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APRIL, r89o .
No . 85.
EDITORIAL. [E experienced at first some difficulty in deciding the title to be given to the following effusion . Should we call it an Editorial or should it be a School Letter ? After a good deal of cogitation we concluded to adopt the former, mainly because we had postponed the Oxford and Cambridge letters for the next number. Imprimis we have to apologize for the delay in publishing our last production . That number, which contains such an overwhelming amount of O .P . news, always tries our editorial skill, dexterity, and patience to the utmost, but our difficulties were increased, and that in - no small degree by the indisposition of certain of our staff who had suffered from the prevailing epidemic . We hope this explanation may be sufficient to convince the most sceptical of our untiring energy. We are delighted to see the marked improvement in the meetings of that much abused body—the Debating Society . The fact that the attendance—i.e. members and visitors—averaged nearly sixty each meeting speaks for itself . Some account of its proceedings will be found below. Lastly, we all owe our best thanks to the Headmaster for his kindness in offering two prizes for the best copy of English Verse on one of seven given subjects . Those who do not accredit the members of this School with any literary powers should read the attempts when printed and form their own judgment . Those who despise the whole matter should remember the couplet. Noblilibus zuumerzs detur sua ;loria versus Vivendo z'ineunt maxima facia duczrnz. pedum. The MSS . vary. I prefer the latter reading which I take to include every fashion of pedestrian exercise .