THE
PETERITE. VOL . XY .
JULY, 1899 .
No . 140.
SCHOOL LETTER. HIS is the last number that we poor hard-worked editors will bring out, and with what deep regret we have to lay down the pen for others, and make our way out into the world, some to sit all day in offices, others to work hard for four or five years to gain the coveted B .A . or other degrees. The worst part of the term will be at hand when this appears, and we shall be sitting in School with a three hours' paper in front of us, on a half-holiday, silently expressing our opinion of the examiners. The Cricket XI . this year seems to be dogged by bad luck, as the toss has only been won five times during the whole season . We congratulate Mitchell on gaining a permanent place in the Yorkshire XI ., and sympathize with Sullivan on not gaining his " blue ." The Sports will soon be at hand and we hope to see some good " times " done . In last year ' s sports it was a deplorable fact, that most people only ran in races in which they thought they would get a place, and so the entries were considerably smaller than they ought to be . It is to be hoped that boys this year will run as sportsmen and not as professional "pot-hunters ." There seems to be great keenness, as we have already seen various coloured shorts and bare legs flitting round the cricket field ; and juniors have been seen burying themselves in the jumping pit .