QUEEN'S HOUSE At the end of last term C. A. Wood was appointed Head of House; Benn, M. K. Bowen, J. E. Dickinson and Ferguson were appointed House Monitors and were joined by R. W. J. Dingwall shortly after the beginning of term. This term we welcomed ten new juniors to the House and Marson, a 2nd year senior, who has since been appointed House Captain (of swimming). There are now sixty-one boys in the House. In the Senior House rugger competition we were narrowly beaten by Dronfield in a very exciting match. The Junior team, however, proved to be really outstanding, beating Dronfield and Temple to reach the final. The final against Grove was drawn 3-all, with Queen's suffering from injuries to three of the team. The replay saw our team almost back to full strength and Queen's came out the convincing winners over their old rivals, the score being 14-3. This was a real team effort and the rest of the House lent their support with some of the most vigorous cheering heard at School for a long time. If this sort of spirit prevails throughout the year, then the Junior House Rugger will be only the first of many successes. In the House leagues also we have had a good season, the Junior team going unbeaten through all their matches. In School Rugger teams we have been well represented, notably having four boys in the unbeaten Senior Colts team—surely a good sign for the future. Boys from Queen's still hold a near monopoly in the School Fencing team and special mention must go to Miller who had a good season in competitions and was awarded his Colours. Within the House numerous activities have flourished, these include the Junior Debating Society and other such activities as Chess, Badminton and notably Table Tennis. The House Football Club is prospering and is soon to compete in a York knock-out competition. The House Play is now under way and we hope to see it played next term, which in many other ways will be a busy one for the House. Scholastically this has been a good term and we wish every success to Dingwall and Ferguson on the results of their interviews at Cambridge. We have only one leaver this term—J. A. S. Benn, who is going into the wine trade. We would like to thank him for all that he has done for the House, especially on the games side, and to wish him every success in the future.
THE RISE At the beginning of the term the Rise received its customary batch of nine Juniors, while Shannon, Russell, Pace and Rawlings were made House Monitors, I. M. MacLeod was made a School Monitor and Mackinder became Head of House. In the sporting field the Rise achieved some of the near-successes to which the House is so liable. Despite the pessimism of some members of the House, we lost to the Grove by only nine points, and showed much spirit, although to be fair the Grove side was not on peak form. In the league matches, too, which are becoming more and more important to us, we lost only one out of five matches, finishing up overall second. But the
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