An exeat was given this term from Friday afternoon to Tuesday morning. We got no half on Shrove Tuesday or on Ash Wednesday in consequence. Sir Williams Watkin Wynn, the new Dean of Gloucester, Cannon Spence, who is an Old Westminster, came down on the Friday. Prayers had already been held, as the masters thought…
The arrangement of the terms & holidays have been altered. The Lent term & the summer term, each contain 12 weeks, and the Christmas term 13 weeks. The Christmas holidays are 4 weeks long, the Easter 3 weeks & the summer ones 8 weeks long. The summer term ends on the Wednesday before the last…
A collection was made on St. John’s Day on behalf of a section of the parish of St. George’s in the East; it amounted to something over 20 pounds. Subsequently a deputation consisting of H. Withars Q.S., C. Bompas T.B., L. James Q.S. & Jarvis T.B., went down one Wednesday afternoon & were shown over…
We returned home on Thursday Dec 18th. We had ordinary school until 1 o’clock.
E. Mee (T. B. Rigauds) got an open scholarship at Corpus Oxf; this is the first open scholarship that has been gained by the school for a very long time (if ever before). We had a holiday on the Sat. before Easter Passion week for this honour so that we were able to go the…
Feb. 27 (Tuesday) being the day of the Thanksgiving Service for the recovery of the Prince of Wales there was a whole holiday; so also was March 1. when Sir W. Wyne as usual came down. On the 7th of March too there was a half holiday West having obtained a first in Classics at…
H.W. Jermyn, and old Westminster, having been appointed Bishop of Colombo we received a half holiday on Nov. 23. when the football match between Grants and Rigauds was played, which resulted in each catching a goal. R. P. McKeand kicked the one for Grants. A P Hill
As the 21st of September, being a Saint’s day, was the first day of the term properly we got an extra day added on to the seven weeks & came back on the Thursday. A. P. H.
Bickmore having gained a first class in Mathematics at Oxford, we were entitled to a half holiday and Thursday July 13th was given as such. A.P. Hill
March 21st H: R: H: Princess Louise was married to the Marquis of Lorne: of course a holiday was expected, for it is not every day that a Princess is wedded, and still more rarely is royal blood united with a subject: however no holiday or part of a holiday was forthcoming though Eton celebrated…