The subjects for Election this term are – Homer Iliad Bks V. VI. Virgil Georgics – II. III. IV. Aeschylus Eumenides Livy book II Plato Gorgias Lucretius Bk I Bryce’s Holy Roman Empire Davison on Prophecy Gk Test Corinthians II G. Hewitt Prin. Opp.
The Venerable John Jennings, M.A. Archdeacon of Westminster died at Easter this year.
Elections of Minor Candidates to College- J.E. Phillimore E. Buchanan C.A.W. Shackleton G.O. Roose H.B. Street B.M. Goldie B.P. Hurst
The Phillimore Essay was won by C. Webb. Subject “the Comparative strength & weakness of Athens & Sparta” The Prize for Latin Prose was awarded to H.W. Waterfield Q.S. Accesserunt; O. Scoones, QS., W. G. Hewitt, & F. T. Higgins. No first prize was given for Greek Iambics, second fell to O. Scoones. The first…
The Match for the house shield was played on Thursday, March 15 between Rigaud’s (who has before beaten Homeboarder’s) & Grant’s, resulting in an easy victory for the former by 2 goals to none.
The T.B.B. & Q.S.S. match took place on March 14 amidst great enthusiasm & resulted in a draw each side winning 2 goals.
A Match between Westminster & Old Westminsters took place on Feb 7, resulting in a victory for the School by 5 goals to 3. Also against Old Wykehamists on March 3 & Corinthians on March 7 in both of which we were signally defeated.
The yearly match with Charterhouse came off at Godalming, Saturday, Feb. 24. There was a strong wind blowing across the ground. Westminster kicked off & their play at the beginning was very good. Peck and Hewitt running up, the ball was put through by one of the Charterhouse backs, thus scoring our first & only…
The Head Master has thought that a “Games Committee” ought to be formed to regulate expenses & especially Mantle’s bill. The following rules were determined – The Cost of all School Games shall be defrayed from a General Fund, raised by a charge to all boys in the Third & Fourth Forms of £1.1s a…
At the beginning of term one of our fellows seems to have kicked a small skye(?) on his way down fields, from the awful effects of which the latter fell into a speedy decline being in the graphic language of his mother “all drooped o’ one side”. This mother therefore called a witness, aged somewhere…