“RAMBLING KID," A PLAYER OF RUGBY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 138, 13 June 1931, Page 16 (Supplement)

“RAMBLING KID," A PLAYER OF RUGBY

Dear Wendy. I imoose 1 am quite a stranger to you, seeing that I have not written for such a long time? Would you please try and find me a girl pen-friend about 13 or 14 years of age. While playing our first football match, which we won, 1 had my too injured, which prevented me from playing the following Saturday. I had fo go to the doctor with it. Some of my boy friends and myself Lave made a big kite. One day while I was away they put. the kite up, and it pulled that much that it broke the string and landed in the neighbourhood. We have played four games of football this season and won three. You will be proud to hear that it was Marist (Wanganui) that, beat us in Palmerston S points to 3. I would like to know whether you change cigarette certificates, like you used to change cigarette cards? News is nowgetting scarce, so I will dose. I remain, yours truly. "RAMBLING KID.” Sanson. Dear, dear, dear! so here you are. I thought you had forgotten all about us, dear. 1 am so pleased you have written. I will see if I can get you a pen-friend. How unfortunate you were. 1 hope your injured too is now better. Kite flying is a great pastime here, too. Throe games out of four! That is excellent, and it was no discredit to lose' to Marist, for they are no mean team. I have no regular exchange now. Ites having exchanges to make do so through the medium of our Notice Board.—Wendy.

turned and flew to join her comrades for roll cal] in the place of (safety out of doors. It seems, Childer, the dressing gown and bath slippers were regulation uniform for a fire call, after the young ladies had retired for the night, but certainly not when given during a meal downstairs where all the pupils were on this occasion. But, you see, the lights were lit, it was night, and this senior had never waited to apply common sense to the happening. Do you wonder, she was the joke of the school for many a day ? Now, we enter a boys' boarding school, very busy horn-, too, but the boys are a|l around their dormitories. In each of these, notice the house rules. Take number one: "Boys may not enter another boy’s dormitory. Prefects have the privilege of visiting in each other’s rooms —but in no other” <the last four words under-lined with a thick, black stroke). Presently from a neighbouring room comes a frightful ciash, and through its open doorway is to be seen its occupant, a junior, lying among broken ware, insensible, with some kind of seizure. “Fetch the matron!” orders one prefect. “I’ll go myself,” says a second prefect : but by this time a third prefect “is in another boy's room” and has the door cloned. When the matron enters she finds that every single first-aid remedy is being resorted to, the prefect is about to retire, but she detains him to help. Presently to a “rat-tat” on his study door, the rector calls out. “Gome in” with marked emphasis on the “come”—for he is busy. “Sorry, sir! but I have to report for a breach of house rule 1. but may I be allowed to say. sir, I thought the circumstances demanded it." “You did, did you? Well, what were the circumstances, Knowles ?’’ "O’Neill, junr., cast a fit, sir." "Is the matron with him? But I do not. need to ask that. Knowles? Otherwise you Kvould [.till be there. Is that not so?" "Yes, sir!" ’1 hat night in the middle of hot. buttered toast and cocoa in the prefects' study, the school heads were “required" by their rector. "As you know, hoys, I have been waiting to make one of you head, for you are all intelligent. trustworthy lads, and all 'Firstaid men.’ To-day, I find, one of you has the added gift of common sense, he has .he discernment to meet an unexpected situation, and promptly deal with it to the bent of hist ability. Upon you. Knowles. 1 pin the gold badge of head prefectship for knowing, as you did to-day, when 'the exception proven ! the rule.' ” And that. Childer. is how Know les became i head prefect, and later, a very brilliant personage indeed. We do not need to be learned, as you see. ! to be praelical, but we just need to use oui f thinking boxes” as we do our daily tasks, and the sooner we acquire the habit the greater our usefulness to each other, and the I more likely our own success in our future career. Greetings to you, Wendy, and many thanks for this privilege.—"BEN.”