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a supply of cartons and papers and 10 oz. trays. Each tray holds the supply of chocolates for one box, each trayful being weighed. Then she packs them into boxes—papers, a layer of chocolates with or without paper cups, more shredded paper, more chocolates, a piece of chocolate-coloured paper, a guarantee, a final polish for the chocolates, the box is topped up and the price label is stuck on—all in some thirty seconds ! The girls, who do piece-work, can certainly pack boxes at a tremendous rate. ' I Amazed by this bewildering industry, we turned to the export lines. Here the most wonderful boxes are packed; so wonderful that they are not made nowadays, the firm using large stocks built up before the war. Some of the special boxes are covered with beautiful French brocades, or ribbons; some of them are like baskets, some like nests of drawers. The very variety of these boxes made our mouths water. We left our hosts with great regret, and carried away an impression , of spotless cleanliness, industrious and cheerful workers, and amaze- ment at the wonders we had seen.

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The pottery that was commenced last year has now finally been glazed, giving us quite a unique style of St. Peter's "Chinaware". Perhaps of all craftwork, pottery is capable of giving the greatest satisfaction in pride of achievement to the practitioner. Later it may be possible to build a simple kiln somewhere in the grounds.

Towards the end of term, as the weather becomes more suitable, it is hoped to arrange several "week-end" painting excursions into York to paint in oil "on the spot". One way, at least, fully to appreciate the architectural achievements with which York abounds, lies in attempting to record pictorially local scenes, with all the memory and observation concentration this demands.

Also as part of future "Art Policy" it is hoped to give occasional illustrated talks concerning the history and evolution of man's creative efforts and of the important influence which previous artistic trends and thought exert upon our present day life.

This term is also seeing some experiments being made in fabric printing—the "option" are printing ties ! Some of the designs give revealing insight into the artists' interests and personalities.

Entries for the Needham Architecture Prize should by now be under way ! Any person who has not yet obtained his material is invited to do so as soon as possible.

Now that the two basement rooms in School House are to be used as Art Rooms, especially for "out of School" work, any person wishing to take advantage of this additional "space" should let Mr. Collier know when they would wish to use the rooms.