Memories of Eton Sixty Years Ago
Memories of Eton Sixty Years Ago
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Many of the customs connected with it seem, to a later age, to need much explanation both as to their origin and their object. Unfortunately, there is much obscurity about the whole matter, and even an exhaustive history like Maxwell Lyte's suggests many more difficulties than it solves. What Head Master of Eton can have been the I 3 2 THE RIVER [CHAP.
first to sanction the form of highway robbery called " salt " ? What possible amusement was there in dressing up elaborately and marching in pro...cession along a dull road to an obscure mole-hill on the way to Bath ? How came the authorities to license a profane parody of a religious service on the top of the mole-hill ? Why should the Captain of the School every third year have been endowed with a large sum towards his University expenses ? Is it possible that Eton boys ever enjoyed hacking off the heads of cabbages with toy swords ? One might multiply these questions indefinitely. But the whole celebration must have been a dolefully dull affair, and when the advent of the Great Western Railway and the consequent crowds brought it all to an end, it was not only Provost Hodgson and Dr.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Many of the customs connected with it seem, to a later age, to need much explanation both as to their origin and their object. Unfortunately, there is much obscurity about the whole matter, and even an exhaustive history like Maxwell Lyte's suggests many more difficulties than it solves. What Head Master of Eton can have been the I 3 2 THE RIVER [CHAP.
first to sanction the form of highway robbery called " salt " ? What possible amusement was there in dressing up elaborately and marching in pro...cession along a dull road to an obscure mole-hill on the way to Bath ? How came the authorities to license a profane parody of a religious service on the top of the mole-hill ? Why should the Captain of the School every third year have been endowed with a large sum towards his University expenses ? Is it possible that Eton boys ever enjoyed hacking off the heads of cabbages with toy swords ? One might multiply these questions indefinitely. But the whole celebration must have been a dolefully dull affair, and when the advent of the Great Western Railway and the consequent crowds brought it all to an end, it was not only Provost Hodgson and Dr.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Arthur Campbell Ainger to read onlineMoreLess
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