Feb 1950

THE [Vol. XLII

PETER! FEBRUARY, 1950

No. 323

EDITORIAL The appearance of the date 1950 on the cover of this issue, the first "Peterite" of the new year, can hardly fail to touch the imagination. Another half century has been passed in the long history of St. Peter's School; fifty more years have been lived in the enduring story of an institution, which, in the words of A. F. Leach, the great historian of our English Schools, "is older than the House of Commons, older than the Universities, older than the Lord Mayor, older than the House of Lords, older even than the Throne or the nation itself". The pedants and sticklers for accuracy insist (rightly enough for pedants and sticklers for accuracy) that another year must pass before the 20th century has run the full half of its course. But, just as the protests of their fathers, who would have it that the 20th century did not begin until 1st January, 1901, fell upon deaf ears, so today ordinary people have refused to be cheated of the emotions aroused by the magic figure, 1950. Newspapers and periodicals ushered in the new year with a spate of retrospective articles reviewing the changes which the half century has brought or turning a nostalgic glance towards the England of 1900.

In the life of a School whose story goes back more than thirteen hundred years, a half century is but a short span. But for us, as for the world at large, they have been fifty years of rapid and decisive change, and the significance of the period is not to be measured by mere lapse of time. As the years have passed since the century began, the times have become increasingly critical for schools like our own.

Two wars, impinging drastically on the whole life of the nation, have tested our educational institutions and challenged them to justify themselves to a new world. We should be grateful to those who have administered our affairs in the last half century so wisely. In this year 1950 St. Peter's stands where it did, proud of its independence and strong in the knowledge that it is abreast of the educational needs of the mid-twentieth century.

Of our vitality today the following pages speak clearly. Among the notable events recorded we would mention particularly the moving service in Chapel when the Archbishop of York dedicated the Memorial Book, worthily housed in the new Ante-Chapel, wherein are inscribed the names of Old Peterites who fell in the two World Wars.

It is satisfying that we have been able to pay our tribute to their

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL R.U.F.C. 1st XV—SEASON 1949-50

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R. B. Pringle E. Robinson A. M. Kendell R. F. Harding, Esq. P. C. Knowlson R. A. Calvert M. I. H. Unwin J. F. N. Jackson M. E. Kershaw P. T. Baker D. Walter (Capt.) R. J. Townshend M. G. Goodburn P. J. Blineoe D. J. Hartley J. D. C. Wall

memory as soon as the difficult post-war conditions have permitted.

The O.P. London Dinner, the second since the war ended, was a great success, and the enthusiasm for it is gratifying evidence that for those O.P.s who live in London and the south—among them are many of our most distinguished Old Boys—distance and the difficulty of regular contact have in no way impaired their affection for the School.

To many of our readers perhaps the most satisfying feature of a full and successful term was the triumphant season enjoyed by the 1st XV. Victory in all our inter-school matches is a record of which we may well be proud, and was fittingly celebrated by a dinner given in honour of the team at the Station Hotel after term ended. The presence of the Dean of York and of Colonel H. C. Scott ViceChairman of the Governors, as well as the Headmaster, was a compliment which the members of the XV fully appreciated. We would record our congratulations to all of them here, and our thanks to Mr. R. F. Harding, whose untiring enthusiasm and expert coaching contributed so much to the success of a team which was notable for all-round excellence rather than individual brilliance. ,

The presentation of Bruno Frank's "Twelve Thousand" at the end of term was a welcome confirmation of our hopes that the omission of a School Play from the calendar of events last year was no more than an unavoidable necessity. The quality of the performances was well worthy of the high standards set by past productions, and we may feel satisfied that the break in continuity has done no damage to our acting tradition. Our dramatic performances have roots deep in the past.

Most schools today have their annual plays. But St. Peter's had the idea early, and, like St. Paul's, in the 16th century formed one of those companies of boy players against which Shakespeare, the professional, inveighs in "Hamlet"—"there is, Sir, an eyrie of children, little eyases, that cry out on the top of question and are most tyrannically clapped for't". Two records exist, both in the Chamberlain's Book of York Minster. In 1575, "XXs to the Scollers of the horsefaire players". In 1585, "To John Pullen skollers wch played in the Common Hall 40s." These were top prices. "Lancashyre men players" and "E, of Worcester's players" got only 10s. Apparently at St. Peter's the play has always been the thing.

Finally, to end these rather random observations, we would refer to two newcomers in our midst. Mr. A. E. R. Dodds, 'M.A., of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, comes to us from Worksop College and joins the modern languages staff, and Major T. St. G. Carroll takes the place of Mr. W. S. Moore as Bursar. To both we extend a hearty welcome while regretting the breakdown in health which has enforced Mr. Moore's retirement. For 6 years Mr. Moore gave St. Peter's loyal and ungrudging service, which was appropriately recognised by a presentation from the School on his departure.

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WAR MEMORIAL AND BUILDING FUND NINTH LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS (in chronological order) A.—OLD Mr. J. H. Dewhirst Mr. H. L. Stirling Mr. T. J. Lewis

PETERITES

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1 1 0 Adams Hydraulics, Ltd. 15 15 0 Mr. E. G. Featherstone ... 2 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Mrs. W. A. Walter Garnham ... 21 0 0

BIRTH HARDING.—On 19th December, 1949, at The Grove, 17 Clifton, York, to Molly (nee Dane), wife of Robert F. Harding, a daughter (Anita Sarah).

THE DEDICATION OF THE WAR MEMORIAL The Archbishop: They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

And All shall answer: We will remember them.

And then from the distance came the strains of The Last Post and Reveille, most impressively sounded by buglers and drummers of the Combined Cadet Force of the School, under Drum-Major D. Thompson.

That was the climax of the Service on Sunday evening, 11th December, 1949, when the Archbishop of York dedicated the School War Memorial.

The Memorial is a Shrine in the Ante-Chapel, in which is placed an illuminated and beautifully bound Roll of Honour containing the names of 77 Old Peterites who fell in the War of 1914-18, and of 54 3

Old Peterites and one Master at the School who fell in the War of 1939-45. The whole memorial, which the Archbishop described as "beautiful and striking in its simplicity", was designed by Mr. G. G. Pace.

The Ante-Chapel has been entirely reconstructed. In the alcove is now a stone pedestal on which rests a glass case containing the Roll of Honour, and on the wall above a beautifully designed Cross. The wall opposite has a stone seat along its whole length, and the AnteChapel is screened from the main passage at the south-west end by an arch and a gate. The window at this end and the door at the opposite end have been re-glassed with square leaded panes, which is an enormous improvement. The whole scheme may well be described as beautiful and simple and we must congratulate the architect and the contractors (F. Shepherd and Son, of York) on this transformation.

The whole service in Chapel was designed to show the same beauty and simplicity. Its central point was the dedication of the shrine by the Archbishop in the presence of the Dean of York, the Headmaster, the Chaplain, Mr. K. H. Rhodes (representing the Old Peterite Club), and E. D. Thornton (representing the School).

The service ended with an address by the 'Archbishop of York. of which the following is a brief summary The Archbishop said that the bodies of those whom we were commemorating rested, in many cases, far away from home; some in unknown fields, some beneath the dust of North Africa and Mesopotamia, some in India and Burma, and some beneath the restless waters of the sea. But we thought of them as living and indeed they were living in three ways. They were living in the hearts of those who knew and loved them; and many had a secret shrine in their hearts in which was kept alive the memory of a husband, a son, or a father.

Secondly they were living in the life of the nation, and thirdly they lived in another and more real way still. We who were Christians knew that death was not the end. Beyond, there was another life; and we believed that God the Father, with His infinite love for each one of His children, thought only of what was best and true and good. even though sometimes we might fail to see it. And we believed that God does for all those who have passed from this life to the next, all that love can do. And so we thought of them not as dead, but as living through Christ, who had conquered death.

Sometimes in these dark and anxious days, when we still heard of wars and rumours of wars, when crisis seemed to follow crisis, people asked whether the sacrifice of those who died was worth while; whether anything was gained for us and for our nation. And some who knew no history said that war never settled anything. History showed that war might settle the fate of a country for generations or even centuries. Defeat might, for a long period, take away all freedom from a country. We knew what would have been our fate if we had :

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WAR MEMORIAL SHRINE DEDICATED BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.

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been defeated in this last war. All our freedom would have been taken from us; and able-bodied men would have been taken to the Continent to work as slaves for the victors. Those who lived on in this country would have almost starved; England would have lost the glory of her greatness; and we would no longer be able to make a contribution to the freedom of the world. We could, indeed, thank God that we gained the victory in these two wars, and that those who laid down their lives for us were able to give us the time to build up a new and better world. The finest and most enduring memorial we could raise was to make full use of our victory, and try to make this, our England, a better and a nobler place. In that task each one of us, young or old. must do something to help to preserve real justice and truth, honesty and freedom : and so strengthen the life of the nation. If there should come a great ordeal again, the people of this nation must be ready to show the same self-sacrifice, even unto death, in defending the great heritage which we possessed in our land.

OLD PETERITE NEWS 2/Lt. A. C. RODGER Commendation for Gallant Action in Cyprus We print below an extract from routine orders by the •Officer Commanding Cyprus District, 'Middle East Land Forces, commending the gallant action of A. C. Rodger (The Rise, 1942-46). All O.P.s and many of the present boys of the School, of whom the more senior still remember Rodger well, will be proud of this citation. Rodger, who is making the army his career, passed out from Sandhurst in December, 1948.

DISTRICT ROUTINE ORDERS BY BRIGADIER A. A. CROOK, D.S.O., COMMANDING CYPRUS DISTRICT

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 15. COMMENDATION.

10th JAN., '50.

1. The following action by the undermentioned officer is very highly commended by the District Commander for the splendid work and devotion to duty displayed in the flooded area between NICOSIA and FAMAGUSTA on 21st December, 1949.

2. A separate commendation has been forwarded to the Commander-in-Chief Middle East Land Forces, in respect of this fine action :2/Lt. A. C. RODGER (400052), R.A.S.C. On 21st December, 1949, 2/Lt. A. C. RODGER, of 695 Coy. R.A.S.C., on being informed by the Civil Police that a number of 5

civilians were in imminent danger of being drowned at a point 3 miles from Famagusta, proceeded immediately to the spot and discovered that 6 civilians were marooned in a civilian vehicle which had been swept off the road and overturned by the force of the water, which was now 3 ft. deep across the main highway and was flowing at approximately 15 m.p.h. 2/Lt. RODGER, without hesitation, entered the water with the intention of swimming out to the stranded Cypriots, but he was prevented from doing so, initially, by the Civilian Police.

2/Lt. RODGER thereupon procured a rope, one end of which he tied around his waist and the other end was held by some soldiers. He then plunged into the swift current and started to swim towards the vehicle, which was at least forty yards off the road and in the middle of the swollen riverbed. But for the rope 2/Lt. RODGER would have been swept downstream, but he slowly made his way to the vehicle and tied his end of the rope to it. With the aid of this rope 2/Lt. RODGER, eventually, managed to rescue all the civilians, by either carrying or dragging them through the water. This feat of physical endurance and determination saved the civilians from almost certain drowning.

The resourcefulness, courage and devotion to duty of 2/Lt. RODGER has earned the highest praise from all quarters and has created a fine impression among the civilian population in Cyprus: by this gallant action this young officer has lived up to the highest traditions of the British Army.

3. The District Commander further directs that a record of this action be entered in the Record Sheet of the above named officer, and is reported in Part II Orders in the words of this District Routine Order.

OLD PETERITE CLUB LONDON DINNER As usual the London Dinner of the Old Peterite Club was held on the first Wednesday after Guy Fawkes . Day, 9th November, at Brown's Hotel. Next year the Dinner will also be at Brown's Hotel, on Wednesday, 8th November.

Fifty-seven Old Peterites and two representatives of the Press, Mr. Loveless, of "The Yorkshire Post", and Mr. Neil, of the Kemsley Press, were present.

Col. H. C. Scott, IP., was in the Chair, as London O.P.s wished to do him honour on his retirement from the Honorary Secretaryship of the Club after 30 years of faithful service.

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it was good to see O.P.s from many parts of England, and the embers of the London Committee are grateful to the Headmaster d the new Honorary Secretary of the O.P. Club, Kenneth Rhodes, r going to the trouble and expense of coming up to the Dinner.

The Toast List was as follows :- Visitor of the School.

The King - Proposed by Sir Godfrey Fisher, K.C.M.G. The School Response by the Headmaster.

The Governors and Staff—Past and Present Proposed by Councillor A. J. A. Woodcock, M.A., M.Sc., F.R.E.S. Response by Lt.-Col. H. C. Scott, J.P. (Vice-Chairman of the Governors).

The Old Peterite Club Proposed by S. M. Toyne, Esq., M.A., F.R.Hist.S. Response by C. Paley Scott, Esq., K.C. J. B. Gedge resigned as Honorary Secretary of the London Committee. In his stead was elected A. B. Cooper, 137 Longland Drive, Totteridge, N.20. Acorn 2204. Hillside 7556.

Gerald Pawle and John Rodgers retired from the London Committee in rotation after 3 years' service, and under the London rules are not eligible for re-election for 12 months. To replace them and A. B. Cooper on the Committee, the following were electd :J. B. Gedge; M. Pick; C. E. Scholefield.

A tentative suggestion was put forward by the London Committee that ways and means should be discussed for one or two Old Peterites to represent the Club on the Board of Governors in addition to those Old Peterites who are already on the Board.

An enlargement of an Amsterdam print of the Gunpowder Plot was presented to the Headmaster on behalf of the O.P. Club by S. M. Towne, Esq. The wording below the reproduction of the print reads :"Five out of the thirteen conspirators were Old Peterites.

Their names are :— Guye Fawkes—as he signed his name in 1591 when he assigned part of the land on which the School now stands.

Edward Oldcorne Oswald Tessimond Christopher Wright John Wright."

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Those present were :T. B. Boulton, 1939-43.

G. Reed.

K. H. Rhodes, 1914-20.

J. C. Rodgers, 1919-25.

R. A. C. Samman, 1914-19.

W. S. Samuels, 1940-47.

H. C. Scott, 1897-01.

C. Paley Scott, 1892-00.

C. E. Scholefield, 1915-20.

John Scholefield, 1920-25.

Joshua Scholefield, 1919-24.

W. L. Seaborne, 1926-31.

C. W. H. Sergeant, 1912-15.

J. H. Sergeant, 1913-16.

E. P. Sewell, 1918-23.

H. L. Stirling, 1911-13.

S. M. Toyne.

H. L. Walker, 1913-17.

L. J. L. Wall, 1927-30.

A. J. A. Woodcock.

N. W. D. Yardley, 1928-34.

W. G. Yeoman, 1911-16.

B. R. Alderson, 1923-26.

R. H. Metcalfe, 1913-18.

G. R. Claybourn, 1942-46.

Col. E. St. G. Kirke, 1894-00.

G. Millhouse, 1909-13.

H. L. Waddington, 1909-13.

C. M. Shadwell, 1910-14.

N. A. Buck, 1909-13.

D. E. Brown, 1938-42.

J. P. Camm, 1927-31.

M. T. Clegg.

W. H. Colley, 1901-07.

R. L. Connelly, 1939-41.

A. B. Cooper, 1927-31.

H. G. Crawshaw, 1915-21.

F. H. Douglas, 1923-28.

R. E. Dowson, 1927-29.

J. Dronfield.

G. P. Easten, 1923-28.

J. A. Easten, 1881-90.

J. D. Fergusson, 1920-27.

Sir Godfrey Fisher, 1896-04.

H. F. S. Gedge, 1907-18.

1. B. Gedge, 1909-19.

B. A. C. Gray, 1916-22.

J. A. Hanson, 1918-21.

C. C. Houghton, 1925-30.

C. K. Hudson, 1943-47.

0. Hunter, 1918-23.

A. N. Johnson, 1918-20.

Kemsley Representative.

R. E. Loveless, "Yorkshire Post".

J. L. McCowen, 1921-26.

F. W. B. Pacey, 1921.27.

S. G. S. Pawle, 1927-31.

A. L. Pendlebury, 1924-27.

M. Pick, 1902-08.

ITEMS Appropriately, the anthem for the Dedication Service was the work of an Old Peterite composer, Alan Gray. Alan Gray (1866-73) is the most distinguished of the Old Peterites who have made music their career. Intended for the legal profession, he studied music with Dr. Monk at the Minster, and finally took his Doctorate of Music at Cambridge three years after his Mus. Bac. He succeeded C. V. Stanford as Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge. His output of music was small but of fastidious quality.

The anthem sung at the Dedication, "What are these that glow from afar", was published in 1916 and is inscribed "To the memory of the Brave".

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In October, 1949, the Air Ministry announced the retirement, taking effect in March next year, of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles E. H. Medhurst, K.B.E., O.B.E., M.C. (1908-14), the Head of the Air Force Staff, British Joint Services Mission in Washington.

Sir Charles Medhurst has occupied his present post since May, 1948. He was appointed A.O.C.-in-C., Middle East Command, in 8

February, 1945, taking up a similar appointment with Mediterranean Middle East Command in the following October. Previously, he had been Commandant of the R.A.F. Staff College, from August, 1943, to December, 1944. and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Policy) from March, 1943.

In October, 1942, he was made an additional member of the Air Council while acting as Vice-Chief of the Air Staff. In February, 1940, he became R.A.F. Secretary of the Supreme War Council; in July. Director of Allied Air Co-operation, and in October, Director of Plans in the Air Ministry.

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C. P. Wadsworth (1902-1904) has relinquished his appointment as consular agent for Belgium at Goole. He had held the position for 29 years, and his retirement breaks a family tradition of more than half a century, since his father had been Belgian consular agent for 25 years before him. The gratitude of the Belgian Government to C. P. Wadsworth, who incidentally is a member of the Goole Council, has been expressed by the conferment on him of several honours— the Civil Medal of the First Class (1945), the insignia of Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II (1939), and, in 1949, on his retirement, the Cross of Officer of the Order of Leopold II. p

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We have received a letter from F. C. McClellan (entered 1883) commenting on veteran O.P.s. In our last issue we had to record the death of C. J. Daniel at the age of 87; and below we print the obituary of his brother, J. H. Daniel, who would have reached his 90th birthday in March, 1950. We are glad to learn from Mr. McClellan that Stephen Bagge, O.P. (1871-1874), is still alive and has safely passed his 90th year. Stephen Bagge, who achieved distinction for his work in East 'Africa in the very early days of its development, is, so far as we can ascertain, the oldest of living Old Peterites. * * * The Old Peterite representation at Sandhurst, reduced to one— T. M. A. Griffiths—in the January of last year, has begun to grow again. C. D. Ryder entered R.M.A. at the August intake, and has been joined this January by N. B. Burgess and R. G. Emmett.

OLD PETERITE HOCKEY MATCH H. L. Dixon would be pleased to have names of Old Peterites who • w ould be willing to play in the O.P. Hockey Team. His address is now Glenhow School, Saltburn-by-the-Sea. 9

OBITUARY CHARLES PALEY SCOTT, K.C. We have to record the sudden death of Charles Paley Scott, K.C., on 30th January, 1950. He was taken ill in his chambers in the Temple and admitted to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he died the same evening. He was 68. He was at St. Peter's from 1892 to 1900. It was with very deep regret that we learned of the loss of so staunch a supporter of the School. He visited us as frequently as a busy life allowed, and last term he attended the O.P. London Dinner and was present at the Dedication Service in Chapel. His son, S. Paley Scott, also an Old Peterite, was killed on active service in 1942.

The following notice is reprinted from The Times: Mr. Charles 'Paley Scott, K.C., Recorder of Leeds since 1943, was the son of the late H. V. Scott, a solicitor practising in York. Though born at York on 17th June, 1881, six generations of his family had been associated with Kingston-upon-Hull, where later he was himself to hold office. Educated at St. Peter's School, York, and King's College, Cambridge, he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple in 1906 and began practice on the North-Eastern Circuit. He had already begun to make his name before war broke out in 1914, but in 1917 he sacrificed his prospects and served in France in the Army until he was able to resume his professional career after demobilization in 1919.

Some four years later he was appointed Recorder of Doncaster in the place of the late Edgar Meynell and held the post until he became Recorder of Kingston-upon-Hull in 1933. He had then just taken silk and had been a member of the General Council of the Bar and a Bencher of the Inner Temple for some three years. In 1943 he was appointed Recorder of Leeds and had been Chancellor of the County Palatine of Durham since 1936 and of the diocese of Bradford since 1946.

He had been a member of the North-Eastern Circuit for 43 years, and, though much of his time was taken up by his judicial functions, he had a considerable reputation as an advocate, particularly in complicated commercial cases. Perhaps his greatest triumph in advocacy was his conduct of the defence in the long-drawn Tarran case at Hull. The case occupied 33 days in the Court of Summary Jurisdiction and was then transferred to a special Commission of Assize. All the defendants were found not guilty except Robert Greenwood Tarran, who was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment.

He appealed and Scott appeared for him at the Court of Criminal Appeal, which allowed the appeal.

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He married in 1912 Ruth, daughter of the late Canon S. Cooper Scott. There were three sons of the marriage. His widow and two sons survive him.

JOSEPH HERBERT DANIEL We regret to record the death at Crossways, Midhurst, Sussex, on the 30th December, 1949, of Joseph Herbert Daniel, M.A., (St. Peter's, 1870-1879).

He was 89, and would have attained his 90th birthday on 9th March of this year. In the "Peterite" of October. last, in an obituary notice relating to his younger brother, Lt.-Colonel C. J. Daniel, C.B.E., D.S.O., he was referred to as being probably the oldest living member of the School.

He was the second son of the Rev. Robert Daniel, vicar of Osbaldwick, and Headmaster of Archbishop Holgate's School, York.

He was at St. Peter's for nine years, remaining on for an extra year at the express desire of the Headmaster, the late Mr. H. M. Stephenson, who wrote to his father asking him to leave his son for a further year, and saying that "for some time past he had done more for him than a resident master would have done, and had done it better".

From St. Peter's he obtained a Hastings Exhibition at Queen's College, Oxford, where he took an Honours Degree. He became Second Master at Hereford Cathedral School, and subsequently VicePrincipal of Liverpool College. He left Liverpool in 1896, to found his own school, Southcliffe, Filey, where he remained until the end of the First World War, thereafter transferring his interests to Meadowcroft, Windermere, of which he was Headmaster until 1934, when he retired. This was his life's work, and there must be many men today who can testify to the success of his achievements, and who have reason to remember with gratitude the • honest and manly principles of his teaching.

He married in 1883 Charlotte Henrietta, daughter of Samuel Terry Hughes, of Sydney, Australia, and had two sons and two daughters, the latter of whom, Mrs. G. P. Watson and Mrs. R. C. Giles, survive him, and with whom he had made his home since the death of his wife in 1943.

He was a keen sportsman, a good oar, and an excellent shot. He had played for the Yorkshire Gentlemen at cricket, and later for Herefordshire. He took up motoring in its comparatively early days, and continued to drive a car until he was 82. Golf, however, was his mainstay, and he was one of the Founders of the Filey Golf Club.

He was also a prominent member of Ganton in the days when Harry Vardon was Professional there, and they frequently played together.

He continued to play golf, and that with considerable accuracy, to within two weeks of his death.

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He remained to the end a staunch and loyal Old Peterite, a l keenly interested in anything that concerned his old School.

His epitaph might well be summed up in the words of a lette , recently received by one of his family from an old friend in Scotland, who had acted for him through the years in the successive capacities of Caddy, Beater, and Keeper :"A Gentleman, and one of great spirit."

WILLIAM HENRY CROSTHWAITE We have to announce the death, at High Ham, near Taunton, of William Henry Crosthwaite, on 6th October, 1949. He was at St. Peter's from 1894 to 1902. He proceeded to Selwyn College, Cambridge, and took a degree in Mathematics. He was appointed to the Staff of the Geographical Survey of Egypt, but eventually, after doing field work in the Sudan and elsewhere, became Controller of Government Printing in Cairo. In this capacity he organised the preparation and construction of the maps for Allenby's Palestine Campaign in the first World War. When the second War broke out, he was retired and settled in England, •but after some difficulty he persuaded the Government to recognise his qualification and was put in charge of the production of maps at the Ordnance Survey. At the close of the war his department was producing maps at the rate of two million a week.

Mr. Crosthwaite was the youngest of three •brothers who were at St. Peter's. A Crosthwaite (1883-1889) died some years ago, but the eldest, Mr. Robert Crosthwaite, who entered the School in 1879, is still living at Chesham Bois, Bucks. He was for nearly 30 years Headmaster of the Manchester Central High School. Their father was Bishop of Beverley and for many years took the confirmation services at the School. Mr. W. H. Crosthwaite's son was also at St. Peter's.

It is with deep regret, indeed, that in this obituary we must record the severance of another link with a family Which has been associated with St. Peter's for so long.

CHRISTOPHER GEORGE MARTIN We have heard with regret of the death, at Weston-super-Mare, on 29th September, 1949, of Christopher George Martin, late of Mirzapur, India. He was 46, and was at St. Olave's and then St. Peter's, leaving in 1916. He was the only grandson of the late Mr. George Yeld, who was on the Staff of St. Peter's for more than forty years and who during that long period made a deep impression on the life of the School and is still vividly remembered by many generations of Peterites. We offer our sincere sympathy to Mrs. Martin and her two daughters in the loss which has befallen them so prematurely.

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ARCHIBALD HENRY TINDEN ROUSE The death occurred on 13th December, 1949, at Hethersett, Hassocks, Sussex, of Lieut.-Colonel 'A. H. T. Rouse, late Major 61st (L.G.O.) Pioneers, I.A. He entered St. Peter's in 1882, in Clifton Green House.

DAVID ADAMSON HARKER We regret to read of the death, on 13th January, 1950, in flying operations in Borneo, of Flying Officer D. A. Harker. He was at St. Peter's (Temple House) from 1940 to 1944. He was 23, and we offer our sincere sympathy to his parents and to his younger brother, G. C. I. Harker, who was also at the School. from 1940-1945.

ENGAGEMENTS ANDREW—WHITWORTH. The engagement is announced between Peter Anthony (1925-1939), elder son of Mrs. R. G. Andrew and the late Mr. H. Andrew, and Margaret Hilary, only daughter of Mrs. D. F. Whitworth and the late Mr. G. Whitworth, of Ea stbo urn e.

COLBECK—BEAUMONT. The engagement is announced between Noel (School House, 1932-1936), elder son of Mr. W. H. Colbeck, of 7 Portman Crescent, Boscombe, Bournemouth, and the late Mrs. Colbeck. and Thelma, only daughter of 'Mr. John Beaumont, Westways, North Lane, Roundhay, Leeds, and of Mrs. Roper, "Gabriels", Saint Hill, East Grinstead, Sussex.

BOULTON—BROWN. The engagement is announced between Thomas Babington Boulton, M.B., B.Chir., B.A. (Rise, 1939-1943), of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and 'Helen, elder daughter of Dr. Adam Brown, O.B.E., and Mrs. Brown, of Workington, Cumberland.

BRINDLEY—MUNCEY. The engagement is announced between David Richard (1940-1945), second son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brindley, of Eltham, London, to Margaret Irene, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. H. Crowson Muncey.

DRYDEN—FURNESS. The engagement is announced between Colin (1945-1948), only son of Mr and 'Mrs. C. R. C. Dryden, and Sheila, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Furness, both of York.

EASTWOOD—SCOTT. The engagement is announced between Major Boris James Eastwood, M.B.E., R.A.S.C., elder son of the late Mr. W. C. Eastwood, and of Mrs. Eastwood, of London. W.1, and Junior 'Commander Edith Livingstone Scott, W.R.A.C., elder daughter of the late Mr. T. Scott, and of Mrs. Scott, of 105 East Claremont Street, Edinburgh, 7.

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GILLGRASS—FARROW. The engagement is announced between John (School House, 1941-1945), only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Gillgrass, 23 Otley Old Road, Leeds, 6, and Patricia, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Farrow, of 2 Monkbridge Road, Leeds, 6.

RUMFITT—TOWN. The engagement is announced between David (Temple, 1930-39), only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. T. Rumfitt, of 5 St. Olave's Road, York, and June Eileen, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Town, of 41 Westminster Road, York.

TEE—REES. The engagement is announced between Peter Frank (1940-1943), son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Tee, of Headingley, Leeds, and Joan Margaret, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Rees, of Tondu, Glamorgan.

MARRIAGES CALEY-MOLLOY. On 28th November, 1949, at St John's Church, Ranmoor, Lt. John Prestwidge Caley, R.A.M.C. (1938-43), son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Caley, 'Whiteley Wood Road, Sheffield, to Patricia Ann Malloy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Molloy, Bingham Park Road, Sheffield.

SMITH-DRAPER. On 25th June, 1949, at St. Nicholas Church, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, George Christopher Smith (19291934), to Janet Marion Draper.

BIRTHS DENBY.-15th November, 1949, at Howe Hill Nursing Home, to June (nee Whitehouse) and Philip Denby (1929-1933), a son (Premature).

GRAHAM.—On 29th December, 1949, at the Christopher Home, Wigan, to Mary Carol (nee Guiness), wife of Pieter Graham, M.R.C.S. (1935-40), a son (Robin Charles Pieter). Monument Park, Wigan.

STEELE.—On 14th January, 1950, at the European Hospital, Kampala, Uganda, to Angela (nee Scott), wife of Frank F. Steele (1933-41). a son.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE LETTERS OXFORD.

December, 1949.

Dear Sirs, It was with mixed feelings that we returned to Oxford on an early Autumn afternoon. The Long Vac. is over and its multitude of activities recede all too quickly into the realm of the forgotten, as the 14

responsibilities and commitments of a new term loom before us.

Michaelmas, 1949. yet nature seems scarcely ready for it; the sun is shining and the leaves are still green, and as we walk through the parks we almost expect to hear the steady click on the willow from the 'Varsity cricket ground—we wander down to the Cherwell, but find it deserted, though it seems only yesterday that it was thronged with craft, propelled by carefree punters with their charming passengers.

But as we walk back, for it is getting dark, we notice the rugger posts are up and the Varsity hockey pitch rolled and cut, and we are reminded that though nature has not yet done with summer, Oxford is preparing for another Winter Term.

This term always means a change and we bade farewell to TaylorThompson, Bannister, Tee and McDermid at the end of Trinity, and welcome as newcomers to our ranks Mountain, Parker, Rayson, and Sykes. Mountain had already been in residence in the Vac., as is the practice at Wycliffe.

That the term was without event would be a gross understatement.

Those who follow the sporting columns of "The Times" will know that Oxford is more than holding its own, while a glance at the press published after November the fifth, will realise that we have not lost our touch in other directions. But our purpose and duty is to keep our readers informed, with as much accuracy as the Editorial censor will permit, of the activities of its members; so with that we take our bow, and let each speak for himself.

Peter Robson (B.N.C.) appears regularly and weekly in B.N.C., and pays frequent visits to the Old Bodleian. 'Has been known to take a rest from work and delights in social evenings.

Teddy Denison (B.N.C.) has been working hard for Schools in Summer and boxing for the O.U. Panthers. Much of his scanty spare time is spent in the Abingdon Arms.

John Rayson (B.N.C.) claims to be the first Oxford O.P. to read Agriculture, and is often to be seen returning from somewhere late on a Tuesday afternoon, with dirty boots and wearing corduroys. We hope his membership of the Plough Club is not an ill omen for his Schools when the time comes. Gave a most enjoyable 21st party.

John Oxley-Parker (St. Edmund Hall) lives with Sykes and reads English. Is fond of water and has swum for the O.U. Dolphins.

Robin Sykes (St. Edmund Hall), with Rayson, is frequently seen in some of the more respectable haunts of Oxford. His tea parties are famous for an outsize in crumpets, though Robson is still waiting hopefully for a long overdue invitation. Has been rowing No. 3 in the long distance VIII. Peter Andrew (Keble), with the presidency of the University Christian Union, the captaincy of College hockey, and the entertain15

ment of his fiancee, complains he has insufficient spare time for work.

Has played hockey for the O.U. Occasionals.

Robert Hey (New College) has been seen from a distance, but is believed to be working hard and plays squash occasionally. Has been observed with the inevitable young lady.

W. S. Samuels (Wadham) is a past-master in the giving of tea parties. Is none the less eccentric and still finds a cycle a difficult machine to conquer.

John Denison (Worcester) is a member of the Kingley Club, which makes a practice of dining at not too infrequent intervals. Finds his brother's rooms in Worcester a convenient place for tea. Plays rugger and squash.

Gordon Norris (Worcester) frequently avoids collisions with Hey's bicycle outside Worcester. Was a member of the triumphant long distance VIII. Geoffrey Mountain (Wycliffe) is rarely seen about at times when other people are seen about. Still has an inexaustible supply of funny stories and likes being invited out to tea.

May we, in closing, congratulate the 1st XV on such a successful season, and add our best wishes for the School for the coming term.

We remain, Yours faithfully, THE OXFORD OLD PETERITES. CAMBRIDGE.

December, 1949.

Sirs, Our first task must be metaphorically to rend our clothing and cover ourselves with the ashes of penitence for our failure to record the Easter Term in your pages. How weak our feeble excuses appear when placed on paper; inability to write in June through sheer elation and joie-de-vivre; the thought that four months lay ahead of us : and at the end 'of that long span, with our paper still virgin white and our pens almost corroded from lack of use, the realisation came that once again time had forestalled us and we were locked without your august portals.

What, then, has been the social whirl in Cambridge in the last two terms. The Easter Term saw us all—or a large number of us—at a sherry party on the second day of the Yorkshire match, when N. W. D. Yardley was our guest. This it is hoped to make an annual event for some years to come. The remainder of that term, with all its cares and tribulations, is best passed over.

October saw us assembled again, but with gaps in our ranks.

A. G. Reynolds had left us for warmer parts, but as yet the dancing girls promised all round for Christmas have failed to materialise.

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J. D. Ward is now to be found wearing his nasal organ to a mere shadow of its former self whilst attempting to become steeped in the traditions of the English Law, and T. F. Spink has gone even as he came—no doubt he will be back in a few terms.

The rest of the term was spent bemoaning our fate in the Varsity match, renaming the "other place" Springboxford, and once again bemoaning our fate in the Varsity match.

And now, once more, shamelessly we present to you our affairs in detail.

D. Anderson, (Sidney) is the most elusive of our number, and invariably appears in a hurry when seen. To the best of our knowledge he still reads Economics.

J. H. Amos (Emmanuel) still has a far-away look in his eyes as he tries to make the Emma boat club ship-shape and Bristol fashion. His efforts meet with little success.

J. F. Blackburn (Caius) returns to read Estate Management, having no wish to queer Einstein's pitch by anticipating his results. We hope that one day he will reveal the arcana of the Agricultural School to us.

K. A. Boyes (Emmanuel) arrived to keep the Emmanuel O.P.s constant, and, as befits all scientists, works hard, being frequently seen with a large pile of books and a furrowed brow. Some strange mystery exists in his life as he insists on coming up before term to work.

W. J. Clarke (Clare) claims to have improved his French by a visit to France, where for a time he worked as a park butcher. Plays rugger for Clare and finds life in general very pleasant.

J. D. Eccles (Emmanuel) now reads Law and rows, the former involving him in many legal arguments, the latter resulting in legal arguments considerably less coherent. In view of the election he has published a statement that he is no relation to the M.P. P. Garbett (St. John's) still plods his weary way to th gineering Labs. and rows for Lady Maggy. Says little, but obviously thinks a lot.

G. C. Greetham (King's) was given a fresher's hockey trial, but stood down for fear of embarrassing the international half-back line.

We believe he sings and is by now overloaded with the blessings showered on King's men.

P. F. Ringrose (Clare) reads for an L.L.B. and is almost a foreigner.

The best way to his digs is to take a train to the first station and walk back. He still indulges in Highland dancing and casts a winsome eye towards the ladies.

J. D. Swale (Caius) also sings, but apart from his one appearance with the Cambridge singers his deeds are shrouded in mist, which is the best way to keep them.

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G. Wilson (Emmanuel) works hard with a classic indifference, although he has been seen letting his hair down at wild parties. He already looks like a part of Emmanuel and many say he has been there longer than they like to remember.

Wishing the School every success in the coming term, We remain, Sirs, Yours sincerely, THE CAMBRIDGE O.P.s.

"ACTION CIRCULAR"

We have received the following from G. W. Denby, who is in India.

We reprint the correspondence without alteration and without comment—except to say that we are grateful to Denby for not keeping it to himself. We agree with him that our readers will enjoy it.

MADRAS.

2nd January, 1950.

The Editor, "The Peterite".

Dear Sir, I enclose an original letter and two printed circulars from one Mathew—presumably an Indian Christian.

Needless to say we (as agents for the B.I.S.N. Co.) replied thanking our correspondent for his kind offer but declined to accept.

It occurred to me that your readers might find it as amusing as my colleagues and I did, and I offer it for publication.

Yours faithfully, G. W. DENBY, O.P. 31-12-'49.

To: The Chief of the Waves, Sir,

British Steam Navigations Coy., Ltd., Headquarters.

Enclosed please find in duplicate, an Action Circular, for your mature and experienced consideration.

Please be good enough to reply me about your decision in the matter.

Excuse trouble.

Thanks.

(Enclosure) s

Yours faithfully, P. T. MATHEW.

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It is supposed that the Gods once used the sea as the easiest way of transport. And now human beings are avaricious for navigation.

ALWAYS ON THE WAVES has become the Slogan of Life.

Really, your sea-service is a marvel; your timings are accurate and the reception everywhere homely. A tip to further popularise your service line is at hand.

As an Advertising Media, I wish to travel in all your liners and in all your lines and thus hop around the globe, for a few days. At all the places of landing, I can radio-cast about your convenient and economical service line, in an airy and humourous vein. Well, will the public appreciate it? Wait and see ! The cost for you is negligible and the result highly beneficial.

If you are interested in the proposal, please be good enough to discuss about the further proceedings.

Request to be excused for the trouble.

Thanks.

Yours glee fully, P. T. MATHEW.

EASTER TERM, 1950 The following are taken from the Calendar for the term :1st Jan. Full Term begins.

Sat., Sun., 29th Jan. Epiphany. Procession in York Minster.

Tues., 28th Feb. Certificate "A" Examination, Part I. Tues., 14th Mar. C.C.F. and Scout Field Day. Junior School Entrance Examination (Senior), 2 p.m.

Thurs., 16th Mar. S.C. Trial Examination begins.

Junior School Entrance Examination (Junior), 2 p.m.

Sat., 18th Mar. Hockey, 1st XI v. Old Peterites.

Thurs., 23rd Mar. 12 noon, Confirmation by the Bishop of Selby.

1st Apr. School Concert.

Sat., Mon., 3rd Apr. 2-15 p.m., Athletic Sports.

Full Term ends.

The Sunday Services in Chapel are :— 8-15 a.m. Holy Communion. 11 a.m. Junior School Service.

6-0 p.m.

Evensong.

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EXAMINATION RESULTS OPEN EXHIBITIONS We congratulate the following on gaining awards in the Open Scholarship Examinations at Cambridge, held in December, 1949 :S. C. Daneff, Open Exhibition in Modern Languages at St. John's College,

Cambridge.

P. Jenkins, Open Exhibition in Natural Sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

DECEMBER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION The following boys were awarded School Certificates :I S. Bishop, A. W. Driver, M. R. Pallant, M. G. Roe, D. Thompson,

J. D. C. Wall, A. Watson, B. D. Watson, B. B. Wennington, D. A. White.

1st XV DINNER On Tuesday, 20th December, the School XV was entertained to dinner at the Royal Station Hotel by the Headmaster and Mrs. Dronfield, to celebrate the team's record in winning all its School matches during the season.

The Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Governors (the Very Rev. the Dean of York and Lt.-Col. H. C. Scott) paid the team the compliment of attending the Dinner on behalf of the Governors.

Other guests, in addition to Mr. R. F. Harding, were Mr. Crews, Mr. Lavender, Mr. Chilman and Mr. Rhodes, while Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Dodsworth represented the "Supporters' Union". 'Mr. Burgess was unfortunately prevented from attending.

Team and visitors alike enjoyed an excellent meal, concluded by

a graceful gesture on the part of the Manager of the Station Hotel, in

the shape of a large cake, decorated to represent a rugger field, with two goal posts. In the subsequent speeches the Headmaster congratulated the team on its achievements, and on its excellent team spirit. D. Walter, the Captain, replied in a polished "maiden speech", expressing his gratitude to the Headmaster both for the dinner and for his unfailing support. P. T. Baker, the Vice-Captain, then proposed the health of Mr. Harding, recognising on behalf of the team the debt that they owed to him Mr. Harding replied in a speech full of veiled references, paying special tribute to the keenness of the team and of its Captain. The Dean spoke on behalf of the Governors, and Mr. Lumley Dodsworth on behalf of the spectators, who had so often braved pneumonia.

The party then 'broke up, some of them to catch night trains, all agreeing that the season had maintained its high standard to the very end.

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VALETE AND SALVETE VALETE (December, 1949) THE GROVE R. B. Pringle. 1945-49 (School House, 1945-48). L.VI. House Monitor.

School Cert., 1947. 1st XV, 1948-49-50. 1st XV Colours, 1948-49-50.

Played for 1st XI Hockey, 1948. 1st XI Hockey, 1949. 1st XI Hockey Colours, 1949. Acting Leading Seaman in C.C.F. Cert. "A", Pt. 1, 1st Class Shot.

T. Hobson. 1948-49 (1945-48, School House). Remove. Played for 1st XI, 1949. Colours, 1949. Played 1st XV, 1948. Played for 2nd XV, 1948-49.

Colours, 1948-49. Played for A XV, 1948-49. Played for Hull and East Riding XV, 1948. Played for 2nd XI, 1948. Played for Colts XI, 1947.

Corporal-2 i/c 6-pdr. Crew. Cert. "A", 1948.

1947-49 (Junior School, 1945) (Temple, 1947-48).

B. B. Wennington.

Remove. School Cert., 1949. Senior Colts Team, 1949 (Rugger). Senior Colts Colours, 1949. Cadet in C.C.F. (Basic Section).

THE MANOR E. G. Thompson. 1944-49 (St. Olave's, 1939). Upper VI Modern. Head of Manor. Chapel Monitor, 1949. School Cert., 1946. Higher School Cert., 1948. Colts XV, 1946-47. 2nd XV, 1947-48, 49-50; Colours, 1947-48.

Played against Old Peterites, 1947. School Choir, 1940-49. Sgt. in C.C.F. Cert. "A", 1947. 1st Class Shot. Games Committee, 1949. Musical Society Committee. Chapel Committee.

M. I. Daniel. 1945-49 (St. Olave's, 1942). Transitus "E". School Cert., 1947, 1948. 3rd IV Cox, 1948. 2nd IV Colours, 1948. 2nd IV Cox, 1949. Science Society Committee, 1947. Cadet in C.C.F. R. F. Wyman. 1945-49 (St. Olave's, 1938), L.VI. School Cert., 1948.

THE RISE J. V. Rayson. 1947-49 (St. Olave's, 1943). VC. Cadet in C.C.F. Choir, 1943-49.

SCHOOL HOUSE J. F. N. Jackson. 1945-49. House Monitor. Lower VI. School Cert., 1947.

Colts XV, 1945-47. Colts Captain, 1947. 1st XV, 1948-49. 1st XV Colours, 1948-49. 1st XV Cap, 1949. Played for Durham Public Schools XV, 1950. Colts XI Cricket, 1946-47. Colts XI Colours, 1946. 2nd XI Cricket, 1948-49. 2nd XI Colours, 1949. Played for 1st XI. School Play, 1946-47-49. Member of Debating Committee. L/Cpl. in C.C.F. 2 i/c Signals. Cert. "A".

R. M. Stanley. 1945-49 (St. Olave's, 1940-45). Lower VI. School Cert., 1948. L/Cpl. in C.C.F. Coy Clerk. Cert. "A", 1949. 1st Class Shot.

R. E. Underwood. 1945-49. Lower VI. School Cert., 1949. L/Cpl. Storeman in C.C.F. 1st Class Shot. School Play, 1947 and 1949.

B. D. C. Walker. 1945-49. Remove. 1st IV Cox, 1948-49. L/Cpl. in C.C.F. Cert. "A". 1st Class Shot.

VALETE (September,

1949)

THE GROVE C. J. Bevan (Shell A), P. G. Brooke (Shell a), C. M. C. Burdass (Shell A), D. C. Dick (Shell a), G. E. Glasson (Shell A), B. N. Jackson (Shell a), M. J. Kent (Shell A), W. G. A. Maxwell (Shell A), C. C. Porteous (Shell a), J. M. Rollinson (IVA), R. Shepherd (IVB), T. R. M. Sheriff (Shell A), P. Smith (Shell B), D. A. Stabler (Shell B), A. E. Wick (Shell B).

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THE MANOR A. M. Carr (IVA), C. M. Dunn (IVB), P. A. Grayson (Shell B), W. J. Horsley (Shell A), R. M. Johnson (Shell A), J. H. Macdonald (Shell A), A. M. Marsh (IVA), J. D. Metcalfe (INN), J. M. Saville (Shell A), C. B. Simpson (Shell A), J. M. E. Walton (Shell A), P. B. Wilson (Shell A), A. D. J. Wood (Shell B).

THE RISE M. Bolton (IVA), J. Claydon (IVA), J. M. Grainger (IVA), W. R. Ibberson (IVA), C. H. Lewis (Shell A), J. R. Moore (IVA), B. M. Nendick (IVA).

SCHOOL HOUSE W. D. Blease (Shell a), M. J. Firth (Shell A), G. D. Gardner (Shell A), C. J. Griffiths (IVA), K. A. Howard (Shell B), C. W. Leach (Shell B), J. Lewis (Shell A), M. J. McCallum (IVB), R. Nelson (IVA), D. N. Simmons (IVA), R. M. Stork (Shell B), J. P. Wheatley (Shell 13), R. K. Young (Shell A).

TEMPLE R. B. Atkinson (Shell A), J. H. Baines (Shell B), A. Bloomfield (IVB), R. G. Bough (IVA), P. Crowe (Shell B), D. G. S. Jesper (IVA), R. N. Johnson (Shell A), C. D. Mortimer (Shell B), J. T. Oliver (Shell B), B. Potter (Shell A), N. R. Seaton (Shell A), R. Shanks (IVA), A. E. Simpson (IVA), J. M. Sparham (IVA), J. M. Welsh (Shell A).

SCHOOL OFFICERS Christmas Term, 1949 SCHOOL MONITORS :

Head of School and The Rise: J. B. MORTIMER. Head of The Manor: E. G. THOMPSON. Head of The Grove: E. D. THORNTON. Head of School House: P. T. BAKER. Head of Temple: R. J. TOWNSHEND. Chapel Monitor: A. M. KENDELL.

J. G. GRIFFITHS. P. JENKINS. D. WALTER. HOUSE MONITORS: The Grove: G. R. A. MARCH, D. P. NORWOOD, R. B. PRINGLE, A. R.

ROYLE, M. I. H. UNWIN, D. J. WILSON.

The Manor: I. COBHAM, R. J. GIBSON, D. J. HARTLEY, D. H. HOLMES,

B. D. WATSON.

The Rise: S. C. DANEFF, R. E. S. FARRAR, D. THOMPSON, I U.

WARRINGTON.

School House: R. C. GROVES, P. C. KNOWLSON, P. W. V. MILBURN.

G. W. BIRD, R. A. CALVERT, D. FLETCHER, D. L. HOURIGAN, M. E. KERSHAW, P. J. R. MASON.

Temple:

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GAMES CAPTAINS : Captain of Rugger: D. WALTER. Captain of Boats: D. J. WILSON. Captain of Hockey: J. C. GRIFFITHS. Captain of Shooting: A. M. BAIRD. Captain of Squash: E. D. THORNTON. Captain of Fencing: A. M. KENDELL.

EDITORS OF "THE PETERITE" : S. C. DANEFF, J. C. GRIFFITHS, P. J. R. MASON, M. I. H. UNWIN, D. J. WILSON.

NOTES AND ITEMS A party of senior boys acted as Stewards at the Harvest Festival Service held in the Minster on Sunday, 2nd October.

After a lapse of several years the School has again become one of the member schools of the York Senior Inter Schools Society.

Membership is limited to the VIth forms and Transitus; some twenty boys have joined.

On Tuesday, 4th October, Colonel Mathews talked to the School about the work done by the Barnardo's Homes and associated societies.

He illustrated a very interesting and instructive talk with a colour film made at the Watts Naval Training College in Norfolk.

On Monday, 31st October, Mr. Chambers, the Secretary of the Public Schools Employment Bureau, spoke to the School in Big Hall on the very general subject of careers. He divided careers under three heads, government service, the professions, and business. The first two were clear-cut and he had little to say about them; about business careers, however, he spoke at length. He felt justified in taking an optimistic view of the situation as a whole.

Tuesday, 1st November, was All Saints' Day and after Choral Communion in the morning the School enjoyed a whole holiday.

An end-of-term party for the Boarders was held on the last evening of term. After an excellent meal there was a film show in the Big Hall.

We congratulate P. T. Baker on being the first Peterite to play for the Yorkshire Public Schoolboys XV since the war; he played against Du rham and Wales. We also congratulate J. F. N. Jackson, who played for Durham Public Schoolboys.

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HOUSE NOTES THE GROVE First and foremost we would like, on behalf of the House, to offer our congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Harding on the birth of their daughter, Anita, which took place on the last Monday of term.

Earlier in the day another happy event broke a succession of lost finals; in each term of last year the House reached the final of a Senior event only to lose the all-important match. This time the team made no mistake about winning, and so the "buts" and "howevers" of previous House notes can at last be discontinued.

The new changing room and dormitory block, the progress of which we have followed with great interest since demolition work began last January, was ready for occupation by the beginning of the term. The inner painting and decorating will be completed in the Christmas holidays.

Once again we have been well represented in the School teams, and we congratulate A. M. Kendell on his Cap, and P. J. Blincoe, M. I. H. Unwin and R. B. Pringle on their 1st XV Colours, also R. M. Hodgson on his 2nd XV and B. B. Wennington on his Colts Colours.

Although we had no outstanding individuals we were able to win the Senior Rugger Cup with a well-balanced team. In the semi-final we defeated Manor 20-0, and in the final, School House, 9-0, surprising many people by doing so. The victory may be attributed to a fine team effort and excellent spirit throughout the game. We congratulate A. M. Kendell, D. I. Fletcher, T. Hobson, G. R. A. March, D. P. Norwood, D. A. White, and B. B. Wennington on their House Colours. The Junior team, though outsized by the Manor team, played very well and held their opponents for the greater part of the game.

In connection with other activities we have to record that D. J. Wilson has been appointed Captain of Boats and E. D. Thornton, Captain of Squash. We congratulate them both. R. I. Hunt and H. H. Hunter have shot regularly for the 1st VIII, and M. I. H. Unwin continues to play for the Chess team.

In the House itself various activities have flourished. The House Musical Society resumed its fortnightly sessions with Norwood as Secretary, and we would like to express our gratitude to Mrs. Harding for her hospitality, especially the refreshments, which has been greatly appreciated. The House Library which, as we omitted to mention in our last notes, was started in the summer, has been enlarged, and is ably run by Royle. From time to time rumblings from the basement have proved that the Railway Club still operates, usually behind a locked door.

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The restoration of the School squash court has given rise to an enthusiasm for Squash which is most encouraging; members of the House hold good positions in the School ladder and March has organised a House ladder which has given added interest to the enthusiasts. At long last Chess seems to have taken root, notably in the Middles' Common Room, where there always seemed to be a game in progress during the latter part of the term. Perhaps we will be able to alter the destination of the Chess Trophy next term. We only regret that the recently discovered genius of our Housemaster will not be available to clinch the matter !

We congratulate the following on their appointments :—A. M. Kendell, Chapel Monitor; and G. R. A. March, D. P. Norwood, R. B. Pringle, A. R. Royle, M. I. H. Unwin, and D. J. Wilson, House Monitors.

We are sorry to lose this term, R. B. Pringle, Tim Hobson, Rayson, and Wennington; we wish them every success in the future.

THE MANOR Beginning of term found the House undergoing all the changes to be expected at the start of the School year, and in addition a great improvement in the decoration of the change rooms, showers and corridors, which had done much to improve the appearance of the House. Term ended on the same note, for the Monitors and Seniors found time during the last few days to distemper and paint their studies.

The only outstanding inter-house competition this term has been the Rugger matches. The Junior team beat the Grove in the semifinal by 9-0, but in the final we lost to School House after an unfortunate injury to Spencer in the first few minutes of the game.

We would like to congratulate School House on their victory.

We have long felt that those playing in Junior teams have not had enough recognition for their service to the House. This term we have instituted a system of Junior House Colours for this purpose. We would like to congratulate Rigg, Nicholson, Pallant and De Little on being the first to sign this book.

We lost to Grove in the semi-final of the Senior House match. The score of 19-0 gives but little indication of the play, for it was a good hard game throughout, neither team slackening their pace even when the score began to look overwhelmingly great.

Socially we have been as active as the School time-table would allow The Philatelic Society continues to flourish and cooperate well with the newly-formed Gramophone Club, under the presidency of Quirke. This new club has been well supported at every meeting and lives up to its broad-minded slogan "From the Classics to Jazz". :

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Another innovation has been Basket-ball, which was played amongst members of the House after evening roll-call. Later this was continued on an inter-house basis and we hope to see it once more continued after the interruption of the holidays.

Chess has been very popular, especially among the Juniors.

We congratulate Hartley on the award of his 1st XV Colours, and Ratcliffe upon his equally deserved 2nd XV Colours.

The Manor has also made a good contribution to other aspects of School life—Gibson, Quirke and O'Donnell, all had important parts in the play, the Science Society had a "Manor" evening, with talks by Gibson, Holmes and Ford, the Debating Society has had loyal help from Cobham and Berg, while Berg is also a leading wizard in the Magical Society. Jenkins and Berg are in the School Chess team.

During the term Daniel has left to study architecture, while Wyman has taken the opportunity of a vacancy at the York School of Art. Finally we say "Goodbye" to Thompson after his one term as Head of House, and take this opportunity of wishing all three every success in the future.

1 Postcript : just after end of term news came that Jenkins had been awarded an Open Exhibition at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

This is splendid news, and we offer him our heartiest congratulations.

THE RISE We returned this term to find the Rise bearing an altogether more dignified and luxurious appearance. The drive and the paths had been completed and the lawns had sprouted. The original chaos of the Rise garden had disappeared into perfect order with one small exception—the site of the proposed "Rise car-park", the surfacing of which was to be carried out by the Risites themselves. Work began one Sunday with great enthusiasm, and load after load of soil was removed. The phase, however, soon passed, and when rock was struck the enthusiasm diminished and disappeared with extraordinary rapidity Our heartiest congratulations to Daneff, who disappeared for a week during term and returned with an Exhibition to St. John's College, Cambridge. Another member of the House accompanied him—he is rumoured to have had a good time but felt the exams, had been "a bit of a nuisance".

Great interest, spirit, and keenness has been shown on the rugger field throughout the term, for which a good deal of credit must be given to Goodburn. School House proved to be our stumbling block both in the Senior and Junior House matches. The first match in the Senior was a draw, 3-3, and we were narrowly defeated in the replay, 6-5, having had two grand games.

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The Railway Club has undergone reorganisation this term and has had a great revival—a good proportion of the House being members.

It has been decided that all kit must be constructed and not bought as was the practice last term. The Club has now been given the tank room for its activities and most of the term has been spent in preparing this room and in rail construction.

The Stamp Club continues to meet fairly frequently under the guidance of Mr. Crews—it is shortly to change its name to the "Rise Philatelic Society".

It is thought that there exists a Magicians Club in the House, but owing to the extremely secret nature of its activities no-one is quite certain. We trust it is thriving but are unable to report more than its possible existence.

The Rise went home at the end of term with a feeling of satisfaction.

SCHOOL HOUSE As usual at the beginning of the School year we came back to find many changes in the House, with new faces replacing the old ones in studies and common rooms; however once again everyone quickly settled down to the old routine.

In the realm of Rugger we regard the term with mixed feelings; once more we were well represented in the School teams, and although the enthusiasm of our side under the leadership of Walter and Baker, the Captain and Vice-Captain of Rugger, carried us through a replayed semi-final with the Rise into the final of the Senior Rugger, there we were defeated by the Grove; however there was compensation in the Junior Competition, which we won. In this connection we would like to congratulate Milburn, Brooks and Underwood on the award of their House Colours, and Hilton, Rhead, King, McDougle, Collins and Wetherell on their Junior House Colours.

A feature of the term which augurs well for the future was the enthusiasm of those younger members of the House who played in a House Junior Squash Ladder; we never had any difficulty in disposing of our Squash courts. Another interesting activity very popular in the House was our fortnightly programme of School House Proms., when a gramophone recital, usually consisting of one major work with a varying number of shorter pieces, was given in Mr. Jeffs room on Sunday night.

Again the Hobbies Room has been widely used, and indeed a number of members of the House seem to have spent a large portion of their time in the bowels of the House, drilling, planing, hammering and sawing. Some of these put their talents at the disposal of the School and we are proud to record that a large proportion of the backroom boys who made such an excellent job of building the stage were members of the House. Another show in which the House was largely 27

concerned was the performance given by the Magical Society, where not only did we supply the compere but also one of the star attractions.

Lastly we must bid farewell to Mr. Cumrnin, who has been our assistant Housemaster this term; we shall still see him as a member of the staff and hope that he will continue to take interest in House activities. We also bid farewell to J. F. N. Jackson, Stanley, Underwood and Walker. We wish them all happiness and success wherever their paths may lead them in the future.

TEMPLE Ever since we relinquished our quarters at St. Peter's Grove we have found it difficult to accommodate our large numbers, and it has been pleasant to have had the use of the Stephenson Room as a quiet room for the greater part of the term. At last we have been reduced to the more respectable number of 60, and we are glad to be able to record that this term has seen a noticeable increase in the popularity of the indoor activities of the House. As far as table tennis has been concerned we have proved ourselves supreme, our team beating the rest of the School 6-1. In the competitions in the House, which were divided into three sections, G. W. Bird won the 1st Division, Duffield the 2nd, and Oliver the 3rd. Chess has been very popular, particularly in the lower part of the House, and we have introduced a chess ladder.

We hope this enthusiasm is a good sign for the Inter-House Competition of next term. Herring and Mason are to be congratulated in gaining places in the School Chess team and the former particularly on being chosen to represent the School in the York Schoolboys Championship.

In sport we have been well represented in the School teams, and congratulate Townshend and Kershaw (1st XV Caps), Robinson and Calvert (1st XV Colours), Fletcher (2nd XV) and Bough, Harbottle, Haw and Taylor (Junior Colts XV). In the House matches, however, we achieved no success. In the Senior Rugger we had a hard game with School House, and eventually lost 15-9. The only player to show his best form was Calvert, and the halves were disappointing behind a thoroughly beaten pack. As a result of the match Clarkson, Jagger, Varley, and Steele were awarded their House Colours for Rugger.

Our Junior side faced a much stronger and heavier Rise team, which won 26-0. Haw, Herring, Dunwell, and Taylor became the first to receive junior House Colours, an idea we adopted this term.

In the School Play, "Twelve Thousand", G. W. Bird and Townshend had parts and Mason played in the Orchestra.

Finally we must not forget those Templars who obtained scholarships as a result of the examinations held last July. J. C. Varley and J. C. B. Mackeand were awarded City of York Major Scholarships, K. G. Harrison an East Riding Major Scholarship and M. A. Cross a City of York Exhibition, all of whom we heartily congratulate on theix success.

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CHAPEL NOTES The outstanding event of the term was the visit of the Lord Archbishop to dedicate the War Memorial, and a full account of the service will be found elsewhere in this magazine.

Next in importance come the Carol Services on the last Sunday of term. Following last year's precedent, the Junior School had its own "Ceremony of Carols" in the afternoon, and the Senior School's "Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" was held at 6-0 p.m. Both services were very beautiful, and the singing in the evening, both of choir and congregation, was as good as, if not better than, ever. So popular have these services become that it was necessary to issue tickets to parents and friends of the School who wanted to come, and even the tickets had to be severely rationed.

We are most grateful to our neighbouring parishes, St. Olave's and Clifton, for the loan of Cassocks and Surplices for the Junior School Service and to the Dean of York for the loan of some red candlesticks for use in the Processions.

Our visiting preachers, besides the Archbishop for the dedication on llth December, have been the Dean of York and Bishop Hubbard.

The Rev. P. J. Lamb, the Principal of St. John's College was to have preached at our Harvest Thanksgiving, but was prevented from coming at the last minute. We hope to have a visit from Mr. Lamb next term.

Fifty-eight boys began their preparation for Confirmation early in the term; and, if all goes well, will be ready for their Confirmation and First Communion at the end of the Easter Term.

The School Sung Eucharist on All Saints' Day was more beautifully done than ever before and the Servers, under the direction of A. M. Kendell, this year's Chapel Monitor, have been most regular.

A summary of Chapel Collections and of contributions already sent, by the vote of the Chapel Committee, to some Charities is appended.

During the term two new Priest's Albs were bought for the School and a dust cover for the Altar. :

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THE CHOIR Soon after the beginning of term a consignment of surplices arrived and there is once again a surplice of correct length and girth for every cassock.

We were sorry to say goodbye to E. G. Thompson. He had been in the Choir longer than anyone else. His keenness and enthusiasm for the Choir and for all the music in chapel will be greatly missed.

On Sunday, 2nd October, the Choir led the singing in the Yorkshire Harvest Thanksgiving held in York Minster. It was a great privilege to take part in this impressive service. Mr. Waine accompanied the service on the organ.

The following anthems have been sung this term :HARVEST THANKSGIVING. "Thou visitest the earth"—Greene.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY.

"Nothing is here for tears"—Vaughan Williams. (with the School) DEDICATION SERVICE.

"What are these that glow from afar"—Alan Gray (OP.) ON OTHER SUNDAYS.

"For all these mercies"—Handel.

"If we believe that Jesus died"—Goss.

"Give us the wings of faith"—Bullock.

"Thou wilt keep him"—S. S. Wesley.

"Let thy merciful ears"—Weelkes.

The Carol Service followed traditional lines. The congregation's part was the same as last year. "The Holly and the Ivy" returned in an arrangement by Walford Davies, and a carol not performed in Chapel previously, "Whence is that goodly fragrance", based on an old French Folk tune, made its appearance.

THE LIBRARY Librarian: L. BURGESS, EsQ.

Assistant Librarians: S. C. DANEFF, J. C. GRIFFITHS, D. G. HILTON, D. P. NORWOOD, M. I. H. UNWIN, D. J. WILSON. The main change in the organisation of the Library this term has been the imposition of a Silence Rule which enables boys to work there in peace and quiet, undisturbed by the conversation of others. This, together with the gradual ceasing of the practice of using the Library as an "out-period" room, has led to it being used more and more by senior boys as a place to work at all times.

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It has been apparent for some time that certain of the books on the Reference shelves are in urgent need of re-binding; now at last it is possible to get books rebound and the more useful of these books have been despatched to the binders. Unfortunately, however, these books will probably be out of commission until the Summer Term.

Finally, that the Library continues to prosper is witnessed not only by the increasing use which the School, and especially the Junior part of it, makes of it, but also by the range of new books added :Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia, Vol. II—Natural History.

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Eastern Approaches—Fitzroy Maclean.

A Writer's Notebook—W. Somerset Maughan.

Recording Britain, Vol. IV—ed. Arnold Palmer.

The Mode in Costume—R. Turner Wilcox.

English Art, 1307-1461—Joan Evans.

History of Geographical Discovery—J. N. C. Baker.

Europe—A Regional Geography—M. R. Shackleton.

Physical Basis of Geography—S. W. Wooldridge and R. S. Morgan.

A Key to Maps—H. S. L. Winterbotham.

The Elizabethan House of Commons—J. E. Neale.

William the Silent—C. V. Wedgewood.

The Thirty Years War—C. V. Wedgewood.

The Proms.—Thomas Russell.

Opera Comique—Martin Cooper.

The Orchestra—Adam Carse.

Science and its Background—H. D. Anthony.

Science Past and Present—F. S. Taylor.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY Constitutional reform 'has been the subject of recent conflict at Westminster. It has been the same here. The reformers have been trying to change the Society into something like a House of Commons.

It all began when somebody suggested at the first meeting of the term that we should consider conducting debates in parliamentary form.

(It will be remembered that the final meeting of last Easter Term was held on the lines of a session of the House of Commons.) It was decided, therefore, that the next meeting should follow a modified parliamentary procedure. The Committee then thought that the House should be given a proper opportunity of expressing their opinion on the matter by holding a short discussion at the beginning of the third meeting, when it was agreed to try the new arrangement for the rest of the term.

The remarkable thing about this new procedure is that it seems very little different, except that the House now sits divided into two camps, which are supposed to glower at each other throughout the proceedings, and the speakers and the Committee sit at one long table, on which they are allowed to rest their feet if they are so inclined.

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An more important innovation this term has been the imposition of a time limit on all speeches, and the Chairman is now armed with watch, pestle and mortar (serving as a gong), in order to see that these are properly observed.

The attendance at the meetings has been good—on average from fifty to sixty The representation of the various parts of the School, however, has been very uneven. The lower forms have been well represented, and, at the top of the School, we have always had the stalwarts from the VIth. But there has been a noticeable gap in the middle of the School. This gives some cause of anxiety for the future of the House next year, and we would welcome support from those strata of the School.

And so to the actual meetings—five in all.

The motion for the first was that "the freedom of the Press is being abused". Mr. Wiseman, proposing, condemned the tendency of the Press to concentrate attention on items of sensational and sentimental interest, and their habit of encroaching upon the rights of individuals.

Mortimer, opposing, suggested that we should not take sensationalism too seriously. The Press had a fair political representation and was not controlled by monopolies.

Unwin, seconding for the proposition, showed how distortion of the truth in the Press was bringing about a decline in culture.

Cobham, seconding for the opposition, claimed that the Press was not to blame for the public demand for sensationalism, and that it was regulated by certain laws.

The speakers from the House were Wilson, Robinson, Markus and Berg.

The motion was carried by 57 votes to 15.

At the second meeting, held in modified parliamentary form, Wilson proposed that "The United Nations should insist upon the adoption of an international language". After defining a universal language as one which did not belong to any existing nation, and which was simple and easy to learn, he showed that Esperanto conformed to these requirements. An international language was indispensable for conferences and everyday use.

Mr. Craven, who led for the Opposition, declared that language, since it was a living thing, could not be replaced by mechanical symbols, as in Esperanto. A universal language did not solve the problem of international relations. Real understanding could only be achieved by learning the languages of other nations.

Robinson, who was making his first speech from the platform, seconded the proposition, and said that there could be no real peace without an international language.

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Berg, seconding the opposition, suggested that an international language was inadvisable and impracticable.

The speakers from the House were Powell, Townshend, Blincoe, Daneff, Markus, Unwin, Mason, Kelsey, Calvert and Royle..

The motion was lost by 28 votes to 33.

A short discussion on the form in which future meetings were to be held, preceded the normal debate for the third meeting. The Secretary introduced the discussion in favour of the normal procedure and Kelsey spoke on behalf of the new form. It was eventually decided to adopt parliamentary form for the rest of the term.

Royle then proposed that "Communism should be outlawed from this country". He declared that the form of communism which was the danger in this country was that inspired by Russia, and he showed how it had secured the domination of Czechoslovakia. He considered that communism was a sufficient menace in this country to justify immediate action.

Griffiths spoke for the opposition in a speech which, following the tone of the Proposer's, was characterised by moderation of tone, absence of emotionalism and reliance on cool argument. Although agreeing that communism should be expurged in this country, he did not think repression the best method, but preferred to put something better in its place : religion and a proper education.

Speakers from the House were Wilson, Powell, Daneff, Mortimer, Quirke, Lochore, Hilton, Haxby and Pallant.

The motion was carried by 29 votes to 23.

The fourth meeting took the form of three short debates.

Wilson first proposed that "The House would welcome the construction of a Channel Tunnel". Among its advantages, he said, were the saving of time in trade, and the reducing of the psychological barrier between Britain and the Continent.

Jackson (J. F. N.), opposing, thought the expenditure on such a scheme, especially at the present time of economic crisis, would be quite unnecessary.

Speakers from the House were Beachell, Cobham, Farrar, Mason, Daneff, and Hilton.

The motion was defeated by 49 votes to 6.

Mr. Le Tocq then proposed that "If a thing is worth doing at all it is worth doing badly". He defined the motion as meaning that if a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth having a shot at it. We were bound to do some things in which we did not excel in order to widen our experience.

Daneff spoke for the opposition and claimed that in the words of the proposition lay the root of all our present evil—the attitude of indifference. Doing a thing badly could never be defended.

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The speakers from the House were Robinson, Berg, and Cobham.

The motion was carried by 29 votes to 17.

Finally, Wheatley proposed that "This House regrets the decay of local dialects". He declared that dialects were descended from a long tradition and added colour and individuality to our language.

For the opposition, Cobham held that the standardisation of English was a good thing, since it eliminated the misunderstanding of words, which often led to the misunderstanding of people.

The speakers from the House were Mr. Le Tocq, Farrar, Berg, Jackson, and Kelsey.

The motion was carried by 45 votes to 7.

The motion for the last debate of the Christmas Term was that "This House wishes it were sitting at Christmas, four hundred years ago". Mr. K. H. Rhodes, after whetting the appetite of the House with descriptions of the food and drink of four hundred years ago, pointed out that it was a time of leisure, in which men had time for thought and contemplation. His final point was that the government interfered less with the lives of individuals.

Jackson, who opposed, declared that the state of the sixteenth century was chaotic and immoral. Today we had the benefits of scientific progress, and the right spirit of goodwill prevailed.

Hilton, seconding for the proposition, said that the sixteenth century was an age of spirit and individuality; science had brought about a decline in our character.

Kershaw, who made a very promising maiden speech from the platform in seconding for the opposition, pointed out that 1549' was a time of intolerance and cruelty, and that since then conditions had- improved. There was a tendency to idealise history.

The speakers from the House were Cobham, Robinson, Townshend, Mason, Nendick (a first speech—we hope for more), Unwin, Calvert, Wilson, Daneff, and Kelsey. This debate proved the most successful of the term, and speeches reached a pleasing standard of wit mixed with common sense, even if history was treated with imagination rather than scholarly precision by some of the speakers.

The House expressed its dissatisfaction with the times by carrying the motion (31 to 19).

THE SCHOOL PLAY, 1949 Two special difficulties must have confronted both the producer and the players in this year's School play, "Twelve Thousand", by Bruno Frank. There had been no School play in 1948, and therefore there were few boys available who had acted before from whom to 34

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choose; and this meant not only the lack of the necessary experience which makes such a difference to actors, but also a rather curious and unexpected absence of enthusiasm about the play in the School generally. Tradition of this kind dies quickly; and since this year's play had only a small cast, few boys were actually and actively involved in the production.

Moreover the play itself contained little dramatic action; and a play which is in itself full of dramatic incident is always easier for inexperienced actors. This does not mean that the choice of this play was not a good choice; indeed in many ways it was admirable. There is only one female part, there is an absence of love interest, and the period costumes, which boys wear admirably, were a help. Again "Twelve Thousand" has a good historical background, accurately sketched in. Indeed it was a major triumph for all concerned that the play entirely held the attention of the audience, despite these various handicaps and this was due to Mr. Burgess' admirable production, and to the excellence of the diction of all the players. Every word was easily audible everywhere in the Hall, and that without any strain on the part of the audience. :

Perhaps the play lacks a dramatic climax and has a rather weak final curtain. But set against the background of any one of the numerous petty states of Germany in the 18th century the resolution of Piderit, unexpectedly reprieved from "the wheel", and of his two peasant brothers, Martin and Karl, to seek in an America which was just about to assert its Independence the freedom which they could not find in a small and autocratic German State is an entirely good conclusion.

Generally speaking it was noticeable that while the diction was admirably clear, there was a failure to alter the tempo of speech or to use more than a very limited range of voice. This is perhaps too largely a matter of experience to expect it generally from boys still at school. But the absence of these features of good acting tended to make the speech rhythm of the actors monotonous, and to handicap them considerably in expressing varying emotions.

Piderit is a case in point. Kendell has a good voice, of much greater compass than he showed us, and spoke his lines quite admirably. He was an entirely satisfactory confidential secretary in the first two acts. But when in the third act his treachery is discovered and—since he knows the law----he realises that a certain and appalling death awaits him, he was not nearly so good. A complete change of tempo and of pitch was needed to start with, and it was not forthcoming. Even in the first two acts there was opportunity for this same difference in 'his dealings with the Prince or the Prime Minister on one hand and with his peasant brothers on the other. But Kendell has a good stage presence and his performance was, on the whole, admirable.

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Townshend and Jackson, as the two peasant brothers who fear conscription as mercenaries to fight England's war against America, had not a great deal to do, though their contribution to the plot is important. They played their small parts with sincerity and conviction. Townshend was too inclined to shuffle from foot to foot, but his speaking was excellent and he has some variation of time and tone.

Jackson did not speak so well, but (with some previous experience two years ago to help him) had the better stage presence and knew how and when to stand still.

Gibson's Prime Minister was a good piece of acting. At first, and indeed all through, it was difficult to realise that it was Gibson on the stage; and that means that he had succeeded in getting inside his part.

He knew how to handle the Prince, and was quick to see how a sudden and necessary reversal of policy, due to the action of the King of Prussia, could be turned to the ultimate advantage of his Prince and of the people. This was a good, sound performance; and Gibson is to be congratulated. He was a reliable Prime Minister, and a reliable member of the cast.

Quirke's Faucitt was one of the outstanding performances. There was much in his interpretation of the supposed superiority of the representative of England : and one could understand both England's suspicion of the German state, founded on previous experience of negotiations, and the equally clear dislike of the Germans for so standoffish a representative of King George III. Quirke had the dignity of the part admirably gauged, and was certainly convincing. A bigger range of voice and a greater change of tempo, already mentioned in general terms, would have made this an even better performance.

Bird's Prince was essentially his own interpretation. There was little here of the cynical autocrat who has such contempt for his people's walfare and such concern for his own that he regards all men in the state as cannon fodder to be sold at the highest possible price to the highest bidder. Bird's playing was consistent within its own somewhat unsubtle limits; and his enjoyment of his Prime Minister's suggestions for making good his financial loss when his schemes were shattered was obvious and rang true.

O'Donnell's Baroness was the second outstanding performance.

It is no easy task for a boy adequately to portray a character like the Prince's favourite, elevated from the peasantry to a position of influence at Court. If there was something of the commonness of the peasant-Baroness missing that is entirely to the actor's credit.

O'Donnell was well inside his part throughout, and his courage and especially the way he held his head were really admirable, and he managed his voice very well. He has a very good musical voice, and a fine sense of rhythm; and he is to be congratulated on a very good piece of acting.

Warrington's Prussian Colonel, a somewhat colourless part, was well spoken, and his entry at the end of Act 2 was effectively done.

The part doesn't give much scope to an actor, but Warrington did what could be done to make it dramatically effective.

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The setting, designed by Mr. Howat was extremely good and beautifully executed. The semi-circular room looked original, but its value is somewhat doubtful. It seemed to compel the producer to place his Secretary's desk somewhat too central, and to handicap some of the grouping when most of the characters were on the stage together.

But with that small reservation there can be nothing but praise for all those responsible for the setting, the lighting, the effects and the stage management. The small orchestra, entirely composed of boys, under jerkin's direction, played admirably the incidental music from "Le Roi s'amuse" by Delibes.

A word must be added to record our debt to Mr. Burgess for his usual admirable production. If all his players responded with enthusiasm to his demand for hard work, they would be the first to admit that their endeavours would have been of little avail without Mr. Burgess' expert direction.

We are accustomed to the various stages of hope, despondency, and despair from which the producer suffers during the rehearsal period. If this year we had little hope held out to us, and despondency and even despair predominated, the result was, also as usual, more than ordinarily good, and well up to the high standard which Mr. Burgess has always set for our School Plays.

C.P. "TWELVE THOUSAND" CHARACTERS (In the order of their appearance) PIDERIT, Confidential Secretary to the Prince ...

A. M. KENDELL MARTIN R. J. TOWNSHEND Peasants. His brothers J. F. N. JACKSON KARL TREYSA, The Prime Minister R. J. GIBSON. FAUCITT, Envoy of H.M. George III, King of England D. M. A. QUIRKE THE PRINCE ...

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SCENE The Secretary's room in a summer pavilion of a German ducal palace TIME The epoch of the American Revolution ACT ONE - Monday afternoon ACT Two - Friday, early evening ACT THREE - Saturday morning -

THE PLAY PRODUCED BY LESLIE BURGESS

The Setting designed and executed by A. T. Howat, assisted by Mr. R. Hawkins, R. C. Groves, R. E. Underwood, H. Murray, P. W, Newhouse, R. Hawkins, G. Brooks, J. N. T. Howat.

Interval music. Le Rol S'amuse, by Leo Delibes, played by members of the School Orchestra, under the direction of P. Jenkins.

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BARCLAYS BANK MALE VOICE CHOIR (Saturday, 22nd October, 1949) Each year Barclay's Bank Male Voice Choir visit a Public School and give a concert. We were fortunate that this year they came to York. They coupled the concert they gave in Big Hall with a recital of Sacred 'Music in the Minster after evensong.

Punctually at 8 o'clock the conductor, Harold Barnes, who is a member of the Bank staff, a Licenciate of the Royal Academy of Music, a church organist and a former chorister of Exeter Cathedral, entered. Immediately the auditorium lights were lowered and the Choir rose to sing William Byrd's great canon "Non nobis, Domine".

From the first note it was obvious that the musicianship of the Choir was as perfect as their organization. The firmness of attack, the phrasing, the balance between the voices, the stirring climax, of colossal volume yet without trace of harshness, all showed us that we were being privileged to 'hear a performance of the highest order.

There is not a large amount of music available for male-voice ensembles, but the programme-builder contrived to find the best and to present it in a well programme. He found room for serious Part Songs and Glees, traditional English and Scots tunes, Negro Spirituals and Sea Shanties and a good sprinkling of humorous songs, which justified their inclusion by the stingo with which they were delivered and the enthusiasm with which they were received.

It was an achievement, too, that of a programme of twenty numbers only a quarter were "arrangements", though it was interesting to find among these the work of the Choir's first conductor, the late Mr. H. Pierce.

It is not easy to select numbers for special mention amongst such excellence. The rich full tone given to the modal Agincourt Song was, as a member of the School said afterwards, like an organ with all its stops out, and thrilling it was to hear. The haunting tender melody of "Ca' the Yowes" was expressively sung by the soloist and exquisitely accompanied by the Choir, for whom it had been specially arranged. We were particularly struck by the tone-colour of Stanford's "Blue Bird". This atmospheric piece, quite unlike Stanford's better-known extrovert music, was originally written for mixed voices and has always seemed to depend for its mysterious effect on the entry of the sopranos with the soft, 'held note "blue" at the end of the lines. Our enjoyment of this arrangement was on quite a different plane, and it might be possible to compare the original and the arrangement with painting : the mixed voice choir's tone corresponding to the delicate, shadowy, misty blues of a Corot landscape, the male voice tone corresponding to the richer, thicker, exotic indigos of a Gauguin.

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Just as, on the stage, it is more difficult to "bring off" a comedy than a tragedy, so choral societies very often founder on the rocks of a humorous song. Not so this choir. Frederick Bridge's witty setting of Dicken's immortal words about a notorious highwayman (with York connections) was originally aimed at his old colleague and friend Dr. E. H. Turpin, one time secretary of the staid Royal College of Organists The words and music wear well, and the brilliant performance brought out the best in both, deserving the encore the School demanded.

Of Herbert Hughes's Parodies, the imitation of Czerny perhaps begins to lose some of its point, as nowadays young pianists, unlike their forefathers, are no longer expected to grind out his five-finger exercises for hours a day. So, for the young generation, the joke scarcely survives. But Dr. Foster's florid Handelian sequences delighted us all, as they would surely have delighted Handel himself.

Cecil Forsyth's "Old King Cole", which has as a sub-title the ancient Greek "Moderation in all things", was a roaring success. Written in the days before the radio (which nowadays most families seem to leave switched on all day), it showed the wretched old King's discomfort at his all-too-keen fiddlers' merciless habit of grinding out string trios while he worked and played and ate and wanted to be quiet. Here the members of the choir, as usual, made every word clear (and the words are important) hut, for the only time in the evening, allowed themselves, deliberately, to sing a few notes out of tune (as other fiddlers have been known to play, accidentally !) and we all sympathised with the King's violent solution to his troubles.

This was also encored.

The School took part in the programme. 'We were invited to join the Choir on "The Road to the Isles" (this would have been easier if the house lights had not been extinguished), in some of the shanties, and in Parry's "Jerusalem". The Choir had two short rests during which we did our best to entertain them. In the first the School Choral Society, singing from the gallery, gave a delicate performance of a couple of 'Part Songs, thus allowing us to compare the fresh timbre of trebles with the maturity of the altos and tenors on the platform. In the second, tiie School, accompanied by Mr. Wicks on the piano, gave a hearty rendering of a couple of unison songs that had been practised for the occasion.

Looking back on the concert, outstanding was the perfect drill and team-work of the Choir. Every member knew the music (more than one sang the whole programme from memory) and was able to give his whole attention to the conductor, starting and stopping precisely with the conductor's right hand, rising to a burning fortissimo or dying dawn to a smouldering pianissimo at the slightest indication of his left hand. This Choir, we felt, sang with its whole body and soul, and the effect on the audience was marked. We have been given a new 39

standard for our efforts. Asked beforehand about the concert, many members of the School would have said they wished they could have spent the evening in some other way. Asked afterwards, the same were unanimous in praise. This enthusiasm was fittingly voiced in a short speech at the end of the concert in which the Headmaster thanked the Choir for visiting us, and for the magnificent evening's music they had provided.

The programme is given below.

CONCERT BY BARCLAYS BANK MALE VOICE CHOIR

(70 voices) Hon. Conductor HAROLD BARNES At the piano DEAN BROWN Grace Before Music—"Non nobis Domine" Byrd 1. Part Song—"Music when soft voices die" Bairstow 2. English Tunes (a) "The Agincourt Song" (circa. 1415) am A. S. Warrell (b) "Drink to me only with thine eyes" arr. Elliott Button Solo: F. A. HELSDON 3. Glee—"The cloud-capt Towers" Stevens 4. Part Song—"Bold Turpin" Frederick Bridge 5. Scots Tunes (a) "Ca' the Yowes" arr. Vaughan Williams Baritone Solo: ARTHUR WILLIAMS (b) "The Road to the Isles" arr. Kennedy-Fraser 6. Part Songs (a) "Never weather-beaten Sail" Campian (b) "Breathe soft, ye winds" Paxton :

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7. Part Song—"The Herald" 8. Part Song—"The Blue Bird" 9. "Jubilee" Tunes (Spirituals) (a) "Swing low, sweet chariot" Solo: ARTHUR WILLIAMS (b) "Steal away" (c) "Zion's Children" 10. Sailor Shanties Shantyman: ERNEST BOOTH (a) "The Rio Grande" (b) "Shenandoah" (c) "A-Rovin' 11. Unison Songs (a) "Land to the leeward, ho !" (b) "Border Ballad"

Edgar Stanford, arr. H. Pierce

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Parry Cowen

12. Parodies (Studies in Imitation) (a) "There was a Crooked Man"—after Czerny (b) "Doctor Foster"—after Handel Herbert Hughes 13. Variations from the Nursery Rhyme "Old King Cole" Forsyth (Wherein is inculcated a Moral A1HAEN AT' AN) 14. "Jerusalem" Parry :

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THE MUSIC SOCIETY BEETHOVEN At the mid-term meeting of the Music Society, on the 19th of November, a talk on Beethoven was given by D. H. Holmes.

Considering the vastness of the subject, Holmes managed to convey a fairly wide idea of Beethoven's life work to those attending. This he did •by dividing the talk into two parts : one biographical and the other musical. On the whole the biographical section was more successful than the musical one, partly because of the original and ingenious way in which he prepared a diagram of Beethoven's life on the blackboard. He wrote down side by side the important dates of his life, the corresponding compositions, his illnesses, variations in salary, and his love affairs—a very vivid way of presenting a biography. One would have welcomed an additional heading dealing with Beethoven's important contemporaries. He explained the diagram with a generous sprinkling of anecdotes out of the composer's life.

The second part of the talk could be criticised for the light way in which he passed over the more important aspects of Beethoven's work. Nevertheless he played several extracts out of Beethoven's major works, amongst which were the Leonora III overture, the Violin Concerto, and the Fifth Symphony. Despite some understandable omissions this talk provided one of the most entertaining and instructive sessions of the Music Society.

CAROL CONCERT A Carol Concert was held in IVa classroom on the evening of Saturday, 10th December. It was a revival of a similar concert held three years ago. The revival and direction of the concert was entirely due to Mason, to whom much credit must be given. The choir consisted of :— treble Butterworth and Potter alto Haxby tenor Fawcett and White, D. A bass Hawkins and Mason On the whole the choir was well balanced, and the singing was of an extremely high standard considering that nearly all the carols were sung unaccompanied.

The concert began with a prologue in the form of the "Wassail Song". This was followed by a short talk given by Mason in which he traced the origin and history of the carol, A series of "Medieval" carols were then sung. The audience joined in with several of these and also with two popular carols at the end of the concert specially put in for their 'benefit.

It was most enjoyable and it was a pity that the attendance was so small; no doubt this was affected by the "picture" leave. ,

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Prologue : "Wassail Song."

Short talk on the origin and history of the carol.

"Past three o'clock."

"Lullay my liking."

"Wither's Rocking Hymn."

"Masters in this Hall" (choir and audience).

"So Blyssid be the Tyme."

"Rocking."

"As Joseph was a-walking."

"God rest you Merry" (choir and audience).

Two popular carols for the audience to sing.

THE SCIENCE SOCIETY President: E. K. ROBINSON, ESQ., B.Sc. Hon. Secretary: R. J. GIBSON. Hon. Treasurer: H. MURRAY.

Four meetings were held this term. At the first, the business meeting, the Secretary, Treasurer and Committee were elected.

On 8th October Mr. Harris gave a lecture and demonstration on "Wireless Valves". He began by giving an elementary description of the electric current in a circuit and went on to explain the basis of the wireless valve, in which electrons are discharged from the cathode to the anode in an evacuated space. Illustrating his talk with the epidiascope, worked by Poole, he described the construction of the diode, the full-wave single valve rectifier, the filter circuit device for smoothing out the fluctuations, the triode with the molybdenum wire grid, graphs of the anode current and grid voltage, and the triode as an amplifier. Here Mr. Harris described the mathematics of the circuit, and went on to explain the simple oscillator, the automatic grid bias, the screen-grid valve or tetrode, and the pentode. Mr. Harris had also some apparatus on the bench, including an oscillator board, which he demonstrated. Questions were asked at the end.

Mr. Jeffs was in the chair.

The third meeting was held on 22nd October, when Mr. Rucklidge gave a lecture entitled, "Radio Countermeasures". He did not deal with radio for intercommunications, but for aeroplanes finding their location. At the beginning of the war the Germans relied almost entirely on finding their position by means of taking bearings of two radio beacons, which sent out high frequency waves interspersed with morse. There were about twenty beacons interspersed over Europe, and the Germans had about eight or ten working each night. We could jam these beacons by sending out the same wave frequency, 42

and to prevent this the Germans used to alter the wavelengths. They did not do it very intelligently however, as instead of doing it haphazardly, they altered it every 15 nights. To counteract the tendency of a jamming transmitter to "drift" the G.P.O. suggested receiving what a German beacon transmitted, sending it along by an underground cable to a transmitter about 5 miles away, amplifying it and re-transmitting it. To prevent the jamming transmitter affecting the receiver the receiver aerial received in all ways but one. This system was known as 'Meacon (mask Beacon). The Germans realised after a time that this was not satisfactory and they used next what they called "Knichebein". This consisted of two beams of very high frequency, crossing over the target, the pilot navigating. The Germans first used "Knichebein" on the night of the Coventry raid which was a particularly accurate one. The Germans always switched their transmitters on 3 or 4 hours before the planes left the ground and gave us ample warning for the "target for tonight". For this we used straight-forward jamming, which could not 'be detected in Germany. 'Many interested questions were asked at the end and Mr. Rucklidge explained why German radio stations faded out when aircraft approached, how the dummy towns, known as starfish sites, were made, etc. Mr. Rucklidge made a difficult subject very clear and interesting, and it was a pity more members were not present to appreciate his excellent lecture. Mr. Robinson was in the chair.

The last meeting of term was 'held on 3rd December, when the evening was devoted to the Manor, from which three representatives gave lectures. J. Ford gave the first talk on "Bee-keeping". He began by describing the types of 'bee in the hive; the queen, the worker and drone, and explained their duties. He next showed us the layout of the hive and told us about the various difficulties, including swarming. Ford illustrated his talk with various apparatus he had brought along, including a lecturer's hive, sections, and frames, a queen cell, a smoker, and queen cages for sending queen bees by post.

He finished his talk with a film strip, the lantern being worked by Mr. Robinson. The next talk was given by D. H. Holmes. He divided his talk into two parts : (i) on the camera and film, and (2) on film making. By means of his own camera, and apparatus, and by diagrams, he explained the camera design and shutter working, and why a film appeared continuous. He described how a film should be made and showed us as an example the script of a film he had made.

He stressed as a final point that films are a means of self-expression and therefore required the director's whole skill and personality. The last talk of the evening was given by R. J. Gibson, on "Fishes". He based 'his talk on the film shown at the end. The photography itself was good but the commentary poor, so he first described the various fishes to be shown in the picture and their habits. He illustrated his talk by means of the epidiascope, worked by Mr. Crews, who was also the chairman. Mr. Robinson worked the film projector. Unfortunately 43

there was very little time for questions, and all three lecturers would have preferred more time. However, there was a large attendance and the meeting was enjoyed by all.

During the term a committe meeting was held, and it was decided that the committee should be elected by housemasters and not by members.

THE FILM SOCIETY The Film Society met three times during the Christmas Term.

Films of topical interest, including art films, usually supported the main feature, and the technicians gave a professional-like atmosphere to the meetings with their intricate and varied lighting, and swishing curtains ! The President of the Society, Mr. Wiseman, introduced each film by pointing out its merits and demerits, and the points to be borne in mind while watching it. Helped by these brief introductions, the Society have become much more critical of what they see, and more aware of the great capabilities of this new art form.

The first film shown was "Marie Louise", made by the Zurich Studios in 1940. Describing the story of a little French girl, evacuated to Switzerland, the film displayed many of the virtues of the best French films, simplicity and a certain directness of approach and above all a full realisation of the scenic values of the Swiss mountains; it had been made by brains rather than by money.

In "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", a Frank Capra film of 1936, starring Gary Cooper, we meet what can best be described as a modern fairy story : certainly if one did not take its economics or its administration of justice too seriously, the film was most enjoyable : the part of Mr. Deeds fitted Gary Cooper like a glove : the direction was always first-rate and often witty, and the final court scene is surely now one of the main classics of the screen, remarkable alike for its sweep and power.

In "The Shop Around the Corner" the Society made its first acquaintance with the work of the late Ernst Lubitsch : the film is entirely a contrived and manufactured one as the whole film was shot on sets, and in so far as it concentrated upon a small cast in restricted surroundings invited comparison with Hitchcock's post-war attempt to translate the stage play, "Rope" on to the screen : if it did so invite comparisons, then it must be said that Lubitsch had been much the more successful : so successful in fact that one was not conscious of the limitations that the director had imposed upon himself of its type, then the film merited very high marks : but there did seem little reason why the locale should be supposed to be Budapest.

On Saturday, 5th November, Mr. Saville very kindly showed to the Society eight of the ten best amateur films of the year and a :

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most enjoyable evening it proved to be : one or two of the films were possibly rather slow in pace, notably "Yachting Holiday", but in general it was most encouraging to see what could be done, even without the vast technical resources of the professional film studios.

"The Blaenau-Festiniog Railway" was a well-chosen subject; for it was obviously an out-of-door film and the result was as satisfying to see as it must have been to make The Society is already indebted to Mr. Saville for the efficiency with which he procures the required films. His kindly forethought in bringing this programme at a time when the commercial cinemas were out of bounds, was particularly appreciated.

"GUNPOWDER PLOT" The presentation to the School by the London Old Peterites of a reproduction of the famous Amsterdam print of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators has revived interest in the close association between St. Peter's and the ill-starred attempt of 1605 to blow up the Parliament House. Perhaps the time is opportune to recall what is known of Guy Fawkes and his fellow Peterites who were concerned in this "glorious failure".

Fawkes himself was born in 1570 at York, probably in Stonegate.

It would seem that by birth he was a Protestant, since his father, Edward Fawkes, was a notary and advocate in the Consistory Court, a position which could hardly have been held by any other than a proved Protestant. But his father died when Guy was nine years old, and 'his mother, Edith Fawkes. remarried shortly after. Her second husband was Dionis Bainbridge, of Scotton, who was Roman Catholic, and under his influence Guy and his three sisters grew up. Scotton and its neighbourhood seems to have been a hot-bed of Romanism.

There lived near by, for instance, the Percy family, one of whom, Thomas Percy, was prominent in the 5th November conspiracy.

Thomas married Martha Wright, sister of John and Christopher Wright, both Old Peterites and contemporaries of Guy Fawkes at School, and, like him, active in the Plot. Fawkes and John and Christopher Wright are depicted and named on the Amsterdam print; but there were two other Peterite conspirators who do not appear on the group. They are Oswald Tessimund and Edward Oldcorne. The former, after a vain attempt to rouse the country after the failure of the Plot, escaped to Flanders. He was, in fact, the only one of the five Peterite conspirators who did not forfeit his life. Fawkes himself, of course, was executed, with Thomas Winter, as the ringleaders of the Plot, in January, 1606. John and Christopher Wright had already been killed at Holbeach on 8th November, 1605, and Oldcorne, though he concealed his complicity in the conspiracy by his fortitude on the rack, was ultimately, in April, 1606, executed at Worcester for fomenting Romanism in the district.

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Thus of the thirteen men concerned in Gunpowder Plot five were Peterites. The conclusion that the School itself was at that time a nursery of Papists seems hard to resist. The School had, of course, been refounded by Philip and Mary in 1557 for the express purpose of educating boys in the Roman Catholic faith, and it seemed that the intention persisted long after the accession of Elizabeth and the consequent reversion to Protestantism. John Fletcher, who became Master about 1565, was certainly a Romanist. In 1574 he was removed from his post and suffered imprisonment for twenty years.

His successor, William James, reigned for less than a year. Perhaps his religious views were no more satisfactory. Certainly the celebrated John Pullen, who followed him, was called upon to sign an additional clause in the deed of appointment, subscribing to the articles of the Synod of 1562, and, in taking an oath of loyalty to Elizabeth, renouncing all foreign and usurped power. Pullen was a vigorous and notable Headmaster who ruled the School for 15 years (15751590); and he must have done much to mould the characters and religious beliefs of those five pupils of his, Fawkes, the brothers Wright, Tessimund and Oldcorne, who afterwards risked all for the Roman Catholic faith. It is scarcely credible that Pullen himself was not a Papist at heart, despite his apparent acceptance of Protestantism.

The appointment of his successor, John Bayles "for so long as he shall behave himself" is perhaps significant, as though the Dean and Chapter were taking no chances. And there is some uncertainty about the end of Pullen's mastership. He is said to have died in 1590, yet three years later we read of "Jahn Pullen, alias Old Master, and John Oldcorne" as suspected Jesuits in Yorkshire.

Finally we would emphasise that the connection between Guy Fawkes and the site of the present School is the merest coincidence.

In 1591 Fawkes came of age and became master of the property of his deceased father, who, though a lawyer, had died intestate. Guy at once sold up, to provide the wherewithal to seek service in the Spanish Army engaged in Flanders. Amongst the properties disposed of were a "farmehollde and several feilldes" in Clifton, which were conveyed to one Anne Skipseye. To these "several feilldes" in Clifton St. Peter's School came in 1844, when it exchanged its premises near the Minster, now the Choir School, for its present home.

L.B.

BRITISH SHIP ADOPTION SOCIETY During the summer holidays and all through this term the "Mountpark" has been engaged on the transport of wheat and flour from Australia to India. Details of the passages are :Early July : Persian Gulf to Fremantle.

31st July to 14th Sept. : Fremantle and Bunbury to Madras and Calcutta and back, calling Colombo for fuel.

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Late Sept. to 18th Nov. : Fremantle and Bunbury and back to Adelaide.

6th Dec. : Left Adelaide for Colombo, where due 24th December.

We have had some interesting information about the Indian ports from Mr. Ellis. but we gather that this particular run is not very popular with the ship's company, at any rate when Calcutta is included. They had particularly bad luck on the second visit, having to wait a week for a •ooghly pilot just at a time when the city was disturbed •by riots and when the cleansing department had gone on strike. Calcutta never strikes the visitor as a clean city and even in normal times garbage seems to be left about the streets to some extent; and it does not require much imagination to visualise the state of things when normal collecting comes to a standstill in tropical temperatures.

Colombo, however, has many advantages. and we hope the ship's company had a pleasant Christmas there. .

C.C.F. NOTES Now that the R.N. Section is working very efficiently as a separate entity, it has become evident that the House Platoon organisation is no longer practical and has been dropped. It was obvious when we changed from J.T.C. to C.C.F. that this change would have to be made. The new organisation, though in some ways similar to the old training platoons, will form the framework for a complete threeService contingent.

There will be the normal H.Q. Staff, Recruits, Basic Section (the and Army Sections. The • former Cert. 'A' Pt. I Candidates), R.N. Army Section will comprise the Signals, the 6 pdr. Gun crew, the Cert. `A' Part II Class and will also supply N.C.O. Instructors for the Recruits and Basic Sections. We hope to form the R.A.F. Section next term; already Mr. Cummin and L /Sgt. Walter are making preliminary arrangements.

The Stores have for a long time been most inadequate, and we were delighted to see the foundations laid for the new hut. We hope to be installed in the new H.Q. and Stores next term.

Training has been very active this term and it has been generally agreed that the weekly Friday training conferences have been most helpful, enabling the N.C.O's in charge of Sections to take a fuller interest in the planning of the training programmes.

The Signals had some interesting contacts on the 12 Set, and training has progressed satisfactorily.

The R.N. Section have been very busy preparing for their coming exams , and have joined in with the remainder of the Contingent on several full Drill Parades.

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SCOUTING

We were pleased to welcome Mr. Bennett to the Group this term in the capacity of A.S.M. He has taken over the leadership of the Senior School Patrols. These patrols are now in the eighth year of their existence and we hope that they will continue to thrive for many more years under his guidance.

Good progress has been made by the Troop with training for the 1st Class Badge both by Senior and Junior School Patrols. Four 2nd Class Badges have been gained and five Proficiency Badges.

On the last Friday evening of term the whole Troop met for a Christmas Camp Fire. The standard of items provided by some of the Patrols was unusually good. There was a very good turnout and an enjoyable evening was passed.

The Junior School Patrols and the Pack combined in collecting together a very creditable number of books and toys, etc., which were duly delivered as a Christmas present from the Group to the children of the St. Stephen's and St. Hilda's Homes. Plans have been laid for collecting used Christmas Cards after Christmas. The Group is aiming at a total of 10,000 this year, which is 2,000 more than were collected a year ago.

SHOOTING

This has been a disappointing term for two reasons—cancellation of matches and our own lack of form. We had a good list of fixtures for the term, but a number of our opponents had to cancel, usually because their rifles were out of order. We receive these cancellations with feelings of sympathy mixed with trepidation—a kind of dentist's waiting-room attitude—for our own Mossbergs are one by one coming to grief, and it is with something of relief that we close the range door after each shoot, still able to say, "Ah, well, the Light One is still all right". Perhaps it will hold out till "Country Life" itself, next term.

The other disappointing feature of the term's shooting has been the inconsistency shewn by members of the team. We only once succeeded in finding all eight shooting up to normal form on the same occasion. It is difficult to account for this, and hardly anyone has been immune. One thing is certain, and that is that an Eight cannot carry a personal score under 70 and still hope to have a good total.

One pleasing aspect of the term has been the amount of interest and ability shown by newcomers to the range, some of whom have found a place in the Second VIII. Match results :— 1st VIII. St. Peter's 603—Worksop College 599. Won. St. Peter's 569—Ampleforth College 615. Lost.

Wellington School 508. Won. St. Peter's 581—Rossall School 617. Lost.

St. Peter's 573—St. Edmund's School, Canterbury 591. Lost.

Denstone College 555. Won.

2nd VIII. St. Peter's 531—Ampleforth College 569. Lost.

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"THOSE LITTLE WINDOWS" The usherette shows you to your seat. You make yourself comfortable and settle down for a two or three hour programme But have you ever wondered what goes on behind those little observation windows at the back of the cinema—and the window from which that ever-agitating beam of light emerges merely as a pinpoint? The other day I decided to find out what really does happen behind those windows.

After introducing myself to the manager of a local cinema. I was taken up a flight of steps, and shown into the projection room, where I was handed over to the chief operator.

Tidiness—nothing lying about—not a speck of dust anywhere— everything clean and bright—I had the impression of efficiency. It was an oblong place, with plenty of room to move about. The doors were made of steel, and the concrete floor had been newly painted green. When I entered they were showing advertisement slides from a simple lantern-slide type of apparatus. The chief operator took this opportunity to show me round.

There were two projectors, and they did not look half as complicated as I had expected. The most noticeable item on the projector consists of a large hollow cylinder of about two feet diameter, raised from the ground by iron supports sunk into the concrete floor. The operator, opening the side of this cylinder, explained that it was the arc lamp. It surprised me to see a sort of chimney leading from this cylinder to the open-air. This serves to get rid of the blue fumes coming from eighteen-inch coils or rods— which last about 110 minutes each. At the front end of the cylinder comes the actual projecting mechanism, arranged in vertical form.

At the top—about six feet from the ground—appears the loaded spool, and below that comes a whole lot of intricate mechanism for both vision and sound. About a foot from the floor, and below all this mechanism, there is the take-in spool.

"All right, I'm finished now," said the operator attending to the slide-projector.

"Right you are, we can start right away."

The- chief operator broke off his explanations. There was a lot to do. Movement. Another operator turned down a switch in the wall, and the curtains closed on the last slide. A lever pulled down : the house lights gradually dimmed. The motor of the projector was whirring. A shield removed from in front of the lens. Lights in the "O.K., let's go." Plug pulled out of projection room turned off. the control panel : the gramophone stopped. A lever on the side of the projector knocked down. The whirring increased, and at the same time the great beam suddenly shot out across the cinema onto the "J. Arthur Rank presents." The curtains were folds of the curtain. opened. The show had begun !

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As well as the two loud speakers behind the screen, we had another smaller one on the wall behind the projectors. The operator, who was now standing at the control panel, adjusting the sound while the credit titles were being shown, could thus hear the sound track exactly as the audience would hear it.

Each spool lasted eighteen minutes, and when a spool was nearing its end, the supervising operator, who had been left alone during the running of the film, rung a bell, which brought the other operators— two in this case—back into the room. The change-over from one spool to another is rather interesting. An operator stood by each machine. They both watched the top right-hand corner of the film.

About twenty frames from the end of the spool a little circle appeared.

That was a cautionary signal. and they each laid their hand on the levers they were going to operate. Nine frames from the end, another circle appeared. The operator on the machine in motion immediately pulled a rod. Simultaneously one shield uncovered the lens of the loaded projector, while another shield covered the lens of the finishing projector. The other operator, at exactly the same time as the shields were changed, started his projector. By this method beams from each projector are not thrown onto the screen at the same time. The whole operation took less than a second.

I stayed for about an hour watching the film, and the routine which the shirt-sleeved operators carry out deftly and quietly. The next time I am shown to my seat, as the house lights begin to dim, my mind's eye will be able to take me behind those little observation windows at the back of the cinema.

D. J. WILSON.

SQUASH Judging by the look of determination on the faces of the jostling crowd which daily surrounded the Games Notice Board, as everybody tried to book a squash court, enthusiasm for the game can hardly be said to have flagged during the last term.

Mr. Rucklidge took over from Mr. Harding as master in change, and it was arranged for the solitary School Squash Court to be shared

by Houses in rota, on a daily basis. The School, however, was not handicapped by only having one court on the premises, and the Railway Institute must be thanked for putting three extra squash courts at the disposal of the rest of the School during the afternoons.

Response to two squash ladders—one Senior, and one undersixteen—started soon after the beginning of term, was disappointing.

This, it is believed, however, does not signify anything, since arranging courts at convenient times was often not a little difficult, and keenness for squash, instead of falling off, was as great as ever.

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In a match between the School and the Staff, played at the end of term, the School won by three games to two. The results were :Mr. Harding beat Fairweather, 9-3, 9-2, 9-4.

Mr. Rucklidge beat Thornton, 9-0, 9-0, 9-4.

Baker beat Mr. Crews, 9-7, 9-2, 9-6.

Watson beat Mr. Jeffs, 9-6, 5-9, 10-9, 9-3.

Ratcliffe beat Mr. Cummin, 9-4, 9-1, 9-2.

HOCKEY FIXTURES, 1950 FIRST ELEVEN Opponents Date Sat., 11 th Feb. Scarborough H.C. Wed., 15th Feb. Styx H.C. ...

Sat., 18th Feb. York H.C. ...

Sat., 25th Feb. Phoenix H.C. ...

Wed., 1st Mar. Bootham School ... ...

Sat., 4th Mar. Ashville College, Harrogate Wed., 8th Mar. Worksop College ... ...

Sat., 11th Mar. Trent College ...

Sat., 18th Mar. Old Peterites ... ...

SECOND ELEVEN Wed., 1st Mar. Bootham School ... ...

Sat., 4th Mar. Ashville College, Harrogate ...

Wed., 8th Mar. Worksop College ...

Sat., 11th Mar. Trent College ... ...

Wed., Fri., Sat., Mon.,

Ground Home Home Home Home Home Home Away Home Home Away Home Away Home

HOUSE MATCHES 1st Feb. First Round 3rd Feb. Semi-final 4th Feb. Semi-final 13th Feb. Final

RUGBY FOOTBALL, 1949 RETROSPECT Before launching out to tell the tale of the most successful rugger season the School has ever experienced, it might perhaps be as well to reflect for a moment on previous seasons; for successes such as we have enjoyed this term are not only the result of one season's good work, but surely also of the foundations which have been laid in the past.

Season 1948 ended up on a cheerful note. All the School teams had generally begun to show the upper hand. The 2nd XV had taken the honours for the season by winning five of their matches (previously an unheard of performance), whilst the Colts had won convincingly four out of their five matches. These facts alone gave us much encouragement, and there were other pointers which become all the 51

more evident as we look back even further. The Senior Colts team of 1947, of which ten members are now 1st XV Colours, showed very greatly improved form as the season progressed, ending finally in the defeat of the Ampleforth Colts by 25 points to 3. That same season also produced an undefeated Junior Colts team, and season 1946 saw the introduction of these few Junior matches, now surely a proved success.

All these factors, coupled, of 'course, with the fact that nine old Colours remained to do service once again, provided the School this year with plenty of talent and experience. Although no confident forecasts were ever made—always a rash proceeding—yet from the very outset, even after the Senior game left the field after its first practice, there were reasons for high hopes, and it was astonishing how accurately it was possible even then to foretell the final selection of the 1st XV. Good reserves there were in plenty, for evidence of which one has only to glance at the excellent 2nd XV results, but 15 players immediately seemed to mould themselves into a well-balanced, promising team. Good fortune also played its fair share, for injuries were few, and a very limited number of changes had to be made.

For seven out of the eight inter-school matches the 1st XV remained completely unchanged. The back division ended the season positionally as it had begun, while only one switch was necessary amongst the forwards when a new player was introduced. Seldom ever could a School XV have been easier to mould, and seldom ever could one have looked for a better spirit than that which pervaded this team under the splendid leadership of D. 'Walter as Captain and leader of the forwards, and P. T. Baker as Vice-Captain and in charge of the backs. The beauty of it all was, the more success came their way, the less did they allow themselves to become over-confident.

The forwards looked bigger than usual, and it is hard even now to believe that their average weight was only 11 stone 5 pounds, whereas in 1946 we were bemoaning the fact that the average weight of the 1st XV pack was only 10 stone 8j. pounds. They were a hard-working bunch; well able to match themselves against any of their opponents, and they realised above all else that they must supply their backs with the ball. In no particular phase of the game did they specialise, although probably their line-out work was as good as any, and their short inter-passing movements very impressive.

The backs were undoubtedly the match-winning factor of the side. Jackson at scrum-half and Goodburn at stand-off, with Baker and Kershaw at the centres, were sooner or later too much for most opponents, and their handling of the slippery ball on occasions was quite remarkable. Two of these players have since brought honour to the School by being selected and playing for their respective County Schoolboy XVs. P. T. Baker played for the Yorkshire Schoolboys against the Durham and Welsh Schoolboys, and J. F. N. Jackson played for Durham against Northumberland, Yorkshire and Cumber52

land. (We would also like to record here our pleasure and add our congratulations on learning that T. H. Hobson, 2nd XV hooker, was selected to play in the Yorkshire Schoolboys Final trial, by which time many others of the School 1st XV had already fallen by the way-side.)

The whole side combined admirably, and a match-winning factor as much as anything was their splendid team spirit; and to their Captain must go the credit for this. They would never admit defeat.

Against Denstone, Bradford and Giggleswick there were occasions when the School were behind on points. There were many anxious moments, but every time their spirit prevailed, and their enthusiasm never flagged. Never was this more pronounced than in the grand encounter with Denstone, a most memorable match for the School, when after a ding-dong battle a winning lead was finally regained with one player off the field. This match above all showed the team at their very best.

Thus the season was brought to a most successful conclusion. All eight school matches had been won, no mean achievement at the best of times, and certainly not against such worthy opponents as we now have. Such a record has never previously been achieved in the School's history, and we are proud to know that in rugger circles we have taken a place of high-standing and are ranked as one of the seven best schools in the country this season.

1st XV CHARACTERS *tD.

(Captain), 1947-48-49. No praise could be too high for the way in which he has fulfilled his duties as Captain both on and off the field.

Much of his success has been due to his admirable leadership, enthusiasm and keenness during practices. After adopting a new technique he was a much improved hooker, and he seldom called in vain for the assistance of the pack behind him. *.t P. T. BAKER (Vice-Captain), 1947-48-49.

Centre three-quarter.

A very much improved player in all departments of the game, and he is now equipped with plenty of knowledge and experience. Has developed a most elusive jink and is very difficult to tackle. His kicking is still a little weak and his tackling is often rather delayed and would appear unconvincing. *tit J. TOWNSHEND, 1948-49. A hard-working loose forward, but he just lacks that little bit of extra speed which would make him a real menace.

Very sound in defence and always very keen.

4 9M. E. KERSHAW, 1948-49. A centre three-quarter, although perhaps more suited to the wing. A hard-working player with a very powerful hand-off.

He is a strong kicker, but he doesn't yet use it to the best effect. He must try to improve his efficiency by taking fewer paces and less time over receiving and giving a pass. A most promising player. * .t,J. F. N. JACKSON, 1948-49. A first-class school scrum-half, when he really put his mind to it. He developed the occasional break-away from the base of the scrum to very good effect, and his work behind the pack was at its best in the most difficult conditions.

49.A. M. KENDELL, 1947-48-49. A well-built middle back-row forward, who has now found his best position. He is particularly sound in defence, and often saved many a crisis. Very useful in the line-out.

4 9P. C. KNOWLSON, 1948-49. A solid and weighty loose-head prop. He packs well and, although a hard-working forward, he is rather ponderous in the open.

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BLINCOE, 1949. Left-wing three-quarter. He always goes very hard, but he has neither weight, excessive speed, nor elusiveness to evade the average tackler. His defence is excellent, but in attack he was often left standing when his partner in the centre made a break or bunched up too much. Always very keen, thirsting for work, and fit. tD. J. HARTLEY, 1949. Undoubtedly a very much better prop than wingforward. A good solid packer, tough, and makes a good barrier. He requires an abundance of exercise before he is fit, and is then capable of a surprising turn of speed. .1. M. I. H. Utiwni, 1949. Second-row forward, who packed well with his partner. A line-out specialist, although at this art he was at his best early in the season. .1.E. ROBINSON, 1949. Another six-footer and more. He packed well in the second row and got through a lot of work in this difficult position. tit. B. PRINGLE, 1948-49. Full-back. Unhappily he didn't have the best of seasons. His positioning, fielding and kicking became very uncertain, but his tackling and falling on the ball were good. tR. A. CALVERT, 1949. Right-winger. Few opportunities came his way, but he has learnt to go hard for the line. His defensive play is sound, but he is himself what might be termed a rather ungainly or unbalanced player.

C. WALL, 1949. Young and rather inexperienced at present. He was tJ. D. not accustomed to his position at wing-forward, and he never could quite make out how he could best apply his speed from this position. He must also learn to shove more in the set scrums and break away quicker.

-1. Colours. *Cap.

tP. J.

SEASON 1949-50 2nd XV.—G. R. A. March (Capt.),* J. B. Mortimer (Vice-Capt.),* T. Hobson,* D. J. Wilson * D. Thompson,* E. G. Thompson,* R. M. Hodgson,* urn,* A. N. C. Smith,* G. Brooks,* L U. Warrington.* P. W. V. Milb K. M. Ratcliffe,* E. D. Thornton, R. E. S. Farrar, D. Fletcher.

Colts XV.—A. N. W. Gunning (Capt.),* D. G. Hilton,* D. B. Knowles,* B. B. Wennington,* A. W. Driver, M. R. Pallant, E. W. Stead, C. D. King, G. B. Pullan, R. Hawkins, P. J. Rhead, H. Rigg, M. C. H. Lochore, D. B. Nicholson, J. B. Weightman. * Colours.

Junior Colts XV.—R. J. De Little (Capt.), W. G. A. Maxwell, J. S. Megginson, N. M. Coates, D. Haw, R. K. Young, J. C. Oldroyd, E. A. H. Reid-Smith, P. J. Taylor, G. B. Hudson, M. V. Bolton, P. Richardson, R. G. Bough, D. G. Harbottle, C. M. C. Burdass.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS 1ST XV Sat., Wed., Wed., Sat., Wed., Sat., Sat., Wed., Sat., Sat., Sat., Sat.,

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Durham School Drax G.S. 1st XV ...

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Bradford G.S. Worksop College ...

Leeds G.S. Rishworth School 1st XV Ampleforth College ...

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Army Apprentices, Harrogate Harrogate R.F.C. Colts ...

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SENIOR HOUSE MATCHES 1st Round. School House beat Rise by 6 points to 5, after replay.

Semi-finals. Grove beat Manor by 20 points to nil.

School House beat Temple by 15 points to 9.

Final.

Grove beat School House by 9 points to nil.

JUNIOR HOUSE MATCHES 1st Round. Rise beat Temple by 26 points to nil.

Semi-finals. Manor beat Grove by 9 points to nil.

School House beat Rise by 6 points to 3.

Final.

School House beat Manor by 6 points to 3.

SCHOOL v. OLD PETERITES In this match, which was due to have been played on Saturday, 10th December, but was cancelled owing to snow, the Old Peterites lo, would have been represented by the following team :K. Lockwood; C. Frank, C. A. F. Cookson, P. Ringrose, I. H. Baker; W. J. Clark, J. Denison; W. A. Andrews, R. Hobson, E. A. K. Denison, R. L. Miller, P. V. Leigh, J. Shaftoe, J. R. Penty, C. S. Shepherd (Capt.).

As Colin Shepherd was deprived of the opportunity of captaining this team, he has kindly consented to organise and captain the side once again next season.

IHOUSE RUGGER SENIOR RUGGER. The Senior Rugger Cup was won this year by the Grove, who defeated School House in the final by 9 points to 0. The Grove had .

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had an easy passage into the final, defeating the Manor by 20 points to nil. Although the 'Manor were defeated so heavily the score does not perhaps give a fair picture of the run of the play.

School House on the other hand had a hard fight to reach the final.

They were involved in two hard matches against the Rise in the first round, the first being drawn 0-0, and the second being won 6-5. As the scores suggest, both games were very closely contested and in different circumstances the Rise might easily have won; their strength lay in their pack, which played very well indeed and made up for the failings of a rather disappointing three-quarter line. 'Against Temple in the semi-final School House had an easier victory though the standard of play was perhaps not as 'high as that of the first-round matches.

The final was expected to be a very closely-contested game, but as it turned out the Grove on that day were much superior to School House. The foundation of their success was their pack, inspiringly led by Kendell, which outplayed the School House forwards in the loose. The Grove were also stronger at half and fully deserved their victory.

TEAMS MANOR. Osborne; Pallant, Weightman, Hunter, Raylor; Stead, Gibson; Quirke, Rigg, Nicholson; Palframan, Cawood; Thompson, E. G., Hartley, Ratcliffe.

RISE.

Farrar; James, Wall, Thompson, D., Warrington; Goodburn, Knowles; Watson, Simpson, Annequin; Taylor, Daneff; Gunning, Lochore, Mortimer.

SCHOOL HOUSE. Driver; Griffiths, J. C., Baker, King, C. D., MacDougle; Fairweather, Walshaw; Smith, A. N. C., Walter, Brooks; Milburn, Underwood; Hilton, Rhead, Knowlson.

TEMPLE. Steele; Roe, Kershaw, Calvert, Clarkson; Jagger, Hourigan; Ankers, Varley, Mold; Robinson, Fletcher, D.; White, S. J., Marshall, Townshend.

GROVE. Pringle; Pullan, Hodgson, Blincoe, White, D. A.; Fletcher, D. I., March; Norwood, Hobson, Wilson; Unwin, Royle; Wennington, Kendell, Thornton.

JUNIOR HOUSE RUGGER. The Junior House Rugger Cup was won by School House, who defeated the Manor in the final by 6 points to 3.

School House in their semi-final had a hard game with the Rise, but their superior team play enabled them to win, the Rise relying too much on one or two outstanding players.

The Manor, in their two games, had very easy games against young Temple and 'Grove teams. In the final, however, School House were able to hold their formidable three-quarter line and their superiority in the scrum won them the game.

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TEAMS GROVE. Everitt; Wilkinson, Dent, Maxwell, Murphy; Pullan Wood; Whittaker, Coates, Megginson; Ramsden, Hunter; Burdass, Wennington, Gears.

MANOR. Storey; Pallant, Weightman, Spencer, Jackson, R.; Stead, Greenwood; Rigg, De Little, Thompson; Jackson, J., Hepworth; Youll, Palframan, Digg, De Little, Thompson; Jackson, J., Hepworth; Youll, Palframan, Nicholson.

RISE. Bolton; Kelsey, Knowles, Doe, Oldroyd; Gunning, Reid-Smith; Dixon, Haxby, Lewis; Gudgeon, Shaw; Hawkins, Lochore.

SCHOOL HOUSE. Webster; McDougle, King, Driver, Jackson, R. H.; Walshaw, Stenter; Collins, Rhead, Wetherell; Hudson, Hodgson; Smith, Holmes, Hilton.

TEMPLE. Sparham; Bradford, Haw, Clarkson, Dunwell; Bough, Welsh; Timms, Taylor, Harbottle; Ward, Herring; Bird, Richardson, Seaton.

SCHOOL MATCHES SCHOOL v. DURHAM SCHOOL Result : Won, 6-5.

Played at Durham, 12th October, 1949.

The match against Durham, the first inter-school match of the season, was played away under excellent conditions; rain had softened the pitch, yet it was not muddy, and although the sky was cloudy, the light wind brought no rain.

Durham kicked off into the wind and immediately attacked, but Baker broke through to relieve the pressure. Then from a scrum on the Durham 25 line came the first try; the ball passed right along the three-quarter line and then back inside to Goodburn, who raced round the blind side to score. The conversion failed, but the School attacked again and Baker broke through to give Kershaw an easy run to score.

Once more the kick failed, but sustained pressure should have brought a score on several occasions and the half ended with everyone a little disappointed.

The second half began, as had the first, with a strong attack by Durham and clearance by Baker. Once again Durham attacked, and their forwards, playing very hard, pushed the ball over and scored far out. A magnificent conversion followed. From the kick-off the School attacked and almost scored but unfortunately Baker was injured when he was nearly through. He had to go off and when he returned after a few minutes was very dazed. In another forward rush 'Pringle was caught in possession and also injured, and although he also returned, limping, only judicious kicking by Kershaw and Jackson, who played well throughout the game, and the hard work done by the forwards, and in particular, Unwin and Robinson. saved the side until the final whistle and allowed the School to record their first victory at Durham since 1896.

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SCHOOL v. TRENT COLLEGE Played at home on Wednesday, 26th October. Result : Won, 15— The School entered their first inter-school match to be played at home with high hopes, for a fortnight previously they had defeated Durham at Durham. Nor were those hopes disappointed for Trent were decisively defeated.

Playing with the wind in the first half the School were soon pressing on the Trent line, without reward for some time, however.

Then, after about a quarter of an hour, Baker broke through and passed to Hartley, who in turn passed to Calvert, who scored well out near the touchline; the attempt at conversion failed, as did the rest during the match. Soon afterwards Baker broke through again and scored himself in a similar position. Trent, however, fought back, and it was some time before Baker, again evading his opposing centre, broke through and passed to Kershaw, who handing off and running hard, scored. Almost on half-time Jackson scored the fourth try when he broke away on the blind side from a five-yards scrum.

During the second half the School were forced more upon the defensive, for Trent, with the help of the wind, continually made long touches down the field. Midway through the half, however, the ball came right along the three-quarter line to Blincoe, who ran round his opposing wing to score a grand try near the corner-flag. Almost at the end of the game Armstrong, who previously had narrowly missed with a penalty kick, kicked a penalty goal to record Trent's only score.

SCHOOL v. DENSTONE COLLEGE Played at Denstone, 29th October.

Result Won, 16-14.

Our first victory against Denstone since the fixture was started in 1934 was scored in a game as fast and exciting as the final score suggests : the lead changed hands no less than four times.

The conditions were good; the ground being quite damp enough to give the forwards opportunity for dribbling, though the ball was not at times dry enough to avoid the occasional faulty pass or "knockon". The complete absence of wind must have been a great help to Wall, who secured seven of our sixteen points by his place-kicking.

After the four-hour bus journey the School lacked their usual vigour at the start and little effort was made to stop the Denstone Captain opening the scoring with a fine try on the left wing after five minutes' play. This three-point disadvantage gave us the required incentive, and while harassing the Denstone defence on their own line we were awarded a penalty under the posts and Wall had no difficulty in securing the three points offered.

For the rest of the first half the ball passed from end to end at great speed. Some plucky tackling by Pringle prevented Denstone scoring on more than one occasion, and great perserverance was shown by the forwards, ably led by an inspired Walter, in dribbling the ball away from our line. :

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Half-time came with Denstone in the lead, 6-3, after they had secured another three points from a penalty goal.

Taking advantage of the rest, the School entered the second half with renewed spirit and swamped the Denstone defence. Soon the untiring efforts of the forwards were rewarded by a try from Townshend, ably supported by the rest of the pack; this try was converted by Wall, putting us two points in the lead. This lead was soon further increased to 11-6 when Kershaw, handing off strongly, broke through in the centre to put Baker over for another try.

Just at this point, when we looked like amassing an even greater score, Goodburn at fly-half was injured and had to retire. Reorganisation necessarily followed and Wall left the scrum and Baker went to fly-half. It was now Denstone's turn to do the attacking and our seven-man scrum was scarcely able to hold them. Their repeated attacks began to tell upon our defence and with a penalty goal, soon followed by a goal, they once more took the lead, 14-11.

The School then proved themselves superior, if not in numbers, then in the pressure of their attacks. Repeated attempts were made by our backs to break through the Denstone defence, always checked frantically before they reached the line. Kershaw and Jackson, in particular, came very near to scoring.

Then, just two minutes before the final whistle, a fine solo run by Baker deceived the harassed Denstone defence and brought us a magnificent three points, to which Wall added a rather shaky two more, thus turning a fine display of perseverance by a depleted side into victory.

SCHOOL v. BRADFORD G.S. Result Won, 8-6.

Played away on Saturday, 5th November. :

Going to Bradford for the fourth School match of the season, the 1st XV managed to beat Bradford in an even and exciting game, no mean feat as Bradford had won convincingly their eight previous games.

The first half opened with a shock for the School when Coverdale, the Bradford left-wing. receiving the ball following a scrum on our "25", ran round Calvert to score between the posts; the try, however, was unconverted. But the School hit back and soon carried the ball into the Bradford half, where Jackson broke away on the blind side and passed to Wall, who scored and converted. Fast end to end play threatened both lines, but there was no further score until half-time; once Goodburn broke through only to be tackled by the full-back, and on another occasion Blincoe caught and tackled Coverdale after Pringle had misjudged the bounce of a kick-ahead.

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Blincoe, who scored. The School almost scored again in a similar manner when Baker broke through and passed to Knowlson; however, this time Hartley was tackled within a few yards of the line. Soon after this Ripley kicked a magnificent penalty goal for Bradford from almost on the half-way line. Bradford then pressed hard and were awarded a scrum on the School try line, but Walter hooked the ball and the pack broke away to carry the ball to the half-way line and save the day, for the final whistle blew soon afterwards.

SCHOOL v. WORKSOP COLLEGE Played at home on Wednesday, 9th November. Result : Won, 12-0.

This match, played under extremely wet and slippery conditions, was a very hard game and proved beyond doubt the merit of the School pack; outplayed at first by the Worksop forwards, they fought back magnificently to equality and finally superiority. Had they not done so the three-quarters could not have received enough of the ball to win the match by so convincing a score.

The game opened with a shock for Worksop, for within a few minutes of the start Baker burst his way through to score a fine individualist try. Not deterred by this Worksop pressed hard and for ten minutes were hardly out of the home "25". A fine kick by Goodburn, however, relieved the pressure and our second try followed soon after; Jackson threw a beautiful reverse pass, Baker beat two men and passed to Kershaw, who handing-off strongly ran for the line and scored well out. Again Worksop carried the ball almost onto our line and just before half-time only a timely touch-down by Kendell saved a score.

Playing with the wind in the second half, the School pack, with Knowlson, Hartley and Unwin prominent, rushed the ball into the Worksop half. There, from a tight scrum, the ball was quickly passed to Kershaw, who broke through and with Baker and Blincoe in support sold a dummy to the full-back and scored. Again, perhaps excusably in the conditions, the try was unconverted. Good touch-finding by Goodburn, Kershaw and Jackson kept the ball in the Worksop half, although the Worksop pack fought hard. Almost on time, however, Townshcnd scored an opportunist try when he seized a ball which rolled loose from the scrum and forced his way over.

This win was a very fine team victory, for the forwards, up against a very fine pack, played hard and secured a fair share of the ball for their three-quarters, who were immeasurably superior to the Worksop backs; their handling of the slippery ball deserves special mention and contributed a great deal to our victory.

SCHOOL v. LEEDS G.S. Result : Won, 19-0.

Played at home on Saturday, 12th November.

Against Leeds the 1st XV played one of their best games of the season; the weather was vile throughout the match with drizzle and a 60

r biting wind, and the ground underfoot treacherous and slippery.

Nevertheless the three-quarters and the halves in particular handled the ball impeccably, whilst the forwards completely outplayed the heavy Leeds pack.

Almost immediately after the kick-off Goodburn cut through from a scrum on the 25 line and scored a try, which Wall converted. Leeds then swept play momentarily into our half but Kershaw, with a fine free-kick, drove them back into their own "25". Several times the forwards threatened to rush the ball over the line but the next incident occurred when Goodburn broke through only to be brought down by a magnificent tackle into touch by the Leeds full-back; but from this touch Knowlson threw himself over the line for a try.

Playing with the wind in the second half the School from the very first pressed hard; first Blincoe then Kershaw were tackled as they were on the point of scoring, and once Robinson stopped for an imaginary whistle when within a foot of the line. For ten minutes play hovered on the Leeds line until their forwards finally carried the ball away. Then Goodburn repeated his try in the first half by cutting behind the full-back and scoring, making the score 11-0.

Soon after this, from a five-yards scrum, Jackson scored on the blind side. Then Kershaw broke through but was tackled as he approached the line. Just before the final whistle the ball ran loose almost under the Leeds posts and Unwin pounced on it and crossed the line for a try which Wall converted, to make the final score in a very good match 19-0.

SCHOOL v. GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL Result : Won, 9-8.

Played away on Saturday, 19th November.

After the long bus journey, the 1st XV, in their game against Giggleswick, did not put up their usual performance; in fact they came within an ace of losing a very exciting game almost on the final whistle.

In the first few minutes of the game Giggleswick almost scored when Baker had to race back to pick up and clear a fly-hack from a forward; again soon afterwards Blincoe saved the situation when the Giggleswick fly-half broke through by crash-tackling him into touch.

Nevertheless it was the fly-half who opened the scoring by kicking ahead over Pringle's head and touching down; Davidson converted the try. The School forwards then rapidly rushed the ball into the Giggleswick half, where Wall kicked a penalty goal awarded for offside. Almost immediately afterwards Goodburn almost scored when he broke through, only to be tackled when nearing the line. Then, from a scrum, the ball went to Baker, who deceived his opposing centre to score an unconverted try.

In the second half play fluctuated from end to end with alarming rapidity and on several occasions the School came near to scoring;

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once Kershaw handed off two men but with Blincoe unmarked outside him was unable to pass before he was tackled. Soon after a forward rush led by Walter carried the ball from our line well into the opposing half. There, from a set scrum, the ball passed rapidly down the line, Baker beat his man and passed to Kershaw, who, running strongly, crossed over the line for an unconverted try, making the score 9-5. 'At this Giggleswick attacked with renewed vigour; Kershaw fell on the ball and before he could extricate himself from the scrum the •ball passed down the Giggleswick line, who, with a man over, scored half-way out. In a deathly silence Davidson placed the ball and kicked, but failed to convert the try to the relief of the School, for within a few minutes the final whistle blew.

SCHOOL v. AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE Played at home on Saturday, 26th November. 'Result : Won, 5-0.

On the game against Ampleforth, the last of the season, depended whether the 1st XV made School history by winning all their interschool matches or not; and so naturally both sides were keyed up to the utmost. This, together with Ampleforth's concentration on defence to avoid defeat, perhaps spoiled the game as a spectacle, yet nevertheless it was an interesting and exciting game.

Ampleforth almost opened the scoring in the first few minutes when an attempt at a dropped goal by Cox just fell wide of the posts.

That was their last chance of scoring for some time, however, as the School swept onto their line and for almost a quarter of an hour pressed continuously. A score must have resulted had not the passing of our three-quarters for once been at fault; Baker alone appeared capable of giving and receiving a good pass. Once he cut through only to see his final pass knocked-on within a yard of the line; on another occasion Goodburn broke through only to be tackled within a few yards of the line. Ampleforth gradually fought back, however. until a kick-ahead by Tate •beat Pringle, upon whom Ampleforth appeared to be playing, but Goodburn won the race for the touchdown. Yet on several occasions only fine defensive tackling thwarted our three-quarters.

The story of the second half was much the same as the first the School three-quarters were unable to break through a very solid Ampleforth defence, whilst when Ampleforth received the ball they relied largely upon finding long touches in defence or on kicking ahead in attack. Once they nearly scored in this manner but Baker raced back to gather the ball and make touch far up the field.

Usually, however, Pringle gathered the ball safely and made long touches. Then a forward rush led by Walter, Robinson, Townshend and Wall carried the ball into the Ampleforth half; from a set scrum the ball went rapidly to Baker, who eluded his man with a side-step, raced across the field with ineffectual hands clutching him, evaded a :

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despairing tackle by the full-back whom he had beaten for speed, and scored under the posts, a try which Wall converted. For the rest of the half the School flung themselves against the Ampleforth line only to be repulsed again and again, and the final whistle went to end an exciting game which the 1st XV deservedly but only just won.

THE JUNIOR SCHOOL As it is the first term of the School year we usually start the Christmas Term with a whole lot of new boys, and for this term we had sixty-two new boys.

Old Olavites may wonder where we put them all, but they may be assured that we all do fit in—and quite comfortably, too. You see, the Headmaster managed to find us another new form room. This was for JIIIB, a form of twenty boys taken separately from JIIIA. The new form room was made out of part of the old but formerly used as a "Den", and, having been very nicely painted and arranged, proved a very useful room. Our top form, JVI, has its own place in the Tower room, except for some of their periods when they join with IVA in the Senior School. Anyway, we were all arranged very comfortably for the term and things worked out very well.

We were pleased to see 'Mr. Ping back again and apparently quite his old strong self—also in good voice !

From the very first day of term, "conkers" were in full swing as usual in the autumn, and the craze lasted until the conkers were finished and well and truly scattered all over the place. Old Boys will well remember about all this—in fact we noticed Old Olavites in the Senior School looking on with quite a superior air On 12th October we had a most interesting Lantern Lecture entitled "At Home with Wild Nature", by Mr. John Kearton, the well-known naturalist. The pictures he showed and the anecdotes he told were very fascinating and amusing. He also entertained us very much by •his imitations of various bird songs and calls.

Many nature study specimens have been brought in for us to see during the term. The reporters for the "Olavite" have taken a full list of them, but we can mention here that a very uncommon bird was sent to Mr. Ping from Scotland. This was a Chough, a bird of the Crow family, but with its bright red beak and red legs it was a very interesting bird to see. During the term we also examined a Heron, a Wood-Pigeon, a Robin and a Blue Tit. Our Annual P.T. Display was held on two separate days, Wednesday, 30th November, and Thursday, 1st December. The programme for each day is given below, 'but the entire Display was given up to the P.T. exercises this year. We hope to arrange a Concert !

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during the Easter Term at which recitations will be given instead of being mixed up with P.T. After this we concentrated on the term examinations and the end of term arrangements, but we should mention the fact that we had a light fall of snow on 10th December. This gave us a good opportunity of having some good snowball fights, but we were sorry not to be able to watch the Old Peterites play the School.

The Junior School "Ceremony of Carols", held in the Chapel on Sunday, 18th December, attracted a very large number of parents, and was greatly enjoyed and appreciated.

The term closed with the usual enjoyable House Parties arranged

by Mr. and Mrs. Blunt, Mr. and Mrs. Calder and Miss Mason. On Monday, 19th December, we held our special end of term Service in the Chapel, followed 'by the Final Assembly and the breaking up Cheers.

JUNIOR SCHOOL BOARDING HOUSES Considerable changes in the boarding house arrangements took place during the summer holidays. Conditions are much improved thereby for the boarders, and the day-boarders benefit too by the more satisfactory arrangements for dinner.

A new house in the Avenue was purchased and converted into a boarding house for thirty boys, with the new name of Alcuin House.

The house formerly known as Albany House is now called Wentworth House (to perpetuate Mr. Ping's long association with, and service to, the School), and St. Olave's House keeps its old name.

The houses keep the same personnel. Albany House boys moved into Alcuin House, and the 30 boys there are reinforced by 11 juniors resident in St. Olave's under the immediate charge of 'Miss Mason.

The 31 'boys in St. Olave's last year all moved to Wentworth House, and with new boys are now up to a strength of 40.

In 'St. Olave's the first floor is residential for the 11 boys and staff, including a common room for the boys; the ground floor is occupied by three dining rooms. Each boarding house has its own room, and with smaller tables and more space, conditions are much better. Wit the extra space and the third room all boys desiring dinner at Schoo may now sit down together instead of in a double sitting as befo the change.

In the boarding houses also, by fewer boys in one place or by extra common rooms and dormitories, a much more comfortable lif is lived, and washing and bathing accommodation is increased as well., Altogether the improvements are well worth while.

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SALVETE (September, 1949) To WENTWORTH HOUSE R. D. Burdass, R. T. Burdon, J. C. Cooke, B. W. Craven, D. I. Donaldson, R. A. Field, J. R. Fletcher, W. Gilbson, D. B. Irvin, J. J. Knapton, J. Maxwell, N. A. Napier, D. R. Procter, D. C. Parry, J. G. Spink, M. P. Stanton, T. G. Tomlinson, P. R. Webster, C. D. M. Wood, M. M. Wood.

To F. N. Parkin, G. D. Parkin.

ALCULN HOUSE

To ST. OLAVE'S HOUSE F. H. Dimmey, M. L. Elliott, R. C. Hopkinson, A. B. Nel, J. J. Rhodes, D. I. Stones, R. H. Sykes, M. C. M. Thorpe.

DAY BOYS

A. D. Baker, A. D. Best, P. E. Bulmer, T. C. Carter, D. E. Coulson, R. E. Crowe, I. R. Fairweather, J. D. Fox, M. P. Giddings, J. M. Holroyd, P. S. Jesper, M. Kay, R. Leach, J. R. Loadman, A. Mathieson, D. S. Moat, J. A. Newitt, A. J. North, J. R. Peverley, D. S. Robertson, J. N. Russell, E. C. Sedman, D. L. Slade, R. S. Smyth, D. T. Sparham, D Storey, R. H. Thorp, M. Welsh, C. P. White, D. Wilkinson, C. J. Woolley, H. C. Wright.

ST. OLAVE'S ANNUAL P.T. DISPLAY WEDNESDAY, 30TH NOVEMBER THURSDAY,

1ST DECEMBER

PROGRAMME

Wednseday

1. Exercises by Form J.ii.

2. Exercises by Form J.iiiA. 3. Basket Ball Match, J.iiiA v. J.iiis.

4. Short Interval.

5. Exercises by Form J.ivB. 6. Exercises by Form J.vs.

Thursday 1. Exercises by Form J.i.

2. Exercises by Form J.iiis.

3. Basket Ball Match, J.vA v. J.vs.

4. Short Interval.

5. Exercises by Form J.ivA. 6. Exercises by Forms J.vA, and J.vi.

JUNIOR SCHOOL GAMES This season we have had to arrange games for 194 boys and in consequence on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons seven games have been organised.

The three senior games have been rugger for those of the "11 years and over" age group. The four Junior games have been soccer for those below this age.

We have had a very enjoyable season and much talent has come to light.

Of the six matches played, three have been won, two lost, and one drawn—below are recorded the details of these matches :— 25th Oct. 3rd Nov. 8th Nov. 17th Nov. 22nd Nov. 6th Dec.

v. Newburgh Priory. Home. Won. 21-0. v. Ampleforth College Juniors. Away. Lost. 3-9. v. Drax G.S. Juniors. Home. Won. 17-3. v. Newburgh Priory. Away. Won. 15-3. v. Ampleforth College Juniors. Home. Draw. 3-3. v. Drax G.S. Juniors. Away. Lost. 3-12.

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The following boys represented the Junior School :— Carr, *Ridley, Dodsworth, *Clayton, Dobson, *Macpherson, D. A. (Cap

Powell, Barton, D. G., Walker, Staines, *Kettlewell, Wetherell, *Kirk Taylor, P. J., Willstrop. Also played :—Roy, Jenkinson, Huzzard, Renwick. * Denotes Colour.

WOLF CUB REPORT The usual uproar in this department took place throughout the term, although our place of meeting changed with such bewildering frequency that no-one quite knew who would be disturbed next.

Whilst the good weather held we met in the open, and then alternated betwen the gym. and various form rooms.

In the course of the term one second star, two first stars and eleven badges were gained. The Inter-Six Competition was won easily by the Red Six with 177 points, Yellow being second and Blue and Green tying for last place.

Apart from the routine meetings, we played two football matches.

We beat 3rd Acomb 1-0, but the second game, against our old rivals, Clifton, was abandoned after twenty minutes. By the time that the rain had penetrated all the referee's defences he packed us off home in a cowardly manner.

Our party, on 10th December, was run on traditional lines. The food was too plenteous even for us and the treasure hunt in the dark was the most noisy and dangerous half hour which we have had since the same event last year. Luckily, we bounced off all projecting parts of the building without doing damage to ourselves or to the fabric.

On 17th December we took part in a handicraft competition.

Our twenty-eight cubs produced a paltry seven exhibits, and only two cubs deigned to accompany Akela to the seat of judgment. The rest of the Pack missed a good laugh when Akela had to spin to the assembled company a yarn which he had forgotten to prepare. They also missed seeing a very good collection of drawings, models and handwork. We gained two certificates, one second and one third prize, out of the eighteen which were given. This was more than deserved, as we had supported the show so badly.

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