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Eton College Confirms Its Oldest Rowing Trophy Has Been Missing Since 1987 And Nobody Has Noticed Until Now

The discovery came during a routine inventory check ahead of this year’s Fourth of June celebrations WINDSOR — Eton College confirmed this week that its oldest rowing trophy, awarded annually since the eighteen-sixties, has apparently been missing from the display cabinet since 1987, a gap of nearly four decades that went entirely unnoticed until a junior member of staff conducting…

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Eton College Confirms Its Debating Society And Its Chess Club Are Now Formally Not Speaking After A Dispute Over Shared Room Bookings

Both societies insist the other started it, and neither will confirm what “it” actually was WINDSOR — Eton College confirmed this week that its Debating Society and Chess Club, previously on cordial terms, are now formally not speaking following an escalating dispute over shared bookings for the same Tuesday evening room, with both societies insisting the other started the conflict…

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Eton College Confirms Its Annual Wall Game Ended In A Scoreless Draw For The Hundred And Fourth Consecutive Year

Historians say this is now longer than several actual wars WINDSOR — Eton College confirmed this week that its famously obscure Wall Game, played annually along a specific brick wall since the eighteenth century, ended once again in a scoreless draw, extending an unbroken streak that school historians note is now considerably longer than several actual historical wars. What The…

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Eton College Announces Tailcoats Will Now Be Available In “Slightly Less Suffocating” Fit For Lower Sixth

Housemasters confirm the redesign followed a formal complaint submitted entirely in Latin WINDSOR — Eton College announced this week that its famously restrictive tailcoat uniform will be updated for the first time in decades, offering Lower Sixth boys what administrators are calling a “slightly less suffocating” fit, following a formal complaint submitted, entirely in Latin, by a student widely known…