No. 48
Two Vincent Prizes for Literature & Elocution has been founded by Lady Vincent. They are open to fellows in the Fifth & Removes. P.E. Prolyn T.B. won the Senior & H.E. Witherby T.B. the Junior this year. C.H.Bompas/ Prin.Op
Category: Revd Rutherford
No. 46
On Shrove Tuesday the farce which is all that is left of the Pancake Greaze was gone through; the sixth went down school & did not stay to see it. C.Bompas/ Prin.Opp
No. 45
Early in February the Head Master was suddenly taken very ill with a clot of blood in the right arm & was out of school for the remainder of the term. Mr Sloman, master of the Q.S.S performed the necessary duties in the absence of the Head Master. C.Bompas/ Prin.Opp
No. 44
On St David’s Day Sir Watkins Williams Wynn following the example of his uncle came down & gave the guineas to the Welsh boys in the school. C.Bompas/ Prin.Opp
No. 43
H. Morgan Brown Q.S , obtained the Gumbleton prize, the subject being ‘The Athemian Expedition to Syracuse’ The Ireland Latin prose prize was awarded to B. M. Goldie Q.S. a piece of more’s utopia being set. C.A. Sherring Q.S. won the Ireland Greek Verse prize. Translating a piece of Shelley’s “Prometheus unbound” C.Bompas/ Prin.Opp
No. 42
A collection was made on the festival of the conversion of St Paul which amounted to £21. 9 s. 0d. It was given to the parish of Christ Church, Watney St. C.Bompas/ Prin.Opp
No. 41
The Queen went in prosecution to open parliament on the 21st January. By the kindness of the Dean a stand was erected at the East end of Henry VII chapal for the use of the school which showed its loyalty by cheering vociferously the Queen & Prince of Wales. C.Bompas/ Prin.Opp
No. 40
The Q. S. S. performed their play this year as usual, on the 10th, 14th & 16th of December. The Andria of Terence was the play due in Station. F. M. Yglesias as Davas & W. Buchanan as Mysis made the greatest hits. The following is the casts. Limo H. Withers. Sosia C.S.W. Barwell Davas …
No. 39
The arrangement of the terms & holidays have been altered. The Lent term & the summer term, each contain 12 weeks, and the Christmas term 13 weeks. The Christmas holidays are 4 weeks long, the Easter 3 weeks & the summer ones 8 weeks long. The summer term ends on the Wednesday before the last…
No. 36
Mr Freeman’s post as Master of the Under Sixth has been taken by A.G.S. Raynor from St. John’s Cambridge C H.Bompas/ Prin.Opp