On Monday the 11th June I went to Scott, in pursuance of a determination formed last Half – and asked him to allow the Under Remove to fag, urging several reasons, and among others, the small number of Townboys then having the power of fagging, and the necessity of keeping up discipline among the smaller…
Owing to the inefficiency of the first eight, (seven in which are Q. S. S.) there is no Eton race.
In Honour of the Marriage of the Prince of Wales to the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, an extra week was added to the Whitsuntide Holidays. F. Bandinel Prin. Opp.
List of Sixth Town Boys after Whitsuntide Frederick Bandinel (Head Town Boy) F. P. Tomlinson (Home Boarder) F. Bandinel Prin. Opp.
The Dean Thomas was this year gained by me. F. Bandinel Prin. Opp.
The Fencing badge was won, with the greatest ease, by A. H. Winter Q. S., whose fencing was much admired. F. Bandinel Prin. Opp.
May 1863 The Wooden and Wire were both won, this year, by J. M. Yates Q. S., winner of the Wooden in 1862. F. Bandinel Prin. Opp.
‘The Fours’ were rowed on Wednesday Ap. 24. Four crews trained for the exeat but only 3 came to the scratch. The names are as follows: Bow. Williams 2 Hunt 3 Lane St. Oldman Cox. J Chapman Bow. Vidal 2 Pownal 3 Harley St. Trevor Cox H Walker Bow. Heath 2 Whittaker 3…
April 1863 The subjects for the examination of the VIth at Whitsuntide are as follows. Thucydides. Lib. Δ Sophocles. Ajax. Cicero’s 2nd Philippic Lucretius. ‘De rerum naturæ’ Lib V Greek testament. Epistle to the Hebrews. Butlers Analogy. Part I Arnold’s Rome Vol. iii Composition. Mathematics. French. Homer, Iliad. XIII-XVIII Virgil. Aeneid. I-VI
I have copied Scott’s rules almost word for word, only changing such words as are offensive to a Westminster’s ears such as “head of a house” instead of “Captain” as he had written it, & “picking up” instead of “picking up balls at the fives court”. N. B. The Rules in his own handwriting with…