During the year Mr.W.Evans and Mr.I.R.Holland left to become Heads of Department at Aigburth Vale High School and Bolton C.G.S. respectively.

In July, after ten years in the Geography Department, Mr.J.E.Mountford left to become Sixth Form tutor at Birkenhead Institute. His contribution to school life has been outstanding, and many boys in particular will thank him for the introduction to Europe on his splendid summer tours. We also regret the loss of Mr .J .P .Marsh and Mr .C.Richardson, both after five years at P.G.S., both to become Heads of Department, Mr.Marsh at Hutton Grammar School, Mr. Richardson at Culcheth Comprehensive. Both will be remembered for their wide range of interests and activities, especially on the games field, and this excellent magazine is in itself a mark of Mr .Marsh's initiative and imagination.

Mrs.Kearle and Mr.Poole also left at the end of the year.

As a result of these changes Mr.W.Rimmer becomes Careers master, and Mr.J.H. Thomas takes over the editorship of the magazine.

During the year Mrs.M.Williams, Miss B.McQueen, Mr.G.Dean and Mr.I.Chadwick filled temporary vacancies and we are grateful for their help. Mrs.Williams will continue in a part time capacity next year in the English department.

In September we welcome :

Mr.V.Brennan ( Trinity and All Saints, Leeds ) to teach French.
Mr.P.Fairhurst ( B.A., Leeds ) to teach English.
Mr.C.Freestone ( Loughborough College ) to teach Technical Subjects.
Mr.N.Harris ( B.Ed., Liverpool ) to teach Mathematics.
Mrs.M.B.Harris ( F.R.I.C., Salford ) to teach Mathematics and Chemistry.
Mr.D.Kirk ( B.Sc., Liverpool ) to teach Physics.
Mr.W.Lonsdale ( B.A., Leeds ) to teach Classics.
Mr.P.McBride ( B.A., Leicester ) to teach Geography.

In addition to Mr.Heywood's illness in the Autumn Term, both Mr .Elmer and Mr. Fred Webster have been seriously ill, and we are very glad to see their full recovery.

The Head Prefect for the Autumn Term was William Rogers and for the Spring and Summer Terms Steven Jones. The Upper Sixth shared the responsibilities of prefectship.

The major academic achievement of the year has been that of Graham Birchenough, who won an Exhibition in Modern Languages at Brasenose College, Oxford. W.Rogers and D.Mercer gained places at St-Catherine's College, Cambridge and Hertford College, Oxford.

The most important development of the year has been at White Hart House, Dent. The alterations are now complete, and staff and boys were in occupation during the Summer Term. A very successful Open Day was held on July 5> when over three hundred parents visited Dent.

The usual school functions were held. I recall particularly Mr.Boyce's fine address at Speech Day, the stimulating performances of Romanof and Juliet, and the national publicity the production received, and the three concerts.
We have abandoned awarding prizes below the Fifth year, because the system was inherently unfair in that so many subject options are now in existence, and also to concentrate our limited financial resources on the Senior School, so that really worthwhile prizes can be given.

The School is being re-wired (at last) over the summer holidays, but other building developments have been further delayed. That great imponderable, reorganisation, is still with us, but no one can forecast when or in what form it will occur.

J .C.S.W.