I received a challenge from Charterhouse the other day in which Parish, the Captain of the Charterhouse Eleven said that they were anxious to gain their lost laurels, which I answered to the following effect, that as the Old Westminsters were for the most part averse to the match it was not possible to continue…
This year the Eleven engaged the services of James Lilly to train them, he having bought them on so much two years before, we gave him gave him 3 pounds a week; he was not able to stay with us more than a month, so we were obliged to have Bentley to make up the…
Liddell called us into the Library the other morning before breakfast together with the Monitors to let us know the real statistics of an occurrence which had come to his ears through the medium of James. It appeared that some 4 or 5 small Town Boys in the Fourth had persuaded several of their companions…
We received a challenge from Eton the other day in which Standing, the Captain of the Eton Boats, said that their Head Master did not object to the race between the two schools being continued, and he felt sure that if Liddell could consent a race might be brought about. Our Eight however, feeling certain…
The list of the Sixth Form after Whitsuntide was: C.G. Lane J. Gray Southey Shipworth J. Morton B.B. C.G. Lane Prin. Opp.
We had an early play for the Old Westminster dinner. C.G. Lane Prin. Opp.
St David’s day March 1st was an early play as usual, but there was no ditch leaping. O Salvin. Prin. Opp.
The subject for the prize essay is this year “Mithridates” for the Latin Verse “Etruscan Tombs” and for the Greek Iambics Shakespeare Henry V Act I Se. 2. The subjects for the Sixth at the general Examination at Whitsuntide are Plato, Apology of Socrates Sophocles, Ajax Cicero, Murena St Luke’s Gospel Shepwell’s Greek, Roman &…
There has been a change among the masters again this half as Lloyd has gone to Oxford to read for orders & there remains until he is ordained & in his place an Oxonian of the name of Addams has come to take the fourth form & to correct the Sixth exercises. O Salvin. Prin.…
Amongst the rest the form with John Dryden house cut upon it has been removed. O Salvin Prin. Opp.