OLD PETERITE NEWS COMMEMORATION Commemoration will be held at the School on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the 23rd-25th July. The programme will include the usual cricket and rowing matches against the School, and the O.P. Club meeting and dinner, which will probably be on Friday, 23rd July. Full details will, of course, be sent with the invitations, which may indeed have reached O.P.s by the time this number is in circulation. All who came to either of the last two years' gatherings will agree that the revival of the festival on its pre-war scale has been a notable success. The function in 1947 was particularly enjoyable and was the occasion of a most representative assembly of Old Peterites of every generation. It is hoped, therefore, that every effort will be made to keep up this standard and that all O.P.s who can possibly do so will attend, assured, as by past experiences they may well be, of a most enjoyable re-union.
O.P. CRICKET XI Any Old Peterite who wishes to play in the two day cricket match against the School on Friday and Saturday, 23rd and 24th July, should apply to P. A. Shardlow, at High Park, Ebberston, Scarborough.
"ENGLISH RIVERS" By John Rodgers (Batsford, 1948) Readers of "The Peterite" in particular will welcome this new book by John Rodgers (St. Peter's, 5919-1925). "English Rivers" is his third contribution to the well-known Batsford "English Heritage" series, his two preceding books being "English Public Schools" and "The English Woodland". In itself the Batsford imprint is a sufficient guarantee of excellence, but even in such distinguished company "English Rivers" is in many respects notable. It is perhaps remarkable that, in view of the importance and singular beauty of our rivers, surprisingly little has been written about them. A glance at the endpapers of the book, whereon excellent maps reproduce the amazing network of natural waterways covering our country, reminds us how great an influence the English rivers have had on our character and history. Yet hitherto no attempt has been made to write of them collectively. It is this deficiency which John Rodgers sets out to make good. And he has succeeded excellently. If with this work he has explored a virgin country, we venture to think that there are few others who could be better qualified for the task or who could have carried it out in a manner so completely satisfying. 3
