Our Public SchoolsC.K. Paul & Company, 1881 - 373 pages |
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Page 201
... scholars , called Queen's Scholars , were placed on the foundation , and provision was also made for eighty boys called ' pensionarii , ' ' oppidani , ' and pere- grini . ' The ' pensionarii ' were lodged with some of the Abbey and ...
... scholars , called Queen's Scholars , were placed on the foundation , and provision was also made for eighty boys called ' pensionarii , ' ' oppidani , ' and pere- grini . ' The ' pensionarii ' were lodged with some of the Abbey and ...
Page 202
... Queen's scholars . He it was who first collected the boys in that portion of the old monastic dormitory which was ... scholars removed during the Plague . The Dean often virtually superseded the functions of the head master . Hacket ...
... Queen's scholars . He it was who first collected the boys in that portion of the old monastic dormitory which was ... scholars removed during the Plague . The Dean often virtually superseded the functions of the head master . Hacket ...
Page 204
... scholars . The gardens of the infirmary took the name of the college gardens , though they were only thrown open to ... Queen Elizabeth's foundation was Nicholas Udall , to whom is attri- buted the authorship of the earliest English comedy , ...
... scholars . The gardens of the infirmary took the name of the college gardens , though they were only thrown open to ... Queen Elizabeth's foundation was Nicholas Udall , to whom is attri- buted the authorship of the earliest English comedy , ...
Page 213
... school , of whom 40 were Queen's scholars , and about 40 home - boarders . About 220 boarders were stuffed into these four boarding- houses , crammed together higgledy - piggledy , side by side , and topsey - turvey , like pigs in a sty ...
... school , of whom 40 were Queen's scholars , and about 40 home - boarders . About 220 boarders were stuffed into these four boarding- houses , crammed together higgledy - piggledy , side by side , and topsey - turvey , like pigs in a sty ...
Page 227
... Queen's scholars the same immunity from general school discipline which he claims for himself , and upholds them in the exercise of privi- leges universally condemned by his colleagues , the position of protector and protected is not ...
... Queen's scholars the same immunity from general school discipline which he claims for himself , and upholds them in the exercise of privi- leges universally condemned by his colleagues , the position of protector and protected is not ...
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advantage Æneid amusements Arnold assistant masters athletic authority boarders boarding-houses body breakfast buildings called chapel character Charterhouse Christ Church classical cloth College common competition compulsory course cricket Crown 8vo Dean Dean's Yard discipline doubt English Eton Eton College evil exercise existence fact fagging favour feel fellows football foundation founder Godalming gown-boys Greek Harrow Harrow School honour house master influence intellectual interest junior large number Latin less live London Marlborough mastership mathematics ment mind minster modern school monitorial system monitors moral natural science number of boys offence old Westminsters once oppidans parents perhaps præfects present head master public school punishment pupils Queen's scholars recognised reforms regard result Rugby Rugby School rule scholarships school discipline schoolboy schoolmaster schoolroom Sixth Form success taught teaching things tion traditions tutor University upper verses Westminster School whole Winchester
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Page 256 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Page 118 - In each of the lower chambers let there be at least three scholars of good character, more advanced than the rest in age, discretion, and knowledge, who may superintend their chamber-fellows in their studies, and oversee them diligently, and may from to time certify and inform the warden, sub-warden, and head master, respecting their behavior and conversation, and progress in study.
Page 72 - You shall find your Child sufficient paper, ink, pens, books, candles for winter, and all other things, at any time requisite, for the maintenance of his study.