No. 40

‘The Fours’ were rowed on Wednesday Ap. 24. Four crews trained for the exeat but only 3 came to the scratch. The names are as follows: Bow. Williams 2 Hunt 3 Lane St. Oldman Cox. J Chapman   Bow. Vidal 2 Pownal 3 Harley St. Trevor Cox H Walker   Bow. Heath 2 Whittaker 3…

No. 39

April 1863 The subjects for the examination of the VIth at Whitsuntide are as follows. Thucydides. Lib. Δ Sophocles. Ajax. Cicero’s 2nd Philippic Lucretius. ‘De rerum naturæ’ Lib V Greek testament. Epistle to the Hebrews. Butlers Analogy. Part I Arnold’s Rome Vol. iii Composition. Mathematics. French. Homer, Iliad. XIII-XVIII Virgil. Aeneid. I-VI

No. 38

I have copied Scott’s rules almost word for word, only changing such words as are offensive to a Westminster’s ears such as “head of a house” instead of “Captain” as he had written it, & “picking up” instead of “picking up balls at the fives court”. N. B. The Rules in his own handwriting with…

No. 37

In honour of the Princess Alexandra of Denmark’s arrival in London Scott has given us an early play on Saturday to see the procession. Leave out has also been given from Tuesday at 12.30 till 10am on Wednesday morning, to see the illuminations. Leave will be given to those who are unlucky enough not to…

No. 34

The play this year was ‘Andria’. The acting was pronounced to be first-rate by all the Old Westminster enties. The characters were as follows: Simo = N. Bosanquet Sosia = A. Downie Davus = G. T. O’Brien Mysis = J. M. Yates Pamphilus = W. Phillimore Charinus = A. Stewart Byrrhia = N. Egerton Lesbia…

No 33

On the following Friday the Eton eleven came down. They played hard for more than [an] hour without any success on either side, till a length just as they were going to finish, one of the Eton men (Lyttleton) was thrown heavily. He fell with his arm twisted under him and was helped up with…

No 32

On Tuesday the 9th of December, the Harrow eleven again appeared up fields to play us at football. After about an hour’s play, in which neither side kicked a game, the two elevens dispersed, the Harrow men hurrying off to the train, our men to the bat room to spend the next hour, till lockhours,…

No 31

We have started a fund for the Lancashire operatives which I am sorry to say does not go on very well. We get about £1.10 a week out of the house, besides a regular donation from each fellow – varying from 10/- to 5/- each. E.R. Dowdeswell    Prin. Opp.  

No 30

Scott handed a fellow the other day for his imprudence to a master & on caning him in the Library expressed a wish (in my absence) that the Q.S.S. would look after the discipline of the Townboys a little better. On the strength of this O’Brien, head monitor, sent for the fellow who had been…