No. 580
The School Confirmation took place on the 19th of July, the Bishop of Rochester officiating.
Category: 1884
No. 579
The Masters’ Prize for mathematics fell to E.F. Allan T.B., the Marshall Prize in the Sixth to F.H. Coller Q.S, & in the Shell to J.W. Aris Q.S. G.C. Ince Q.S gained the Senior & J.E. Phillimore the Junior Cheyne Prize.
No. 578
On the 31st of May at Queenstown Co. Cork Mr Sloman was married to Miss Bessie Penrose of Queenstown.
No. 577
Perry’s shop has been removed to Ashburnham House. Fellows now go up fields beyond by Victoria Street & Artillery Row, while Simpson’s & the street between it & Payne’s has been put out of bounds, & Monitors may not give leave to the Baths in Smith Street.
No. 576
The Elections to College in 1884 were as follows – J.B. Chapman F.W. Marshall J.H. Cumming E.L. Clapham A.J. Lee P.J. Preece F. Street H.J. Whittaker C.S.W. Barwell C.C. Sharpe W.S. Cox R.E. Olivier J.H. Clarke Exhibitioners – W.A. Last P. Williamson G.H. Fry J. Liberty A.E. Balfour J.B. Farrar
No. 575
The theses for School Epigrams were – ‘A Xεìρ τàv Xεīρa –‘ & ‘Standard gold or token.’
No. 574
A few days before Election the Head Master sent for me & told me that if I had stayed longer than the summer term he would have made me Captain of the School(!), but that as things stood, he advised to waive any right(!) I believe such a change is most undesirable; for, setting aside…
No. 573
The Gumbleton English Verse Prize & the Latin Prose Prize were awarded to C.C.J. Webb Q.S. The subject of the former was “The Confessor’s Abbey of Thorney”. The Greek Prose Prize fell to R. Vavasseur Q.S. & the Greek Iambic Prize to A. Jackson T.B. No one attempted the Phillimore Essay, the topic of which…
No. 572
The subjects for Election were- Gk. Testament. St. Matthew’s Gospel Westcott Introd. To the study of the Gospel Homer Odyssey I-VI Aeschylus – Prometheus Vinctus Thueydides – Bk iii Plautus – Trinummus Virgil – Aeneid i-iii Tacitus – Hist. i Mommsen’s Hist. Rom – vol.ii The…
No. 571
T.BB vs Q.SS was played on Wednesday March 26th. As soon as the ball was started Pigott made a rush down the centre & scored the first goal for the T.BB; shortly afterwards he shot another from a hands in front of goals. The Q.SS. failed to obtain a goal from a “hands”; & Gibson…