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VOL. IX.
editorial.
Contents Editorial School Calendar School Notes O.V. News O.V. Club School Officers Valete Salvete Rugger Notes Rowing Notes Fives ... Shooting Notes O.T.C. Notes Chess Notes P.T. Competition Boxing Cross Country ... Cricket Prospect The Library The Scouts Lectures ... The School Concert In Memoriam Valete Oxford Letter Indian Letter Correspondence ... Contemporaries
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Whatever may be the faults of the Easter Term, it rarely fails to provide us with a subject (or subjects) for our Editorial. This term has been no exception. Firstly, we have once again been attacked by scarlet fever, which not only broke out afresh in School House, but also spread to Hostel. Fortunately, however, although at first it appeared likely to spread rapidly, we were very soon, free from infection. However, in spite of the short time which the disease lasted, to which incidentally the Day Boys are indebted for a week's holiday, the usual activities of the term were badly interrupted. Early in the term came the cold spell. During this period, the School enjoyed some excellent skating at Spetchley, and even beginners had become quite proficient before the thaw began. Very soon after the frost came a very heavy fall of snow. This again did not last long, as a thaw set in very quickly, which caused the river to rise equally rapidly. Consequently there were the floods. As these usually provide the chief topic of the Editorial of the spring term Vigornians, we will not describe them or their effects, but will leave them to the imagination of our readers. Suffice it to say that this remarkable combination of events, which could not (some of them, at least) have been anticipated, has seriously interrupted the term. In addition the Cross Country Run, held in previous years comparatively early in the term, was this term arranged so as to take place just before the Sports at the end of term. As a result, with only three weeks of the term to go, we were in the unique position of still being confronted by