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lished a “ visitation ’’ of the school, which is vtilE
W antage hall of residence for men students -was
maintained. I t was reconstructed under the Reading
opened at the beginning of the A utum n, term , 1908,
School Act, 1867, as a first grade classical & modern»
& was the g ift of Lady W antage, one of the viceschool. The foundation stone of the present buildings,
presidents of the College. The building is quad­
occupying a plot of ground in Redlands, 13 acres iit
rangular in form. On the south side is a gateway
extent & about a m ile south-west of the town, wav
tower w ith an oriel window. On the north side of
laid by His late M ajesty K in g Edward V II. then
the quadrangle are th e common rooms, & above them
Prince of Wales, on July 1st, 1870, & they were
the dining hall, w ith oak floor & panelling & *oak open
form ally opened by the late Lord H atherley, then
roof. The students’ rooms are arranged in sets 011
Lord Chancellor, Sept. n th , .1871; they comprise a
the east & west sides. Every student has his own
private study bedroom, & rooms are also provided for 1 large central hall, 14 class rooms, head m aster’s house,»
with accommodation for two resident m asters, a
the warden & for other resident members of the staff.
matron & 50 boys & 13 m asters’ houses, holding about
The south.-east corner of the quadrangle is occupied
200 boarders, a school chapel to hold 300 boys, also a
by the principal's lodge. The hall provides for 76
gym nasium , chem ical & physical laboratories, carpen ­
students; S. B. W ard B.A. warden. St. Patrick’s
ters’ shop, arm oury, large tepid swimming bath & a
hostel provides for 18 men students, each of whom
large detached Sanatorium , erected in 1879; adjoining
has a separate bedroom or study-bedroom ; R. L.
are a cricket ground with pavilion & fives courts.
Pearson, warden. St. Andrew’s hall & St. George’s
There is a classical side for those boys who are pre­
hostel will hold about n o women students, who each
have a cubicle or a single bedroom or study-bedroom.
paring directly for the un iversities; & a modern side
St. Andrew’s hall, Miss M. Bolam M.A. warden; St.
The school year is divided into three terms w ith threeGeorge’s hostel, Miss J. Orinerod, warden.
The
vacations, which are Spring, Sum m er & Christm as.
session consists cf three term s— A utum n, Len t &
Cardinal W olsey is said, on the authority of A rch­
Sum m er— of 10 weeks each. V isitor, The Dean of
bishop Parker, to have been a short tim e m aster of
the school, & among the eminent persons educated
C hrist Church, O xford; President, J. H erbert Benyon
M .A., J.P. (lord lieutenant of Berksh ire); Principal,
hore m ay be n am ed : Sir Thomas W hite kt. lord
W illiam M. Childs M.A. Keble College, Oxford;
mayor & founder of St. John’s College, Oxford, d.
Dean of the F aculty of L etters, Professor W. G. de
1566; W illiam Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury,
Burgh M.A. ; Dean of the F aculty of Science,
beheaded 10th Jan. 1645 ; Sir Constantine Phipps kt.
Professor Frederick Iveeble M .A., Sc.D. ; Director of
Lord Chancellor of Ireland, d. 1723; Henry, 1st
the Departm ent of A griculture & H orticulture, R. V.
Viscount Sidmouth, Prim e Minister in 1801, d. 15th
O. Hart-Synnot D .S .O ., B.Sc. ; Director of the De­
Feb. 1844; Sir T. N. Talfourd kt. Justice of the
partm ent of Fine Arts, Allen W. Seaby, Associate of
Common Pleas, d. 1858; John Blagrave, the m athe­
U niversity College, Reading, Associate of the Inter­
m atician, d. 9th Aug. 16 11; James Merrick, trans­
national Society of Sculptors, Painters & G ra v ers;
lator of the Psalm s, d. 5th Jan. 1769; Rev. Charles
Director of the Departm ent of Music, H. P. Allen
Coats, author of “ A History of Reading,” pub
M.A., D .M u s.; D irector of the Department of Com­
1802-9; Thomas Turner, Dean of Canterbury, d. 8th
m erce & Technical Subjects, Professor H. N. Dickson
Oct. 1672; W illiam Shipley, dean of St. A saph ;
M .A., D.Sc.
A sum of £200,000, subscribed as
Francis Annesley, first m aster of Downing College,
follow s: Rt. Hon. George W illiam Palm er, £100,000;
founded 22nd Sept. 1800; Robert V ansittart, pro­
Lady W antage, £50,000 & Alfred Palm er esq. £50,000,
fessor of Civil law at Oxford, d. 1789; Dr. Jeune, late
has this year (1911) been presented to the College on
Bishop of Peterborough, d. 1868; Dr. Jackson, late
the understanding th at the amount shall be invested
Bishop of London. & m any others. The celebrated
& that the College shall become an independent &
Richard Valpy D.D. was head m aster from 1781 to
chartered University within the next four years
1831. There are two “ W hite scholarships,” tenable
at St. John’s College, Oxford, each of £100 a year,
Staff.
for four years, on the foundation of Sir Thomas
Philosophy & Classics.— W. G. de Burgh M.A. ; W.
W hite ; six “ Appleton scholarships ” of £5 per annum
Haigh M.A
& the “ Spokes scholarship” is £10 per annum ; the
H istory & English L iterature.— W . M. Childs M .A. ;
“ Laud scholarships” & “ Council scholarships.’'
J. H. Sacret M.A. ; F. M. Stenton M .A .; Miss E. J.
Visitors, The President of St. John's College, Oxford
M orley; Miss M. Bolam
& the Warden of All Souls’ College, Oxford
French.— A. V. Salmon
Germ an.— F. B. Bourdillon B.A. ; W. Haigh M .A., B.Sc Head Master, Rev. William Charles Eppstein M.A. of
Corpus C hristi College, Cambridge & D.D. of St..
Education— H. S. Cooke M .A .; Miss Grace Owen B .S c .;
John’s College, Oxford
A.
W. P. Wolters M.A
Second
Master, Robert Newport M.A. late scholar, Jesuv
M athem atics & Physics.— W. G. Duffield B .A ., D.Sc. ;
College, O xford; master of the junior school, Herbert
R L. Pearson (Ph ysics); A. L. Bowley M.A. ; H.
Diemer
M .A .; assistant m asters, J. C . Thorpe M .A .,
Knapm an M.A. ; J. P. Clatw orthy B.Sc.(M athem atics)
F .I.C ., H. S. Crook B .A ., J. L. Sylo-Jones M .A., GG eography.— H. N. Dickson D .Sc
Belcher
B .A ., D. G. W illiam s B .A ., T. P. William.C hem istry.— J. K. H. Ingiis D .S c.; P. C. A ustin M.A
B.A . & P. P. P la tt; W. Boggis Mus.Doc. organist &
Botany.— B. J. Austin F .L .S . ; Frederick Keeble D .Sc.,
choir master & master of the junior school; Henry'
M.A
Dawson Baikas A .R.C.A. art m aster; H. Taylor,,
Zoology^fe Geology.— Frank J. Cole B.Sc. ; H. L . Haw­
shorthand & bookkeeping; Sergt.-M ajor Taylor R.E
kins M.Sc
instructor to the cadet co rp s;
Sergt. Bryne,
A griculture & H orticulture.— R. V. 0 . Hart-Synnot
gym
nastics, boxing & swimming
D .S .O ., B .S c .; F. G. Drew F.R .H .S
Fine A rt.— Director, Allen W. Seaby; Teachers, J. E. Secretary, H. T. Pugh, Education office, Blagrave street,
Reading
Drew ; H. B. Whiteside A .R .C .A .; Herbert J.Maryon ;
British Dairy Institute, London road.— Chairm an, W
Miss C. M. Wilson
A sh cro ft; Manager, Miles Benson
M usic.— Director, Dr. H. P. Allen M .A .; Teachers, W.
D. Boseley Mus.Bae , F .R .C.O . ; Miss Jessie Benson; Leighton Paik School, on the Shinfield road, established
1890, with the sanction of the London yearly m eeting
W alter Ford B .A .; Miss Ruth Freem an; E . Howard
of the Society of Friends, & under the management
Jones; G . Ledger L.R .A .M ., A .R .C .O .; J. S. Liddle
of
members of that body, is about 2 miles south of
Mus.Bac. ; A. W. Moss F .R .C .O ., L.R .A .M . ; B.
the Reading railway stations: it was originally a
Patterson Parker; Miss C. C. Russell L.R .A .M .,
square brick mansion, but has been adapted to school
A.R C .M .; P. R Scrivener F .R .C .O . & A. J. Slocombe
purposes & very extensive additions have been made»,
A .R .C .M ., L.R .A .M
so that it will now hold 60 stu d en ts: the school
Comm erce & Technical Subjects.— D irector, H. N.
stands within a park of 45 acres of park land & a
Dickson M.A-» D .S c.; Lecturers, H. T a ylo r; G. P. W.
sanatorium
for 12 patients has been built at some
Stedman A.M .I.M ech.E
distance from the school h ouse; there is also a fully
equipped gym nasium & swimming bath; C harlta
SCHOOLS.
Irwin Evans M.A. of St. John’s College, Oxford, head
Reading School, Erleigh road, was founded in i486, in
m aster
which yta r John 1 borne. Abbot of Reading, having
suppressed the Hospital of St. John, was directed by The Kendrick Schools were founded from certain chari­
ties left by John Kendrick in 1624, & by Mary
Henry VII. to assign its revenues to home charitable
Kendrick, consisting of a puriion of a freehold faim
institution, in pursuance of which command he estab­
at Tilehurst, two freehold cottages at Waltham 6C.
lished this school, one of his oilicers, William Dene,
Lawrence & a sum of £(>26 in Consols. Ih ese chari­
giving 200 m arks in aid of its foundation.
Queen
ties were diverted by the Endowed Schouls comElizabeth granted the school a charter in 1560 &, in
misioners to educational purposes & a Middle Class
the reign of Charles I. Archbishop Laud, a native of
school for boys erected in Queen’s road, a similar
Reading, left £20 a year to the head m aster A estab­