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No. 22. VOL. II.
Contents. Editorial July Examinations Mr. Gladstone in Oxford S. Patrick's Cathedral ... Cricket Football Speech Day School Officers King's Scholarships In Memoriam ... School News ... Correspondence Chess
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(gbitorial. SHE last term of the year is usually the least interesting, but this term can boast of one rather exciting event. On December 2nd, at half-past three in the morning, the sleepers in the dormitory were aroused by the news that the College Hall was on fire. Everybody immediately jumped up and ran down-stairs without paying much regard to toilette. They were greatly relieved to find that it was not the Coliege Hall that was burning, but the old house that contained the class-rooms of the sixth, fifth, and fourth Forms,
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the reading-room, and carpenter's shop. The fire, when discovered, had got a good hold on the building, and the contents of the reading room only were rescued; it was soon impossible to approach the house on account of the falling walls, and one of the fellows was very nearly buried in their fall. There were several hoses at work, and about eight o'clock the fire was nearly extinguished. Everything was burnt except the books of the Sixth Form, which were in a part of the house that escaped the fire, and a valuable old staircase was lost. The fire formed a topic of conversation during the day, and as it was almost impossible to get work done under the circumstances, a half-holiday was given. The loss of books and tools is a very serious one, but we hope the destruction of the house may prove a blessing in disguise, if we can get the new class-rooms erected, which we have so long wanted. At present we are using the rooms of a house standing near-as temporary class-rooms. We are glad to see that the members of the School are waking up at last to the consciousness that their School Magazine possesses a correspondence column, if they choose to make use of it. The number of letters poured in upon the Editors is not very great, it is true, but it is a great advance on no letters at all. We should like the School to realise that it is