ANOTHER VERY successful year has passed from many points of view, and especially for the present Second Formers who once comprised last year's "Newgies."

On the whole they had quite a good time, and I think that most of them have appreciated the fact that had they come a few years earlier the welcome would have been far different. Some of the boys were more adventurous than the others (as in the case of four of our members who left us for a short time early in their career). There are some people whom I could pick out from the rest as having done something just slightly more special than the rest, but it would not do to pick out any individuals. In rugger we managed to get quite a few of our members into the "Under 'Thirteens' XV," which I think is rather good, and there were many keen players in cricket establishing quite a good team. In the academic side of school life we had many strong points, and quite a few people have very good reasons to be proud of themselves.

Many things were arranged for the First Form during the year which occupied quite a bit of their time and discouraged a lot of moodiness. The various pastimes consisted of treasure hunts, of various kinds; different trips to interesting places (for example, Felixstowe) and many other things which besides helping to stir the imagination and set up a lively interest in the things which one could do in school also helped us to get acquainted with the district. Towards the end of last term four adventurous young people decided to set up a Form newspaper which turned out to be quite a success. The scandal page was exceptionally good.

As I have said before it would not do to mention any individual but special merit has to be given to one boy, J. Cobbing, who excelled both in rugger and cricket and helped to bring credit to the School. I am sure many other people will agree.

There is not much more to add, only that we all wish the present First Form the luck that we all had in the past year.

ROTHMAN (II A)