THE
PETERITE. VoL. XXI.
MARCH, 1915.
No. 218.
SCHOOL LETTER. " For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever." 0 the poet has sung with great truth, and the quotation is most applicable to the writing of the School Letter. Whatever events may be happening in the outside world, and at the present time they are very stirring, the School Letter must be written, and so we are compelled to take up the Editorial pen and begin our task. This term has seen the School visited by the ravages of " la gripe," and so we have been greatly hampered by this in all branches of school affairs. This epidemic of illness has also been the cause of an event, which is, we are sure, almost unparalled in the history of the School, namely the cancelling of a " black " Monday, that day so much dreaded by small boys— we speak from the experience of our youth. The Hockey season is now well advanced and judging by r esults, we may say that it has been fairly successful since we have won five out of the six matches played. Illness and the war have however weakened the team, and had we been at full strength we might reasonably have hoped to have won all our matches. Boating also is being carried on with great keenness, though there again illness has decimated the ranks. The O.T.C. has been hard at work, and every week we have had two uniform parades, and frequently the proceedings have