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No. 244. VoL. XXIII. JULY, 1923. SCHOOL LETTER. " Farrago libelli generations of Editors will perhaps forgive AST us for saying that the task of publishing the School Magazine grows harder every term. In old days there were but few outstanding events, and the School Letter was an easy document to compile, but with the extraordinary rapid growth of the School's activities, and the measure of success that seems to attend us in almost all that we undertake, it has become increasingly difficult. The ideal editorial would really be a brief epitome of all that has taken place during the term : but in these days when so much does take place, and so many attain distinction in their various spheres of usefulness and ornament, it is an ideal that is almost unattainable, and the most that we can do is to give an attenuated account of the term's events. The weather has been very kind to us--at one time, almost too clement—and so cricket has flourished. At the time of going to press the XI. registers a series of nine consecutive victories, mainly won against teams of very good standing There is no need for us to point out how much they owe to the care and attention of Mr. Toyne and of the many other cricketing masters who are so generous with time and trouble, and to the exhilarating captaincy of H. G. Coates, who has also had a very successful season personally, having already made well over a thousand runs. We must take this opportunity of congratulating him upon being chosen to play at Lords in August, in the Lords' Schools v. Rest Match. We must also congratulate Mr. Toyne, on his successful summer. He also scored i,000 runs, strangely enough in the same match as H. G. Coates. Although the School Boats failed to carry off any of the Regatta " pots " Rowing has also been very vigor us this term. Tt was something of an achievement to 'be ab' to enter three good