The Choir

Our visiting preachers were Bishop Hubbard and the Revd. J. MdMullen, the Sacrist of York Minster, to whom we are most grateful. Our debt to Bishop Hubbard is particularly great since he came every Friday in Lent to give an address after Compline; and helped us all tremendously. We were very sorry to miss our usual visit from the Dean of York, and particularly sorry because his absence was due to a serious illness. We are thankful to know that the Dean is now well on the road to recovery; and we shall hope to welcome him back to the School Chapel soon.

We have now used our new Hymn Book—AIM. revised, 1950— for a full term; and have already explored some of its new hymns; or, more accurately, hymns new to us. Some of these, and especially "Cwm Rhondda", have already won their way, and more will soon ,do so.

We had special collections in Chapel on Sunday, 15th February, for the Lord Mayor's Flood Relief Fund, and sent a total of £,41 2s. 4d. —a result for which we may well feel thankful.

The full statement of the Chapel account will, of course, be given at the end of the Summer Term.

At the beginning of term the Choir immediately started practising for the service of the Epiphany Processions with Carols in York Minster. Fortunately this year the Minster Choir came to the final rehearsal on Saturday morning in the Minster, which resulted in better antiphonal singing in the second responsory "Surge, illuminare" than last year. At the end of the service we received an invitation to join with the Minster Choir in the singing of Weelkes's splendid "Gloria in ,excelsis Deo" on future occasions.

The Choir Supper was held on Monday, 26th January, in the Dining 'Hall. This year we were glad to welcome Mrs. Dronfield and Mrs. Waine, who came to join in the celebrations with us and adjourned with us after supper to the Old Dining Room for an informal concert. This proved to be one of the best we have ever had. We would like to thank the Head Master for arranging and the domestic staff for providing a very enjoyable supper.

"Hymns Ancient and Modern, revised 1950" introduced last term on the First Sunday in Advent is proving very successful and has provided us with some fine new hymns and tunes. Besides singing settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis with the School (Stanford