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cellent nucl rfficient rna ter, nn interested friend of the school, all(l a dC\·oted companion to the boys; and the good he has done, not only 1y his tcacbiug bnt by his personal influence aud cxamplr, can scarccl~· be overestimated. It is dnc to his fine unselfishness and attention that the athletic training of the smaller hoy~ has been fostered, and be hns been the life and spirit of the junior teams of Y. E. S., the fntnre first teams. \Ve ourselves kuow that mnny au otherwise dull af- tcmoon has been mnde pleasant and profitable to ns, through these organizatious nuder the lenclcr$hip of ::\fr. Tuck. Everyone who has come in contact with him has understood ltis value, a11d the yomtgrr fellows, especially, have come to love and depend on him. TIis plnce, in this connection at least, will he inrleed difficult to fill.
\rc all know we are losing one who has ne\'er done a mean act, who has always been ready to offer sympathy, aid, or advice to a boy in trouble, who has lived among us as a real comrade, and who.has constantly had the welfare of the school at heart. And so we arc 11aturally sorrowful as the time of farewell has come.
But since Mr. Tucker considers the change for the best, V. E. S. has no complai11t and extends only her sincere ap- pl·cciation and gratitude for the past, and her best wishes for the future.
All of us who have know :Mr. Tucker will ahva~·s grate- fully remember him, and the memory of his works will long remain in the Virginia Episcopal School. It is our earnest hope that he will frequently have the chance to return to the school, that he may never be entirely dissociated with it, smd that he may ever feel that a warm welcome awaits him whe11e\·cr he revisits V. E. S.
Therefore we, the boys, again thank yon, 1\Ir. Tuck, and wish you the best kind of good fortune, for a happy and suc- cessful future.