Upper Canada College Board of Stewards

[1] The design of the jackets was not without criticism, letters to the editor of the College Times complained that they were "the cynosure of everyone's eye - But so is the uniform of the door man at the Park Plaza.

It was reported by Barstow Miller, Head Boy in 1915, that William "Stony" Jackson, a house master at the time, who also conducted meetings of the Board, would allow prefects a secret place to smoke "around the corner through his hallway".

The Stewards used to be charged with initiating new boys into the Upper School; in 1920 this consisted of putting them through an athletics course, classical dancing, cadet drill, gymnastics, and more - blindfolded.

Prior to this, the board was composed of the three first-team captains of football, hockey and cricket, the senior officer of the Rifle Corps, and the two top students, one boarder (Head of the House) and one day boy (Head of the Town), and into the mid 1920s, four senior Prefects were added, followed by the editor of the College Times.

Beyond questionable qualifications, this system also led to the problem that if a boy held more than one office there would be a vacancy on the Board.