentlemen. He joined the Army at the outbreak of war and went through the Dunkirk operations from which he was safely evacuated.

EVACUATED FROM GREECE.

News has been received that J. M. Dickinson (May, 1928—April, 1937), who took part in the campaign in Greece, has been evacuated unscathed.

BIRTH. SEWELL.—On July 7th, 1941, at Eynsham Hall, Whitney,

Oxford, to Elizabeth (née Toyne), wife of T/Maj. (A/Lieut.-Col.) E. P. Sewell, 24th Regt.—a son (Timothy Patrick Toyne).

MARRIAGE. CROSTHWAITE—DRU.--On May 21st, 1941, at Inverness, Wing Commander Robert Charles Hastings

Crosthwaite, R.A.F., to Monica Mildred Dru.

OBITUARY.

Major E. A. Pollard.

We regret to have to record the death, on July 15th, 1941, of Major Ernest A. Pollard. Major Pollard was at St. Peter's from 1888 to 1893. He took a keen interest in the School and was on the committee of the Old Peterite

Club, of which he was a life member. During the Great War of 1914-18 he served in the West Yorks. Regiment, reaching the rank of Major. He was for three years in India, where he was Cantonment Magistrate and Provost Marshal of Calcutta. By profession he was an architect, and as such was for forty-six years in the service of the L.N.E. Railway, in the Engineer's Department.

Major Pollard was closely connected with many York activities. He was vice-president and treasurer of the York and East Yorks Architectural Society; vice-president of the Council of the York Railway Institute, and chairman of the Library Committee. He was well-known locally as an amateur actor and producer.

Major Pollard was cremated at Hull on 17th July. He leaves a widow and one daughter, to whom we tender our sincere condolences.

Mr. Arthur Rowe and Dr. E. L. Rowe.

Mr. Arthur Rowe, O.B.E., died on the 24th June, 1941, at the age of 81. He lived at St. Albans and was a Solicitor in the Treasury. His brother, Dr. E. L. Rowe, of Lavengro, Oulton Broad, had died a month previously, at Valley Farm, Wisset. Dr. Rowe was well-known locally and had served for three years on the Lowestoft Town Council. He was also for many years a member of the Lowestoft and North Suffolk Hospital Committee.

He was a keen member of the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club. His motor cruiser was loaned to the Navy and has been used as a Patrol Boat on the Humber. We regret the passing of these two Old Peterites, who must have been among the last survivors of their generation at School. *

CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

Sir,—As a tribute to the charm and tact with which you have attacked us five times a week for the last month, we thought we would surprise you by delivering our letter in time for your next issue. For really, we would be very stung if you went to press without us.

At the end of the Easter term we all went down ; J. T. Brockbank into the Army, J. M. Rucklidge and T. F. Cameron into the R.A.F., and J. C. Houghton into the Church. The thought made us very sad, so we had a party.

We now come to personalities. J. T. Brockbank (St. John's). Claims that he has been given a degree. While climbing one night, 50 ft. up, he encountered the Dean on the tiles, but got off Scot free.

Went up into the Cairngorms at the end of the term and did not talk to a soul for 36 hours; a reaction has set in. Has the gift of making the ridiculous look sublime. A Cert. B. Infantryman. T. F. Cameron (Trinity Hall). Very respectable, as are all

Trinity Hall men. Has seven varieties of service at tennis, all of which are under control by August.

Believes in hitting his opponent. Has a shave twice a week with J. T. Brockbank's electric razor; while the thing is buzzing an argument is entered into on a standing subject. A Cert. B. Gunner. J. C. Houghton (Selwyn). Has now completed his third year and is going into the Church. We often bump into him in the Market Place when he is off to a lecture and we are off on a cigarette search. It was he who negotiated for the Cambridge O.P. tie ; he ordered it blue : it came brown; he ordered one pair of crossed keys : it came with ten. J. M. Rucklidge (Emmanuel). A strong silent man. Plays cricket for his college and makes runs. Is also skilled in the gentler arts of darts and dominoes. We see little of him outside office hours which are 9-10 on Mondays,

Wednesdays and Fridays. We suspect that he works a lot. Has gone off on a wireless course. Yours etc., One of the Cambridge Old Peterites. * *

LEEDS LETTER.

Sir,

Once again the term has flown by and it is time to inform Peterites past and present of the activities and pursuits of the Leeds O.P.'s.

Owing to the complete inactivity of all O.P.'s the annual " Rag " was a complete success, many thousands of pounds being raised for local charities. The activities of the rag merchants ranged from boarding private cars in the streets to carrying one of their number around Leeds an a stretcher, which is quite enjoyable for the man on the stretcher but not for those who have to carry him.

The individual reports are as follows:

G. H. Briggs. One of our two senior students. He now finds no excuse for not working—the hockey season being over. He is at present just completing the task of

Out-patient Dresser, a position which he states requires a great deal of patience, and an enormous amount of tact. W. Boyes. Our other senior is now facing a three year clinical period, without either holidays or pay. Life does not seem to thrill him very very much—we recommend a trip to Monte Carlo after the war. G. C. Brown. Is to be congratulated upon passing the whole of 1st M.B. He seems to find his " vivas " rather trying but states that the grindstone has been worn to a mere shadow of its former self by a more than diligent nasal organ. J. McN. Inglis. Is also to be congratulated upon passing the whole of 1st M.B. under the new regulations, which insist upon students doing in two terms what they originally had to do in five.

He now takes his climbing very seriously, and according to reports is rising to great heights in the climbing world, although some of us are firmly convinced that he is more suited to hang from a tree than from a rock. C. M. Cave. Owing to other interests this " railway company's night-mare," is having to take his 1st L.D.S. exam. again. No doubt he will be successful this time— discretion is the better part of valour. He is to be seen at almost any time in a steady downpour, without either raincoat or umbrella, or alternatively he always wears a scarf in hot weather. J. Scholey. Has paid seven and sixpence for an O.P. tie, a a price which we consider somewhat excessive even for

Leeds. For this figure he could have bought alternatively : 100 Players, seven and a half pints of beer, a share in a race-horse or ninety screws for a Spitfire.

We tender our sympathies to him in his loss. G. W. Denby. This guy (W. Denby) has been in evidence this term as a member of the A.T.C. He seems to prefer to sit on the roof of the Union building rather than in the comfort of an armchair in the common-room.

This is no doubt due to his air-mindedness. 7

According to reports we are to have sundry other O.P.s. at the University next term. We must see if we cannot get up a rugger team to play against the school. We remain, Yours sincerely, THE LEEDS OLD PETERITES.

VALETE AND SALVETE.

VALETE. (July, 1941.) SCHOOL HOUSE. R. Earle. 1936-41. Upper VIth Modern. School Monitor,

Head of School House. Rowed 3rd IV, 1939. Rowed 1st IV, 1940-41. 1st IV Colours, 1940-41. Captain of

Boating, 1941. Played 1st XV, 1940, 1st XV Colours 1940. Member of Shooting VIII, 1938-9-40-41. Shooting Colours, 1938-9-40-41. Captain of Shooting, 1940-41. Sergeant in Home Guard. Cert. "A" 1939.

Sergeant in J.T.C. J. P. Pulleyn. 1930-41. V B. House Monitor. Played for 2nd XI, 1938-39-40. Played for 1st XI, 1941. 1st XI

Colours, 1941. Played for 2nd XV, 1938-39. Played for 1st XV, 1941. 1st XV Colours, 1940. Played for 1st Hockey, 1941. 1st Hockey Colours, 1941. Certificate "A," 1939. Corporal in J.T.C. Home Guard. D. D. S. Evans. 1939-41. House Monitor. Played 2nd XV, 1940-41. Played 1st XV, 1941. 2nd XV Colours. Cadet,

J.T.C. Certificate " A." Flight-Sergeant, A.T.C.

Member of Home Guard.

CLIFTON RISE. A. A. Short. 1933-41. Lower VI Modern. School Monitor.

Played for 2nd XV, 1939-40-41. 2nd XV Colours, 1940-41. Played for 1st XV, 1940-41. 1st XV Colours, 1940-41. Played for Hockey 2nd XI, 1940. Played for

Hockey 1st XI, 1940. Played for 2nd XI, 1939-40-41.

Certificate " A." Corporal in J.T.C. Home Guard. S. H. Beetham. 1936-41. Lower VI Modern. House

Monitor. Played for Colts XV, 1938. 2nd XV, 1939-40-41. 1st XV, 1940-41. 2nd XV Colours, 1940.

Member of Home Guard. Cadet in J.T.C. Certificate " A." Corporal in A.T.C.