We are proud to welcome him to St. Peter's School. In him we have the unusual combination of scholar and administrator. More than this, we have in him the Anglican cleric at his best. We shall find that the passing of years— for very many of which may he be with us !—will deepen our affection for him. It is in this sure confidence that a welcome is bespoken for him as our new Chairman. '
OBITUARY.
MR. FRANK PICK. It is with deep regret that we have to record the death, on the 7th November, 1941, of Mr. Frank Pick. As one of the Chiefs of London Transport and for a time Director General of the Ministry of Information, Mr. Pick was probably the most distinguished Old Peterite of recent years. He died unexpectedly at his home in North-West London from a sudden onset of cerebral haemorrhage. He would have been 63 on November 23rd. Mr. Pick, who was born at Spalding, Lincs., was at St. Peter's under the Rev. G. T. Handford. On leaving school he was articled to Mr. George Crombie, solicitor. He qualified later, but joined the railway service under Sir George Gibb, on the old North Eastern Railway, and went with him to London to join the Underground Group in 1906. Later he was transferred to serve under Lord Ashfield, and continued with him as managing director of the Underground Group of Companies until their transfer to the London Passenger Transport Board. From 1933-40 he was Vice-Chairman of the Board. He sat on many important committees concerned with transport, was a member of the Royal Commission on Police Powers and Procedure, and was Chairman of the Council for Art and Industry of the Board of Trade. Mr. Pick was responsible for the introduction of the artistic advertising posters which did so much to brighten London's underground railways. His greatest achievement, probably,. was the organisation in peace-time, at the request of the Government, of the evacuation scheme for London. The scheme worked without a hitch when it was put into operation, and there was not a single casualty. In 1940 he was engaged on special investigations for the Minister of Transport, one of his tasks being to visit ports 3
