Winchester College virtues that pupils of the college were supposed to have. The college arms are shown in the background. "The Trusty Servant" is also the name of a magazine published for Old Wykehamists. "Manners makyth man" – William of Wykeham Motto of Winchester College and New College, Oxford "Broad of Church and broad of mind," "Broad before and broad behind," "A keen ecclesiologist, " "A rather dirty Wykehamist." – John Betjeman "The Wykehamist" "Leader in London's preservation lists" "And least Wykehamical of Wykehamists{:}" "Clan chief of Paddington's distinguished set," "Pray go on living to a hundred yet!" – John Betjeman "For
Winchester College Winchester College Winchester College is an independent boarding school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire. It has existed in its present location for over 600 years. It is the oldest of the original seven English public schools defined by the Clarendon Commission and regulated by the Public Schools Act 1868. According to its statutes, the school is called in Latin Collegium Sanctae Mariae prope Wintoniam, or Collegium Beatae Mariae Wintoniensis prope Winton, which translates as St Mary's College, near Winchester, or The College of the Blessed Mary of Winchester, near Winchester. It is sometimes