Feb 1956

THE PETE RITE ol. XLVIII

FEBRUARY, 1956

No. 341

EDITORIAL In these days when the authorities are pressing on with necessary alterations and additions to the School premises as quickly as financial circumstances permit, one returns after the long Summer holiday with a confident anticipation that something will have been done in our absence. When we reassembled in September for the. Christmas Term we found that our confidence was justified. The long weeks during which the buildings could be surrendered to armies of workmen had not been wasted. The alterations to the Grove had been made, and the interior of the Chapel had been reconstructed and redecorated.

The vast improvement in the internal appearance of the Chapel is, we think, beyond all argument. Designed as it was in a period when architectural taste was not at its best—the building was erected in 1862—our Chapel could not have been described by the most loyal Peterite as anything but adequate. Yet, one felt, the strictly utilitarian planning of the interior held possibilities; and Mr. Pace, the architect responsible for the recent changes, has not been slow to appreciate them. The tasteful decoration has emphasised the impressive loftiness of the timbered roof and the generally pleasing proportions of the building as a whole; and the addition of an arched gallery at the west end has contributed greatly to the dignity of the interior, as well as providing a much-needed addition to the accommodation. The atmosphere of somewhat depressing gloom has been banished, and the Chapel has acquired a cheerful and spacious dignity which has enhanced its spiritual influence. Other things remain to be done— notably the replacement of the existing furnishings—but we can congratulate ourselves that a splendid step has been taken towards the provision of a worthy House in which we may worship God. The pages of this number devoted to O.P. News bear witness to the rapid proliferation of Old Peterite dinners. The West Riding dinner, inaugurated last year, was repeated with enthusiasm. The Oxford dinner, held at Worcester College, was a welcome revival.

(Like its Cambridge counterpart—and, may we add, the University letters to the Peterite—it makes only sporadic appearances.) But the Manchester dinner, for which T. J. Lewis was responsible, was an entirely new departure. These gatherings of regional groups of Peterites in addition to the old-established York and London dinners are a gratifying tribute to the strength of the tie which binds together 1

CONTENTS PAGE

Editorial ...

1

Building Appeal ...

2

Cambridge Exhibition

2

Rugger and Hockey "Blues"

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Staff

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Appeal Fund Dance

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Old Peterite News

5

Valete and Salvete

12

School Officers

14

House Notes

14

The Chapel

21

The Choir

22

The Library

23

The Curia

24

The Music Society

25

Careers

...

27

A Man's House ...

29

The Debating Society

31

The Science Society

32

British Ship Adoption Society

34

The Film Society ...

36

The Young Farmers' Club

37

C.C.F. Notes

38

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Scouting

44

Shooting

47

Squash

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Chess

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Hockey Fixtures, 1956 ...

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Rugby Football, 1955 ...

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The Junior School

all O.P.s. If further evidence be needed, the recording, again in our O.P. News, of a cocktail party held in Singapore by the half-dozen or so Peterites who found themselves together in that distant outpost of what was once the British Empire supplies it.

The term ended with the familiar festivities. All those who contributed to making the Christmas production of "A Man's House" the success it undoubtedly was were entertained by the Head Master and Mrs. Dronfield at an excellent "Play Supper" after the last performance on the Saturday night, and on the following evening Mr. and Mrs. Dronfield were again hosts, this time to the boarders, who were regaled with a lavish and appetising Christmas feast. In general the last week of the Christmas Term makes exacting demands on the catering staff, and we are indeed grateful to Miss Hall and all her assistants for the truly magnificent way in which they rose to the occasion with unfailing cheerfulness and good will.

The qualities called for in a school doctor are something far more than professional qualifications or indeed professional experience, and we may congratulate ourselves that in Dr. E. S. Vergette we have found the ideal successor, as School Medical Officer, to the late Dr. Upton. He has been with us now for one term and already his kindly cheerfulness, his understanding of the schoolboy mind, and the keen interest he has shown in our corporate life have commended him to us all. We welcome Dr. Vergette to our midst and hope that he will be long with us.

BUILDING APPEAL It is hoped to circulate with this issue of "The Peterite" a "second list of Subscribers". The total amount so far subscribed, including the gross yield from 7-year covenants, is £20,335 4s. 4d. Donations have been received from 200 Old Peterites, 148 parents and 109 other friends of the School.

The response so far can be considered as very satisfactory, and it is hoped that between now and July many more of our friends will add their names to the growing list of our benefactors. We hope to be able to begin our major programme of building in 1957.

CAMBRIDGE EXHIBITION IN CLASSICS D. M. Walker was awarded an Exhibition in Classics at Downing College, Cambridge, for his work in the open examinations held in December, 1955. Walker had already gained a State Scholarship in Classics by his success in the G.E.C. A/S Level examination, and we congratulate him on this further distinction, which comes as a fitting climax to his academic career at St. Peter's.

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CAMBRIDGE RUGGER BLUE M. E. Kershaw (1944-51) was awarded his Rugger Blue and played for Cambridge against Oxford as wing three-quarter. We congratulate Kershaw on finally gaining the coveted distinction which had so narrowly eluded him in his first two years at the University.

The St. Peter's contingent which went to Twickenham for the great occasion had the satisfaction of seeing Kershaw score the only Cambridge try, by one of those magnificent bursts which we had seen so often in School matches on the 1st XV pitch. Whether the result of the match was entirely satisfactory was, of course, a matter of prejudice, but it is generally agreed that the game was a splendid exhibition of rugger and restored to the 'Varsity Match the prestige which the play in the two preceding years had gone far to forfeit.

And loyal Peterites remain convinced that the verdict in 1955 would have been different had not Kershaw sustained injuries which seriously affected his performance in the later stages of the game.

OXFORD HOCKEY BLUE P. G. Taylor (1946-54), now in his second year at Brasenose College, has been awarded his Hockey Blue. He will keep goal in the match at Beckenham on 14th February.

MR. A. E. R. D. DODDS

We congratulate Mr. Dodds on his selection as Captain of the Yorkshire County Hockey XI. Mr. Dodds was able to captain the team in five of the six county matches of the past season.

MR. FREDERIC WAINE Mr. Waine, our Director of Music, has accepted an invitation to become President Elect of the Music Masters' Association. The invitation was extended at the annual conference of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, held this year at Durham during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Waine, when he takes office, will succeed the Musical Director of Harrow. We congratulate Mr. Waine on the distinction.

SENIOR SCHOOL STAFF We welcome to the Senior School staff Mr. R. C. T. Hall, of St. Catherine's College, Oxford, who is to take Mathematics. Mr. Hall comes to us from the King's School, Ely. 3

APPEAL FUND DANCE On 5th January some 300 friends of St. Peter's were welcomed to the School by the Head Master and Mrs. Dronfield at a Dance in aid of the Appeal Fund. Many of our guests had motored long distances and braved the hazards of one of the worst winter nights experienced in a holiday period notable for Arctic weather; but all of them, we are convinced, were satisfied that the effort had been amply rewarded. The Dance was undoubtedly a great success, and it was gratifying that so many of those present acclaimed it as the most enjoyable function of the round of Christmas and New Year festivities.

That this was so was due in large measure to Mrs. Dronfield, who, we believe, originated the idea, and who was able to infect so many willing helpers with her own tireless enthusiasm for the project. It is no easy feat to transform the austere accommodation of a school into the gay background required by a festive occasion. But the miracle was achieved, and for one night only Cinderella's kitchen (i.e., Big Hall, the two dining halls and several classrooms) became the palace of Prince Charming. The ingenuity and artistry shown by those responsible for the metamorphosis had to be seen to be fully appreciated. Masters, the administrative staff, School servants of all departments, all readily contributed to an achievement which involved days of hard work. Nor must we omit to thank the many ladies associated with the School who worked so hard in the preparation and dispensing of refreshments and in the general "domestic" work involved.

Though it may seem invidious to mention individuals where so many were concerned, we feel sure that none would deny the debt owed to Mr. Crews, who was the driving force behind so much of what was undoubtedly a major operation. Tireless himself, he contrived to inspire everyone else with his own zest for perfection in the arrangements. And as M.G. on the occasion itself he was undoubtedly, if we may descend to the trite but expressive phrase, the "life and soul of the party".

From the purely sordid aspect of profit-and-loss, which in the event happily remained in the background. of our minds, the effort proved well worth while. Thanks to the generosity of so many wellwishers, the expenses were quite small, and the evening not only gave great enjoyment to our guests but benefited the Appeal Fund by the satisfactory sum of £340 12s. 11d.

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OLD PETERITE NEWS OLD PETERITE DINNERS During the term Old Peterite Dinners have been held in London, the West Riding, Oxford and Manchester.

The London Dinner.

The London Dinner was held on 9th November, the customary first Wednesday after Guy Fawkes' Day. The Head Master was present and Mr. C. E. Scholefield was in the Chair. The following were present :Alderson, B. J. (1923-26).

Baddeley, W. D. (1915-19).

Black, V. M. (1935-41).

Bodington, G. C. (1941-45).

Boulton, T. B. (1940-43).

Brindley, R. A. (1940-45).

Camm, J. P. (1927-31).

Claybourn, G. R. (1942-46).

Colley, W. H. (1901-07).

Cooper, A. B. (1927-31). d' O'Lees, E. C. (1943-47).

Dronfield, J. (Head Master).

Easten, G. P. (1923-28).

Easten, J. A. (1881-90).

Eccles, J. D. (1940-45).

Fairs, C. H. (1918-21).

Gedge, H. F. S. (1907-18).

Gedge, J. B. (1909-19).

Gray, B. A. C. (1916-22).

Hanson, J. A. (1918-21).

Johnson, A. N. (1918-21).

Leversedge, L. F. (1920-23).

Lewis, T. J. (1923-26).

McKinney, E. D. (1939-44).

Metcalfe, C. L. (19'16-17).

Metcalfe, R. H. (1913-18).

Milburn, P. W. V. (1945-50).

Millhouse, G. (1912-13).

Pacey, F. W. B. (1921-27).

Pattison, C. J. (1939-44).

Pearson, G. E. (1918-20).

Pick, T. S. (1908-12).

Potter, B. (1949-52).

Reynolds, A. G. (1934-44).

Rhodes, K. (1914-20).

Samuels, W. S. (1940-47).

Seaborne, W. L. (1923-31).

Scholefield, C. E. (1915-20).

Sergeant, C. W. (1913-14).

Sergeant, J. H. (1913-16).

Shadwell, C. (1910-14).

Sutcliffe, N. H. ,(1919-25).

Taylor-Thompson, J. (1938-45).

Toyne, S. M. (1913-36).

Willstrop, M. (Head Boy).

Yeoman, W. G. (1910-17).

The West Riding Dinner.

The West Riding Dinner was held at the Three Nuns Hotel, Mirfield, on 3rd November. The Head Master was in the Chair.

The following were present :Lumby, P. S. (1947-52).

Ackroyd, C. R. (1948-52).

Lyth, D. (1923-32).

Newdick, F. N. (1940-48).

Ping, A. W. Platt, W. G. (1913-19).

Rhodes, K. H. (1914-20).

Sellars, A. B. (1921-24).

Ringrose, P. F. (1940-44).

Sheriff, T. R. M. (1945-52).

Smith, G. D. (1935-42).

Smith, G. W. (1943-47).

Stabler, D. A. (1945-54).

Thompson, D. C. (1938-43).

Ward, C. M. (1943-53).

Wood, J. S. (1911-14).

Yeomans, C. R. (1922-25).

Bamforth, H. (1928-30).

Bamforth, J. N. (1922-28).

Beetham, S. H. (1939-41).

Blackburn, W. D. (1922-31).

Burridge, D. W. E. (1914-21).

Butterworth, M. A. (1946-53).

Dykes, W. A. (1918-23).

Gillgrass, J. (1941-45).

Hallas, M. (1943-47).

Hanson, J. A. (1918-21).

Hamby, F. B. S. (1937-44).

Hillyard, E. J. (1935-40).

Hunter, 0. (1918-23).

Huntley, W. G. (1938-43).

Lee, B. (1940-46).

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The Oxford Dinner.

A Dinner of the Oxford Old Peterites was held in Worcester

College on 12th November. Mr. K. H. Rhodes, Secretary of the Old Peterite Club, was the guest of the Oxford Old Peterites, and took the Chair. The following were present :Hilton, D. G. (The Queen's) (1945-52).

Marsh, A. M. (Keble) (1945-55).

Norwood, D. P. (Hertford) (1945-50).

Palframan, R. D. (Worcester) (1944-52).

Rhodes, K. H. (Worcester) (1914-20).

Smithson, J. M. (Wadham) (1941-51).

Taylor, P. G. (B.N.C.) (1946-54).

White, S. J. (Worcester)1(1944-52).

You11, J. J. (Worcester) (1943-52).

North-West Area Dinner.

An inaugural North-West O.P. Dinner was "launched" at the New Millgate Hotel, Manchester, on Friday, 2nd December, 1955.

The Toast of "The School" was proposed by J. A. Hanson and the Head Master responded.

Although only 17 Old Peterites were able, for various reasons, to support this inaugural effort, the function was considered to be a great success and it was agreed that it should become an annual event.

However, to avoid being held on a date too near the London or any other established O.P. dinner, it was decided by those present that the North-West Area Annual Dinner should in future be arranged for the second Friday in March, in Manchester.

The following were present :Blackburn, D. (1922-31).

Mathews, P. J. (1943-46).

Booth, A. T. (1948-53).

Booth, J. G. (1945-50).

Booth, J. M. (1946-51).

Glasson, G. E. (1945-52).

Hallas, M. (1943-47).

Hanson, J. A. (1918-21).

Hardisty, D. (1940-47).

Lewis, T. J. (1923-26).

Maclldowie, A. B. (1921-29).

Mervyn, R. F. S. (1924-27).

Newdick, F. N. (1940-48).

Shepherd, G. E. (1933-39).

Stratton, R. A. (1935-43).

Troughton, A. P. (1920-23).

Warren, K. A. (1936-39).

The Head Master.

The Editor of "Yorkshire Life".

Particulars of the arrangements for the next dinner are given below.

NORTH-WEST AREA DINNER The second North-West Area Annual Dinner will be held on Friday, 9th March, 1956, at 7-30 p.m., at the New Millgate Hotel, Manchester. Tickets will be 15/-. Dress informal.

All Old Peterites residing in the North-West are cordially invited to support this Dinner which the Head Master has kindly agreed to attend. Members of the Club who have not received details by the end of February and wish to attend should contact the Convener : T. J. Lewis, "Chebula", Clifton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire. Tel. 2394.

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SINGAPORE-0.P. COCKTAIL PARTY On 23rd October, 1955, six Old Peterites who found themselves together in Singapore foregathered at the home of Brigadier and Mrs. E. P. Sewell for cocktails. Besides Brigadier Sewell (1918-23) there were present Major-General L. E. Cutforth (1913-17), Major and Mrs. P. B. Cockburn (1934-38), P. W. Chilman (1935-42), J. A. Denison (1933-42), and Professor and Mrs. Parkinson (1924-29).

DINNER OF THE SOCIETY OF YORKSHIREMEN IN LONDON The Annual Dinner of the Society of Yorkshiremen in London, presided over by the Duke of Devonshire, and held at the Dorchester Hotel, on 10th November last, had a strong St. Peter's flavour.

J. B. Gedge (1909-19), who is Chairman of the Society for the year, was responsible for the arrangements, and the Head Master and Mrs. Dronfield were present as his guests. J. C. Rodgers (0.P., 1919-25), M.P. for Sevenoaks, proposed the toast of the Visitors.

We publish below a letter received from J. B. Gedge concerning membership of the Society which should be of interest to many O.P.s.

THE SOCIETY OF YORKSHIREMEN IN LONDON Midland Bank Chambers, 92 Notting Hill Gate, London, W.11.

1st November, 1955.

The Editor, "The Peterite", York.

Dear Sir, This is to inform you that the Council of this Society will be glad to welcome as Members any Old Peterites who are living in or near London.

We shall also welcome any Old Peterites who have occasion frequently to come to London.

The annual subscription is £1 ls. Od., but only 10/6 for those under 30.

Yours faithfully, (Signed)

J.

BERNARD GEDGE, Chairman.

HOCKEY MATCH, SCHOOL v. O.P.s The arrangements for the match, which will take place on 25th February, will again be in the hands of P. M. Steele, 3 Avenue Terrace, Clifton, York. Anyone interested should communicate with him.

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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITION

C. Clement (The Manor, 1944-1948) sailed on 12th October, 1955, on board the research ship "John Biscoe" bound for the Antarctic.

Clement joined the expedition as diesel-electric mechanic. His duties at the research base at Admiralty Bay in the South Shetlands are to wire the camp and instal and maintain diesel equipment. The expedition, which reached its destination via Montevideo and Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, expects to remain at Admiralty Bay for 24. years. For the previous two years Clement had worked in the science laboratory at Greenwich Naval College. During this period he joined the Royal Marine Commandos Volunteer Reserve and no doubt the arduous training would fit him for the rigours of 2j- years in the South Shetlands.

SCHOOL SHOP

Old Peterite Ties—sports type, rayon/silk, 9/6. formal type, all silk, 12/6.

Squares—all silk, 23/6.

Please add 3d. for postage.

Arrangements are being made to obtain the new badge for a blazer, but the cost is likely to be at least 50/-. These will not be in stock for two months at the earliest.

OBITUARY

K. E. T. WILKINSON We regret to record the death on 4th December, 1955, of Kenneth Edward Towler Wilkinson at his home, 60 Marygate, York.

Mr. Wilkinson was 84 and prior to his retirement was well known in the City as a leading solicitor and a prominent member of the City Council. He was for many years Chairman of the Education Committee, and his work in this capacity—he was particularly zealous in the furtherance of secondary education—was greatly appreciated.

He took a prominent part in the cultural life of York and was especially interested in the drama. He was a Governor of the Theatre Royal, York, from the inception of the repertory company and Chairman of the York Settlement Commdnity Players, as well as being for many years Chairman of the Educational Settlement itself.

From St. Peter's, where he was from 1882-1890, he proceeded to Caius College, Cambridge. We offer our sincere condolences to Mrs. Wilkinson, who survives him, and to the members of his family.

BIRTHS

CLARK.—On 2nd February, 1956, at Westow Croft, to Mavis (née Boden), wife of W. J. Clark—a daughter. [1941-46.]

HUNTLEY.—On 17th August, 1955, at 20 Beechwood Terrace, Sunderland, to Joyce, wife of William G. Huntley—a son (Gregson). [1939-43.]

PING.—On 22nd November, 1955, at Perth, Western Australia, to Dorothy (née Speed), wife of Alan C. Wentworth Ping—a brother for Briony (Andrew Thomas Wentworth). [1929-38.]

WICKS.—On 23rd November, 1955, at Nairobi, to Margaret Thornton (nee Brown), wife of Neville E. Wicks (Cable & Wireless, Ltd., Foreign Service Staff)—a daughter (Lesley Helen). [School House, 1940-43.]

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MARRIAGES CALVERT—CHAMBERLAIN. On 5th November, 1955, at Harrow on the Hill, by Rev. B. C. Gurrin, S.J., Richard Adrian (Flt. Lt., Royal Air Force), only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Calvert, of Pickering, Yorkshire, to Susan Diana, only daughter of Air Vice-Marshal and Mrs. G. P. Chamberlain, of Stanmore. [1940-50.]

STEELE—STIRK. In September, 1955, at Holy Trinity Church, Heworth, York, Derek Edward Bruce Steele, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele, of New Brighton, Cheshire, to Cynthia Maureen Stirk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stirk, of 62 Stockton Lane, York. [1942-50.]

ENGAGEMENTS ANELAY—BAINES. The engagement is announced between William Peter, only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Anelay, 54 Hobgate, York, and Jean, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Baines, 75 Burnholme Avenue, York.

WARREN—HASTINGS. The engagement is announced between Pilot Officer David E. Warren, R.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Warren, of 82 Grove Road, Sheffield, 7, and Sally, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Hastings, of The Folly, Tiffield, Towcester, Northants. [1944-48.]

WATSON—HERRIDGE. The engagement is announced between Alan, only son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Watson, of York, and Janet, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Herridge, also of York. [1945-50.]

DEATH STIRLING.—On 3rd December, 1955, suddenly, H. L. Stirling. [1911-13.]

THE CAMBRIDGE LETTER CAMBRIDGE. December, 1955.

The Editors, The Peterite.

Dear Sirs, Our scribes of the May Term having failed to produce the necessary resume of our activities, owing, it must be assumed, to numerous celebrations or otherwise over Tripos results, we will attempt once more to bring our readers up to date with our doings.

We returned to Cambridge as the Autumn leaves were falling, to find that several of our members had left to go into the cruel wide world. We are told that Messieurs Mortimer, Baker, and Griffiths are continuing their studies for the Bar. Other learned young gentlemen have disappeared, armed with their respective B.A.s, without trace. Happily we have been joined in our daily rounds by more O.P.s, keen to learn the intricacies of Plato, the further complications of algebraic calculations, and how to obtain an aegrotat. Our ranks, therefore, have been filled once again.

As the term progressed, and the banks of the Cam resounded to the splash of oar blades, only to be dulled by the roars of encouragement from the Grange Road rugby ground, it became more apparent that there would be no O.P. "get together". Collectively, therefore, we have nothing to report. Individually, on the other hand, there is no lack of energy among our members, and Kershaw in particular is to be congratulated on obtaining his rugger "blue".

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We are naturally not entirely individualistic, however, and it is intended to hold a dinner next term, at which we hope to see all present Cambridge O.P.s (some of whom we have not yet had the privilege of meeting), as well as a few who are no longer at Cambridge.

Perhaps even the gentlemen from the "other place" might like a decent meal !

All things considered, it has been a satisfactory term. As we stood in the rain to welcome the Queen, we were surprised by the bells of two fire engines, following the Royal column down St. Andrew's Street, called to an imaginary fire by some practical joker. Hardly a fitting entourage, but perhaps in keeping with the Raleigh touch of some undergraduates, who placed their gowns over the puddles through which Her Majesty might otherwise have had to walk !

Poppy day "rag" was carried out with the usual enthusiasm. One O.P. was to be seen fishing in a street drain, whilst another well-known O.P. agriculturist was selling balloons in the Market Square.

Now, at the risk of being insidiously deposited into the Granta, your correspondent will endeavour to give a little insight into our nefarious activities.

J. T. ANKERS, Emmanuel (Temple, 1947-52). His only signs of progress in the last year are an increasing waist line and a receding hair line. Time mainly divided between coffee, conversation, and listening to the "Goon" show. Has played a little hockey for his college. Tells us that he works before breakfast.

J. B. CLAYDON, Kin g s (Rise, 1949-54). Rowed in his college Fairburn VIII and Clinker IV. Is a well-known visitor to other O.P.s, particularly at tea time. His bridge playing has been deplored by Storey.

C. J. GRIFFITHS, Peterhouse (School House). A hard-working "medic" when not at the cinema. Attends Yorkshire Society dances and likes eating curry.

D. A. HAXBY, Sidney Sussex (Rise, 1947-53). Still sings, despite the protests of his friends. A staunch supporter of the British Council, his duties being apparently to entertain French girls. Is expecting social ostracism, since recommending books of a doubtful nature to his faculty library.

M. E. KERSHAW, Emmanuel (Temple, 1946-51). Is to be heartily congratulated on gaining his rugger "blue". Alas, no longer one of the "Bun Shop Boys", and as a result drinks large quantities of milk.

This may be due to the influence of his agricultural associate. Still finds time to write the usual termly essay and listen to the "Goon" show.

P. C. KNowLsort, Emmanuel (School House, 1944-50). Has devoted his time evenly between a certain young lady and Judo.

Could there be any connection ? Claims to work an eight-day week !

J. C. OLDROYD, King's. Has rowed for King's, coxes VIII, and coxed the college Fairburn boat. Still objecting to a remark made by Billy Graham about his college chapel. Lives alongside the Arts Theatre and refreshments are occasionally available in the interval.

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G. PULLAN, St. Catharine's (Grove, 1948-53). Has played for nearly all his college rugger teams at some stage in the term. Also has played squash for his college. He includes a victory over Storey.

Being an engineer, claims his rate of working is higher than average.

H. P. G. SHAW, Emmanuel (Rise, 1947-53). Requests that his lack of athletic activity should not be held against him, since he plays a fair amount of bridge, with some success. Is believed to have represented his college on occasions. In conjunction with Clive Smith, he has drunk enough coffee to float a battleship. An ex-naval man, too !

P. SIMPSON, Trinity Hall (Manor). A mystery man. Owing to his ability to hide himself, we must assume that he is either working or has gone down.

A. N. C. SMITH, Emmanuel (School House, 1946-51). Has certain connections with fruit picking. His faculty took him to Broadmoor, which may explain his recent habit of playing cricket with a miniature bat and a full-sized ball. It is believed that he plays hockey.

C. K. SMITH, Emmanuel (School House, 1948-52). An ardent supporter of the Athletic Club, be it sprinting for his college or performing a frolicsome can-can (for a good cause). Has visited the Senior Proctor, but considers it unfair that he is not allowed to return the hospitality.

S. H. STOREY, Emmanuel (Manor, 1946-52). Occasionally seen dressed for squash. Wears a guitar at bottle parties and a Canadian accent at all times. Works when not at the "Mill".

E. D. THORNTON, St. Catharine's (Manor and Grove, 1945-50).

Tells us that he is doing research in Estate Management. Since he has been seen at all the major balls of the term we draw our own conclusions. Drives a huge Ford Anglia in fine style. Still plays hockey on a good wicket.

R. J. TOWNSHEND, Emmanuel (Temple, 1945-50). Has been seen occasionally. We understand that he is doing a diploma in education.

J. B. WEIGHTMAN, St. Catharine's (Manor, 1948-53). Has rowed in his college 4th Fairburn boat. Is this why the boat dropped 21 places in the Fairburn races ?

0. C. WETHERELL, St. Catharine's (School House). Played rugger for his college 3rd XV and an occasional game of hockey. Keen member of the Medical and Yorkshire Societies. A dangerous character on a bicycle—no brakes.

A. N. WvArr-GUNNING, Emmanuel (Rise, 1946-52). Having obtained a 1st in agriculture last year, this aristocrat of the intelligentsia has evinced an interest in the social ramifications of contemporary music-hall. After a recent show he was observed furtively thumbing the "Daily Mirror". Despite this, he has shown great form on the rugby field and played for LX club against Oxford Greyhounds.

What we want to know is why he advises all about to visit the Metropolis to carry their own sleeping bags ?

Yours faithfully, THE CAMBRIDGE OLD PETERITES.

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VALETE AND SALVETE VALETE (December, 1955) THE GROVE R. I. Collinson, 1951-55 (St. Olave's, 1946). House Monitor. Lower VI Science. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1953; "A" Level, 1955. Science Society Committee. Music Society Committee. L/Cpl. in Army Section; Coy. Clerk. Cert. "A", Parts I and II. Efficiency Badge. 1st Class Shot.

R. N. Unwin, 1951-55. V Modern. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1955. Cdt. in Proficiency. Efficiency Badge.

R.A.F. Section. Cert. "A", Part I. Marksman.

THE MANOR J. F. Liversidge, 1952-55. V Modern. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1955. Science Society Committee. Colts XV, 1953-54. Colours, 1953. Played for 1st XV, 1954. 1st XV Colours, 1955. Colts XI, 1954. Cdt. in Army Section. Cert. "A", Part I. Marksman.

THE RISE H. B. Burnett, 1952-55 (St. Olave's, 1948). V Modern. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1955. School Play, 1954. Cdt. in Signals Section. Cert. "A", Part I. Signals Classification. Marksman.

SCHOOL HOUSE M. Willstrop, 1950-55 (St. Olave's, 1948). Head of School. Head of School House. Upper VI Modern. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1952; "A" Level, 1954.

Chapel Committee. Games Committee. Member of Curia. Colts XV, 1952-53. Captain and Colours, 1953. 2nd XV, 1954. Played for 1st XV, 1954. 1st XV Colours, 1955. 1st XI Hockey Colours, 1954-55.

Colts XI, 1952-53. Colours, 1953. 1st XI Colours and Cap, 1954-55.

Squash Team, 1952-53-54-55. Colours, 1953-54-55. Captain, 1954-55.

School Play, 1951 and 1953. Bugler in C.C.F. Band, 1953. C.Q.M.S. Cert. "A", Part I. R.A.F. Proficiency. Efficiency Badge. 1st Class Shot.

J. W. Coates, 1950-55 (St. Olave's, 1945). House Monitor. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1953. Member of Curia. Cpl. in R.A.F. Section, C.C.F. Cert.

"A", Part I, 1952. Proficiency. Efficiency Badge. 1st Class Shot.

D. J. Bell, 1952-55. V Modern. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1955. Natural History Society Committee. Cdt. in Army Section. Cert. "A", Part I. 2nd Class Shot.

D. I. Donaldson, 1951-55 (St. Olave's, 1949). V Modern. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1955. Choir, 1950-52. School Play, 1953. 4th IV Cox, 1953. 2nd IV Cox, 1954. Colours, 1954. Cdt. in R.A.F. Section. Cert. "A", Part I. Efficiency Badge. 1st Class Shot.

H. C. Marshall, 1951-55 (St. Olave's, 1945). V Modern. Colts XV, 1953.

2nd XV Colours, 1954. 1st XV Colours, 1955. Recruit Shooting Cup, 1953. A.B. in R.N. Section. Efficiency Badge. Marksman.

R. D. J. Pattison, 1951-55. V Modern. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1953. 3rd IV Cox, 1955. Cdt. in Signal Section. Signals Classification and Instructor's Certificate. Cert "A", Part I. Efficiency Badge. Marksman.

TEMPLE J. L. Hyde, 1951-55 (St. Olave's, 1947). Transitus Maths. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1954. Fencing Team, 1954. Cdt. in Signals Section. Cert. "A" Part I. Signals Classification. 1st Class Shot.

D. H. Sutcliffe, 1952-55. V Upper. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1955.

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SALVETE (September, 1955) THE GROVE D. J. Beevers (IVA), C. Hermiston (Shell A), R. W. Kirk (Shell B), L. H. K. Mackay (IVB), J. L. Pilditch (IVA), J. J. Reah (Shell A), J. C. G. Wheeler (Shell A), D. G. M. Young (VU.).

S. C. Gibson (Shell A), J. P. R. Harris (Shell A), W. E. Jones (Shell A), F. D. Lavender (IVA).

DAY BOARDERS :

THE MANOR J. R. L. Dunn (Remove), D. C. Kelly (IVA), A. May (Remove), M. May (Remove), G. A. Pacitto (IVB), I. T. Parkin (Shell A), J. R. Precious (Shell B), M. W. Rudd (Shell A), J. Wood (Shell B).

DAY BOARDERS : F. J. A. Hewitt (Shell A), S. K. D. Hill (Remove), P. R. Jenner (Remove).

QUEEN'S P. G. Adams (Shell A), W. R. Bytheway (IVB), J. G. Fairclough (IVA), M. W. Foster (Remove), R. J. Hawkins (IVA), P. M. Hindle (Remove), A. N. H. Horsley (Shell A), P. H. Moat (Shell B), J. A. Shouksmith (Shell A), T. E. H. Smart (Shell B), B. K. Smith (Remove), D. J. Wightman (IVA).

THE RISE W. E. Bagnall (IVB), D. L. Brown (IVA), J. Burdon (Remove), D. N. Ellis (Shell A), J. A. Franklin (IVA), J. W. S. Gale (Shell A), C. W. Gough (IVA), C. J. Hemsley (IVA), D. A. Lindsay (Shell B), R. H. Proudfoot (IVB), E. M. H. Ranson (Shell B), C. J. Scarth (Shell A), D. L. W. Sim (IVA), T. Wasden (Shell A). ,

SCHOOL HOUSE D. S. Atkinson (IVA), P. D. Bagshaw (Shell B), P. M. Beachell (Remove), J. A. Biggin (Remove), M. J. Bond (Shell A), D. P. Coles (Remove), T. Donkin (Remove), T. A. Dukes (Shell B), P. A. Fenton (Shell A), D. H. Fletcher (Shell B), L. W. Gaunt (Shell B), C. W. A. Groundwater (IVA), A. W. Raylor (Shell B), P. N. B. Smith (Shell A), H. L. Sutcliffe (Shell A), N. M. Young (IVA).

DAY BOARDERS : T. D. F. Anderson (Shell B), M. J. French (Shell B).

TEMPLE J. Ambler (Shell B), R. B. Atkinson (Shell B), C. J. Copley i(Shell B), M. F. Grainger (Shell A), I. T. Hunter (Remove), R. D. Ingram (Shell A), T. C. J. James (Remove), D. A. W. Joy (Shell B), D. N. Kendall (Shell A), M. Ledger (IVA), R. A. Martin (Remove), M. Precious (Shell A), J. M. S. Prosser (IVA), J. F. Railton (Shell B), A. M. Robson (Shell A), M. G. Staveley (Shell A), L. K. Vaigo (IVA), A. R. Ward (Remove). M. W. Woodruff (Shell A), J. D. G. H. Wreghitt (Shell A).

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SCHOOL OFFICERS Christmas Term, 1955 HEAD OF SCHOOL: M. WILLSTROP. SCHOOL MONITORS : Head of The Grove: D. M. WALKER. Head of The Manor: R. B. WILSON. Head of Queen's House: B. A. HEAP. Head of The Rise: E. S. PORTLOCK. Head of School House: M. WILLSTROP. Head of Temple: R. D. BECKITT. Chapel Monitor: D. PFLUGER. N. J. BELL. D. G. BARTON. HOUSE MONITORS : The Grove: R. L. COLLINSON, M. D. FISH, D. KIRBY, N. J. MAGSON,

T. G. STEPH ENSON. M. HANDLER, D. G. METCALF, J. R. PEVERLEY, I. WILSON, C. J. WOOLLEY. Queen's House: B W. H. CARTER, M. T. CARTER, I. E. F. MORTON, P. J. NETHE RWOOD. The Rise: R. F. COATES, J. M. FORSTER, A. J. ISHERWOOD, P. S. ROE, R. M. SCARTH, J. B. WILKINSON. School House: P. B. CLAYTON, J. W. COATES, R. G. LE PLA, R. N. WORSLEY. Temple: D. A. A. LAMB, W. G. MACKELLAR, P. A. MORRIS, E. C. SEDMAN, D. T. SPARHAM, M. WELSH. The Manor:

GAMES CAPTAINS : Captain of Rugger: N. J. BELL. Captain of Shooting: N. J. BELL. Captain of Squash: M. WILLSTROP. Captain of Fencing: R. N. WORSLEY. Captain of Chess: B. W. H. CARTER.

EDITORS OF "THE PETERITE" : D. M. WALKER, R. D. BECKITT, D. PFLUGER.

HOUSE NOTES THE GROVE During the Summer holidays the top floor of the Grove underwent considerable alterations and improvements. The floor space available has been greatly increased by the addition of five large dormer windows, and some of the larger studies of last year have been divided, so that we now have seven studies. In the alterations we unfortunately lost our Quiet Room (by lost we, of course, mean that it was converted, not that it mysteriously disappeared), but boys have been able to use the School Library and the newly erected classroom block near the House for work and reading, and we are very satisfied with the new arrangements.

The House rugger teams were both successful in the inter-house competitions this term. The Junior team first beat the Manor (21 14

pts.-3) and then in the final they played some extremely good football to defeat the Rise by 23 pts. to 6. Meanwhile the Seniors had beaten the Manor and Queen's to reach the final of their class; this final against School House proved to be an extremely hard contest but we were just able to use the superiority of our backs to overtake our opponents' earlier lead; the final score was 14 pts. against 8.

After such a successful season we found ourselves with several players who fully deserved their House colours in recognition of their performances in rugby and in other inter-House competitions; and so we must congratulate Stephenson, Turner, Burbidge, Maxwell, Wheeler, R. M., and Knapton on the award of their colours.

The Grove has, as usual, played a full part in all School activities and games. In particular we would like to mention that Bellwood, Wright, and Layfield had parts in the School play and that Turner and Gomersall provided some of the music for this production.

Also Pfluger, Stephenson, and Kirby earned their 1st XV colours, and Magson and Fish also played; in the 2nd team and in the Colts XV we were very well represented and provided the captains for both these teams. Meanwhile activities and hobbies within the House have flourished; indeed the weird and wonderful wails of an instrument known (politely) as a piano accordion bear witness to our industry if not to our taste.

The governing body consisted of D. M. Walker as Head of House and D. Pfluger as Chapel Monitor, with Stephenson, Collinson, Fish, Magson, and Kirby who became House Monitors. We learn, however, that Collinson will be leaving and hope that he, and Unwin, R. N., also, will not, amid the temptations of the wild and wicked world, forget all the virtues they have acquired through their long association with our House.

THE MANOR We should first like to extend a hearty welcome to the twelve juniors who arrived this term, and who included our third pair of twins in recent years. The previous ones have had great opportunities for outwitting authority; the Mays (quite indistinguishable) have greater ones still. We also welcome Collingwood and Butland from Temple and Queen's.

Our representation in School teams and other activities this term has been well above average. Of the 60 players in School rugger teams, we have accounted for 14. Wilson, R. B., Liversidge, and Brocklebank received colours for their efforts in the 1st XV, while Wilson, M. B., Ladd, and Ridley played for the second XV; Wilson was awarded his colours. We were represented in the third XV by Woolley, and in the Senior Colts by Chadwick (vice-captain), McCallum, and Lowley; Chadwick and McCallum both receiving their colours. Montague, Gibson, Clark, Armstrong, and Botterill were our contribution to the Junior Colts team.

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We also had seven members of the School Choir—it must be many years since the House was so well represented there; while both Chairman and Secretary of the Young Farmers' Club are in the House.

Wilson, R. B., was vice-captain of the 1st shooting VIII, of which Handler was also a member. Peverley, Lennox, and Lowley shot for the second VIII. It seems our unlucky lot, whenever we consider ourselves to have a good House team, to be confronted by a stronger, which generally turns out to be the ultimate winner. This year was no exception.

In the first round of the Senior House matches, despite much keen practice, we were defeated by a decidedly heavier Grove team. In the Junior division, however, in the first round we gained a comfortable victory over Temple, in spite of the fact that our wing threequarter, Wood, M., was forced to leave the field because of a broken arm—from which, we understand, he is making a good recovery. The semi-finals saw the dashing of our hopes; again we met the Grove and were defeated, although the team acquitted itself honourably.

As a result of these matches, and for past services to the House, colours were awarded to Ladd and Wilson; Chadwick, McCallum and Gibson received Junior House colours.

Wilson, I., played the part of a Roman officer in the School play, while three shabbily clad figures, creeping into the House in the small hours of morning began to savour strongly of a Nationalist plot.

After washing, however, they were revealed as three enthusiastic stage-builders, Badham, Bywater, and Wilson, M. B. The internal activities of the House were many and varied. The Juniors proved zealous athletes, and spent considerable time in the gym. in the evenings. The term was also enlivened by a House table tennis competition, won by Sykes. An ex-member of Manor arranged an outing to Askham Bryan, to play chess, although the result of the match indicates that it was Askham Bryan who did most of the playing of chess. It seems to have been a very pleasant evening's outing, nevertheless.

This term we are losing Liversidge, and we are sure that his presence, particularly in the sphere of sport, will be seriously missed.

In last year's Athletic Sports he won all his events, an achievement we would like to have seen repeated this coming year. We would like to take this opportunity of wishing him every success for the future.

QUEEN'S

We will be frank. We really feel that Queen's House has gained, and is tightening its grip on a prominent position in the School.

This is no more than our third year of existence, but gradually Queen's has found itself winning this or that cup, this or that competition : the 1955 Winter Term has added appreciably to our short but sweet history.

Before blowing our trumpet, however, we must, of course, welcome those who showed such sense by joining the elite of Queen's—they

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are not much to look at, but on the whole seem to shape well for the future. We hope they continue the good work.

But to the last term. We are sometimes told we attend School actually to work. Several of our number seem to have taken this idea seriously, for of five State Scholarships gained by the School last Summer (a record), three, by Barton, D. G., Bryce, and Netherwood, came to Queen's; in addition Bloomfield was awarded a City Major Scholarship and King an East Riding County Major. All but Netherwood were members of that den of coffee fiends upstairs.

Queen's has been well represented in the more popular side of School life also. Heap and Hopper flung a ball about for the 1st XV and received their colours; Barton, D. G., and Hopwood gained their 2nd XV colours, while Carter, M. T., and Netherwood also played for that team. The 3rd XV which visited Ampleforth contained a sprinkling of our number, while in the Colts, Crowther, Swain, and Slade (Junior) played for the School. While talking rugger, in the House matches Queen's lost to Rise in the first round of the Junior division; the score was 0-17, and this result was unfortunately repeated in the Senior House match against Grove, though our opponents won by no means easily. As a result of these matches Bygate and Crowther were awarded their Junior House colours, and Crane and Hopwood their Senior. On the subject of colours, it has been decided that in future all old colours will sign the book at the beginning of each year.

With regard to other games, Netherwood played squash for the School. Morton shot for the 1st VIII and for some reason at last became conscientious about fencing. Burton also wielded a foil for the School. Carter, B. W. H., is captain of School chess, and Jesper and Barton, D. G., also fiddled with pawns and knights.

On the parade ground Queen's has provided a considerable number of the senior N.C.O.s. Among them we found Clough, who supervises the vital radio link between the C.C.F. sets and a number of bees at rifle practice. Clough also had the Debating Society in hysterics when he wasn't being pompous.

Activities within the House have moved smoothly during the Winter Term. Jesper won himself a book token playing chess, and Bean, Hopper, and Shouksmith were successful in the table tennis competitions. Squash has become popular, and was played so earnestly by the House last term that two rackets were smashed. Netherwood now has a nylon clothes-line.

Queen's is well represented in the School Societies, the House contributing the secretaries of the Debating Society, the Music Society, and the Science Society.

Holt, Burn, and Carolin are to be warmly congratulated on gaining the status of Queen's Scouts. Bean, Jones, B., and Crowther put on wigs, sandals, and a Jerusalem accent for our entertainment.

Jones, M. A., sawed a violin between acts, also for our entertainment.

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Finally, the morale of the House is higher than ever before. This was decided by the Monitors' Study : when the question, "Ls the morale of the House higher ?" was asked, the replies came quick as lightning. "I think it is"—"I think it is"—"I think it is"—"It is !"

So, on the strength of this reasoned discussion, we may conclude that the morale of Queen's House has never been higher.

THE RISE

The smell of new paint greeted us on our return to a fresh looking House, which had been completely redecorated internally.

With a total of nine cups on our shelf, we determined to make every effort to defend this fine collection during the new School year.

It is perhaps fortunate that we have the large number of 14 Juniors to keep the effects of the corrosive York atmosphere at bay.

The year begins, as usual, under new management, with Coates, Forster, Isherwood, Roe, Scarth, and Wilkinson as House Monitors.

We would like to congratulate the above on their appointment.

Roe proved to be an enthusiastic captain of House rugger. His teams played extremely well in both Senior and Junior divisions.

The Senior team was beaten by School House in the semi-final, and the Junior team by Grove in the final. It is a good sign for the future to note that a larger percentage of the Junior part of the House took part in these matches than is usual.

In School rugger, Portlock and Stubbs gained their First XV colours. Roe decided to join a winning team during the First's bad spell, and so joined Oldman in the Second XV. Baldwin and Cook played for the Senior Colts, while Howard, Mathews and Cormack played for the Junior Colts. For his efforts for the House, especially on the rugger field, Baldwin has been awarded his Junior House colours.

Isherwood, though playing rugger for the House when called upon, prefers to take his sport in a more leisurely fashion, and with Stubbs has been having some very good scores for the First VIII. The. Railway Club appears to, have taken on a new lease of life, as is usual at this time of the year. Trains are now reported to be running this year, after six years of preparation. It would appear that the Railway Club is going to have a successful year, thanks to the encouragement and .help given by Mr. Waine. The Philatelic Society and the Discussion Group continue to flourish.

We regret having had to say goodbye to Mr. King, known to all as George; his loyal support and encouragement will be remembered by many past generations of Risites. I am sure that they would like to join with us in wishing him good luck for the future.

This term we only have one Risite leaving, and we would like to wish Burnett every success.

The Reading Room is now . graced by four new Parker-Knoll chairs, which are proving very popular.

In closing we would like to congratulate those members of the House who took part in, or helped to produce, the School play.

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SCHOOL HOUSE Miss Firth had not fully recovered from her illness and was unable to return at the beginning of the term. We must therefore express our gratitude to Miss Stone who filled her place so capably. At the time of writing these notes Miss Firth, almost completely recovered, has resumed her normal duties in the House.

M. Willstrop was appointed Head of School and N. J. Bell Captain of Rugger and a School Monitor. We congratulate them both on these appointments.

In the world of sport, H. C. Marshall, P. B. Clayton, M. Willstrop, and R. J. Sharp were awarded their 1st XV colours, but the game did not seem to agree with Willstrop at all. Somewhat mysteriously Sharp also gained his 2nd XV colours, but no complaint (from him, anyway) has been forthcoming. R. N. Worsley also graced the 2nd XV with his presence, although he expresses a marked preference for the "he-man's sport". M. Ruddock and B. C. R. Butler, too, played for the 2nd XV, but were transferred to the 3rd XV to join Baxter and D. Robinson for the 3rd XV's annual encounter with Ampleforth.

They were successful and much credit goes to their "team manager and coach".

D. G. Macpherson gained his Colts XV colours, while L. T. Beaumont and Middleton also played in the Colts XV. F. C. Beaumont captained the Junior Colts; J. J. Rhodes was a member of the same team, B. D. Shouksmith and P. N. B. Smith making less frequent appearances.

Bell captained the School shooting team, which is to , be congratulated on shooting a record score this term; Butler was no mean contributor to the team's successes, shooting with creditable consistency.

K. H. Taylor shot for the 2nd VIII; someone usually carries his gun .down to the range for him.

Both the House rugger teams did well; the Senior House XV just yielded to Grove after a thrilling struggle in the final. The sympathy of the crowd was certainly with the losers ! The young and inexperienced Junior House team fought gallantly, but were unable to maintain their early promise of winning.

R. J. Sharp, H. C. Marshall, and R. N. Worsley were awarded their Senior House colours and J. J. Rhodes merited his Junior House colours.

Willstrop captained the School squash team in which D. G. Macpherson earned a place towards the end of the term. R. N. Worsley was an enthusiastic captain of the School fencing team and in collaboration with R.S.M. Power is having some extra long foils made, or so we are led to believe.

To turn to more cultural matters; R. G. Le Pla continues to arrange the "House Proms", although he asserts that Gilbert wrote the fine music of "The Mikado". There is much value to be gained from these concerts. Le Pla, that "grand old man of the stage", was the House's sole representative in the School play (a strange state of affairs).

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The House still leads in the Work Cup and it would be heartening if we could win this cup. It would need a communal effort.

This term has been the last for Willstrop, J. W. Coates, Marshall, Pattison, Donaldson, D. J. Bell, some of the "old faithfuls". They carry our best wishes.

TEMPLE We returned this term to find parts of the House gleaming in their coat of new paint; nor is the plaster on the walls of the studies held together any longer by the weight of bookcases and hanging pictures.

This is naturally a welcome improvement, for it has enabled the occupants of two of the studies to introduce some of their character into the atmosphere of the room by attaching pictures of spindlylegged cyclists and sleek-looking motor cars to the walls.

In the common room or, as it has been jokingly termed, the "hothouse", the green 'uns (i.e., Juniors) seem to have settled together reasonably amicably.

Two of the weekly periodicals are now protected from the ravages of dirty and sometimes destructive hands by handsomely bound covers which we hope will impress upon the users that they are not to be rolled up and used as coshes.

On the subject of games, in spite of the enthusiasm of the Captain of House Rugger, who incidentally is to be congratulated on being Vice-Captain of School Rugger, we lost the Senior House match to Rise and the Junior to Manor. In the Senior team D. T. Sparham and N. D. Taylor are to be congratulated on the award of their House colours. These two were our sole regular representatives in the 2nd XV, and Welsh our representative in the 1st XV. M. J. Kershaw played for the Senior Colts and J. M. Smith for the Junior Colts.

Although we seem to be poorly represented in School teams, we have some promising younger players whom we hope will achieve glorious heights in the next few years.

Squash, table tennis, and chess all deserve mention as being increasingly popular. The first amongst the young members of the House, the second with everyone, and provided that the "mortality rate" in balls is not too great we hope to hold a competition next term.

The interest in chess may be attributed to the keenness shown again by the younger Templars. We also hope that the presence of Sedman in the School chess team may have something to do with this.

Several of the newcomers have stepped in to bring some new blood into the old guard of Temple swordsmen. They show promise, but are not yet past the Errol Flynn stage; however, it is hoped that they will flourish their swords for many years to come and uphold the high tradition in this sport that has been set up in Temple over the past years.

All members are working hard (we hope) for we intend to retain the Work Cup for another year, though some of the sounds coming from the common room on occasions during the past term make the above assertion, in retrospect, seen a trifle dubious !

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We congratulate the four Templars, Beckitt, Morris, Wilson, and Prosser on their respective parts in the School Play or in the Play Orchestra.

We have full sympathy for Lamb as projectionist-in-chief and surmise that he may be offered a position with J. Arthur Rank in the near future.

We have also heard the rumour that the Company Clerk of C.C.F. has threatened to write an article entitled "Field Days from the side, or what the R.S.M. really said when he touched that electric fence", but this is only conjecture, we hope !

Finally we say goodbye to one Templar—perhaps two—and wish them well in the "wide world" and hope that they do not find the strain too great, unfortified as they will be by their customary soporific beverage.

THE CHAPEL

We returned to School in September wondering how we should like our Chapel in its "new look". Although some were no doubt surprised at their first view, it was not long before everyone realised what an enormous improvement the redecoration had made. Mr. Pace, the architect, had produced a very original design for the Gallery, the effect of which is very pleasing in itself. But more, the proportions of the Chapel itself have been much improved; and we have some badly needed extra seating. The redecoration of walls and ceiling make a very great difference, too, and the whole Chapel is light and lovely. Our thanks are due to all those who made this transformation possible.

We also welcomed this term an Assistant Chaplain, the Revd. R. C. Pickard; and while his responsibility, his "parish", is the Junior School, we have his help for Celebrations on Sundays and on weekdays, and we much appreciate it.

Our visiting preachers this term have been the Revd. P. J. Lamb, Principal of St. John's College, the Revd. J. S. Purvis, D.D., and the Dean of York, and we thank them warmly for coming to help us.

Seventy-two boys started their preparation for Confirmation at the beginning of October, and the Confirmation is fixed for Thursday, 15th March next. Sixteen of the seventy-two Candidates are in the Junior School, and Mr. Pickard is responsible for their preparation.

Collections on Sundays, not including the Carol Services, amounted to £118 2s. 2d., of which one Sunday (16th October) was devoted to the West Indies Hurricane Relief Fund, to which we sent £16 17s. 6d.

The Junior School Carol Service, after paying its share of printing expenses, sent £14 10s. 9d. to St. Stephen's Orphanage, York; and the Senior School Carol Service similarly sent £12 10s. Od. to the Gordon Walker Home, at Acomb, of the Church of England Children's Society.

The grand total of all collections is, therefore, £159 12s. 8d.

C.P.

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THE CHOIR The Christmas Term for the Choir is inevitably one of re-organisation, but the large number of leavers from last year's choir made necessary more than the average amount of recruitment. Volunteers readily came forward, and an anthem was sung on the first Sunday of term. The altos alone have not changed since last year : there is a new complement of basses, two new tenors and, as there are now no Olavites in the Choir, several newcomers in the trebles' stalls. There are also several keen probationers, and not only among the trebles, who regularly attend practices and are ready to deputise at a moment's notice. The Choir settled down as the term progressed and acquitted itself well in two important choral events which came comparatively early in the term—the Harvest Thanksgiving in the Minster and the visit of the Special Commissioner from the Royal School of Church Music to which the Choir is affiliated. The Commissioner, Mr. Thomas Duerden, gave us a favourable and illuminating report, frankly pointing out our shortcomings but also warmly commending us where he thought fit. Coming from one who is organist of Blackburn Cathedral and who also played a large part in Kathleen Ferrier's rise to fame, the report was awaited with interest, and its contents noted.

In the earlier part of the term the trebles and basses showed a tendency to leave the really hard work to the more experienced members, but as time went on this diffidence disappeared and the standard of singing improved right up to the Carol Service, which was in every way a fitting climax for the term's work. A list of music sung this term follows :Anthems: 0 come, Ye servants of the Lord—Christopher Tye. Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake—Farrant.

Blessed be the God and Father—S. S. Wesley.

Thou visitest the earth—Greene.

What are these that glow from afar?—Allan Gray, O.P. 0 taste and see—Vaughan Williams (new to our repertoire).

Gloria in excelsis Deo—Weelkes.

Let thy merciful ears—Weelkes.

Non Nobis Domine—Quilter.

Services: Stanford in B flat (evening service).

Walmisley in D minor (evening service).

Carols:

Break forth, 0 beauteous, heavenly light—J. S. Bach.

Corde natus ex parentis—Nyland. Piae Cantiones, 1582 (new).

Ding-dong ! merrily on high—French, 1588.

In excelsis Gloria—A. H. Brown, 1871 (new).

In dulci jubilo—R. L. Pearsall.

Puer nobis—English, 14th century.

The Angel Gabriel—Old Basque.

The Infant King—Old Basque (new).

Good King Wenceslas—Swedish.

R.G.B.

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THE CAROL SERVICE This service is nearly always joyful because of its purpose, its timing, and its associations. When to all this can be added singing of real beauty, and reading of intelligence, clarity, and sincerity, then the Festival becomes a noble and notable offering.

Great care and practice were evident in all that was done. Soloists and Choir sang sympathetically and delicately, the lightness of touch being notable in "Ding-dong ! Merrily on High". The understanding of the relation of words and music came out clearly in verse 2 of the same carol, and the discipline of the Choir resulted in a beautiful "In Dulci Jubilo". At all times the soloists were confident.

The reading of the lessons was of a high standard. Perhaps one lesson was too slow, perhaps the lighter voice of Sim was more suited to the first lesson than Rawson's (though it is only by custom we expect a treble voice to read about the Garden of Eden), but taken as a whole they were read outstandingly well.

There was, then, a unity of purpose which made this particular service memorable to many : it transported us, and so was a vehicle of worship to God.

THE LIBRARY Librarian: MR. L. BURGESS. Assistant Librarian: MR. A. D. HART. Library Monitors: D. G. BECKITT, R. D. BARTON, M. T. CARTER, M. HANDLER, R. G. LE NA, P. A. MORRIS, P. J. NETHERWOOD, D. M. WALKER.

Climb the stairs. On the right a sepia portrait of Beethoven and a fire extinguisher : on the left, a door which rattles when the wind is high. Through the door, and a surprisingly small room is revealed, small, you think, for a library serving some three hundred people.

But turn right, right again, and the space is more than doubled.

You look now from the old into the new, out of the more sober colours of the past into the brightness of the present. This is the new look worn by an old foundation, a look which reveals the enlightenment of an administration that finds virtue in soft red leatherette and functional yet up-to-date design. Looking back from whence you came you see the consummate skill of the traditional furniture craftsman : but this is harder to sit on than the modern idea of a seat of learning. And the School finds the latter preferable, if one may judge by the demand for seats in the extension rather than in the "old library" every sit-out.

But more significant even than the trend in fittings is the new atmosphere up here. The Head Master expressed a wish that with the opening of this new section a tradition be founded, a tradition of 23

Silence and Work : the portrait of him by Henry Carr broods over the extension to remind us. But with little trouble this tradition has been born and maintained. More and more boys are now using the Library as a place of work and reference, notably out of normal work hours, and one can depend upon a degree of silence there which has not always prevailed in the past.

Turning to the books themselves, we are most grateful to the Very Reverend the Dean of York for his presentation of the following works : "Marlborough : his Life and Times" (Churchill), 4 volumes; "Oliver Cromwell" (J. Morley); and "Voyage of Discovery" (Captain Scott), 2 volumes. A particularly valuable acquisition has been the complete "Dictionary of National Biography". A number of other books have been added to all sections of the Library.

It is hoped that in the near future the shelves of the older part of the Library will be replaced by something more in keeping with those in the new Dronfield Room.

THE CURIA

This has been one of the most successful terms which the Society has enjoyed for a long time. We have held, in all, five meetings, including the long expected and eagerly awaited visit to the Law Courts.

There were only five of last year's members remaining. At the initial meeting, after Handler and Le Pla had been elected Chairman and Secretary respectively, the Society proceeded to formulate its programme for the term. It was decided that five meetings should be held, including the visit of one outside speaker.

At the first meeting we "broke the ice" with a discussion entitled "Automation is the Enemy of Man". This meeting proved a great success, and we discussed everything automatic from tractors to barmaids.

A fortnight later Pfluger entertained us with a programme of music on the School gramophone. He played classical music of "every age and clime" and after telling us why he himself liked the particular piece he invited us to express our opinions.

A meeting in which all members present took an active part was the reading of J. B. Priestley's comedy "When We Are Married". An excellent opportunity was given for members to speak in the familiar broad Yorkshire dialect. The results of this opportunity, which was eagerly seized, were hilarious.

The outside speaker this term was Dr. Vergette, the School doctor.

With modesty and ease of manner he displayed his great knowledge of glassware and its history. At the end of his lecture we were able to handle his valuable collection of glasses and to ask him questions.

The crowning glory of the term was undoubtedly the visit to the Law Courts. This was not because it was, necessarily, of greater interest than the others, but because the combined efforts of two years'

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work and persuasion materialised. Cases of theft, embezzlement, and fraud were heard, and the most significant feature of the whole proceedings was the casual way in which sentences were accepted and long terms accomplished. One ex-convict, in fact, mingled with the visitors at the end of the proceedings, as he walked out a free man.

R.G.L.P.

THE MUSIC SOCIETY Chairman: MR. F. WAINE. Secretary: R. G. BEAN. Choral Society Secretary: R. N. WORSLEY. Orchestra Secretary: K. WiLsori., Gramophone Librarian: R. G. LE PLA.

An open-circuit in the long-playing pickup of the amplifier caused the cancellation of the early recitals, and in fact the series of Friday mid-day recitals never really got going. Five recitals were arranged and presented by R. G. Le Pla, C. R. Clough, K. Brown, R. D. Beckitt, and D. Pfluger and the average attendances were satisfactory.

There were two Saturday evening meetings. At the first, on 22nd October, films were shown. Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" also called "The Instruments of the Orchestra" was shown first. Sir Malcolm Sargent, who conducts in the film, also comperes the music which is so brilliantly played by the London Symphony Orchestra. After the first showing, the Chairman amplified some of Sir Malcolm's statements, illustrating his remarks from the gramophone records of the piece while the film was being re-wound. The film was then shown again with a view to helping the large audience, which was predominantly composed of the junior members of the School, to a better appreciation of orchestral music.

As an epilogue another film was shown comprising a movement from Tchaikovsky's sixth symphony played by a famous Canadian orchestra.

Unfortunately it compared unfavourably with "The Young Person's Guide", the eye distracting instead of helping the ear to a better understanding. We were very honoured to be the first to use the new projector and our thanks are due to Mr. Crews and D. A. A. Lamb for working it for us. R.G.B. The second Music Society meeting took the form of an organ recital in York Minster by Mr. Eric Parsons, M.A., A.R.C.O., assistant organist of the Minster.

Mr. Parsons had designed his programme to show the full resources of the instrument and as the last of us were taking our seats the first mighty chords of Reger's "Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor" blazed forth. The larger works were divided by smaller works, chiefly Chorale Preludes, by J. S. Bach, Karg-Elert, and Brahms. These and the Gavotte by Samuel Wesley, a cheerful and brilliant little tune, served to illustrate the more delicately toned stops of this wonderful organ, the flutes being particularly beautiful. In John Stanley's "Largo and Bell Allegro" the tone of the great diapasons rolled 25

majestically round the Minster, while the Bell Allegro sparkled with the gay sound of the mixtures. Mr. Parsons concluded his recital by playing two request items, J. S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, to which he brought a thrilling interpretation, and the Tuba Tune of Norman Cocker, in which he displayed the wonderful array of solo reeds, starting with the comparatively thin-toned and quiet enclosed Solo Tuba, continuing with the golden-toned glorious Great Tromba and ending with the thrill of the Tuba Mirabilis. After the recital we were allowed to see the organ. We all thank Mr. Parsons for his wonderful recital, and the Dean and Chapter for so kindly giving their permission for us to hold our meeting in the Minster.

N.J.D. RECITAL BY MR. EGIL NORDSJO In the world of music a fierce controversy rages on the question of whether a song should be sung in the original language, the language of the singer, or that of the audience. It is argued that the finer touches of the original composition are lost if it is translated into another language, and the singer will find a song more easy to interpret if it is in his own language. On the other hand, other things being equal, the audience is more likely to be entertained if the language of the song is a language with which it is familiar. Covent Garden Opera usually keeps to the original : Sadler's Wells and Carl Rosa always sing in English.

This dispute was brought home to us when on Wednesday, 20th October, we had the pleasure of hearing a recital in Big Hall by Mr. Egil Nordsjo, the famous Norwegian bass-baritone.

His programme consisted chiefly of Norwegian and German songs, and it says much for his magnificent singing that he managed to hold so fixedly the attention of an audience who, for the most part, were unfamiliar with either language. Mr. Nordsjo introduced his songs with a short precis of their mood and contents in English, and it was a little unfortunate that not every word of these introductions was heard in every part of the hall. In compensation we were greatly struck by the changing expressions on Mr. Nordsjies face while he was interpreting the songs and by his infectious laughter, particularly in Moussorgski's "Song of the •lea". Like music itself, laughter knows no bounds of language.

Mr. Nordsjo followed the Norwegian and German songs with the three "Songs of Travel" by Vaughan Williams. Here Mr. Nordsjo was singing not in his own language but in English, and yet some of the words did not tell, and we felt that we lost much of the enchantment of these songs. The last, and perhaps the most successful part of the programme, consisted of several Negro Spirituals. Here we were all able to enjoy Mr. Nordsjo's rich voice at its very best, interpreting these nostalgic songs with immense feeling and depth of tone. We were particularly impressed by his rendering of "Peter, go ring dem bells"—the highlight of the evening's performance. But, at the same time, although deeply moving, these spirituals were

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presented in an arrangement, by Arne Dorumsgaard, which seemed somewhat Pastiche and streamlined, and, in fact, far removed from the negroid and improvised atmosphere of the originals.

A warmly applauded encore of "Old Man River" and a traditional English folk-song brought to a close a most pleasant evening's entertainment, by a fine singer who can also be classed as a fine musician.

Mr. Nordsjo was accompanied by Mr. Waine at the piano.

M.L.B.

CAREERS

The general shortage of labour is undoubtedly reflected in the number of careers pamphlets which are being sent to schools and in the number of representatives visiting schools to talk to Head Masters, Careers Masters, and senior boys about opportunities with the organisations to which they belong. Those boys who have played a full part in all aspects of school life and whose academic records are good will have, at the moment, little difficulty in entering the Careers of their choice either via the university or direct from school.

The difficulty in such cases may be the great variety of possible careers, not merely open to them, but actively competing for them.

Boys Who have not been so successful academically, that is, who have not reached matriculation standard, rely much more on their achievements in the other aspects of school life, and providing these are impressive, they can be sure of finding suitable openings in business and industry, with the prospect of fairly rapid promotion to junior Managerial positions.

During the Christmas Term I was visited by representatives of : (1) Smith's of Cricklewood and Cheltenham, makers of clocks, watches, car and aircraft instruments, K.L.G. sparking plugs and many other components of cars and aeroplanes. This company offers excellent training facilities and good prospects in the field of precision engineering.

(2) The Bank of England, who will shortly be faced with the retirement of a large number of their staff who were recruited at the end of the 1914-18 war. The Bank of England is a central bank and work differs from that of the banks with which we are all familiar.

For boys who are good at languages, interesting careers, which include a'considerable amount of travelling, are offered. Some time in February a member of the Bank will explain central banking to senior boys.

(3) Barclays D.C.O. (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas) Bank.

Though it has family connections with Barclays Bank, D.C.O. is a separate organisation, operating mainly overseas. Again a flair for languages, rather than an advanced mastery of mathematics, is one of the main requirements.

During the holidays I attended a Careers Masters' Convention in Slough. Whenever we think of industry we tend to think only of the giant companies such as I.C.I., English Electric and the Ford Motor Coy. In Slough, however, over 200 small companies have developed, making a wide variety of products. We visited six, namely Aspro, Ltd., .

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Horlicks, Ltd., Langley Alloys, Ltd., High Duty Alloys, Ltd. (HawkerSiddeley Group), Ronald Trist, Ltd., and Bell's Asbestos, Ltd. The first two, apart from making the products usually associated with their names, have both entered the field of ethical pharmacy, manufacturing drugs and medicines to be supplied only when prescribed, and they both manufacture goods the names of which are familiar in the kitchen. The second two are engaged in the production of alloys and components of a very high standard for other industries, notably those engaged in the manufacture of aircraft. Ronald Trist, Ltd., manufacture levels and gauges for steam boilers and aircraft, and a large variety of rubber parts of a high standard, again for the aircraft industry. Bell's Asbestos are engaged in producing a large number of asbestos articles from backings for car instrument panels to insulating tubes and fireproof clothing. In addition to manufacturing, all six companies are engaged in constant research, but the number of graduates engaged in this is usually small. This is because none of the firms has more than between 1,000 and 1,500 employees in all and cannot compete favourably with the larger and more famous organisadons for the relatively small number of technical graduates available.

The advantages of the small company are that training is more individual, competition for the posts of higher management less, because they carry a higher proportion of these posts than do larger companies, and work is often less stereotyped, because it is not governed so strongly by mass production methods. They all seem to favour the employment of the Public School boy who has followed an arts course at school, providing he shows that he has a certain technical ability. Such boys can make a useful and interesting career on the sales side for instance.

Details of careers with all banks and companies mentioned can be found in the Careers Room, together with considerable information from the Federation of Building Trades Employers, which acted as host at the Annual Conference of the Public Schools Appointments Bureau, a sure sign that this organisation is very anxious to recruit Public School boys to creative work in an expanding industry which seems to have sufficient potential work to occupy any boy's lifetime.

During the Easter Term details will be received of the P.S.A.B. Short Works Courses for both the Easter and the Summer holidays.

Though these will be wider in scope than ever, it should be noted that there is generally great competition for many of the places offered, especially during the Easter holidays, and boys are advised to make up their minds and apply early. These courses offer a unique opportunity to see what business and industry are really like without any obligation to join the sponsoring companies.

Finally I should like to repeat that the services of the P.S.A.B. are available to all O.P.s until they have reached their 25th birthday.

If any O.P. needs to use these services he will find it speeds up the process to do it through the Careers Master as the Bureau always has to contact the school before it can offer an interview, unless they receive the necessary information along with the application.

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"A MAN'S HOUSE" With no disrespect to the cast as a whole, this was commonly supposed to be a lean year for the St. Peter's Players. Most of our experienced actors left in the Summer and no fewer than six out of this year's cast of thirteen donned their buskins for the first time on any stage. This made Mr. Burgess's task a formidable one; and let it be said at the outset that not only was the production very successful, but also the acting was of a much higher standard than might have been expected.

This play by John Drinkwater was produced ten years ago at St. Peter's and it is interesting to consider why it is suitable for an inexperienced company. In the first place this story, which relates the events of the first Easter week and their impact upon a Jewish merchant's family in Jerusalem, calls more for team-work than star performances. Secondly, Drinkwater leans heavily on our instinctive emotional response to the drama of the last days of Jesus : he knew that we cannot help being moved by a skilful re-telling of the familiar story from a fresh angle, and this extraneous advantage is likely to help both producer and players to put the play across (for even our critical faculties tend to be blunted by respect for the theme). Lastly, Acts I and II of the play are good theatre and are eminently actable under the guidance of an experienced producer; unfortunately the last act, having no dramatic centre, tends to fall off, but that is Drinkwater's fault, not ours.

The production as a whole moved quickly (perhaps too quickly on the first night) and every voice was audible in all parts of the house.

The local Press, by a curious inverted snobbery, objected to the clarity of the actors' vowels, as if well-spoken English is an indication of insincerity. In fact a more pertinent criticism would be not aural but visual. The players had clearly been trained to speak with as wide a range of voice as they could muster; but their inexperience was evident in a certain stiffness of grouping on the stage and in a severely limited set of gestures (only Trevelyan and Jones, and perhaps Wright and Le Pla, knew what to do with their hands). Natural movement on the stage only comes with experience and it is remarkable how far, in fact, Mr. Burgess succeeded in overcoming these inevitable limitations.

For a first performance, acting honours must go to Jones : indeed the maturity and sensitiveness of his Esther was the major surprise of the evening. Here was a young, natural actor, almost continuously on the stage, who scarcely put a foot wrong. Esther's part, to be convincing, calls for more than average ability : her transformation from an embittered, blind girl, hating the God of her fathers, into a radiant Christian whose sight has been restored by the Nazarene, requires a range of expression and voice modulation which might well floor a more experienced player. It is sufficient to say that Jones played this part with real conviction, and that he was particularly

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moving in the anguished moments as the cavalcade approached from Bethany and immediately after the miracle.

Morris and Le Pla, both newcomers to the stage, were well contrasted as Salathiel and Nathan. Morris conveyed the liberal ideas and wavering faith of the old merchant with dignity and intelligence.

This was a serious, sincere performance within a limited range of gesture and voice : hence in moments of stress his voice became too obviously "emotional" and resonant, but at least it was an honest attempt to express feeling. Le Pla was quietly effective as the dreamer, the convert who gradually gains the courage of his convictions. He was one of the few who instinctively acted all the time he was on the stage.

Of the younger generation, Rachel was keenly and adequately played by Wright (a handsome girl, too); while Trevelyan provided a strong Mathias. This is vital as Mathias must be seen as a stubborn die-hard, holding fast to his upbringing and beliefs when the tide of feeling is running strongly towards Jesus. In an important sense Trevelyan's assured performance kept the play on an even keel.

Crowther was strangely unimpressive as David. He seems to have been "typed" as the handsome lover and deserves a change. Indeed, the two love scenes in the play tended, perhaps inevitably, to be rather embarrassing. The remaining parts were competently played. Bean spoke beautifully, Jose clung to his lapels when in doubt, and Bellwood shuffled in and out with appropriate loquacity.

A special word of praise must again go to Messrs. Hart and Gaastra and their assistants for their very effective set, with its draught-board floor and wide terrace window overlooking the sunlit buildings of the city and Calvary in the distance; and the solid and colourful stage furniture was coveted by more than one member of the audience.

The make-up was excellent, adding years or feminine grace with deceptive skill, while the costumes toned well with the set. The musical interludes, played by the School Orchestra, lacked decision on the first night but there was a marked improvement by the end of the week : here again Mr. Waine was handicapped by the number of leading players who left last Summer.

A lean year? No one who saw the play thought so; and the actors themselves would be the first to acknowledge how much they owed to their producer.

B.H.H. CHARACTERS

P. A. MORRIS Salathiel (A Rich Merchant of Jerusalem) B. JONES Esther (His Elder Daughter) H. C. WRIGHT Rachel (His Younger Daughter) R. G. LE PLA ...

Nathan (His Brother) E. W. TREVELYAN Mathias (His Son) R. G. BEAN Levi (Another Merchant) ...

P. L. BELLWOOD Isaac (Salathiel's Steward) A. H. CROWTHER David (Rachel's Lover) ...

J. M. S. PROSSER Jacob (A Servant) ...

I. WILSON A Roman Officer ...

C. W. Joss Barnabas (David's Father) R. D. BECKITT A Roman Guard ...

T. D. J. LAYFIELD A Clerk ... ...

• •• ••• The Play produced by LESLIE BURGESS

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The setting designed and executed by A. D. Hart and J. N. Gaastra, assisted

by R. Hawkins, S. M. Badham, K. Brown, G. P. Burden, M. L. Bywater, R. L. High, M. B. Wilson.

Electricians : F. A. L. Kirby and J. J. F. Knapton.

Orchestra : Leader, K. Wilson; 2nd Violin, E. H. N. Turner; Viola, M. A. Jones; Percussion, M. G. Hancock; Pianoforte, A. Gomersall.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY The Debating Society has had a good, though not brilliant, term.

There is about the average number of competent speakers, and in addition twelve maiden speeches have been made from the floor of the House—barely enough to satisfy the Committee. Attendances at open meetings show, however, that the Society is strong in the School, for they easily exceed 150. The closed meeting system has been modified by the introduction of tickets, which members hand in for loan to non-members on any particular occasion. This seems to be a serviceable compromise.

Five meetings were held in the course of the term, beginning on 1st October, when memories of the Le Mans disaster were fresh. The motion "This House considers that motor-racing should be abolished" was proposed by Mr. L. C. Le Tocq, whose main argument was that racing had served its purpose of improving cars and that the rally type of competition was a better method of securing further improvements. C. R. Clough, seconding, recounted racing disasters in horrific detail, but these efforts were in vain against the opposition, E. S. Portlock and N. J. Bell, who stressed the debt of present car safety to racing experiences, and discounted the danger : the motion was lost by 128 to 24.

The second debate (15th October) was one of the most successful of the term. The motion "This House considers that the British Press is degenerating" was proposed by Mr. B. H. Holbeche and seconded

by I. Wilson. The proposer said that the Press was more and more appealing to the lowest common denominator of taste, and caring less and less for truth. I. E. F. Morton, opposing, said that it was public taste that set the tone of the Press and cited various papers which no one could accuse of falling from their high standards. He was seconded by the Secretary, B. W. H. Carter. Many speeches were made from the floor, including one by C. R. Clough, who pressed home his points with a dramatic tearing-up and casting aside of a large representative collection of newspapers. The House clearly had in mind the recent Press handling of Princess Margaret's personal affairs, and the motion was carried by 38 votes to 19, with one abstention. The opposition was consoled by the acquisition of an almost undamaged copy of a well-known weekly : this from Mr. Clough's pile of rejects.

The third meeting—at which tickets were used for the first time—. was held on 5th November, when P. A. Morris proposed the motion that "This House considers patriotism to be an outmoded virtue".

He was seconded by D. A. A. Lamb and received powerful support from the floor from A. J. Isherwood and D. M. Walker. Naturally 31

the proposition concentrated on the argument that patriotism should now give place to higher international loyalties. Mr. F. Waine, the opposer, and M. A. Handler, his seconder, had perhaps an easier task, and retailed the advantages and strength of patriotism with gusto.

They carried the day, the motion being lost by 74 to 6, with 2 abstentions. The speeches from the floor were, with a few exceptions, below the usual standard, and showed a keen nose for following red herrings, such as "Do people leave cinemas early to avoid the National Anthem or in order not to miss the last bus home?"

The fourth debate was held on 26th November, on the motion that "This House considers that the Englishman's attitude to foreigners is deplorable". Proposers were A. J. Isherwood and R. G. Le Pla, opposers M. Willstrop and R. N. Worsley. The proposition claimed that we stare at foreigners, despise them, and treat them with prejudice, the opposition that we do none of these things and that, on the contrary, foreigners enjoy visiting Britain. Both sides had a wealth of examples on which to draw, and so did the House, for there was a great flow of speeches retailing experiences at home and abroad.

Many of these seemed more concerned with the treatment of Englishmen by foreigners. In the end the motion was lost by 51 to 25, with 10 abstentions.

The fifth meeting, held on 10th December, was of the usual more light-hearted pre-Christmas nature, and a dozen gallant gentlemen went "into the hat", prepared to speak on any motion "out of the hat". E. C. Sedman came first, and found himself proposing that "This House considers that the best place for oratory is the Sahara Desert". He drew a picture of a well-known orator addressing the desert sands, with an audience of camels and palm-trees, and did not seem surprised when the House identified this fictitious figure with its most fluent, verbose, and entrancing speaker, C. R. Clough.

Clough gave a dissertation of the horrors of thirst in the desert and asserted that he would rather address the House than the camels, but the House was not beguiled by this flattery and consigned orators to the desert. It then rejected four more motions : "That the Horse is dangerous both ends and uncomfortable in the middle"; "That the School Shop should be run on a co-operative basis"; "That Classics is the Original Science"; "That this House dreads Christmas parties".

The House most emphatically does not dread Christmas parties, and if its hopes are realised will have a remarkably good holiday—after a very pleasant term's debating.

THE SCIENCE SOCIETY

This term there were five meetings and to judge by the attendances meetings at which adult lecturers speak appear to be more popular than "House Nights". It is not clear why this should be so as the standard of "House Nights" remains high.

The first meeting of the term is traditionally a film show. Five films on all branches of science were shown. These film shows are

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very popular, and a record number of 150 attended this open meeting.

At the second meeting Mr. Sedman gave a lecture entitled "The construction and maintenance of the modern motor car". The lecture started with a film strip showing the working parts of the car. Then Mr. Sedman explained with models the more important parts.

At the third meeting Mr. Vyle described, with the aid of a film strip, "The travels of a biochemist" in Venezuela and other American countries. Mr. Vyle described the production of cocoa and explained how it would only grow under certain precise conditions which are fulfilled in Venezuela.

At the fourth meeting Mr. Kirby talked to us about "Electrical Sound Recording". He has made his own outside recording apparatus and recorded many bird calls which we heard at the meeting.

At the final meeting of the term three members of the Rise gave lectures. J. B. Wilkinson lectured on "Brewing". He described the history and manufacture of beer. J. F. Franklin gave a lecture on "The Principles of Sailing". He did not attempt to teach us to sail, but explained the theory of sailing. G. P. Burden described how, in air travel, the distance required for taking off and landing has been cut down by the use of devices such as parachutes and rockets.

In conclusion, one may say that the Society once again has had a successful term. Only 120 tickets are issued, but it is estimated that more than half the members of the School have attended at one meeting or another.

THE SCIENCE SOCIETY'S VISIT TO THE LC.L RESEARCH LABORATORIES AT HARROGATE The party, which consisted of three masters and 36 members of the Science Society, were met and welcomed at the Research Laboratories by Mr. R. Marlow, who arranged the visit.

We first went into a small lecture room where Dr. Hill outlined the process by which terylene, the substance being investigated at the works, is obtained. It consists of joining together molecules of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid to give a high polymer, a substance whose molecules are made up of very long chains of atoms.

The fact that terylene has a tensile strength comparable to that of steel can be attributed to this polymer structure.

For the remaining part of our visit we were divided into two groups, one half seeing the Research Laboratories first while the other half began with the Technical Service section.

We first entered a laboratory which was engaged in testing various samples of the polymer. Out of the sea of weird apparatus, with which we were to become well accustomed during the remainder of the afternoon, we were shown experiments to test the softness and viscosity of the sample. We next saw the actual structure of the polymer being investigated. Here X-ray photographs of the crystal

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were taken from various angles, from which, Dr. Pattison, who was in charge of the laboratory, told us, the arrangement of the atoms in the crystal lattice could be determined, "if you know how". With this last remark we thoroughly agreed, especially after having seen one of these photographs.

We then passed on to the Technical Service section. Here we were told how the filament, obtained by compressing molten terylene through a small hole, was made into threads of various thicknesses and how it was strengthened. We were shown how terylene webbing was used to strengthen car tyres, hose pipes and conveyor belts, as it did not stretch and was stronger and lighter than its earlier prototypes, nylon and rayon.

In another laboratory we were shown how the more peculiar properties of terylene, about which many enquiries had been made, were dealt with. We were shown an experiment to illustrate the resistance of terylene to acids, and how under the same conditions rayon and nylon are completely destroyed.

Another great advantage of terylene which was amply demonstrated to us was that it could be set in a crease, which would stay put under any treatment to which any ordinary garment may be subjected. By setting the fibre in a spiral form which could then be stretched, various garments, such as socks, could be woven, which would, as it were, grow with the wearer.

The laboratories and their equipment also made a great impression.

They were of the very latest type, as the laboratories had only been completed three months previously.

At the end of the visit a most pleasant afternoon tea was provided for us in the canteen and for this, as indeed for the whole of the visit, we were very grateful. H.H.

THE BRITISH SHIP ADOPTION SOCIETY As expected, our correspondent, Capt. N. M. Graham, was transferred during the Summer holidays to a new ship, and so we said "Farewell" to the "Clan Brodie" and "Hail" to our new ship, the "Clan Stewart". As this is one of the newest and finest ships of the Clan Line, we feel sure that the move represents promotion for Capt. Graham (though he has not expressed it so) and congratulate him on his new appointment. He seems to be delighted with his new ship, the details of which are :Built at Greenock, 1954.

Length, 512 feet.

Tonnage, 8,162 gross; 4,587 net (roughly speaking, net tonnage represents earning capacity).

Crew : 20 Europeans (Captain, 4 other officers, 2 cadets, purser, steward, doctor, carpenter, radio officer, 7 engineers, 2 electricians) and 70 Asians.

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Passenger accommodation for 12.

Cruising speed, 17 knots.

Derricks capable of lifting single weights up to 105 tons.

The "Clan Stewart" left Birkenhead just at beginning of term, on 21st September, having been delayed two or three days by a strike of tugboat men. We have had our usual very interesting cargo plan from Capt. Graham, and the usual vast array of commodities could be roughly classified thus :(a) Building—cement, bricks, baths, tiles, roofing felt. (b) Transport-6 locomotives with tenders, cars (including many in crates for later assembly), railway engine parts, railway switches and crossings. (c) Farming—insecticides, a bull, 2 horses, harvesters, cattle dip. (d) Industry—looms, bleach, machinery, a transformer, cranes.

All this totalled 7,599 tons and was divided between the five holds and a deck cargo. The bulk of it was for Mombasa, and the remainder for Tanga, Zanzibar and Dar-es-Salaam. The 12 passengers disembarked at Mombasa.

The outward passage was without major incident, though at Aden a young Greek boy stowed away. As he emerged after the ship had been at sea only an hour, she put back and he was duly handed over to the Aden police.

After discharging at Mombasa and the other ports during October, the ship proceeded to Mauritius to load sugar, and she left there on 18th November with 9,800 tons, returning via the Cape, with calls for bunkers at Cape Town and Dakar, to Liverpool.

None of our adopted ships had been to Mauritius before, and we found Capt. Graham's account of his visit very interesting. Here are some extracts : "There is a quay in the harbour, Port Louis, for unloading, but loading is done at the buoys. The sugar is brought out to the ships in lighters and comes on board in slings of 18 bags at a time.

Minimum loading for us was 900 tons a day.

"On the Sunday a party of us went for a trip around part of the island. First of all we went to see the Governor's residence at Moka.

From there we went to the Naval Museum at Mahebourg, and then on to Grand Port and Blue Bay. On our return we saw an extinct crater at Curepipe, and the Botanical Gardens at Pamplemousses.

"I was able to pay a visit to the local museum. Its chief claim to fame is that it has a complete skeleton of a dodo. I believe it is one of about three known.

"Mauritius is a very pleasant place to live in, and now that air travel to the island is possible, it is easy for residents to get away for holidays. There is a big unemployment problem on the island and most of the unemployed appeared to be Mauritians. The Hindu population is numerous and at times one would wonder whether

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Mauritius was a part of India. There are some lovely homes and there are some awful shacks which appear to consist of petrol tins and the like flattened out and used as walls.

"One lovely sight in Port Louis is the statue of the Virgin Mary which was erected as a thanksoffering because Mauritius was spared the horrors of the last war. It is situated half-way up a hill.

Immediately under the statue is an altar with electrically lit candles.

Below this are terraced gardens, beautifully kept. These terraces extend to the foot of the hill and can accommodate a few thousand worshippers. It is a prominent landmark, and can be seen well out to sea."

THE FILM SOCIETY Grateful acknowledgment must first be made of the arrival of the new projector. The old one had given us long and faithful service, but had, of late, developed an uncanny instinct in selecting a film's most exciting moment at which to break down. Now we can see and hear perfectly from any part of the hall.

At the opening meeting, however, it would be nearer the truth to say that we could only hear. Our technicians rather overestimated the range of the new projector and, despite the aid of a special lens; it was found that to have the projector virtually on the front lawn and the screen almost in the quad at the back of the School, was literally to confuse the issue. Not that a great deal was lost. "Streets of Lareda" was shot mainly in the dark, anyway, and what had been a superior type of "Western" when shewn in colour on 35 mm. degenerated, as shewn in disappointing black and white, into something that was less than satisfactory.

"Seven Days to Noon" was a complete contrast; well lit, well produced and directed by the Boulting Brothers, it gave a most convincing account of an atomic threat to London by a mentally deranged British scientist. When did they photograph those sunlit, deserted London streets?

To a schoolboy audience, a film such as "This Happy Breed", which describes the life between the wars of a typical lower middleclass family in a London suburb must be historically on a par with a film about Cavaliers and Roundheads. Nevertheless, I believe that the picture was enjoyed. Noel Coward and David Lean are an experienced team and they missed no chances and overplayed no situation. There was a fund of quiet humour—born of character— and a superb performance by Celia Johnson as the mother. As the married daughter of the family was represented as leaving in 1939 for Singapore, one inevitably thought "What a hostage to fortune". The same thought occurred at the end as the camera withdrew from the suburban home of the Gibbonses and appeared to hover high above the familiar views of the city, bathed in the Autumn sunshine of September, 1939.

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Despite some naive heroics, Leslie Howard's "Pimpernel Smith" proved far the most popular film of the term. Since the war, the armchair traveller has been so pampered by the cinemascopic actualities of Venice and Rome and the Vesuvious express that a return to the occasional back-cloth of Germany in a British war-time production seemed to be a poor and shoddy business. But a reception at the British Embassy in Berlin was well staged, Francis Sullivan vastly enjoyed himself in a Goering-like role and a good time was had by all.

Talking about cinemascope reminds me that thanks to the kindness of Mr. Drayton, the Manager of the Tower Cinema, Mr. Crews and a small party of boys spent an enjoyable hour being shown over the projection room of the Tower and having the intricacies of stereophonic sound explained to them. Mr. Crews skilfully passed on the information to the full Society at the start of the following session.

F.J.W.

THE YOUNG FARMERS' CLUB Leader:

K. G. COULTHARD, ESQ.

Committee: 141.

L. BYWATER (Chairman), C. B. M. GREGORY (Vice-Chairman), BALDWIN (Secretary), S. J. S. WROE (Treasurer), D. N. BROCKLEBANK (Librarian), K. H. TAYLOR.

R. R.

The first meeting of the term was of a general nature and the strength of the Club was brought up to 55, all applicants for membership being elected.

On 20th October four agricultural films were shown to the Club.

The titles were "Scrapbook, 1953", "Scrapbook, 1954", "A Scottish Machinery Testing Station", and "Frost". The Scrapbook for 1954 was voted the most popular Our third meeting consisted of a talk given by Mr. Swann, who is the West Riding Pest Officer. His main topic was rabbits and myxomatosis. He said that rabbits did 21 million pounds' worth of damage each year, while their furs only brought in 12 million pounds.

Myxomatosis was a virus disease and was neither infectious nor contagious, being spread by the rabbit flea, and it was certainly getting rid of many rabbits in this country. A rabbit could become immune to it but not its young. Rats were considered the next greatest problem but Americans have used a poison called Warforin which is highly successful. Mice and moles are two more pests of the farmer and are not very easily killed. The fox is another enemy for which the Ministry will pay 10 shillings a tail. The other enemies of the farmer are the grey squirrel and what Mr. Swann called "the feathered enemies" such as the wood pigeon.

Mr. Pick, of the West Riding Pest Office, came to the Club on 10th November to give a talk on "cereal pests and diseases". The best

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way to stop pests spreading is by having a good layout of crops, using fertilisers, by keeping down weeds, and by having many ladybirds.

Mr. Pick then showed some lantern slides to illustrate the various pests. The wireworm was best killed by sowing 2 ozs. of Magamma A or B in cereals. The "Daddy Longlegs" larva is called the leather jacket and does a great deal of damage. This is diminished by feeding it with a mixture of wet oats and Metaldahyde or D.D.T. Slugs are killed in a similar manner. Oats should be sown early so as to stop attacks by frit fly and the ground should have a good supply of nitrogen to stop wheat bulb. The two main fungoid enemies are eye spot and taycall.

On Sunday, 27th November, the Club went to Mr. A. W. Pick's farms at Kirk Hammerton. A. H. Sneesby, last year's Vice-Chairman of the Club, was there to meet us. We made an extensive tour of the farms, which cover about 350 acres, and deal specially with poultry and Friesian cattle. We are very grateful to Mr. Pick for letting the Club roam his land and also Mrs. Pick who provided a very welcome and substantial tea for the whole Club.

The final meeting of the term was a lecture given by Mr. F. M. Baldwin, Chairman of the Advisory Committee and Secretary of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, who gave an illustrated lecture on the Great Yorkshire Show. He said the show was first started in 1837 in York and became permanent in Harrogate in 1951. Since then there had been many great additions such as the largest cowshed in Europe. Sites are rented out at a cost of one shilling per square foot. One of the main assets of a permanent showground was that faults could be corrected for the following year and that all associated displays could be grouped together.

There was a good attendance at all meetings and I think the Club will agree that we had a successful programme. We hope that the term's programme was an inspiration to our new members.

C.B.M.G.

C.C.F. NOTES The past term has followed the normal pattern for this time of year. There was a large intake of Recruits, who appear to be learning quite quickly, although some are finding it a little difficult to tell their left foot from the right one when orders are given.

It was most noticeable this term that a large number of N.C.O.s from the R.A.F. Section held positions outside their own Sections— the C.W.O.—the Armourer Sergeant—the Instruction Room N.C.O. and the N.C.O. i/c Shooting, to mention a few. This reflects the healthy attitude of the R.A.F. Section towards the Proficiency examination. Flt./Sgt. Heap is now i/c Section.

A slightly different procedure is now being used when the Sections fall in for parade. The Service Sections now assemble initially around 38

the Mast in front of the C.C.F. Hut, where the Naval Section has its .own flag-hoisting ceremony. After this the Sections march on to their markers as usual.

Early in the term there was an official visit of Squadron Leader Walker, who has taken over as Cadet Officer at 64 Group Headquarters, R.A.F. We were again very pleased to see our Regular N.C.O.s and are .grateful for their services.

The main event of the term was the special programme arranged for 22nd October to mark the 150th Anniversary of Trafalgar Day —a full report follows.

• All Sections have been busy either preparing for, or taking, their examinations, and the results so far are very encouraging. The R.A. Detachment spent a very profitable day at the Headquarters of the 269 Field Regiment in Leeds, instead of attending the Field Day. Shooting has continued as usual, though with special emphasis these days on the building up of next year's Bisley team. The Signals continue to gather in enthusiastic recruits and L/Cpl. Procter has again been very successful with his contacts on the 22 Set Net. Special mention should be made this term of the efficient way that the Signallers operated on the Field Day. Inter-platoon communication was better than ever before and as a result the Platoon Commanders used their Signallers as they should.

The Senior N.C.O. is now C.W.O. Portlock. Willstrop has been busy as C.Q.M.S. S.S.M. Netherwood is in charge of the Army Section, A/S.S.M. Barton i/c Basic Section, S.S.M. Bell i/c Recruits.

MN. SECTION As all the N.C.O.s in the Section had left at the end of the Summer Term, the following chief appointments and advancements were made :L/S. Handler advanced to P.O. i/c R.N. Section.

A.B. Jose advanced to L/S. 2 i/c R.N. Section, i/c Nelson Division.

A.B. Lamb advanced to L/S. i/c Rodney Division.

Now that the signal flags have arrived the mast is put to good use, and a small signal ceremony is now performed at the beginning of each parade. L/S. Lamb has been appointed Yeoman of Signals.

The outstanding event of the term was the Field Day on Trafalgar Day. As would be expected the R.N. Section played a major part.

The remainder of the term was taken up in preparation for the examinations. The results obtained in these were most encouraging, despite the failure of the P.O. candidates. Out of the 13 A.B.s taking the L/S. examination 10 passed the written and the oral, and 15 out of 22 passed the A.B. examination and will start in the Naval Section next term.

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This term there has, as usual, been some hard work put in "behind the scenes". A.B. Badham has continued to keep the stores efficient, and he has been most ably and willingly assisted by A.B. Sheldon.

L/S. Wilkinson, J. B., has proved to be full of initiative as Boat Rating, and together with A.B.s Burden and Franklin, J. F., has done much to keep the boat in good order, and also to organise its removal to Naburn for its annual refit. A.B. Wilson, I., has been most reliable in getting the Weekly Orders typed—a routine, but most necessary job.

We are pleased to record that Ibberson, a previous leader of the Section, has obtained his commission and is now serving as a midshipman in submarines.

We also extend our congratulations and best wishes for his career to C. G. Howat, who did so well in the Civil Service examination and who is now at Dartmouth.

TRAFALGAR DAY To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar a Field Day of a rather special form was arranged. After morning Chapel the whole contingent paraded at the Mast for a short ceremony, then followed the Exercise, which this year centred around the activities of the R.N. Section. In the evening there was a most unusual item.

After a very hectic journey back to York, the whole contingent assembled in the Big Hall. Lieut. Jeffs introduced the evening with a vivid account of the history leading up to the battle, followed by a most interesting and well presented account of the battle itself. On a large raised board the opposing fleets were shown in detail, and their tactical movements could easily be followed. As Lieut. Jeffs drew to a close with an inspiring description of Nelson's personal part in the Victory, the whole audience seemed quite awe-struck. The mood then suddenly changed. A voluntary choir mounted the platform, and taking up their positions in front of the battle scene and a large drawing of the Victory, proceeded to lead the whole School in the singing of a selection of sea songs of the day. Everyone responded to Sub-Lieut. Waine's lively conducting and the sound of the whole Unit singing "Rule Britannia" will remain in our memories for a long time. It was a most impressive evening.

THE EXERCISE General Idea.

The Exercise was based on the fact that the Central Electricity Authority plan to build 12 Atomic Power Stations by 1965.

For our purpose one of these projects was supposed to be a watercooled nuclear-power reactor to be built at Aldwark on the Ouse, some 15 miles upstream from York.

It was assumed that there was much local opposition to the project, in view of the possible danger of the release of beta and gamma radiation and the possible deposition of radio-active matter on crops, drinking water, etc., and that several cases of minor sabotage had been reported.

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The local police force had been trying to deal with these outbreaks, but this had necessitated spreading their force over a wide area. The sabotage seemed to be very well planned and had included :1. Cutting of telephone communications.

2. Interference with the lock mechanism at Linton Lock.

3. Tampering with transport en route to the site with building material.

4. Interference with barge traffic carrying vital atomic materials to the site.

Special Idea. On 21st October an extremely sensitive instrument was to be taken from York to the site. To avoid any further trouble St. Peter's School C.C.F. Royal Naval Section were asked to carry out this responsible task, supported by the Army Section and others.

The plan was for the instrument to be loaded on the whaler at York and taken by water to Aldwark, via Linton Lock. The river bank being patrolled by the Army Sections.

The Action. S.S.M. Netherwood, in charge of the operation, received, as he was "standing-to" with his fully organised Infantry Company, a message to proceed at once to Beningbrough by train, arranging for the R.N. Section to proceed to the Beningbrough landing stage by river. They were to be towed by a special motor launch, taking with them the instrument known as the "ZEPHYR".

All went extremely well until the leading Infantry unit, led by A/S.S.M. Barton, reached the area of Nun Monkton, when a small enemy force was encountered the other side of the river. (The enemy were, in fact, part of the R.A.F. Section and R.A.F. Basic Section ably led by Flt/Sgt. Heap). With a smart manoeuvre across the river Sgt. Coates soon cleared the opposition and the advance proceeded.

An attempted ambush of the whaler misfired, and the enemy withdrew towards Newton-on-Ouse.

In the lull the Army Company reorganised, the Signal Platoon very efficiently got a line across the river, small parties of the enemy were dealt with, and all seemed to be going according to plan when it became evident that the launch could go no further up river, making it necessary for the whaler to proceed under oars.

A screen was pushed out towards Newton-on-Ouse, while the main body had a meal. This was, however, rudely interrupted by a sharp enemy raid on the Nun Monkton side. In view of this, Netherwood quickly decided to cross Carter's Platoon by jackstay. P.O. Handler and L/S. Jose set about getting the first line across, which was eventually achieved in spite of A.B. Clayton's efforts in the dinghy !

The crossing seemed at first to be rather slow, and so it was decided to speed it up by using a shuttle service in the dinghy. A running fight then developed on the south bank as the enemy withdrew to their stronghold near Linton Lock.

There had been much confused activity near this area all day, caused mainly by A/L/Cpl. Ladd and his party who established themr1

selves very firmly on the island at the Power Station. An attempt at sabotage here was foiled by L/S.s Beckett and Stephenson, who, anticipating some such assignment, came equipped with rifles, canoes, bicycles, etc., all stowed on top of the launch (they are to be commended on their resourcefulness). Needless to say, the R.A.F. Section claimed to have blown the Lock before they were caught !

In the meantime the jackstay was working extremely well, having first been tested by sending over the officers. This was the turning point of the exercise. Urged on by the Chief Umpire, Carter's Platoon made a spectacular dash across country to complete the left arm of a "pincer" move, which resulted in the discomfiture of the enemy.

As the platoon reorganised at the Lock, the whaler hove in sight with L/S. Wilkinson at the helm, at the end of a strong pull against headwinds and currents. To the cheers of the Army Section on the bank, and the jeers from the captive R.A.F. Section, the whaler reached the Lock with the "Zephyr" still intact—the Royal Naval Section had fulfilled its task.

A TRIP TO THE U.S.A.

(As reported in the last number of "The Peterite" F/Sgt. E. S. Portlock was selected to visit the U.S.A., under the R.A.F. Reciprocal Visits Scheme. He gives an account of his experiences.)

At first sight it would appear an easy task to find plenty of subject matter when writing about a trip to the U.S.A. However, when all that happened in those twenty-three hectic but enjoyable days is taken into consideration, you may understand why my impressions are a little undefined.

We flew over ten thousand miles in addition to the many hundreds travelled by road. There were parties and dances most nights of the Tour, and I should think that we saw everything of interest in any particular neighbourhood that we visited. To use a common Americanism, I think we can claim to have "done" America pretty thoroughly, or at least the small area which we visited.

We left London Airport on the evening of 24th July in a DC-6 of the U.S. Air Force Military Air Transport Service, our next stop being the Azores.

The Azores brought a change of route, owing to headwinds and the heavily laden condition of our aircraft, so instead of the normal route via Labrador, we took off after a meal at reception for Bermuda, where our plans were again changed.

Our stay at Bermuda proved longer than was expected, since our crew decided to claim their compulsory fifteen hours' rest period. So after a second breakfast that day, we set off for the beach, and there we stayed most of the day. In the evening we watched a baseball match and turned in for an early night as take-off was at 3 o'clock.

It was a sorry crowd that arrived in Washington, after the day's sun in Bermuda, for backs were blistered and raw. However, we 42

soon forgot these discomforts as we clicked straight into the tempo of our tour.

During our four days in Washington, we toured all the obvious landmarks such as the Capitol and the White House. There was also a luncheon at the Hotel Washington, two dances, and one beach party.

On Saturday, the 20th, we set off for the State which the British party was to tour, Michigan. At Washington there had been a hundred and twenty cadets from twenty-one different countries, and now each country split up to tour its respective State. We were to meet again in New York at the end of the tour.

We flew to Selfridges Air Force Base, Michigan, where we were allotted to the various families of the American Cadet Force or Civil Air Patrol, who were to entertain us. It turned out that four of us were stationed with one particular hostess. This last term is not a mistake as the C.A.P. has both male and female cadets.

Owing to delays en route and in Washington, the visits to Ford's, Buick's, and other large companies in nearby Detroit had to be abandoned, so we just did what our hosts arranged. It was here in Birmingham that we learnt most about American family life, since we spent such a large amount of time with our hosts. We really enjoyed a relatively quiet three days in the numerous lakes, and driving around the neighbourhood. I doubt if so many American cars have ever been projected down the left-hand side of the road, confidently driven by British cadets, blissfully unaware that they had strayed from the right-hand side.

Our next move was to Flint, then to Grand Rapids, and lastly to Muskegon. At each of these places we stayed for three or four days with American hosts, growing accustomed to American social life and the ways of drive-in cinemas, drive-in banks, not to mention drive-in cafés. It would appear that the American is very loth to get out of his car.

On the 9th of August we boarded our C-46 to fly back to New York for a meeting with the other cadets, before leaving for England.

We arrived over New York at night, and had the view of this great city from the air when all that could be seen was a mass of lights, divided into regular areas by straight rows marking the avenues.

It was certainly a most impressive view.

After spending the night at Mitchell Air Force Base, we drove into New York, where we stayed at the Waldorf Astoria. Official visits on our itinerary included the Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, United Nations, and Radio City, to mention but a few.

Another highlight of this stay was the thirteen course dinner, which included a whole roast chicken each, at Leones.

Besides our organised visits there was time to spend what few dollars we had left buying souvenirs. It was on these shopping trips that we made acquaintance with New York Subway, which is rather dirty and disorganised when compared with the London Underground.

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We finally left America on the 16th of August, landing at the Azores only, on the way back.

On looking back, I think that the main impression I gained was that of the exceptional friendliness of the American people. They put themselves to great trouble to make our trip as enjoyable and as memorable as it was.

E.S.P.

SCOUTING SENIOR SCOUT TROOP We began the term with three recruits from the Scout Troop and rearranged the Troop into three Patrols of six each, D. A. A. Lamb and D. Pfluger being promoted to A.S.M.s (S.). One Patrol, Livingstone, is composed entirely of Seniors who are also in the C.C.F., while the other two, Mallory and Scott, are composed of non-C.C.F. Seniors.

This has been a record term, measured purely by material progress.

Five more members of the Troop became Queen's Scouts and they will attend the Chief Scout's reception at Gilwell Park in May to receive their Royal Certificates. The Seniors concerned, who are to be heartily congratulated on their achievement, are Secs. (S.) D. J. Oldman, D. R. Holt, and C. J. Quickfall, and Scouts (S.) C. J. Carolin and P. H. C. Burn. Other badges gained included seven Venturer, six Fireman, five Tracker and three Public Health, but it must be pointed out that these results can only be regarded as successful if those who gained the badges think of them as steps in training towards leadership in this or any other youth movement, and not merely as indications of personal success.

Meetings were held regularly and a course of training in morse signalling occupied part of most of them. The usual annual course for the Ambulance Badge began, and it is hoped that those who attended will be able to present themselves for examination before the end of the Easter Term. One meeting consisted of an interesting illustrated account of the Canadian Jamboree by P./L. (S.) E. H. N. Turner, whose impressions of this Jamboree appear elsewhere in this issue. On Trafalgar Day the whole Senior Scout Troop spent the day on Rievaulx Moors, where the Scouter in charge was able to demonstrate the value of the deliberate mistake in training in map reading. The afternoon was spent in a rather wet and windy, but very enjoyable wide game.

Term ended with the Christmas Camp Fire to which the Seniors invited the rest of the Group. This was very successful, not least in the standard of sketches which each section produced.

During the Easter holidays we hope to arrange another trek camp, with the object of avoiding the intense heat of Summer, which curtailed our trek last year. The area to be visited has not yet been 44

decided, but suggestions include the Pennine Way and Hadrian's Wall. Details will be sent out during the Easter Term, and it is hoped that as many of the Troop as possible will attend as there will be no Senior Scout camp in the Summer. It should be noted, however, that Seniors, especially those not in the C.C.F., can be of great service in assisting in the running of the Summer camps of other sections of the Group.

SENIOR SCHOOL TROOP There are four Patrols in the Troop this year. One of them, the Seals (Patrol Leader J. M. Smith) is practically unchanged from last year, and its members are setting an excellent example to the rest of the Troop. The new Patrols, led by P. M. Beachall, I. C. Bytheway, and P. H. Moat, are all working with great enthusiasm.

Troop meeting programmes have included outdoor cooking, building an aerial runway, tracking, a wide game, and a very popular York quiz, in which Patrols followed a given route and collected information about the city. We had a field day on 21st October, and the Troop shared a bus with the Senior Scouts to Ricall Dale, beyond Helmsley. After a little exploration each Patrol selected a site and cooked a dinner of sausages, carrots, and potatoes, followed by apple tart. A wide game in perfect surroundings took up most of the afternoon.

Work for tests has not been neglected. For some weeks we concentrated on semaphore, and a good number of boys passed this test as a result. A variety of proficiency badges have been gained, some of the "out-of-doors" results being especially noteworthy. J. M. Smith and A. D. Best gained the Cook and Camper badges in October, and then, in November, Best and R. E. D. Clifford did the First Class journey test, which is a two-day hike of about fourteen miles, spending the night under canvas en route. Fortunately they chose a fairly dry weekend and were none the worse for this adventure, which completed their First Class requirements. Smith and Best have also been awarded the Scout Cord, which is the highest proficiency award for scouts under fifteen years of age.

The term ended with the customary camp fire with the Senior Scouts. Plans for the Easter tour in the Lake District have since been completed and a site for the Summer camp will soon be chosen.

EIGHTH WORLD JAMBOREE, CANADA, 1955 The adventure proper began on the 10th August, when the York

party set off from the station for Manchester Royal Exchange. There we were weighed in, and took a bus to the airport along with other scouts from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

The aircraft we boarded was a DC6B seating 78 passengers, and having a crew of eight. At 6-30 p.m. it took off for Shannon, the first stop. After an hour's stop in Shannon, where we met scouts of all nationalities en route for Canada, the flight was resumed, and 181 hours after leaving Manchester Airport we touched down at 45

Mahon Airport, Toronto, having stopped at Gander to refuel. During the flight we were served with two hot meals, and drinks, from orange juice to canned beer, were available free, at any time. At Toronto we were linked up with our hosts for a 7-day stay in Toronto prior to the Jamboree itself. This stay was of the utmost interest and enjoyment. Among other things, I visited a baseball match, met Gordon Pink at the Varsity Stadium where he was attempting to run a four-minute mile, and had a 400-mile car journey into the Canadian bush country. The whole Canadian way of life is at a far greater tempo than ours, and their hospitality is overwhelming.

After our stay the whole British contingent, nearly 1,000 scouts, formed up at the Toronto docks for the 3-hour boat trip across Lake Ontario to Niagara-on-the-Lake, where the Jamboree site was situated.

The camp site covered about a square mile of parkland, an historic site where General Brock camped during the Civil War. It had space for 10,000 scouts, representing 40 countries, incidentally the smallest number of people ever to attend a jamboree. The site was divided into 10 sub-camps, and each sub-camp contained a certain number of troops. On the camp site was an arena seating 10,000 people, two shopping centres, a post office, a television transmitter, and four permanent television cameras situated around the arena. Apart from this it was dotted with "Coke" booths, which were really necessary as the temperature never dropped below 103 degrees in the day, and sometimes rose as far as 108 degrees.

On Saturday, the 20th, the Jamboree was formally opened by the Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada, and from that day on until the closing ceremony the general public were allowed round the camp site in the afternoon.

The camp routine was similar to that of a normal scout camp.

The camp was roused at 7 o'clock, flag break and prayers at 7-30 a.m., flag down at 7 p.m., and lights out.at 11 p.m. One of the things the jamboree will be remembered for was the efficient food system.

Food for one meal was collected from the sub-camp headquarters by each patrol, and any perishable goods were deep-frozen, so that during the stay no food ever went bad, despite the heat-wave. All cooking was done on charcoal fires in order to lessen the risk of fire.

Each afternoon there was either a massed band concert in the arena, or a musical show given by a touring company, and at night scouts from different countries gave shows in the arena. On two consecutive days we visited Niagara Falls and the National Toronto Exhibition. All 10,000 scouts were transported there and back by a fleet of buses and trains. At Niagara we went down to an observation post situated behind part of the falls, and so got a never-to-be-forgotten view of them. After these trips, on the following day, there was the closing ceremony, to many the highlight of the jamboree. There, all 10,000 scouts, whether they were Japs. or Americans, German or British, linked arms and sang "Auld Lang Syne" in the arena. Then followed a day of hectic packing for the long trip back to England, after what must have been the greatest experience of my life.

E.H.N.T.

SHOOTING Shooting as a major sport in the Summer Term has had a beneficial effect on miniature range shooting in the Winter. The number of boys practising regularly has increased, and the general standard of performance has risen. Both first and second teams have made scores which are records for the School (678 and 632 respectively). But— and it is a very big "but"—last year's lamentable inconsistency is as bad as ever. The reasons seem obscure, though as far as miniature range shooting is concerned two possible factors emerge : scores are lowest on cold days and on dull days as a rule. On Thursdays, when we shoot entirely by artificial light, scores are in general well below what we normally expect. We have, potentially, an excellent team, but until the causes of inconsistency can be traced and eliminated, we shall not do ourselves justice.

Postal match results under "Country Life" conditions have been :Won. St. Peter's 633.

St. Edmund's School 624.

St. Peter's 678.

St. Peter's 638.

671.

Victoria College Leeds Grammar School 668.

Won. Lost.

In a match, subsequently abandoned, against Victoria College, the 2nd VIII made 602; and against Ampleforth it made 633, but the result of this match is not available at the time of writing.

SQUASH Squash this term has given little cause for satisfaction, that is as far as the School team is concerned. Containing three members of last year's successful team, it disappointed, particularly in the last two matches.

Against an extremely experienced Abbeydale Club side (kindly arranged by Mr. Biggin), the School showed promise, for they were short of match practice :SCHOOL v. ABBEYDALE S.R.C. M. Willstrop lost to J. Willows, 1-3.

N. J. Magson lost to J. A. Biggin, 1-3.

D. Kirby lost to N. W. D. Yardley, 1-3.

P. J. Netherwood lost to K. D. Thorpe, 1-3.

D. Wilkinson lost to P. Mountford, 0-3.

Only, Wilkinson failed to reveal merit, Willstrop played well after a poor start, and Kirby's form indicated that he had improved considerably since last year.

But not long afterwards, the School played lamentably against R.A.F., Linton :SCHOOL v. R.A.F., LINTON, S.R.C. N. J. Magson lost to Flt./Lt. R. Knight, 0-3.

D. Kirby lost to Sq./Ldr. Osborne, 1-3.

P. J. Netherwood lost to Wing./Cdr. Macmillan, 1-3.

D. Wilkinson lost to Sq./Ldr. Freer, 0-3.

P. S. Roe lost to Sqd./Ldr. Newall, 1-3.

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Only Magson has any excuse in defeat, for his opponent played with great power and confidence. Roe, in his first game for the School, showed spirit, but Wilkinson again disappointed. It suffices to say that Kirby could and should have won.

Our next visitors, Barnard Castle School, too, administered a severe defeat :N. J. Magson lost to A. J. Bosomworth, 0-3.

D. Kirby lost to D. Bovill, 1-3.

P. J. Netherwood lost to J. B. Pearson, 0-3.

P. S. Roe lost to G. A. Canozzi, 1-3.

D. G. Macpherson beat A. W. Levitt, 3-1.

Magson again might be excused his defeat for his feet were causing him some trouble. The redeeming feature of this encounter was Macpherson's victory in his first game for the School. Being small, his reach is limited, but he moves well and lacks nothing in quality.

Roe again played spiritedly, but Kirby should have won. Indeed, Kirby, with his natural aptitude for the game, should be winning all his games by now.

The game in general, though, is as popular as ever and the competitions are being played with an unusual readiness. There is, too, refreshing enthusiasm among junior players for squash, and both Ranson and Gale show undoubted promise.

It is to be hoped that our displays this term do not mean too much, for squash in the School has a high reputation, which it is the responsibility of all to uphold.

We may add that N. J. Magson resumes rivalry with A. J. Bosomworth, the Barnard Castle No. 1, in the Hull and East Riding (under 19) tournament. M. Willstrop also competes in the same tournament. M.W.

CHESS Two snatches were held in the course of the term. Archbishop Holgate's were defeated by 54-2k but the School, in the absence of D. M. Walker and H. W. H. Unwin, the regular third and fourth boards, went down to Bootham by 9 games to 1. Both matches, despite the results, were close and special mention must be made of P. S. H. Jesper, a newcomer to School chess, who gained a draw on board five in his first match and was the only member to win at Bootham. A fixture had also been arranged with Nunthorpe for 9th November but, owing to a misunderstanding, it fell through.

Results :2nd Nov. v. Archbishop Holgate's G.S. (Home), Won, 51-21.

30th Nov. v. Bootham School (Away), Lost, 1-9.

The following played: B. W. H. Carter,• E. C. Sedman,* D. M. Walker, H. W. H. Unwin, P. B. Clayton, R. F. Coates,• P. S. H. Jesper,• D. T. Sparham,• G. V. Plester,* D. G. Barton, D. Kirby. * Denotes those who played in both matches.

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HOCKEY FIXTURES, 1956 1ST XI Sat., 28th Jan. Leeds Corinthian Wed., 1st Feb. Welbeck College Sat., 4th Feb. Ashville College ...

Wed., 8th Feb. Styx H.C. ...

Sat., 11th Feb. Bridlington School • • • Wed., 15th Feb. Scarborough College ...

Sat., 18th Feb. York H.C. ...

Wed., 22nd Feb. Bootham School ...

Sat., 25th Feb. Old Peterites ...

Wed., 29th Feb. Worksop College Sat., 3rd Mar. Trent College 2ND XI Wed., 1st Feb. Welbeck College Sat., 4th Feb. Ashville College Sat., 11th Feb. Bridlington School Wed., 15th Feb. Scarborough College Wed., 22nd Feb. Bootham School Wed., 29th Feb. Worksop College Sat., 3rd Mar. Trent College

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RUGBY FOOTBALL, 1955 RETROSPECT Would that it had not been so, but the gloomy forecast in this review last year has been fulfilled. The 1954 season had left us in poor straits. For one reason or another there had been a singular lack of match practices; no House matches had been played, and the results of the Colts matches over the past few seasons had been disturbing, to say the least. To quote—"It can only be hoped that the lee-way will be quickly made up at the beginning of next season".

Here we were, then, at the beginning of a fresh season, although somewhat raw, yet fortified by the fact that a sprinkling of five old 1st XV colours were available to help direct our course, with N. J. Bell the newly-appointed captain. The first weeks in any season are highly important for team-building and the time when apparent weaknesses have to be rapidly ironed out. Alas, after one week a fantastic situation confronted us, which brought about the cancellation of the Headingley match and the postponement of the Durham match.

The continuation of the Summer drought and lack of grass had brought such bone-hard conditions to the grounds that further rugger proper was deemed unwise and rugger boots for the time being were replaced by gym. shoes. A form of touch rugger was indulged in, which might well have been turned to good account, but practices seemed to lack real purpose.

The early match results, undoubtedly the worst in the post-war era, were caused not wholly by the artificial conditions created by the state of our playing fields, but nevertheless they did considerably aggravate the situation and disrupt the programme of making up the lee-way. For some considerable time tackling was sadly

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reminiscent of touch rugger, and if not that, then shadow-tackling seemed to be the order of the day. Neither tactics were of any avail against determined runners. Hence the glut of points run up against a 1st XV sadly conscious of their weakness, yet aware of their responsibilities.

Following the set-backs against Bradford, Denstone, Durham, and Leeds, each in turn a sound defeat, a new lease of life and fresh heart seemed to pervade a reconstructed 1st XV, and the season ended on a wholly satisfactory note. There was seldom a more glorious day for the School rugger than the display put up against Ampleforth, and, besides Trent College, further well-merited successes were recorded against Giggleswick, Worksop, and the Old Boys.

Furthermore, to gladden the heart and give encouragement for the future, both Colts teams had found a winning way. Here, undeniable progress had been made as the term advanced through weeks of perfect playing conditions. The 3rd XV, too, had snatched victory from a somewhat bewildered Ampleforth team, and a gloomy overall picture of the earlier weeks of term became completely transformed.

Practice and play for all continued throughout November and well into December with little disruption. The House matches, both Senior and Junior, were played with their usual enthusiasm and vigour, and more than usually good rugger was in evidence.

Last, but by no means least, it is only fitting to record here that our proudest moment this season came when news was received from Cambridge that M. E. Kershaw had been awarded his "Blue", the first from our ranks, according to Oxford and Cambridge records, since E. J. Walton at Oxford in 1900. The occasion was suitably recognised by a privileged party making the journey to Twickenham to witness a most memorable match.

1st XV CHARACTERS

(Captain), 1953-54-55. Prop. Height 5 ft. 71 ins. Weight * i'N. J. 11 st. 5 lbs. Although not a very inspiring pack leader, his example and consistently good form throughout the season made a considerable impression. He was always well up on the ball, so much so that he was quite unsupported from time to time. Splendidly fit, but unfortunately lacks the necessary physique to be first class. ins.

49.M. WELSH i(Vice-Captain), 1954-55. Lock forward. Height 5 ft. 1 Weight 12 st. 12 lbs. Strong and burly. Applied his weight most effectively in the loose, but his packing in this new position' is not yet 100 %. Covered his three-quarter line very well in defence and saved many anxious moments. Still needs much practice at line-out work.

T. G. STEPHENSON, 1955. 2nd row forward. Height 6 ft. 1 ins. Weight list. 91 lbs. Promising. Requires more than anything else additional weight and development in chest and shoulders. Inclined to play hard in spasms, but plays his part well when in the mood. Line-out work particularly promising. ta PFLUOER, 1953-54-55. Centre three-quarter. Height 5 ft. 91 ins. Weight 11 st. 6f lbs. Continues to fulfil a role to which he is not ideally suited.

Plays with much brawn and grit, but his straight running would be more suited to the wing position. His use of the hand-off as a lone offensive weapon has had little effect, because he needs to develop some additional artifice which will throw his opponent off balance or out of position.

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A. HEAP, 1954-55. Centre three-quarter. Height 5 ft. 91 ins. Weight 10 st. 61 lbs. A last-minute switch from the wing to the centre brought stability to the line. The timing of his pass has improved immeasurably.

Tackling can be quite good if in the right mood.

IE. S. PORTLOCK, 1955. 2nd row forward. Height 6 ft. 1/ ins. Weight 11 st. 9 lbs. Not easy to appear in the limelight from this position in the scrum, but he packs well, does useful work in the line-outs, and generally did a fair measure of useful work. t H. C. MARSHALL, 1955. Hooker. Height 5 ft. 61 ins. Weight 9 St. 121 lbs.

A really good, lively forward, who knew how to play himself to a standstill. Unfortunately his physique was on the slight side which was often a handicap to him. His hooking was adequate but never outstanding.

He never played a better game for the School than his last one. '. B. WILSON, 1954-55. Prop. Height 5 ft. 101 ins. Weight 11 st. 111 lbs.

Injury seemed to retard his progress. A solid forward but not as lively and mobile as hoped for. Needs to acquire a more fiery temperament, capable of brushing aside all opposition. fD. KIRBY, 1955. Full-back. Height 6 ft. 1 in. Weight 12 st. 5 lbs.

Extracted from the 2nd row of the 2nd XV and showed great promise in this position to which he is ideally suited. Catches well and kicks with both feet. He can only be faulted on his positioning. Movement about the field is still too slow. He must develop a greater measure of fleetfootedness. With greater experience his place-kicking will be good. f P. B. CLAYTON, 1955. Stand-off half. Height 5 ft. 9 ins. Weight 9 st. 8 lbs.

As a fast-moving link he never fulfilled expectations. He was invariably too ponderous in both thought and actions, and developed few aggressive tactics apart from the much frowned-upon kick ahead. He did good covering work in defence but generally played without inspiration. fD. N. BROCKLEBANK, 1955. Right wing three-quarter. Height 5 ft. 61 ins.

Weight 9 st. 1 lb. Small, yet lively and aggressive. Once he had given his mind to the job of tackling his position was assured in the team. He seized most of his opportunities and played with rare dash. fA. C. &ruses, 1955. Left-wing three-quarter. Height 5 ft. 61 ins. Weight 10 st. 21 lbs. He has the right aggressive manner. He runs hard, has a good hand-off and useful left-footed cross-kick. His positioning and tackling are suspect but he has real determination. f K. A. HOPPER, 1955. Scrum-half. Height 5 ft. 51 ins. Weight 8 st. 111 lbs.

A nimble young athlete with a fine action from the base of the scrum.

Having a good eye for an opening, he excels more in attack than defence. .11. F. LIVERSIDGE, 1955. Wing-forward. Height 5 ft. 101 ins. Weight 11 st. 8 lbs. After playing progressively worse in the centre for two-thirds of the season, as a last despairing effort to take the place of an injury, he was switched most successfully to the open-side wing-forward position.

There is surely much good rugger in this player but he fails to concentrate. His time as a three-quarter will certainly not have been wasted even if he ends up as a marauding wing-forward. tM. WILLSTROP, 1955.

Wing-forward. Height 5 ft. 101 ins. Weight 11 st. 1 lb. Bedeviled by injury on and off throughout the season, so much so that his real merit was difficult to assess. His footwork was recognisably neat and he had the right aggressive outlook. tit. J. SHARP, 1955. Wing-forward. Height 5 ft. 9 ins. Weight 11 st. 21 lbs.

Very deservedly he won his colours although appearing as a 16th player.

He took a long time to get fit, was then dogged by an untimely injury, but finally won his colours on merit not as a consolation.

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SEASON 1955-56 2nd XV.—R. N. Worsley; M. D. Fish, P. J. Ladd, I. N. Ridley, D. T. Sparham; P. B. Burbidge, P. S. Roe;* N. J. Magson,* D. J. Oldman, M. B. Wilson,* A. P. Hopwood,* D. G. Barton,* D. M. Walker* (Capt.), M. T. Carter, N. D. Taylor. * Colours.

Colts XV.—A. H. Crowther; J. F. Middleton, R. M. Wheeler* (Capt.), A. McCallum,* M. J. Kershaw; D. G. Macpherson,* J. R. Maxwell;* J. J. F. Knapton,* T. D. J. Layfield, G. P. Lowley, L. T. Beaumont, D. J. Cook, R. R. Baldwin, W. House, C. I. Chadwick. * Colours.

Junior Colts XV.—W. E. Montague; J. M. Smith, J. J. Rhodes, A. Gomersall, W. M. Howard; J. B. Robinson, M. Precious; J. S. Botterill, S. S. Hobson, D. L. Slade, J. B. Mathews, J. G. Clark, F. C. Beaumont (Capt.), J. 0.

Armstrong, W. Gibson.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS 1st XV 1st Oct. Headingley "A" Sat., 8th Oct. York R.U.F.C. Sat., Sat., 15th Oct. Bradford G.S. ...

Wed., 19th Oct. Trent College ...

Sat., 22nd Oct. Denstone College Sat., 29th Oct. Harrogate R.F.C. Colts Wed., 2nd Nov. Durham School ...

5th Nov. Leeds G.S. Sat., Sat., 12th Nov. Giggleswick School Sat., 19th Nov. Ampleforth College Wed., 23rd Nov. Worksop College Sat., 10th Dec. Old Peterites ...

2nd XV Wed., 12th Oct. Drax G.S. 1st XV ... ...

Sat., 15th Oct. Bradford G.S. ... ...

Sat., 22nd Oct. Giggleswick School Sat., 29th Oct. Rishworth School 1st XV ...

Wed., 2nd Nov. Durham School ... ...

5th Nov. Leeds G.S. Sat., Sat., 12th Nov. Ripon G.S. "A" XV ...

Sat., 19th Nov. Ampleforth College ... ...

Wed., 23rd Nov. Worksop College 3rd XV Sat., 19th Nov. Ampleforth College ...

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Sat., 15th Oct. Fyling Hall ... ...

Wed., 19th Oct. Trent College ... ... ...

Sat., 22nd Oct. Giggleswick School Sat., 29th Oct. Harrogate R.F.C. Colts "A" XV ... ...

Wed., 2nd Nov. Ampleforth College ... ...

Wed., 9th Nov. Durham School Sat., 12th Nov. Army Apprentices' School ...

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Wed., 12th Oct. Drax G.S. Sat., 15th Oct. Pocklington School Sat., 29th Oct. Rishworth School Wed., 9th Nov. Durham School ...

Sat., 12th Nov. Fyling Hall ...

Wed., 23rd Nov. Worksop College

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SENIOR HOUSE MATCHES !. 1st Round: Grove beat Manor, 28-3.

Rise beat Temple, 20-0.

Semi-finals : School House beat Rise, 13-0.

Grove beat Queen's, 16-0.

Grove beat School House, 14-8.

Final: JUNIOR HOUSE MATCHES 1st Round : Manor beat Temple, 20-3.

Rise beat Queen's, 14-0.

Semi-finals : Grove beat Manor, 21-3.

Rise beat School House, 16-6.

Grove beat Rise, 21-6.

Final :

SCHOOL MATCHES SCHOOL v. BRADFORD G.S. Played at Bradford on Saturday, 15th October.

Hopper took the place of the injured Roe at scrum-half.

Bradford scored first when I. M. Hewitt crossed in the corner for an unconverted try. The School equalised when Welsh dived over after a scramble near the Bradford line. Kirby failed with the conversion. Play continued very even until Bradford took the lead with an unconverted try just on half-time.

Half-time : Bradford 6 pts., St. Peter's 3 pts.

Almost immediately on the resumption Bradford scored 11 points in three minutes. Undaunted, however, and with little hope of victory, the School, ably led by N. J. Bell, fought back well, and it was only from a breakaway that Bradford scored again. The final score does not do justice to the School, but any aggressive ideas were neutralised by Bradford's keen marking and tackling.

Result : Lost, Bradford 20 pts., St. Peter's 3 pts.

Team: Kirby; Heap, Liversidge, Pfluger, Fish; Clayton, Hopper; Bell (Capt.), Wilson, Magson, Stephenson, Portlock, Marshall, Welsh, Sharp.

SCHOOL v. TRENT COLLEGE Played at home on Wednesday, 19th October.

The School were very soon in arrears, when a Trent forward was allowed to break through and score. An easy conversion was missed.

Trent's defence was weak, and, although the School were not playing well, they had managed by half-time to gain a lead of eight points to three, Kirby kicking a penalty and converting a blind-side try by Roe. Half-time : School 8 pts., Trent 3 pts.

In the second half the School scored a further 12 points without reply. Heap and Stephenson scored tries, the latter scoring after a good combined movement among the forwards. Kirby added two penalty goals, but the School should have scored many more points if they wanted to look convincing. A game with few redeeming features.

Result : Won, School 20 pts., Trent 3 pts.

Team : Kirby; Heap, Pfluger, Liversidge, Brocklebank; Clayton, Roe; Bell (Capt.), Wilson, Marshall, Portlock, Stephenson, Willstrop, Welsh, Sharp.

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SCHOOL v. DENSTONE COLLEGE Played at Denstone on Saturday, 22nd October.

There was little between the teams early on,• but the Denstone backs were throwing the ball about aggressively. Then in a disastrous ten minutes, the Denstone team scored 14 easily gained points. The School covering seemed non-existent and the Denstone backs ran in 14 points, including three tries, one converted, and a penalty goal.

Kirby kicked a penalty goal for the School; bloodless retaliation.

Half-time : School 3 pts., Denstone 14 pts.

The School played with great spirit in the second half. The forwards never gave an inch and gave the backs a liberal supply of the ball. But the Denstone marking was adequate.

The School certainly deserved to score, but luck was still against them, for the only further score was by Denstone who added a converted try. The School pack, well led by Bell, take the honours for their spirited second-half recovery.

Result : Lost, School 3 pts., Denstone 19 pts.

Team: Kirby; Brocklebank, Pfluger, Liversidge, Heap; Clayton, Roe; Bell (Capt.), Marshall, Wilson, Portlock, Stephenson, Willstrop, Welsh, Sharp.

SCHOOL v. DURHAM SCHOOL Played at Durham on Wednesday, 2nd November.

For the first 15 minutes there was no score, but Durham certainly looked the more aggressive of the two sides. Then Spirit broke away and scored an unconverted try. After almost continuous pressure Weston, the Durham stand-off, scored a fine individual try near the post. To complete the scoring before half-time Donald kicked a penalty goal.

Half-time : School 0 pts., Durham 11 pts.

For a good part of the second half the School held Durham and they only scored one try in the first 20 minutes, when Mayo followed up well. Then, after Clayton had been injured, Durham ran riot and completely demoralised the School side. They scored four tries, one of which was converted.

The School let themselves down badly in the last quarter of an hour.

Result : Lost, School 0 pts., Durham 28 pts.

Team: Kirby; Brocklebank, Liversidge, Pfluger, Heap; Clayton, Roe; Bell (Capt.), Oldman, Magson, Portlock, Stephenson, Willstrop, Welsh, Sharp.

SCHOOL v. LEEDS G.S. Played at home on Saturday, 5th November.

The School were having slightly the better of things when Ellaby picked up a dropped pass and raced away unopposed to score a try, which he converted himself. The School, however, took the lead through two penalty goals by Kirby.

The School attack did not look particularly threatening.

Half-time : School 6 pts., Leeds 5 pts.

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Fr N. F. Laurence dropped a goal to give Leeds a narrow lead, but Kirby kicked a penalty goal to restore the School's lead. The School seemed unable to press home their advantage and Leeds scored further converted tries when McQuice and Ellaby crossed the School line. Ellaby then put the issue beyond doubt by kicking a penalty goal, giving Leeds a flattering victory. Ellaby scored 15 of his side's points.

Result : Lost, School 9 pts., Leeds 21 pts.

Team: Kirby; Fish, Liversidge, Huger, Heap; Clayton, Roe; Bell (Capt.), Marshall, Magson, Portlock, Stephenson, Welsh, Hopwood, Sharp.

SCHOOL v. GIGGLESWICK SCHOOL Played at Giggleswick on Saturday, 12th November.

The Giggleswick pitch was in fine condition and there seemed every prospect of an entertaining game.

The School immediately took play into their opponents' half and after a handling movement which ended in a loose scrum, Hopper gave the ball to Brocklebank who dived over in the corner. Brocklebank and Hopper scored further unconverted tries to give the School a 9-0 lead at half-time.

Half-time : School 9 pts., Giggleswick 0 pts.

Giggleswick, however, were soon fighting back. After a shrewd cross-kick, Cornish scored a try which was converted by A. M. F. Slinger. Slinger then missed two vital kicks which might have easily changed the whole course of events. But at the end it was the School attacking once more to score again when Stubbs went over in the corner.

Result : Won, School 12 pts., Giggleswick 5 pts.

Team: Kirby; Stubbs, Heap, Pfluger, Brocklebank; Clayton, Hopper; Bell (Capt.), Marshall, Magson, Barton, Hopwood, Liversidge, Portlock, Willstrop.

SCHOOL v. AMPLEFORTH COLLEGE Played at home on Saturday, 19th November.

This game certainly showed the School team in its best possible light. Fighting for every yard, the School bustled Ampleforth until they were looking distinctly uncomfortable.

Early in the game Pfluger received a kick on the head and was forced to retire. Ampleforth soon scored a converted try. They gained a monopoly both in the set and the loose and only determined tackling and admirable covering kept the Ampleforth backs at bay.

The School never really threatened to score but spirited forward dribbles were always troublesome to the Ampleforth defence.

Half-time : School 0 pts., Ampleforth 5 pts.

Willstrop was a passenger all this half so the School were now virtually playing with only thirteen men. But, despite Ampleforth's persistent attacks, it was only in the dying seconds of the game that they contrived to score again.

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Once or twice the School might conceivably have scored, but they failed to apply the finishing touch.

Although the School were defeated, they take much honour in their defeat.

Result : Lost, School 0 pts., Ampleforth 10 pts.

Team: Kirby; Stubbs, Heap, Pfluger, Brocklebank; Clayton, Hopper; Bell (Capt.), Marshall, Wilson, Portlock, Hopwood, Willstrop, Welsh, Liversidge.

SCHOOL v. WORKSOP COLLEGE Played at home on Wednesday, 23rd November.

The School immediately attacked. Heap broke through to score just to the left of the posts. Kirby surprisingly failed to convert.

But, though the School continued to attack, it was Worksop who were next to score. Ennens, their powerful centre, kicked ahead. The ball bounced awkwardly for Kirby and Emmens picked up to score unopposed. Grieve converted. Kirby made the score 6-5 with a penalty, but before half-time Jones kicked a good goal to give Worksop an 8-6 lead.

Half-time : Worksop 8 pts., School 6 pts.

In the second half the School scored 14 points without reply.

Wilson and Sharp scored tries, Wilson's being the product of an excellent handling movement. Kirby converted one and kicked two penalty goals. Wilson R. B., and Bell, N. J., were prominent among the forwards, while Kirby had a good game at full-back.

Result : Won, School 20 pts., Worksop 8 pts.

Team: Kirby; Stubbs, Pfluger, Heap, Brocklebank; Clayton, Hopper; Bell, N. J. i(Capt.), Marshall, Wilson, R. B., Stephenson, Portlock, Sharp, Welsh, Liversidge.

SCHOOL v. OLD PETERITES Saturday, 10th December.

It was with great pleasure that we once again welcomed the Old Peterite XV, mustered not without some difficulty by Peter Penniston, and as always a most enjoyable and entertaining game ensued.

The absence of such stalwarts as M. E. Kershaw, P. T. Baker, and A. N. Wyatt-Gunning was duly noted, and the School's optimism that they might avenge last year's defeat was not unfounded.

The School were quick to take advantage of the "shake-down" period of time always required by the Old Boys, and B. A. Heap, at the expense of losing his pants, slipped a tackle in the centre to send D. N. Brocklebank over for the opening try. The Old Boys soon retaliated, however, when P. Penniston kicked a good penalty from mid-field. Both sides thereupon adopted very similar tactics by using kick-ahead methods, but the Old Boys held the initiative thanks to their superior weight forward and their far greater possession of the ball. Good handling and almost equally bad tackling then resulted in Penniston crossing for two unconverted tries to give the Old Boys a comfortable six points lead at half-time.

Half-time : School 3 pts., Old Boys 9 pts.

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The second half showed the School in more aggressive mood, with their pack featuring in some rousing foot rushes which the Old Boys were hard pressed to halt. Play fluctuated up and down field, and the School were rewarded when D. Pfluger made progress to send in R. Sharp for a try which D. Kirby duly converted.

Finally, in the excitement of the closing minutes, a splendid break

by K. A. Hopper from the base of the scrum gave a final winning try to the School.

Mr. Harding refereed with creditable impartiality and ostensibly at least players on both sides seemed to agree with the decisions made.

Result : Won, School 11 pts., Old Peterites 9 pts.

OLD PETERITE XV C. J. Bevan; P. Penniston (Capt.), D. I. Fletcher, F. C. Slegg, C. U. Burdass; M. G. Goodburn, J. F. N. Jackson; P V. Leigh, 0. C. Wetherell, T. Hobson, C. W. Thompson, E. A. K. Denison, H. Murray, M. J. Kent, P. Megginson.

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THE JUNIOR SCHOOL First of all we should like to welcome the Rev. R. C. Pickard and Mr. P. Jamieson to the staff, and hope that their stay here will be pleasant. We have already felt the influence of the former's energy and the unruffled good humour of the latter.

We soon settled down to work, although we have greatly missed the softly-spoken words of Mr. Ping. We are pleased, however, that he drops in on us from time to time just to see how we are getting along, and an excellent portrait of him surveys the scene from a good vantage point in the St. Olave's entrance hall. Our spies report that his shooting prospers, and that his sporting activities are somewhat more damaging to the local fauna than his successor's manoeuvres with the Derwent Valley Beagles.

The weather throughout the term has been kind to us on games days, though hard to Scouts and Cubs on Wednesdays. So confident did we become on games afternoons that we couldn't really believe that it was raining on the last Tuesday, and several small boys had to be wrung out before going home.

Our matches against other schools have been, with one exception, a succession of disasters. Our 1st XV was unable to hold its own against better, and generally larger, teams, but we did inflict one resounding defeat on a weakened Ampleforth Junior House team.

The tackling of the team was good, and Armstrong held his men together well in somewhat trying circumstances. The fact that our team backs have not been very effective even in House matches shows that as yet they have little penetrative power.

Our Middles team was well and truly beaten twice by Miring Castle, who were exceptionally good this year. To complete a tale of woe, a scratch XI played the Minster Song School and were decisively beaten in a keen game, and our Wolf Cubs went down with flying colours in the 1st round of their competition.

The main change this term has been the inauguration of our new House system, which is working well and seems to be a great improvement on the old scheme. The House matches, both rugger and soccer, are not yet completed, but Alcuin are in a very good position. In the Work Shield, Wentworth leads from Ainsty. Next term will, we hope, see the completion of the football, as well as the cross-country and boxing.

Another innovation is the "Museum", a glass-fronted cupboard in the Hall into which all lost property is placed. This enables everyone, both unfortunate and careless, to see exactly what has been picked up, and gives far more space in the Master-in-Charge's room than has been available in the past. A small charge is made for opening the museum at unlicensed times, but it is opened entirely free once a day.

On 6th October a holiday was given to celebrate the number of State Scholarships gained in the Senior School. As the majority of the awards were won by Old Olavites, we feel that we have played some small part in their success. Quite apart from scholastic achieve58

ment, we must not forget to mention M. E. Kershaw's Rugger Blue, or the five Old Olavites who have this term gained their Queen's Scout Badges. We are very proud of all Old Olavites who have earned such distinction, and offer our heartiest congratulations.

On 1st November we had our usual All Saints' Day holiday.

On 23rd November Mr. Bryan Cooper came to the School once more. This time he showed us a series of truly remarkable animal films taken by himself, and we were all greatly impressed. It is extremely good of him to give up part of his leave to entertain us in this way. We should like to have two or three lectures each term, but the Big Hall is the only room which can contain the whole School in anything like comfort. Unfortunately, this is used most of the time

by Peterites, and it has the additional disadvantage of being extremely difficult to black out.

The Gym. Display, on 30th November and 1st December, followed its usual pattern, and Mr. Power is to be congratulated on producing a very varied programme. Everything went off without a hitch, and in just over an hour each day every boy in the School showed his ability.

Our Carol Service was a very fitting end to the term. We held it on a Friday for the first time, and the service was, as usual, very much appreciated by those who were able to attend. Those parents for whom there was unfortunately no room must wait patiently for another year or two, for it was our policy to invite the parents of senior boys. The fact that boarders were allowed to go home with their parents helped greatly to ease the difficulties of the end of term.

SALVETE (Christmas Term, 1955)

ELMET I. Bell (JivA), J. T. Bradshaw (JivA), J. D. M. Hackney (JivA), D. Shaw (JivA), G. A. Hart (JivB), D. C. D. Rees (JivC), M. Raley (JivC), Alexander S. Brining (JiiiB), D. L. Edbrooke (JiiA), I. L. Holmes (JiiA), N. J. Smith (JiiA), J. R. Elson (JiiB), P. A. J. Gibson •(JiiB), R. J. Slade (JiiB), B. J. Atkinson (Ji), C. W. Birch (Ji), Q. C. M. H. Jarvis (Ji), D. M. Raymond (Ji), J. M. Russell (Ji), H. M. Shaftoe (Ji).

AINSTY P. A. J. Gibson (JivA), E. J. Lawson (JivA), A. B. Skiera UivA), N. J. West (JivA), T. Wheeler (JivA), J. A. D. Thompson (JivB), J. C. Abel (JiiiA), J. D. Carr (JiiiB), J. M. J. Grisdale (JiiA), S. P. Watson (JiiA), P. M. Darley (JiiB), S. Hetherton (JiiB), K. D. Lockwood (JiiB), D. N. Quarrie (JiiB), J. R. Stapleton (JiiB), J. M. Fry (Ji), T. C. C. Harris (Ji), R. W. Oliver (Ji), B. J. Watson (Ji), W. T. Wood (Ji).

WENTWORTH D. N. Milnes (JivB), A. E. Moss (JivB), G. M. Smith (JivB), A. W. Perry (JiiiA), W. M. Hudson (JiiA), W. Lovell (D.) (JiiA), P. R. C. Blunt (JiiB), A. F. Stott (JiiB), R. D. Harding (D.) (Ji), M. C. L. Le Tocq (D.) (Ji), R. A. Stevens (D.) (Ji), V. H. R. Waine (Ji).

ALCU IN T. P. N. Fawcett (JvA), J. A. Gillies (JivB), R. A. Wood (JivB), M. Sutcliffe (JiiiA), R. M. Fawcett (JiiiB), P. E. Knowles (JiiiB), D. Howard (JiiB).

ST. OLAVE'S A. G. Collomosse (JiiB), J. R. Coles (Ji), M. P. Crossley (Ji), G. F. Eastaugh (Ji), H. J. R. Hyde (Ji), J. T. Norbury (Ji), J. R. Platts (Ji), J. Robinson (Ji), A. J. Wilson (Ji)•

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PHYSICAL TRAINING DISPLAY Wednesday, 30th November, 1955, at 2-15 p.m.

1. Exercises by Form Ji. 2. Exercises by Form JiiB. 3. Exercises by Form JiiiA. 4. PUSH BALL COMPETITION. 5. Exercises by Form JivB. 6. Exercises by Form JvA. 7. Fencing by Form JvC.

Thursday, 1st December, 1955, at 2-15 p.m.

1. Exercises by Form JiiA. 2. Exercises by Form JiuB. 3. Exercises by Form JivC. 4. PUSH BALL COMPETITION. 5. Exercises by Form JivA. 6. Exercises by Form JvB. 7. Fencing by Form JvC.

JUNIOR SCHOOL GAMES The outstanding feature about the Christmas Term was the fine weather and condition of the Fields which enabled us to play on every games day.

Our match results were distinctly poor, and we won only one game out of six in 1st XV encounters, and the Middles lost both of their games to Gilling Castle.

We must congratulate R. G. Armstrong, the School Captain, on being awarded his colours.

Owing to an extra full programme the House football matches will not be completed until the Easter Term.

The following represented the School XV :—Ridley, D. S. H., Wood, R. A., Humpherson, P. G., Watson, M., Larg, D. A., Alexander, U. A., Pick, T. J., Kirkus, I., Rhodes, D. H., Beckett, J. W., Bruce, R. E., Wright, J. G., Armstrong, R. G. (Captain), Gilderer, G., Jesper, M. C. M.—Also played : Headlam, R. W., Burton, S. P., and Saunders, J. G.

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