FINDING THE CULPRIT.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 8

FINDING THE CULPRIT.

AT HARROW SCHOOL, ,

Some plfiitii'iKs in Harrow School have caused anxiety to the masters, and, though the trouble has been exaggerated, thero is no doubt that various rules hire been broken, such as getting out of Ik unds at night. The half-holi-days have consequently been stopped a,s a minishment.

The cphninatiiig point was reached When an offensive ■ remark was found written across the school regulations in the Billyard, whero the roll is called, The public can obtain access to' the yard, and there is some doubt whether the remark was the work of a Harrow boy or an outsider. The whole schop,!, however, immediately came pder pun-, ishment, and sc,ycr;il fixture*, including the shfloting mulch with Kugby and the cricket match with -Eton, were ordered to lip nhaiiiloncil, The headmaster, made an appeal to Ihe culprit lo come forward, and the head hoy, Hart, look Ihe unusual course of calling the school together. He also made an appeal, but without result, Several interviews took place foe-. I ween the cricket eleven \\\\\\ ||io head-, master, and finally poritijssinii was given for the n.ia,t«l| with tOt«|i !« ho played. The. schp.ql ha|f-j|oljdiiy was stopped, aiid the oilier boys went to school as usual, while the cricket eleven attended the first school, which began at 7 a.m,