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were only two choirs there, our team of six, who were Cantons, and the St. Peter's, Stockton, team of six, who were Decani. The practice went better than we had expected and we were relieved to learn that our fears that we might be thrown out of the Festival proved groundless.

On Thursday, 10th July, we departed from York at 9-15 a.m. Except for a few anxious moments at Doncaster, when our train suddenly decided temporarily to set off back to York, the journey was uneventful. In London we were taken on the Underground, surfaced for lunch, descended again and finally reached the Royal Albert Hall, via the Science Museum, in good time for the rehearsal.

Coming out of the bright sunshine we descended into an underworld below the building, where we robed ready for the rehearsal under the baton of Mr. Knight. The music was all interesting to sing, but we enjoyed best "The Lord hath been mindful", which we had already sung at the Schools' Festival in York Minster. This has since been sung in Chapel. We also enjoyed "0 what their joy" (Harris) which ended with the whole congregation joining in, just as we sang it in Chapel at Commemoration.

There was a large congregation, which included the Queen Mother and a vast number of bishops (we had hoped that Archbishop Makarios would have been among them). The Rev. Cyril Taylor, who composed the tune we sing to "Glorious things of thee are spoken", sang the service and the Archbishop of Canterbury pronounced the blessing. The Festival proceeded quite magnificently except for the Weelkes "Gloria" which, as "The Times" correspondent commented, is hardly suitable for a choir of eight hundred voices. At the conclusion, with the satisfaction that comes of a task well done, we dispersed for the night as guests of various relatives and friends. We were unanimous in declaring that the experience of singing in this Festival was one of the most memorable we had had.

We are grateful to the Head Master for making it possible for us to take part in the Festival, affording us an experience which we all agreed we would not wish to have missed. A.D.B.

THE LIBRARY

This term the Library has expanded to a greater extent than ever before, and over 200 new books have been added. It would seem not only impracticable, but perhaps impossible in the space available, to list these, so we will merely mention that the Art, Fiction, and Modern Languages sections have been considerably increased. The Art section has indeed been nearly trebled and is now one of the show pieces of the Library.

We should like to record our thanks to A. H. Crowther for his work on the Modern Languages section which has been completely re-numbered, and now occupies a full 100 numbers between 300-399 37