No. 163

Feb. 27 (Tuesday) being the day of the Thanksgiving Service for the recovery of the Prince of Wales there was a whole holiday; so also was March 1. when Sir W. Wyne as usual came down. On the 7th of  March too there was a half holiday West having obtained a first in Classics at…

No. 161

In consequence of the illness of the Prince of Wales the ‘First Play’ was postponed till the last Tuesday of the term, consequently there were only two instead of three nights. The ‘Andria’ was acted. AP Hill

No. 159

In consequence of some purling & greasing at School steps in coming down school, in which some small fellow got hurt, a rule has been made that the Sixth shall go down first after second & afterwards schools. How long this will remain in force is doubtful, a similar rule was made a term or…

No. 158

H.W. Jermyn, and old Westminster, having been appointed Bishop of Colombo we received a half holiday on Nov. 23. when the football match between Grants and Rigauds was played, which resulted in each catching a goal. R. P. McKeand kicked the one for Grants. A P Hill

No. 157

The Athletics came off on Oct. 17th and 18th, the weather fortunately was fine & there were a good number of spectators – Vidal (R. S.) took the mile in 5. M. 14 S. being an improvement on last year by 6 secs; he also carried off most of the Challenge Cups. Mrs Scott gave…

No. 156

Some confusion having been caused by Scott’s rules about the distribution of prizes at the Athletics; which rules were made last year, at the request of the Committee he altered them & made the following:- No Boy to take more than two first prizes. Any Boy losing a first prize under this rule to claim…

No. 155

In consequence of a number of fellows in the Sixth and Remove having taken to wearing ‘cut-aways’ instead of the ‘tail-coat’, Lush and I asked Scott whether there was any rule about it; after a few days he told us that he had consulted the Masters & thought that as long as dark coats were…

No. 154

There are Nine T. Bs. In the Sixth this term: C.M. Lush (H. B. Grants). E.M. Mee (H. B. Rigauds). A.P. Hill (Grants) H.H. O’Farrell (H. B.) H.F. Branwell (H. B. Rigauds). L.B. Birkett (H. B. Rigauds). E.F. Phillimore (Grants) J. Ogle. (H. B. Rigauds). M. Hallett. (H. B.). APH.