No. 79

Some new regulations have been made this term about bounds. By these new regulations Clare’s, the stores, the Houses of Parliament & other shops (I am giving the words of the rule) are all out of bounds & anyone going to them requires a signed order from his house master. The monitors cannot now in…

No. 73

New Fives courts have been opened this term, thanks chiefly to the kindness of Walter Phillimore. The following rules have made by the Games committee. H. B. B. — Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays Grants — Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays No. 2 will be reserved to College & Rigauds on alternate days as follows: Rigauds —…

No. 20

On Thursday, June 11th Rutherford made R. Towers (Home boarder), J. Salway (Grantite) & E. Jervis (Rigaudite) Town boy monitors. I, being head town boy, spoke to him afterwards, when he said he had not considered how the matter would affect me. I was to be head town boy without being a monitor. Of course,…

No. 17

Complaints were made to me of 2nd elections’ fagging T.B.B. which was considered contrary to rules. I looked up the T.B. Ledger and could find no rule which gave them such power, so asked Pryce & Sharpe to put notices ‘up Grant’s’ of & ‘Homeboarders’ to the effect that no TB need fag for a…

No. 455

There has been I am sorry to say a row between the Monitors and Masters about the old moot point of whether Monitors shall punish offences which take place in the presence of Masters. A short time ago, James the Q.S. Capt. came up to me upon coming from Morning Abbey, and said he required…

No. 412

On Tuesday 11th: Nov:, Peck (Capt:) told me that there wd: be a Monitors’ meeting in Library on the following day. I therefore informed the other T.B.B. monitors: – I also learnt what was the matter, viz: that Stephenson (up Rigauds) had been seen to come down fields shortway with Janson, (who ‘though in the…

No. 411

Scott has given the following supplementary “Rules for Discipline”, to be inserted in the Ledger. “Discipline Rules” Oct: 1879 Due notice shall be given of any proposed meeting by the Captain to the Q.S.S members, and the head town boy, and by the latter to the other T.B. members. The Captain shall be chairman of…

No. 384

Scott also told me that the rules of the school must be made by the council of monitors. I asked him about this as an idea had sprung up, especially among the 3rd election, that rules were to be made by the Sixth collectively.

No. 383

There was a rule made some time ago that T.BB. should go round by Dean’s Yard and Q.SS. by cloisters from Early Abbey; but T.BB. in the shell have usually gone round by cloisters to avoid the crowd and to get to the houses before the others. On May 5th Burridge, a T.B. in the…

No. 240

On the 15th of April 1875, the following rules about the Captains of the Elevens and the Head of the Water were passed by a meeting consisting of the Sixth Elevens and Eight. The Senior or Town Boy in the Sixth or Shell, over sixteen, who has been longest in either Eleven on the Eight…