THE PETEMTE Vol. XXXIV
JUNE, 1942.
No. 300
EDITORIAL. The past term, to which this number refers, is by custom officially designated (perhaps on the principle of lucus a non lucendo) the " Spring Term." Needless to say, we experienced throughout the greater part of it the severest conditions of winter. Frost and snow played havoc with the programme of events as optimism and good intentions had originally planned it. Nevertheless, the patience and dogged determination of those who organized the multifarious activities rose superior to all difficulties, and it is a matter for congratulation that a very full programme was carried out almost in its entirety, the cross-country race alone having to be jettisoned. On March 19th, Dr. Temple paid iris last visit to the School as Archbishop of York, when he. Confirmed some thirty boys in the Chapel. Dr. Temple, though not himself a governor, had in his right the appointment of two members of our Governing Body. and he was always keenly interested in our welfare. His translation to the See of Canterbury means a loss to York and the neighbourhood generally in which we at St. Peter's, to whom Dr. Temple has always been a very helpful and sincere friend, will participate keenly. For the first time we publish in the O.P. News full lists of the names .of Old Peterites who have given their lives in the war or who have been officially posted as missing. The roll is complete according to the information in the possession of the school authorities. Everyone will appreciate the desirability of avoiding omissions or inaccuracies in a record of such importance, and we should be grateful to any readers who can help us by sending corrections or additions. It is intended in future to publish full lists in each number of the magazine so that the " official " record may be regularly available for checking. The curious may have noted that this issue of the " Peterite " bears the serial number 300. Actually it is the 1
