THE PETERITE Vol. XXXV
JANUARY, 1943
No. 302
EDITORIAL. It was with great pleasure that we heard, towards the end of last term, the announcement of a £250 gift to the School, to be used for the purpose of developing our music. The generous donor, to whom we are very grateful, is Mr. A. E. Long, an Old Peterite, and Mr. Long has indicated that other gifts may follow. The Headmaster, and the Director of Music (Mr. F. Waine) are consulting with Mr. Long as to the best way in which this money can be spent. Mr. Long's gift has been received with special pleasure because one of the first post-war policies of the School is, we understand, the provision of a first-class Music School. Compared with its immediate predecessor, the Winter Term proved uneventful. The complications and difficulties which had been the sequel of the air raid had " sorted themselves out," or, more correctly, had been sorted out by prompt reorganisation on the part of the authorities and by the unremitting toil of those whose task it was to give effect to it. The Manor was smoothly launched, the newly-constructed Rise dining-room put into operation, and by these and other innovations our problems of accommodation were satisfactorily solved. Indeed, we may congratulate ourselves that the changes have been far-sighted. They are not merely adjustments dictated by circumstances, but improvements tending in the direction which the recent expansion and development of the School have clearly indicated as desirable. It was a full term, none the less. In war-time even the ordinary routine of school life has become exceedingly strenuous, and it is doubtful whether the uninitiated fully recognise the extraordinary calls made nowadays on the energy and initiative of Public Schoolboys (and their masters). The occurrence in addition of such important events in the annual calendar as Speech Day and the School Play inevitably made the term a heavy one. Both these events are reviewed elsewhere in this issue. Of " Caesar 1
