The Junior School

SCHOOL v. OLD PETERITES SAT., 15TH DEC.

It was with very great regret that the O.P. match was cancelled. There seemed little point in delaying the decision on Thursday evening, 13th December, when skating and sliding was still possible on the flooded riverside fields, and fog and frost persisted. From the moment when a decision was made, such a rapid •thaw set in that play definitely would have been possible by the Saturday. Our sympathies are extended particularly to John Harding, who had so successfully mustered an O.P. XV which were prepared to risk their necks against the School. The probable XV would have been :-

R. B. Pringle; C. K. Hudson, P. R. G. Graham, P. J. Blincoe, R. M. Hodgson; W. Graham, G. R. A. March; R. Hobson, T. 'Hobson, J. E. Stuart, J. R. Penty, E. A. K. Dennison, F. D. Browne, J. T. Harding, C. S. Shepherd.

We hope they will not have been deterred from turning out another year.

Most of us have heard the phrase "A New Look". The so-called "New Building"—now used almost entirely by the Junior School— presented a very New Look when we returned in September, as the whole building had been re-decorated and painted during the holidays. The Form Rooms were all very spick and span, and Mr. Ping's office was so transformed and re-arranged as to be almost unrecognisable ! Anyway, we all appreciated the work that had been done and the difference it made.

The beginning of the Christmas Term saw us with exactly the same number of. boys as at the end of the Summer Term, viz., 195, but during the term we collected another boy who returned to us from abroad.

We also welcomed a new Master to the Junior School staff, Mr. P. M. Lanning, who is taking some of the Mathematics and Science. This term the Junior School had practically its own teaching staff. We were only dove-tailed into the Senior School staff for one or two subjects.

The sixty-three new boys were quickly settled into their respective forms, and the term has passed very normally and, indeed, very quickly.

During the term several unusual and interesting specimens were brought to Mr. Ping's Nature Study lessons, notably a 31 lb. Pike which had been caught in the River Swale. Other specimens were a Snipe, a Sparrow Hawk, a Carrion Crow, a Stoat and a Grey Squirrel. 56

The whole School enjoyed the full day's holiday given on 1st November—All Saints' Day—and most of the Junior School boarders managed to go home or to friends.

Then followed a long period of very wet weather, and for a succession of games' days no football could be played, and, in fact, owing to flooded fields or hard frost the House rugger matches had to be postponed until next term.

The chief events of this term come towards the end. The P.T. Display was held on Wednesday and Thursday, 5th and 6th December, when upwards of 150 parents and friends attended on each day. The Display is, we feel confident, always a good show, and the boys try to do their best. But this year the exercises were particularly interesting as some new "features" were introduced by Sgt.-Major Power, and the boys performed them all very well indeed.

After the P.T. Display our end-of-term exams. occupied us all very fully, and also the efforts of Mr. Waine and Mr. Wicks, trying to find spare time when we could practice for the Carol Service.

Our own Junior School Carol Service in the School Chapel is reported elsewhere in the Peterite, but we may say here that all the boys in St. Olave's were keen and interested to give their best efforts at the Sunday Service, and they acquitted themselves most creditably. The lessons were very well read by K. Brown, R. J. Catchpole, G. F. Mitchell, and D. C. Perry.

After the short Service with Prayers in Chapel our Final Assembly of the term was at 12-0 noon on Monday, 17th December, when the Head Master read the final Mark Orders, and announced the results of the points for the Work Shield, as follows :-1, Trojans, 14.5 points per boy; 2, Spartans, 13.1; 3, Thebans, 12.4; 4, Etruscans, 10.8.

PHYSICAL TRAINING DISPLAY The following was the programme :—

Wednesday, 5th December, 1951, at 2-15 p.m. Thursday, 6th December, 1951, at 2-15 p.m.

1. Exercises by Form J.i.

1. Exercises by Form J.iiA. 2. Exercises by Form J.iis. 2. Exercises by Form J.iiis. 3. Exercises by Form J.iiiA. 3. Exercises by Form J.ivs. 4. Obstacle Race by the Arena

Party. 4. Basket Ball Match by boys from Remove and J.vA. 5. Exercises by Form J.ivA. 5. Exercises by Form J.vA. 6. Exercises by Form J.va. 6. Exercises by Remove. 7. A Skittle Ball Match by boys from J.vA and J.vs.... 7. A Skittle Ball Match by boys from Remove and J.vA.

M. G. H. Adcock (St. 0.). J. M. Beachell (W.). A. G. Black (St. 0.). E. S. Bolton (W.). T. P. Brown (St. 0.). J. Burdon (W.). T. A. Dukes (St. 0.). I. S. T. Dutton (W.).

SALVETE Christmas Term, 1951

BOARDERS D. H. Fletcher (St. 0.). A. Gomersall (W.). P. Goolden (W.). C. Hermiston (St. 0.). S. R. Hutchinson (St. 0.). T. C. James (A.). J. M. Lynch (W.). D. M. Patchett (St. 0.).

DAY BOYS J. P. Allan. M. G. A. Garbutt. T. D. F. Anderson. T. E. Giddings. J. A. Baldwin. M. F. Grainger. J. W. Beckett. S. N. Harrison. M. S. Blacker. S. K. D. Hill. J. C. Brisby. P. Hodgson. P. J. Burton. I. T. Hunter. J. A. Bygate. P. R. Jenner. D. A. Collingwood. P. Johnson. A. H. Crowther. M. J. Kershaw. A. Dale. R. W. Kirk. R. A. Elliott. M. N. McCulloch. M. W. Foster. R. A. Martin. M. J. French. R. G. Medd. D. W. Pickup (W.). D. H. Rhodes (St. 0.). S. D. Ward (St. 0.). F. I. Watson (W.). J. C. G. Wheeler (W.). M. R. Wood (W.). J. G. Wright (St. 0.).

A. R. Milward. P. H. Moat. C. T. Murray. M. F. Pheasy. J. M. S. Prosser. J. A. Shouksmith. C. P. Spencer. K. A. Steel. M. L. Swain. D. W. Walsh. D. J. Wightman. J. D. G. H. Wreghitt.

J. F. Miers (re-joined).

VALETE

J. R. Fletcher (W.).

WOLF CUB REPORT

This term Mr. Lanning has joined us as A.C.M., and a most efficient "Baloo" he has made. We have now a formidable waiting list, but we hope not to disappoint too many boys. Next term we shall increase the size of the Pack to twenty-eight, and in the summer a fifth Six may be formed.

Our meetings this term were at first held in the open, but we retired to the gym. as soon as the dark nights arrived. The most popular game has been "Monkeys' Paradise", whose rules are fluid, but whose one essential feature is that no-one must set foot on the ground. We have gained two Second Stars, five First Stars and eleven badges, which is an improvement, but we need still more cubs with two Stars.

In the first round of the football competition we met Southlands, last year's winners of the cup. After holding them to a draw, we lost the re-play 4-2. Southlands have reached the final again this year, but the exceptionally wet weather delayed the match until after Christmas.

On 29th November we were visited by the I.H.Q. Commissioner for Education, Brigadier Crampton. During the twenty minutes which he spent with us we played a signalling game and had an intersix competition which entailed knotting and hauling a cub out of a "swamp".

The party took place on 8th December, and once more the New Building was shaken to its foundations during the treasure hunt. Each Six invited a past member as a guest, and Cubs from other packs were also asked. As an innovation, brothers of a suitable age were invited too, and a good time was had by all.

JUNIOR SCHOOL GAMES

Until the river flooded the lower fields about mid-term we had regular games on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the whole School, those of 11 years of age and over playing Rugger and the remainder Soccer. After that it became a question of runs or walks, depending on the state of the weather.

We played six School matches, losing twice to Ampleforth College Juniors and twice to Pocklington Grammar School Juniors.

At Drax we drew a good game 11 points all, and at home we beat Drax Grammar School Juniors 22 points to nil.

Congratulations to R. J. Catchpole (Captain), M. Ruddock (ViceCaptain), and N. D. Taylor on being awarded their Rugger Colours.

The following represented the School :—G. Mitchell, M. Kershaw, D. C. Parry, G. Sanderson, J. G. Spink, D. G. Macpherson, J. R. Maxwell, N. D. Taylor, M. Ruddock, M. J. Loadman, K. Brown, D. Robinson, R. R. Baldwin, W. D. Dodsworth, R. J. Catchpole—also played, I. C. Bytheway, J. F. Knapton, G. P. Burden, D. B. Irvin, and C. J. Quickfall.

Junior and Senior House matches will be played off next term.

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