May 1897 by StPetersYork

THE

PETERITE. V"or, .

NIII .

MAY, 1897 .

No .

128

SCHOOL LETTER. INCE the issue of our last number, which, it will be remembered, was unavoidably delayed, there have been a few events of interest, notably two Lectures in the School Hall, one by Dr . Tempest Anderson, the other by the Rev . Norman Bennett, Missioner to Public School Boys, who stayed a week at the School, (luring which he held several well-attended meetings. The Boating, with which last term ended, was robbed of much of its interest by the postponement of the Old Boys ' Race, owing to the illness of two of the School Boat . We hope it may come off this term . The Dayboys ' first boat repeated their success of 1896, though the House second came off victorious . We congratulate the Dayboys on their victory ; we hope that they will not confine themselves to Boating, but will let their athletic vigour extend to the Cricket-field also . We were sorry to see no Senior Pairs, and the entries for the junior events were not very numerous . It is to the latter that we have to look for the future Representatives of the School, and it would be as well for them to get all the training they can now . It is foolish to repeat the remark heard more than once from the lips of non-rowers, that the oarsman, like the poet, ' nascilur non fl .' No one can deny that the rower does need to be very fit. We hope that the Cricket eleven will have as successful a Season as the Football team . At present there seems every prospect of this being the case . The ground is being got into

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good condition, thanks perhaps to the horse which arrived last term, and was at once surrounded by a throng of admiring juniors, whose ardour was not to be diminished by the groundsman ' s insinuations that it would do better as a peg, on which to hang hats and coats.

FOOTBALL. SCHOOL V . SARACENS.

This return match was, contrary to the fixture card, played on the School ground on Saturday, February zoth . The weather was beautiful, and the attendance larger than usual . The school team was considerably weakened through the loss of _ oy , .Joicey, and Coning . Walton tilled the vacant place at -, Bowman vvent wing and Draper full back . Nelson lost the toss, and kicked off against the wind and sun . The first scrummage took place at the centre flag . At first the Saracens showed their superior forward play, and rushed the ball into our 25, and soon afterwards forced a minor . Soon after the drop out Draper had his kick charged down, and the Saracens dribbled over and scored ten minutes after the start . Their kick failed, and a few minutes delay was caused by one of their : being laid out . Roused by their opponents ' score, the school forwards drew themselves together and managed to reach halfway . Good work by the halves got the ball out to Mr. Lord, who, after making considerable headway, transferred to Sullivan. He completed what was really a fine piece of passing, scoring halfway out : Veld failed to convert . Immediately after the dropout, the Saracens in turn forced us back, and aided by the wind reached our 25 . Here, owing to mulling on the part of our three-quarters, they dribbled over, but their kick again failed. After the re-start, Mr . Lord broke away again and reached their 25 . He passed to Bowman, but nothing came of it . Desultory play followed just inside their half, but just before half-time good passing by Walton and Wheelwright enabled Sullivan to get off. When he appeared to have rounded the full back he drew up, and

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failing to pass to Lord the effort came to nothing . Immediately after, Walton receiving from Wheelwright feigned to pass, and after a fine dodgy run scored close to the posts . Still no goal . Warmed to their work, the school forwards drove their opponents back to their line in vain endeavouring to score . From a scrummage in the corner, Walton received and bullocked over . Yeld made a good though futile attempt at goal . Half-time was then called, with the score—School, 3 tries ; Saracens, 2 tries . Aided by the wind . the School at once took the ball to their 25, and shortly after Mr . Lord ran round the scrum and forced his way over at the corner but failed at goal . The rest of the second half was composed of scrums . In fact, there was very little football at all, and what there was, was confined to the forwards . Very little of importance happened . B . Nelson made a good run, but was pushed into touch, and both Yeld and Bingham claimed tries ; a most exciting game ended with the score—School, 4 tries ; Saracens, 2 tries. SCHOOL TEAM :—I uIl-back, Draper .

;-backs, 13 . Nelson, A . M. . Lord, Esq ., and W . H . Bowman . i-backs, H. Sullivan, P . L Wheelwright, E . J . AValton . Forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, R . G . Bingham, G . G . Yeld, H . 13 . Greeves, R . F . Russell, E . M. Leaf, and G . Walker. Among the forwards, Nelson, Yeld, and Bingham were perhaps most conspicuous, while Tomlinson and Greeves constantly broke away with dribbles . Wheelwright and Walton got through a wonderful amount of hard work, but the 4 had almost nothing to do . The wind doubtless greatly handicapped the place kicking on both sides .

SCHOOL V . S . JOHN ' S COLLEGE.

Played on the School ground, and as it was the last match of the Season, special interest was taken in it . S . John ' s won the toss, and kicked off downhill . Play at once settled in their half. Immediately, from a scrummage, Walton and Wheelwright whipped

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out the ball to Sullivan . He made some headway, and then passed back to Wheelwright, who in turn gave to Mr . Lord, with the result that he scored close to the posts five minutes after the start . Mr. Lord converted . After the drop-out the tide for sometime seemed to turn until Mr . Lord broke away and reached the half way line . Thrice the forwards, led by Nelson and Bingham, reached S . John's 25, and from a pass from \Ir . Lord, Sullivan crossed their line half way out . Yeld failed to convert . John's again, spurred on by our success, besieged the school territory, and after numerous scrums on the line managed to break over . Their attempt at goal proved unsuccessful . Half time was soon after called, with the above result. The second half resembled to a remarkable extent the second half of the Saracens match . The game was with a few exceptions confined to the forwards . Mr . Lord broke away and scored an unconverted try, and Sullivan and B . Nelson were only just kept out on two occasions . Two futile attempts to drop goals were next conspicuous, one by Sullivan, and the other by Wheelwright . the latter fading by only a few inches . Just before the end Mr . Lord broke away again, and with a timely pass to Bowman enabled the latter to crown the Season ' s success with another unconverted try. Time was then called. Score :—S . Peter' s 14 points S . John ' s 3 points. Doubtless, had the School forwards confined themselves to playing the game and given the backs more chances, the score would have been considerably augmented . As it was the backs on both sides showed some fine kicking and tackling. 1'FAM :-I1 . P . Coning, back ; :1-backs, \V . II . Bowman, P . E. Lord, Esq ., A . M . Sullivan, B . Nelson ; .-backs, H . Aheelwright, E . J . Walton ; forwards, C . Nelson, H . R . Tomlinson, G . G . Yeld, R . G . Bingham, H . B . ( ;reeves . R . E . Russell, E . M . Leaf, and G . Walker .

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FOOTBALL RESULTS, 1896-97. FIRST DATE .

VERSUS.

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Sat . Sept . 26 . York Saracens home won 35 pts to 6 Thurs . Oct . 1 . S . John ' s Coll. home won 24 pts to nil Tues . Oct . 6 . Old Boys .. home lost nil to zo pts Sat . Oct . i o . Almondbury O .B. home won 11 pts to 3 . .S. Sat . Oct 17 . Leeds G home won 78 pts to nil Sat . Oct . 24 . Durham G .S. home von 12 pts to nil Thurs . Oct . 29 . York A " home won 14. pts to 8 Tues . Nov . 3 . Northern .. home lost 6 pts to to Sat . Nov . 7 . Kinetics .. home won 21 pts to nil Sat . Nov . 14 . Durham G .S. away won 8 pts to nil Sat . Nov .31 . Giggleswick home lost 5 pts to 8 Sat . Nov . z8 . Kinetics .. home not played. Sat . Dec . 12 . J . W . IIaworth, Esq ' sXV .home won 19 pts to nil Wed . Dec . 16. Merchiston School home drawn 3 pts to 3 pts home won r 1 pts to 5 Tues . Dec . 2 2. Old Boys . . Sat . Feb .13. Beath Old Boys . . home not played. . . home won 12 pts to 6 Tues . Feb . zo. York Saracens Sat . Feb . 27. S . John ' s Coll . . . home won 14 . pts to 3 Number of Matches Played, 16 . Von 12 . Lost 3 . Drawn Points against, 72. Points for, 273 .

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Sat . Oct . 7 . Leeds G . S . 2nd . away won zo pts to 3 lost nil to 5o pts Sat . Oct . 24 . Durham G .S . 2nd . away Sat . Oct . 31 . York Saracens znd . home won 18 pts to 6 Thurs . Dec . 3 . S . John's Coll . znd . home drawn 3 pts to 3 Sat . Feb . 6 . A . D . Greer, Esq's . N.V . not played. Sat . Feb . 20 . Yolk Saracens 2nd .. Number of Matches Played, Points for,

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Won, 2 . Lost, Against, 62.

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CAMBRIDGE LETTER.

CAMBRIDGE LETTER. E relentless Editors, how ill-timed is your request for a Cambridge letter! just when term has barely commenced, material is very scarce unless one harks back to events so well-known as to have lost all their interest. The Lent races were remarkable for the large number of bumps made, and most of them before half the course was covered. Christ's surpassed all by making five bumps, two on the last day, when they gained a position in the first division . Lady Margaret went head on the third night after a grand struggle with First Trinity, who being a very light crew were somewhat troubled by the high wind which was blowing straight down the course. Hudson was our only representative, figuring to advantage as "Three" in the Clare crew . With regard to the race against Oxford, competent authorities attribute our defeat to the lack of uniformity in style . This is certainly true and it is to be hoped that the new President, whoever he may he, will do his best to overcome this failing, and at the same time endeavour to remove the prejudices which unfortunately seem to exist between some of our leading clubs . The May Boat crews are almost finally settled upon and are vigorously practising . Trinity Hall, with five " blues " available, ought to maintain their position as head of the river, though First Trinity are very smart and will no doubt repeat the exciting struggle of last year . O .P .'s are represented by Hancock, who is " seven " in the Christ ' s crew, while Hudson and Bailey are rowing for Clare and "fiats " respectively. Our cricket prospects are good . The Freshmen ' s match has not brought to light anybody particularly brilliant either with the bat or ball . Druce, however, has plenty of talent with which to fill the four vacancies or possibly three, as it is thought probable that Mitchell will be up this term . The match list is a very formidable one, and includes two new fixtures, viz ., v . Sussex and Hampshire. Before closing, the formation of the Yorkshire Schools ' Rugby Football Club may be interesting to present Peterites . It was largely due to a prominent O .P ., rho, with many others felt the absence of football during the Lent term .

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The membership of the club quickly grew . A fixture list made as follows : YORKSHIRE SCHOOL' S CLUB. Scotch Schools, Draw (no scoring) Feb . 1st Jesus ' College, Won 19 points to Jesus nil 8th Won 29 pts . (2 d gls .) Queen ' s nil . „ 12th Queen ' s „ Sidney Sussex CI . Draw (no scoring) „ 15th Old Levsians Won 1 d gl . 2 tries O .L . r gl . 1 try . . 1 9th „ zznd Old Rugbyans Lost i try to O .R . 1 gl . 1 try Trinity Spartans Won 3 gls . 2 tries Spartans 1 try . . . „ 28th Jesus' College Won i gl . z tries Jesus ' 1 gl . 1 try . . March 1st Sidney Sussex CI . Won 1 gl . 1 try Sidney 1 gl „ 9th

LECTURE. On the evening of March 15th, the members of the school and a number of friends assembled in the School hall to hear Dr. Anderson, O .P ., give an interesting lecture on Glaciers . A large number of beautiful views were exhibited by the aid of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society ' s lantern from the Museum, kindly lent for the occasion ; all the pictures were cordially appreciated by the audience, those worthy of special mention were views of the Black Peteret, Dent du Leant, and Grandes Jorasses, but what specially delighted the younger members of the audience was a picture of Mr . "Veld with his old guide, the well-known Alphonse Payot . The views throughout were of a very high standard, and were mostly from photographs taken by the lecturer himself. The Head-master returned a vote of thanks to the lecturer for his interesting and enjoyable lecture, and the proceedings concluded with three hearty cheers from the members of the school. On Saturday evening, the loth of March, the School and their friends again assembled in the School hall for another lecture . This time the Lecturer was the Rev . Norman Bennett. The subject of his Lecture was Palestine . He brought several native dresses with him which he procured during his visit to the

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Holy Land, and several of the junior members of the School arrayed in these were a source of great amusement to the audience, Bowman and Wood as native women, and Harrison as a donkey boy were perhaps the most comic . The lecture was accompanied by lantern pictures, most of which were coloured views, and these, together with the interesting accounts given by Mr . Bennett, provided a most enjoyable evening for those present . The Headmaster in returning thanks to the lecturer, said he had always felt a wish to visit the Holy Land, and after Mr . Bennett ' s interesting lecture he felt still more desirous of doing so . Three cheers were then given for the lecturer and the proceedings terminated. The Rev . Norman Bennett, who spends his time as missioner to public schools, endeavouring to do good work among the boys and to influence them for good, gave an address in the Chapel on Sunday morning, and spent the week in the School-house, during which time he held various meetings for the boys to attend, and also gave opportunities for those who desired to see him privately and benefit themselves by the advice which from his experience and knowledge of boys he was enabled to give them.

LIBRARY, The Library has been open regularly during the term, and, as the figures below will show, the new hooks have been in great request . At the beginning of the year a purchase of sixty-three volumes was made, again largely with a view to meeting the wants of the junior members of the school ; and nine volumes have been presented . For five of these our thanks are due to the Right Rev. the Bishop of Stepney. In order to be able to increase the value of the Library for the Upper Forms by adding some more costly works of reference, the Librarians have written to a few friends of the school, chiefly Old Peterites, as follows ;—

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" We are trying to improve and enlarge the School Library, very many volumes of which are quite worn out . A hundred and twenty books were bought, rebound, or repaired last term, and there has been in consequence a marked increase of interest among the members of the school. Sixty volumes more have been added this term, and it is hoped finally to make the Library worthy of the school and adequate to its requirements. We are sure of your sympathy with us in this aim, and venture to ask you to help us with a small gift of money or books, which will be gratefully acknowledged in the Pelerile ." In response to this appeal they received the following donations, for which they offer their very grateful thanks. s. W. A . Meek, Esq . . . E. S . Challinor, Esq . Rev . Canon Elwyn Prof. Clifford Allbutt Dr. Tempest Anderson J . W . Craven, Esq .

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If any Old Peterite feels generously disposed to the Library, the Librarians, E . J . Walton and G . W . Filliter, will be glad of his help, for besides the want of more valuable books there is great need of a suitable room for use as a Library and Reading Room ; the Sixth Form room doing duty in that way at present twat hen que ma/.

Books added during the term :—Biography i t, Science 6, Classics 4, History 6, Travels io, Divinity 5, Fiction 29, Poetry r, Total 72. Books issued December 3rd to April 7th . Biography 3, Classics 5, History t t, Travels 7, Fiction 29+, Poetry 8, Sports, &c . 7, Total 335• An analysis of the Fiction read may be interesting . Omitting authors asked for fewer than five times—a group including Dickens, three issues, Besant one, and amounting to 16 authors and .}5 issues—the more popular writers are : Henty .. 32 Dumas tt Conan Doyle 21 Marion Crawford f o Marriott . . 2 t Anstey . . 8

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Manville Fenn . . Stanley Weyman Ballantvne Kingston Grant Wilkie Collins . . Rider Haggard

17 17

Farrar .. Stevenson 14 Mark Twain 1 4 Jules Verne 12 Harrison Ainsworth 12 Anthony Hope . . r z Hall Caine

8 8 7 6 6 5

BOAT RACES. JUNIOR SCULLS. R . Scott heat R . Harrison. Harrison ran into the bank--otherwise this might have been a close race . Scott kept cool and rowed steadily home. JUNIOR PAIRS H . B . Leonard R . Harrison beat P . C . Newton E . H . Creaser A good race throughout, Leonard eventually winning by about a length . Harrison rowed most pluckily, and the result might have been different had he not unfortunately broken his stretcher in the first few strokes, and lost about half-a-length by a large barge being directly in his course. SENIOR SCULLS.

P . W . Thompson beat IT . B . Greeves. Greeves led till the Amateurs' boat-house, but here superior training told, and Thompson won by about a quarter of a length. HOUSE FIRST V . D .YBOYS. First Dayboy's .

First House.

C . Moiser E . J . Walton. R . Teasdale S . Watson. beat E . h1 . Leaf A . M . Sullivan. P . Thompson R . G . Bingham. Thompson, fresh from his success of the previous day, with a longer stroke than the House, had gained about half-a-length when the School boat-house was reached . The House were not in time, and stroke, although working hard, seemed scarcely at home with his oar which continually slipped out of the rowlock . Between the bridges, however, Bingham spurted, and the House gained

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about half-a-length, but the Dayhoys won eventually by about halfa-length ; much credit is due to Thompson and Teasdale, who rowed splendidly. Second House .

Second Day boys.

W . H . Bowman P . Whitehead. Newton ii. N . D . Middlemiss beat Newton i. T . L . Harrison J . W . Draper . D . W . Roy . The House won as they pleased . Draper caught a crab at the start, and the House gained at once ; Roy, with a very long steady stroke was well backed up by the others, Harrison deserving special mention. The FINAL of the SCRATCH FOURS was as follows : Newton ii. C . Moiser P . S . Burrell beat S . Watson. B . Moiser L . H . Moiser. R . H . Bailey C . B . Cotterell. A close race, Bailey winning by about half-a-length.

CRICKET PROSPECTS AND HINTS. Six of last year's eleven, viz ., Sullivan, Wheelwright, Russell, Veld, Greeves, and Nelson ii ., will be available for the coming season . Of these, three headed the batting averages, and two others were at the head of the bowling averages . These, therefore, should form a good nucleus for this year's eleven . For the five vacant places candidates will probably be found in Bingham, Harrison i ., Kirke i ., Creer, Pelly, and Walker, all of whom were useful in last season ' s second eleven . Most of these show good promise as batsmen, and Bingham and Creer should be useful bowlers . If the old members retain their form, and the new blood prove useful, we have every reason to hope for a successful season . The degree of success, however, will depend, in a great measure, on the efforts made by each one to improve himself in every department of the game . In batting, each should try to cultivate a correct style . Much might be learned by reading some good authority on cricket, and by watching and studying the methods of successful batsmen . Learn to play with a straight bat—

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pulling is generally fatal ; keep the left elbow and the handle of the bat forward ; play the ball—don ' t be content to let the ball hit the bat ; when you hit, hit hard ; and, unless you can lift the ball over the boundary, try to keep it on the ground . When practising bowling, learn first to bowl straight and to keep a good length. Having attained these qualities, you may, if you have sufficient strength, practise fast bowling . Watch the batsman, and try to find out a weak place in his defence . When sufficiently skilful, learn to vary both length and speed . A good batsman, who has defied all kinds of straight balls, may often be got out by pitching him a good-length ball on the off-side. Fielding should by no means be neglected . Learn to meet the ball—don ' t wait until it comes to you ; pick it up clean and return it smartly . Throw the ball so that it may reach the wicket-keepereither direct or from a bounce—about the height of the wickets. When practising, make the best use of your time . It is a good plan to practise with an object, e .g. the removal of some defect, or the attainment of some good quality . Study, Practise, Persevere.

CRICKET FIXTURES. President :—REv . G . T . HANDTORD . Captain : —A . M . SULLIVAN. Hon . Secretary :—R . F . RussELL. Tues . May 18th . . . .North Riding Asylum away Thurs . „ loth . . . . Ampleforth College away Sat . „ 22nd . . . .Garforth C .0 home Tues . „ 25th . . . ,Hymer's College home Sat . „ 29th . . . . Ryburn Valley C .C home Tues . June 1st . . . .Yorkshire Gentlemen away Wed . 2nd . . . .Leeds G .S away Sat . „ 5th . . . . Bradford Town home 12th . . . .Durham G . S Sat . „ home Tues . „ 15th . . . . Ampleforth College home 17th . . . .Almondbury Old Boys Thurs . „ home Sat . 19th . . . . Pocklington GS away Sat . „ 26th . . . . F . Clemons ' , Esq . XI home Tues . z9th1 . • Old Boys home Wed . „ 3oth . . Sat . July 3rd . . .Hymer ' s College away Tues . „ 6th . . . .Yorkshire Gentlemen away

A WEEK AT ALDERSHOT .

8th . . . . Pocklingtnn G .S Thurs . „ Sat . „ loth . . . . Durham G .S Tues . „ 13th . . . . North Riding Asylum

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Tues . May 18th . . . . S . Martin's School Thurs . „ zoth . . . .Ampleforth College 2nd „ z5th . . . .IIvmer ' s College znd Tues . Tues June i st . . . . S . ( tlave ' s School 2nd . . . . Leeds G .S . znd Wed . „ Thurs . „ 3rd . . . . Clifton Cycling Club C .C Sat . „ 12th . . . . Durham G .S . 2nd Tues . „ 15th . . . .Ampleforth College znd Sat . „ 19th . . . Pocklington G .S . 2nd Sat . July 3rd . . . .iiymer' s College 2nd „ 6th . . . .S . Martin ' s School Tues . Thurs . „ 8th . . . .Pocklington G.S . znd „ 13th . . . .S . Olave ' s School Tues .

home home away home home home away away home home away away home

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Tues . May 18th . . . Sat . June z6th . . . Tues . July 6th . . . Thurs . „ 8th . . .

.S . Martin ' s School znd .Minster Yard School .S . Martin ' s School 2nd . Minster Yard School

away away home away

A WEEK AT ALDERSHOT WITH THE C . U .R .V. ,s/, Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers . Light-minded people say that Cambridge men only enlist as volunteers in order to wear the light blue badge in their regimental caps : they then, it is supposed, go home and .vith clear consciences tell their relations that they are " blues . ” This is false : however, when over three hundred out of our noble band started for their week at Aldershot, there was no doubt that their blue pipe-clay had been used pretty plentifully and in accordance with the smartness which our appearance among the regulars required . The present equipment of the British soldier is very smart ; it is known as the Slade Wallace . It includes, what I thought most important, a water bottle and a sandwich bag . Some water bottles are made of glass, some of enamelled tin : those of us who had the glass ones mostly jigged up against lamp-posts or other people, and so the contents (often dubious) were spilt . Moral—get a tin bottle . ia'

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OBITUARY.

Arrived at Aldershot, we had to settle down and made our beds : they never taught me the art at St . Peter's, and I shall have to take my " bedder " next time I go . However, we engaged some immortal Highlanders to teach us the art a la mililaire, and so slept more or less peacefully. At half-past six the bugle goes . I do not understand the bugle any farther than that if you are in bed when it goes you must get out ; if not in bed, take no notice of it . Blacking my boots, making my bed, and eating my breakfast (all three are jumbled up in my mind) occupied until half-past nine . The morning is spent in various military manoeuvres in the country round, work which I can recommend to anyone who wishes to raise an appetite for lunch . In the afternoon the same is continued, or perhaps there is a field-day with the regulars . After four or five o' clock one is free to make merry with one's friends . After a week of this you cannot but feel a hardy veteran, and, indeed, for myself, I am sure that the courage I displayed towards the close of our training in exposing myself to the fire of the enemy ' s blank cartridge must have made a deep impression on the military authorities present. An overflowing " smoker" was held on our last night, and next day we marched gaily to the station, escorted by the band of the South Staffordshire Regiment . In conclusion, let me hope that all Peterites coming to Cambridge will join this corps ; almost all Cambridge " blues " are now members, and I believe Dlr . F. Mitchell was among the number, when he was up . We are apt to forget that there is nothing to prevent a law compelling military service being passed in a case of emergency, and consequently both expediency and patriotism should lead more to go through so useful and enjoyable a military training.

OBITUARY. At Nairn, N .B ., November 16th, 1896, Thomas Edward Grahame, elder son of Mr . James Grahame, aged 33 years. Many ()Id Peterites will hear with deep regret of the early death of their former School-fellow, Edward Grahame, a member of the School-House from 1874 to 1831 . He went from S . Peter ' s to

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Edinburgh University, and became a writer to the Signet About seven years ago his health, till then robust, was undermined by a fever the illness that has now terminated fatally really dates from that time . Prevented by distance, and latterly by ill-health, from keeping up much connection with his old school, he was always loyal to it at heart, and interested in its welfare . "The last letter read to him, shortly before his death, was one from his old headmaster, the Rev . H . M . Stephenson . He was buried at Kenmore, in the Perthshire Highlands that he knew and loved so well, amid marked demonstrations of the esteem and sorrow of the countryside . To those who enjoyed his friendship the memory of the singularly beautiful and gentle spirit, that sheaved itself in a boyhood full of life and energy, and that was afterwards to be tried and perfected i1I a long sickness patiently endured, will long remain a precious inspiration.

GAMES' FUND BALANCE SHEET. January, 1896, to March, 1897. s. d.

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Balance from 1895 15 18 7 School Subscriptions Easter Term . 3v 1 o Summer Tenn 39 6 3 Christmas Term . 38 I I o I'eteritc Magazine 2 10 0 tt o 6 Subscriptions to Sports . ti .rle of Jcrsecs and Caps . . r2 16 4 Sale of Badges .. o 13 6 Sale of Football cards o 9 2 P . E . Lord, Esq .—donation I I o do . o t8 o i O . P . Club Due from A . Sidilall for horse returned 3 0 o Jerseys and vests in hand 2 12 o

DR . Boating:

Repairing boats 16 2 O Prizes 4 9 6 Holtby(Concert) 0 15 Sundries o 15 3

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Groundsman Horse, gearing,

&c . . . 10 r 3 Fares .. 8 0 I Material . . 20 6 8 Holtby 3 5 51 llepairiugmachine 2 13 10 Sundries . . 5 2 74 69

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Prizes . . Holtby Police

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19 4 I 13 o 6

0 II3 0 21

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Football:

Jerseys & Caps 13 Footballs .. 5 Fares ., 7 Sundries 3 Rugby UnionSub .I Rent of second Balance . Total

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7 0 I

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NOTES AND ITEMS. BIRTHS .—SNOW .—On the 4th of May, at Gloucester Mansions, South Kensington, the wife of Thomas Mackenzie Snow of a son. The Times, March 17th .—The wife of Rev . E . S . Fox, (O .P .), of a son. R . F . Russell and H . R . Tomlinson have passed the entrance examination to Emanuel College, Cambridge, and been received into the Hostel. DEATH .—The Times, March 16th .—On the 13th March, Helen, wife of the Rev . Townsend Storrs (O .P .), of Doncaster Grammar School. MARRIAGE .--CARTER—Costa .—On April zoth, at St . Stephen ' s, Acomb, by the Rev . E . S . Carter, Father of the bridegroom, assisted by the Rev . R . P . T . Tennant, Vicar of the Parish, Edmund Sardinson Dashwood Carter to Emma Mary Jeffreys, younger daughter of the late William Preston Cobb, Esq ., of Acomb, York. The Rev . J . A . Shoal (O .P .) appointed Perpetual Curate of St. Matthias, Liverpool. The Rev . W . Jackson (O .P .) appointed Chaplain of H .M . Prison, Preston. MAURICE SWASEY, A .M .S . (O .P .) married Hilda Mannsell, daughter of Colonel E . V . Stace, C .B ., on zznd April, 1897 . See S'landard, April 27th, 1897. H . B . Greeves has undertaken the post of Deputy Organist of York Minster, which, as Mr . Robinson has taken Dr . Naylor ' s place till Chistmas, was left vacant. The Rev . G . Edmondson, Rector of Northolt, Middlesex, late Fellow and Tutor of Brascnose College, Oxford, has just been elected an Honorary Member of the Dutch Historical Society, in recognition of his work during recent years on Dutch Seventeenth Century History. Dr . Anderson (O .P .), has been delivering a course of four lectures on Volcanoes, illustrated by his own photographs, before the Royal Institution. At the May Meeting of the Alpine Club, Mr Yeld read a paper on the Aiguille de Tron chey, the first ascent of which he made last August. The annual Confirmation was held in the School Chapel on Saturday, April zth, before a large congregation . The Right Rev . the Bishop of Hull officiated, and in two addresses gave some valuable advice both to candidates and congregation . 13 candidates presented themselves .