TEMPLE Room X, previously famous for its quiet sitouts, succumbed this term to the noise and bustle of Junior Middles and Juniors, and gave up its walls to British Railways. With this extra accommodation easing our overcrowding, we set about the new school year with grim determination. Our Senior Rugger team provided the shock of the year by holding The Manor, the favourites, until the dying seconds. For their services to the House in general and for their part in the Senior House match in particular, we congratulate Vaigo, Brisby, Humpherson and Gildener on the award of their Senior House Colours. Our Junior Rugger team did not fare so well, losing to a strong team from Queen's. Woolley, Raine and P. N. Abel received their Junior House Colours for their part in both Senior and Junior House matches. The intellectual tastes of the Junior part of the House have been catered for by the formation this term of a Junior Debating Group, "The Conventus". The Silver Knight returned to us this year, and our Chess team are to be congratulated on beating a strong Queen's team in the final. To conclude a successful term, we ran away with the Junior Long Run, which was held for the first time this year. Robertson was awarded his Junior House Colours for coming second in this event.
THE SCHOOL PLAY "THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL" Within a minute we were in the world that the "School for Scandal" inhabited where, at the flick of a tongue, matches could be broken off, infidelity imputed, elopements forced, sons disinherited and daughters confined, maintained or divorced. Here was a play after the producer's heart, but what of us, the audience? For Sheridan's "The School for Scandal" was the play chosen for the first production in the new Memorial Hall, which now provides a permanent stage, lighting system and dressing rooms. The experience proved to be a salutary lesson for us as well as the actors. No major production has been done at St. Peter's for the last two years and only one boy in this production had ever taken part in one before. "The School for Scandal" provides ample opportunity for the blooding of inexperienced actors with its five major parts and its many character roles of scandal-mongers, fops, cynics, singing drunkards and Jewish money-lenders. One merit of this production was that nobody bestrode the rest and all were adroitly welded together.
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