Old Peterite News

visitors. The following is an account by a correspondent of the "Yorkshire Evening Press", which is reprinted with permission :- "There are many school art exhibitions to be seen nowadays, but the present hanging of pictures in St. Peter's School Big Hall in York is rather different, in as much as it is remarkably illustrative of the extent to which an independent school can patronise a subject such as art (writes a special correspondent).

But on looking at this exhibition, which maintains a high general standard of creative idea and skilful technique, it should be realised that all sections of the school have made a contribution to the work shown.

From youngsters of eight in the preparatory school to youths of 18 in Sixth Form scholarship sets is a wide diversity of work in both applied and fine art subjects.

Art is a Form subject; there is no intense specialisation at Art School level and the exhibition is the proud result of art as a subject given its proper place in a school of general education.

Parents will have much to see, but I think their fancies will be particularly taken with the carved and decorated plaster pieces and the "modernish" terra cotta models.

A very praiseworthy piece of work is J. N. Ramsden's measured drawing of Archbishop Musgrave's tomb in York Minster, with which he wins the Needham Architecture Prize."

OLD PETERITE CLUB ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Club was held at the School on Friday, the 27th of July. The minutes of the last General Meeting and the Accounts for the year were read and approved.

The chief business of the meeting was the election of a new Honorary Treasurer. After 31 years' service to the Club as Treasurer, Mr. H. L. Greer had felt compelled to resign. His resignation was accepted with very great regret by the meeting, and on the proposal of Mr. R. V. C. Gray, seconded by Brig. C. C. Fairweather, Mr. Greer was unanimously elected to be a Vice-President of the Club, in appreciation of his long and invaluable services. He was also elected as an additional Trustee.

In the place of Mr. Creer, Mr. John Saville was elected as Hon. Treasurer, while Mr. R. V. C. Gray was electcd to the Committee in succession to Mr. B. A. C. Gray, who retired on rotation. Mr. W. P. Anelay was re-elected to the Committee.

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The new alternative Old Peterite tie, now in production and obtainable from Messrs. Anderson & Sons, Coney Street, York, was , displayed and discussed at some length.

The London Secretary gave notice that the London Dinner would be held at Brown's Hotel, on Wednesday, 7th November.

OLD PETERITE DINNER

The Old Peterite Dinner was held at the Chase Hotel on Friday, 27th July. For the first time since the War, the experiment was tried of making dinner jackets or lounge suits optional. The toast of the School was proposed by J. B. Gedge and responded to by the Headmaster. Mr. L. Burgess proposed the toast of the Club, to which P. F. Ringrose replied.

The following Old Peterites and masters were present, while the Head of the School, M. E. Kershaw, was the guest of the Club.

W. P. Anelay. C. D. Goode. D. R. Reavley. P. S. Atkinson. E. R. Gossop. K. H. Rhodes. I. S. Bcrg. R. V. C. Gray. J. Richardson. G. W. Bird. H. R. Hardcastle. D. F. Ringrose. W. D. Blackburn. R. F. Harding. P. F. Ringrose. J. N. Blenkin. F. B. Harnby. H. C. Robson. E. G. Brown. K. Harper. G. F. Ruddock. L. Burgess. E. J. Hilliard. D. T. Rumfitt. N. R. Burnett. F. H. Hilliard. J. M. Ryder. M. T. Clegg. Rev. H. N. Hodd. J. Saville. C. C. Clement. C. D. Hunter. G. D. Smith. R. E. Cochrane. W. G. Huntley. G. W. Smith. H. L. Creer. E. S. Jeffs. J. D. Stanley. A. B. Cooper. .A. M. Kendell. R. M. Stanley. D. K. Crews. B. Lee. P. M. Steele. J. Dean. T. J. Lewis. J. E. Stuart. C. C. Dee. R. McDermid. P. H. Sykes. R. G. DeLittle. Rev. N. McDermid. P. R. Sykes. E. A. K. Denison. W. R. Middlebrook. D. W. Thompson. J. Dronfield C. R. Moore. J. S. Trewick. (Headmaster). T. F. Morris. J. G. Troop. Rev. J. A. Easten. F. N. Newdick. R. E. Underwood. R. E. S. Farrar. F. W. B. Pacey. A. R. Walton. C. Frank. J. Garbutt. R. M. S. Parker. J. L. Pattinson. J. A. Ware. R. D. Watson. R. M. Garth. A. W. Ping. D. A. White. J. B. Gedge. A. C. W. Ping. P. R. Whitelock. R. J. Gibson. W. H. W. Ping. D. Wilson. J. Gillgrass. W. W. Powell.

LONDON DINNER

The London Dinner of the Old Peterite Club will be held at Brown's Hotel, Dover Street, London W.1, on Wednesday, 7th November, 1951. South of England members will receive individual notices, but others interested should apply to A. B. Cooper, 137 Longland Drive, London N.20. 'Phone : HILlside 7556 (or ACOrn 2204 during the day).

PUBLIC SCHOOLS' APPOINTMENTS BUREAU

The Bureau has recently been re-organised and re-vitalised under the direction of Mr. Hugh Lyon, formerly Headmaster of Rugby, with financial support from many of our most important business and industrial organisations. The appreciation of the value of ex-public school boys in industry and commerce is growing rapidly, and the following communication from the Bureau should be of special interest to younger O.P.s :-

Any old member of the School who is looking for a suitable post in industry or commerce, whether at home or overseas, and who is not yet 24 years of age, is reminded that he may apply to the Public Schools Appointments Bureau, either for advice or for introductions to a prospective employer. The Bureau has at the moment applications for ex-Public School boys from firms of all kinds, and many of the posts offered are very attractive. Interviews can be arranged (by appointment only) with "The Secretary, Public Schools Appointments Bureau, 29 Gordon Square, London, W.C.1".

O.P. MILITARY DISTINCTIONS

We are proud to record here the appointment of Major-General L. E. Cutforth, C.B.E. (St. Peter's, 1913-17), as Director of Ordnance Services, Middle East Land Forces. The appointment, with promotion from Brigadier, took effect from April, 1951. * * *

Another distinguished Army appointment is that of Lt.-Col. C. D. Trimmer, D.S.O. (St. Peter's, 1924-29), to the command of the 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, at present stationed in Austria. The following brief summary of his military career will no doubt be of interest.

Lt.-Colonel Trimmer, who is 41, was commissioned in the West Yorkshires in 1931, and served at the Regimental depot in York for three years, becoming Adjutant and Garrison Adjutant. He was awarded the D.S.O. in 1942 and was twice mentioned in despatches. He served throughout the last war with the King's African Rifles, to which he was seconded in 1937, in Abyssinia, Madagascar, Ceylon and Burma.

From September, 1950, Colonel Trimmer was training officer of the 5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, T.A. * * *

In the Supplement to the "London Gazette" of 16th June, 1950, the Territorial Efficiency Decoration was conferred upon Lt. (Hon. Capt.) F. F. Weatherill, R.A.O.C. (St. Peter's, 1927-36). 13

LEVERHULME RESEARCH GRANT

The announcement by the Leverhulme Research Fellowships Advisory Committee of July, 1951, included the award of a research grant for work on "Economic Problems of the English Church, 1610-1640" to J. E. C. Hill, M.A., Fellow and Tutor in Modern History of Balliol College, Oxford. J. E. C. Hill was in the Rise from 1925 to 1931. He was Brackenbury History Scholar at Balliol and subsequently Fellow of All Souls.

ITEMS

D. E. Warren (1944-48) has had a most successful record in Fencing since he joined Edinburgh University. Besides his University Colours, his record includes winning the Scottish Junior Championship, and being placed 3rd in the Scottish Open Championship and 2nd in the Scottish Varsities' Championship. He was also a member of a team undefeated in Scotland. * * *

C. D. Ryder (1941-49), who passed out of Sandhurst in February, has been posted to the K.O.Y.L.I. N. B. Burgess (1944-49), who passed out at the subsequent Sovereign's Parade in August, has been gazetted to the York and Lancaster Regiment, and is now in Germany with the B.A.O.R. O.P.s still at R.M.A., Sandhurst, are R. G. Emmett (1942-49), B. W. Mold (1946-50), and D. M. A. Quirke (1941-50). They will be joined shortly by Blincoe, who left in July, 1950, after passing the Civil Service Examination (Army). * * *

O.P.s will probably have read in the daily Press that Basil Radford (1911-15), well-known as a stage and film actor, collapsed in his London flat. At the time of writing this note the reports are that he is seriously ill. In view of his illness earlier in the summer there must inevitably be anxiety as to the outcome. We can only express the hope here that by the time these lines are read he will have passed the critical stage and be on the way to recovery. * * *

News has been received of P. L. Hort (The Rise, 1937-42). He is married and living in South America, where he is in the service of the Shell Oil Company. * * *

Another old Risite, Alan Ping (1929-39), paid his first visit to the School since 1946, being present at Commemoration, when he turned out for the O.P. XI. After war service in the R.E.s in India and Italy, he remained in the former country as a Tea Planter. We were pleased to see him looking so fit and well.

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We have received a letter from B. R. Alderson (School House, 1923-26), now Surgeon Commander, R.N. A copy of the "Straits Times" reports his prowess on the cricket field. For the Combined Services XI against the Civilians at Singapore he scored 51, sharing in a sixth wicket partnership of 95, as well as taking two catches, described in the newspaper report as "brilliant". Alderson himself rejoices that "although an imminent martyr to fibrositis and approaching the sere and yellow", he can still on occasion justify the patient coaching he received at St. Peter's. He sends his best wishes to the School, and to the XI in particular. * * *

M. E. Kershaw, who was captain of the School XV in the 1950 season and who left the School in July last, has already made his mark in senior rugger. His performances with the York Club led to his selection for the final Yorkshire County Trial game, in the "Possibles" side.

OBITUARY

HAROLD TOMLINSON

We regret to record the death, on 31st May, 1951, at 40

Causewayside, Cambridge, of Harold Tomlinson, M.A., F.R.I.B.A.,

M.I.Struct.I. [St. Peter's, 1913-17.]

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BIRTHS COCKBURN.—On 27th September, 1951, at the R.A.F. Hospital,

Rintein, Germany, to Betty (née Woods), wife of Captain P. B.

Cockburn, R.A.P.C., a son. [1934-38.] SMITH.—On 7th September, 1951, to Margaret (nee Duck), wife of

G. D. Smith, a son. [1935-42.] WHITAKER.—On 8th July, 1951, at Shearwood Nursing Home,

Sheffield, to Audrey, wife of Edward Anthony Whitaker, a son. [School House, 1928-32.]

MARRIAGES ANDREW—WHITWORTH. On 16th September, 1951, at St.

Mary's Church, Eastbourne, Peter Anthony Andrew, elder son of

Mrs. Andrew, Wentworth Road, York, and the late Mr. H. Andrew (Midland Bank), to Miss Margaret Hilary Whitworth, only daughter of Mrs. D. F. Whitworth and the late Mr. Whitworth, of

White Ways, Eastbourne. [1928-39.] BROADHURST—HOYLE. On 22nd September, 1951, at St.

Olave's Church, York, Arthur Broadhurst to Miss Mary Margaret

Hoyle. [1937-41.]

CHEESEWRIGHT—SMITH. On 6th October, at St. Saviour's

Church, Brockenhurst, Hants., Captain Peter Francis Cheesewright,

R.E., to Doris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith, Wootton

Hall, New Milton. [School House, 1938-41.] CRAWSHAW—LAPAGE. On 4th June, 1951, at the British

Consulate, Brussels, Harold, only son of the late Lionel Townsend

Crawshaw, to Celia Lapage, elder daughter of Robert Bell, of

Chester-le-Street. [1915-21.] FORSYTHE—CHISHOLM. On 19th May, at St. John's Church,

Ranmoor, Sheffield, Wilfred Thomas James, son of Dr. and Mrs.

T. R. Forsythe, of Nottingham, to Agnes Fraser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Chisholm, of Glossop Road, Sheffield. [School House, 1942-46.] GILLGRASS—FARROW. On 31st March, 1951, at Headingley

Methodist Church, Leeds, John, only son of the late Mr. and Mrs.

W. Gillgrass, 23 Orley Old Road, Leeds 6, to Patricia, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Farrow, of 2 Monk Bridge Road,

Leeds 6. [1941-45.] LYTH—STEPHENSON. On 13th September, 1951, Dr. John C.

Lyth, Keswick and York, to Lily C. Stephenson, Portinscale,

Keswick, late of Hexham, Northumberland. [1897-1902.] WEATHERILL—BROOK. On 4th February, 1950, at St. John's

Church, Roundhay, Leeds, by the Rev. J. M. Scott, Vicar, assisted by Canon K. B. Kissack, of Knaresborough, Frederick Ford, son of Mrs. and the late Mr. G. F. Weatherill, of Easthorpe, Crag

Lane, Knaresborough, to Margaret, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

W. R. Brook, 48 Grange Park Road, Roundhay, Leeds 8. [1927-36.]

ENGAGEMENTS

CATO—FENWICK. The engagement was announced on 11th July, 1951, between James A. Cato, only son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Cato, of 92 Ranmore Road, Sheffield 10, and Patricia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fenwick, of 37 Oak Hill Road, Sheffield 10. [School House, 1936-40.] DAVIN--HART. The engagement is announced between Capt.

V. L. F. (Derick) Davin, Royal Artillery (late 5th Bn. (Pathans) 14th Punjab Regt.), son of Mr. L. F. Davin, The Vale, London,

N.W., and of Mrs. F. Davin, M.B.E., Ravensbrook, Limpsfield, and

Elizabeth Seymour, daughter of Major Seymour Hart (late Royal

Artillery), and Mrs. Hart, Glenmohr, Limpsfield, Surrey. [1934-38.] LONG—WALKER. A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Gerald, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Long, of

York, and Anne, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walker, of Sheriff House, Rugby. [1935-41.] 16