THE
PETT:RITF. Vol, . IV .
AUGUST, 1M82 .
No . ;10.
SCHOOL LETTER . July 24th. ITII regard to this term we can now a ppreciate Dromio's in jun ct ion
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as the holidays are once more rapidly overtaking
us, and indeed, judging from past experience, may be decidedly on the wane when this composition secs the light. The numbers who are leaving the School this term are not very great. Three members of the sixth are going up to Cambridge in October, Peters, Wilton, and Crawshaw . Football prospects are tolerably bright, .as most of last year ' s team will be left . The cricket season closed rather 'disastrously, though the total number of victories exceeds that of last year . The chief, or only interest among the athletic world at present centres round the approaching Sports and the Regatta Boat . The latter is enjoying the efficient coaching of J . II . Daniel, and is getting in excellent trim for its expedition to Manchester, where it is to compete in the Agecroft Regatta : the crew consists of II . W . Wood (strok), W. Kaye, W . E . Brockbank, C . Lane (bow), J. IIarland (cox) . This emigration into foreign waters is an innovation, which we fully hope will be crowned with success . The competition for the Sports promises to be lively if the greater number of those who have entered do not scratch on the day of the Sports "
suo more . "
The fact that the Old
Boys' Race is a handicap this year ought to attract several O . P . ' s . The suggestion with regard to a Lawn-tennis Club which occurred in one of the letters of the last number of the
Peterite
is sensible, and we hope
will be acted upon . An attempt has been made this term to revive the club, which has enjoyed a precarious sort of existence for the last year or two ; but it has been nipped in the bud by the considerate conduct of certain persons, who seemed to consider that the court had been