May 1966

THE PETERITE VOL. LVIII

MAY, 1966

No. 372

EDITORIAL The tone of voice in which you heard the word "intellectuals" spoken nowadays would indicate the speaker's attitude to the best products of our educational processes: it might show a fear, whether disguised or not, of a more complex capability than his own ("too clever by half"); dislike and distrust of a man who has apparently thought out so rationally principles and convictions so different from his own ("these left-wing intellectuals"); or perhaps a feeling of the impropriety of the arrogance, real or apparent, of certain intelligent people whose main pleasure seems to lie in pulling to pieces and debunking.

This academic occupation is in fact nothing new. In 1345 Richard Aungerville wrote: But scholars as a class are commonly not well brought up, and unless they are held in check by the rules of their elders, are puffed up with all sorts of nonsense. They act on impulse, swell with impudence, and lay down the law on one point after another, when, as a matter of fact, they are inexperienced in everything.

150 years ago, Coleridge had this to say about the bright young demolition experts of his own day : Instead of awakening by the noblest models the fond and unmixed love and admiration, which is the natural and graceful temper of early youth, these nurslings of the improved pedagogy are taught to dispute and decide . . . to hold nothing sacred from their contempt but their own contemptible arrogance—boy-graduates in all the technicals, and in all the dirty passions and impudence of anonymous criticism.

We know what they mean. It is not that we object to anyone criticising the existing state of things, but we in turn judge the worth of their comments by their manner and motives as well as their apparent knowledge; and if these are self-congratulatory and cynical, we react accordingly.

It seems worth pleading that young people should respond more readily with admiration for what are generally reckoned to be the "noblest models", instead of automatic scepticism or outright rejection—with admiration, "the natural and graceful temper of early youth". It is easy enough to smile condescendingly and dismiss with a wave of the hand the Victorians, or those Greeks, or that classical music stuff, or all those statues with holes in the middle, and paintings that don't look look like anything.

The result is probably a relieving feeling of simplification, at reducing the number of claims on our attention, and a not-unpleasurable sensation 1

CONTENTS PAGE

Editorial School Notes ...

Salvete Valete Careers Convention House Notes ...

The Chapel The Choir "Samson" Music Society ...

Debating Society Senior Science Society Junior Science Society Modern Language Society Russian Society Russian Trip ...

Theological Society Organ Society Walking Club ...

Equine Club ...

British Ship Adoption Society Chess Young Farmers' Club Ornithological Visit C.C.F. Scouts Hockey Boating Athletics Rugby Fencing Squash Shooting Old Peterite News Illustrations: The New Bridge.

7. Pawson, P.S.F.C. Senior Foil Champion.

The School 1st VIII. Hockey: 1st XI v. O.P. XL

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of superiority which derives from our personal rejection of names that were once to be reckoned with. Reflection, however, will show that these are symptons of an unwillingness to grasp and understand what, may be different or difficult—or, to give it other names, bigotry, philistinism, and narrow-mindedness. In an age that prides itself on the honesty of its re-assessment of old values, we must be equally honest, about whether our judgments are in fact pre-judgments, about whether we have really made the effort to understand.

In his Hints for Eton Masters of 1862, William Johnson showed some understanding of young people when he wrote: Why, they are bored by our voices, and our movements and our ways, bored by our recommendations of books, by our schemings for their good, by our warnings against their foibles, against their master-foible itself, their boreableness.

It is a condition everyone knows well enough—satiation under bombardment from advice, preaching, being got at, and I-told-you-so's.

But it is the best that any system of education can offer the new generations—to try to show them how to select and use the "best that has been thought and done in the world."

SCHOOL NOTES At the beginning of term J. R. W. Thirlwell was appointed a School Monitor, and P. R. Hart and J. M. Mordue House Monitors. * * * We welcomed Mr. J. H. G. Shearman and Mr. S. Wroe for their teaching practice, and thank them for all that they contributed. * * * We congratulate Mr. C. P. M. Duncan and Miss Susan Grimshaw on their recent marriage, and offer them our best wishes for their future happiness. * * * The School attended the Epiphany Service in York Minster on 23rd; January; as usual, the Senior and Junior School choirs joined the Minster choir. * * * On 3rd February we were visited by a party of Commonwealth and Overseas Educationalists. * * * The Fleet Air Arm Presentation Team, which visited us in January, eventually found it safer to arrive by motor-car than helicopter, because of the weather; their lecture was well received. * * * The Montgomery of Alamein Prize was won by C. J. A. Smith, with his talk on T. E. Lawrence; R. B. Phelps and D. J. Emsley were the other finalists. * * * Queen's were unluckily prevented by the 'flu epidemic from staging their play. But later in the term the Rise put on "The Government Inspector", the Manor "It should Happen to a Dog", and School House "A Doctor in Spite of Himself".

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Films shown during the term were "The League of Gentlemen", "The Devil's Disciple", "The Ladykillers" and "All Quiet on the Western Front".

Our third Careers Convention was held on 18th and 19th March, Mr. Coulthard arranged an excellent variety of exhibits, stands, films and speakers. Accounts of the eight sessions appear later in this issue.

During the Easter Holidays, J. Pawson won the Senior Foil Cup in the Public Schools' Fencing Championships. R. D. Harding reached the finals in the squash rackets doubles of the Lonsdale Cup. J. J. Vooght won the Northumberland Junior Squash Championships for the third year in succession.

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Mr. G. M. Austin, with Mr. A. Craven, again took a party of boys to Russia. Inside report below. * * *

The Clarion, a new school newspaper, made its first two appearances last term. An important announcement about this for all parents, Old Boys and friends of the School appears in the Old Peterite section.

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The extension to the School Shop has now been completed; and the footbridge over the A.19 Thirsk Road should be opened by the time this appears. At the moment it only awaits the final trimmings.

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The 1st VIII Shooting Team came 19th out of 160 in the Country Life "Landscape" Competition.

SALVETE MANOR: R. A. Hodgson, S. Jinachitra.

RISE: G. S. Yule.

VALETE I. R. Gibson. 1959-66. Dronfield. U.VI. House Monitor. "A" Level (English, Latin, History). "0" Level (11). U. of E. House Athletics (School House), House Boating (Dronfield), R.N. Section Leading Seaman.

Treasurer Russian Society. Committee Member Debating Society. Curia Committee Member; Theological Soc. (Rep.). Law. Queen's College, Oxford. 6 Trafalgar Crescent, Bridlington. Tel.: 3482.

C. S. Godfrey. Queen's. 1959-66. Trans.B. "0" Level (6). U. of E. Junior House Cross-Country and Cricket. Chartered Surveying. 67 Heworth Green, York. Tel.: 25856.

J. Harvey. 1959-66. Temple. U.VI. House. "A" Level (English, Latin, History). "0" Level (11). U. of E. Senior House Rugger XV; Senior House Cricket XI. L./Cpl. Army Section (1st Class Shot). Hull University Psychology. 12 Ridgeway, Acomb, York. Tel.: 71272.

P. W. Wood. 1958-65. Queens. Lower VI.B. House Monitor. "0" Level (7). U. of E. School Swimming, 5th IV Boating 1964, Captain House Swimming, House Rugger, Athletics, Boating. House Colours. Cpl. R.E.M.E. Section, Marksman. Advertising. 29 Chestnut Ave., Stockton Lane, York. Tel. York 24195.

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THE CAREERS CONVENTION, MARCH 1966 REPORTS ON THE EIGHT SESSIONS FIRST SESSION SOURCES OF CAREER'S INFORMATION AND ADVICE In the opening session, there were three talks, two of immediate relevance to any boy in need of advice about possible careers. The third speaker, Mr. R. Coxon, who is York Youth Employment Service Officer, outlined the national character of his concern, and its affiliations with the Ministry of Labour, and gave some idea of the main problems of fitting the right person to the right job; and he has two thousand a year to deal with.

Many are already aware of some of the facilities offered by the Public Schools Appointments Bureau; Miss Joan Hills, B.A., the Administrative Secretary, gave full details of all that it can offer: 1. boys can be put in the way of practical experience from industrial courses, holiday jobs and visits; 2. they provide a steady stream of information from their bulletins, and technological and commercial publications; 3. their six interviewers can give about five thousand advisory interviews a year, and offer their wide experience as a supplement to schools' own careers departments to suggest occupations that will be congenial to a particular boy.

Mr. A. A. Bridgewater, M.A., is the Director of the Careers Research and Advisory Centre, which he helped found only a few years ago.

CRAG, as it is known, is already noted for a number of its publications, which give details on a wide variety of careers matters, such as courses offered by businesses and professions, qualifications required by different bodies, or perhaps information to business about what happens in schools.

There are also longer-term projects on, for example, quantitative prediction of the shortage of the mathematically-or scientifically-qualified.

SECOND SESSION OPPORTUNITIES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT Few people realised, said Mr. T. C. Benfield, Town Clerk of York, how vast was the range of services the local authority had to provide.

It was responsible for such things as public health, housing, roads and bridges, social services and public amenities; and those involved the recruitment of a wide variety of personnel: doctors, dentists, nurses, architects, surveyors, engineers, solicitors, social workers. Training, especially for the higher specialised positions, was the normal training appropriate to the particular profession. However, there was an increasing tendency to provide opportunities for in-service training and to attend specialised courses. This enabled the personnel recruited to acquire a sound training, closely adapted to the special requirements of local government and to earn reasonable renumeration at a relatively early age. Possibilities of movement between one authority were good, and it was clear from the Town Clerk's lucid survey that local government was a wider field than most school leavers suspect and was well worth exploring.

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THIRD SESSION THE EMPLOYER'S POINT OF VIEW

C. E. QUEKETT, Recruitment Officer, Guest, Keen and Nettlefields Ltd. In his introduction Mr. Quekett defined the twofold aim of the interviewer: to ascertain whether the candidate suited the job and whether the job suited the candidate. Three problems were immediately apparent: the candidate usually knew little about the firm or indeed about industry, though this was a problem largely overcome if he had attended any Short Works Course; secondly the interviewer's knowledge of the candidate was provided only by the application form and testimonials; and thirdly, the interview was conducted during the short period of thirty minutes in an atmosphere foreign to the candidate, which made a relationship of understanding difficult to establish.

Mr. Quekett then outlined in five points what he intended to learn about a boy and how he assessed what he learnt. (i) Educational achievements—Considered carefully, these gave a clear indication whether the boy had reached the educational standard required for succeeding in the job. (ii) His personality—To what degree was he gregarious, acceptable in a community, adaptable to industrial discipline and environment? (iii) His "motivation"—What effort did he actually make in his activities? What initiative had he actually shown as a monitor, as a member of a school society? Was his interest in cars only superficial and could he discuss the books he claimed to have read? Did he himself initiate his foreign travel or was he merely joining his parents, who lived abroad? Had the boy a background which encouraged his work and interests or was the boy striving under a hardship?. (iv) Knowledge of possibilities—Was he alive to the possibilities which the job presented? (v) Health—Did his health record at school suggest he could support the physical and mental fatigue the job demanded?

Throughout his talk Mr. Quekett emphasised that honesty on the part of interviewer and candidate alike was essential if the appointment was to prove a success, and that an unsuccessful appointment was bad for both boy and firm.. No good interviewer would use tricks, gimmicks or traps; his task was to find facts in order to make an assessment. A boy ought to be punctual, of clean appearance, must not take offence if a question may seem too personal, and above all must talk freely. The basis of a successful interview was one of mutual trust.

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THE UNIVERSITY'S POINT OF VIEW MR. A. H. ILIFFE, B.A., Senior Tutor, The University of Keele.

Mr. Iliffe opened by suggesting that if the Tutor in charge of Admissions had perhaps a harder task than the interviewer in Industry in that he had to select candidates, not for a particular post, but for an intensive three-year course culminating in a difficult examination, he was most certainly worse at it. The professor, bent on the pursuit of scholarship, on teaching and edifying his pupil by taking him one more step up the vast mountain of knowledge, was all too inclined to treat an interview as 5

one more tutorial, and having expounded his original views on the breeding of Hannibal's elephants before his sympathetic candidate, who had in fact bathed in Lake Trasimene, would in the warm glow of satisfaction welcome him to the college to read Law, little aware that his candidate had not uttered a word except out of courtesy to proffer information on his holiday bathing. While admitting his exaggeration, Mr. Iliffe asserted that the Admissions Tutor, considering himself a professor rather than an interviewer, often lacks some of the efficiency one comes to expect in interviews in industry.

Mr. Iliffe said that as a university interviewer he had three targets in mind. He had to assess the candidate's (i) "Motivation"—Did the boy really want this intensive three-year course, studying, writing essays, existing on little pocket money, or did he want a gay "varsity life" with parties and glamour, or to go to university merely because it was "the thing to do"? (ii) Knowledge and ability—Could he express himself clearly, present a convincing argument, show flexibility in admitting the possible validity of an opposing view? in short, was he flexible as well as independent, revealing both quickness and toughness of thought? (iii) Personality—Did the boy show the stability and resilience required for three years' study, or would the going be too hard?

In conclusion, Mr. Iliffe stressed that if a boy could not answer a question, the interviewer wanted to know why. Had the boy not been taught, had be forgotten, was he confused disagreeing with what had been taught, or perhaps he just did not care? In short, the candidate must talk without being talkative, and "always remember the interviewer does not know what to say."

FOURTH SESSION WHY TRAIN FOR FARMING? MR. JOHN DALLEY, B.Sc., Farm Director of Headley Hall Farm,

The University of Leeds Mr. Dailey said that Farming is to-day a highly technical and scientific industry and stressed the need for training as much for the farmer's son as for anyone else entering the profession. Farming is often thought of as a way of life and therefore it is often felt that those engaged in it can learn by living with it. However, the farmer today has to know how to present his point of view and has to be able to deal with many well trained experts.

He should himself become professional and should know something of science, economics and accountancy. He should be able to take his business to pieces and to stream-line it to meet modern demands. He should be able to assess new fashions in agriculture and to do this he needs a trained mind and up-to-date information. The development of big units in farming makes it more imperative that the young man entering the profession should have the training which will enable him to compete.

Finally, Mr. Dailey made the point that it is a good thing for everyone to be educated to the limit, to find an education to suit the person and not merely the job.

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FIFTH SESSION COMMUNITY SERVICES : For the Police Force, MR. C. T. G. CARTER, Chief Constable of York; for the Fire Service, MR. G. DAWES, Chief Fire Officer of York; and for the Probation Office, MR. C. TEALE. Integrity, reliability, humour and common sense would be needed by the prospective candidate for the Police. It was not all "beat" to start with and the Force had its own training schemes. Technical advances were eliminating much of the loneliness of the beat. Starting from £700 (£800 if over 22) pay went up to £1,820 as a superintendent, through the ranks of sergeant (£1,170) and inspector (£1,375). At the top salary was linked with the size of the force.

The prospective fireman would expect to be one of a team. Only 60% of the Service's work dealt with fires; life and property had to be safeguarded, and an endless variety of situations met with. Whatever his eventual position, one had to be first and foremost an efficient and operational fireman. A cadet training scheme was run (normal joining age was between 18 and 31) and there were standard national promotion exams. Junior officers were selected from college at Dorking. Work in a 48 hour week was in shifts and one must expect restrictions on private life. Fire prevention was a young science and a real challenge. Pay was in line with the Police Force.

To the Probation Officer's task fell the duties of serving the courts, enforcing their decisions and providing opportunities for rehabilitation.

It was much involved with prison reform. Above all it was a job dealing with people and, since these were in many cases muddled and pathetic people, it called for a balanced personality. 22 universities ran courses related (e.g. Social Studies), which would be followed by a more specialised training. Maximum starting salary was £820 and one did not expect to go above £1,500.

SIXTH SESSION "WHERE GRADUATES GO" Mr. B. J. Holloway, M.A., B.Sc., Secretary, Manchester University Appointments Board, spoke on the opportunities for graduates. This was a lively lecture intended to dispel the conviction that any degree is a qualification for most careers. The speaker sub-divided degrees according to the studies undertaken into "useful" (medicine, engineering perhaps), "semi-useful" (legal, scientific) and the "useless" (the arts degree). These last he maintained were qualifications to compete for training in a profession or occupation and although he agreed that they were highly regarded by many professional and commercial bodies, he insists that they must be regarded as valuable in themselves, rather than as necessary or practical parts of training for a career. Several speakers from the floor heatedly defended the values of degree courses in the humanities for the training they afforded in a great understanding and the speaker as warmly defended the analytical and practical values of technical training.

Whilst the occasion was entertaining to those professionally engaged rather than enlightening to parents considering the choice of their son's career, it stimulated some vigorous discussion after the meeting, in which individual parents were soon involved.

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SEVENTH SESSION BUSINESS STUDIES The Seventh Session was devoted to a lecture by Mr. Philip Lowe of St. John's College, Oxford. His lecture, "Business Studies", was a development of the thesis with which he was successful in winning a Trevelyan Scholarship.

The Business Studies of which Mr. Lowe spoke are carried out in Technical Colleges and are distinct from professional, sandwich and degree courses. Fifty-four Technical Colleges at present run these courses, which last two years (full-time) and lead to the National Higher Diploma. The courses are not uniform in all Colleges, and there is no organisation of centralised information. The courses are not technical or professional, and such qualifications are firmly excluded. What they do provide is a course of study normally including Economics, Accountancy, Commercial and Industrial Law, Transport, Human and Industrial Relations, and Market Research, with, as subsidiaries, perhaps languages, shorthand, typing and some liberal studies such as politics and psychology. Entry requirements also vary, but an "A" pass in Mathematics or Economics is often required, and all need proof of a candidate's mastery of English.

In addition, six Colleges provide courses of similar content, but lasting four or even five years, for a qualification of degree equivalent under the scheme set up by the Council for National Academic Awards. For these two "A" levels, including Mathematics, are needed.

Business studies of these two types have certain advantages over the other courses. Some employers, for example, are wary of graduates, alleging that it takes years to overcome the more academic, leisurely influence of University environment. Again, these courses provide a wider education than that of professional or sandwich courses, and, besides thus providing a broader base, give time for a wider acquaintance with the business world before a decision has to be made upon which branch to enter.

Mr. Lowe said that while some employers remained antagonistic to Business Studies, most were impressed by the idea of trained, educated men for managerial posts—after proper experience, of course—rather than of reflection by the process of "floating up" with attendance at evening classes as the sole contact. Men are required who can adapt themselves to requirements which may in the future be very different, and Business Studies should encourage the flexibility of outlook and method which these changes will require. Of course, the personal qualities of integrity, enthusiasm and drive are essential additions if top managerial posts are to be reached.

FINAL SESSION EDUCATION FOR WHAT? P. M. THOMAS, D.S.O., T.D., M.A., Managing Director, William Beardmore and Co. Ltd., Glasgow.

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Mr. Thomas began by saying that it was his task in addressing us to rove over a wide field rather than give an amusing talk on one career.

For a thinking man, his job helps him fulfil the purpose for which he is here, and democracy works because men feel responsibility to the community in work and other ways. Yet a boy must choose his job when he is little

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qualified to do so; his advisers are limited in experience; his education nevertheless should help him collect information and make a good decision, for his job ought to be for life. For some boys, the choice may be easy, if they have a vocation, or if they are following their fathers—though not all do so successfully. Parents cannot do better than give their sons a good education, and set an example of decent living at home.

Mr. Thompson went on with a warning : although the choice of jobs today is enormous, compared with our grandfathers' time, boys should beware of the romantic attraction of some jobs, of the civil engineer or the physicist for instance. Most jobs are not glamorous, but hard work.

The speaker suggested that those choosing a career ask themselves these questions: (a) Do you want to be your own boss, or not? (which often means do you want to use your money or someone else's). (b) Do you want security, or are you adventurous? (c) Do you want to work with people (and what sort of people?) or with things? (d) How important is your family?

Industry, said Mr. Thompson, needs well-educated entrants, not only in the sciences. Life at the top of industry is hard, but rewarding, and satisfying, for industry creates the wealth of the nation, and those in it contribute to the common weal. Boys who aim to be well educated should take part in all they can at school, and meet as many people as they can.

They should remember too that it is our duty to be happy, for happiness, is infectious, yet in our present high standards of material surroundings, how happy are we? Mr. Thompson spoke of his own career, and referred his audience to Revelation, Chap. 3, Verse 8; "Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it."

Education, he said, is to go through that door. It should be a continuous process, for life is ours to shape and use.

Our speaker sharpened his speech with quotations from many sources, and his plainly sincere, and most stimulating words, were well received—a most suitable close to the convention.

HOUSE NOTES DRONFIELD HOUSE The main feature of the term was our unsuccessful defence of the Athletics Shield. Oud general standards were equal to any, but on Sports Day the Grove had a distinct superiority. Nevertheless Medlycott, Morris and Jobling were awarded their House Colours for their efforts in this and many other fields. At the same time Donaldson and Holgate were awarded their Junior House Colours. In other activities (Chess, Squash, CrossCountry etc.) we acquitted ourselves adequately if not outstandingly. The house competitions organised to help fill the spare hours were remarkable only in that comparative unknowns won them.

Leaving us this term is I. R. Gibson. We thank him for his varied contributions to the house and hope he enjoys another period of mental inactivity before going to Oxford. Also leaving the house is Mr. Duncan

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after only two terms. We thank him also and wish him every happiness in married life. We especially are indebted to them both for the pictures they have both left with us.

Finally we welcome, in anticipation, Mr. Riley, who joins us this summer. We hope he is not deterred in the knowledge that he is the third assistant housemaster of Dronfield House within two years.

THE GROVE At the beginning of the term R. R. Stansfield became a full boarder.

Once again we won both the Senior Cross Country Plate and the Junior Long Run Cup. C. S. M. Dew, the captain, put a great deal of effort into the training of the two teams. R. Cressey must be congratulated on winning the Individual Cup for the senior event, and as a result awarded his House Colours.

We also retained the Squash Cup for another year without losing a game throughout the competition.

The greatest success of the term, however, was the winning of the Athletics Shield, which we have won only once before. The whole House made a great effort in Standards and was rewarded by gaining the best average. On Sports Day D. J. Emsley, the captain, won the Sprint Cup, and the Senior Relay team won the race in a record time. D. R. Baxter, J. D. Cartwright and R. W. Miers were awarded their House Colours for their efforts. P. J. G. C. Bleach played a prominent part in the Junior events.

The Fencing team did not have the same success and was beaten in the first round. The Chess team also lost its first match.

MANOR J. M. Mordue was appointed a house monitor at the beginning of term, and as there was a vacant study, this became an additional monitor's study.

We welcome two new-comers to the house, Jinachitra, a Thai, joined the Seniors and is doing a crash '0' level course before specializing on the science side for 'A' level. Hodgson joined the juniors, but has had a rather unfortunate term; he spent most of the time in the Sanatorium.

As usual for this term the weather has been very poor but this did not prevent the Cross Countries from being run. In the Senior we excelled ourselves and came second, and T. H. Vickers must be congratulated on the award of his House Colours. In the Junior event we came fifth, which was good considering that three of our main runners were unfit to run.

As the weather cleared up towards the end of the term Athletics got underway, and in the Standards we did very well in coming third, but could not maintain the standard and dropped to fifth place, on Sports Day. Fosbrook and Fisher are to be congratulated on the award of their Junior House Colours.

A flick-hockey league was organised, and this was fairly successful, but because of the flu epidemic and other activities it was unfortunately unfinished.

The House produced its first play called, "It Should Happen to a Dog", and those concerned are to be congratulated, especially C. A. Les, who produced it. C. J. A. Smith should also be congratulated on his performance, and for his excellent speech on T. E. Lawrence, which won him the Montgomery of Alamein Prize.

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We have been very pleased to have Mr. Sherman helping out in the House this term, and we wish him all the best in the future, and hope that he leaves with a good impression.

Miss Vowler, Matron in the Manor for the last ten years, has decided to retire. We thank her for all the hard work she has put in, and for all the things she has done for us, and wish her all the things she wishes herself for the future.

QUEEN'S At the beginning of the term G. M. Barton and R. I. S. Gow were appointed House Monitors. Except for a lack of enthusiasm which generally prevailed throughout the whole House the team was moderately successful, especially in the sporting field. The first encounter came with the cross-country. This event usually gets little support from possible competitors for the event, and although training was done by few, the eventual team was not as weak as it has been. R. J. Watts, particularly, ran well to come 3rd after a gruelling race.

The Junior long-run team seemed to be very strong and trained hard, but due to some bad luck, or was it bad judgement, we failed to win the individual event, although M. C. Pearson ran extremely well to come 2nd.

The only disappointing event of the term was the cancellation of the House play. Owing to a "flu" epidemic to many of the cast were affected, including both co-producers, that the play would not have been ready by the appointed date of the performance.

On a brighter vein the House fencing team did extremely well to win the House Fencing Cup from Temple and congratulations must go to Reaston for winning the Dr. Slade Foil.

The main event of the term was the Athletics. As usual it took a great deal of effort to get boys out to do standards, and our success was obviously not great enough as we ended up 43 points behind Grove. This was a pity, as we had good individual performances and expected to do well on Sport's day. Special congratulations must go to the mile teams, who obtained 15 of a possible 16 points, and especially to P. Abel, who won the mile, the 880 yards and came 2nd in the 440 yards, and C. A. Wood, who obtained new School records in the 220 yards and 440 yards and won the intermediate mile. As expected we did extremely well on Sports Day and it is interesting to note that if Standards were not counted we would have won the Athletics Shield by 11 points.

But looking back in retrospect the term has been a successful one under Mr. Burbridge, who can look forward to an equally successful one next term, we hope!

RISE We have reached the end of another term, and the shelf still remains bare. In the Athletics we dropped a place on Sports Day to come last, a position which could have been greatly improved with more determination and spirit. The Squash team, however, reached the final for the eighth successive year, only to be beaten on merit alone by a Grove team containing no less than three members of the very successful school team.

Perhaps the greatest success of the house during the term was the production of "The Government Inspector" under the guidance of J. R. W. 11

Thirlwell, which was appreciated and enjoyed by everyone present. There would seem to be talent in the house for acting at least.

As for the future, we look to the House Cricket as a possible source of success, and with plenty of training as a team, the House Eight could do well. It is amazing what determination and a little spirit can do.

The House Society had one meeting at which Mr. P. G. Croft gave a most interesting talk, illustrated with photographs, on "The Catacombs of Rome". We are grateful to him for coming, and to Mrs. Cummin for kindly providing refreshments.

SCHOOL HOUSE Once again determined efforts in Athletics have brought no silverware to the sparsely covered cup shelf. However, we were lucky to be able to muster a team for the Junior Long Run, the flu epidemic having taken its toll, and amongst these were two of our better runners. On Sports Day we attained fourth place, and this certainly a much higher position than was expected. Standards were pursued with both enthusiasm and persuasion, the latter being provided by the House Captain who was awarded his Athletic Colours for taking part in the Athletics match against Bootham Two events on Sports Day were won by the House, both of these being recorded by A. L. Jervis. For their general achievements on the track, and other house sporting activities, S. C. Maslin and J. R. S. Lazenby were awarded their Senior House Colours and A. L. Jervis his Junior House Colours.

House competitions have followed an impeded course this term due to the flu epidemic and not quite all have been finished, despite the persuasion of Pickersgill. The flu epidemic completely disrupted house routine by taking over two of our dormitories and ousting some senior members of the House to find lodgings elsewhere.

The House put on a very successful play at the end of term and Evans is to be congratulated, along with the rest of the cast, for their efforts, and thanks is especially given to Mr. Williams for all the help he has given towards this.

We say goodbye to Miss Arton and we shall all miss her, not only in the linen room, but in the general running of the House. We said goodbye to her in the usual fashion at the end of term, and wish her well in the future.

The prospects for sport next term are not very promising with only one real cricketer in the House. But Lazenby has reached the 1st VIII and has already been to Putney, we hope that the House boating will flourish under his experienced eyes. In the swimming baths School House always make their presence felt, and in the swimming sports we hope to avenge our narrow defeat of last year.

TEMPLE This term we welcomed Hart as a House Monitor to replace Blundy, who left at the end of last term. J. H. Harvey has also decided to leave us, upon gaining a place at Hull University, and our best wishes go with him as well as our thanks for all he has done.

As a House we have not had a successful term, but certain individuals have put up some very commendable performances. S. G. Lancaster gained his place in the 1st XI Hockey, and Lockwood and Ward rowed 12

in the 1st VIII at bow and seven respectively. Ward also succeeded in breaking his own 440 record in the athletics match against Bootham School, and Pawson (who was awarded his Athletics Colours), Anderson and Cantrell were also in the School team. Unfortunately we lost the Fencing Cup to Queen's, but Pawson (The Yorkshire Senior Schoolboys' Champion), Anderson and Reiss successfully retained their places in the School teams.

We wish them every success in the Public Schools' Fencing Championships which will be held in the Easter Holidays.

We also gained fifth place in the Senior Cross-Country (both Ward and Peacock being well placed) but our main achievement was in the Junior Cross-Country, where we gained 2nd place—Cantrell being the outright winner. In the Inter-House Athletics match we were seriously hampered by having gained only 146 points to the Grove's 205—something which we must in the future attempt to rectify. However, on the afternoon of the Sports Ward succeeded, while equalling the record set last century, in retaining the Gof ton Cup for the 440 yards, and Hudson won the Junior Cricket Ball. Owing to the remainder of the team's efforts we had gained 166 points to the Groves 2761 by the end of the afternoon, to gain only 6th place.

We must therefore, in the future, attempt to gain more points in the Standards if we are to help the Athletics team; but, we look forward to the challenge of the Summer Term, when we hope to do well at every available opportunity.

THE CHAPEL Once again we were given the privilege of joining in the Epiphany Procession in the Minster on the first Sunday of term. It is a wonderful and dramatic reminder that Christ has come to bring light into a world in which there is so much fear and suffering.

In another way the power of faith in a time of distress was expressed by the gift of a fine Processional Cross to the Junior School by Mr. and Mrs. Dodds in memory of Peter. It was dedicated in a short and moving ceremony in the course of St. Clare's morning Service on Quinquagesima Sunday. We were so glad that Mr. and Mrs. Dodds were able to be there.

Normally we have our Sung Communion on the morning of Quinquagesima Sunday, but on this occasion we took the unusual course—for us— of having it in the evening. This is a fairly wide-spread practice nowadays and a number of people were quite surprised to find how appropriate it seemed.

We have had a wealth of preachers this term, the Dean of York, the Headmaster of Durham School and Mr. Burden, the Chaplain of St. Olave's who came to preach for the first time. We are very grateful to them all; and to Mr. Cummin, who preached on Ash Wednesday at Evensong, continuing a welcome feature of having members of the staff to preach. On the Wednesday evenings in Lent Mr. Burden very kindly came again to give us an interesting course of talks on "Prayer in the modern world", after our Voluntary Compline Services.

We were very sorry indeed that at the last moment the Archbishop of York was prevented, by complete loss of his voice, from taking the Confirmation, on 17th March. Providentially the Bishop of Selby was 13

free (it was his only free morning for weeks!) to come in the Archbishop's place, and we are most grateful to him for coming.

The following boys were confirmed on 17th March: St. Olave's: M. W. Bainbridge, K. D. Bowler, R. C. M. Dickenson, R. L. Elsy, A. Gray, P. L. Hall, R. J. Hamilton-Williams, G. Hodgson, J. J. Les, I. D. Raley, C. N. Roberts, I. Robinson, D. M. Schofield, A. D. A. Smith, J. S. R. Tindall, T. J. Young.

Dron field: I. A. Blomfield, S. R. Buckman, R. P. Morris, R. P. Taylor, J. Watson.

The Grove: P. J. G. C. Bleach, C. J. Bond, C. M. Fairhurst, K. V. Holland, M. J. R. Warnock.

The Manor: P. Holmes, J. A. L. Whittaker.

Queen's: J. E. Dickenson, H. J. Gration, E. Lack, T. J. Simpson, P. H. N. Turner, P. M. Wright.

The Rise: I. A. Gill, J. M. Lillie, R. A. G. Lucas, C. H. Noble, G. W. A. Plews, R. M. E. Raley, J. D. Rawlings, R. E. Rowbottom, M. G. V. Stephenson, A. N. Varley, S. P. Withers.

School House: R. A. Exell, A. L. Jervis, W. E. Sherlaw, P. D. Wilson.

Temple: W. R. Copeland, P. J. Elliott, D. M. L. Jackson, P. A. Lockwood, J. R. Lund, K. C. Slee, J. R. Willcock, J. R. Young.

THE CHOIR NOTES The Choir came back to what was to be a very busy and varied musical term. Only five days after the beginning of term, the School took part in the Epiphany Service in York Minster, in which the Choir sang the Carols "The Noble Stem of Jesse", "O'er the hill and o'er the vale", "Out of the Orient Crystal Sky", "All they from Saba" and "The Carol of the Star".

Owing to the shortage of time for practices, only the basses joined the Minster Choir in singing the Carol "A Spotless Rose".

It was at this early stage in the term that the flu epidemic, that swept through the lower parts of the School, began to affect the Choir. This epidemic caused the postponement of the Choir Supper until later in the term, as most of the trebles were in the sanatorium during the earlier weeks of the term. So it was a depleted choir that sang in the Memorial Service to Dr. Vergette, the late School doctor, in which the Sentences by Croft were sung.

The first anthem that was sung in the School Chapel was "The Three Kings" by Peter Cornelius, which was essentially a baritone solo, admirably handled by Thirlwell. The Choir was joined by the School the following Sunday in rendering "The Creation's Hymn" by Beethoven, which was followed a week later by the Choir singing "Rejoice in the Lord, 0 ye righteous" by Pelham Humfrey.

The Service of Sung Communion took the same form as that of last term with music by Merbecke once again providing the foundation of the service, whilst the Sanctus, Benedictus and Agnus Dei were taken from the setting by Darke in F, J. R. Wood, Barker and Wright taking the solo parts in the service. On the first Sunday in Lent the Choir sang the anthem "Lord, for thy tender mercies sake", by Richard Farrant.

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The Choir provided the core of the Choral Society's performance of Handel's "Samson", in the Memorial Hall. With a result that practices for this performance cut into the number of choir practices held during the earlier weeks of the term.

The School joined the Choir in singing the Nunc Dimittis in B flat

by Stanford, and the following week the whole School sang the Jubilate in B flat, by the same composer, at Matins. The anthem "Turn thy face from my sin", by Thomas Attwood, with Oliver singing the treble solo part, followed the Choir's participation in the Confirmation Service. On the final Sunday of term, the Hymn "Jesu grant me this", by Orlando Gibbon, was sung by the Choir in its more natural setting, as an anthem.

The Choir must say good-bye to Mr. Duncan, who has given invaluable help to the tenors in his comparatively short term in the Choir, and also to Miss Arton, the School House Matron, who looked after the Choir's vestments and made such repairs as were necessary to them; the Choir is very grateful to both of them for their services rendered to the Choir.

However, it is pleasant to see the occasional return of Mr. Howat, new in his capacity as Master-in-charge of the Junior School, in adding considerable strength to the basses at Evensong.

R.P.

SAMSON The fruits of hard work by the Choral Society, Music Society, the Orchestra and Mr. Waine were noticed in the concert given in the Memorial Hall on Saturday, the 5th of March. Two works were performed: Mozart's Piano Concerto in A major (K.488) and the main attraction, "Samson"

by Handel.

The piano concerto was very successful; J. R. W. Thirlwell was the soloist for the first movement, 0. B. Hodgson for the second and third.

The pianists did themselves credit, in spite of the fact that Hodgson had to take over the second movement from the indisposed P. D. Wilson a few days before the concert. The orchestra gave sympathetic and accomplished accompaniment; a most pleasing performance.

"Samson", based on Milton's "Samson Agonistes", was performed by five soloists, fifty-two chorus and thirty-two orchestra, and was a roaring success. The soloists, led by Thirlwell in the title role, with C. J. A. Smith as Micah, the Narrator, D. J. Barker as Harapha, "the tongue-doughty giant", J. R. Wood as Manoah and P. M. Wright as Delilah, sang strongly, audibly and with variety and expression. The chorus, although their music had more than a faint echo of the "Messiah", sang lustily, not so audibly, and obviously enjoyed themselves.

The singing was of a high standard, as was the orchestra's lively performance. The labours and struggles against time and flu, which nearly overwhelmed the performance, resulted in a very enjoyable evening for the small audience and for the performers; both left intensely satisfied.

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MUSIC SOCIETY, 1966 There were three meetings this term The first was an organ recital given in the School Chapel, by candlelight, when Wilson, Hodges and Hodgson played works by Parry, Jackson, Fucher and Bach. The second meeting was a lecture on Schonberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" delivered by Hodgson. The small cross-section of the work which was played on records proved sufficient to convince members of the society either one way or the other. The third and last meeting was, another lecture given by a member of the School, Wilson, who talked about "Old Keyboard Instruments." We learnt about the clavichord, virginal, spinet and harpsichord, and the lecture was well illustrated with recordings and some excellent slides produced with the assistance of Mr. Robinson, to whom the speaker expressed his gratitude at the end of his talk.

Once again the Music Society joined forces with the Choral Society to perform Handel's "Samson", towards the end of term, together with a Mozart piano concerto performed by members of the School and an amalgamation of the School Orchestra and part of the York Symphony Orchestra.

In spite of the flu epidemic which was partially responsible for the sparse attendance at some meetings and rehearsals, the term's activities were eventful and on the whole successful.

O.G.H.

THE DEBATING SOCIETY With a new President and Secretary, Messrs. J. R. W. Thirlwell and N. E. Furey respectively and two new Committee members, Messrs. D. M. Rawlings and C. J. A. Smith, the Society hoped to maintain the improved standard of debating shown during the Christmas term.

The first meeting of the term, however, did not come up to expectations, possibly because the motion, that "This House would emigrate", being deliberately chosen for an Open meeting, was rather vague. The presence of flu in the School meant the debate was not well attended and the motion proposed by Messrs. Darwood and Hardie and opposed by Messrs. Fairdough and Moss was lost by 19 votes to 51 with 2 abstentions.

The second meeting proved to be the most successful of the term.

The motion that "This House supports America's policy towards Vietnam" resulted in the best attended closed meeting for over five years and the keenness of the debating was reflected in the result. The motion proposed

by Messrs. Phelps and Spilman and opposed by Messrs. Gibson and Shepherd, P. M. was carried by 29 votes to 28 with 4 abstentions.

At the third meeting of the term we tried the experiment of having two smaller debates with one platform speaker on each side. It was a moderate success; the first motion that "This House considers opposition to decimal coinage is predominantly sentimental" proposed by Mr. Blackford and opposed by Mr. Mackinder was lost by 16 votes to 30 with 4 abstentions and the second motion that "This House welcomes the 'Clarion' as an influence in the School" proposed by Mr. Doyle and opposed by Mr. Marks, was carried by 27 votes to 14, with 13 abstentions.

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At the fmal meeting of the year, traditionally an open meeting, we welcomed S. Mair, Esq. and L. C. LeTocq, Esq., as guest speakers. Mr. Mair, seconded by Mr. Dingwall, proposed the motion that "This House considers secondary education is too ambitious", and Mr. LeTocq opposing was seconded by Mr. Rawlings. The Society benefited greatly from the entertaining and informative guest speakers and we thank them very much for providing such an enjoyable meeting, the motion being defeated by 86 votes to 16, with 5 abstentions.

Beside the four Saturday evening meetings the President and Secretary represented the Society in the Inter-Schools Debating Competition. The School opposed the motion that "This House considers that white colonialism is being replaced by black anarchy", and though we did not get through the regional round, competitive speaking always provides valuable experience. The President and Secretary were also the speakers in the return debate at Easingwold Grammar Modern School. They proposed the motion that "This House considers censorship is necessary for the public good", and did well to narrow the result to one vote, the motion being defeated by 11 votes to 10, with 4 abstentions.

The Society now has some 75 members and such is the enthusiasm for debates that the possibility of Summer Term debating is being seriously considered, and a celebrity debate with outside speakers is a possibility.

N.E.F.

SENIOR SCIENCE SOCIETY NOTES This term the Society held three meetings. Two of these took the form of a talk by an outside speaker whilst the third consisted of two talks given by two members of the Society. This was by far the most valuable meeting of the term and it was unfortunate it was held on the last Saturday of term, since this probably accounted for the surprisingly low attendance of members.

At the first meeting Dr. C. N. Roberts, from the Bradford Institute of Technology, gave a talk on "Food, Drugs and Health". This dealt with the need for sufficient food and how this could prevent disease; also several examples of disease were given together with their causes and cures.

At the second meeting Dr. Hale, from York University, gave a talk on "Computers". To the relief of the Society, Dr. Hale made it clear that his talk was to be about computers in general rather than the electronics of computers. With the talk given on these lines it was most interesting and very much appreciated by the Society.

For the last meeting R. A. Spilman gave a talk on "Evolution" and M. A. Summers-Smith gave one on "Precious Metals". As is usual with italks given by members of the Society many questions were asked and the meeting proved to be very lively.

On the whole it was a very successful term for the Society, which continues to flourish.

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JUNIOR SCIENCE SOCIETY YEAR 1965/66 This year the Society has flourished, and the meetings held have been both varied and numerous. Two visits were made in the Easter Term.

For the first meeting of the Christmas Term, on 9th October the subject was Power. Members P. J. Shannon, D. P. Turnbull and R. A. de B. Warren demonstrated principles shown in two films.

On 20th November, Mr. Riley gave a little talk on the Natural History of the Fame Islands. His talk was illustrated by his own excellent slides and colour films. This meeting was greatly enjoyed by all, and Mr. Riley was congratulated on his excellent photography.

For the last meeting of the Christmas Term, H. G. Marks and M. T. Bennett demonstrated the Carbon Dioxide/Silica process for forging metal, assisted by a film; and P. Scaife did some experiments on osmosis.

On the first Saturday of the Easter Term, two films were shown of the crossing of Antarctica. The meeting was held in the Memorial Hall, and was open to non-members.

On 5th February, J. R. Wilson, R. S. Johnson and R. F. Davies gave a combined Biological talk on Blood, illustrated by a film.

A party of about 30 members visited Rowntree's Factory on Thursday, 10th February. We were all very impressed, and our thanks are due to the management and guides.

On 19th February, R. K. Hall gave an interesting talk on weather, supported by two R.A.F. films.

The other visit the Society made was to the Herald Printing Works.

This was again a great success, and enjoyed by those members, about 20, who went.

The last meeting of the term was on 26th March, when four films were shown, including the excellent Biological film "Corps Profond".

D.J.D.

MODERN LANGUAGES SOCIETY The Society had only one meeting during the term, but the attendance was encouraging. Mr. Craven spoke very interestingly and simply enough for most of us to understand most of what was said, about his holiday in the vine-growing region of Bordeaux, and illustrated his talk with some very colourful and artistic slides and maps. The interest taken in the talk was shown clearly by the fact that, after the meeting had been officially declared closed, Mr. Craven was answering various questions for quite some time.

RUSSIAN SOCIETY Owing to boys leaving School, some changes were necessary in the Committee, the most significant of which being J. R. W. Thirlwell's adoption as Hon. Secretary, and J. M. Mordue as Hon. Treasurer.

Three meetings were held during the term. At the first, J. R. W. Thiriwell gave a talk entitled "The Beginnings of Russian Society" or "Why the Russians are what they are." This proved extremely informative, 18

as we ranged over Russian History from the 7th-century B.C. to Alexander Nevsky's reign in Novgorod. He concluded with a remark made by the English Ambassador to Moscow of Elizabeth I. "Lo thus I make an end; none other news to thee "But that the country is too cold, the people beastly be." and reports, as will be seen elsewhere in the magazine, that neither were seen to be true on his own visit there.

For the second meeting, we were privileged to hear J. Y. Muckle, Esq., Head of the Russian Department at Leeds Grammar School, who gave an interesting talk, entitled "Authors in Disgrace." He deplored and abominated the Russian control of literature and invited any of his audience, which was quite encouraging considering the presence of Trial Exams and illness, to leave if they disagreed with him—nobody accepted the invitation.

He talked about Pasternak, Valerei Tarsis, Arjak (Daniel) and Terse (Sinyaysky).

For the last meeting, which Mr. Austin was unfortunately unable to attend, twelve members of the Society read three plays by Chekhov : The Proposal, On The Harmfulness of Tobacco, A Jubilee. This was poorly attended but it is encouraging that so many (over 90) were subscribing members, which is intended to promote knowledge of Russia amongst those who do not study its language.

We should like to thank those who have helped in the making of a very successful year for the Society, those leaving and those who have left, and especially Mr. Austin, who has cast his watchful and most helpful eye over our proceedings.

J..R.W.T.

RUSSIAN TRIP, 1966 SATURDAY, 2ND APRIL to MONDAY, 4TH APRIL. A variety of evening activities, ranging from overnight travelling to a Turkish bath, being completed, a party of 24 Peterites accompanied by Messrs. G. M. Austin and A. Craven assembled on Victoria Station.

At 10-0 a.m. the party left and, travelling by way of Dover, Ostend and Cologne, reached Berlin at 7-40 a.m. on Sunday the 3rd. During a tour of the city, which included : "checkpoint Charlie", the 'Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, Templehof Airport, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the Olympic Stadium, we also learnt that 85 % of West Berlin has been rebuilt since the war making it, perhaps, the most attractive modern city in Europe. After a free afternoon we crossed to East Berlin and at 11-30 p.m. departed for the Russian border. The next day was spent crossing the flat wastes of Poland reaching BrestiVorsid at 3-30 p.m., and in the company of our attractive Intourist guide, boarded a train for Kiev.

TUESDAY, 5TH. Everyone was tiring somewhat from the long train journey and it was with relief that we reached Kiev at 6-0 a.m. and could rest at the almost luxurious Intourist Hotel. Kiev was not on the itinerary of last year's trip so Peterites were here breaking new ground. Its population of 1.4 millions is the third highest in Russia but in area it is the second Russian city, 63 % being parkland. In a tour of the city we saw the River Drieper and the statue of St. Vladim and St. Sophia's Cathedral, an 1 1 th-century 19

foundation now preserved as a museum. The afternoon consisted of a visit to the Shevchenko museum followed by first attempts at shopping in Russia. Throughout the trip a score or more cameras dutifully clicked on each new sight, and two of the party at least admitted that they had forgotten to put film in or they had failed to wind on after the first picture!

WEDNESDAY 6TH

The party visited a secondary school in the suburbs of Kiev and learnt something of the educational system in Russia. We also experienced for the first time, something that was to become a regular feature of the trip, the friendliness and generosity of the Russian people. In the afternoon the party visited the Kiev-Pechersty Monastery (11th-century) now a museum, and then a magnificent new Pioneer Palace. The Pioneer movement was founded in 1918 in Moscow to deal with the waifs and strays; its palaces are similar to our youth clubs except that they are far better equipped with theatres and cinema film studies.

THURSDAY 7TH

Having left Kiev at 9-15 p.m. the previous evening, we arrived at Moscow at 9-10 a.m. and were met off the train by children from one of the special English schools, who presented us with tulips.

During a tour of the capital the party saw the Kremlin, Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral, the "Gum" department store, the Bolshoi Theatre, Chekhov House, the Lubyanka prison, the University and the British and American Embassies. The evening provided an opportunity for an excursion into Moscow, and for many the first experience of the Russian Metro with its fabulous chandeliers and white walls.

FRIDAY 8TH

In the morning there was a visit to a specialist English school near the British Embassy and we were persuaded to sing two songs—dutifully recorded by the only American in the party. There also occurred the first of two interviews for Radio Moscow, in which the trip's spokesman expressed admiration for the friendliness and generosity of the Russian people. In the afternoon Moscow State University was our destination and we reached the 27th of its 33 floors. We then saw an active Russian Orthodox Church of which there are 47 in Moscow. While the Church was quite full the party were not a little surprised to see that everybody seemed to be over 60 years old.

SATURDAY 9TH

After visiting the Armourey Museum of decorative and applied art in the Kremlin, the party filed past the body of Lenin in the Mausoleum, the solemnity of the occasion impressing everybody. The afternoon was taken up with a concert at the House of Friendship, and then half the party attended a circus on ice.

SUNDAY 10TH

The first stop today was at the Tolstoy Museum situated in the house he occupied from 1882 until his death in 1901. This was followed by a tour of the Kremlin Cathedrals, after which some of the party went to the races. Others made for the Pushkin Art Museum while two went round the History Museum. Various purchases were also made both at Gum and the tourist shops and several fur hats were now in evidence. At 6-0 p.m. everybody assembled for a performance of "Swan Lake" by the 20

Bolshoi Ballet in the magnificent new Congress Hall. This proved to be the highlight of the stay in Moscow and was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

MONDAY 11TH After going round the Exhibition of Economic Achievements including models of Vostok and lunar spacecraft, in the morning the party flew to Leningrad from the Sheramatayov Airport in a TU-104 jet. So far the warm weather had been an agreeable surprise, but in Leningrad the temperature was below freezing and the heavy coats, in some cases bought specially, at last proved worthwhile. The evening consisted of a dance with Putney H.S. TUESDAY 12TH During the conducted tour of the city including the Winter Palace, the Nevski Prospect, the Peter and Paul Fortress and the Statue of Peter the Great over the serpent representing Sweden, the party learnt that Leningrad has a population of 3.6 millions and heard something of its history. The original foundation was the Peter and Paul Fortress, which we visited in the afternoon, founded in 1703 and becoming the capital in 1712. The beautiful cathedral in the fortress is typical of that aspect of Leningrad which makes it most popular with Europeans for the decoration is ornate without being oppressive. It is also the burial place of all the Russian Czars. The evening contained a not very successful visit to a children's theatre and more "social activity" in the hotel.

WEDNESDAY 13TH The snow, which had begun the day before and continued throughout our stay in this city, added to the atmosphere, and around the Winter Palace and Palace Square one could imagine oneself back in the 18th century. The Winter Palace is now part of the Hermitage Art Gallery, lavishly decorated in a Laroque style with the usual profusion of gilt and chandeliers. The Art Collection was built up by successive Russian Czars and is now housed in five galleries, including works of Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, El Greco, Rubens and Van Dyck. The Impressionist gallery is a sequel to the Rusk Pushkin Art Gallery in Moscow, and contains Picassos, Gauguins, Cezanne's and Renoirs amongst many others. The afternoon was spent shopping and the evening was spent at a concert at the House of Friendship.

THURSDAY 14TH The morning was spent visiting a museum of Russian art at a former palace of the Grand Duke Michael (brother of Czar Nicholas II), and in the afternoon the party visited St. Isaac's Cathedral. The Cathedral was built from 1818-1858 and has the third largest dome in the world, after St. Peter's, Rome and St. Paul's, London. The enormous pendulum which now hangs in the dome indicates the rotation of the earth. It was only from the top of the dome that the party realized how big Leningrad really is, for we had stayed very much in the centre.

FRIDAY 15TH On our last day in the city we did manage to get outside it for a while.

This was on a trip to the village of Pushkin, some 20 kms. from Leningrad, where we visited the Summer Palace. This palace, started by Peter the Great and completed by Catherine's architect, Rasterelfi, was destroyed after the Germans had used it as their headquarters in 1944. Restoration 21

is proceeding quickly and expertly, yet it remains the most impressive sight in Leningrad. Meanwhile another chapter has been added to its history in the epic snowball fight for Cameron's pavilion! After a free afternoon for present-buying the party flew in an Ilyushin 18 to Riga.

SATURDAY 16TH TO THURSDAY 21ST

Riga is a port of some 600,000 people, whose main claim to fame is that they make every other railway carriage in the Soviet Union, but a brief tour suggested there was little of artistic interest. After presenting gifts to our guide, whose help was invaluable (particularly when several people suffered stomach upsets), and to Mr. Austin and Mr. Craven, we boarded a motor-ship "Nadezhda Krupskaja". We left Riga at 1-30 p.m. and stopped in the ice at 4-0 p.m. where we remained stationary for ten hours.

Altogether it took two ice-breakers 44 hours to get the ship through the ice in the gulf of Riga and the result was that we were some 34 hours late into Tilbury. Otherwise the journey was uneventful—the days being split between the bar and bed and the evenings spent partaking in raffles, dances and concerts. At the latter a group of ten Peterites sang new words (by Mr. Austin and Thirlwell) to familiar songs and proved the hit of the evening, the words of one song at least being calculated to persuade the captain to put us off at Hull in disgust! Eventually at 9-30 p.m. on Wednesday, 20th, we docked at Tilbury, but were only able to disembark at 6-30 a.m. on Thursday, 21st. So we finished a thoroughly enjoyable trip behind the iron curtain and we returned ready to spread a very favourable report about life and conditions in the Soviet Union.

THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Owing to the short Easter Term there were only three meetings of the Society, though each was well-attended.

The first meeting was held on 11th February; Major Hewitt of the Salvation Army came to explain what the Salvation Army does and its aims.

The second meeting was held on 4th March, when a special jointmeeting with the World Affairs and Geographical Societies was held.

Two films were shown—"Asian Crescent", about Malaysia and her problems, and a film about the "Inter-Church Aid" conference.

The final meeting of the term was attended by a few members at a lecture given at St. John's College, on "Christianity and Modern Literature" on Tuesday, 15th March. All in all it has been a very interesting term for the Society.

T.B.A.E.

ORGAN SOCIETY After last term's inactivity the Society met this term for what was an interesting and rewarding meeting. Mr. Baker, one of the School's Music Teachers, very kindly invited us over to Headingly on 12th March. After a short meeting beforehand it was decided that C. R. Argyle should be Secretary of the Society.

The six members of the Society who went were driven there by Mr. Waine in the School bus. When we got to Leeds Mr. Baker gave us a 22

very pleasant supper. Then we visited his church and played on the organ. It was a magnificent instrument and the organ pupils were delighted with it. It had three manuals and a great variety of stops. Mr. Baker let us roam all round the pipes, which made an intricate maze right to the roof. At 9-15 we unfortunately had to say good-bye and it was with great reluctance that we left.

We are all very grateful indeed to Mr. Baker for inviting us, making the expedition possible and for giving us supper. The members showed their appreciation by clubbing together and buying Mr. Baker a longplaying record. Organ music or course!

C.R.A.

WALKING CLUB This term's club was bigger than usual, numbers ranged from the usual dozen to twenty-one boys and two masters, a somewhat large party to keep together over moorland.

At a meeting early on in the term Mr. A. J. Riley joined the club; we should like to thank him and Mr. Coulthard for their invaluable services, especially in organising transport and early meals..

The weather, as usual, was our worst enemy. We experienced every variety—rain, snow, mist—yes, and even sun at times! Most walkers showed enthusiasm for walking, although it must be added that a few did not favour either walks up-hill, or walks over three miles in length.

Nevertheless, the club visited quite a number of areas, some for the first time.

The club will, we hope, continue to flourish in the Summer Term.

With that in view R. J. H. Skerrett has been elected secretary in succession to T. B. A. Evans.

T.B.A.E.

EQUINE SOCIETY This term we managed to arrange a visit to a stud farm and a talk by a trainer.

On Sunday, 6th March, we visited Lord Bolton's stud at Harewood and were shown round by the manager, Dr. Burkhardt. He showed us their brilliant young stallion "Double Jump" and also many mares and foals.

Everybody was impressed by the efficiency of the stud, and finally we all enjoyed the tea, kindly provided by Mrs. Oldfield.

The evening of Wednesday, 16th March, provided us with a talk given

by Mr. M. H. Easterby, the Great Habton trainer. There were many questions from members and Mr. Easterby answered them very fully.

Next term we hope to arrange some more visits.

R.A.S.

BRITISH SHIP ADOPTION SOCIETY It is with much regret that we have to announce the death of our correspondent, Capt. N. M. Graham. The Society is endeavouring to find us a new link and we hope to have news of their success in due course.

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CHESS The School Chess team played a number of unimportant matches.

A most interesting feature was that a simultaneous display was given by Dr. Harper of York University. He won the majority of games, but drew two and lost three. York University and York Chess Club provided teams for us to compete against. Although the School lost in both cases, a great deal of valuable experience was gained. Our usual opponents, Bootham, crashed to a narrow defeat at our hands. This is the first time that Bootham have been beaten by us for a long time.

The School chess team played extremely well throughout the season and most of them are obviously keen on the game. The team has played many more matches than is usual and enjoyed them all I am sure.

The following represented the School at Chess: —D. J. Martin, P. St. G. Stephenson, B. S. Wallis, J. R. D. McGrath, R. Pickersgill, A. L. Kirk, P. F. Reeves, S. C. Sugar and P. Fender. D.M.

YOUNG FARMERS' CLUB Four meetings were held this term, all of which took the form of lectures or discussions. For the first meeting Mr. P. M. Lyons gave an illustrated talk on "Battery Hens and Egg production". He stressed the recent growth in poultry farming and mentioned the great poultry empires of Eastwood and Arden. Mr. Lyons then went on to say that the minimum size of profit-making concerns is likely to be farms of forty or fifty thousand birds. Illustrations were in the form of slides showing egg laying and rearing houses.

The second meeting of the term took the form of a talk on "Crofting in Scotland", by Mr. R. MacSween. He defined crofting and went on to outline the areas in which crofting is practised. He mentioned difficulties involving isolation and poor communications and showed that the crofter, therefore, has to rely on products which do not have to be sold quickly.

Consequently livestock is most important to the crofter.

On the 17th February Mr. D. Hirst, Principal of the East Riding Institute of Agriculture, gave a talk on "Hill Sheep Farming". He described some of the thirty-six or thirty-seven breeds of hill sheep and also he outlined a year's work in the life of a shepherd on a typical Border Country hill farm. The talk was illustrated by slides.

For the last meeting of the term Mr. G. Hall answered questions put to him by club members, concerning his father's farms. Subjects discussed included the buying and selling of cows and calves and the growing of barley. T.H.V.

ORNITHOLOGICAL VISIT TO THE ISLE OF MAN, APRIL, 1966 For the fifth time Mr. Craine took a party of four boys, G. M. Barton, N. C. Marsden, L. N. Thomson and P. W. F. Marsden, on an Ornithological visit to the Isle of Man and the Calf of Man. Although we had adverse weather conditions, it was probably the most successful visit of all, from the point of view of studying new species at fairly close range, thanks mainly to the admirable "hide" formed by Mr. Craine's car.

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After an eventful boat journey from Liverpool, we were diverted to Peel, because of stormy conditions at Douglas. The strong winds persisted, with intermittent snow and rain showers, making it impossible to make the 34 mile journey by boat to the Calf of Man, where we were to spend most of our holiday. For the next two days we toured the island looking for new species of birds; especially at high tide on Langness, where, while watching a party of dunlin and ringed plover, we spotted a smaller brown and white bird. This proved unmistakably to be a Kentish Plover, which is a very rare wader, now only confined to the extreme South of England; it was the first ever to be seen on the Isle of Man. The next day the sea was still rough, so we were taken out to the Calf of Man by lifeboat, which was performing a rescue operation for a party of fifteen, which had been stranded on the Calf for five days. Unfortunately the warden of the Calf of Man Bird Observatory, Mr. Peter Bennett, had also been taken off with a large fish-hook embedded in his finger, and we missed his company for the first two days. Meanwhile we found an oiled guillemot in one of the harbours of the Calf of Man. We kept it and attempted to clean it of the hideous black oil which completely covered one side of its body, making it unable to fly. Unfortunately it had swallowed some of the oil, while trying to clean itself, and as a consequence died a few days later, after some members of the party had made a valiant attempt to save it by giving it liberal doses of castor oil, and feeding it on limpets and sardines.

When the warden returned, we visited the large shag colony on the island, where we recorded the number of eggs or young in each nest, and ringed some adult birds, not without them leaving scars on us from their beaks. We also had two successful nights catching and ringing herring gulls. They are caught at night by being dazzled with a powerful torch.

In this condition they will not move and can easily be picked up and ringed.

Because of rough weather we spent two extra days on the Calf of Man, and these proved the best for ringing birds. The birds, mainly willowwarblers and chiffchaffs, are caught in Heligoland traps and Mist Nets, whilst on their migration northwards. In this way we also caught a blackcap, a grasshopper warbler and a whitethroat, which were migrating early for their species. Eventually the weather cleared, but just before we left the island, a woodchat shrike was caught in one of the nets. This is a very rare bird and is the first one to be recorded on the Isle of Man. On arriving back we toured up to the north of the Isle of Man, to a long shingle stretch of the seashore called the Ayres. Here we saw about twenty-five gannets diving for fish, and also some sandwich terns and little terns. While watching these we also saw a great northern diver remarkably close in to the shore.

After such an exciting fortnight, the return journey seemed dull, and proved uneventful, but we all look forward to returning again soon.

During the visit the party ringed about 150 birds of 25 species and saw 91 different species of birds.

Species ringed : Whitethroat, Wren, Stonechat, Rock Pipit, Willow chaff, Song Thrush, Warbler, Mistle Thrush, Redstart, Herring Gull, Chiff, Robin, Shag, Goldcrest, Redwing, Grasshopper Warbler, Starling, Dunnock, Ring Ouzel, Blackcap, Greenfinch, Meadow Pipit, Blackbird, Woodchat Shrike, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, House Sparrow.

G.M.B.

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C.C.F. NOTES Coxswain Evans was appointed Contingent Coxswain when C.S.M. Lockwood left. It might here be explained to outside readers that in a C.C.F. with all three Service Sections the senior N.C.O. of the Contingent may come from any of the three; thus the Royal Navy Section would provide a Contingent Coxswain or a Contingent Petty Officer, the Army Section, the traditional Company Sergeant Major, and the Royal Air Force Section has in earlier years provided a Contingent Warrant Officer.

Over thirty new boys have now completed a term in the Pre-entry section, and will enter the Contingent in the Summer Term.

Apart from normal training, a Field Day was held on 1st March.

The Royal Navy Section went to H.M.S. "Calliope", the Royal Air Force Section visited Linton on Ouse and the Air Traffic Control Centre near Preston, while the Army Section had an exercise at Ripon Parks. The Pre-entry recruits visited the Royal Engineers Depot at Ripon, and then had a map reading exercise, organised by Sergeants Marsden and Slater, which finished at Ripon Parks. The Army Proficiency Test was held on the same day, conducted by the Depot, The Yorkshire Brigade at Strensall; nine out of the twelve candidates were successful.

For the last parade of the term, on 22nd March, there was a full drill period, culminating in a March Past, which gave the new Band, under Drum Major J. F. Brown, the chance to show that it has come on very well. The Salute was taken by Group Captain R. H. Crompton, O.B.E., B.A., the Station Commander of Royal Air Force, Linton on Ouse.

Petty Officer D. J. McKenzie is congratulated on being selected to go to Canada as a member of the Imperial Cadet Association Rifle Team, representing the C.C.F. and A.C.F. against the Canadian Cadets. He will be in Canada for almost a month, in August.

R.N. SECTION At the beginning of the term, the following promotions were made: L/Sea. D. J. McKenzie to Petty Officer ic.

L/Sea. R. J. Mawer to 2 i/c.

A.B. A. G. Bird to L/Sea. and Section Writer.

A.B. R. L. Harrison to L/Sea. i/c Stores.

A.B. G. H. Fairhurst to L/Sea. i/c Blake Division.

Later in the term B. Lark, J. S. Nixon and 'R. P. Taylor were successful in the A.B. exam and were promoted to A.Bs. The section spent the Field Day at its parent establishment, H.M.S. "Calliope" at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. On arrival we were shown two films and were then drilled. After lunch we were instructed on gunnery and seamanship, followed by a lecture on radar.

Lt. Col. Hamilton addressed us, and after tea we returned to York.

It was unfortunate that H.M.S. "Northumbria" was undergoing repairs at the time, as more practical experience would have been gained by sailing in her.

The new mast arrived during the term and it is hoped that it will be rigged in the near future.

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ARDUOUS TRAINING, 1966 The purpose of Arduous Training is not endurance for its own sake, but to try to encourage leadership in the achievement of useful objectives under rigorous conditions. Bad weather is therefore not essential, but part of the training must be the ability to live and work in bad weather if necessary.

Captain Gaastra planned the training in the Warcop area during the first week of the Easter holidays, when a certain amount of bad weather emphasised, for example, the problems of bivouacing in the wet, and the need for special care when hill walking in snowdrifts, which at first look like being just good fun. Some may have thought it soft to take advantage of a base camp to dry things out from time to time, but a balance should rightly be kept between endurance and maintaining a standard of fitness that will enable everyone to make the fullest use of a week's programme.

The training exercises were all intended to have a useful purpose, sometimes map reading, sometimes simply the importance of keeping a party together on hills, sometimes the seeking of information, and being sure that it was reliable; each individual was given the opportunity to take a lead in some activity, and most learnt how easy it is to allow leadership to decline into discussion groups.

One day was spent in the Langdale Valley with professional instruction in rock climbing which is a worthwhile specialisation for those who undertake Arduous Training; and by way of cultural diversion on two journeys, Lieutenant Croft gave most interesting lectures at Brougham Castle and at the Roman Camp at Ambleside.

We thank Captain Gaastra for devising an excellent programme in which there was due regard not only to the word "arduous" but also to "training", of a kind that the three armed services consider valuable.

D.G.C.

R.A.F. CAMP, EASTER, 1966 During the Easter Holidays a party of 17 cadets of the R.A.F. Section, led by Flight Sergeant Oglesby, spent a week at R.A.F. Shawbury, seven miles from Shrewsbury. They were billeted in a large barrack block, with a single room for each cadet, and ate in the Airmen's Mess where the food was plentiful and above school standard.

Shawbury is the home of No. 8 Air Experience Flight, No. 27 Maintenance Unit, the University of Birmingham Air Squadron and the Central Air Traffic Control School. Although it was not an operational station, it still offered a varied and fascinating programme for the party from St. Peter's and the other school, Solihull.

This included drill periods with regular N.C.O.'s, a visit to the Control Tower with its Local and Approach Control, and a route march in the neighbouring Shropshire countryside. The cadets also visited the Air Traffic Control School, which is the only one of its kind in the country and trains controllers in radar and direction finding approach for all three services and air forces of other nations. It has modern and complex equipment such as synthetic trainers and computers.

To test their initiative and survival capabilities cadets also had to build bridges and towers and carry an imaginary radioactive source for a mile without coming within two feet of it. On the station's open range two 27

cadets gained marksman class shots in .303 shooting and every boy who entered the water passed the R.A.F.'s Swimming Proficiency in a nearby station's baths, a great credit to school swimming.

During leisure periods cadets visited the station cinema and spent an afternoon in Shrewsbury. Both schools attended the service in Shawbury Parish Church, on Palm Sunday. There were also rides in the camp's large, powerful fire trucks and a 50 minute flight in a Varsity aircraft over the snow-capped Shropshire hills. In an afternoon away from the station the group visited the Rolls-Royce Sentinel factory in Shrewsbury, where this famous company make oil and marine engines. The cadets also had a P.T. period in the station gym, and were shown an interesting film on ditching.

On the last day there was a lecture about radiation, nuclear warfare and the dangers of an aircraft armed with atomic weapons flying over a densely populated area such as England. The cadets were shown antiradiation clothing and the specialised equipment used by the R.A.F.'s special safety teams for detecting all kinds of radioactivity, such as might be present after an accident similar to that of the U.S. Air Force in Spain this year.

All the time the cadets were at Shrewsbury two officers, Squadron Leader Scott and Flying Officer Enderby, were near at hand trying to make the camp as enjoyable as possible and, although Solihull won the camp competition trophy presented by the Station Commander, Group Captain Wallace, at the final march-past, the whole party enjoyed the camp, especially the large number of younger cadets for whom it was their first R.A.F. camp.

A.S.

ACCOUNT OF R.A.F. CAMP IN GERMANY, 6th to 13th APRIL Starting at 7-45 from York, I arrived at the B.E.A. Air Terminal at Victoria Station at 11-50. From there we went to Gatwick, where the plane was five hours late. We flew to R.A.F. Wildenrath, arriving at 8-30 p.m. We then split into three parties, our party facing a five hour bus journey to R.A.F. Gilterslok, which used to be a paratrooper training station during the war.

The first day we spent exploring the camp and going shopping in the nearest town, Bielefeld. The camp possessed a number of facilities—a cinema, bowling lane and a number of clubs. The following day was Good Friday, which we had free, until the evening, when we had a fourhour night exercise in a nearby forest.

On Saturday, we all paid 12 marks for a coach trip round the local beauty sights, among which was the Mohne Dam of Dambuster fame (the local inhabitants did not talk of this). On Sunday we were free except for a fire-fighting demonstration in the afternoon. This developed into a large-scale water fight, which was one of the most enjoyable events at the camp. Monday was spent tramping round the country-side near Bielefeld. We covered some fifteen miles, pausing now and then for liquid refreshment.

On Tuesday, we sat through a police lecture and dog demonstration, then were inspected in the evening. The camp was very slack, most people being on leave over Easter, but was most enjoyable.

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On Wednesday, we began the trip home. After the bus journey we discovered that the weather at Wildenrath was too bad for flying, so we drove 60 miles to Dusseldorf, losing a third of the party on the way.

When we finally took off, we were six hours late. I arrived back at York at 3 o'clock in the morning. C.J.A.S.

SCOUT GROUP This term we reconstituted a Rover Crew in the Group as we had a sufficient number of older Senior Scouts. The Crew, because of their many other commitments, cannot meet very regularly, but its members are able to assist with a wide variety of activities in other sections of the Group and, in particular, with training. At the same time this has made our Senior Scout Troop rather more manageable in size and has given the opportunity to younger Senior Scouts to take over positions of responsibility.

SENIOR SCOUT TROOP Because of the creation of the Rover Crew, the number of Senior Scout Patrols this term was reduced to four, and the Patrol Leaders appointed were J. M. McKay, A. S. Medlycott, A. J. Moss and R. I. Moss. An active term included a number of evening outdoor meetings, an energetic field day and training largely concentrated on the Ambulance and Senior Pioneer Badges. The field day was spent in the Western Moors and the object of the day was to simulate a rescue operation, a dummy having been placed in a valley by the Rovers two or three days earlier.

Some useful lessons were learned and all enjoyed a bracing dry day away from the confines of School.

Unfortunately this year it was found impossible to arrange an Easter Expedition for the Senior Scouts, but we hope that next year this activity will be resumed. In the meantime, members of the Senior Scout Troop have been using Group equipment to go off on their own expeditions and camps.

SCOUT NOTES Two new boys joined the troop this term, R. A. Hodgson and G. S. Yule. This makes our number 37, with the result that a new patrol, Badgers, had to be formed with Warnock as Patrol Leader and Powell as his Second. Under Boyd the first-class scouts have continued their badge training and the end of term saw them building rope bridges with fair success. A start was also made on the theory of the camper and cook badges, which we hope will be taken next term. First-class training has continued with splicing, first aid and highway code and most scouts will be able to do their final test, the journey, early next term. Under Plews the second-class tests have nearly all been finished by those who joined as tenderfeet in September.

The Field Day was held on 1st March. Four groups went out cycling, taking packed lunches with them and returning at about 2 p.m. to cook a meal in the scout compound. A fifth party, led by Beckingham, were dropped at Helmsley and had a long hike returning to York just in time for tea. At the last meeting of the term a large number of the scouts passed the swimmer badge, and two boys obtained their Master-at Arms badge.

Summer camp will be in Monmouth near Abergavenny, from 27th July to 3rd August, and it is hoped that nearly all scouts will be able to attend.

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HOCKEY 1966 The weather was the worst for many seasons, causing the cancellation of four 1st XI, three 2nd XI and one 3rd XI fixtures. New fixtures were played against Archbishop Holgate's G.S. and Nunthorpe School, and two fixtures for a 3rd XI were arranged. Staffing problems were eased by the addition of Mr. Dixon and Mr. Clark helping with games two and three.

Potentially the 1st XI could have been the best for many years, but as usual the bad weather early in the term prevented nearly all training so that our first match was played after only one practice. The halfback line of Vooght, Pickersgill and Abel were very sound in defence and their distributional play in attack improved with every game. Harding successfully moved from the forward line to right back and Richardson proved a very competent left back in his second season of Hockey. In the forward line Baxter at centre forward was the most improved player in the side scoring over half of all our goals. On the right wing Morris combined more stick work in addition to his speed, and will make a good inside forward for next season. The difficult positions of left wing and inside forward were filled adequately by Roebuck, Willstrop and Lancaster, and by the end of the season all were working well together.

The 2nd XI, containing several rather inexperienced players, since the introduction of the new system won three out of their four games and contained some good younger players to replace the eight who are leaving this year from the 1st XI. The six-a-side competition at Welbeck was quite successful.

We beat West Bridgeford in the first round, then beat Oakham, last year's winners; losing 1-2 to Welbeck in the final. The team was Vooght, Pickersgill, Lancaster, Morris, Harding and Abel.

A new venture during the first week of the holidays was a School's Hockey festival, held at Scarborough College. Owing to late news of the festival we could not send a full team and just managed to get XI players, four from 1st XI, six from 2nd XI and one 3rd XI. Although all the games were lost, valuable experience was gained by the second XI players, and it is hoped to have a more representative side if it is held again next year.

Lost 2-5 Abbotsholme King's Gloucester Lost 4-5 Lost 2-6 Reed's Cobham The players were Reiss, Harding, Dickinson, Scott, A. G., Richardson, Wailer, Smith, C. J., Pickersgill, W. R., Wood, J. R., Anderson.

RESULTS Welbeck College ...

Lost 1-2 Bootham School Won 2-1 Wed., 23rd Feb. v. Worksop College Lost 1-2 Wed., 2nd Mar. v. Nunthorpe School .

Won 6-1 Sat., 5th Mar. v. Old Peterites ..

Won 1-0 Wed., 9th Mar. v. Styx Hockey Club ... ... ... ...

Lost 3-7 Matches against Leeds Corinthian, Trent and Scarborough Colleges and York Hockey Club were cancelled.

2nd XI Sat., 29th Jan. v. Welbeck College ...

Won 4-0 Wed., 16th Feb. v. Bootham School ...

Won 2-1 Wed., 23rd Feb. v. Worksop College ... .

Lost 1-4 Wed., 9th Mar. v. Archbishop Holgate's G.S. 1st XI Won 3-1 3rd XI Wed., 9th Mar. v. Archbishop Holgate's G.S. 2nd XI Won 2-0

1st XI Sat., 29th Jan. v.

Wed., 16th Feb. v.

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SCHOOL v. WELBECK Saturday, 29th January. Away.

Playing on a fast pitch and played by the "sticks" rule, the School were a long time in settling down, with a result that Welbeck scored two goals in the first 20 minutes, their forwards being a continual menace throughout the indifferent first half. The School had some attacking moves, but could not fully penetrate the Welbeck defence.

In the second half, the Welbeck defence was under great strain, with a result that Baxter scored a fine goal to end one of the best attacking moves of the game. After this the School took command of the game for the last 10 minutes, with both Baxter and Lancaster netting the ball, only to find themselves off-side.

Both teams produced some good hockey, with Welbeck commanding the play in the first half, and the School controlling the second half. A fairer result would have been a draw.

Result: St. Peter's 1, Welbeck 2.

SCHOOL v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL Wednesday, 16th February. Home.

In this game there was no question that the School outclassed their opponents, and it was surprising to find such a high standard attained after very little practice. In the first half Bootham never had a good shot at goal, with a result that they were mostly on the defensive. Having used the ball to much better effect, the School continually attacked the Bootham goal and eventually Baxter scored two very good goals.

At the beginning of the second half the School produced some top class hockey with the half-back line of Vooght, Pickersgill and Abel initiating attacking moves which were all but finished off by Morris, Lancaster and Baxter. As it turned out goals never came after continued attempts, as frequent good shots at goal were stopped as a result of brilliant goalkeeping by the opposition. Towards the end of the game Bootham made some dangerous attacking moves which were only curbed by some solid defence work by the School.

Result: St. Peter's 2, Bootham 0.

SCHOOL v. WORKSOP COLLEGE Wednesday, 23rd February. Away.

Having won the toss, Vooght decided to play against the strong wind and also up the slope. Both teams started briskly, with Worksop playing a little better as they moved the ball smartly across the field. However, they suffered a severe shock half-way through this first half when Pickersgill following up a goal-mouth scramble, put the School in the lead. This lead was short lived and the Worksop centre forward equalised with a good opportunist goal. From then on the School were under a good deal of pressure, and after a further five minutes Worksop scored again, as the School defence appealed for off-side. Worksop had the ball in the net but the goal was disallowed because of "sticks".

In the second half, with the slope of the pitch and the wind in their favour, the School played with much more confidence, with Thirlwell in particular in the defence, ably dealing with anything that came his way.

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unlucky not to snatch an equaliser, as three short corners and one long corner were awarded, and several very good crosses from the right wing, by Morris, passed through the circle untouched.

Considered the lack of practice, the School put up a commendable performance with the wing-halves, Vooght and Abel, playing constructive games.

Result: St. Peter's 1, Worksop 2.

SCHOOL v. NUNTHORPE SCHOOL Wednesday, 2nd March. Home.

The first match of this new fixture was played at home instead of away, and owing to the recent rain our pitch was damp and soggy and did not take long to cut up considerably. Our opposition were highly rated, containing two Yorkshire Schoolboy players and one trialist.

The match started with both teams having creditable shots at goal in the first five minutes. After 10 minutes came the School's first goal, scored by Baxter after the opposition's defence failed to give a good clearance. From this moment onwards the School took command of the first half with some good runs down the right wing by Morris, and clever inside forward play by Willstrop and Lancaster. The second goal was from a strong shot by Baxter and Morris scored a lucky goal after taking the ball down the wing from the half-way line.

The 3-0 lead produced confidence in the School side, and with their defence playing as tightly as usual, the opposition had little opportunity to score. Constructive forward play continued and it was not long before Willstrop scored the fourth, and from a long corner Lancaster scored the fifth, with a goal shot. However, as the second half progressed the conditions became very bad and the scrappy play, which had on occasions been seen, became much more evident. The sixth goal came from a short corner; Vooght had a very strong shot blocked and Baxter following in well, managed to slide the ball over the line. A few minutes later Richardson left the field with a cut lip leaving a gap which was exploited by the opposition until they scored a goal from their only short corner of the game.

The School victory stemmed from the mid-field control, and by quicker adaption to the conditions.

Result: St. Peter's 6, Nunthorpe 1.

Colours were re-awarded to Baxter, Morris and Harding.

SCHOOL v. OLD PETERITES Saturday, 5th March. Home.

The game started off extremely fast and play was very open. The opposition inside forwards played well together and dominated the first half by using the through pass, to create advantageous openings. The School's defence was worked hard, but managed to repel the repeated attacks which were pressed from all angles. Thirlwell played an excellent game, clearing everything that came his way with the air of a much experienced goal-keeper. Harding was clearing well with goal hits, and together with Vooght, provided the basis of many of the School's attacks.

The School by now were moving the ball about the field very well, with many good cross hits from Vooght.

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The Erection of the New Bridge

J. Pawson, winner of the Senior Foil, 1966 Public Schools Fencing Championships

The School 1st. VIII

1st XI v O.P. XI

goals. Play slowed down slightly owing to the deteriorating conditions, with the Old Boys continuing to flick the ball and the School hitting it.

This hitting gave the School the slight upper hand needed in this half, and a fine down-field hit by Vooght was taken down the wing by Morris, who centred well, and Baxter was there to put the ball in the net.

The School did very well to gain a victory as the Old Boy's fielded a team of very experienced players, of which their left wing always looked dangerous and their mid-field players distributed the ball both cleverly and efficiently to their forwards. As a whole the game was quite fast, and would have been faster if conditions had been better, with both teams adapting themselves well, and the School earning themselves a well-fought victory.

Result: St. Peter's 1, Old Peterites 0.

Colours were awarded to Thirlwell and Richardson.

1st XI J. R. W. Thirlwell, R. D. Harding, J. C. Richardson, *J. J. Vooght (Capt.), *W. R. Pickersgill (Vice-Capt.), P. Abel, N. G. A. Morris, S. G. Lancaster, *D. R. Baxter, G. A. Willstrop, W. J. Roebuck. *Cap. 2nd XI R. M. Anderson, *J. E. Dickinson, E. M. Holgate, A. G. Scott, Pawson (Capt.), D. R. Waller, *C. J. A. Smith, J. R. Wood, *R. A. Spilman, *D. M. Rawlings (Vice-Captain.), T. J. Newhouse. *Colours.

THE BOAT CLUB This Easter Term's boating will long be remembered for its eventful final week. The floods had barely given us back a river for our Monday outing, the first full courses were rowed on the Wednesday, and the races were won on the Saturday. On this purposeful training the School crews are much to be congratulated.

Though four colours remained, the selection of the 1st VIII presented some difficulty on account of the scarcity of stroke-side oarsmen, the the difference in weight between bow and stroke-side, and the absence of a ready-made stroke. For a memorable second outing all the crew changed sides in an effort to discover a likely combination. After a week in which the crew felt most unsettled, though admittedly more adaptable, the final order became clear and the crew was only too keen to settle down.

Oarsmen were chosen for their potential rather than acquired skill, and much time had to be spent in basic coaching. Throughout the term the VIII looked rough, and at times ugly when coming forward for the stroke, and yet the boat ran smoothly, the bladework was clean, and the oars would come down in time and take the water with such obvious relish that there was not much doubt as to the speed of the boat. It was fortunate that their two best qualities were also the two most important : weight on the feet and looseness. The nucleus of the crew was G. F. Hardman and J. L. Boyd at 5 and 6, but bow pair also did much for the rhythm of the boat, and P. St. G. Stephenson proved an invaluable stroke. What was striking about the crew was the great power each individual member managed to get on to the blade, and much of this fitness must be put down to circuit training.

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Concentration on individual coaching delayed the crew as a whole, and we were still at an elementary stage when we paddled a course with Leeds University, who beat us by three-quarters of a minute. Thereafter we began to reap our reward, but just as we were ready for the first rowed course, the floods came and we missed the most vital week's training.

Excellent use was made of the last few days, however, and the crew was confident they could last the pace in spite of the hasty preparation. In the event they excelled themselves, striking 38 after the start, and maintaining 35-36 over the whole course. York City rowing just behind us, were considered our greatest rivals, but as last year we gained appreciably over the second mile, being 17 seconds up at Clifton Bridge, and went on to win by 22 seconds in 16.56 minutes.

The Putney course, being ten days later and only 8 minutes in length, was an attractive prospect, but the four outings available allowed us only to confirm our present form and to accustom ourselves to the distance.

As planned we rated 39,37,37,38 over successive two minutes, though the final half minute was not convincing. This is two strokes higher that last year, and was probably optimum for the crew. It was certainly a fine row, our position of 21st being four better than last year and the highest of all crews north of the Thames.

St. Peter's IV's dominated the Schools event at York, taking five of the first six places. Here again selection took a long time, and the floods and illness played havoc with the personnel of every crew. Only in the final week were some of the lower IV's able to settle as crews, but once again care in basic training had its effect in the race. The 3rd, 4th and 7th IV's in particular are to be congratulated. The 5th IV had a bad row, for three days earlier they had beaten the 6th IV by a few seconds. The success results not only from the crews and their coaches, but also from the use of the excellent new clinker IV's, and from the training done last year in the middle of the club by boaters, who then had little chance of representing the School.

Illness, increase in the number of School IV's and separate training for the Colts VIII's meant that only two crews competed in our School Head of the River. G VIII beat F VIII by two seconds, over 2* miles from the jetty to Lendal.

D.S.M. RESULTS 5th. March.

YORKSHIRE HEAD OF THE RIVER RACES.

Senior VIIIs. (3* miles): 1.

St. Peter's School, 16 mins. 56 secs.

2. York City R.C. "A" 17 mins. 18 secs.

3. 5 Bradford G.S., 17 mins. 22 secs.

York City R.C. "B", 17 mins. 22 secs.

5.

St. John's College, 17 mins. 43 secs..

6.

University College, Durham, 2nd VIII, 18 mins. 41 secs.

7.

Goole N.D.L.B., 18 mins. 52 secs.

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Schools IVs. (21 miles): 1. St. Peter's School 3rd IV, 13 mins. 17 secs.

2. St. Peter's School 4th IV, 13 mins. 25 secs.

3.

Hymer's College, 13 mins. 44 secs.

4.

St. Peter's School 7th IV, 13 mins. 48 secs.

5.

St. Peter's School 6th IV, 14 mins. 01 secs.

6.

St. Peter's School 8th IV, 14 mins. 18 secs.

7.

Bradford G.S. 3rd IV, 14 mins. 21 secs..

8. S Archbishop Holgate's G.S. 2nd IV, 14 mins. 23 secs. l' rchbishop Holgate's G.S. 3rd IV, 14 mins. 23 secs.

10. St. Peter's School 5th IV, 14th mins. 37 secs.

11. Bradford G.S. Colts IV, 15 mins. 18 secs.

12. Bradford G.S. Junior Colts IV, 15 mins. 59 secs.

16th March. SCHOOLS HEAD OF THE RIVER, PUTNEY. 21st St. Peter's, 8 mins. 15 secs.

(125 crews took part; winner: Emanuel School 7.44).

CREWS 1st VIII.—Bow, K. D. Lockwood, 10.13; 2, C. W. Clegg, 11.9; 3, M. Donnelly, 12.6; 4, J. R. S. Lazenby, 13.2; 5, G. F. Hardman, 12.7; 6, I. L. Boyd, 12.13; 7, T. B. Ward, 11.7; Str. P. St. G. Stephenson, 12.0; Cox, K. H. Murray, 8.8. Average: 12 st. 1 lb. Coach, D. S. Mair, Esq. 3rd IV.—Bow, C. J. M. Duckworth; 2, A. C. W. Budge; 3, N. E. Tomlinson, Ct., M. A. Groundwater. Cox, J. R. Bailey. Coach, P. M. Nixon, Esq. 4th IV.—Bow, P. M. Shepherd; 2, P. R. H. Blackford; 3, A. S. Medlycott; Str., J. K. Park. Cox, R. J. Mawer. Coach, P. H. Bolton, Esq. 5th IV.—Bow, C. J. Pearson; 2, I. R. D. McGrath; 3, R. I. Moss; Str., I. M. Crombie. Cox, D. P. Turnbull. Coach, G. M. Austin, Esq. 6th IV.—Bow, B. Lumley-Holmes; 2, R. Hall; 3, M. G. Mallinson; Str., W. N. Marshall. Cox, A. W. Fieldhouse. Coach, G. M. Austin, Esq. 7th IV.—Bow, P. J. Doyle; 2, G. M. Barton; 3, P. T. Summers; Str., I. R. Gibson. Cox, W. R. Copeland.

8th W.—Bow, A. J. Moss; 2, J. R. Wood; 3, C. J. Swiers; Str., A. W. H. Powell. Cox, C. R. Outhwaite.

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ATHLETICS With the preceding three months being the wettest recorded for many many years (Feb. rainfall 4.66 in.), prospects of any athletics at all starting up on Monday, 7th March, seemed decidedly remote. Furthermore with so many other commitments intervening, let alone the Careers Convention, it was difficult to foresee that time of opportunity could be provided for a full scale athletics programme during this notoriously inclement time of year. How wrong these gloomy forebodings turned out to be can best be assessed from a study of the following report, all of it an unqualified success.

INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY RACE The Goodburn Cup Monday, 14th February As always the season opened with this event within 4 weeks of the beginning of term. Inevitably this must be one of the dullest of courses, a mere 3i mile slog around the barren wastes of the Ings (but then beggars can't be choosers), with the real test of stamina being provided in those seasons when floodwaters have left their mark. This was just one of those seasons, in fact the race was held after one flood and before another, indeed a most propitious moment when sport was in danger of stagnation.

Opportunity for training for this event always presents its problem, the problem of where and when, but of paramount importance nevertheless.

This and natural ability will always have a telling effect, and it was no wonder that the eventual winner, R. Cressey, took up the running on the homeward stretch of the Ings. The time of 25 min. 11.0 sec. the slowest on record, did not detract from Cressey's fine effort, for conditions were very bad throughout the latter half. The Grove team's accomplishment was indisputable and, but for an ankle injury to P. Abel on route, Queen's might well have hotly contested for second place.

RESULT 1 R. Cressey (G.), 2 J. J. Vooght (G.), 3 R. J. Watts (Q), 4 P. V. Zissler (G.), 5 A. S. Medlycott (D.), 6 C. S. M. Dew (G.), 7 G. F. Hardman (Q.), 8 C. W. Clegg (D), 9 F. J. Vickers (M.), 10 J. R. Wood (M), 11 D. J. Emsley (G.), 12 J. M. Mordue (M.).

HOUSE PLACING S

School Dronfield Grove Manor Queen's Rise House Temple 1 9 3 17 18 5 13 8 2 10 7 19 34 21 4 15 28 27 25 12 38 35 6 14 30 41 32 29 42 11 22 37 47 33 31 24 43 39 48 40 16 44 Total

142

40

91

145

170

226

166

Place

6th

1st

5th

3rd

7th

4th

2nd

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INTER-HOUSE JUNIOR LONG RUN Friday, 4th March A 21 mile course, beginning and ending in the Ings, and incorporating a long stretch of the Shipton Road as well as the tow-path. All runners completed the course with credit, thus proving their recovery from the earlier ravages of the flu-bug. Conditions were decidedly damp, particularly for spectators at the beginning and end of the course, but otherwise favourable, and the winner, M. A. Cantrell, is a natural athlete, who once suffered from flat feet.

RESULT 1 M. A. Cantrell (T.), 2 M. C. Pearson (Q.), 3 R. M. Yule (G.), 4 R. M. E. Raley (R.), 5 C. D. McAinsh (R.), 6 J. R. Lund (T.), 7 I. C. Dempsey (G.), 8 D. Pollard (G.), 9 R. J. S. Martin (D.), 10 C. H. Noble (R.), 11 J. C. Goodrick (S.H.), 12 R. C. Eggleshaw (T.).

Time: —17 min. 7.2 sec.

HOUSE PLACINGS School Dronfield Grove Manor Queen's Rise House Temple

9 18 38 39 44 45 50 61

3 7 8 14 15 21 27 37

16 23 30 31 40 42 52 56

2 13 22 25 26 28 33 41

4 5 10 43 49 64 65 67

11 17 24 29 34 47 54 57

1 6 12 19 20 32 35 36

Total

304

132

290

190

307

273

161

Place

3rd

1st

2nd

4th

6th

7th

5th

ATHLETICS MATCH v BOOTHAM SCHOOL At home on Thursday, 24th March The last time that this fixture was held here at home was in 1963, and it was a pleasure to welcome Bootham for our one and only athletics fixture here once again. Three years ago our Juniors gained an overwhelming victory against Bootham, so it was not surprising that this year with many of the same names to the fore our Seniors gained a similar success. A generally improving standard was in evidence as the benefit of the past two weeks of non-stop athletics began to take effect. T. B. Ward clipped .2 sec. off his own previous best 1 mile meeting record, while two new meeting records were established in the Junior section, which was also handsomely won by our team.

Result: Senior Event—Won by 132-71 Junior Event—Won by 75-45 DETAILED RESULTS SCORING —1st-10 pts., 2nd-7 pts., 3rd-5 pts., 4th-3 pts., 5th-2 pts.

6th-1 pt. Relay: lst-8 pts. :

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SENIOR COMPETITION (In order of events)

220 Yards: 1 D. J. Emsley; 2 S. C. Maslin; 4 J. K. Park.

Time: 24.8 sec. St. Peter's 20, Bootham 8.

High Jump: 2 J. Pawson; 3 D. R. Baxter; 6 R. M. Anderson.

Winning height: 5 ft. 5 in. St. Peter's 13, Bootham 15.

Half Mile: 1 A. W. Fieldhouse; 2 C. A. Cawood; 4 C. W. Clegg.

Time: 2 min. 11.2 sec. St. Peter's 20, Bootham 8.

100 Yards: 1 D. J. Emsley; 2 J. K. Park; 3 S. C. Maslin.

Time: 10.9 sec. St. Peter's 22, Bootham 6.

440 Yards: 1 T. B. Ward; 2 M. Donnelly; 3 J. D. Cartwright.

Time: 54.7 sec. (Meeting Record). St. Peter's 22, Bootham 6.

Long Jump: 1 R. W. Miers; 5 J. Pawson.

Distance: 19 ft. 41- in. St. Peter's 12, Bootham 15.

1 Mile: 2 (Equal) G. F. Hardman and P. Abel; 4 R. Cressey.

Winning time: 4 min. 52.5 sec. St. Peter's 15, Bootham 13.

Relay (4 x 110 Yards): 1 St. Peter's; 2 Bootham.

Time: 47.8 sec. St. Peter's 8. Bootham 0.

JUNIOR COMPETITION (Under 15 on 1st January)

220 Yards: 2 A. L. Jervis; 3 P. J. G. C. Bleach; 5 P. J. H. Fosbrook.

Winning time: 27.2 sec. St. Peter's 14, Bootham 14.

Long Jump: 1 M. A. Cantrell; 2 A. W. Hodgson; 6 M. C. Pearson.

Distance: 16 ft. 6f in. St. Peter's 18, Bootham 10.

100 Yards: 1 M. A. Cantrell; 2 P. J. G. C. Bleach; 3 C. J. P. Leake.

Time: 12.1 sec. St. Peter's 22, Bootham 6.

High Jump: 2 L. N. Thomson; 3 (Equal) A. W. Hodgson; 5 M. C. Pearson.

Winning height: 5 ft. (Meeting Record). St. Peter's 13, Bootham 15.

Relay (4 x 110 Yards): 1 St. Peter's; 2 Bootham.

Time: 51.8 sec. (Meeting Record). St. Peter's 8, Bootham 0.

Athletics Colours re-awarded to : — C. W. Clegg (Captain of Athletics), P. Abel, D. J. Emsley and T. B. Ward.

Athletics Colours awarded to:— R. W. Miers, M. Donnelly, G. F. Hardman, S. C. Maslin and J. Pawson.

INTER-HOUSE ATHLETICS

Only a sudden change in the direction of the wind from the muggy wet South-west to the dry, but bitterly cold, northerly quarter transformed the track, almost overnight, from a soggy pudding into an arena fit for running, and thus made it possible to start the Standards programme on the appointed day, Monday, 7th March.

So there was to be no reprieve for those who fear exertion and loathe to be put on trial. On the other hand the conditions brought the very best out of so many. How very marked is the contrast between these two attitudes ! In fact the wind and generally cold conditions never relented.

It blew straight into the faces of the on-coming sprinters throughout the standards programme, and made the sprints a real test and certainly no `gift'. Splendid conditions for hardy annuals but little comfort for hothouse plants !

Under Mr. Burbridge's patience and enthusiasm, two field events, the discus and shot, were introduced to the Standards programme as alternatives to existing field events. The innovation was an interesting experiment, added

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variety, and no doubt was appreciated, particularly by those who either were not made for jumping or have no love for jumping. As was only to be expected neither event was found to be easy, for both demand technique, skill and practice. Time precludes their introduction on a mass scale.

Perhaps there is good case for retaining the discus for a start, as an alternative to the antediluvian event "Throwing the Cricket Ball", but it is open to doubt how suitable these events are at this particular time of year.

As the non-stop programme progressed, so performances improved immeasurably. School trials became more and more the order of the day as the Bootham match approached, and they added colour and flavour on the completion of standards, preliminary heats and the many successes against Bootham, the wind mercifully swung back to the south-west, blew reasonably mildly directly across the 100 yards, and gave the finalists every opportunity to show their worth.

With the track in excellent condition, the performances which resulted provide ample proof of the splendid progress made in a mere three weeks.

Place of honour must go to T. B. Ward for his record equalling run in the I mile event, equalling the record of 54.0 sec. previously shared by A. P. Chadwick in 1880 and E. J. Walton in 1898. To have achieved this under the scrutiny of 3 stop watches at this time of year was a magnificent performance. C. A. Wood's two records in the Intermediate events were also full of merit. In the mile he sliced as much as 1 second off the previous best, held by J. D. Carr in 1960; and in the 220 yards he lowered the record by .8 sec., held previously by C. Frank in 1946 and J. D. Carr in 1961. To round off a splendid afternoon, the Grove Senior Relay Team improved on the record last held by the Rise.

DETAILED RESULTS Points from Standards: Grove 200; Dronfield 195; Manor 173; School House 169; Queen's 157; Rise 156; Temple 146.

SENIOR MILE: 1 P. Abel (Q), 2 G. F. Hardman (Q), 3 R. Cressey (G), 4 A. W. Fieldhouse (R). Time: 4 min. 56.6 sec.

INTERMEDIATE MILE: 1 C. A. Wood (Q), 2 P. V. Zissler (G), 3 J. E. Dickinson (Q), 4 F. J. Vickers (M). Time: 5 min. 1.8 sec.

Saturday, 26th March 1. SENIOR 100 YARDS

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

1 D. J. Emsley (G), 2 D. R. Baxter (G), 3 T. B. Ward (T), 4 S. C. Maslin (S.H.). Time: 10.6 sec.

JUNIOR 100 YARDS 1 P. J. G. C. Bleach (G), 2 C. J. P. Leake (D), 3 (Equal) I. C. Dempsey (G) and A. H. Powell (D). Time: 11.5 sec.

INTERMEDIATE 100 YARDS 1 C. A. Wood (Q), 2 J. A. Pease (D), 3 I. S. Donaldson (D), 4 K. J. Sargeant (S.H.). Time: 10.9 sec.

SENIOR HIGH JUMP I. G. F. Hardman (Q), 2 R. D. Harding (R), 3 N. G. A. Morris (D), 4 D. R. Baxter (G). Height: 5 ft. 41 in.

JUNIOR LONG JUMP 1 A. L. Jervis (S.H.), 2 A. W. Hodgson (Q), 3 A. H. Powell (D), 4 C. H. Noble (R). Distance: 16 ft. 6 in.

INTERMEDIATE 880 YARDS 1 P. V. Zissler (G), 2 J. E. Dickinson (Q), 3 C. J. A. Smith (Q), 4 C. J. McFee (D). Time: 2 min. 17.0 sec.

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7. SENIOR 880 YARDS 1 P. Abel (Q), 2 J. J. Vooght (G), 3 A. W. Fieldhouse (R), 4 G. F. Hardman (Q). Time: 2 min. 8.0 sec.

8. SENIOR 220 YARDS 1. D. J. Emsley (G), 2 D. R. Baxter (G), 3 S. C. Maslin (S.H.), 4 N. G. A. Morris (S.H.). Time: 24.1 sec.

9. INTERMEDIATE 220 YARDS 1 C. A. Wood (Q), 2 I. S. Donaldson (D), 3 J. A. Pease (D), 4 K. J. Sargeant. Time: 24.4 sec. New School Record.

10. JUNIOR 220 YARDS 1 A. L. Jervis (S.H.), 2 P. J. G. C. Bleach (G), 3 (Equal) C. J. P. Leake (D) and P. J. H. Fosbrook (M). Time: 26.5 sec.

11. SENIOR LONG JUMP I R. W. Miers (G), 2 D. J. Emsley (G), 3 N. G. A. Morris (D), 4 R. Talbot-Jones (S.H.). Distance: 19 ft. 9 in.

12. INTERMEDIATE HIGH JUMP 1 J. A. S. Benn (Q), 2 R. E. Friars (S.H.), 3 C. J. McFee (D), 4 (Equal) L. N. Thomson and K. J. Sargeant (S.H.). Height: 5 ft. 0 in.

13. JUNIOR CRICKET BALL 1 L. R. Hudson (T), 2 P. J. H. Fosbrook (M), 3 P. Holmes (M), 4 S. R. Buckman (D). Distance: 60 yards.

14. INTERMEDIATE 440 YARDS 1 C. A. Wood (Q), 2 P. V. Zissler (G), 3 P. T. Summers (T), 4 R. E. Friars (S.H.). Time 55.4 sec. New School Record.

15. JUNIOR 440 YARDs 1 A. L. Jervis (S.H.), 2 P. J. H. Fosbrook (M), 3 A. H. Powell (D), 4 P. R. Haigh-Lumby (G). Time: 60.4 sec.

16. SENIOR 440 YARDS 1 T. B. Ward (T), 2 P. Abel (Q), 3 M. Donnelly (D), 4 P. M. Shepherd (R). Time: 54.0 sec. Equals School Record.

17. INTERMEDIATE LONG JUMP 1 C. J. A. Smith (Q), 2 P. V. Zissler (G), 3 I. S. Donaldson (D), 4 G. A. W. Stewart (M). Distance: 18 ft. 1 in.

18. JUNIOR HIGH JUMP 1 M. C. Pearson (Q), 2 A. W. Hodgson (Q), 3 M. J. R. Warnock (G), 4 (Equal) T. B. Sargeant (S.H.) and C. J. P. Leake (D). Height: 4 ft.

9 in.

19. JUNIOR RELAY (4 x 110 YARDS) 1 Grove, 2 Dronfield, 3 Queen's, 4 Manor. Time: 52.6 sec.

20. INTERMEDIATE RELAY (110 x 440 x 220 x 110 YARDS) 1 Queen's, 2 Dronfield, 3 Temple, 4 Manor. Time: 1 min. 48.9 sec.

21. SENIOR RELAY (110 x 440 x 220 x 110 YARDS) 1 Grove, 2 Dronfield, 3 Queen's, 4 Temple. Time: 1 min. 42.6 sec.

New School Record.

PRESENTATION OF ATHLETIC SHIELD 276+ Grove 246+ Dronfield 245+ Queen's School House 195 188+ Manor Temple 166 164 Rise WINNER OF THE CLIVE LEWIS CUP (Sprints) D. J. Emsley.

WINNER OF THE GoFroN CUP (1 mile) T. B. Ward.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

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OXFORD CUP, 1965-66 (Holders: DRONFIELD HOUSE) The following table gives the points gained up to date:— Points Awarded

Senior Rugger ...

Junior Rugger ...

Senior Cricket ...

Junior Cricket ...

Rowing (1st Div.) ...

Rowing (2nd Div.) ...

Athletics, 1st ...

Athletics, 2nd ...

Cross-Country, 1st ...

Cross-Country, 2nd ...

Swimming, 1st ...

Swimming, 2nd ...

Squash ... ...

Tennis ... ...

Shooting (Team) ...

Fencing ... ...

Junior Long Run, 1st Junior Long Run, 2nd

20 10 20 10 20 10 20 10 10 5 10 5 10 10 5 5 5 2

Dronfield Grove

20 —

Manor

— —

—

— —

— 20

10

10

—

— — 5

—

—

10

—

5

— —

30

45

5

—

Queen's

Rise

School House

— 10 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 5 — 15

0

Temple

— —

— — — — —

— — —

— 2

0

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RUGGER If, as is claimed, Easter Term Rugger is recognised as an invaluable part of our rugby build-up, then much lee-way remains to be made up after this term, which has been anything but a success.

Owing either to 'flu or appalling playing conditions, or both, the Under 14 and Under 15 teams were able to play only one of their four scheduled matches. This fact coupled with their loss of playing time at the end of the Christmas term creates quite a serious situation.

The Under 15 team were severely beaten by Archbishop Holgate's G.S. (Away) by 3 points to 33, a team they had previously beaten in November, while the Under 14 XV lost to Pocklington School (Away) by 5 points to 12.

Admittedly neither team was fully representative, and players were far from fit.

RUGBY FIXTURES, 1966

Christmas Term 1st XV

Saturday Wednesday Saturday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Saturday Wednesday Wednesday Saturday Saturday

1st Oct. 5th Oct. 8th Oct. 15th Oct. 19th Oct. 22nd Oct. 5th Nov. 9th Nov. 12th Nov. 19th Nov. 23rd Nov. 30th Nov. 3rd Dec. 10th Dec.

Headingley R.U.F.C. Colts Headingley Wanderers XV Harrogate R.U.F.C. Colts Bradford G.S. Trent College ...

Denstone College ...

Leeds G.S. Durham School ...

Giggleswick School ...

Ampleforth College ...

York R.U.F.C. ...

Worksop College ...

Keil School, Dumbarton ...

Old Peterites ...

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Home Home Home Home Away Home Away Home Home Away Home Away Home Home

Wednesday 12th Oct. 15th Oct. Saturday Wednesday 19th Oct. 5th Nov. Saturday 12th Nov. Saturday 19th Nov. Saturday Wednesday 30th Nov.

2nd XV ... ...

Durham School Bradford G.S. ... ...

Woodhouse Grove School ... ...

Leeds G.S. ...

Giggleswick School ...

Ampleforth College ...

Worksop College ...

• • • Away • • • Home • • • Home • • • Away • • • Away • • • Home • • . Away

Wednesday 5th Oct. Wednesday 12th Oct. Wednesday 19th Oct. Wednesday 2nd Nov. 12th Nov. Saturday 19th Nov. Saturday 3rd Dec. Saturday

3rd XV ...

Barnard Castle School ... ...

Durham School Woodhouse Grove School ... ...

Worksop College ... ...

Giggleswick School ... ...

Ampleforth College ...

Archbishop Holgate's GS. ...

•• • Home • • • Away .• • Home •• . Away • • • Home .• • Home ••• Away

8th Oct. Saturday 15th Oct. Saturday Wednesday 19th Oct. Wednesday 2nd Nov. 12th Nov. Saturday Wednesday 16th Nov. Wednesday 23rd Nov. 26th Nov. Saturday

Under 16 Colts XV Pocklington School ...

Barnard Castle School Trent College ... ... ...

Durham School Giggleswick School ...

Ampleforth College ...

Worksop College ... ...

Ashville College

8th Oct. Saturday Wednesday 12th Oct. 15th Oct. Saturday Wednesday 2nd Nov. Wednesday 9th Nov. Wednesday 16th Nov. Wednesday 23rd Nov. 26th Nov. Saturday

Under 15 Colts XV Pocklington School ...

Scarborough College Barnard Castle School ... ...

Durham School Archbishop Holgate's G.S. ... ...

Ampleforth College ...

Worksop College ... ...

Ashville College

• • • Home • • • Home •• • Away •• • Home •• • Away .• • Away • • Home ... Away

Wednesday 5th Oct. Wednesday 12th Oct. Wednesday 2nd Nov. Wednesday 9th Nov. 3rd Dec. Saturday

Under 14 Colts XV Barnard Castle School Scarborough College ...

Worksop College ...

Archbishop Holgate's G.S. ... ...

Pocklington School ...

Home Home Away Away Away

Home Away Away Home Away Away Home Away

HOUSE MATCHES SENIOR

1st Round Semi-finals Final JUNIOR 1st Round Semi-finals Final

Wednesday 26th October.

Monday 5th December.

Wednesday 14th December.

Monday 7th November Wednesday 30th November.

Wednesday 7th 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.

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FENCING The Fencing Club was very active this term, and its results in matches fought and competitions entered were encouraging. Much of the time available was taken up in preparations for the Public Schools' Championships in the Easter holidays, and the results were reward enough for the effort involved.

The term's first match was against the York Fencing Association, when a team reduced in strength by the absence of two first team and two second team players, won a close match by a total score of 20-19. The next event was a foil match against York University which was won 12-6.

The last two matches of the term were both against Welbeck College; the first, at home, was narrowly won by a School "A" team 19-14. The return match, away, was won by a larger margin, as the School fielded a stronger team.

The last competitive event of the term was the Yorkshire Section of the National Schoolboys' Championships, held at Wakefield. In the senior event, Pawson (1st) and C. A. Wood (3rd), qualified for the National Finals at Liverpool in the Summer Term, as did Reaston (1st), Sargeant (2nd) and E. Lock (3rd), in the junior event.

During the Easter holidays 16 members of the club entered the Public Schools' Fencing Championships in London and met with varying degrees of success. In the main event, the Senior Foil, Pawson came first and became the first member of the School to ever win any event of these championships. C. A. Wood was unlucky to be eliminated in the quarterfinals of the same event. He has great potential for this event in his future at School.

A great deal of praise and thanks are due to R. S. M. Power, M.B.E., for his unfailing enthusiasm and encouragement without which the School's fencing would probably have collapsed by now instead of steadily improving under his guidance.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS' FENCING CHAMPIONSHIPS Twenty Peterites took part in the 1966 P.S.F.C., in London from the 13th to 16th April. There were eight seniors and twelve juniors, and total entries were 481, made up from 43 schools. Our juniors showed great promise; Thompson, Bleach and K. Sargeant reached the 3rd round and went out on hits against. The experience gained by our juniors in this competition will be invaluable to a successful school team for the future.

Epée, J. Reiss, C. A. Wood and K. Sergeant were going well in the Epee, reaching the 3rd round. C. A. Wood had three finalists in his pool, including Bourne of Brentwood, who won the Epee championships and is under-twenties champion of Great Britain. Bourne beat Wood 4-3.

Sabre. Our Sabre is improving; Pawson and Wood reached the third round and missed the Semi-Final by one hit each. Success was to come in the Major Trophy, the Senior Foil, first fought for in 1890, and won

by Sir Winston Churchill in 1892 for Harrow. Pawson fenced strongly all the way in the Final Pool. Electric apparatus was used for the first time. Pawson, and Wallis of Brentwood had four victories each and a title bout had to be fought, which Pawson won 4-2 in a very exciting bout. This was the first time a Northern School has won this trophy.

P. Power.

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SQUASH Once again we are in the happy position of being able to report a highly successful season. Last season was reported as our best for many years, but this season was even more outstanding. For the second year in succession we were undefeated in school matches, and in all matches only lost three times, twice to the Old Peterites and once to a strong York R.I. team.

The highlight of the season was our first tour, on which four matches were played in three days. Leaving York on a Friday morning, we played Hurstpierpoint College that afternoon and won 5-0. On the Saturday afternoon we played against Brighton College, who had had an undefeated season and were considered the best team in the South. This was a very close match, but thanks to the fine form of the first three strings, we won 3-2. On the Saturday morning we beat Tonbridge 4-1, and that evening, on the way back to York, we beat Worksop College 5-0. In every way this was a most enjoyable weekend; we were made most welcome at each school and the matches were played in an excellent spirit.

Our tour success must not overshadow our success in the Triangular match. This year Barnard Castle were the hosts to Rossall and ourselves.

In our two matches we defeated Barnard Castle 3-2 and Rossall 5-0, and in the remaining match Barnard Castle beat Rossall 4-1.

Before mentioning individuals, it should be emphasised that the season's success was a team effort. There was a lot of competition for the lower places in the team and the first three strings did much to encourage and help the younger players.

At first string, Vooght had a fine season. For the third season out of four which he has had in the team, he was undefeated in school matches, in fact only two schoolboys have ever beaten him and both of them have been winners of the Drysdale Cup. It was a pity that he could not enter for the Drysdale this year, and it was left to Harding to represent the School in this cup and in the Lonsdale Cup (doubles). Having received a difficult draw in the Drysdale, Harding was narrowly defeated in the first round. However, in the Lonsdale Cup, he and his partner (C. Owens, late Hymer's College, Hull) did extremely well to reach the final. This season 'Harding completed his fifth year in the 1st V and his third as captain; at last he is finding the speed and stamina to help his hard-hitting game and he had a splendid season, finishing with four 3-0 wins on the tour. Baxter, at third string, was like Vooght, undefeated in school matches. He has always been a fine stroke-player, and this year he overcame a somewhat erratic temperament and had several excellent wins.

These three strings are leaving school this year and deserve many congratulations on their squash records for the School. They finished on the best possible note, as they all won their four matches on the tour.

The two members of the team, who are coming back to school next year are Richardson and Morris. Richardson improved very quickly after Christmas and had an excellent first season in the team. At present he lacks stamina, but he has plenty of ability and should continue to make quick progress. There was quite a lot of competition for the fifth place in the team, but Morris held off all challengers, particularly from Roebuck and Emsley, and in fact played consistently well.

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The inter-house competition was again a mere formality, with the Grove winning all their matches without losing a game. Their opponents in the final were the Rise.

RESULTS: 1st V v. Leeds University at home on 10th February.

J. J. Vooght beat J. C. G. Wheeler, 9-3, 9-5, 9-7.

R. D. Harding beat K. A. Headlam, 9-1, 9-7, 3-9, 8-10, 9-3.

D. R. Baxter beat P. Abley, 9-5, 9-2, 9-3.

J. C. Richardson beat K. Storey-Gallon, 6-9, 10-9, 9-1, 9-5.

W. J. Roebuck lost to D. Stoakes, 5-9, 9-6, 4-9, 6-.O. Result :-Won 4-1.

1st VII v. Squashbucklers at home on 15th February.

J. J. Vooght beat W. Helen, 9-6, 9-4, 9-3.

R. D. Harding beat A. Whitehorn, 9-4, 3-9, 9-4, 7-9, 9-2.

D. R. Baxter beat N. J. Magson, 9-5, 9-2, 6-9, 10-8.

J. C. Richardson beat F. P. Willis, 9-0, 9-2, 9-6.

N. G. A. Morris lost to P. N. L. Terry, 9-5, 9-4, 3-9, 6-9, 6-9.

W. J. Roebuck beat J. G. D. Shaw, 9-3, 9-0, 9-5.

G. A. Wilistrop beat G. A. Oswald, 9-6, 9-7, 9-7.

Result :-Won 6-1.

1st V v. York R.I. at home on 22nd February.

J. J. Vooght lost to B. Patterson, 9-6, 6-9, 2-9, 9-8, 1-9.

R. D. Harding lost to P. W. Shepherd, 9-7, 9-5, 1-9, 8-10, 2-9.

D. R. Baxter beat G. Martin, 9-2, 7-9, 9-3, 6-9, 10-9.

J. C. Richardson beat D. M. Snowden, 9-3, 9-4, 9-0.

N. G. A. Morris lost to J. M. Huntington, 4-9, 4-9, 3-9.

Result :-Lost 2-3. `A' V v. Hymer's College away on 3rd March.

D. R. Baxter beat P. J. Gay, 9-4, 9-0, 9-2.

J. C. Richardson beat P. H. Atkinson, 9-3, 9-1, 9-2.

N. G. A. Morris beat A. Gombault, 9-2, 9-1, 9-4.

W. J. Roebuck beat A. Phillips, 9-1, 1-9, 9-1, 9-4.

D. J. Emsley beat T. C. D. Ward, 9-0, 9-1, 9-0.

Result:-Won 5-0.

1st V v. Old Peterites on 6th March.

J. J. Vooght lost to W. M. Howard, 9-3, 9-6, 5-9, 1-9, 1-9.

R. D. Harding lost to G. W. A. R. Alderson, 6-9, 10-9, 9-10, 10-9, 6-9.

D. R. Baxter lost to K.A. Headlam, 3-9, 3-9, 6-9.

J. C. Richardson lost to N. J. Magson, 7-9, 4-9, 9-1, 9-3, 3-9.

N. G. A. Morris beat C. W. Thompson, 5-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9--4.

1st V v. Harrogate S.R.C. at home on 8th March.

J. J. Vooght lost to R. Hartley, 9-4, 8-10, 1-9, 9-7, 4-9.

R. D. Harding beat J. Allan, 9-5, 9-5, 8-10, 4-9, 9-5.

D. R. Baxter beat P. Southcott, 9-2, 9-0, 8-10, 9-4.

J. C. Richardson beat A. Pinkney, 5-9, 10-8, 9-5, 8-10, 9-5.

N. G. A. Morris beat D. Poundue, 8-10, 9-3, 9-1, 9-1.

Result :-Won 4-1.

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Triangular Match at Barnard Castle on 12th and 13th March.

1st V v. Rossall.

J. J. Vooght beat B. P. Craig, 9-6, 9-1, 9-6.

R. D. Harding beat M. A. Lloyd, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3.

D. R. Baxter beat A. J. Garlick, 9-1, 9-1, 9-3.

J. C. Richardson beat P. J. Lee, 10-8, 9-4, 9-6.

N. G. A. Morris beat J. R. Roberts, 9-2, 9-4, 9-4.

Result : -Won 5-0.

1st V v. Barnard Castle.

J. J. Vooght beat G. M. Seaman, 9-3, 9-3, 9-6.

R. D. Harding lost to J. A. Brown, 9-4, 7-9, 9-1, 9-10, 4-9.

D. R. Baxter beat P. M. Stead, 9-5, 9-5, 2-9, 9-1.

J. C. Richardson lost to A. G. Tuill, 9-2, 9-10, 9-10, 0-9.

N. G. A. Morris beat M. R. Douglas, 9-4, 9-2, 9-7.

Result : -Won 3-2.

Barnard Castle v. Rossall.

G. M. Seaman beat B. P. Craig, 5-9, 10-9, 9-3, 9-3.

J. A. Brown beat M. A. Lloyd, 9-2, 9-7, 9-4.

P. M. Stead lost to A. J. Garlick, 7-9, 9-1, 9-0, 3-9, 7-9.

A. G. Tuill beat P. J. Lee, 4-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-1.

M. R. Douglas beat J. R. Roberts, 2-9, 9-5, 9-7, 9-2.

Result : -Barnard Castle 4, Rossall 1.

Southern Tour on 18th, 19th and 20th March.

1st V v. Hurstpierpoint College away on 18th March.

J. J. Vooght beat J. Mason, 10-8, 9-0, 9-6.

R. D. Harding beat P. Matthews, 9-0, 9-4, 9-7.

D. R. Baxter beat P. Morgan, 9-4, 9-2, 9-2.

J. C. Richardson beat C. A. Hodgson, 9-0, 9-1, 9-7.

N. G. A. Morris beat A. Lyle, 9-4, 9-0, 9-3.

Result:-Won 5-0.

1st V v. Brighton College away on 19th March.

J. J. Vooght beat C. S. Wilhelm, 6-9, 10-8, 9-5, 9-4.

R. D. Harding beat R. Weir, 9-4, 10-8, 10-8.

D. R. Baxter beat P. Williams, 9-5, 9-1, 2-9, 9-0.

J. C. Richardson lost to P. Boorne, 9-10, 9-10, 0-9.

N. G. A. Morris lost to H. Greaves, 0-9, 9-7, 5-9, 0-9.

Result : -Won 3-2.

1st V v. Tonbridge School away on 20th March.

J. J. Vooght beat T. J. C. Jenkins, 9-5, 9-4, 9-1.

R. D. Harding beat P. J. Wellers, 9-0, 9-2, 10-8.

D. R. Baxter beat A. D. D. Crichton, 10-8, 9-4, 5-9, 10-8.

J. C. Richardson beat I. H. S. Richardson, 9-3, 9-6, 9-7.

N. G. A. Morris lost to R. A. C. Dart, 7-9, 6-9, 9-3, 4-9.

Result : -Won 4-1.

1st V v. Worksop College away on 20th March.

J. J. Vooght beat M. R. Sivil, 9-5, 9-0, 9-1.

R. D. Harding beat R. J. D. Harvey, 9-2, 9-0, 9-2.

D. R. Baxter beat I. C. Dodson, 9-3, 9-1, 9-2.

J. C. Richardson beat S. N. Birkett, 9-4, 9-1, 9-1.

N. G. A. Morris beat F. A. Dudley, 9-6, 9-4, 9-2.

Result : -Won 5-0.

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Colts V v. Worksop College at home on 20th February.

J. G. Hoad beat A. E. Taylor, 9-1, 9-1, 8-10, 9-7.

M. J. H. Fisher lost to L. 0. Taylor, 9-4, 9-2, 1-9, 1-9, 7-9.

E. M. Holgate lost to C. A. R. Baldock, 6-9, 3-9, 9-7, 1-9.

G. A. W. Stewart lost to J. E. Blake, 1-9, 3-9, 3-9.

P. Holmes lost to S. B. A. Johnson, 0-9, 8-10, 6-9.

Result : —Lost 1-4.

Other Results : 'A' VI beat the Staff 5-1.

Under 15 Colts V beat Pocklington 4-1.

SHOOTING The term has been devoted mainly to our home-made type of shooting practice of combined grouping, N.S.R.A. tin-hat and snapshooting. A "ladder" on this was attempted and it provided an additional interest and stimulus to some. Others, however, took no interest at all, and the scheme cannot, in general, be considered a success.

During the latter part of term a limited number of club members practised rapids and "landscapes" for "Country Life" and we had four postal matches which, in view of our very moderate scores, we were surprised to win. It does seem possible on this, and other shreds of evidence, that the standard of school shooting generally is falling, presumably as a result of C.C.F. re-organisation. This has had no effect on us so far, and as this year's newcomers are generally distinctly promising, we hope to be able to maintain our standard for some time.

The term's scores have been moderate partly because of individual failures on isolated occasions, and partly because we do not regard "Country Life" as contributing so much to shooting ability as to justify the time it requires if taken seriously.

Postal match results were St. Peter's 751—Won. 690 Worksop St. Peter's 749—Won. 682 Leeds G.S. St. Peter's 749—Won. Giggleswick 725 'St. Peter's 763—Won. 752 Rossall St. Peter's 750—Won. 749 Mill Hill Individual averages were: —J. F. Brown (Capt.) 96.2; D. J. McKenzie (Vice-Capt.) 97.2; P. S. Marsden 97.2; N. C. P. Marsden 95.8; D. S. Lockhart 91.0; R. A. Peaker 92.4; J. C. Dent 93.4; G. W. Harding 92.7. These were awarded their minor colours, N. C. P. Marsden, Dent and Harding being new colours. L. M. Creer and I. D. C. Pilling also shot for the first VIII. D. J. McKenzie has been selected to represent the Cadets of Great Britain in Canada next summer, and we offer him our hearty congratulations on this well-deserved achievement.

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OLD PETERITE NEWS A meeting of the General Committee of the Old Peterite Club was held at the School on the 5th March.

The meeting was concerned principally with a consideration of the Club rules; several alterations were recommended and these will be placed on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting at Commemoration.

The following dates for Regional Dinners were announced : Birmingham : 13th May, Queen's Hotel, Birmingham.

East Riding: 27th May, Highfield Country Club, Driffield.

North East : 21st October, Three Tuns Hotel, Durham.

West Riding : 3rd November, Griffin Hotel, Leeds.

London: 11th November, Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street.

It was resolved that the next meeting of the General Committee should be held on Saturday, 10th December, 1966.

As announced in the School Notes, the boys at St. Peter's are now running a newspaper, The Clarion. The aim is to produce eight issues a year, at least, covering not only current activities, but also providing pictures, comments and opinions, which will not necessarily be confined to school affairs alone.

At present the standard is high, but because the circulation is limited, the cost is high too, although some of this is met by advertising. It is felt that the paper should be of genuine interest to all people concerned with the life of the School; and in practical fact it will be hard for it to survive unless a large number of subscribers are found—approximately four hundred more than there are at the moment. The inclusive amount will be one pound a year.

Please write to The Clarion, Dronfield House, St. Peter's School. A back number will gladly be sent if you want to see that it really is interesting.

Cheques should be made payable to The Clarion.

COMMEMORATION, 1966 Old Peterites are reminded that the 1966 School Commemoration will be held on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th 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 founda and return it to the Head Master's secretary without delay.

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—C. R. G. McNeil, Thorganby Lodge, Thorganby, York.

Cricket—K. M. Ratcliff, "Fairways", Ratcliffe Lane, Sheepy Magna, Atherstone, Warwickshire.

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Fencing—P. A. Morris, 9 Pulleyn Drive, Tadcaster Road, York.

Golf—P. J. Middlebrook, "Highfield", Brayton, Selby, Yorkshire.

Tennis—B. Jones, 12 Elm Park Vale, Stockton Lane, York.

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, 23rd July, and it is hoped that O.Ps. attending Commemoration will accompany him.

NOTES The following crested neckwear is available :— 15s. 6d. each plus postage 5d.

All-silk crested ties 12s. 6d. each plus postage 5d.

Terylene crested ties 1 ls. 9d. each plus postage 5d.

All-silk bow ties 19s. 6d. each plus postage 5d.

All-silk batswings 60s. Od. each post free.

All-silk squares ...

34s. Od. each post free.

All-silk cravats ...

NORTH-WEST AREA DINNER The following attended the North-West Area Dinner at the Brocket Arms Hotel, Wigan, on 1 1 th March : —The President of the Club (T. J. Lewis), The Headmaster, K. G. Chilman, K. H. Rhodes, J. G. Booth, A. P. Buttrum, G. R. Cormack, P. J. Dronfield, I. S. T. Dutton, J. R. Elson, I. R. Fairweather, Dr. G. E. L. Graham, J A. Hanson, B. A. Heap, A. M. Hedley, Ven. Archdeacon H. N. Hodd, N. M. Hodd, R. L. Jobling, T. D. J. Layfield, A. B. Maclldowie, S. M. Maclldowie, R. F. S. Mervyn, J. H. Moss, D. Norwood, D. P. Norwood, R. R Rainford, T. C. Rainford, W. C. Rainford, E. M. H. Ranson, A. W. Raylor, R. A. Stratton, A. 0.

Sutcliffe, P. M. Yates.

OBITUARY JACKSON, G. F., Mr. Jackson was on the Staff of St. Peter's from 1940 to 1948.

WATKINSON, T., ('14-'21) Dale View, Thorgill, Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, Yorkshire.

BIRTHS M. L. BYWATER, (Manor '54-'57)—On 19th February, to Pamela (nee

Wicker) and Murray Lloyd Bywater—a son (Nicholas Lloyd).

C. I. CHADWICK (Manor '53-'56)—On 9th February, to Margaret (nee Stewardson) and Ian—a daughter (Lisa).

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ENGAGEMENTS PATTINSON—KAY. The engagement is announced between John Malcolm, only son of Mr. & Mrs. J. S. W. Pattinson of Kenton Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Alison Margaret, only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Kay of Woodlands, Rowlands Gill, Co. Durham.

The Rise '56-'61).

ROBSON—AQUYE. The engagement is announced between Michael Eugene, younger son of Mr. & Mrs. T. Robson, of White House, Morpeth, and Maria de las Nieies, daughter of Senor and Senora A. Aquye, Canis, Auda Meridieana, Barcelona. (Rise '57-'62).

WOOD—STONE. The engagement is announced between Michael Rivers, second son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wood, of Rozel, Beech Drive, N. Ferriby, Yorkshire, and Pauline Mary, only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. R. H. Stone, of Thomcliffe House, Southfield, Hessle, Yorkshire.

(Manor '51-'56).

MARRIAGES MORRIS—HAWLEY. Philip Anthony Morris, of York, was married to Dorothy Jane Hawley, also of York, at the York Register Office on 21st Mardi, 1966. (Temple House '51-'57).

DEATHS K. C. BEAN ('23-'28) died in July, 1964.

E. H. ROSCOE C18220) died on 18th February, 1966. He was Honorary Editor of the Marn'll Book, a copy of which is in the School Library.

Percy St. G. Kirke, M.A. (1881-66) died on 20th February, 1966. Aged 84.

He captained the School Cricket XI in his day. On leaving St. Peter's he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained an honours degree in Mechanical Sciences and became a Member of the Senate of Cambridge University.

He was a Consulting Engineer of great ability and as a young man was Chief Engineer in charge of building the Scottish Electricity Board Power Station at Bonnybridge. Later he became Consulting Engineer and in some cases Director of many companies, including The Bristol Aeroplane Company, Babcock & Wilcox and Cochrane's of Annan, which latter company manufactured the Kirke Patent Simi& Gas Fired Waste Heat Boiler, which is installed in many factories throughout the U.K., including Rowntrees of York.

The 3rd son of Colonel St. G. Kirke, R.E., C.R.E., in York in the '90s., he was one of four brothers, one of whom, General Sir Walter Kirke, was C. in C. Home Forces in 1939/40. Another brother Colonel E. St. G. Kirke, D.S.O., R.E., was also at St. Peter's.

Percy St. G. Kirke, married in 1904, Alice daughter of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 3rd Bart of Riccarton, Midlothian, and is survived by three sons: M. G. Kirke (School House '22-'26), V. P. St. G. Kirke, (St. Olave's '22-'23) and Rear-Admiral D. W. Kirke, C.B.E., R.N.. who is Flag Officer, Naval Air Training.

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CHANGE OF ADDRESS ADDEY, J. F. W., 50 South Andley Street, London, W.1. and Harvard Club, 27 West 44 Street, New York City, New York, U.S.A. BAINTON, C. M., 31 Arundel Road, Heatherside, Camberley, Surrey.

BARKER, Col. EDGAR, Wentbridge Lane, Thorpe Andin, Nr. Pontefract, Yorkshire. Tel. Pontefract 362.

BLAKE, J. P., 32A Queens Road, Harrogate, Yorkshire.

BLOOMFIELD, A., 34 Heath Moor Drive, Fulford, York.

BOND, J. M., 53 Greenhill Road, Bury, Lancashire.

BOOTH, A. T., "Clonmore", Buxton Old Road, Disley, Nr. Stockport, Cheshire. Tel. Disley 3363.

BOOTH, J. M., 14, Tree Lane, Iffiey, Oxford. Tel. Oxford 79430.

BOYES, K. A., The Coach House, Patcham Grange, Brighton, 6, Sussex.

BREWIN, J. D., c/o Cable & Wireless, Ltd., Bermuda.

CARR, N. W. M., 12 Brook Road, Lymn, Cheshire CAWOOD, A., Burley House Farm, South Milford, Leeds. Tel. South Milford 225.

CLAYBOURN, G. R., "High Orchard", 62 Teignmouth Road, Teignmouth, Devon.

CLAYDON, J. B., M.A., 5611 Cypress Street, Vancouver 13, British Columbia, Canada.

CLEGG, Dr. M. T., "Ebor", 1 Shipham Lane, Winscombe, Somerset.

CROSSLEY, M. P., Castle Gayer, Maragion, Penzance, Cornwall. Tel. Maragion 283.

CROSSLEY, P. A., Apt. 4, Bldg. 7, Deerfield Park, Hightstown, New Jersey 08520, U.S.A. DENBY, G. W., 58/59 North Beach Road, G.P.O. Box No. 188, Madras 1, South India.

DICKENSON, Lt.Col. J. M., The Croft, 25 Oaklands Avenue, Esher, Surrey. Tel. EMBERBROOK 2163.

DODSWORTH, W. D., 134A Crayford Road, Crayford, Kent.

FAIRWEATHER, Brig. C. C. (C.B.E., T.D., D.L., J.P.), Miller's Hill, Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering, Yorkshire. Tel. Thornton-le-Dale 286.

FOY, T. A., 15 Dalesway, Kirkella, Kingston-upon-Hull.

HARRISON, N. B., 85 Montague Road, Warwick.

HOLGATE, E., "Southcroft", 11 Brincliffe Crescent, Sheffield, 11. Tel. Sheffield 51763 HORSMAN, P. A., 16A Yarburgh Way, Badger Hill Estate, Hull Road, York.

HOTHERSALL, A. P., 27 Brook Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk.

HOWAT, Rev. J. N. T., 24 St. Chad Road, Bridlington, East Yorkshire.

(Curate of Christ Church, Bridlington).

HUDSON, F. B., 17 Carmel Gardens, Darlington, Co. Durham. Tel. Darlington 69685.

JACKSON, R. H., Sowerby Parks, Thirsk, Yorkshire. Tel. Thirsk 3250.

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JESPER, D. G. S.., "Landismere," Tadcaster Road, Copmanthorpe, York Tel. 65658.

KELLY, D. C., The Gardens, Follifoot, Harrogate, Yorkshire.

LEE, B., "Rydal", 28 Carleton Road, Pontefract, Yorkshire.

LEONARD, J., 2 Church Drive, East Keswick, Leeds.

LEWIS, C. H., "Fir Tree End", 127 Wise Lane, Mill Hill, London, N.W.7.

Tel. Mill Hill 5553.

LUMBY, P. S., 32 Lee Lane East, Horsforth, Leeds. Tel. Horsforth 2184.

McBRYDE, W. H., Thornton Moor, Hartburn, Morpeth, Northumberland.

McDERMID, Rev. N. G. L. R., Kirkby Overblow Rectory, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Tel. Harrogate 81087.

MARCH, G. R. A., Sedbergh House, Cade Hill Road, Stocksfield, Northumberland.

MARSHALL, Dr. N. E. V., 25 Barmoor Close, Scalby, Scarborough, Yorkshire.

MILBURN, P. W. V., "Sunnyside", 10 Swanpool Lane, Aughton, Nr. Ormskirk, Lancashire.

MORRIS, P. A., Hound House, Warthill, York. Tel. York 68516.

MORRISON, J. D., 86 Roseberry Crescent, Great Ayton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Tel. Great Ayton 662.

MURRAY, H., 26 Riversdale Road, Norwich, Norfolk.

NEW=, J. A., Old Manor House, Fulford, York. Tel. York 77215.

PARKER, Dr. R. M. S., (T.D.), 15 Avondale Court, Rectory Road, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Tel. Gosforth 5-6881.

SIM, D. L. W., 16 Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead, London, N.W.3.

SMITHSON, J. M., 18A, Fullarton Drive, Seahill, Ayrshire.

THOMPSON, E. G., Number 18, Goffs Oak House, Goffs Oak, Nr. Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.

TOWN, M. A., 38 Southway, Beechwood, Horsforth, Leeds.

WALKER, B. D. C., 37B Devon-Strafford Apts., 332 Sugartown Road, Devon, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. WARRINGTON, I. U., B.A.T. Kenya, Ltd., P.O.B. 30,000, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa.

WOOD, R. A., 19 Cromford Drive, Mickleover, Derby.

WOODCOCK, B. W., 20 Occupation Road, Lindley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire Tel. Huddersfield 4870.

CORRECTION OF ADDRESS COOPER, A. B., 5 Beech Avenue, Oakleigh Park South, London, N.20 Tel. 01-445 (HILLside) 7556.

HALLAS, M., Woodsome Hall, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.

Tel. Kirkburton 2301 (Home).

Tel. Leeds 658271 (Office).

DIXON, J. B., 113 Rodenhurst Road, London, S.W.4. Tel. TUL 7988.

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OLD PETERITE FENCING MATCH Would all Old Peterites interested in fencing against the School at Commemoration, please contact P. A. Morris, The Old Peterite Fencing Secretary, at Hound House, Warthill, York, telephone no. York 68516.

NEWS OF OLD PETERITES JOHN AMBLER (Temple '51-'60) is now a Bachelor in Dental Surgery with Honours, and was also Prizeman, with Certificates of Merit, in both Clinical Dental Surgery and Periodontology. Married with one son, he is now with the West Riding Dental Service.

COLONEL EDGAR BARKER ('22-'25) has recently been appointed Honorary Colonel of the 4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (T.A.).

P. A. CROSSLEY (Grove '46-'59) has been awarded a Ph.D. for his research at Cambridge, and is now with his wife in the U.S.A., where he has a job at the Princeton laboratories of the Radio Corporation of America, doing electronics research.

JOHN R. PRECIOUS (Manor '55-'60) is now a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, and will be shortly taking up an appointment in London. He hopes to see O.P. friends there, who might like to contact him through his home address.

SIR JOHN ROGERS., Bart. ('19-'25), M.P. for Sevenoaks and a former member of the Macmillan Administration, was invested with the Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit by the Spanish Government for his services in fostering Anglo-Spanish friendship and trade.

CHARLES SHADWELL ('10-14), as some Cambridge Old Peterites will know, has been licensee of the ancient Green Man in Trumpington since his semi-retirement some years ago. The musical training that was to lead to his conducting the B.B.C. Variety Orchestra and in 1949 the formation of his own orchestra, and his national fame on the ITMA programme began under Tertius Noble and Dr. Bairstow, the then Minster organists, and continued at the Royal College of Music.

He remembers having to keep Kenneth Chilman in order in the choir, and himself having to be disciplined by 3,000 lines of Vergil for making necessary the redecoration of Big Hall just before Commemoration. In his early days with the B.B.C. his immediate boss was H. L. Chilman.

He is still prevailed upon to conduct for the demanding Moscow State Circus when they visit this country. O.P. visitors are sure of a welcome.

Also run by an O.P. in Cambridge, A. H. MOFFATT ('34-'36), is that excellent coffee-house, "The Coffee Pot" in Green Street.

UNIVERSITY LETTERS The Editor is in the unusual position of having three letters, only two of which have been solicited. It seems worth printing both Cambridge versions, for reasons which will become obvious.

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The Cambridge Letter (1st Version) Cambridge Lent Term, 1966.

The Editor, "The Peterite."

Dear Sir, Once again a Cambridge Old Peterite letter appears on these pages and we apologise for the time-lag since the last one. But this very time-lag serves to shew once more the change coming over our life at Cambridge.

There is in general, and except for the annual 02. Dinner, still wellattended and greatly enjoyed, little communication between any but isolated groups of O.Ps., save a few words passed when we meet in the street. True, a common bond exists that keeps us on friendly terms when we do meet, but in the main we find better things to do than visit old friends. After the years spent at school and at home, each restricting in its own way, University is for many the first real chance of a truly separate personal existence.

With many of us now progressing straight from school to university, and many others having merely extended holidays between school and university, the new undergraduate increasingly finds himself in a completely new atmosphere of social and academic freedom for the first time in his life. In the sudden rush to "maturity" some find all previous ties severed, previous ideals doubted, and sincerely held beliefs questioned for the first time. Moral, Political and Religious beliefs are often among the first to be seriously re-examined. For others the opportunities seem to slip by and, apart from additional academic knowledge, the university seems at the last to have had little effect.

No doubt the problem is present also at other universities, but Cambridge, by its stringent selection standards (our elder brother Oxford, we hear, has difficulty nowadays in filling its places) and resultant somewhat rarefied academic atmosphere, and relative dominance over the town, can become a highly unstable and fast-moving dream world, in which insecurities are magnified, doubts intensified and fears enlarged.

However, we must not paint too gloomy a picture. Cambridge life has unequalled opportunities for all possible interests, and most of us have sublimated hitherto repressed desires. Once new roots are formed, new friends made, and new interests developed our new lives burst forth like a butterfly from its chrysalis, ready and eager to meet the world, or so the present writer likes to think!

A few snippets of gossip are now proferred to those who search the O.P. columns for juicy details. O.Ps. omitted can be assumed to be living inconspicuously, in sin or otherwise, as is their wont. Atkinson is at present reduced to riding his bicycle; Youlle has reverted to his habit of breaking limbs. Aspinall is seen eating grapes while walking the streets; Burnell is seen walking the streets. Shah is believed to have sublimated many desires and represents the University at Table Tennis. Smith, M.V., being a medic, is sometimes chained to the labs., as is Blackford, who has been very successful at rowing, but is rumoured to be giving it up. Ruddock, another medic, works hard and also rows, amateurishly, but with some success. Raynes must also have worked hard as he obtained extremely good results last summer. Shouksmith looks jollier than ever and smokes

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a large pipe, and sometimes sees Ferrar, another Emma man. Clarke sings and dreams of doing Architecture, and Brown P. C. N. is mounting rungs in the acting world. The two Bakers inhabit St. Caths.; the younger was last year involved in a bad car accident, but has now largely recovered from the ill effects. Lawson also still inhabits St. Caths. and is believed to maintain some contacts with those rarely seen Churchill men of his vintage, Ward and Reiss. Anderson has officially left, it is thought, but is still seen wearing the black corduroy jacket first reported in 1963, or an even more splendid one. Anyan has been seen in Cambridge on time off from the Shuttleworth Agricultural College, and Bill Lovell, not an Old Peterite, but an Old Olavite, has turned up again, in King's.

Finally, we wish the School continuing success in all its ventures.

Yours very sincerely, the Cambridge Old Peterites.

The Cambridge Letter (2nd Version) The Cambridge scribes have at last been stirred into action by the acquisition of some new blood, and here present the long-awaited letter.

We are in some doubt as to the precise nature of the communication that is required from us; should we give a resume of Cambridge life, or merely chronicle our activities? In view of our total inability to achieve the former, we must content ourselves with the latter.

We begin on a sad note; it has been impossible to fmd any trace of the following: A. H. and S. D. Baker (St. Catharine's), A. N. Ferrar and T. J. Haggie (Emmanuel), E. J. Lawson (St. Catharine's), S. D. Ward (Churchill) and C. J. L. Clarke (Corpus Christi).

The following have been so unwise as to make some of their activities known to us.

R. M. Aspinall (St. Catharine's) has programmed a computer to find the best way to London. His figure shows no improvement in spite of long, daily cycle rides.

C. E. M. Atkinson (St. Catharine's) rides and rows with Aspinall. Is trying Economics for a change.

H. N. Blackford (Trinity) has been rowing with gusto in the Trinity 1st VIII. He is the proud owner of three oars.

P. C. N. Brown (Peterhouse) arranged an excellent Old Peterite Dinner in the Michaelmas Term, and as far as we know is still collecting contributions from those who attended.

D. A. Burnell (Trinity Hall) is active in the Christian Union and the Scout and Guide Club, and is eagerly awaiting the croquet season.

E. P. Rayner (Caius) is still singing in the college choir, and is an officer of the University Photographic Society.

S. H. Reiss (Churchill) is now reading medicine, so we are assured of the pleasure of his company for the next year or two.

J. M. Ruddock (Corpus Christi) has become an all-round sportsman, and is a well-known man-about-town.

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R. P. Shouksmith (Emmanuel) was last seen bleeding in the Senate House (during University Blood Donor Week). He is to be congratulated on the award of a scholarship.

N. Shah (St. John's) has been awarded a Half Blue for table tennis.

He also debates at the Union, and has appeared in several A. D. C. productions.

M. V. Smith (Peterhouse) is about to reorganise the Yorkshire Society, and is on the editorial committee of the Medical Society magazine.

N. J. Smith (St. John's) lives in splendid isolation on the outskirts.

Won his first oar in the Lent Bumps.

A. Youle (Jesus) can be relied upon to provide excellent coffee at all times (when not playing rugger).

We are pleased to hear that J. N. Spencer has forsaken Durham and will be joining us next October.

Finally, we wish the School every success in the coming year.

Yours sincerely, The Cambridge Old Peterites.

The Durham Letter Dear Sir, Once again, belatedly, the Durham O.Ps. have managed to scrape together a few publishable details of their proceedings in and around the "city of seven hills" here in the north. Despite all the persuasion, petition, and finally bullying by your correspondent, certain elusive gentlemen, known to be studying in Durham have resolutely refused, or forgotten, to reveal their activities, notably Messrs, Charnley, Woodruff, Willstrop and Richardson. However, their presence in Durham can be officially confirmed, and no doubt future letters will disclose all!

Here then, for the edification of your readers is a brief and enlightened synopsis of the pursuits of the more "au fait" gentlemen : — S. H. Bradley, residing in Grey College and attempting to study Applied Physics, is pursuing the usual (?) activity (his own words!). He has been known to partake of a little mild rowing, interspersed with long periods of recuperation, and medicine at 1/10 per pint. He has fond ideas of visiting Japan in the summer, and will be pleased to hear of suitable experiences of others on this topic.

M. A. Clegg is temporarily teaching part-time in a Durham PrepSchool, and has "firm ideas" about university life, which are not for publication.

J. W. Hey (St. Cuthbert's Society, reading Law with Economics) having tried his hand at rowing, finds it too great a distraction to his studies, and has taken up gliding. He has become a keen member of the Christian Union, as a result of which he spends most of his time, when not being distracted by gliding, drinking coffee in that Theological stronghold, St. John's.

B. U. Gallrein is perhaps unique, in that he was only at St. Peter's for one term, and is now affiliated to Durham for the same time, studying Economics. Says he can remember studying Greek with Mr. Field, and all the unintelligent members of his IV alpha, including Kemp and Lee. 56

He is trying to teach some German beer-drinking songs to Kemp, who murders them worse than he did the Greek.

Jon Gartside in Hatfield College has deserted the games field for more basic pleasures, but still finds time to fly in the R.A.F.U.R. Now regretfully contemplating the end of his university career.

F. J. A. Hewitt (St. Chad's; Theology) came to Durham to find a degree, a career and a wife. Already successful in his first aim, he has managed to reverse the other two, and is to be married in July and ordained in September.

P. M. Kemp (St. John's; Theology) has renounced chess, debating and the Labour Party ! Commutes between the University Library—where he gives "free advice" to the female assistants on how to run the establishment— and the Middlesbrough and Sunderland docks, where he does his "pastoral activities". He is renowned for both his heavy tea consumption and his ability to play "Back-Street Cricket", two skills he acquired in the Rise.

C. J. Kitching (University College; History) is in retreat this year at Lumley Castle (14th-century). Has been known to wield a squash racketonce—but still maintains that sport is barbaric. Last seen pouring synthetic milk into a synthetic cow in the Rag Procession's winning float.

N. G. Pace (University College; Physics) spends nearly all his time either rowing or contemplating it. He hopes to make an appearance at Commemoration, so all debtors and fellow-criminals beware!

J. A. Templeman is in St. Cuthbert's Society, studying some vaguely scientific subject. His lodgings were next door to the Prison during the sojourn there of certain well-known and rich gentlemen, and it may not be insignificant that they had to be moved. * * * Hoping that these few fond words will be an inspiration to others to come and join the expanding community of Peterites here in Durham.

We sign off with all best wishes to our contemporaries and successors.

The Durham Old Peterites.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of our contemporaries.

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