THE
PETERITE. VOL. XX.
APRIL, 1907.
No. 178.
SCHOOL LETTER. H E time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things : in like manner the importunate ticking of the clock warns us that we must again take up our pen and chronicle the deeds of the past term and give forth faint prophecies of the future. The advent of this term was heralded by very severe snowstorms, we almost failed to recognise our surroundings so heavy was the grasp that winter had laid upon them ; the result was three weeks' skating, to which some of us can look back with very pleasant memories, though we must regret the large gap it made in the time allotted for Football this term, for we were 'unable to begin playing till nearly the middle of February. It resulted in the cancelling of one of our matches, though the Clerk of the Weather in order to atone for his misdemeanours gave us an almost tropical day for our fixture with Durham Colleges. The Review of the Team will be found in another column. We may say, however, that this year's season, if not as good as the preceding one, has at any rate some gratifying results ; we have won six and lost eight matches, we are well on the credit side as regards the number of points scored ; and lastly the team has made a very great improvement in defence. We must offer our hearty congratulations to Peters and Phillips. Turning now to what has yet to take place, let us first of all say how glad we are that the school is once more taking up rowing seriously. We are the fortunate possessors of a well e q uipped