Complaints having been made of misconduct on the part of some of the boys of Westminster School who have been climbing on the roof of the Houses of Parliament & making disturbances in the courts, the Lord High Chamberlain has ordered “that the Westminster boys, if they conduct themselves properly, may be permitted to pass…
The cook again failed to throw the pancake over the bar this year, but he was only hissed and not booked as on a former occasion. Shrove Tuesday fell on the first of March this year so that Sir Watkin Wynn came down upon the same day, and the pancake was thrown at 10, instead…
The play this year was the Trinummus of Plautus, which was very well acted by the QSS; Rawson as Lysiteles, May as Lesbonicus & Sharpe as the Sycophant being especially good: there was a very good attendance on all three nights, and the cap was proved to be a very fair one. Oswell Macleay Prin.…
In consequence of some occurrences in College the following rule was added to those in art. 118. “No corporal punishment shall be used upon suspicion only: i. e. without clear proof of the guilt of the individual punished. If there be evidence that an offence has been committed by one of a certain number, and…
The Athletic Sports came off with great éclat on the 13th and 14th of October; the mile was won by Dyce in 5” 11” after a good race; he also won the ½ mile with hurdles: Stephenson & Barron also distinguished themselves among the QSS. And among the junior events Darley and Murphey TB’s carried…
The Town boy and Queen Scholar match this year resulted in a victory for the QSS. The Elevens were Q. S. T. B. Barron (captains) Curteis Wakley Pemberton Wace Shackle Dixon Saunders Vidal Noyes Northcote Bedford Rawson, H. G. Bailey Rawson, H. E. Jackson Rawson, W. S. Gadsden Saunders Worsley Randolph Noyes
Some complaint having been made by the Masters at the Boarding Houses of the T. B.’s having to wear their hats on the way to and from fields, the following rule was promulgated by the Head Master:- “That all Town Boys in any Eleven or Twenty-two at Cricket shall be allowed to wear their proper…
There are this half four Town Boys in the Sixth: O. S. Macleay (Grant’s) Lush – – H. B. Mee – – H. B. G. Milner – – H. B.
The subjects for the Whitsuntide exam. This year were:- Homer, Iliad. X,XI,XII Virgil, Æneid. X,XI,XII. Platonis, Phœdo. Æschylus, Chœphoræ Horace. Odes I. II. Livy. V. Greek Testament Westcolt’s “Introductionto the Study of the Bible.” Sewell & Yonge’s “Historical Selections.”
The Wire and the Wooden were both won this year by Q.S.S. The Wooden falling to F. Saunders Q.S. who also won it in the previous year. The Wire was won by Barron Q.S. Oswell Macleay. Prin. Opp.