LIFE AT WIN COLL IN 1825 PART II

Last month we published the first part of REMINISCENCES OF A JUNIOR IN 1825.  Today we publish the second instalment, which appeared in The Wykehamist in May 1870.  The correspondent continues his description of the uncomfortable life of a Junior 45 years earlier and concludes by wondering how much will have changed (or stayed the same) 45 years hence. 

These notes might help:

Remiday - a spelling of Remedy, a partial holiday from lessons.  As Q's article unfolds, it is clear that a Remedy is no holiday for a Junior. Elsewhere, The Wykehamist is taken to task for permitting the spelling Remiday, when it is presumed that the word Remedy derives from the Latin remedium (a cure), in the sense of leisure as a restorative after study.  It still survives as Half Rem (currently every Tuesday and Thursday).
Moab – of the various conduits around the school, this one refers to the College wash-house built on the west of School Court c.1838.  It was one of a range of buildings, which included the Mathmā department (known as Walford’s) built between the west end of School and the south end of what is now Flint Court.  The name comes from Psalm 60: ‘Moab is my wash-pot’.
New Commoners – the buildings that occupied the footprint of the current Flint Court classrooms.  They were built between 1838 and 1842 under the Headmaster Dr Moberly, but were only in use until 1869 when the last Commoners moved out to the boarding houses of Commoner Block (D, E, G, H).  The author’s 'venerable pile of rubbish' refers to Old Commoners, which was occupied from 1742 – 1842.
Candle-keepers - these were Inferiors (i.e. not Prefects) who had been longest in College.  They enjoyed certain privileges and higher status.  In this episode, the Candlekeeper is revealed to be Founder's Kin.
id genus omne – everything of that sort
quamquam animus meminisse horret – although my soul shudders to recall (from Aeneid Book II)
Dispar (or disper) - was a helping of meat, usually mutton, at dinner.