Berkshire Chronicle Reading 03-1914

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TRE SCHOOLS PROBLEM :
. TWO 'fHE CHEAPER.
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It lu n ~I -e ' course of a w€ek or two, th~
r !"lh' pn~~' r I will be call ed upon
to gi~e.
tli('1 r dN' I, i o n by u. vo te of tlJQ town o~

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by allY r ellahle fi gures yet
(Ine'scl.lOnlers have nov er

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11I1 l" j\ HId th e fJ u{'~ tlO n o r cos t of the re-

",p,.,II\ <Q ,:;ciHJ IIl(!S . an d pa rtIc u l ar ly of
the
(', .. T I, r lltin.p ttn,..g R e nd in g Sch col for the
1'1111" ,' I' ("I I l\. 'ill igle ~ cho o l. l
Yet UIt! ra to~
jI \ ,.., \\ II I l'e a li se th:lt the qu cs ll o n
of
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eJt'"D1 c nt III t he s l tunti on~
\'\ I \ IL .. : rolj " t\"jo sc hools, bo th of "" bicb
:lr., ,J\l,lIg g()()d worl.: , a lld run all th e rlBks
~ , 1[0'''' " i !'l h nJ.lr<=, a.n rl the illc oll venie nce
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J., :'" \\ ,ld lllK p e rIOd till th e new
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Abram moved th e fO ~JOWillg r esolutIon .That .th e mayor ~e requested to iake a

poll of tbe elec tors of the borough by
Imi"ot UpOll U,e qul.stlOn of whe ther U,e
6fooCoJl<lary ednc atJJn of boy~ In the
borollllh shall in future he carrIed out by
on. e ombwed fcbol,l illstead of by tW 0
schools as at pre.ient, and thnt t I1e

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quc:oslion be put to the e lectors 111 t h e fo l·
lowing form, nam el y: Are you In favour

t h'at Ule s ing le. school will

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or agamet the proposal to comblD~
Re ",dmg School Md the K endTlck Boys
School!
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This res olution WIIll carrIed by 30 to 9.
The ratepay ers htv e DOt altogether

hdhll fo r t he to\\ n '

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ll' l'L. Il I I', l"'l e E SH
l it, rol; " p,l\ r r~ it u"e a,lren.dy had ODE e I ..
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old
j/l i l i d lllg,:; r.;;r mod r l n re C]U1rement6. in l.he
\,.' ; ... , ,·f l\ '~ d (~ IIIt: !'-'l· h tJoO I
Some ye~rs ago

It \\ \'" ot. ;"u"L,t·> d th nt Jt would on JY
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p r, "', "
l' " ' ; 'Id ~

up

:reoeived

to

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the

000 h as beeu already -ex-

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pro p o~(l ro.: .

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Th ere

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L'n\~ E' ,IL' E\ C ES

OF DELAY,
I :il' I ,~ h .J tl(dh c l' \ f' T', SC ri O U S e)-ement
In dh' ~lt · l,d, ll il .
.A \'~rj. 1011 g time must
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~ ch L'n le ean be put
I " 1~ 'orc ,\. ne "
: Jtt... , 0 p L' I .I ,I? II - C'I..' J' t :\ lIJly ruOllt.il S, posSJbly
n \ {', tr o r t \\ 0
\\'11t le thI S state o f un('l' J" Illlb ~ xlsl~, t wo Ihlll g S' n re h E\ ppeni~lg.
I II Ih(l filt" t jPl<\Ce the s...:h tJo b fire
b ClIl g
'!,'p i I ' cd of bow who wo uld (lth er" ise be
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t111d pJ:I ('\.1

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li c ll(lrl ck- Schoo l

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(!( ) \('\ til

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;os mg

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whi ch itJ !\ loss to
' C\ e r al hun d r e d p o w..nds

t ' l{' rat C' l1 l\ \·{\ r;o.; ( If
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not rcco«th 101' - 1 111 }\l c t c h c d buddmgs, and
1' \ th e IlH,l '''1 11e Lh-e tU"1I IS losing
thB
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I ll d rX p .lIl", 'tl n I S I Tl l p ()o:,os lh le at the

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Go v~ rnm ent

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r (' I ~(lr I Ui pi (1\ Ide a bette r cducn.tlo~a.l
I n,d d ~r fIJI d l l..' Doo r b oys thun dofle Sl one • .
No o PJ}(Jl tu nlfy I l.lg ) e-t b een afforde d Ito
fk C '.'. h· ii l.l" r U:.! ,H.illlg S-c1l001, W ith I-t 9 new:

b ,'du ll' S' \VI " be a , UCC. S8. W,(], ,, lIew
v lu c"!'"" , Bil l in p r oSllCct J\ scho ol like
R end lll g ~ C 11 0.,1 "QuId b eco me l\. school
for n. la.rg-c h rca.l nlld Illlgltt r eceIve a big
61dn'0n t 'on
A n ew Kt'll(Jn ck Schoo1 can
nl~\ (; 1 b cc n H) C a se r ,o u s

oust
p~re n lB send
m uch for the
, sej( la l a Lll lq.-lp h (' r .e a s a n ytltlllg e lse. There
I U l i' tIl (, !-\C' ho r,Js f()r girls 10 R eadJllA', why.
1 L1 1I' r , f,, 1 (, ,. lt ou J(1 t. h c l'e no t b e two schools

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t h'Jlf IJl ljP tb

rn' a ! to o r

beel\ use

l::c1i ()ols as

I,dlhl! \\J! l a ppenl to

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those who

called upon to vote,

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we ha.ve

&nd
shown.

t h ,,1 t il e on eL, cboo'ers have signally fBiled
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Fyn, h\( ]t'ACTORY SlTE

T h e Co.n/Jcr aLi ve Who]... "I. Socie ty
t h eir q UEl rt.etlY r,e port

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say:-

'. III lOI Il'i$ u c nce of our increasing trade

at .Il ,dd lc lo ,

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have, for "",,!e time past,
the 'erectIon of 8.n ad.
pr'1sc r"f worb.
Arter careful
con",d e ra~lO r we de cided upon Readmg 8\1
he m S" th e '!j<J6t Isui t nble place, and hav ..
purchase.1 a plot of f reehold land, con.
tamIng n.n l 4r ea lof a b o ut &even acree, sit.
uate. a t COll Y' Reading. fo r th e sum at
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n Iidlng ope rabon. have beeD
commcllc«I, and every ,effort will be lID,..]!
to ~ ompI<t'te the work as spee(hly &8 poe ....
81ble
We shall he fav ou(ably IIltuatecl
tbe re<>e! Vlll g and despatehinll
' havmg th e rrulway on (lne SIde,
I ahle .,dmg ~ccommodatlon, &nd
on anothe r ,de.
Wje ""k your aF'pro"".'",
bee n eCllltc lII l a.tillg

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The suppl,es for, the he.Jf·year
dle~91l DUWU'lW<i to £23li,~.
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It's the da.te..

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From a small boy's letter to his chum'_
"You know Bob Jones's neck '1 Well. hI;
fcll in tbe ' l'ixer up £0 it "_4. Everybody'"
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Miss Caustic: Your friend, Smythc, brags
that he is a sell·made man. You nover heat
0. solf-made woman bon.stin.'Z" about it.

Mr. Critio: , No.

thmk it's n&turo.1.

Thoy li'e everyone to

"I've j\lst retufued from abroad. you
k.now How is your poor father -:
"We lost him,"
"Dearl dear I "
" Yes, ' the nurse married him."
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Celt : U Hore, ladJie, ye'vo gied me the
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L ...tly, ho admim that thf council Should wrllng change"
Booking
clerk: "Rubbish, man, you artt
rate~avC Uf, and we nre informed that
n ot provide a ol.,... oal cdu~h<>n oul of tho much too intoxiclltcd
to count It. I I
the re is no question tha.t the ~mount of
ra"'s. Th" i. moot import~nt. He should
Celt: II Aye, but lt has na,' the hu1k."
£200 , "hich mtlct be auaranteed before a
be
tho
last
to
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ouch.
statement,
seeing
that BOrne d..,.,cal t rainingl> i. nece,.ary in
poll WIll take pi"""" WIll he fo rthoommg,
II Tho spllrro1vs .SE'cm to be getttng a.t thesl
e.nd thJ\t t he poll w,ll he held in duo
hLS Qwn .and ,II otller prO[oos;olls.
What
pea.!!, John
Couldnlt you Hut up some kind
course .
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can
b e his obj
eotion
still hold of
tho narrow
<>pin
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all he profc.siolll>
8C&recrow f ..
In th os ~ CJrc ums tnl1c cs it is ne..c.e&Bary
.hm1ld bo 010800 to '.11 0"f"!'t th"". wbo
"Scarecww wouldn' t be no use, Miss.
th a t the burgesecs should have the full est up th e d~ficit tO I SELY, £4,000.
a reduction ill numbels or status of teach~ oo.n afford to send tl\P.J.r s~ms t o a rehool \Vhy if you was to stand there yerself all
informatlOl1 011 the subje ct . and the re 18
The .cheme aloo allowe for the school to 1ing stall's.
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&""y from RoadW1g ? 1£ 001, what rloes he day, i doubt if ye'd keep 1 0m oft. "-"London
110 doubt that they WIll d erive much .S.l~· he qUIte Full, but every()lle anticipates that
Redudlon of .t.1f
meanS
propOBe to p.ut in 01""", of tBding Scha<>l ? Oninion."
o.noo fr{)m Ule proceedmgs at the puhllC tl,ere will be & leakage both of the boys efficienc .
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Is it hi. object to leave thIS unJl(lrtant work
meeting to be held Il ater.
It may he of of Read ing and Kendrick l'Iehools, and iliat
"Such funny things do h.ppen in omni·
If saving there must be, part of it, at 10 nflv.ate ente!rllriso?
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got moo one the
inte rest mea.nwlule tb sct out lISome of the bhe fees ot, say, £9 and £12 would he pro- least should be in
connection witb
With "efercnce l tG Mr.
ry] ..nd', st.te. buses" said :Margot.
aa!ient 0.1gumc n ts ort both t:n doo.
In our hibitive to many parents who send their seco~dary educa.ti.on.
ment about' tho .Oo..bbft-o of t~E) 'head mastors l other' evenmg which _was going to the ZOOj
to K d · k S b 1 If th I ,,-and
the
moment
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saw
the
pasBenters,
"~n.dlng Talk I f column we have printed b
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00 ...... 1 """,ept hIS oxola9atlOll,
tOQkt
en flC ' C 00.
e e''''..."e
The two·sc h00 I scIiewe
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it from
the r.-port of hi. BPl"'ch, .nd1 mu
reali8ed 'tha.t With propriety it could not _SCi
out SOUle of t.he strong argume nts in isoys
on ly 50 from the .ugge~tcd 300 from crease second8ry expenditure at the ex· pot tho blame ' on the rep or tor.
I thHlk anywhore 011\0. There WI\! an old Jady ,. like
favour of the two·school polIcy, and we ReadlDg a further 106s of £500 would have pense..Qf the work ers' children
I"; I have show," thij if Mr Dryland had taken A. pa1'rot, Wlth green and yellow fenthers III
content our solvcs he[c with summarising
he faced,
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Reading School h&s been a ~omplete the bro ,ble to vo"ify hi. stalfments and fig her bonnet, IUld a. m&l'mose,t dressed ae •
wh ut the chief protagonists on both s,d es to The
re is the further cost of adapting the failure , financi .. lly and educatt'lnally- ur ... he ,would oot have mWo 80 ' many olergyman, ,a nd jUI!~ as VI' C .were statimg "
o.re s aytn~
huildin!ls at Reading School. wlj,eh may finanCially b ecau... educatinnally.
mi.takeB.
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hippopotamus, WCl\rlnll' a tall coat l and top
cost anything from £10.000 t.a £]5 ,000,
Its advocates pl~ad &ui!iy to .. extravR~
Hi.~l cloein'Z" wo ~ds ~t thc la T~ oounctl moet. hilt. olambered in ."-II The Hnt Shop."
FOR ONE SCHOOL.
and involve an annual charge of £400 or ganoe, and concede t h e neej for retr-eIlCh~ in'S": "If Mr. ~ull ~ rcS?lutiion IS ~r?cd,
Reading School WI\B tlJi.s ye ar costing £500
me nt.
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h , propo:OO. to g,ve nOtlOe 101. motIOn for
Seeking 8. maintena.nce order against 119't
£~ 844 from the ra!.ea, equal to a rate of
W e , there fore , get a. £gure of approacl-....
Again, retr.cnchm-ent is possible only by ca.ch .of Ole next twelvfl t;n Cct m~ .0£ th o husband a woman Siud at Totteuham tha.t
2!d, in {hc £ , lind nothmg was hemg paid in/! £5,000 & year lIB the COlli of e. one reduotion of stall'.
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cOI1l"\OII, and to go on hll hIS rOBOlutlOn Was ,he had' boon obligod to leave hll:n, .s hi
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(lJl the £18,000 due !,rom the old truste es, sch ool out of ilie rateB, and tho.t at 0. very
The expenditure per boy for 'staff i8i carried; , 80 Ith elV wohu ld Wh8S~h. loodT~enl had not spoken to her for live weeks,
On e schoo l woulil cost le8s in admlllistra- mlKlera
Tho m:u{jstrate: I know of no law to mak,
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te compu t a t'IOn.
~ntelKIlIlg ""-h
' 1 th n. n a.t any of
tIme~dl
' cb~
carvery
y 8 u--.eful
OW8
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an.
eao
greater
8.t
'"1':' 00
wOt:rda
in the forthoom.
tion thall two.
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The lose of the grant to the KendrIck ""hool in th .. couo\ry With ,100 ""hoi ..... , and ' in poll
lIo docs not carc ~nythlllg aboul him apeak to you.
"J propared his meal. and put them b';!
If tho Kendri ck ~choo l were r e bUilt It School whil e the new scheme 18 helllg pre· haa f8i1ed to appeal to p.!\rents,
~cati';n, ,nd hi. only ohil"'t is , to rum fore
him. b4t he didn't say • Tha.nk you,l'
would prov-e a. se rl o~e competitor to Iten.d- prued ano the loSIJ of leeR owing to boys
lIs reduction of staff hkely to a.ppeal to both sohooLq.
Everyono k~OW6 tHf1.t BOY aa.td the
,""omR.D.
lng School, whlch would become ,,-wh,te being WIthdrawn dUfln~ ~he mterMgnum them 1
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B-hool in a ot!l.io of Il.noort.i'1t~ mu~t sulfe...
Tho
magistrate: I know of no law wbicil
e!cphJ\ut,
hayo not heen taken mtO llcoount.
Educationally, amalgamatIOn I means &11 'fhi. is of no conroquonco &0 Jonll ... ho BOoys he must say H Thank you II yo~ clln~
An arrange ment might be oome to with
And tb'e j. what the one·schoolers CAli that an Improved Kendnck cou ld do and ca.n have his way ,
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n ot have a summons.
th e Berkshiro COUl,ty CounCIl to send economy, and for which they wou:d wreck all that Rea;dinll School ~ims at doing.
I only hope thRt those who advooato tbe
boys to t he schQol, which would then to two good schools !
~P&l'a.tion means an unnecessary e~· two a-ohoo ~ wl11
mf~1Jl tho
to in the ovening a guost at Il. dmnot
c OJl tro lle<L by a joint board.
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pendlture of Borne thousa nds Qf ppunds. and -£loot.orB w.ha,t 1ft
obta cd pernllsa.ion, to propose what hi? d('~.
Tho pres ent Kendnck boy~ w()ul~ be ad·
f
Re8.d.in~ School buildingll,. whIte elephant
You,," '.17 :;:: ;:'-;'.;,,_
oribe
'" moro Important toast tha.n Ho •
m lt Le d to H e ll.di llS School w lt-hout Increase
a Jol1ygo ,," . ' , . .
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of fee.
R.
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effici.
A He r some prclimmancs he 8&1:
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y comh m lllg th e t wo schools there
ency ..nd no e lementary deterlOrat,on.
'io •• t 1 am .bout to propo,e i. a toast th.,
ould be Jll ore scholars, thus re<luc ing the
Alderman H. C, Dl yland, the leader 01
TW(l ""h(loT8 .tand fol' just the (lpposite.
many of you may have heard before, (Hearl
t per HOlld
the one .ehoolers, hAA furnillhed U8 With
hear,)
How do you know you hove he~ra
--~-----r.~'--~e f!chool 011 f omprehenslve
li~ ea the foll oWIng" Pain'" for Elector<!" from
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tho toast bofore you have heard wh.t It
S,lly- very, very .,1Iy,
~ould pr{) v ld e a(l equlltcl y for the I\CqUlre· !.he point (If v'ew bf the supporters of one ADVANTAGE OF TWO SCHOOLS'
"Tho toast I am about to propose is
merits or R e ading b018.
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schoo: -I
Absent Friend" and I wish to cu·cu·oounle
The ave ruge of tho sal~r1es at Readmg
i
it
with tho no";. of the Wine Waiter,
He
To tlle Editor of the" Chronicle."
School was £22 2s, per head. whICh was
hasn 't beon noar thIS table for twenty
greater than tn many Qthor U:n,-ne.
inclurllllg about 11 boarders, ,
Sir,-In response to Y(lur req,j,est I g.ive
mInutes, " - Gla~gow Herald.
The ",.t of runlllnll, the school i. £32 Bs. Y<>Uo shortly my Vlewe on the queotlOn
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FOR TWO SCHOOLS.
boy per annum, e xclUSive of capital which I~ to be, referred to the. Iio[~ of tbe'
'" Just (\ crust of bread," sQ.ld the tramp.
cho.rgcl'l , "" hLCh a.mount Ito about £10 per burgesses, V1Z. : Whether ReadlD1S is to con.
T~e hou60'!l£e said she wo~ld give him som&-The CO~'CI IJ afte r mat ure d e libcraLion boy pe r annum, or n total {)f about £42 tin ue to ~P086eS8 a l1lgh.grAde BS well 88 a
ttling prOVIded he was wllhng to earn ths
and "mple "'(lrmation some fcw years per boy.
second.grade school for boys, .6I r whether
meal by cleanmg out the RuUer.
"go, declue d ,n favour of the two·echool
The average oost of runnipg the second· these two BCh~0:8 shall. be mergf ainto 000
The tramp a~roed, and when he had eaten
policy,
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. h-" ary 6choolti for boys on the grant liet of ,he scbool. Appare ntly the chief Ire1l1ion ,for
his way through several sandwlches tho house()u the presell t DCe"Slon tho counCI l "" Boa~d of EducatIOn i~ .abo",t £20 per boy, the proposed 8malgruna\ion is. ~hat there
wIre C&mo out with 0. hoe. '
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had no r ehable figuTeB b e fore them
p e r Annum, as against £32 8s. in Reading. wIll be Avin 8 ! of e.J.Wn se , Ib ut If the
u 'You neeL1n't ho.ve gone to that trouble.
It wou ld coot as muen to run on e .cn:w l
The chairman of the Readinll School preseot:high.grade cur,ioulum 8t the Rsajlml\dam" 8fLid the \\i CAry one, U I ~ver use
liS two, 0" ing to U,e e xpenses of udaptml{ s"ction of the Higher Education Sub· inll School 'is to be maintained. and also
a hoe i~ clea.ning out a gutter."
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th e bmldillf(6 at l¥u.diog School, on wtuch Committee admitd tha.t the coet of Reading the 8CBOO] to be run aB a. . ~coDcl~~rade
f' Never use a. hoe!" Bald t ho wo,man With
a 'wondermg oxpros!5ion. U What do you usea
£22 ,000 has hee n al r~udy .epent.
Sc»ool is extrav&g&nt, b.ut this admi .. ion .cIlool, & dusJ ",tall' of teachers ,..11 h&ve to
H.·m
h>t.w _n I then, a shovel ~ "
Arter just ~ece ntly spending £22 ,000 tn was not made, and n(l lIuggestion of reduc- be eng"l!ed. which will add to tM expen~,
"No, mlldo.m." replied the. etrn.ngor, startR.>ading Schoo l the \><luucil had nol ~"en
the eIpelld,tur e was broullht forward. 60- no s&ving will he effected 10 the staff.'
in~ for the back gate, "I
lust pr80y for
the SChool a chance to see If .t waul" be·
a resol\1tion for combining the Read· ' The two , schools are of different ,
raln."
COIn~ plDsp~rou.s.
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and Kendrick Schools had been Car- for whereRB Reading SphoqJ .p''Opa"""
A ochool of the type of Reanmg "'::.hool
by a ComlDlttce of the Wllqle C<>un· for the universlty and the prof." _,,iolns,
llIu~L necessarily induce w.eE·to·do people Oll,
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remaining till they a.re '
or
to come to the town.
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By oom'bming tlie ~wo school'Mr. W. C, &~, thjl Ken<\rick. School !s ,<I"s.i.!!nE~
It Wilt! , the duty of tbll Mrporation to Fleteher (chief inepeotor of eecond1try eilucate boys for com~rCJ.l
provlpe for nil grad cs of educatIOn, 8() I."at eclJools) oons,ders -that & hYing of £1,006 leaving age is about 16:
ratepaye rs (ll Rt'nding should not
e. y<lar, or !lDol'e than a ,ld. ra.te, will be p&yable ,at lhe Reading Scboo~'i aI"
forced to eend thelf boys out of, .tIA!,aalD~I ;1 ell'C<!ted.
sarily higher tban th08e
. FOR SUSTENTATION FUND,
to he educated.
The c<>mbmahon of the two schoole ,,!ilI School; i~ i", prop"""d
~I! the schools we.... amalgamated tb. • ..., the cost or 'bUllding the new Kendrick to a point midw&y
, the r...wt in my..opinion;
fees wonla he increa..,d so tb&t tbe p."nts Boy~' School.
At the presonl time \lays from 'the cou'!ly I tbe P&fel.lt. of eilher set
who would have seqt th.. ir boys to tl e
Kendrick SchooJ' wi!! be uu&bl. to do '0, edocated at the : Reading anol Kenilil<lk
Coi.seq'uently ~ l~lIer
11 the r~l.,payel'8 MClded on a one-6chool Schools are being educated lOt the eXPl'nse "t the Readins; 8c:hool
and f.milie. w~ich baTe.
policy a protracted d elay would take ple.ee, of the Readiull ratep&yers.
and me.a.nwltile the K e ndrick School
. If the tv.; 0 ... . B,Chools ' ~£.9: combined tbe fOT t.he purpose Qf ,having
sullering and receivhjg no grant.
ooonty authoflt,ell have mtlmated that they ted- here will 'remove trom ''''"11.<0'11,.:.''''
When Ihe counell 1",cwoscd the
will) if given representat¥,n on th(l board 1088 of ,\radeslllA!n
other~,
& rew yee.r. ago it M' ns
of managers of the combined .""hool, be the
ti,."; would be e. los, to the rates from ,& dispoaed to contribute tIM! costs of " malU'
on~'8opool ('of OTer £9,000 -. vear. even If \en an co 60 far a.s th.e c.unty boys are con.
the\ecJtool had 400 !loYS at feee of £9 to cern<!<l.
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£16oor ,ear aud only £8,000 was spent on
Every iIoYL from (lutslde the horoullh
slterhiol)s.
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educated at Heading' School C06t. the &adThe oost of seoond"ry ooucation mUBI be inll ratlep8yers about £1111& 1Jlar,
conSIde red In con] unction witli the <)o.t "f
If the two school. ~ Dot combined
elementary educatio~, in Readmg,
eitber Kendrick School will oootill'Ue to.be
Reading' &hool h"id a gloriou~ history, .""rved, a! more .mone:y: l"Jll have to . be
and Its tradItions were a great aoset. to th~ spent on It 1<> brmg It up-to-date and m school.
prove it.
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A school of the ~e drick type was abIt :1& )l()t fair t~ i starve tho X:-endrJck
. olule ly neoe .. ary for ~ilding, ~t w~
whHe if i~ is improved It Will,
always fuJI, .nd coul~ hoaij.f.""<If " eplend,d
to i1s l lower l
become a , mueh
lI.t
.ucce•• es.
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lJ,oon
' with Ree.dinl!
A strollg Kendrick; ScbQol could ,
- that &n~~~M
hl<e the placo of Reading Schoo~, ~ecau8e
01 ~he parents' deaW for ilia ~olal. I&tm:":'"
phcrQ of a pubhc
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It was true that R~ admg Soh~1 was . ~~·
-penSive but a (lammittee would -tie appoln -:
ted to 'i mmcdiately in v... tigate· Arid 'rep9fl
upon its OrgBnieati01 and cos~, . _ ~"
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of

would con tin"" in the future) is, DOt £500
Circ~m8tan~ outaide tlJ<>.control of the
but £1,?,,9. · This inoreaaes the amount to authority will redu ce income anI! increuse
expenditure in certam dU'ectIOD'I'
be provlMd out of the rates to £3,224.
Th e~ ' 1't ''" propose d th a t th e ' presen t
8~ving
must, there fore, 1.""_ e ITec t e d'm
KendMck
boys should not pay £9 and £12 otber
direction..
as in tbo 1905 scheme, but their prese1Jt ' It must be l'n connection with e lement.
fee of £6 6s, That would mean II. flllther ery education every time.
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lo ss to the rat..,s of £750 to £800, bringing
Considerable savin g ,. poSSIble only hy

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READING RAPT1STS'
;EFFORT.

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r e a so ns w il Y the
t lJ-e be tter and cheap.
1 (: 1" fH I' 1-k·nr.1l l1 g
A JlIg h ci a:)B school of
I lt~, e lltlr,ll t il " ur Re:..;111Ig Sochool must at~
tr df I r l "ld clI ts a nd cOJl 6Hie rabic rate payerS
1'0 t l,'I..: 1o\' II,
If th ere lei 0 1lJ) one school
III BrI\ p l rf'lIts \\d J be unable La Bend ·th eir
\ M dl ", t o d ll' 1\ (' l ld l1 c k Schoo ls, i! not ns t'e4
: g l lr(i:-, the
liI, \ s al press.!n t III the s chool,
Ul(; t"C \\ h o Ilr~ nho rtly rcacl~ lllg school. a~-e.
t \ HI

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course, ·indeed they a.re olan1(~uring for reductIOn,

wore corroot

imp-ovoment has
ment fQr Tetn.ini~_
great pity that · Mr.
the troublo to vGrify
reliable authoritv" instead
what WM · poooi\>ly .. casual
The third case must '00
admits that 'tbo autboritiee
tain number , of ),oy.,; and
his argwnent. H e .ta
from outsi<i<l are I now
8.obool. ' Apparently he
obj ect. to
this, yet he B'!,gg«lts tbat I)e W'Ould ' nil up
v.a.::encies from IO.:N.Il.iy <to.uncil schoIIl.r'B.
up tbe
vaoonc!lel
that
'molhod
now oot
Hefillmnm
know
porft;.o Iyby we
ll that
the
oounty authorit;"" have m de amPle pro.
vlsioo for rocondary
and Ido nol
requ>re the U$ of Rcadin Bc~ool. ' What
lIu.arantoe h •• he tllDI suo would bo tho

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Itni "o I n 1,LIl- t ll .. t. l h.e <.:( ilo JI mu s t I H" ceJ3 81\1"~
1\\ f' 1I1T< r- p r.)lJ.lh h
~t! If'Wl; l ) -b y
reRs on
(If l h p d ouht . . a nd fu U'o; as 10 It~ ruture,"
Th (· r ....;' lli' 111 \\ (:lglt I O':;: u p t.h e prOd .and
('IllS I,f t I lt! -l.:. l'''{' , t ho r nt..c pl\ \,f' TA RIlO1l1d
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Mr . • Gossip! That romantic Miss Passe
says thera is a secret connected with her

fi.gurea

r,,~:ienr~ ~C£i'u~l ;!t: !~~l~~~~:~n~o~~~

\,IC\.. of the 6 ltuafr om n Te-

q u lI tallUll

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Ru.bso n , n 0 1le" Iote - " It il,e vl t,llbl y
I I '\~ K €ndric k S c h ools that
fl i t ' .... q
11 1',C' I'll l h ll ('el l {'~1 III Uf't be f Ul t her
.lI lt l <.. , rr o, bl\ dt·h \c d fll'\t 1h{' h ny:-\ m ust
T id , d, li p' 111 lh·' d :"gr llc d ul old btlJ l<1ings
!}l1d U;.tlflq l O' il i Jl n G O\<l;" r lllfl t.' lIt g r a nt, un~
l id If 1,\"'H ... J\.,(,. ,I t n ' ~(:l. c me IIH~ rnn its
u·1It :t r ilC' l C'

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Trainer: I do my best to keep "On the out;.
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! 11(' h>ndrick G ills' Scl100 J
is
HI""", h , llll! f.: ' · \ oC l·C' l y h 111Ck r f' (1 111 I t ~ work
th
ht.:1lJg l l l l l\ l " WI H' c1 to rl'm a l n I n th e pre~
"t II:
11I1<;l l'inhl e IHt dd lllg!-!
Th lB
is
a.
pnl 'd \\ hH'/) ' ,..,I1,-," l<l be t horo ll g hl y w e ighed
JI thf' ''ld ( ]i1\ 'I ~
The 600n er tho n e w
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on ~e good .ide of the animals f .

£6,240 " the edncational adv&Iltages
by
- - - l exieteJl!/" of such a school.
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_,This' seems to me by far t])e ~t course,
£ but there may be insurmoifntahl~ practical
Salaries
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4,090 opjections. '
Stationery, 8ppe.ratuB, & laboratory
400
--------Grounds and buildings, mcJuding
rat.,. ete. ,
1,150
MR.
RAnSON'S
VIEW.
Other expenseo
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Interest and sinking fund
100
,M r. J. RabBon gives his view , lIB fol·
bUlIdinB8 (coeting ,ahout on new
£8,000) ., 500 lows:f.
There is & preval ent feeling t~at this i.
£6.240 a middle·cl&ss dispute that does, not mat·
- - . ~ much to the workers. That ,i s a mis·
~ stnrt, therefore, with a )OS9 0. r £2,075" ~-ke' <Le ,'nte-to of the workerJ' ; childr en
w.
Wl
.~ up ;n the problem. .
on the rates on tbie ve.ry moderate scheme. are
~ita11y
bound
Reading) educat\(ln rate js one of the
' But, there are now other elemento in the
sltuatl(ln.
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highest iii the Country.
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The al{lount whwh , haa to be prov'd~ ' The ratepayenl and the roc~l authOrIty
out of the rates on ReadlDg SCh.... 1 ID w~uld deeply reeent a Jurthet '! increase;

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as ce.rerul to leAve best sellers unroad ",a
others are in halte to read them.

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~ \I)~:J I It It \\ Could he fnr c h e aper In
lil , ~ndlc; 11\1j' d a. new Ke ndrIck lSchool
f.1" hlH ," l. l' d g ol 'l ~, es p ec Ially 88 ~]je bor9
:\1 1,1 .:. I I .. <'"I ul<1 \l ~ e BO nIc d cpnrt ments
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the. pr?poeal

ever Ihe ma tter hM been refe rred to

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pI ... \,d at
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tory an'd bearings of the question,

a ('('(J lll rnodatioD IS .und~
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! f lI'd~ I"i'lt n t 1 16 d eci ded on .. Jt wtll
h, "h(', ,( nn d .c U -(, hdms School Slte, IUld
111 \, ,II btl \ I~ \ ior th-e Hl.t epa.yer6 to gauge
f', '11l p .~t ~I,\ih' rJf' lI c{' " hat they ha ve
:.dl " · td t,f j ll{l lll If t it t.' \ agree to the ! pro.
')" ", II h I 1'1 j)1 .. d~" 1 R",,"n Lllll g School fQr I So
~t )1" J "r !'u \ tilt) t<) 150 bo ,.s as is 6uggestC'd
'11, .. ';) ~ 1)0111[. 0n w hI c h th ey should
111 ... 1-.( " , \ n 1'': ; \ 11 R ' cry d efin it.e lnformat ' oll f! p ill Lh~ one·c:(' hooler s b efore the y
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that 1\ Jl(llJ should be taken on thiS difficult
problem. Me.ny of them argu e that It I"
e matter not for the burgesses but for the
council who a.re acquamtO<l wit.h t.he hie ·

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iu the Hig,l!lands wao "to .eo wha~ it. was th.
Sco~ we~e 80 fond of."

Olle of
most iliJI roy }opiO'! whi9h thef
INCOME.
£
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ratepayers Ihave been called upon to eettle 180 ,....,hola... und
~t £9 . e~ch
solution' ,
fOl many yoars IS th t which c<>ncern'A the 120 schplltrs over
1It £12 elLCh, • 1,620 that
1,440 Kend!'l~. ~'""U" ".."t._
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pro bl em in Reading- 50atscholars
£3 12&from
ext. outside Reading
IDen wno may
180 theit .<lhildren .&
whether ~ading alld Kendrick SchoolB 50 boo .ch~lar.
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I nil but develop Re8rung
.hall b~ comhin ed, or tbe two schoo ls he Gr&nte.., . , . . , .
, 600 j lin.... of those great day
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RentAl
of
Masters'
H'ousea
carried Oil Aep.r~tely \l6 heretofore,
Endowments
SOO Paul's ' in London or
25 there b1 attneting to the
1t Villi be reme mbdred that at_ the I""t Borough R~tea
076
2,
1 bE.r 0 most deaire.ble
mooting of the Rcadlhg Town Col1oCll Dr.

hy the r nt c (J8.yere ehou .d be
1I 1/o!, 'd t() b<>J 011 t h eir g ua rd Rgal11 st . ~ing
11 ' 1,1(.«1 tn "1)1..'..:' O il S nrgl.1rn enUi.
It 8 v- ry
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h. t'"d l l'k S chuuls J or of continuing ' bo~
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