A LONE HAND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17525, 30 April 1925, Page 1

A LONE HAND.

BY

SINBAD.

That stern head mastei. Mr j Crosse, is nothing if not most con- j sistent, for if at him a scheme you • toss, to which his attitude is cl is- j tanr. you may be sure you’ve not j a poss of making him m.ore unre- j sistant. In former years a match j was played between the boys who j School attended and those who { neath the College shade their way j in search of knowledge wended, { and of the match a day was made, I it proved an exhibition splendid. Then Mr Crosse arrived to say, “I greatly disapprove this custom, we leading public schools to-day the tide of public keenness must stem, if people want to see us play, then my reply to them is ‘bust ! om.’ The schoolboy never ought to be a modern sort of gladiator, whom folk in thousands rush to see, for it is bound to hurt him later; arid l am sure I have with me, the heart of every thoughtful pater. I'll not allow Lancaster Park to be the scene of operation, what . f the Rugby Union bark, and school grow hot with indignation, although the public it may nark, i'm ai! for splendid isolation.”