House Notes

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.

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. 10

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