Athletics and Cross-Country

able at the Science Exhibition at the beginning of the Summer term. We have also received notebooks, the Chief Engineer's copy of the Deck Abstracts, giving details of position, weather, day's steaming and so on for the "Mountpark" since her maiden voyage. During this time she has steamed about 150,000 miles, and these notebooks having been in actual use throughout, provide a most interesting record.

Our activities this term have been considerably restricted, mainly owing to most miserable weather conditions, which culminated in an assault of sleet, hail, and snow on Easter Monday, Sports Day. In spite of the prevailing conditions, a programme of standards was persevered with whenever the track was fit, and if Sports Day itself had only relented and warmed our limbs a little, we could have forgiven the past. But is was not to be. The Sports could not be held,

The cheerless conditions did not prevent M. G. Goodburn (R), J. R. Moore (R), W. G. A. Maxwell (G) and D. J. Nesham (S.H.) from obtaining maximum points in the standards, and eight other boys were close on their heels, being only one short of a "possible". The Rise gained from standards a most commanding lead, so much that few would dispute that, with all their available talent they would have won the Athletics Shield. As was only to be expected, the average number of standards gained was nothing like so high as in past years (the half-mile standard was the only one not attempted), but the ultimate award of points gave a fair indication of the balance of the houses.

House Placings : 1. Rise, 200 points. 2 . 5 School House, 160 points. Temple, 160 points. 4. Manor, 157 points. 5. Grove, 154 points.

It was disappointing that the end should come in such a way, and we were not to witness once more the performances of outstanding athletes such as M. G. Goodburn and M. E. Kershaw, who for the past 3 or 4 years have held the fort. It was not likely that Goodburn would have bettered his half-mile record of last year, because training opportunities had been so adverse, and it was even more disappointing for him that he failed by inches to qualify for the final of the 4- mile in the Public Schools Sports at the White City in the holidays, having stumbled and fallen just short of the line when lying second. The mile races, both senior and intermediate were the only two track events to be held as is customary, 3 or 4 days before Sports Day. For the 3rd year in succession Goodburn won the senior event easily and thus brought to a conclusion his outstanding school athletic career.