House Monitors: . The Manor—E. P. Davison, R. B. Goodman, D. J. Burton, D. L. Pryer, D. H. Denholm. The Rise—F. D. Godsmark, R. L. Murray, P. M. Steele, J. P. Corry. School House—P. V. Leigh, R. L. Miller, P. Penniston, F. P. Tee. Temple House—A. L. Wyman, J. D. Bulmer, W. Amos, G. Wilson, R. T. Hey.
SPEECH DAY, 1942. A very large gathering of parents and friends at Speech Day, held on the 29th October, emphasised once again the inadequacy of Big Hall for the requirements of a stillgrowing school. A large number of the boys had to listen to the speeches (which, after all, are directed to the boys as much as to their parents) from the two adjoining classrooms. The Dean of York, the Very Rev. Eric MilnerWhite, presided, and the prizes were distributed by Dr. T. S. Hele, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The Headmaster began his survey of the School year with a reference to the continued numerical growth of the School. We were now over 300 strong, and it had been found necessary to open another boarding house, the Manor (formerly No. 17 Clifton), to relieve the pressure on School House. The question of accommodation, already acute, had, of course, been accentuated by the air raid in April, and we were fortunate in being able to secure a property which was in every way an ideal addition to the School. In this connection the Headmaster expressed our thanks to the Army authorities who, with a generous appreciation of the difficulties created for us by enemy action, had readily vacated the premises in our favour. The air raid, of course, had been the outstanding fact of the school year, and Mr. Dronfield paid a generous tribute to all who had so willingly and wholeheartedly co-operated to ensure that the work of the School was continued with little or no interruption, and certainly with no adverse effects on our results. He expressed, too, both his sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, who had suffered considerable personal loss in the 12
