June 1881 by StPetersYork

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 .

OXFORD /ESTHETICISM. (FROM ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW).

MAY as well begin my contribution by stating what I am and why I am writing this . I suppose I need not be as, precise as I had to be about filling up my Census paper the othe.I week, so I will just explain that I am a scout of a good many years' standing at St . Ambrose 's . Well, I chanced to take up in the rooms of one of my masters the other day a copy of your Magazine for April, and in that I read an article^on what is the fashionable craze at present in this University . I do not know who " Little Alexander " is . If he is the same as " Ally Sloper," who writes regularly in my comic paper, Judy, I think he must send you his worst jokes ; for I could not see much sense in a good deal that he said in that article . However, it struck me that, if such things interest your readers, I might be able, from the circumstances of my position, to give them a little information on the subject . Only the other night there was a debate at the Union about it, and, though my professional duties did not allow me to be present, I heard a full account of it the next morning at a breakfast given by one of my masters . A Magdalen man, (with a lily in his button-hole while he spoke, of course) brought forward a motion in praise of estheticism . In doing so, he avoided the use of " party Shibboleth, " he said. A gentleman explained that to be the use of the word " Utter, " but I don't see how he came by the meaning ; I always thought Shibboleth was the name of one of the kings of Israel . But perhaps it may be the Latin for " Utter " as well. Then the mover went on to say that the greatest happiness in the world was to be got out of gazing with inextinguishable agony on somebody ' s pictures—Brown Jones ' s, or something of that sort ; and that merriment ought to be crushed out of life, and so on. You would hardly believe that anybody could be foolish enough to say such things, but it is quite true. There is one gentleman on my staircase who sits for halfan-hour at a time nursing and stroking his china . Why, I have known him sometimes say to me, " Bob, bring me my tea-pot, " and, when I have said, "Yes, sir, shall I send you up some milk, sir ? " he has answered, " No, thank you : I don 't want any tea,

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I only want to look at my tea-pot. " Once I ventured to make some remark to him on the subject, and he called me a Philistine; though what Philistines had to do with tea-pots I could not understand, any more than I could see the connection between Shibboleth and " Utter . " But there is no understanding the vagaries of these sthetic gentlemen . I know one who came into some rooms at Christmas in which there was an elegant gilt mirror . What do you think he did ? Instead of being thankful for what, to my mind, would make an ornament for any drawing room, he had the gilt painted all over black, and fixed the glass up on an end which the cabinet-maker never meant it to stand on . It was the same with his table-cloth . It was a bright warmlooking red, and he had it dyed black, so that it looks more like a pall than anything else. But that is always the way with your sthetic gentlemen . And then they will put up china and gimcracks all about their rooms, and in the oddest possible places ; and if you happen to break anything of theirs when you are dusting, there is no end of a fuss, and you have them almost in tears. As a member, then, of the influential class of College servants, and speaking with some authority on their behalf, I may say that, although I do not understand altogether what " Little Alexander " was driving at in his article, I decidedly prefer athletics to esthetics. Athletics mean training, and trainir means breakfasts with beef-steaks in plenty, and no questions asked as to where those that are left over go . But as for esthetics, why, I appeal to the readers of this Magazine, what is to become of the due and proper perquisites of scouts, if undergraduates lunch on lilies ? A SCOUT .* * We have attended to the request of our contributor that we should correct his spelling where it stood in need of correction. But in spite of one or two derelictions of his in the matter of spelling and grammar, we cannot help suspecting the work of an undergraduate hand . Can the explanation possibly be this ? Can the article be the work of some wise being who, after four years ' experience of undergraduate life, has chosen a more lucrative occupation ? If so, we may warn him that if he has thoughts of taking to literature instead, he is as foolish as he has hitherto been wise.Editors.

NOTES AND ITEMS. The Rev. H . M . Stephenson has been appointed Examiner for the B . A . degree at Durham University. F. T . Griffith has been elected to the first open Classical Exhibition (the Cave), value £50 a year, at Clare College, Cambridge. G. H . Eyre has been elected to the first open Mathematical Scholarship, value £6o a year, at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. J . H . Collinson has been elected to an open Mathematical Scholarship, yearly value £30, at Queen ' s College, Cambridge. E . A . Douglas has been elected to an open Classical Scholarship of , '3o a year, at Christ ' s College, Cambridge. A. Chadwick has been elected to an open Mathematical Exhibition of £50 a year, at St . John 's College, Cambridge. B. G . M . Baskett has obtained a Lady Hasting's Exhibition, at Queen ' s College, Oxford . J . C . Bailey and H . C . B . Clayforth proxime accessernut for exhibitions at the same College, each receiving £5 for their expenses. T . Estill has passed the Final Examination of the Incorporated Law Society. F . Eadon has passed the Examination admitting him from the Militia to a commission in the Army.

OXFORD LETTER. NOTHER Summer Term well-nigh half over, reminds one that the, to most men, happiest period of their existence is also rapidly going . Hardly any one remembers a finer month in Oxford than the last has been . Oh, that the inexorable dxmon of " Schools " would allow poor wretches to enjoy the bright sunshine in peace and quietness ! However, some fortunate individuals either have no such stern realities as examinations to trouble them, or at least manage to forget them, judging by the way they devote themselves to the many dissipations and amusements of this place. First among these I suppose is cricket, which has been in full swing for weeks . The 'Varsity are playing the M. C. C . at the new ground in the Parks to-day ; the fielding of the latter did not seem anything very great

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For details we must refer enquiring readers to the Field. The College Clubs have been playing almost every day . Queen's are very strong this year, though unfortunately the claims of the " Eight " which he is stroking, and of the Schools, will prevent Daniel from playing• The " Eights " come on in a day or two . Lawn Tennis flourishes if possible more vigorously than ever ; there are some important matches coming off shortly. At the Union, the other day, it was decided that true Art was beneficial to the nation at large, but the House strongly disapproved of that ridiculous and absurd class of people known as ""Esthetes . " This was an amendment on a motion moved by one of that same odious class . Was it not rough on him ? Unfortunately, in spite of their enemies ' rancorous hate, the votaries of sky-blue and pea-green continue to make proselytes. We have also had a debate this term on the Irish Land Bill . The Mover was Viscount Cranborne, Lord Salisbury ' s son, who did not specially distinguish himself . We heartily congratulate Baskett on his " Betty, " and hope he will infuse new life into the Union debates. Four O . P . 's are in for Honour Mods . this term (one, Mathematical); one is in for Honour Greats, and one for Political Economy and Rudiments . Good luck to us ! MUI .TINOMIAI .. May i 6 .

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. May

1 9.

F the Athletic and Rowing Events which have occupied our attention since the last letter, there is no need here to say much : we shall leave that to `Multinomial . ' The 'Varsity Eight were acknowledged to have made a good fight, and out of the seemingly unpromising material at the beginning of the year Watson-Taylor produced a good crew . The Sports were a great surprise, as neither Cambridge nor Oxford came off in their pet events, winning some of those they had not calculated on. This year is the last in which the usual May Week, consisting of Balls, Concerts, Garden Parties, Races, and Cricket Matches, with Sisters (other fellows) and Cousins and Aunts to help, will be held in May . In consequence of the new Regulations as to Examinations, the Week will in future be held in June, and I imagine the Races also, so as not to separate the Races and the Gaieties as it seems they do at Oxford. There has been some very good racing on the river this year, notably between 1st Trinity second boat, and Caius second, the latter

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trying unsuccessfully for three nights to catch Trinity, and only doing so on the fourth night. Jesus are still head of the river, though to make sure of their place they have brought up a couple of old blues, which has caused much adverse comment . The only Peterite whose name can be found on the Race Card is Mallinson, rowing two in Christ's first boat, having been promoted thither from bow of Christ's second . He has been very lucky, for, his boat having gone up every night, he has received his "oar," which, we presume, he will shew with pride to his children and grandchildren in the far-off future. It has been very gratifying to find the School so successful as regards the Scholarships gained up here at the end of last Term : we venture to doubt if any year previously can shew a better record, since, out of six candidates, only one was unsuccessful, and he has retrieved his honour in another place. The University Eleven bid fair to be exceedingly strong this year : we have not only a good nucleus in the remnants of last year's Eleven, but have been reinforced by some very promising Freshmen : we hope, therefore, after the way we walked around a fairly representative (we can hardly call it strong), England Eleven, last week, to be able to compensate ourselves for the disturbance caused in our minds by the result of the Boat Race. MAX.

A MISSIONARY LETTER. have much pleasure in printing the following letter, received by the Head Master from the Bishop of Caledonia, who, it will be remembered, preached in the School Chapel two years ago, before starting for his far off diocese : WE

Postal Address,—Fort Simpson, Victoria, British Columbia.

shall not forget the enthusiastic help of the boys MY of St . Peter's School, York. My time is precious, but I feel bound to write to them and to send the kind of detail of my work that is likely to interest them . They will imagine my little steamer dashing through the waves of these little-known seas, but it is too early for that yet . After another month's imprisonment by deep snows and frozen rivers I hope to start on a journey of twelve hundred miles, on foot or by dog sleighs . Some interior Indians from Stewart's Lake arrived yesterday with my snow shoes and dogs . When I reach Victoria in May, (D .V.) I hope DEAR SIR,—I

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to find the steamer's machinery and frame ready to be put together. White, of Cowes, has prepared it all . Last summer I was canoeing sixty-four whole or parts of days, and visited nearly all the coast tribe between Vancouver's Island and Alaska . Many a soaking and an occasional difficulty I had, but only one serious danger . A frail canoe, hollowed cedar, caught in a gale at sundown with no shelter for six hours, but running before the wind in thick darkness, and then dashing between rocks buried with foam to grope our way into smooth water, was not likely to inspire a sailor, much less a landsman, with much hope . But God helped us in our duty, and the peril made the succour well worth remembering . Since then I have had strange experiences . In the spring of last year I visited the inland tribes among whom I have wintered . I found them as degraded as they could be . But my voyage from the coast would have charmed the boys perhaps even more than it did me . Two hundred miles of breasting a river that has rapids every few miles was hard work. With a crew of six fine Indians, who never forgot their prayers, and sang sweetly, I spent fourteen days worthy of red letters. Fourteen days amid grand scenery . Twice fourteen camps beneath forest trees beside a swift river two miles broad, dotted with innumerable islands, and flanked by precipitous mountains, snow-capped—delightful I boys, you agree ? Working from dawn to sunset ; often soused, as sailors say, by the angry looking rapids, we enjoyed our hard-earned rest each night . The breeze sweeping the topmost branches added soft music to the diapason of the restless river hurrying past our feet . With branches from the same friendly cedar that spread its arms over us our bed was quickly made. My crew no sooner were outstretched than fast asleep and snoring in dreadful discord . This, however, like the wild rapids that twirl our canoe as if she were a nut-shell, one soon becomes accustomed to . I am much attached to my Indians, and would rather travel with them than with white men . They know the river, are easily managed, and are capital foragers . The plants I call weeds they eat, and I imitated them . Game abounded. My crew never waste powder and shot . When they found I was the best shot, the gun was passed to me when game was sighted, the rifle for bears and seals, and the smooth-bore for grouse ashore and wild fowl afloat. Venison abounds on the coast ; then we came to the bear belt, but their flesh is less palatable than porcupines . Seals are too fat . An unfortunate salmon would be pierced by the deft hand of an Indian occasionally . We fared bountifully, and satisfied good appetites whetted by fresh air and work . My purpose took me into every Indian village we came to . Let not the lover of the picturesque

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follow me . Let the distant view suffice . Well for the Indian that he loves to roam . Otherwise his home would be enclosed within a rampart of dirt . Oh the filth ! Indians have noses, but they smell not ! Passing by all that has taken place up to my second visit early in October, i 88o, picture me teaching ABC and 12 3 to tatterdemalions of both sexes so alike in dirt and rags that I often mistook boys for girls . Since then what a change ! I filled my pockets with lump sugar, and when I saw a face less dirty than the rest or hair less matted, out came a piece of sugar which was quickly popped into a mouth well provided with teeth . Now the school would supply shining heads and polished faces meet to adorn a smart hairdresser ' s window . If a boy does a little work, nothing so much desired in payment as highly perfumed hair oil ! My first class beat me in writing . Have read half through the second book of the Dublin series of school books. Arithmetic is their weak point ; ten times twelve is the furthest point reached . One of the most admirable traits in their character is disobedience to parents, or to anybody else who wishes them to do anything not agreeable to these hopefuls . Fortunately their parents tried hard to keep them from school ; the medicine men threatened them, but down they ran, or round they skulked and rejoiced in touching a book or slate . About two hundred have attended, among them several young men who are ambitious . One day a band of painted medicine men, as fierce looking as demons, came and began their horrid dance before the School . Of course all teaching ceased and their victory seemed won for the time . But sitting on the stool of mortification is a hard task to me . While the intruders were hooting and leaping with exultation, I suddenly marched up to the ringleader, seized him by his shoulders, and before he could recover from his surprise had him to the river's edge (a steep bank) . "There," said I, pointing to the deep stream, " I shall assist you further the next time you attempt this kind of disturbance ;" then came back, locked the school door from the inside and proceeded to sing a merry tune the children knew well . The medicine men held a noisy conference, but have never repeated the performance . This unexpected turn gave confidence to the pupils, and soon afterwards they were mimicking the defeated party. There has been a large gathering of Indians here this winter . I reckoned fifteen hundred bedizened in one dance . Feasting, gambling, andfighting have been the order of the day . My arch foe came limping into my hut one evening with three of his ribs broken and a wounded scalp . This great medicine man had been fighting with a party armed with axes and had met with this disaster. Physic for his woes

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and revenge on his foes he humbly begged for . Giving him medicine I told him to rest for a week, and spend it in sorrow over his abominable sins. On another occasion two sets of men armed against each other, and murder seemed imminent . I was called to the field of combat, and went, taking a stout piece of rope in my hand . Going up to a man of consequence I managed to obtain a hearing . Then making a noose I explained what hanging meant, and assured the ruffians that the murderer must swing . This put the thing in a new and disagreeable light . The intending fray was postponed and never came off. Before this I had gained influence by diligent attention to the sick. More than five hundred applications (548) for medical aid I have attended to out of school hours . Though the medicine men (native dealers in witchcraft and mesmerism) say I have killed those who died under my treatment, yet the general success in affording relief has made me the greatest medicine man in the country ! Besides religious instruction in school, I have held a daily evening service, and three on Sundays . Two men have been baptized ; a young chief of importance has signified his intention to renounce heathenism, and his clan is likely to follow his example : the old men are stubborn, the medicine men are furious ; but the young people are wheeling round, and a few individuals by their lives shew that the great change has taken place . Thank God I do most heartily for bringing me, contrary to all my plans, (and tastes, too, I must confess), among these poor people . My new house was just finished, and in it I had intended to work at translations, when the failure of a missionary to occupy this important centre at the very last moment determined me on coming myself. Besides Indians I found a band of miners wintering here : their mines are two hundred miles east of this ; only the unsuccessful men remain here, the others go to Victoria : they had outsinned the heathen, and injured them physically and morally. There was no law or public opinion : vice prevailed : they no more wished my ministrations than the heathen . But kindness won them. I had a multiplex printing graph, and finding a man of education, and gentleman by birth, among them, I induced him to edit a weekly newspaper . He agreed if I would write the leading articles and draw the illustrations . I agreed . It was a success, for every man took in " The Queek . " Then I started Thursday evening lectures, debates, &c ., &c . : at length they came to Church, and finally only two absented themselves from the Sunday services . Drink was abolished, sobriety and innocent recreation went together . Many have started for the mines

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already, and most of them begged to be allowed to take the Prayer and Hymn Books with them that they used in Church . This change surprised the heathen, and reacted favourably on them. I shall be glad to send another letter if I find the interest keep up in my work . Wishing every boy best success, and begging his prayers, I remain, with kind regards, very faithfully yours, W . CALEDONIA.

SCHOOL LETTER. CHOOL opened on May 4, and since then nothing has been done

S in the way of out-door sports save cricket . We are seemingly to have a very fair team as far as batting goes, but bowling is a little below par . The fielding, too, might be very much improved indeed. The match against Hull Church Institute was a rather painful spectacle for one interested on the side of the School, more especially when one remembers that it was not above an average team that was sent here . However, the failure then may be set down to want of practice, for that was the first time the eleven had played together . At the next match they showed much better, chiefly perhaps in consequence of the efforts of the professional whom we have happily secured. Two of the new members of the Eleven, Lord and Stevenson, promise extremely well. The Tennis Club started last year seems to have died out entirely, though there is no reason why it should do so, for it was a considerable success and was very popular. The question of the Boating Club seems no nearer solution than before . Whether there is to be a Regatta at York or not, something certainly should be done. It is no use to save money year after year and leave the Boat House in the condition it is in now, and let the Regatta boat lie idle, and rotting. The Debating Club had not met at the time of writing this, but was to meet on Thursday, May 19th. For the benefit of those whom it may concern, I may say that a coach and four has been started which runs from York to Liverpool and back in two days . It is meant as an advertisement (slightly expensive one, is it not ?) of Hudson's Dry Soap . May we hope that this is an indication of the tendency to introduce what Carlyle calls " the science of taste " into our advertisements ? JAMES CRAWLEY .

CRICKET.

THE Cricket Season commenced very inauspiciously as the first three days of the Term were wet, and the Eleven could get no practice; consequently we suffered defeat from the Hull Church Institute Club. Next year we hope the match will be arranged a week later in the Term, so that the Eleven may have time to get into form . On Tuesday the Six v . Twelve match was played, and after an exciting finish the Twelve won by three runs . P . E . Lord, L . E . Stevenson, W . E . Brockbank and H . W . Wood were the best of the Twelve ; the three latter are bowlers as well as batsmen . On Saturday, May 14th, we played the 16th Queen's Lancers ; the School showed a great improvement on their previous performance a week before, no doubt owing to the able coaching of the professional, Skilbeck, who has already greatly improved the batting . Would that he could improve the fielding ! The match against the Lancers would have been reversed if three ridiculously easy catches had not been missed. The Eleven are as follows : F. W . Greenhow, F. T . Griffith, P . H. Flower, G . W . Bulman, E . A . Douglas, G . H . Eyre, R . C . Wilton, L. E . Stevenson, P. E . Lord, W. E . Brockbank, H . W . Wood.

THE SCHOOL v . HULL CHURCH INSTITUTE. Played on the School Ground. THE INSTITUTE. A . Cowley, b Bulman . .. G . W. Webster, b Stevenson . .. F. Lordingley, b Stevenson S . French, b Bulman ... R . Usher, b Bulman .. . .. . W. Martin, ht . wkt. b Stevenson J . Wilkinson, b Stevenson ... C . Gardner, st. Greenhow, b Stevenson G. Wilkinson, et . Lord, b Bulman J. W . Bosomworth, not out .. . H. Knowles, b Stevenson .. . Extras

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51 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 3 1 0 2

Total 67

CRICKET. THE SCHOOL. F . W . Greenhow, b French F. T . Griffith, b Cowley . .. G. W. Bulman, b Cowley P . H . Flower, b French . .. E . A . Douglas, run out G. H . Eyre, b Cowley R . C . Wilton, b Cowley L . E . Stevenson, b Cowley P . E . Lord, run out W. J . Kaye, ct . Wilkinson, b Usher H . W. Wood, not out

THE SCHOOL v .

16TH

(QUEEN'S) LANCERS.

Played LANCERS. W . H. Chetwynd, ct . and b Bnlman Sergt-Major Busby, b Stevenson . . . Capt . Wyld, b Flower Capt . Malone, ct . Greenhow, b Bnlman . . . H . Dugdale, h Flower .. . Sergt-Major Leigh, b Wood .. . Capt . Babingtou, et. Wilton, b Brockbank G. Baird, b Wood . . . .. . L . Starner, b Brockbank F . Moore, et. Brockbank, b Wood Whiting, not out .. . Extras

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4 43 G 4 S 31 9 3 fl 10 10

Total 145

THE SCHOOL. T . E . Stevenson, b Leigh . .. P. E . Lord, b Malone . .. F. T . Griffith, b Malone .. . .. . F. W . Greenhow, ct . Wyld, b Malone G. H . Eyre, ct. Moore, b Wyld . .. E . A . Douglas, b Whiting G. W . Bnlman, h Wyld .. . P . H . Flower, not out ... .. . R . C . Wilton, et . Leigh, b Malone W. E . Brockbank, b Malone H. W . Wood, b Leigh .. .

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21 13 0

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5 0 17 15 Q 1

. .. Extras

10 Total 91

THE BOAT RACES. As now a considerable time has elapsed since the boat races raised our enthusiasm, a long account of those which have not yet been described would be at once unnecessary and tedious . The Ouse is now almost entirely deserted for the Cricket Ground ; yet, in looking back on last Term's defeats and victories, we can congratulate ourselves on several interesting and well-contested races. On Tuesday, March 22nd, the programme opened with a Canoe Race between Baskett and Bailey, in which the former easily proved too much for his opponent. The next race was the SENIOR PAIRS.

bow T . Halliwell. how G . H . Eyre . v. str . W . J . Kaye. str . F . T. Griffith . Griffith ' s terrific stroke brought him in an easy six or seven lengths ahead of Kaye ' s boat. The final race of the afternoon was the First Heat of the Skiffs— Williamson v. Brockbank . The latter' s steering was somewhat at fault, and no doubt was partly the cause of the rather unexpected result of an easy victory for Williamson of about ten lengths. Thursday, March 24th, FINAL HEAT OF SENIOR PAIRS. bow G . H . Eyre . v. bow T . C . Daniel. str . F . T. Griffith. str . G . W . Baldwin. This proved a " coal-dropper, " IIl favour again of the terrible Griffith. A Junior four-oared race was next rowed between the two House boats . v. REV . T. ADAMS 'S HousE. SCHOOL. HOUSE bow W . E . Brockbank. bow E . Douglas. 2 L . T . Crawshaw. 2 T . Halliwell . T . Grahame .E . 3 3 R . C . Wilton. str . L . E . Stevenson . str . H . Wood . cox . T . Harland. cox . S . J. Chadwick. The superior strength and weight of the former boat gave them an easy victory, though their bad steering nearly conceded the victory to their opponents by " foul " means .

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Another four-oar race now took place. DAY Boys, SENIOR V. REV . T. ADAMS ' S HOUSE. bow P. H . Flower. bow E. A . Douglas. 2 T . C . Daniel. 2 H . G . Joy. 3 G. W . M . Bulman. 3 G . W . Baldwin. str . B . G . M. Baskett. str . F. W . Greenhow. cox . N . Stephenson . . cox . T . Harland. The latter boat pulled very pluckily, and were loudly exhorted and applauded from the bank ; but in vain . The Day-boys, aided by the current, worked their boat ahead, and came in first. Saturday, March 26th . Final Skiff Heat . Eyre v . Williamson. At the starting point, as a preliminary to the race, Eyre patronized the system of total immersion, and made for land a dripping and forlorn looking object . Williamson, with the strict right of claiming the race for a row-over, consented to postpone it for a short time. JUNIOR SCULLS . FINAL HEAT.

N . Stephenson . v. M . D . Taylor. The former, evidently confident of victory, permitted his adversary to gain ground (or rather water) considerably, until, about Mary Gate, he prepared to leave him in the rear . However, he was unfortunate enough to be hampered by a basket which was floating down the stream, sub/Inds in undis. Hitting one of his oars against it, it dropped from his hand into the water, and left him powerless and defeated. In the evening of the same day, the postponed Skiff Race between Eyre and Williamson was rowed . Eyre's superior strength secured him an easy victory. Thursday, March 31st . School House v. Day Boys. JUNIOR FOUR-OAR.

v. DAN' BoYs. bow W . E . Brockbank . bow J . Walker. 2 T. Halliwell . 2 A . F . Wade. 3 T . E . Grahame . 3 E . W . Wade. str . A . Peters . str . L . E . Stevenson . . Chadwick . cox . N . Stephenson. cox . S . J This race was a foregone conclusion, and a mere procession . The Day Boys, evidently determined to be first or nowhere, came in a good 150 yards behind the winning boat. After this exhibition, the Canoe Races were terminated by Baldwin ' s victory over Baskett of about half-a-length. The Final Four-oared Race was contested between the School House and the Day Boys, Senior. SCHOOL HOUSE,

THE BOAT BAOES. SCHOOL HOUSE. v. DAY BOYS. bow J . C . Bailey . bow P . H . Flower. 2 G . H . Eyre . 2 T. C . Daniel. 3 W. J. P. Kaye . 3 G . W . Baldwin. str . F . T. Griffith . str . B . G . M . Baskett . cox. S . J. Chadwick . cox . N . Stephenson. Several times during the race the School House stroke was heard calling out in a cheery tone " Now then " ! as he urged the crew to renewed efforts . Baskett also did his best to keep his crew together, but his efforts were unavailing, and the School House boat came in

facile princeps.

At 5 .30 on Monday, March 4th, the Day Boys and Rev . T . Adams's House rowed for second place in the Junior . This was a regular neck and neck race, and one of the best contested of the season . First one boat and then the other seemed to pull ahead ; but finally, the Day Boys, putting on a spurt a little sooner than their rivals, passed the winning-post three or four feet to the good. In reviewing the Boating Season, we see that the School House have almost monopolized the prizes, being fortunate in possessing a superiority of strength, such as they have not enjoyed for some years. The Scratch Fours were rowed on Wednesday, March 6th, when only present Peterites competed ; and on Tuesday, March 12th, when the boats were composed of past and present Peterites conjointly. At this distance of time it will be sufficient to give the winning boats . On the first day the winning boat was : bow C . Williamson. 2 W . E . Brockbank. 3 L . E . Stevenson. str . G . W . Baldwin. The Final Race of the Scratch Fours on the second day was very exciting (as indeed were all the races) ; the boat which came in first by a yard or so being composed of bow E . W . Wade. 2 P . H . Flower. 3 E . Rowe. str . J . H . Daniel. The weather on the former day was very fine and warm ; but on the latter the rain came down in a very disagreeable way . There was a considerable number of old Peterites present whom we were glad to see, and the following were engaged in the races :—J . H . Daniel, E . and A . Rowe, H . Walker, E . Newenham, J . Griffith, E . T . Wilson : the Rev . H . Vyvyau rowed stroke in one of the boats.

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The practice previous to the Boat Races this year was unavoidably reduced, owing to the fact that several of our number went up to the University to try for Scholarships, thereby necessitating an earlier date for the races . And their success fully justifies us in the assertion that study and rowing can with advantage go hand in hand. '

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+ ON APRIL 8TH, ON BOARD H .M .B .

WYE,

CAPE. COAST,

JOHN HOLLAND HARWOOD, LIEUT. 2ND WEST INDIA

REGIMENT .

ERRATA. There were a few eccentricities of genius displayed in the last Christmas Examination which are too remarkable to be lost . They mostly turn upon the definition of a problem or theorem. One gentleman defined a problem as "something that must be proved directly. " " A theorem, " he said, " might be proved either directly or indirectly, and sometimes even both . " Here is another definition—of definition . " A definition points out what is wanted in a proposition" ; a postulate, again, is " what is particularly wanted . " An axiom is " common sense " ; a problem, " what was to be done—Q . E . F ., a theorem what was to be done. " The last gentleman had got a little mixed up. Another gentleman, who evidently had given up all hope, defined theorem as equal to Q . E . D . ((pod Brat des1ierandum) . " Definitions, " says another victim, "arc given to perform the work ; axioms are too true to be looked into . " Another badgered and unhappy one referred his examiner to " divination 29 ." Another gentleman seems peculiarly anxious to pay a tribute to Euclid ' s genius in raising such a stupendous and lasting work out of so little given to work upon . Iie says, " a definition is what is given to Euclid to work on, and out of that beginning he has composed the book called Euclid . " We might give a few more examples, but probably this will be nearly enough. OXFORD : PRINTED BY

W . R . BOWDEN,

59,

HIGH STREET .