June 1895

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THE

PETERITE. VoL . ?III .

JUNE, 1895 .

No . 116.

SCHOOL LETTER. WILL there never come a season

Which shall rid us from the curse Of a prose which knows no reason And an unmelodious verse ; When the world shall cease to wonder At the genius of an ass, And a boy ' s eccentric blunder Shall not bring success to pass : When mankind shall be delivered From the clash of magazines, And the inkstand shall be shivered Into countless smithereens : When there stands a muzzled stripling, Mute, beside a muzzled bore: When the Rudyards cease from Kipling And the Haggards ride no more. J . K . STEPHEN. T seems barely six weeks since our last number appeared, and since then so little has occurred to furnish us with materials for the inevitable school letter, that we must perforce deal with things somewhat summarily . However, important items are more fully commented on elsewhere . The boating season was short, far too short, owing to the long frost and subsequent floods. The special feature of this season was that the House carried all before them . It was assumed that the Senior crew of the House and that of the Dayboys would make a close race, but it turned out quite the contrary, perhaps because the Dayboys' stroke was

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