Unofficial Christ's Hospital Forum

cj wrote:I don't think a mixed, boarding educational establishment for 11 to 18 yr-olds could take any other line on this. The rules one chooses to apply while your children are living under your own roof are a different matter altogether. If CH was a 6th form boarding 'college' though, would it be valid to change the rules then?

Ooops - I didn't realise that Rugby admitted girls

The article was read out at the gardeners' lunch break time, and all eyes were turned to me as the "expert" on public school behaviour. I was forced to admit that I had led a youth completely apart from the opposite sex and had no idea what would be acceptable in a mixed school nowadays, but considered that this would be against the Rules at Rugby.
(Grecians' Houses at CH though? Do they have their own rooms in a mixed House?)

However I felt that the master that tripped over the pair might well have seen the hilarity of the situation, turned a blind eye - well it seems to have been quite dark - sung the School song loudly to himself, and allowed the pair to make their getaway.

Hey! It must have been a moment of glorious spontaneous passion!

Munch

I don't know if cj remembers but there was a girl at CH when we were there who got pregnant - it was all a bit hush hush and she just "disappeared" from the school.

Oh dear... was that at Hertford or Horsham?

Great Plum wrote:Oh dear... was that at Hertford or Horsham?

Horsham

Vonny wrote:I don't know if cj remembers but there was a girl at CH when we were there who got pregnant - it was all a bit hush hush and she just "disappeared" from the school.

.... so much for 'School Support', then !!

One would have thought that that would be against the ethos and tradition of the School.

Aah but we don't know what happened after that. I don't think they meant 'disappeared' as in Argentina, at least I hope not.

I can't remember exactly what happened - don't think anyone really knew, but as you can imagine there were several rumours doing the rounds.

Vonny wrote:

I can't remember exactly what happened - don't think anyone really knew, but as you can imagine there were several rumours doing the rounds.

'Immaculate Conception' was out of the question, then ?

J.R. wrote:'Immaculate Conception' was out of the question, then ?

Maybe the girls father would have liked to believe that!

Here is your next question JR.

What is the 'Immaculate Conception?'

It was the conception of the Virgin Mary who was conceived without sin, NOT the fact that she conceived Jesus without the assitance of a man.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm

englishangel wrote:Here is your next question JR.

What is the 'Immaculate Conception?'

It was the conception of the Virgin Mary who was conceived without sin, NOT the fact that she conceived Jesus without the assitance of a man.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm

Um, isn't it the foetus that is conceived, rather than the mother?

So a yoghurt pot and a turkey baster was out of the question as well, then ?

icomefromalanddownunder wrote:

englishangel wrote:Here is your next question JR.

What is the 'Immaculate Conception?'

It was the conception of the Virgin Mary who was conceived without sin, NOT the fact that she conceived Jesus without the assistance of a man.

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm

Um, isn't it the foetus that is conceived, rather than the mother?

Yes, when Mary was conceived herself, inside HER mother.

From Wikipedia:

'There is a widespread misunderstanding of the term immaculate conception. Many people, even many Catholics, believe this refers to the conception of Jesus by Mary. It is not unusual for even the mass media to mistake the two concepts. '

Oops, I was one of the misunderstands. Obviously I did not pay sufficient attention during Confirmation Classes. Very sorry DR