No 569

Oct 1860               Ordered 1 That the right of fagging belongs only to Senior Townboys and Third Elections in the Sixth Form and Remove 2 That Third Elections as such have no right or power whatsoever 3 That no boy shall be punished by any Third Election Townboy below the Sixth Form, nor struck with any…

No 567

When we came back this half we found that in consequence of the meeting of Old Ws the Boarding* Houses had been painted. The Library has been thoroughly done up the back cases etc. polished, the ceiling whitewashed & new floorcloth laid down. The racket-court has been plastered & the old W.C. by the schoolsteps…

No 564

The Westminster and Eton Race is again a reality. It was rowed this evening Aug 3rd from Putney Bridge to the end of Chiswick Eyot and although Westminster did all that Westminster could do one was obliged to succumb to the superior weight of the […]. The Etonians had a splendid crew much older and…

No 563

The Town Boys were well up in the games for Wooden and Silver Rackets. The Silver was won by Marshall Q.S the last game being between him and Bull TB. Foster played with Marshall and having had no practice got one game out of the three. The Wooden was won by Foster TB the last…

No 562

At the beginning of this half we played the Town Boy & Q.S. match at football up fields. We began on the Wednesday and played a most determined game for two hours, without either side getting a game: though I think the T.Bs had the best of it. We went on with it on the…

No 561

At last we have got the Eton race. I went to Scott today and he said he would let us row under certain conditions which he afterwards told me this that he and Goodford (Head Master of Eton) should each choose an umpire and that the Umpires should choose to referee. Also that there should…