No. 481
The Phillimore Translations this year were from Pindar and Cicero. The Verse Translation was awarded to T. Morison T.B. No Prose Prize was given.
Category: 1881
No. 480
Cricket Season 1881 The Eleven this year was filled up as follows. XF.T. Higgins (capt), XH. Wetton, XTW.C. Dale, XTF.W. Bain, XC.W. Crowdy, G.E.M. Eden, TE. Harrington, C.T. Roller, W.A. Burridge, I.W. Kimber, TS.A. Bird. X Last Years Colours T Q.S.S. Results of Matches April 30th v. Old Haileyburians Westminster School 167 (H. Wetton…
No. 479
The following town boys are now in the Sixth W.L. Benbow Grants Prin. Opp. (T.B. Monitor) E. Poland Grants. T.B. Monitor J.B. Hodge Grants T.B. Monitor T. Morison – Grants A. Soames – H.B. Grants F.F. James – Rigauds H.G. Gwinner – Home Boarders W.G. Hewitt H.B. Rigauds It will be observed that…
No. 478
We have had another shy at Henley but although we came off better than we did last year we did not win. The four went into training on April 20th going out from Sails at Lambeth composed as follows – W.W. Bury Q.S (bow) 2. R.T. Squire T.B. 3. R.H. Coke Q.S. E.J.H Brandon…
No. 477
The School Prizes this year were awarded as follows Latin Prose —– J.B. Hodge T.B. Greek Iambics —– W.C. Dale Q.S. Greek Prose —– 1. J. Langhorne Q.S. 2. H.R. James Q.S. Phillimore Essay —–T. Morison T.B. Senior Cheyne Prize —– F.E. Lewis Q.S. Junior “ “ —– W.E. Marshall T.B. Master’s Prize for Mathematics…
No. 476
The subjects for election this term were – Aeschylus Agamemnon Cicero’s Selected Letters (Watson) Pt II Catullus Selections (Simpson) Plato Republic III IV Gibbon’s Decline &c Vol I Butler’s Analogy Part II Epistle to the Romens Iliad XXII XXIII Aeneid X XI XII The examiners were the Rev H.L. Thompson and W.D. Rawlins Esq.…
No. 475
A T.B. and Q.S. row which might have grown to disagreeable proportions arose in the Debating Society this term. The Q.SS were very sore at the fact that three of the four officers in the Society were T.BB and also because at a recent election all their candidates had been black-balled. Consequently they sent round…
No. 474
The annual T.BB and Q.SS match was played on March 23rd and resulted for the first time for sixteen years in a most decisive victory for us by 4 goals (kicked by Burridge Crowdy Ingram and Jenner) to love. This result was foreseen by all as we had all the backs who played against Charterhouse…
No. 473
On March 9th Mr R.H. Scott secretary to the meteorological office (brother to our present head-master) came down and gave us a most interesting lecture on distribution of temperature.
No. 472
A Shrove Tuesday fell on St David’s day this year the Pancake was thrown at 9 o’clock after Sir Walkin-Wynn’s annual visit. It fell between the Under School and Under fifth Horse-shoes and was at first secured by H.G. Gwinner T.B. from whose grasp however it was soon ruthlessly torn and as no one could…