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THE PETE RITE Vol. XXXII
JANUARY, 1940
No. 293
EDITORIAL. The Editor of " The Peterite," in December, 1914, made the shrewd observation that " territory must be violated and Editorials must be written." He then dismissed the war and continued with an explanation of why the First Fifteen played such putrid rugger, and why his epistle was so short; the latter part he did very nicely with brief reference to Mother Nature and her " wearisome flights." Presumably his attitude was justifiable. This time it is different: some schools were evacuated and forced to start the term later than usual, while others experienced a decrease in numbers. St. Peter's, however, found themselves in the fortunate position of being able to remain on the school premises, because of the work done by the staff during the Summer holidays, and to begin the Winter term on the advertised date. In addition to this, the School was not only stronger in numbers, but had as many boys as could conveniently be accommodated. And all through the term there have been few things with which we could associate war. We are sorry to lose Mr. K. G. Chilman to the antiaircraft defences and Mr. G. S. Stead to the Royal Air Force. To both we wish the very best of luck. We welcome to the staff L. Burgess, Esq., M.A., Rev. P. P. Noble Fawcett, C. G. Molony, Esq., M.A., and Mrs. Bainton. The First Fifteen succeeded in playing eleven matches, of which five were won and five lost. The remaining game, against the old enemy, Worksop, was drawn without any score, and was the best match of the season. As an allround team, this was the best produced by St. Peter's for some years. The term ended, as usual, with the School Carol Service, which was held in the early afternoon on account of lighting restrictions, and the School play, " The Fourth Wall," by A. A. Milne, was produced, in which the author ceases to be whimsical in favour of being slightly melodramatic. 1