The eight asked leave on the 29 of April (when there was an early play for the Westminster dinner) to go there accustomed row to Richmond but after some deliberation were refused as Mr Weare stated to the Head Master that it was only a leave of recent years although now the names would not…
An order was issued from Mr Liddell on the advice of Mr Weare (according to his own confession than TB one & all upper & under Elections also should always be on station leave off was however given to the Head TB & Captain & Monitors. This gave great offence and altho the forms below…
The subject of Deans Prize verses this year was a Johannaes Franklin Apud Hyperboreas diutius commemorans. C F Luttrell West
Ditch leaping was this year well attended for two days. C F L West
There was soon after the Xmas holidays a misunderstanding between the TBs & QSS. which nearly ended in serious consequences to one of the QS. a TB home boarder in the fifth having been sent for by a QS to come into the green of a Saturday morning refused & he alleged as excuse that…
In consequence of the new Masters not being Old Westminsters and having so many things to learn about the school there was no Latin play this Xmas and as myself and Turle (a home boarder) were the only Sixth TBB. of course no dinner could be held. C F L West
The Revd Rigaud took the Shell form & upper Fifth, & James the under fifth & fourth CFL West
The Revnd H G Liddell having been appointed Head Master was introduced to us by the Dean up school in a lengthy speech in which Liddells merits were set forth. He is a man well known in the literary world having compiled a large & valuable Gk Lexicon, he was a student of Ch Ch…
I ought to have inserted before the list of 6th at the end of the term before the Bartholomew tide Holidays – it was as follows West Green* Home boarder Stebbing* Half boarder Hodgson Chambers senr Turle* Home boarder Chambers junr Scott
In consequence of the change of Masters & alterations in College we had 3 weeks added to our Bartholomew-tide Holidays C.F.L West Prin Opp