Football Westminster v. South Norwood On Sat: March 6th Westminster – 5 S. Norwood – 1 Westminster v. Casuals On Wed: March 10th Casuals – 3 Westminster – 2 Rigaud’s v. Homeboarders for the “Shield” On Fri: Feb: 27th Rigaud’s – 7 Homeboarders – 0 Grant’s v. Rigaud’s On Thurs: March 11th Grant’s – 1…
The Gr: Prose Prize has been awarded to R.S. Owen Q.S. W.A. Peck Q.S. being second; and J.B. Hodge T.B. and A.A. Sikes Q.S. next in merit. Cyril Ogle Prin: Opp:
The Annual school concert, which was originally fixed for Ap: 21st has been unavoidably postponed to next Term (June).
On Frid: Feb: 6th: Mr Robert Scott F.R.S. treated us to a lecture on “Meteorological Phenomena”; explaining amongst other things the oyster which is [pursued?] in the construction of the daily weather charts for the papers. Mr Ralston, (who lectured at the school this term last year) again was so kind as to entertain us…
Football Westminster v. R.M.C. Sandhurst On Sat: Nov: 29th 1879 R.L.C. Sandhurst – 1 Westminster – 0 Westminster v. Old Harrovians On Jan: 24th Westminster – 2 O. Harrovians – 0 Westminster v. Upton Park On Sat: Feb: 7th Westminster – 3 Upton Park – 4 Westminster v. Wanderers On Thursd: Feb: 12th Wanderers –…
The “Pancake Greeze” occurred as usual, on Shrove Tuesday. The pancake was duly launched over the bar, & was caught by O. Scoones (Q.S.), at the end of the Greeze Scoones still remained in possession of half the pancake. & W. Bury the other half, which however he gave up. The Dean presented Scoones with…
The Subjects for Election this year are: Æschylus – “Sept contra Theb:” Plato: “Rep” Bk i-ii Tacitus: “Hist” Bk iv Lucretius Bk v Gk: Test: 1 Con: xiii & 2 Cor: Davison on Prophecy ch v-end Stubbs “Const: History” ch x-end Extras Homer “Il” Bks xix & xx Virgil “Æn” Bks vii viii ix
The subject for the Phillimore Prize English Essay for 1880 is “The Comparative Strength and Weaknesses of Painting and Poetry”. Essays to be shown by up Apr: 3rd.
R.F. Macmillan has passed Head of the Law Tripos at Cambridge; and C.C. Macnamara has obtained a second in Law at Oxford.
This term we are glad to see a reform had been undertaken in Library: the shelves have been dusted etc: and glass fitted to the doors, so that “Library” will no longer be a disgrace to the school.