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...takes lower form mathematics. Music is much fostered; their Eton boating song so popular here is not so highly regarded in England. The songs are written by the teachers and the music master sets them to music. The sentiment in all these songs is very noble and elevating. The Harrow songs are noted all over England. They are very unique, and deal with the historical and athletic sides of the school. If you are ever at Harrow at the end of the term, don't fail to get a ticket to hear the boys sing their foot ball songs...
...Harrow the ball has only to go between the posts to be a goal. Here a player making a catch can kick the ball back to one of his own side; if this man makes a fair catch and calls "three yards," he is allowed a free kick and the other side cannot come within three yards...
...Eton and Harrow cricket match takes place on July...
...Oxford-Cambridge cricket match of 1890 will be played at Lord's on June 30th, and July 1st and 2d, the Eton vs. Harrow game will be played on July...
...week before Easter, I ran down to Harrow to see a series of sports by the boys of that famous school. Winchester and Eaton, Harrow and Marlborough are the four great school nurseries for Oxford and Cambridge, and there is no honest athletic pastime but what is encouraged and enjoyed in these schools, the oldest of which (Winchester) has just celebrated its 500th anniversary. Where is there a school in our country where on a Saturday you can see spirited contests in running, leaping, cricketing, foot-balling, rowing and (mind you) all of this is a part in the physical...