THE
PETERITE. VoL. XVII.
NOVEMBER,
1902.
No. 157
SCHOOL LETTER. NEW School-Year has begun bringing round with it the usual changes, old faces missing and new ones in their place. All the School heard with the greatest grief of the death of H. R. Phillips at Ulleswater, Cumberland, only a fortnight before the beginning of term. He was a universal favourite and his sudden death excited the greatest regret and the deepest sympathy for the bereaved parents. Further, we regret the loss of Mr. Beck who has left us to take a Mastership at Coventry. Perhaps the greatest change has been caused by the retirement of Tames Parker, the School porter. We are all looking forward with interest to see if in his absence the management of the School, of which he has so long seemed an essential factor, will preserve its accustomed machine-like regularity. He has decided to set up tea-gardens near York, and we wish him all success in his new occupation. The XV. this season will feel Armstrong's sudden departure severely. Though not as strong as last year they seem likely to experience a good season, unless injuries, which at present are too prevalent, prevent them putting their best team into the field. We congratulate E. St. G. Kirke on his brilliant success at Woolwich, also C. N. Hatfield on his scholarship at Durham University.