House Notes

Congratulations to J. A. Denison, J. R. Frost, P. M. Steele, E. P. Davison, R. H. Hanson and R. Stratton on the award of their 1st XI Hockey Caps, and to C. A. F. Cookson, G. E. K. Reynolds, P. V. Leigh and J. P. Caley on their 1st XI Colours.

We are glad to see the revival of Squash Colours, and we congratulate P. L. Hort and F. N. Buckler on receiving theirs.

SCHOOL HOUSE.

The past term has been in many ways well worthy of remembrance. The end of term finds the dining-room mantelpiece well stocked with cups, and we can look back with satisfaction on many other activities successfully accomplished. In the matter of cups we may, with justifiable pride, record our successes. Both senior and junior hockey cups have returned to us. The team squash cup has been retained, and F. N. Buckler, whom we congratulate, has kept the individual squash trophy in the house for another year. The 2nd division rowing cup was also retained, though, unfortunately, we lost the 1st division cup, but, we hope, only temporarily.

As will have been reported elsewhere, our House Concert was presented during the term. Many members of the House took part and much hard work was put into the production by everybody. We hope the performance was appreciated.

Internally, chess, billiards and table tennis have flourished, and the diet has kept everyone remarkably fit during this, the danger term for infection of any kind.

Apart from inter-house sports, School House has been very well represented in School games, as no fewer than six members of the Hockey 1st XI were " Houseites."

During .the term, House Colours were awarded to the following, to whom we offer our congratulations :—R. A. Stratton, R. H. Hanson, P. V. Leigh, P. F. Cheesewright.

As a closing item to these notes we should mention the athletic sports, held at the end of term. During the athletic period much enthusiasm has been shown, and several outstanding performances came from the House, notably E. P. Davison's magnificent mile, and half-mile, and R. S. McKinlay's quarter-mile. The team did very well on Sports Day, but failed to close the gap made by the deficiency of standard points before the sports. 15

THE RISE.

It is conventional to judge the merits of a house by the number of cups on its dining-room mantelpiece. The measure of our success may, then, be deduced from the fact that in this respect we have preserved our status quo and retain a more than satisfactory share of the available trophies. We lost the junior hockey cup, though not for want of trying, but we feel that the reverse was more than counterbalanced by the acquisition of the 1st division boat cup, which we won after a very enjoyable race. As for the other cups competed for during the term—the 2nd division boating, the squash, and the senior hockey—we have lost nothing by failing to prevent their falling into the hands of School House ; though, incidentally, the 2nd division boat cup was almost spared this fate, the School House boat winning a very close race only by a matter of three feet. And the Athletic Sports at the end of term brought a full measure of compensation. We won a decisive victory— decisive both on the score of standard points and by our performances in the events of the actual sports meeting— and the shield, which last year we shared with Temple, abides in the Rise without any qualifying counter-claim.

But so much for " pot hunting," which, after all, is not everything. We are pleased to record that our House Concert was, by common consent, a real success. It had the advantage of being the first, and therefore no difficulty was experienced in finding suitable material. There were those, among the lesser breeds without the law, who appeared resentful that a housemaster should show, in a production by members of his own House, that interest which we think only natural and thankworthy, but we note that they came to and enjoyed the concert none the less.

As for internal affairs, we need only record that Rise Colours were awarded to F. D. Godsmark, G. F. Ruddock, R. L. Murray, and W. P. Anelay. Other honours, of which we had our fair share, are recorded elsewhere in the " Peterite." Our total contribution for the term to the Red Cross Fund—rather more than £3—was helped considerably by a raffle for a large chocolate cake, which realised something over £1. F. P. Baker was the winner of this war-time luxury.

Finally, we should like to extend a hearty welcome in our midst to Miss Hardy, our new matron, and to note with pleasure and gratitude her quiet and patient efficiency throughout her first term with us.

TEMPLE HOUSE.

During the term Temple has had its failures and its successes, but that, after all, is the way of the world.

In the semi-final of the Junior House Hockey we lost to School House after an even and keenly-contested game. Ours was a very young side, however, and their performance raises hopes for the future. This was also the case with regard to the Senior House Hockey Final, where School House regained the Hockey Cup after defeating us by one goal to nil. We should here like to congratulate School House on the achievement, but warn them that we have high hopes for next year.

The rowers in the House were fortunate in obtaining the valuable coaching services of an old Head Boy of Temple, R. S. Bickle, Esq. We would like to thank Mr. Bickle for the valuable time that he has spent in coaching us, and remark that the great improvement which took place in both House fours was due solely to his valiant efforts. In the semi-final of the senior rowing, the 1st four rowed very well against a much heavier Rise crew, while in the semifinal of the junior rowing, an inexperienced crew was not very far behind the Rise boat when the end of the course was reached.

We had a hard and exciting struggle against the Rise in the semi-final of the Squash Competition, and we found that we have in Reynolds (A. G.) a most promising young squash player.

At the end of Sports Day, Temple found itself in 2nd position for the Athletics Shield. We made a notable discovery in Norris, who astounded everyone by collecting one middle and three high standards in the course of a single afternoon. The House Athletics team, on the whole, put up a very creditable showing.

After systematically canvassing for opinions in all walks of school life, we were delighted to come to the conclusion that our concert was a success. This was due largely to the efforts of four people. To Dr. and Mrs. Dench we once again extend our very grateful thanks for their inexhaustible ingenuity regarding the provision of properties, without which the success of the concert would have been most doubtful. The actual production rested in the hands of P. G. R. Dench, whose stagecraft was equalled only by his patience. Last, but by no means least, we must mention J. M. Banister, who wrote two of the sketches, and also the opening chorus.

The producers of the concert would here like to apologise to any harassed parent who was inconvenienced by the irregularity of our rehearsals, and also to any feminine relative whose wardrobe suffered as a consequence of the concert.

We congratulate R. L. Wyman, F. B. Harnby, R. M. Garth, K. R. G. Harper, W. Amos, and J. D. Ward upon being awarded their House Colours.

THE SCHOOL CONCERT.

The School Concert was held on the evening of the 28th March, when a large audience of parents and friends enjoyed an excellently varied programme of choral works and vocal and instrumental solos. The first half of the programme consisted mainly of solo items.

The School is fortunate in having two pianists as good as Hort and Tee, who opened with a duet for two pianos, and later gave solos vastly different in style—from Tee the cascading arpeggios of Schubert's Impromptu in A Flat Minor, and from Hort the rich chords of Chopin's Polonaise Militaire. Davison's clear tenor was heard to good effect in two well-rendered solos, and the unaccompanied singing of the Glee Club was one of the outstanding features of the programme. Pryer proved himself an able performer on the clarinet, and in Hnik the School has a violinist of great promise, whose interpretation of Wieniawski's Legend showed a maturity of style unusual in one so young.

The second half of the entertainment was devoted to excerpts from " A Festival Cantata "—the most ambitious effort yet on the part of the Augmented Glee Club, and a very successful one, too. Pleasing features were the solo by Dench, and the duet he sung with Denholm, whilst the Choir showed their versatility in equally good rendering of the boisterous, jolly choruses of Bach and the delicate airs of Handel.

The high quality of the performance reflected great credit on all who took part, and particularly on Mrs. Baird, to whose enthusiasm and unsparing efforts the School music owes so much. The cultured value of music cannot be exaggerated, and it is refreshing to have the assurance, which the concert convincingly supplied, not only that we have boys of real ability, but that interest in things musical is widespread throughout the School.

The programme was as follows :— Arrival of Queen of Sheba Handel

Arranged Two Pianos (Solomon) Clarinet Duet Handel (Air from Water Music) P. Hort P. F. Tee R. Pryer I. M. Ormiston

Songs: "Legend" Tschaikowsky "Silent Worship" Handel "Turn ye to me" Old Scotch Air "Viking Song Coleridge Taylor Impromptu in At minor Schubert Songs: • "0 Mistress Mine" Roger Quilter

Russian Folk Song Polonaise Chopin Violin Solo "Legend" Wieniawski

Excerpts from "A Festival Cantata" The Augmented Glee Club } The Glee Club P. F. Tee

E. P. Davision P. Hort

P. Hnik acc. P. Hort Read and Diak

(a) "A little folly" Bach (b) "Here amid the shady wood" Handel "Flocks are sporting" Handel (c) "For the beauty of the earth" Bach (d) Solo "Let us wander on unseen" Handel (e) Duet "Light is my heart" Handel (f) "Come let us to the bagpipes sound Bach (g) "Good fellows be merry" Bach

J. D. Dench (e'Allegro)

J. D. Dench t P. J. Denholrn (Peasant Cantata) (Peasant Cantata)

THE CHAPEL.

Visiting preachers this term have been the Rev. S. G. E. Wright, of the Industrial Christian Fellowship, on February 22nd, and the Very Rev. the Dean of York, on March 8th. On March 19th, Dr. Temple visited us for the last time as Archbishop of York, and Confirmed the following thirty members of the School : I. H. Baker, J. M. Banister, W. E. Chantry, P. W. G. Chilman, J. Dean, E. A. K. Denison, G. H. Dodsworth, B. G. Drummond, W. T. J. 19