THE PETERITE Vol. LXI I OCTOBER, 1971 No. 385 EDITORIAL Two years after the death of Kenneth Rhodes the new stalls in the east end of Chapel were dedicated in July by Bishop Harland, a distinguished Old Peterite, formerly Bishop of Durham. The stalls are a fitting memorial from the Old Peterites to Rhodes, who was regular in his worship all his life; reverent without any trace of smugness; critical of Chapel changes, sometimes amused, but always tolerant where sincerity was apparent. His anger was only aroused when he sometimes saw ignorance masquerading as agnosticism, and surly indifference as religious doubt. For he well knew that it takes much intelligent and mature thought to produce an honest agnostic; but in general, the isolated individual who ostentatiously avoided taking any part in a service was an object of pity rather than of wrath. To Rhodes, Chapel was part of the discipline of the School society, where the individual could seek his own measure of communication and comfort, but where the schoolboy maturing to manhood should receive steady instruction by familiar practice; instruction that ideally would be complementary to what was learnt at home, but which sometimes might be the substitute for what was not given elsewhere. Rhodes, with his questioning mind, would not question the need for the schoolboy to be instructed in the Christian faith, nor the duty of the School to undertake the instruction. He was well aware that this view might be called outdated, but he would not consider that the exploration of faith could be any more dated than the investigation of science. The sin was the closing of the mind. So the old question comes up from time to time: 'Why compulsory Chapel?' The argument can be endless. The answer is probably tied up with education generally. Who is to decide what should be learnt, and what principles are there to guide the decision? From Plato to Chairman Mao the basic theory of education has accepted that there is a body to be trained : hence the need for exercise; a mind to be developed: hence the need for a varied corpus of knowledge which the mind can be trained to assimilate and to use; and a spirit to be satisfied : hence the Thoughts of the Chairman, and the faith in Collectivism that the Soviet system hopes to inculcate in its best brains. In the West we have been left for the time being thinking that while our physical and mental development moves with the times, the faith in which our culture was built up must be outdated because it is not a product of our age. It is to be wondered how long the Chairman's thoughts will influence opinion after two thousand years; yet the modern Chinaman is expected to accept them as his article of faith. 1 CONTENTS PAGE Editorial 1 School Notes ... Commemoration 3 Examination Results 9 Salvete 11 Valete 11 Chapel Notes ... 12 Music ... 15 The Science Exhibition 17 Bartholomew Fair 18 C.C.F. Notes ... 19 Scout Group ... 24 Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme 25 Hockey 25 Boat Club 27 Rugby ... 32 Athletics 33 Shooting 34 Squash ... 36 Cricket ... 37 Swimming 52 Tennis ... 53 Fencing ... 54 Science Society 56 Junior Science Society 57 Young Farmers' Club 57 British Ship Adoption Society 58 Mountaineering Club ... 58 Walking Club ... 61 Field and Stream Association 62 Radio 5 ... 62 Electronics Club 63 Geography Field Studies 63 The Linear Motor Project 64 House Notes ... 65 Old Peterites 73 The East End of Chapel C. M. Atkinson The problem for Christendom seems to be that Christian faith requires intellectual effort, and so many of us, in shunning the effort, try to scorn the faith as an opiate prepared for the simple. Any school in Christendom that allows its children to grow up un- instructed in the Faith is failing as badly in its duty as if it fails to give them the opportunity to study Marxism, Maoism, or any other ideal. But the need for instruction in the Christian faith is because almost every branch of our civilisation and culture has been affected by it, law, government, science, and the whole range of the arts. And it seems reasonable that anyone who is going to take any leading part in a society deeply affected by Christianity should be thoroughly conversant with it. For though he may later put it aside from his routine, he will never lose the influence of it, and he will usually return to it. The Editor thanks the many contributors to The Peterite, and would welcome correspondence and articles of general interest. SCHOOL NOTES January to September We congratulate Mr. J. Dronfield on the award of the O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to the community in York. Mr. Dronfield was a York Magistrate for nearly thirty years, and Chairman of the Bench for eight years until his retirement last year; he is Secretary of the Trustees of the Minster Fund. * * * On February 13th a Concert was given in Chapel to mark the pletion of the Rhodes Choir Stalls. * * * A Latin play, Andria, by Terence was performed in the Mem Hall on March 20th by boys from The Royal Belfast Academical Inst i * * * February 27th and 28th was the first boarders' exeat week-end. York Symphony Orchestra gave a Concert in Hall on March 6th. * * * His Grace the Lord Archbishop of York took the Confi rms Service in Chapel on March 13th. * * * On March 19th and 20th the twelfth Science Exhibition was A detailed account of this fine enterprise will be found in this i s * * * A party for parents of Vth formers to meet the masters was on March 20th. * * * The Easter Term ended on March 21st. 2 On May 13th there was a joint performance with Queen Anne Grammar School of lepthe' by Carissimi and 'Der Jasager' by Weill; it took place at Queen Anne School. * * * The Choir sang Evensong in York Minster on May 19th, and took part in the R.S.C.M. Festival in Ripon Cathedral on May 25th. * * * June 5th, 6th and 7th became a Field Week-end, and on the last of these dates the General Inspection of the CCF was made by Rear- Admiral J. E. Dyer-Smith, the Director General, Aircraft (Naval). * * * Scenes from Ben Jonson's 'Bartholomew Fair' were performed in Hall on June 15th and 16th. Extracts were repeated on June 28th before Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh when they made their visit to York on June 28th. Some of the School's fencers were also present at this splendid occasion on the Knavesmire. * * * On July 4th there was a party for parents of Lower V1 th boys to meet the masters. * * * Commemoration started on July 9th when there was a Concert in Hall. Speech Day was on the 10th, and the Commemoration Service on the 11th. * * * Term ended on July 1 1 th. * * * In the N.R.A. Meeting at Bisley from July 12th to 15th, the CCF Shooting Team did remarkably well, and we congratulate them on winning the Country Life Competition and coming third in the Ashburton. * * * A. B. Stow, the Contingent Warrant Officer of the CCF was selected for the International Air Cadet Exchange scheme which is to foster international understanding, good will and fellowship among young men with an interest in aviation. He spent three weeks as the guest of the Israeli Government during the Summer holidays, and we congratulate him on being selected. * * * The Work Cup was won for 1970-71 by Temple. * * * Until further notice the second issue of The Peterite will be in May instead of February. * * * COMMEMORATION, 1971 The Cricket Match against the Old Peterites started on Friday, July 9th, and the following day the Speeches and Presentation of Prizes were presided over by the Chairman of the Governors, the Very Revd. the Dean of York. The Prizes were presented by the Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Sir Gordon Sutherland, Sc.D., F.R.S. On Sunday, July 1 1 th, at the Commemoration Service in Chapel, the new Choir Stalls were dedicated in memory of K. H. Rhodes by The Rt. Revd. M. H. Harland, D.D., (O.P.). 3 SPEECHES AND PRESENTATION OF PRIZES The ceremony began with the following Welcome to the Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, by S. P. Coverdale. Salvete omnes, et Eboracum bene venite, primam Britanniae inferioris urbem, qua abhinc mine nongentos annos Quintus Petilius Cerealis Caesius Rufus, legatus Augusti pro praetore, vir praeclarissimus, castra sua munivit, auxilio Legionis Nonae Hispanae, eis saluti omnibus qui inter Parisios Brigantesque agros colebant. Quibus ex castris per regiones finitimas vi et armis irruperunt Romani eo duce; nam, ut Tacitus narravit, terrorem statim intulit, Brigantum civitatem, quae numerosissima provinciae totius perhibetur, adgressus; multa proelia, et aliquando non incruenta; magnamque Brigantum partem aut victoria amplexus est aut bello. Ita pax est instituta Romana, priusquam in Caledoniam progrederentur legionarii tam ferociter agentes ut totiens in futurum tantas Britanniae clades, incendia, artrocitates ultro retulerint Picti. Unum autem ipsis ex Pictis hodie hospitem salutamus, non vi Martiali praeditum, sed arte et scientia, non rudem ac barbatum, at humanissimum et doctissimum, Gordon Sutherland, equitem illustrissimum, Collegii Emmanuelis apud Universitatem Cantabrigiensem Magistrum, et Socium Regalis Societatis. Nec doctrinae tantum est peritus hospes noster, verum etiam pilae minimae pellendae, id quod in Caledonia adoratur ac nominatur golf, scapha navigandi, artis non ei ignotae qui rem publicam gubernat, de montibus supervolitandi glaciatis; quae studia superantur omnia testarum amore ac dilectu, quas ex Oriente mercatores transportaverint. His autem non totum se dedit; praeses quaestionis de numero discipulorum augendo, syndicus complures annos Typographei Cantabrigiensis, iure trium liberorum dignus, uxore dignissima beatus, quam quoque hodie salutamus et adesse maxime gaudemus, trans oceanum iter saepe facit ut colonias priores visitet.