Editorial

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Editorial ... War Memorial and Building Fund Choral Scholarship to King's College, Cambridge Oxford School of Honour Moderations Cricket Week Retirement of Mr. B. J. Steel Births The Science Exhibition Old Peterite News Calendar, Summer Term, 1947 Valete and Salvete School Officers House Notes The Oxford Cup, 1946-47 ... Notes and Items ... Lectures and Entertainments The Chapel The Choir The Library The Debating Society The Musical Society The Science Society Chess Continental Holiday, Easter, 1947 J.T.C. Notes Scouting Shooting Fencing Cricket Fixtures, 1947 Hockey Squash Boxing The Junior School Editorial Notices ... Page

remark only that we appreciated the distinction of playa. such a notable part in a service so dignified and impressive. We were gratified to be told that, by the verdict of competent musical critics, the School Choir had no reason to fear the inescapable comparison with that of the Minster. All of us have been impressed by the high standard of the Chapel singing in recent months, and we were pleased to find that its quality was notably proved in the peculiarly exacting environment of the Minster, which, while it gives every advantage to excellence, is no less intolerant of deficiencies.

The end of the Summer Term will bring our second post-war Commemoration. The programme will follow the now traditional lines, the speeches and prize-giving (on the morning of Saturday, 26th July), the contests between School and 0.P.'s on the river and on the cricket field, the Old Peterite Dinner, and will culminate in the Commemoration Service in Chapel, on Sunday, the 27th. Our experience last year when, somewhat diffidently, we revived the festival on its pre-war scale, has reassured us that the opportunity for Old Peterites of all generations to foregather at the School has lost none of its appeal. The true essence of the occasion is this reunion of Old Peterites, and we look forward to a large and enthusiastic gathering. In these unstable days of shifting values and uncertain creeds there is much satisfaction in the abiding loyalty to the School. In passing, we may note that the Commemoration sermon will be preached by the Rev. P. P. Noble Fawcett. For many years now Mr. Fawcett has figured anonymously in the Chapel calendar as the preacher for the day, and it was a happy inspiration to invite him to give the address on this important occasion—his last Sunday as the Chaplain." Of Mr. Fawcett's departure we shall have more to say at the appropriate time. Meanwhile we shall only record the universal regret which has been aroused by his decision to retire from the office at the end of the School year.

We publish in this issue a second list of subscriptions to the Building and War Memorial Fund. There has been an encouraging response to the appeal, and we are grateful to all those who have contributed so generously. A large sum indeed is required if we are to meet all the relentless demands of our numerical expansion and face the urgent challenge of present-day educational trends: but we are confident that few Old Peterites and friends of the School will be unimpressed by the brochure which explains our needs and sets out the programme of building which is essential to our future welfare. Already a new dining hall is in use and has relieved us of many administrative difficulties. The exigences of the time have restricted us to a building which, at any rate in relation to the scheme as a whole, must be called "temporary"; but it is no unworthy structure, and in its internal dignity, spaciousness, and practical convenience it has proved an invaluable addition to our accommodation.

Perhaps no apology is necessary for the belated appearance of our last issue. The cause was, of course, the fuel crisis, with its