House Notes

HOUSE MONITORS : The Manor—C. C. CLEMENT, N. B. HARRISON. The Rise—R. E. A. ATKINSON, E. G. BROWN, A. A. CAMFIELD,

N. B. BURGESS, J. B. MORTIMER. School House—R. HAM, R. PARKER, R. E. THORNTON, P. D. WATERS. Temple—J. M. GRAHAM, K. G. HARRISON, A. L. PAVIS, C. D. RYDER,

F. C. SLEGG.

Captain of Hockey—M. SPEIGHT. Captain of Boats—T. M. A. GRIFFITHS. Captain of Athletics—C. FRANK. Captain of Shooting—J. A. HANNON. Captain of Squash—R. PARKER. Captain of Fencing—G. A. RADFORD. C.S.M. in 7.T.C.—F. N. NEWDICK.

THE MANOR

Our success in games this term may only be called satisfactory, although we won the major event of the term—the House Hockey. We are pleased to be able to report that the Cup which has stood on our shelves for the last four or five years, in default of a competition, is now rightfully ours, and may it long remain so ! Speight is to be congratulated on captaining the School Hockey XI, and Graham on the award of his 1st XI Colours. For their parts in the winning of the inter-house hockey, N. B. Harrison and R. M. Hodgson were awarded House Colours.

This year there was welcome enthusiasm for cross-country running. The House team trained regularly, but unfortunately, because of age and other factors, we were unable to do better than wooden spoon standard. Next year , well, we will wait and see ! Whilst talking about athletics we would like to say how sorry we were that Frank was unable to take part in any athletics this term, either for the School or for the House, because of a hockey injury. His absence was felt in our athletics team, although Speight, assisted by Graham, did well in the Seniors.

If any brickbats are to be thrown, may they be directed at a halfhearted few who did not fully pull their weight in Standards. It is they who are to be thanked for our finishing last of the House averages. In the inter-house chess, our team, ably led by Jenkins, check-mated their way to victory for the third successive year. We were beaten by very little in the semi-finals of the inter-house boating, a loss we may put down to the inexperience of our crew, but then, as we won the the hockey, which was an alternative at this time, we feel as though amends were made for our failure. For the second year in succession we lost the squash cup to School House after having played our way into the final, a failure for which we must blame the absence of the "squash habit" in the House, a lapse of which Old Manorites will be 1 3

very sorry to hear. We do feel, however, that there are a number of up and coming champions lower down in the House who will redeem our good name in this field before very long. "There are fairies at the bottom of our garden", or so it appeared when the "Manor Corps de Ballet" was practising for their production a "Sylvia" in the House Concert. The Manor's show, we take pride in reporting, was a success, thanks to the hard work of all connected with the House. Miss Booth's help was particularly valuable, and it was with great regret that we had to say goodbye to her at the end of term on her leaving us to take up a post elsewhere. We wish her good luck.

THE RISE

When we returned from the Christmas holidays, the House had hopes of redeeming its setbacks of the previous term. This, however, was not to be. We lost all the inter-house events. We did, however, have our compensations; Goodburn and Thornton came first and second, respectively, in the cross-country. Goodburn is also to be congratulated on winning the intermediate mile and half mile. Kendell won the senior mile and half mile.

Our representation in the School teams has been much better this term, and the following are to be congratulated on being awarded Colours : Stuart for hockey; Grainger for shooting; Amos for fencing; and Goodburn for Colts athletics. Goodburn and Thornton are to be congratulated on the award of their House Colours.

A squash ladder was started during the term and was eventually won by Thornton, who received a book on squash from Mr. Crews as a prize.

In the House Concert, Booth, Grainger, Washington, Warrington, and Brown played the characters in the one-act play, "The Monkey's Paw," and all gave creditable performances. Everyone in the House contributed to make the concert a success and thoroughly enjoyed the refreshments kindly arranged by Mrs. Crews and Matron afterwards.

Burgess and Mortimer are to be congratulated on being made House Monitors.

The following old Risites visited us during the term :—Rayson, Sykes, Blake, Dixon, Morris, T.F., Shepherd and Simpson. We hope to see more of them next term at the Commemoration week-end.

Finally, we are sorry to say good-bye to our Matron, Miss Appleyard. We wish her luck in the future and hope that she will soon visit us.

SCHOOL HOUSE

We have been very unfortunate in the absence of Mr. Rhodes for a portion of the term, through a recurrence of his old illness. But in the meantime the House continued to run smoothly, thanks to Mr. Howatt.

This term House Concerts were resumed, and we were perhaps unfortunate in having to do the first one; but we think that it was produced very successfully under the capable management of Mr. Rhodes, Mr. Howatt and Radford, and that we set a high standard for all the other Houses to attain. Whether they did is a matter of varying opinion !

Once again we were successful in winning the inter-house crosscountry, and in this connection we congratulate Hannon, Unwin and Wilson on the award of their House Running Colours.

In the inter-house hockey match we were not so fortunate, losing to the Manor, which proved a stronger side. Parker, our goalkeeper and Captain, was unfortunately absent. We congratulate the Manor on winning this event.

In the inter-house squash we beat the Rise in the semi-finals by three matches to nil and went on to beat the Manor in the final by the same margin.

The House scored a terrific success in the rowing this term, winning both senior and junior races. This double success has not been recorded since 1941, and it was School House which achieved it then.

In the semi-finals of the senior competition we beat Temple quite comfortably, despite a slight accident whereby we were blown across the river so that our stroke's oar hit Temple's bow, thus losing us nearly two lengths. We caught Temple up by Scarborough Bridge and finished two and a half lengths ahead.

In the final we beat the Rise by approximately ten lengths. We just gained all the way after going up a length in the start.

The House second four beat the Manor in the semi-finals, and met Temple in the final. They were thought to be a more formidable crew, but apart from leading at the start they did nothing to impress. The House boat caught them up within twenty strokes and rowed steadily home to win by four lengths.

D. G. Eccles was awarded his House Rowing Colours and B. D. C. Walker was awarded his House Coxing Colours. They are both to be congratulated on their success, as are R. Parker and P. T. Baker on the award of their 1st XI Hockey Colours.

TEMPLE

The first important event in our term was the House Concert, and we were delighted by its apparent success. In this connection we must congratulate Newdick, who compered the show, especially on his rendering of "I'm the Factotum."

In sport this term our success was not so marked.