THE
PETERITE. VOL. XVIII.
JUNE, 1903.
No. 16o.
SCHOOL LETTER. OLLOWING the traditional custom of the English race, we will begin by discoursing upon the weather. This was disgusting at the beginning of the term ; for the first tent days it rained incessantly, thus giving no opportunity of practice to cricketers. It must be admitted that the cricket prospects for this year are not encouraging. There is a disappointing lack of talent among the candidates. However, much can be done by practice, and especially by attention to fielding. The team will feel severely the absence of E. E. Yeld, who, we are sorry to say, is still in the doctor's hands. We wish him a quick recovery, so that we may at least see him on the football field. This term we miss the presence of Mr. Senior, who has left us to take up the Senior Classical Mastership of Holt Grammar School. To him was due the creation and success of the Musical Society. We wish him good-luck in his new position. The Morris-Tube Rifle Range, we are glad to see, has now been successfully established. Each boy fires ten rounds twice a week, and an extra ten rounds may be fired on Saturday by those who care to do so. The Gymnastic Form Competition and the Sports, reports of which will be found elsewhere, came off at the end of the Easter term. The Lower School won the Form Competition, and W. Armstrong easily headed the list of competitors.