Boys' houses Eton College

1 boys houses

1.1 king s scholars
1.2 oppidans
1.3 house structure

boys houses
king s scholars

one boarding house, college, reserved 70 king s scholars, attend eton on scholarships provided original foundation , awarded examination each year; king s scholars pay 90 percent of full fees, depending on means. of other pupils, third receive kind of bursary or scholarship. name king s scholars because school founded king henry vi in 1440. original school consisted of 70 scholars (together commensals) , scholars educated , boarded @ foundation s expense.

king s scholars entitled use letters ks after name , can identified black gown worn on top of tailcoats, giving them nickname tugs (latin: togati, wearers of gowns); , surplice in chapel. house looked after master in college.

oppidans

as school grew, more students allowed attend provided paid own fees , lived in town, outside college s original buildings. these students became known oppidans, latin word oppidum, meaning town. houses developed on time means of providing residence oppidans in more congenial manner, , during 18th , 19th centuries run women known dames . typically contain fifty boys. although classes organised on school basis, boys spend large proportion of time in house. each house has formal name, used post , people outside eton community. known boys initials or surname of house master, teacher lives in house , manages pupils in it.

not boys pass college election examination choose become king s scholars. if choose instead belong 1 of 24 oppidan houses, known oppidan scholars. oppidan scholarships may awarded consistently performing distinction in school , external examinations. gain oppidan scholarship, boy must have either 3 distinctions in row or 4 throughout career. within school, oppidan scholar entitled use letters os after name.

the oppidan houses named godolphin house, jourdelay s, (both built such c. 1720), hawtrey house, durnford house, (the first 2 built such provost , fellows, 1845, when school increasing in numbers , needed more centralised control), hopgarden, south lawn, waynflete, evans s, keate house, warre house, villiers house, common lane house, penn house, walpole house, cotton hall, wotton house, holland house, mustians, angelo s, manor house, farrer house, baldwin s bec, timbralls, , westbury.

house structure

front of eton college

in addition house master, each house has house captain , house captain of games. houses have more one. house prefects once elected oldest year, no longer happens. old term, library, survives in name of room set aside oldest year s use, boys have own kitchen. similarly, boys in penultimate year have room known debate.

there entire house gatherings every evening, around 8:05–8:30 p.m. these known prayers, due original nature. house master , boys have opportunity make announcements, , boys provide light entertainment.

for of eton s history, junior boys had act fags , or servants, older boys. duties included cleaning, cooking, , running errands. library member entitled yell @ time , without notice, boy, up! or boy, queue! , , first-year boys had come running. last boy arrive given task. these practices, known fagging, partially phased out of houses in 1970s. captains of house , games still give tasks first-year boys, such collecting mail school office.

there many inter-house competitions, in sports.