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No. 19. VOL. II.
JULY, 1891.
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Editorial Wulstan of Worcester .. Function of Criticism .. Ballade of Modern Cricket Rowing Club Races Cricket Athletic Sports Entertainment Christmas Concert School Officers School News Chess
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(Ebitonal. iJFTEK reading in a recent number of a contemporary a classification of editors of school magazines into different divisions, with a dreadful anathema attached to each, we felt much as the Queen of Sheba is said to have done after viewing the glory of Solomon. There the conceited editor and the twaddling editor, the editor who talks about nothing but athletics, and the editor who discourses sweetly on the weather, were all alike overwhelmed with scorn by the writer. In spite of this, however, we are rash enough again to take up our parable, endeavouring at the same time to avoid falling
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into any of those classes which our contemporary has so ruthlessly attacked. Within the past few months we have found the " old order changing, giving place to new" with a vengeance. Whenever we see in the papers a paragraph beginning "The Queen has been pleased," a dread fear seizes us that Her Majesty's pleasure is to remove some member of our Cathedral body to a higher station. First, Canon Creighton was taken to be Bishop of Peterborough, and now we are to part with our Dean, who leaves us to take the Bishopric of Truro. While heartily congratulating him on his elevation, we cannot help feeling intense regret at losing one who, besides being a staunch friend to the School at large, has endeared himself to many of us individually by personal kindnesses. He has shown his interest in the School in many ways, and among them by giving valuable presents of books to the Library. He has always made a point of being present, if possible, at all our entertainments and concerts, and we do not recollect any Speech Day since he came to Worcester at which he has not presided and spoken words to be remembered by boys and parents alike. Mrs. Gott has also laid us under great obligations, not only by her readiness to distribute prizes won at the sports, but also by the kind manner