Feb 1894

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PETERITE. Vol. . XI I .

FEBRUARY, 1894 .

No . ioS.

SCHOOL LETTER. FEAR it is rather late to remark upon the birth of the New Year, as by this time our boat is well launched upon the sea of 1594 ; but as this is the first number of our magazine for the year, I should just like to point out that Big Peter did stir up our midnight repose, as the Old Year left us, with his solemn boom, and the joy-bells rung in the New Year as per usual, a few weeks ago . When we look back upon the `back end ' shall I say, of the Old Year, we burst forth with congratulations to Mr . Yeld for the success of his labours, and those of his kind helpers, Messrs . Preston and Moss ; yes, the " Merchant of Venice " was splendid . In the Old Boys match, the verdict of the previous game was reversed, and we were beaten by a narrow margin of three points . The chance of playing in what was practically the final of the cup was wrested from us owing to Ripon having the measles, and it was decided that both teams should have medals, the cup to be held by the Bradford Tnasurer . It seems rather as if we got the shell, and lost the kernel, but fate seemed against us. At any rate the present system, in case of illness and other such emergencies, seems far from satisfactory . With regard to the holidays, they were longer than usual, a fact which everybody naturally lamented. Skating was conspicuous rather for its absence . So I daresay most people got out a Horace and levelled the Odes, while others tossed off a few books relating to Hydrostatics . However that may be, these holidays like all other holidays came to an end quite soon enough, and we are again plunged into the whirling eddies and unsuspected mantraps, which are laid for

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