President's nominee
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:23 am
Has anyone heard this term?
to be serious no.
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President's nominee
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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:32 am
a brazilian times
to be serious no.
to be serious no.
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:09 pm
No, where's it from?
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:13 pm
I don't know, that is why I asked.
It was a term I heard at Hertford, once or twice, and also almoner's nominee, but obviously Governors nominees was quite well known
It was a term I heard at Hertford, once or twice, and also almoner's nominee, but obviously Governors nominees was quite well known
President's Nominees
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:15 am
"Governors' nominees" is a new one on me. Surely Governors didn't nominate, they presented? Hence "Governors' presentees".
In my years at CH (1960s/70s) the Almoners' Nominees were the pupils who had not been presented - whether by Governors or by organisations with presentation rights - but had simply entered CH by competitive examination at Great Tower Street. I tried to become an Almoners' Nominee but didn't do well enough in the exam and ended up being presented by my local education authority.
Don't think I've heard the term "President's Nominee" before, but I'd guess it means a pupil placed at CH by the President of the Foundation. An example would be the famous surgeon Berkeley Moynihan (CH 1875-81) who owed his place at the school to HRH The Duke of Cambridge (President 1854-1901).
Perhaps someone in the Counting House can give us the Authorised Version here.
In my years at CH (1960s/70s) the Almoners' Nominees were the pupils who had not been presented - whether by Governors or by organisations with presentation rights - but had simply entered CH by competitive examination at Great Tower Street. I tried to become an Almoners' Nominee but didn't do well enough in the exam and ended up being presented by my local education authority.
Don't think I've heard the term "President's Nominee" before, but I'd guess it means a pupil placed at CH by the President of the Foundation. An example would be the famous surgeon Berkeley Moynihan (CH 1875-81) who owed his place at the school to HRH The Duke of Cambridge (President 1854-1901).
Perhaps someone in the Counting House can give us the Authorised Version here.
Re: President's Nominees
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:13 am
Thank you Doctor Smellcroft. I suppose the majority of pupils are Almoner's nominees then but because it is the norm they don't know, unlike West Gift etc. or Governor's presentess where you know your Governor.Doctor Smellcroft wrote:‘Governors’ nominees’ is a new one on me. Surely Governors didn’t nominate, they presented? Hence ‘Governors’ presentees’.
In my years at CH (1960s/70s) the Almoners’ Nominees were the pupils who had not been presented – whether by Governors or by organisations with presentation rights – but had simply entered CH by competitive examination at Great Tower Street. I tried to become an Almoners’ Nominee but didn’t do well enough in the exam and ended up being presented by my local education authority.
Don’t think I’ve heard the term ‘President’s Nominee’ before, but I’d guess it means a pupil placed at CH by the President of the Foundation. An example would be the famous surgeon Berkeley Moynihan (CH 1875-81) who owed his place at the school to HRH The Duke of Cambridge (President 1854-1901).
Perhaps someone in the Counting House can give us the Authorised Version here.
I asked because I was the President's nominee, (at that time the old Duke of Gloucester) but I didn't rise to the heights of Berkeley Moynihan.
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 5:30 pm
I think you'll find its one of 'Dubbya's' YES-MEN !
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:50 am
to be honest JR, that was my first thought when i read the thread title.J.R. wrote:I think you'll find its one of 'Dubbya's' YES-MEN !
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