Reverend Andrew Wilson, Headmaster: “In spite of the apparent prosperity of the school in the late 1880s, the Council was not wholly satisfied with Wilson’s performance. It questioned his authority on disciplinary matters, as it had done with Bromby. There was no doubt that Wilson was a strong disciplinarian. He reported entire groups of boys for misdemeanours such as being late for breakfast, and being reported meant a Saturday detention of up to two hours. But in 1889 Council insisted, after a written complaint from other prefects, that Wilson explain to them why he thrashed a prefect for allegedly not kneeling during prayers:
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