The Choir

Evensong was at 4 p.m., and we were pleased to see a number of relatives and friends in the congregation. We sang the settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Alan Gray, an Old Peterite, and, appropriately for 11th November, the former Armistice Day, his anthem, "What are these that glow from afar?". It would be true of all of us to say that we were elated rather than overcome by the splendid surroundings, and of our music we felt that we had given of our best. With Mr. Waine to lead us and Mr. Wicks at the organ, we quickly felt at home.

After Evensong we travelled, again in small parties, to the House of Commons, at the invitation of Mr. John Rodgers, M.P., an Old Peterite. Here we had the kind of tea that perhaps made some of us ambitious to enter Parliament, and we were honoured by the presence of four Members, Mr. Rodgers, Mr. Hylton-Foster, Mr. Kaberry, and Major Roberts, who between them secured entry for a number of our party to debates in either the House of Lords or the House of Commons. Those of us who were unlucky in this spent some time seeing places of interest in and near Westminster.

We arrived in York in the early hours of Thursday morning. It had been a memorable day for all of us, and we feel grateful to the Head Master for having made it possible.

St. Peter's School is recorded on the Service list of St. Paul's Cathedral, and a framed copy of this list has been presented to the Head Master by the Choir.

THE CURIA

Chairman: R. D. WHEATLEY. Secretary: P. G. TAYLOR.

In past terms it has often been the practice to leave vacant one or two places in the Society, but this term we have had our full complement of twenty. Four full meetings were held on Friday nights in Temple Common Room. The first was a discussion on "The Power of the Press", in which many aspects of the problem were reviewed. We were so engrossed in our subject that we overstepped our timelimit by 20 minutes ! The Chairman, Wheatley, introduced a game of his own concoction for the second meeting, which again proved very successful. On 13th November Dr. Grayeff, a new member of the Staff who has had teaching experience abroad, talked to us about "Education in other Countries". From his talk it seems we have a better system than many countries, and that our school life is more communal, more corporate. Many questions were asked, and then we discussed problems confronting Germany today, during consumption of tea and biscuits which Miss Kendall had kindly provided.

On our fourth meeting a small number (the School Play and work were important factors) read the play "Call it a Day", by Dorothy 16