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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt:...FOR GOODENOUGH. These were speedily removed; but the offenders (T. Stevens and Pulling) were not discovered, though they had very nearly run into the Warden's arms with the posters in their hands. After prayers there was a more or less general shaking of hands with the hoys and the Masters and Warden when present. On Saturday the Warden and Masters dined together in Hall, and the Warden took prayers. The handshaking was on these occasions a big business, as it included the Warden and Head as a matter of course, at least some of the other Masters, and sometimes even guests. The Fifth and lower Forms went to bed at 8.45, the rest had a supper of bread and cheese and beer in Hall. The Lower Sixth sat up till io, the Upper Sixth till 10.30. Besides the three half-holidays there was a whole holiday every saint's day and holy day. Whole holidays were chiefly spent in matches and excursions. In 1862 the Wednesday after Whit-Tuesday was a saint's day, and there were thivo cricket-matches on consecutive days and Bradneld won them all. Whit-Monday and St. Andrew's Day were the great days for Old Boys, the O.B.B.s' cricket and football matches being then played. Old Boys sometimes came down on Whitsun Eve and stayed till Tuesday. Altogether it was a delightful time. Whole holidays were also given when a boy got a scholarship at the Universities, and half-holidays sometimes at the request of some distinguished visitor, and often for skating in Denning's time. Up to 1864 inclusive, the year was divided more or less definitely into halves, there being comparatively short Easter holidays, and the summer holiday beginning, as at Winchester, early in July, Commemoration Day being on July 4 or the following Thursday. In 1865 the definite division into...