To turn to sport, we would congratulate the Rise on beating us in the final of the Rugger. In the School teams we have been well represented. R. C. Lynch, J. T. Brockbank, K. C. Brown, E. N. Dickinson, J. G. Holt and R. M. Chappell have all played for the 1st XV, the first three being regular members until half-term. Unfortunately, in the House match, Brockbank and Brown sustained injuries which prevented their playing Rugger again this term. We congratulate R. C. Lynch on being awarded his Rugget cap, and E. N. Dickinson on his House and 2nd XV colours. Regular members of the 2nd XV included E. N. Dickinson, P. A. Andrew and J. G. Holt, while R. M. Chappell, R. W. Wright, E. P. Bulmer and F. J. Hornby also played on occasions. This term an innovation in the House has been a billiard table (famous for its remarkable cushions), and judging by the longer hours spent by boys at School, it has met with approval.
THE SCHOOL PLAY. " JOURNEY'S END by R. C. SHERRIFF. This year the St. Peter's Players gave three performances instead of the customary two, on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the 16th, 17th and 19th of December. The play, too, differed from those produced in recent years. " Journey's End," by R. C. Sherriff, is a more serious play, which depends for its effectiveness entirely on atmosphere and on character acting rather than on incident. Its tragic tensity is skilfully relieved by the characters of Trotter and Mason, but, throughout, the atmosphere of tension must be present, and it is no small achievement on the part of boys who did not have even second-hand experience of the War to have caught and to have kept that atmosphere. That they succeeded in doing so was perhaps mainly due to the fact that each one of the actors seemed to get right inside his part, and so was able to act completely naturally. The acting throughout was good, and improved considerably as each performance succeeded the other; above all, everyone managed to make himself heard. The entire play takes place in a dug-out in the British trenches at St. Quentin on the eve of the big German attack in March, 1918. It is comparatively devoid of incident except for the raid scene and the final attack, and centres round the character of Captain Stanhope, a fine company commander, whose nerves are almost at breaking point from the intolerable strain, and who has been driven to whiskey as the only possible relief. 14
