House Notes

the minimum temperatures were generally above average. July was ,somewhat warmer and the maximum temperature managed to reach or exceed 70° F. on 12 days and, as has already been shown above, actually almost reached the 80's on one occasion.

It was perhaps some small consolation to realise from a study of statistics for recent years, that this term's weather was not as bad as it seemed, but probably the best thing that we can do is to follow the advice of the weather expert of a leading newspaper and shift the School bodily to the Azores. K.G.C.

THE GROVE

This, by far the fullest term of the year, proved to be a most successful one for the House. The great achievement was the retention of the Oxford Cup for the third year in succession.

The success in the Shooting, which finally decided the Oxford Cup, was quite unexpected and therefore our trigger-happy band deserve first congratulations. Newbigging, the Vice-Captain of School Shooting and our only 1st VIII member, was awarded his House Colours. Other members of the House, too, must have good eyes and steady hands, for we retained the Aggregate Cup, and M. W. Territt won the Intermediate Medal.

The Senior Cricket XI easily won the Cup for the third year in succession. Although Kirby and P. B. Burbidge (the latter of tractordriving fame) were mainly responsible, the whole team did very well, and after the final, Evans and Mackay were awarded their House Colours. Our Junior XI lost in the semi-final to Manor, but to show that cricket skill is by no means limited to our Senior members, the House League team, under Bottomley, won the Burton Cup. Cricket on the lawn has been very popular, but we are pleased to report that no harm came to our House Master's fine display of tomatoes and lettuce. Of the four School teams, we had three captains. Kirby once again captained the 1st XI and was accompanied by Burbidge. Layfield captained the 2nd XI, and had under him Mackay, Bellwood and Jobling. Layfield, Mackay and Bellwood were awarded their 2nd XI Colours, and for some, Bellwood's fine bowling against Bootham was the highlight of the term. Hermiston received his Colts Colours, and Grainger captained the Junior Colts.

At Tennis we were narrowly defeated by Queen's despite a grand effort by Evans (Capt.) and Gomersall, who won all their matches. Bellwood, incidentally, was a most efficient Secretary of Tennis. Our fencers performed most creditably in reaching the final before losing to Queen's. In the boating world, Wheeler, R. M. (1st IV) and Macdonald (2nd IV Cox) received 1st Boating Colours, and Crossley (4th IV) was awarded 2nd Colours. 25

Our sporting successes finally reached their climax, when we won the Kazerooni Cup on the last day of term. All are to be congratulated, but much of our success must be accredited to Bellwood for his enthusiasm and untiring coaching (perhaps he personally was tired, for he missed the hoop in the Obstacle Race).

At Commemoration we were pleased to see so many Grovites collect prizes, and we hope for further academic successes when the G.C.E. results are known.

The least said about the Singing Competition the better, but we thank Field for his musical help over the years. This term it was strange to think of him as a musician, for the backbone of the School Film Committee was rarely seen without a camera.

In the Drill Competitions at the end of term, our Recruit Squad did well to be very close runners-up to Queen's, and many of the House were to be seen letting off steam in the School Pageant.

It was decided to hold only one meeting of the House Debating Society this term, but it was a highly important meeting, as it was graced by Mr. Harding's presence as proposer. At this point, we would like to congratulate Layfield on being elected President of the School Society. After his excellent departure into the dead language at Commemoration, we hope he will spare a little of his holidays to brush up his English again.

Finally we must say goodbye to our leavers, of whom we have many, thank them for their services to the House and wish them well in the future. We would also like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Harding and Mr. Holbeche for their interest and guidance during yet another successful year.

THE MANOR

The House returned to find that one major change had taken place—the appointment of A. McCallum as a monitor, with the consequent reduction in opportunities for undetected crime.

Apart from the weather, which is not on record as being worse in the Manor than anywhere else, the term has probably been characterised by work as much as by anything else, for 26 members were taking G.C.E. Ten of the prizes awarded on Speech Day came to the Manor.

The Summer Term has a wider range of activities than any other, and in these we have in general been near the top, though actual successes have not been many. Of tennis, the Fernie Cup, and the recruit drill competition, perhaps the less said the better, but in other events we did quite well. In the singing competition, our representatives, coaxed by Jenkinson's particular brand of cajolery, came in third—top of the boarding houses. In cricket both the Senior and Junior teams reached the finals. Rudd made 98 against the Rise and Dunn proved a very successful bowler—both are to be congratulated on the award of their House colours. Two juniors, Hutchinson and 26

R. A. Wood, also did very creditably in the Senior team. Indeed, our Junior side looked—and proved until the final—very formidable.

It is a pity that their display against Queen's was rather disappointing.

In shooting we had some difficulty in finding a fourth man, but the team did well and F. N. Parkin scored a possible. We were second in the Shooting Aggregate Cup, but F. N. Parkin won the Individual

Cup and P. H. Sykes the Recruit Cup. In the Swimming Sports we were second, picking up a fair number of points at all levels, and ending with a victory in the Senior relay. It is a pity there is no inter-House competition for yard cricket, for in that we stand supreme —and also, we believe, unique ! It has been played with all, if not more than, the usual ardour, and the juniors have been indefatigable.

We have contributed widely to School teams : A. McCallum was awarded his cricket cap, and other major colours were for boating to

J. 0. Armstrong and Botterill, and for shooting to Lennox, Lowley, and F. N. Parkin. Rudd was awarded his Second XI cricket colours,

M. McCallum his Senior Colts. Hutchinson, R. A. Wood, and Light- , foot were regular members of the Junior Colts. Lennox has been promoted to Assistant Scoutmaster. In perhaps lighter vein, we provided ten representatives for the C.C.F. Pageant, ranging from a Great Dane to a prisoner in Japanese hands.

There have been certain staff changes this term and we would like to congratulate Mr. Le Tocq on his appointment as Second Master.

But we must regretfully say farewell to Mr. Hart, who has done a great deal for the House in a wide variety of ways, not least in his willingness to act as a general handyman and curator of the House tools. He will be missed by all next term, and we should like to wish him every happiness and success in New Zealand.

Finally, we would like to offer our best wishes to all those who are leaving : they have all done what they could for the House, and if we risk odium by mentioning Lennox and Jenkinson in particular, it is, perhaps, because their opportunities have been greater. The others are : Lowley, F. N. Parkin, Gibson, Botterill, Dimmey, Kelly,

Rudd, Pacitto, and J. Wood. May they all have happy and successful careers.

QUEEN'S

The Summer Term, as we hoped, proved the most successful of the year. Our success in the Music Competition was an auspicious beginning. It put the House in a jubilant mood which continued, in spite of some setbacks, until the end of term. It was not an easy victory. The standard was high, the contest close. All the more credit is due to B. Jones and those who enthusiastically supported him. We believe they celebrated their triumph appropriately.

The Fencing Competition perhaps attracts less attention, but the success of our team in winning the Final deserves no less congratulation. We hope that more of our Juniors and Middles will catch some of the enthusiasm of Burton and his team, for which this success was a well-merited reward.

The Senior Cricket was disappointing, but less so than the Tennis, for the Tennis team was a strong one and seemed to have victory in its grasp before being foiled in the final by School House. The Juniors however made amends for the failures of their elders by winning the Junior Cricket Cup, thanks especially to Shouksmith, who played a very fine innings in both rounds, and the Recruit Drill Cup. It is fair to add that the Senior Drill Squad gave a very good performance and cannot have been far below the winners, the Rise.

We ended the term with four cups in place of the one with which we started it—a gratifying achievement. And one other success, though a modest one, is worthy of mention. To be placed fourth in the Swimming Sports hardly seems to justify self-congratulation, yet we felt a certain measure of satisfaction that, thanks largely to Reiss, we scored more points than we have ever scored before. Dare we hope that this is the beginning of the end of our dismal record in this competition?

Members of the House also played a satisfactory part in School activities. We had J. A. Bygate, reawarded his cap, in the 1st XI, Dale, Thorp and Jesper in the 2nd XI, Moat, Shouksmith (both awarded colours) and Horsley in the Senior Colts, and Lacy, M. C. M. Jesper and Hackney in the Junior Colts. Slade and Beresford were awarded their 1st IV Colours, the latter for the second time, and Crowther his 2nd IV Colours, while Bygate and M. C. M. Jesper played in the School Tennis Team. Particular congratulation is due to N. R. Barton for the very notable part he took in inaugurating a new feature, a historical pageant. He not only shared with Irvin of the Rise in writing the script and directing rehearsals, but also played the part of a blustering sergeant-major with typical gusto. He fired others in the House with his own enthusiasm and with ,Beresford, Thorp, Burton, Mitchell and Bygate, the House was strongly represented in what proved an exceptionally popular performance.

Meanwhile we scored successes in the academic field. Congratulations especially to B. Jones on becoming an Associate of the Royal College of Organists while still at School. Among our prize-winners were Beresford (B.M.A. Medal for Science), Crowther (0.P. Club Reading Prize and German Prize), Anfield (Music Prize for Piano), C. P. Spencer (Vth Form General Knowledge Prize). We ended the term leading in the Junior Section of the Work Cup and in G.C.E. Crowther (Distinction in English and on the reserved list for a State Scholarship), Pickard and Stuttard (9 passes at "0" Level) achieved outstanding results.

We say goodbye to nine leavers at the end of term : Jesper, Thorp, Dale, Giddings, Fox, Blacker, Adams, B. K. Smith and Barber. We wish them well and look forward to meeting our new recruits next term. We hope they will settle down with us quickly and help us to advance to even greater successes.

Looking back, not in anger but perhaps in some disappointment, we find that last term was not as pot-successful as it might well have been; looking forward there is every reason for quiet optimism—but we shall see. We did, however, win both the Fernie Cup and the Dronfield Trophy, both military conquests and both under the leadership of Cook; we hope that the spirit we showed in these triumphs will in the future be harnessed to bigger and better achievements.

On the games field our tennis team lost to Queen's, the Senior cricket team to Manor (in what was a most interesting and enjoyable match), and the Junior cricket team came off the worst in a ding-dong battle with Queen's. As far as representation in School teams is relevant, our House cricket teams should have been quite useful : Irvin was vice-captain of the 1st XI for the second successive year, Ranson earned his cap in his first season in the 1st XI and belied the theory that rotundity and agility do not mix, Gale played many a straight bat and bowled a very occasional crooked ball, and Gough's fierce countenance intimidated all but the most brave; Dronfield spun the ball prodigiously for the 2nd XI, Hemsley scored many runs for them, and Cormack kept wicket; Brown captained the Senior Colts and Fulbrook played under him; and Kirk and M. E. Robson performed for the Junior Colts. Boating has been, as always, purely on a School basis this term, but the Rise has been well represented : Mathews in the 1st IV, Rochfort-Hyde in the 3rd IV, and J. S. Ibberson, A. C. Wilson, and Sabben-Clare in the 4th IV : all expended much energy in contributing to an impressive display of material success for the Boat Club. We provided nobody in the 1st shooting VIII, but Poynor is to be congratulated upon his selection to represent the School in the Cadet Pair at Bisley. Finally, swimming : both Ibbersons and Rochfort-Hyde swam for the School—and the performance of C.D. at Bootham is particularly noteworthy—but their enthusiasm and efforts bore little fruit in the inter-House swimming; a disturbing tradition of lack of interest in the water appears to be growing—but perhaps it was the weather.

The weather did not prevent the usual flurry of Sunday cycling and other activities, about which one must be broad-minded. House activities, societies, etc., showed the customary Summer Term loss of momentum; the Bible Reading Group continued well, and the R.D.G. had two guest speakers; the odd book was taken out of the Library; the Model Railway Club reminded us it was not dead but merely dormant, towards the end of the term. But there is little else to report. There will be more next term; might we see the revival of "The Risite"—only "The Peterite" is its senior in number of publications—now that the "Royal Purple" and "Oasis" have emerged? We wonder if other Houses noted the result of the Queen's polling as to which boarding House members of Queen's thought the best. The statistics were most interesting and gratifying. But, the question occurs, can you prove anything by statistics?—ask Miss Mansfield !

In the literary field, Irvin edited the "Oasis", and three Risites found their literary works of art in print; we would like to think that many Risites hid themselves under the pen-name of Anonymous— we would like to think so, but it is not true. Many of us, though, did participate enthusiastically in the Pageant : and various Risites were variously disguised as Anglo-Saxon Serfs (not much disguise needed here), medieval games players, Elizabethan soldiers, Napoleonic officers, German officers, River Kwai soldiers—the lot !

There just remain a few miscellaneous items to mention : at the end of term Howard, Ranson, and Gale were awarded well-deserved House colours; Mr. Dodds has left us—we thank him and wish him well; to our leavers we wish all that they wish themselves (although, on second thoughts, that might be a rash thing to do in certain cases). Finally, we were glad to see so many old Risites at Commemoration. We are always glad to see any of them; for we know that every individual, however great or small, gives something of value to the community he lives in.

SCHOOL HOUSE

At the beginning of this term our monitorial body rose from six to eight and we congratulate F. C. Beaumont and J. J. Rhodes on their appointments as House Monitors.

In School sports this term we have been well represented : in the 1st XI by D. G. Macpherson, to whom the Fielding Cup was awarded, and D. Robinson, both of whom were re-awarded their colours; in the 2nd XI both F. C. Beaumont and J. J. Rhodes showed their faces occasionally; in the Colts we had Alderson, Naisby, and Priestley; Alderson and Naisby were awarded their colours.

In rowing D. A. Wilson was Captain of the Boat Club and stroke of the 1st IV, P. W. Howat rowed in the 3rd IV and gained his 2nd rowing colours, and P. A. Fenton was cox of the 4th IV and gained his 2nd coxing colours.

We were well represented in the School shooting teams; in the White Rose team by Hodgson, Baker, and Hick; in the 1st VIII by Butler as captain, Garbutt, Baxter, and Hodgson. Garbutt and Hodgson were both re-awarded their colours, Hodgson being awarded his after Bisley. Oldham and Baker both went down to Bisley and we congratulate Baker on coming 2nd in the 9th Man competition at Altcar and at Bisley.

In the newly formed School swimming team we were represented by Baxter, the House Captain, Hodgson, and G. P. Robinson. Hodgson broke the School record for the 100 yards free-style, which he had set up last year, by one second. Three boys, Puttock, D. H. Rhodes and G. P. Robinson were awarded Bronze Crosses for Life Saving and G. P. Robinson received an Award of Merit. 30

By far the most outstanding achievement in the House this term was the winning of the Tennis Cup. This result was very largely due to the keenness and example set by our captain, J. B. Robinson. The House tennis team beat Queen's in the final 5-1 and we congratulate Robinson on the award of his well-deserved House colours.

The House shooting team, consisting of Butler, Garbutt, Baxter, and Baker, came second to Grove owing to grouping difficulties.

In House cricket the Senior team lost to Temple in the 1st round, the Junior team lost to Manor in the semi-final, and, rather disappointingly, the House League team failed to repeat its performance of last year.

In the C.C.F. drill competition the Senior Squad came second to Rise, the Junior Squad not so high up. We thank Beaumont and Garbutt for the effort they, as N.C.O.s, put into it. Beaumont, Garbutt, and Brooks contributed a great deal towards the C.C.F. Pageant, which turned out to be such a great success. Many other members of the House also took part.

During the term J. B. Robinson organised a Junior tennis competition, and this was won by Pearey with J. M. Atkinson as runner-up. Alderson also ran a Junior squash competition and the successful player was J. M. Atkinson, with Gillies as runner-up.

It is worth mentioning one further activity, which can be laid at the door of the House, and that was the ringing of the Chapel bell at close on 11 p.m. on the last night of term. The lack of success in detecting the criminals says much for their staff work, but it is necessary to point out to those that may try to emulate them that there is a very considerable risk attached to the scaling of a wall and entering a window via a drain-pipe.

Finally, to those who are leaving, we give our sincere thanks for the parts that they all have played in the life of the House and we also give them our best wishes. Particularly we wish B. C. R. Butler, who, as Head of House, has been a most understanding boy—tolerant but strict, always fair-minded, always enthusiastic and always gaining the respect of everyone with whom he had dealings—a prosperous and happy future.

TEMPLE

This term was remarkable for the fact that Temple won a Senior House match. We beat School House by the narrowest of margins. Fraser and Woodruff were mainly responsible for our victory, Woodruff even getting a hat-trick, for which he was suitably rewarded. Without Woodruff, who was our sole representative in the 1st XI, we lost to Grove, the eventual winners.

Four Templars rowed for the School and Bacchus in the hope of winning tankards—Smith and Barry in the Second Four and Bradford and Best in the Third. We congratulate them on an extremely successful season.