Official lists at CH Horsham
Posted: Fri May 12, 2017 4:07 pm
I remember at least two sorts of official lists of boys at CH.
There was the “Alphabetical List,” commonly called the Blue Book, because it had a blue cover. It listed all the teachers’ surnames in alphabetical order and their degrees with universities, on the first page. This was followed on page 3 by the surnames of all pupils alphabetically. There was, I recollect, one line per boy, giving surname, initials, house, form, maths set and year of entry. Each boy received one Blue Book per year.
The other document was called a “House List.” It was a piece of paper (about 30 x 10 cm), headed by the name of the house (and year of publication?), with a list of the surnames of boys in roll order. On the same line were their initials and each line was preceded by the boy's house number. There was one such list for each house. Many copies were printed and used by house masters, matrons, etc. for administrative purposes. (Perhaps the monitors’ names were in italics.)
Firstly are some of the above details incorrect and has something been omitted? Next, and more importantly, are copies of these documents still stored somewhere, such as the museum?
There was the “Alphabetical List,” commonly called the Blue Book, because it had a blue cover. It listed all the teachers’ surnames in alphabetical order and their degrees with universities, on the first page. This was followed on page 3 by the surnames of all pupils alphabetically. There was, I recollect, one line per boy, giving surname, initials, house, form, maths set and year of entry. Each boy received one Blue Book per year.
The other document was called a “House List.” It was a piece of paper (about 30 x 10 cm), headed by the name of the house (and year of publication?), with a list of the surnames of boys in roll order. On the same line were their initials and each line was preceded by the boy's house number. There was one such list for each house. Many copies were printed and used by house masters, matrons, etc. for administrative purposes. (Perhaps the monitors’ names were in italics.)
Firstly are some of the above details incorrect and has something been omitted? Next, and more importantly, are copies of these documents still stored somewhere, such as the museum?