THE HIGH SCHOOL.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2348, 11 October 1870, Page 2

THE HIGH SCHOOL.

To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sm,—You may imagine my surprise on entering the breakfast room this morning, when the lady with whom I am lodging exclaimed—“ Why ! here we are again ; some more blunders in connection with the High School.” As a natural consequence, I asked her what was in the wind now, when she pointed out to me a “local” in the Daily Times, in which the authorities' arc charged with erecting, by way of economy, a low fence as a partition between the boys’ and girls’ school, and over which any urchin might leap. I howev r succeeded in pacifying the fears of the lady, who has some daughters awaiting the opening of the school, by telling her I would make enquiries into the statp of affairs, and bring her information in the evening. So, true fo my promise, I proceeded to the ground in company with some of my former schoolfellows, While there I met the inspector of works, whom 1 have to thank for the following information : —The fence now in course of erection is at present live feet six inches high, and is composed of strong sawn timber posts and rails, covered with dressed boarding, close jointed and painted. In addi.ion to this, I was informed that another foot and a half of ornamental work was to be lj-ycd on top, making in all a close fence of seven feet m height, And now, sir, even should some youth wish to have an innocent peep at some fair damsel, he will not very well succeed in his object, and as to jumping over, I am sure that it would piizgle the most athletic of the High School boys. Having told the lady the true state of the fence, I succeeded in dismissing from her mind the anxiety she had entertained in regard to the safety of her daughters. And, hoping this may remove the fears of some of the ladies about to send their daughters to the school, I will close with the following remark i—That the infer, mice drawn by the Daily Times between the fence of the High School and the wall of Romulus is ill-ehoseu ; for, should any urchin wish to cope his leaping powers with those of the ancients, he kail better, as in the case of Remus, jump over the wall in a st#to of non-completion. I am, &c., Ex -High School Bov. Dunedin, October 10.