OXFORD SCHOOL OF HONOUR MODERATIONS We congratulate J. D. Taylor-Thompson, who left the School in July, 1945, with the Balliol Senior Classical Exhibition, on the award of a "First" in Honour Mods. We hope that he will go on to a like success in "Greats" and achieve the rare distinction of a double "First."
CRICKET WEEK
Those of us who enjoyed the Cricket Week two years ago will be pleased to learn that a similar festival will take place at the School, after the end of the Summer Term, from Tuesday, 29th July, to Saturday, 2nd August. Invitations have been sent out to the Yorkshire Public Schools to send representatives, and a programme of trial matches with strong local sides has been arranged in order to select an XI to meet the Lancashire Public Schools in a two-day match on the 1st and 2nd August.
RETIREMENT OF MR. B. J. STEEL We are sorry to have to record the retirement, through ill-health, of Mr. B. J. Steel from his office as Head Porter. Mr. Steel had given us loyal and unsparing service since his appointment in September, 1938, and his departure was a very real loss. He took a devoted interest in all that appertained to the School, and no-one regretted the unavoidable severance of the tie with St. Peter's more than he did himself. Mrs. Steel, too, who helped so efficiently in our domestic concerns, had her niche among us, and we all appreciated to the full her unfailing and kindly help. All sections of the School sincerely regretted their departure from the Lodge at the close of the Spring Term. Presentations were made to Mr. and Mrs. Steel by the boys, the Teaching Staff, and the lady members of the Domestic Staff; and the calamity of Mr. Steel's illness, which has incapacitated him at a comparatively early stage in his working life, was generously recognized by the Governing Body. We wish them both well in the future, and hope that time and freedom from the heavy responsibilities which he shouldered so willingly will lead to an improvement in Mr. Steel's health.
BIRTHS
We record the following, with our congratulations :On 10th February, 1947, to Gundred, wife of Denys Kingwell Crews, at St. Ann's Nursing Home, Hartley Wintney, a daughter (Sarah Jane). On 15th February, 1947, at the Purey Cust Nursing Home, York, to Grace (nee Mackie), wife of Geoffrey W. Stevens, a son, Robert Anthony. 4
