No doubt some went away a little the wiser for having understood better the values of our School in a wider sense—of wide activity and inventiveness and the role of responsibility in an increasingly permissive society. And that, like the company and conviviality, was all to the good.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS The Headmaster, P. D. R. Gardiner Esq., K. G. Coulthard Esq., P. G. Croft Esq., D. G. Cummin Esq., R. F. Harding Esq., D. Kirby (o.P.), D. S. Mair Esq., J. Maw Esq., P. Power Esq., L. C. Le Tocq Esq., T. H. V. Williams Esq. (ex Staff), A. P. Beckingham, M. T. Bennett, P. R. H. Blackford, J. P. Gee, F. T. Gooder, M. G. B. Hepworth, R. F. Hornby, R. A. Howat, H. E. D. Little, T. P. Littlefield, C. J. McFee, A. C. Marson, K. Morris, J. S. Nixon, A. H. Powell, J. C. Richardson, K. J. Sargeant, P. J. Shannon, P. T. Summers, I. D. C. Summers, P. D. Wilson, C. A. Wood. Editor: C. P. M. Duncan Esq.
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SCHOOL NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Harding retired from the Grove in July after 20 years , ther.(RFHvymuchopesta dinhkgpersonally every ex-Grovite who contributed "so heart-warmingly" to their present.) They are succeeded by Mr. and Mrs. Nixon. *
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Mr. Pemberton comes from St. Olave's to take over the Directorship of Music from Mr. Waine, who left in July to be Warden of Addington Hall at the Royal School of Church Music. F. WAINE, M.A., BMUS., F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M. "Many will think back with delight to Freddie's selected recordings of musical extracts from a career of 23 years at 'St. Peter's played on the afternoon of Speech Day. They included the schoolboy treble of a now nationally known baritone and his own transcription of Bach for guitar. It has been his chief attribute that his attitude to music has at all times been so sincere and so unequivocal that he enthused many whose musical gifts had lain in obscurity. "After a one-day appearance in 1939 as newly appointed musical director, he was spirited away by the War and only able to take up his position in the School at its close. There was an immediate response in the entire vocal side of the School's music, in choir, chorus and congregation. If instrumental ensembles were robbed of their full strength by the difficulties of rehearsal time, his individual pupils on piano and organ have achieved often enough exceptional distinction. 'He was possessed of warmth and good humour, and a fine intellect which was as evident in the meticulous presentation of a good story as it was in his ability to organise with calm the diverse elements of a big production. He was influential too, in the musical climate of York, responsible for the coming and going 2
