Chapel Notes

THE RISE Avison, B. J.*H, Beddoes, P., Bell, S. R.B, Dickenson, R. C. M.*, Elsworth, T. M.*, Flint, R. F.*, Raley, I. D.***R, Reed, A. B.*, Steadman, C. P. M. G.*, Stokes, R. J.*, Turnbull, M.*, Westaby, W. R. SCHOOL HOUSE Atkinson, R. ,F.*H, Lawrence, A. N.***B.R, Morley, J. T.**B.R t (Capt.), Robertshaw, C. G., Sargeant, K. H.R.Sw, Wallis, R. D. TEMPLE Burrunston-Williams, D. M.*, Coates-Walker, S. A., Hall, P. L.*Ht(Cap R.Sq.Ct, Muncer, M. J. S.***F(Capt.), Robinson, 1.*H.Sq(Capt.).Ct,

On the first Sunday of the Easter Term St. Peter's joined with the Minster to celebrate Epiphany in the procession with carols. Work in the Nave on the new Minster museum and restoration will make the service not possible next January.

Both Family Communion services were well supported, the services are voluntary for boys who may bring their families with them; the presence of a small choir to lead the congregation in singing hymns and Merbecke's communion setting has contributed to an enjoyable whole• heartedness within these services.

The service of Confirmation was taken by the Archbishop of York on Saturday, March 13th. On the following morning the newly confirmed of St. Peter's and St. Olave's joined their relatives and members of both schools in their first communion service. For this occasion, as for many others since the early part of the term, the chapel was heated with two scarlet calor gas burners in lieu of the broken down central heating system.

On the last three Wednesdays of term at 6.30 p.m. the Junior School Chaplain addressed services of Compline taken by sixth-formers. He offered advice on the all-important and all-engrossing concern of prayer. and those who attended the course were undoubtedly furnished with valuable guidance.

The new Rhodes choir stalls, the gift of Old Peterites in memory of the former scholar and master, daily grew before our eyes during the Christmas Term. The stalls were completed in the first few weeks of the Easter Term and equipped with orange kneelers and cushions. The completion of the work was marked by a school concert: the mobility of the front pews was demonstrated at the concert interval and it is hoped that this flexibility will not only solve the long standing problem of choir pews but enable the Chapel to accommodate further concerts and dramatic events. The Rhodes choir stalls are not only a tribute to a former pillar of St. Peter's but to the clerk of works, Mr. Hawkins, and his assistant craftsmen Jack and Frank. Their labour has ensured their memory and our unfailing gratitude.

The annual Passion service concluded the term on the last Sunday. morning.

The visiting preachers during the term were the Rev. Clifford Barker who addressed us on "Vocation," and the Rev. Canon C. T. F. Carpenter of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel who showed us a film of medical care in India and consequently conducted the service in the Hall.

At the beginning of the Summer Term the Chapel Committee decided that every communion service should use the 1966 Series II Liturgy to the complete exclusion of the 1662 setting. The term saw several other experiments in the Communion service. The number of Family Communion services was increased from two to three; the Whitsunday service attracted a congregation of over one hundred but the third service was not well attended. A Communion service was held on Ascension Day evening at 6.30 p.m.; this may well prove to be a popular time, to become a regular feature at the expense of the traditional early morning celebration. The joint Communion services with St. Olave's at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday mornings twice in term will not be continued; the poor attendances may be attributed to the unsuitable time.

The annual service in the Minster was held as usual on the Sunday following St. Peter's Day. The anthem, "Tu es Petrus" by Palestrina sung at this gathering of thanksgiving may well be looked upon as the piece of music with which the school may most readily identify itself.

The Commemoration service on the last morning of term was attended by Bishop Harland, an 0.P., and the Dean of York. The service was alive with Kenneth Rhodes. The Bishop dedicated the completed and inscribed choir stalls to his memory and set him up as an example to support the text in his sermon.

The apse, the "sentry boxes," and the choir stalls are all comparatively new Chapel furnishings : I am sure there would be few who would disagree with a plan for the redecoration of Chapel—a task which if completed would show off these furnishings more gloriously.

We are grateful to R. A. C. Meredith, Esq. (Headmaster of Giggleswick School), the Rev. M. H. Burden (former Junior School Chaplain) and the Dean of York, Dr. Alan Richardson, for coming to preach to us during the term. E.R.W.

OCCUPATIONAL ETHICS

What moral standards should we seek in our work?

During the Easter Term, the theme of the daily Services for one week in Chapel was the application of moral standards in particular occupations. The subject arose from a suggestion by Professor Meredith Thring, Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Queen Mary College, London, that there should be an ethical oath for scientists on the lines of the Hippocratic oath for doctors. The Professor's proposed oath was read at the first Service of the week; at another Mr. Innes N. Ware, a solicitor and former York City Coroner put forward an oath for the lawyer, and at a third there was read a proposal for a factory boss's ethical code, composed by M. H. Drucquer of Lower VIth. D.G.C.

The scientist's oath, proposed by Professor Meredith Thring :

"I vow to strive to apply my professional skills only to projects which, after conscientious examination, I believe to contribute to the goal of coexistence of all human beings in peace, human dignity, and selffulfilment. "I believe that this goal requires the provision of an adequate supply of the necessities of life (good food, aid, water, clothing and housing,

access to natural and man-made beauty), education, and opportunities to enable each person to work out for himself his life objectives and to

develop creativeness and skill in the use of the hands as well as the head.

"I vow to struggle through my work to minimise danger, noise, strain or invasion of privacy of the individual; pollution of earth, air or water;

destruction of natural beauty, mineral resources, and wild life."

The lawyer's code and oath, by Mr. Innes N. Ware :

When the Headmaster asked me, as I understand it, to submit to you a precedent for an oath suitable to be entered into by a newly admitted practitioner in the law, somewhat on the same lines as the Hippocratic oath of the medical profession, I thought it would be quite a simple matter. After all I have had over 60 years in the profession as a family lawyer, as a judicial official namely Coroner, as an administrator, legal secretary to the Archbishop of York, a clerk to the Justices and quite a

few other quasi-legal jobs.

I have found it an almost insuperable task in the present climate of controversy. My premises are as follows :

1. Law is one of the institutions which is central to the social nature

of man and plays a major role in human affairs.

2. The law regards the Sovereign as the concept of the supreme

legislator. 3. That there is a moral obligation to obey the law.

4. That human society in a complex civilised community must have an apparatus of rules and that those who are trained to interpret them should have a code of conduct.

This is my suggestion for a code today, but let me remind you that the Treaty of Rome and the entry into the Common Market may involv us in the surrender of our national sovereignty and the freedom of o parliamentary action. Similarly our great heritage of the Common La

created over a thousand years may have to give way to the continen

concept of the continental civil codified law. If we are given the rig to express our views these matters will need your attention.

1. I solemnly and sincerely swear (or affirm) that I will bear allegiance to the Sovereign of my native land and show due obedi to those who rule over me. 2. To attain such knowledge, by the grace of God, the giver wisdom, as may qualify me to direct the doubtful and instruct ignorant : to prevent wrongs and terminate contentions and to share knowledge and experience with my brothers in the law and any p placed in my charge. 3. To be scrupulously honest in all my dealings, placing my cli interest first in all circumstances.