THE CHELTONIAN. A MONTHLY MAGAZINE. EDITED BY MEMBERS OF CHELTENHAM COLLEGE. "FLORUIT, FLORET, FLOREAT." VOL. I.-1866. CHELTENHAM: NORMAN AND SONS, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS. CHELTENHAM : NORMAN AND SONS, PRINTERS, ST. GEORGE'S HALL AND CLARENCE STREET. GODLEIGE 2 MAY, 1932 LIBRARY THE CHELTONIAN. MAY, 1866. Preface. N offering the first number of The Cheltonian to the approval I offering tool, the Editors wish it to be understood that they have two objects in view;-first, to publish a Magazine which shall contain sound and sensible papers on various subjects, in which it may fairly be presumed the School generally takes an interest; secondly, to shew that Cheltenham College is fully as competent as any of her rivals to produce a paper of her own: for it has been remarked, that, while at other public schools magazines are published and supported by their members, yet at Cheltenham no such proof of literary culture exists. It is to remedy this deficiency that The Cheltonian is published. Now, in the first of these objects, the Editors are perfectly aware that the task they have before them is no slight one; for difficult as it is in all cases to start and successfully continue a new periodical, that difficulty is rendered still greater when, as in the present case, there are constant changes taking place among those on whom the Magazine must chiefly depend for support. However, if that esprit de corps, for which, we trust, Cheltenham College will ever be celebrated, and which, during so many years, has kept at so high a pitch of excellence its Football Club and its Eleven, be also shewn in literary pursuits, we cannot but feel certain that The Cheltonian will long be found among us. We hope that in the future numbers the Masters and old Cheltonians will lend their assistance; for if the task of writing be No. 1.-Vol. I. |