House Notes

Together with the rest of the nation, the School celebrated Victory on 8th June with a whole holiday.

The new cinematograph has already proved its value as entertainment. The following films have been shown to the School this term : " 49th Parallel," " Stormy Weather," " Old Bones of the River."

At the end of the term, Shepherd, as Head of the School, presented Mr. Nix and Miss Allen with a silver tea service on the occasion of their engagement, as a token of the School's gratitude and best wishes for the future.

On Monday, 29th July, the last day of term, the Headmaster gave a dinner for the 1st XI at the Dawnay Arms, Shipton, a fitting conclusion to the most successful cricket season for many years.

THE MANOR

On the whole the term has been quite a successful one, and we came very near to winning the Oxford Cup.

Unfortunately we were unsuccessful in both the Senior and Junior Cricket. In the Senior Cricket we reached the final, v. the Rise, but were beaten. Dook was unable to play, and we can safely claim that had he been there, it might have been a very different result. In the semi-finals of the 2nd XI Cricket we were beaten by Temple.

However, we succeeded in retaining the Tennis Cup, and as a result, R. Dobson and B. Tomlinson were awarded their house colours.

For the third year in succession we have won the Team Shooting Cup, and we have also retained the House Average. J. Lennard is to be congratulated on winning the Best Individual Shot Cup, also for the third year in succession.

Congratulations to P. A. Speight on being appointed ViceCaptain of Cricket ; to Dook on the award of his 1st XI Cap ; to Oliver and Andrews on the re-award of their 1st XI Colours ; to Lennard, Chadwick and Dook on the re-award of their Shooting Colours, and to Reynolds on the award of his Shooting Colours. Congratulations also to Garbett, Drummond and Graham on the award of their 2nd IV Colours, and to Chadwick, Dobson, Hutchinson and M. Speight on the award of their 2nd XI Colours.

As usual, at the end of the Summer Term, many of our members depart, and to the eight who are leaving us this term we wish every good fortune in the future.

THE RISE

With victories in the Senior Cricket and the Swimming Sports, we can feel that the past term has given us some reward for our efforts during the year.

We managed to beat Temple fairly easily in the semi-finals of the Senior Cricket, but as was expected we met stiffer opposition from Manor in the finals. After a promising start by our opening batsmen, who took the score to 28, Manor took several wickets very cheaply, and only a very fine innings of 32 by Mortimer pulled us out of the depths. Dee also deserves mention for staying at the wicket with Mortimer during the worst - period. Eventually we were all out for 85, and it was obvious that our success now depended upon our bowlers, Rodger and Kelly ; and assisted by good fielding they exceeded our expectations by getting the Manor out for 56. For their share in our victory, Mortimer and Kelly were awarded their House Colours.

Once again we have retained the Kazerooni Cup, thus proving that winning it last year was no flash in the pan, although we had to rely on a few people to swim in all the events. But they all rose to their task, and although our position looked weak at one time, our team persevered, and our performances in the relays assured us of success. Rodger, the captain, Smith and Kelly deserve special mention for their efforts.

Our inexperienced tennis team played well to beat School House, and they gained valuable experience in losing to Manor. Our Junior cricket team failed to come up to expectations.

We have been well represented in the School teams this term, and we must congratulate Rayson on his captaincy of such a highly successful team, Rodger upon his 1st XI Cap, and Dixon upon his 2nd XI Colours. We also congratulate Shepherd on the award of his 1st IV Colours and Sykes on his 2nd IV Colours.

When we assemble again next term we shall meet in new surroundings, as our studies and common rooms, and some of our changing rooms and dormitories are being moved to No. 17 Clifton, the present site of the Manor. Our connection with the present Rise is not being completely severed, as four of our dormitories remain there, with the changing room accommodation, and when the Rise is re-built we expect to return again. We shall no longer have any dormitories in School House, and the new accommodation will certainly be a great improvement on our present rather cramped quarters. The only thing that we shall miss is " yard-cricket," which will be as much a loss to the boaters as the cricketers ! Another change next year will be that Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman will no longer be in charge of the House, although, fortunately, they are not leaving us altogether, since Mr. Wiseman is remaining as assistant housemaster, and will continue to reside in the present Rise buildings. In token of our gratitude and appreciation of their services, they were presented with 30

an inscribed silver salver. In this connection we would like to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Crews, who are taking the place of Mr. and Mrs. Wiseman, and to wish them the best of luck in their task.

Finally, we have to say farewell to Shepherd, Baker, Rodger and Kelly, who are leaving us this term—they have all done good work for the Rise, and our best wishes for their future go with them.

TEMPLE

As yet another year passes, Temple are still unable to announce their success in gaining the Oxford Cup. This year, however, they were nearer to it than they had been for many a long year, and finished second, only 10 points behind School House. So once again Temple has proved its amazing ability as " runners up," finishing second in the Oxford Cup, as already mentioned, in the Junior Cricket, in the Team Shooting, and in the Swimming. In passing, however, we should like to congratulate these teams on the performances they put up, and as far as the Swimming was concerned it was the old story of Gregory and Dench having no-one to support them.

In the Senior Cricket, as was expected, we bowed our heads before the all-conquering Rise, whom we congratulate, but our congratulations are also due to Dawson for his very plucky innings. We were not completely eclipsed in the sphere of cricket, however, for here we recorded our only success of the term, by gaining the League Cricket for the second year in succession, and in this Dodsworth, the captain, and all his team are to be congratulated.

We prefer to forget the Tennis and the Section Competition, but apart from those unfortunate incidents, Temple has reason to congratulate itself on a satisfactory conclusion to a reasonably successful year.

Congratulations to K. A. Boyes on the re-award of his 1st XI Colours and the award of his 1st XI Cap ; to P. W. Weighill on his appointment as Captain of Boats ; to D. Hardisty on the re-award of his 1st IV Colours ; to V. B. Gregory on the award of his 1st IV Colours ; to P. W. Weighill and D. Hardisty on their Shooting Colours ; and to C. Dryden on his 2nd XI Colours. Congratulations are also due to Longstaff on winning the Best Recruit Shooting Cup.

Once again the end of a school year brings its farewells. We say " goodbye " to Denison, Head of the House, whose work and efforts, so ably supported by those other monitors who are leavingBoyes, Weighill, Gregory and Blackburn—have given the House such a successful year. To them and to others who are leaving we extend our best wishes for the future, while leaving the management of the House in the capable hands of Hardisty. 3 1