Category Archives: Debating Society

Tuesday January 26th

I stayed in again this morning, as I could quite as well work in the House as over in Library and as I wrote to Ward in sending him the notes of Deb. Soc. for the Elizabethan ‘the prospect of … Continue reading

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Saturday October 17th

Thackeray somewhere in the ‘Book of Snobs’ remarks that we are all snobs at heart and that if one walked down St. James Street with a Duke on either side, it wouldn’t be human not to wish to meet all … Continue reading

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Thursday October 15th

Hobson went into breakfast with Father this morning so I was left alone. ‘Middle’, perhaps only my imagination, seemed rather constrained and I was quite glad when the meal was over. We had a somewhat unexpected ‘play’ today so we … Continue reading

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Thursday September 24th

By a superhuman effort I managed to be first down this morning and proceeded in to Breakfast. Said my first grace and did not, I fear, take Reed’s very characteristic advice when I asked him last term if there was … Continue reading

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