THE PETERITE Vol. XXXV
OCTOBER, 1943
No. 304
EDITORIAL. The changed format of this issue is, as readers will doubtless realize, the consequence of a recent considerable curtailment of the paper-supply. The difficulty of conforming with the new regulations and at the same time for preserving the function of "The Peterite" as a full chronicle of the life of the School has been met mainly by the use of smaller type, and, though there has been some condensation, it has not been found necessary to omit any of our more important features. The war-time activities of both School and Old Peterites deserve due recognition, and it is hoped that we shall not be constrained to record them inadequately. The pages which follow tell their own story of a full and vigorous Summer Term, but we should like to draw attention to the remarkably gratifying Scholarship and examination results, of which the details are given elsewhere. Of the 3o candidates entered for the Higher Certificate examination, 27 were successful, an achievement which is unprecedented in the history of the School. The awards of University, State, and other Scholarships are no less notable. These results, considered in relation to the size of the School, challenge comparison with those of any school in the country, and we can feel justly proud of both the variety and the quality of our VIth form work. The calendar for the forthcoming term includes two of our more outstanding events—Speech Day and the School Play. Speech Day will be held on the 5th November, when His Grace the Archbishop of York, will present the prizes ; and on the 15th and 16th December, there will be performances of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew."
OBITUARY. DR. A. E. CHAPMAN. Dr. Arthur Ernest Chapman, who died on the 3rd August last at the age of 87, was educated at the School and proceeded to Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in Law, and subsequently obtained the degree of Doctor of Laws. He was called to the Bar, but did not practice, and devoted himself to the teaching of law in York and Leeds. On the establishment of the Department of Law at the University of Leeds, he joined its staff as a lecturer and tutor, and was a member of the Court and Council of the University. He was also a member of the Yorkshire Board of Legal Studies, and all his life took a great interest in the teaching of law. In particular he was a believer in the teaching of the elements and principles of English Law to schoolboys, and undertook a course of lectures in that subject at his old school. He was a strong exponent of the virtues of accuracy and precision in legal knowledge, and his many pupils now practising law will freely acknowledge the great value of his teaching. He was twice married, and is survived by his widow.
MR. C. H. GRINDROD. We regret to record the death at Reno, Nevada, U.S.A., of Cecil Herbert Grindrod, third son of the Rev. W. Grindrod, Vicar of Alne, Yorkshire, from 1875-1894. Mr. Grindrod was at St. Peter's School about 1880-5, and was one of the seven sons of the Vicar of Alne, all of whom were at St. Peter's between 1875 and 1894. Five of them are still living and hale and hearty. The eldest, the Rev. F. K. Grindrod, has recently resigned from the living of Battlefield, near Shrewsbury, of which he had been the incumbent for upwards of thirty years. 1
