Eton Montem Eton Montem Eton Montem (or "ad Montem" – literally "to the Mountain") was a custom observed by Eton College from at least 1561 until it was finally suppressed in 1847, at the Montem Mound (or Salt Hill) in Chalvey, Slough, Buckinghamshire (later Berkshire). The mound is situated some 2 miles from the college near the London to Bath coach road, now the A4. Montem is first reported in William Malim's "consuetudinarium" (book of customs) of 1561, when it seems to have been an initiation ceremony for new boys, who were scattered with salt (which can mean 'wit' as well as
Eton College which the Eton wall game is played. "The Junior Chronicle" and "The Chronicle" are the official School magazines, the latter having been founded in 1863. Both are edited by boys at the School. Although liable to censorship, the latter has a tradition of satirising and attacking School policies, as well as documenting recent events. "The Oppidan", founded in 1828, was published once a Half; it covered all sport in Eton and some professional events as well, but no longer exists. Other School magazines, including "The Spectrum" (the Academic Yearbook), "The Arts Review", and "The Eton Zeitgeist" have been published, as