THE PETERITE Vol. XLIX
MAY, 1957
No. 345
EDITORIAL Readers of "The Peterite" will be interested to read in the later pages of this issue a contribution from the Head Master in which he gives some account of his visit to South Africa last term. Mr. Dronfield returned to York a day or two before the term ended, and we were all pleased to see him, looking bronzed and well, at the Sports, which he attended in an unofficial capacity. There is no doubt, we think, that he found his holiday an experience both enjoyable and, as a perusal of his article confirms, instructive. Incidentally, he was able, while in Johannesburg, to renew acquaintance with two former St. Peter's masters, Mr. Manby and Mr. Corkhill. It was a pleasure to all of us to see the Head Master once more in his familiar role when we reassembled for the Summer Term (Mr. Dronfield resumed the reins of administration in the early days of the holidays), and he will no doubt face the coming term—in many respects the most arduous of the school year—with renewed vigour. The Easter Term passed smoothly and successfully, and our thanks are due to Mr. Burgess for so ably deputising for the Head Master in his absence. A gratifying feature of the Easter Term's activities was the continued improvement in the quality of the School shooting, which, since the decision to enter the VIII for the Bisley Competition, taken two years ago, has ranked as a major sport and has in consequence been approached with more vigour and enthusiasm. The promise revealed by our excellent record in the correspondence matches with other schools in the course of the term (the details will be found in our Shooting Notes) was confirmed by the results of the Country Life Competition, which were published just before we went to press with this issue. We were placed 10th of 140 entrants, and a comparison with our positions in recent years (34th in 1956 and 61st in 1955) speaks for itself. This rapid improvement, due in large measure to the able guidance of Mr. Le Tocq and to the eager enthusiasm of the Captain of Shooting, J. R. Maxwell, who is to be congratulated on heading the averages for the term with a record of 86.22, justifies confidence in a good performance in the sten test of the competition for the Ashburton Shield in July.
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