This year owing to the abominable state of the river the Water was put a stop to down below Putney not even the eight being allowed to go on. We (the eight) however managed to get leave to go to Putney and Scott let us have school at ¼ to 3 and come out at…
The Eleven has begun to improve this year and has at last won 2 matches. The first against the Guards and the 2nd against the I Zingari. The following was the Westminster Eleven – xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1st 2nd…
A silver cup was presented to us this year by John Hawkeshaw Esq. C.E. to be rowed for annually by the Town Boys and Queen Scholars in eights, the names of the winning boat to be engraved on it every year. There are dates and spaces, up to the year 1974 from 1859 including 16…
The Tripletts were gained by two T.Bs this year. W.E. Dowdeswell S. French
There was only one Town Boy in the Sixth after Whitsuntide. J. C. Hawkeshaw Pr. Opp.
The List of the School at the same time was- Grant’s (Rev. Marshall) Rigauds (Rev. James) Scott’s (- Scott) Homeboarders Total ____________________ W.E.Dowdeswell, Pr. Opp.
The list of the Sixth Townboys after Whitsuntide was as follows W. Dowdeswell S. French A. Latham T. Welcher W. Dowdeswell, Pr. Opp.
Dean Thomas Exhibition was gained by W. Henty Q.S. W. Dowdeswell, Pr. Opp.
This year the Townboys carried off both the Triplets- A.F. Pope obtaining one and L. Shadwell the other W.E. Dowdeswell, Pr. Opp.
The subjects for the Whitsuntide Examination were: Homer, Books 7-12, Iliad Virgil, Books 7-12 Thucydides, Book 4 Euripides, Alcestis Cicero in Verrem II.5 Juvenal Satires, 5.7.8.10.11.12.13 Epistle to the Galatians with Acts 15-28 Liddell’s History of Rome, page 412 to end Subject for the Ireland Prize “Columbus” For Greek Iambic Prize Milton, Paradise Lost Book…