May 1965 by StPetersYork

THE PETERITE Vol. LVII

MAY, 1965

No. 369

EDITORIAL The particular relish of School Holidays for most is quite simply absence of school, and the less interference from holiday work, pedagogues, and editorials, the better. But how should all those weeks be spent? Put in this way, the question seems more suitable for the economist or time-and-motion expert, and one begins to see the holiday spirit washed away by waves of duties and injunctions not to waste one's time. Anyway, the pressures of our civilized society already prod and elbow us too remorselessly; the word 'easy-going' is now a term of reproach rather than praise; and duodenal ulcers are quite respectable. But we want to let the grass grow under our feet a bit; we want—yes : W. H. Davies was quite right: What is life if full of care We have no time to stand and stare? But at least Davies stared with some intensity and to some effect; whereas it is typical of many people to-day that their gaze is empty and vacant. So one's immediate reaction to the word 'holiday' may well be the negative one, release from enforced activity; but we forget that it won't be long before the opportunity for doing things and going places which School holidays afford will soon be greatly restricted in the workaday world of earning a living. The university undergraduate probably realises this more forcefully, but then he is lucky enough to have several months at a stretch for his ingenuity to work on. Moreover it is not merely a question of selfish fun-seeking: there is a real enough value as well in planning and organising an expedition, in camping or urging Youth Hostels, in fending for oneself and others in unfamiliar surroundings, in finding out about oneself and others, in work camps (like those run by TOC H and United Nations Associations), hitchhiking, exchanging with a foreign family, working on a farm, or going on an archaelo gi cal dig. The important thing is that you have taken part in working it out, and you have carried it through. You learn to sift advice, make decisions and take responsibilities and you make unthoughtof discoveries—all of which are less likely if you just stay at home. For a case of especial interest, you are recommended to a letter in the Old Peterite section on page 46. 1

CONTENTS PAGE

Editorial

School Notes

Vale

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Salvete

House Notes

The Chapel

The Choir Handel's Messiah

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House Singing Competition ...

Senior Science Society

Modern Languages Society

Russian Society

Russian Trip ... Isle of Man Ornithological Trip, 1965

Young Farmers' Club ...

The Film Society

Theological Society

Music Society Notes, 1965 ...

Equine Society

The Walking Club

Chess

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Visit to the City of London

C.C.F. Notes

Scout Group

Hockey ... The Boat Club Athletics Rugger ... Shooting Squash ... Fencing Oxford Cup, 1964-65 ... Tennis Fixtures, 1965 ... Rugby Fixtures, 1965 ... Old Peterite News ...

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Illustrations: 1st and 2nd XI Hockey teams. Russian Trip.

Centre Spread

SCHOOL NOTES We welcomed last term Mrs. S. S. Hutton, who has come to assist in the teaching of Mathematics for two terms. Three student masters also joined us for the term—Mr. J. Christie, Mr. R. D. Metcalfe and Mr. R. Pilkington. We thank them for all they contributed in their various fields. * * * Mr. Robinson was unfortunately absent through illness during the term, but we are happy to report that he is now back, fit and well. * * * H. Biddle became Head of School, G. W. Cloughton Head of Queen's House, and J. E. Fearnside and T. J. Haggie were appointed School Monitors. * * * Two most successful performances of the Second part of Handel's Messiah were put on in the Chapel under the direction of Mr. Waine, on 21st and 27th March. * * * The usual high standard in house plays was maintained by Queen's epic "Sweeney Todd", Dronfield's "Journey's End" and the Grove's excellent "Fire Raisers". * * * The Right Reverend the Bishop of Selby took the Confirmation Service in the School Chapel on 18th March. * * * Lectures were given during the term by J. Hills, Esq., M.C., on "The Times and the National Press", and Capt. Bolton, R.E., as "The Army". * * * The Montgomery of Alamein prize was won by J. R. W. Thirlwell, with a lecture on Jan Christian Smuts; R. W. Oliver, on Sir Robert Peel, and C. R. Argyle, on the first Duke of Wellington, came second and third. The adjudicator was Commander W. Hartley, R.N. * * * The 1st XV pitch has now been widened, and the bay between the pavilion and Science block filled in. * * * Progress has also continued on the new swimming baths, and it is hoped that they will be in use in a few weeks.

During the holidays, Mr. Austin took a party of eleven boys to Russia. A report appears later.

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The fencing team came a close second to the holders, Brentwood, in the Public Schools' Fencing competition.

VALE J. P. Hopper (School H. '62-4), IVB, was in the senior School for one and a half terms, before emigrating to Australia. 2

SALVETE G. E. J. Cork (Manor); R. A. Exell (School H.); H. J. Gration (Queen's); J. Muller (Dronfield).

HOUSE NOTES DRONFIELD Having distinguished ourselves last term on the Rugger field, we followed suit this term in Cross-country running and Athletics. M. Donnelly has been captain of House Athletics and Cross-country; under his able leadership the House won the Athletics Shield, after gaining a clear lead in Athletics Standards. Clegg and Hillaby won the Senior Cross-country race. Clegg also won the Senior Mile, and Medlycott was victorious in the intermediate event. Despite a good win by P. S. Marsden, the Squash team was beaten by the Rise in the semi-final of the Inter-House Squash competition. Unfortunately no Fencers could be found to represent the House in the Fencing competition. In the House Singing competition we could offer no challenge to the day-boy Houses, although the House Choir gave a most enjoyable performmance of the "Toreador Song" under Sproulle's guidance. Towards the end of term members of the House performed "Journey's End" by R. C. Sherriff. The play was produced by T. D. Head. Special mention should also be made of C. W. Clegg's performance in the part of Stanhope, and of the realistic set which was built by Williams, Martinson and their able-bodied assistants. This term a society for seniors and monitors has flourished in the House. The Society had a most successful inaugural meeting. Three short talks were given by T. D. Head, I. R. Gibson and N. J. Smith and these were followed by a lively discussion. We also had talks by Mr. Christie, a student master, and John Langton, an artist. We thank Mr. and Mrs. Coulthard for their hospitality during these meetings. Two members of the House, Johnson and Moss, D. J., were confirmed this term. Senior House Colours have been awarded to P. F. Nettleton, M. Donnelly and C. W. Clegg, and Junior House Colours to N. G. A. Morris and D. M. Hutton.

GROVE The term began with the appointment of Biddle as Head of School, and Outhwaite becoming a full boarder. We retained the Squash Cup, winning the final without ever losing a match. It is interesting to note that in the School Squash team Baxter has won 12 out of his 13 matches. We also retained the Cross-country Plate and Junior Long Run Cup. Both were excellent team efforts and C. S. M. Dew, the captain, was awarded his House Colours as a result; Cressey and Waller must also be congratulated on coming in so near the front. Zissler won the Individual Cup in the Junior Long Run, and Scott came second with the remainder of the team not far behind. 3

In Athletics, after a rather shaky start, the House made a valiant, and reasonably rewarding, attempt to gain points. In the Sports, Emsley, Baxter and Zisler did us proud, and Emsley won his Minor Sports Colours. In the Chess and Fencing the House did not do quite so well, and were beaten in the first round of both competitions. The House Singing competition effort, 'Hearts of Oak', was well supported, but regrettably it would seem the Grove is not a musical House, as neither this, nor 'Joshua fought de battle of Jericho', managed to lift us to the top of the adjudication. House Proms have started again this term, many people deriving much enjoyment from the all too rare sound of classical music, and we thank Mr. and Mrs. Harding for their hospitality. A Basket-ball League was started this term by Winn, but tended to get rather pushed into the background owing to rehearsals for the House Play. At the end of the term we put on The Fire Raisers', by Max Frisch, produced by Biddle in front of a Crombie-Oxley set. The play was much appreciated by members of the School, who enjoyed the acting of Bennitt and Neil, to name only two. We can, then, look back on a full and profitable term, noting major achievements in both the world of sport, and of drama, expressing the hope that the House will long continue to be so versatile.

MANOR At the beginning of term Haggie became an additional School Monitor, while Webster and Boyd joined the House Monitors. With four leavers and one newcomer the House now contains a manageable fifty-two. Running, in various forms, seemed to be the main sporting concern of the term. Eight people were soon plodding along the well beaten Ing's track, and eventually they managed to attain a very respectable third position in the Senior Cross-country competition, J. Robinson claiming the highest individual placing. Athletics proper were eagerly and energetically performed by all members of the House, giving us a very close second position in the House averages. We congratulate F. J. Vickers on gaining maximum points (in one week !) and Atkinson for coming one short. Unfortunately we could not fill this gap on Sports Day and lost the Shield. We must congratulate P. W. Brown, though, for his achievements on the School Athletics field, and for leading the House in all the running activities. To mention other sports, we lacked real talent in the Squash and lost to the Rise, but many of our younger players look promising for the future. The Chess team was narrowly beaten by Queen's in the second round, but once again talent lower down seems present, with Morris winning and Fisher runner-up in the House Chess competition. A flick-hockey league was also organised and provided many evenings of entertainment. Activities which require mental skill have been fruitful too. The House Singing competition was approached with almost as much verve as the Athletics and our thanks go to the Chaplain and M. N. Webster for the coaching and organising which led us to gain third place overall, immediately behind the day-boy Houses—our best achievement for many years. The House Society met once this term to be addressed by Mr. 4

Two meetings are now prepared for the Christie on "Tanganyika". Summer term. The "Manorite" is once again getting underway, and we trust that full support through articles will be given by all in the House. Finally, on this topic, any news of, or contributions by, Old Manorites would be very warmly accepted.

QUEEN'S At the beginning of the term G. W. Cloughton was appointed Head of House, and R. M. Aspinall and P. W. Wood were made House Monitors. This term Queen's has continued to come second in most activities, the only exception being the Cross-country. However, considering the spate of injuries, which hit the House at the crucial time, we did better than expected, and Abel and Hardman ran well to come in the first ten. In the Junior Long Run we had five runners in the first thirteen, but could not quite defeat a strong Grove team. The same pattern was repeated in Fencing, Chess and the Singing competition, in all of which we lost narrowly to Temple. In the Standards, thanks to an all-round effort, we did much better than in recent years. In the Sports we were well to fore, and there were many courageous performances, notably by Abel and Wood C. A. in the longer distances, and by Cloughton in retaining the Sprint cup. However, we were unable to prevent Dronfield from winning the Athletics Cup. Our one unmitigated success was the House Play, 'Sweeney Todd'. Almost the entire House took part in one capacity or another, and the success was entirely due to the unstinted efforts of all concerned, and especially to Wallace, the producer and leading actor, and to Hancock, the Stage Manager. Burnell is to be congratulated on gaining his Queen's Scout badge, and Bowen on his Scout Cord. Abel and Ward, P. W., were awarded Senior House Colours, and Benn and Moore, Junior House Colours. We hope that next term our efforts will receive a more tangible reward.

RISE The only new appointment at the beginning of term was that of R. W. Oliver as a House Monitor to replace J. N. J. Grisdale. The House Cross-country and Junior Long Run teams met with moderate though unspectacular success, the Senior team finishing fourth, the Junior team third. C. H. Noble deserves special mention for coming seventh out of the 70 competitors. The Squash team did extremely well in reaching the final once again, and though the House failed to win the Cup, the team deserves a special mention for their effort. The Fencing team, on the other hand, were unlucky to draw a particularly strong Queen's team in the first round and were decisively beaten, as were the Chess team in the semi-finals of the competition. In the Athletics at the end of term the House eventually finished fifth, due to an undoubted lack of individual talent in the House. J. A. Eatough, T. J. W. Gill, A. W. Fieldhouse and M. J. Wright are to be congratulated, 5

however, on gaining full points in their respective sets. A. J. Gill was awarded his Junior House Colours for his efforts in Athletics and many other spheres of activity. The House singing, organised by M. Bamforth, judging from the result ended in dismal failure, the House being placed seventh. Many people, however, among them non-Risites and authorities on the subject, regarded the House's effort as worthy of a higher position than that awarded. R. D. Harding undertook the organisation of the Flick Hockey League, the competition being won by the 'Cune Wreckers'—Eatough, Thompson, G. and Rawlings J. D.—with the 'Lugs' and the 'Cones' a close second. J. R. W. Thirlwell and R. W. Oliver are to be congratulated on coming first and second respectively in the "Montgomery of Alamein" project. the work and effort was considerable and both delivered excellent speeches, the one on Smuts, the other on Peel. The House Society continued to flourish during the term, Mr. Christie and J. F. Gagg delivering excellent addresses on 'Communism' and `Intensive Farming' respectively. A visit to the theatre was also successfully organised by the Society. The Library, a growing concern in the House, continues to be used by many, and special mention should be made of the House Librarians, R. I. Moss, A. W. Parker and P. R. S. Fairclough, who seem to have organised proceedings more efficiently than in former years. Finally former Risites will be grieved to learn of the death as a result of cancer, of Mrs. Harper, a well known character in the House for many years, and a loyal servant.

SCHOOL HOUSE The House has had quite a successful term although no cups were won. Most members of the House have taken in at least one of the various House activities. About half the House took part in the Singing competition in which we came fourth. Several members were involved in the Messiah and Gough and Hudson took two of the solo parts. Hudson is also to be congratulated on his 1st XI Hockey Colours and Shearsmith captained an unbeaten 2nd XI. In the Athletics the House attained its highest average for many years but success in the finals was limited to the Junior events, for which Sargeant was awarded his Junior House Colours. Town was awarded his House Colours also and rowed in the 1st VIII. Several House competitions were organised and the majority took part in one or two events. Pickersgill won both the Chess and Senior Table Tennis, Hardie the Junior Table Tennis and Goodwill the Squash competition. Finally we say goodbye to Hopper who left in the middle of the term to go to Australia.

TEMPLE Owing to a certain misunderstanding among the scribes of the House, we greet you with two terms to report instead of one. A. D. Bailey was appointed Head of House, while D. L. Edbrooke, C. D. HamiltonWilliams, M. G. Day, K. D. Lockwood, J. H. Russell, D. W. Tidy and J. R. Stapleton were raised to the rank of House Monitors, to join 6

Fearnside and Scaife. The main objective during the Christmas Term was to win the Rugger Cups, but unfortunately our hopes were dashed very early on. However, for his efforts in the preparation and playing of the House, P. R. Hart was awarded his Senior House Colours, and we ended the term with one 1st XV Colour and three 2nd XV. The House was represented too in "H.M.S. Pinafore", with the Bailey brothers cast in principal roles and Fearnside leading the orchestra. The Easter Term saw the appointment of J. E. Fearnside to School Monitorship, and also presented more opportunities for House achievement, both Athletic and Academic. Imminent was the Senior Cross-country, where the team, owing to last-minute injuries and replacements, came fourth, with Bailey coming in third. At the end of the same week, and again under Bailey, the House walked away with the Singing Cup, or rather, successfully defended it; both unison and part songs were of a very high standard, and brought no complaint whatsoever from the judge, Dr. Jackson. The result was achieved by hard work on the part of the House, and not, as some people think, because a majority of the part song boys were ex-Minster Song School! Our Chess team was strong, despite the loss of Bilsborough, and fought its way through to the final where it beat Queen's and so gained the Chess Trophy for the year. Russell is to be congratulated on leading his team through to victory. The Junior Long Run was the next major inter-House event, but the team was young and not very strong, and again came in fourth. Most of the team will be eligible again next year, when we hope for more success. Hockey occupied the first seven weeks of term, and the House was represented to a considerable extent in the victorious 2nd XI, with Bailey, Blundy, Lancaster and Pawson participating. Bailey and Lancaster were awarded their colours. Coincidental with the start of the Trial Exams came, as always, the start of the Athletics Standards. Although the Juniors made a good start, they were rapidly overtaken by the Seniors, and study one eventually emerged with the highest average. This was not enough, however, to bring the House level with other House averages, and the day of the Sports dawned with Temple trailing in the Standards. We had a strong team, however, with Ward, Pawson and Anderson regarded as potential winners in this field. But the House was not equal to the occasion, and pulled up scarcely any points. Anderson, however, won the Intermediate High Jump and Pawson the Senior Long Jump, while Ward brought back the Crofton Cup for the House. Anderson was awarded his Junior House Colours, and Ward, in addition to being awarded his House Colours, was also awarded his Minor Sports Colours for Athletics. On the very last Sunday of term, the Fencing team beat the favourites, Queen's, in a very close match, and Anderson and Pawson are to be congratulated on the part they played in this, while Reiss excelled himself, too, beating Benn. The term has been moderately successful, and the House is far from being ashamed of its effort. The reply to the call for volunteers for the House Singing, for example, was heartening, and the rise in enthusiasm up to the competition itself was unbelievable. If the House showed as much spirit in other more important affairs, it would go far. We congratulate R. Scaife on being awarded an Open Scholarship to Queen's College, Oxford, and C. G. Goodlock on gaining a place at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In doing so they follow the long and endless 7

line of successful Templites who have gone on to higher things. We wish them well in their respective circles. We also lost to J. F. Bilsborough, who has, it seems, taken the first step to becoming 008. We wish him more luck than usual!

THE CHAPEL The Easter Term began, as so often in the past, with the Epiphany Procession in the Minster. Familiarity with this wonderful service seems only to increase the impact of the dramatic way in which it illustrates the theme of Christ's light coming into the lives of men who have not known Him. Lent had some points of special interest this year. As always in the past the most important event was the Confirmation. The Bishop of Selby most kindly came to take the service for us on Thursday, 18th March. This time the preparation classes were taken by age groups instead of by houses and this method seems to have been appreciated by the candidates. The readings at the daily services in Lent were taken not from the Bible but from a modern Christian writing, C. S. Lewis'What Christians believe." The Compline Services on Wednesday evenings were attended by an average of between 40 and 50 boys each time, and we were most grateful to Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Craven and Mr. Mair who gave the talks and to Mr. Waine, who gave the address at Evensong on Ash Wednesday. We are grateful, too, to the Head of School, the Chapel Monitor and the Head of The Manor, who conducted the services so well. The performance of Part II of Handel's "Messiah" is mentioned elsewhere. There could hardly have been a more suitable choice for Lent than this Part, for it speaks of the whole tragedy of man's sin and of God's action to bring us into a right relationship with Him. It is difficult to realise that Mr. Jones will no longer be with us. We in St. Peter's have greatly valued his help with our services and the continued interest he has taken in the Olavites who have moved on to the Senior School. We thank him and Mrs. Jones most warmly for all they have done and wish them great happiness at Kelly College. The following boys were Confirmed on 18th March: St. Olave's: J. M. Argyle, R. Ashburn, P. R. Haigh-Lumby, D. F. Harding, C. J. Pickles, D. Pollard, D. I. Shackleton. Dron field: R. S. Johnson, D. J. Moss. The Grove: M. T. Bennett, D. H. Brown, I. C. Dempsey, D. A. Little, D. H. Pick, S. G. Smith, R. R. Stansfield, P. V. Zissler. The Manor: J. W. P. Fairclough, M. J. H. Fisher, J. P. Moffatt, G. A. W. Stewart, J. V. Townend, F. J. Vickers. Queen's: P. M. Darley, R. A. Dixon, M. J. Ferguson,. M. C. Gilbert, A. W. Hodgson, A. L. Kirk, D. S. Lockhart, P. G. Mitchell, C. E. Wilks. The Rise: A. P. Beckingham, M. J. Fussey, R. I. Pigg, Q. R. D. Russell, P. J. Shannon, P. N. Shepherd, M. J. Wright. School House: C. R. Argyle, J. S. W. Cook, D. J. Doyle, J. R. Kemp, K. J. Sargeant, J. N. Town. Temple: A. S. Cowan, P. S. Fisher, P. D. Rutherford, J. J. Sample, A. Scaife, P. Scaife, P. M. Thomson, D. R. Winterbottom. 8

THE CHOIR The shortage of trebles has been more marked than for some time but we were, nevertheless, able to give a convincing account of the music we had to perform as our part of the Epiphany Procession with Carols in the Minster on the first Sunday of term. The electric lights in the Minster were kept extinguished for far longer in this service than ever before. As it is not possible to rehearse except in daylight we were likely to have found some unpleasant surprises. Fortunately the candles borne by our own taper-bearers, coupled with some good memory work, carried us through all hazards. The Choir Supper followed on the second Sunday of term and was a very happy occasion. The evening's activities terminated with a varied entertainment and singsong arranged by A. D. Bailey. Beethoven's Creation's Hymn, first introduced as a choir anthem, has now been made congregational and has been sung twice this term with great effect. Those who like to meet music off the beaten track had the opportunity of learning Pelham Humfrey's "Rejoice in the Lord", a lively and unconventional setting by one of Henry Purcell's great contemporaries. At the other end of the scale was the introduction of Vittoria's "Jesu the very thought of thee", a work that gave the tenors plenty of challenges. On Tuesday, 23rd March the Choir led the singing for a great service of Opportunity Unlimited in the Minster. Chiefly the term is memorable for the Messiah and it was good to find that the great majority of the choir joined in with this huge task. On the last Sunday of term the Hallelujah Chorus formed a fitting climax to the term's music and also to a series of addresses by the Chaplain based on the text of Messiah. Music sung during the term included : —

In the Minster. The Noble Stem of Jesse. O'er the hill and o'er the dale. The Carol of the Star (7'. 7'. Noble). A spotless rose (Howells). Up good Christen folk and listen. All they from Saba (3acob Handl).

In Chapel. Walmisley in D minor—Evening Service.* Rejoice in the Lord (Humfrey).** Darke in F—Communion Service.* Jesu the very thought (Vittoria).** Hallelujah Chorus (Handel).* * With the School. ** Introduced for the first time.

HANDEL'S MESSIAH Under the guiding hand of Mr. Waine, the Second Part of this work was performed in the School Chapel at the end of term. The soloists were good enough for the music to be fully appreciated. Gough, in `He was despised', gave a fine rendering, marred only by a

slight inaudibility of the lower notes. Hudson was particularly impressive in 'Thy rebuke hath broken His heart'; A. D. Bailey has a pleasant tone, and sustained the melismata very well in 'Thou art gone up on high'. The other soloist, Thirlwell, is more of a baritone than a tenor, but he tackled the high notes very well, and his phrasing was especially good. The number of volunteers for singing in the chorus parts was encouraging, and their unison singing in 'How beautiful are the feet' and in Why do the nations?', was much appreciated. Mr. Waine did well to keep both Chorus and Orchestra in control. The members of the latter who came from outside the School are to be thanked for their invaluable contribution, taking the lead in their various departments. D.A.B.

HOUSE SINGING COMPETITION The cup for this competition was given by the late Colonel H. A. Cape D.S.O., formerly governor of the School and an enthusiastic lover of choral music. His object was to encourage the performance of vocal music especially by those who do not normally have the inclination to indulge in it. The idea, then, is to get as many performing as possible and in general we succeeded. In some houses all virtually speaking were put on to the platform. In others all the keen ones were put on the platform. The optimum probably lies between the two. Whatever policy is adopted, there is no doubt that those houses do best who understand the selection of leaders. Force of personality by itself will not win a competition, neither will just sheer musicianship. A judicious blend of the two is required. The result of all the work was a most enjoyable concert with a tang of competition to add the spice of house loyalties. Temple gave a carefully thought-out interpretation of "Go down Moses" and Queen's likewise a pleasing performance of The Sheep Shearing. Manor earned and deserved a high place (3rd) for a real "choral society" performance of "Sing we and chaunt it" (Pearsall). In the unison songs, Temple again came first with the simple but evocative Trade Winds (Keel). With this they did not aim very high, but they abundantly achieved what they set out to do. Queen's did not fare quite so well with the more ambitious Vagabond (Vaughan-Williams) but they deserved their second place for tackling a really big song. School House came third in this class with the topical "Drake's Drum" (Stanford) and Manor fourth with a performance of the old Somerset folk tune Bingo that made the most of the various opportunities for contrast, including a treble only verse. M. N. Webster made an effective competition secretary. Dr. Francis Jackson, Organist of the Minster, an old friend of the school, judged the competition and gave, besides his adjudication, which was generally accepted (this is not always the case with singing competitions), an interesting introductory speech in which he stressed the importance of achieving the right spirit in any interpretation. He pointed out that the performers are the middlemen between composer and audience. Their aim by attention to detail and the understanding of the composer's intentions is to transmit what the composer has to say to the audience. It is a most fascinating assignment. F.W. 10

SENIOR SCIENCE SOCIETY Secretary: N. J. SMITH.

Treasurer: M.

OXLEY.

House Representatives: School House: D. E. ROWBOTTOM. Temple: J. R. STAPLETON. The Grove: J. M. CaorvisiE.

The Rise: M. K. BEAUMONT. The Manor: K. H. MURRAY. Queen's: N. J. HANcocx.

Dronfield: P. F. NETTLETON. At the first meeting of the term Mr. C. Mack gave a talk entitled "The Application of Mathematics to Industry". Mr. Mack showed that the study of mathematics had arisen from consideration of practical problems, and he then described how different mathematical methods are applied to industry. Mr. J. Oxley gave a talk at the second meeting on iron and steel. The talk was preceeded by a film which showed the working of various processes for the production of steel. Mr. Oxley then explained these processes in greater detail. The talk at the third meeting was entitled "The Evolution of Stars". This talk was given by Dr. Belton of Leeds University. Dr. Belton mentioned several old theories of the evolution of stars, and also gave the modern theory in considerable detail. At the last meeting of the term Dr. Fairclough of I. C. I. Billingham, came to talk on recent advances in the chemical industry. The advances in the world were outlined and then the speaker described in detail the recent advances in the manufacture of ammonia by the pressure steam reforming or naphtha. This concluded a most successful year's activity for the society. We would like to thank all those who have made the meetings so interesting, and in particular Mr. Harris, who arranged the lectures. N.J.S.

JUNIOR SCIENCE SOCIEY This year it was decided to limit the number of members to sixty in order to enable meetings to take place in laboratories. The first meeting of the year was an experiment in which two films were shown after which two groups of members did experiments and gave talks on the subjects of the two films. At the next meeting Mr. Macklin of the York City Fire Brigade gave a very instructive talk on fire fighting, fire prevention and the history of the Fire Brigade. The last meeting of the term took the traditional course in which a scientific film was shown after which Mr. Craine gave a short talk. Four films about aircraft were shown at the first meeting of the Easter Term and three more films were shown in the second meeting. After the second three more talks were given by members of the society. Another outside lecturer came for the third meeting to talk on the "Problems of a Lunar Landing". He was Mr. Metcalfe of the British 11

Association, who gave a lively and very informative talk. The year was concluded with three more short films. This year the Committee decided to experiment with talks by members of the society, and it is hoped that this will be continued next year. P.R.H.B.

MODERN LANGUAGES SOCIETY At the beginning of term, A. D. Bailey was appointed Secretary, and K. A. Moffatt took over the post of Treasurer. Owing to the fact that most of the members having other commitments during the first half of term and the fact that trial examinations occur inevitably every Easter Term, there was time for but one meeting, when Mlle. Juston, an "assistante" at the Mount School, York, spoke on "Un jour dans la vie d'un jeune Francais". She produced a detailed picture of how a young Frenchman spends his time, what he thinks, and what his attitude is towards life. The meeting was notable, in that four members of staff were there, obviously intrigued as to how a French girl could know so much about a French boy's life. This just shows what advantages there are in joining the Society; after all, which other School Society offers a conversation with a beautiful French "demoiselle", and as part of one's education, too? A.D.B.

RUSSIAN SOCIETY At the beginning of term J. M. Fry replaced C. G. Goodlock as House Representative for Temple. For the first meeting Mr. Robinson of the Sales Department of I.C.I., Billingham was invited to give a talk to the Society on "Trade with Russia". After summarizing how his occupation was related to this topic, the speaker outlined in general the facts and figures of Britain's trade with Russia. He then discussed the personal side of business deals as compared with a typical European country, noting that there was far less personal contact with the Russians. Throughout the talk our attention was held well and keen interest aroused by the most lively and entertaining delivery. Mr. N. J. Dunstan returned to the Society for the second and final meeting of term. He was received by an enthusiastic and large audience, assembled to hear "Smersh—Fact or Fiction". Mr. Dunstan began by giving a general introduction to the topic followed by a historical outline of the Russian Secret Service since World War I. He then commented on the reliability of the Secret Service as depicted in Ian Fleming's books, concluding that many discrepancies occurred in the earlier texts, but accuracy improved in "From Russia With Love". Finally Mr. Dunstan was warmly thanked by the chairman. On the whole the year has been successful and profitable for the Society, the last two meetings and the earlier film being enthusiastically and well supported. Finally we thank those senior members of the committee who are ending their school career for their services to the Society. A.Y. 12

RUSSIAN TRIP EASTER HOLIDAYS, 1965 Party consisted of : —Barker, Bowie, Disney, Dixon, Gray, McKay, Rank, Reeves, Skerret, Sugar, Summers-Smith. Master-in-Charge: —Mr. Austin. Total Mileage: —3,840 miles.

Tuesday, 6th to Thursday, 8th. Eleven excited Peterites, under the watchful eye of Mr. Austin, assembled at Victoria station, in readiness for the first school-organised trip behind the iron curtain; last minute purchases were made, travellers' cheques secured and final good-byes bidden. The route : London-DoverOstende-Cologne-Berlin-Moscow (with change of trains at Cologne and Berlin) became not a little tedious on the third day of travel through the drab expanses of Northern Russia; however, the few hours in West Berlin proved beneficial for recovering a little self-composure and sightseeing— the celebrated wall, and in particular the Brandenburg gate, "checkpointCharlie" and Hitler's bunker, attracting most attention. A general sigh of relief issued forth when at long last Moscow Central Station came into view, and, after filling yet another form, the party was only too willing to go to bed.

Friday, 9th. A 'bus tour introduced the party to the city and it was not long before the coach was filled with the gentle purr of cine-cameras and the staccato click of numerous colour cameras; the main landmarks seen were the Kremlin, Lenin's Tomb, the University, the Bolshoi Ballet Theatre, St. Basil's Cathedral and the large departmental store "Gum". A free afternoon allowed the party to split up and explore the capital and soon one member was already sporting a very chic fur hat.

Saturday, 10th. The party was taken around the Kremlin, but—as there was a meeting in progress, the visit was somewhat curtailed. However, there was enough time to explore Ivan the Terrible's private chapel, with its golden cupolas, and the Kremlin Museum; the climax of the stay in Moscow was undoubtedly the visit to Lenin's Mausoleum. Unusually solemn-faced, the party filed slowly past Lenin's body (displayed in an all-glass showcase) and re-emerged into daylight favourably impressed

Sunday, 11th. It was at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements, and its 5,000 exhibits, that the party was unexpectedly interviewed by a reporter from the Soviet News Agency, Tass; in answer to a series of probing questions about the party's opinions of Moscow and the Russian achievements in general, the opportunity of expounding St. Peter's claim to be the oldest Public School in great Britain was not missed. After being shown the Space and Industrial sections, the party visited one of Moscow's leading 'Pioneer Palaces"—a far bigger edition of the English youth club. Its 700 units offer facilities for every kind of pastime, hobby or sport and each palace is well attended by school children of all ages. 13

Monday, 12th. The famous Moscow University and a secondary school were visited on the last full day in the capital; the former, founded in 1775, now accommodates 32,000 students, placing its library of five million books continually at their disposal. Although promised a look around a laboratory, the scientifically-minded members of the party were especially disappointed when this offer did not materialize. However the warm reception at the School more than compensated for this omission and all were reluctant to have to leave such friendly company to be on time for the Ballet "Snow Maiden", which was superbly performed.

Tuesday, 13th. After a leisurely morning reading papers in the British Embassy, the party boarded a TU104 jet of the Russian Airfleet bound for Leningrad. After a safe flight, the party had soon settled down in the new hotel.

Wednesday, 14th. As in Moscow, the party was taken on a sightseeing tour of the town by 'bus; cameras were most used on the elegant Admiralty Spire—positioned at one end of the "Oxford Street" of Leningrad—the Nevski Prospect, St. Isaac's Cathedral and Square, Insurrection Square, the Peter and Paul fortress, the cruiser "Aurora"—which fired the first shot of the Revolution, and the gigantic Sports Stadium. A secondary school adopted the party and put on a most enjoyable film show in the evening.

Thursday, 15th The party set off for a country drive with the object of visiting the "Pavlov Palace"; The Palace was originally built in 1703 as a country residence for Prince Paul, who later succeeded his mother, Catherine, to the Czarship. After being badly damaged in World War II by the German blockade of Leningrad, the Palace has been admirably restored. An International Pleasure Party at the party's secondary school was extremely entertaining; although the programme was almost solely propagandist, the standard of English spoken was remarkably high and wholly commendable. The evening meal was memorable for the presentation to Mr. Austin of a fully operational Samovar in appreciation of the time and energy he had spent in organising the trip.

Friday, 16th. A free morning was taken up with buying gifts, fur hats, etc; a visit to the Hermitage Palace was well worth it for the fine examples of paintings by Rembrandt, Renoir, Van Gogh and Damas. Late purchases were made, and spare kopecs used up before the party went to the magnificent ballet: "The Seven Beauties".

Saturday, 17th to Wednesday, 21st. After packing and making all the necessary preparations for departure, the party visited the beautiful fortress of Peter and Paul and St. Isaac's Cathedral, whose great pendulum caused the most interest. The Customs did not cause any trouble and the Turbo-electric steam ship "Boltika" duly set sail at 8.00 p.m. 14

Thick ice in the gulf of Finland caused a little difficulty on Sunday morning but soon the ship was in clear seas; with the open seas and the subsequent rocking of the ship, the first signs of sea-sickness began to appear. The evenings were entertainingly spent in general knowledge quizzes, raffles and concerts, whilst days were spent lounging on the sun deck. Promptly at 11.00 a.m. on Wednesday Morning, the ship docked at Tilbury; thus, a most educational and enjoyable trip had come to an end. Any would-be Communists had certainly been deterred from making any rash steps, but all were pleased that they had risked their necks behind the iron curtain. R.C.D.

ISLE OF MAN ORNITHOLOGICAL TRIP, 1965 For the third time Mr. Craine was kind enough to take a party of five boys, consisting of G. M. Barton, N. C. P. Marsden, S. A. Bough, M. A. Groundwater, and A. S. Moss to the Isle of Man, on an ornithological trip last Easter holidays. This year we were able to spend four enjoyable days at the Calf of Man Bird Observatory. The Calf of Man is a small island of about 600 acres off the South Western tip of the Isle of Man. It is inhabited only by the warden and his assistant of the Bird Observatory. Unfortunately weather conditions were not very good for bird trapping, as a strong, cold, NorthWesterly wind blew for much of the time, halting bird migrations. There is a large shag colony on the Calf of Man, accessible after a scramble down a cliff. We went there on two afternoons and were lucky enough to catch three adult shags while they were sitting on their nests. We ringed all three. One night when it was very dark, we went out to where some gulls were roosting. There, with the aid of a powerful torch the warden of the Bird Observatory caught four herring gulls and ringed them. After our stay on the Calf on Man, we went back to the Isle of Man and spent another week there, catching and ringing birds by the River Silverburn, which passes through Castletown. The birds are caught in "mist nets", spread at strategic intervals, as they come down to drink from the river. Once when ringing near the sea-shore we were lucky enough to catch a Redshank in one of the nets. A few days before we arrived Mr. Craine had caught a Sparrowhawk, which is quite rare on the island, in one of the nets. Unfortunately the weather was very bad for trapping purposes, and the total number of birds ringed was only 89, although there was a wide variety of species. One morning we went to Tromode near Douglas and caught a coal-tit, and saw some long-tailed tits. We had two trips round the island, both times visiting the Ayres in the North of the island; here we saw about thirty gannets fishing just offshore, and we also had some good views of sandwich terns. On the East Coast, at Maughold Head, we saw some black guillemots. This is about the only place where these birds can be seen on the island. We visited an old quarry in search of a raven's nest, but found instead a chough's nest in an old lime kiln. Unexpected hospitality greeted us in the form of Captain J. D. Craine as we boarded the King Orry to return, and we enjoyed the luxury of his cabin for the journey. G.M.B. 15

YOUNG FARMERS' CLUB This term four meetings took place out of the five which were planned. Owing to illness, Mr. Hart was unable to come and speak to the club on Farm Safety, but we hope to see him early next term. For the first meeting on the 4th February Mr. Coutts of Bishop Burton Farm Institute gave a talk illustrated by slides, on Intensive Farming. He outlined the history of Intensive Farming in detail and then went on to deal with animals and crops separately. In particular he mentioned the greater yields and production which have accompanied Intensive Farming. The slides were mainly of holdings in which intensively reared animals were housed. On the 18th February a panel, consisting of Mrs. Coulthard, Mr. Fawell, Mr. Barber, Mr. Thomas and Mr. Pick, was introduced to the club. Various questions, ranging from the subject of the de-barking of dogs to that of the erection of electricity pylons in the countryside, were fired at the panel and there was some extremely lively discussion. Not only did members of the panel speak but quite a few club members aired their views. A most informative, and comprehensively illustrated talk on 'Running the mixed farm with particular reference to machinery' was delivered by Mr. Pond on the 4th March. Mr. Pond, from Hedley Hall, began by comparing activties on the mixed farm with those on a farm with a specialised project. He emphasised the need for a greater range of implements on the mixed farm but also brought up the subject of price fluctuations whereby the specialised farm may gain only small profits when prices were low. As he was talking he drew up a complicated table showing the necessary implements for the mixed farm. We are very grateful to Mr. Pond for speaking, as he had only recently recovered from an attack of influenza. At our final meeting of the term Mr. Hindmarsh, a prominent Ayrshire cattle breeder, gave an illustrated talk on milk production. During his talk he mentioned the recent Government Price Review and expressd his feelings by saying that the extra cash received for milk was quite inadequate to make dairy farming a profitable concern. He said that his only profits came from surplus stock. T.H.V.

FILM SOCIETY Three of the four films this term were chosen after a rough referendum to members of the Society. Perhaps it was yet another proof that the democratic method by no means always produces the best results : —the fourth film, The Wages of Fear, proved easily the most popular—despite subtitles and comparative age. Comparison with, for example, The Caine Mutiny should show why. The Caine Mutiny is full of an obvious kind of drama: a rather eccentric old tyrant of a captain on a U.S. War Ship is replaced by another who soon gives symptons of what is taken to be paranoia. Even the loyal mate is eventually forced by the circumstances of a typhoon to admit that things must be changed, so all the gravity of a court-martial to try a case of mutiny weighs down the end. But it is a film of deliberate and unfair shocks, culminating in the unforgivable one of 16

blaming the captain's madness on the crew for not helping him in his difficulties : this is unforgivable, because we, the audience, have been made to react similarly to the carefully created unsympathetic character. In The Wages of Fear no such sensationalism of character or preaching of moral was perpetrated. There were shocks enough, but not for shock's sake. The virtue was that the characters of the four `tramps'—rootless Frenchmen stranded in an arid and impoverished North African town—emerged from the story of their journey with the nitro-glycerine to the burning oil-well. Time was taken to give the background and create, and the film grew, and the actors were at liberty to become men in a real predicament rather than stereotypes in a sequence of actions. Very Important Person was a simple comedy thriller of the goodyBritish-in-a-baddy-German-prison-camp type. James Robertson Justice was superbly inflatedly important, and there were many good jokes and situations. A more impartial observation, in a whimsically satirical mood, was Peter Ustinov's Romanov and 7uliet. It has dated; the cold war is not what it was, and Eisenhower is no longer the American President. But it is a successful plea for humanity in an age when international politics do not take much notice of minority feelings. T.H.V.W.

THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY The meetings during the Easter Term concerned a wide variety of subjects. The first of the visiting speakers was the Reverend Geoffrey Lawn, Vicar of Huntington, who described the working of a town parish and the many demands which are made on the parish priest. At the second meeting Canon B. A. Smith, the Treasurer of the Minster, who is a member of the Liturgical Commission responsible for revising the Prayer Book, spoke to us about the principles involved in the services of the Church and the problems of exposing them in a contemporary form. The speaker at the last meeting was the Governor of H.M. Borstal at Pollington, Mr. G. Lister, who gave us an absorbing account of the aims of Borstal training, the different methods employed and the various degrees of success achieved. We are very grateful to these three visitors. This year an extra meeting will take place in the Summer Term. The Rabbi at Leeds has kindly invited the members to visit one of the Synagogues there. This should be a particularly interesting experience.

MUSIC SOCIETY NOTES, 1965 All the Music Society's efforts this term were concentrated on a production of Handel's "Messiah", 0. G. Hodgson was appointed Chorus Secretary, and J. E. Fearnside Orchestra Secretary. The Society's numbers swelled to some 87 members for the occasion and included some trebles imported from the Junior School, without whom the St. Peter's trebles would not have been equal to the enormous and exhausting task ahead of them. For eight weeks, Mr. Waine coaxed or beat the chorus and soloists into shape, at the same time challenging the orchestra to play as never 17

before, which it did. A combination of the two produced a superlative performance, the appreciation of which can be judged by the letters of thanks and approbation which the School received later. Mr. Waine is to be congratulated upon producing, as always, a very professional-sounding chorus and orchestra, whilst these in their turn should be congratulated upon the high standard of their performance, which we are perhaps beginning to take for granted, having been brought up alongside a tradition of such quality. A.D.B.

EQUINE SOCIETY Committee. Chairman: R. A. SPILMAN. Treasurer: C. J. SWIES.

Secretary: C. C. RUSSELL. Committee Member: T. J. VICKERS.

The Equine Society was formed last term and one meeting was held; here, the committee was elected and members were informed about possible future meetings. It is hoped next term to arrange for many interesting people to come and speak to the Society, among them the President of the British Equine Society.

C.C.R.

THE WALKING CLUB This term Mr. K. G. Coulthard became master in charge of the club. We send many thanks to Mr. Howat who has run the club in previous years. On the first available day in the term a meeting was held, a secretary was appointed and it was also decided that members should be given the opportunity to plan walks; as a result of this we were never short of ideas. The Club has sixteen members, so some other transport besides the School-minibus had to be provided. Mr. Coulthard volunteered his vehicle and driving, which were readily accepted. Next we needed drivers for the School bus : Stevens and Stapleton are to be thanked for their services and congratulated on their driving, despite sarcastic comments, which they accepted in good part ! The term continued with a series of varied and interesting walks on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The weather was kind on the whole, despite a walk in a snowstorm. We were not to be without some mishap, for whilst in Bransdale the secretary and one of the drivers got lost through bad navigation and the secretary ended up in hospital for the night. Finally we should like to thank Mr. Coulthard for his patience with a somewhat rough-looking band, and also thank the kitchen for supplying us with early lunches, which enabled us to have longer walks. It is proposed that the Club will do the Lyke Wake Walk in the Summer term. T.B.A.E. 18

CHESS The School team has had a fairly successful season, winning three of the five matches played. After a bad start, losing to a strong Bootham team, we entertained York Chess Club; their team included an exLincolnshire champion, and they duly beat us 5-2. In the Easter term, we beat Welbeck College 6-0, Worksop College 4i-11, and then a second team just beat a Bootham Junior team. The Chess Knight was won by Temple, after beating Queen's in the final. In an effort to fmd some talent among the younger members of the School, a competition was arranged on a knockout basis. Whether or not this potential is developed remains to be seen. Finally, since Mr. Wiseman has completed his last season as master-incharge of Chess, we would like to thank him for the help he has given over many years. The following have played in the School Team: —Burnell, Martin, Bilsborough, Eatough, McGrath, Foster, Atkinson C. E. M., Stephenson, Hall, Abel, Wallis, Kirk, Fieldhouse and Pic.kersgill R. D.A.B.

VISIT TO THE CITY OF LONDON MONDAY, 1st MARCH On the evening of Sunday, 28th February a party, led by Mr. Coulthard, left York for Leeds, where we joined the sleeper-train for London. Although this train was late leaving Leeds, and went over what must surely be the most uneven track in Britain, next morning found us at St. Pancras station. After breakfast we made our way to Threadneedle Street and on to the public gallery of the Stock Exchange, where we looked down on the transaction of a great deal of business, and saw a short film. On leaving the Stock Exchange we went to the Bank of England. Here we were shown the petty cash room which contained £35 million of gold, and we were allowed to handle a bar of gold worth £5,000. We were nearly roasted in the basement while being shown the boilers, we were nearly blown off the roof while looking at the London skyline, and we saw the Court Room where the Directors meet. In the Court Room was an indicator which showed the direction of the wind. This was used in the early days of the Bank to tell the Directors when ships could enter the Thames. In this way money could be made ready when it was likely to be needed. We were given a short talk on the working of the Bank, and then there was an excellent lunch. This was served by the Bank's messengers, who wore red waistcoats and pink tail coats. After lunch we went to Lloyd's, the insurance market. There we were told how the present Corporation of Lloyd's developed from the 18th century coffee-house of Edward Lloyd. An account was given of how the brokers insure a risk by obtaining the signatures of underwriters on a slip of paper. We were shown the underwriting room, which is said to be the largest air-conditioned room in Europe. Here we saw the Lutine Bell, and the underwriters' desks, which are still on the same pattern as the seats

in the original coffee-house. Before leaving Lloyd's we were shown some relics of Lord Nelson, and the Committee Room which was moved piece by piece from Bowood House, Wiltshire. We were also given tea at Lloyd's. Where some members of the party went in the next two hours will never be known. Nevertheless, we were all back at King's Cross in time to catch the Aberdonian. This was the end of a long, tiring, but above all, most enjoyable day. It only remains for us to thank Mr. Coulthard most sincerely for arranging a visit which let us see things most of us are never likely to see again. N.J.S.

C.C.F. NOTES Many cadets completed the statutory three years membership of the Contingent at the beginning of term, and while many then left, a large number wanted to stay on, and for the time being this is possible; but it is likely that in future it will be less easy to arrange satisfactory occupation for many when they have completed their three years. One effect of the resignation of cadets was the reduction of the Band to less than half its size, but the vacancies were quickly filled, largely as the result of energetic recruiting by Drum Major Lazenby, Lance Sergeant Brown and Corporal Gagg. At any rate the new Band was able to perform for the German Television programme at the start of the Summer Term. In an otherwise uneventful term, a successful Field Day was held on 2nd March; the Royal Navy Section went to Linton-on-Ouse, the Royal Air Force Section to Lindholme, and the Army Section and all detachments to The Depot, The Yorkshire Brigade at Strensall. We would like to record our appreciation of the hospitality and practical help given by all three of the regular Services during these visits. The Contingent now has a one ton truck on charge; this should be very helpful in general training, and its servicing has become the accepted responsibility of the R.E.M.E. Section. ANNUAL INSPECTION The General Inspection will be on Tuesday, 22nd June. The inspecting Officer will be Colonel J. F. Lake, M.C., the Chairman of the Joint Cadet Executive. He will be accompanied by Officer Cadet A. C. Jowett, 0.P., of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, acting as a Temporary Aide. ANNUAL CAMP There has been a change in the arrangement for the Army Camp. The base of the camp will be with the Royal Air Force Regiment at Catterick, but the same training areas will be used as under the previous plan.

R.N. SECTION As a result of the three-year contract of many senior members of the section ending at Christmas, there were several promotions at the beginning of the term. T. B. A. Evans was promoted Petty Officer and put in charge of the section. Leading Seaman M. J. T. Carr was put in charge of 20

Anson Division. J. N. Yellowley was promoted Leading Seaman and made Section Writer. A.B.s W. N. Marshall and D. J. Barker were made Stores Rating and Quartermaster respectively. A. W. Fieldhouse and C. J. Sinclair were made Electrical and Boat Rating. Training at School took the form of instruction in Morse code, which has been restored to the syllabus. The following passed Proficiency : — D. J. Barker and A. W. Fieldhouse. A large number of cadets took the A.B. examination but communications remains outstanding. The section went to Linton-on-Ouse (H.M.S. Heron) for Field Day on Shrove Tuesday. A varied programme was carried out which included flying in the Sea Prince, two cadets flying in a Chipmunk trainer, films on the Kiss of Life method of artificial respiration, parachute packing demonstration, .303 demonstration and visit to the Control Tower. A very successful day was enjoyed by all. J.N.Y.

R.A.F. NOTES The number in the section decreased to 30 at the beginning of the term. The departures included several senior N.C.O.'s, which enabled others to gain promotion. Sgt. Bennitt assumed command with Sgt. Oliver secondin-charge. A novel feature of the term was the introduction of aircraft modelling for the recruits, which was very successfully organised by Cpl. Oglesby. The competition in this activity was won by Dronfield House. On 2nd March a Field Day Visit was paid to R.A.F. Station Lindholme. A varied programme was provided, but the absence of the promised flying as a result of unserviceable aircraft was a great disappointment. Eight cadets attended the annual camp at R.A.F. Wattisham near Ipswich during the Easter holidays. This was voted as one of the best camps attended in recent years. In addition to the usual Chipmunk flying, cadets were able to inspect Lightnings and Hunters at close quarters, visit an American airbase at Bentwaters and witness an impressive fire-fighting display. Other activities included technical lectures, a survival exercise, a night exercise, shooting, swimming and a drill competition.

SCOUT GROUP SENIOR SCOUT TROOP This has been a busy and productive term, certainly as far as badge work is concerned. Three Senior Scouts have gained the Queen's Scout badge, namely D. A. Burnell, W. R. Pickersgill and N. J. Smith, and they are to be congratulated on this achievement. It is hoped that they will receive their Royal Certificates from Sir Charles Maclean, the Chief Scout, when he visits a North Riding Camp at Hovingham Hall, in June. The training programme over the last two terms bore fruit in the gaining of a large number of proficiency badges, especially Public Health, Senior Pioneer and Despatch Rider. 21

A very successful Field Day was held in deep snow on the moors above Rosedale. Despite the difficult conditions this field day ended more promptly than many for a very long time. The weather hazards obviously made everyone more careful about their map reading, and this meant that we were not sitting around waiting for some poor group who had gone off in completely the wrong direction. At the end of a long slog through the snow the patrols were faced by an additional hazard in the form of a most efficient rope bridge, constructed by some of the patrol leaders and, happy to relate, all crossed without falling in. The latter part of the term was taken up with preparations for the Easter Expedition in the Lake District. Twenty-one Senior Scouts took part in this expedition in fantastic weather conditions. It was a most successful expedition in which great distances were covered, and a separate report of the expedition follows.

SENIOR SCOUT EXPEDITION EASTER 1965 —

On the morning of 30th March, a convoy of two "minibuses" driven by Messrs. Coulthard and Duncan and a coach containing twenty-one Senior Scouts set off for Keswick, from where we walked the five miles to Birkrigg Farm in the Newlands Valley where the first and last nights were to be spent. The following morning all set out on their four-day treks to Grasmere, having been split into four groups. One of these soon became split still further on the detection of a gombeen in its midst! These groups camped separately at sites as far afield as Ennerdale and Hawkeshead ( !) but usually, it was noted, within walking distance of one of the numerous Lakeland hostelries. A number of accidents befell the troop. Smith gave a goat a piece of his anorak to appease its hunger but thankfully found his soap which he had mysteriously left in the stream at Newlands. The mountain, Robinson, was nearly burnt by careless use of matches, and Dizzy, after tramping straight up and down Pillar, was evicted from part of the everincreasing National Trust land for his pains. He and the others, however, arrived safely at Grasmere on the 3rd April and took to slumber there to rest their weary limbs. Sunday was spent quietly with most of the troop going to Church in Grasmere as well as sampling the delicacies of the local Parfumery. It was at this point that the weather which until then, had been like midsummer, finally broke and it rained for most of Sunday night and early Monday morning—Burnell and Fear left ! 'Wet weather' routes, though, were not adopted as the rain abated in time for us to set out on the final 'leg' to Birkrigg. Helvellyn and Skiddaw were conquered; a cuckoo was heard; a red squirrel was made friends with, and the rain, though threatening, did not finally fall again in earnest until Tuesday night by which time all were safely gathered in, to walk to Keswick the following morning and to return to York a little more tired perhaps but greatly satisfied by their achievements during a very enjoyable expedition. Little has so far been mentioned of the two, the Annual General Meeting and his 'assistant', who organised the expedition, who met and supplied us each night and to whom so much of its success is due. Our G.S.M. did not accomplish another heroic rescue as on Snowdon last year, but Mr. Duncan upheld the tradition by using his mountaineering skill and 22

experience in descending a river bank to rescue a poor lamb in distress. He was assisted by two bucolic acquaintances with whom he exchanged pleasantries; as he did with his master on many occasions, much to everybory's constant amusement. His knowledge of the Lakes' mountains was most impressive and indispensible and although he was only once seen on a mountain—being led, be it noted, near the top of Skiddaw—his help in planning routes was invaluable. We hope we did not add too much to Mr. Coulthard's already heavy responsibility in seeing us all back safe and sound. Once again he did and our thanks are due to him for all his work before and during the expedition and for supplying the excellent food with which we were fed. An army marches on its stomach and this was true of our troop trudging up and down hill and vale! J.R.W.T.

SCOUT TROOP We have welcomed one new scout this term, I. L. Dodd, and Houghton has left the troop. The training programme has continued. Under Bailey the First Class scouts all passed their Pioneer badge. The Second Class scouts have made further progress with their First Class tests, completing the splicing and knotting section and starting on the Axemanship and First Aid. Under Mr. Allen the eight who joined as tenderfeet last term have now nearly qualified for their Second Class badge. Both groups will be doing the final tests in their respective sections, the journeys, next term. A successful field day was held on 2nd March. It followed the pattern of recent years with each patrol cycling about 25 miles, some of this over country paths or along tow-paths. The patrols took packed lunches with them returning to the scout but about 2 o'clock, tired and somewhat muddy. Each patrol then had to cook its own meal. The permanent fireplaces in the compound have been removed this term in connection with the widening of the rugger field so each patrol had to find a reasonably dry patch in the muddy compound. Despite these wet conditions the cooking, eating and washing up were completed to finish off an enjoyable day. The last two Tuesdays for the Second Class scouts were devoted to collecting in a good stock of firewood. On the first day all the scouts armed with saws and felling axes were transported by school bus to Tholthorpe and set to work cutting up the large pieces of wood into sizes that could be conveniently packed into the bus as well as scouts. The following Tuesday was concerned mainly with collecting the chopped wood, packing it neatly into the bus and transferring to the compound near the scout hut. During the Easter holidays A. D. Bailey is running a camp for P.L.'s and 2nd's near Helmsley at which they will be taking the Camper badge and gaining experience for running their patrols at the main summer camp.

HOCKEY As far as playing conditions were concerned this has been an above average year. Only two matches, Leeds Corinthians and the Styx, had to be cancelled because of the frost. The venue of the Welbeck match had to be changed and we were glad to get their offer of playing on their pitch. 23

The position of Hockey as a major game was in doubt last term when it was suggested that no boy should start Hockey until his third year. This would have led to the difficult problem of building a new first XI every year unless a boy stayed on for a sixth year. As the majority of our matches are with schools who play more Hockey than we do, both from the time and numbers point of view, we should have been put at a big disadvantage as far as representative matches were concerned and Hockey would have become an internal game. A compromise has been reached which, although reducing the playing experience of future first XI boys to Fridays only for four weeks then full-time for two weeks has also resulted in the making of a third pitch on the Wightman field. This enables all three games to operate at once, whenever pitches are fit, and also allows voluntary Hockey for the beginners after Athletics on Wednesdays and Saturdays. With five of last year's XI left there was promise of a good side. The defence picked itself but several forward lines were tried in order to get a goal-scoring attack. In early matches the ball was kept too much in midfield and to get some attack from the wings Mitchell was moved to outside left with great success and Morris transferred to the right wing from left half. Here he used his speed to advantage but lacks at present the experience to know when to continue on his own. Of the inside forwards Cloughton covered a lot of ground in defence and attack, setting a good example to his team. Willstrop combined well with Mitchell on the left flank and Baxter was a competent centre forward but must learn to get his shots at goal more quickly. At centre half Pickersgill was a tower of strength and his distributional sense improved with each match. Eatough worked hard at left half, his defence being very sound but lacking the ability to give a hard cross-field pass. Vooght had a good season at right half and is a very powerful striker of the ball. The full backs, Nettleton and Hudson, were generally very sound but in three matches goals were scored against us before they had settled down. Winn, in goal, started shakily but soon learnt to rely more on his pads than his stick and made some very good saves particularly in the Bootham match. The frost early on in the season gave little time for practice, with the result that the first matches were with untried combinations in the forward line. The play at this stage contained too much pushing rather than hitting but eventually the team began to realise the advantage of making the ball do the work and using the wings more but by then the short season was over. On March 1 1 th we took part in the six-a-side tournament at Welbeck with the same result as last year. We just lost by one goal to the Army Apprentice School who got through to the final, and won our other two matches against Welbeck College and Abbotsholme Grammar School. The 2nd XI had an unbeaten season captained by Shearsmith, and won their last four games by convincing margins. Thirlwell showed promise in goal but had little chance to show his ability. Abel, Pawson and Lancaster made a sound halfback line whilst the newcomers Roebuck, Waller and Blundy showed sound positional sense in the forwards. At centre forward Rawlings scored most of the goals. With only the two fullbacks leaving, the future looks quite good.

TEAMS is t X I M. J. Winn; *P. F. Nettleton; D. E. Hudson; *J. A. Eatough (vicecaptain); W. R. Pickersgill; J. J. Vooght; T. C. Mitchell; G . A. Willstrop; D. R. Baxter; *G. W. Cloughton (captain); N. G. A. Morris. * Cap. 2nd XI. J. R. W. Thiriwell; P. F. Shearsmith (captain); *A. D. Bailey; *S. G. Lancaster; J. Pawson; *P. Abel; W. J. Roebuck; D. Waller; *D . M. Rawlings; P. H. Blundy; *R. D. Harding. * Colours.

RESULTS ist XI v. Leeds Corinthians Sat., 23 Jan. Sat., 3o Jan. v. Welbeck College ... Sat., 6 Feb. v. Trent College ... Wed., to Feb. v. Scarborough College Wed., 17 Feb. v. Bootham School ... Sat., zo Feb. v. York H.C. 2nd XI Wed., 24 Feb. v. Worksop College Sat., 27 Feb. v. Old Peterites Wed., 3 Mar. v. Styx H.C. Thurs, tt Mar. v. Six-a-side at Welbeck 2nd XI Sat., 3o Jan. Sat., 6 Feb. Wed., to Feb. Wed., 27 Feb. Wed., 24 Feb.

v. Welbeck College ... v. Trent College ... v. Scarborough College v. Bootham School ... v. Worksop College

Home Cancelled Away Lost 0-2 Away Lost 2-3 Away Drawn 2—x Away Won 4-2 Home Lost 2-4 Home Lost 1 2 Home Lost 0-2 Home Cancelled -

Away Won 3-2 Away Won 5—o Away Won 5-0 Home Won 6—i Home Won 4-2

MATCH REPORTS v. WELBECK COLLEGE Played away on Saturday, 30th January. Lost 0-2. The match was played away as the School ground was unfit. However at Welbeck the match was played under perfect conditions with the School having a slight advantage in the first half owing to the slope. The approach work was good but movements broke down on the edge of the circle. When we did get into the circle the shooting was weak, as the forwards tried to dribble the ball right into the goal. The Welbeck defence was very sound especially the centre half and captain who broke down many attacking movements. Welbeck scored their first goal direct from a penalty corner. In the second half the School continued to do the majority of the attacking but again the finishing was poor and Welbeck increased their lead after a defensive slip. v. TRENT COLLEGE Played away on Saturday, 6th February. Lost 1-3 Trent opened the scoring very early in the game through a defensive slip. However, the School scored direct from bully off with Mitchell scoring after collecting a ball off the goalkeeper's pads. After this both sides settled down and the game was very even. The School tried to employ the through ball too much and would not let it go out onto the wings. The result looked like being a draw, until about five minutes from the end when Trent scored two quick goals.

v. SCARBOROUGH COLLEGE Played away on Wednesday, 10th February. Draw 1-1 This was a very scrappy game in which the School held the lead until the last few minutes of the game. The Scarborough left back was the main strength in their defence; however he was caught out of position by a cross-hit from Vooght which was collected by Cloughton who put in a shot past the goal keeper. The pitch was very lumpy and this led to many defensive slips. Late in the second half Scarborough maintained the pressure and scored in the last minute after a misunderstanding between the goal keeper and his defence. v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL Played away on Wednesday, 17th February. Won 4-1 The game started off with the sides evenly matched. However, the School gradually began to overcome Bootham and after two short corners Baxter opened the scoring. In the second half the School did the majority of the attacking and Morris was sent away up the wing. He cut into the circle and put in a feeble shot which the goalkeeper miskicked and the ball trickled into the goal. After this the School missed several opportunities. Cloughton also scored two goals. v. WORKSOP COLLEGE Played at home on Wednesday, 24th February. Lost 1-2 The sides were evenly matched and the School opened the scoring when Mitchell half-volleyed a shot past the goalkeeper. The School maintained their lead until well into the second half. However, after Worksop had come into the game much more they took the lead through two well taken goals. The School nearly equalised when Cloughton broke through but had his shot well saved by the goalkeeper. v. OLD PETERITES Played at home on Saturday, 27th February. Lost 0-2 The School came up against a very strong defensive side. However, the Old Peterites were not two goals better than the School side. The School did a great deal of attacking but the skill of the old boys broke down many attacks, especially the centre half Jackson who covered a great deal of ground, and scored both goals. McKay, who kept goal for the old boys, deprived the School of several scoring opportunities. The Old Peterite XI was: —A. McKay, R. A. Stratton, P. Crowe, P. Netherwood, R. H. Jackson, M. Hallas, P. H. Moat, M. Willstrop, M. J. Wood, K. M. Ratcliff, G. E. C. Graham.

THE BOAT CLUB The rising standards of regattas all over the country make pre-season training imperative, and the success of the 1st VIII in the Head of the Ouse and its very satisfactory position in the Schools' Head at Putney stems from getting fit by circuit training throughout the holidays. Rowing over 3i miles at 30, dropping at times to 28, cannot be satisfactorily accomplished

after only ten days boating without prior training by every member of the crew. This need is naturally even more evident before the Summer Term, and has in some measure been met by a short rigorous spell of rowing at Easter. Of the ten oarsmen of suitable standard the 1st VIII was chosen in January with some difficulty, but once selected, the crew developed straight away. The four old colours, C. W. Birch, M. H. Bowe, G. F. Hardman, and I. L. Boyd, form the nucleus of the crew, rowing together behind R. W. Oliver, who is proving a good stroke, and in fact, there is no weakness throughout the boat. All weights were between 11 st. 6 lb. and 12 st. 3 lb. Starting later than most crews, we were slower than those with whom we trained, but we profited immensely from these combined outings. Early in the term, Leeds University and York City were faster, and in midseason, when we were developing more power, University College, Durham, still managed to beat us comfortably. (All these crews, incidentally, contained several Peterites). We continued to improve however, and the extra pace on the boat could be discerned every outing. A week before the Head of the Ouse, we beat York City by 49 seconds over the 3k mile course. We were very disappointed when Leeds University, whom we were eager to meet, split their VIII to enter two IV's for the Head of the Ouse, for we were left with the prospect of too comfortable a win. In fact we beat York City by 30 seconds, 5 seconds more than I had anticipated, for it was obvious York City had not done themselves justice the preceding week. We started at 37i and rated 34 over the course. It is interesting to note that The Head of the Ouse, organised by the Yorkshire Rowing Council, was stimulated into being by our School Head of the River last year, when we invited other clubs to take part. Representing every Yorkshire club, to whom the event was for this year limited, this first Head of the Ouse attracted thirty-four crews in the five divisions. This race concluded school boating, apart from the 1st VIII, who went to Putney ten days later. As a new entry, we started 75th of the 120 crews, and finished 25th, just in the first division and 31 seconds behind the winner. We had a fine row, but not being used to the notoriously "lighter" water of the Tideway, were perhaps a shade below out best. As planned we rated 36, 34, 35, 36-7 in each successive two minutes of the eight minute course. St. Peter's has entered once before, in 1962 when we came 49th in a clinker boat. It is hoped we may enter annually in future. The 3rd, 4th and 5th IVs, coached by Mr. Nixon and Mr. Bolton, were selected only after two or three weeks, when every oarsman in the top half of the club had been considered. Illness slowed their training, but once settled they improved quickly, the 3rd IV being well together, the 4th and 5th powerful but less experienced. In the Schools Division of the Head of the Ouse, they came 1st, and 2nd equal, all beating Hymer's College and Archbishop Holgate's 1st IVs, a fine achievement. We have been very lucky with coaches this term. We welcome Mr. Austin to the club, and are grateful to Mr. Metcalfe for his help during his term here as student master. "C" VIII indeed has often been taken for the School 2nd VIII, and, "C" VIII would claim, with justification. Mr. Duncan has coached the Colts VIII, and it is regrettable that this promising crew will have to be altered on account of recent revision of the age limit. We congratulate H. N. Blackford, Captain of Boats last year, on his success in winning the Freshman's Sculls at Cambridge. This is in fact no mean achievement. 27

The Lent Term is largely a term of preparation, and its success will depend on performance in the Summer Regattas. We will be greatly assisted by the two new Clinker IVs we are to receive from Banham's, Cambridge, in May, and we are very grateful to the Headmaster and the Governors. D.S.M. RESULTS 6th. March. THE HEAD OF THE OUSE. Senior VIIIs: 1. St. Peter's School, 18.36. 2. York City A, 19.06. 3. Bradford G.S., 19.30. 4. York City B, 19.37. School IVs: 1. St. Peter's School 3rd IV, 14.231. 2. J St. Peter's School 4th IV, 14.39. St. Peter's School 5th IV, 14.39. 4. Hymer's College 1st IV, 14.50. 5. Archbishop Holgate's 1st IV, 14.55. 6. Archbishop Holgate's 2nd IV, 15.02. 7. Archbishop Holgate's 3rd IV, 15.45. 8. Bradford G.S. Colts IV, 16.35. 16th March. SCHOOLS HEAD OF RIVER, PUTNEY. 25. (out of 120). St. Peter's School, 8.31 secs. 3rd March. SCHOOL HEAD OF THE RIVER. Intermediate VIIIs. (21 miles): 1. C VIII, 14.11. 2. D VIII, 15.17. 3. B VIII, not rowed out. Junior 1. 2. 3.

VIIIs (1i miles): Colts VIII, 10.55. Pacers VIII, 11.20. E VIII, 12.55.

CREWS 1st VIII—M. A. Town, C. W. Clegg, K. D. Lockwood, I. L. Boyd, G. F. Hardman, M. H. Bowe, C. W. Birch, R. W. Oliver, C. Ryan. 3rd IV—C. J. M. Duckworth, M. J. Oxley, T. B. Ward, J. S. Atkinson, K. H. Murray (A. Youle vice. C. J. M. Duckworth for the race). 4th IV—A. Youle, P. St. G. Stephenson, M. Donnelly, N. E. Tomlinson. M. E. Gough (P. M. Shepherd vice A. Youle for the race). 5th IV—S. Croft-Baker, P. S. Oglesby, J. R. S. Lazenby, D. E. Rowbottom. P. L. R. Younger. `C' VIII—W. H. Marshall, M. N. Webster, M. J. Thompson, D. Hillaby, M. Senior, R. K. Hall, S. J. Hackney, B. Lumley-Holmes, C. W. D. Wood. Colts VIII—P. J. Doyle, P. R. H. Blackford, A. J. Moss, M. A. Groundwater, R. I. Moss, I. R. D. McGrath, C. J. Pearson, C. S. Martinson. R. J. Mawer. 28

1st XI Hockey, 1965.

Cathedral Square, Kremlin.

The party and Intourist guide.

Berlin Wall (Reichstag in background).

Red Square, Moscow, from St. Basil's Cathedral (now a museum).

ATHLETICS After the failure in the past two seasons to complete the Athletics programme (1963 no standards, 1964 no Bootham match or final Sports Day), this year is was perhaps a case of 'third time lucky'. 'Lucky' at any rate for those who enjoy their athletics (dare we say an increasing number). Admittedly so much depends upon a reasonably temperate climate, but success can only be achieved with the necessary will, a willingness by some to forgo ball games in favour of athletics for just three weeks in the year, and a willingness to put, as it were, their best foot forward. Were not our legs meant to carry us far and fast? Assuredly a good heart too will help.

INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE The Goodburn Cup The season opened early in the term with 3i weeks available for intermittent training for the Cross-country race. Conditions for training were generally good and on the day of the race, Monday, 15th February, the course was in good order. Inevitably the Ings provides us with the only training ground and little variety can be found. The only variation this year came in the start of the race, now that the Old Golf Course marks the scene of development plans outside our jurisdiction. The overall distance however was little changed by the start being made on the Colts field adjoining Westminster Road. C. W. Clegg and D. Hillaby, both of Dronfield House had little difficulty in successfully contriving a dead-heat for 1st place in the reasonably good time of 23 min 36.9 sec., but the packing of four Groveites in 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th positions virtually set the seal on the team award, the Cross-country plate. RESULT 1 equal C. W. Clegg (D.) and D. Hillaby (D.), 3 A. D. Bailey (T.), 4 J. J. Vooght (G.), 5 R. Cressey (G.), 6 C. S. M. Dew (G.), 7 D. R. Waller (G.), 8 P. Abel (Q.), 9 G. F. Hardman (Q.), 10 G. M. Foster (D.), 11 J. Robinson (M.), 12 J. A. Eatough (R.). HOUSE PLACINGS Grove Dronfield

Place

School House Temple

Queen's

II 13 14 15

12 22

35 — 85

23 — 66 — 1st

8 9 27 41 45 5o

25 28 29 32

31 39 49 52

3 16 26 33 40 47

III i 8o

148

212

165

to 18

Total

Rise

Manor

2nd

6 7

3rd

6th

4th

17 24

7th

5th

INTER-HOUSE JUNIOR LONG RUN

Friday, 5th March The issue was never in doubt, merely the margin by which P. V. Zissler would win the Junior Long Run for the second year in succession was open to speculation. True to form Zissler wore all his 69 other rivals into the 29

ground and won by the distance of a very long street. His record time of 15 min 52.4 sec. beat his previous best by 6.1 sec. The Grove retained the cup for the third successive year, managing to hold Queen's at bay by their superiority in 6th, 7th and 8th positions. RESULT 1 P. V. Zissler (G.), 2 A. G. Scott (G.), 3 C. J. A. Smith (Q.), 4 S. Barnes (Q.), 5 F. J. Vickers (M.), 6 R. J. S. Martin (D.), 7 J. E. Staines (Q.), 8 C. H. Noble, (R.), 9 S. G. Smith (G.), 10 R. M. Yule (G.), 11 J. R. Lund (T.), 12 B. Lack (Q.). HOUSE PLACING S

Dronfield

Grove

Place

34 43 59 66 68

13 46 52 55

23 25 28 35 51

192

208

347

218

4 7

45 47 48 5o

14 3o 32 36

41 44 49 54

286

134

277

1st

2nd

5th

Temple

6th

Rise School House 8

Total

Manor Queen's

3rd

7th

26 29 38 58

4th

ATHLETICS MATCH v BOOTHAM SCHOOL Result: Senior Event—Won by 120 - 84 Junior Event—lost by 55 - 65 But for the generosity of Bootham School in loaning us their ground for sundry trials, when we at home were completely bogged down, our predicament would have been great indeed, and this very fixture on the day following would have been in serious jeopardy. All's well that ends well, and, although certain aspects of the team selection were inevitably haphazard, two reasonably well balanced teams represented the School in this the only Athletics match. Our Senior sprinters were as strikingly superior as were those of Bootham in the Junior events, and on these issues the final results mainly hinged. Two meeting records were established in conditions which were by no means fast—the first in the Quarter Mile by T. B. Ward, and the second by the Senior relay team in the persons of G. W. Cloughton, D. J. Emsley, R. W. Miers and P. W. Brown (Capt.).

DETAILED RESULTS SCORING :- I St- I0 6th-I

pts., 2nd-7 pts., 3rd-5 pts., 4th-3 pts., 5t.h-2 Pts•,

pt. Relay: 1st— 8 pts.

SENIOR COMPETITION (In order of 220 Yards: I P. W. Brown; 2

events) G. W. Cloughton; 4 R. W. Miers.

Time: 24.5 sec. St. Peter's 20, Bootham 8. High Jump: 2 R. D. Harding; 4 R. M. Anderson; 5 J. Pawson. Winning height: 5 ft 5 ins.

St. Peter's 12, Bootham 16. Half Mile: 2 J. S. Atkinson; 4 G. F. Hardman; 5 S. N. Howard. Winning time: 2 mins 9.7 sec. St. Peter's 12, Bootham 16. xoo Yards: x G. W. Cloughton; 2 D. J. Emsley; 3 S. Croft-Baker. Time: 11.1 sec. St. Peter's 22, Bootham 6 44o Yards: I T. B. Ward; 3 M. Donnelly; 4 G. M. Foster. Time: 54.9 sec. (Meeting Record). St. Peter's 18, Bootham to. Long Jump: I G. W. Cloughton; 4 J. Pawson; 6 P. W. Brown. Distance: 19 ft IJ in. St. Peter's 74, Bootham 14. Mile: 2 C. W. Clegg; 3 P. Abel; 5 D. Hillaby. Winning time: 4 mins 58.o sec. St. Peter's 14, Bootham 14.

Relay (4 x Ho Yards): 1 St. Peter's; 2 Bootham. Time: 47.2 sec. (Meeting Record). St. Peter's 8, Bootham O. FINAL. SCORE: St. Peter's 120, Bootham 84.

Athletic's Colours awarded to:— P. W. Brown (Captain of Athletics), P. Abel, C. W. Clegg, G. W. Cloughton, D. J. Emsley, T. B. Ward.

(Under 15 on 1St January). Yards: 2 K. J. Sargeant; 5 J. A. Pease; 6 C. N. T. Lees. Winning time: 26.5 sec.

JUNIOR COMPETITION 220

St. Peter's 10, Bootham 18. Long Jump: I P. V. Zissler; 3 J. J. Sample; 5 R. E. Friars. Distance: 16 ft. 8 in. St. Peter's 17, Bootham zoo Yards: 3 K. J. Sargeant; 4 J. A Pease; 5 D. M. L. Jackson. Winning time: 12.0 sec. St. Peter's To, Bootham 18. High Jump: z L. N. Thompson; 3 P. V. Zissler; 4 R. E. Friars. Height: 4 ft. 8 in. St. Peter's x8, Bootham 10. Relay (4 x No Yards): x Bootham• 2 St. Peters. St. Peter's o, Bootham 8. FINALE SCORE: St. Peter's 554Bootham 65. 31

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS The Standard's programme got away to a flying start and a pitch of fitness was rapidly approaching when suddenly the fine weather broke and the programme ground to a miserable halt. The end in fact was as untimely as the programme was incomplete, but sufficient had been achieved for the competition to stand. Although the following list would have been enhanced by the inclusion of many more names had the programme been properly completed, the following with maximum points were : —

Set A: J. A. Eatough (R.). Set B: A. S. Medleycott (D.), T. J. Gill (R.), J. Pawson (T.). Set C: A. W. Fieldhouse (R.), M. J. Wright (R.), M. A. Groundwater (S.H.),

Set D: P. V. Zissler (G.), F. J. Vickers (M.). Set E: A. W. Hodgson (Q.), A. L. Jervis (S.H.). With Standards a fait accompli, it now became a matter of conjecture as to how much of the remaining programme could be achieved. As has already been mentioned, Bootham School came to our rescue and salvaged our programme. On the afternoon of 24th March, on the Bootham ground, we were able to stage the two One Mile Final events, complete some trials for the Bootham match team selection, and hold the Preliminary Heats for our own final Sports Day. Thus the position was restored to such an extent that all was ready for our own Sports Meeting on Saturday, 27th March, when at last more seasonable weather permitted us to use our own track for the first time since the previous Friday week. DETAILED RESULTS

Saturday, 27th March, 1965 Points from Standards: Dronfield Zoo; Manor 194; Grove 183; Queen's and Rise 175; School House 173; Temple 1 43. SENIOR MILE: I C. W. Clegg (D), 2 P. Abel (Q), 3 J. J. Vooght (G), 4 D. Hillaby (D). Time: 5 min. 2.8 secs. I A. S. Medlycott (D), 2 C. A. Wood (Q), 3 C. P. Farmer (Q) 4 J. R. Wood (M). Time: 5 min. 12.8 secs.

INTERMEDIATE MILE:

I. SENIOR I00 YARDS

I G. W. Cl oughton (Q), z P. W. Brown (M), 3 D. J. Emsley (G),

4 S. Croft-Baker (R). Time: II.I secs. 2.

JUNIOR I00 YARDS

K. J. Sargeant (S.H.), 2 J. A. Pease (D), 3 C. N. T. Lees (D), 4 S.

Mackinder (R). Time: 12.3 secs. 3.

INTERMEDIATE I00 YARDS

I N. G. A. Morris (D), 2 M. A. Groundwater (S.H.), 2 I. S. Donaldson (D), 4 A. J. Gill (R). Time: 11.7 secs. 4.

SENIOR HIGH JUMP

D. R. Baxter (G), 2 R. D. Harding (R), 3 G. F. Hardman (Q), 4 S. N. Howard (M). Height: 5 ft. 3 ins. 5.

JUNIOR LONG JUMP

P. V. Zissler (G), 2 A. W. Hodgson (Q), 3 IC. N. T. Lees (D). F. J. Vickers (M). Distance: 16 ft. 2 ins.

88o YARDS A. Wood (Q), 2 A. S. Medlycott (D), 3 A. W. Fieldhouse (R), 4 M. J. Wright (R). Time: 2 min. 16.7 secs. SENIOR 880 YARDS P. Abel (Q), 2 C. W. Clegg (D), 3 J. S. Atkinson (M), 4 D. Hillaby (D). Time: 2 min. 16.3 secs.

INTERMEDIATE I C.

SENIOR 220 YARDS

G. W. Cloughton (Q), 2 P. W. Brown (M), 3 S. Croft-Baker (R), 4 D. J. Emsley (G). Time: 24.8 secs. 9.

INTERMEDIATE 220 YARDS

N. G. A. Morris (D), 2 M. A. Groundwater (S.H.), 3 P. M. Thomson (T), 4 D. M. Hutton (D). Time: 26.3 secs. W. JUNIOR 220 YARDS

K. J. Sargeant (S.H.), 2 J. A Pease (D)3 f F. J. Vickers (M) 1D. M. L. Jackson (T) Time: 27.5 secs. II. SENIOR LONG JUMP I J. Pawson (T), 2 D. J. Emsley (G), 3 G. W. Cloughton (Q), 4 D. R. Baxter (G). Distance: 18 ft. 2 ins. 12.

INTERMEDIATE HIGH JUMP I R. M. Anderson (T), 2 N. G. A. Morris (D), 3 D. R. Waller (G), 4 J. A. S. Benn (Q). Height: 5 ft. I in.

13.

JUNIOR CRICKET BALL I C. E. Wilkinson (S.H.), 2 K. J. Sargeant (S.H.), 3 D. J. Moss (D) 4 A. G. Scott (G). Distance: 67 yds. I ft. 10 ins.

14.

INTERMEDIATE 440 YARDS

A. S. Medlycott (D), 2 A. W. Fieldhouse (R), 3 J. R. Wood (M), 4 C. J. Pearson (Q). Time: 59.2 secs. 15.

JUNIOR 440 YARDS I P. V. Zissler (G), 2 F. J. Vickers (M), 3 D. W. Tree (S.H.), 4 A. H.

Powell (D). Time: 61.4 secs. 16.

SENIOR 440 YARDS

I T. B. Ward (T), 2 M. Donnelly (D), 3 P. M. Shepherd (R), 4 J. D. Cartwright (G). Time: 55.9 secs. 17.

INTERMEDIATE LONG JUMP

A. J. Gill (R), 2 J. S. Donaldson (D), 3 M. A. Groundwater (S.H.), 4 A. S. Medlycott (D). Distance: 17 ft. 2 ins. 18.

JUNIOR HIGH JUMP

I L. N. Thomson (Q), 2 B. D. Pugh (M), 3 D. W. Tree (S.H.), 4 {

J. D. Rawlings (R). Height: 4 ft. 8 ins. W. R. Copeland (T).

yards) Dronfield, 2 Temple, 3 Grove, 4 School House. Time: 54.8 secs.

19.

JUNIOR RELAY (4 x I I0

20.

INTERMEDIATE RELAY (1 I 0 X 440 x 220 X I io

21.

SENIOR RELAY (1 ID X 440 X 220 X I IO

yards) Queens, 2 Rise, 3 Dronfield, 4 Grove. Time: I min. 53.9 secs.

yards) Manor, 2 Queens, 3 Rise, 4 Dronfield. Time: I min. 47.8 secs.

PRESENTATION OF ATHLETIC SHIELD 1. 2. 3. 4.

Queens Manor Grove

Dronfield House

5. 6. 7.

Rise School House Temple

2741 233 225 217 2064 205 168

WINNER OF THE CtivE LEWIS CUP (Sprints) G. W. Cloughton. WINNER OF THE GOFTON CUP (I mile) T. B. Ward.

RUGGER Easter term rugger, now more firmly established on a proper footing with the 'Under 15' and 'Under 14' age groups almost fully represented, prolonged the season by an invaluable six weeks. Although neither team was potentially as strong as its predecessors, the value of the Easter term rugger can best be judged by the measure of their success in the three matches played by each of the teams. The 13-8 point win by the Under 15 team v. Hymers College marked their first away win of the season; the 16-3 point win v. Ashville College reversed an earlier 10-18 point loss; and the 6-16 loss v. Archbishop Holgate's unbeaten side went a long way towards redressing an earlier 9-28 loss, even with 5 undisputed reserves playing. The Under 14 team, still sadly lacking confidence, not unnaturally, having lost all their 5 matches of the Christmas term, experimented and strove unremittingly. After further losses, 3-16 v. Hymers College and 5-20 v. Ashville College, they gained their just reward in the final match of the season when defeating Pocklington School by 22-6, and in so doing reversed an earlier loss of 9-17.. Thus Easter term rugger was very much worth while, and should have gone a long way towards establishing both these teams more firmly on their feet at the beginning of next season. `Under 15' XV selected from : —E. M. Holgate; K. J. Sargeant, F. J. Vickers, J. A. S. Benn, I. S. Donaldson, P. D. Rutherford; J. C. Richardson, P. V. Zissler; C. A. Wood, A. G. Scott, J. J. Sample, H. G. Marks, P. T. Summers, S. Mackinder, M. J. Wright, A. S. Carr, J. E. Dickinson. `Under 14' XV selected from : —D. J. Moss; B. Thompson, R. M. Yule, M. A. Cantrell, D. J. Doyle; M. J. H. Fisher, G. M. Watson; S. G. Smith, D. B. Hart, R. P. Morris, A. H. Powell, P. J. H. Fosbrook, M. C. Gilbert, M. J. R. Wood, A. Holmes, J. M. Lillie, D. M. L. Jackson, A. L. Jervis. 34

SHOOTING The Easter term has in the past been devoted mainly to "Country Life" practices, two teams being entered for that competition. Dissatisfaction with this arrangement, especially the enormous demand for time in practising the Landscape series, has been growing steadily, and this year a completely new scheme was started. The club concentrated on training for shooting in general, and after a while improvement became quite marked. This was particularly true of the beginners and if their .22 skill is transferred to .303 next term we should at least postpone what is clearly a threat to the club—a lack of new entrants because of the much reduced size of the C.C.F. We did in fact enter one team for "Country Life", selected from 12 members who were given a fortnight to prepare for it: the total, less Landscape, may turn out to be our highest so far, an interesting comment on the previous training. The Landscape series, however, was not very good, and our final position will suffer accordingly. Owing to this short period of "Country Life" shooting, our postal matches had to be duplicated, the results being given below. We also had a match with Victoria College on training lines, which we won 830-817. "Country Life" match results were: St. Peter's 762 v. Ampleforth 768. Lost. v. Repton 744. Won. St. Peter's 768 v. Dean Close 771. Lost. v. Monmouth 703. Won. The official first VIII, who were awarded minor colours, were : J. F. Brown (Capt.), H. J. R. Hyde (Vice-Capt.), P. S. Marsden, D. J. Mackenzie, J. F. Gagg, R. A. Peaker, D. W. Tidy, D. S. Lockhart, G. M. Foster (who fired the "Landscape" series). N. A. Kemp and N. C. P. Marsden also shot for the first VIII, the latter being unfortunate in being absent when the official VIII was chosen. J. F. Brown is to be congratulated on scoring 99 in each of the three "Country Life" shoots.

SQUASH It is pleasing to be able to report that this has been our best season for many years, certainly since the war. In all thirteen matches were played, eleven being won and two lost. We won all our school matches easily. The highlight of the season was undoubtedly our success in the triangular match, when we beat Rossall 4-1 and Barnard Castle 5-0; the latter success was all the more satisfying, as this was the first time that we had beaten Barnard Castle. At first string, Vooght again improved considerably. He had several hard matches against experienced club players, but always gave a good account of himself, and he had no difficulty in winning all his matches against other schools. Also undefeated in school matches was the captain, Harding. The lack of variety in his game brought about two defeats early in the term, but he played very well later, especially in the triangular match. 35

Nettleton, at third string, was always difficult to beat, though perhaps he did not play quite as well after Christmas as he had done before, when he was really fit. Baxter had an outstanding season, winning all but one of his thirteen matches. It was a great pity that, after playing so well at season, he should have such a bad weekend at Rossall. Willstrop, at fifth string, was the third member of the team to be unbeaten in school matches. Early in the term carelessness lost him two matches, but to a large extent he overcame this weakness and played very well, with a great deal of guts and determination. The younger players in the School show plenty of promise for the future. The Colts team won their one school match easily, and three of this team, Morris, Richardson and Roebuck, played successfully for the 1st V on occasions during the term. RESULTS:

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V. Squashbucklers at home on 28th January. J. J. Vooght lost to Dr. W. Helm, 9-5, 9-1, 7-9, 3-9, 9-10. P. F. Nettleton beat P. N. L. Terry Esq., 9-8, 9-3, 9-0. R. D. Harding beat N. J. Mapson Esq., 9-4, 9-4, 9-4. D. R. Baxter beat T. L. A. Burgess Esq., 9-0, 9-0, 9-1. G. A. Willstrop beat D. A. C. Blunt Esq., 9-4, 9-4, 9-1. N. G. A. Morris beat M. Cockerill Esq., 9-4, 9-6, 6-9, 9-5. W. J. Roebuck beat J. C. Richardson, 9-6, 9-1, 5-9, 8-10, 9-5.

Result : -Won 6-1. `A' V v. Hymer's College away on 4th February. R. D. Harding beat R. Harwood, 9-4, 9-3, 9-0. D. R. Baxter beat P. A. B. Beecroft, 9-3, 9-7, 9-3. G. A. Willstrop beat G. A. Foster, 1-9, 10-9, 8-10, 9-5, 9-7. N. G. A. Morris lost to P. J. Gay, 4-9, 9-3, 4-9, 9-6, 7-9. J. C. Richardson, beat J. S. Canby, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3. Result : -Won 4-1. 1st V v. Staff on 14th February. J. J. Vooght lost to D. Kirby Esq., 7-9, 9-10, 0-9. P. F. Nettleton lost to M. Willstrop Esq., 6-9, 7-9, 5-9. R. D. Harding beat G. M. Shuttleworth Esq., 9-0, 9-3, 9-5. D. R. Baxter beat G. D. Craine Esq., 10-9, 9-6, 9-7. G. A. Willstrop beat J. D. Blissett Esq., 9-3, 9-3, 9-2. Result : -Won 3-2. 1st V v. York R.I. away on 16th February. J. J. Vooght lost to J. E. Fawcett, 1-9, 9-7, 9-1, 5-9, 5-9. P. F. Nettleton lost to G. Martin, 9-4, 6-9, 7-9, 2-9. R. D. Harding lost to A. Whitetown, 4-9, 6-9, 5-9. D. R. Baxter beat J. M. Huntington, 8-10, 9-6, 9-7, 7-9, 9-6. G. A. Willstrop lost to D. M. Snowden, 7-9, 9-7, 9-6, 5-9, 8-10. Result : -Lost 1-4. 36

1st V v. Old Peterites on 28th February. J. J. Vooght, lost to J. E. Fawcett, 9-2, 9-10, 0-9, 6-9. R. D. Harding lost to W. M. Howard, 9-10, 0-9, 8-10. P. F. Nettleton beat K. A. Headlam, 9-1, 9-7, 9-3. D. R. Baxter beat N. J. Magson, 9-5, 9-7, 9-3. G. A. Willstrop beat C. W. Thompson, 9-2, 9-7, 7-9, 10-8. Result: -Won 3-2. 1st V v. Harrogate S. R. C. at home on 2nd March. J. J. Vooght beat J. Allan, 4-9, 9-7, 9-3, 9-3. R. D. Harding beat D. Brawn, 5-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-5. P. F. Nettleton lost to P. S. Southcott, 9-1, 9-4, 7-9 6-9, 5-9. D. R. Baxter beat W. M. Audsley, 9-4, 9-2, 9-2. G. A. Willstrop lost to A. Pinkney, 0-9, 2-9, 0-9. Result: -Won 3-2. Triangular match at Rossall on 6th and 7th March. 1st V v. Barnard Castle. J. J. Vooght beat A. P. Hope, 9-0, 9-1, 9-3. R. D. Harding beat A. Bullock, 9-7, 10-8, 9-6. P. F. Nettleton beat I. A. Nuttall, 9-2, 9-6, 9-6. D. R. Baxter beat R. A. Cummings, 9-6, 7-9, 4-9, 9-2, 9-3. G. A. Willstrop beat J. A. Brown, 10-9, 4-9, 10-8, 7-9, 9-4. Result: -Won 5-0. Barnard Castle v. Rossall (Barnard Castle names first.) A. P. Hope lost to P. A. Cartmell, 9-6, 6-9, 3-9, 1-9. A. Bullock, beat B. P. Craig, 9-5, 7-9, 9-2, 9-4. I. A. Nuttall beat I. S. Riley, 4-9, 2-9, 9-2, 9-6, 9-6. R. A. Cummings lost to M. A. Lloyd, 1-9, 9-0, 3-9, 8-10. J. A. Brown beat R. D. Coar, 9-6, 9-6, 2-9, 9-5. Result : -Barnard Castle won 3-2.

1st V v. Rossall. J. J. Vooght beat P. A. Cartmell, 9-3, 9-5, 6-9, 9-3. R. D. Harding beat B. P. Craig, 9-3, 9-6, 9-0. P. F. Nettleton beat I. S. Riley, 9-6, 10-9, 9-3. D. R. Baxter lost to M. A. Lloyd, 9-2, 7-9, 6-9, 8-10. G. A. Willstrop beat R. D. Coar, 9-6, 9-7, 9-4. Result : -Won 4-1. 1st V v. Worksop College at home on 21st March. J. J. Vooght beat G. G. Able, 9-1, 9-1, 9-2. R. D. Harding beat W. Dunn, 9-0, 9-3, 9-7. P. F. Nettleton beat M. R. Sivil, 9-0, 9-4, 9-5. D. R. Baxter beat I. C. Dodson, 9-2, 9-1, 9-3. G. A. Willstrop beat A. Price, 9-2, 9-3, 9-7. Result : -Won 5-0.

Colts VI v. Clifton L.T.C. at home on 23rd February. N. G. A. Morris beat G. D. Craine Esq., 6-9, 9-7, 6-9, 9-7, 9-5. J. C. Richardson lost to D. M. Snowden Esq., 5-9, 6-9, 9-7, 9.-5, 3-9. W. J. Roebuck beat A. Woodburn Esq., 9-1, 5-9, 9-4, 9-0. D. R. Waller lost to K. Nicholson Esq., 10-9, 9-3, 5-9, 4-9, 9-10. J. G. Hoad beat R. Palmer Esq., 2-9, 10-8, 9-5, 8-10, 9-4. M. J. H. Fisher lost to J. C. Christie Esq., 9-10, 2-9, 9-7, 5-9. Result : —Drawn 3-3. Colts V v. Worksop College away on 21st March. N. G. A. Morris lost to J. R. D. Harvey, 9-2, 6-9, 8-10, 5-9. J. C. Richardson beat C. A. R. Baldock, 9-0, 9-3, 10-8. W. J. Roebuck beat L. 0. Taylor, 9-3, 9-0, 9-7. D. R. Waller beat T. C. Taylor, 9-1, 9-3, 10-9. J. G. Hoad beat D. W. L. Anderson, 9-0, 9-0, 9-3. Result : —Won 4-1. The Inter-House competition was easily won by the Grove; in the final they defeated the Rise 5-0.

FENCING The Easter Term this year was somewhat quieter than at first expected. This was mainly due to the fact that several first-team members were called upon to represent the School in other spheres. This did not prevent us from completing an undefeated term in our School matches. On the 23rd January, the first Saturday of term, R. W. Oliver and C. A. Wood represented the School in the British Under Twenties Fencing Competition in London. C. A. Wood was unfortunate to be knocked out of the First Round on a Count of hits. R. W. Oliver was knocked out in the Second Round. On 30th January, we sent a team to Welbeck College and recorded an easy win. The second School Match of the term was against Scarborough College on 10th February. An 'A' team was sent to Scarborough and we recorded another victory in this, our first fixture with Scarborough. Our third match of the term was against Richmond School, on Sunday, 14th February at Richmond. This was again a first fixture and the School won confidently. The last match of the term was against our old rivals, Stonyhurst College, at home. Although proving our toughest resistance of the term and fighting bravely, Stonyhurst were beaten. During the term, P. M. Darley was re-awarded his School Colours and J. A. S. Benn was awarded his. The Inter-House Fencing Matches were fought this term, the final was between Temple and Queen's; Temple won by 6 bouts to 5. During the Easter Holidays, a large team of seventeen boys went down to London for the Public School's Fencing Championships. In the Junior Foil C. A. Wood and J. A. S. Benn were placed 4th and 5th respectively out of 164 competitors. Other creditable efforts were J. Pawson's achieve38

ment in reaching the semi-finals of the Senior Foil in his first year as a Senior Fencer. R. W. Oliver reached the Quarter-Finals of the Epée and P. M. Darley the Quarter-Final of the Sabre. And the School team was runner-up to Brentwood in the Pearson Cup. At Commemoration, it is proposed to have an Old Peterite Fencing Match. Would any Old Peterites wishing to Fence, please contact P. A. Morris Esq. (0.P.). c/o Atha & Co., King's Square, York. Tel. York 55724? R.W.O.

OXFORD CUP, 1964-65 (Holders: THE GaovE) The following table gives the points gained up to date:— Points School Awarded Dronfield Grove Manor Queens Rise House Temple

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TENNIS FIXTURES, 1965 Sat., 8 May 1st VI Bede College ... ... Wed., 12 May 1st VI Archbishop Holgate's-4-45 P.m• Sat., Is May 1st VI Worksop College Wed., 26 May 1st VI Scarborough College... Sat., 29 May 1st VI Bootham School ... Wed., 9 June 2nd VI Bootham School ... Wed., 16 June 1st VI Easingwold School ... ... Sat., 26 June 1st VI Ampleforth College znd VI Wed., 3o June 1st VI Archbishop Holgate's 4-45 P.mSat., 3rd July 1st VI Ashville College ... ... ... Sat., t7 July to-o a.m. Boys Schools' L.T.A. Tournament at School Leeds Mon., 19 July Under XVI Bootham School IV Under XV Bootham School IV .

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RUGBY FIXTURES, 1965 CHRISTMAS TERM Saturday Wednesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday Wednesday Saturday

1st XV Headingley R.U.F.C. Colts.... 2nd Oct. 6th Oct. Headingley Wanderers XV ... Harrogate R.U.F.C. Colts ... 9th Oct. ... 13th Oct. Durham School ... Bradford G.S. 16th Oct. Trent College... loth Oct. Denstone College ... 23rd Oct. ... 6th Nov. Leeds G.S. ... 13th Nov. Giggleswick School ... 2oth Nov. Ampleforth College ... ... 8th Dec. Worksop College Old Peterites ... 11th Dec.

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3rd XV ... Wednesday 13th Oct. Durham School Archbishop Holgates' G.S. 23rd Oct. Saturday ... 3rd Nov. Worksop College Wednesday 13th Nov. Giggleswick School ... Saturday Wednesday r7th Nov. Barnard Castle School loth Nov. Ampleforth College ... Saturday

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Under 16 Colts XV 9th Oct. Pocklington School Saturday Barnard Castle School 16th Oct. Saturday ... Trent College... Wednesday loth Oct. Giggleswick School ... 23rd Oct. Saturday ... 3rd Nov. Durham School Wednesday ... 13th Nov. Ashville College Saturday Wednesday 17th Nov. Ampleforth College ... Wednesday 24th Nov. Worksop College ...

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Under 15 Colts XV 9th Oct. Pocklington School Saturday Barnard Castle School 16th Oct. Saturday Scarborough College 23rd Oct. Saturday ... 3rd Nov. Durham School Wednesday Wednesday loth Nov. Archbishop Holgate's G.S. ... 13th Nov. Ashville College Saturday Wednesday 17th Nov. Ampleforth College ... ... Wednesday 24th Nov. Worksop College

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House Matches SENIOR

1st Round Wednesday 27th October. Semi-finals Saturday 27th November. Final Saturday 4th December. JUNIOR

rst Round Monday 8th November. Semi-finals Friday 19th November. Final Wednesday 1st December.

O.P. Rugger Match Anyone wishing to play in this match is asked to write to C. W. Thompson, The Flat, Meed House, North Road, Retford, Notts.

OLD PETERITE NEWS A meeting of the General Committee of the Old Peterite Club was held at the School on the 27th February. The Secretary informed the Committee that P. J. Middlebrook had agreed to take over the position of Golf Secretary. Because of the expense, which the Club had had to meet after last year's Annual Dinner, it was resolved that the School should add one shilling to the cost of each ticket and that the Club should pay the rest of the expenses. It was also resolved that the menu cards should be printed at the School. The Sports Committee made several recommendations to the meeting; the main object of the recommendations was to get more O.P.s, especially younger ones, interested in taking part in the various sports against the School. It was felt that the organisers of each sport should be elected at the Annual General Meeting for a period of three years and that he could only be re-elected once. It was resolved that the next meeting of the General Committee should be held on Saturday, 11th December, 1965.

COMMEMORATION, 1965 Old Peterites are reminded that the 1965 School Commemoration will be held on the 23rd, 24th and 25th July, and Old Peterites are urged to support it. The Head Master has again kindly agreed that a limited number of unaccompanied O.P.s (in order of application) can be accommodated in the Junior School, charge 12s. 6d. per night for bed and breakfast. The official programme is circulated with this issue of The Peterite'. Please complete the pro forma and return it to the Head Master's secretary without delay. Unfortunately the Dinner Dance, which has been run for some years by the Masonic Lodge on the Friday evening of Commemoration, has received such little support that it is not being held this year. Organisers for the O.P. teams for the sporting events, with whom members wishing to take part are asked to communicate as soon as possible, are as follows:— Boat Races—K. H. Rhodes, St. Peter's School, York. Cricket—K. M. Ratcliff, The Thatch, South Willingham, Lincoln. Fencing—P. A. Morris, 9 Pulleyn Drive, Tadcaster Road, York. Golf—P. J. Middlebrook, "Highfield", Brayton, Selby. Tennis—C. H. Lewis, 15 Longfield Avenue, Mill Hill, London N.W.7. Old Peterites are reminded that the President of the Club will, as is customary at Commemoration, lay a wreath on the Memorial Shrine in the Ante-Chapel at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday, 24th July, and it hoped that O.P.s attending Commemoration will accompany him. 42

NOTES The following crested neckwear is available : — s. d. 15 6 each plus postage 41d. All-silk crested ties 12 6 each plus postage 41d. Terylene crested ties 11 9 each plus postage 41d. All-silk bow ties ... 19 6 each plus postage 41d. All-silk batswings 60 0 each post free. All-silk squares ... 34 0 each post free. All-silk cravats ...

NORTH WEST DINNER The North West Regional Dinner of the Old Peterite Club was held at the Grand Hotel, Manchester, on Friday, 12th March, 1965. Mr. J. A. Hanson (Immediate Past President of the Club) was in the chair. The Rev. J. C. Houghton proposed the toast to the School to which the Head Master replied. The toast to the Old Peterite Club was proposed by J. H. Moss and the President of the Club, Mr. T. J. Lewis, replied. Present : —The Head Master, The President of the Club (T. J. Lewis), J. H. Hanson (Immediate Past President), W. D. Blackburn, A. T. Booth, A. P. Buttrum, N. W. M. Carr, R. S. Coates, G. R. Cormack, I. S. T. Dutton, I. R. Fairweather, G. E. L. Graham, Rev. J. C. Houghton, A. B. Maclldowie, S. M. Maclldowie, J. H. Moss, D. Norwood, R. R. Rainford, T. C Rainford, K. H. Rhodes and R. A. Stratton. The London Old Peterite Dinner will be held at the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, on the evening of Friday, 12th November, 1965 at 7 30 p.m. for 8 00 p.m.

NEWS OF OLD PETERITES A. M. HEADLAM (Temple, 1957-62), selected for the principal Exchange Assistantship between Edinburgh and Nice, is teaching at the `Lycee du Parc Imperial' and studying at the 'College de Lettres et de Sciences Humaines de Nice'. He returns to Edinburgh University in October to present a thesis before going on to complete a Senior Honours Year in French Language and Literature. J. M. HOLT, M.Sc., M.D., M.R.C.P. (School House, 1948-53), is a member of the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford. He and his wife, Sheila, now have three children : Jane, Sally and Timothy; and live in the small village of Hampton Doyle, just to the north of Oxford. Old friends would be most welcome. T. D. J. LAYFIELD (Grove, 1953-59), who came down from Emmanuel College in 1963, was recently appointed Appointments Officer in the Personnel Department of the Steel Company of Wales. After obtaining an honours degree in Classics, he is still pursuing a Personnel Management Course. He is responsible for assisting Management in the Selection of Monthly and Supervisory Staff. He would be very glad to hear news and names of 0.P.s in the South Wales Area. 43

SIR JOHN RODGERS, Bart, M.P. for Sevenoaks since 1950 and a former Minister at the Board of Trade, has been appointed to the Council of the new University of Kent, at Canterbury. After Oxford, Sir John started his career as a Lecturer at Hull University. He is a Founder Governor of the Administrative Staff College, a Member of the Executive of the Foundation for Management Education, on the Council of the British Institute of Management and a member of the Grand Council of the Federation of British Industries. E. M. REED (Grove, 1913-20)), was unfortunately omitted from the list of those present at the 1964 Commemoration O.P. Dinner. CHRISTOPHER 'SANDERSON (Temple, 1947-55), who teaches at the Leeds College of Art, has besn awarded a Peter Styvesant Foundation Bursary and a return to New York for his work in a recent sculpture exhibition at the White Chapel Art Gallery. The following is reprinted from the February `Olavite' for the interest of Old Peterites : — "At the beginning of the term we were all extremely sad to have to bow to Mr. Chilman's wish to sever his long-standing connection with the Scout Troop. This step had been in his mind 'for the last year or two, but gentle persuasion had prevailed on him more than once to hang on a bit longer. This time, however, he was quite adamant, and after 33 years' service with the Group as its Scout Master, we most regretfully accepted his resignation. "It was in 1931 that Mr. Chilman founded the St. Peter's School Group in the Junior School at the request of Mr. S. M. Toyne, Head Master of the School at that time. The Group continued to bear this title until 1958. In the meantime Scouting had spread to the Senior School in 1942, and after 16 years of continuous existence, was quite obviously well established there. So much so that it was decided to split the Group in two, the Scouts and Cub Pack in St. Olave's, adopting the name of their founder for their title—the Chilman Group. This in itself was a rare, if not unique, compliment to Mr. Chilman, for few, if any, Groups in the country have been permitted to adopt the name of a living person for their title. Such was our regard for "Chilly," then, even greater is it today. "In 1954 he was awarded the Scout Medal of Merit in recognition of his outstanding services to Scouting. Fellow 'Scouters and Scouts cannot fail to appreciate his constant willingness to turn his hand to any task that required doing, however unpleasant or arduous it might be. For his example in this respect, and for his earnest desire to further the interests of Scouting always and everywhere we are most grateful.

ADDRESSES MAJOR A. A. CAMFIELD, R.A.O.C., 44 Gitlin Road, Bushey, Hertfordshire. (Tel. Bushey Heath 2625). P. A. FENTON. Tout/ways', Southgate, Hutton Cranswick, Driffield. East Yorkshire. T. D. J. LAYFIELD, `Roseberry Topping', Brynan Drive, Ridgewood Park, Mayals, Swansea. E. M. REED, Toby Cottage, Westward Lane, West Chiltington, Sussex. 44

T. E. H. SMART, c/o The British Consul, P.O. Box 1253, Khartoum. N. W. M. CARR, 16 Ronald Drive, Fearnhead, Warrington, Lancs. REV. M. J. BADDELEY, 23 Drury Lane, Lincoln. P. L. BARDGETT, B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S., Garston Farm Cottage, Frome, Somerset. MAJOR R. G. EMMETT, H.Q., M.E.R., R.A.O.C., Feltham, Middlesex. D. B. H. FRENCH, 32 Gledhow Wood Grove, Leeds, 8. G. P. BURDEN, D.E.S., R.C.A., Apt.4, 1740 C. Street, Lincoln, Nebraska (68502), U.S.A. R. I. COLLINSON, 32 Nether Way, Nether Poppleton, York. (Tel. Upper Poppleton 710). D. W. KNOWLSON, The Grange, Sutton-on-Forest, York. B. K. SMITH, 19 Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, Herts. (Tel. Harpenden 5285). G. D. LAMBERT, The Winnats, 16 Cornhill, Allestree, Derby. (Tel. Derby 57749). R. F. COATES, 4 Ferndale Park, Pedmore, Stourbridge, Worcs. (Tel. Hagley 2761). C. M. BAINTON, 146 Hermitage Woods Crescent, St. John's, Woking, Surrey. J. H. BAINES, 57 Ennismore Gardens, London, S.W.7. W. W. B. MARSLAND, 10a High Street, Horncastle, Lincs. H. F. S. GEDGE, The United Steel Companies Ltd., Midland Office, Union Chambers, Temple Row, Birmingham, 2. After 30.6.65: 39 Daniell's Walk, Lymington, Hants. P. G. BRINDLE, 15 Middlewood Close, Rufforth, York. (Tel. Rufforth 388). P. H. 0. RUDDOCK, 3 Sycamore Place, Bootham, York. R. A. FIELD, Norlands', Weydale Avenue, Scarborough, Yorkshire. (Tel. Scarborough 1606). J. T. HARDING, 13 The Riding, Kenton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3. REV. P. N. A. MORETON, St. Giles Vicarage, Shelley Drive, Lincoln. (Tel. 27655).

ENGAGEMENT HODD—MARTIN. David K. Hodd, of 7 Warrington Crescent, London, W.9, and Maureen Kaye Martin, of 79 Warwick Avenue, London, W.9. (The Grove 1951-55). 45

MARRIAGES FENTON—HARTLEY (School House, 1950-58). Peter Anthony Fenton, of Hornsea, East Yorks., was married to Ruth Evelyn Hartley, of Doncaster, at St. Wilfred's Church, Old Cantley, on 10th October, 1964. PHILLIPS—CRABTREE (School House, 1903-08). At Langholm Old Parish Church, on 16th February, 1965, by the Rev. Tom Calvert, Col. Alan Andrew Phillips, C.I.E., V.D., of Kilncleuch, Langholm, to Peggie, only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bell, of Hexham.

DEATHS M. C. M. LOCHORE (Rise 1947-52) was killed in a motor-car accident in Sussex on the 22nd January, 1965. Dr. A. H. TURNER (1897-01). MARTIN PICK (1902-08), brother of Frank Pick, died in January, leaving the School £100.

CORRESPONDENCE The White Nile Secondary School, El Dueim, 7th March, 1965. The Editor, "The Peterite." Dear Sir, My purpose in writing is, I admit from the start, propagandist. I would like to draw the attention of Peterites to the organisation known as Voluntary Service Overseas, to explain a little of what it tries to do, and to describe, from my own experience, what it is like to be a volunteer in an underdeveloped country. Voluntary Service Overseas (or V.S.O. for short) is an independent organisation which recruits young people who are willing to spend one or two years in an underdeveloped country teaching, administering, or doing social work of some kind. At present there are nearly seven hundred volunteers serving in fifty-six different countries, but there are plans to increase this number to well over a thousand next year. Volunteers fall into two groups : the graduate and qualified volunteers, and the nongraduates, or cadets. The greatest demand is, of course, for graduate or trained volunteers, but there are plenty of opportunities for school leavers as well. The school leaver who does a year overseas prior to going up to University profits enormously in terms of knowledge and experience, and enters University as a much more mature person than he would otherwise have done. The graduate, on the other hand, is frankly more useful to an overseas government, as he brings with him the fruits of three or four years specialised training. He, too, greatly benefits from the experience of working and living in often very trying conditions, and in his case the year abroad is a useful bridge between University and his first job. 46

The volunteers can be seen, I suppose, as items of British overseas aid, and to make this aid more useful they are not paid—they work for nothing and enjoy doing so. In all cases the governments of underdeveloped countries cannot really afford the costly business of employing hosts of highly paid expatriates and are naturally very pleased to receive V.S.Os. Unlike American Peace Corps volunteers we work singly and not in pairs, a system which certainly tests the self-sufficiency of the individual to the full.

Before describing some of my own experiences as a serving volunteer it may be useful to explain why I volunteered at all. There is no simple explanation for this, but basically I think it was a question of wanting to put some of that fabled University idealism into practice. The sight of University friends, one time campaigners for universal peace and plenty, happily marshalling themselves at the University Appointments Board for the start of the rat-race, encouraged me to look round for a cause or a scheme involving service rather than self-interest, adventure rather than routine, and which would enable me to see something of the world beyond the narrow confines of Europe. V.S.O. provided me with what I was looking for, and within a month of graduation I was on my way to the Sudan to teach English in a government boarding school.

My posting to the Sudan came as rather a shock (I had vaguely imagined myself teaching garlanded children in some South Sea island paradise), and I was appalled by the climatic data which I found in the front of my atlas. Nevertheless, on August twenty-third last year I touched down at Khartoum Airport. The "Rains" were then at their peak and the atmosphere in Khartoum was rather like that produced in a confined changing room after two rugger teams have washed off a ninety-minute encrustation of mud and sweat—humid to say the least. I found Khartoum to be rather confusing as it is not one town but three. First there is Khartoum itself, the Europeanised political capital, then Omdurman, the old native capital founded by the Mandi, and lastly Khartoum North, the commercial centre. These are collectively known as "The Three Towns" and are linked by girded bridges, as Khartoum stands at the confluence of the Blue and White Niles. To join the White Nile the smaller stream swings north in a huge bend, and from the Nile Avenue in Khartoum you can look across an enormous sheet of sparkling water and see Omdurman in the distance, with its mosques, and the palm trees on the river bank, standing out sharply against a brilliantly blue sky. Even on the hottest days, and the summer temperatures in Khartoum frequently exceed a hundred degrees, the sky preserves this appearance of swept, cool blueness, whilst at night, due to the clearness of the air and the flatness of the landscape, you can look up and see an enormous, dark-velevty sky, powdered with twinkling points of light and often softly illuminated by a brilliant moon. After a few days in Khartoum I embarked on my journey south to find my school. The journey was transformed into a minor epic by the fact that because of the Rains the roads south had long since been washed out or become incorporated in rivers. I started the journey by train, but by the end of it had travelled by lorry, paddle-steamer, army truck and native boat, and had made many close friends, been shown round a telephone exchange and attended a football match. 47

On arrival at my school, which stood a few miles from the little riverside town of El Dueim, I was immediately warned to beware of snakes and scorpions, and advised to buy a net as protection against the mosquitos— for which the area was famous. I needed little encouragement to do the latter as all the mosquitos in the area seemed to have been advised by telegram of the arrival of fresh meat from Khartoum. My house, which resembled a five-roomed garage (with kitchen, but without electricity!), was already occupied by scorpions, which lurked in dark corners and under pieces of old newspaper. I was sufficiently inhospitable to slaughter these guests with daemonic fury. I soon discovered that I was the only European on the staff, that I would be teaching twenty-two periods a week to classes of forty, and that all the boys in my own class were called either Ahmed or Mohamed, and of course all looked identical. Two months then passed during which time I got properly acclimatized and developed a great partiality for Egyptian beans, mangoes and sweet potatoes. In October there was a revolution and as a result the school was closed. During this unexpected holiday I managed to visit Northern Ethiopia and travelled down through the beautiful, green, and terraced Ethiopian Highlands to the port of Massawa on the Red Sea, where the Emperor has a shimmering, white-domed summer palace. The Sudanese winter was a thoroughly disappointing affair which, had it been an English summer, would have sent us all gleefully flocking to the beaches. In January the Muslim fast of Ramadan started, and I was then faced with the problem of keeping the boys awake and interested in the niceties of the Passive Voice—a hard job at the best of times! During Ramadan no food or drink is taken between sunrise and sunset, all the misplaced meals being eaten at night, a time-table which makes inevitable inroads on human efficiency. No sooner was Ramadan over than we started working hard for the end of term exams, which are on now. March may seem rather early to break up for the summer vacation, but the climate here makes effective academic work in the summer months almost impossible, and the school does not re-open until July, four months hence from the time of writing. During this long holiday I shall be teaching in Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, where the schools keep different terms. The local conditions under which V.S.O.'s work vary enormously, and every V.S.O. meets special problems and has different experiences, so that it is impossible to generalise over what to expect. Nevertheless, one thing is certain, namely that the satisfaction gained from serving abroad is enormous, and as a job of work it is self-justifying. I should therefore like to draw the attention of Peterites to V.S.O. and to suggest that the idea of serving for a year abroad, either before or after University, is worthy of serious consideration. Yours sincerely, Timothy E. H. Smart. 48

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May 1965

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Old Peterite News

The Boat Club

Fencing

Athletics

Scout Group

Hockey

The Chapel

Salvete

Isle of Man Ornithological Trip, 1965

C.C.F. Notes

Russian Trip

House Singing Competition

Senior Science Society

House Notes