No. 380
E.V. Arnold, O.W., has obtained the best degree this year, and for many years, at Cambridge, by being placed
15th Wrangler
2nd Chancellor’s Medallist
Senior Classic (bracketed)
We had an early play for this on Thursday, April 3rd.
Category: Revd Scott
No. 379
Football
Herts Rangers v. Westminster School
March 8th
Herts Rangers 3
Westminster 1 (Westmorland)
Old Foresters v. Westminster School
March 15th
Old Foresters – 1
Westminster – 1 (Janson)
South Norwood v. Westminster School
S. Norwood – 1
Westminster – 0
Q.S.S. v. T.B.B.
March 19th
QSS. 2 (Benbow & Cuppage)
TBB. 1. (Ingram C)
Grant’s v. Rigaud’s
Grant’s 3
Rigaud’s 0
Grant’s v. Home Boarders
Grant’s – 11
H.B.B. – 1
Grant’s thus has the challenge shield for the year.
No. 378
There will be a great alteration in the examinations for admission into College this year.
The examination will not take place with the Exhibition examinations at Easter, & 3 candidates from without the school under 14 years of age will be allowed to enter without passing a year in the school, as has been the rule, as the first three of the Exhibitioners will have the option of going at once into College or of remaining T.B.B. as at present.
No. 377
The subjects for the Major Candidates this election are
Homer. Head XVII XVIII.
Virgil Aeneid IV.V.VI.
Sophocles. Philoctetes.
Thucydides. Book VIII
Livy. Book III
Horace’s Satires I and II
St. Luke’s Gospel
Westrott’s Introduction to the Gospel
Cordery’s King and Commonwealth
No. 376
The TBB in the Sixth this term are
W.G. Bell (Grant’s)
H.B. Cox (HB)
T.B. Strong (HB)
C. Ogle (H.B. Rigaud’s)
W.L. Benbow (Grant’s)
No. 375
I may observe, for the edification of future Head T.Boys, that on the occasion of the marriage of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught Scott was stingy enough to refuse us a half holiday. I hope that future generations may be more fortunate in their Head Masters.
William Bell
Pri: Opp:
No. 374
On Shrove Tuesday the pancake was thrown as usual. It fell between the Under School & the Under Fifth Form & after a good greeze was secured whole by C. Campbell (TB), who afterwards got the sovereign from the Dean. It was last won in 1872 by R.W.S. Vidal (captn).
No. 373
E.M. Mee (who gained a scholarship from the school at Corpus Oxf: in 1872) was given a fellowship at Queen’s in the beginning of the year. E.V. Arnold (captain 1874-5) was 15th wrangler this year.
No. 372
Mr. H.A. Severn, who has been very successful as a scientific lecturer in Australia & New Zealand, gave three lectures to us in school on Jan. 29th, Feb. 5th and 7th upon Voltaic Electricity, Spectrum Analysis and Magnetism. The lecturers were very well attended by members of the school & by a few visitors, & were very interesting. Mr. Severn is a brother of an old Westminster.
No. 371
A School Debating Society has at last been started. We got leave from Scott in the beginning of this term & the society is now, I hope, well founded. After three 4 debates, under the presidency of Lowry (captain) & Cuppage, a rule was passed to appoint the officers of the Society for a term instead of three weeks as had been originally ruled. Accordingly they were appointed as follows
President – H. Lowry (Captain of the school)
Vice President – W.A. Peck (a 3rd election)
Secretary – W.G. Bell (head town boy)
Treasurer – E.P. Guest (2nd monitor)
The original officers were these, with the exception of Peck, who took the place of E.M. Eddis (head monitor). The debates to take place in school on Fridays.