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THE PETERITE Vol. XLVI I I MAY, 1956 No. 342 EDITORIAL COMMEMORATION. The programme for Commemoration this year shows sonic variation of the arrangements which have hitherto been sanctified by custom. The most noteworthy change will be the holding of the Old Peterite Dinner on the Saturday instead of the Friday. There are obvious advantages in the innovation. Friday is clearly a difficult day for Old Peterites to come to York, as is conclusively proved by the large number who make their first appearance at Commem. on the Saturday afternoon. By holding the Dinner on the Saturday evening we shall make the function possible for the many who have hitherto been precluded from it by considerations of travelling and business or other commitments. The fact that we confidently expect that the attendance at the 1956 Dinner will be considerably larger than hitherto is a contributory reason for the decision to hold the Dinner at the School. In the past some difficulty has been experienced in selecting a suitable hotel or restaurant in York as a venue for the Dinner, and with the anticipated increase in numbers the problem would become well-nigh insoluble. The School dining-hall should provide all the necessary facilities, and there will be the additional advantage that all of us will feel "at home". The invitation to Mr. Hugh Lyon to be our principal guest at the Speech Day ceremony on the Saturday morning was, we think, a happy inspiration, and we are glad that Mr. Lyon has been able to accept. Mr. Lyon, who was Rector of Edinburgh Academy from 1926 to 1931 and for the succeeding 17 years, until his retirement in 1948, a distinguished Head Master of Rugby School, has been the Director of the Public Schools' Employment Bureau since 1950. This combination of experience should make Mr. Lyon uniquely qualified to address an audience of public school boys and their parents. All who are present at the Clifton Cinema should feel confident that they will be listening to one who, if we may adopt the modern expressive cliche, 'knows all the answers'. His wise and vigorous administration of the Employment Bureau has made that institution an invaluable link between the Public Schools and the ever-growing colossus of commerce and industry and opened up for boys about to leave school a world of opportunity undreamt of by their fathers. On the subject of careers Mr. Lyon will indeed speak with the voice of authority. 1 CONTENTS PAGE Editorial ... 1 Commemoration, 1956 2 The Appeal 3 Gift to the Library 3 Old Peterite News 3 Valete and Salvete 7 School Officers ... 8 House Notes 8 The Oxford Cup ... 15 The Chapel 15 The Choir 16 The Library 17 The Easter Tour 17 The Curia 20 The Debating Society 20 The Science Society 22 British Ship Adoption Society 24 Careers ... 24 Music 27 The Film Society ... 30 The Young Farmers' Club 31 Article : "Thomas Cranmer" 32 The C.C.F. 35 Shooting 36 Scouting 38 Fencing 41 Squash 42 Chess 44 Article : "Ski-ing Holiday" 44 Hockey, 1956 ... 45 Easter Term Rugger 47 Athletics ... 48 The Boat Club ... 51 The Junior School 53 I.C.I. TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIPS. The announcement by Imperial Chemical Industries, in March last, of their proposals for what are styled Transfer Scholarships to the Universities gives food for thought. Briefly, the intention of I.C.I. is to finance suitable candidates who have specialised at school in Arts subjects during a preliminary year at the University which would enable them to embark on an honours course in Science. These I.C.I. scholarships, for which the co-operation of five Universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, has been arranged, will be available for award in the year 1956-57. The effect of them is, of course, twofold. The boy who has shown a preference for Classics, or Modern Languages, or English subjects at school is no longer ipso facto debarred from a career in the world of Science, while, as a Science graduate, he would face life with a more broadly- based education. The scheme is attractive and should appeal to many of our boys. Full particulars of the scholarships are, of course, avail- able in the School. It is interesting to speculate on the motives which have actuated I.C.I. It is, we believe, far from the whole truth to look upon the new transfer scholarships as merely another device to wean boys from Arts to Science and to feed the insatiable man of Progress with more scientists and technicians. The clue, we think, is to be found in the sentiments voiced by Sir Alexander Fleck, I.C.I.'s Chairman, when he opened our Science Exhibition a little over a year ago. He urged then that 'what industry needed today was educated men and not minds overburdened with the dead-weight of unrelated facts'. What was wrong with formal education, he contended, was that it was not liberal enough. Our own comment on Sir Alexander's observations, in our Editorial of May, 1955, was that 'perhaps the remedy lies in the prolongation of the period of formal education by an additional University year'. The proposed scholarships show that this is now the view of I.C.I. It would seem then that I.C.I. have concluded that 'Science is not enough'. We agree most heartily. COMMEMORATION The programme will be as follows :- WEDNESDAY, 25TH JULY. Junior School Speech Day and Distribution of Prizes by Sir Lumley Dodsworth. FRIDAY, 27TH JULY. Cricket Match, School v. Old Peterites, begins. O.P. Club General Meeting. Concert in Big Hall (evening). 2 V SATURDAY, 28TH JULY. Morning : Speeches and Distribution of Prizes by Hugh Lyon, Esq., M.G. Afternoon : Cricket Match continued. Boat Races, School v. Old Peterites. Evening : Old Peterite Dinner. SUNDAY, 29TH JULY. 8-15 am Holy Communion. 11-0 a.m. Commemoration Service and Sermon by Canon T. H. Tardrew. BUILDING APPEAL Little further progress has been made since our report in the last "Peterite". The gross total, including prospective receipts from covenants, now stands at £21,034 15s. I 1 d. Although this sum will enable us in due course to carry out some part of our building programme, it is hoped that the many Old Boys and other friends of the School who have not yet "taken the plunge" will see that their names are added to our list of benefactors. The Industrial Fund for the advancement of Science in In- dependent Schools has received a great and well-deserved publicity, but it is unfortunate that our foresight in providing new, up-to-date and well-equipped laboratories from our own resources makes us ineligible for assistance from the Fund. We may perhaps hope that industrial firms especially interested in scientific education will con- sider our Appeal with this in mind. GIFT TO THE LIBRARY The new oak shelving presented by Mr. H. Stephenson has now been installed in the Library, and a major transformation has been achieved. We are indeed grateful to Mr. Stephenson for his generosity, and are confident that a further important step forward has thus been made in providing the right atmosphere in what is academically the most important room in the School. OLD PETERITE NEWS THE BISHOP OF DURHAM All Old Peterites will be gratified by the appointment of the Right Reverend Maurice Harland (1912-1914) to the See of Durham, in succession to Dr. A. M. Ramsey, the new Archbishop of York. Dr. Harland, who is, of course, our most distinguished representative in the Church, is translated from Lincoln, where he was made Bishop in 1947. 3 Dr. Harland, who is 60, was born at Rillington, near Malton, where his father, the Rev. G. W. Harland, was Vicar. He was educated at St. Peter's and later at Exeter College, Oxford, and Leeds Clergy School. At the beginning of the first World War, when he was 18, he joined the West Yorkshire Regiment and served for four months as a subaltern. Later he transferred to the Royal Field Artillery, and then to the Royal Flying Corps. He left the Royal Air Force, as the R.F.C. later became, in 1919. He was ordained in 1922, his first curacy being in Leicester, where he stayed for 11 years. In 1933 he was appointed Perpetual Curate of St. Matthew's, Holbeck, Leeds, and five years later went to Winder- mere as Vicar of St. Mary's Church. In 1942 he was appointed Vicar of Croydon, Suffragan Bishop of Croydon, and Hon. Canon of Canterbury. COMMEMORATION The Commemoration week-end will be from Friday, 27th July, to Sunday, 29th July. There will be the usual cricket match and boat races. Any O.P.s who wish to play for the O.P. XI should communicate with R. A. Stratton, Tynron, 8 Riddings Road, Hale, Cheshire. K. H. Rhodes, at the School, will again organize the boat races, and anyone interested should get in touch with him. A preliminary programme is printed on page 2. It should be noted that the O.P. Dinner will be held on the Saturday. OLD PETERITE MANCHESTER DINNER The second annual North-West Area Dinner was held at the New Millgate Hotel, Manchester, on the 9th March. R. A. Stratton was in the Chair and the toast of "The School" was proposed by G. F. Jackson (ex-Master). The following were present :- Blackburn, D. (1922-31). Jackson, G. F. (ex-Master). Booth, A. T. (1948-53). Lewis, T. J. (1923-26). Booth, J. G. (1945-50). Maclldowie, A.