The Junior School

After the long Summer holiday the beginning of a new school year usually sees some fresh arrangement for our benefit or for us to enjoy.

For the beginning of this Christmas Term a new form-room building was completed, and Forms J.i and J.iiA were very comfortably and conveniently housed on the site of the old wooden but which had been there for a great many years. In fact Old Peterites who were boarders in the old Clifton Grove House (now St. Olave's) will remember the old but as the Grove studies. Since then it has been put to many uses. The woodwork has been stored and is to be used for other purposes—sheds, etc.

The new form-rooms, with their efficient heating and new desks, are much appreciated by everybody as a distinct improvement and asset.

The Christmas Term started with 231 boys in the Junior School, including 63 new boys, and no less than 106 day boys staying to the mid-day dinner.

We welcomed two new members to the Junior School teaching staff, Mr. K. R. Pemberton for Music and Mr. J. C. Brown for Art.

Routine was quickly established, and new boys settled as Olavites, and an excellent term in work and games seemed likely to be fulfilled when 'flu intervened about a month from the end of term, which caused the postponement of all examinations, and also of our annual P.T. Display. These events will now take place in the Easter Term— all being well.

I. T. Parkin was appointed Head Monitor and J. A. Shouksmith Head Monitor of Day Boys.

Interest in Natural History has continued unabated and it may be of general interest to record the variety of specimens brought to School. Among birds these include : Coal Tit, Redwing, Sparrow Hawk, Jay, Woodcock, Grouse, and from Scotland a Water Rail. From the River Derwent at Sutton-on-Derwent several Lampreys were brought.

It was very pleasing that most of the boys had recovered from illness and were well enough to take their parts in the Carol Service on Sunday, 12th December, and once again the School Chapel was not large enough to hold the boys and all the parents and friends who wished to attend.

The Ceremony of Carols followed the now established order an was greatly enjoyed and appreciated by everybody present. The f 64

boys chosen to read the lessons were M. C. M. Jesper, D. L. Brown, E. M. H. Ranson, and I. T. Parkin.

With the Chapel Service and Final Assembly the term came to an end on Thursday, 16th December.

C. J. Batty (W.). H. Biddle (St. 0.). D. L. Brown (W.). D. St. C. Bruce (St. 0.). R. L. Bruce (A.) A. J. Crompton (St. 0.). R. A. Cunningham (A.). R. M, Dunbar (St. 0.).

J. G. Ainley. R. J. Bowling. C. L. Brown. R. G. Bruce. R. E. Bryan. S. P. Burton. C. J. L. Clarke. M. A. Clayton. G. W. Cloughton. R. W. C. Clegg. C. G. Cummin. R. B. Daniel. M. W. Dronfield. J. E. Fearnside.

SALVETE

BOARDERS A. J. D. Foster (W.). P. J. Holmes (A.). P. F. Johnson (W.). D. B. Mallinson (St. 0.). B. R. Martinson I(St. 0.). R. W. Pick (W.). D. G. Routledge (A.). A. P. Schofield (A.). DAY BOYS A. E. Gilderdale. G. Gildener. G. M. Grainger. J. Gray. J. W. Hey. P. E. Jackson. N. H. King. I. Kirkus. J. C. Lacy. P. W. Lattimer. J. R. Lindsay. P. G. Long. C. P. Midgley. J. H. Ormiston.

VALE

A. R. Millward (D.B.).

W. W. B. Scott (St. 0.). P. M. Semper (St. 0.). J. N. Spencer (St. 0.). J. A. Templeman (W.). G. K. Toas (W.). J. F. Williams (A.). D. S. Yeadon (A.).

N. G. Pace. M. Pickard. J. M. Ruddock. M. Shannon. R. P. Shouksmith. P. Stuttard. G. M. Todd. W. J. B. Ward. D. C. Wilkes. C. D. H. Williams. M. R. Wroe. C. Yates.

JUNIOR SCHOOL GAMES

Owing to the ground conditions and 'flu epidemic only three matches were played this term. We lost them all, too, the scores. being as follows : v. Pocklington G.S. Juniors, 3 pts. to nil; v. Drax . G.S. Juniors, 21 pts. to nil; and v. Ampleforth G.S. Juniors, 11 pts. to 3 pts.

The following represented the School XV :—Smith, P. N. P., May, A. (Captain), May, M. (Vice-Captain), Smith, B., Hermiston, C., Dukes, T. A., Fenton, P. A., Wheeler, J. C. G., Hewitt, F. J. A., Ranson, E. M. H., Sim, D. L. W., Atkinson, R. B., Foster, A. J. D., Fletcher, D. H., and Groundwater, C. W. A., also played Bytheway, W. R.

May, A., May, M., and Fletcher, D. H., were awarded their School Colours. In the Inter-House Rugby Shield Spartans beat the Etruscans, 33 pts. to nil.

As last year, we have had two Packs, but the Monday Pack remains small, as there is nowhere very suitable for a large pack to meet. This is rather unfortunate because the waiting list is again formidable. When the weather is warmer and meetings can be held out of doors, it is proposed to add two sixes to the Monday Pack, and this should make it possible for us to do away with a waiting list altogether.

Mr. Brown is taking out a warrant as A.C.M. and has already helped greatly in the running of the Wednesday Pack We have had many rousing meetings, but there is the usual grumble that some of us won't get on with the passing of tests. We gained four first stars and three badges during the term, and it is to be hoped that those who retired with influenza just when they were about to do great things will remember to do them early next term.

Our only outside activity has been one football match, although no fewer than three others had to be cancelled owing to the waterlogged state of the ground. In the first round of the competition we met last year's winners, and they seem to be just as good this year! Our team played quite well, but they were simply not good enough, and we had no reply to the eleven goals which English Martyrs scored. One of these years we shall astonish ourselves and our opponents by getting through the first round. It was rather disappointing that we couldn't give them a better game, for we put in a little extra practice and tried very hard. The main thing is that both sides enjoyed the game, and we have challenged our victors to a game of cricket in the Summer, when we don't intend to let them score any more than their allowance of eleven.

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