No. 341

We had a half holiday on Thursday March 14th for Heath having gained a Wrauglership (twenty third) W.R. Beverly who won the mile the year before last, gained won the quarter mile strangers Race in the Brasenose Sports lately. The new Irish Secretary of State, Mr. J. Lowther, is an old Westminster. We had a…

No. 309

On Monday, June 25th a half holiday was given by the Busby Trustees. As there was a saint’s day on Friday, Scott would not have given the holiday on Monday, but that the Oxford & Cambridge match came off that day, & a great many fellows wanted to see it.

No. 281

We had a half-holiday the other day for C.M. Lush who obtained a first class in the Classical Tripos at Cambridge. And another for E.V. Arnold who obtained the head Bell’s scholarship at Trinity. H.E. Hollis also obtained a Mathematics scholarship at Jesus College.

No 23

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, came of age on Sunday the 9th of Nov., but owing to it being on a Sunday it was kept all over the Kingdom (except Westminster) on Monday. That is we did not keep it properly. It being Monday we of course expected leave till 10. This we did not…

No 28

The captain wrote to the Archbishop [Loughley?] the newly made [Private?], an Old Westminster, asking him to come down & beg for an early play for us. He wrote to say that Saturday (29th) was the only day he could come & as Scott had done away with early plays he did not come till…

No 575

Scott told us that for the future (dating from Whitsuntide 1861) early plays would be done away with and that as a compensation for it, the half past seven school during the summer half year would be done away with. It is only an exchange for the worse during the summer half year on account…

No 567

When we came back this half we found that in consequence of the meeting of Old Ws the Boarding* Houses had been painted. The Library has been thoroughly done up the back cases etc. polished, the ceiling whitewashed & new floorcloth laid down. The racket-court has been plastered & the old W.C. by the schoolsteps…

No 539

We had an early play on March 1st as usual – no leave out, though it fell on a Monday. Lord Lansdowne asked for one on the 17th. We also had leave out on Easter Monday, as an equivalent to Good Friday. On the 27th of March the Eight had leave to see the Oxford…