The subjects for the Whitsuntide Examination this year are: Aeschylus. Seven against Thebes. Demosthenes. De Corona to page 291 Tacitus. History. Book II Lucretius. De Rerum Naturæ Book I Homer Iliad Books 19 – 20 – 21 Virgil. Bucolics and Georgic I. The Epistles to Timothy and Titus. Butlers Analogy Part II Guizot’s History of…
The Gymnasium in Cloister has been fitted up with ropes, poles, &c and affords a great deal of exercise and amusement. F. P. Tomlinson Prin. Opp.
Harrison Q. S. caught the Pan Cake this year but as it was not thrown over the bar he did not get the sovereign. F. P. Tomlinson Prin. Opp.
The Townboy & Queens Scholar football match was played at Fields on Wednesday and was decided in favour of the T. B. one game being obtained for them by Preston. F. P. Tomlinson Prin. Opp.
The play performed by the Queen’s Scholars was the Adelphi of Terence. F. P. Tomlinson
It will be seen on looking back to Arts. 38 and 47 that in March 1863 Scott decided that no Townboys in the Under Remove should have power to fag. In July 1863 he reversed that decision but gave no written order. Mr Marshall refused to allow the Under Remove Townboys in his house to…
1864 As I was only the sixth Townboy from September to Xmas 1863, Lefroy the headboarder in Remove kept this Ledger and set Station (vid. arts 48-49). But now he is a Minor Candidate and Scott has decided that there is no objection to a homeboarder setting station or keeping this ledger, since this house…
Friday December 11th On this day the Eton Eleven made its appearance and a remarkably strong eleven it was. The match soon became a very exciting one but the Etonians seemed to have a great advantage in running as there were very few of our men from whom they could not very soon get clear…
Tuesday the eighth of December was the day appointed for the Harrow match, but as Harrow had broken up they were unable to bring the whole of their own eleven and filled up with some old Harovians from Oxford and Cambridge, and it was said that an Etonian was present also. However that was the…
On Wednesday 2nd December the Charterhouse Eleven made their appearance Up Fields for the 1st time. It was a miserable day – pouring with rain and so windy that the ball was “out” every minute in spite however of these difficulties the match was a very spirited on. The result of about an hour’s play…