A something snooker

The Saturday Review. October 19, 1889. P. 421

“SWEAR’ST THOU, UNGRACIOUS BOY?”

The “appalling revelations” of “ETONENSIS” continue to horrify pavid matrons. He is particularly concerned this week at startling intelligence from the old school which he adorned so long and loves so dearly. “ETONENSIS” has had a letter from his nephew, the father of a new boy. At Sandhurst of old, if we mistake not, they called a new boy “a something snooker.” This terminology is not Etonian; yet we fancy the new boy may be regarded as rather a snooker if he does not keep his secret. He informs the parent, who informs ” ETONENSIS ” (who is, we repeat, his respected uncle), “that he likes Eton very” much, except for the compulsory football four times a “week.” …