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No. 35. VOL. III.
NOVEMBER, 1898.
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Editorial Cricket A Voyage to Spain Prize Distribution A Bicycle Ride... Certificate Examinations... A Tour in Switzerland ... School Officers ... A Missionary Problem ... School News Old Vigornians' Column... London Old Vigornians' Dinner School Accounts Oxford Letter ... Correspondence... Chess ...
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Cbitorial. rAIN we have before us the task of composing an editorial, a task which confronts the editors in all its vastness whenever a new issue looms ahead. Many suggestions have been made as to the mode of starting, one of which was " Leave it out altogether." But no really conscientious person could edit a paper without an editorial. Therefore we beg our readers
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