Now senior boys will have to buy their own eggs
Leaning out into the dark dormitory hallway at Britain's most celebrated public (i.e., private) school, an 18-year-old senior, dressed in the school's uniform of pinstripe trousers and morning coat, yells loudly: "Boy, up!" Before the echoes can die away, ten lowerclassmen, aged 12 and 13, scramble up the stairwell, tails flapping. Inevitably, one boy arrives last. His punishment: a trip to the store to buy an egg for the senior's tea.
Having small boys provide this kind of service to school seniors is a long tradition in British public schools. It has been...