THE PETERITE Vol. XXXI
APRIL, 1939
No. 291
EDITORIAL. We feel that an Easter term is rarely devoid of incident ; into it must be packed hockey, rowing, squash and athletics and inter-house events pour thick and fast. But for several other reasons this term has been of particular interest. At the end of February it was learnt that the honour was to be bestowed upon the School of having an engine named after it, and on the afternoon of April 3rd, J. T. Brockbank, the head of the School, performed the naming ceremony in York station at the invitation of Mr. C. M. Jenkin-Jones. A pleasing feature of the end-of-term activities was the successful revival of the Science exhibition, which, together with the Geography and Art exhibitions, aroused considerable interest. Should the masters and exhibitors concerned take exception to the innocent adjective " end-of-term," we can but apologise. This term we had pleasure in welcoming Mr. O'Hare, an Education Diploma student from Oriel College, Oxford. We hope that his stay has been profitable. Although the weather curtailed sport to some degree, only one hockey match was cancelled, but here we must thank the Headmaster for allowing the team to go away to a drier ground on two occasions. The finest game of the season was played against the Harvestehude Club, of Hamburg, who beat us by three goals to two, during their short tour of some Yorkshire public schools. For the first time, athletics was taken seriously, and during the last month of term the system of standard times was in use, and definitely raised the level of attainment throughout the School. We held our first fixture against the Achilles Club, who, besides giving advice, demonstrated the discus and the javelin. The net effect of all this was to produce very much better times on Sports Day; J. B. Shillito broke the School record for the furlong and the long jump, while T. F. Cameron, second in the furlong, also beat the existing record. In conclusion, on behalf of everyone in the School, we would like to extend our congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Dronfield, and wish them many years of happiness and prosperity amongst us. 1
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MR. AND MRS. J. DRONFIELD.
OLD PETERITE NEWS. A. B. Sellars has been re-elected a member of the Test Selection Committee. * * * G. E. L. Graham has been awarded a Hockey Blue at Oxford. * * * N. W. D. Yardley recently returned with the Test Team from South Africa, after a very successful tour. * * M. S. Hodson (1918-24), Lieutenant, R.N.R., is with the Union Castle M.S.S. Co., Ltd., and is at present Chief Officer on S.S. " Rovuma." * * We were glad to hear from H. B. Whitby (1883-91), now living at Fairlie House, The Grove, Epsom. While at School, he played for the 1st XI and 1st XV, coxed the 1st IV and also rowed bow in 1891. There was no Victor Ludorum at the time or he would have won that in two successive years also. Major W. Witten left the School in 1875 to go to the Worcester Cadet Training Ship and thence to the Dundee Clipper Line, and has since been soldiering all over the world. If there are any surviving " 0.P.s " who in their time were senior boys to Major Witten and to A. E. Chapman, who left School in 1875 also, we should be very glad to have news of them. * * B. H. Pickering (1902-04) is a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding. In the Great War he was awarded the Military Cross. He is now General Manager of the Denaby, Cadeby and Maltby Collieries, President of the Midland Institute of Mining Engineers, 1937/38, and Vice-President of the Institution of Mining Engineers, 1939. * * * R. P. Warin captained a Universities Athletic Union hockey team, which recently toured and played matches against Oxford Occasionals, Cambridge Wanderers, etc. * * * J. T. Harding, who is studying to become a Mining Engineer at Durham, has been playing Rugger for the University. A. C. Ping, since leaving School at Christmas, has made frequent appearances for Headingley. 2
N. Richardson, First Officer of the Imperial Airways flying boat " Cavalier," which sank off Bermuda, is to be congratulated on his escape from the disaster. After leaving the School, he served in China in the Mercantile Marine and later joined Imperial Airways as a pilot. He took part in the long-distance experimental flight to Singapore, piloted in South Africa for two years, is a Flight Lieutenant in the R.A.F. Reserve, and is one of the few flying officers possessing all the certificates for marine navigation in addition. * ** W. D. Draffan recently scored a lot of runs in the annual cricket match between Europeans and Asiatics at Nairobi. * S. Dodd is now stationed at Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, and would be glad to hear from any O.P.s in the vicinity. * * R. Ogley has been playing hockey regularly with Mid-Surrey. * * A. V. McKintosh has been playing Soccer for the Casuals. * * A welcome visitor this term was G. Duncan Fletcher, Hon. Game Warden, Nairobi, Kenya, who has promised an article for a future issue of " The Peterite." Mr. Frank Pick, O.P., the Vice-Chairman of the London Transport Board, has been awarded the Blue Riband Cup by the Publicity Club of London, for " a signal achievement in advertising in the British Isles " for 1938. *
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Mr. Pick has held many offices in connection with art and industry, is an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and was formerly on the publicity and other committees of the Empire Marketing Board. * ** Mr. Peter Young, O.P., who was at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, from 1925-28, is now Chief Inspector of all the Dunlop Companies in South America. ** K. G. Chilman, previously commanding the 221st Battery, has been appointed Colonel commanding the 91st A.A. Regt., R.A. • ** D. Lyth has passed his Final Solicitor's Examination. 3
J. M. Fothergill, 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. Border Regt., has been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery in Palestine, in effecting the capture of an Arab leader. The official report read as follows:—" Considerable bravery was shown by 2nd Lieut. Fothergill in leading his section into the village, which contained an unknown number of armed rebels, who unless taken by surprise would have put up a desperate fight." * * * Nominal roll of ex-cadets of St. Peters' School (York) Contingent, O.T.C., who have been appointed to commissions in the T.A. or S.R. of O.:— Date of appointment. Unit. Name. T.B. 49th (W. Riding) Bridges. 3.6.38 A.A. Bn. R.E. (T.A.) 12.7.38 F.W.R. R.A.M.C. (T.A.) Hemsley. F.F. 62nd (NorthumWeatherill. brian) A.A. Bde. R.A. 1.7.38 (T.A.) T.N. 13th Light A.A. Boddy. 19.10.38 Bde. R.A. (T.A.) J. 4th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I. Fitton. 23.11.38 (T.A.) M.J. East Lancashire Bennion. 4.1.39 Regt. S.R. of 0. 66th Leeds Rif., Scatchard. 11.1.39 W. Yorks. Regt. * * * O.P. SQUASH. In the Londonderry Cup the 0.Ps. were defeated by Tonbridge on January 11th. S. G. Pawle recently succeeded in winning two National Squash Championships, the Irish and the French, within a fortnight, and with the exception of Amr Bey is probably the first English player to hold two such titles simultaneously. In Ireland, Pawle beat the holder, R. A. McNeile, in the semi-final by 10-8 in the fifth game after a terrific battle of 1 hours. In the final he beat last year's runner-up, W. A. Sandys, three games to love, and so became the first English holder of the title since R. W. Beadle won in 1932. The French Championship, at Cannes, provided an all O.P. final in which Pawle beat T. B. Bridges 3-0. In the semi-finals, at Cannes, Pawle defeated L. Dru, champion of the Riviera, 3-0, and Bridges beat J. C. Stewart Clarke 3-1. 4
S. G. Pawle thus holds the Silver Challenge Cup of the Irish Squash Rackets Association for one year and two cups for the French Championship, one presented by the Prince of Nepal and the other by Sir Archibald Lyle. * * * BIRTH. BURROWS. On February 18th, at Red Lodge, Knighton Rise, Leicester, to Brenda (née Lee), wife of J. D. Burrows, a son. MARRIAGES. DRONFIELD—WILLIAMS. On April 11th, at Greystones Parish Church, Co. Wicklow, John Dronfield, son of the late Mr. M. H. Dronfield and of Mrs. Dronfield, of Heather, Leicestershire, to Sheila Mary Ross Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Williams, of Greystones. The Rev. N. L. Roberts officiated, assisted by the Rev. P. P. Noble Fawcett. Among the wedding presents was a cocktail cabinet, presented by the masters and boys of the School. BOURNE—TOYNE. On April 12th, 1939, at St. Mary's Church, Ware, by the Rev. A. Lloyd Phillips, assisted by the Rev. Lewis Hake, Peter Kemp Bourne, son of Col. W. K. Bourne and Mrs. Bourne, of Hampshire, to Marianne Mease Toyne, daughter of S. M. Toyne, Esq., and Mrs. Toyne, of Little Acres, Ware, Hertfordshire. K. H. Rhodes, Esq., was best man. At the reception the wedding cake was decorated with the St. Peter's and Stowe School crests.
APPEAL FUND. The following donations have been received for the above since the publication of our last issue:— £ s. d. 1 1 0 G. H. Milner, Esq. 2 2 0 Paul Crombie, Esq. 10 10 0 P. Heywood, Esq. 10 0 0 A. E. Long, Esq. B. McCall, Esq., £1 1s. Od. per year for 7 years (Covenant) ... 10 0 0 B. A. C. Gray, Esq. •• ••• ••• This brings the total amount, either given or promised, to slightly more than £1,000. It was hoped that the building of the new pavilion could have been commenced this year, but, as yet, the response to our appeal has not been sufficient to warrant committing ourselves to this step. The uncertainties of the International situation have 5
undoubtedly caused many of us to postpone the question of anything but essential expenditure, and we wish again to express our gratitude to those friends of the School who have already subscribed. May we repeat, however, that we do hope that all friends of the School will ultimately feel able to take some part in helping to provide the amenities for which this appeal was launched. The Headmaster asks us again to state that the new pavilion will provide the accommodation at present very inadequately supplied by the existing building, and that the latter will be retained for use as tuck-shop and tea-room.
VALETE AND SALVETE.
VALETE. TEMPLE HOUSE. K. C. Matthews. 1936-39. VIth Modern. Played for 1st XI Hockey, 1939. H. A. Thompson. 1937-39. IVb. Cadet in O.T.C. N. T. Barnes. 1938-39. IVa.
A. Calder. IVa.
SALVETE. TEMPLE HOUSE.
SCHOOL HOUSE. E. P. Davison. IVa.
SCHOOL OFFICERS. J. T. BROCKBANK (Head of School, Head of Temple). Monitors : J. M. RUCKLIDGE (Head of School House). M. S. DOUGLAS (Head of Clifton Rise). G. E. SHEPHERD. R. C. LYNCH. T. F. CAMERON. Captain of Boats—G. E. SHEPHERD. Captain of Hockey—T. F. CAMERON. Captain of Squash—J. M. RUCKLIDGE. Captain of Athletics—J. T. BROCKBANK. Captain of Shooting—G. E. SHEPHERD. C.S.M. in O.T.C.—J. M. RUCKLIDGE. Editors of " The Peterite " : L. W. BENNETT. T. F. CAMERON. G. W. VERO. C. M. ROBSON. G. C. BROWN. P. A. ANDREW. 6
CHAPEL. LENT TERM. Jan. 22. 3rd Sunday after Epiphany. 29. 4th Sunday after Epiphany. Rev. F. H. Barnby. Feb. 5. Septuagesima. Rev. W. H. Oldaker, Headmaster Cathedral Choir School, Oxford. 12. Sexagesima. Rev. P. N. Wansey, Chaplain, St. John's College, York. 19. Quinquagesima. 26. 1st Sunday in Lent. Rev. J. H. Shore, Organising Secretary, C.M.S., Diocese of York and Ripon. Mar. 5. 2nd Sunday in Lent. E. A. G. Marlar, Esq., Headmaster, King Edward VIth School, Lichfield. 12. 3rd Sunday in Lent. Rev. F. H. Barnby. 19. 4th Sunday in Lent. Rev. J. W. Welch, Ph.D., Principal, St. John's College, York. „ 26. 5th Sunday in Lent. The Headmaster. April 2. Sunday next before Easter. The Very Rev. the Dean of York (Palm Sunday). Mon., March 27th. 12 Noon. Confirmation by His Grace the Archbishop of York.
MUSIC. This term some boys went to the Exhibition Buildings on Wednesday, March 15th, to hear Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson playing duets for two pianos, which were very good. The York Musical Society then sang miscellaneous choral works, conducted by Sir Edward C. Bairstow. On Sunday, April 2nd, most of the School attended Bach's Passion Music at York Minster. The orchestra was conducted by Sir Edward C. Bairstow. The Glee Club, started in the Christmas term by Mrs. Baird, continued all this term with great success. This Club is hoped to be the foundation of the School Orchestra, which is going to be started in the near future.
LIBRARY. Librarian : Rev. F. H. BARNBY. Assistant Librarians : J. T. BROCKBANK, M. S. DOUGLAS, J. B. SHILLITOE, J. M. RUCKLIDGE, G. E. SHEPHERD, G. LONG.
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The following additions have been made to the Library since the last issue of " The Peterite " :— B. IV. 21B. Rugger Practice and Tactics : Macdonald and Idwal Rees. Sailing all Seas in the `Idle Hour ' : Dwight D. VI. 26. Long. G. VII. 25B. A Rustic Moralist : W. R. Inge. C. Present Discontents : W. R. Inge. Round about the Crooked Steeple : Evans. 46. The Babbitt Warren: Joad. 47. H. I. 19. The Life-Boat and its work: Sir J. C. Lamb. X. 1. Principles of Economics : A. Marshall. 2. Banking: Walter Leaf. K. IV. 7B. The Age of Drake : Williamson. VIII. 7. The Commonwealth of God : Lionel Curtis. H. VI. 20B. History of Wellesley's Rifles : Lt.-Col. F. H. James (presented by H. A. Butler, 0.P.) . H. I. 20. British Public School War Memorials : Kernot. E. VIII. 51A.B. Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament (2 vols.) * Cruden's Concordance of the Bible.* 52. Concordance of the New Testament : 53. Bruder.* * Presented by F. C. McClellam, C.B.E. (O.P.), from the library of the late Rev. J. M. McClellam (O.P.).
HOUSE NOTES. CLIFTON RISE. We feel sure that all Risites can look back upon last term as one of great success. Our greatest achievements have been accomplished on the river, where, amidst wild enthusiasm from onlookers carrying and wearing a weird assortment of black and white mascots, both First and Second Division Rise crews, with no byes in their favour, have won, and, in the case of the First Division, by very good margins. Thus a new record is created in the history of the Rise, for on no previous occasion have they had possession of both boating cups in one year. On the other hand we should like to congratulate School House on the wonderful show they put up against us in the final of the Second Division rowing, and also express our deepest sympathies with G. E. Shepherd and J. H. T. Hunter, who were unable to row owing to illness. 8
In the Inter-House Hockey we reached the final after an exciting replay with School House, which we managed to win by the odd goal in five. The final against Temple was played in the pouring rain, and one felt, while watching the match, that the sight of water was much to irresistible to some of our boaters. We should like to take this opportunity of congratulating Temple House on their victory, and also on their success in the Cross-Country, although we should like to mention that a Risite came in first in the latter event for the first time in five years. The Model Railway Club is a very flourishing affair in the Rise these days, and improvements introduced last term include the floodlighting of the track, the construction of a model of York station and the building of a four track engine shed and cross-over. We are also glad to report that the health record of the Rise was extremely good last term, and this fact is even more creditable when one considers the weather. We congratulate T. F. Cameron, G. P. G. Stephenson and F. F. Steele on being awarded their School Hockey Caps, and also H. L. Taylor, F. F. Steele and D. Cole on the award of their House Colours. TEMPLE HOUSE. As we look back on the past term we have every reason to be satisfied. We retained the Cross-Country Plate by a large margin, and incidentally created a new record by being the first House to win it for three successive years. As at least five members of the House, who came in the first ten, will be here next year, we have every chance of winning it again. In the Hockey, in accordance with the new ruling, we received a bye into the final, in which we defeated the Rise in the pouring rain by four goals to one. This was much to be expected, for eight of the team have played for the 1st XI, five of whom were regular members. Incidentally we congratulate R. C. Lynch, J. T. Brockbank, P. A. Andrew, L. W. Bennett and H. C. Belchamber on being awarded their Hockey Colours, and Lynch his Cap. We congratulate the Rise on winning back both the rowing trophies, and the House on beating us in the final of the 2nd XI hockey matches. We congratulate the following new House Colours this term C. Belchamber (Running and Hockey), J. G. Holt (Running), and J. Denison (Hockey). 9
SCHOOL HOUSE. Our first and most pleasant task in these notes is to wish the Headmaster every possible happiness in his new role as a married man. Last term we met with varied success. Temple House beat us in the Inter-House Hockey, 3-2, after a very close and exciting match. We succeeded in beating Temple in the Junior Hockey. Our marked lack of success in the Boating world was very largely due to the enforced absence, through illness, of two of our best oars. As was expected, we beat the Rise fairly easily in the final of the Inter-House Squash. Temple House proved much too strong for us in the Athletics, but we just beat the Rise for second place, for which small measure of success all members of the House were to be congratulated, and not merely a few individual performers. We congratulate H. A. Milburn, P. R. G. Graham and J. S. Garnham on obtaining their Hockey Colours, and we rejoice to see that the sale of Highway Codes has produced a half-size billiards table in Room H. Finally, we close by hoping for some real summer weather next term, and for such success as we have enjoyed to continue to grow.
THE DEBATING SOCIETY. Meeting held on February 25th, 1938. At this meeting the chair was taken by C. M. Robson, who opened the proceedings by calling upon Mr. Le Tocq to propose the motion " That Great Britain should adopt conscription forthwith." He stated that a period of one year's service would help in no small way to build up a reserve of men with an adequate knowledge of military warfare. For the older people he suggested that A.R.P. training would act as a good substitute for conscription. He concluded by saying that the next war would come as a series of quick and heavy blows, and would leave no time for the adequate training of men in the arts of modern warfare. It was, therefore, necessary that conscription should be adopted immediately. J. H. Butler, opposing the motion, said that conscription gave no exercise to the brain and was purely for the training of the body in a physical sense. He went on to say
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that German soldiers were not renowned as good fighters, whereas the British Army, although it had many times been underrated, always managed to come out on top. I. D. C. Morison, seconding the motion, stated that conscription, if introduced, would save the country from the throes of unemployment. He went on to contradict the Honourable Opposer's statement that conscription involved only a physical training, and said that both physical and mental work were important parts of the curriculum. He concluded by saying that the average Englishman would never do anything voluntarily, and therefore the National Service scheme that had just been introduced would never be a real success. J. B. Shillitoe, seconding the opposer, stated that most of the next war would be fought in the air, and, therefore, a pure military training would be valueless. He went on to stress the importance of the O.T.C. and its value in the training of future British officers. The debate was then thrown open to the House, and many speeches were made. Mr. J. S. Cooper, speaking against the motion, said that a military training did not encourage the use of initiative, which was a valuable asset in the time of war. A vote was then taken, and the motion was defeated by 13 votes to 8.
THE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. President: THE HEADMASTER. Vice-Presidents: A. W. PING, Esq., W. N. CORKHILL, Esq. E. S. JEFFS, Esq., K. G. CHILMAN, Esq., D. K. Crews, Esq. Treasurer: A. W. PING, Esq. Honorary Secretary: J. M. RUCKLIDGE. House Representatives: Temple House: P. A. ANDREW. Clifton Rise: T. F. CAMERON. School House: G. E. SHEPHERD. St. Olave's: K. G. CHILMAN, Esq. For the earlier part of the term the Society has been practically dormant, only two meetings being held. The
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connection with the Saturday Society, so an account will be found elsewhere in this issue. The second was held on the 18th March. At this meeting Mr. Ping gave a lecture on British Birds. First he shewed some slides depicting seabirds, he then continued with a series of inland birds, and finished with the woodlands. The slides were a beautiful collection, and the photographer had obviously spent hours in taking some of the pictures. It was a pity that there was such a poor attendance (nine members), the slides themselves were worthy of a far larger audience. On this occasion, the other members of the Society who did not attend the lecture were preparing for the exhibition under the direction of Messrs. Corkhill, Jeffs and Crews. For the rest of the term, every minute has been spent in getting ready for the exhibition, which was held on Saturday, April 1st.
THE SCIENCE EXHIBITION. The triennial exhibition, after being postponed for three years, was held on Saturday, April 1st. It was open from 2-30-4-0 and 7-30-9-30 p.m. The number of visitors in the afternoon was not as large as was expected, but there was a considerable increase in the evening, when we were pleased to see a large number of Old Peterites. However, we were agreeably surprised to find that the photo-electric cell had registered a total of over fifteen hundred visitors. The exhibition proved to be an immense success, and this alone was ample reward for all those who had given so much of their spare time in its preparation. Quite a number of the exhibits were entirely original, while other old favourites were none the less interesting for their revival. At intervals, during the afternoon and evening, short lectures and demonstrations were given. The first was by R. M. S. Parker on Food. He explained in detail what was the food value of proteins, fats, hydrocarbonates and water, and concluded with a word about the importance of vitamins in the diet. Mr. Corkhill did some very entertaining experiments with liquid air. Before a mystified audience, he immersed in the liquid such things as a grape, a tomato, a sausage, and even a rubber ball, which, after a short time, became so 12
brittle that they could be broken into pieces with a blow from a hammer. He also soaked a cigarette and some cotton wool in the liquid, which, on ignition, gave a display similar to that of a small firework; the reason being that the greater amount of oxygen present provided easier combustion. E. N. Dickinson gave a lecture, illustrated with lantern slides, on Bournes. His first duty was to explain the meaning of the word, which to most people was unknown. He said that they were streams which only flowed occasionally, and were filled by water rising beneath them. The other demonstrations were some high voltage experiments by Mr. Jeffs, ably assisted by F. F. Steele. He showed the various effects produced by passing a current through tubes, from which the air had been evacuated in varying degrees. Finally, an X-ray bulb was shown, and afterwards, members of the audience were invited to examine their hands behind the screen. The exhibition itself was divided into the following sections :—Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Geography, and we append their reports. PHYSICS. The following Experiments were shown in the Physics Section :Experiments to illustrate the Electromagnetic Spectrum were arranged by G. E. Shepherd and K. Greenwood. The Whimshurst Machine underwent complete repair in the hands of J. H. T. Hunter and R. Earle, and was demonstrated by Hunter assisted by D. L. Pryer. The Selenium Cell, with the Electric Sign and Counter attached was designed and set up entirely by J. B. Shillitoe. The experiments with Colour were arranged and demonstrated by P. A. Andrew. The Phonodeik was set up and demonstrated by G. W. Vero and W. B. Smyth. The experiment to show the efficiency of an Electric Motor was arranged and demonstrated by J. E. England and A. Battrick. The experiment to find the Horse-Power of a Model Steam Engine was arranged and demonstrated by W. H. Ping and J. E. England. 13
The experiment to show Stationary Waves in a String was arranged by J. Inglis. The Luminous Cascade was set up entirely by J. H. Motum and A. S. Clephan. The Optical Interference Fringes were produced by F. F. Steele. The Tantalising Coin experiment was conducted by I. D. C. Morison and J. G. Holt. The experiments on Pressure and the Production of Fogs were set up and demonstrated by R. H. Hanson and D. Cole. The Obstinate Ring experiment was set up and demonstrated by W. R. Child. The Mysterious Tap was arranged entirely by D. Anderson. The Electro-Magnet was set up and demonstrated by R. L. Miller and J. D. Croasdale. Lines of Magnetic Force were shown by M. J. Dunn, K. A. Warren and A. M. Claybourn. Vacuum Tubes for the High Voltage experiments were largely arranged by F. F. Steele, who proved to be an able assistant in these demonstrations. Much of the wooden apparatus was excellently constructed to order by G. Emmel, Esq. Botanic exhibits were shown in Room F. The freshly gathered specimens of Spring wild flowers had been collected by various boys of the Junior School, and the numerous twigs of local forest trees showing the different buds were of much interest. Mr. A. W. Ping had arranged an exhibit of mosses, liverworts and lichens, freshly collected from woods near York. F. H. Hillyard had also collected specimens and was in charge of the room, and very ably explained the exhibits. A chart of the Rainfall of York during the years 1900-1938 had been very neatly prepared by J. K. Andrew. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
The Exhibits in Room F. Early Spring Wild Flowers. Collection of Twigs from Forest Trees. Specimens of living Hepaties, Mosses and Lichens. Mounted specimens from a Moss Herbarium. Lantern Slide Photographs. Rainfall Chart. 14
CHEMISTRY. We should like to thank the following and congratulate them on the work they did for the exhibition :A. C. Brown for his assiduity with the " Visitors' Book." N. T. Barnes and G. H. Oxtoby, who were prepared to extinguish a fire at any time. A. Battrick and H. D. Revill for timing the proceedings so accurately with their " Iodine Clock," and for preparing the Dental exhibit. R. E. Dodd, for his display of sodium compounds, and the distillation of coal. J. McN. Inglis, who prepared the plastics, and demonstrated the glow of phosphorus very effectively. J. H. Butler, for controlling the traffic, and providing us with many notices. D. C. Thomson for keeping the fires burning. A. P. Coombe for his reassuring proof of the efficiency of gas masks. G. W. Denby, who was prepared to explain any exhibit, and looked after several. F. F. Steele for his patient preparation of pigments and production of phosphine. J. B. Shillitoe, assisted by S. H. Beetham, for his extremely efficient manufacture of artificial silk. P. H. Ruddock, who separated mixtures in many ways. J. R. Scholey, for his energetic " oxidation." P. M. Amcotts and J. R. Penty for their interesting exhibit on " Flame," and Allotropy. J. T. Brockbank and T. F. Cameron, who " exploded " at regular intervals. BIOLOGICAL SECTION. 1. The effect of light and gravity on the growth of plants.—Inglis. 2. The effect of different soils on the growth of wheat.—Dickinson. 3. Alcohol from Potatoes.—Stephenson and Smythe. 4. Balancing organs in animals.—Brown. 5. Blood circulation in living tadpole.—Brown. 6. Incubation of chicks.—Dickinson. 7. Uncommon woods.—Morison.
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GENERAL SCIENCE SECTION. The internal combustion engine, including gears 1. and transmission.—Dench and Amos. 2. Application of the prism for lighting improvements.—Hort and Ramsden. 3. Comparison of the camera and the eye.— Belchamber. 4. Simple model electric motors.—Hey, Welburn and Donaldson. 5. Model showing the mechanism of a lift. Useful applications of the lever.—Terry. 6. Model of Wreck-raising apparatus.—Turnell and Osborne. 7. The Atomizer.—Anderson and Smith. 8. Fresh-water aquaria.—Steele and Reynolds.
THE GEOGRAPHY EXHIBITION. One of the most interesting rooms of the Science Exhibition, which was revived again this year, was the Geography room. Here, under the supervision of Mr. Le Tocq, maps and photographs of places and subjects selected by the boys were on view. One of the most interesting sections was that dealing with the voyages of " S.S. Holmpark." The School keeps in touch with this ship through the " British Ship Adoption Society," and from time to time members of the School write to the officers, and in return receive interesting accounts of the ship's ports of call. The voyages of the " Holmpark " up to the present day had been plotted on a map, and photographs, curios, stamps, and coins, which had been sent by the officers of the ship, were exhibited. Another section dealt with the British Cotton Industry. Samples of cotton from the actual plant to the finished product were exhibited, and maps and photographs showed the processes in the manufacture of cotton in the Lancashire Industry. In another corner of the room were illustrations of modern transport facilities. These consisted of a number of maps made by the boys, and on them were plotted the exact positions of ships belonging to some well-known companies, on certain dates. Similar maps depicted air routes, and famous railway services. Much work had been done in compiling these maps, as they necessitated the careful study of the newspapers from day to day. 16
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Other interesting exhibits included a number of districts selected by boys who have visited them. These were illustrated by maps and photographs. In the centre of the room were tables set out with curios, which had been gathered from different corners of the world. These were lent by members of the staff and some of the boys. One table of particular interest was set out with a typical English breakfast; to each article of food a piece of ribbon was attached, which led to its appropriate country of export on a large map of the world. A lecture on " Bournes," streams which have permanent valleys but only flow occasionally, was given in the Lecture Theatre by E. Dickinson (Lower VIth) to conclude a most interesting exhibition. THE ART EXHIBITION. An Exhibition was held in the Art Room on Saturday, 1st April, and Monday, 3rd April. This year, there was a greater variety of art displayed, and most of the credit goes to Miss Hall, for the wonderful ideas and the valuable work she put in to make the exhibition a success, as it surely was. Perhaps the most interesting section of the art was the pencil drawings, exhibited by the School Certificate forms. Among these, K. Ramsden's set of life drawings was the best. The Zoo, exhibited by the St. Olave's forms aroused a great deal of interest, and was no doubt a novel idea. J. H. Butler exhibited some very good and very interesting " Black and White " work, including a scraper board drawing of the School front, which is included in this issue. He also had a typical German poster, which seemed to arouse some ill-feeling. Cookson and Whardall introduced a new type of coloured art to the exhibition, painted on specially prepared cardboard. The former's farmyard scene appeared quite realistic, whereas Whardall's impression of a skeleton on a desert island was rather amusing. The whole exhibition was a great success, and it was extremely interesting, especially as it was representative of every form in the School. 17
THE SATURDAY
SOCIETY.
Saturday, 28th January. The School was given a very interesting lecture by Captain Lawson Smith. His subject was deep sea diving. To add colour to his lecture he brought the complete equipment of a diver with him. The first part of his lecture was occupied with the technical details of a diver's descent to the sea bed. He gave a detailed account of the number of men required to dress a diver, and the points to be watched in dressing the diver and assembling the helmet and air pipe. He then carried the helmet amongst the audience so that everyone could clearly see where the various connections were made. Details of a diver's tools then followed; these were minutely described and exhibited to the audience. The theoretical details over, he now turned to the practical side of the lecture. With the aid of four members of the senior school, he was helped into the diving-dress whilst he sat on a box. His helpers were made to carry out the correct procedure, and when dressed, with a little help, he clambered down from the stage and walked amongst the audience, so that they might view him at close quarters. After removing the heavy parts of his equipment, he filled a metal drum with water and demonstrated the cutting ability of his oxy-acetylene cutter by skilfully removing a section of the drum. Saturday, 18th February. Mr. H. E. Davis, an official of the Southern Railway, visited the School and gave an extremely descriptive talk on " Southampton Docks." His lecture was divided into three main sections. The trade and business of the docks, their progress and future improvements, and, most important of all, the part played by the railways in the running of the docks. He pointed out that the docks were completely controlled by the railways, thus ensuring that many improvements were carried out. Moreover, the slides which accompanied the lecture gave the School a very good idea of the lay-out and running of the docks. He described in great detail the new George V dry dock, which could easily receive a much larger ship than the " Queen Mary." A large majority of the slides were of the new dock, which has been constructed by draining a large piece of swampy ground. It was necessary to build a new dock because of the increasing business that Southampton has to sustain.
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The new dock is several miles long, and has lines of large sheds where the cargoes of the ships are stocked. These sheds are built on a slope, so that it is easy to transport the goods from one side of the shed, where the railway line has been constructed, down the slope to the ship in the dock. These sheds are unique as they need no pillars inside to support the roof. In the old sheds these supports have greatly inconvenienced the shifting of the cargoes in them. Saturday, 4th March. The School was to have been entertained by Mr. Wallace Cunningham, but owing to a slight indisposition he was unable to attend. Instead, Mr. Dunn entertained the School and ably filled the gap. He recited several very amusing pieces, with his own piano accompaniment. He also proved an excellent mimic. His idea of a concert pianist was also very good and raised a deal of applause. Altogether he put on an excellent show at rather short notice.
Saturday, 11th March.
This Saturday Mr. Selwyn Driver gave a humorous lecture entitled " Humour among the Nations." The lecture was quite different from the entertainment given by Mr. Selwyn Driver on his last two visits to the School. In the first place he described the different forms of humour now existing; and he gave several instances of them. One practical joker betook himself and a long piece of string to one of London's busiest streets. Arrived at a certain corner, he accosted a gentleman, and asked him to hold the end of the string as his assistant was away and he wished to do some surveying. The unsuspecting victim obligingly did so and the pseudo-surveyor disappeared round the corner, tied his end to a lamp post and walked quickly away. Other more daring jokers attired themselves as navvies, marched to a busy section of road, placed barriers round it and then commenced to dig it up. No one thought of questioning them. When they had made a large hole, they just picked up their tools and walked away. The joke was not realised till the next day.
Saturday, 25th March. Lionel King, Card King.
Mr. King gave the School a thoroughly enjoyable evening's entertainment. He started by giving a small talk on " nothing," which was very amusing and much
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appreciated. He then handed round 30 numbered slips of paper and asked the audience to write the name of some common object on each one. Mr. King called out the numbers and asked for the corresponding objects. After this he was able to tell the audience the name of the correct object when the number was called. Even at the end of the lecture he was able to repeat the list with ease. No doubt he was the envy of most of the audience because of his very retentive memory. Some extremely clever card tricks followed in which several members of the School attempted to assist. Another trick consisted of a small ball through which a string ran ; the ball being quite free to move. The object of the trick was to prevent the ball from sliding down the string. Mr. King did it with ease ; everybody else thought he could do it, but when put to the test failed miserably. I am sure that the School would appreciate another visit from him in the future. Saturday, 11th February. Commander Blair visited the School to give a lecture on " The Lonelier Isles of the South Seas." He accompanied his lecture with a series of interesting lantern slides.
GAMES COMMITTEE. This term the Games Committee decided that all Colours, including shooting and squash, should sign the Colours Book. The first meeting concluded by the decision that the winners of an event should automatically receive a bye into the final in the following year. The second meeting was again very short, and was called to discuss the decisions of the Athletic Meeting. It was decided to give five points in all events, open, under 16, and under 15, for first place, and three for second place. The steeplechase and tug-of-war was abolished, the former because of the old course crossing the new golf course, the latter because it was not taken seriously and nobody trained for it.
NOTES AND ITEMS. We congratulate J. T. Brockbank on being appointed Head of the School and on the award of his School Squash Colours. 20
We also congratulate T. F. Cameron and R. C. Lynch on being appointed School Monitors, and on the latter's appointment to be Captain of Cricket. On February 1st members of the Senior School attended a lecture on " Flying Alone Round the World," given by the Honourable Mrs. Victor Bruce at the Joseph Rowntree Hall. On the 28th of this month many of the Senior School attended a performance, held at the Theatre Royal, of " The Scarlet Pimpernel." Congratulations to T. F. Cameron, G. P. G. Stephenson, F. F. Steele and R. C. Lynch on being awarded their School Hockey Caps. Also to the whole eleven on being awarded their Colours. G. C. Brown has been appointed an Editor of " The Peterite," and J. B. Shillitoe and G. S. Long have been made Assistant Librarians. On February 24th the Senior School attended a lecture, given by Professor Newell, at Nunthorpe Secondary School, on " Anglo-American Relations." On Sunday, March 5th, a German hockey team (The Harvestehuder Sports Club) arrived at the School and stayed over the week-end with members of Temple House, who had kindly offered their services. The afternoon was spent examining the Minster, the old Walls and the many other interesting sights that York has to offer. The hockey match was played on the Monday, an account of which will be found elsewhere. On the following day they left the School for Worksop College, where they were staying for a few days, before returning to Hamburg via Hull. We congratulate R. C. Lynch on his successful application for a place in the English Public Schools' Cricket XI, which is touring Canada during the Summer holidays. Matches have already been arranged in Winnipeg, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. We congratulate T. F. Cameron on being awarded his School Squash Colours. T. F. Cameron, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele, J. S. Graham and H. C. Belchamber were chosen to play in the Yorkshire Public Schools' Hockey Final, held in the School grounds, on Tuesday, April 4th. Congratulations to G. P. G. Stephenson and A. C. Ping on representing the Yorkshire Public Schools against Durham during the Christmas holidays. The match against Wales, in which G. P. G. Stephenson and M. S. 21
Douglas were going to play, was postponed until Easter, and eventually took place at Otley on April 15th. Douglas and J. H. Butler represented the School. Each member of the German Sixth Form is taking a German refugee under his care during the Easter holidays and the Summer Term, and will exchange English conversation for German. A trip to Switzerland was arranged for the Easter holidays by Mr. Wrenn, but, unfortunately, the date of departure was immediately following the invasion of Albania, and on the advice of those parents with whom, at short notice, it was possible to communicate, the trip was abandoned.
THE NAMING OF LOCOMOTIVE L.N.E.R. 4818 " ST. PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK, A.D. 627." In the middle of the term it was made known that the School was to have an engine of the London and North Eastern Railway named after it. The honour was doubled by the fact that this was the first locomotive of the company to be named after a school. The ceremony took place in York station on the afternoon of April 3rd, after the athletic sports ; the engine, a Green Arrow, which was not in steam lest it should render the speakers inaudible from time to time, stood in platform six, and the naming was done from a dais, erected between platforms six and seven. Behind this were special stands for guests, who numbered nearly a thousand. The platforms were bedecked in the School Colours and flags hung from the roof. Mr. A. H. Peppercorn, mechanical engineer, under whose supervision the engine was constructed at Darlington, began the proceedings with an assurance that it would give a good account of itself and do its work well. He also invited the boys of the School to visit the works at Darlington when it could be arranged. He then handed the engine over to the General Manager, Mr. C. M. Jenkin Jones. Mr. Jenkin Jones said that the ceremony had great symbolic interest since, by the inscription, they had both " de facto " and " de jure " recognised the claim of St. 22
Peter's to be the oldest public school in the country. The problems of the older educational establishments and the older forms of transport had something in common. They were both up against favoured competition, but both being of intrinsic and vital importance, would not be allowed to go under. They both combined ancient tradition with modern outlook; they represented efficient public service and they would go forward on the right lines to their destined goal. He hoped that during its life the engine would cover two million miles and would be seen by many Old Peterites who had been unable to be present on that occasion. Mr. Jenkin Jones then invited J. T. Brockbank, the Head of the School, to name it. Brockbank said (after a fanfare of trumpets) : " I have great pleasure in naming this engine ' St. Peter's School, York, A.D. 627 '." He then smashed the bottle of champagne, hanging with ribbon in the School Colours, against the side of the engine. Mr. C. M. Stedman, the Locomotive Running Superintendent, thanked Brockbank for performing the christening ceremony, and stated that the locomotive would be stabled in York, so that Peterites would have a very good chance of seeing it. He presented Mr. J. Dronfield, the Headmaster, with a replica of the name-plate, which is to be kept at School. Mr. Dronfield, in response, said that everyone was proud of the name which York had gained on the administrative and constructional side of the railway world. He appreciated the honour done to the School in being thus associated with the railway company, and said that whatever historians might say about the age of the School, it was certainly the oldest on the L.N.E.R. He presented Driver A. Winn and Fireman A. E. Malton with silver cigarette cases inscribed with the arms and motto of the School as souvenirs of the event. The Dean of York, Dr. H. N. Bate, Chairman of the Governors of the School, also spoke in appreciation of the honour done them by the railway company, and the ceremony ended when Brockbank called for three cheers for Mr. Jenkin Jones. After the National Anthem, some of the guests and members of the School inspected the engine while the Band of the Rowntree's Cocoa Works, under the direction of Mr. G. Walker, played some appropriately light music. Tea was then taken in the Station Hotel. 23
THE GREEN ARROW, V2. The Green Arrow engine of the L.N.E.R. is the first of a new type of mixed traffic engines. The engine itself is of the non-streamline type, but the dome on the boiler is tapered down at the back and the whistle and safety valve, etc., are all enclosed. The wheel arrangement is of the 2-6-2 type—a rather uncommon sight on British railways—and the taper pattern boiler follows the design of the famous Gresley Pacifies. The length of the boiler is 17 feet between the tube plates. It has a maximum diameter of 6 feet 5 inches, and the working pressure is 220 lbs. per square inch. The engine and tender in working order weigh 135 tons 2 cwts.; the overall length is 66 feet 5k inches. The engine is fitted with three cylinders, each 18i inches in diameter, and they have a 26 inch stroke. All three cylinders drive the centre coupled axle, and, besides them, are piston valves of 9 inch diameter. The valve gear is of the type fitted to nearly 500 express locomotives on the L.N.E.R. ; the valves for the outside cylinders being operated by Walschaert's gear and the inside valve is driven through two to one and equal levers from the outside valve spindles. The standard six-wheeled tender is fitted with screwoperated water pick-up for use on long journeys, and carries seven-and-a-half tons of coal and 4,200 gallons of water. Vacuum brakes are fitted to both engine and tender, giving a brake power at the blocks equal to 67% of the weight on the braked wheels. The cab is in the form of a wedge, and safety glass windows are provided, thus enabling the crew to have an uninterrupted view of the track. The comfort of the crew is also considered and two cushioned seats are therefore provided, and, naturally, they are very popular with the men. The engine is equipped with dry-sanding apparatus to the leading coupled wheels, and steam sanding apparatus to the driving wheels. The engine is painted green in the standard L.N.E.R. passenger design, with black and white linings on the boiler, and the numbers are stencilled in gold. P. Cheesewright and H. Ping, Form IV. 24
By courtesy of]
["The Yorkshire Post.'
The " Green Arrow " class of engine on the L.N.E.R. is the most modern type of mixed passenger and freight traffic engine. The advantages of having engines that can deal with both passenger and freight traffic are obvious, more especially because on the general run of traffic, passenger traffic is heavier in the summer time and freight traffic heavier in the winter time. If there were not engines which could be used for both classes of traffic the result would be a surplus of purely freight engines in the summer and a surplus of purely passenger engines in the winter. The " Green Arrow " class of engine can, on the other hand, be used in traffic if required for 365 days a year. The engine has been designed to operate any express passenger services other than the special high speed trains, but it will also frequently be seen hauling express freight trains, including the crack express meat and fish trains which pass through each night from Scotland to London. The first engine of this class was built at Doncaster, in 1936, and was named " The Green Arrow." The associatibn of this class of engine with express freight services led to its being given this name. The " Green Arrow " service is a facility which the Railway Companies offer for the transit of any consignment of goods traffic at the request of the trader, if the latter wishes to secure a rapid transit. A small label in the shape of an arrow, coloured green, is actually fastened to the ticket of the wagon in which the consignment is travelling, and special telegrams are sent from point to point advising the operating staff that the consignment is in transit, so that it can be specially watched. M. Lattimer (L.N.E.R.).
MEET AT ST. PETER'S SCHOOL. On Thursday, 2nd March, The York and Ainsty (South) Hunt met at the School, and, by ten-thirty, there was already a large crowd of onlookers. Soon hounds arrived, and the front of the School was as fine a setting for the meet as anyone could have wished. It must be many years since horses have waited outside the School, and, although the Hunt meets at Clifton Green each year, hounds have not before been seen at St. Peter's. The pink stood out well against the grey stonework of the building and the monitors in their gowns lent even more colour to the occasion. 25
While the officials of the Hunt were having their stirrup cups, the rest of the field, amongst whom we were pleased to see Colonel Cape, was entertained by the Headmaster in the gym. When all were refreshed by the excellent fare provided, hounds moved off, and, after a visit to the gym himself, our observer was taken by car out to Rawcliffe, where he established communications with the pack. Hounds found in Rawcliffe Thorns, and the fox broke northwards from there. In spite of a flying start, our observer lost contact owing to his wrestling with the chain of a five-bar gate to facilitate the passage of certain riders.. It was not until twenty minutes later that he discovered three couple of hounds on a line of their own near Moorlands. The rest of the pack had checked, and it was unfortunate that no one was there to put them on to this line. Wigginton Strips and Moor Covert were blank, and hounds moved off to Lodge Farm Covert, where there are two earths close together. A terrier was sent down the first of these, and pushed out a fine fox which, after swerving round our observers' legs, showed suicidal tendencies by heading straight into the pack. He had been broken up almost before our observer had picked himself up,, and hounds then moved on to the second earth. From this emerged a fox which gave the best run of the day. By doubling back in a miraculous fashion through the farmyard, it gained a good start, but hounds carried the line well in spite of poor scent. After a ringing and slow hunt of 45 minutes round Rawcliffe and Moorlands, hounds were stopped west of Shipton. Passing through Shipton, unfortunately just after closing time, our observer saw hounds draw Overton Wood. As there seemed every chance of this being drawn blank, he returned home via Overton and saw a fox cross the railway line near Skelton. This was more than hounds did, and they returned to Skelton at three-thirty. Thus ended a rather poor scenting day, which was just as well for a rather exhausted observer.
NEWS FROM S.S. HOLMPARK. BUENOS AIRES. Buenos Aires is a very nice town to visit, and in October,. when we were there, the weather was almost perfect. The temperature at that time of the year is around 70 26
degrees F. during the day and about 65 degrees F. during the night. There was one shower while we were alongside discharging, but the remainder of the time the weather was fine. With a semi-tropical climate such as Buenos Aires has, gardening is a real pleasure, for almost anything will grow in a short time. This fact has been used to advantage in Buenos Aires, and around the town there is an abundant supply of parks. Between the docks and the town there is a complete separation by means of a well-laid out park. Then around the public works there are gardens, so that the surroundings of the workmen are very pleasant. Usually a sea-port is a dull place to visit around dockland, but in Buenos Aires it is a pleasure. In the town, life is like that of nearly all modern cities, but food here is much more varied, to provide for the tastes of the different races of people who live there. The town has, in addition to trams and buses, a subway service. The buses are a nuisance to those who have to walk, for there are hundreds of them, and they are all small, carrying from ten to fifteen passengers. Extract from letter from J. Johnson, Esq., 2nd Officer, S.S. Holmpark. Durban, November 26th, 1938.
DURBAN. In Durban we are again having to fight with coal-dust, for we are loading coal for the Philippines. Durban, with a population of around 80,000 whites and a large number of coloured people, is a fairly large town. The white people are a mixture of English, Scotch, Dutch and German, some of each being colonial born and others European born. In this part of the world it is the practice to have a Zulu boy as a nurse to look after the children, and, as employing these boys—who may be any age from fifteen to fifty years old, but are still called boys—costs very little, people here have nurses who could not afford them in Britain. The black boys who are working aboard the ship would cause you great fun. Nine out of every ten come aboard wrapped up in about three sacks, one for a shirt, one for a skirt, and one for a jacket. Nearly all of them have some decoration, and I will give an account of one whom I am watching, and the others are much the same. He has two rings in his ears, made of some black and white striped metal, about two inches in diameter, and the following bands of brass beads, one around his chest, one above each 27
elbow and one on each wrist. Lastly, he has two rubber bands around his ankles, made out of a motor cycle tyre minus tube. Some of those decorations are charms to keep evil spirits away, and others, I am told, are tokens of faithfulness from their sweethearts. There is a large college just outside Durban, called the Howard Davis College, erected in memory of a young engineer killed in the Great War. It is one of the most modern colleges in South Africa, specialising in engineering. Durban has quite a nice harbour with a high headland sheltering it from the sea. The S.S. Capetown Castle, a nearly new passenger steamer, is lying opposite us, so we look a poor looking ship at present. J. Johnson, Esq., 2nd Officer, S.S. Holmpark. Durban, November 26th, 1938.
STOWING CARGO. Of course, the amount of cargo varies with its bulk, so that with some cargoes we would be fully loaded with all the spaces packed and still have only 6,000 tons of cargo. This would happen with cargoes like cotton-seed, esparto grass, wool, and a number of other kinds of goods. Of course, coal does not require any attention to prevent breakages, so it is just run into the ship and trimmed into the empty spaces. The same can be said for most other cargoes in crates and in bags. The cargo which requires attention to prevent breakages is general cargo, and the general method of preventing it is to stow the heaviest cargo on the decks and the lightest on top. Then a number of kinds of goods have to be stowed in a certain way, like plate glass on the deck on its edge, barrels on their sides with the bung uppermost, and cardboard containers have to be stowed on top of all other cargo. When the holds are not full up, sometimes one end will be filled to secure cases, but in most cases the cargo is levelled off, and then, even in a heavy seaway, they will not move around. Sometimes the cargo is shored off with battens, and occasionally it is necessary to lash cargo with ropes. The latter is usually how motor cars are secured. Breakages through bad stowage and the ship rolling are not frequent, but bad handling of cargo by the stevedores may cause a large amount of damage. J. Johnson, Esq., 2nd Officer, S.S. Holmpark. Indian Ocean, 13th December, 1938. 28
LIFE AT SEA. Now a short review of the life aboard a ship. In port there is the usual work to be done, such as the sailors keeping the ship clean, the firemen cleaning boilers, the engineers attending to the necessary repairs, the apprentices assisting sailors or tallying cargo, the catering staff attending to the wants of hungry men, and the officers attending to the cargo, while the master does the ship's business. The only lazy man is the wireless operator, for, if he is a good one, his wireless equipment is in excellent order, so, after an inspection by his superintendent, he is free to do as he likes. Then the evening comes, when one officer, one engineer and a night-watchman remain aboard while the others are free to go to a cinema, a theatre, their best girl, or get drunk, as it pleases them. Then the ship leaves port and the deck and engine-room staff go on watches. There are three watches in each department, and aboard this ship there is one mate and three sailors, one engineer and three firemen on each watch, with the donkeyman and greaser assisting the engineers in the engine-room. We have a bosun and carpenter and one spare man on deck, and they work the usual 45-hour week. The catering staff has the same old job stoking up the crew instead of the boilers. When the ship is at sea our wireless operator has to keep eight-hour watch every day. He keeps his watch in four pairs of two hours each, and those parts are so arranged that he gets eight hours off, usually during the night, although sometimes it may be from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., and others from 12 p.m. to 8 a.m. His duty, in addition to looking after the apparatus, is to send and receive messages and weather reports, receive time signals and any important navigational warnings. He also has to operate the wireless direction finder, and usually he assists the captain with ship's business, so at sea he does a lot of work, and every year it becomes a more important job. The deck department is split up into three four-hour watches, so that the chief mate has the 4 to 8 watch, the third mate the 8 to 12 watch and the second mate the 12 to 4 watch. The engineer department has the same watches with the engineers in charge in the same rotation, the 2nd, the 4th and the 3rd engineer. During the daytime, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., the sailors work around keeping the ship clean, with only one of the watch steering. When it gets dark the watch are the only ones on duty. One man is at the wheel, another is on the look-out, and the remaining member of the watch keeps the 29
galley fire going and has to be ready to do anything special which the officer of the watch requires. The captain and the chief engineer, seeing that they are the bosses, attend to ship's business, like the safe navigation of the ship. Wages, inspections, etc., are captain's business, while the chief engineer has to superintend the working in the engine-room, calculate the distance steamed by the engine, coal consumed and routine work, etc. When business is over, the captain or chief can do as they please— work, read or just act lazy. During the watches below it is left to the individual to find such means as he can to help pass away the time. Some play cards, chess or other games, others read or study, and then there is the most popular of pastimes, arguments and story-telling. J. Johnson, Esq., 2nd Officer, S.S. Holmpa•k. Indian Ocean, December, 1938. THE PHILIPPINOS. During our eighteen days in Hondagua I think that we met the entire population, and I am sure that they all visited the ship. The wireless room was a strong attraction, and my room was filled to overflowing all the time that I was on board. It reached the stage when I simply went to bed and left them to it. I lost nothing, and nothing was touched which I warned them about. I regret to say that I could not trust our own folk to that extent. In appearance these people are exactly like the Chinese, but are brown instead of yellow. The postal officials were amusing. One of our officers had a heavy package for Canada, and went to enquire the cost of postage. Many volumes were consulted and several prices given. These were rejected as being ridiculous, so a further examination would result in a different offer. The idea seemed to be to keep guessing until a satisfactory offer was made. The postmaster confided that he had never sent a letter to Canada before, and was overjoyed when we handed him a letter for posting on the China Clipper. It was his first airmail letter. All our people seem to the Philippinos to be very big, and they were amazed at the size of our fifteen year old apprentice. For some reason they consider themselves to be an inferior race, and say that they are ashamed. I failed to discover the reason for this, and none of us found out what they were ashamed of, but they were certainly most anxious to find out what we thought about them. Extract from letter from F. Martin, Esq., Wireless Telegraphist. 30
HONDAGUA. Eighteen days were spent at Hondagua, and we had the opportunity to see a good deal of the methods employed in the rice fields. Each field consists of the flat land between hills, and they therefore vary in size from an acre or so to about fifty acres. The fields are divided into " plots " about fifty by twenty-five yards, and the boundaries of these plots consist of mud walls, which keep the water in place. Between the reaping of one crop and the ploughing for the next, course grass grows in the mud, and this has to be ploughed in before planting. The ploughing is pure slavery for both man and beast. The caribou which hauls the plough sinks to its belly in the mud at every step, while the ploughman manages to keep fairly clear by leaning his weight on the plough. Even so he sometimes goes in as far as the waist. When the plot has been ploughed, it is a pool of soft, watery mud, and is ready for planting. Rice is grown from the seed in a separate bed and transplanted. When ready for transplanting it looks just like a bed of spring onions. The plants are placed in the ground in rows and each plant is about nine inches from its neighbour. The process is the same as we use for planting potatoes. The latter (or any other) similar type of vegetable will not grow in the Philippines, and the potatoes we bought were imported from the U.S.A. When fully grown and ready for harvesting, the rice looks exactly the same as a field of wheat, although it does not grow to quite the same height. The Chinese were harvesting their rice at Saigon when we reached there, after we had been watching the planting in the Philippines only a week before. Such is the difference in climate, although both places are practically in the same latitude. The Philippines export sugar, but this comes from other parts of the Archipelago. Hondagua and district grow rice, cocoanuts and timber. Cocoanut groves cover the hills round the rice fields, and each native usually owns two or three plots of rice and about an acre of cocoanut palms. Oil and copra are the chief by-products of the nuts, of which there are two kinds. One is the type we see in England (often at fair grounds), the other is quite different and is not exported except as copra and oil. Apart from shape, cocoanuts are the same as vegetable marrows to look at. When cut from the palm they are round and green, while the inside is soft and filled with clear liquid, very pleasant and cool to drink. The nuts are cut and left to dry before being stripped and baked over a fire. The Philippinos climb the tall palms with as much ease as we walk along the ground, usually removing any clothes for greater freedom of movement. If you are thirsty, a sign
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to a native boy will send him scampering up the nearest palm, and you will have all you want within a few seconds. Extract from letter from F. Martin, Esq., Wireless Telegraphist.
FAMOUS OLD PETERITES-1. GUIDO FAWKES. There have been many famous Old Peterites, but probably the most remembered is Guido Fawkes, who attended the School in the days when John Pullen was Headmaster. Guy was born in the year 1570; there are many claimants for his birth place, but the most likely of them is Stonegate, as records show that Edith Fawkes leased a house there for thirty-one years. His baptismal register can still be seen in the Church of St. Michael-le-Belfrey, near the Minster, at York. When Guy was eight years of age, his father, Edward Fawkes, died, and as he did not leave a will, all his land went to his son, who, when he came of age in 1591, sold it to a certain Anne Skipsye and a York tailor, Christopher Lumelye. Some of this land was the property on which the School now stands. The death of Edward Fawkes was an important milestone in the life of his son Guy, for his mother married a certain John Bainbridge, who was a Roman Catholic, and this meant that the Fawkes also had to become Catholics. If this change in religion had not taken place, Guy might never have taken part in the Gunpowder Plot. In 1593 he felt the spirit of adventure calling, and went to serve in the Spanish army and was present at the capture of Calais by the Archduke Albert. He continued this career and in 1601 he was in Madrid. Two years later he was sent to Philip III in company with his old schoolfellow, Christopher Wright, and the pair tried to persuade Philip to send an army to England to oppose the strict methods used by James I against the Roman Catholics. This was a failure. At the end of the same year he was informed by Thomas Winter about " a practice in general against His Majesty for the relief of the Catholic cause." This practice was the celebrated Gunpowder Plot. 32
As Guy was experienced in tunnelling, an art which he had learned while serving in Spain, he was chosen by the conspirators to force an entry, from a house close by, into the cellars of the Houses of Parliament. This task he accomplished successfully. He then placed thirty-six barrels of gunpowder in the cellars and camouflaged them with faggots. His task was in vain, however, for he was discovered on the night of November 4th, 1605; he was at once thrown into prison where he was tortured on the rack in order to make him betray his fellow conspirators. After three months of imprisonment he was tried with the other plotters at Westminster Hall, on January 27th, 1606. He was condemned to death and was executed on February 1st. Guy was a tall and athletic man with brown hair and auburn beard. His character was by no means a strong one and, although he always forced a defiant appearance, as he did before torture on the rack, he is believed to have given away all he knew during the torture. But he was faithful to all his friends, and I think that St. Peter's is quite justified in being proud of him for he aided a cause
which he thought was right.
G. D. Jefferson, Lower VIth.
WATCH AND WARD IN YORK. The term " Watch " first came into use during the reign of Edward I, when the " Watch and Ward " were appointed. In those days the gates of York were shut at night, and a man of the " Watch and Ward " was stationed at each gate to prevent any stranger passing through. The sentry who, during war time, was posted outside the camp to prevent any intruders was also termed the " watch." The origin of the name is clear, but our concern now is with the watch or police whose duty was the keeping of order in the streets. For centuries the parish was responsible, and as a parish constable could not arrest anyone outside his own parish, in a place like York, with its thirty-two parishes and four liberties, a criminal could easily escape the hands of the law. Previous to the Municipal Corporation's Act of 1835, the York magistrates appointed fifty or sixty constables, who were superintended by a police officer and two assistants. In 1835 the Reforming Act took away the powers of the parish and gave the Corporation the duty of policing the City. The Act also required the Council of each Borough to appoint a Watch Committee, consisting of the mayor and some of the Council. In turn this Watch Committee had to
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appoint Day and Night Constables. On 11th April, 1836, York's first Watch Committee was appointed ; and on the 28th of the same month this Watch Committee appointed the Police Force, which began duty on April 30th. The gaols, however, continued to be managed by the Corporation. Since the Prisons Act, 1877, prisons ceased to be under local authority. The quarterly report of the Watch Committee, in January, 1837, stated that the Force contained a Superintendent, an Inspector, a Sergeant and ten Constables. Also by this time the Metropolitan dress had been adopted, with lantern, rattle, staff and handcuffs. In these early days the discipline was not too good— there were frequent reports of constables being found drunk or absent from their beat; one was reprimanded for taking a female prisoner into a public house. For punishment they were either severely reprimanded, or their pay was reduced. At this time the Watch Committee expressed the opinion that the assembling of the police force for convivial purposes was highly objectionable. The Committee also ordered that the force be strictly prohibited from gossiping while on duty. From this it appears that the Watch Committee were becoming better aware of their responsibilities, though not before time! Previous to this, on a constable being arrested and imprisoned for an offence, it was decided not to fill the vacancy until his release—presumably his place being kept open for him. In 1851 the Watch Committee allowed members of the force to visit the Great Exhibition in London, and made grants to them for the purpose at the following rates: Inspectors, £2 ; Sergeants, 30/-; constables, 20/-. The chief constable was granted £5, but, later, an objection being made, he returned it. There seem to have been many minor rules and regulations to be observed by the constables of these times. Some such rules were Constables were directed to disperse about the city, and not walk two together; no person to be appointed a police constable unless a certificate of baptism be produced, showing his age does not exceed thirty years ; the Watch Committee directed that police constables should repair their own clothes, except when Mr. Chalk (Chief Constable) considered that repairs should be done at the city's expense. Mr. Chalk, Chief Contable, suggested that constables on night duty be supplied with a pint of hot coffee and a penny loaf at such time of the night and under such regulations as he might deem expedient; and the Watch Committee assented. 34
On 24th August, 1844, the police presented a petition, signed by ten constables, to the Watch Committee, which stated that the hours of night duty performed by the petitioners were too long and arduous considering the weather which they sometimes had to experience. This suggested dissatisfaction in the force. There had always been the greatest rivalry between the City Police Force and the Rural Police Force. But in November, 1844, they were combined under the City Superintendent. The police seem to have had difficult times during these early years, and on some occasions as many as thirty or forty special constables were enrolled in order to keep the peace, this being specially necessary at such times as Martinmas Fair, at elections, and during Chartist disturbances. In 1866 a riot occurred in the city owing to the conviction of a servant employed by the Governor of York Castle for appropriating dripping. A large crowd with a band marched to the Castle and then to the magistrate's house, where they broke the windows. The Watch Committee offered a reward of £20 for the apprehension of the ring-leaders. The police stations were in Walmgate and Micklegate Bars. A contemporary print of Walmgate Bar shows the constable's underwear hanging out to dry on the top of the Bar. In 1848 the number of police was twenty, and in 1855 the first detective sergeant was appointed. The force was naturally increasing with the growth of the population, and so, from time to time, there were various small additions to it. By 1867 it numbered forty-four men, and in 1878 sixty-eight men. There was an important innovation in 1890, when police constables were allowed to attend First Aid classes in connection with St. John Ambulance Association. York, like other towns, has its system of beats, and, in addition, there is a constable who controls the Bar Walls and is responsible for locking and unlocking them at the proper times. The aim of the police force, besides to punish crime, is to prevent it; and it exists to maintain peace and good conduct in the city. But the police have many other responsibilities. They have to regulate traffic, collect taxes, issue licences, register aliens, carry out the regulations under the Firearms Act, dispose of stray cats and dogs, return lost property to its owners, return lost children to their homes and carry out carriage inspection. Another important branch of the force is the Fire Brigade, which is under the control of the Watch Committee and manned by the city police. It consists of the chief officer, thirty-three police officers and a civilian assistant engineer. The Fire 35
Brigade not only deals with city fires, but it also attends fires within a radius of seven miles, and is frequently called out to country fires. The police force also has the duty of inspecting the weights and measures used in the city. A. J. Doherty, Lower VIth. Authorities.— Morrell and Watson. How York govLi ris itself. Notes on the first hundred years of the York City Watch Committee and Police Force, presented to the City Council, 1935. Giles MSS.
O.T.C. NOTES. The results of last term's Certificate " A " Theoretical examination were published early in term. The following candidates obtained the Certificate:— Brown, G. C., Dickinson, E. N., Graham, P. R. G., Harding, G. W., Jefferson, G. D., Vero, G. W. The following passed the Practical part of the examination, held at Fulford Barracks, on March 28th:— Cato, S. A., Clepham, A. S., Couldwell, J. M., Greenwood, K., Hunter, J. H. T., Inglis, J. McN., Milburn, H. A., Parker, R. M. S., Smyth, W. B. A., Steele, F. F., Taylor, H. L., Walters, J. R., Wilson, D. F., Wright, R. A., Wright, R. W. C.S.M.—C.Q.M.S. Rucklidge, J. M. C.Q.M.S.—Sergeant Shepherd, G. E. The following promotions have been made:— To Corporal : L.-Corporals Brockbank, J. T., Butler, J. H., Douglas, M. S., Shillitoe, J. B. To L.-Corporal: Cadets Brown, G. C., Graham, P. R. G., Harding, G. N., Dickinson, E. N., Jefferson, G. D., Vero, G. W. During the term No. 1 Platoon has been occupied chiefly with work for both parts of the Certificate " A " exam. A number of lectures were given by Capt. Woodward, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, and these proved very helpful to the candidates. Nos. 2 and 3 Platoons carried out the usual training for second and first year recruits, except that No. 2 has also done some of the elementary work for the practical part of Certificate " A." Training has benefited from the loan of a Bren gun by the York and Lancaster Regiment. 36
On March 21st, the contingent visited Fulford Barracks and saw demonstrations and exhibits arranged by the York and Lancaster Regiment. These included the use of the Bren gun, the 3 in. mortar, and demonstrations with battalion mechanised transport. Afterwards most members of the contingent were able to fire a Bren gun on the thirty yard range. For this highly interesting and instructive visit our thanks are due to Lt.-Colonel A. L. Kent-Lemon, commanding the 1st Battalion of the Regiment, and to the officers who organised the visit.
SHOOTING. There has been a considerable amount of shooting this term; every fortnight a " League Match " has been shot, and there have also been friendly matches with other public schools under " Country Life " rules. The League shooting has produced a marked improvement in standard, and of five matches, three have been won and one drawn. The only defeat in four friendly matches was against Denstone. An interesting match was that against the touring German hockey team, but they were not used to the rifle, and consequently could not be expected to do very well. League Results:—
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ATHLETICS. INTER-HOUSE CROSS-COUNTRY PLATE. The cross-country race this year was run on Monday, February 13th. The Ings, as usual, was very wet, and the going very bad. The favourites this year were the Templars, who had several of last year's runners. 37
At the beginning of the race R. W. Wright and Shillitoe set a cracking pace down Burton Stone Lane, but at Bootham Stray Bulmer, Brockbank, Lynch and Robson were to the fore. At the Aerodrome Hangars the order was the same, but at the North Road Robson had crept up to within 10 yards of Bulmer, with Brockbank and Lynch in close attendance. At the beginning of the Ings, Robson took the lead, but Brockbank was not far behind. Then the race developed into a duel across the Ings between Robson and Brockbank, each alternately taking first place. However, at the Ings. gate Brockbank fell back and Bulmer took his place, with Belchamber, who had been lying sixth, not far behind. Robson increased his lead and continued to the tape to win from Bulmer by 70 yards. Almost the entire Senior School took part, and the first twelve competitors home were as follows :— Temple House. School. Clifton Rise. 1. C. M. Robson. 2. E. P. Bulmer. 3. H. C. Belchamber. 4. J. T. Brockbank. 5. R. C. Lynch. 6. J. G. Holt. 7. E. Dickinson. 8. F. F. Steele. 9. D. Cole. 10. A. Broadhurst. 11. C. A. F. Cookson. 12. G. D. Jefferson. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. ACHILLES CLUB. This athletic meeting, though nominally a competitive fixture, was really an exhibition by the members of the Achilles Club, who were touring the North under Mr. A. G. R. Rudd, the well-known Olympic half-miler. The object of the tour was to encourage athletics in the schools visited. Coaching was given to school competitors, and they gleaned many hints from the Achilles members. Achilles were handicapped in all events but the relay-race. The programme commenced with the 100 yards, which was won by Hornsby, of Achilles, although Shillitoe led for sixty yards ; Cameron was third. An interesting display of javelin throwing by Mr. Rendall was then watched. 38
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The high jump followed, and Shillitoe, jumping 5 ft. 1 in., gave a very creditable display. Martley, doing the Eastern Cut-off, jumped 5 ft. 7 ins, but Winterton failed to clear the first jump. In the half mile, Inglis set a good pace for the first quarter mile, leaving Brockbank to carry on with CrossleyHolland in close attendance. In the sprint at the end the Achilles man beat Brockbank to the tape with a time of 2 mins. 16 secs. In the long jump, Hope-Jones, giving two feet to Shillitoe, was foiled by a very good jump by the latter of 18 ft. 11 ins. Winterton was too experienced for the School hurdlers to contend with, and Martley was second. The mile was won by Clough, of Achilles, after Bulmer had led for two laps. Still, for Achilles, however, overtook Bulmer in the third lap to gain second place. Cameron did well to win the quarter from Weathered in 59 secs. An extraordinary display of putting the weight was given by Sivertson, of Achilles, and he put 52 ft. 31 ins., although Stephenson did well to put 33 ft. in. A competition in throwing the discus was then held between three members of Achilles, and Sivertson was again successful. In the half-mile Medley Relay the longer distances proved the downfall of the School team, but K. C. Brown beat his man in the first stage.
Event. 100 Yards.
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Pattison (Achilles) Hornsby (Achilles) Cameron Shillitoe
High Jump.
Shillitoe Martley (Achilles) Winterton (Achilles)
Half-mile.
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Handicap. 3 yds. 2 yds.
8 ins. 8 ins.
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Places. Event. Long Jump.
Shillitoe Hope-Jones (Achilles) Butler Belchamber Lynch
120 Yds. Hurdles.
Winterton (Achilles) Martley (Achilles) Butler Shillitoe
1 Mile.
Clough (Achilles) Still (Achilles) Bulmer Lynch Robson
400 Yards.
Cameron Weathered (Achilles)
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20 ft. 71 ins. 18 ft. 11 ins.
2 ft.
19 secs.
15 yds. 20 yds.
5 min. / secs. 100 yds. 100 yds.
59 secs.
20 yds.
Putting Weight.
17 ft. 52 ft. 34- ins. Sivertson (Achilles) 33 ft. z in. Stephenson 13 ft. 43 ft. Heath (Achilles) Half-mile Relay. Brown, K. C. ; Brockbank, J. T.; Bulmer, E. P.; Cameron, T. F., represented the School.
INTER-HOUSE SPORTS. This year, in order to revive interest and keenness in athletics, it was decided to introduce " standards." Before qualifying for the heats, boys had to attain a certain standard time, having three attempts at each event. Temple House gained 85 " standards," School House 83 and Rise 75. The Athletic Sports were held on Monday, April 3rd. The mile had been run previously, Brockbank winning from Bulmer, after Lynch had set a hot pace over three laps. The time was 5 mins. 6/ secs. Shillitoe won the Victor Ludorum (senior) by winning the 100 yards, the 220 yards (setting up a new School 40
record of 24-1- sees), the Long Jump (beating the School record by 61 inches) and the High Jump. Bulmer, again outstanding in the Junior events, won the Junior Victor Ludorum, some of his times comparing very favourably with the open times. The Inter-House Medley Relay was won by the Rise with Temple second. The improvement in the times returned this year is very noticeable and can be attributed to the helpful coaching of Messrs. Harding, Wrenn, Cooper and Jeffs, and the awakened interest in athletics. Temple House, with 184 points, won the Shield by a large margin from School House with 1371 points. Rise obtained 1361-, points. Results. 1. 100 Yards (Open). (1) Shillitoe (Rise), (2) Cameron (Rise), 105 secs. 2. 100 Yards (under 16). (1) Bulmer (Temple), (2) Belchamber (Temple), 115 secs. 3. 100 Yards (under 15). (1) Child (School House), (2) Dench (Temple), 12 secs. 4. Putting the Weight (under 16) (8 lbs.). (1) Chudleigh (Temple), (2) Bulmer (Temple), 33 ft. 11 ins. 5. Half-mile (Open). (1) Brockbank (Temple), (2) Lynch (Temple), 2 mins. 18 secs. 6. Half-mile (under 16). (1) Bulmer (Temple), (2) Belchamber (Temple), 2 mins. 19 secs. 7. 220 Yards (Open). (1) Shillitoe (Rise), (2) Cameron (Rise), 245 secs. 8. 220 Yards (under 15). (1) Child (School House), (2) Dench (Temple), 2745 secs. 9. Long Jump (Open). (1) Shillitoe (Rise), (2) Lynch (Temple), 19 ft. Di ins. 10. High Jump (under 15). (1) Davison (School House), (2) Brown, A. C. (Rise), 4 ft. 5 ins. Quarter-mile (under 16). 11. (1) Bulmer (Temple), (2) Revill (School House), 57 secs. 41
12. Quarter-mile (under 15). (1) Cookson (Rise), (2) Denison (Temple), 1 min. 6E secs. 13. Quarter-mile (Open). (Cup presented by the Staff.) (1) Brockbank (Temple), (2) Shillitoe (Rise), 555 secs. 14. Putting the Weight (Open) (12 pounds). (1) Stephenson (Rise), (2) Butler (Rise), 35 ft. 11-1 ins. 15. 120 Yards Hurdles (Open). (1) Graham (School House), (2) Brockbank (Temple), 18g secs. 120 Yards Hurdles (under 16). 16. (1) Belchamber (Temple), (2) Revill (School House), 18A secs. 17. 120 Yards Hurdles (under 15). (1) Child (School House), (2) Frost (Rise), 205- secs. 18. High Jump (Open). (1) Shillitoe (Rise), (2) Andrew (Temple), 5 ft. 19. Long Jump (under 16). (1) Belchamber (Temple), (2) Revill (School House), 17 ft. 71 ins. 20. Old Peterite Race. 21. Inter-House Medley Relay. (1) Rise, (2) Temple. Results of Events held previously. The Mile. (1) Brockbank (Temple), (2) Bulmer (Temple), 5 mins. 65 secs. 220 Yards (under 16). (1) Bulmer (Temple), (2) Revill (School House), 26 g secs. High Jump (under 16). (1) Belchamber (Temple), (2) Long (Temple), 4 ft. 4 ins. Half-mile (under 15). (1) Cookson (Rise), (2) Dench (Temple), 2 mins. 385 secs. Long Jump (under 15). (1) Child (School House), (2) McKinlay (Rise). Putting the Weight (under 15) (8 lbs.). (1) Child (School House), (2) McKinlay (Rise). 42
HOCKEY RETROSPECT, 1939. Play 12. Won 1, Lost 7, Drawn 4. It is difficult to write about a side which, judging by results, has done badly, but which was really a good side. The fact that seven matches were lost, and only one won, would appear to be a bad record, but, in spite of that, this year's hockey side should have been one of the strongest we have had for several years. Individually, at any rate, we had some very good players. It may be that the team work, which at times was brilliant, on the whole let us down, but we are forced more to the conclusion that perhaps one or two of the players were weak. We had six of last year's side available, and several very promising players with which to fill up the other places, but an entirely new defence had to be found. Lynch, left wing last year, was tried at centre-half, and proved to be a great success. The other four members of the forward line were left intact. Steele was the obvious choice for lefthalf, where he played several games last year, and, thanks to the fact that we had an excellent reserve goalkeeper in Garnham, Stephenson was tried at right-back. Belchamber, the other back, was one of the season's successes. He improved with every game, and was playing at the end of the season like an experienced player. As he is only 15, he should be a tower of strength in seasons to come. The halfback line was undoubtedly the strongest part of the side, their one fault, if it could be so called, being their slowness to get back if beaten. They linked up beautifully with their forwards, and gave them countless opportunities to score, and were very steady in defence, their tackling towards the end of the season being really high class. Steele was coolness personified, and Lynch played tremendously hard and never gave up trying. The forwards, frankly, were disappointing, and it is here that we lost our matches. At the end of last season, the same five, with the exception of the left wing, were playing beautifully together, but somehow this year they never really got going. Their approach work up to the circle was usually very good, but once in the circle they took far too long to shoot, and nearly always gave the opposing backs time to recover. Had the inside forwards been able to shoot as they did at the end of last season, we might have had some very different results. We were unfortunate in the weather; at the beginning of the season the grounds were impossible for practice, and throughout the season were nearly always soft; the side 43
undoubtedly played their best games on fast pitches away from home. Particular mention must be made of the match against a very strong Styx side, in which the whole School side played excellent hockey, and were congratulated by their opponents after the game, and to a visit from the Hamburg Harvestehude Hockey Club, who were playing a series of matches against schools in the North. We had a very enjoyable game against them, and thoroughly enjoyed entertaining them. We look forward to next season with some optimism, particularly if the forwards in the meantime will learn to shoot hard and often.
HOCKEY CHARACTERS, 1939. f T. F. Cameron (Captain), 1937-38-39. Right Wing. Was unfortunate in not being really fit for most of the season. At times played splendidly, centring hard and accurately, and possessed a lovely shot, which he did not use often enough. Had lost a little of last year's speed, but was still fast enough to beat his half more often than not. fG. P. G. Stephenson (Vice-Captain), 1936-37-38-39. Right Back. Last year's goalkeeper, who was not really suited to his new position. Was far too prone to have wild shots at the ball before getting it under control, due, no doubt, to the habit of first-time kicking developed when a goalkeeper. All the same he always played hard and with determination. fR. C. Lynch, 1938-39. Centre-half. A great success in a new position. Was untiring both in attack and defence, proving invaluable to the side. His one fault was a tendency to lose the opposing centre forward, who was thus given too much rope. tF. F. Steele, 1939. Left-half. Very clever with his stick and extraordinarily cool. His positioning was practically faultless, and he frequently came back and helped a harassed defence. If he was a quicker mover, would be first class.
* J. T. Brockbank, 1938-39. Centre Forward. Not as
successful as at the end of last season. Distributed the ball well and could dribble delightfully, but was too slow in the circle. Had a hard shot when given time to shoot. 44
*P. R. G. Graham, 1938-39. Inside Right. A very hardworking forward who could control the ball very well and gave his wing many beautifully-judged passes. Apt to delay his passing until robbed of the ball and rather a slow mover, particularly in the circle, but possessed of a very fine sense of the game, and should develop. *P. A. Andrew, 1939. Right-half. A greatly improved player and a real trier. Rather on the slow side, he still managed to combine attack and defence and was seldom caught out of position. Gave his forwards grand support, but must learn to hit harder and use the cross-pass. A. Milburn, 1938-39. Inside Left. His ideas on where *H. to put the ball were very sound, but he took too long to do it. Was more effective when hitting his passes than when trying to flick, as here he wasted too much time, whereas he could hit very hard. Apt to hang back too much when nearing the circle. Must shoot more quickly when opportunity arises. *J. S. Garnham, 1939. Goalkeeper. A very safe and plucky goalkeeper. Let practically nothing by him which he could reach with any part of his body, and judged his coming out of goal excellently. Kicked well. Was very unfortunate in the matter of injuries, but never wilted. *H. C. Belchamber, 1939. Left Back. An outstanding success, he became more and more reliable as the season advanced. His tackling and positioning were excellent, and if he was slow in recovering it is to his great credit that he seldom had need to do so. Could hit harder with effect. *L. W. Bennett, 1939. Left Wing. A far better player than he was last year. In this most difficult position he developed quite a sound idea of the game and learned to centre very well as a rule. His passing tended to be too square when centring from about the " twentyfive," but he nearly always hit hard. * Colours. 1- Cap. -
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. BEN RHYDDING. Played at Home, Saturday, February 4th. Result—St. Peter's School, 1 Ben Rhydding 3. In the first match of the season, the School were beaten 3-1 by Ben Rhydding, after enjoying an interval lead. As 45
the team had played together only once before, on account of the ground, the result is not as bad as it would appear. Right from the start, Ben Rhydding took command of the game, and for some time did most of the attacking. They were, however, admirably held by Stephenson, transformed from a goalkeeper, and Belchamber, a newcomer, both of whom cleared hard and often. On the other hand, last year's forward line, intact except for the outsideleft, failed to function with the expected brilliance. Nor could the blame be laid on the halves, who played well, or the ground, bumpy though it may have been. It was, therefore, slightly against the run of the play when Brockbank gave the School the lead with a bullet-drive from the edge of the circle after nineteen minutes. This did not perturb Ben Rhydding, who forced Garnham to come out of his goal several times to kick clear. The nearest thing to an equaliser was when Stephenson and Belchamber scrambled the ball out of the goal-mouth, when Garnham was on the ground. In the second half the School forwards played better and were well supported by Lynch, the centre-half. Ben Rhydding drew level after eleven minutes through Wear, who shot from the right, and not long afterwards they scored again, this time when Mason, the outside-left, drove in a partially saved shot from Knight. The School forwards then awoke and began to hammer away with unprecedented vigour; Milburn dribbled right through only to be foiled by the goalkeeper, and Bennett hit the side of the goal from a narrow angle. But there was no reward, and just when 2-1 seemed to be the final score, Knight broke away from half-way between the backs and scored. Previous to this, Knight had been well held by Lynch, who played a remarkably good game for one so unused to half-back play. Steele was cool, sometimes a little too cool, and the inside forwards, Milburn and Graham, worked hard with little in return. Team :—J. G. Garnham ; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett.
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. ASHVILLE COLLEGE. Played at Harrogate, Wednesday, February 8th. Result—Ashville 0, St. Peter's School 0. With only one forward playing in his regular position, and three not playing at all, the School failed completely to 46
make openings for itself and escaped with a draw only because of the brilliance of Garnham, in goal, and the tenacity of the defenders. It must be said that the ground was so muddy that anything less than a hearty crack at the ball was doomed to failure. Ashville realised this at the start, but the School took a long time to settle down. The first chance came, however, when Brockbank went through and shot weakly as the goalkeeper advanced ; the ball trickled across the goalmouth and out of play before anyone could follow up to it. At the other end of the field, Garnham was lured out, but luckily the ball was centred directly to him from the left and he was able to clear. Garnham also saved brilliantly from the centre forward at point blank range. The rest of the first half was spent in fruitless pursuit of the muddy ball. In the second half the School should have made more of their opportunities, but the forwards were very slow to part with the ball. Naturally, on such a ground it was hard work, but it was just the day for a push between the backs for the centre forward to run after. Neither side did this, however, but clung to orthodoxy. Stephenson and Belchamber did not have any difficulty in keeping Ashville in check, and with Lynch playing remarkably well at centrehalf, the School should have won. The Ashville goalkeeper frequently came to the edge of the circle to deal with the most innocent of raids, and once was away from his goal on the right when Brockbank was in possession barely ten yards out with the most open of open goals imaginable, but in haste he blazed wide. Dickinson was unlucky with a flick shot with about two minutes remaining. Another good attack followed, but the Ashville defence remained cool until the end. Team:—J. S. Garnham; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F Steele; L. W. Bennett, J. R. Walters, J. T. Brockbank, E. N. Dickinson, D. Cole. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. LEEDS UNIVERSITY. Played at Home, Saturday, February 11th. Result—St. Peter's School 1, Leeds University 4. At the beginning of this game the School were outplayed by the direct hitting and clever stickwork of the Leeds players, but after conceding one goal the forwards 47
improved and drew level at half-time, only to fall away afterwards and lose by a margin of three. From the start the Leeds University halves swung the ball about, and Warin was given several chances, but the tenacity of the backs and the bumpiness of the ground prevented good shooting. Clearances were slow, however, and an attack, once started, was difficult to repel. Warin opened the scoring by running past Lynch and veering to the right past Stephenson to score with a flick. School attacks were spasmodic and lacked cohesion, and goals did not seem likely from combined play, but occasionally Brockbank put in a good dribble, and it was he who equalised on the stroke of half-time. In the second half the School were penned into their own half for long periods, due mainly to the fine positioning of the Leeds halves, who were quick to return the halfhearted clearance whence it came. That more goals were not recorded against them was due to Lynch, who displayed a lot of dash at centre-half, and Steele, whose lazy style proves sometimes rather forceful. Warin scored two more before the School really answered back, but unsustained dashes were the order of the day, and the most successful at that mode of play were Brockbank and Sleight. Just on time Holdsworth took advantage of a mishit on the left and put in the fourth goal, leaving the University supremacy undoubted. Team:—J. S. Garnham; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele ; J. L Sleight, J. R. Walters, J. T. Brockbank, E. N. Dickinson, n Cole.
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. YORK. Played at Home, Wednesday, February 15th. Result—St. Peter's School 1, York 1. Though still without four of the forwards, the School put up a good performance in drawing after leading at halftime, and actually should have won on the run of the play. The School forwards displayed considerably more dash than usual, and though York had most of the game earlier on, Dickinson scored from Sleight's centre after the ball had evaded the sticks of three players. Sleight contributed some useful runs down the wing, but he failed to centre soon enough. Tyson was outstanding among York's forwards, who were very slow in the circle. At half-back, too, the School 48
was quicker, and there were times in the first half when York seemed to be run off their feet. As time wore on, York improved, and after Garnham had made some fine saves, Stanley scored from a penalty corner on the left. Though each side played attractive hockey, there was little thrust shown, and defences held the upper hand after this, and the result was a sedate draw. The display given by the School was, however, much better than those against Leeds University and Ashville, especially at forward. Team :—J. S. Garnham ; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele; J. I. Sleight, J. R. Walters, J. T. Brockbank, E. N. Dickinson, D. Cole. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. BOOTHAM SCHOOL. Played Away, Saturday, February 18th. Result—Bootham School 2, St. Peter's School 4. After leading at the interval 3-0 and being four ahead with twenty minutes to go, the School fell away towards the end and allowed Bootham to score twice. From the start play was very even in mid-field, though the School halves were the quicker on to the ball. In front of goal there was no comparison between the teams, and while the reorganised School forwards scored thrice, the Bootham attack did not send in a shot. The return of Graham, Bennett and Cameron to the forwards brought about a big change, but it was Dickinson who pushed the ball through for Brockbank to run between the backs and open the scoring. This was followed by some spirited attacking culminating when Cameron drew the fullback and gave Brockbank a clear field for his second goal. The Bootham forwards played well individually, but failed completely to combine, and thus lightened the task of Stephenson and Belchamber at back. Brockbank scored a third goal in a manner similar to the first, as the ball came to him down the middle of the field. This half-time lead of three goals was perhaps a shade too much on the run of the play, but this was more than accounted for in the second half when the School attacked solidly for the first quarter-of-an-hour for a solitary goal; Cameron cut in on the right and presented Brockbank with a sitter, only for the shot to hit the goalkeeper and rebound to Graham, who scored easily. 49
Dixon rallied the Bootham forwards during the closing stages and they were transformed completely. The School defence became rattled and mis-hit its clearances, and before it knew where it was Dixon had scored two fine goals. But it was too late, and the School reassembled its wits and the match ended with neither side in the ascendancy territorially, but with everyone in mid-field committing an abnormal number of minor infringements. Team :—J. S. Garnham ; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele; T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, E. N. Dickinson, L. W. Bennett. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. STYX. Played at Thirsk, Wednesday, February 22nd. Result—Styx 5, St. Peter's School 2. For the first time since the Ben Rhydding match the School turned out with its full forward line, which performed with considerable dash in the first half and might easily have scored three goals. As it was the game was level at 1-1 at that juncture, and three goals from penalty corners by the more experienced Styx forwards afterwards, settled the result. The ground was in beautiful condition, and the School quickly began to play fast hockey. Several times Lynch and Steele sent the ball between the Styx backs, who were inclined to stand square, but Brockbank was never given a chance to get in a good shot. From a corner, however, the ball was placed in front of the goal and just when complications seemed to be setting in, Brockbank nipped through and scored. At various moments thereafter fortune smiled on the Styx defenders and no further goals were added. It must not be imagined that the School had things all its own way, for the fast right wing, Holderness, was a constant menace, and Knight needed close attention near the circle. Holderness equalised close upon half-time with a shot from a narrow angle after the ball had been pushed through the middle. Curiously enough, despite the solitary win to its credit, the School has never been behind at half-time, but owes its defeats or failures to win to some irresolute play in the second half. In this game the falling away was not marked, but the goals came just the same. Let it be said that three of them came from penalty corners, which Knight hit very 50
hard. The fourth was scored by Knight following a breakaway. Stephenson and Belchamber, at back, fared very well against the Styx forwards throughout, and Matthews, playing his first game in goal, was not to be blamed for the score. With the score 1-5, the School rallied strongly, and after Milburn, Brockbank and Graham had tried shots with varying degrees of accuracy, Graham scored from close range. This game was the best that the School had played for some time, and the halves were especially good ; Lynch and Steele cleared and passed cleanly and Andrew positioned himself well. Team :—K. Matthews ; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele; T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. SCARBOROUGH. Played Away, Saturday, February 25th. Result—Scarborough 6, St. Peter's School 2. As the School ground was unfit for play, the match was played on the ground near the race-course at Scarborough. For a change, the School forwards jumped into form at the very beginning, and Scarborough were hard put to it to survive five minutes without conceding a goal ; the ball was swung about considerably, but no one could get in a shot. The game swung round, however, and Scarborough scored twice in quick succession. The School defence showed weaknesses hitherto unrevealed, and was ragged all through the first half, but this may have been due to the intensely cold wind, which prevented a sufficiently fluent grip of the stick. Brockbank reduced the lead with a finely-judged push after Graham had bored out to the right. In the second half, Scarborough scored no less than four goals, and were clearly the better side. The School play was lifeless and the approach work of the forwards slow, although greater reward than one solitary score, a good shot by Brockbank, might have been forthcoming. Scarborough first of all went to 3-1, and after Brockbank's goal took command of play to the extent of scoring three in a quarter-of-an-hour. Easily the best of the School halves and backs was Lynch, and though Andrew stack to his man well, his hitting was erratic. 51
Team:—K. Matthews; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele ; T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett.
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. WORKSOP COLLEGE. Played at Home, Wednesday, March 1st. Result—St. Peter's School 2, Worksop 4. The School played very unconvincingly in losing to Worksop 4-2 after a goalless first half. By the interval, however, the School should have been well in the lead, but none of the inside forwards took his chances. The School opened brightly and swung the ball about before Worksop could settle down to the soft ground, but though their approach work was good, the forwards were very slow in the circle. Several times Brockbank was sent through between the backs only to be foiled by Bradshaw in goal, while Milburn and Cameron missed easy chances. The Worksop forwards were lively, and Stephenson and Belchamber cleared very slowly, and so the School goal, too, knew moments of stress, but no goals were forthcoming. In respect of goals, the second half was more interesting, for after the School had attacked with unsuccessful vigour, Knox, the Worksop outside left, dribbled through twice in quick succession and each time flicked the ball past Matthews. This lead was increased when Dudley shot a centre from Smith into the top of the net. The School rallied strongly after this; Andrew, Lynch and Steele distributed the ball well, and with a quarter-of-an-hour to go Cameron scored with a fast cross shot from the circle edge. Brockbank further reduced the lead after Graham and Cameron had interchanged positions on the right. With these successes the School hammered away at the defence, but Worksop broke clear and Matthews, in trying to save from Dudley, merely kicked the ball to the unchallenged Evans, who put the result beyond doubt. Had the School produced their second half display at the beginning, before Worksop had become accustomed to the pitch, they must surely have won. Team :—K. Matthews ; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele; T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett. 52
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. HARVESTEHUDE, HAMBURG. Played at Home, Monday, March 6th. Result—St. Peter's School 2, Harvestehude, Hamburg 3. In an interesting fixture with the junior team of the Hamburg Harvestehude Hockey Club, who were touring some of the public schools of Yorkshire, the School were beaten by the odd goal in five after a fine, fast game. This odd goal, it may be said, was scored by Kruger, the German centre forward and captain, with two minutes to go after a severe bombardment with corners, long and short. This Hamburg team had only played one game on the softer English grounds, but they started off at a fast rate, and after Garnham had been brought out of his goal for minor considerations, Schonewalf, the manager, sent through a crashing drive from the circle edge. The School insides were put off by the continental system of defence, which ignores the man approaching the circle, but which tries to prevent a constructive pass into it. When this phase passed, there were chances in plenty, but Brockbank was never able to make fair contact, and it was Cameron, cutting in on the right, who equalised from a narrow angle. The game in mid-field was fast and furious, and the Germans, with their quick stickwork, were a constant menace, but the School defence, though it did not clear hard, was at least stubborn. The visitors regained the lead immediately after halftime, when Henckell drove the ball in from the right after a shot by Krilger on the left. There followed a long period of pressure by the School during which Brockbank brought the scores level again, but try as they would the School could not take the lead; Graham and Milburn worked hard and Andrew came out occasionally with a good cross-pass, but the German defence held out, though at times it became rattled. With five minutes left, a draw seemed an inevitable and a fitting result, but a strong rally by the Germans led to the winning goal ; Henckell put the ball across from the right to Kruger, whose shot, if not hard, was possessed of a terrific leg-break, and it spun out of Garnham's reach. Team :—J. S. Garnham ; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele; T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett. 53
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. CLODHOPPERS H.C. Played at Home, Wednesday, March 8th. Result—St. Peter's School 2, Clodhoppers 2. There was one change in the team which played two days previously: Sleight substituting for Cameron, who was unfit. The morning opened warm and bright, and no rain having fallen for the past four days, prospects of a fast game were apparent. These were soon dashed, however, by heavy showers early in the afternoon. Nevertheless, both sides played excellent hockey on a rather soft pitch. From the start, the School attacked well, and with the halves backing up well, the forwards were fed with countless opportunities, few of which were ever utilised to their fullest advantage. When, however, they did manage to have a shot, they never succeeded in getting past Matthews, who, as reserve goalkeeper for the visitors, kept his end up remarkably well. On the rare occasions that the Clodhoppers did break away, Belchamber could usually be relied upon to break up the attack. On one occasion, however, they managed to force a short corner, after a heavy attack down the left wing. From this, Woodger put the ball into the net, without giving Garnham a chance. This gave them a goal lead, and was incidentally the second time in ten matches that the School had been behind at half-time. After the interval, the visitors had more of the ball, and attacked strongly from the right, and it was only the sound defence of Steele and Belchamber which prevented Segar from centering more often. However, after some fifteen minutes of play, a mistake by Stephenson let Rae through to give a lead of 2-0. With the livening up of the School defence, St. Peter's fought back splendidly, and with the aid of long, through passes from their halves, the forwards put in some useful movements. From a long corner, Graham opened the scoring with a lovely flick past the goalkeeper. With only five minutes to go, the home side fought desperately to equalise, and were rewarded when Sleight drove in a hard shot from the right at a narrow angle. Team :—J. S. Garnham; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele; J. I. Sleight, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett. 54
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. HULL.
Played at Home, Saturday, March 18th. Result—St. Peter's School 1, Hull 1. Despite the advantage of being able to play a full side, the School played very uninspired hockey in drawing with Hull ; the reason was partly due to the dismal conditions and partly to lack of practice. In contrast to nearly all other St. Peter's teams in all phases of sport, this year's hockey eleven always began brightly only to fade away, and here was no exception. The School hit the ball about confidently during the opening period and the forwards were a constant menace to the Hull d efence, which made up for a certain deficiency at back by the brilliance of the goalkeeper, who was frequently drawn out of goal to make astonishing saves. Brockbank, howe ver, scored with a simple shot into an open goal. The ground was very soft, and by the end of the first half, had cut up considerably, making accurate play very difficult, especially in the circles, and much good approach work by Hull was wasted. Very soon after half-time, the ball came across from the right to the unhampered Collins, who beat Garnham easily with a push shot. The School forwards were almost completely blotted o ut of the picture after this and rarely looked like scoring. Once or twice Milburn sent in hard shots from penalty corners, but these were saved with the utmost coolness and precision. It was, then, fortunate that the School defence remained steady and was always quick to the tackle if not to the hit. The last quarter-of-an-hour was completely lacking in incident, and a draw was a fitting result, since neither side howed enough initiative to be worthy of victory. Team :—J. S. Garnham ; G. P. G. Stephenson, H. C. Belchamber ; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, F. F. Steele; T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. LEEDS CORINTHIANS.
Played at Home, Saturday, March 25th. Result St. Peter's School 2, Leeds Corinthians 5. For this, the last club match of the season, the School were forced to remove Steele from left-half to right back in place of the absent Stephenson, with the introduction of 55
Johnston into the halves. In goal, a decision of considerable moment was taken by playing Rucklidge, who had never played there before, and whose main qualification was a good eye. Despite these changes the School began with a good deal of frisk and frolic, and, after six minutes, went ahead through Brockbank, who went through between the backs and drove the ball well to the right of the goalkeeper. The School played very confidently after this, and though Burton was occasionally dangerous near the circle, the defence was good to the extent of not conceding any goals. Rucklidge, indeed, performed most creditably, and Belchamber was sound in tackling and clearing. Midway through this half, the School crowded on a terrific pressure ; Cameron had a shot stopped brilliantly, but illegally, with the stick above the shoulder, and with any real understanding the forwards might have scored on two or three occasions. Brockbank and Milburn got in shots, and Lynch tried to go through from centre-half, but the solitary success came when Brockbank pushed through a pass from Bennett, which hit the post and hesitated before going into the net. The second half was started in much more leisurely fashion, and neither side looked like scoring. With about a quarter-of-an-hour left the School seemed certain of victory, but suddenly the Corinthians' attack began to function properly and in ten minutes had scored no fewer than five goals, four of which were due to Burton, the centre-forward, while Waite got the fifth with a brilliant flick from the left. None of these goals was the result of obvious weaknesses, but merely general dilapidation, the cause of which is unknown. There was certainly no marked lack of effort, and the School tried hard to reduce the lead, but the Leeds defence was sound and very little time remained. Team :—J. M. Rucklidge ; F. F. Steele, H. C. Belchamber; P. A. Andrew, R. C. Lynch, K. Johnston ; T. F. Cameron, P. R. G. Graham, J. T. Brockbank, H. A. Milburn, L. W. Bennett.
INTER-HOUSE HOCKEY. CLIFTON RISE I v. SCHOOL HOUSE I. Result—Rise 3, School House 2. The semi-final was replayed on Thursday, 2nd March, the first effort ending in a goalless draw. On the previous Monday, the Rise attacked time and time again, but once in the area, they seemed paralysed, and several times missed what seemed to be an open goal. 56
In the replay, the School House were the favourites, for their defence was strengthened by the return of Garnham, the School goalkeeper. The Rise started off well, attacking as before, and with the halves backing up well, kept the House defence busy in their own " 25." However, with the ground so soft and uneven, they were unable to put the ball into the net. With Pulleyn, Parker and Milburn clearing well, the House forwards put in some useful movements, and shortly before half-time were rewarded with a goal from Walters. Thus encouraged, the House renewed their efforts and once or twice gave Stephenson some uneasy moments. After about ten minutes, they were awarded a penalty bully. With the bully only some three yards from the goalmouth, it seemed as if the House would establish their lead once and for all. But no, Beetham managed to out-do Graham, and succeeded in taking the ball out of the circle. The Rise, with such a life, redoubled their efforts and attacked solidly, being rewarded with a beautiful goal from Cameron, who just seemed to have become used to his new position. Some minutes later, Cameron scored a fluke goal, which just seemed to trickle past two or three defenders. With Douglas, Steele and Robson backing up well, the Rise continued to attack, and soon Cameron relieved the tension of the Rise supporters by putting a third past Garnham. With less than five minutes to go, the House attacked hard, and although Sleight scored, they failed to equalise, losing by the odd goal in five. House Team :—J. S. Garnham; J. P. Pulleyn, K. Greenwood; R. M. Parker, H. A. Milburn, A. S. Clephan ; J. I. Sleight, J. R. Walters, F. N. Buckler, P. R. Graham, J. R. Scholey.
TEMPLE HOUSE I v. CLIFTON RISE I. Result—Temple House 4, Clifton Rise 1. The final was played on Saturday, March 4th. The morning was beautifully fine, and with the absence of any rain for four days, prospects of ideal hockey conditions were apparent. These were soon to be dashed, however, when shortly before two o'clock it started to rain steadily, and continued throughout the match. Territorially, the play in the first half was fairly even, both sides attacking well. The Temple defence was stopping and tackling well, but rarely did they clear hard enough to allow of a scientific forward movement. Brock57
bank, though, was on the top of his form, and many times dribbled half the length of the field on his own. Shortly before half-time, Temple were rewarded with a beautiful goal from Brockbank, who put the ball into the top of the net from a short corner. Matthews was given some anxious moments when Cameron and Morison, with the halves beaten, came dangerously near the circle, but owing to the unfailing tackling of Belchamber and Denison, they were never allowed to score. After the interval, Temple attacked again, but found strong opposition in the shape of Steele, at centre-half, who, time and time again, came through on his own to clear the ball hard away. Further opposition was found in the three boaters, Robson, Douglas and Butler, who, with the experience gained in the two previous games, seemed now to appreciate more fully the finer points of the game. The next goal came from Dickinson, who put the ball between Stephenson's legs from a brilliant centre from the right by Brockbank. Inside the next twenty minutes, two more had been added to their credit by Brockbank and Bennett. The Rise, however, never lost hope, and, counterattacking heavily, were rewarded with a goal from Cameron, who, beating the centre-half and backs, presented himself with an open goal. They nearly scored again, when Steele, dribbling through the defence on his own, unfortunately kicked the ball inside the circle, when there was only Matthews to beat. They might have scored more if Cole had taken advantage of Cameron's long, through passes to the right, but the former, in his endeavour to keep on side, invariably let the ball pass in front of him. Shortly before time, the Rise made another attack, and succeeded in forcing several short corners, and it was only the sound defence of Lynch, Johnston and Andrew which kept them at bay. A point to notice about this match was the very high standard of hockey it produced. The backs cleared hard, the halves backed up well, while the Temple forwards especially showed useful co-operation. Rise Team :—G. P. G. Stephenson ; J. H. Butler, S. Beetham ; C. M. Robson, F. F. Steele, M. S. Douglas ; D. Cole, I. D. C. Morison, T. F. Cameron, K. Ramsden, J. B. Shillitoe. Temple Team :—K. C. Mathews ; J. Denison, H. C. Belchamber ; K. Johnston, R. C. Lynch, P. A. Andrew; G. W. Harding, A. Broadhurst, J. T. Brockbank, E. N. Dickinson, L. W. Bennett. 58
TEMPLE HOUSE II v. CLIFTON RISE II. Result—Temple House 3, Clifton Rise 1. The semi-final of the 2nd XI House matches was played on Monday, 20th February. As the rugger had to be cancelled last term, this was the first time that the younger members of the School were given an opportunity of taking an active part in inter-House events. At first, neither side took the game seriously, but with the encouragement and advice received from the touch-line, both sides realised their responsibilities, and the game opened out a little. The Rise forwards attacked steadily, but only on rare occasions did they manage to penetrate the solid defence of Holt and Bulmer, whose hard clearing could usually be relied upon. It was on one of these occasions that Ruddock, P., leading a forward movement, went through on his own to put the ball into the net. The Temple halves were safe, but painfully slow on the ball, consequently starving their attack. However, on several occasions, Brown, K. C., and Inglis, two boaters, were seen to emerge and successfully dribble for half the length of the field, only to be robbed when within a few yards of the circle. Before half-time Doherty scored for Temple, while in the second half, Inglis scored twice, once from a short corner. Although Temple won by a reasonable margin, it may be said that they owed their victory to strength rather than skill, for their side contained no less than six boaters, whereas their opponents were all hockeyites, many of whom, particularly Ruddock, P., Cookson, and Frost, showed distinct promise and should be good in the future. Rise Team :—P. Penty ; F. H. Hillyard, R. A. Wright; A. A. Short, P. Amcotts, G. F. Ruddock; J. R. Frost, B. Rodwell, P. M. Ruddock, C. A. F. Cookson, R. Murray. SCHOOL HOUSE II v. TEMPLE IL Result—School House 3, Temple House 0. This match, having been postponed on four previous occasions, was finally played on Monday, 6th March. It was started in the afternoon before the 1st XI match with the Harvestehude H.C., but as it resulted in a draw (2-2), it was decided to replay it again the same afternoon. The standard of play was no higher than that of the previous game, although the House showed more dash than their opponents, and attacked with regularity. The Temple 59
defence managed to keep them at bay for a short time by good tackling, but their clearing was pathetically weak, and only Battrick, at right-half, seemed to have any idea of the game. At half time, the House were leading 2-0, and it was only by a supreme effort that Temple were able to force a draw with goals from Brown and Inglis. In the replay, both sides were obviously tired, but the House showed more stamina, and this enabled them, by persisent attacking, to win by 3-0. Temple Team :—R. W. Wright; J. G. Holt, E. P. Bulmer ; A. Battrick, E. A. Shearston, J. England ; A. J. Doherty, J. M. Inglis, K. C. Brown, N. M. Oudney, D. F. Wilson. House Team :—W. R. Child ; W. B. Smyth, R. H. Hanson; G. W. Vero, A. S. Clephan, J. S. Turnell ; C. N. S. Killick, J. A. Cato, R. Stratton, J. Caley, D. Anderson.
2nd XI MATCHES. 2nd XI v. BOOTHAM 2nd XI. Played at Home on 18th February. Result-2nd XI 2, Bootham 2nd XI 1. A last minute fixture produced a side which had never played together as a team previously. From the start, Bootham attacked on the left wing, but were never able to penetrate the solid defence of Johnston and Pulleyn. The visitors thereupon changed their tactics and attacked from the right and centre, which resulted in a good goal from the edge of the circle, ten minutes later. The School now counter-attacked heavily, and were soon rewarded with a penalty corner, from which Walters managed to equalise by a hard shot into the net. The game was fairly open for the remainder of the half, and only once were the School in danger, namely, when the Bootham centre forward, with both backs beaten, drew Matthews out of goal. However, he lost control of the ball and it just trickled towards the goalmouth, and it was left to Johnston to clear it. After the interval, the School renewed their attacks, and with the halves backing up well, scored again through Walters. Bootham, nothing daunted, counter-attacked, but failed to pass the home defence, who, in the shape of Greenwood, Rucklidge and Johnston, tackled well, but were rather slow in clearing. Nevertheless, when the whistle went, the School were attacking hard. 60
Team :—K. Mathews ; J. P. Pulleyn, R. M. Parker ; K. Johnston, J. M. Rucklidge, K. Greenwood ; ; J. I. Sleight, A. S. Clephan, J. R. Walters, A. Broadhurst, D. Cole.
ROWING. FIRST DIVISION. Owing to the high water and the fast stream, the first division course was altered in order to diminish the advantage gained by the crew which drew the Station side. The start was staggered at Ings Gate and the finish opposite the L.N.E.R. diving boards. The draw was as follows :School House I / S Rise I Rise I Rise I Temple I The semi-final was rowed on Thursday, March 2nd, in a very strong wind, which made rowing difficult. The Rise, having won the toss, rowed on the Station side. Both crews got good starts, but owing to the lack of coxing experience on this new course, School House dropped behind. As the Rise came into the straight they were leading by two lengths, and they increased it to pass the line five lengths ahead. The final was rowed on Friday, March 3rd, in much better conditions. The river was lower and the wind had dropped, but there was still quite a strong stream. Temple won the toss and rowed on the Station side. They did not get a good start and the Rise were soon a length up, rowing a much longer stroke. Opposite the Scope the boats became very close, the Rise taking the advantage of their lead and of their opponents' water. Temple, as they entered the straight, increased their rate of striking and gained about half-a-length, but at the Boathouse, owing to Taylor's long and steady stroke, the Rise began to draw away to win by three lengths. The crews rowing in the First Division were :Rise.—Bow, M. S. Douglas ; (2) J. H. Butler; (3) C. M. Robson ; Stroke, H. L. Taylor; Cox, K. A. Warren. School House.—Bow, J. A. Cato ; (2) G. D. Jefferson ; (3) R. Earle; Stroke, H. D. Revill ; Cox, Webber. Temple.—Bow, K. C. Brown ; (2) G. S. Holt; (3) R. W. Wright; Stroke, E. P. Bulmer ; Cox, J. McN. Inglis. 61
SECOND DIVISION ROWING. The course remained the same as in previous years, from Wall End to the L.N.E.R. diving boards. The draw was as follows :Rise III School House II School House II Rise II Rise II f Rise II Temple II The semi-final was rowed on Thursday, 16th of March, in perfect conditions except for light rain. In the first race, School House II drew the Station side and won their race from the Rise III by two lengths. In the second race the Rise II easily won from Temple II by five lengths. The final was on Friday, 17th of March, also in very good conditions. The Rise rowed on the Minster side, but were half-a-length down at the Boathouse owing to the rapid rate of striking of School House. The Rise, taking advantage of their weight, used a long and powerful stroke and slowly gained to win by one length. The crews rowing were :Rise II.—Bow, G. C. Brown; (2) I. D. P. Morison; (3) J. B. Shillitoe ; Stroke, J. M. Couldwell; Cox, A. P. Coombe. School House II.—Bow, B. Pryer; (2) R. M. Miller; (3) J. H. T. Hunter; Stroke, F. Motum ; Cox, P. Demby. Temple II.—Bow, G. M. Cave; (2) G. W. Harding; (3) J. England ; Stroke, G. Long; Cox, G. Reynolds. Rise III.—Bow, W. E. Veitch ; (2) A. C. Brown ; (3) P. L. Hort ; Stroke, H. Ping; Cox, Whitely.
SQUASH. This season proved the most successful for several years. In winning four of their seven matches, the School remained unbeaten except when playing against O.Ps. in the form of S. G. Pawle's team and Harrogate Sports Club, and against the Masters—which is at it should be. In J. T. Brockbank, who improved tremendously during the season, the School has produced its best player since N. W. D. Yardley, and J. M. Rucklidge, who was handicapped by ill-health in the middle of the term, is not far behind him. T. F. Cameron, the third player to be awarded 62
his colours, played some very good games, but is rather heavily built for squash. A serious effort has been made this season to find young players, of which the School stands badly in need, and thanks are due to those masters who have coached the leading players on the Junior ladder. * ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. HULL & E.R. Played at Hull on January 29th. Result—Won, 2-1. J. M. Rucklidge lost to T. Brown, 7-9, 9-7, 9-1, 1-9, 5-9. The first game was played at a fast pace and was surprisingly even, neither player winning two consecutive aces. Eventually it went to Brown with a drop volley. Rucklidge won the next by a similar margin after being down by 2-6, and continued well by taking the third game 9-1. Brown appeared to have tired, but he recovered well and drew level at two-all. Rucklidge played some good cross-court shots in the final game and pulled up from 1-6 to 5-6, but Brown placed two lovely drop shots out of reach and won 9-5. J. T. Brockbank beat R. Jacobs, 7-9, 9-7, 9-10, 10-9, 9-7. In five mammoth games Brockbank just scraped home 9-7 after being led 1-7 in the final game. In catching up he waded through eight consecutive match balls. All the games were closely contested, especially the fourth which hovered at 8-9 in Jacobs' favour for six hands. After the first few points, during which each player tried drop shots, play was fast and furious. T. F. Cameron had a walk-over as his opponent unfortunately failed to arrive. ** ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. THE STAFF. The School lost to the Staff 3-1 on February 5th. J. M. Rucklidge lost to G. S. Stead, Esq., 9-5, 9-10, 9-10, 7-9. Mr. Stead did not settle down in the first game, which Rucklidge took at 9-5 after leading 8-2. The second was very close. Mr. Stead did some clever drop-shots, but Rucklidge retrieved well and drew up from 3-7 to 7—all, eventually to lose 9-10. The next was similar and was 63
won by Mr. Stead, 10-9. The fourth and last game saw changes of fortune ; Rucklidge ran away to lead 5-0, chiefly by means of drops, but Mr. Stead, in two runs of 3 aces, went ahead, and after some strenuously contested points, won 9-7. J. T. Brockbank beat R. F. Harding, Esq., 9-4, 9-7, 10-8. Brockbank won the first game with less ease than 9-4 suggests. The second was very even to 4—all, but Brockbank, with 4 aces, led 8-4. Mr. Harding fought back to 8-7, but lost the next point and the game, 9-7. Mr. Harding, with delicate stroke-play, went to 6-2 in the third game, but was brought back to 6-7 after some exciting rallies. The service changed hands rapidly up to 8—all, when Brockbank took 2 aces and the match. P. R. G. Graham lost to H. A. Wrenn, Esq., 0-9, 6-9, 6-9. Mr. Wrenn ran away with the first game 9-0 by means of drop-shots to the right corner and hard cross-court drives. Graham played better in the second game and led 4-2 and 6-5 before Mr. Wrenn took command of the situation and won 9-6. Mr. Wrenn also took the last game, 9-6, when, after leading 6-2, he was never seriously challenged, though Graham occasionally brought one out of the bag. J. R. Walters lost to D. K. Crews, Esq., 6-9, 2-9, 9-2, 1-9. The first game was very close up to 5—all, never more than a single point separating the players, but Mr. Crews, with a drop-shot and a fluke, won 9-6. Mr. Crews quickly took the second 9-2, but Walters found his touch suddenly in the third game and won it very easily. Equally suddenly he lost it again, and Mr. Crews was able to take the fourth and last game for the match 9-1.
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ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. DEVONSHIRE HALL. Played at Leeds on March 5th. Result—Won 4-1. J. T. Brockbank beat E. J. Parker, 9-7, 9-0, 9-1. Parker went rapidly to 4-0 before Brockbank settled down, but each player hit cleanly and retrieved well until 7-6 to Parker, when Brockbank went out at 9-7. Brockbank was markedly superior in the second game in which Parker failed to score, and also won the last game, 9-1. 64
Play was more even than the score would suggest, but Brockbank tired Parker with shots in the forecourt and was never seriously challenged after the first game. T. F. Cameron beat J. G. Charlesworth, 8-10, 9-6, 9-5, 8-10, 9-2. Cameron planted some serves into the corner to lead 5-0, but Charlesworth pulled up to 5-4 and won the first game 10-8 after some close play. Cameron won the second and third games, 9-6 and 9-5, by playing a good length, but in the fourth game Charlesworth retrieved better and won 10-8 after being down 5-8. Charlesworth was the more tired in the final game, and Cameron increased the pace to win fairly easily at 9-2. P. R. G. Graham beat E. L. Barlow, 9-5, 9-6, 8-10, 9-6. In the first two games Graham played daintily and made Barlow run about the court, and was really worth more than the scores, 9-5, 9-6, indicate, but after leading 7-3 in the third, he allowed Barlow, at the expenditure of much energy, to draw level and win 10-8. Graham played better in the fourth game and won 9-6 after leading 8 3. J. R. Walters lost to T. E. Cooke, 5-9, 3-9, 1-9. Walters opened brightly and scored point for point up to 4—all, but Cooke improved, and, after leading 7-4, won 9-5. Cooke played a good length and wore Walters down to win the next game 9-3. Walters lost his touch completely in the third game and Cooke persevered with his length to run out at 9-1. J. H. Butler beat F. J. Williams, 10-8, 9-6, 9-4. Williams opened the game at a frightening speed, and Butler replied with some very fast drives which gained a lead of 5-1. Williams drew level at 7—all, but Butler won 10-8. Butler won the second game in similar manner, and took the third 9-4. Williams tired towards the end, and his position was not eased when Butler introduced dropshots. * * * ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. WORKSOP COLLEGE. Played at Home on March 1st. Result—Won 2-1. J. T. Brockbank beat A. L. Evans, 9-7, 7-9, 9-7, 9-7. Brockbank won the first game 9-7, after being down 5-7, lost the second by a like margin, and after a great 65
struggle regained his lead in the third. Brockbank retrieved well and hit a clean ball, but Evans used his dropshot to good effect. After the third game the match was stopped for the hockey match, but Brockbank won the fourth game, 9-7, immediately afterwards. T. F. Cameron beat F. W. Innes, 9-0, 9-4, 9-4. Cameron won the first game 9-0, before Innes had got used to the court, by playing orthodox squash. Innes improved in the second game, but lost 9-4, after leading 3-2. Innes led 4-0 in the third game, but Cameron won nine points in a row to win in straight games without really being extended. P. R. G. Graham lost to D. B. Smith, 7-9, 5-9, 9-3, 10-8, 10-8. Graham won the first two games 9-7 and 9-5 by combining delicate shots with a good length, but he played some miscontinent strokes to lose the third 9-3. Graham led 7-3 in the fourth and 8-2 in the fifth game, but failed to drive home his advantage. Smith fought hard in each of these games and won them 10-8, aided considerably by Graham's inability to serve in court and his playful manner when near the tin. * * *
ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. OLD PETERITES. The School lost to a team of Old Peterites brought over by S. G. S. Pawle in a three-string match, on Tuesday, March 14th. J. M. Rucklidge lost to S. G. S Pawle, 6-9, 6-9, 4-9. Pawle went to 3-0 with consecutive aces, and when Rucklidge drew level at 4—all, he got ahead again to 7-4, to win the first game 9-6. The second game was very even up to 5—all, but Rucklidge was forced to run about the court a good deal for Pawle's hard drives, and eventually lost by a similar margin, 9-6. In the last game each player made occasional brilliant shots, but Rucklidge seemed to be out of touch, and Pawle won it 9-4. J. T. Brockbank lost to T. Bridges, 6-9, 4-9, 9-7, 10-9, 5-9. In the first two games there was little to choose between the players, and the scores, 6-9, 4-9, were a libel on Brockbank. Bridges went to 7-3 in the third game with a nice variety of strokes and seemed certain to win when Brockbank wore him down very gradually to win 9-7. In the fourth game Bridges again established a good lead of 6-2, but Brockbank retrieved magnificently to recover from 66
5-8 to 10-9 for game. Brockbank started the last game with a run of three aces, but the strain told on him and Bridges ran out at 9-5 with comparative ease. P. R. G. Graham lost to K. J. Jarvis, 3-9, 8-10, 9-6, 8-10. Jarvis played very well in the first game and won it 9-3 with some good drop-shots. Jarvis also took the second, but Graham played much better and might have won it had he not missed some easy shots. Graham was clearly the better player in the next game, when Jarvis lost control over his delicate strokes and Graham went from 4-6 to 9-6. Graham also led 8-3 in the final game, but Jarvis rallied and won it 10-8. Graham played some beautiful shots during the match, and if all his strokes were as good as his best, he would be a very good player ; but they aren't and he isn't. * * * ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. ACHILLES CLUB. The School beat Achilles Club by three matches to one after the athletic fixture in the afternoon. J. M. Rucklidge beat A. R. Patterson, 3-9, 5-9, 9-2, 9-7, 10-9. Rucklidge began in uncertain fashion and played some inaccurate shots to lose the first two games 3-9, 5-9. Patterson, who had been playing some good shots to the back of the court, was outplayed in the third game, and lost it, 9-2, after being down 7-0. He also lost the fourth, which was very close; Rucklidge hit very cleanly and went from 6-7 to 9-7 and game. The last game was closer still, and after Rucklidge had gone ahead and Patterson had caught up again, progression was made gradually from 5—all to 8—all, for Rucklidge to win the game and match 10-9. J. T. Brockbank beat P. J. Rudd, 10-8, 7-9, 7-9, 9-7, 10-8. As can be seen from the scores, this match was unbelievably close, and Brockbank's success was due to his fine retrieving. Each player hit the ball with precision throughout, and Rudd made some fine forecourt shots. In the first two games there was never more than two points difference between them, but Rudd scored four points very quickly in the third to pull up from 5-7 to 9-7. In the fourth and fifth games Rudd secured leads of 4-1 and 5-2 respectively, but Brockbank rallied and won each one for the match. 67
T. F. Cameron lost to C. W. Hope-Jones, 4-9, 9-1, 9-3, 4-9, 6-9. Hope-Jones started at a fast rate and quickly led 6-0, and though Cameron rallied, Hope-Jones won the first game 9-4. Cameron beat Hope-Jones continually with speedy cross-court drives and won the next game very easily 9-1. Hope-Jones played a little better in the third game, but lost it 3-9, only to improve suddenly and secure a 7-0 lead in the fourth. This he won 9-4, and also the last game 9-6, during which there were some very long rallies. J. H. Butler beat P. Gibson, 9-3, 9-6, 9-3. Butler, who hits with refreshing vigour, easily won the first and last games against Gibson by 9-3, but the second was much closer, even closer than the score 9-6 suggests. Butler went to 3-0, but Gibson drew level at 4—all and led 6-5. After some hard and fast rallies, Butler went ahead again and took the game 9-6 after a good deal of trouble.
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* * * ST. PETER'S SCHOOL v. HARROGATE. Played at Harrogate on March 26th. Result—Lost 3-0. J. M. Rucklidge lost to K. J. Jarvis, 2-9, 1-9, 7-9. At first Rucklidge was not at home with the strange court, and Jarvis, playing some brilliant drop-shots, took the first game easily at 9-2. There were some long rallies in the second game, but Rucklidge could only muster one point, and in the third, he was losing 1-8. He rallied well, however, and went to 7-8 before Jarvis killed an easy return to win 9-7. J. T. Brockbank lost to T. D. Ambler, 7-9, 9-7, 9-2, 3-9, 7-9. Like Rucklidge, Brockbank took some time to get used to the lighting of the court, and in the first game Ambler ran away to 6-1 before the former was hitting cleanly, but after a good recovery Ambler won 9-7. Brockbank fought well in the second after being 1-4 and 2-6 down, and levelled the score. He went ahead in the third game, and, playing a fine length, won it comfortably, but Ambler recovered well to win the fourth, 9-3, with some pretty shots. In this game Brockbank seemed to tire, but the last game was very evenly contested, each player hit steadily for the corners, and, after some long rallies, Ambler won it 9-7. 68
T. F. Cameron lost to D. V. Hunt, 4-9, 6-9, 9-2, 5-9. Hunt went quickly to 6-0 in the first game, and though Cameron drew up to 3-6, Hunt played some delightful shots to win 9-4. Hunt continued to play well, and, considering that his wrist was badly hurt, played some remarkably fast drives. Cameron improved in the third game, however, and won it 9-2 with some crisp hitting. Hunt slowed the game down afterwards and led 5-0 in the fourth game by means of astutely-placed angle-shots, eventually to go out at 9-5.
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INTER-HOUSE SQUASH. The Inter-House Squash Cup was retained by School House when they beat Clifton Rise by three matches to love, on Sunday, April 2nd. J. M. Rucklidge beat T. F. Cameron in straight games, 9-4, 9-6, 9-5 ; Rucklidge played a good length all through and brought off some nice drop-shots to win fairly easily. P. R. G. Graham and J. R. Walters won their matches against J. H. Butler and C. M. Robson, both of whom have had little experience in match play. In the semi-final, however, Butler beat L. W. Bennett by three games to one, and Robson beat G. M. Cave by a similar margin. The first strings, J. T. Brockbank and Cameron, were pressed for time and did not play since the issue was already beyond doubt. The results were :J. H. Butler (Rise) beat L. W. Bennett (Temple), 9-4, 4-9, 9-6, 9-1. C. M. Robson (Rise) beat G. M. Cave (Temple), 9-6, 3-9, 9-2, 9-7. J. M. Rucklidge (House) beat T. F. Cameron (Rise), 9-4, 9-6, 9-5. P. R. G. Graham (House) beat J. H. Butler (Rise), 9-5, 9-0, 10-8. J. R. Walters (House) beat C. M. Robson (Rise), 9-3, 9-5, 3-9, 9-4.
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SENIOR SCOUTS. We were very pleased to welcome to the Scouts this term several members of School House, and must congratulate them on the speed with which they have passed their preliminary tests. The term has been equally divided between wide games and badge and second class work. Classes were held for the Healthyman badge, and all those who took it must be congratulated on passing. Towards the end of term several managed to qualify for the Athlete's badge, including one or two of the younger members of the troop. The Headmaster has very kindly presented the troop with a handsome challenge shield to be competed for annually by the patrols. The result of the first year's competition will be decided at the end of next term. We have received information concerning the formation of an Air Patrol, which should appeal to the " air-minded " element in the troop. So far we have not been able to arrange any meetings owing to the awkward times. We hope to hear further details of this next term. In conclusion, we must thank all those who have assisted us this term, particularly in the wide games. 71.
THE JUNIOR SCHOOL. When these notes are written it is natural that the more recent events of the term are fresh in the minds of the writers, and perhaps also in the minds of readers. It will not, therefore, be out of place to say that the end of the Easter or Spring term, 1939, was the most disturbed and upset, owing to illness, that we remember for many years. Not that the illness was so very serious, but the Junior School has been free from epidemics for so long that when a case of chicken-pox occurred it was followed by the downfall of some fourteen boys. Then a case of whoopingcough started, to be followed by a few others. However, the term ended brightly enough, though with many gaps in the forms, and this caused the postponement of the Junior School Sports. The Headmaster has promised a special day for our sports next term, so that everybody can look forward to this event early in the Summer Term. Now to begin at the beginning of the term. We were very sorry to hear of Miss Mason's illness, which prevented her coming back at all this term. Mrs. Corkhill came in to fill the gap, and we are glad to learn that she thinks so well of us, and certainly we have enjoyed her teaching. We have also seen a good deal of Mr. O'Hare, who has also supervised some of our games very keenly and successfully. On Ash Wednesday the whole of the Junior School attended the special service in the School Chapel, and later in the term Mr. Ping arranged a lantern lecture, at which he showed a large number of lantern slides illustrating events in the New Testament. During the term we have had most of the usual crazes, e.g., roller skating on the new track, marbles, and walkingstick hockey—in which we feel sure quite a few walkingsticks belonging to fathers were spoilt ! Then came the tadpole season. We can assure our readers that the craze for watching the globes of frog spawn gradually develop and come to life is a most fascinating one. And some of us discovered that the process could be hastened by putting the jar near the warm pipes in the change room! Then comes the sad day when " somebody " gives the order that all tadpoles must be returned to the pond. 72
Continuing this topic of nature study, we must record the fact that the first Lesser Celandine this year was found (and the due reward given) on January 27th. It was a very early specimen found in a sheltered spot. Other events we must only briefly mention are:— the visit to the Theatre to see " The Scarlet Pimpernel," the cinema shows provided by J. E. Thompson in our Common Room, and the Saturday Society meetings. We enjoyed all these entertainments very much. Our annual Boxing Tournament was not as representative as usual, partly owing to the absence of several boys due to illness, but Sgt.-Major Puddick was very encouraging in his preparation for the tournament. We give details of the contests below. Although we took very little part in the Science Exhibition, which was held on the last Saturday of the term, we were very thrilled with it and the extremely interesting things we saw. Some of us look forward to the time when we shall be able to take part in a similar exhibition. And so came the last day of the term and " marks," when we all wished Mr. Dronfield a jolly good wedding on April 11th by giving him extra cheers. Quite a few of us were able to watch the Senior School Sports, and then we went to the Naming of the new L.N.E.R. engine, " St. Peter's School, York." It was a really splendid affair and the tea was gorgeous!
Day Boys. Metcalfe, J. G. Knowlson, D. W. Thompson, D. W. Weighill, R. W. Shearman, J. K. G. Wheway, R. C. Stanley, J. D. Day Boys. Lewis, M. T. Howlett, G. H. W. Bradley Williams, S.
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JUNIOR SCHOOL BOXING CONTESTS. March 23rd, 1939. Three rounds of two minutes each ; one minute interval. L. Edinger beat G. Dench. S. Forshaw beat A. Smith. E. Denison beat G. Mountain. T. Morris beat D. Ward. G. Pearson beat E. Sheriff. D. Lynch drew with M. Lynch.
CUB REPORT. In spite of the somewhat gloomy end to the term, we have done much useful work, and it looks as if we shall have a record number of stars by the end of the Summer. In the Inter-Six Competition the Blue Six is still leading, but has lost some ground in the second half of the term. We have had the usual games, and both " L'Attaque " and " Battleships and Cargo Boats " have proved as exciting as ever. We welcome the following new Cubs to the Pack:— Baker, Naylor and Cadell. The following are to be congratulated on gaining their first stars :—Shearsmith, Andrews, Davidge and Howlett. If only some of the " Old Hands " could learn to semaphore we should soon have some second stars too.
ST. OLAVE'S ATHLETICS. Owing to the various infectious ailments prevalent in the Junior School at the end of the Spring Term, the Sports will be held at the beginning of next term. This year the School is divided into three age groups—over 12, between 10/ and 12, and under 101. In each age group there are four events—high jump, long jump, steeplechase and sprint. The last is 100 yards for the over 12 group, 80 yards for the middle group and 60 yards for the under 10 group. The steeplechases are also of varying lengths according to the group. In addition to these events there is a quarter-mile, open to anyone in the School, and a relay. The latter is a quarter-mile and there are six runners in each team. 74
ST. OLAVE'S RUGGER. We started the season with a very good nucleus of last year's forwards, but very few experienced backs. We tried several experimental three-quarter lines built up round Hart, who has played exceptionally well, both on the wing and in the centre. He has a fine pair of hands and runs with determination. Steele has captained the team admirably and been most helpful with the coaching of the pack. Unfortunately, owing to illness, we were only able to play two of our arranged matches. The first was against Terrington Hall, at Terrington. It took the greater part of the first half for our side to settle down to the strange ground, and in consequence we were 14 points down at halftime. However, in the second half, playing with the wind and down hill, we managed to score four times, making the total fourteen twelve. Hart made some remarkable runs ; it was unfortunate that none of his tries was converted. The forwards played hard, in particular the younger members of the pack. Our other match was against Worksop, also away. The long bus journey proved a little too much for several members of the side. The Worksop team was far superior, and we had the greatest difficulty in trying to keep them out of our " twenty-five." Our forwards played very hard, but never managed to score, and we lost the match. Score: 36—nil. We have been unable to have any of the return matches, but we hope to have a chance to play them next season with a more experienced side. The following represented the School :—Duffield (full back) ; Pearson, Hart, Garth, Dawson (three-quarters) ; Reynolds, Lynch, M. (half-backs) ; Steele (Capt.), Tayler, Sheriff, Bulmer, Wilson, Legat, Smith, A., MacDermid, N. G. (forwards) ; also played—Norwood, James, D. and Andrew, J. K. JUNIOR TROOP SCOUT NEWS. We have had very little opportunity of outdoor work during the term, and have confined ourselves mainly to badge-work and indoor games and competitions, though these were considerably curtailed owing to many absentees. We are all looking forward very much to the " out " in scouting next term, and camp. 75
The patrols in the Troop are as follows :Curlews. Duffield (P.L.). Tayler. Hart. Legat. Lynch, D. Smith, G. M.
Wood Pigeons. Harnby (P.L.). Reynolds. Thompson. Penty. Chilman. Crowe.
Peewits. Wilson (P.L.) . Sheriff. Stratton. Morris. Lynch, M. Pearson.
CONTEMPORARIES. The Editors acknowledge with thanks the receipt of the following publications, and apologise for any omissions :The Reptonian, The Babu Lal Jaiswal High School Magazine, The Haileyburian, The Leodiensian, The Ashville Magazine, The Artists' Rifles Gazette, The Denstonian, The Ousel, The Johnian, The Bootham Journal, The Brighton College Magazine, The Sedberghian, The Malvernian, The Merchistonian, The Stoneyhurst Magazine, The Ampleforth Journal, The Limit, The Monktonian, The Giggleswick Chronicle, Danensis, The Dolphin Magazine, The St. Peter's College (Adelaide) Magazine, The Cranleighan, St. Bees' Magazine, The Eastbournian, The Framlinghamian, The Dovorian, The Journal of the Honourable Artillery Company, The Worksopian, The Nottinghamian, The Draxonian, The Scardeburgian, The Eagle, The Hurst Johnian, The Dunelmian, The Journal of the Royal Air Force College, the Cantuarian, The Hymerian.
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ST. PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK. EXAMINATION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS, 1939. An Examination will be held on June 6th and 7th for the award of Scholarships and Exhibitions. Candidates may be examined either at their Preparatory Schools, when supervision is guaranteed, or at St. Peter's School. The limit of age is under 14 on June 1st, 1939. The Scholarships and Exhibitions available for award in one or other of these Examinations are as follows :One Foundation Scholarship value £60, and three of £35 to £45. Three Exhibitions value £15—£20 each. Three Day Boy Scholarships of ,E15—£20 each. Two of the Scholarships are reserved, other things being equal, for sons of the Clergy or Officers of H.M. Forces. Papers will be set as follows :A. Obligatory. (1) English Grammar and Composition. (2) Elementary Mathematics (Mathematics I). (3) English History and Geography. (A large choice of questions will be given, so that a boy is not required to concentrate on any special period or country.) (4) Latin Grammar and Translation. (5) French Grammar and Translation.
B. OptionaL (6) More Advanced Mathematics (Mathematics II) . (7) Latin Composition. (8) French Composition. (9) Greek Translation, Grammar and Sentences. (10) Science. Candidates are expected to offer one or more of the optional subjects. An outstanding performance in one of these papers will receive greater credit than mediocre performances in several. A few sets of papers set in recent Examinations are available, and may be had on application to the Headmaster. The Entry Form, obtainable on application, together with Birth Certificate, should be returned to the Headmaster before May 20th for the Examination in June. 77
EDITORIAL NOTICES. " The Peterite " is the magazine of St. Peter's School, York, and is conducted by the boys. The Editors solicit literary contributions and general correspondence from past and present Peterites. No notice can be taken of anonymous correspondence. Contributors may, if they prefer it, send their name in a separate envelope, which will not be opened unless the contribution is accepted. Where the contributor's name is not intended for publication, his " nom-de-plume " should be enclosed as well. All articles should be written on one side of the paper only. The subscription to " The Peterite " is 3s. Od. per annum, payable in advance, i.e., before the issue of the first number of the year (January). Members of the O.P. Club, to which the subscription is D. per annum, receive " The Peterite " gratuitously. " The Peterite " is published three times a year, at the beginning of each term. If any members of the O.P. Club should not receive their numbers of " The Peterite," the Editors would be obliged if notice could be sent at once to Lt.-Col. H. C. Scott, Secretary of the O.P. Club, 1 Clifton Green, York. The Editors of " The Peterite " are T. F. Cameron, C. M. Robson, P. A. Andrew, L. W. Bennett, G. W. Vero, G. C. Brown.
The Editors of " The Peterite " will be glad to supply any past numbers which they may have to those desiring them, at the price of 6d. per copy. Applications for advertising space to be made to The Bursar, St. Peter's School, York. 78