" The Peterite - of 1879.
the Peterite. Vol. 1.
JUNE, 1879.
No. 5.
THE OXFORD LETTER. ". . . .The Bicycle Races against Cambridge were a real treat to see. Two best on record by Oxonians in one afternoon shew the quality of the riding. Ten miles in 31 mins. 5 secs. is as fast as a parliamentary train on the N.E.R. The 25 mile race was won by a short yard in under 80 mins." THE CAMBRIDGE LETTER. . . . . the Christ's boat (in, which J. E. Stephenson was rowing) had a " squizzle " of it (whatever that may mean), on the third night. No. 6 lost his oar, which was only recovered by the cox, stretching so far out of the boat for it as to half fill her with water, and unship stroke's and 4's oars, whereupon the boat ran into the bank Christ's, however, rowing as that estimable College has never been remembered to row for a very long time, managed to get away, and made their bump just before the Railway Bridge." THE DEBATING SOCIETY. The first meeting of this Term was held on Thursday, May 15th. Wade found a full house for his motion, " That any extension of the .61ranchise is undesirable." Absolute equality between man and man, he held, was all very well in theory, but was, practically, an impossibility ; democracy meant only selfishness and tyranny, and all steps towards it were to be stoutly resisted the motion, was carried by a majority of five. CRICKET. " The first Annual Match was the first six against the next twelve, in which the twelve proved too much for the smaller number." " On Saturday, May 17th, we played Hull Church Institute, with very disastrous consequences the School went to the wickets first, and the first ball of the match saw Daniels' leg stump seriously displaced, and the last ball of the fourth over was equally serious to Jackson (2 for 5). The next five wickets fell in rapid succession, and when the seventh wicket fell, the telegraph marked the enormous score of 6. Greenhow and Procter were the first to make anything like a stand, and fortunately for the credit of the eleven, the last four who went in brought the total to 33 Greenhow, Procter and Chadwick played remarkably well, Procter being especially good, on the leg-side."