The Chapel

House proms continued to function this term under the organisation of R. A. Howat. We thank Mr. Howat for letting us use his House as a place in which to run the proms.

Finally, it is with much regret that we say goodbye to Miss C. Barlow. Her stay of one year as matron was very short, but long enough for her helpfulness to become known throughout the School. She has gone to Germany and we wish her well.

TEMPLE

Term began with the appointment of J. R. Bailey and P. S. Disney as House Monitors.

Rowing and cross-country took priority early in the term. Ward, Summers and Bailey, all members of the 1st IV, did not take part in the House Head of the River Races in which Temple came second. This was a very fine effort and must mean well for next term's races. Both crosscountry teams were placed second due to everyone's enthusiasm. Cantrell deservedly coming second in the Senior, and Hamilton-Williams winning the Junior.

Anderson gained his 1st XI Hockey Colours.

The squash team reached the final, yet stood no chance of beating the strong Grove side. We were also beaten in the final of the fencing. Lockwood was awarded his minor sports colours.

Although decisively winning Sports Day we only managed to come third over all due to lack of enthusiasm during Standards. Ward, for the third year, won the Gofton Cup as well as the Sprint Cup., breaking the 220 yards record and also his own record in the 440 yards.

Finally, it is with great regret that we have to say goodbye to Mr. Rhodes, who is leaving the House after having been with us for 19 years. We thank him whole-heartedly for all he has done for us.

We followed our usual practice of having Compline on Wednesday evenings during Lent. The addresses given by Mr. Le Tocq, Mr. Waine, Mr. Coulthard, Mr. Duncan and Mr. Croft were much appreciated.

Holy Week began with a special service on Palm Sunday. Each day there was a dramatic reading of one of the events in this last week of our Lord's life. We owe a great deal to the group of boys who volunteered to take part in these readings and took so much trouble to prepare them. On Good Friday there was a special voluntary service of devotion conducted by Mr. Burden at mid-day and our thoughts were summed up by the singing of Stainer's "Crucifixion" in the evening.

Easter burst upon us with a real note of joy and the two Communion Services were well attended. At Evensong the Dean kindly came to preach. The Service ended with the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus by the whole school.

The other main events of note during the term were the Epiphany Procession in the Minster (which actually took place on Septuagesima Sunday although it was the first Sunday of term), the Sung Communion on Quinquagesima Sunday, the Confirmation taken by the Bishop of Selby on 16th March and Sermons from the Headmaster of King's School, Canterbury and Brother Aidan, S.S.F. Brother Aidan spent a very happy weekend at the School, meeting the boys in their houses and at meals. N.K-W.

The following boys were Confirmed in the Chapel on 16th March by the Bishop of Selby. St. Olave's: D. R. Beck, J. A. G. Craven, J. C. S. Dalgleish, S. W. F. Ford,

A. P. Gee, D. W. Grice, R. G. W. Hamshaw, G. E. Park, J. S. D.

Pearson, P. H. Rivers, T. J. T. Schofield. Dron field: R. J. Brockbank, F. T. Gooder, K. I. P. Heap, N. W. Mitchell. Grove: S. W. St. J. Oliver, S. R. Shackleton. Manor: J. W. Carlile, R. A. Copeman, C. E. J. Cork, G. Q. Gray, C. W.

Kidd. Queen's: P. R Bailey, S. R. Batchelor, A. W. Blackburn, K. V. Cable,

P. S. K. Crossley, M. G. B. Hepworth, M. J. Jones, P. W. F. Marsden,

R. G. de H. Oldham. Rise: T. M. Elsworth, J. N. V. Nixon, C. W. Ramsden, G. S. Yule. School House: I. L. Dodd, J. W. Gillgrass, J. C. Goodrick, J. E. Grieves,

G. D. 'Henderson, T. P. Littlefield, J. T. Morley, T. B. Sargeant,

P. M. Walker, J. E. R. Wells. Temple: C. D. Clarke, R. C. Eggleshaw, G. V. Fisher, D. B. Hart, N. W.

Nix, J. M. Place, D. P. Rounthwaite.

JOHN R. ELSON

Address given by the Headmaster in the School Chapel on Wednesday, 1st March, 1967

The presence here of so many to join in this service provides striking testimony to the universal affection and esteem in which John Elson and his parents are held. That this memorial service should be held in the School Chapel which he used so recently is surely fitting, and we felt greatly honoured by the request.

John spent seven years with us—first in St. Olave's, then in Temple and the Manor—and although he left before the Monitorial year he exercised much influence, and always for good, among his contemporaries. He was a lovable character, and will be remembered by his school fellows as a great enthusiast for his School, and for his generosity of outlook and largeness of heart which were a part of his inheritance.

By his teachers John will also be remembered for his efforts and determination in all he did, and while he was not the academic type, he learned enough at School to lay the foundations for future success, and was indeed a son of St. Peter's of whom we were truly proud.

It is difficult for us to understand why John should have had to suffer such an illness, and why his parents—known all over York for their generosity and kindness—should have been called upon to bear so much 8

anxiety for 31 years. During those years John has shown qualities of courage and determination which have been admired by all. He enjoyed life: he was happy : he loved his motoring and the risks it involved. The young people here today, and others too, have helped him by their visits, by helping him to get around and by remembering him no matter how hectic their own lives were. It is often said that the young are selfish, but in their constant caring for John they have shown a selfless love, which is the greatest Christian virtue.

We friends and relatives of an older generation have felt an affection and sympathy for Mr. & Mrs. Elson as well as for John, and I know that they know we would do anything to help them. In short, John's illness, John's courage, John's character have brought out in us qualities which perhaps we did not realise we possessed and which we did not stop to analyse. But I hope we will continue to develop those Christian qualities, so that the world will be a better place for our having known him and his parents at this time.

EASTER CELEBRATIONS

The occasion of Holy Week at school is worth recording; without being invidious, we can say that it was successful in providing many boys (and masters too) with a more than usually stimulating experience in the school Chapel. Some will remember with affection this pattern of praise in a modern idiom for a long time to come. For others it meant perhaps no more than a more attentive posture on a hard bench; but very few will have been passed by entirely.

Lent was marked by its usual weekly service of compline with the experiment of plain-song enthusiastically entered into. Readings at morning chapel were various and interesting : Trevor Huddlestone with the boy Eyan and apartheid, Gladys Aylward with her inspiring story of a missionary in China; from 'Group Captain Cheshire to St. Francis of Assisi. In these services prayers were read each day from the Abbe Michel Quoist's "Prayers of Life"—prayers which focused our attention on some facet of the workaday world in a short meditation. Into the middle of this Lenten build-up breezed Brother Aidan to speak of love from the pulpit in a down-to-earth and readily intelligible way, which had a deep appeal for boys.

With the start of Holy Week play readings from Dorothy Sayers featured each morning in the sanctuary, with a hymn for introduction. Voluntarily undertaken by members mainly of Transitus, their impact was obvious—the agonised cry of Christ from the Cross, for instance (after all, whoever heard of a voice raised in chapel till then?). On the morning of Good Friday we warmed to a half-hour service, meditating on the parts played by St. Peter and Pilate in the Crucifixion. Stainer's Crucifixion was rendered in the evening, musically inspiring and with as able soloists as one will find for many a year. I recall a memorable "God so loved the world"—but how many knew that the whole was a feat of transposing on the organ? The Sunday service itself was crowned by the singing of the Hallelujah Chorus by the whole school, and the Dean spoke.

Throughout this last week there had been a regular attendance of some thirty boys at daily communion and complines had been attended by twice that number. Most of us, whether or not we care to admit it, rejoice in the community of experience which an imaginative pattern of Eastertide celebrations like this will call forth. When all is said, the words and the music were magnificent.