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AUGUST, 1897 .

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SCHOOL LETTER. Y the time this number appears in print, the Midsummer Term will have drawn almost to its close, and we shall be saying good-bye to many of those who have for a long time been the most prominent, both in School and out . It is a melancholy feature of this term that at the end of it there is almost always a clearance out of the old set ; and this year seems to be no exception to the rule . However, they leave their names and the remembrance of their many virtues behind them, '` pour encourager les mitres ." The Cricket Season closed with a draw with the North Riding Asylum. Except in the matter of School matches, in which we have been rather unsuccessful, the season has been a very successful one . It will probably be some time before another member of the School Eleven will be able to record an average of over so runs . Sullivan has made a couple of centuries again, and scores of ;o and upwards (amongst them an 8+ to Russell, and 6+ not out to Wheelwright). have been constantly registered, and the bowling average is again under ten . • The Sports took place on Monday and Tuesday. July 26 and 27 . The Boat Race, which was postponed last term, took place on Saturday, my 17th . We congratulate the Old Boys on their victory, and sympathize with the members of the School Boat on their defeat after a plucky, if unequal race . The Library continues to be well-patronized in spite of the fine weather, which naturally takes people out of doors more . The School of course had a whole holiday on the jubilee Day, which was thoroughly

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