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
Category: Revd Rutherford
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
No. 35
The following honours have been gained by Westminsters H.B. James – First Class in Lit. Hum. J. Parker First Class in Law Tripos J. Lavie Third Class in History, Final School F.J. Higgins, O. Scoones, A.G.L. Rogers, J.R. Pryce Second Class in Classical Moderations W.C. Dale second class in Classical Tripos R.H. Williams & G.…
No. 34
At the end of the summer term Mr C. Freeman & Mr E.M. Blackburn left Westminster to carry on a Prepatory school at Tunbridge Wells. The VI gave Mr Freeman a handsomely bound set of novels & Grant’s gave him a set of carvers. Mr Blackburn had been very energetic in getting up the Glee…
No. 33
The T.B.B. & Q.S.S. match was played on Monday Aug. 3rd & resulted in a win for the Q.S.S. by seven wickets. Score T.B.B. First Innings C.Grant Wilson b. Harrison 4 E.F. Man c. Sherring b. Street 4 H.B. Fritton b. Street 13 A. Harrison c. b. Sandilands 9 P.C. Molyn c. b. Sandilands 1 C.…
No. 32
Results of matches for the Cricket Season 1885 Result Westminster Opponents Against R. Tanner’s XI Won 178 (8 wickets) 174 Old Haileyburians Lost 51 111 Kensington Park Drawn 50 (3 wickets) 335 Orleans Club Lost 66 249 Old Westminsters Won 154: 90 (4 wkts) 120 Lords & Commons Won 205 166 Old Carthusians Drawn 104 (8 wickets) 321 Authentics Lost 100 364…
No. 31
A fellow having refused to fag for Erskine, a T.B. in the Shell, it was naturally proposed to tan him. But it turned out that the monitors disagreed as to the alteration in the rules for fagging which Rutherford made at the end of last term. Accordingly Withers, the captain, asked him what rule he…