Chess

throughout the whole of one year. As the dialogue was in French we had to depend more than ever on the skill of the camera. Technically the film was good but one criticism is that too much quick motion photography was used to show events as dawn breaking and flowers growing. The photography however, showing the beauties of the French countryside and depicting French country life was outstanding.

The last film "San Demetrio London" was one of many which has been produced about the war. It could best 'be described as typically British and is much like all the other films of its kind, with one redeeming factor however—an all male cast, which meant that there were no sentimental scenes so often out of place in such a production. E.R.

Owing to the loss of the majority of last year's team, there was a shortage of experienced players, but the team, on the whole, played better chess than the results would seem to show.

The team was J. C. M. Herring (Capt.), H. P. G. Shaw, G. B. Pullan, C. D. King, J. Collins, S. H. Storey, H. A. L. Golightly, M. J. Quarmby.

In both the matches of the Christmas term, the team fared disastrously. They lost the first, against Archbishop Holgate's by King playing very well in obtaining a draw against the future Schoolboy Champion. In the second match, against Bootham, they lost by 7-0.

In the Easter term, however, they fared better by beating Worksop College by 5-1. There was also staged a match over fourteen boards against the masters, in which the masters were soundly beaten. HOUSE CHESS.

The Inter 'House competition was run on a more complicated system than in previous years in order to find any unknown chess enthusiasts as well as to make the competition more interesting.

It was won by School House with The Manor second and The Grove not far behind. Temple and The Rise tied for last place. YORK SCHOOLBOY CHAMPIONSHIP.

This was run, for the first two rounds, on a knock out system; three boys from each of 5 York schools entered for the first round, played on Monday, 5th February.

St. Peter's representatives were Herring, Shaw and Pullan. Shaw, through an unlucky slip, was beaten in the first round but Herring 37