THE
PETERITE. VOL. XXI.
APRIL, 1912.
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E have decided to adopt the above as our motto, and therefore will ask our readers to be content with a short school letter. Football ended about half-term and Hockey and Boating have taken its place. Of these, if numbers are anything to judge by, we should say that the former seems to be the more popular. Six matches have been arranged, and the team has so far been very successful, winning all the matches played, while that with Ampleforth had to be postponed. A race was rowed with the York City Rowing Club's Maiden IV., on March i8th. After a closely contested struggle our opponents succeeded in carrying off the victory by only half a length. Unfortunately, F. E. Ferguson was unable to row, and with his help our boat would probably have achieved success. This term the Clerk of the Weather has done a most remarkable and unexpected thing. Intending, presumably, to make up for his behaviour in recent winters, he has visited us with quite a long spell of severe frost, with the result that we have enjoyed over a week's skating, to which many of us can look back with very pleasant memories. Under the auspices of the Rifle Club an interesting and novel shooting competition has been in progress during the past two or three weeks, an account of which will be found elsewhere. Much energy is at present being devoted to Fives, preparatory to the match with Bootham School, which takes place on March 27th. The Gymnasium Competition has been fixed for Friday, March 22nd, and the Sports will be held on March 29th and 3oth.