THE
PETERITE. VoL . VIII .
APRIL, 1898 .
No . 1 33
SCHOOL LETTER. S the remissness of one of our contributors caused a delay in the appearance of the last Pe/erile, the present number has been treated with but scanty deliberation, and had to be hurried to the printers with almost unprecedented celerity . We hope, however, that the result of our efforts will cause a grin of delight to expand itself on the faces of our readers. The broad bosom of the Ouse is now being tortured by parasites in the form of boats . At the time of writing the School boat has not been definitely arranged, as there are fluctuations with respect to one place therein. The First XV . have lost and won respectively the two matches that were played this Term, the Spen Valley Casuals being unable to raise a team. The Saracens, like their namesakes in days of old, displayed a fiery vigour, worthy of the battlefield of Waterloo . One of their forwards attacked one of the School backs, an assault for which he was gently requested to join the spectators for the remainder of the game . They retired victorious from the field of carnage with a score of 23 points to their credit . Bingham ' s absence no doubt accounted to a great extent for this defeat . His presence in the next match with St . John ' s College brought us victory in a game which was conspicuous for a splendid dropped
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