Early in February the Head Master was suddenly taken very ill with a clot of blood in the right arm & was out of school for the remainder of the term. Mr Sloman, master of the Q.S.S performed the necessary duties in the absence of the Head Master. C.Bompas/ Prin.Opp
Various letters have appeared in the papers slanging Rutherford, two in the Morning Post about the ‘pancake’, one in the Guardian and one in some of the Norfolk local papers. Truth has had 3 or 4 articles upon the Headmaster’s misdemeanours and in the number for March 19 the following letter appeared. Dean’s Yard. Westminster,…
Truly Westminster of the past is no more. Even the pancake is virtually abolished. Rutherford has dared to substitute for the good old Greeze a wretched tip of his own, a mere baby-play. He ordered each form to elect a representative who should be permitted to try for the pancake. Thus we had about a…
Mrs On the nineteenth of December the wife of the Rev W. Gunion Rutherford of a daughter which was christened Jan 21st/85 in the Abbey.
There will be no play this term, simply ostensibly because the Duke of Albany died about a year ago but really because the trouble of rehearsals etc would be too much for the Headmaster when there is a possible loophole of escape. If some royal personage happen to die within the next 12 months the…
Town Boys in VIth. Play term 1884. E.F. Allan (T.B. Monitor) C. Buttar (T.B. Monitor) J.I. Pryce (T.B. Monitor) J.I. Stirling (Rigaud’s) J. Salwey (Grant’s) Bompas (Grant’s) R.M. Towers (Home boarders) E.A. Webber (Ashburnham House) The Headmaster has weakly postponed the actual creation of T.B. monitors but as he has intimated his intention of “publishing…
On Thursday January 3rd Mr Rutherford was married in the Abbey to Miss Constance Reuton. As a wedding present the members of the school gave him a revolving book-case.
The new Head Master has certainly come in like a lion. I hope he will go out like a lamb, but I am afraid not. On the first morning of the term the Dean brought him up School and after he had prayed for him (very necessary) he inducted him. After prayers on his very…
The new Head Master appointed is the Revd. William Gunion Rutherford, assistant Master at St. Paul’s, Fellow of Univ: Coll: Oxon: a great Greek Scholar.
At the beginning of the term Dr Scott announced his intention of resigning the Headmastership. Everyone, I think, agrees that is a terrible blow to the School. He has held his post for 25 years and in that time has been most deservedly popular. As soon as he resigned, a fund was started to raise…