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PETERITE. V"or, .
NIII .
MAY, 1897 .
No .
128
SCHOOL LETTER. INCE the issue of our last number, which, it will be remembered, was unavoidably delayed, there have been a few events of interest, notably two Lectures in the School Hall, one by Dr . Tempest Anderson, the other by the Rev . Norman Bennett, Missioner to Public School Boys, who stayed a week at the School, (luring which he held several well-attended meetings. The Boating, with which last term ended, was robbed of much of its interest by the postponement of the Old Boys ' Race, owing to the illness of two of the School Boat . We hope it may come off this term . The Dayboys ' first boat repeated their success of 1896, though the House second came off victorious . We congratulate the Dayboys on their victory ; we hope that they will not confine themselves to Boating, but will let their athletic vigour extend to the Cricket-field also . We were sorry to see no Senior Pairs, and the entries for the junior events were not very numerous . It is to the latter that we have to look for the future Representatives of the School, and it would be as well for them to get all the training they can now . It is foolish to repeat the remark heard more than once from the lips of non-rowers, that the oarsman, like the poet, ' nascilur non fl .' No one can deny that the rower does need to be very fit. We hope that the Cricket eleven will have as successful a Season as the Football team . At present there seems every prospect of this being the case . The ground is being got into
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