A two-handled cup, shaped as a College cup, inscribed E. Dono Edwardi Hannes, Allumnis Regiis Westmonasteriensis, split to body. Not loaded. No cover. Maker's mark obscured.
A two-handled rose bowl, engraved 'Presented to P.G.L. Webb C.B.C.B.E. by the staff of the Patent Office on his retirement from the public service August 4, 1921' and 'This bowl bequeathed to him by Clement Charles Julian Webb, Queen's Scholar was given to the Queen's Scholars of Westminster by John Carleton, Under Master 1955'. Not loaded. No cover.
Silver-plated. Inscription: 'These Candelabra were given to the Queen's Scholars of Westminster in memory of Charles Fell Watherson C.B., QS 1888-1893 sometime Governor of the School'. One base repaired.
Inscription: 'Wrens House The Levi Leavers Cup presented by A.J. Levi 1950'. No cover. 3 handles, 1 has come off - needs soldering. Donor: A.J. Levi, 1950. Awarded: 1950.
Cup awarded by Busbys to commemorate their happy years with Homeboarders and Ashburnham, 1940-1945. Not loaded. No cover. Beyond repair. Snapped in two.
Doubts whether his grandson (up at Balliol) would be able to perform the duties of curate (see 15), since he is not yet quite in holy orders. A Westminster boy was with him yesterday; numbers, at present 90, will rise by 30 after Christmas, the old KS dormitory is now used only for sleeping, rooms have been constructed on the ground floor for use during the day, and School is being heated by hot water pipes. More time is being devoted to study, whole play days have been abolished, and Lily's Latin Grammar now being used. All these changes have been brought about by Dr Buckland, the Dean. More musings on John Fawcett (see 13).
Quote from the Vulgate (Book of Job, re the illnesses of old age). Alarmed by report that the school had been destroyed by fire, but in fact it was confined to Queen Anne's Bounty Office, between the boarding houses Clapham's and Geary's (NW corner of Dean's Yard). Has received 2 letters from Pulteney, who must have inherited immensely from Lady Bath (wife of Sir James Murray-Pultenay, OW). On the recent discovery by a Boston dentist of ether as an anaesthetic. How the pedantic and erudite use of the original meanings of words in book titles may put many people off buying them (A Catholic History of England, An Apology for the Bible).
