"TITTER YE NOT"
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How do they separate the
men from the boys at Eton
college?
Buckets of ice cold water and threats to call the police.
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The Catholic church wants more people interested in priesthood.
They have got a lot of bad publicity lately so they just released a new campaign. They are offering scholarships for 100 lucky boys that can attend private school to become a priest for free.
Their slogan:
"Find the priest inside of you."
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David Cameron says that rioters need 'tough love'.
Is that a Eton code for anal sex?
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The two princes Will's and Harry are in the shower
room at Eton circa
1998:
Will (looking at Harry's donkey dick and ginger pubes):
What the fuck have you got there H? This is against the laws of primo genitals.
Harry:
I inherited it. You got the short straw Will. You
have a small penis and will
be going bald soon.
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Osborne told the prime minister he was going to cut taxes for Bingo.
Cameron thought he was referring to an old Eton school chum.
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The Riot Club: inside Bullingdon
ETON COLLEGE
CREST
"The Eton Rifles" was the only single to be released from the
album Setting Sons by The Jam. Recorded at Townhouse
studios and released on the 3rd of November 1979, it became
the band's first top ten hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at No.
3. It is also the only official Jam single for which a video was not
made.
The song was produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and The
Jam's single was backed by the B-side "See-Saw".
Eton College is a famous English public school in Berkshire,
regarded as the epitome of Britain's privileged elite. Its cadet
corps is the Eton College Combined Cadet Force, which was
founded in 1860 as the Eton College Rifle Corps. The song itself
recounts the difficulties faced by the unemployed and lower-paid
working class in protesting against a system loaded against
them.
The song recounts a street battle Paul Weller had read about
in the newspapers concerning elements of the Right To Work
March was going through Slough in 1978, breaking off to attack
pupils from Eton who had been jeering the lunchtime marchers
(hence Hello, Hooray, an extremist scrape with the Eton Rifles).
The song's lyrics, in common with many Jam tracks, contain
colloquial references to life in Britain, including:
Sup up your beer
and collect your Fags. Literally, the first part of the line means
"Drink up your beer and collect your fags", though in this case it
is likely a double entendre refers both to a group of friends
hurriedly leaving a pub, and to the British boarding school practice of fagging; a hierarchical
authority structure in which younger students acted as personal servants to those in higher forms.
With regard to the latter part, Slough is a town near Eton. The two districts have a history of class
conflict, with Slough in particular, as a result of being used for various sociological experiments by
urban planners and politicians throughout the 1960s through to the 1990s (a common target in Paul
Weller's lyrics in The Jam).
"What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?" is a reference to a school uniform and
badges, particularly the influence of the "old school tie".
"There was a lot of class hatred in my songs at the time," said Weller. 'Eton Rifles' would be the
obvious example of that. We used to go on Sunday drives with my uncle and we'd drive through
Eton, and I remember seeing these young chaps."
ETON COLLEGE TWIN
TOWERS
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In May 2008, Conservative leader and Old Etonian David Cameron named "The Eton Rifles" as one
of his favourite songs. Cameron is reported to have said, "I was one in the corps. It meant a lot,
some of those early Jam albums we used to listen to. I don't see why the left should be the only ones
allowed to listen to protest songs."
Cameron's praise for the song earned a scathing rejection from Paul Weller, who said, "Which part of
it didn't he get? It wasn't intended as a jolly drinking song for the Eton cadet corps.
Ironically, in 1977, Weller had said in the New Musical Express that people should vote for the
Conservatives, a comment intended to shock, which later came to haunt him during his long
involvement with the Labour Party initiative Red Wedge.
He added, "I think I have pretty much nailed where I was at to the mast. But people come to gigs for
different reasons:
It isn't necessarily about what the person on stage is singing. But at the same time,
you do think, 'Well, maybe this'll change their minds."
In November 2011, Guardian music critic, Alexis Petridis, questioned Cameron further:
"You said the
Jam's song Eton Rifles was important to you when you were at Eton." Paul Weller. The person who
wrote the song, was pretty incredulous to hear this, and claimed you couldn't have understood the
lyrics.
What did you think that song was about at the time? Be honest.' To which Cameron replied, "I went
to Eton in 1979, which was the time when the Jam, the Clash, and the Sex Pistols were producing
some amazing music, and everyone liked the song because of the title. But of course I understood
what it was about. It was taking the mick out of people running around the cadet force. And he was
poking a stick at us. But it was a great song with brilliant lyrics. I've always thought that if you can
only like music if you agree with the political views of the person who wrote it, well, it'd be rather
limiting."
"The Eton Rifles Lyrics"
Sup up your beer and collect your fags - There's a row going on down near Slough. Get out your
mat and pray to the West. I'll get out mine and pray for myself.
Thought you were smart when you took them on. But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room.
All that rugby puts hair on your chest. What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
Hello-Hurray - what a nice day for the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles. Hello-Hurray - I hope rain stops
play for the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles.
Thought you were clever when you lit the fuse, Tore down the House of Commons in your brand new
shoes. Composed a revolutionary symphony. Then went to bed with a charming young thing.
Hello-Hurray - cheers then mate. It's the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles. Hello-Hurray - an extremist
scrape with the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles.
What a catalyst you turned out to be. Loaded the guns, then you run off home for your tea. Left me
standing like a guilty schoolboy.
We came out of it naturally the worst Beaten and bloody, and I was sick down my shirt. We
were no match for their untamed wit. Though some of the lads said they'd be back next week.
Hello-Hurray - it's the price to pay to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles. Hello-Hurray - I'd prefer the
plague to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles.
Hello-Hurray - it's the price to pay to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles. Hello-Hurray - I'd prefer the
plague to the Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles, Eton Rifles!
DAVID CAMERON AND
BORIS JOHNSON ETON
BULLINGDON CLUB
Top Of The Pops
THE ETON RIFLES
THE JAM
Eton College, often informally referred to simply as Eton, is an English
boys' independent boarding school located in Eton, Berkshire, near
Windsor. It educates over 1,300 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years. It was
founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady
of Eton besides Windsor", making it the 18th oldest HMC school.
Eton is one of ten English Headmasters' and Headmistresses'
Conference schools, commonly referred to as "public schools", are
regulated by the Public Schools Act of 1868. Following the public
school tradition, Eton is a full boarding school, which means all pupils
live at the school, and it is one of four such remaining single-sex boys'
public schools in the United Kingdom (the others being Harrow, Radley,
and Winchester) to continue this practice. Eton has educated 19 British
prime ministers and generations of the aristocracy and has been referred to as the chief nurse of England's statesmen. Charging up to £11,478 per term (there are three terms per academic year) in 2014/15, Eton is the sixth most expensive HMC boarding school in the UK.
Eton has a long list of distinguished former pupils. David Cameron is the 19th British prime minister to have attended the school, and has recommended that Eton set up a school in the state sector to help drive up standards. Eton now co-sponsors a state sixth-form college in Newham, a deprived area of East London, called the London Academy of Excellence, opened in 2012, which is free of charge and aims to get all its students into higher education. In September 2014, Eton opened, and became the sole educational sponsor for, a new day school for around 500 pupils, Holy port College, in Maidenhead in Berkshire, with construction costing around £15 million, in which a fifth of places for day pupils will be set aside for children from poor homes, 21 boarding places will go to youngsters on the verge of being taken into care, and a further 28 boarders will be funded or part-funded through bursaries.
In the past, Eton has educated generations of British and foreign aristocracy, and for the first time, members of the Royal family, Prince William and his brother Prince Harry, in contrast to the Royal tradition of either a naval college or
Gordonstoun, or by a Palace tutor. Registration at birth has been consigned to the past, and by the mid 1990s, Eton ranked among Britain'stop three schools in getting its pupils into Oxford and Cambridge.
THE JAM ETON RIFLES, DAVE THE RAVE CAMERONS FAVE SONG. HE STILL DOES NOT GET IT!
The Spirit of the First World War
at Eton College.
Eton has traditionally been referred to as "the chief nurse of England's statesmen", and has been described as the most famous public school in the world. Early in the 20th century, a historian of Eton wrote, "No other school can claim to have sent forth such a cohort of distinguished figures to make their mark on the world."
The Good Schools Guide called the School "the number one boys' public school," adding, "The teaching and facilities are second to none." The School is a member of the G20 Schools Group.
Eton College was founded by King Henry VI as a charity school to provide free education to seventy poor boys who would then go on to King's College, Cambridge, founded by the same King in 1441. Henry took Winchester College as his model, visiting on many occasions and borrowing its Statutes and removing its Headmaster and some of the Scholars to start his new school.
For much of Eton's history, junior boys had to act as "fags", or servants, to
older boys. Their duties included cleaning, cooking, and running errands. A
Library member was entitled to yell at any time and
without notice, " Boy, Up !" or "Boy, Queue!", and all first-year boys had to
come running. The last boy to arrive was given the task. These practices,
known as fagging, were partially phased out of most houses in the 1970s.
Captains of House and Games still sometimes give tasks to first-year boys,
such as collecting the mail from the School Office.
The School is known for its traditions, including a uniform of a black tailcoat (or
morning coat) and waistcoat, false-collar and pinstriped trousers. Most pupils
wear a white tie that is effectively a strip of cloth folded over into a starched,
detachable collar, but some senior boys are entitled to wear a white bow tie and
winged collar ( "Stick-Ups" ).
The long-standing claim that the present uniform was first worn as mourning for
the death of George III is unfounded. "Eton dress" has undergone significant
changes since its standardization in the 19th century. Originally (along with a
top hat and walking-cane), Etonian dress was reserved for formal occasions,
but boys wear it today for classes, which are referred to as "divisions", or "divs".
As stated above, King's Scholars wear a black gown over the top of their
tailcoats and occasionally a surplice in Chapel. Members of the teaching staff
(known as Beaks) are required to wear a form of school dress when teaching.
From 1820 until 1967, boys under the height of 5'4" were required to wear the
'Eton suit', which replaced the tailcoat with the cropped 'Eton jacket' (known
colloquially as a "bum-freezer" and included an 'Eton collar', a large, stiff-starched, white collar." The Eton suit was copied by other schools and has remained in use in some, particularly choir schools.
Prince Henry (second from the left),
third son of King George V and
Queen Mary., marching in
the ranks of the Officers' Training Corps, at Eton
YOUNG TOFF'S AT ETON
Eton used to be renowned for its use of corporal punishment, generally known as "beating". In the 16th century, Friday was set aside as "flogging day". Beating was phased out in the 1980s. The film director Sebastian Doggart claims to have been the last boy caned at Eton, in 1984. Until 1964, offending boys could be summoned to the Head Master or the Lower Master, as appropriate, to receive a birching on the bare posterior, in a semi-public ceremony held in the Library, where there was a special wooden birching block over which the offender was held.
Anthony Chenevix-Trench, Head Master from 1964 to 1970, abolished the
birch and replaced it with caning, also applied to the bare posterior, which he
administered privately in his office. Chenevix-Trench also abolished corporal
punishment administered by senior boys. Previously, House Captains were
permitted to cane miscreants over the seat of the trousers. This was a routine
occurrence, carried out privately with the boy bending over with his head
under the edge of a table. Less common but more severe were the canings
administered by Pop in the form of a "Pop-Tanning", in which a large number
of hard strokes were inflicted by the President of Pop in the presence of all
Pop members (or, in earlier times, each member of Pop took it in turns to
inflict a stroke). The culprit was summoned to appear in a pair of old trousers,
as the caning would cut the cloth to shreds. This was the most severe form of
physical punishment at Eton.
Chenevix-Trench's successor from 1970, Michael McCrum, retained private
corporal punishment by masters, but ended the practice of requiring boys to
take their trousers and underwear down when bending over to be caned by
the Head Master. By the mid-1970s, the only people allowed to administer
caning were the Head Master and the Lower Master.
In addition to the masters, the following three categories of senior boys are entitled to exercise School discipline. Boys who belong to
any of these categories, in addition to a limited number of other boy office holders, are entitled to wear winged collars with bow ties.
commonly known as Pop. Over the years, its power and
privileges have grown. Pop is the oldest self-electing society at Eton. The
rules were altered in 1987 and again in 2005 so that the new intake is not
elected solely by the existing year and a committee of masters. Members
of Pop are entitled to wear checked sponge bag trousers and a waistcoat
designed as they wish. Historically, only members of Pop were entitled to
furl their umbrellas or sit on the wall on the Long Walk, in front of the
main building. However, this tradition has died out. They perform roles at
many of the routine events of the school year, including School Plays,
parents' evenings, and other official events. Notable ex-members of Pop
include Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Eddie Redmayne, and Boris
Johnson.
Sixth Form Select:
an academically selected prefectural group consisting,
by custom, of the 10 senior King's Scholars and the 10 senior Oppidan
Scholars. Members of Sixth Form Select are entitled to wear silver
buttons on their waistcoats. They also act as Praepostors:
They enter
classrooms and ask, "Is (family name) in this division?" followed by "He's
to see the Head Master at (time)." Members of Sixth Form Select and
maintain dress codes, and perform "Speeches", at formal events held five
times a year.
The captains of each of the 25 boys' houses have
disciplinary powers at the school level. House Captains are entitled to
wear a mottled grey waistcoat. It is possible to belong to the Eton Society
and Sixth Form Select at the same time.
In the era of Queen Elizabeth I, there were two praepostors in every form,
who noted down the names of absentees. Until the late 19th century,
there was a praepostor for every division of the school.
The elite tradition is to send children away at a young age
to be educated. But future politicians who suffer this
'privileged abandonment' often turn out as bullies or
bumblers. Typical examples are Boris Johnson and David Cameron.
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Sport is a feature of Eton; there is an extensive network of playing fields. Their names
include Agar's Plough, Dutchman's, Upper Club, Lower Club, Sixpenny The Field, and
Mesopotamia (situated between two streams and often shortened to "Mespots").
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During the Michaelmas Half, the sports curriculum is dominated by football (called
Association) and rugby union, with some rowing for a smaller number of boys.
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During the Lent Half, it is dominated by the field game, a code of football, but this is unique to
Eton and cannot be played against other schools. During this half, Colleges also play the
Eton wall game; this game received national publicity when taken up by Prince Harry. Aided by Astro the field, field hockey has become a major Lent Half sport along with Rugby 7's.
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Elite rowers prepare for the Schools' Head of the River Race in late March.
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During the Summer Half, sporting boys divide into drybobs, who play cricket, tennis, or athletics, and wetbobs, who row
on the River Thames and the rowing lake in preparation for The National Schools Regatta and the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.
The annual cricket match against Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground is the oldest fixture of the cricketing calendar, having been played there since 1805. A staple of the society calendar since the 1800s, in 1914, its importance was such that over 38,000 people attended over the two-day match, which made national headlines. But interest has since declined considerably, and the match is now a one-day limited-overs contest.
"Eton's best-known holiday takes place on the so-called Fourth of June", a celebration of the birthday of King George III, Eton's greatest patron. This day is celebrated with the Procession of Boats, in which the top rowing crews from the top four years row past in vintage wooden rowing boats.
The Queen's Official Birthday, the "Fourth of June" is no longer celebrated on the 4th of June, but on the Wednesday before the first weekend of June. Eton also observes St. Andrew's Day, on which the Eton wall game is played.
Under the provisions of the Charities Act 2006, Eton is now an excepted charity, fully registered with the Charities Commission, and is one of the 10 largest charities in the UK. As a charity, it benefits from substantial tax breaks. It was calculated by the late David Jewell, former Master of Haileybury, that in 1992 such tax breaks saved the School about £1,945 per pupil per year, although he had no direct connection with the School. This subsidy has declined since 2001, abolition by the Labour Government of state- funded scholarships (formerly known as "assisted places") to independent schools. However, no child attended Eton on this scheme, meaning that the actual level of state assistance to the School has always been lower.
Eton's retiring Head Master, Tony Little, has claimed that the benefits that Eton provides to the local community free of charge (use of its facilities, etc.) It has a higher value than the tax breaks it receives as a result of its charitable status. The fee for the academic year 2010-2011 was £29,862 (approximately US $48,600 or €35,100 as of March 2011), although the sum is considerably lower for those pupils on bursaries and scholarships.
Circa 1939 Eton students
clad in traditional topper & tails,
as they present arms during
Eton Corps Drill to
prepare for war.
In 1995, the National Lottery granted money for a £4.6m sports complex, to add to Eton's existing facilities of two swimming pools, 30 cricket squares, 24 football, rugby and hockey pitches and a gym. The College paid £200,000 and contributed 4.5 hectares of land in return for exclusive use of the facilities during the daytime only. The UK Sports Council defended the deal on the grounds that the whole community would benefit, while the bursar claimed that Windsor, Slough and Eton Athletic Club was "deprived" because local people (who were not pupils at the College) did not have a world-class running track and facilities to train with. Steve Osborn, director of the Safe Neighbourhoods Unit, described the decision as "staggering" given the background of a substantial reduction in youth services by councils across the country, a matter over which, however, neither the College nor the UK Sports Council had any control. The facility, which became the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, opened in April 1999.
The Eton College CCF was founded in 1860 as the Eton College Rifle Corps at a time when it
was thought that Napoleon III was threatening to invade Britain. It was the first continuous
school corps of its kind.
Boys can join the corps from D block upwards. The aim of the corps is to provide boys with a
wide range of military skills, adventurous pursuits, leadership experience, and the opportunity to
complete the Duke of Edinburgh Award at silver level. The corps is commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel Michael Wilcockson (a master at the school), who is assisted by an Adjutant and two
permanent CCF staff, both of whom have been regular soldiers. There are several masters
who are commissioned officers, as well as regular Army officers and NCOs who often assist
with training. The corps has its own purpose-built building, the ‘Orderly Room’, which houses its
stores, offices, mess, and training rooms.
Boys may choose to be members of the Army or the RAF sections, but most of the training is
the same for both sections. Training moves rapidly through drill, weapon-training, battle skills,
signals, shooting, leadership exercises, and a range of adventurous training activities. Every
half there is a weekend exercise or ‘corps scheme’ when training is much more intense,
demanding, and wide-ranging. In the summer half, there is a range weekend when live
ammunition is fired. In addition to basic infantry training, members of the RAF section have the
opportunity to fly in the Tutor aircraft at RAF Benson and glide in the Vigilant at Dalton Barracks.
Prince Harry (Henry) was the Parade Commander of the 48 Strong Guard
of Honour at the Combined Cadet Forces Tattoo at Eton Collage 5/27/2003.
Setting Sons is the fourth studio album by British band The Jam. The group's critical and commercial favour began with their third album, All Mod Cons, and continued through this album. "The Eton Rifles" became the group's first top 10 UK hit, peaking at No. 3.
In contrast to its pop-oriented predecessor, this
album features a much harder, tougher production,
albeit with the overarching melodicism common
throughout The Jam's discography. Arguably, this
is the Jam's most thematically ambitious LP.
Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Paul Weller
originally conceived Setting Sons as a concept
album detailing the lives of three boyhood friends
who later reunite as adults after an unspecified
war, only to discover they have grown up and
apart. This concept was never fully developed,
and it remains unclear which tracks were originally
intended as part of the story, though it is commonly agreed that "Thick As Thieves", "Little Boy Soldiers", "Wasteland", and "Burning Sky" are likely constituents; extant Jam bootlegs feature a version of "Little Boy Soldiers" split into three separate recordings, possible evidence that the song was intended to serve as a recurring motif, with separate sections appearing between other songs on the album.
The album cover of Setting Sons features a photograph of Benjamin Clemens' bronze sculpture, 'The St John's Ambulance Bearers'. Cast in 1919, this sculpture depicts a wounded soldier being carried by two ambulance workers. This sculpture is currently in the possession of the Imperial War Museum in London.
More senior boys specialize in the military
and survival skills, and prepare as cadet
instructors through a cadre course. The
highlight of the year is the annual tattoo.
For which boys prepare during the first
part of the summer half and perform on
the evening before the 'Fourth of June'. To
an audience of over 800 people, the corps
parades and presents its colors, and
demonstrates activities from a precision
drill to a light gun race. Accompanied by
the Eton College CCF military band,
including the pipes and drums. The
evening concludes with a small-scale
battle scene.
Although the CCF is not designed to
recruit for the armed forces, a significant
number of boys does nevertheless take up
commissions. For example, an average of
six Old Etonians attend Royal Military
Academy Sandhurst annually, with five
OEs due to commence training at RMAS
at the beginning of 2013. There are a
wide range of summer camps that boys
are expected to attend. Some camps are
abroad (Germany or Cyprus, for example); others are organised through Army contacts in the UK and concentrate on specialised military skills and adventurous training.
In 2010, Her Majesty the Queen visited Eton to inspect the Corps on the occasion of its 150th anniversary, and unveiled a plaque commemorating those Old Etonians awarded the Victoria Cross and George Cross.
Prince Henry of Wales KCVO (Henry Charles Albert David; born in September 1984), known as Prince Harry, is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. His paternal grandparents are Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of his birth, he was third in the line of succession to succeed his grandmother. He is currently fifth in line after his nephew George and niece Charlotte.
After an education at schools in the United Kingdom and spending parts of his gap year in Australia and Lesotho, Harry chose a military career, undergoing officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a Cornet into the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry Regiment, serving temporarily with his brother, and completed his training as a troop leader. In 2007–2008, he served for 77 days in Helmand, Afghanistan, but he was pulled out following publication of his presence there by an Australian magazine. He returned to Afghanistan for a 20-week deployment in 2012–2013 with the Army Air Corps. He left the army in June 2015.
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