Scouts

Sworn at St. Peter's Cathedral School near the City of York this 24th day of October, 1860. Jas Meek, Capt. Comdt. 1st Corps, 1 W.R.Y.R. Vols.

Dates

No. Name 801. F. M. Scargill ... at School ... Master 1860 No. Name 302. J. W. W. Taylor Dates Approx. at School Age 1860 ... 1856-62 17

Sworn at the Royal School of St. Peter's near the City of York, the 24th day of October, 1860, before me, Jas. Meek, Capt Commandant, 1st Corps 1st W.R.Y.R.V.

No. Name Dates Approx. at School Age 1860

Dates Approx. 303. Haywood Morris ... 1851-60 19 No. Name 320. Edward Charles Munby at School Age 1856-62 1860 304. Hugh Warton ... 305. William Tomlinson ... 306. John Henry Leeman ... 307. Richard Abbay ... 308. Tom Kilner Clarke ... 309. Charles Edward Freeman ... 310. James Walker ... 1856-61 1853-61 1859-61 1855-63 1857-63 1856-61 1855-62 17 18 16 16 16 15 17 321. George Brudnall Sharp 322. Lewis Medland 323. Charles Haigh ... 324. Samuel Jackson 325. James Lesley ... 326. William Carter... 327. William Vint ... ... 328. George Charles Todd 1860-61 1860-61 1859-63 1851-61 1857-62 1857-63 1860-61 16 15 14 15 14 14 14 311. Alfred Davis ... 1855-62 ? Naylor ... ... 1858-60 15 312. Arnold William Reinold ... ... 313. Thomas Henry Gregory 314. Samuel Joseph Chadwick ... ... 315. Ernest Edward Swaine 316. James Inglis Ransford 1854-63 1852-60 1858-60 1857-60 1854-60 17 17 16 15 15 329. Richard Thomas Hill ... 330. Frederick Blanchard ... 331. James Matthew Meek 332. Matthew Anderson ... 333. Frederick Watson ... 334. Charles William Watson 335. Percival Beevor 1858-62 1859-61 1856-63 1860-61 1854-64 1855-62 17 15 14 18 16 14 317. William Key Matterson 318. Henry Cust ... ... 319. James Simpson ... 1855-63 1859-61 1859-61 15 15 17 Lambert ... ... 336. Charles Joseph Dawson 1856-64 1858-61 14 15

THE SCOUT GROUP

Once again we held a Camp Fire in our Scout Room to which we invited parents and friends, but this year we were more ambitious and put on two performances. The value of this could be seen on the second night, when the whole show took shape and went over very briskly. One encouraging feature was the greater participation by younger members of the Group. The collections realised £,10 10s. Od. and we are very grateful to our guests for supporting us so well. Half of this sum was given to the B.-P. Memorial Fund, making us a Founder Group of the B.-P. Memorial House which is being built in London, and we donated the other half to the School Appeal Fund. We should like to express our thanks to N. R. Barton, who contributed greatly towards the success of the sketches by supplying costumes and making up a very large number of performers. An appreciation of the Camp Fire follows.

GROUP CAMP FIRE

From the spectator's point of view this year's "Camp Fire" was even more enjoyable than last year's. There was the same excellent balance of songs and sketches, Mr. Coulthard conducting the rounds and camp fire songs, Mr. Craine's film of last summer's camp-and the Q 5; but it was clear that this year's entertainment had received much more polish. The curtain did not stick, the camp fire itself was thoroughly co-operative, and the items followed each other with the slickness of a well rehearsed revue. The Waits with their carols, the reactions of the Gentlemen of Europe, the skit on American 25

recording, the swing of Q 5, the hilarious group of Victorian songs by St. Peter's Gentlemen, with a number of sketches by different patrols, together made a most enjoyable evening's programme.

SENIOR SCOUT TROOP

Numbers increased again this year, this time to 36, and we were able to form a sixth Patrol, Raleigh. J. C. Brisby was promoted to P/L.(S.) of the new Patrol and other promotions were : to P/L.(S.)— J. A. Shouksmith (Scott) and R. A. B. Wood (Wingate); and to Sc.rond (S.)—Anfield, Read, Williams and Yeomans.

The main activities this term centred round Pioneering and First Aid. A number of our Seniors took part in a District Pioneering activity on several Sundays and gained useful experience in building rather more complicated structures than we have tried by ourselves. We are very grateful to Mr. J. Coward of the St. John Ambulance Brigade for coming along to instruct us in First Aid. His course of lectures will continue next term and, in addition to helping those Seniors who do not already hold the Ambulance Badge to gain it, it will enable all those who are interested to be examined for the St. John Preliminary Certificate.

A large number of Senior Scouts were involved in the Camp Fire and our backstage men excelled themselves by constructing a bigger and better stage out of nothing.

SCOUT TROOP

We were pleased to welcome Mr. Dunstan into the Troop this term. His services will be increasingly valuable as he gains experience in scouting, but he has already trained our one Tenderfoot and has now moved on to 2nd Class work. Mr. Craine has hence been enabled to move onward and upward and he is now giving valuable help with the 1st Class training scheme. Meanwhile our other A.S.M., D. Marsden, has distinguished himself by ensuring that eight First Class Scouts are well on their way to Scout Cords : he is to be congratulated on the enthusiasm with which he has conducted the Badge work to this end.

The Troop this year comprises 25 Scouts, nine already First Class from last year, 10 Second Class from St. Olave's and the remainder newcomers with some scouting experience. We trust that the Patrol Leaders (Haxby, Gow, McKay, and Wroe) will help us with the training of their own patrols when their Scout Cord fever has abated. During the Indian summer at the beginning of term we completed as much outdoor testing and training as possible; with such a foundation to the year's activities, we feel we can face the bleak mid-winter much more confidently. A York Quest was again arranged during one meeting and proved to be as popular as ever : the results this time were very close.

The term ended with Camp Fires on two consecutive evenings. Although this event receives attention elsewhere, it should be recorded mat three patrols (Hounds, Otters, and Seals) made amusing contributions to the entertainment by putting on three very diverse sketches : they are to be commended for the enthusiasm with which these sketches were prepared and rehearsed. 26