Vol. XXI. MARCH, 1915. No. 218. SCHOOL
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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.