THE PETERITE. VoL. XXI. MARCH, 1915. No. 218.

SCHOOL LETTER. " For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever." 0 the poet has sung with great truth, and the quotation is most applicable to the writing of the School Letter. Whatever events may be happen- ing in the outside world, and at the present time they are very stirring, the School Letter must be written, and so we are compelled to take up the Editorial pen and begin our task. This term has seen the School visited by the ravages of " la gripe," and so we have been greatly hampered by this in all branches of school affairs. This epidemic of illness has also been the cause of an event, which is, we are sure, almost un- paralled in the history of the School, namely the cancelling of a " black " Monday, that day so much dreaded by small boys— we speak from the experience of our youth. The Hockey season is now well advanced and judging by results, we may say that it has been fairly successful since we have won five out of the six matches played. Illness and the war have however weakened the team, and had we been at full strength we might reasonably have hoped to have won all our matches. Boating also is being carried on with great keenness, though there again illness has decimated the ranks. The O.T.C. has been hard at work, and every week we have had two uniform parades, and frequently the proceedings have 1082 HOCKEY. been enlivened by visits to Bootham Stray for the purpose of practising open order work. Our much longed for combined Field Day is coming off on Wednesday, March 17th, and promises to be a great success ; but alas for our hopes of a bivouac and the pleasure of another sleepless night such as we had on the Stillington Field Day last term ! They are scattered to the four winds of heaven. This term we have had a School Concert, an O.T.C. Concert, and a performance of theatricals, but as fuller descriptions of these will be found on another page, we will say no more but close this epistle by asking our readers to be compassionate with this, our maiden effort in the art of publication. HOCKEY. ST. PETER'S V. ARMY PAY CORPS. Saturday, February loth. This match was played in the pouring rain. Our forwards led off with a good run, but at first our opponents made occasional rushes in return. The play was almost entirely in their half and their only 'score was an individual run from the half-way line. One of their men at least had not played previously this season and they seemed to do much better in the last ten minutes. Our forwards did very well considering the state of the field, but when Pattinson is back to lead them will probably do much better. Final Score : St. Peter's II goals, Army Pay Corps 1 goal. Goal, B. D. Toyne ; Backs, R. A. Harpley A. B. Radford ; half-backs, K. G. Chilman, S. M. Toyne, Esq., W. G. Yeoman ; forwards, M. Jones, J. C. Stainthorpe, F. R. Waddington, T. J. Wright, P. A. W. Richards.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE. Played on Saturday, February 2oth, on St. John's ground, in fine weather. Straight from the bully-off Mr. Toyne scored for the School. This was followed by some very even play. Soon however, as the result of a rush by Pattinson, Wright scored from a melee in front of goal. From thence until half-time no more goals were scored, although our opponents pressed hard and their centre half put in some good work. HOCKEY. 1083

Half-time score, St. Peter's 2 goals ; St. John's nil. Just after the resumption their left wing set off with a dash, but the School backs cleared. Another attempt was, however, made by the same wing, and this time resulted in a goal, the ball glancing off the goal-keeper's pads. The School now began to press again but St. John's got away and, enticing the goal- keeper out, scored through an open goal. Before the end, however Mr. Toyne scored another brilliant goal for the School, and a keen game ended in a win for the School. Final Score, St. Peter's 3 goals ; St. John's 2 goals. Goal, B. D. Toyne ; Backs, R. A. Harpley, A. B. Radford ; half-backs, W. G. Yeoman, S. M. Toyne, Esq., C. H. S. Elliot ; forwards, P. A. W. Richards, T. J. Wright, F. R. Waddington, E. P. Pattinson, and M. Jones.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL V. THE RETREAT. This match was played on the Retreat ground on Wednesday February 24th, and resulted in a win forthe School by7goals to 5. During the first . half the play was very even, the Retreat scoring 2 goals and the School i. Towards half-time there was a good piece of combination by the School forwards, and Jones just failed to score. Half-time score, St. Peter's r goal ; Retreat 2 goals. From the bully-off the Retreat went off with a rush, but Toyne saved well, and then the School pressing, Waddington scored. Soon afterwards, from a good centre by Jones, Wright scored, and immediately afterwards Pattinson scored. Then the Retreat carried the play into the School half and succeeded in scoring. After this, however, the School pressed and goals were scored by Pattinson, Richards and Wright. From this point, the Retreat pressed and succeeded in scoring two more goals. Time came with the score : St. Peter's School 7 goals ; Retreat 5 goals.

Goal, B. D. Toyne ; backs, R. A. Harpley, A. B. Radford ; half-backs, W. G. Yeoman, S. M. Toyne, Esq., K. G. Chilman ; '084 THE SCHOOL CONCERT.

forwards, M. R. Jones, E. P. Pattinson, F. R. Waddington, T. J. Wright, P. A. W. Richards.

THE SCHOOL CONCERT. The Concert this term came off with undeniable success, greatly due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Tendall. We should like also to thank those who helped so much to make the Concert successful by their splendid efforts. The Choir undoubtedly gave evidence of increased skill and enthusiasm. It can hardly

' be denied that Mr. Long met with his usual hearty reception ; Peterites are always glad to hear such voices and songs as his. The duets sung by Mrs. Shepard and Mr. Long met with great applause and a well-deserved encore. " The Sands of Dee " was highly appreciated ; it may not be recognised but it needs a great deal of work to get a part song (unaccompanied) into working order, and perhaps if the tenors and basses were asked they would say so. The Rev. R. 0. Hutchinson came in for a great ovation and his second encore proved to be highly amusing. St. Olave's School songs were sung, as usual, with great gusto, and St. Peter's School songs with their usual noise and more expression. Mr. Tendall and Norwood in the piano- forte duet were received with great applause and hearty cries of " encore " almost before they had ceased playing. Wright was received very heartily. Below is appended the evening's programme : I. PIANOFORTE DUET " Russia " Moskowski D. NORWOOD AND P. SMYRK.

2. Two SONGS .. (a)" Will ye no' come back agin " . Scotch (b) " The New Year " Welsh ST. OLAVE'S SCHOOL.

3. VOCAL DUET " Boy and Girl " Monckton MRS. SHEPARD AND MR. A. E. LONG.

4. SONG " Nightingales of Lincolns Inn " Nevin T. J. WRIGHT.

5. PART SONG " Sands of Dee " Macfarren THE CHOIR. 1HE DEBATING SOCIETY. 1085

6. SCHOOL SONG . . . . Darby Kelly " English 7. SONG " The Ballad of the Knight " Lohr MR. A. E. LONG. 8. PIANOFORTE DUET . . " From Foreign Parts " .. Moskowski G. F. TRENDALL, ESQ., AND D. NORWOOD.

9. SONG " King Charles " White REV. R. 0. HUTCHINSON. IO. SONG " Dabbling in the Dew " Folk-song T. J. WRIGHT.

SCHOOL SONG" The Golden Vanity " English 12. VOCAL DUET .. " 0 that we two were maying " .. Smith MRS. SHEPARD AND MR. A. E. LONG.

13. SONG " The Friar's Song " Sullivan REV. R. 0. HUTCHINSON.

14. SCHOOL SONG . . . . " The Hundred Pipers " Scotch

THE DEBATING SOCIETY. A Meeting of the Debating Society was held on Saturday, February i8th, in the Lecture Theatre, when the following motion : " Is it to Italy's advantage to join the Allies ? " was discussed. Mr. G. N. Storrs-Fox, in proposing the motion, said that there were at present two courses open to Italy, either to remain neutral or to join in the war. Neutrality was-not productive of any advantage for her as she would lose her position in Europe at the end of the war, through not having a place as a combatant, also that she would not gain anything in territory. On the other hand, if she joined Germany she would be beaten by the united attacks of France and England, and further she would not be received kindly by Germany for having held back so long. But if she joined the Allies she would gain both in prestige and territory, as the war was almost certain to go in favour of the Allies. She was known to long for the Trentino which is almost totally Italian. Finally, if Italy remained neutral, and Germany won, o86 THE DEBATING SOCIETY. she would lose heavily owing to the hate which Germany bears her. Therefore it is to Italy's advantage to join the Allies.' Mr. P. A. W. Richards, in opposing the motion, pointed out that it was altogether to Italy's financial interest to maintain her present position of neutral. As neutral now she was in a very strong position ; her trade was almost doubled by supplying the necessaries of war to Germany and Austria. Besides this her exchequer was very low at the present time owing to her recent war with Turkey about Tripoli, which had cost her a large amount of money. " Why " he asked, " should she spend thousands of men and millions of money in a war to obtain the Trentino, when she was almost certain to obtain it if she remained neutral ? " Therefore, he said, that it was to Italy's real advantage to maintain her present position of neutral. Mr. G. Yeld then rose to second the proposer. He said that in all his travels in Italy, he had especially been impressed by the hatred which the Italians felt for Austria. Recently he had been at the meeting of the Alpine Club, and he said the welcome accorded to the Trentino members was far more hearty than that given to any other members. He said he supposed that if Italy remained neutral she would be given the Trentino as a bone thrown to a dog, but if she joined in the war and won the Trentino as her due, would not the Italian prestige be on a much higher level ? In conclusion, he said that he had much pleasure in seconding the proposer. Mr. J. C. Stainthorpe, in supporting the opposer, said that it was undoubtedly to Italy's financial interest to remain neutral. In the first place her geographical position enabled her very easily to supply Germany with war materials . at large profits, and the latest returns show that Italy has imported about seven times as much copper as usual since the beginning of the war, and this cannot be altogether for her own -use. Secondly, Italy has recently taken over the province of Tripoli, which must cost her a very large amount of money for some years to come . Finally, her entry into the war although it may shorten the war's duration, will certainly increase the expenditure of men and THE DEBATING SOCIETY. 1087 money and complicate the terms of peace. Therefore he asked the House to vote against the motion. Mr. J. W. Procter in supporting the motion followed out the general lines of argument of the proposer. Mr. H. E. K. Reynolds rising, said that the Italians have a traditional hatred of the Teutonic influence. Rome had twice been sacked by the invading nations from the north, to whom the Germans are in some way akin. The tradition and sentiment of the Italians are both entirely anti-Teuton. It was owing to the Holy Roman Empire that Italy was so long disunited. The Italians were ground down and oppressed by the Austrians for centuries, and the results of this are obvious now in the hatred which the Italians bear the Austrians. The speaker agreed with Mr. Yeld in saying that Italy would much rather win the Trentino than have it thrown her as a bone to a dog. And so he thought that for every reason both material and moral that Italy should join the Allies. Mr. F. H. Barnby then made a stirring speech in opposition to the motion. He said that we were inclined to believe that after this war was over history would altogether cease. But in reality after this war and several other wars were over history would go on in just the same way. And so if Italy did not join in this war at the end of it she would be in a much better position than if she did. All nations were bound to take a long time to recover from the effects of this war on whichever side they might be. He said that we had been told that if Italy did not join in she would have the Trentino thrown her as a bone to a dog. This was quite true, and if she did join the Allies she would be given a little larger bone, but in each case she would be allowed to go to her corner and gnaw it. And so if Italy is going to be allowed to drop out whatever she does, it is certainly not to her advantage to join in the war. Mr. King then rose in answer to Mr. Barnby. He warned the audience against being carried away too much by Mr. Barnby's brilliant speech. Mr. Barnby's point was a little too fine. It was all very well to say that history would still go on, and that id88 THE O.T.C. CONCERT. it was no matter what happened now, as in two hundred years Italy might be greater than she is now. But why should it not matter now if Italy was ruined ? No country would enjoy the process and it did not seem a very good way of becoming greater therefore, as it was almost a foregone conclusion that the Allies would win, it seemed to her advantage to join them. Again, one reason put forward against her joining the Allies was that her finance was not capable of bearing the strain of a big war, and that in her neutrality she was gaining much in trade and industry . But the war had not deprived England of her trade. She was going on just as well as usual. Money was not going out of the country but was staying in, and it was only in the second and subsequent years of the war that the pinch would be felt. And besides, it was foolish to talk about a country being bankrupt, since as every one knew a country could hold on as long as she liked. Thus he did not think her finance should prevent Italy's joining in the war, and he hoped the House would vote unani - mously for the motion. The President then rose and addressed the meeting. He said that he should really prefer to vote against the motion but his scruples prevented it. He then proceeded to deal with the arguments put forward by Mr. King, which he increased and amplified. Amongst other things he said that Italy had always done her expanding when the other nations of Europe had had their hands full, and this was a time for her to carry on her usual programme. The opposer then replied in a long speech, which suitably answered the arguments of the proposer and his supporters. The proposer, on being asked for his reply, said that after the excellent speeches of his supporters he had nothing more to say. On the vote of the House being taken, 24 voted for the motion and four against, and the motion was therefore carried by 20 votes. THE O.T.C. CONCERT. On the 27th February, there was an O.T.C. Concert. Mr. Toyne's truly humourous song was received with enthusiasm.

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Bugle calls and a stirring display by the Band closed an extremely successful programme, further details of which may be seen below :- I. BAND (Selections) under Sergt. Dooley 2. SONG " They all sang God save the King " By the N.C.O.'s.

3. SONG . ." For months and months and months " By Lieut. Toyne, O.C. 4. BUGLE CALLS by Sergt. Dooley and Lce.-Corpl. Ferguson. 5. SCHOOL SONG " Flight of the Earls " 6. SONG " Home again " By Corpl. Radford. 7. RAGTIME SELECTIONS by Pte. Norwood 8. SONG .. " Boys in khaki, boys in blue " .. Pte. Wright. 9. SONG " The Two Gernadiers " By Sergt. West, Corpl. Radford, Lce.-Corpl. Jones, Pte. Elliot. to. SCHOOL SONG " Tramp, tramp, tramp," II. SONG " Your King and Country need you " By Lce.-Corpl. Yeoman, Ptes. Chilman, George, Bryning. 12. BUGLE CALLS by Sergt. Dooley and Lce.-Corpl. Ferguson. 13. SONG " Motherland " By Corpl. Radford and Lce.-Corpl. Jones. 14. SELECTIONS by the Band under Sergt. Dooley. GOD SAVE THE KING.

ST. PETER'S SCHOOL DRAMATIC SOCIETY. On the 2oth February, the School Dramatic Society presented " The Conversion of Nat Sturge," a bright yet somewhat pathetic little play by Malcolm Watson. Mr. Barnby had decided to produce Act II. Scenes 3 and 5, from " Twelfth Night," in addition to this performance, but unhappily it had to be post- poned owing to one of the actors being unwell. We all missed the droll figure of Malvolio and the humourous Sir Toby, pre- dominant in ale and pickled herrings. There was a keen feeling of excitement as the curtain rose, 1090 ST. PETER'S SCHOOL DRAMATIC SOCIETY. revealing the dark interior of the bishop's study. Slowly the door opened and Raddles, the forgetful but very professional young house-breaker, entered. After a brief inspection by the aid of a greasy old lantern, he signalled to Nat Sturge, the burglar, and the play proceeded. Mr. Toyne's Bishop of Minterweir showed us that cautious old gentleman with amusing dignity. Perhaps he has had a previous experience of this part, for his clever voice and gesture revealed a long and careful study of the character. Radford, as Nat Sturge, was one of the best things we have seen him play while a member of the Dramatic Society. Although humorous he never failed to remind us, by force of acting, that he was as the bishop described him " an unprincipled scoundrel and thoroughly bad lot by training and descent." And Julia, she was really peculiar. Hannam deserves true praise for the way in which he acted this ambitious yet somewhat eccentric young lady. A woman's part when taken by a boy is often difficult and unattractive to the less observant, for these reasons his histrionic ability in such characters, should be extremely valuable. Mann showed considerable talent as Raddles, the burglar's assistant. This is his first appearance as an actor, and we wish him all further success, He spoke his words well, but unhappily his voice is somewhat too young for the part. This little difficulty was overcome however by his good expression and gesture. We sincerely hope that he failed to find the jemmy, and was a good boy, as the fairy tales tell us, for ever after. Of course Nat Sturge was converted by the dear old Bishop of Minterweir, and thus the play came to a very successful end. We left the hall that night with a feeling that we had witnessed one of the best performances ever given by the Dramatic Socirty. To conclude, the writer of this article has made several very bad attempts to be humorous, and wishes to inform the reader of the more interesting matter on another page. He therefore bids him in the words of Nat Sturge " to turnover a new leaf." O.T.C. NEWS. 1091

O.T.C. NEWS.

THE COMPETITION FOR THE LANCE CORPORAL'S STRIPE. It was arranged that all those in the ranks of the O.T.C. should act as squads, upon which the future N.C.O.'s should practise. On the appointed afternoon we marched on to the Football Field, there to await the first candidate. Presently he arrives, looking slightly nervous, a fact which pleases the squad immensely, but has somewhat the opposite effect upon the future N.C.O. We all grin, and the man next you remarks " Fancy old Thompson being chosen ; never drilled a section in his life before." You laugh and reply something to the effect of " Make a fool of himself I expect." " No. 4 in the rear rank roars a voice" what in the are you standing at ease for." You look up and find that the speaker is Thompson, no longer the quiet, gentle Thompson of the Upper Fifth, but a very efficient N.C.O. of the St. Peter's School Officers Training Corps. Amidst a profusion of blushes and the grins of the squad, you come to attention, a deeply repentant private for the next quarter of an hour. The first candidate has passed his test, and others come forward to take us in command ; an hour passes. We have now repeated open order work six times and are rapidly turning from human beings into automatons. Now it is Hopkins' turn to take us. We are tired and perhaps a little bad-tempered. You bring your rifle down to the order. It slips and scrapes your hand, ending its downward course on the next man's toe. You growl out an oath, and so does he. A short silence, then " Fall in again in a different order." We do so. Hopkins gives us the command " Form Fours " without previously numbering down. Immediately there is a general movement throughout the squad. Some unknown person is pushed forward from the rear, and collides with your back, against which he remains apparently supporting himself serenely. At the same moment a thoughtful member of the front rank decides to form fours also which he does much to the discomfiture of your feet. We now understand what Macaulay meant when he wrote- 1092 A FRENCH VIEW OF KIPLING. " And those behind cried forward, And those before cried back." After a mortal combat has been stopped between an even and an odd number further down the line, we begin the open order work once more for the seventh time. Hopkins gives us an extend outwards, and then promptly drops his rifle. He becomes nervous and the squad, enlightened by this prospect begins to show signs of suppressed liveliness. During that last twenty minutes Hopkins taught us more movements than we had ever learnt during the whole of our existence in the O.T.C.. All of them were original and the War Office was as ignorant of their construction as we were on this particular occasion. At last the competition comes to an end. We are no longer tired and bad-tempered, but very bright and contented members of His Majesty's Forces. There is no better tonic against dulness than Hopkins. The Lance-Corporal competition was certainly a great success, and many well-deserved stripes have been won. A nervous candidate may be very amusing but had the writer of this article been in his place, well he would not have written it. FROM THE RANKS. PromotiOns in the O.T.C. Platoon-Sergeant West to be Cy. Sergeant-Major. Corporal Pattinson „ Platoon-Sergeant. Private Sergeant mi. „ Lance-Corporal. Chilman George St ainthorpe Procter .belittle ma.

A FRENCH VIEW OF KIPLING. If you venerate an Author, and he is of your own counrty, by all means see him through the eyes of a foreigner. It is something of a Shock, perhaps, but always a bracing one. And the chances are all in favour of your coming back with veneration only deepened and enhanced. In a French weekly—" Les Annales "—of about the time of A FRENCH VIEW OF KIPLING. 1093

the April visit of the English sovereigns to Paris, there appeared an article on . It was under the heading of " Critique Litteraire " ; and it was signed by a member of the " Academie Francaise." Therefore, though I carefully refrained from calling it " THE French view ," (because I hoped it was not)—yet it is presumably one that counts. Of many rather pained impressions conveyed, the most immediate is, that the writer was bored with the " entente cordiale." Afterwards, however, worthier and deeper ideas emerge. Here is a brief resume of what M. le Critique had to remark :- Mr. Rudyard Kipling's verses, he begins, are not the full measure of his talent ; a criticism at which one would hardly demur. The " Barrack-Room Ballads " are described as crudely rhymed, fantastic-tongued, and highly seasoned or flavoured (" savoureuse "), and the writer of them is a singer patriotic and picturesque. It was, however, the " Seven Seas " that elevated him to the loftiness of a " National Bard." For in this there is real beauty of poetry ; in the " Seven Seas " also (here it is our French critic rises in his chair)—the pride of the British sings in full throat ; the cry of domination, the shout of the hegemony of the earth. One relieving concession by the way :—Kipling at least is free, and independent, and unofficial. His popularity comes of no calculated compliance, he does not write Dithyrambs on demand, he is never a Court " Pindar for the Colonies." NC. : but he is simply a writer who has felt and experienced on his own account that animal pride and Belief-in-the-Race, which, masquerading under the name of Imperialism, at this moment excites the soul of the Britisher to such hyperbole of arrogance and upstart militarism. Our French critic has now let himself go. He says that in Kipling's opinion, the World was made for the Englishman, because the Englishman deserved it. And Kipling has been a practical and sympathetic observer and delineator of the English under all four corners of the heaven ;—those unremitting 1094 A FRENCH VIEW OFT KIPLING. operatives of Empire, the soldiers and the seamen, the traders and the officials, the men who conquer and who keep, contributors all to that mighty task of making the whole world minister to the service of one race, which finds in its very pride its own justification for the hugest and most systematic monopoly of the Earth since the days of ancient Rome. Mercifully, that ends a formidable paragraph. The section only goes on to conclude with the rather withering statement that though Mr. Kipling felt all this, and sought how he might give expression to it in his poems the vigour of them lacks fulness, and the drive of the verses is foreshortened ; so that it will not be he who shall sing again the " triumphal ode of the Red-headed race." (Ribaldry ! Alas ! the " Entente," it would seem, still smarting). There remains, however, a work of another kind, in which he is better dower'd than in his lyrics—to wit, his tales and his romances. It is in these that one really ought to read Mr. Kipling, and admire him as the historian of English energy. This sounds like a prelude to some gentler tones. But there follows a question—how does our critic conceive " English energy ? " 'Mr. Kipling, he says, recalls in more than one way the Bret Harte of " Californian Recitations." He loves creatures of energy, action, and adventure. His situations bring out the more violent forces of instinct and of will. He best loves the scenes of war, or of the chase, where the blood courses and the hand strikes home,—scenes in which are revealed the brutishness in man (splendid untranslateable phrase—" animalite humaine.") and it is just this attitude of life, this psychology of forcefulness and brute-nature, which is best fitted in form and 'beauty for Mr. Kipling's appreciation. And by the way it is observed tha+ in all this Mr. Kipling had too many realist scruples merely to invent ; besides, there was no need. He was content simply to observe and to write down what he had before his eyes. The implication does not flatter. Thus, at least, he became the historian of manners of his English race, not, indeed, of the sedentary Englanders in the great Isle, but of that wonderful overflow of its population, flung to the four corners of the Earth, that is to say the hardiest, most enduring and adventurous of the nation; possessing its extremest qualities and deepest instincts. A FRENCH VIEW OF KIPLING. 1095

It is, I am afraid, only with the invocation of another " Higher critic " that our French writer becomes really appreciative. One M. Chevrillon, is quoted as THE person whom one ought to read on Kipling, to understand how he has used that intense human material of his, what extensiveness and unerring minuteness of information he had, what a prodigious familiarity with detail both in Art and Life—what expressiveness, vivid and un-literary [" corrompue "1, and what capacity for embracing all existence- " competence universelle, a la Balzac "—whether he is giving us Captain Gadsby, or Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the mongoose, slayer of serpents. It is , finally, that wins a crowning acknowledg- ment, and brings the merit of Kipling sympathetically home. It is called a book " fantastic and fascinating ; " animals fill it, almost • by themselves, with their terrible shapes, gigantic or minute ; they are the principals in the story, and we, for the rest, are merely allowed to watch them live Baghera will lead us into the heart of the Jungle ; we shall meet the ridiculous Bandar Log, the monkeys, there, about the ancient forest ruins ; or, on some perfumed night, join in the mysterious elephant dances of the Wild ; and all the strange sounds and silences of the forest are here,—because Mr. Kipling is a Wizard " Sorcier,"—andhe knows as much about the ways of Chuckundaa " le rat musque " as he does of the most intimate psychology of seamen, officers and all the subjects of his gracious Majesty.

As to entering the lists With M. le Critic about English Blatancy, life is already far too short. Besides, Kipling himself is his own best vindicator. One feels tempted to appeal to the generous and friendly utterances of his Ode on France, written for the President's last visit to the English King and Queen. But far more telling is the literary evidence of ; for it is our Author's Masterpiece, and the two master characters in that, that best witness his disinterested vision. The one is Kim, little " Friend-of-all-the-World," the Anglo-Indian boy ; such a character as could never have been conceived by a mere 1096 A FRENCH VILW OF KIPLING. trumpeter of racial supremacy ; indeed it is the very native o r Indian traits in the boy that are drawn with most sympathy and loveableness. And the other is the Lama, the old and venerable, who comes down from the mountain snows of his Thibetan monastery to search for his River of Healing, heaven-promised, in the plains. Here is a character more lovingly traced than any English one in Kipling. But quite apart from this, it is a character in the last degree spiritual, mystic, visionary—the very antithesis of all those qualities of violence and adventure, to which our critic fettered the genius of Kipling. There remains one of his best short poems to complete this vindication. For everyone has acknowledged the virtue of straight and true moral vision in the lines headed " If — " Wofdsworth's " Happy Warrior " was scarcely a finer moral drawing than this. In quite another field, there is a wonderful example of adventure-story, which yet goes immeasureably deeper than the flesh, in those tales of " Puck of Puck's Hill," and " ," with their fascinating historical air of old England and thier memories of Oak and Ash and Thorn. Here, surely, was subject matter more than Kipling could have had " before his eyes." Yet it is just here the imaginative vision is so fine. There is little enough fleshly in the medieval joy of pure craftsmanship :—" Iron's sweet stuff if you don't torture her, and hammered work is all pure truthful line, with a reason and support for every curve and bar of it " says Hal o' the Draft, in " The Wrong Thing." " Body o'me ! but I worked that winter upon the gates and bronzes for the tomb as I'd never worked before ! I was leaner than a lath, but I lived—I lived then ! " And again, for the more domestic human touches, there are Dan and Und, those children of the Moderns, a quite natural boy and a quite natural girl, yet presented so imaginatively, and with such dramatic appeal, that one likes to remember them side by side with the Dream children in Lamb's famous " Reverie " A FRENCH VIEW OF KIPLING. 1097 or with the Kenneth Grahame children of the " Golden Age." Says Und, in the ancient village church,—as the lady who practises the organ began to pull out stops and rustle hymn books behind the screen—" I hope she'll do all the soft lacey tunes—like treacle on porridge." " I like the trumpety ones best," said Dan. Could one, indeed, forget this faculty in Kipling of dramatic incidental detail, and his wealth of technical imagination ? There is in " Traffics and Discoveries " a story of 2000 A.D. " With the night mail to Quebec," a tale of twelve hours' advent- urous night riding in an aerial mail-ship ; with its International A.B.C. (Aerial Board of Control), its great coast and city guide- lights, flashing up through densest cloud levels their electric colour-chart, and above all that mysterious " Fleury-Ray," the pale flame-jet which is the genius and spirit of every air-craft in 2000 A.D.—this story realises, as nearly as may be, one of our pet literary modernities, namely the " Poetry of Machinery." And not even Jules Verne or Mr. H. G. Wells could have gone further in topical inventiveness. A fair romance of the scientific, it is in such tales that Kipling does what Chesterton lamented only Robert Louis Stevenson had done,—he infuses the spirit of imagination into cities and street-lamps.

These considerations will hardly suggest a Kipling portrait, but they may at least serve to shew how incomplete, and there- fore how unfair, the criticisms of our French writer were,—and must indeed inevitably have been, where once the slightest bias of international exclusiveness prevails. That Kipling's spirit of Imperialism should have made some foreign cities less than impartial, is lamentable enough. The freedom of the commonalty of Letters should have been stronger but at least it is worth while using our French critic, if only as a foil to quicken the practice of our own appreciation—to remind ourselves how much more Kipling has meant to us than the mere Blazonry of Empire. He is in truth neither merely a diverting storywriter nor merely a race-proud patriotic Bard. He is a man of Letters and Imagination, a Seer ; " Wizard " was our French critic's 1098 AN EPIGRAM. most nearly just description ; equipped with the keenest force of words, with a kindling humour and sympathy to appeal, and a fine crusading irony, but never cynicism, to attack. H. T. EDDERSHAW.

AN EPIGRAM. (In 1913 a Tuck Shop was instituted). (In 1915 a Date Card instead of Punishment Drill was invented) . Two years' ago, I ate dried fruits At a prodigious rate, But now I have a surfeit of The undigested date. N.E. AN EPIGRAM. (Boreas : The North Wind). Call Boreas rude ? Of course I do ; 'Tis he who steals the roses From off the maidens' dainty cheeks And claps them on their noses. R.O.H.

CORRESPONDENCE. DEAR SIR, I think, although this is the Easter term, that it might be well to look forward to next Cricket Season. Now, my opinion is, and I think you will agree with me that we shall have to do our very utmost next season if we are going to pull through with any success as we have only two of last year's colours left. When I say " we shall have to do our utmost," I mean " we " literally, that is to say it does not depend on the eleven alone, it depends on the whole School, and every one, even non-cricketers can at least turn up to watch the matches, and I hope they will do so, since I feel sure that it makes a tremendous difference to a team if it feels that the School is taking an interest in its doings. I remain, Yours truly, A. B. RADFORD. CORRESPONDENCE. 1099 THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BASE HOSPITAL FUND. ST. PETER'S SCHOOL, YORK. DEAR SIR, The Public Schools of England are uniting to form a fund in support of a Public Schools Base Hospital at Boulogne for the wounded soldiers. The British Red Cross Society has undertaken. to construct and maintain this hospital, and all Public School-

. boys, both past and present, are asked to join in this project. The School is making an effort to raise a contribution, and as so many Peterites are serving their country abroad it has been thought that Old Boys will welcome this opportunity to help, and will join us in a contribution. Will all those who desire to do so send their contributions to me at the above address ? I am, yours truly, P. B. KING. To the Editors of the " Peterite." NOTES AND ITEMS. We congratulate K. G. Chilman, M. R. Jones, and T. J. Wright on receiving their School Hockey' Colours. On Tuesday, February 2nd, there was a paper-chase, which though tiring* and under very unpleasant conditions was thoroughly enjoyed. The hares, Elliot and Hannam, led the pack on a io mile course, the main places on the route being the old Footer field, Bumper Castle, Rawcliffe, the Manor Farm, the Great North Road, and so home. The hares were allowed ten minutes start and this was increased by the hounds missing the trail at the beginning ; nevertheless they plodded on gamely through the mud and the rain, over sodden ploughed fields and roads that were little better, and succeeded in reaching home only seven minutes after the hares. The positions of the leading hounds were W. H. Sergeant, 2. R. G. Delittle, 3. R. A. Harpley, 4. E. P. Pattinson, 5. G. A. Allen, 6. J. C. Stainthorpe and A. B. Radford. A. B. Radford and J. C. Stainthorpe have been appointed School Monitors. On Saturday, February 27th, the Colts Football team played an away match with Ampleforth College, but had the miss fortune to lose by 58 points to nil. II00 NOTES AND ITEMS.

For some time past we have heard rumours of the formation of a Cyclist Squad as an addition to the O.T.C., and now the rumour has been turned into reality. On the parade- ground the Squad, comprising four members, may be seen practising with great vigour. Undeterred by collisions with each other and the walls of the Old School, which they find themselves unable to damage, though they try very hard, they persist manfully in their endeavours, much to the amusement of large numbers of onlookers. But whilst talking of additions to the O.T.C. we must not fail to mention the latest addition, namely, the Court of Enquiry. On the days when this Court is sitting, the miserable criminals, whom we are pleased to say are very few, may be seen being marched to their doom, by an escort with fixed bayonets, charged with some such terrible offence as slacking a parade. " Shall we be shot quickly or sub- mitted to a lingering death ? " they doubtless ask themselves. But strange to relate it turns out to be neither of these things, and after being threatened with fearful retribution by their stern and terrible judges, should the offence re- occur they are let off with three days' detention drill. But needless to say they are not anxious to go through the ordeal again. On Friday, February 5th, Mr. F. Chester entertained the School. He proved a very versatile artiste and in the course of his entertainment he cracked jokes, and gave exhibitions of conjuring and ventriloquism. His rendering of his whistling friend, and his songs were very greatly appreciated. He wound up a delightful evening's entertainment by two south country folk-songs, which he rendered very well. The entertainment was altogether most enjoyable, and everyone would be very pleased to see Mr. Chester again. We wish success to G. C. West and J. D. R. Dooley on their appdintment as respectively Captain and Secretary of Football, and also to A. B. Radford on being appointed Captain of Cricket. NOTES AND ITEMS. 1101 The Shooting Range is still in possession of the soldiers and they have greatly improved it by adding a shelter to the firing platform. Recently, on account of the heavy rains, the river, for the first time within the memory of even our oldest associate, has inundated the precincts of the new football field. An interesting incident is recorded of Sergeant-Instructor French, who, " as we should say in vulgar English," is still " alive and kicking." It appears that he was in the trenches at (excision by censor) and there he came across Lieut. 0. M. Tennant (O.P.) Cy. Sergeant-Major French handed him a copy of " The Peterite," which he was doubtless very pleased to receive. Thus, probably for the first- time in its history " The Peterite " has been under fire. York in conjunction with other cities of note has formed a citizen defence force, and a portion of this may be seen drilling every week on the School grounds. Once, indeed, the O.T.C. band led these warriors on a route march, and they had the satisfaction of appearing on the cinematograph. It is not necessary to add that they visited the " low haunt " at which the picture was being exhibited to have the pleasure of seeing themselves. It is our sad duty to announce that the performance of scenes from Macbeth, which was to have been given by the Clifton Grove Dramatic Society this term, has unavoidably had to be postponed until next term. We wish the Society the best of luck when they do bring forward their production.

O.P. NEWS. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. Sec.-Lieut. R. M. Wood (0.P.) to be Lieut. (temp.) 5th Batt. P.W.O. West Yorks. Regiment. N. F. Roy (O.P.) to be Staff-Paymaster R.N. H. F. Chadwick (O.P.) to be Capt. (temp.) 12th Service Batt. K.O.Y.L.I. 1102 O.P. NEWS.

Capt. R. E. Key (0.P.) to be Major (temp.) 6th Batt. York and Lancaster Regiment Major R. M. Johnson (0.P.) to be Assistant Director of Railway Transport. The Rev. W. C. B. Williams (0.P.) to be Army Chaplain' Fourth Class. Sec.-Lieut. A. D. Foster (0.P.) to be Lieut. (temp.). Major and temp. Lieut.-Colonel N. Malcolm (0.P.) to be Brevet Lieut.-Col. for distinguished service in the field. Colonel F. Hacket Thompson (0.P.) to command a Brigade with temp. rank of Brigadier-General. Walter Witten (O.P.) late Major Canadian Volunteers to be Major on general list. Capt. and Hon. Major R. G. M. Johnson (0.P.) to be Captain R.A. Lieut. W. H. Colley (0.P.) to be Captain. P. A. W. Richards (O.P.) to be Sec.-Lieut. (temp.). Claude Moss (0.P.) has been appointed to command a battalion in the new Armies. BIRTHS.- 29th Jan., 1915, the wife of R. Teasdale (O.P.), a daughter. 13th February, 1915, the wife of Major P. S. Cadman (0.P.) a son. 23rd February, 1915, the wife of C. F. C. Padel (O.P.), a son. 16th March, 1915, the wife of C. Paley-Scott (0.P.) of a son. DEATHS.- 22nd Jan., 1915, Hy. Thos. Bellerby (O.P.). Entered Apr. 1867. 7th Feb., 1915, Robert Chas. Thompson (O.P.), Entered Mids.

• 186o. Killed in motor car accident. 4th Feb., 1915, Lieut. Col. C. E. Thompson (0.P.), Entered Mich. 1866. MISCELLANEOUS.- Sec.-Lieut. D. L. de J. Fernandes (O.P.), since killed in action, was mentioned in Sir John French's despatches for distin- guished conduct in the field. The following is the account given of him by his Colonel :—" I know he was a very gallant fellow, and would meet his death fearlessly. With- out any flattery I can say that he was one of the best officers of his rank that we had ever had. Such a thorough gentle- O.P. NEWS. 1103

man, so popular with officers and men, and so keen in his profession that had he lived, he would have risen to high rank in the service. I can assure you that his loss to the regiment is very great." On Saturday, Feb. 27th, the men of the 1st Sussex Home Pro- tection Brigade presented Major Walter Witten (0.P.) with a sword on the occasion of his being transferred to the gth National Reserve, Royal Sussex Regiment, for duty. Major Shapland in presenting the sword said that he wished Major Witten good luck and hoped that he would accept the sword as a small token of the respect in which all held him. We regret to have to announce the death of Mrs. Munby. the wife of the late F. J. Munby (O.P.).

OLD PETERITES IN HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES :- (Rank under Captain omitted.) Allen, W. P. U P S Brigade, Royal Fusiliers Allenby, Colonel A. H Indian Army Allbutt, Lt.-Colonel Sir T. C., K.C.B., F.R.S., J.D., General Hospital Staff Argles, R. M. A.S.C. Armstrong, C. L. West Yorks. Armstrong, G. J. Rifle Brigade Atkinson, F. C., C.B., Brig. Gen. Middlesex Reg. Bagenal, N. B. 11th Service Batt. Suffolk Regiment Bailey, A. W. gth Ser. Batt. Oxford and Bucks. L.I. Baldwin, Capt. 0. G. de C. ..8th Service Batt. R. Munster Fus. Barnby, A. J. W. ... 7th Batt. Alex. P.W.O.. Yorks. Regiment Barton, B 8th Batt. Worcester Reg. Battley, Major R. C. loth Service Batt. Essex Regiment Baskett, R. M. Igth Service Batt. Royal Fusiliers Bedingfeld, E. G. Bentley, R. C. Alex. P.W.O. Yorkshire Regiment Bethell, R. C. West Yorks. Bingham, Captain F. M. 5th Batt. K.O..LanCaster Regt. Bingham, S. 0 5th Batt. Sherwood Foresters Bourne, A. E... HUI Ser. Batt. Middlesex Regt. 1104 0.P. NEWS. Braithwaite, J. H. W Bright Smith, A. A. W Broughall E. R. Pioneer Co. Army Cyclist Corps Brown, C. P. 5th Batt. Manchester Regiment Browne, M Middlesex Regt. Buckle, E. J. B

Burdett, G. S . Burdett, Captain E J 11th Rajputs, Indian Army Bushell, R Middlesex Regt. Cadman, Major E. C. ... 5th Batt. K.O. Roy. Lancaster Regt. Cadman, Major P.S.C. East Riding Yorkshire Yeomanry Campbell, Rev. W. 0. F. Brigade Chaplain 2nd W.R.Inf. Bgde. Campbell, Maj. G. Mc.C.....3rd B. Reserve Brigade, R. Artillery Cass, Major C. P 6th Batt. West Riding Regiment Chadwick, Capt. H. F Miners' Batt. K.O.Y.L.I. Chilman, H. L. Motor Transport Christian, — Clarke, H. C. 8th Service Batt. South Staffs. Regiment Clegg, M. T R. F. A. Cobb, P. Cobb, Capt. C. E. 8th Service Batt. E. Yorks. Regt. Colley, R. H Artists' Rifles Colley, Capt. W. H. (wounded) Yorks. Regt. Creek, G. E. S Crombie, C. Canadian Force Cureton, Major E. R. 6th Service Batt. K.O.S.B. Daniel, Major E. Y Royal Marines Daniel, H. 0 9th Batt. King's Liverpool Regiment Daniel, Maj. C. J., D S 0 Ditmas, Col. H. P., D.S.O. Staff Officer Dodsworth, B. 5th Batt P.W.O. Yorkshire Regiment

Donner, H. E. M . Draper, Surg.-Capt R. A. East Riding Yorks. Yeomanry

Draper, P. M . Draper, B.. R E Durrant, H. M. L. H M S Canopus Durrant, 0 T. loth Service Batt. East Lancs. Regiment Eadon, Major F. H. 21st Lancers

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Ellwood, Major B. P...31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, Indian Army Fausset, F. P.

Ferguson, F . Ferguson, F. E. 3rd Batt. West. Yorks Fernandes, D. L. de J. (killed in action)ist Batt. Bedfords. Regt

Flower,. P. H . Foster, A. D. 8th Batt. Sussex Regt. Foster, J. C 6th Batt. Lincs. Regt. Foster, R. D. 6th Batt. Lincs. Regt. Frankland, Capt. Sir F. W. F. G., Bart Assist. Provost Marshal Fraser, Capt. W. A. K...Adj. King George's Own 39th Central India Horse Garbutt, W. D. Middlesex Regt. Gray, E. C. J. 14th Service Batt. Manchester Regiment Grier, C. A. F. West Riding R.G.A. Hacket-Thompson, F., C B , Brigadier General Harland, M. H. 13th Batt. W. Yorks. Regt.

Harkness, J. R . Hardy, D. W. W. Riding Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. Harpley, R. A. Sportsmen's Batt. R. Fusiliers Haynes, W. H. Yorkshire Regt. Heath, J. L. 5th Batt. N. Staffs. Regt.

Heap, J. R . Hendley, C. G. C Volunteers, Alexandria Hendley, P. G. 1st Batt. 15th London P.W.O. Civil Ser. Rifles Hey, W. Irish Fusiliers Hicks, R. R RAMC Hingston, Major A. A., M B R.A.M.C. Hodsman, J. E. Saskatchewan Rifles

Holtby, J . Hopkins, Capt. R. B Manchester Regiment Horton, R. W. West Yorkshire Regt. Howgate, Capt. E V. R.G.A. Hudson, A R.A.M.C. Hudson, Major B. R.A.M.C. 1106 0.P. NEWS.

Huffam, D. Public Schools Corps, R. Fusiliers Huffam, Capt. T. W. 5th Batt. Alex. P.W.O. Yorks. Regt. Huffam, Capt. W. T. C. (wounded) 1st Batt. W. Yorks. Regt. Huffam, S. Hutchinson, Col. A., V.D. (killed in action) ..4th Batt. Lincolnshire Regt.

. Hyde, G. A 4th Batt. Royal 'Fusiliers Ingham, W. Jackson, Lt.-Col. J. A... Cumberland Terr. Force Association (Military Member) Johnson, Major R. G. M. R.A. Johnson, Maj. R. D. 1st Batt. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Jones, Capt. E. S. 4th Batt. Alex. P.W.O. Yorks. Regt- Jones, Capt. P. B. Middlesex Regiment Jones, K. S. Assam Valley Light Horse Jones, 0. S. Public School Batt., Middlesex Regiment Jones, L. F Public School Corps Key, Capt. R. E 3rd Batt. York & Lancaster Regt. Kaye, W. J. P. Keates, E H 0 K.O.Y.L.I . Kennedy, D. H. ....17th Serv. Batt. Highland Light Infantry Kennedy, C. F. Royal Irish Fusiliers King, P. C. G. West Riding Artillery Kirke, Capt. E. St. G. R.E. Knowles, F. H. West Yorks. Lawton, W. V. Queen's Own Yorks. Dragoons Lees, G. Army Ordnance Dept. Leonard, — Canadian Contingent Longbotham, G N. Lumb, Maj. A 16th Ser. Batt. Liverpool Regiment Mackay, D. P., Capt., 5th West Yorkshire Regt. Maguire, B. (killed in action) Malcolm, I. Z. Malcolm, N., Brig.-Gen. Mapleton, R. I 6th Service Batt. K.O.S.B. McClellan, Major H. T. (wounded) 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Metcalfe, C. P. Capt. of H.M.S. Wear O.P.- NEWS. 1107

Mills, G.: H.. A T and S.C. Mitthell; Capt. F 7th Batt. West Yorks. Mitchell, G. W. . 7th Batt. Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Mitchelson J. M. Montgomery; Maj. A. J 8th ,Ser. Batt. R. Irish Rifles Morse, C. C. (wounded) Wilts. Regiment Morse, R. M. North Staffs. Regiment Mortimer, J., Major .. 5th Batt. Alex. P.W.O. Yorks. Regiment .... O.C. 6th Bait. Vol.., S."LancS. Regiment Moss, Capt. A. 16th Ser. Batt. Highland L.I.

Moss, G . Moss, Capt. T 3oth Punjabs, Indian Army Mould, J. R.F.A. Myers, J. A. Neilson, A. J. Cheshire Yeomanry Nelsoh, G. C Sportsmen's Batt. Royal Fusiliers Nelson, Capt. J. W. .. 2nd Seryice Batt.Royal West Kent Regt. Newton, Capt. C. W. 1st Batt. Middlesex Regiment NOrth, W. 3rd Batt. MonmOuthshire Regt. Norwood, K North Lancashire Regt. • Palmes, Major G. C. Command. line of Communications A.A.G. Pearson, Capt. W. A. 5th Service Batt. W. Yorks. Regt. Peel, R. E. Penty, C. B. R.A.M.C. Peters, A. J. P.S.U. Middlesex Regiment Peters, C. A. K (wounded) A.S.C. Phillips, A. A. Royal Fusiliers Pixley, Major F. W. 1st Cadet Batt. K.O.R.R. Pickering, Basil H 7th Batt. West Yorkshire Regt. P011ard, Dr. B. R.A.M.C. Procter, A. K. A.S.C. Ramsden, W. H. C. West India Regiment Ramsden, A. F. East Riding Yeomanry Ramsden, J. East Riding. Yeomanry Rause, Major A. H. T...61st K ng George's Own Pioneers, Indian Army 1108 O.P. NEWS.

Reed, C. M. B. 9th Batt. E. Lancs. Regiment Reynolds, H. E. K. York & Lancaster Regiment Richards, C. W. 13th Batt. West Yorks. Regiment Richards, M. W. R.F.A. Richards, P. A. W... r ith Ser. Batt. Yoik & Lancaster Regt. Rickell, G. G. West Yorks. Ridgway, A. H., 5th W.R. Battery R.F.A. (T.F.) Rigby, J. R. A. West Yorks. Robinson, A. E. (died of wounds) .... Yorkshire Regiment

Rooke, B. H . Rowe, Capt. R. H. R. G. A . Roy, D. W., M.D, R N M.C. Roy, Capt. K. (killed in action) Middlesex Regt. Roy, N. F., Paymaster R.N. Roy, R. S., Commander , R.N. Russell, F. A. London Rifle Brigade Sale, A. B. 13th Royal Warwicks Sale, J. R., Assistant Paymaster R.N. Scath, 3rd Batt. Alex. P.W.O. Yorkshire Regiment Scoby, R. 79th Cameron Highlanders (Canadian) Scott, Capt. H. C. Army Cyclist Corps Scott, Capt. G. J. 5th Batt. Alex. P.W.O. Yorks. Regt. Shann, K. Northumberland Fusiliers Shann, Gerald R. A. MC. Shearman, Capt. T. K.O. Y. L. I. Shepherd, J. Royal Engineers, Railway Troops Silvester, Maj. L. loth Ser. Batt. Cheshire Regiment Smith, R. R. T. Mechanical Transport Brit. E. Africa So,werby, Major R. j 4th Batt. W. Riding Regiment Spalding, W. W Spooner, J. D. East Riding Imperial Yeomanry Stewart, R. 13th Ser. Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers Stockley, Capt. H. H. F. Royal Marines Sullivan, Rev. A. M. Chaplain to the West Riding Forces Taylor, Surg.-Major M., M B R.A.M.C.

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Taylor, R. R. (prisoner of war) ..K.O.S.B., attached to Nigeria Regt. Taylor, C. C. R. G. A. Tennent, 0. M. 3rd Batt. West Yorks. Thanton, R. West Riding R.H.A. Thornsby, Harry W.R. Royal Horse Artillery Thompson, Capt. H. R.G.A.

Thompson, C. E .

Thompson, F. H .

Thornay, A .

Turnbull, G. B . Tweedie, Major J. M. A.S.C Wadsworth, M. M. K.O. Y. L. I. Wallace, J. F. 3rd Service Batt. W. Yorks. Regt. Watson, Major J. B 2nd Lowland Brigade, R.F.A. Weeks, N. R.N. Division Whincup, Rev. R... Chaplain 6th Batt. P.W.O. W. Yorks, Regt. White, Col. W. A. Territorial Staff Whittle, Major H. J. Whytehead, Capt. H. R. A. .. 6th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army Whytehead, Lieut-Commander T. B. H. R.N. Williams, Rev. W. C. B Chaplain to Teri. Forces rank. Capt. Williams, P. V. Canadian Force Williamson, Oswold, Lt.-Col. 0.C., R.G.A. Willoughby, J. A. (wounded) Northamptonshire Regt. Willoughby, J. H. C. H.M.S. Basilisk Wilsden, Lieut. F. W. R.N. Wilson, Capt. E. R. C. R.G.A. Wilson, Capt. W. H. D. 1st Brahmans, Indian Army Wilson, A. G. 5th Batt. West Yorks. Wilson, S. 4th Somerset Regiment Windle, H. E. New Zealand Contingent Wiseman, F. G. T. R.N. Witten, Maj. W. 9th Reserve, R. Sussex Regiment Wood, R. M. 5th Batt. West Yorks. Woods, J. H. 1st Service Batt. Royal Berks. Regiment Wray, W. R. Royal Fusiliers II I0 O.P. NEWS.

Yeats, B. E. 9th Royal Scots Yeoman, G. T. P. Cyclists' Corps The Editors take this opportunity to thank all those who have helped to add to and correct the above list. Any further corrections or additions would be welcomed. They would be very grateful for auy information which would enable them to fill up the names of the regiments which have been left blank.

VALETE. RICHARDS, P. A. W. Dayboy. VI. Classical. Monitor. Head of the School XV. 1911-12-13-14-15. Captain of Football 1914-15. XI. 1914. Cy. Sergt.-Major in O.T.C. Librarian. Editor of the " Peterite." Sec.-Lieut. 11th Service Batt. York & Lancaster Regt. HARPLEY, R. A. Dayboy. VI. Classical. Monitor. XV. 1913-14-15. 2nd XI. 1913-14. Hockey 1914-15. Secretary of Hockey 1915. Librarian. Editor of the " Peterite." Corpl• in O.T.C. Sportsmen's Batt. Royal Fusiliers.

CONTEMPORARIES. The Editors beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following contemporaries :—Pocklingtonian, Malvernian, Cuthbertian, Leodiensian, Haileyburian, Chronicles of Enstead, Sedberghian, Highfield Review, Queen's Royal College Chronicle, Trinidad.

EDITORIAL NOTE. The Editors solicit contributions to this paper from all Peterites both past and present. Contributions of any kind are asked for, as for instance poems, epigrams or humorous articles, and as many as possible will be printed. The Editors wish to point out that it is contributions of this kind which very greatly assist in making a school magazine interesting, and they hope for a good response to this appeal.