Mr. D. K. Crews

The departure of Mr. D. K. Crews to take up the appointment of Head Master of Scarborough College will leave a very great gap at St. Peter's.

Mr. Crews came on to the Staff in May, 1938, as Biology Master and House Tutor in the Rise, and very soon made his mark in all departments—in Scouting, on the Rugger field and in the J.T.C. (as the C.C.F. was then called). At the beginning of the war he was in his element in the construction of trenches, in the improvisation of black-out gadgets, and in the Home Guard. In July, 1940, he left to join the Army. Shortly afterwards his engagement was announced, to Miss Gundred Waller, already a well-known figure at St. Peter's, as the Headmaster's Secretary. The marriage took place in April, 1941.

For some two years Mr. Crews was an instructor at an Infantry O.C.T.U., and then went out to North Africa and thence to Italy, where he was wounded. After a period in Syria and Palestine he returned to Italy for the final advance, and for his services there obtained a Mention in Despatches and the American Bronze Star Medal. He was demobilised at the beginning of 1946 and returned to St. Peter's in the middle of the Easter term that year.

Shortly after his return Mr. Crews took over the Housemastership of the Rise in January, 1947, and also the command of theiC.C.F. These two interests, together with the building up of the Biology Department, were to become the centre of Mr. Crews' existence.

As Housemaster of the Rise from 1947-58 he did much to foster and develop the Rise tradition and loyalty, and particularly to encourage an interest in hobbies and initiative. He has been a constant friend and adviser to many generations of Riseites.

In the C.C.F. Mr. Crews took over just when big changes were taking place, and during his period of command, which lasted until 1957, he did great work in building up the new peacetime C.C.F., so that there was a sound balance between the three services. His valuable work in this department, not only in the School but also in the North of England, were fittingly recognised by the award of the M.B.E. All who were under him in the C.C.F. will recollect the ingenuity and sometimes the intricacy of the exercises which he devised.

The Biology Department he built up from practically nothing into a first-class department, with a well-equipped laboratory and a flourishing zoo. He infected his pupils with his own enthusiasm.

Perhaps it will be his enthusiasm, his energy and his willingness to take on and to carry through any job that most people will best 3