O.P. News

MEMORIAL HALL

We are delighted to report that the Appeal made by Dr. Marcus Clegg in February, 1959 has now attained its objective. The whole of the cost of "extending and refurnishing Big Hall and so making it a memorial worthy of those who died that we might live", has been raised as the result of his Appeal. The total figure of £13,800 was reached on 9th March at the North Western Regional Dinner, when the President (Mr. James Hanson) collected the outstanding balance of £447.

A meeting of the General Committee of the O.P. Club was held at the School on the 3rd March.

The death of S. M. Toyne (Head Master 1913-36), to which reference appears elsewhere in The Peterite, was reported to the Club and at the funeral at Ware on the 27th February the Club had been represented by K. G. Chilman, G. E. L. Graham and K. H. Rhodes.

Commemoration, 1962—O.Ps. are reminded that Commemoration weekend will be from Friday, 27th July to Sunday, 29th July. The O.P. Dinner will be held again at the School on the Saturday evening but in the enlarged dining hall The Club has decided that during this dinner a presentation shall be made to Mr. John Dronfield in recognition of his silver jubilee as Head Master of the School. As it is such a special occasion, it is hoped that there will be a record attendance of O.Ps. and, in particular, that the dinner will be supported by members of the Club who have passed through the School during the last 25 years. To avoid disappointment members who wish to attend the dinner are urged to make early application for tickets to the Head Master's secretary.

It is hoped that all O.Ps. attending Commemoration will make a special effort to attend the A.G.M. of the Club which will be held at 6-30 p.m. immediately prior to the dinner.

In addition to the annual golf competition (Hon. Golf Secretary— P. Crowe, 95 Stockton Lane, York) which will be held on the Sunday afternoon on the York golf course, Strensall, it is also hoped to arrange for an O.P. v. School tennis match on the Saturday afternoon of Commemoration. Any O.P. wishing to participate is asked to write to the Hon. Tennis Secretary—C. H. Lewis, 74 New Bond Street, London, W.1.

In the hope of overcoming the difficulties of identification due to the ravages of Anno Domini, the Committee has authorised the issue of card badges to all , O.Ps., on which space is provided for the member's name and these will be available from the Hon. Secretary at Commemoration. It is hoped that the wearing of these badges may result in many happy reunions.

The Hon. Rugger Secretary (C. W. Thompson) reported that if the School was agreeable he thought it would be possible to raise an O.P. 2nd XV to play the School 2nd XV and the suggestion was adopted.

Full details of the Commemoration arrangements are circularised separately with this issue of The Peterite. 41

CRICKET

Please note change of address: K. M. Ratcliff, Westlyn, Thorpe Lane, Tealby, Lincs.

NEWS OF OLD PETERITES A. C. RODGER (The Rise, 1942-46) is Joint Managing Director of Morleede Holdings Ltd. of Derby, Chairman and Managing Director of

Fairleede Engineering Ltd., Chatteris, Joint Managing Director of

Robert Mortons of Burton-on-Trent, a Director of Acrob Chemical

Processors, Egham, and a Director of Daniel Millers of Dublin.

C. K. SMITH (School House, 1948-53) is to be appointed District Commissioner, Moyale (on the Kenya-Ethiopia border) in June, 1962.

Moyale is on the main road from Addis Ababa to Nairobi and Smith would be delighted to see any O.Ps. who might be passing!

E. M. SMITH (The Manor, 1953-56) is now serving in the Merchant

Navy and is Third Officer in the R.M.S. Rangitane of the New

Zealand Shipping Company. He would welcome correspondence from his contemporaries.

D. K. TIMMS (Temple, 1946-54) is Third Secretary at the office of the

British Chargé d'Affaires in Peking.

C. L. TROOP (School House, 1922-28) Group Captain, R.A.F., has recently been appointed Director of Sport and Inspector of Recreational

Grounds in the Royal Air Force.

D. E. WARREN (School House, 1944-48) Flight-Lieutenant R.A.F., is

Recruiting Officer in Northern Ireland and had a record year for peace-time recruiting in 1961. He has been elected Chairman of the

Northern Ireland Amateur Fencing Union.

In an effort to trace Old Boys who are not members of the O.P. Club a letter and questionnaire were recently sent to all Old Boys whose addresses were known. The results have been encouraging and, as much of the information received may be of interest to others, we publish below some of the replies.

H. ALLANSON (St. Olave's, 1943-48) is farming at Shipton, near York, and is married with one son.

J. C. ATKINSON (Rise, 1935-37), having been awarded the D.F.C. as a

Navigator in the R.A.F., has since the War been working in the theatre, including seven years in Canada. He is at present a director of a new theatrical management, Migdal Productions Ltd., and is about to launch their first play. He is still a bachelor.

R. B. BARRETT (Grove, 1928-31) was disabled in the War and now lives near Newquay, where he works as a Civil Servant attached to the Air Ministry and breeds Welsh Corgis. He is married with three daughters.

L. W. BENNETT (Temple, 1935-39) is an Insurance Manager with the

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J. L. BODEN (School House, 1931-36) was killed by Communists in

Malaya on 20th August, 1948; he was a rubber planter but was acting as a special Superintendent of Police and met his death when saving the lives of a fellow planter, his wife and child; he was posthumously awarded the Colonial Police Medal for gallantry. During the War

Boden was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment in 1941 but did most of his service with the 1st Battalion Cameronians in Burma. Writing in the Regimental Magazine at the time of Boden's death, his former Colonel wrote: "I shall never forget the debt of gratitude I shall always owe him for his advice, encouragement and help in those difficult days (May, 1944) and above all for the inspiration of his own personal example". There are, incidentally, a number of references to Boden in John Masters' latest book, 'The Road beyond

Mandalay'. W. M. BROOK (Day Boys, 1926-32) is City Housing and Estates Manager for the Cardiff City Council. G. C. BROWN (Rise, 1935-39) is Assistant Manager of the Bottling

Department in Tennants Brewery, Sheffield. J. G. BRUNTON (School House, 1929-32) is farming nearly one thousand acres near Middlesbrough. He has two daughters and one son. G. P. BURDEN (Rise, 1952-57) has been studying at the School of Industrial Design of the Royal College of Art, where he founded the R.C.A.

Rowing Club and acted as Student Treasurer, N.U.S. Secretary and

School Representative. He obtained his Certificate Des. R.C.A. in 1961 and executed several commissions for industry in the time he was at the College. He is at present studying at the Hochschule fiir

Gestaltung, Ulm/Donau, Germany, having been awarded an Anglo-

German Exchange Scholarship. J. D. BURROWS (Manor, 1924-29) is Managing Director of British Man

Made Waste Fibres Ltd. and Burrows and Smith Ltd., Precision

Engineers, both of Leicester. W. J. BUTTIMER (Rise, 1925-28) is a Trade Marks and Patents Manager and lives in Hornsea. D. S. CHADWICK (Manor, 1946-49) is a First Officer, Pilot, with

British European Airways based at Manchester; he served as a pilot with the R.A.F. from 1952 to 1957 and is married with two children. C. C. S. CHAPMAN (School House, 1950-54) is an industrial chemist with the British Petroleum Co. Ltd., having obtained his B.Sc. at

Sheffield. He is at present in London and studying to become an

Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. P. F. CHEESEWRIGHT (School House, 1938-42) is a member of a firm of Management Consultants in London. On leaving school he was an

Engineering Student Apprentice for three years and then took a Regular Commission in the Royal Engineers, but retired from the Army in 1952. He is married with two children. B. CROFT-BAKER (School House, 1930-34) lives in Beckenham and is a marketing executive with Esso Petroleum. He has a son at St.

Peter's.

J. A. DENT (Rise, 1934-37) lives in Wickersley and is a Company Director with three 'strapping daughters'.

C. M. DUNN (Manor, 1949-53) is in General Practice in Loftus, having qualified M.B., B.S. at Durham in 1958. N. R. EARNSHAW (School House, 1929-32) is living near Blackpool and is a Director of Palatine Hotel & Building Co., Harwich Picture Houses

Ltd., Globe Cinemas (Barnsley) Ltd. and Globe Entertainments Ltd.

He served in the R.E.M.E. during the war and again for eight years in the T.A. J. N. EMERY (School House, 1927-33) was at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was President of the Liberal Club and on the Committee of the Union. He joined the Staff of Glenalmond as a Physics master in 1937, went to Repton after War Service with the R.A.F. but returned to Glenalmond in 1958. He is married with two children. F. G. ETCHES (School House, 1950-54) is studying Medicine at the

Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, having served for two years in the

R.A.M.C. attached to the Household Cavalry at Windsor. T. H. FRENCH (School House, 1941-45) is Senior Architect with

Montague Burton in Leeds; he was previously in the office of the Hull.

City Architect. D. H. GUDGEON (Rise, 1948-53) qualified M.B., B.S. at St. Mary's

Hospital Medical School in 1958 and after eighteen months hospital work entered the Royal Navy with a three years commission in 1960.

After five months at Haslar he was posted to Singapore, from where he is due back in November, 1962, when he proposes to return to St.

Mary's to continue studying for his F.R.C.S. He is married with one son. L. R. HAILL (Manor, 1944-48) lives in Haywards Heath and is a Trust

Administrator in Barclays Bank. He is married with two daughters. F. W. HARDY (School House, 1951-53) is the half tenant with his father of Grange Farm, Wetwang. He is Captain of Driffield Hockey Club and also a member of the Cricket, Badminton and Tennis Clubs. He adds: "I am unmarried and am enjoying life". D. HAW (Temple, 1948-51) is an Assistant in the Production Department of Rowntrees Advertising. P. M. HEWSON (Queen's, 1950-55) is a telecommunications engineer with the Cable and Wireless Co. Ltd. and is now on a three year tour in the West Indies. R. L. HIGH (Rise, 1953-57) obtained his B.A. degree at Leeds University in 1960 and taught in a French school for a year prior to a course at the Oxford University Department of Education. At the end of this academic year he is taking up a post at `Gboluji Grammar School, Ile

Oluji, Western Nigeria, and hopes to follow his two year stay there with a year in Germany. R. B. HOLDSWORTH (Temple, 1951-53) having spent five years articled to a firm of Chartered Accountants, joined the R.A.F. on a three year engagement in 1959 and has now extended this for a further nine years, as he has good prospects of obtaining a permanent Commission as an

Administrative Officer (Accounts Branch). He is at present serving in Aden.

F. J. HORNBY (Temple, 1935-38) is a Major in the Royal Artillery, having started his military career in the T.A. Regiment in Burton Stone

Lane under command of K. G. Chilman. He is at present instructing at the Army Air Corps Centre, and is married with two children. B. N. JACKSON (Grove, 1949-54) studied at the Pharmacy Department of the Bradford Institute of Advanced Technology and received his

Ph.C. in 1960. After serving for two years in the R.A.M.C. in Singapore and Hong Kong he is now a partner with his father in a retail pharmacy business. A. W. JOSEPHY (Grove and Manor, 1929-32) is a Chartered Accountant with a Textile Exporting firm. He has been Captain of Leeds Corinthian Hockey Club this year and has frequently played against the

School. C. P. LASCELLES (Temple, 1942-47) after National Service in Cyprus read Theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and St. Stephen's House,

Oxford, and from 1955 to 1957 pursued a course of Byzantine studies at Mount Athos and Constantinople. Since then he has been travelling and teaching spasmodically. G. LONG (Temple, 1937-41) obtained his B.A. in Modern Languages at

Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1948 after War Service; he then joined Reuters and served as foreign correspondent from 1950 to 1960 in Frankfurt, Paris, Ankara and Bonn, where he was Reuters' Chief

Representative in Germany. Now, as an Assistant General Manager, he is specially charged with the Company's European affairs. He is married with five children. W. G. A. MAXWELL (Grove, 1949-53) qualified as a doctor at the Royal

College of Surgeons, Ireland, in 1960. J. A. T. PARKER (Temple, 1944-49) is a partner in the firm of Biscomb and Frith, Building Contractors in York. J. R. POPE (Day Boys, 1924-30) is Senior Classics master at Drogheda

Grammar School, Eire. C. A. PURVES (Temple, 1936-38) has been a Cinema and Theatre Manager in the R.A.F. and, since demobilisation, on R.A.F. Stations; he is at present at Hemswell, Gainsborough. He is married with two children. G. C. SANDERSON (Temple, 1952-55) studied at the Leeds College of

Art and the Slade School of Fine Art, where he has recently been awarded the Rome Scholarship in Sculpture. M. W. SENIOR (Temple, 1944-51) is Assistant Geography master at

Jamaica College, Kingston, Jamaica. J. L. SHAW (Temple, 1939-41) is in the B.T.C. Police, having served from 1941 to 1948 with the 5th R.T.R. D. SHERRY (Temple, 1950-53) now has his own dairy farm and attested herd near York. He is Chairman of the York and District Young

Farmers' Club.

J. E. SMART (School House, 1929-33) is a director in a Real Estate business in Vancouver. During the war he served in the Navy, partly in midget submarines, and was awarded the D.S.O., M.B.E. and an

American decoration. He is married with one son.

G. M. SMITH (Manor, 1940-45) served in the R.E.M.E. for two years and then worked for a further two years in Kenya before going to

Australia, where he is a sales representative for a firm of agricultural engineers. He is married with four children. J. A. SMITH (Temple, 1940-43) served with the West Yorkshire Regiment and the Black Watch in the Middle East. He is now a Railway

Representative in the Claims Section in York. G. SPENCE (Temple, 1944-47) is now an Information Officer in the

Public Relations Department of a national trade publicity organisation in London, after working in the York Public Library for ten years. G. P. G. STEPHENSON (Rise, 1935-39) is a doctor in Gateshead and is married with one child. F. C. SUNLEY (Manor, 1944-46) did his National Service in the R.A.F.

Police in Northern Ireland and is now stationed at Malton in the

Road Traffic Division of the North Riding Constabulary. K. G. TAYLOR (Rise, 1941-44) is Engineering Manager for Paul Ries and Sons Ltd. in Aden. K. VARLEY (Temple, 1945-50) obtained his B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering) at Leeds and is now a Section Engineer in charge of six engineers with

Associated Electrical Industries, Manchester. E. K. WALKER (Rise, 1948-52) qualified as an architect in 1958 and worked with the London County Council until going to do forestry work as National Service as a conscientious objector. He is married and hopes to settle in Winchester. H. WALKER (Temple, 1939-42) is now an American citizen employed as a statistician with Texas Instruments Inc. in Attleboro, Massachusetts.

He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1946 and from 1949 to 1955. N. M. WARD (Temple, 1943-48) joined Raleigh Industries after National

Service and is now a Sales Manager living in Retford. He is married with three daughters and one son. A. WEBSTER (Temple, 1933-36) is Senior Assistant Librarian at the

Royal College of Advanced Technology, Salford, after doing library service in various parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. J. WHALLEY (Rise, 1929-34) F.R.I.B.A. emigrated after the War to

South Africa, thence to Southern Rhodesia and this year to Australia.

He designed the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia, Bulawayo. J. A. WHITEHEAD (Manor, 1945-49) is an Agricultural Officer with the

Tanganyika Government, having obtained his B.Sc. (Agric.) at London and a Diploma in Agriculture at Cambridge. He is married with two children. D. F. WILSON (Temple, 1936-39) still lives in York but works in the

Westminster Bank, Leeds. He is married with one daughter. He served in the Navy for five years. T. H. D. WILSON (School House, 1926-29), father of D. A. Wilson (School House, 1953-58) is a Mechanical Engineer, living in Skipton; he served in the R.E.M.E. in India, Burma and China. H. C. WRIGHT (Grove, 1953-57) finishes at Leeds this year and hopes to start a career with the B.B.C. or Granada Television as a Producer, having had a good deal of theatre experience since leaving school.

N. M. YOUNG (School House, 1955-57) studied part-time while working as a laboratory assistant at Constantine College and won a State

Scholarship in Chemistry and Maths. He is now in his second year at Birmingham University, reading Honours Chemistry, having fulfilled the subsidiary requirements in Physics, Maths and German. R. K. YOUNG (School House, 1949-53) is a Sales Representative for

Gillette after having worked for the Hudson Bay Company in North

West Canada.

MARRIAGE KETTLEWELL—RIDSDALE. On 10th March, 1962, at St. Peter's

Church, Salesbury, Thomas Anthony Willmott, elder son of Mr. and

Mrs. T. C. Kettlewell, of Hook, nr. Goole, to Anne Bew, youngest daughter of Mrs. M. Ridsdale, of Blackburn. (The Rise, 1947-55.)

BIRTHS COOKSON.—On 17th April, 1962, to Greta, wife of Anthony Cookson, a son (Neale Anthony), brother to Jeremy. (The Rise, 1938-42.) WARREN.—On 15th March, 1962, at Lisburn, Northern Ireland, to Sally, wife of Flight Lieutenant D. E. Warren, a daughter (Sarah). (School

House, 1944-48.) WATSON.—On 22nd November, 1961, at Wyberton West Hospital,

Boston, Lincolnshire, to Patricia, wife of Roger D. Watson, A.M.I.C.E., a daughter (Susan Elizabeth) sister for Julia Christina. (1944-49.)

THE OXFORD LETTER

Oxford, Hilary Term, 1962.

Dear Sir,

The Hilary Term, while being the most dismal from the point of view of weather, is, in many respects, the foremost for undergraduates in Oxford. The rugger men turn their attention from University rugger to Cuppers rugger, the rowing men to Torpids, the social men to preparations for the Summer Balls, the men of the theatre to the performance of major productions, and the final year men to a burst of activity before Schools in Summer—or to a decision that it is too late anyway. For a selected few the Boat Race is the thing; and at the time of writing victory has been conceded most lamentably to 'the other place' once more.

This last factor will produce, doubtless, in the minds of many the impression, conscious or subconscious, that Cambridge is the better university. While this impression is to be found only in the minds of the unenlightened, it does raise the whole question of what university education stands for, of whether Oxbridge provides a better education than the other universities, or whether the elevated position it enjoys is based on fiction or fact.

A university is more than a glorified technical college. It is for the education of the whole man—body, mind, and spirit, and its function is to provide not just brains but people. On the other hand, it must be the home of the highest level of learning; for, as a group of the intelligentsia 47

of the population, it is the education of the mind which is the greatest of these three. But there is a wide variety of types of mind amongst people of the same intelligence quotient, not only in different abilities at different subjects, the artists and the scientists, but in different appreciation of the various subjects, the academics—those interested in a subject for the subject's own sake—and those good at applying their knowledge, the technicians. Now while it is possible to study many subjects at a university, it is more difficult to mate the two different appreciations in the same place, for, above all, a university is a colony of like minded people. The tradition of the older universities is largely academic, for at the time of their foundation learning was largely divorced from commerce. The tradition of the newer universities is applied knowledge, as they have grown up in a time when learning is very relevant to the functioning of society. The tradition of Oxbridge is then academic and that of the 'red-brick' is applied learning, although this is an oversimplification, as Oxbridge men have influenced the 'red-brick'—mostly in the arts, and the need for applied learning has influenced Oxbridge—mostly in natural science.

If the two types of university stand for different things, why does Oxbridge enjoy the elevated status it has? The answer seems to lie in the competition for entrance. Those people who take the Oxford and Cambridge entrance examinations are those who have done the most brilliantly in the AS level at School; and part of a school's reputation depends on how many pupils get into Oxbridge each year. The competition for entrance is hence between the best brains of the country, for competition draws competitors, and to get into Oxbridge is an achievement. This would seem to destroy arguments that suggest that Oxbridge is just different rather than better, were it not for the fact that the examiners for these examinations are a law unto themselves. The results are somewhat different from what might be expected—all those that get in are not state scholars, and many of those who fail to get in are state scholars. Many adjudged better on AS level (a more functional examination than the entrance examinations) are passed over in preference to people more successful in an academic type of examination. A type of mind is thus chosen, as much on general paper and interview as on subject papers, though those who do first class subject papers may get in whatever the weather. There are indeed 'back doors', 'sports scholarships', 'family scholarships' etc. which leads to a mixed population in the two universities but otherwise it is the academic mind that is chosen.

The moral of this letter is that if you can get into Oxbridge then it is the place to be—the mind being trained to its best advantage—provided that the balance of body, mind and spirit education is held. On the other hand, if you know yourself to be not of academic mind, or discover yourself not one of the chosen few in spite of good AS level results, the moral is `not to worry'—the price of Oxbridge can be too high, and other universities may give a better education for your needs. But if you think you stand a chance, have a try; you will not get in unless it is a suitable place for you.

In spite of all this, Sir, we who are at Oxford know it to be the University; just as we know our old school to be the finest. Yours sincerely,

Oxford Old Peterite News :—

The annual dinner was held at Worcester College on Thursday, 15th February. Chris Jose was in the chair—the doubtful privilege of the hard worked organiser—and Bruce Carter proposed the toast to the Guests. The guests included—The Head Master, Mr. Coulthard, Mr. Lavender, Mr. Holbeche, Derek Wheatley, and as representatives of the other place, Tony Crossley, Pat Dronfield, Wally Howard and Tim Layfield.

Our first year man, David Brown (Keble), John Fairclough (St. John's), Richard Hawkins (Keble), John Hemsley (Trinity), David Wightman (Lincoln), manage to play a fair amount of sport between them. Some work has also been reported—but who does which we will not disclose.

John Armstrong (St. Peter's) has rowed well, Alex McCallum (S.E.M.) has ruggered well, David Lavender (Worcester) has spoken well, Chris Jose (Worcs.) has organised well, Bruce Carter (Worcs.) has serenaded well, Phil Burton (Queen's) has Schools, David Oldman (Worcs.) is here still, and Tim Jenkinson (B.N.C.) has left for Guy's.

THE LEEDS LETTER

Leeds University, March, 1962.

To : The Editor, "The Peterite". Dear Sir,

Judging by the intermittent appearances of a Leeds letter it might seem that the Old Peterite element here has died out altogether at times or has been spasmodically illiterate. In the former case nothing could be further from the truth, though in the latter we do acknowledge the preponderance of O.P. scientists and engineers.

The number of Old Peterites at Leeds has been increasing rapidly of late (eight more arrived this year) and it has been hard to discover the whereabouts of some members of the band; consequently we apologise to any O.P. whose activities we have failed to immortalise.

The University remains a Mecca for the aspiring engineer—and rightly so. Nevertheless we feel that the Arts Faculty, and in particular the English Department, has been deprived of Old Peterite Humanists and litterateurs' for too long.

Leeds is a rapidly developing university, both in terms of its buildings and its student population. This term one luxurious wing of the new Arts Block has been in use and work is already in progress on the second. Needless to say the "New Men" are having further extensions made to their glass mountain. Next term the new university precinct comes into being, bringing peace to the pedestrian and frustration to the motorist.

Whatever may be said elsewhere, the thought of exams is never far from the minds of Leeds students. Freshmen, as in other provincial universities, suffer exams at the end of their first term as well as in the summer. Those who wish to finish their courses tend to work in savage bursts or with unflappable steadiness. The really determined have the words "aut disce aut discede" engraved on their rulers. Yet if work is the grey warp of university life, the woof is a gaily coloured strand, which even the Leeds atmosphere cannot obfuscate. 49

As ever, the Gentlemen of Hall tend to gravitate to the M.J. Coffee Lounge in that idle moment, while a large proportion of the amorphous "rest" are more generally to be found plotting revolution in the bar or listening to political fulminations in the basement of the Union. In this connection it is important to note the furious interest taken in politics by the Union set—indeed the Left-Wing wind of change has bowled over several of our number who have invariably risen dazed but converted. Three O.Ps. at least, concerned for the future of their School, have joined the C.N.D., a move not altogether approved of by some of their compatriots; indeed one, a hockey player, refuses to speak to anyone toting a black and white badge.

But enough generalisation. What of the individuals? We offer these few remarks in the hope that they won't sue.

D. S. ATIUNSON cannot understand why everyone is not interested in politics. He can usually be found at night in a dingy attic at the top of the Free Trade Hall in Leeds and his last visit to York was a pilgrimage to Imphal Barracks. Expects a revolution daily and reads the `Worker" avidly.

R. G. BINGHAM has apparently collected two degrees already and is after the hat-trick; another revolutionary Socialist.

W. J. BOTTOMLEY is a suave second year law student. He visits Armley gaol regularly, though not, he assures us, to advise an O.P. inmate We are relieved.

J. C. BRISBY is a Civil (invariably) Engineer. He still sings bucolic songs if given the right incentive and maintains that he is teetotal even with froth on his nose. Is to be seen rowing three days a week with Tim Smart. Occasionally disappears into the Pennines. We are suspicious.

R. A. FIELD, a gory Medic, is as cheerful as ever. He is Secretary to the Boat Club and coaches on the river; one is reminded of the galley scene in Ben Hur. Seems to own a different roadster every week.

C. W. GOUGH, a third year chemist, divides his time between the lab and the hockey field. Not content with playing in goal for the First Eleven he has played for the Northern Universities (hopes no one remembers the result) and is reserve goalkeeper for the English Universities team.

J. F. KNArYrox is in the second year of a Ph.D. course in Textile Engineering. He was Captain of Cricket in 1960 and since then has aspired to the post of General Athletics Secretary on the Union Committee. Intends to go to the States after qualifying. To the observer he presents the epitome of solid well-being.

M. LEDGER scuttles about so fast that he evades our net, nevertheless we know that he is on amicable muttering terms with everybody. He is devoted to his work.

D. ROBINSON is a regular in the First Squash Five. Quiet, but manages most parties; a final year Chemical Engineer.

A. M. ROBSON plays golf for the University and given time might even aspire to Captain. Was he the one who squirted the Warden of Bodington in the eye with a fire hose? Is he still in Bodington?

T. E. H. SMART arrives for lectures in a chauffeur-driven Daimler. He strokes one of the University fours and is Treasurer to the Regatta Committee. Failed to discover a suitable R.N. detachment, so now marches with the bearded, banner-carrying irregulars. 50