PETERITE • THE
VOL. XXIV.
DECEMBER 1925. No. 251. SCHOOL LETTER.
HIS term has been most disappointing with regard to Football, which we venture to put first, before even the Inspection, momentous as that was. There is some justification, however, because we are as yet unbeaten. Starting the season with a team well-equipped at all points, we entered on a career of unbridled success under the able captaincy of Robinson, not forgetting the valuable coaching of Mr. Davies. We were looking forward to emerging triumphant from the Giggleswick and Ampleforth matches, when we were suddenly and effectively cut off in our prime by the hardest frost in the memory of the oldest inhabitant (who shall be nameless). Needless to say a great many matches had to be cancelled, including Giggleswick. The Ampleforth match was, however, played and an account will be found below. The School has been most fortunate this term in the arrival of Mr. Baker as a master. He has entered whole-heartedly into the life of the School, especially in the thankless matter of Junior games, in connection with which not least among his abilities must be counted the skill with which he can lasso° a football floating insolently on the Ouse. The School has undergone the ordeal of an Inspection, and, wonder of wonders, emerged with flying colours. We managed with no little degree of skill and circumvention to induce the inspectors to believe that we were not such fools as we looked. At any rate we received a very favourable report. To conclude, the Editors of the Peterite would like to draw attention to the fact that during the last few terms there have been singularly few contributions from the School. One often hears The Peterite adversely criticised, the chief complaint