May 1958

THE PETERITE Vol. I,

MAY; 1958

No. 348

EDITORIAL All Englishmen talk of the weather and we could say much. This term has been punctuated by snowfalls and the climate has called for snowballs rather than hockey balls and skis rather than spikes. Sport has indeed suffered badly as readers of this magazine will discover later.

The School returned to find Mr. Howat firmly in charge of School House, and a new Boat House well on the way to completion for his more watery activities. This attractive building also acts as a pavilion for the Wightman Field and the changing rooms, storage space and wash basins it houses are a most useful addition to riverside activities, be it with ball or oar. This is not the only work in progress, however, for new paths and walls were to be seen growing through the snow round St. Olave's. Readers can see photographs of these improvements to the School in this issue, which also contains reference to the recently completed hard tennis courts.

Changes were not limited to buildings, however. Mr. Hall was away for the whole term after a serious operation, though we were soon to learn that he was making a fine recovery. He was replaced temporarily by Mr. Williams who, for some weeks, daily braved the snows between Malton and York to teach us. We said goodbye to Mr. Wallbank whose admonishing glare still lingers, with wholesome results, in the mind of the would-be trespasser on the square. We said goodbye to two bachelors at the end of the term, though the grief of our farewells was tempered with glee at the thought that they would return married. We welcome Mrs. Jeffs and Mrs. Mair to St. Peter's. Lastly we welcome a new groundsman and a new cricket coach : may they uphold the tradition of the Charles Wallbank—Benny Wilson period.

Indoors the term has gone well, with societies thriving (indeed a Junior Debating Society is developing), the T.V. set gradually widening its range of adherents, and the Trial Examinations passing without remarkable incident. It is the snow that lingers, like those white patches that were still to be seen on the moors in late April, in the memory; and we turn with relief to the brighter prospects of summer.

As we go to press, we hear with great regret that Mr. Burgess is sick and we send our most cordial good wishes for his recovery.

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CONTENTS PAGE

Editorial

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The Staff ...

Commemoration, 1958 ...

The Environs of St. Olave's and New Tennis Courts

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The Appeal

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3 3

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4 10

Old Peterite News ...

School Officers Valete and Salvete

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House Notes The Oxford Cup ...

The Chapel

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The Choir

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The Library Easter Tour of the Continent The Curia The Debating Society

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The Junior Science Society

28 29

The British Ship Adoption Society

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Careers ...

The Music Society

32 34

The School Concert

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The Film Society ...

37 38

The Senior Science Society

The Young Farmers' Club The C.C.F.

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Scouting Shooting

45 46

Fencing

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Squash

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Chess ...

Hockey Cricket Fixtures

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Easter Term Rugger ...

Athletics

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53 54

Boat Club New Boat House

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St. Olave's

ILLUSTRATIONS: The St. Olave's wall and paths ...

The New Boat House ...

Frontispiece Facing page 57

The St. Olave's wall and paths.

THE REV. F. H. BARNBY As we go to press, we report with regret the death of the Rev. F. H. Barnby, a Master and Chaplain of the School from 1913 'to 1939. A full obituary will appear in the next issue of "The Peterite".

THE STAFF MARRIAGES MR. E. S. JEFFS JEFFS—PENFOLD. On 1 1 th April, at St. Edmund's Church, Roundhay, Edwin Stephen Jeffs to Audrey Beryl Penfold, of "The Croft", Gledhow Wood Road, Leeds.

MR. D. S. MAIR MAIR—JABTCHENKO. On 20th April, at the Cathedrale Orthodoxe de Nice, David Sinclair Mair to Olga Helene Jabtchenko, of "La Sine", Vence.

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MR. R. C. T. HALL We are glad to report that Mr. Hall has now recovered from his illness and we welcome his return to School.

MR. R. ASPINALL We welcome to St. Peter's Mr. Aspinall, who starts his duties as Cricket Coach this Summer Term. Many readers will know of Mr. Aspinall's abilities as bowler and batsman with Yorkshire and, later, Durham. We wish him every success with our budding Yardleys and hope he will find the promise that he can undoubtedly perfect.

MR. CHARLES WALLBANK Mr. Charles Wallbank retired this term after seventeen years' good service to the School. He and Mrs. Wallbank were presented with a bureau and cheque from Old Peterites and the School. We wish them a long and happy retirement.

Mr. Ray Lister replaces Mr. Wallbank and is already preparing the cricket square for the term's cricket. We have every faith in his ability to master the peculiarities of our fields and hope he will be happy with us.

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COMMEMORATION, 1958 The programme will be as follows THURSDAY, 24TH

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JULY.

Junior School Speech Day and Distribution of Prizes by Sir Bertram Wilson.

25TH JULY. Cricket Match, School v. Old Peterites, begins.

FRIDAY,

SATURDAY, 26TH

JULY.

Morning : 11-0 a.m., Speeches and Distribution of Prizes by Sir Charles Morris, Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University.

Afternoon : Cricket Match continued. Boat Races, School v. Old Peterites.

Evening : Old Peterite Dinner.

27m JULY. 8-15 a.m. Holy Communion.

11-0 a.m. Commemoration Service and Sermon by the Rev. Canon N. M. Hodd.

SUNDAY,

THE ST. OLAVE'S WALL AND PATHS Work was completed last term on the driveway to St. Olave's and the paths to the Art Room and classrooms. In addition, an attractive garden wall with a stone coping has replaced the much worn bank that sloped from the back of St. Olave's to the Art Room path. The tarmac, it is hoped, will reduce the quantity of mud transported into the buildings by the traffic of numerous feet, and it undoubtedly improves the appearance of the area. We print a photograph of these works in this issue.

THE NEW TENNIS COURTS Two hard tennis courts have been laid at "The Avenue" end of the 1st XV pitch on the site of the old grass courts. The grass courts used to wear rapidly and were, of course, at the mercy of bad weather.

The new tarmac surfaces dry rapidly and it is intended to use them all the year round. It is hoped that they will not only improve the standard of School tennis but also provide an additional opportunity for exercise when other grounds are unfit.

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THE BUILDING APPEAL A progress report is being sent to all Old Peterites and other friends of the School, together with a 3rd list of subscribers. The total amount so far subscribed, including future instalments of Covenants, stands at £22,978 15s. 6d.

The report will include particulars both of building operations already completed or in progress and of projects for the immediate future.

Our target remains at £100,000.

OLD PETERITE NEWS COMMEMORATION The Commemoration weekend will be from Friday, 25th July, to Sunday, 27th July. Preliminary information about the programme is given on page 3 of this issue, and full details will be sent in due course to each member of the O.P. Club. The O.P. Dinner will again be held on the Saturday evening at the School. R. A. Stratton, Tynron, 8 Riddings Road, Hale, Cheshire, will again be responsible for the O.P. cricket team and K. H. Rhodes, at the School, will, as usual, arrange the boat races.

The Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held at 6-30 p.m. immediately prior to the Dinner on the Saturday, and it is strongly urged that all O.P.s who are present at Commemoration will make a special effort to attend and make the meeting truly representative.

MEETING OF GENERAL COMMITTEE 22nd March, 1958 A General Committee Meeting of the O.P. Club was held at the School on Saturday, 22nd March. The Head Master was in the Chair and there were 18 members present, including the President (Mr. H. L. Creer).

It was reported that the Annual Dance held at the School on 18th January in the organisation of which the Club, through the aegis of a few York members, assisted for the first time was a great success and resulted in the sum of £203 10s. 11d. being paid to the Building Appeal Fund. The date of the next dance was to be fixed by the Head Master and C. S. Shepherd, and announced in "The Peterite" as soon as possible.

The resignation of P. M. Steele from the Committee was announced owing to his permanent residence in London. J. B. Mortimer had kindly undertaken to organise in future the O.P. hockey team for the annual fixture against the School.

The arrangements for Commemoration, 1958, are circulated separately with this issue of "The Peterite", but members are asked 4

to note that an innovation this year is the staging of a Golf Competition at Strensall on Sunday afternoon, 27th July.

The most important business of the meeting was to recommend to the Annual General Meeting a President for the next three years in succession to Mr. H. L. Creer who, having served for three years, retires in accordance with Rule 3 (a). On the proposition of the retiring President, seconded by C. C. Fairweather, it was unanimously resolved that Dr. Marcus Clegg (1897-1907) be nominated.

It was decided that C. C. Fairweather, the Club's representative on the Board of Governors, should report any matters of general interest arising from the Board's deliberations to each meeting of the General Committee.

The reports of District Committees were received.

NORTH WEST AREA DINNER The North West Area Annual Dinner was held in Manchester at the New Millgate Hotel, on Friday, 7th March, and was once again a great success, with an increased gathering of 32 people, and apologies for last minute inability to attend from nine others.

Though this is a meeting of only three years' standing it promises well for the future. In all 111 "Old Peterites" were notified, and they came from as far afield as Aldershot, Newcastle, and Carlisle.

The Head Master was present, and the Chair was taken by J. A. Hanson.

It was noted, as will be seen from the list, that the gathering covered a period from 1914-1957. Thus any "Old Peterite" considering next year's gathering can expect to meet an old boy who was at the School during his own period. It will be seen from the list that no fewer than six past Head Boys of the School were present at the Dinner, namely, Rhodes, Graham, Shepherd, Penniston, Frank, and C. H. Lewis.

The following were present :Jackson, G. F., 1918 - 21 Hanson, J. A. 1922-31 1946-51 1946-50 1943-53 1944-50 1948-54 1953-56 1948-53 1942-49 1945-52 1932-37 1952-57 1943-47 1944-50

Blackburn, W. D. Booth, J. M. Booth, J. G. Booth, A. T. Buttrum, A. P. Carr, N. W. M. Chadwick, C. I. DeLittle, R. J. Dronfield, J., Head Master.

Franks, C. Glasson, G. E. Graham, Dr. G. E. L. Gregory, C. B. M. HaIlas, M. Hunter, C. D.

1947-55 1923-26 1921-29 1939-44 1949-52 1947-52 1914-20 1952-57 1936-46 1950-55

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Ex Master.

Lewis, C. H. Lewis, T. J. Maclldowie, A. B. Penniston, P. Proctor, D. R. Raylor, J. M. Rhodes, K. H. Ridley, I. N. Shepherd, C. S. Shirtcliffe, J. R.

1935-43

Stratton, R. A.

1944-46 1920-23 1936-39

Thomas, T. P. Troughton, A. P. Warren, K. A. Mr. Colbeck, Editor, "Yorkshire Life".

CAMBRIDGE OLD PETERITE DINNER The fourth successive Annual Dinner was held in the Dr. Eden Room of Trinity Hall on Thursday, 27th February. The Head Master and Mr. Jeffs, as representatives of the School, were entertained by a large gathering of Cambridge O.P.s. J. B. Weightman was in the Chair. After an excellent dinner, the toast of The School was proposed by H. P. G. Shaw, to which Mr. Dronfield and then Mr. Jeffs replied. C. K. Smith was also persuaded to say a few words. The Cambridge O.P.s are to be congratulated on their arrangements for this very enjoyable occasion. The following is a list of those present :Emmanuel.

The School.

D. G. Barton.

J. C. M. Herring.

J. N. T. Howat.

W. R. Ibberson.

H. P. G. Shaw.

C. K. Smith.

The Head Master.

Mr. E. S. Jeffs.

St. Catharine's.

D. G. Oldman.

G. B. Pullan J. B. Weightman.

0. C. Wetherell.

Pembroke.

B. M. Newdick.

Selwyn.

E. I. Moore.

Trinity Hall.

Christ's.

D. K. Timms.

J. R. Peverley.

Russian Course—D. G. Metcalf.

OLD PETERITES OVERSEAS We promised to print a list of Old Peterites who at present work overseas. Below is the list so far as we know, and it is hoped that it will lead to some happy reunions :— Bea ling, M. J., 1940-45; c/o The Australian and New Zealand Bank, Martin Place and George Street, Sydney, Australia.

Bower, E. C. F., 1920-21; 5 Cardiff Avenue, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.

Claydon, J. B., 1947-54; Suite 1103, 1450 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, 5, British Columbia, Canada.

Colbeck, N. L., 1930-36: P.O. Box 221, Nahuru, Kenya, E. Africa.

Corner, S., 1936-38; Landing and Shipping Co. of E. Africa, P.O. Box 368, Mombasa, Kenya.

Crawshaw, H. G., C.B.E., 1915-21; 27 Rue Victor Hugo, Tangier.

Creer, A. D., 1890-94; 2966 Marine Drive, Hollyburn, West Vancouver, Canada.

Crosskill, W. B., 1951-54; No. 4 R.D., Kio Kio, Otorhangar, New Zealand.

Denby, G. W., 1935-40; Allahabad Bank Buildings, 7 Royal Exchange Place, Calcutta, India.

Dewar, R. I., 1944-50; 7 Armoured Div., M.L.B. Coy., B.A.O.R. 23.

Dewick, H. S. M., 1948-51; Hotel San Regis, 12 Rue Jean Gargon, Paris, 8e.

Dixon, W. F., 1923-26; Private Bag 242A, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia.

Jacques, S. H., 1926-30; c/o Warner Barres and Co. Ltd., P.O. Box 294, Manila, Philippines.

Leversedge, L. F., C.M.G., 1920-23; c/o The Secretariat, P.O. Box 208, Lusaka, N. Rhodesia.

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Milne, M. S., 1947-52; c/o Australia & New Zealand Bank, Labton Quay & Featherstone Street, Wellington, New Zealand.

Morison, I. D. C., 1931-39; Chatsworth Road, Silverstream, Nr. Wellington, New Zealand.

Phillips, W/Cdr. J. S. P., D.F.C., 1931-36; Nigerian Railways, c/o The Secretariat, Lagos, Nigeria, W. Africa.

Ping, A. C. W., 1929-38; 19 West Street, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

Reynolds, A. G., 1934-44; c/o Mrs. H. S. Varde, Coover Villa, Colaba, Bombay, 5, India.

Rhodes, B. V., 1926-29; Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.

Richardson, H., 1909-14; Paget West, Bermuda.

Roberts, Dr. W. L., 1913-18; "Longfield", P.O. Umfeseri, S. Rhodesia.

Rodwell, B., 1938-41; P.O. Honeydew, Johannesburg, S. Africa.

Sheriff, E., 1935-44; P.O. Box 446, Mufiliva, N. Rhodesia.

Stratton, W. H., 1935-45; c/o U.B.O. Co. Ltd., Rio Claro, Trinidad, B.W.I. Temple, P. J., 1940-47; Park Hotel, Park Drive, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Tendall, R. E. F., 1915-19; Junior School, St. Peter's College, Adelaide, S. Australia.

Webber, Lt. R. S. F., D.S.C., R.N., 1938-42; di. Shell Oil Co., Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Wicks, N. E., 1940-43; Cable & Wireless Ltd., St. Georges, Bermuda.

Wyman, A. L., 1937-42; 9 Riverway Road, Glenarchy, Tasmania, Australia.

The Editor would be glad to hear of any alterations or additions for future publication.

BIRTHDAY HONOURS In the Queen's Birthday Honours announced on 13th June last year, there appears in the Foreign Office List the award of the C.B.E. to H. G. Crawshaw (School House and Rise, 1915-21). Crawshaw was lately Assistant Administrator for Finance, Internal Administration of Tangier. We congratulate him on his distinction and we apologise for not printing this announcement before.

AN O.P. CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE We congratulate Mr. Geoffrey H. Dodsworth (St. Peter's, 1937-41) on his adoption as prospective candidate by the Don Valley Conservative and Unionist Association. We understand that this seat is a Labour stronghold and we wish him luck when election time comes.

"PARKINSON'S LAW" Professor Northcote Parkinson (St. Peter's, 1924-29), who holds the Raffles Chair of History at the University of Malaya, has just published an amusing and penetrating book which it would be presumptuous to review here : more eminent papers have referred to it already with universal delight.

The book is a satire on the inefficiencies of modern society based on the "Law" that all work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. Professor Parkinson has written many books, but so far as we know this is his first humorous and satirical work. We hope for more.

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OBITUARY C. F. C. PADEL We regret to record the death on 1 1 th March of C. F. C. Padel, late Head Master of Carlisle Grammar School. He was 85. C. F. C. Padel was at St. Peter's 1884-1891, won a scholarship to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and took a First Class in the Classical Tripos of 1894. In a long scholastic career he had taught at Merchiston Castle School, Rossall Preparatory School, Leys Schools, Marlborough and Eastbourne Colleges, and was for a time Head Master of Ashby de la Zouch School.

R. G. BINGHAM Another Old Peterite whose death we must record is R. G. Bingham, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. He was captain of the 1st XV in the closing years of the last century. He was at St. Peter's from 1893-1899.

BIRTHS EMMETT.—On 14th March, 1958, at the British Military Hospital, Rinteln, Germany, to Ines (nee Fraser-Orr), wife of Capt. R. G. Emmett, a son (Antony Colin). [Temple, 1942-49.]

GRAHAM.—On 28th April, at the Liverpool Maternity Hospital, to Nansi, wife of Dr. Earlam Graham, a son (Nicholas Robert). [School House, 1932-37.]

TEE.—On 1st March, 1957, to Joan, wife of Peter F. Tee, a daughter (Sarah Gwynne). [School House, 1940-43.]

WARD.—On 17th March, at Fallodon Nursing Home, Leeds, to Judy (nee Sparkes) and John D. Ward, a daughter (Susan Jane). [Temple, 1938-45.]

MARRIAGES HAXBY—BRINDLE. On 17th February, at St. Andrew's Parish Church, Bishopthorpe, David Alan, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Haxby, of York, to Kathryn Frances, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brindle, of Chestnuts, Bishop. thorpe, York. [The Rise, 1944-57.]

KERSHAW—DAWSON. On 1st March, at St. Robert's Church, Parma', Maurice, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Kershaw, of York, to Isobel Judith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Dawson, of Ashness, Pannal Ash Road, Harrogate. [Temple, 1944-51.]

ENGAGEMENTS ALLANSON—HUDSON. The engagement is announced between Howard, only son of Mrs. D. E. Allanson and the late Mr. B. Allanson, Manor Farm, Shipton-by-Beningbrough, and Sheila Dunbar, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Hudson, Mill Farm, Brandsby. [Manor, 1943-48.]

JAMES—KILGOW. The engagement is announced between Peter, only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. James, of "The Spinney", Ranson Road, Thorpe, Norwick, to June, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Kilgow, Kinmount Kennels, Annan, Dumfrieshire. [The Rise, 1942-52.]

SUTTON—SADLER. The engagement is announced between John, Anthony, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Sutton, of York, and Gillian Anne, only daughter of Mi. and Mrs. W. A. Sadler, also of York, [Temple, 1950-54.]

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ARMS OF ST. PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK There are still a few copies of these Arms of the School available.

They are attractively printed in colour and may be obtained from the Head Master's Secretary, price 2/9 post free.

THE OXFORD LETTER To the Editor, "The Peterite".

OXORD. March, 1958.

Dear Sir, The outstanding event of this term was our Dinner held in the Royal Oxford Hotel on the evening of Saturday, 1st February. We were sorry that the Head Master was unable to be with us owing to illness, but our other guest, Mr. Le Tocq, most ably took his place.

He gave us a brief review of the past year in the School, interspersed with moments of comedy, which had, on at least one of our members, a rather devastating effect.

Life here has been clouded for many by the threat of examinations of varying importance, which has kept them in enforced seclusion; wind, rain, sheet, snow and mud have kept the rest of us indoors.

And so to the activities of individuals : Martin Baddeley, Keble. Apart from supplying Marsh with coffee (which he finds cheaper than tea), is making herculean efforts to master Aristotle's ideas on ethics in preparation for prelims. Consoles himself with thoughts of the approaching cricket season and is daily expecting his colours for his winter sport of bar billiards.

Michael Carter, Queens. His lofty garret in the Iffiey Road, ideal for watching University sport, appears to have been extended for the purpose of accommodating his increasing collection of oars. We congratulate him on again being a member of the crew which kept Queens at the Head of the River. At the time of writing he is displaying his prowess in another field to the Moderators.

Ian Cobham, Magdalen. Cannot remember how long he has been here, but claims to have celebrated V.E. day on the Martyrs' Memorial. Dwells chiefly at the Radcliffe Infirmary. Inventor, distributor and sole wearer of the Oxford Old Peterite scarf.

Richard Jenkinson, Worcester. Keeps an impressive disarray of Classical literature, which he claims he never reads. His prowess in the Judo world has led Baddeley to contemplate a course in selfdefence. Has suggested that an appeal be launched for the founding of another ladies' college, as the thought of being one of the 7i men to every girl in Oxford horrifies him.

Roger Kirkus, Hertford and St. Hugh's. Finds working for prelims. more congenial after taking tea at the latter institution, but has acquired a comfortable niche in Hertford beer-cellar when a 9

stronger stimulant is required. Was astonished to find from the last "Peterite" that he was reading History, as he'd been under the impression that his subject was Modern Languages. Concedes, however, that the change might be for the better.

Martin Marsh, Keble. Apart from drinking Baddeley's coffee (which he finds cheaper than his own) has been known to approach tentatively the problems of philosophy. Chairman and most vocal member of the Keble Supporters' Club at no matter what sport.

Claims that it was owing to his efforts that Keble won soccer cuppers.

Philip Taylor, B.N.C. Was brought out of retirement to play in goal for the victorious University Hockey XI, and is to be congratulated on so doing. As a member of Vincent's he now moves "only in the best of circles, my dear . . . ." ! Has found time to expound to Marsh some of the more intricate points of Plato.

Derek Wheatley, B.N.C. Has determined views on the evils of the present, past and any future government, and expresses them at the Labour, Liberal and Conservative Clubs. Distinguished himself by making a maiden speech at the Union this term. With prelims. now upon him finds little venerable about Bede, whom together with Voltaire he hopes to evict from his room in the near future.

G. M. Herring has been observed, but of his activities we know nothing.

We wish the School every success in the future, and are, Sir, Yours sincerely, THE OXFORD OLD PETERITES.

SCHOOL OFFICERS Easter Term, 1958 HEAD OF SCHOOL:

D. KIRBY

SCHOOL MONITORS :

Head of The Grove: D. KIRBY Head of The Manor: J. M. LENNOX Head of Queen's House: T. CHILMAN Head of The Rise: D. B. IRVIN Head of School House: B. C. R. BUTLER Head of Temple: A. 0. SUTCLIFFE Chapel Monitor: T. M. JENKINSON

D. ROBINSON P. L. BELLWOOD R. BAXTER

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HOUSE MONITORS :

The Grove: P. B. BURBIDGE, R. A. FIELD, T. D. J. LAYFIELD, W. I. MACDONALD, D. E. RAYNER, R. M. WHEELER.

The Manor: W. GIBSON, G. P. LOWLEY, W. E. MONTAGUE, F. N. PARKIN, G. D. PARKIN.

Queen's House: D. N. L. BERESFORD, P. J. BURTON, J. A. BYGATE, A. H. CROWTHER, P. S. H. JESPER, R. H. THORP.

The Rise: R. R. BALDWIN, K. BROWN, D. J. COOK, T. E. H. SABBENCLARE, A. C. WILSON.

School House: D. G. MACPHERSON, D. I . STONES, D. A. WILSON. R. N. BRADFORD, R. E. CROWE, K. GOSLING, M. KERSHAW, J. V. LITTLEWOOD, T. PIERCY.

Temple:

J.

GAMES CAPTAINS :

Captain of Hockey: D. KIRBY Captain of Boats: D. A. WILSON Captain of Squash: D. KIRBY Captain of Shooting: B. C. R. BUTLER Captain of Fencing: P. J. BURTON Captain of Chess: D. J. COOK EDITORS OF "THE PETERITE" A. H. CROWTHER, K. GOSLING, D. B. IRVIN.

VALETE AND SALVETE VALETE (April, 1958) THE MANOR W. E. Montague. 1953-58 (St. Olave's, 1951). House Monitor. Transitus.

G.C.E., "0" Level, 1957. Junior Colts XV, 1955. Senior Colts XV, 1955.

3rd XV, 1957. 2nd XV, 1957. Cadet in Army Section i/c Army Training Stores. Cert. "A", Part I. 1st Class Shot.

QUEEN'S T. Chilman. 1952-58 (St. Olave's, 1948). School Monitor. Head of Queen's House. Upper VI Science. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1954; "A" Level, 1956.

North Riding County Major Scholarship, 1957. Assistant Librarian.

Secretary of Curia. Secretary of Senior Science Society. Chairman of Junior Debating Society. Science Society Committee. Debating Society Committee. Music Society Committee. Member of Choral Society.

School Play, 1954. Visit to Yugoslavia, 1955. S.S.M. i/c Recruit Section.

Cert. "A", Parts I and II. Classified Signaller. Morse Instructor. Asst.

Signals Instructor. 2nd Class Shot.

THE RISE (St. Olave's, 1947). House Monitor. Upper VI Mathematics. G.C.E., "0" Level, 1954; "A" Level, 1956; "AS" Level, 1957. Leeds Senior City Exhibition, 1957. Library Monitor. Music Society Committee; Secretary, 1956-57. Science Society Committee. Photographic Society Committee; Treasurer, 1956-57. School Choir, 1050-58.

K. Brown. 1952-58

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Choral Society, 1950-57. Motet Group. Glee Club Leader, 1957. School Play, 1954-55-56. Warrant Officer, C.C.F., i/c Recruits, 1957. Cert. "A", Part I, 1954. R.A.F. Proficiency and Advanced Proficiency. Gliding Certificate. Efficiency Badge. Marksman.

SCHOOL HOUSE M. H. Dukes. 1957-57 (St. Olave's, 1952). Sh.B. Member of the Junior Science Society.

1955-58 (St. Olave's, 1951). IVA. Cert. "A", Part I. T. A. Dukes.

D.S. in R.N. Section of C.C.F. A.B. Examination. 1st Class Shot.

SALVETE (February, 1958) THE GROVE M. C. B. Burbidge. Sh.A. QUEEN'S R. H. Atkinson. Sh.B. SCHOOL HOUSE W. H. McBryde, Sh.A. J. C. Powell. Sh.A.

HOUSE NOTES THE GROVE The first day of term brought relief to some, for our only new boy, M. C. B. Burbidge, had astonishingly dark hair. There were two new monitors, Field and Macdonald; doubtless their biological background will stand them in good stead.

In the sporting world we performed creditably without being outstandingly successful. After a dead heat our Senior boat lost in the semi-final to the eventual winners, and the Junior crew lost in the final. The squash and chess teams were both narrowly defeated at the semi-final stage by Queen's and School House respectively.

During the term two squash ladders were started, and the game became very popular particularly among the Junior Middles. Kirby is to be congratulated on winning the Open Competition.

The cancellation of the sports and the cross-country was very disappointing, but the achievement of second in the Standards was an extremely good effort by the whole House and did bring some compensation.

In the School hockey XI there were two members of the House; Kirby was the captain and P. B. Burbidge was awarded his colours; in the 2nd XI we had Layfield, the captain, Bellwood, and Mackay.

As usual the House was well represented in school activities, and this was emphasised once again by the presence of many Grovites in the School concert.

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Midway through the term it was decided to form a House Debating Society and this proved a very popular and successful innovation.

Our cynical Welshman became the Secretary, and Kirby, Bellwood, Layfield, and Crossley joined him on the Committee. The very enjoyable debates did help in some way to raise the tone of a term in which the weather nearly always had the last say.

THE MANOR The term has been, for us as for everyone else, dominated to a considerable extent by the inclement weather, with make-shift activities only too often replacing games. Luckily, the Reading Room and Common Rooms were improved by the addition of new armchairs, some rugs, and some pleasant framed reproductions of paintings, while a number of older chairs were completely overhauled : this gave a greater measure of comfort and cheerfulness to the longer hours spent indoors.

Indeed, all things considered, "morale" has been high, and it received a particular impetus from our success in winning the Senior inter-House boating. This was an exciting event, with a re-row against Grove after a tie, and a victory in the final over Temple by a narrow margin. The crew, stroked by Gibson, already a House colour, were awarded their colours—J. 0. Armstrong, Botterill and Clark—while the cox, Read, was awarded Junior House colours.

In other fields of sport, including Junior boating, we have not been very successful. We must commiserate with the cross-country trainers, who did much work for an event that never took place, though their sorrow may not have been entirely untempered by relief.

The chess team, in spite of Lennox's guidance, met with no success, but in squash we got through the first round, beating Temple, and lost the final to a School House team which contained the majority of the 1st V. In athletics, ultimately decided by standards, we were only fifth, but Junior colours were awarded to R. G. Armstrong and Dale, who secured full points, and to Holdsworth, who was only one short. Armstrong was second in both Junior jumps.

A McCallum was appointed vice-captain of hockey and awarded his cap. Lennox, Lowley and F. N. Parkin shot for the 1st VIII and were awarded their minor colours. Bruce, Hutchinson and R. A. Wood played for the Junior XV. An interesting event near the beginning of term was the visit of a party of S. African schoolboys, and the Manor took its share in entertaining them. This was very enjoyable, but the visit was all too short, and we all felt so much more could have been done for them if time had permitted.

No. 2 has again had an intruder. Many of us remember the gentleman caught last year going round the garden on all fours striking matches, but this was a more serious affair, for G. D. Parkin 13

caught a youth in the Senior Common Room, apparently about to rifle tuck-boxes. It was not his first visit, and a number of missing articles were recovered by the police, to the relief of all.

We have had, this term, the welcome but temporary addition of Mr. Oakley to the House staff. We hope he has enjoyed his tour of duty in the House and offer him our best wishes for the future. Our good wishes likewise go with Montague, who leaves this term : he has done a good deal for the House, and is remembered, amongst other things, for winning hits in two Junior House cricket matches, but he has been in a number of other teams and was awarded his House colours in 1956.

We close with an apology—to Botterill, whose name we omitted last term from the list of those who played for the 2nd XV.

QUEEN'S The Easter Term was one of quiet endeavour, quietly impeded by the weather. Although never spectacularly bad (even the interesting floods subsided quietly) it caused the cancellation of the cross-country race and of the athletic sports, it hindered the hockey and it rendered rowing uncomfortable.

At the start of the term Burton and Crowther were welcomed to the Monitors' study which now accommodates seven people. In their studies, the senior members of Queen's dream of the completion of the new Junior School block and the realisation of their private "space-age".

Our primary aim this term was the Cross-country Shield. With five members of last year's team our hopes were high, and our Captain argued spiritedly with anyone who laid claim to have surpassed the time of his prospective runners. But to our great disappointment the likelihood of the race being run diminished and finally vanished. We can but hope, philosophically, that the acquisition of this trophy has merely been delayed.

In our boating were were favoured with a bye to the semi-final in both the Senior and Junior divisions, but made a graceful exit before the finals. The Senior IV finished threequarters of a length down to Temple after a spirited row, while the Junior boat fell to a strong Grove crew. In our defence, we feel that unfortunate changes of crew owing to illness and other factors prevented any of us from really settling down. All this time hockey was being played, weather permitting, notably by Thorp, who was awarded his 1st XI colours, and Jesper for the 2nd XI. We hoped to retain the Squash Cup but were just overcome by School House. After a first round bye, we beat Grove 3-2 in the semi-final to lose 2-3 in the final. With only one School team player in the House, this was a creditable performance, and we congratulate

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Bygate on the award of his squash colours, as we congratulate J. C. Lacy on winning the Junior Squash Cup in an all Queen's final, which augurs well for the future.

The frequent appearances of Sgt.-Major Power looking for lost fencing kit reminded us that Burton is still directing this quaint form of exercise. Fencing colours were awarded to Beresford, with whom two other members of the House, N. R. Barton and S. P. Burton, fenced for the School during the course of the term.

Bygate was appointed Captain of School Athletics and before the cancellation of the sports he repeated his success of last year in the Senior Mile. W. Mitchell also did a repeat performance, breaking his own record after a last lap with the track virtually to himself. The Standards were viewed with a certain lack of enthusiasm, but four Queen's names appeared in the list of outstanding individual achievements, A. Hardman, T. E. Giddings, and R. A. Spencer from the Juniors, and D. L. Slade from the rest of the House.

Towards the end of term, House colours were awarded to Crowther, and Junior House colours to P. H. Moat. And now a point easily overlooked but worthy of mention—we are leading in the Work Cup competition. We do not know how this state of affairs arose, but we intend to keep it so.

And finally, Chilman left us at the end of term. In the discharge of duties not so easy as many people think, and in the example he set, he proved a most able Head of House. We wish him every success in applying his researches in spectroscopy to the production of fruit gums and in his further career at Cambridge.

THE RISE It cannot be denied that this has been a most successful term for us. Despite the weather we have won two trophies hitherto totally unacquainted with the Rise and have won back an old established Rise possession.

Our two newcomers? The Junior Boating Cup and the Chess Knight, both hard fought for and well earned. Those members of the Junior crew who had not already been awarded their Junior House colours were thus rewarded, after Bagnall, Gough, and Sim had been awarded theirs—for there had been an oversight and an omission following the Rugger last term.

The Athletics Shield returned to its home for the fifth time in six years. As the weather unfortunately limited the sports events, the Shield was awarded on the results of Standards alone, and so every single individual is entitled to feel directly a glow of pride. We like to think that had the weather not necessitated the cancelling of the cross-country, we would have won it—but that is certainly open to

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speculation. For the most part our team was a very young one; and with five, and possibly seven, members of the eight-man team staying on next year, the future appears rosy.

In the other inter-House competitions, the Senior rowing crew were beaten by the eventual winners, Manor. Despite Mr. Dodd's training and helpful criticism, the squash team succumbed somewhat easily to the Grove.

In School sport, R. R. Baldwin, Ranson, Irvin, and Gale played a bit of hockey for the first XI; and Gough, Dronfield, Hemsley, and later Cormack, did the same for the second XI. Cook, Gale, Gough, and Ranson all expended much mental energy playing chess; and Cook and Mathews continued to fence manfully. Pattinson, too, managed to get a free trip to Newcastle. Howard continued to adorn the squash team, and he was duly awarded his colours. A. C. Wilson characteristically had his exercise—in shooting for the 2nd VIII. Apart from sport, there were other items of interest. We returned to School to learn of Irvin's Exhibition in English to Emmanuel College, Cambridge; later in the term Cook was successful in his quest for a place at Downing College, Cambridge. As a result of popular demand an attempt was made to form a House Debating Society; this occurred right at the end of term, and so we delay judgment on its prospects. The Discussion Group was successfully more ambitious this term, and to our four guest speakers we extend our hearty thanks.

Though the weather was bad, our health was good. But we were sorry to lose Rawson-Lax through illness, and we hope to see him with us again next term. Talking of Juniors, Bryan joined us this term from a day-boy House.

There remains but to say two farewells. One to Mr. Wall who has been studying us for a term : we have enjoyed having him with us, and assure him that the failures of his "musical attempts" were no reflection whatsoever on him, but a sad reflection on the unprecedented lack of musical talent in the House. Goodbye also to Ken Brown. He will be indispensable. He has given much, not only to the Rise, but to the School, and we wish him every success. Out of respect and out of thanks we awarded him his House colours as a parting gesture.

SCHOOL HOUSE This term we welcomed Mr. A. T. Howat as our new House Master; we hope he has settled down and will have a happy stay in School House.

Athletic activities have been badly held up, snow being the main hindrance. On the river the House 1st IV lost to Grove in the 1st round of the Senior boat races, thus losing the Cup which we unexpectedly, but deservedly, won last year. The 1st IV consisted of

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Wilson, Howat, Brooks, Way, with Slater as cox. The House 2nd IV consisting of Coles, Bagshaw, Beachell, Leach, with Fenton as cox, also lost in the 1st round after a close race with Rise.

In School sports we have been well represented. In the hockey 1st XI we had Macpherson and Baxter who were both re-awarded their 1st XI colours. In the 2nd XI Beaumont was a permanent member until smitten by glandular fever. Butler and J. B. Robinson both played in one match, Butler vanishing thereafter, probably owing to erratic play.

The House has been well represented in the shooting VIIIs by Butler, Baxter, Garbutt, and Wilson in the 1st VIII and by Hick, Baker, Hodgson, and Oldham in the 2nd VIII. This makes School House numerically prominent in the shooting world.

The squash team, with Macpherson (Capt.), Alderson, Baxter, D. Robinson, and Hanson put up a very good performance in beating Queens in the final, thus winning the Squash Cup. Beaumont was to have been third string and again we had to do without him because of his illness.

Hanson and Shearsmith have represented the School regularly in the chess team. It was a great disappointment not to have won the Chess Cup. Once again the absence of Beaumont contributed to our defeat at the hands of Rise.

The cross-country team, led by Wilson, trained hard but their efforts were fruitless as the race was cancelled because of snow and adverse conditions in general. This cancellation was a disappointment as the House team might have done well in the competition.

In athletics we came third in the Standards with 183 points, helped by the very creditable efforts of Macpherson who got 18 points in Set A, J. J. Rhodes (20), Bond (19), and Oldham (19) in Set B, Anderson (21) in Set C, Bell and Carruthers (17 out of 18) in Set E. If Beaumont and P. N. B. Smith had been taking part our total score would have been considerably higher.

Sports Day itself turned out to be really wet and so no events were held. It was possible, however, to hold the jumping events on the Monday and in these the outstanding event was Macpherson's Long Jump of 21 ft. 5+ ins. in which he broke J. D. C. Wall's record by 18 inches. Macpherson's name will stay, we think, in the list of record-holders for many a year. Bond came 2nd in the Inter. High Jump, failing to be 1st equall by reason of one additional failure at a lower height. He just failed to beat the record of 5 ft. 1+ ins. and the bitterly cold day may have been partly the reason for this. Baxter was 4th in the Senior Long Jump, J. J. Rhodes 4th equal in the Senior High Jump, P. N. B. Smith 3rd in the Inter. Long Jump and Hodgson 3rd in the Inter. High Jump.

Turning to the less beefy activities of the House, the House Proms. have been ably run again by Howat, Slater, and Way and their 17

enthusiasm has given an average of 20 boys each fortnight a very enjoyable evening. To enable the less sophisticated musicians to have their say, a House Concert was held on the last night of term and was organised by F. I. Watson and J. B. Robinson. We had a Rock 'n Roll session and a Skiffle Group with a first class vocalist in Oldham, selections on harmonica and accordion by J. M. Atkinson, Geordie songs by Way and party and a quartet consisting of familiar and more adult figures. At any rate, the whole entertainment was thoroughly appreciated by the House.

A hobbies competition was also held during the term and judged at the end. The winners of a rather disappointing lot of entries were Yeadon and J. M. Atkinson. Another year it is confidently expected that there will be far more effort made in this direction and that some articles made of wood will appear.

In School most boys in the House appeared to be working hard— some of the time. In the last mark order it was pleasant to see that almost every boy in the Lower School went up in position. D. H. Rhodes was at last persuaded to come top of his form instead of 2nd; congratulations to him.

Finally we have to say goodbye to T. A. and M. H. Dukes. We are very sorry that they are leaving and wish them all the best for the future and thank them for what they have done for the House.

HOUSE MASTER'S NOTE.

In writing the House Notes above, the Head of House, Butler, has carefully avoided any reference to his own trouble. He was smitten with appendicitis and hauled off to a Nursing Home one evening and was a few ounces the lighter by next morning. To me as a very new House Master this was a considerable blow and I was very interested to see that the House continued to function smoothly. Two things contributed to this, the one being the excellence of Butler's organisation, and the other the way in which D. Robinson and the other Monitors rose to the occasion. I am happy to say that Butler and also Beaumont, to whom earlier reference has been made, are both regaining their strength and should be fit by next term.

TEMPLE The outstanding feature of the term has undoubtedly been the large amount of snow and rain, with the result that the athletics were curtailed before the majority of the House had really got into their stride.

Both the boating crews were in fine fettle : the Senior crew, under the able guidance of Smith, after hard-fought preliminary rounds, put up a magnificent display in the final, but were beaten by a bulkier and beefier Manor crew by a very small margin. The Junior crew, inspired by the fitness of their elder brethren, were only narrowly beaten in the semi-final.

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In other sports, the announcement that the cross-country was to be cancelled came as a sad blow to those competitors who had put in so much hard training; in the sphere of hockey we did not remain unrepresented, having Woodruff playing for the 1st XI and Kershaw and Precious for the 2nd XI; and Manor found we were no easy team to beat at squash with many a hard-fought and ding-dong game ensuing.

The last item in the physical activities of the House is the C.C.F. The attitude of the middle section of the House towards this must be radically altered if we are to win the inter-House competition.

We now turn to the more intellectual activities. We once again have the chief organiser of the School dance in Temple and hope that Piercy will uphold the high standard that was set at the last dance. The Work Cup has always been associated with Temple and with the wholehearted co-operation of the House during the next term it will take a good House to take the pot off the shelf. And finally, Precious is to be congratulated on his magnificent performance in the School concert, which was enjoyed by all Templars.

Next term is a very important one with the inter-House singing competition early in the term and the examinations at the end, not to mention a full sporting programme, and I am sure that all Templars will return to School with the motto "per ardua ad astra" firmly imprinted on their minds.

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OXFORD CUP, 1957-58

(Holders : The Grove) The following table gives the points gained up to date :— Points Awarded Grove Manor Queen's Rise — 20 — — 20 Senior Rugger 10 Junior Rugger — — 20 Senior Cricket — — — Junior Cricket... 10 — 20 — Rowing (1st Division) 20 — — — Rowing (2nd Division) 10 Rowing 10 — — ... 10 1st — — 5 5 Athletics, 2nd 10 I No competition.

Cross-country, 1st 5 1 Cross-country, 2nd • • • — • • • 10 Swimming, 1st — 5 Swimming, 2nd — — — — • . • 10 ...

Squash — — — • • • 10 ...

Tennis 5 — — ••• Shooting (Team) — — 5 ... ...

Fencing 165

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25

19

20

School House Temple

10

10 — 20

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THE CHAPEL Once again the term began with the Epiphany Procession at the Minster, in which our own Choir and that of St. Olave's joined with the Minster Choir in this wonderful service.

As Lent began early in the term there was opportunity to welcome only two visiting preachers. The Dean of York came to us on Sexagesima Sunday and the Chancellor, Canon J. R. Cant, paid us his first visit the following week. We much appreciated their kindness in coming to us.

The Head Master, who had preached the first sermon of the term, preached also on Palm Sunday. On four of the other Sundays in Lent the Chaplain gave a course of sermons on the Holy Communion Service.

On Refreshment Sunday we made a change which was welcomed by many of the Staff and the boys : the Holy Communion was sung at 10-30 a.m. and Day-boys were given the opportunity to make their Communion at the Chapel, whilst the Boarders communicated at 8-15 a.m. This arrangement avoids the long and tiring service which is inevitable if the whole School communicates together, and the compromise seemed to be a gain.

On the Friday evenings in Lent quite a considerable number of boys attended Compline, at which the Chaplain gave readings from St. Thomas a Kempis' "Imitation of Christ".

For the second year running the Confirmation was taken by the Archbishop of York. This was indeed a privilege, not only for the candidates but for all those of the School who were able to attend the service. As there were fewer candidates this year than last, it was possible to admit everyone except Transitus. The following boys were Confirmed on Friday, 21st March :J. N. Arundale, J. M. Atkinson, C. J. B. Batty, J. W. Beckett, M. T. Bell, D. L. Brown, M. C. B. Burbidge, J. A. B. Carruthers, A. J. De Mulder, M. H. Dukes, J. F. Gartside, G. Gildener, J. A. Gillies, M. M. Grainger, P. M. Hindle, J. M. Holdsworth, G. M. Holgate, I. T. Hunter, D. 0. Jones, P. M. Kemp, I. Kirkus, E. J. Lawson, W. H. McBryde, C. Metcalfe, R. T. Middleton, G. R. Monfort, J. H. Ormiston, R. H. Parker, J. M. Pattinson, M. J. Pearey, J. M. Pearson, R. Priestley, R. P. V. Puttock, M. Raley, G. P. Robinson, M. E. Robson, J. B. Shannon, D. Shaw, T. E. H. Smart, J. H. Starkey, P. H. Sykes, D. J. Wilson, J. V. orsfey, D. S. Yeadon.

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THE CHOIR The first event in the Easter Term, as far as the Choir was concerned, was the Epiphany Procession in the Minster. This time it was on the second day of term, so speedy practice was indicated.

Fortunately the more important music had been practised at the end of the Christmas term. Even so, a practice was held at 5-0 p.m. on the Friday before the Saturday on which term began. Our part of the service went off successfully, though the congregation was the smallest for some time.

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The next important event which always occurs in the Easter Term is the Choir Supper, which took place on the I I th of March. We were provided with a truly excellent meal. After the Head Master's and Mr. Waine's speeches, Jenkinson gave the vote of thanks. Then, besides the normal sing-song, we had some excellent variety performances. A. McCallum played "Cherry Pink" on his trumpet; Kendall and Precious sang to two "small guitars"; Starkey did some most baffling conjuring tricks; the Scouts of the Choir did a lurid example of the Scouts' own "shadow operation"; Way gave a demonstration of a surgical operation by a novice; and Mr. Cummin told us a story about the London Fire Brigade. All we needed was someone to give a talk on gardening and we should have had all the elements, "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water".

Before this festive occasion the Choir was busily helping the School on Fridays to learn Noble in B minor. This was eventually performed on Sunday, 23rd of March.

The Choir took a major part in the Choral Society's performance of Handel's "Samson" which was considered to be very well performed. A separate account may be seen elsewhere.

This term K. Brown is leaving us; his place will be hard to fill.

He has been in the Choir for eight years—as long as most can hope to be—and has given sterling service.

Music sung during the term was :Congregational: Walmisley in D minor—Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis.

Merbecke—Communion Service.

Noble in B minor—Magnificat only.

Choral:

Carol—"Thou must leave"—Berlioz.

"When to the temple"—Eccard.

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

"Teach me, 0 Lord"—Byrd.

"Turn thy face"—Attwood.

"Hide not thou thy face"—Farrant.

"0 taste and see"—Vaughan Williams.

Benedictus and Agnus from Darke in F. "Hosanna to the Son of David"—Weelkes

Epiphany Procession: Carols: "The Noble Stem of Jesse."

"O'er the Hill."

"Ding, Dong, Ding."

Anthem:

"All they from Saba"—Jacob HandL

On 10th July next term three trebles, an alto, a tenor, and a bass selected from the Choir are to go to the triennial R.S.C.M. Festival at the Royal Albert Hall. The difficult task is to choose the few.

We shall also be having the Northern Schools' Festival in the Minster and we hope the trebles can hold onto their voices long enough to perform in this.

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THE LIBRARY No less than 120 books have been acquired by the Library during the past term. Space does not permit the listing of all these books— thus only the more notable works have been included in the section below.

Sections which have received particular attention are :Mathematics, Chemistry, French, and to a lesser extent Geography, English and Religion.

A considerable amount of time and energy has been spent in the Library by the Library Monitors this term, and T. Chilman, K. Brown, and D. J. Cook are, in particular, to be congratulated.

Chilman completely renumbered the Classics, Mathematics, and Biology sections. Brown renumbered the Useful and Fine Arts, Sports, Fiction, and Economics sections. D. J. Cook, appointed at the beginning of the term, as a result of the resignation of J. M. Lennox, worked on the Reference and Religious sections.

Included in the books acquired by the Library during the past term were those which were presented by Old Peterites and friends of the School.

The Glaciers of the Alps and Mountaineering in 1861—by Tyndall, presented by Mrs. Stonehouse.

Alpine Studies—by W. A. B. Coolidge, presented by Mrs. Stonehouse.

The Scallop—edited by Ian Cox, presented by the Shell Petroleum Co. Mathematics.

Mathematics For The Million—Lancelot Hogben.

Men of Mathematics—E. T. Bell.

Determinations and Matrices—A. C. Aitken.

Statistical Mathematics—A. C. Aitken.

A Course of Pure Mathematics—G. H. Hardy.

Mathematical Models—H. Martyn Candy and A. P. Rollett.

Vectorial Mechanics—E. A. Milne.

Chemistry.

Ideas of Physical Chemistry—H. and H. A. C. McKay. Acid-Base Catalysis—R. P. Bell.

Chemical Aspects of Light—Bowen.

Kinetics of Chemical Change—Hinshellwood.

Nature of the Chemical Bond—Pauling.

Modern Theories of Organic Chemistry—Watson.

Electronic Theory of Valency—Sidgwick.

French.

Les Copains—Jules Romains.

Parnasse et Symbolisme—P. Martino.

Le Petit Prince—Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Signe Pipcus—Georges Simenon.

La Machine Infernale—Jean Cocteau.

La Litterature Francaise Contemporaine—Marcel Braunschvig.

Dictionnaire Usuel.—edit Quillet & Flammarion.

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Geography.

Africa—L. S. Suggate.

Canada—The Golden Hinge—Leslie Roberts.

A Geography of Commodities—H. Alnwick.

English.

The Age of Chaucer—edited by Boris Ford.

Comic Characters of Shakespeare—John Palmer.

An Approach to Shakespeare—D. A. Traversi.

Religion.

The Growth of The World Church—Ernest A. Payne.

Christianity—Edwin Bevan.

A History of the Modern Church.

T.C. —Chilman's work in the Library has been most useful.

He continued activities in the holidays and it was a pleasure to find everything in apple-pie order on our return to School this term. We thank him for this very helpful extra work. A.D.H. NOTE

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EASTER TOUR TO THE CONTINENT This year a School party, 39 strong including staff, visited Innsbruck, the dates being left as late as possible in the hope of securing good weather—a hope that was fully justified in the event.

The outward journey was happily devoid of incident. There was snow and sleet all the way across Switzerland, and into Austria.

Indeed, by the time we reached the Arlberg tunnel the snow was at least four feet deep, but on the eastward side conditions were much better. We reached Innsbruck in time for a late lunch, and spent the afternoon exploring the town. The weather was still overcast, and the town was not at its best, so that many of us got a first impression of shabbiness, which was largely dispelled when, on later days, the sun and clear skies revealed the attraction of the streets and their setting.

Next morning we continued to explore the town, and visited the celebrated monument to Maximilian, with his twenty-eight ancestors and models of knightly virtue. Of these King Arthur—actually the work of Albrecht Diirer in Nuremberg—stood out, we feel, because, if he discarded armour for tweeds, he would be the prototype of the English country gentleman. This was in sharp contrast to the hawknosed, hang-dog features of the Hapsburgs. In the afternoon we walked by Berg Isel through the pine woods to Igls. On the return some of us looked in at the Abbey Church of the Premonstratensian Abbey at Wilten, now restored after serious bomb damage. The heavy black marble side chapels were perhaps too massive to please entirely, but the whole is certainly a very fine piece of restoration. The parish church nearby was also visited by one or two; it is rococo of the purest style and entirely charming. It is a pity that so many missed it.

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On Saturday we went by bus over the Brenner Pass into Italy.

As we crossed the frontier we met brilliant sunshine, and our impressions of what the Austrians call Sud Tirol and the Italians Tridentina were of the best. Boizano, with its squares and arcades and street market and gay church roof and police with swords and cocked hats, pleased us all, but the most delightful town was Merano.

This place, set among snow-capped peaks, and with a mountain river running through, was gay and clean, and its gardens were at their best with magnolias, cherries, cinceraria, jasmine, and many other flowers in full bloom. Here some of us were lucky enough to see two youths and girls in local costume. The journey itself is fascinating, with its mountains and castles, orchards and vineyards, precipices and waterfalls. In fact, for many this turned out to be the outstanding day of the whole tour.

On Sunday morning some went to see a soccer match (Innsbruck 4, Vorarlberg 1) while others explored the town and took the opportunity to take photographs in a brilliant light while the traffic was not too heavy. Some of these enjoyed the spectacle of a Tyrolean band in full costume, led by two girls, also in folk costume and carrying miniature wine casks, marching down the Maria Theresa Strasse.

In the afternoon we took a bus to Neustift, the end of the road up the Stubaital, and walked back to Fulpmes. The party split up for the walk, and probably those had the best of it who took to the woods and alpine pastures on the west of the valley. The weather was brilliant, and the scenery the photographers' despair.

Monday was another day of very fine weather, and we went by bus up the Inn Valley as far as Telfs before turning north into the mountains, past the brilliantly green mountain lakes near Nassereith, over the Fern Pass (nearly 4,000 feet) to Lermoos, where we had lunch. The plan was to go by cable railway up the Zugspitz, but this was closed. The management kindly agreed to take us up to the first stage, and as this is at over 8,000 feet the ride was exciting enough. The last 1,000 feet or so we were unable to do, as that is in German territory and they had withdrawn their passport officer!

However, the day provided a vivid experience. Some were lucky enough to see chamois; others enjoyed watching a ski expert. We returned via a corner of Germany, stopping at Garmisch Partenkirchen—a straggling town where almost every other car is American.

The journey back took us through Mittenwald, celebrated for the paintings on the house walls, and over a winding mountain road with remarkable gradients and bends, to the Inn Valley.

On Tuesday morning we climbed up to the Hungerburg in the morning, only to find the cable railway to the Hafelekar closed for repairs. The substitute was peaceful refreshment in the sunshine with the panorama of Innsbruck below us. Very likely some thought that a preferable alternative. In the afternoon the party split, some going for a swim in the palatial but slightly crowded baths, while 24

others walked by a side road to the little unspoilt town of Solbad Hall, returning by an old-fashioned rattling tram with four trailers.

The last full day was spent on a visit to Salzburg. The journey took longer than we had anticipated, for most of the road proved inferior to our much-maligned English roads and much of it was narrow, winding and bumpy—the last a result, it seems, of frost damage. In the end, the three hours in Salzburg proved inadequate, and we came away with a rather confused notion, for it is not an easy place to grasp as an entity. However, we found time to appreciate the site of the city as we entered by a tunnel through the Munchsberg and contemplated the castle of Hohen-Salzburg, and to visit the Cathedral (sealed off beyond the nave while bomb damage is being repaired), the fountain where horses were washed, the fountain where the Virgin is striking down the Devil (one feels quite sorry for him in his anguish), the fountain of the Four Horses, the Franciscan Church, and Mozart's birthplace. Some of us penetrated to St. Peter's Churchyard, said to have been in continuous use as such for over 1,300 years, making it roughly contemporary with the School. The familiar cross-keys are to be seen there. When we add that some time was found for shopping as well, it will be appreciated that our visit to Salzburg savoured of trans-Atlantic tourism. The drive back was very good, especially by the wooded gorges of the Salzach river.

The last morning was devoted to shopping, the only difficulty being in deciding what of the many attractive presents to buy. Shall it be wrought ironwork, carved figures, Tyrolean hats, Tyrolean handwoven cottons and woollens, Tyrolean china, leatherwork, or liqueurs?

Some random impressions : wrought iron signs outside shops and inns (the Schwarzer Adler, where we stayed, had quite a good one); Rattenburg, the oldest town of the Tyrol, quite unspoilt by tourists, on market day, with the valley farmers at the cattle market; crocuses on alpine slopes; paintings on house walls, many of them delicately and skilfully done; cows at the plough and drawing long, narrow carts or loads of hay; deer-warnings by the roadside; sheep with bells; tracks in apparently inaccessible snow 7,000 feet up, seen from a cable railway; castles half-way up slopes or, more often, on isolated rocks in valleys; propaganda for the return of South Tyrol (it has been Italian since 1919); Italian enthusiasm for passport formalities and Austrian disdain for the same; alpine huts scattered over the slopes for the hay harvest, but mostly empty now; caraway seeds in the hotel food (we had them in bread, with beetroot, in salad, with soup— only one day was missed); the crooked church at Solbad Hall (the result of an earthquake c. 1700, we were told).

The staff, especially, but everyone in general, were much helped by our guide, Siegfried Haslwanter, a student at Innsbruck University.

Our holiday also owed much to Herr Ultsch, proprietor of our hotel, who met every request most willingly. Indeed, everywhere we found a friendly and helpful welcome, and the Innsbruck tour ranks as one of the best of the nine that School parties have undertaken.

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THE CURIA Easter Term, 1958 The term began, as usual, with the preliminary meeting, when D. Kirby was elected Chairman of the Society and T. Chilman, Secretary. At the same meeting R. M. Wheeler was invited to become a member of the Society.

The first meeting was held when the Chief Constable, Mr. C. T. G. Carter, gave a very interesting lecture describing the "Diamond Street Murder". This talk gave a useful insight into police methods, and showed that the detection of a criminal depends upon hard work, patience, and the unceasing search for evidence. In the particular case quoted, the piece of evidence which proved conclusive was a small piece of pinewood, the size of a pin, which was found amongst the possessions of the criminal, and which was identified as having come from the scene of the crime.

In the second meeting, an entertaining evening was had when D. B. Irvin provided a selection of music of his own choice. He placed his music into four categories, namely Classical, Light, Popular or Commercial, and Jazz, and illustrated each particular category with appropriate gramophone records.

The last meeting took place near the end of term, when a playreading was held. The play chosen was "The Applecart", by George Bernard Shaw, and was very much appreciated. Unfortunately time did not permit the completion of the play in one evening, and so it was arranged to complete the play before the end of term.

Regrettably this meeting had to be cancelled at the last moment.

Once again the domestic staff must be thanked for providing refreshments at each of the meetings.

T.C.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY There has certainly been much activity in the debating sphere this term. It cannot be claimed that the standard of debates was as good as it was last year, but the standard definitely improved from that of the disappointing last term. Without brilliance, but good solid workmanlike stuff, were this term's debates. But let us review the term's activities.

Among the positions that Mr. T. M. Jenkinson resigned at the beginning of term because of the trite, but true, reason of pressure of work, was that of Secretary of the Debating Society. Mr. D. B. Irvin was elected to that position.

The first meeting of term took place on 18th January and there was a very low attendance of members. The motion was "This 26

House is itching to return to its studies after the pagan orgies of Christmas". Mr. T. M. Jenkinson, proposing, needed a rest from a gay life. Opposing, Mr. T. Chilman did not want to give up his amusements before the arrival of Lent. Mr. D. G. M. Young and Mr. R. Baxter were the respective seconders. A disappointing debate ensued, the motion being finally carried by 69 votes to 30.

The second meeting of term was held on the 1st February. Mr. E. S. Jeffs, naturally, proposed "This House believes that women are not the weaker sex". He believed in the equality of the sexes, and quoted examples of women in public life to prove his point.

Opposing, Mr. A. D. Hart thought that women in public life were simply "men in skirts"; and among the adjectives he used to describe women were "frail", "curious", "fickle", and "weak". Seconding speeches were made by Mr. K. Gosling and Mr. D. E. Rayner. A most enjoyable and good debate finally saw the motion defeated by 32 votes to 9, with 19 abstentions.

Various criticisms of constitutional affairs having been made at the previous meeting, an extraordinary meeting was held on 11th March at 12-20. The result of this meeting was the drawing up by the Committee of a series of rules which was then carried with one amendment at the fourth meeting of term. En route to this, however, eighty per cent of the Committee resigned and were reinstated, and there was much hot air flying about.

"This House believes that violence is no answer to expressions of national feeling" was the debate for the motion for the third debate of term. On opposite sides of the House were Mr. F. C. Beaumont and Mr. P. L. Bellwood. The former believed that violence always produces failure and that peaceful negotiations and arbitrations were the solution; the latter believed that often the only solution lay in the use of violence. There was little time for many of the projected speeches from the floor, but a good debate ended with the motion being carried by 27 votes to 21, with 9 abstentions.

The fourth debate was on the motion "This House believes that class distinction is both inevitable and desirable". Mr. D. J. Cook told us that classical classless societies were not classless and that Marxism was an idealistic failure. Mr. D. B. Irvin objected to the stratification of society by money and thought it illogical to assume that past class distinction inevitably meant future class distinction.

Seconding speeches were made by Mr. D. B. Robinson and Mr. W. M. Howard. There were 33 speeches from the floor and the motion was carried by 31 votes to 19, with 10 abstentions.

The final debate of term was a combined debate with the Junior Section of the York Branch of the English Speaking Union.

Proposing the motion "This House looks forward to the day when a place in the school orchestra is as coveted as a place in the school XV", 27

Mr. J. Farrell, of E.S.U., believed in tolerance and magnanimity, and also thought it an unnatural phenomenon to praise rugger above art. Mr. T. M. Jenkinson disagreed; it was more difficult to get into a school team than into an orchestra, and there was scope for initiative in the former, not in the latter. Mr. R. Fleming (E.S.U.) and Mr. R. L. Evans were the respective seconders. Among speakers from the floor was Mr. Giles Shaw, who fully lived up to the reputation of the two worthies of whom his name is composed. Indeed, we do thank the E.S.U. greatly for their participation in this debate, and hope that this will not be an isolated example of co-operation. They carried their motion by 45 votes to 15, with 7 abstentions.

And so ended another debating year.

D.B.I.

THE SENIOR SCIENCE SOCIETY The Senior Science Society, in only its second term of existence in its present form, had another successful series of lectures on such diverse topics as Microscopic Pond Life, Astronomy and Space Travel, and Antibiotics.

For the first meeting J. M. Lennox and K. Gosling gave interesting and informative lectures on "Cathode Ray Tubes", and "Microscopic Pond Life". Cathode rays are electrons travelling in a vacuum, and exhibit several properties by means of which they can be identified.

The lecturer illustrated these properties by several experiments.

Cathode rays in electronics find their principal uses in X-rays, electron microscopes, oscilloscopes, television, and radar. Pond life can be divided into two categories—Plant life and Animal life. Microscopic Plant Life in ponds consists of various groups of algae, which the lecturer described. The animal life dealt with ranged from the single celled paramecium to the smaller crustaceans such as cyclops and daphnia.

The second meeting took place when Dr. J. W. Belton, of Leeds University, lectured on aspects of "Space Travel and Astronomy".

Now that the initial problems of escaping from the sphere of the earth's activity have been partially solved, scientists can consider more seriously the possibility of space travel. With this idea in mind Dr. Belton considered the conditions which exist on the planets within immediate range of the earth, and concluded that the only planet which offered any real promise was Mars.

For the third meeting W. I. Macdonald and R. L. Evans gave a combined lecture on Antibiotics, followed by talks by the Secretary, T. Chilman, on Methods of Analysis, and "Harmonic Motions".

W. I. Macdonald, speaking first, outlined the history of antibiotics from its earliest inception with the work of Pasteur, to the work of 28

the present-day scientists. The greatest advance made in this field was the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming. R. L. Evans continued the lecture by considering a whole range of antibiotics, and their effectiveness against the various organisms responsible for disease.

The result of this investigation showed that no antibiotic was entirely effective in its use against all disease organisms. T. Chilman, talking on Analysis, explained and demonstrated the means by which compounds under investigation may be analysed. The simplest means is by chemical precipitation. More complex analyses employ mass spectrography, chromatography, and spectroscopy. The lecturer considered the relative merits and demerits of each method. The second lecture was very brief, and concerned Harmonic motions, and Lissajou's Figures, which were demonstrated by experiment on the School harmonograph.

For our fourth meeting we were visited by two officers from the School of Signals, Catterick Camp, who lectured on various aspects of wireless communication. Major Burrows explained the nature of radio waves, the characteristics of the three types of waves (which vary with their frequency) and the differing uses made of them. He showed a number of up-to-date sets and allowed members of the Society to operate them. He indicated that radio sets of the future would be smaller, lighter and more efficient and that transistors would be much more used. Major Mullaly explained how a wireless wave could be made to carry speech. The three ways of modulating a carrier wave were (a) amplitude modulation in which the amplitude of the carrier is made to vary in direct proportion to the speech wave, (b) frequency modulation, in which frequency was made to vary, and (c) speech analysis in which the speech was broken down into a number of parts, each part modulating a separate carrier.

The Society is very grateful to those boys who have given lectures and demonstrations and to visitors to the School, who have included three lecturers from Leeds University.

T.C.

THE JUNIOR SCIENCE SOCIETY At the first Society Committee Meeting of the year, the Society was split, to form the Junior and Senior sections; thus, after the first joint meeting, the two Societies went their separate ways.

Three speakers from the Grove were invited for the first meeting, D. E. Rayner, R. M. Wheeler, and R. L. Evans; their talks were on, respectively, oil refining, tapered roller bearings, and penicillin. The second of these, Wheeler's talk, was rather above the heads of most members, although it interested all present. R. L. Evans made an offer for a small party to go on a tour of Glaxo Laboratories, but

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nothing more has been heard about this from the Chairman, Mr. Crews.

The second meeting ran on different lines, the theme being "The design and tuning of the Internal Combustion Engine". Mr. Sedman gave a wonderfully enlightening lecture on this subject, aided by a panel of "experts" : Scarth, Thornton, Proudfoot, Raylor, and I. T. Parkin.

R. A. Field was the speaker at the next meeting, the title of which was, "The Organ—its mechanism". He explained each part separately, after which the Society moved to the Chapel for a short recital on the School's instrument.

For the last lecture of the first term, a speaker was invited from the British Interplanetary Society, Mr. Metcalf, whose highly interesting descriptions were, to say the least, "As good as the tele.", as one member put it.

The second term of the Society showed a number of new faces, indicating to us all that the Society was growing in strength and popularity.

"The Radio Valve and its Uses" was the subject for the first, rather hurriedly prepared, evening's instruction, and the speakers were C. J. Marsay, P. A. Crossley, W. E. Jones, A. S. Brining, and M. J. Macartney.

Photographic demonstrations were arranged for the next meeting, when photography was discussed, from the fundamentals of the film to the modern complex cameras. The speakers were M. W. Territt, Puttock, R. A. Field, Fulbrook, W. E. Jones, and, of course, the Chairman, with his excellent clarifications of all the explanations.

A much more unusual course was taken in the next lecture.

D. N. L. Beresford spoke on the human brain, and explained its various uses in the body, and A. S. Brining and W. E. Jones demonstrated hypnosis and mental suggestion.

A debate followed two films (from I.C.I.) in the last lecture. The films were "Enterprise" and "Balance, 1950", coloured cartoons explaining I.C.I.'s work. The motion of the debate was "This House believes that there is a scientific basis for supernatural phenomena".

The Secretary proposed the motion, and J. H. Franklin opposed— the opposition won by a small majority.

From the increases in membership over the year, it can clearly be seen that a prosperous second year can be looked forward to.

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THE BRITISH SHIP ADOPTION SOCIETY The "Clan Stewart's" Voyage 9, the beginning of which on 31st October from Birkenhead was reported in the last issue of "The Peterite", finished in Britain on 9th February, when she docked at Avonmouth.

The outward passage, with the usual mixed cargo of British exports, was to Dakar (for oil), Lobito, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, and Port Louis in Mauritius. This passage was uneventful except for a severe westerly gale the first two days out, making it necessary to reduce speed and alter course to reduce the very heavy rolling.

A few tons of tea and tobacco were loaded at Mauritius, and then the ship called at two small ports in Madagascar—unusual places for a ship of this type, and ones which none of our adopted ships had visited before. Capt. Graham's account of these places is given below.

Loading continued at Beira, Lourenco, Marques, Durban, Port Elizabeth, and Cape Town, and then, with a call at Dakar for bunkers, the ship returned home. An interesting event on this passage was an encounter with a sand-storm, an account of which is given below.

The homeward cargo was typical of our imports from the Rhodesias and S. Africa : casks of wine, cartons of canned goods, bags of wattle extract, slabs of copper, bales of gunnies; maize meal, asbestos, ferro-manganese, chrome ore, vermiculite and monozite ore —the last under all sorts of restrictions and regulations as a previous shipment had proved radio-active. There were also less familiar items—bags of hominy chop, seaweed, shell grit. The cargo loaded at Madagascar was mainly beans and cotton seed.

We are much indebted to Capt. Graham for a detailed account of the voyage, a chart, echometer readings, drawings of various ports, brochures, specimens and a cargo stowage plan. These have made an interesting exhibit in the Geography Room.

The statistics for Voyage 9 are : Total time on voyage : 119 days 7 hours 2 minutes.

Total time in port : 70 days 0 hours 16 minutes.

Passage time : 49 days 6 hours 46 minutes.

Passage distance : 18,386 miles.

Average speed : 16.06 knots.

TULEAR AND MOROMBE IN MADAGASCAR. "Tulear is a well-protected port and has a small jetty. Although strong winds can blow, the reefs break down the seas, so that one usually finds it choppy instead of rough. The cargo, usually butter beans, is loaded into lighters which are towed out to the ship, but I was asked to go alongside to expedite loading. The jetty is 200 feet long and on our side we had 25 feet of water. On the other side it was completely dry at low water—rather disconcerting. It is necessary

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to get off the jetty before noon as a strong on shore wind starts blowing every afternoon during the cyclone season and then dies away soon after sunset.

"I went ashore to have a look at the place. It was very small, and one could see it all in twenty minutes. A few houses for the Europeans looked very attractive. For the remainder, the natives lived in shacks which appeared to consist of pieces of wood tied together with coir yarn. How they stood up is still a mystery to me.

"Morombe is not a nice place to visit for the first time. The ship has to pass between two reefs keeping leading marks in line right ahead and then as another pair of beacons come in line on the port side to alter course quickly to bring them in line astern. One has to go in at a fair speed to counteract the strong current. We were fortunate in arriving an the top of high water and so could not see the reefs. When low water came along it was rather scaring to see how the reefs extended, and the small gap the ship had to pass through. The width of the entrance channel is about 500 feet—not sufficient room for a ship to turn round. At night there are no lights to give a check on the anchor bearings, and so we kept the radar switched on."

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SANDSTORM OFF CAPE BOJADOR.

"At about 0500 hours, 5th February, we were in the vicinity of Cape Bojardor, when it became very hazy, and by 0600 hours we were experiencing a sandstorm. This lasted till 0200 hours the following morning. Visibility varied from twa miles to nil and it was necessary to slow down at times and to use the steam whistle. We passed five miles off Grand Canary but never had a glimpse of land.

The entire ship was covered with a dirty yellow sand. Despite having all windows and doors closed, the sand was everywhere. We were 120 miles off the coast of the Sahara and altogether we travelled 315 miles in a northerly direction before getting clear."

CAREERS The Public Schools Appointments Bureau in a recent Bulletin referred to 1958 as an engineering year as far as their activities are concerned. Certainly the Bulletins, Short Works Courses, and Careers Masters' Conventions have a very strong engineering flavour and the Bureau makes no apology for this bias. While, in the schools, we must try to avoid a lack of balance in careers information and advice, there is no doubt that in engineering, properly-qualified Public Schoolboys can find demanding and rewarding careers. Most good openings are, of course, for boys with scientific and mathematical ability as shown by "0" or, preferably, "A" level results, but there is also considerable scope for boys who are following non-scientific courses 32

of study. It is often little realised that industry embraces branches of many of the professions and that it is possible to obtain a wide variety of professional qualifications while training with an industrial firm.

Training, both for technical and for non-technical posts is usually given through some apprenticeship scheme, which may or may not include a University course. For those who do not go up to University (an increasing number), training is usually supplemented by attendance at a technical college on one day and two evenings each week over a period of up to five years, depending upon age, qualifications and progress. An alternative is the "sandwich" course in which the apprentice spends six months with the company in each year, the remaining six months being spent in full-time training at a technical college. At the end of the course some such qualification as the Higher National Certificate or Diploma in one of the branches of engineering is gained and this can lead to an associate membership of one of the engineering institutes. This year the first Diplomas in Technology will be awarded. Training for these is given at one of the Colleges of Advanced Technology, which are situated in various parts of the country, and the standard of the Diplomas should be equivalent at least to that of a Pass Degree. Many engineering firms are making it possible for their apprentices to train for these diplomas and they should be of great interest to those boys who cannot find a place at a University because of very stiff competition, but who have done well at Advanced level.

On the commercial side there are also many training schemes and it is here that the non-technical boy may find his niche. An increasing number of companies is running commercial apprenticeships under the auspices of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, and training under their schemes can lead to the higher levels of management in competition with those who have come up on the technical side. It is perhaps appropriate here to point out once again that on both the technical and commercial sides the personality of the candidate in each case will play a decisive part in the rate and extent of his progress. This factor of personality is very hard to define, but there is no doubt that it cannot be developed to the full without active participation in all facets of school life.

During the Easter holidays I attended a P.S.A.B. Convention in South Wales. Each delegate visited four out of the sixteen companies sponsoring the Convention and, as the Bureau will be issuing a Bulletin later, setting out the necessary careers information about each company, I will content myself by giving a few general impressions.

One of the most vivid, shared by all delegates, was that industry in South Wales is virile, progressive and very optimistic We were struck by the fact that many of the responsible positions were occupied by comparatively young men and that there did not seem to be any preference given to Welshmen. Industry in South Wales has changed radically in the last ten years and there is now a wide variety of 33

engineering in addition to the old-established industries of coal-mining and the manufacture of steel and tinplate. Even in these there have been remarkable advances, as illustrated by the building of the Margam steel works of the Steel Company of Wales. There are many other major developments, such as the construction of a major oil and iron ore port at Milford Haven, the construction of an oil pipe-line from Milford Haven to the refinery at Llandarcy near Neath, and collaboration between the National Coal Board and the Wales Gas Board to drain methane from the coal seams to provide gas for domestic and industrial use. All these and similar developments provide stimulating and rewarding work for a very large number of engineers and it seems likely that such stimuli and rewards will increase rather than diminish.

THE MUSIC SOCIETY OFFICERS: Chairman: MR. F. WAINE. Gramophone Librarian: J. G.

SLATER.

Hon. Secretary: R. A. FIELD. Chorus Secretary: B. JoNEs.

COMMITTEE : HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES:

Grove: R. A. FIELD, A. GOMERSALL. The Manor: G. D. PARKIN, R. H. SYKES. Queen's: T. CHILMAN, B. JONES. The Rise: D. L. BROWN, T. E. H. SABBEN-CLARE. School House: J. G. SLATER, B. G. WAY. Temple: K. GOSLING, I. T. HUNTER.

The Society, under its new constitution, continued successfully during the term. The membership is now 30 plus the Committee.

The main aim of the new system, larger and more enthusiastic attendances, has been achieved.

There were two Committee meetings, at the first of which T. M. Jenkinson resigned from the Secretaryship owing to pressure of work.

R. A. Field was elected to succeed him.

There were one open meeting and four closed meetings during the term. The open meeting was held in Big Hall on 8th February at 6-30. The main speaker was C. J. Partridge, 0.P., who gave a descriptive talk on the Development of Organisation in Jazz, illustrated by a very wide range of records. The new Secretary filled in the remaining time with a short discourse on the Influence of Jazz on Contemporary Composers illustrated by Milhaud's "Creation du monde".

The first closed meeting of the term, on 30th January, was an illustrated talk on The Art of Singing by Mr. Ockenden, who gave the talk at very short notice as B. Jones had been taken ill.

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The second meeting was delayed a day because of the C.C.F. The talk was given by T. E. H. Sabben-Clare on Guitar Music and was illustrated by excerpts from the Guitar records in the School Library.

The third meeting of the term was also delayed a day for the benefit of Cert. "A", Part II, candidates. At this meeting Field gave a talk on the Baroque Organ which was enhanced by two records of the same piece of Bach on two entirely different styles of organ, the Baroque and the Romantic.

The final meeting of the term, on 27th March, was a talk by

B. G. Way on Strauss Tone-poems, which he illustrated by playing parts of Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel by Richard Strauss.

The term has been a successful one, marked by a fine School concert and, thus encouraged, we look forward to the continuation of the Society's present policy.

R.A.F. THE SCHOOL CONCERT "SAMSON" 6-30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 14th and 15th March, 1958, in Big Hall Milton and Handel make a strong combination : they also match each other in their assured stride, firm, and heroic. Invention never seems to tire in either, even if the style remains obtrusive. It was a pleasure therefore to hear the words as well as the music, for, in the soloists especially, enunciation was good.

Rarely can the School have contained within its walls so many good soloists; indeed, such was the choice that two excellent tenors were rivals for the part of Samson : Mr. Oatley sang the part on Friday and Mr. Wall on Saturday. It was fascinating to compare their interpretation : Mr. Oatley lyrical, gentle and exquisitely modulated (it would be a pleasure to hear him sing to the accompaniment of a lute); Mr. Wall powerful, dramatic and thoroughly Samsonian—or perhaps Sam-sonic. It is a tribute to the music, as well as the singer, that Mr. Oatley's voice, less obviously suitable for Samson, was in fact the more moving in "Total Eclipse"—he conveyed the pathos compellingly : Mr. Wall's dramatic, even heroic, manner was brilliantly powerful, however, in the duet "Traitor to love". This duet, with the two trebles, P. Hunt and A. J. Neal, singing the part of Delilah, was one of the most satisfying things in the evening : the double part confused the ear at first and the pure treble quality when one expected lush soprano was a surprise, but these disadvantages were overcome by the singers' assurance and verve. The blend of treble and tenor in this exciting music was only equalled by the other duet, "Go, baffled coward, go", for bass and tenor voices. Here 35

again Mr. Oatley's light voice worked in pleasing contrast with the richer quality of Mr. Ockenden's voice (singing Harapha). It is a pleasure to hear Mr. Ockenden sing, and we shall look forward to more.

It is natural that recently broken voices should suffer a little beside trained and more mature ones, particularly in dramatic music of this type. B. Jones, appearing in public as a baritone for the first time, has a pleasant voice with some promise—but it is not yet in control. M. Precious was more finished as a performer and, though there seems less scope for advancement, his voice is already enjoyable to listen to : philistines in the audience just beat the Philistines in the chorus in their reaction to his terse recitative "What hideous noise is that ?".

Honourable mention should be made of the solo "May every hero fall like thee", sung by A. J. Neal and D. A. Turnbull—this was a good piece of singing—and especially of "Let the bright Seraphim", sung by a row of trebles. This is music that rings in the mind long after the concert is over There remains the bass chorus, who sang "Honour and Arms" with suitable assurance, and the chorus as a whole. The chorus is, of course, the backbone of a work like "Samson" and, with Mr. Ockenden in the basses, and Mr. Wall in the tenors, entries were always accurate and assured : this assurance greatly increased the listener's enjoyment, for there was no fear of mistake. Needless to say, the trebles were most efficient—but we have come to assume that at St. Peter's. The whole chorus may be the background, but they had three resounding choruses to present : "Awake the trumpets' lofty sound"; "Fixed in His everlasting seat"; and the conclusion and climax, "Let their celestial concerts" in which with trumpets blaring, and orchestra and chorus at full, the audience thrilled to the marrow.

Although the orchestra was a little immature in some sections and, on Friday at least, lacked cohesion, it supported the singers well.

Mr. Jorysz gave a commanding lead and one of the cellists says that the cellos were highly commendable. The audience was delighted by the little game of "Cox and Box" played by Anfield and B. Jones whenever Jones sang. The continuo never gave grounds for worry.

We thank Mr. Waine for organising, training, rehearsing, and conducting this concert, and above all for introducing us to a little known work which should be much better known.

It promises well for the future that the whole evening's performance was carried out by the staff and boys alone, and it is to be hoped that this will always be so. The names of those taking part are as follows.

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PRINCIPALS

Delilah: P. Hunt and A. J. Neal.

Israelitish Woman: A. J. Neal and D. A. Turnbull.

Micah (sung by a baritone): B. Jones.

Samson: Mr. Oatley (Friday); Mr. Wall (Saturday).

Harapha: Mr. Ockenden, except in "Honour and Arms" taken by semi-chorus N. R. Barton, R. F. Brooks, J. A. Bygate, J. G. Clark, T. Chilman, B. M. Fraser, A. Hardman, R. J. Hawkins, K. J. Hick, J. M. Lord, M. Precious.

Manoah: M. Precious.

Chorus of Virgins: C. Metcalfe, J. R. P. Lee, D. L. Marshall, J. C. Powell, D. A. Turnbull.

CHORAL SOCIETY 1st Trebles: C. J. Batty, J. R. P. Lee, D. L. Marshall, D. N. Milnes, J. H. Ormiston, R. W. Pick, J. C. Powell, C. I. D. Tomlinson, D. A. Turnbull.

2nd Trebles: J. N. Arundale, A. D. Best, J. A. Gillies, P. Hunt, M. J. Macartney, C. Metcalfe, A. E. Moss, A. J. Neal, M. J. Pearey.

Altos: J. R. Anfield, D. N. L. Beresford, A. G. Black, A. Gomersall, V. F. Roberts, J. M. Smith.

1st Tenors: I. T. Hunter, W. E. Jones, J. G. Slater, Mr. Wall, B. G. Way. 2nd Tenors: C. D. lbberson, J. M. D. Kirk, D. N. Kendall, A. McCallum, Mr. Oatley.

Basses (Israelites): N. R. Barton, R. F. Brooks, J. A. Bygate, T. Chilman, J. G. Clark, R. J. Hawkins, A. Hardman, J. K. Hick, J. M. Lord, Mr. Ockenden, M. Precious, J. B. Quin.

(Philistines): D. L. Brown, R. R. Baldwin, P. J. Dronfield, J. A. Franklin, Mr. Montgomery, M. J. Poynor.

ORCHESTRA

Violin I: Mr. Jorysz (Leader), P. W. Howat.

Violin II: R. Atkinson (O.P.), A. J. D. Foster, J. C. Brisby, A. J. Bytheway.

Viola: M. Jones (0.P.), J. L. Pilditch.

Cello: Miss E. Groves, Mr. D. S. Mair.

Flute: J. Ford (O.P.).

Clarinet: W. R. Bytheway, J. H. Moss, D. J. Beevers, Mr. Shutt.

Bassoon: B. Jones.

French Horn: P. Hunt.

Trumpet: A. McCallum, M. C. Foy. Timpani: M. P. Giddings.

Bass Drum and Cymbals: J. B. Mathews.

Side Drum: R. F. Brooks.

Continuo: B. Jones and J. R. Anfield.

Conductor: Mr. F. Waine.

THE FILM SOCIETY Although it is probably as invidious to compare the work of two film comedians as it is to have to explain a good joke, with Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton in the same term's programme, the temptation is irresistible. The former is much nearer to being an ordinary person who gets involved in extraordinary situations. In "Safety Last" we laugh in relief at not having to climb a store ourselves. The humour of the latter is more securely based on the character of the comedian himself. In "The General" Keaton is exactly the kind of person for whom a cannon ball, intended to deal death and destruction among the enemy, would land, with the 37

precision and innocuousness of a tiddlewink, inside the cab of the engine he was driving. Both were uproariously funny at times, but neither could have hoped to rival the sustained artistry of Chaplin as revealed in the dance of the bread rolls in "The Gold Rush" or in his attempts to cope with the disintegration of the conjurer's table in "The Circus".

For the first film Mr. Waine provided the traditional piano accompaniment : for the second, he entered into a Dobson and Young partnership with Mr. Crews. Between them they provided over the loud speaker so masterly a combination of Mascagni (tender) and Wagner (valiant) that at least one latecomer upstairs thought it was a genuine sound track professionally added to the silent film.

For the rest—"Mr. 880" was a pleasant reminder of the best type of routine film that the Americans used to make so well before they became self-conscious about the competition of television. With the vast resources of Hollywood behind it, it was no effort to move from private apartment to the United Nations Building, from restaurant to Coney Island. Above all, it was a story about pleasant people, charmingly played with deceptive ease by the chief players concerned.

Usually when a film concerns itself with fantasy, it does so with a light and humorous touch. "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" took the latter's re-appearance off the Costa Brava rather seriously— which meant, in effect, that, other members of the cast being equal, the film stood or fell by the playing of James Mason as the Flying Dutchman. Fortunately he sustained his part, and with it the whole film, more than adequately : and for good measure there was a good bull-fight quite impressively done and Tssa del Mar provided a charming setting for the story. But a few touches of humour would have been very acceptable.

The School film, which we are making, continues to grow, although the weather has been a handicap to both athletic activities and the filming of them alike. The Head Master has made us a generous offer of financial support which we shall most gratefully accept next term as soon as it is clear that we are achieving something really worth while. This sum combined with the profits from the film shows of this season and next should give us ample funds F•J•W. for our purpose.

THE YOUNG FARMER'S CLUB Leader: K. G. COULTHARD, ESQ. Vice-Chairman: W. I. MACDONALD. Chairman: T. M. JENKINSON. Treasurer: R. W. PEACOCK. Secretary: J. S. BOTTERILL. Committee Member: R. R. BALDWIN. Librarian: D. P. COLES.

The emphasis this term has been on sheep farming. At the first meeting of the term, 23rd January, Mr. Oliver, a livestock husbandry officer, spoke on "sheep breeding for wool and mutton", illustrating his talk with slides.

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The second meeting, on 6th February, was an internal meeting at which two members of the Club spoke. Potts spoke about "Sheep", outlining a calendar of procedure for a sheep farmer. The second speaker was Adcock, who spoke on "Poultry". Both lectures were illustrated by use of the epidiascope.

At the third meeting, Mr. Kirby spoke on "Hill Sheep Farming", illustrating his lecture with ccloured slides. Mr. Kirby had taken most of the photographs himself and they provided a very striking accompaniment to his talk.

At the final meeting of the term, Mr. Sneesby, an 0.P., described to the Club life in an agricultural college and answered many questions on that subject, based on his experiences at Seale-Hayne College, Newton Abbot.

One visit was made during the term on 20th March to Messrs.

Myers and Burnell at Dunnington. Here, members of the Club were shown many types of agricultural equipment as used in the Massey Harris-Ferguson system. W.I.M.

C.C.F. NOTES The term's training was, of course, hampered from time to time by the weather, and it is surprising how much it was possible to do outside. For example, the Recruits were able to carry out an exercise on Strensall Common, organised by Sgt. Chilman, and the N.C.O. Cadre spent the last parade of the term in an exercise on the old golf course area.

Preparation for examinations has dominated training in most Sections; in the Signals Section, Corporals Beresford and Crowther are to be congratulated on gaining Instructors' Certificates.

Main Events 4TH FEBRUARY.

Visit by Squadron Leader B. H. Walker, D.F.C., of Headquarters No. 64 (N) Group.

18TH FEBRUARY.

March-past. Salute taken by Group Captain L. W. G. Gill, D.S.O., Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force, Linton-on-Ouse.

11TH MARCH. Major D. D. Penfold, M.B.E., Officer Commanding, Depot Company, K.O.Y.L.I., was to have taken the salute at a march-past which had to be cancelled because of the weather.

18m MARCH. Certificate "A", Part I, examination : 26 out of 35 passed.

25TH MARCH. Certificate "A", Part II, examination; this was conducted for the first time by the K.O.Y.L.I. 15 out of 35 passed.

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Annual Inspection This will be on Tuesday, 24th June, and the Inspecting Officer will be Air Vice Marshal H. V. Satterly, C.B., C.B.E., D.F.C., the Air Officer Commanding, Headquarters No. 64 (N) Group, R.A.F.

Annual Camp This will be at Castlemartin, near Pembroke, from 29th July to 6th August.

The Dronfield Trophy The Head Master has kindly agreed to give his name to the new trophy for the Inter-House C.C.F. Competition.

VISIT TO B.A.O.R. Easter, 1958 The two of us who had volunteered had the good fortune to join Bridlington School C.C.F. to visit the 7th Royal Tank Regiment.

On Thursday, 10th April, we travelled to Harwich and from there on the "Empire Wansbeck" to the Hook of Holland. As senior N.C.O.s we were given 1st class accommodation amidships, but this did not prevent the R.N. section representative from being, with about 80% of the 750 cadets on the boat, violently seasick during the choppy crossing.

On arrival at the "Hook" we changed our English money into B.A.F.S.V.s and entrained for Germany. We arrived at Soltau, our detraining camp, after a nine-hour journey at 8 p.m. on the Friday night, and completed the journey in regiment "B" transport.

Our barracks at Hahne, easily the best we have ever seen, were originally built for Hitler's S.S. and Panzer divisions and were only about a kilometre from the notorious Belsen concentration camp.

On arrival we were split into three parties, one N.C.O. and six cadets going to each squadron. From this moment our activities differed considerably.

"A" Squadron (P.J.B.) On Saturday morning we were kitted out and told that next week the whole Regiment were going out on a five-day scheme which we were attending as active members of tank or vehicle crews.

Saturday afternoon and Sunday were free and we visited Bergen, a large village a few miles from camp and, on Sunday afternoon, Belsen; that day being the 13th anniversary of its liberation there were crowds of German and Polish-Jew mourners. It was altogether a rather impressive and shocking sight with great tumuli containing hundreds and thousands of dead.

On Monday we went to our respective Centurion tanks and drove the 29 miles to the Soltau training area. Unfortunately, owing to a piece of grit in my eye I was sent to the hospital and missed from Monday p.m. until Wednesday.

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We left camp that morning at first light and with R.H.Q. and "C" Squadron were fighting "B", who were acting as enemy.

Our Squadron Commander, Major Fare-Harvey, M.C. and bar, seemed adept at guessing the Colonel's intentions (he was acting as chief umpire) and we had to be continually held up by hastily-laid mine-fields. Eventually we caught up with "B" and after an exciting chase and mock battle were declared victorious.

Thursday was maintenance day and "A" Squadron's tanks were all in good condition; we were able to return and get rid of accumulations of dirt.

On Friday we didn't set out until 9 o'clock and this time we were seeking "C" Squadron. Acting as wireless operator I was able quite easily to pick up the most interesting tactical situations which evolved. One amusing situation occurred when one of the enemy's tanks was sitting astride one of the rides in the woods. As we had not been observed a dismounted attack was ordered. The attackers were told that they would be considered victorious if they "tapped" the tank's crew on the heads. Unfortunately they were unsuccessful as it retreated on their approach.

The day ended with the most exciting battle of the week; thunderflashes, flashing spotlights, verey lights, speeding tanks and scout cars combining to make a most satisfactory scheme's end.

"B" Squadron (D.J.C.) On the Saturday morning we were given a short talk on the Tank Regiment and drew our kit for the exercise : mostly warm clothing. We then met our respective commanders for next week.

I was introduced to Staff Sgt. Engmen in charge of the Squadron's Light Aid Detachment which includes a one-ton truck and an armoured recovery vehicle.

As Saturday afternoon and Sunday have already been dealt with I shall therefore proceed to Monday and the start of the scheme.

Well wrapped up, as befitted the hour, we took our places in the vehicle for the march to "B" Squadron base camp, some 30 miles away, and, having set up camp, I rejoined the one-tonner to lay a telephone wire to R.H.Q., three miles away.

On Tuesday at 11 a.m. the first exercise began, a tank battle :

"B" and "C" Squadrons and R.H.Q. against "A".

That day we remained in reserve, only the A.R.V. being called out to a tank for a clutch job that was to keep it busy for the next 48 hours. The exercise ended the next day at 7 a.m.

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I had little sleep in the one-tonner in bitter weather—an experience that was to be repeated almost every night that week. The next day, Wednesday, with "B" Squadron alone, the L.A.D. was on the move all day with minor repair jobs, based on S.H.Q. Since I was taking turn and turn about as wireless operator, I was at all times able to follow on a map the course of the battle which was often very interesting, as were some of the messages on the air.

On Thursday and until 9 a.m. on Friday, the L.A.D. was engaged on minor repair jobs and throughout the night we helped the A.R.V. to complete the clutch mending. By Friday morning every tank was in tip-top condition for the final exercise which began at 9 a.m. and lasted till 7 p.m.

In the meantime an attempt to get cadets into an Auster A.O.P. of the Army Air Corps was abandoned through lack of time.

"C" Squadron was this time the enemy and though there were no major breakdowns, neither the one-tonner nor the A.R.V. were left idle, and with S.H.Q. were continually on the move.

The battle ended on a large plain in great style, for a regiment of tanks with attached vehicles are at any time an impressive sight.

After a night march back to base camp we had a short sleep, struck camp and moved back to Hohne. * * * Saturday afternoon was again free but most of us were too tired for sightseeing and spent the time eating and sleeping.

On Sunday, slightly recovered, the senior N.C.O.s were taken out to dinner by Flt./Lt. Charlton, the Bridlington C.C.F. C.O., and were convinced that German cuisine is easily as good as the French.

The following morning we were taken to F.M.R. for gunnery practice, using a .22 attachment to a tank.

In the afternoon we visited Celle, a beautiful town similar to York in many respects. Here we did our shopping and visited the castle, whose small but beautiful theatre is the oldest in Germany.

Our last morning was spent in returning kit and cleaning out our rooms.

We left with regret at 11-30 and entrained again at Soltau for the Hook.

The journey back was, luckily, calm, for which we were thankful and we disembarked at 6-30 on St. George's Day, in high spirits.

In conclusion I would like to express our great thanks to all those who helped to make our stay enjoyable, both officers and men, and also to Flt./Lt. Charlton and the Bridlington Contingent for so easily accepting us amongst them. P.J.B., D.J.C. 42

R.A.F. SECTION Visits to Royal Air Force, Linton-on-Ouse, have been made by six cadets, going in pairs on ordinary parade days. Four of them had substantial dual flying, and the other two, grounded by the weather, had link trainer experience.

Cadet Lord was accepted for a new type of R.A.F. camp in the Easter holidays. It was for long hill-walking exercises with map and compass, and general fieldcraft training at Bethesda, North Wales.

In the March Proficiency examination seven candidates out of nine passed.

Annual Camp This will again be at Royal Air Force, Cranwell, from 29th July to 5th August.

BETHESDA HILL-WALKING CAMP Easter, 1958 Four courses were held at Easter, lasting a week each, for R.A.F. and A.T.C. cadets, to develop powers of leadership, initiative, and stamina. I attended between the 12th and 19th of April, the third course to be held. The courses at the moment are somewhat in the nature of an experiment, which looks like being very successful. The idea was originated by the local A.T.C. commander, F/O. Davies, for cadets from North Wales, but now it has become nation-wide.

There are twelve cadets there at a time and in the week I was there they came from such places as Bournemouth, Bristol, Ripon, Dartford, and Walsall.

The course headquarters are in a but by the River Ogwen at Bethesda and in charge are two regular officers, F /O. Dolman and F/O. Mann, the latter being a rock-climbing expert. Most days are spent walking in the hills to pre-arranged objectives such as wrecked aircraft, which lie in abundance all over the Welsh hills.

We walked about nine to twelve miles a day, dividing up into two flights of six each, one cadet being in charge for one day. We travelled light, the only rations taken with us being chocolate and corned beef. Steering was done by compass and by map-work. The Wednesday was perhaps the most interesting day. The morning was spent building a wooden bridge across the River Ogwen. We had a quick lunch and just as we had started rock-climbing training, a crowd of newspaper reporters arrived and several faked-up photographs were taken. After three hours rock-climbing, we then took down the bridge. This was the most interesting part of the afternoon, as three people were left on the other side of the river. They were

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meant to cross dry-shod on a scout-transporter, but unfortunately someone let go of a rope. When they had swum back, they seemed annoyed. Then in the evening we had a night exercise, a four-mile walk, during which we walked up a slate slag-heap and through a bog.

Cooking was done by the cadets, but for the first day or two the officers cooked their own meals, to be on the safe side. In the evenings we were free to wander round Bethesda or crowd round the juke box at a local establishment called "Eddie's".

We had several visits, both official and unofficial. On Monday, S.A.S.O. Home Command, A.V.M. Gilmore, came on an informal visit just as we had come back from a stiff walk. He was given tea from a pint mug heavily doped with condensed milk to emphasise the fact that we had no cups or fresh milk. Other visits were by W/Cmdr. Price, from R.A.F., Valley, who supplied our rations, a Flt/Lt. from 64 Group at Rufforth, and several officers from the Army Outward Bound School.

These courses are still in the embryo stage and several improvements are planned, if these courses are to become a permanent feature.

At the moment there is no fresh milk supplied, which seemed unnecessary as it is only two minutes to the nearest dairy, and there are no baths or showers. At the moment the only place for a bath is the river in the middle of Bethesda; this makes washing embarrassing.

The scope of the course is still rather limited, owing to stringent regulations concerning safety, though an escape and evasion exercise is planned. But the whole thing was undoubtedly a success, efficiently run by two enthusiastic regulars and it is to be recommended to any R.A.F. cadet who has a chance to go.

J.M.L.

R.N. SECTION At the beginning of the term the R.N. Basic Squad joined the R.N. Section, making the total strength 42. The term's training programme was partly determined by the weather, which considerably reduced the possibility of outside activities. Accordingly much of the training had to be carried out in the seamanship room and classrooms, though it was later possible to engage in power-of-command training on the parade ground.

The examination results were fairly satisfactory, five cadets passing for P.O., and ten for Leading Seaman; the whole Basic Squad had already passed the A.B. Examination.

With the closing down of "H.M.S. Ceres" and the Humber Division R.N.V.R., the administration of the School R.N. Section has been transferred to the Tyne Division R.N.V.R., whose Headquarters are "H.M.S. Calliope", Newcastle-on-Tyne.

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SCOUTING SENIOR SCOUT TROOP Towards the end of term J. M. Lennox became a Queen's Scout and joined R. Baldwin, G. Parkin, and Steel as an Acting A.S.M. As noted below, the last three have been appointed to assist with the Scout Troop, while Lennox remains with the Seniors. All four should receive their Warrants at the beginning of the Summer Term before they attend the Chief Scout's reception at Gilwell to receive their Queen's Scout Certificates. During the Easter holidays all four are attending the Public Schoolboys' Course at Gilwell with the object of fitting themselves for further service to the Scout movement. In addition, A. D. Best and J. M. Smith are representing the Group at the St. George's Service and Parade in Windsor on Sunday, 27th April.

The promotions to A.S.M. have given the opportunity to Best, Bygate, Coulson, and Smith to serve as Senior Patrol Leaders and have created vacancies in the Senior Scout Troop to be filled from the Scout Troop at the beginning of next term.

Training and test-passing made good progress during the term and we enjoyed some very successful inter-Patrol competitions and night wide games, in the latter making use of a very generous ration of fog and snow. An innovation was shooting, an activity which appears popular with most of the Troop. The main object is to enter a team for the Duke of Connaught's Shield Shooting Competition. This is a national Scout contest, and to Lennox has fallen the task of selecting and training a team of four, while, at the same time, training younger Seniors with an eye to future years when we shall be without his invaluable skill and experience. During the term we entered a team of two Seniors and three Scouts for an Ambulance Competition in York. Though we came only eighth out of twelve teams the experience gained was valuable. At the very least, we have learned that there is a wide gulf between theory and practice in first aid and that we must endeavour to make our training more realistic in future.

We hope that our summer camp this year will be in Strathtay, Perthshire, close to, but separate from the Scout Troop. Though this will be basically a standing camp, all Seniors will have an opportunity of taking part in a short trek camp, if for no other reason than that they should suffer, as others have done before, from hauling the Group's notorious trike carts over trackless country. The camp will begin on Tuesday, 29th July, and end on Wednesday, 6th August.

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SCOUT TROOP Promotion in School troops usually follows the academic pattern.

In September of each year there is generally a wholesale transfer of Scouts into the Senior Troop and an equivalent intake from St. Olave's or outside. This is inevitable, but it may give rise to a certain rigidity unless the door to advancement is kept ajar. With this danger in mind, a series of promotions has taken place within the two Senior School Troops which should benefit all concerned.

First we were pleased to welcome to the Troop this term R. Baldwin, G. Parkin, and Steel as Acting A.S.M.s : they will now have a chance to gain their Warrants before the end of the year. Secondly, three of our Patrol Leaders (Beckitt, Hardman, and R. A. B. Wood) move up into the Senior Troop next term, to be replaced by their Seconds (Anfield, Burton, and Williams). Perhaps it would be fitting, as we bid farewell to the former, to add that Wood's patrol (Seals) has headed the inter-Patrol Competition chart from its inception last September.

The weather confined our activities to the Scout Hut for most of the term, though the snow did provide us with ample opportunities for elaborate tracking exercises. Nevertheless, this meant that training and testing have proceeded more quickly than we anticipated and a number of Scouts now only need to complete their Journey in the summer to become First Class. Also an encouraging number of Scouts has been gaining Proficiency Badges, the largest group preparing for the Weatherman Badge under Parkin. The opportunity was seized on one dry, frosty afternoon to stage an exacting obstacle race : swarming over a high wall by rope net did not appeal to the more elephantine Scouts, however. Another successful outdoor activity was a York Quest, each patrol being set a series of tasks requiring enterprise and initiative in a limited time.

We now look forward to the Summer Camp in Strathtay, a site Gaelic enough even for Mr. Montgomery. Parents will be sent full details in good time.

SHOOTING The end of this term brings another season of .22 shooting to a close. In postal matches it has been quite a successful one, with only two defeats in the 10 matches shot. The "Country Life" results are not yet available, but our estimated score is some 12 points lower than last year's, as the Rapid was not as good as it should have been.

Groups which alter position have cost us a good many points this season in both rapid and snap. Grouping, however, has been on the whole very good and it is rare for any 1st VIII member to be outside the inch. As this is in some ways the best test of good shooting, it provides an encouraging omen for next term. The 2nd VIII has

probably been rather better than last year's, but there has been difficulty in finding fixtures. The number of boys taking .22 shooting is higher than ever before, and some promising shots are emerging.

As nearly all the 1st VIII and many of the 2nd will be leaving this year, we shall need some good new members next year if our standard is to be maintained.

The 1st VIII were all re-awarded or awarded their minor colours.

Results and individual averages are given below.

MATCH RESULTS 1sT

VIII. Match

Opponent's Score

St. Peter's Score

Result

743 748 674 724 741 717 726 756

750 743 745 757 754 754 761 749

Won Lost Won Won Won Won Won Lost

642 743

699 722

Won Lost

v. Welbeck College v. King's College School v. Shrewsbury School v. Denstone College v. Dean Close School v. St. Bee's School v. Giggleswick School v. Rossall School 2ND VIII. v. Welbeck College v. Rossall School 1ST VIII.

INDIVIDUAL AVERAGES

B. C. R. Butler ...

S. H. Newbigging ...

R. Baxter J. M. Lennox ...

G. P. Lowley M. G. Garbutt D. E. Rayner D. A. Wilson F. N. Parkin

95.00 94.42 96.57 94.42 91.05 91.14 95.42 93.85 93.02

2ND VIII. A. 0. Sutcliffe J. K. Hick P. A: Crossley S. D. Baker R. A. Hodgson J. D. Fox A. C. Wilson M. K. Oldham

87.05 91.00 87.00 91.00 83.05 87.00 92.00 88.00

The nine names under the heading "1st VIII" is explained by the fact that we lost our Captain, Butler, for a part of the second half of term through illness. There is, however, every reason to believe that he will be quite fit again next term.

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FENCING The Fencing Club has had a successful Easter Term with four matches, two of which were won, two lost. The results are given in detail below.

Colours were re-awarded to P. J. Burton (Capt.), D. J. Cook, J. B. Mathews, and were awarded to D. N. L. Beresford.

We asked all our opponents to provide four foilists in an endeavour to enlarge the number of fencers in the School with match experience.

This was done, with the worthwhile result that 11 boys fenced for the School in this term's matches. We intend to continue this policy in the future.

We are also pleased to report that two boys, Barton and Hobson, are further widening their experience by competing in the Public Schools' Fencing Championships, and we wish them good luck.

Finally, we should like to record our appreciation of the effort and patience which R.S.M. Power devotes to the Club.

St. Peter's v. Welbeck College St. Peter's v. Bede College St. Peter's v. King's College

Foil

Epée

Sabre

9-7 10-6 3-13

2-7 8-1 4-5

1-8 5-4 3-8

10-6

12-4

St. Peter's v. Leeds G.S. (foil only)

Result Lost Won Lost Won P.J.B.

SQUASH The most pleasing feature of the term's squash was the increased interest in the game throughout the School; as a result of this, the Railway Institute courts became almost as popular as the School court.

This keenness among the junior element is particularly encouraging in view of the comparative failure of the 1st V, who in their five matches won two and lost three. The main criticism of the team as a whole must be its lack of consistency. Both Kirby and Macpherson were unable to recapture last year's form, and other strings, although playing well up to a point, often failed to clinch their matches, when they were well on top and had victory in sight.

1sT V

v. WORKSOP COLLEGE (Away), 9th February.

Won, 4-1.

D. Kirby beat T. B. Little, 3-1 (9-4, 9-0, 7-9, 9-2).

D. G. Macpherson beat J. B. de C. Thompson, 3-0 (9-0, 9-6, 10-9).

W. M. Howard beat I. M. G. Torkington, 3-0 (9-7, 10-8, 9-6).

G. W. A. R. Alderson beat W. G. D. Sykes, 3-0 (9-3, 9-4, 9-1).

F. C. Beaumont lost to P. M. 0. Springfield, 2-3 (9-1, 9-7, 7-9, 4-9, 4-9).

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I sr V v. YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE (Away), 13th February Lost, 0-5.

D. Kirby lost to D. J. Oliver, 1-3 (9-4, 2-9, 3-9, 3-9).

D. G. Macpherson lost to N. J. Magson, 1-3 (4-9, 9-5, 6-9, 0-9).

W. M. Howard lost to J. E. Fawcett, 2-3 (9-0, 3-9, 6-9, 9-7, 8-10).

G. W. A. R. Alderson lost to J. N. Hannon, 2-3 (9-1, 9-2, 0-9, 5-9, 9-10).

F. C. Beaumont lost to P. J. Netherwood, 1-3 (9-6, 6-9, 2-9, 2-9).

1sT V v. THE STAFF, 26th February.

Won, 3-2.

D. Kirby beat R. F. Harding, Esq., 3-1 (9-5, 2-9, 10-9, 9-3).

D. G. Macpherson beat A. E. R. Dodds, Esq., 3-2 (9-4, 4-9, 9-5, 6-9, 9-0).

W. M. Howard lost to G. S. Craine, Esq., 0-3 (3-9, 2-9, 0-9).

G. W. A. R. Alderson lost to G. M. Shuttleworth, Esq., 1-3 (2-9, 9-5, 7-9, 1-9).

J. G. Bygate beat D. A. C. Blunt, Esq., 3-1 (9-4, 9-0, 2-9, 9-7).

1sT V v. BARNARD CASTLE SCHOOL (Home), 2nd March.

Lost, 0-5.

D. Kirby lost to C. H. Kipling, 0-31(1-9, 3-9, 7-9).

D. G. Macpherson lost to J. F. Wilson, 0-3 (8-10, 3-9). 4-9).

W. M. Howard lost to J. Bardy, 1-3 (9-2, 2-9, 3-9, 1-9).

G. W. A. R. Alderson lost to C. S. Faith, 2-3 (10-8, 9-6, 7-9, 9-10).

J. A. Bygate lost to J. J. H. Watson, 1-3 (9-4, 5-9, 5-9, 0-9).

1 sr V v. YORK RAILWAY INSTITUTE (Home), 9th March.

Lost, 1-4.

D. G. Macpherson lost to N. J. Magson, 1-3 (9-8, 5-9, 7-9, 1-9).

W. M. Howard lost to M. Willstrop, 1-3 (7-9, 9-3, 1-9, 4-9) G. W. A. R. Alderson lost to J. E. Fawcett, 2-3 (10-9, 6-9, 9-5, 1-9, 5-9).

J. A. Bygate beat E. Outhwaite, 3-0 (9-3, 9-2, 9-5).

E. M. H. Ranson lost to P. J. Netherwood, 0-3 (1-9, 6-9, 2-9).

As usual, there was a struggle to complete the three competitions before the end of term. The three finals, however, all proved very interesting matches; this was particularly true in the Intermediate final, where some very good squash was played.

COMPETITION RESULTS OPEN :

D. Kirby beat D. G. Macpherson, 3-1 (9-3, 2-9, 9-5, 9-7).

INTERMEDIATE :

G. W. A. R. Alderson beat E. M. H. Ranson, 3-1 (9-5, 9-4, 3-9, 9-5).

JUNIOR :

J. C. Lacy beat M. W. Foster, 3-2 (9-6, 9-10, 4-9, 9-2, 9-3).

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CHESS In the !Christmas Term, owing to the flu' during the early part of the term, only two matches were arranged, and, owing to their many activities at the end of that term, Archbishop Holgate's asked to postpone the match till the Lent Term. Thus we only played St. John's College before Christmas, and were handsomely defeated.

However, early in the Lent Term we entertained Archbishop Holgate's, and, though we were again defeated, it was not overwhelmingly.

Welbeck, whom we visited along with the hockey teams, gave us a draw, but Worksop College declined to play us as they asserted that "too many of their players were playing hockey".

York Chess Club gave us a good game, beating us quite well, and Bootham gave us a final defeat.

Though, as the results show, the year seems hardly to have achieved much, it must be remembered that, in two years' time, the team will be almost unchanged, and by that time, we hope, the members of the team will have enough experience to carry all before them. It is interesting to note, too, that most of our wins this year have been on the lower boards, a fact that bodes well for the future.

Turning to the House matches, which were played during the Lent Term, the results can be seen in the table below. It must be said that School House would probably have done much better in the final against Rise had F. C. Beaumont not been ill in hospital.

SCHOOL FIXTURES. 22nd Nov. St. John's College (Home), Lost, 9-1.

30th Jan. Archbishop Holgate's (Home), Lost, 7-3.

5th Feb. Welbeck College (Away), Drawn, 3-3.

24th Mar. York Chess Club (Home), Lost, 6-1_31.

26th Mar. Bootham School (Away), Lost, 7-3.

HOUSE MATCHES. Grove Grove Manor School House (3-2) ( .1 School House Rise (5-0) I Rise (1- 1) Rise Temple / Queen's Queen's

The following played in the School team :D. J. Cook, P. S. H. Jesper, F. C. Beaumont, R. L. Evans, J. W. S.

Gale, A. Gomersall, J. N. Hanson, R. A. Martin, E. M. H. Ranson, A. Hardman, B. D. Shearsmith, C. W. Gough, D. Kirby, G. Gildener, M. J. Kershaw, E. S. Bolton, W. Gibson.

Finally it must be stated that the raising of the number of boards from 8 to 10 in matches seems to have inspired some more junior members of the School. We wish, too, to record our thanks to Mr. Wiseman for his considerable help and to Mr. Herring, 0.P., at present resident at Cambridge University, who has offered his services as "coach" for a while at the beginning of next Christmas Term. His knowledge and experience will be much appreciated. D.J.C. 50

HOCKEY, 1958 Once again this is a story of "what might have been". Four 1st XI matches were played out of eleven and only about the same number of practice games were possible on grass, although much energy was expended on the aerodrome tarmac.

Consequently, one can only conjecture as to what the team might have achieved, given a full season on firm pitches.

The potential was there : Kirby, McCallum, and Macpherson formed a very sound nucleus of experience and skill, which only faltered before the much more experienced and practised Worksop side and the speed and shooting of Bellerby in the York match. The other old colours, Thorp, Baxter, and Irvin, never really found their touch in the limited time available, but the newcomers generally acquitted themselves well. In particular, Burbidge at left back and Ranson at right-half showed much promise : although naturally lacking polish, they nevertheless did their job very efficiently. Baldwin was generally sound in goal, whilst not quite reaching the heights of some of his illustrious predecessors. Gale and Woodruff, young players with less than a dozen games of hockey behind them, both showed signs of natural ability and tried very hard; given more practice in good conditions they would undoubtedly have improved immensely.

The 2nd XI also had four matches, in which they showed signs of being a useful side. The form of Gough, Precious, and Hemsley was encouraging for the future.

The other two games operated with commendable enthusiasm in the very trying circumstances.

Final teams :— 1ST XI R. R. Baldwin, A. McCallum,* P. B. Burbidge, E. M. H. Ranson, D. Kirby (Capt.),* R. Baxter, M. W. Woodruff, D. B. Irvin, J. W. S. Gale, D. G. Macpherson, R. H. Thorp. * Denotes cap.

2ND XI C. W. Gough, F. C. Beaumont, P. S. H. Jesper, T. D. J. Layfield (Capt.),* M. Precious, T. M. Jenkinson, P. J. Dronfield, L. W. K. Mackay, M. J. Kershaw, P. L. Bellwood, C. J. Hemsley. * Denotes colours.

FIRST XI MATCHES 5th Feb. v. WELBECK COLLEGE. Away. Won, 2-1.

This, the first match of the season, was played in fairly dry conditions, but with a very strong wind blowing down the field. The first half was very disappointing, with neither side looking dangerous.

Shortly after half-time, however, Welbeck scored during a scramble in the School circle. This was what was needed to raise the level of the game, and the School immediately went into the attack; countless

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assaults on the Welbeck goal eventually resulted in two goals by Kirby.

A third goal by Kershaw was disallowed. The School defence was sound and the right wing pair, Irvin and Woodruff, were always dangerous.

19th Feb. v. SCARBOROUGH COLLEGE. Home. Won, 5-1.

Although started in dry conditions, the game was soon affected by a steady drizzle. The School quickly showed their superiority, and two early goals by Kirby and another by Gale just before half-time put them in a safe position. A breakaway goal by Scarborough woke the School up again and two goals by Macpherson settled the issue.

Many chances were missed because of carelessness in the circle, but the School were never in danger of defeat. The passing among the forwards showed great improvement, but the defence was scarcely tested.

22nd Feb. v. YORK H.C. Away. Lost, 2-8.

Played on the York ground, the game started fairly evenly, and York were rather fortunate to take the lead after ten minutes. The School forwards were playing much better than in previous matches and they soon equalised when Gale scored a fine goal. The score remained level until shortly before half-time when York scored from a corner; they scored two more goals very quickly to lead 4-1 at half-time. In the second half, the School found Bellerby, the York captain, increasingly more difficult to hold and four more goals followed before the end. In one of the School's rare attacks Irvin scored a good goal. The inside forwards, Irvin, Gale, and Macpherson worked very hard, the latter, in particular, having an excellent game.

5th Mar. v. WORKSOP COLLEGE. Away. Lost, 1-9.

The pattern of the game was set in the opening minutes when Worksop threw attack after attack on the School goal. The School, labouring under the disadvantage of little practice, found Worksop far too good for them, and the forwards were unable to make any headway and thus gain relief for the defence. The first half brought six goals for Worksop, but in the second half, although Worksop were still well in control, the School managed to keep the scoring down to three more goals. Shortly before full-time McCallum succeeded in scrambling the ball into the Worksop goal to bring the School a little consolation.

SECOND XI ... v. Welbeck College v. Scarborough College ... v. York H.C. v. Worksop College

Away Drawn 3-3 Home Won 3-0 Home Lost 2-7 Away Lost 0-8

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CRICKET FIXTURES, 1958 1st XI Sat. May 10 Wed. „ 14 Sat. „ 17 Wed. „ 21 Sat. „ 24

Clifton C.C. York C.C. 1st Round Sen — Giggleswick School Wed. „ 28 Durham School Sat. „ 31 "A" XI v. Regt.

Depot, K.O.Y.L.I. Wed. June 4 Worksop Coll.

Sat. „ 7 Leeds G.S. Wed. „ 11 Christ's Coll., Carob.

Fri. „ 13 "IDenstone Sat. „ 14f College Wed. Sat. Wed. Sat.

„ 18 „ 21

M.C.C. Bradford G.S.

25 „ 28

Semi-final Seni Yorkshire Gents. C.C. Ampleforth College Final Senior Ho — Craven Gents.

C.C. — Bootham Schl.

„

Wed. July 2 Sat. Wed. Sat.

„ 5 „ 9 „ 12

Wed. Sat.

„ 16 „ 19

Wed.

„ 23

Fri. Sat.

T. H. Hobson's XI „ 251 Old „ 26f Peterites

2nd XI

'Under 16' Colts XI Ashville College

H 1-1 for House Matches H

'Under 15' Colts XI A

1st Round Juni or

House Matches

H

Bootham Schl.

A

A

Giggleswick School Durham School

H

Durham School Manchester Boys XI

A A

Worksop Coll.

Leeds G.S.

A

Worksop Coll.

H Worksop Coll.

Leeds G.S. Semi-final Junio r H ouse Match

A

H H

H H Bradford G.S. or H H US

A

House Matches Pocklington School Ampleforth College Match

A

H A

Giggleswick A School Semi-final Junio r H ouse Match Bradford G.S. A Bootham School

Ampleforth College

H

A

H

Final Junior Hou se Bootham Schl.

H

Match

Minster Choir H Schl. Old Boys

A

H

EASTER TERM RUGGER As usual 1st year boys continued with their Rugger this term, and much useful practice and experience was gained. Conditions are never easy in an Easter Term, either an abundance of mud has to be contended with or a bitingly cold wind, which clears the floods but tests the player. This year's set combated these conditions no less successfully than their predecessors, although sometimes driven to find exercise on the tarmac runways of the aerodrome, and at other times, exercise being impossible, to find guidance from the T.V. screen.

After six weeks had elapsed the Junior XV took shape and they proved themselves well up to standard by defeating Pocklington School (Away) by 23 points to nil. The forwards were markedly weak in the early stages of team building and had few ideas about playing together as a pack, but the backs showed a refreshing determination to run strongly although the timing of the pass was often at fault. Tackling generally was too high and suspect.

The following made up the selected XV :S. R. Hutchinson; C. J. Parker, A. J. De Mulder, M. T. Bell, R. A. Wood; J. D. M. Hackney, J. A. B. Carruthers; J. M. D. Kirk (Capt.), C. Metcalfe, G. A. Hart, J. R. Brown, M. A. Clegg, M. C. M. Jesper, R. H. Parker, R. L. Bruce.

Others less fortunate will no doubt come into the picture in the ensuing years.

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CROSS-COUNTRY AND ATHLETICS If the 1957 season can be said to have gone a long way towards popularising athletics, the same cannot be said of the 1958 season.

Seldom can the weather have been more foul than this year.

The first disappointment came with the final cancellation of the Cross-country Race after an earlier postponement. The contest was intriguingly open. S. S. Hobson, holder of the Goodburn Cup, had the unenviable task of defending his title in the face of stiff opposition, and at least three Houses, maybe more, had designs on the "plate".

It seemed for a time that the same fate was likely to befall the entire athletic programme. The track, so-called, presented a pathetic sight when the programme was due to start, and only a complete transformation of the scene brought about by bitter, yet drying, east winds, made it possible to start the programme a week only behind schedule. This delay did, most regrettably, necessitate the cancellation of our only fixture and demonstration, a match against a team of Northern athletes so kindly organised for us by C. H. Lewis (O.P.).

There was a danger, however, of the inter-House competition being left stranded on the rocks, so our whole time and attention was devoted to the running of Standards and the elite had to forego the invaluable experience that would have been provided by this fixture.

The icy conditions never relented, and the fact that so much was achieved in such a short space of time seemed to justify the cancellation. The Standards competition was completed and rivalry was just about as keen as ever. Those who particularly distinguished themselves by attaining maximum points were as follows :—Set A : J. A. Bygate (Q.) and R. R. Baldwin (R.); Set C : C. Hermiston (G.), W. E. Jones (G.), M. F. Grainger (T.), and T. D. F. Anderson (S.H.); Set D : T. P. Brown (G.), R. G. Armstrong (M.), T. E. Giddings (Q.), A. Hardman (Q.), G. H. Dale (M.), and P. G. Humpherson (T.).

The Rise gained a narrow lead over the Grove. Final placing and points from Standards were :200 Rise Grove School House Queen's Manor Temple

196 183 182 177 161

Queen's made up much of the lee-way by their successes in the Mile races which followed. Although the track had considerably improved conditions were still bitterly cold, and, in the circumstances, W. Mitchell's lopping second off his Intermediate Mile record of last year was a fine achievement.

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MILE RACES RESULTS Senior Mile: 1. J. A. Bygate (Q.); 2. R. R. Baldwin (R.); 3. T. Chilman (Q.); 4. J. B. Mathews (R.). Time : 5 min. 3.4 sec.

Intermediate Mile: 1. W. Mitchell (Q.); 2. J. W. S. Gale (R.); 3. W. E. Jones (G.); 4. M. G. Staveley (T.). Time: 5 min. 3.8 sec. School Record.

Preliminary heats were held and the stage was set for the grand finale-Sports Day. Alas ! the weather intervened once again and hopes were dashed. Not even a postponement helped matters. The only remaining possibility, the jumping events, were held, and not without a good measure of reward. D. G. Macpherson jumped magnificently to add no less than 18 inches onto the Senior Long Jump record, previously held by J. D. C. Wall in 1950. Both the first two Intermediate high-jumpers failed at a height which would have created a new record, and both R. R. Baldwin and T. E. Giddings did well in winning their events. All this, too, on an afternoon yet colder and damper than ever.

FINAL JUMPING RESULTS Senior Long Jump: 1. D. G. Macpherson (S.H.); 2. P. J. Dronfield (R.); 3. R. M. Wheeler (G.); 4. R. Baxter (S.H.). Distance: 21 ft. 51 in.

School Record.

Senior High Jump: 1. R. R. Baldwin (R.); 2. P. B. Burbidge (G.); 3. T. Chilman (Q.); 4 equal. M. Precious (T.) and J. J. Rhodes (S.H.).

Height : 5 ft. 3+ in.

Intermediate Long Jump : 1. J. C. G. Wheeler (G.); 2. M. F. Grainger (T.); 3. P. M. B. Smith (S.H.); 4. R. A. Martin (T.). Distance: 17 ft. 7 in.

Intermediate High Jump: 1. C. Hermiston (G.); 2. M. J. Bond (S.H.); 3. R. A. Hodgson (S.H.); 4. J. C. G. Wheeler (G.). Height: in.

5 ft.

Junior Long Jump : 1. R. A. Spencer (Q.); 2 equal. R. G. Armstrong (M.) and T. P. Brown (G.); 4. J. M. Pattinson (R.). Distance: 15 ft. 7 in.

Junior High Jump: 1. T. E. Giddings (Q.); 2. R. G. Armstrong (M.); 3. P. Stuttard (Q.); 4. R. H. Parker (R.). Height : 4 ft. 91 in.

Thus the Rise won the Athletic Shield on Standards alone, with the Grove as runners-up.

Amidst the many disappointments and frustrations, our sympathies particularly must go to J. A. Bygate, Captain of School Athletics.

• He, fortunately, will have a further year with us.

THE BOAT CLUB The most notable piece of news about the Boat Club must certainly be the new Boat House, but as reference is made to this in a separate note after this report, it is only necessary to say here what a pleasure it is to have a single building with room for boats, oars, work-bench, as well as changing room and washing facilities. The bad weather this term, which included the worst floods since 1947 and at least three doses of snow, made the completion of the Boat House very difficult, but it was possible to use it from the very 55

beginning of the term and we owe a lot to Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Coates for the way in which they worked to allow us to get our activities started.

Boating itself was severely curtailed on several occasions and as a result all Houses were short of practice. Senior crews managed to reach a reasonable standard but Junior crews and others were not able to have as much exercise as they should have had. This is particularly disappointing from the point of view of the beginners, who should all have been in Fours before the Summer Term. However, such things have happened before and we can only face the Summer Term in the expectation of better weather and keen interest.

Because of the difficulty of starting Athletics at the right time it was possible to have one or two outings in the Eights, but once Standards started everything was set aside for them and two hours or so on the field meant that the ardent athletes were too exhausted to be able to get any benefit from an outing on the river. So, at the time of writing it is not possible to form any definite opinion about the composition of next term's School crews.

The House races were held on approximately the right days but the preliminary round of the Senior races could not be held until Wednesday, 5th March, because of flooding. On 5th March the preliminaries of both Senior and Junior races took place and the plan was to have the semi-finals and finals of both divisions on the following Saturday. This went very well until the second Senior semi-final when there was a dead-heat between Manor and Grove.

And so, instead of having the whole event finished on 8th March, the re-row was held on that day and the Senior final took place on Wednesday, 12th March. This rare occurrence of a dead-heat is the boaters' nightmare and also a headache for the organisers of regattas, as a disruption of the time-table is bound to occur, and time-table variations are the boating fraternity's sensitive point.

We were glad to have Mr. B. Oatley, of King's College, Cambridge, as a Student for this term and he spent a lot of his time coaching, for which we were very grateful. Mr. Mair also had a very full life on the river with his usual enthusiasm. The whole Boat Club will wish him great happiness in his married life and will also be perturbed if he thinks that his change of civil status will justify the reduction of his activity in the Boat Club. No-one who knows Mr. Mair will feel that there is the slightest risk of this happening.

RESULTS OF THE HOUSE RACES SENIOR.

1st Round: Manor beat Rise in 4 min. 5 sec.; Grove beat School House in 4 min. 8 sec.

Semi-finals: Temple beat Queen's in 4 min. 32 sec.; Manor beat Grove after a re-row in 4 min. 21.5 sec.

Final: Manor beat Temple by a canvas in 4 min. 37.5 sec.

JUNIOR.

1st Round: Rise beat School House; Temple beat Manor.

Semi-finals: Grove beat Queen's; Rise beat Temple.

Final: Rise beat Grove.

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The new Boat House from the river.

THE NEW BOAT HOUSE The ideas lying behind the plans for the new Boat House were that the existing Boat House, consisting of a single bay long enough to accommodate Eights, erected in 1927, should be extended by adding a further bay on each side. This simple scheme was complicated by other factors, such as the provision of lavatory accommodation for use by boaters and cricketers alike and also a cricket store in order that cricket gear should not have to be carried backwards and forwards to the School every day. In addition, it was felt strongly that the new building should not encroach in any way on the Rugger pitches. It was also vital that the frontage should be of pleasing design and a credit to both School and City.

The results of all this are that the Architects have planned and produced a building fulfilling as far as possible all these conditions.

The present new building has a very satisfying appearance. It has a concrete apron leading to a wooden ramp at the top of which two sets of folding doors give access to the central seventy-foot bay and to the new shorter bay just long enough to accommodate Fours, which also houses the oar racks and a work-bench. To the left of these folding doors is a small door leading to the boaters' changing room in which there are ample pegs and seats for whatever number of boaters are boating at any one instant. Through this there are hand basins with cold running water and beyond them lavatory accommodation. These latter facilities are also approachable from the field through a door in the side of the building. The doors and locks are so arranged that the Boat House can be isolated from the rest; these precautions being necessary since there will be times when the cricket field will be in use when the Boat House is not.

There is also a small room for the sole use of cricketers which has a window looking onto the square of the Wightman Field, thus providing a score box for matches. Off this room is a store room for cricket gear.

A large part of the construction consisted in making a new roof to span the three bays instead of only one. This has resulted in a frontage with a roof with a much more gentle pitch and therefore more restful appearance.

A further improvement is the removal of the old and decrepit but and railway coach which were used as changing rooms and a store for oars. Where these stood an area has been fenced off on which boats may be stood and washed down without interfering with passers-by.

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ST. OLAVE'S When looking back over the events of the term, the one really surprising thing is that we ever had time to grumble about the weather. So much has happened in a comparatively short time that it has been one long rush, generally in several directions at the same time. Perhaps owing to the constant change for the worse in weather conditions for quite a large slice of the term, we have been beset by a series of minor illnesses. The staff, in fact, has been as prone to collapse this term as during the exceptional conditions of the influenza epidemic, and we are indebted to Irvin for teaching a variety of subjects. The P.T. was, however, too much for him, and he retired to the operating table after a gruelling session with J2A. It is interesting to note that in two forms more boys had at least a day's absence this term than last, and that our total of 148 boys away at one time or another during the term is considerably above the average.

The greatest number of boys away on any one day was 28 and the smallest total of absentees was five—on the very first day of term.

Quite apart from the ordinary nagging work in the form room, we have a long list of activities, ranging from the mental torture of the various selection examinations to the physical agony of the hyperdermic syringe innoculating us against polio. It really is remarkable how very cheerful we have all kept. Once more the general knowledge examination started the term, and once more there were workmen mixing their concrete and their cups of tea in more or less equal proportions (but in different receptacles). For weeks the surroundings to St. Olave's resembled the last days of Pompei, sometimes covered in ice and sometimes in mud (but always in confusion). Both surfaces mentioned were converted into slides, generally over the most frequently-used routes, but the very pleasing improvements were well worth the preliminary chaos, alarm, and despondency.

Accounts of the various inter-House games are given elsewhere, and we only played one rugger match against another school. Our fixture against St. Martin's, after one postponement, had finally to be cancelled, but we visited Drax at the end of January and were defeated by fifteen points to three. We had had very little practice, and our tackling let us down badly.

Scouting and Cubbing have flourished, and a most successful Camp Fire was held. Some useful badge work, including first aid by the Scouts, has been carried out. One of the more piercingly cold Saturday afternoons was taken up by the Wolf Cub cross-country races. Our teams were not conspicuously successful, possibly because a very powerful band of supporters arrived on the scene after the end of all the races, but C. W. Clegg came in 4th in the Junior event and did indeed lead for quite a long time.

In Chapel we had the litany on Ash Wednesday and on two occasions we had evensong instead of martins, but the highlight of the worship was probably the special service on Palm Sunday.

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Musically the term has gone with a swing. The School concert (the programme is printed below) was much enjoyed by all the performers and by a very large majority of the audience. In a crowded hour the whole School either sang or played upon sundry instruments, one of the highlights being the J5A Quintet. The concentrated power of the timpani, the delicate handling of the triangle and the rhythmic tintinnabulations of the tambourine were held together by the two pianists. The Music Society has been very popular, and many of the boys have helped to entertain their colleagues. Biddle's losing battle with the French horn (or is it the cor anglais?) was a triumph of mind over matter.

The Archxological Society has continued to flourish. We had three meetings, at the first of which Mr. Cooper gave a talk on Yorkshire Castles which followed on from his talk last term. On 21st February, Mr. Willmot again showed us round the Yorkshire Museum, this time concentrating on the medieval exhibits. The final meeting was at Leeds, where we heard a most interesting lecture on Roman Gaul given by Mrs. Brogan, the noted archaeologist.

Finally, we have had to say goodbye to old friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wallbank have for many years attended to our most pressing needs, our stomachs and our games. It would be difficult to calculate how many hundred thousand dinners Mrs. Wallbank has had a hand in cooking, or how many hundred thousand times we have been told to keep off that grass for our own good. Both of them have worked unsparingly for us, so often at a time when we have still been lying abed, that we owe them a great debt of gratitude. To mark their retirement we presented them with a coffee table as a small token of our regard for them, and we wish them many happy years in their new home.

CONCERT Wednesday, 19th March, 1958, at 2-30 p.m.

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

CHORAL SOCIETY

arr. McKie

The East Indiaman PIANO Soi.os (a) Invention in C C. F. Foster (b) Allegretto P. G. Long 1ST AND 2ND FORMS The Keeper

Bach Scarlatti arr. Sharp

CELLO AND PIANO

Trew

Alla Marcia W. Lovell and V. H. R. Waine PIANO SOLO

Bach

Air in F A. Kemp-Welch CHORAL SOCIETY

Ben Backstay Solo—R. H. Grayson

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arr.

Veal

5A QUINTET Hieland Laddie Piano—C. F. Foster and B. G. Shaw Timpani—C. G. Evans Tambourine—T. L. Adams Triangle—M. Sutcliffe 3RD FORMS Ye Gentlemen of England

arr. Wood gate

arr. Keighley

TREBLE SOLO

Handel

Silent Worship V. H. R. Waine SCHOOL CHOIR

Flocks in Pastures Green

Bach

PIANO SOLOS

(a) Allegro W. Lovell (b) Study V. H. R. Waine

Handel Heller

4TH AND 5TH FORMS

Sound the Trumpet

Purcell

STRING ENSEMBLE

Four Folk Songs A. L. McKay; J. E. Fearnside; J. N. J. Grisdale; R. P. Shouksmith; N. J. Smith; J. F. Gagg; W. Lovell CHORAL SOCIETY

The Coaching Song

Britten

CROSS-COUNTRY Unlike our less tough seniors, we were undeterred by the weather, and we were able to fit in the four days of running necessary to complete our cross-country programme. We did, indeed, have to leave the Ings to the raging waters one afternoon and have our races on the aerodrome, which we shared with a small red aeroplane. The league showed Carr to be the undisputed Senior champion, whilst Farrally and Vooght were unbeaten in the Middles and the Juniors respectively. Ainsty started the championship strong favourites, but Wentworth gave them quite a run for their money and, with only the Senior championship to go, they were level at eleven points all.

The championships did not go entirely to plan, for although Carr had no difficulty in staving off all his rivals, both Farrally and Vooght were unable to run up to their usual form, the former being beaten

by Eatough and Hamilton-Williams and the latter having to come in second to Dew who, incidentally, beat him in the same event last year. Below is a detailed table of results :-

House Ainsty

Wentworth

League Seniors —3 Middles-11 7 Juniors —3 Seniors —0 Middles-315 Juniors —2

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Championship Seniors —3 Middles-2 } 7 Juniors —2 Seniors —0 Middles-3 6 Juniors —3

Total 14

11

Seniors —1 Middles-2 } 4 Juniors —1 Seniors —2 Middles-0 2 Juniors —0

Alcuin Elmet

Seniors —1 Middles-1 } 3 Juniors —1 J Seniors —2 Middles-0 I 2 Juniors —0

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4

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS Seniors

1. Carr (Ainsty) 2. Adamson (Alcuin) 3. Brining (Elmet).

Middles

Juniors

Eatough (Alcuin) H.-Williams (Elmet) Farrally (Ainsty)

Dew (Wentworth) Vooght (Alcuin) Emsley, D. J. (Ainsty)

FOOTBALL (Seniors and Middles Rugger, Juniors Soccer) Although Ainsty gradually built up a winning lead, the series of House matches was an interesting one, for the only foregone conclusions were that the Wentworth Seniors would have a fairly monumental score chalked up against them. The other Senior matches were evenly fought out, and indeed the result of the majority of the matches was in doubt until nearly the end of the game. The table below gives the results of all the matches House Opponent Seniors Middles Juniors Points Total :-

Alcuin Elmet Wentworth Elmet Ainsty Wentworth Alcuin

Ainsty Alcuin

Wentworth

Elmet

Elmet

Ainsty Alcuin Ainsty Wentworth

(3) 8-6 (W) 40-6 (W) 69-0 (W) 5-9 (L) 6-8 (L) 78-0 (W) 0-78 (L) 3-51 (L) 0-69 (L) 9-5 (W) 6-40 (L) 51-3 (W)

( 2) 0- 31 (L) 8-3 (W) 3-6 (L) 19-0 (W) 31-0 (W) 3-8 (L) 8-3 (W) 11-3 (W) 6-3 (W) 0-19 (L) 3-8 (L) 3-11 (L)

( 1) 1-2 (L) 3-0 (W) 3-2 (W) 1-2 (L) 2-1 (W) 3-6 (L) 6-3 (W) 4-1 (W) 2-3 (L) 2-1 (W) 0-3 (L) 1-4 (L)

3 6 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 0 3

BOXING TOURNAMENT Wednesday, 26th February, 1958, at 2-15 p.m.

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CONTESTS P. J. Emsley (Ainsty) beat H. A. King (Elmet).

A. G. Collomosse (Alcuin) beat W. M. Hudson (Wentworth).

P. N. Abel (Ainsty) beat S. R. Elson (Elmet).

J. D. Carr (Ainsty) lost to D. H. Adamson (Alcuin).

M. S. J. Best (Elmet) lost to A. J. Moss (Wentworth).

J. R. Platts (Alcuin) beat B. Lumley-Holmes (Wentworth).

M. H. Sessions (Ainsty) lost to N. D. C. Morley (Wentworth).

J. R. Dalkin (Alcuin) beat P. A. J. Gibson (Elmet).

C. Ryan (Ainsty) beat D. L. Edbrooke (Elmet).

C. P. Midgley (Ainsty) beat R. M. Fawcett (Alcuin).

D. G. Routledge (Alcuin) beat P. C. N. Brown (Elmet).

D. S. Bruce (Alcuin) beat A. S. Brining (Elmet).

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BLINDFOLD BOXERS T. L. Adams, M. A. Clayton, G. F. Eastaugh, C. J. Hoare, M. Sutcliffe, R. J. G. Smith, and P. M. Semper.

Scoring—ONE point for the winner.

Duration of Bouts—Three rounds of one minute.

Points before finals—Alcuin-9.

Ainsty-8.

Elmet-5.

Wentworth-4.

OFFICIALS Referee: R. H. Hart, Esq. (A.B.A. Official).

Judges: R. S. Cowan, Esq., D. G. Cummin, Esq., G. M. Shuttleworth, Esq. Timekeeper: K. G. Chilman, Esq., T.D. Instructor: R.S.M. P. F. Power.

Seconds: Alcuin—M. Sutcliffe and T. L. Adams.

Ainsty—D. R. Gow and A. C. Jowett.

Elmet—K. W. Headlam and P. W. Shepherd.

Wentworth—B. G. Shaw and C. G. Evans.

FINAL RESULT Winners of Shield: Alcuin-15 points.

2nd Ainsty-12 points.

3rd Wentworth-6 points.

4th Elmet-5 points.

GAMES CUP Event

Alcuin

...

Boxing (5, 2, 1) Football (20, 8, 4) ...

Cross-country (15, 6, 3)

Elmet

Ainsty Wentworth

6

2

1

20

5

3

15

6

14

37

13

5

WORK SHIELD Alcuin

Elmet

Ainsty

Wentworth

Christmas Easter

7.20 11.98

9.92 15.83

10.00 17.11

6.89 11.98

Total

19.18

25.85

27.11

18.87

Term

AMBOISE, 1958 On this, our second visit to France, we ventured further south to the Loire Valley, having booked accommodation at the College de Garcons in Amboise, about 25 km. from Tours.

1st April was perhaps a risky date on which to begin such a long journey. However, we put aside superstition, ignored the fact that almost every form of transport in France was strike-bound and pinned our faith on British Railways for the first leg of our trip.

It was a glorious day and even the fact that the 2-8 train did not arrive in York till 2-20 failed to damp the enthusiasm of nineteen Olavites and one Peterite who was travelling with us as far as Paris.

Even the Chaplain and Mr. Johnston felt that the apparent advent of French weather at this early stage augured well for the future.

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They were to discover later that they had misread the omens, for, although Amboise, its inhabitants, food, wine and customs were typically French, the weather was to remain unmistakably English for most of the time. However, they learnt later that York had fared even worse and comforted themselves with the thought that such weather might do much to combat nostalgia.

But to continue. . . . We arrived at King's Cross more or less on time, negotiated the tubes at the rush-hour, found our accommodation, were joined by another member of the party, and settled down for the night.

After being awakened in the small hours of the morning by an itinerant evangelist in not too harmonious voice, we breakfasted, loaded our kit into taxis and set off for Victoria and the 8-34 train.

By 9-46 we had reached Newhaven, and as there seemed to be little point in continuing by rail we boarded the "S.S. Lisieux".

Our train from Dieppe, in spite of its previous day's rest, managed to reach the Gare St. Lazare twenty minutes late. There followed a hectic dash by coach across Paris to the Gare d'Austerlitz and in spite of the rush-hour traffic we almost made it in time—but not quite ! As we came in at one end of the platform our train left majestically from the other !

We were now faced with a four-hour wait and so we descended on a nearby cafe, bought sufficient coffee and pop to placate the management and began to eat our packed meal.

At 11-15 we left for Tours where a coach was to meet us and take us back to Amboise. The train was packed, so we ensconced ourselves in the corridor and ticked off the stations as they passedOrleans—Blois, and finally, at 1-30 a.m., Tours. An hour later we were all in bed, having first arranged for a late breakfast.

3rd April. The morning was free and most of us explored the town. Though still slightly dazed by the journey some of us were alert enough to make pen-friends, Barton in particular laying the foundations of what was to become a mammoth collection.

In the afternoon we visited the Chateau and the Chapelle St. Hubert, resting place of the bones of Leonardo da Vinci. Shouksmith, in his efforts to secure unusual snaps, performed balancing feats on the ramparts until the eighty-foot drop was pointed out to him by two rather worried schoolmasters.

4th April. Rather cold and wet. In the afternoon we took the local bus to Tours where we visited the Cathedral and many large shops.

5th April. Free morning devoted no doubt to many private and nefarious activities. Many of us watched the Boat Race on television in a local café. Later we visited the Clos Luce, the house in which Leonardo da Vinci lived at the invitation of Francis I. Here we saw models of many of his inventions.

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6th April. Easter Sunday. The Chaplain held a service for the various school groups and after this several of us attended Mass in the 12th Century Church of St. Denis. Others visited the Sunday Market which was held in a long avenue overlooking the River Loire.

7th April. Another free day. Many of us visited the annual "Foire aux Vins" in the cellars of the Chateau, sampling the regional wines and buying when conscience pricked.

In the evening we went en masse to the local cinema, where we saw a comedy, "Le Cure est Champion du Regiment", and, strangely enough, a film about R.A.F. methods of Air-crew Selection.

8th April. Fine and fairly warm. Individual exploring was the order of the day. Our hard core of "bebe-foot" players continued to increase their skill and Biddell continued to avail himself of every opportunity of sustaining the inner man.

9th April. By coach in the morning to Vauvray, to visit the caves in which the wine is prepared and stored. These were designed like the Metro even down to signs, notices and "portillons autamatiques".

En route we stopped at a vineyard and took photographs.

The afternoon was devoted to last-minute shopping for presents.

10th April. The return journey. By contrast this went very smoothly. We left Amboise at 9-15 and arrived in Paris for lunch.

This left us time for an hour or two's sightseeing before catching our train to Le Havre. Having negotiated the Customs we embarked on an almost empty boat, headed for our cabins, and in many cases fell asleep within minutes.

11th April. Disembarked at Southampton at 6-0 a.m. after a fairly smooth crossing. Our arrival in London again coincided with the rush-hour but we survived and caught our train from King's Cross without incident.

So ended another trip abroad, which, it is felt, everyone enjoyed.

This year we had done something different, cutting out conducted tours, arranging our own as fancy decreed and, since we were in a small town, being able to allow more freedom to everybody.

Finally, I am sure that all of us would like to express our gratitude to M. Lemaire, bursar of the College, for the excellence of our accommodation and cuisine, and to Madame Marsollier, "La Mere-Poule", for the wonderful way in which she looked after our minor casualties.

LAKE DISTRICT HOLIDAY, 1958 This year, a party of three masters and twenty-nine Olavites continued the series of invasions of the Lake District. As usual, an odd assortment of hats congregated in the booking hall, Brown's tea cosy being perhaps the most decorative and certainly the most draughty. The day was warm, for we had picked on the last week

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of the holidays in order to avoid the piercing and bitter blasts of last year. To the experienced eye there were rather too many pairs of large and new-looking boots at the feet of many of our stalwarts, which heralded a very fine crop of blisters after the first day. It is indeed noteworthy that the gym. shoe and carpet slipper brigade had far less trouble with their feet, and one pair of boots did so much damage on the first day that it was not worn again during the trip.

Those who wore "fell shoes" definitely had a more comfortable time, as they always will unless the boot brigade take the trouble really to grow into their boots before they start. Here follows the diary of the holiday :

Tuesday, 22nd April—night at Patterdale.

We were able to make a later start this year owing to the retiming of trains from Darlington to Penrith. Unfortunately, the welcome news of over an hour's grace never got to Mr. Chilman, and he had to wait at the station for us for an uncomfortably long time. We all boarded the North Briton, and sped onward to such good effect that the engine-spotters complained that they were missing many good numbers. At Darlington we changed to a Diesel, and our journey was made more interesting by the fact that we had a team of photographers in with us, snapping views for all they were worth.

They wanted to get some of our party into their pictures but, after a closer look at us, thought better of it, so we shall not be seeing our profiles on any railway posters after all. We reached Penrith shortly before one o'clock, and were soon on our way by bus to Gowbarrow Cottages. Having been decanted by the roadside, we walked for a couple of miles until we reached the path onto Gowbarrow. Three plans were offered, to go up Sheffield Pike with packs, to dump the packs and climb Gowbarrow or to mess about. As everyone except Mr. Pemberton elected the middle one, we watched him vanish in the direction of Sheffield Pike in a cloud of dust and then dumped our gear by the side of the track. We went up Gowbarrow by the standard route above Yew Crag and left at the shooting box, but we came down to Green Hill along the ridge and had a wonderful view of Ullswater before plunging down to High Force and Aim Force, where we were suitably impressed. It was a long slog to Patterdale on the hard high road, but we got there in good time for supper. Distance walked, 11 miles; height climbed, 1,100 feet.

Wednesday, 23rd April—night at Patterdale.

A fine morning, and a rather poor weather forecast. Local opinion was inclined to laugh this to scorn and only four of the more prudent (or pessimistic) bothered to take capes. We started off for High Street by way of Angle Tarn and The Knott, and it became evident that our four pessimists were going to have a good laugh on us for most of the rest of the day. At Angle Tarn it was unpleasantly cold and windy, and from then on we were very pleased to shelter in the lee of the many obliging walls in the vicinity. We were very 65

fortunate to run into several deer just before lunch, which was taken close to the summit of the Knott. We had a quick look down into Ramsgill, and then decided to retire, since the glory of the day had very definitely departed, and there were no takers (thank heavens) when a suggestion was made for a quick dash to Kidsty Pike. We retired in some confusion and in driving rain to Hayeswater, but there was no sanctuary there and it seemed an eternity before we could drip our way back to the hostel at five o'clock. An impassioned appeal to the Warden to open up rather earlier than usual failed dismally because he wasn't there to hear it, so we departed to the eastern shore of Ullswater, where we could at least keep warm by throwing stones into the water. By the tea interval, the rain had slackened, and it soon stopped entirely. The sun came out and we were able to enjoy a scramble on the rocks. Indeed, those who stayed out longest were more or less dry when they returned to the hostel, and the day finished as it had begun. Distance walked, 12 miles; height climbed, 2,200 feet.

Thursday, 24th April—night at Patterdale.

The small hours of the morning were ruined for many of us by a positive plague of sickness, brought about by a germ and/or an unlimited amount of unsuitable food and drink and/or a chill. Even propping up the sufferers against the wind didn't revive four of them, and we had to set out for Helvellyn without them. By the time that we got home, all the invalids were in excellent form, and those who rose to great heights on a comparatively empty stomach had also recovered. The day did not start too well, but the clouds rose ahead of us, and we were able to see all but the tops when we had our lunch by the Red Tarn. The wind was blowing with some enthusiasm, but after a walk round the tarn to restore circulation and morale, a dozen members of the party elected to have a crack at Helvellyn, whilst the remainder retired gently towards Greenside, where we all met for tea. The "A" party, having removed capes in order to reduce wind resistance on Swirral Edge, was soon on its way. By some strange freak of nature, the gale which was blowing at Red Tarn had reduced itself to a flat calm on both edges, but it was a bit draughty on top. We had great fun climbing up, and the mist obligingly lifted when we were on the summit so that we had a marvellous view. The descent along Striding Edge and the crest of the ridge to Birkhouse Moor was interesting but uneventful, and we had no difficulty in reaching Greenside, where the "B" party had been learning all about the mining of lead from the miners who were about to start the four o'clock shift. We returned to Patterdale by the path alongside the old water race, rejoining the Helvellyn track by the kennels of the Ullswater hounds. Distance walked, 12i miles; height climbed, 2,900 feet.

Friday, 25th April—night at Grasmere.

Another breezy day, but not threatening enough to deter the "A" party from going to Grasmere by way of the tops. The "B" party

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went sedately up Grisdale, but met a strong gale at the top of the pass, and found Atlantic rollers on the tarn. They reached Grasmere in time to explore the village and make a pilgrimage to the tomb of Wordsworth, and they watched a horse being shod, most of them for the first time. Meanwhile, the party on the tops was meeting the same mighty wind, with the occasional hail shower to make things exciting, but Birks was soon climbed and the ridge walk to St. Sunday Crag was not too difficult. Lunch was taken in the lee of Cofa Pike, with our feet hanging over Deepdale, and it wasn't long before we were standing on the top of Fairfield. Once again the mist obligingly cleared for us, and we had a splendid view from the top. A comfortable walk along the ridge to Great Rigg and then to Stone Arthur took up very little time. We climbed on the rocks of Stone Arthur, but it was rather too cold to loiter, and we had soon reached Tongue Gill. We decided to push on for the hostel and have tea close to it, leaving a clear hour for individual exploration before it opened. Distance walked, 9 miles; height climbed, 3,200 feet.

Saturday, 26th April—night at Grasmere.

Started off fine but undeniably breezy. We made our way gently up to Easedale Tarn and lingered there for half an hour messing about. The "A" party, totalling 28, then climbed Tarn Crag on its way to Codale Tarn, whilst the small and select "B" party went there by the path and then the bed of the stream. We then started off on the grand tour of the tops, meeting a couple of very sharp hail showers en route from which we had to take cover. It was fine but windy as we climbed Sergeant Man, High Raise, Thunaker Knot and Pike of Stickle, but bad weather overtook us as we had tea at the foot of the last-named knob. A small party made a detour to take in Loft Crag and an even smaller party climbed Harrison Stickle, by which time it was quite obvious that the sooner we withdrew strategically from the tops the better. Lees had been blown inside out on Loft Crag and Shepherd nearly took off from Harrison Stickle, but it must be pointed out that the wind was blowing away from all major precipices. We all climbed down the steep hillside to Stickle Tarn, and were able to admire the very fine rock face of Pavey Ark. We then had a long and wet slog home, luckily with a stern wind, and the last man reached sanctuary with two minutes to spare for supper.

Sunday, 27th April—night at Ambleside.

After a night made exciting for some by one mysterious ailment and one further attack of "mountain sickness", we proceeded in good order to Grasmere Church, where we made the welkin ring with our songs of praise and nearly persuaded the choir and usual congregation to change their usual pointing of the psalms to ours. A pleasant stroll to Rydal, where we took lunch, was followed by a "free afternoon". During lunch we had one sharp shower, but otherwise the day was clear and slightly warmer than usual. Some of the party 67

went boating on Windermere, others explored the caves in the old quarries and scrambled on the rocks on Loughrigg, whilst two intrepid mountaineers reached the top of that mountain. One section paused at the stepping stones across the Rothay and had a battle royal there, and we all had tea at the Roman Fort. Soon it was time to enter the hostel. Distance walked, 9 miles; height climbed, 850 feet.

Monday, 28th April—night at Ambleside.

A private bus to Dungeon Ghyll and a walk up the valley to a base camp just before the roads to the Stake Pass and Esk Hause diverge. At this point we halted and a magnificent dam was built across the stream, after which the long pull up Rossett Ghyll began; Mr. Cooper setting a very gentlemanly pace in order to prevent the party from straggling. In this he failed somewhat, for three or four of the slow brigade straggled up to Angle Tarn, where we made a halt, at gradually lengthening intervals. We therefore found shelter and took an early lunch. Angle Tarn is an extremely windy spot, and we watched one extraordinary squall which scooped up the surface of the tarn and lifted it quite 100 feet. The fast party then made all speed for Scafell Pikes, which it reached at 2 o'clock. The wind was strong, but it was clear and we were able to watch the "B" party advance towards us at what seemed a good round pace.

Most unfortunately, however, one member of the party conked when within full sight of the summit, but all the others reached their objective. Meanwhile, the "A" party was on its way to Scafell, only a mile as the crow flies from Scafell Pikes, but then we weren't crows. We had quite the most exciting scramble of the whole trip, and the journeys both up and down Lord's Rake were memorable ones. It was extremely windy on the top of Scafell, and Quickfall lived up to his name by allowing himself to be blown over times without number, chipping little pieces out of himself each time to mark the occasion. Tea was taken at Mickledore on the way back, which left us just over two hours to get back to the bus. This we all of us managed to do, just, and a very tired but triumphant party travelled home, only to be winkled out of their seats when they had nicely stiffened up. Distance walked, 15 miles; height climbed, 4,000 feet.

Tuesday, 29th

April.

Bus to Windermere and train to York with changes at Carnforth and Leeds and a long pause at Wennington before an engine could be found to take us across the Lancashire border.

In spite of the much later start which we made, the weather was almost as cool as it had been during last year's trip. The setback on the High Street day reduced our number of summits to 20, Haxby being the only member of the whole party to conquer them all.

Very roughly, we walked 81 miles and climbed 17,000 feet, and most of us could have gone on for another few days without wincing.

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