No 490
*Captain Jekyll of the Coldstreams gave a lecture in college Hall in aid of the Crimean Army Fund on the works before Sebastopol. 9£ was collected. J.Gray PROpps. *An Old Westminster {vide No 33 in Ledger 1820
*Captain Jekyll of the Coldstreams gave a lecture in college Hall in aid of the Crimean Army Fund on the works before Sebastopol. 9£ was collected. J.Gray PROpps. *An Old Westminster {vide No 33 in Ledger 1820
The silver racket was won this year by Harding (TownBoy)- Only ten fellows entered- J. Gray Popp.
Ditch Leaping I am happy to say was carried on in great force this year on the 1st of March – J.Gray PO.
List of the Sixth after Xmas J Gray – PrOpp WGH Bankes Hildyard Tatham Turle Pope Markham Grosvenor Burton J Gray PO.
Liddell has made a form between the Upper Shell and Sixth, called the Remove, which form now enjoys the same privileges in the shape of fagging as the Upper Shell (that was)- The Upper Shell now is precisely the same as the Under (That was) having no privileges of fagging- J Gray PrOpp
Dallier, a boy in Sixth Boarding House, died in the last week of November- J. Gray Pr. Opp.
During the Water Season another attempt was made to get up the Old Westminster and Eton race, but on Freeman putting the question to Liddell, he said that it was to be put down in the respective Ledgers that he was never to be asked again. JohnGray Pr Opps Captain of the Eight
Liddell refused to give an Early Play for the “Battle of Inkerman” saying that it was a painful subject to give a holiday for. JGray. Pr. Opp.
The consequence of my having been shown up for tanning a fellow (which he most justly deserved), Liddell told me that the only way a Head Townboy or Head of a House had of keeping order was by showing up to the Masters; I told him that it never had been the custom of Westminster…
On Saturday the 25th of Novr we had an early Play for the Busby Trustee dinner, which early Play was brought over from last Term- John Gray Pr. Opps.