House Notes

McKinlay is to be congratulated on keeping the Hobbies Cup with us for the fourth year in succession with a truly excellent model of H.M.S. " Cossack."

Against these victories we have to set the loss of both Cricket Cups, the House Shooting Average, and the Section Cup. However, we have to record that we gave the Rise the toughest fight for years in the Swimming, losing by three points. A noticeable feature of this latter activity was the success attained by some of our younger members, which we hope augurs well for the future.

Inside the House the food is maintaining a very high quality, for which all our thanks go to Mrs. Le Tocq.

A happy feature was the improved air raid procedure, which enables us to obtain a reasonable amount of sleep during disturbed nights.

In School games we have been very well represented throughout the term, having had six of our members playing for the victorious 1st XI, besides many other representations.

Congratulations are due to the following:—

D. Anderson and P. H. Lockwood on being awarded their 1st XI Caps.

J. P. Pulleyn and D. J. G. B. Burton on being awarded their 1st XI Colours.

A special word of congratulation is due to F. N. Buckler for the honour of captaining such a highly successful team.

We also congratulate R. R. L. Pryer on being awarded his 1st IV Rowing Colours. M. M. Barker and J. P. Caley on being awarded their 2nd XI Cricket Colours.

R. L. Miller on being awarded his 2nd IV Rowing Colours.

R. H. Walker on receiving his 2nd IV Coxing Colours.

P. A. Lockwood on receiving his House Colours for Cricket.

F. N. Buckler on receiving his Shooting Colours.

THE RISE.

The Rise finished the year with a record number of cups, thirteen, on the mantelpiece, and only just missed two more, for we were only narrowly beaten in the Tennis by School House (4-5) and lost to Temple in the Average inter-House Shooting by something like .03 of a point.

The great success of the term was in bringing off the Cricket double, for we won both Senior and Junior Cups. In this connection we must congratulate P. McD. Steele on his scores of 45 and 27 in the Senior Cricket and P. L. Hort on his catching in the Junior Cricket.

The Swimming this year was much closer than it has been for some time, the destination of the Cup depending on the last race, the relay, which we just won through the sheer guts of Veitch and Hart. The Cup, which has never yet left the Rise, has now adorned the mantelpiece for eight years.

The total effect of these victories is that we have again won the Oxford Cup for the aggregate of inter-House competitions.

To congratulate all the Rise School Colours would take too much space, and as it has been done elsewhere, we shall be content here to congratulate P. H. 0. Ruddock on being appointed Captain of Rise Swimming and on his House Colours, and P. McD. Steele on his House Colours.

We should like to end by voicing the thanks of Risites to Sister Schippers, who is leaving this term, for all she has done for us. Most of us have been through her kind hands at one time or another, for reasons varying from a scratch to pneumonia, and remember with gratitude the way she looked after us. We all wish her the best of luck in the future.

TEMPLE HOUSE.

Temple House started the term in a very promising fashion, for after being very much behind in the matter of points towards the Sports Shield as a result of last term's " Standards," we did so well in the Athletic Sports that we tied for first place with the Rise. This was a very good effort, and is especially pleasing because most of the points were gained in the Junior events. This points to a very bright future for the House in Athletics.

At Cricket we lost to the Rise in the semi-final in a match in which E. P. Bulmer, a boater, managed to distinguish himself by getting six wickets, including the " hattrick," and scoring 37 runs, a thing which surprised everybody, especially Bulmer himself, who only consented to play in a very altruistic moment.

The House was represented in a very successful 1st XI by Broadhurst and Denison, and we congratulate them both on being awarded their School Cricket Caps. 16

In Rowing, also, we have been well represented. E. P. Bulmer has been a regular member of the 1st IV, and we congratulate him on being awarded his School Rowing Colours.

Also congratulations to P. R. G. Dench on being awarded his 2nd IV Colours.

With E. P. Bulmer as Captain and H. C. Belchamber as Vice-Captain of School Tennis, the prospects of Temple winning the inter-House Tennis Cup seemed very bright. Unfortunately we were just defeated in the semi-final by 5 matches to 4. Bulmer and Belchamber won all their matches, but the only other match to be won was an especially good victory by Temple's second string, Bulmer (J. D.) and Reynolds, over the Rise first string.

We were easily defeated in the inter-House Shooting, but made up for this by winning the House Averages.

Congratulations to Long's Section on winning the Section Competitions.

Once again Temple House won the Work Cup. Since its presentation by Alderman J. B. Inglis in 1937, the Cup has never left the House.

We would like here to congratulate the Rise on retaining the Swimming Cup, despite the desperate effort made to wrest it from them.

Congratulations to R. G. Langstaff on the award of his School Shooting Colours. Also congratulations to the following: R. G. Langstaff and A. Battrick on being appointed House Monitors ; E. P. Bulmer on being awarded his House Cricket Colours ; and to J. D. Bulmer, P. R. G. Dench and R. F. Dawson on the award of their House Athletic Colours.

THE CHAPEL

The Commemoration Service was held on St. Peter's Day, Sunday, June 29th, when the preacher was the Bishop of Selby.

H. E. Braun and P. F. Cheesewright, who were unable to be present at the School Confirmation in March, were Confirmed by the Archbishop of York at Acomb Parish Church on June 4th.

A Chapel Committee has been formed comprising the Headmaster, the Chaplain, the Head of the School, the Chapel Monitor and an elected representative of each 17