THE PETERITE Vol. XLI I I
JUNE, 1951
No. 327
EDITORIAL The Easter Term of 1951 will be memorable for the fact that for the first time in many years the calendar enabled us to observe Easter at School; and to very many this must have been an unique experience of great spiritual value. In other respects, perhaps, our recollections of the term are less satisfying. The prolonged winter and the brooding spectre of illness, always threatening to develop into a serious epidemic (though, thanks to the unremitting care of those who watch over our health, we escaped disaster), were depressing to the most cheerful spirits, and there is little doubt that the decision to end the term abruptly a week before it had run its allotted span was wise. The weather had the last word. With characteristic venom it unleashed a snowstorm on the last day of term which frustrated our hope of holding the Athletic Sports before we dispersed. The Science Exhibition, too, was a casualty of the change of plan, though fortunately it had only to be postponed and not abandoned. The organisers, with ready adaptability, could undertake to stage it immediately at the beginning of the Summer Term, and we are able to give an account of it in this number of "The Peterite". We congratulate Mr. K. H. Robinson and all his helpers on an Exhibition which was, we believe, "better than ever". Commemoration, the climax of the School Year, will be held on the 27th, 28th and 29th July. Canon C. E. Raven, D.D., Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and a former Vice-Chancellor of the University, will distribute the prizes at Speech Day on Saturday, the 28th, and the Commemoration Sermon will be preached by the Rt. Rev. W. H. Baddeley, Bishop of Whitby. In general the programme for the three days will follow the usual lines, and details are given on another page. The School is the poorer by the loss in the holidays of three people who, in their different spheres, have meant much to St. Peter's. In this issue we have to record the death of an Old Peterite, the Rev. H. Bloomfield, to whose generosity we owe our gymnasium, of Mr. A. E. Long, another 0.P., and of Sgt.-Major Puddick, who during .1
