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or Stuart foundation, are dealt with Tueniny the whole school files in, The Charterhouse, Eton, Harrow, Merchant nimes of the boys to take part in this Taylor's, Rugby, St. Paul's, Westmins curious competition are then called.. ter, and Winchester-these being the They step out, while the cook enters?
The cook group reported on by the commissioners with the pancake on a pan. of 1801.
Shrewsbury seems omitted tosses the pancake over the rod from owing to its Annals having been pub which the curtain that divided. Upper lished separately a few years back, but from Lower school used formerly to. we miss also any description of Upping-hang, and the scrimmage begins. The ham, Marlborough, Bradfield, and many successful boy, with rent clothes, bat with the pancake more or less cutire, It is his
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Placing Charterhouse first in order, leaves "School" amid cheers. the author could not well refrain from privilege to take it to the Dean, who 2241 excursion into the status of the presents him with a gaines. For
*Cocks, or Poor Brethren, wondetunately for the Dean it is no part of. familiar by Thackeray in The New the tradition for him to eat it. As soon comes. The pious founder, Sir Thomas as, the pancake-winner has left, prayers Sutton (called by Carthusians Philan-in Latin are said by the captain of the thropic Tommy left his estate to school, while the bays join in the chant establish both school and almshouses, ing, Thus reverently ends this medi- and it was not until 1868 that an net of val sport." Parliament separated the educational Westminster owns two massive tables institution from the asylum for aged in the College hall made of wood from. pensioners-Sutton's Hospital. In the the ships of the Spanish Armada. At public faney, however, they will long one of these J. A. Froude ate his meals. continue to be linked. Mr Minchin Though comparatively small
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inclines to the view that the term Codd Westminster vied with Eton and Win- is derived from Caudex," or "Codax," a chester for the place of honour, among No. S. Queen's Bond, West. tree trunk, the pensioners in old times English public schools during the first Hongkong, October 4, 1901. 2015 heing supposed to sit on stumps. The half of the eighteenth century. In endowment used to support 80 Codds, rowing the staaller school sccured vio but now, owing to diminishing rents, tories over Eton three times during the. there are only 55. Each of these las first decade of Queen Victoria's reign. his small room in the old Charterhouse Mr Minchin destroys a (the school is now removed to the there were two pupils who prevailed country), and is supplied with food, fuel, upon their respective bend masters to light, chapel gown, and £36 a year spare them any flogging throughout. pocket-money. Still, the Curfew-bell their career; W. E. Gladstone successful- WILDings nightly at 8 o'clock, these pension ly exercising his persuasive powers upon ers being the only British subjects who Dr Keate at Eton, and the future Puri- still obey that signal for retiring to their tan divine, Philip Henry, winning quarters, although the extinction of clemency from Dr Busby. On going. lights is not now insisted upon, The into the records, however, the author Curfew rings as many strokes as there finds that each received a flogging once. NO. MAGDALEN TERRACE, Maare Colds alive. We are told that in Tu modern days Westminster, like gazine Gap, lately occupied by J. former times the gown boys (foundation Winchester, Ims had the reputation FRANCIS, K.C., deceased. flout 360 per scholars would always carefully count anong timid parents of a "rough" month, and taxes,
these strokes, and, if one short were school, the fagging, 'tanding,' 'miling, sounded, call out 'A Codd dead 1: One &c., producing a crop of minorscandala, impression conveyed by Thackeray; that But this author writes affectionately the Codds were old boys fallen upon and admitngly of the milling.ground * evil times, is far from correct. The at Westminster--a square grass plot, author states that the present Codds' bounded by quiet cloisters. The prac include only two public school moen, one
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tice of school 'milling (systematic) was
writes, while daelling begat bullying.
a Carthusian gown-boy, the other contemporary with duelling. But, he Wykehaoist Colleger,
In point of antiquity, not even the and cut short many a life of promies; surroundings of Etou or Winchester schoolbog tilling checked bullying, and can compare with those of Westminster, sowed the seeds of many a lifelong It is trae that William of Wykeham friendship, Hero is a very character. inid the foundation stone of his school istic note of regret, especially in view in 1387, and that on or near the some of the incident with which it is cou spot bad stood a grammar school con- pled
1760 | nected with St Swithin's Priory, where *It (“milling ") has, however, gono Alfred the Great is said to have boes for ever, and could no more be revived educated. But the massive arches on than stage coaching. We live in an The which Westminster school rests date age of steam and soft speech. One, at from the time of Edward the Confessor, least, of His Majesty's judges would not While its walla afe of the thirteenth now be on the leach had he not fought century. It is fitting that the oldest on that quist green. He was so knock- 1478 | school should have possessed one of the ed about by his opponent that the army, strongest and ablest head masters in the profession for which so brave a scholastic history. Few would deny tighter seemed destined, was closed to
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managed soinchow to retain his high career where pluck and determination
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When it comes to writing of his own Stuarts. Sir Roger de Coverley's words, old scheck; Harrow, Mr. Blinchin natur-
enthusiastic over when he stood before the Busby monu-ally waxes
De ment in the Abbey, were. Dr Busby Vaughan, the idclised head master, whose rale undoubtedly revived · Har- a great man! He whipp'd my grandfa row, after a period of dangerous deca THE Attention of Advertisers is drawn very great man! I should have dente. The secret of Vaughan's in self-renunciation)* A kindly word is Advertisernents and Cornerions to Advera blockbend, We do not find here the also found for Dr Butler, a head in sucedate of Busby requesting permission whom the sense of humour was strongly Alterations and additions to Advertise- inence on Pages 2, 3, 6 and 7, should be from King Charles to remain covered developed. One srecotu, told of him
relates to a sixth form boy, afterwards, sent to this Office not later than 11a.m. New while showing him over the school, on a Guardsman, who translated a hne Advertisements should be sent in before the ground that it would never do to from Aristophanes literally. You can
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lef the boys know, there was a greater not buy inuch with two obols.Quite correct," "roniarked Dr Butler, but can- man than their head master. Possibly for you render it into more idiomatic Mr Minchin regards the tale as apocre English. Thas encouraged, the future phal. At the bead of School there Guardsman ventured upon You
in which beast and the table in which good rany pages could be written upon stands a bust of Busby, with the chair not buy much with the price of hall a piat. Dr Butler was delighted, á
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pancake ceremony handed down from
The rules of "wagger are most
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is apt to find himself entangled. He goes out with his umbrella zolled and finds that he is swaggering, or he
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