enough to regard its past not as a matter for sighing, but for strength: not for looking back to a deceptively golden age, but for travelling forward with relish and with hope, and with an open mind. The Editor wishes to thank the many contributors to "The Peterite" and would welcome correspondence and articles of general interest from Peterites past and present.
SCHOOL NOTES 1977-78 Three new appointments have been made to the Governing Body: County Councillor E. A. K. Denison, T.D., (O.P.), Mr. G. Raymond Burn who has had two sons in the school, and Mr. K. M. Ratcliff (0.P.) the recently elected President of the Old Peterite Club. Two new masters have joined the staff: Mr. T. R. Grisdale, B.A., of Merton College, Oxford to teach Classics, and Mr. J. G. Shaw, BA., of St. John's College, Oxford to teach Chemistry.
* * * The Chapel Committee decided that the `guide-lines' card, published in The Peterite in 1975, and issued to each boy as a guide for his attitude to Chapel, should be withdrawn as no longer suitable. * * * The Autumn Term started on September 13th and ended on December 17th, half-term being from October 22nd to 30th. * * * At the Community Service on September 18th the Head Master was the Preacher. Mr. Alex Lyon, M.P., York's Citizen in Parliament gave a talk to the Sixth Form on September 24th.
* * * The Revd. Haydn Harrison, the Diocesan Youth Officer preached at the Special Service for New Boys on September 25th. * * * Sports Day was October 1st. * * * Captain C. C. Loxton, Royal Navy, Commanding H.M.S. Caledonia visited the CCF and talked to the Sixth Form on October 4th. * * * Speech Day was October 8th; the Prizes were distributed by Mr. T. Devlin, Director of the Independent Schools' Information Service. 2
