_PRÆFECTS_—The eighteen senior boys in College, and the twelve senior in Commoners. The ten senior of those in College were said to be in “Full Power,” and took the office of Bible Clerk in rotation; they all had the power of fagging the Juniors, but those not in full power were supposed not to have the right of fagging on the School side of Seventh Chamber Passage; practically, however, they always did. One of the Senior Præfects was called Præfect of Hall, and was responsible in a great measure for the conduct of the boys out of school. His duties and privileges were numerous. There was also a “Præfect of Tub,” who was supposed to see that the dinner was properly distributed; a Præfect of School, who had the care of that building; and two Præfects of Chapel, who, during alternate weeks, called names in Chapel. There were fees attached to all these offices; and all the Præfects had a certain number of boys allotted to them as Pupils, each of whom paid one guinea each Half. _PROSE_—To lecture. As a substantive, a lecture. _PROSE TASK_—A piece of Latin prose composition, which all the boys had to do once a week. _PRUFF_—Hard, sturdy, insensible to pain, obstinate; a corruption of “Proof.” _PULPITEERS_—In Cloister time, Sixth Book and Senior Part went up to Books together, and were so called. Q. _QUARTER OF PAPER_—A quarter of a sheet of foolscap, on which the Prose and Verse tasks were always written. _QUILL_—To endeavour to curry favour with any one. R. _RABBITER_—A blow on the neck with the side of the hand, similar to the _coup de grâce_ ordinarily given by a keeper to put a rabbit out of its misery. _RACK_—Part of a neck of mutton. _RAMROD_, _RAYMONDER_—Names given to a ball bowled all along the ground. _READER_—An office in the gift of every Præfect in senior Fardel, which excused the recipient from watching out at Cricket. His business was to read out aloud the translation of any book his Master was cramming for Election examination. _READING SHELF_—A shelf with a drawer fixed inside the head of a boy’s bed, on which to place a candle for nocturnal studies. _REMEDY_—A kind of mitigated holiday, of which there was always one, and, generally, two a week. The boys went into school twice in the course of the day for an hour, (Books Chambers, _v. sup._,) but no Master was present. A Remedy was not a matter of course, but the Head Master was always asked by Præfect of Hall to give one while he was walking up and down “Sands” (the pavement of Quadrangle under Chapel windows) before morning chapel: if he intended to grant the request, he gave to the suppliant a ring engraved with the words, “_Commendat rarior usus_.” This ring he wore till the following day, and returned to the Head Master at Middle school. _REMISSION_—When, owing to a Saint’s day having fallen on the day previous to that on which a Verse or Prose task or Vulgus was due, the boys were excused from doing it, there was said to be “Remission” from it.