Valete

THE GROVE

This term, like every Christmas Term, began with new faces, new appointments and new arrangements. Territt was appointed Vice-Head of School and Head of House and Burbidge, Foster, Gartside, Lee and Shubrook were appointed House Monitors. We welcomed 16 juniors who have already shown considerable prowess on the games field—a welcome innovation. We also welcomed Slade, a refugee from Queen's. Shubrook is to be congratulated on his appointment as Captain of School Shooting.

House Rugger was not one of our strong points. The Senior team lost to School House in the first round; however, mention must be made of Evans's particularly fine performance. The Junior team lost to The Rise after beating School House: 'flu, however, was in some way responsible for this. Our thanks and praise must go to Magson as an enthusiastic and accomplished Captain of House Rugger. We were, however, well represented in School teams, especially at Colts level.

Mention must be made of a highly successful House Basketball League, organised on soccer lines—not surprisingly by Gartside. In this connection P. J. Gibson was a name to be feared.

The House Debating Society continued successfully. The end of term competitions, completed for the first time in years, were remarkable for the enthusiasm of the participators and organisers and also for the fact that, also for the first time for many years, Mr. Harding failed to secure a single title. We must thank Mr. and Mrs. Harding for their generous hospitality during the highly successful House Proms.

We must congratulate the many members of the House who participated both on stage and behind the scenes in the School Play.

This term we say farewell to Pulleyn and Shields, the former to the Mansion House—eventually—and the latter to the Army.

We also say goodbye to Mr. Holbeche, who has always maintained a "soft spot" for The Grove after "serving time" as Assistant Housemaster. We join with the ghosts of Willie House and Charlie Wright in wishing him great success in his new appointment, as we do Mr. Jeffs.

THE MANOR

Five new monitors were made at the beginning of the year, they were : J. R. Brown, Hirst, S. R. Hutchinson, Lightfoot and Read. We also welcomed 14 new boys, who quickly settled into the life of The Manor.

This term The Manor proved itself superior in intellect rather than brawn, shown by the fact that we reached the final of the Chess Competition (for the first time for generations), but unfortunately lost our share in the Senior Rugger Cup. We look forward to the final of the chess next term. The Junior Rugger team, badly hit by the flu epidemic, were knocked out in the semi-final. In recognition of their all-round services Lightfoot, Platts and Ainley were awarded their House Colours, and Blackford and Nettleton their Junior Colours. The Senior League team showed a magnificent spirit, especially in an epic battle with Temple. 7