THE
PETERITE, Von. III .
JUNE, 1881 .
No .
2I.
EDITORIAL. E regret to have to ask the attention of our readers to a few facts . We are face to face with an ugly possibility— we do not like to call it a probability ; the possibility that The Peterite will have to die a premature death at the end of the year. At the beginning of last year we had a substantial balance in hand, a good subscription list, and every prospect of success. Unfortunately some of those whose names were on the list, and who received the Magazine throughout last year, have not yet paid their subscription now nearly a year and a half over-due, whilst others, who have paid, have accompanied their payment with a notice of withdrawal . Inside the School the number of subscribers is also somewhat less, so that, even if all subscriptions still owing are paid in, we shall be left at the end of the year without any balance in hand ; should any remain unpaid we shall be left with a deficit instead. Under these circumstances we appeal very earnestly to all who are interested in the Magazine—we might almost say, in the School—to avert the contingency . They can do so if they will. It is only natural that there should be withdrawals of subscriptions from time to time, nor can we expect the cause of the Magazine to be espoused with enthusiasm when it is no longer a novelty. Notwithstanding this, we hope this statement of the condition of affairs, made with a good deal of reluctance, will meet with an immediate response . We are loth to believe, even where the Treasurer has written four or five times for an owing subscription, that it is withheld from anything but carelessness . If only those who still owe subscriptions would pay AT ONCE, and if all who feel any interest in the Peterite will do their best to secure us new subscribers inside the School and outside, the extinction of the Magazine will be prevented . If our readers will do their part, we can pledge ourselves to do ours .
W