The Choir

On Remembrance Sunday we observed the Two Minutes' Silence and laid our wreath at the Book of Remembrance in a short service in the morning and at Evensong had a more extended service with appropriate music.

In our daily prayers each morning two things were worthy of remark : the much higher standard of reading and the interest taken by boys in the choice of hymns and prayers.

We must express our gratitude to our visiting preachers for outstanding sermons : to the Dean of York, the Reverend J. E. C. Lawlor, who gave an account of the work of the Missions to Seamen (and very kindly presented to the Library a copy of L. A. G. Strong's "The Flying Angel"), and to the Dean of Ripon.

Mr. Pickard preached to us for the last time as Chaplain of St. Olave's. It is easy for St. Peter's to take for granted the help which the Chaplain of St. Olave's gives Sunday by Sunday and twice on weekdays. We are most grateful to Mr. Pickard for all his help and interest and wish him every blessing for his work at Wolverhampton.

At the end of the term the Chapel Committee decided to vote a fixed sum towards the cost of printing the Carol Service papers, with the happy result that we were able to send cheques to the John Burrill Homes for old people and the Godfrey Walker nursery in time for Christmas. N.K.-W.

Many new faces appeared in the choir stalls at the start of this term : among these were five basses, two tenors and fourteen trebles. Five of last year's trebles were left to form a good backbone to the treble line and the altos remained intact.

The first duty the robed Choir had to perform was the sad one of singing at the Memorial Service for Mr. Burgess. A number of extra practices were held in order to master the Sentences from the Burial Service set by Croft. These were sung in procession as the Choir entered the Chapel at the beginning of the service.

We sang the two Harvest Thanksgiving Services, one in York Minster and the other in Chapel : both were a great success, considering the immaturity of the Choir. For the Remembrance Day service we sang the anthem "Greater Love hath no man", which was first introduced last year. The traditional "Jerusalem", included at the last minute, was greatly appreciated by both Choir and School.

We sang various settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis during the term, including Noble in B minor, but it is felt that the School has yet to learn thoroughly and appreciate the difficult congregational part of this setting.

Carol practices started in mid-November with the usual enthusiasm. Before long the Choir had mastered the difficult but 16