Up to the top of a hill in Britain's Hampshire countryside one morning last week trooped a procession of 500 boys, some clad in flowing black robes, others straw-hatted in neat tweeds and flannels. After Anglican prayers, the boys marched down the hill to their lodgings and breakfasted on sausages and fried tomatoes.
With such immemorial tradition began the 555th year of Winchester College, one of Britain's oldest public schools and the prototype of such others as Eton and Harrow. Founded in 1394 by William of Wykeham, Lord Chancellor of England, the school has...
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