Music Examination Results

THE MANOR

In September we welcomed Mr. Bennett as our new Assistant Housemaster. He soon mastered the intricacies of House geography and routine, and we hope he has enjoyed his first term with us.

The beginning of term also saw the arrival of eleven new faces— or perhaps we should say ten, for to many of us two of them seem the same. These new juniors became absorbed into the House with customary speed. They are ardent cooks, and the result of their labours has to be smelt to be believed.

As our old hobbies room had to be taken over as a senior study, one of the cellars was put at our disposal in its place. Several members of the House, ably led by R. B. Wilson, took upon themselves to shovel out several tons of coke, scrub down the walls, and distemper them. A window was fitted and a heater supplied, and now it is the home of sundry wireless sets in various stages of manufacture, of fragments of model aircraft also being built, and of Primus stoves under repair. Many other model aeroplanes have been made in the Common Rooms, and sundry engines have been "run-in" with the familiar long, drawnout windings, staccato roars and evil smells, followed—but only rarely— by a steady purr. Chess has occupied many, and a table tennis tournament aroused much keenness. It was won by Handler.

We have won no cups. The Junior XV lost to Temple in a game where they did not come up to expectations. Liversidge, however, did very well and scored all our nine points, and was awarded his junior House colours. In the senior rugger we faced, in the semi-final, the powerful School House side, which contained seven members of the 1st XV, and confounded the prophets by holding it to a 0-0 draw after extra time. In the replay we lost 6-3, extra time being needed, and these two games will long be remembered in the House. There was an excellent spirit in the team, and perhaps one of the main features was the reserve of skill and energy shown by some of those players who make no claim to greatness and have never been in a School side. Bulmer, Lapidge, and R. B. Wilson were awarded their House colours.

We have contributed to all the School rugger teams, the following having played : J. A. Jackson ( 1st XV cap), J. R. Jackson and Bulmer (1st XV colours); Lapidge ,(2nd XV colours); Penman, Liversidge (Senior Colts colours); Brocklebank, Chadwick, Ridley, and Lowley. There were also sundry Manorites in "Macbeth" : Armstrong, Lapidge (one of the murderers—"Don't act; just be natural", is reputed to have been the producer's advice), Badham, and Gregory; and Bulmer and Elston put in much time and enthusiasm "behind the scenes".

Finally, it is a pleasure to congratulate a very recent Old Manorite, A. T. Booth, on reaching the final of the Schoolboys' Golf Championship and also playing for the English against the Scottish schoolboys during the Summer holidays.