The Chapel

At the beginning of the new School year Kershaw was appointed Head of the House, and he has been ably assisted by his fellow School Monitor, Crowe, and his House Monitors, Best, Blenkhorn, Hodgson and Smith.

We have our usual quota of Juniors : we welcome them with open arms and hope that their stay here will be a long, happy and successful one.

The main sporting interest this term has been House Rugger, and, although we won neither of our matches, the teams did not disgrace themselves. The Senior team undoubtedly felt the loss of Kershaw against Manor, but they struggled on valiantly and never gave up. Hodgson was awarded his House colours for his efforts in this match. The Junior team met School House in the semi-final and in very difficult conditions covered themselves with not a little mud and glory. The score (18-5) does not really do us justice, as everybody played very hard and several players showed considerable promise. Perhaps we are seeing a long-awaited Renaissance in the House. Ward, who captained the side ably, Monfort and Hart were awarded their Junior House colours.

We were well represented in School teams : Kershaw (until his injury) and Precious were regular members of the 1st XV, Hodgson was awarded his 2nd XV colours, and Smith also played regularly for the 2nd XV; Crowe, Martin and Woodruff appeared in the 3rd XV, Ward played in the Senior Colts, and Monfort and Hart (now and then) for the Junior Colts.

Chess and Fencing still flourish in the House. The Fencing team beat Rise and the Chess team Queen's in friendly matches; Martin, Gildener and Kershaw have indulged in the "gentleman's game" of Chess to the School's advantage—we hope !

All that now remains is to say farewell to those who are leaving us this term : Crowe, who, appropriately enough, is going into Civil Aviation, Hodgson, Fairweather and Roberts. To all of them we extend our best wishes in their respective careers.

Our services in Chapel have followed their accustomed pattern. Mercifully they have not this time been upset by illness, as they were in 1957.

The Harvest Thanksgiving, coming so near the beginning of term, sets a joyful note. The Sung Communion on Advent Sunday and the Carol Service on the last Sunday of term again accentuated that note of joy and thankfulness which should be a characteristic of all Christian worship.