Science Exhibition

The whole School joined with the Choir in singing "Non Nobis Domine"—Quilter.

On the first Sunday in December the Sung Communion included Vaughan Williams' Communion in D minor and Merbecke.

Anthems sung on other Sundays during the term were :— 0 Come ye servants—Tye. 0 Praise the Lord—Goss. Stanford's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in B flat. How beautiful upon the mountains—Stainer. Ascribe unto the Lord—Travers. Walmisley's Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D minor. Rejoice in the Lord—Purcell.

Hear my prayer—Mendelssohn.

The highlight of the term's singing was the Carol Service, in which the Choir sang the following carols : — 0 Little Town of Bethlehem—Waif ord Davies.

A Spotless Rose—Howells. In the bleak mid-winter—Harold Darke. Adam lay ybounden—Boris Ord. In dulci jubilo—arr. Pearsall.

The Choir has improved during the term and has been fortunate in having experienced singers in all departments.

R. C. Dixon sang two excellent solos in "Hear my prayer" and "0 for the wings of a dove", a combination which can be considered "the chorister's double". These two solos during the term were very good, but the words of those during the Carol Service were, with the exception of the verse in "In dulci jubilo", only heard with difficulty.

We now look forward to the Epiphany Service in the Minster early next term, one of the carols, "A Spotless Rose", already having been practised for our own Carol Service. J.H.O.

TENTH SCIENCE EXHIBITION

The Science Exhibition was opened by Sir Owen Wansborough-Jones, a director of two large chemical firms and a former chief scientific adviser to the Ministry of Supply.

In a memorable opening speech Sir Owen denied emphatically that scientists were a race apart: they were found in all sections of the community—business, government administration and the Church, for example. Their scientific training was in no way antipathetic to religion or the arts, but it was important that the non-scientist should understand more clearly what the scientists were doing. It was essential that the nonscientist was exposed to scientific ideas, and the scientist had a duty to make himself intelligible to others. Sir Owen hoped that all scientists would be given some training in languages and the study of economics.

The opening speech was followed by an impressive but slightly over long tableau which presented to us twelve of the great men of science and 11