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HISTORY OF THE WHITGIFT GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Published by W.D. Hayward. 1892

Good condition. Together with A Register of All Whitgiftians from 1871 to 1892. B/w portrait frontis. Folding colour plan. List of subscribers. 509 pages. 10 x 8 inches. Dark green boards, gilt vignette to front cover. Top edge gilt.

Contents very good. Leather spine missing. Handwritten title on spine paper.

Stock no. 817253

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Contents

  • EDITORIAL PREFACE
  • HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
  • I. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE FOUNDER
  • II. SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL IN GEORGE STREET AND THE GOVERNING BODY
  • III. THE ARMS AND SEAL
  • IV. LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION-STONE
  • V. OPENING OF THE SCHOOL
  • VI. THE GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS
  • VII. THE MASTERS AND OTHER OFFICIALS
  • VIII. THE CONSTITUTION AND NUMBERS
  • IX. THE BOARDING HOUSES
  • X. THE CAPTAINS OF THE SCHOOL AND PREFECTS
  • XI. WINNERS OF THE ENGLISH ESSAY AND ENGLISH VERSE SILVER MEDALS
  • XII. SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS, UNIVERSITY EXHIBITIONS, AND O.W. HONOUR ROLL
  • XIII. PRIZE-DAYS, CONCERTS, MUSICAL SOCIETY, SOIREES, LECTURES ETC
  • XIV. THE UNVEILING OF THE RESTORED TOMB OF THE FOUNDER
  • XV. FOUNDER'S DAY
  • XVI. THE HOME MISSION SOCIETY
  • XVII. THE CARMET
  • XVIII. THE MAGAZINE
  • XIX. THE DEBATING SOCIETY
  • XX. THE METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • XXI. THE NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
  • XXII. THE CADET CORPS
  • XXIII. DRILLING
  • XXIV. INTRODUCTION TO GAMES
  • XXV. THE COLOURS
  • XXVI. CRICKET
  • XXVII. FOOTBALL
  • XXVIII. FIVES
  • XXIS. ATHLETIC SPORTS
  • XXX. THE GYMNASTIC SOCIETY
  • XXXI. CROSS-COUNTRY RUNS
  • XXXII. LAWN TENNIS
  • XXXIII. CYCLING
  • XXXIV. THE SWIMMING CLUB
  • XXXV. THE CHESS CLUB
  • XXXVI. THEOLD BOYS FOOTBALL CLUB
  • XXXVII. THE WANDERER'S CLUB
  • XXXVIII. THE OW DINNERS
  • XXXIX. RECORDS
  • XL. SOME REQUIREMENTS OF SCHOOL
  • XLI. MISSING OW'S
  • XLII. THE REGISTER
  • ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF ALL WHITGIFTIANS
  • ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SCHOOL NAMES

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