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THE WORCESTER CATHEDRAL KING'S SCHOOL CHRONICLE TA MEN AIAAKTA MAN6ANO, TA A'ETPETA ZHTO, TA A'ETKTA IIAPA 6EJ2N HITHSAMHN.
Vol. XIII.
JULY, 1942. CONTENTS.
Editorial School Officers School Notes House Notes School Concert Speech Day "The Tempest" O.V. News Engagements, Marriages and Births Obituary Roll of Honour O.V. Serving in H.M. Forces Cricket Notes Rowing Notes Cross Country Notes Fives Notes ... J.T.C. Notes A.T.C. Notes Shooting Notes ... Rugger Notes Boxing Notes ... P.T. Competition ... Scout Notes Agricultural Notes ... Music Society Notes Valete
Salvete A King's Scholar on the " Mayflower ' Birmingham Letter ... Correspondence Contemporaries
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No. 161.
EDITORIAL. At the end of the last Easter term we bade farewell to Mr. Creighton for the second time in the history of the King's School. Needless to say it was a sad farewell, for the whole school knows and appreciates his work on its behalf during the period of our exile at Criccieth and after our return here. It was with anxious hearts that we welcomed Mr. F. R. Kittermaster to the school at the commencement of the Summer term. As we had hoped, our anxieties have proved groundless; after the first two or three days he became a part of the school, and there can be no higher compliment than that. Mr. Kittermaster was educated at Rugby; he held a commission during the last war in the Royal Field Artillery; since then he has taught in India, and he comes to us from the staff of Canford School. He is, moreover, a graduate, with first-class honours in English and French, of the University of London. Mrs. Kittermaster is a niece of the famous Foster brothers, the Malvern cricketers. So it is that the King's School faces yet another era in its history, and we cannot blind ourselves to the fact that it will almost certainly be a difficult one. The future of the public school after the war hangs in the balance. It does, however, seem to us that if our country's leaders are wise it is the type of school of which the King's School is an example that they will choose, upon which to build the future education of the country. At the moment, we can say with all sincerity that the King's School is flourishing. Our numbers are now slightly above what they were before our migration to Criccieth, and there is every hope that they will mount up yet further in the future. And it will be plain to all who read these pages that the war has treated us in kindlier