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Valete and Salvete
from May 1952
by StPetersYork
constant irritation. This was the automatic chocolate and cigarette slot machine. Space was rented by the owners of these machines from London Transport, and Frank Pick was unable to control, in any way, their appearance. That they were, by nature, hideously conceived objects merely rubbed salt in the wound. Their only merit was their functional success—you put your coins in—you got your chocolate out. Such machines are largely unknown to the present generation of schoolboy, but they can be given some idea of their grossness by making the comparison with the platform ticket machines still fostered by British Railways, and if anything, even uglier.
Dr. Read therefore thought it particularly suitable that the first subject set for the prize award should be the designing of a chocolate slot machine that would have gladdened the heart of Frank Pick— an "objet d'art" possessing complete functional quality—and as a result many boys in the School have suddenly become "design conscious" and are now noticing the aesthetic or non-aesthetic qualities of the things they daily use in the routine of living. Surely this is the greatest memorial Frank Pick would have wished in his old school, for only since he left school has education deemed the development of an appreciation for design in function and appearance an aid to the living of a fuller and happier life.
A.G.C.
The Frank Pick Prize has been awarded for the year 1952 to .1 M. A. Butterworth (Lower VIth).
Dr. Herbert Read, who judged the entries at the end of the Easter Term, also commended the work of Botterill (IVc), Leonard (IVc), and T. Wilkinson (Transitus).
VALETE (March, 1952)
THE RISE M. C. M. Lochore. Lower VI. House Monitor. School Cert., 1950. Civil
Service Examination (Written), 1951. Colts XV, 1949-50. 1st XV, 1950-51-52. Colours, 1950-51-52. Rowed for 3rd IV, 1951; 2nd IV, 1951. Colours, 1951. 1st VIII, 1951. Debating Society Committee.
Able Seaman in C.C.F. P.O. Examination, 1952. Cert. A, Part 1, 1950.
Efficiency Badge. 1st Class Shot. C. R. Ackroyd. 1948-52. Transitus. Signals Sergeant in C.C.F. Cert. A, 1952. Assistant Signals Instructor's Certificate. Proficiency Badge, 1952. 1st Class Shot.
SALVETE (January, 1952)
J. C. Armstrong. Shell A. I. Wilson. Shell A. THE MANOR
