Letters

requiring toughness with skill and diplomacy; it could be exciting but it I must by its nature be dangerous; it is active service.

On 10th May a Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving for

Captain William Nigel Marshall was held in Chapel. During the Service a wreath in the colours of the Royal Marines was laid on the Old Peterite

War Memorial by three Cadets of the Royal Navy Section of the CCF led by the Contingent Coxswain, Vincent Feeney.

In offering our deep sympathy to Mr and Mrs Marshall and their family we share the pride they must feel in Nigel's achievement and promise.

D.G.C.

LETTERS

Khyaban Behar No. 10, Khyaban Bakhtiar Tehran - Iran

During my recent journey to South Africa, where I was the guest and speaker at the Lions Convention, I called and met Roy Arnold, who is Managing Director of Hubert Davies, and is running a most flourishing business.

They were extremely kind and invited my wife, Akram, and I to lunch with them and we recalled our school days at St Peter's School, York and the progress it has made over all these years. Mollie, Roy's wife, was a marvellous hostess. I heard from Roy that his brother is now in Johannesburg too. So I called him on the telephone and we had a good chat and it was nice to know that two O.P.s were in Johannesburg and were doing very well indeed. I hope that if any O.P.s visit Iran they will take time off to call me up at the above address. A letter in advance, if at all possible, is always good advice.

Let me tell you that as a Director of Lions International for Africa and South West Asia I have a two-year honorary job in addition to my bread earning one.

I have travelled over 100,000 kilometers to attend four board meetings this year. I have travelled in Africa and South West Asia to the extent of 50,000 kilometers and have been to Sri Lanka, Bombay, Delhi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Beiruth, Cairo, Nairobi, Johannesburg. Tomorrow I am going to Pakistan and Dubai. All this is for the purpose of motivating my flock, the Lions, to serve their fellow men. I have been guest speaker in London and Chicago, talking to Lions Clubs, and also at Berlin at the European Lions Forum.

I have travelled 2,000 kilometers in Iran for the same purpose and since I have no secretary I have written 8,000 letters by hand this yeari.e. July 74 to June 75. On 16th June I shall be in Dublin. We shall be having our Annual Convention of Lions International. We have in attendance some 40,000 people from 146 countries—more nations in our Lions than in U.N. We now have over 1,100,000 members. There is a Lions Club in York too and at times I have corresponded with them. With best wishes, S. K. Kazerooni

Basement Flg, 38 Park Town, Oxford OX2 6SJ

I am writing to correct the Oxford Old Peterites, who say in their Trinity Term, 1974, letter that "next year there will be no recruitment from St Peter's.

Admittedly, I have not come directly from the Old School, but havim survived three years at another university and three in journalism I started a B.A. course in Theology at Oriel College this term.

After leaving St Peter's in July, 1968, I read Politics at the University of Nottingham, and in September, 1971, joined the Evening Despatch, Darlington, as a reporter. I left last month, having decided to enjoy a spell in the "real world" of university life again.

September was not without incident, as on the 28th, a week after leav. ing work, I was married to Linda M. Scarborough, of Gargrave, near Ski pton. H. E. D. Little (Manor 1963-4; Dronfield 1964-8)

Dunsmore,

7 Lime Garth, Upper Poppleton, York. YO2 6DN

I write with regard to the letter of Robert Stevens, published in The Peterite of October 1974. In this, he suggested that a memorial be instituted in the form of a piano to mark the passing of a man who in his time was a much-loved member of staff—namely Freddie Waine.

I write not merely to support the motion but, as one of the many who knew him as choirmaster and Lieutenant Commander, to draw the attention of readers to a point which otherwise may have escaped their notice; namely, the treatment which the original suggestion received at the 0.P. meeting of July '74 where the letter came up for consideration.

At this meeting it was decided to give no immediate support whatsoever to any such scheme, a more pressing need being to try and pay for the new Sports Hall. At the same time, the suggestion was made (and overlooked) that, besides being "our Freddie," Mr Waine was also a most active and deeply respected member of various York musical circles; "would not his many former friends and admirers in the city be pleased to contribute towards such a piano, to be housed at the School where he spent so much of his working life, safe in the knowledge that here it would form a suitable memorial and be an asset to school and community, it being available for public performances as the opportunity arose?"

This letter is a plea then, that the matter be given at least further consideration.

J. S. D. Pearson (Temple, 1967-72)

The Editor has received other letters on this subject, which has now been referred by the Old Peterite Club to the School Governors. 94

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