of his own team to follow in his wake. Temple amassed the lowest aggregate on record (previous best by the Grove in 1949), and are to be congratulated on this fine performance by such a youthful team. Their prospects for the future are indeed rosy. 'House Placings Grove. 6 14 17 29 34 —
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Manor. 2 3 10 15 23 24
Rise. 12 181 181 21 30 31
School House. 9 11 16 20 22 28
Temple. 1 4 5 7 8 13
77
131
106
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ATHLETICS On 26th February our thoughts were turned to athletics "proper" by the visit to the School of Mr. Guy Butler, the famous quarter-miler of the .1920's and now official photographer of the A.A. Association. His film, "Olympic Champions at 'Helsinki, 1952", showed us how it is done by the experts, and an even more enlightening "talk" was afterwards held in the Gym. before a selected audience, which provided a splendid opportunity for many to raise their individual problems and produce their bones of contention. When the season opened with the first of the daily rounds of Standards on 9th March, little did we know that we were entering a spell of fine weather which was to break all meteorological records for this time of year. Conditions were generally ideal for athletics; day after day the wind was negligible, track conditions excellent, and the atmosphere mildly warm. It was in this atmosphere that the Standards programme was exhaustively pursued for '21 weeks. There were few laggards—most of them were in the net—such was the intensiveness of the inter-house spirit, and the improvement shown by individuals from the beginning to the end of this period of training was once again quite remarkable. Few would deny that they were not better for it in the end. Individuals who distinguished themselves by gaining maximum points were :—in Set B : W. G. A. 'Maxwell (G); in Set C: R. M. Kirkus (R.), E. S. Portlock ('R.), 'W. B. Crosskill (S.H.), M. Wilisrop (S.H.), and R. 'D. Beckitt (T.); in Set D : D. Kirby (G.), D. Pfluger (G.), G. V. Plester (G.), and G. R. H. Clemons (S.H.); and in Set E : G. F. B. 'Mitchell (R.). The Rise established an average per head (13.14) which has never previously been attained, and no adjustment has been made over the past few years which has in any way eased the level of Standards. 49
