medal for pianoforte. He played extensively as an amateur musician. Sergeant Navigator Richardson joined the Royal Air Force before the outbreak of war. *
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DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS. Flight Lieutenant J. S. P. Phillips has been awarded the D.F.C. for conspicuous service with his unit. He has the honour of being the first Old Peterite to receive this decoration, and the distinction conferred on the School was recognised by the Headmaster by the granting of a " half." F/Lt. Phillips, who is 21 years old, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Phillips, of Norton-on-Tees. We were glad to see him at the School one day in the course of last term, when we were able to congratulate him in person both on his recent decoration and on his marriage on the 6th July last to Miss Effie Lambert, of Sunderland. * * * Colonel H. C. Scott, the Hon. Secretary of the O.P. Club, has joined the governing body as one of the two Archbishop's representatives. We welcome the appointment of another Old Peterite to the Board, and congratulate Col. Scott on his opportunity to serve the School in this new capacity.
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E. T. Heap has been appointed Coroner of the Bishopthorpe County District of the West Riding of Yorkshire in the place of Colonel Innes Ware, who has resigned. * * * We have had a letter from S. G. S. Pawle, who tells us that, after nine months service, first as an Ordinary Seaman and subsequently as A.B., he is expecting to proceed to H.M.S. King Alfred as a Cadet-Rating. He also encloses a cutting of an article which he wrote recently for the " Southern Daily Echo." The purpose of the article was to challenge, on behalf of St. Peter's, the claim of Winchester to be " England's oldest Public School." Winchester was easily disposed of, but the topic led him inevitably to King's School, Canterbury, and in his article, Pawle recalls the celebrated rugger match between St. Peter's and King's, Canterbury, in 1927. " Thirteen years ago, just after I had joined the School as a new boy, the School celebrated its 1300th anniversary, and as King's, Canterbury, still showed little disposition to recognise the claims to greater antiquity of their northern rivals, it was 4
