THE
PETERITE. VOL . XVI .
APRIL,
1900 .
No .
i
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SCHOOL LETTER. E are glad to be able to affirm, without any fear of being contradicted, that the tide of the war has decidedly changed for the better . First came the capture of Cronje (a name which apparently no one knows how to pronounce) ; then the relief of Ladysmith, which we celebrated by a half-holiday, and finally the expulsion of the Boers from Cape Colony . We hope to be able to publish, in the future, some letters from the front ; perhaps, too, a list of O .P .'s engaged in the war. The names of a few will be found among the Notes and Items of our last number. Of the two football matches played this term, we won one and lost the other, and the total record reads :—Won 4, lost 8, which is not so satisfactory as last year, but not disgraceful, though we ought to have beaten Wakefield St . John ' s. It is hoped that a few hockey matches will be arranged to stimulate interest in the game . We are sorry, however, to note that some boys, who would have boated, if there had been no hockey, have deserted the water . This seems a great pity, as with such a good boating river as the Ouse there ought to be no lack of eagerness to learn how to row . We would suggest that it should be made compulsory for everyone who can swim . The lack of
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interest may be ascribed to the hopeless absence of punctuality which characterises everything connected with boating . There seems to be a feeling that if a boat is put down to go out at 2-30, means that when 2-30 arrives it is just time to think about changing . Allowing quarter of an hour to change, ten minutes to get down to the boathouse, and twenty minutes more for doing nothing in particular except getting the boats out—allowing we say for these insignificant items, it is one hour, almost to the minute, after the proper time that the first boat puts off . This state of affairs falls hardest on the day boys, who have no idea when the School House members of the rowing community will put in an appearance . They consequently have to stand shivering on the bank for about an hour, generally in a cutting wind, without any shelter at all, as the boathouse is not kept open This breeds, in the day boys at any rate, a dislike of everything and anything connected with the river, and it is no wonder that the number of that half of the School engaged on the river dwindles year by year. Surely something ought to be done to remedy this . We would suggest that the captain of boats make people start changing directly after dinner . How inveterate a habit it is in School to think of changing at the time for actually starting cannot for a moment be denied by anyone who has ever taken part in a football pick-up . In cricket the fault is not so clearly marked, owing to the cricket field adjoining the School, so that directly after the quarter of an hour taken for changing is over the game can begin—at least serious thoughts are then entertained of altering the sides put upon the notice board owing to numerous " detentions . " Happening to be looking at some past numbers of "'l'he Peterite, " we found letters addressed to the Editors on this very subject . Naturally a Day-boy was the complainer . Not that we intend to cast a slur on the Day-boys, but rather to show that they have a lot to put up with, and are generally much and wrongly abused. As we are writing we hear the hockey community boasting that they have achieved the remarkable record of starting at the proper
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time . This should create a spirit of emulation among the exponents of the other games . The newest game introduced has set the school an example . Let us follow it. The gymnasium competition took place on March the 3rd. Colonel Fox kindly consented to judge . It was arranged to be much shorter than last year, which measure turned out a decided improvement . The Sixth Form won the Form Shield, and P. Kirke again won the Cup . A longer account will be found elsewhere. In our last number we stated that R . F . Russell had played for Cambridge University . We have since heard that this was inaccurate, as, though asked to play, he never actually did so, owing to a previous engagement with Yorkshire. We must conclude by claiming indulgence for the smallness of this number, but it will be seen that this term is the least eventful of the year, and therefore accounts of the School ' s doings must be shorter in proportion . Unfortunately we do not feel in a position to say that lack of quantity will be made up by quality, as we humbly acknowledge ourselves quite unable to rise above steady paced mediocrity .
FOOTBALL. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . ST . JOHN ' S COLLEGE.
Played on the School ground on February zznd . Otley kicked off for the School, and St . John's pressed . Leonard relieved with a good punt into touch at halfway . Scrummaging in the centre followed . The School were then penalized and St . John's punted into touch . After fine passing among the School backs, Scott almost got over, but was held on the line . Dunning presently dribbled over but did not succed in touching down . Lawrance returned well into touch from the drop-out, and Nelson gained some ground by a good kick . From a too vigorous kick by Leonard, St . John ' s touched down . Leonard found touch from the restart and was presently again conspicuous for good kicking. Nelson by a long punt took play well into their " 25 ." Lawrance
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tried a drop at goal, but the attempt failed . Continued pressure by the School forced St . John ' s to concede a minor . One of their forwards made a mark and from the kick Leonard returned well into touch . Nelson punted over the St . John's line, and a minor resulted . The School kept up the pressure and a scrum near their line followed, from which Harrison failed in a drop at goal . The game came back to mid-field, but Lawrance again took play into their " 25 " by a good dribble . Leonard here again made the mistake of punting over their line . Scott, from a pass by Lawrance, made a good run, and Leonard picking up cleverly ran into St. John's " 25 ." A forward rush by our opponents took play to halfway and almost immediately after they dribbled over our line ; but Scott succeeded in touching down . Another rush by their forwards was well stopped by Leonard, who managed to get in a kick into touch . St . John's, however, were not to be denied, and they presently dribbled over our line, but did not succeed in touching down . The game continued in our " 25, " and presently one of their men attempted a drop at goal, unsuccessfully, however. Otley made a long punt into touch, and Nelson put in a splendid run . Otley took the ball to the line, but a touch down resulted. Lawrance stopped a rush well, and Neilson made a good run from a pass by Harrison . Half-time score, School, nil, St . John's, nil. After the kick-off, Otley put in a good dribble, but kicked into touch . Scott picked up and ran into their " 25, " before being collared . Hatfield was next conspicuous with a good dribble . By a forward rush St . John ' s took play to mid-field, but Leonard with a good kick brought the game back again to their " 25 ." Play then fluctuated between half-way and St . John ' s " ° 25," Scott and Lawrance being conspicuous with good runs . Neilson made a mark and gained some ground . St . John ' s made another effort and dribbled over our line, but again were unable to touch down. Scrums in the centre followed, and Nelson found touch in their " 25 ." Good passing between Scott and Nelson resulted in the former scoring, about a minute before time . Otley made a very good attempt to convert . Result :—School, i try (3 pts .) ; St. John's, nil .
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SCHOOL TEAM :—Back, H . Leonard ; Threequar/ers, C . P . Scott, A . Neilson, B . G . Lawrance, Esq . ; Halves, C . Nelson, R . Harrison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley, E . D Teasdale, R . Dunning, J . E . Pulleyn, S . A . Mellor, E . J . Otley, T . C . Newton, H . W . F . Garland, and C . N . Hatfield. ST . PETER ' S SCHOOL V . WAKEFIELD ST . JOHN ' S. This match, the last of the season, was played at York on Saturday, February 2+th . Wakefield did not turn up till nearly an hour after the proper time for beginning The visitors lost the toss and kicked off uphill . Lawrance returned into touch, but play continued for some time in the School half, Wakefield pressing hard and C . Nelson repeatedly saving by kicks into touch So hard were the St . john ' s men playing now that they were within an ace of s oring when Lawrance saved well and a good rush by the School forwards took play into the Wakefield " 25 ." C. Nelson and Scott nearly scored, but Wakefield managed, bya good deal of very loose kicking, to remove the clanger . The School were penalized for off-side, and Wakefield taking advantage of their kick got over and scored far out . No goal resulted . The play for the remainder of the first half the School had all their own way, and nearly scored twice . Neilson and Pulleyn were prominent with good dribbles . Half-time score : Wakefield 3 pts ., School, nil. After the interval Otley kicked off and after some interchange of kicks, Harrison by a fine run carried the ball to their "25 ." Wakefield were penalized for off-side ; Otley took a drop at goal which, though a good shot, was not successful . Wakefield touched down . From the drop out Scott secured, and nearly scored after some good passing by the School backs . Wakefield again pressed hard, but Black saved by a long kick into touch . The game was taken to the School line where Wakefield were again penalized and Otley punted well up the field . Loose play followed in midfield . Scott again secured and after a good run was tackled on the Wakefield line . Wakefield then pressed but Scott relieved, though not for long, as Wakefield soon rallied again, and despite the efforts of the School, scored and converted . Time was soon after called with the score, Wakefield, 8 points, School, nil .
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The School, in spite of the score, were the better team, and, with only a very little luck, would have won . The forwards played well together and with fine spirit . The backs were fair ; Scott and Nelson were always conspicuous and Black made a safe full-back. The team was as follows : Back, J . T . Black ; Threequarlers, H . Leonard, B . G . Lawrance, Esq ., A . Neilson, C . P . Scott; Halves, C . Nelson, R . Har r ison ; Forwards, G . C . Otley, E . D. Teasdale, R . Dunning, T . E . Pulleyn, S . A . Mellor, E . J. Otley, T . C . Newton, C . N . Hatfield. KICKING COMPETITION. Through the kindness of J . A . Browne, Esq . (O .P .) prizes have this year been awarded for the best " place " and " drop " kicking. The competition was to have taken place at the end of last term. but, owing to the sudden advent of snow, it had to be postponed, This term, however, has seen " the final settlement" and the award of the prizes . The Competition took place on Thursday, February 28th . Mr . Lawrance obligingly acted as judge . The rules for the competition were as follows t . Each competitor to have 6 Place and 6 Drop kicks. 2 . The Place kicks to be :—two in front of goal, two on the right side and two on the left side of the posts. 3 . The Drop kicks to be :—two with the right foot and one with the left at twenty-five yards, and the same at fifteen yards. . The prizes to go to those who kicked most goals. 4. 5 . The prizes to be divided in case of any equality. There were four prizes in all . Two for the ist XV . and two for the znd XV. A fair proportion of the two fifteens entered for the competition, though the display of kicking was not so good as might have been expected . Most of the competitors managed to secure goals from the place kicks in front and the drop kicks with the right foot. The left foot kicking was not at all successful, only four goals being kicked out of a total of twenty-four shots . " Extenuating circumstances" are, of course, allowed . The prizes for the 1st
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XV . were divided between C . Nelson and R . Harrison, who each kicked five goals . In the znd XV . Black got the first prize with six goals, and P . H . Veld the second with four. The following is the full analysis : PLACE . Right Side Near . Far .
DROP.
Front . Left Side . Near Far.
Ist XV. G. C . Utley . . . . — , i C . Nelson . . . . I I R . Harrison . . I I T . E . I'ulleyn . I I A . Neilson , . . . -- — 1— — R . Dunning . . I I — I — T . C . Newton , — — 1 — I 2nd XV. H. Leonard . C . N . Hatfield . . — — T . J . Black . . . . 1 r P . H . Veld . . — I I M . H . T . Roy . . — - -
Right Foot. Left Foot. i5 yds . 25 yds . 15 yds . 25 yds.
1 — , — — — — I 1 — I —
I — — I
—
— — I 1
I I
— —
— - r —
— 1
1 — I — I I - - — —
FOOTBALL RESULTS. FIRST FIFTEEN.
Date . Versus, Ground. Result. Home Lost . . Ig It - 9g Th . Oct . 5 . .Old Boys Sat . 2 1 . . Leeds G . S Away . . Won . . zg (I dr .) - Nil Sat . „ z8 . . Durham School Away . . Lost . . Ig - 3g 5t Sat ., Nov . 4 . .Hcadingley F .C Home . . Lost . . Nil - 4g 4t Sat . „ I I . . Yarnbury F .C Home . . Lost . . I g (pty) - 19p Sat . „ 18 . . Giggleswick School Home . . Lost . Nil - zg 2t Sat . „ z5 . . Richmond School , Home . . Won . . 109 pts . - Nil Sat ., Dec . 2 . . Durham School , Home . . Lost . . Nil - 45 pts. Th . „ Home . . Won . . g (dr) 1t - It j . . St . John's College Tues„ 19 . . Old Boys Home . . Lost . . Nil - 2g zt Th ., Feb .2z . .St . John ' s College Home . . Won . . It - Nil Sat . Feb . 24, .Wakefield St . John's Home . ,Lost . . Nil - Ig it Total for, 144 . Against, 214. SECOND FIFTEEN.
Sat . Oct . 21 . . Leeds G . S . 2nd Home . . Won . . 4g 4t - Nil Sat . , z8 . .Durham G . S . znd Home . . Lost . Nil - 37 pts. Th . Nov . 16 . .St . John's College znd Home . . Won . . Ig It - It Th .,Feb .15 . . St . John's College znd Home . . Not played (Frost). Total points for, 40 . Against, 4o .
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CRICKET.
CRICKET. YORK v . DURHAM Perhaps it will not be out of place before the summer term to give a list of the results of our cricket matches with Durham . It will be seen that Durham have won 22 to our 20 . This majority was gained by their long succession of victories from 1879 onwards, in the time of Brutton's prowess . Durham hold the record for the biggest total, namely, 274, to which Brutton contributed 163 not out, which is the highest individual score. Our highest score is Bingham ' s 125 in 1898, after making which he was stumped . There is a close race for lowest score, but we have it by one run, our score being 13 . We are now two matches behind, so let us try and wipe off the score this year. Appended is the list : YEAR .
YORK .
DURHAM
,st Inn'gs . 2nd Inn ' gs . 1st Inn ' gs . 2nd Inn'gs.
1866 56 53 26 64 88 1867 ro8 24 (2 wkts) 71 20 5 404 1868 94 28
96 92 43 56
GROUND.
York Durham Durham York York
6o Durham 49 31 5 4 1869 81 .. 83 (4 wkts) York 1870 8o 119 64 33 (6 wkts) Durham 1871 154 . . 83 177 York 18 7 2 47 . . Durham 44 1 46 18 73 5 8 1874 183 1875 127 1876 90 1877 68 1878 94 1879 61 188o 31
5 (3 wkts) 86 70 20 (1 wkt) 62 52 (5 wkts) 98 15 (nowkts)$9 14 (2 wkts) 48 . . 153 53 171
1881 1882
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81 13 40 1883 44 „ 33 1884 83 ,, 131
162 6r 2G9 (6 wkts) 24 43 •• 2 74 92 (2 wkts) 73 .. 67
1885 140 „
42
14 6o
107
I r,
83 23 153
York Durham York Durham York Durham York Durham
York York Durham 27(nowkts) York Durham ,. Durham 42 York 98
41
Durham York
RESULT.
Durham won by 23 runs Durham „ 24 „ York ,, 37 York 31 York won by an innings and ro runs Durham won by 45 runs Durham „ 6 wkts York , 16 runs York •, 94 ,• Durham „ an innings and 47 runs Durham won by 28 runs York 11 3 York 65 „ Durham „ York 9 Yo,k 46 Durham 92 „ Durham , an innings and 87 runs Durham 81 „ Durham 112 Dunham 169 , Durham 10 wkts Durham „ 241 runs York „ ro York „ an innings and 22 runs York „ an innings and 85 runs Durham „ an innings and 5 runs
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CRICKET. YEAR .
YORK .
DURHAM.
GRouxn.
1st Inn'gs . 2nd Inn'gs . sat Inn'gs . 2nd Inn'gs.
York 1886 118 113 Durham 93 16 7 1887 No Matches. 44 (3 wkts) York 1888 49 59 1889 114 York 1 44 Durham 129 (9 wkts) 1 75 York 1890 88 71 67 41 Durham 1891 61 84 1892 Io8 20 (2 wkts) . . York York 1893 113 119 65 Durham 23 (1 wkt) 56 (3 wkts) 64 York 1894 III 138 . . 8o Durham 18 95 No Match. York 1896 157 97 I28 Durham 95 York 93 1897 2 59 York 1898 255 (6 wkts) 163 York 18 99 1 47 66 Durham 165 1 33 Drawn Durham 22 . York 20 .
RESULT.
York Durham
5 runs 74 „
Durham Durham
I0 "
20 „
Draw
York „ Durham „
21 ,,
20 „
Drawn.
Durham
6 „
Drawn.
York York York
Durham York York York Durham
47 58 6o „ 33 166 „ 92 „ 8t „ 32 „
3.
SOME APROCRYPHAL RUBAIYGAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. (With Apologies .) I must abjure the " footur squash, ” I must, And taught by stale old rules received on trust, Sitting uncomfortably on a thwart, Plug in a heavy tub, until I "bust . " Last Tuesday raised a blister on your hand, And made you loth to sit and fain to stand, And that first "crab " within the tub-pair caught, Did quite forestall the perfect stroke you planned. Well, never mind ; you only have to try To keep your back straight and to fix your eye Upon the shoulders of the man in front And watch his swing and follow till you die. Shoot out your hands like lightning, but keep back Your body till the arms be no more slack, And when your hands are past your knees—why then Come off the feather gently, lest you lack A strong beginning ; then with legs pressed tight Upon the stretcher and with hands raised light Swing steady from the hips, but never " screw " Nor " bucket " forward like a streak of light .
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SOME APROCRYPHAL RUBAIYGAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
With body, jammed hard down between the knees, When you have got as far as you can squeeze, Oh ! do not " hang " ; but with a str.aig leg-drive From off the stretcher—" lift her, lift her, please ." And having " lifted " do not plunge your oar As though to dredge the river ever more. Cover the blade and nothing but the blade, Nor drive it through in pieces three or four. But pull not with your arms ; the legs alone, If you shove hard and bend not the back bone, Will drive the handle up into the chest Serenely ; else, by Jove, you ' ll get well blown. Some feather under water ; but if you Would wish to pull your stroke expertly through And finish well, drop smartly' down your hands ; Then only turn them, lest a "crab" you rue. Some " bucket " forward madmanlike ; and some Like unto sacks of taties " crouch most glum ; Others the caterpillar emulating Arch their backs round as any kettle-drum . * What are we but a miserable row Of " passengers " that well to " sugar " know Nor heed the admonitions of the coach Who cries, " Now come! you beggars, make her go ." The ship does not leap forward with her '` nose, " But looks quite dead as sluggishly she goes. The tiny cox, who holds the rudder-strings He knows how best to steer—or thinks he knows. A string of catchwords from the riverside A world of jaw and shibboleths ; how wide The difference 'twixt his precept and his " form " ! Yet ponder well his words your hearts inside.
As late upon a bright half-holiday, After a hurried lunch I strode away, Again upon the boat-house steps I stood And heard how school aquatics made its way. Boys of all sorts and sizes, large and small, There hung about the door or by the wall, And some loquacious oarsmen were ; and some Were beefy, but they hardly talked at all .
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Quoth one among them : " Well upoh my word I came here thrice a week and my loins gird, I scarify myself inside a tub And listen to the coach's winged word ." Then one exclaimed, " If e ' er I come again, My zephyr on my back I'll eat amain; 'Tis better, with an impot to inscribe, Up at the school in " lock-up " to remain ." After a melancholy silence spake A youngster of a Lilliputian make. They bring me down upon a vain pretence Then make me carry boats till my back break. * Would but some polished oarsman of great note Arrest the roll of the Regatta boat, Prevent the crew from swinging all away And make it quite the fastest craft afloat Ah, Cox ! could you and stroke with crew conspire To take the Old Boys ' water and perspire Profusely till you reach the Scope . Oh ! then You ' ll lick them by a Marygate entire. REMEX EMERITUS.
GYMNASIUM. '1 he form competition took place on Saturday, March the 3rd. There was only a small attendance owing to the measles in the school . It will be as well to write down the rules before entering into an account.
1.
"The exercises to be posted in the gymnasium three
weeks before the competition takes place. z . For this competition the School is divided as follows :1. Sixth Form. 2. Upper Fifth. 3.
Lower Fifth.
.} . Upper Fourth. 5. Lower Fourth. 6.
Lower School .
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Each Form may send in a maximum number of
5 competitors. 4.
A cup will be given to the boy having the highest
marks in the competition . Last year's winner to have four marks deducted for the cup, but no penalty for the shield. 5.
On the narks obtained in this competition, badges
will be awarded that a school gymnastic team may be formed . The number of badges given away
will
depend
entirely upon the standard reached . Thus boys, whose forms appear to have no chance for the shields, will themselves have a chance of gaining badges . " There was by no means a full number of entries, and only two forms competed . However, Harrison from the Upper Modern, and Black from the Lower School, went in to try for the badges. E . Kirke was unable to take part owing to a knee damaged at football, but his absence did not make any difference to the actual result, as the Sixth Form won comfortably . The first item was the horse, in which Scott and Kirke were the best, Harrison and Fisher were good too . On the horizontal bar, Kirke succeded in getting once more the full marks, and Harrison only full short by half a mark . The second exercise on this apparatus was considerably curtailed and simplified, owing to a misunderstanding between the Sergeant and Col . Fox . The work on the parallel bars was the best, owing perhaps to the fact that the exercises were somewhat simpler than on the other apparatus . In the bridge-ladder, Kirke and Harrison were especially good . It should be noted that Kirke got over full marks in four out of seven events, and that his total was one-and-a-half marks over' maximum," if it can be called such . After the competition, Harrison, Scott, and Newton received their colours . The marks for the cup were very close, as Kirke, minus the four deducted, owing to his being last year's winner, was only two ahead of Harrison, who did his exercises very neatly and well . The Fifth Form were very level in marks, four out of the five getting I8 or r 8
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We are able to give a list of the marks in each event : Horizontal Bar.
Horse
SIXTH (green) P . St . G . Kirke T . C . Newton . . C . P . Scott . . . . G. A . Fisher
5 . . 4 . . . .6 31 . . 21 . . . .31 4 .• 5 4 3 3 . . 21
Parallel Bars.
Bridge Form Ladder . Total . Total.
5 . . . .51 . . 51 . . . . 51 . . . . 3 6 1 4 . . . .3 4 3z . . . . 24 26 31 . .} . . 21 . . . . 3 3k . . 3 . . 3 . . . 2 ; . . 2012 I07
FIFTH (chocolate) A . R . Fisher 21 H. W . Garland 2 A . Neilson 21 G . Armstrong . . 21 M . H . T . Roy 2
r . . . .21 . . 2z 31 . . .21 4 . . 2L 21 . .21 . . 21 31 _21 . . I _21 2 .. 2 . .4 ... .2 2 .''~ . . . . .3 ., I . . I14- . . . .
UPPER MODERN (blue) R . Harrison . .4 3 JUNIORS (red) T . Black . .3 . .4
3; 21 31 21 11
. . . . 18 181 . . . . 18 . . . . 18 . . . . 121 851
41 . . . . 4 4 . . .. 301
. . . 41 •• 5 . .
2
3
,I
20
After the conclusion of the exercises, Mrs . Handford presented the shield to P . Kirke, as captain of the Sixth Form team, and also the cup for his individual excellence . Cheers were then called for C Ilonel Fox, Mr . Lawrance, who gave the shield and the cup, and for Mr . and Mrs . Handford . We must take this opportunity of thanking Mrs . Handford for the great trouble she took in personally sewing the colours on to the jerseys of the different forms, and cannot conclude without a word of praise to the Sergeant for the great pains he has taken in getting the competitors into proper efficiency. NoarEs .—It will be seen from the above that the competition only lay between the Sixth and Fifth Classical . We would like to hint that there ought to have been more forms competing . Without mentioning names, we can think of several members of the School who have frequently been in the gymnasium, and could easily have become proficient in the exercises in two weeks. Many of these put forward the excuse that they couldn ' t go in for both football and gymnasium at the same time . The obvious answer is that the gymnasium is only opened on whole days, and that, as football is only played on half-holidays, the two cannot possibly interfere with one another —at any rate this term . There is something to be said for this objection in the Christmas term, when
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NOTES AND ITEMS.
there are passing and dribbling practices on whole days ; but we venture to think that this is not sufficiently tiring to make coming to gymnasium in the evening impossible, if boys really wanted to come . Attending gymnasium is a much better amusement than loafing up and down in front of the School, which is little better than waste of time . We have heard it stated that a Peterite can always be recognised by his walk . We trust this is not literally true, though such a thing is possible ; but still walking aimlessly up and down without specially caring whether one is out or in cannot have a very good effect. We therefore exhort everybody to go into the gymnasium at least twice a week, in addition to the ordinary drill, and remind them that as the number of boys in the School is not as large as it used to be, everybody should do his best to keep whatever the School undertakes up to the mark, and that unless everybody pulls together and keeps the School ' s welfare at heart rather than his own individual interests, it will never be able to maintain the reputation which has been won for it by our predecessors .
NOTES AND ITEMS. E. J . Walton (O .P .), scored for Oxford University v . Rosslyn Park. R . F . Russell (O .P.), has played for Blackheath. The following have received their Gymnasium colours :—R. Harrison, C . P . Scott, and T . C . Newton. N . L . Hood (O .P .), played for Yorkshire v . Lancashire at hockey, and W . M . Carter was chosen as reserve for the North. L . W . Huffam (O .P .), resigned his Commission in the Volunteers to go to the front. C . Cadman (O .P .), has gone to South Africa with Mitchell's company of the Imperial Yeomanry. F. M . Bingham (O .P.), has passed his conjoint, M .R .C .S., and R .C .P. A . Crosthwaitc (O .P .), is returning to England after six years residence in India. H . B . Greeves (O .P.), stroked the Peterhouse boat in the Clinker fours at Cambridge, and beat St . Catherine ' s in the final by y oo yards .
CONTEMPORA RIES .
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LIBRARY. The following books have been added this term :—" Ilow England saved Europe," in
.l. vols ., by W . A . Fitehett, B .A ., LL .D.
Waverlev Novels, by Sir Walter Scott :—Waverlev, ( p up Mannering, The Antiquary, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, Montrose and the Black Dwarf, Heart of Midlothian, Bride of Lammermoor, Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, Pirate, Fortunes of Nigel, Peveril of the Peak, The Talisman.
CONTEMPORARIES. We acknoacledge with thai .ks the receipt of the following School
:—Saz'ilian, .Sezzbevghian, Eastbournian, Hurst johnian, Masonian, Lily . Magazines