Notes and Items

Congratulations to J. M. Rucklidge on winning a Scholarship in Natural Sciences at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, also to A. C. W. Ping on his success in the Preliminary Examination of Civil Engineers.

The School attended a Peace Thanksgiving Service in York Minster on October 2nd, and Evensong on the first Sunday in Advent.

We congratulate H. A. Milburn, A. C. W. Ping, M. S. Douglas, J. H. Butler, C. M. Robson, P. B. Cockburn, R. C. Lynch and G. P. G. Stephenson on being awarded their 1st XV caps.

Also the whole 1st XV on being awarded their colours ; J. M. Rucklidge and E. N. Dickinson on being awarded their 2nd XV colours. We sympathise with K. C. Brown, for whom a promising season in the 1st XV was spoilt by injury.

Congratulations to A. C. W. Ping on being appointed Head of the School, and to G. E. Shepherd on being appointed a School Monitor.

T. F. Cameron is to be congratulated on being appointed Captain of Hockey for next term.

P. A. Andrew, C. M. Robson, G. W. Vero and L. W. Bennett have been made Editors of " The Peterite," and G. E. Shepherd has been made an Assistant Librarian.

Congratulations to H. A. Milburn, A. C. W. Ping, G. P. G. Stephenson and M. S. Douglas on being chosen to play in the Yorkshire Public Schools' Trial on Wednesday, December 21st.

Congratulations to R. W. Wright and R. Earle on being awarded their Shooting colours.

On Thursday, September 29th, the School went to the Odeon Theatre, where a number of G.P.O. Instructional Films were being shown. Also on Monday, December 12th, a certain number of boys were enabled to hear the "Messiah" sung by the York Musical Society at the Exhibition Buildings. Earlier on in the term about thirty boys listened to a concert in the Odeon Theatre.

P. B. Cockburn has passed the Army Entrance Examination to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, his name being high in the list of successful candidates.

In the Public Schools' Squash Rackets Handicap, at the Queen's Club, J. L. Brockbank was defeated in the 2nd round by T. Tuffrell (Eton) , 5-9, 6-9, 5-9, and in the Open Senior Event J. R. Walters beat G. J. Maughan (Tonbridge) , 25