CHRIST'S COLLEGE.
•'■ «©. 9_effl' ; BDlT©&. OF 'THB- PSBSS. ; Sia, —la co-aiaon,* I hopo aad trust, with | the vaat laajority of old College boy®, I indignantly disclaim any sympathy with] the snobbish letter which "£,«.'' thought i it ; seemly to send to you for publication. ] ■In-my time, "before my hair began to fait \ more white to-'me sharing," ■ the* school had ao such pert '6e.f-eQ_np__u.eacy. Our. l__ro_s were boy heroes, not Social ataadiug prigs.All sorts snd conditions of the young community were then represent--., aad it must be a source of great g__tiftei._t.ioa to our old master, tha presuat Beau, to aoto how i well many from whom much could not be ' expected have carried on ia later years ths traditions which he had so much to do in forming, it- may interest Master v Lex "to know tuat some " born ia the purple,'* as ho would probably express it,' have proved' & digrace to themselves aad the school* ■We were aot then absolutely without tho 'Supercilious feeling' which seems to become •"Lex", so afeturally, and w© did, I am afraid, speak somewhat -disrespectfully of scholars at rival iustitutioas, but it was not a kid glove feeling of superiority but because we,could aud did iiok them in many a gory encounter against overwhelming odds, ana! because, at'-work inside 'or oat; we 'could' challenge all-comers. ■ If the College .'at ;this time of-day e&a only plume itself oa its kid gloves,'l am afraid the real old boys will have u_ournfully to confess that the glory has departed. Our then Dead master was not aa athletic man, I suppose he never ran a aiiio race iv ins life, ..ad ■ would not have won it if he had tried, bat-its taught us that to tell a lie waa intrinsically disgraceful, arid to ' act maaf ally and honestly the proper road i to happiness, and wis.a X look round oa . the then boys, m&ny now ia e___»iteii posi- i tions (i mytie-tf, Sir» ».«_ veiry obscure),'atill, . ta&m doing their datie?. subtly and I 'uaosteatatiotisly without any pwticulrtr *"- tote," bun' still doiag ii'" to the j best vl their powers, J'fcui „!__.'• Lf id tiu_t-i •" Uid Coles " —i treat he will pardon mo, I j use the-term in all alfsctiou, I rolcr to tlie > Very Bey. tut? Deaa—wst. ov.r «n, _v.<. ! that he did instil those prh.oipl.sf .niio this school - whioh made it'at that" Utso %''_*_, leading school ia .Mew Zealuid. j Again, 1 deploys, the dege.-efaey of "Lex* I*and1*and ais followers, if any. —I'oara, «£c, k >'i *'' • • Vl. i'-OSM. . | ' * l
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8120, 11 March 1892, Page 6
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417CHRIST'S COLLEGE. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8120, 11 March 1892, Page 6
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