Arthur as Head Boy (was: Catlady's Omnibus Post)

[abigailnus]

No: HPFGUIDX 83646


> Abigailnus wrote in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/83622 :
> 
> << The question isn't why Arthur and Molly weren't in the OOP last
> time around. The question is, why would they be? We're talking about 
> a young couple of absolutely no distinction that we're aware of. >>

To which Catlady responded:
> I'm not sure they were of **no** distinction whatever: wasn't Arthur
> Head Boy in his day?

Chapter and verse, please?  I don't remember anyone mentioning that 
Arthur was Head Boy - Ron tells Harry about Bill the very first time they 
meet in PS/SS, but nothing about his father.  For that matter, Molly never 
mentions anything about Arthur being Head Boy, and you'd think she'd use 
it as another way of getting the boys to behave if it were true.  Plus, when 
she tells Lupin that Ron in the third prefect in the family, she doesn't 
mention anything about Arthur.

Anyway, I don't think Arthur is the HB type - that's more Molly's group.  
I'm also not certain that having been HB would make Arthur close to 
Dumbledore.  There's a HB every year, and as I said, by the time VWI was 
starting up, Arthur and Molly would have been out of school for a while.  
The fact that Arthur might have been HB wouldn't necessarily have made 
a great difference.

Abigail