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of the trouble the Dean took in looking after the details 
of food and drink, and instead of the everlasting mutton, 
they had new dishes and pies and puddings never before 
seen at college dinners. The severe conservatism, however, 
of the Westminster boys at first resented the innovation, 
and the puddings were thrown at the cook’s head ! But, 
as Mr. Forshall, himself an ardent Old Westminster, and 
the chronicler of the history of his beloved School, admits, 
“ We were all, notwithstanding, extremely glad afterwards 
of the improvements introduced by the Dean in our 
diet.” And he adds : “ As a Queen’s scholar I have a lively 
recollection of the Dean’s presence, and of his loving, hearty 
way of speaking. I very vividly remember also his intro¬ 
ducing Dr. Liddell to us in the great schoolroom as our 
new Head Master, the first who had not been educated at 
Westminster. The Dean made a most earnest and affec¬ 
tionate speech to us, standing in front of the sixth form 
by the side of Dr. Liddell. Though his figure and manner 
are before my eyes at this moment, the words have vanished 
save, ‘ I present to you—Dr. Liddell—a lexicographer of 
European reputation.’ ” 
The Dean often gave lectures on “ common subjects ” to 
the boys in their new sitting-room. Soon after Dr. Liddell’s 
appointment as Head Master, Buckland gave a conversazione 
in the chamber recently constructed under the dormitory. 
Invitations were issued to meet the lately consecrated Bishop 
of Adelaide, an old Westminster scholar. Mr. Marshall 
thus describes the gathering;:— 
“ The dignified proportions and solidity of the room, the 
crude white of the walls glaring in the light of the unshaded 
