Pappie had terrible pain this morning, so much so that when Dr. Donovan cauterised his leg, he could bear that far more easily than the pain. When I came back from school, he said he was comparatively in heaven, as the pain was almost gone….
Pappie had terrible pain this morning, so much so that when Dr. Donovan cauterised his leg, he could bear that far more easily than the pain. When I came back from school, he said he was comparatively in heaven, as the pain was almost gone….
Got first in history, with 237/300. Next came ‘Solomon’ Murphy with 167. Scannie seems to have been delighted with my paper, for he told the other fellows that I wrote ‘reams’, and that I remembered everything he told us during the term. Other marks not…
Got first in English quite unexpectedly with 180/300. Next ‘Cha’ Connor with 150/300. The questions about Wordsworth’s idea of Prose and Poetry I seem to have done well because Fr. Dalton told the other fellows to take it down. Got home early for that wretched…
Likewise got first in Latin with 315/400. Second ‘Cha’ Connor with 210/400. But our Latin papers and also our English are kept to be examined by the Inspectors and this arrangement is especially displeasing to me. – The second day of the Bazaar was much…