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Grant's House Rules

This book was started by F. E. Noel-Baker (G 1934 - 1938) as a separate ledger solely for the 'Rules and Customs' of Grant's House, instead of including them in the House Ledger. It was kept by the Head of House and successive Heads made alterations and updated the rules as they saw fit. It has an index at the beginning and includes a list of Heads of House. The rules cover topics such as discipline, meals, dormitories, dress and prayers.

Sport

This series contains the Grant's House athletic ledger and water ledger, both of which include descriptions of sporting events and achievements. There is also a note book titled 'Grant's Station List' which records the boys' attendance at Station.

Grant's House Athletic Ledger

The ledger was begun by M. G. Hewins (G 1911 - c.1916) and contains accounts and results of senior and junior sporting events within the house; including racquets, gym, swimming and rowing, as well as inter-house competitions. It also includes a list of colours at the end of each season and criticisms of the players. At the beginning of the volume are lists of team members who are in the photographs of the football and cricket senior teams from previous years.

Grant's House Water Ledger

This ledger was begun in 1925 by C. E. W. Lewis (G 1920-1925) and was kept by successive Heads of House Water in which they recorded details of rowing events and achievements, those who received the house colours and anything they thought interesting or noteworthy. There are details of events in 1924 at the beginning and some entries include comments on the crews. At the end of the volume is a list of previous Heads of House Water from 1919, as well as lists of which Houses won various rowing events from c. 1922. An insert at the front of the book states that an Old Grantite, R. P. Adler (G 1922-1926), passed the book onto Grant's House.

History of Grant's House

This bix contains a volume of extracts concerning Grant's House and a list of Grantites, both compiled by Lawrence E. Tanner (G 1905 - 1909). There is also a Grantite House Register which is a list of names of boys who belonged to Grant's House.

Extracts Concerning Grant's House

The extracts in this book were taken from the Town Boy Ledger which was kept by the Senior Town Boy. It was compiled by Lawrence Tanner (G 1905 - 1909) and contains details of the history of Grant's House and notes on events between 1821 -1862. There are notes on sporting events, pupils, rules and the number of pupils within the school. Also included at the end is a list of the Heads of House from 1803-1889.

The 'Old Grantite Club'

This series contains material relating to the Old Grantite Club, which was a group for alumnus of Grant's House. Members of the club paid a subscription fee to join which was used to fund social events organsied by the club as well as the production of the 'Grantite Review', the House magazine. The main event organised by the club was the annual dinner, although they also organised golf and cricket matches. This series contains the minute books of the club, lists of its members and publications by the club.

A List of Known Grantites

These lists were created by Lawrence Tanner (G 1905 - 1909) and are a list of pupils at Grant's House in the years 1745-1876.\r\nThe information on the first few pages is taken from Dr Smith's (Head Master) papers, including his cash book, and gives the names of Grantites, the month they entered the House and their age from 1745-1752. The records of 1775 onwards note payments of teachers for private tuition and boarding house usher. \r\n\r\nOther notes are copied from Lord John Russell's (G 1803 - c.1809) School Lists from October 1803 published in G.F.R. Barker's 'Index of Additional Names 1789-1805'. They list the names of boys within Grant's House and their form.\r\n\r\nThere is also a list of Grant's boys taken from school registers beginning in 1815. From 1876 the list was compiled from Dr Rutherford's (Head Master) 'Entrance Book'. It lists the names of the boys and the date at which they entered Grant's House. Some notes give the ages of the boys, which form they were in, when they left and indicate if they were day pupils or boarders.

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