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READING.

B E R K S H IR E .

the vice-presidents of the College. The buildin g is
quadrangular in form . On th e south side is a gateway
tow er w ith an oriel window. On the n orth side of
the quadrangle are th e common room s, & above them
the dining hall, w ith oak floor & panelling & oak open
roof. The students' room s are arranged in sets on
the east & w est sides. E very student has his own
private stu d y bedroom, & rooms are also provided
for the warden & for other resident m em bers of
the staff. The south-east corner of th e quadrangle
is occupied by the p rin cipal’s lodge.
Th e hall
provides for 77 students.
St.
P a trick ’s H all,
a hall of residence for 65 m en studen ts, was
opened in 1913, in N orthcourt av en u e; R. L. Pearson,
warden. S t. Andrew's H all provides for 80 women
stu d en ts; Miss M. Bolam M .A . warden. W essex H all
was opened in Septem ber, 19x3, for wom en studen ts;
M iss M. F. Sharps B .A . warden. S t. G eorge’s hostel
is in Shinfield road, and provides for 39 women
stu d en ts: Miss J. O rm erod, warden. The session con­
sists of three term s— A utum n , L e n t & Sum m er— of
10 weeks each. V isito r, The Dean of C hrist Church,
O xfo rd ; President, J. H erbert Benyon M .A ., J.P . (lord
lieutenant of Berkshire).
P rincipal, W . M. C hilds M .A. K eble College, Oxford ;
R egistrar, Francis H. W r ig h t ; Dean of the F acu lty of
L etters, Professor W . G . de B u rg h M .A . ; Dean of the
F acu lty of Science, Professor W .G .D uffield B .A .,D .S c . ;
Dean of the F a c u lty of A g ric u ltu re & H orticulture, R.
V . O. H art-Synnot D .S .O ., B.-Sc. ; D irector of th e D e­
partm ent of F in e A rts, A llen W . Seaby, Associate of
U niversity C ollege, Reading, A ssociate of the In te r­
national Society of Sculp tors, Pain ters & G r a v e r s ;
Director of the D epartm en t of M usic, H. P. Allen
M .A ., D .M u s .; D irector of the D epartm ent of C om ­
m erce & Technical S ubjects, Professor H. N. Dickson
M .A ., D .Sc. Th e C ollege has an endowm ent of over
£250,000, of w hich £200,000 was presented in 1911 as
a U n iversity Endow m ent fund, Lady W an tage con tri­
b u tin g £50,000, th e late R t. Hon. G . W . P alm er &
M rs. P alm er £100,000, and M r. A lfred Palm er
£50,000, w ith a view of enabling the College, within
the next four years, to apply for a charter as an in ­
dependent U niversity.
Staff.
Philosophy.— W . G. de B u rg h M .A
L ectu rer.— S . B. W ard B.A
L ectu rer in Psychology.— A ..W . P. W olters M .A
C la ssics.— Professor P. N. Ure M .A
Lectu rer.— W . H aigh M .A ., B .S c
E n glish L iteratu re.— R. D ewar M .A . & J. E. V . Crofts
B .A ., B .L itt
E n glish Lan gu a g e.— M iss E d ith J. M orley & J. E . V.
C rofts B .A ., B .L itt
M odem H isto ry.— -F. M. Stanton M .A ., F .R .H ist.S o c. &
J. H. S acret M .A
French.— A m ed ie V . Salm on B. es L . & Rev. L. M. J.
C outurier M .A ., L . es L
■German.— K a rl C. Holl Ph.D . & W . H aigh M .A ., B .S c
Education (Prim ary D ivisio n ).— L ectu rer, H. S. Cooke
M .A. ; M iss Mary Bolam M .A. & A . W. P. W olters M .A
E ducation (Secondary D ivision).— M issL ucyA shcroft M.A
Econom ics.— L ectu rer, A. L . Bow ley D .S c., F .S .T
M ath em atics.— S. B. M cLaren M .A. Miss L u c y A sh ­
croft M .A ., J. P. C latw orthy B .S c. & H. K n a p m an M .A
-Physics.— W . D. DufDeld B .A ., D .S c., R. L. Pearson
A .M .I .E .E . & C. A . Sadler D .S c
C h em istry.— H. B assett D .S c., F .I .C ., J. W. Dodgson
B .Sc. & A . E . E verest M .Sc
B otany.— D.
J.
G w ynne-V aughan
M .A .,
F .R .S .E .,
M .R .I.A ., F .L .S . M abel M. C . R ayn er B .Sc. & R. C.
M cLean B .Sc
Zoology.— F rank J. Cole D .Sc. M iss P h ilippa C. E sdaile
M .Sc. & M iss N ellie B. Eales B .Sc. (curator of
M useum )
G eography.— *H. N . Dickson M .A ., D .Sc
G eology.— H. L . Hawkins M .Sc., F .G .S
H ygiene.— M . W. Colem an M .D .Lond., M .R .C .S .E n g .,
L .R .C .P .L o n d . (m edical officer of the C ollege)
A g ricu ltu re.— S. Pennington B .S c ., M .R .C .V .S . & J.
M ackintosh N .D .A ., N .D.D. (lecturer in Dairy F arm ine)
H orticu ltu re.— F. G. Drew F .R .H .S
A g ric u ltu ra l C h em istry.— S. J. M. A uld D .S c., F .I.C .,
J. G olding F .I.C ., J. A . M u rray B .Sc. & R. M. C arter
N .D .A . (a gricu ltu ral analyst)
A gricu ltu ra l B otany.— John Percival M .A ., F .L .S ., R.
Stenhouse W illiam s M .B ., C .M ., B .S c .E d in ., L .R .C .P .
& S .E d in ., D .P .H .C am b ., J. M. H ector B .Sc. & R. R.
Lew in B .S c
V eterinary H ygiene.— G. P. M ale M .R .O .V .S

[ k e l l y ’s

B ritish D airy I n stitu te .— A . Drewe B .D .F .A . assistant
m anager
Fine A rts .— Director, A llen W . S ea b y; Teachers, J. E.
D rew ; H. B. W h itesid e A .R .C .A . ; H erbert J.M aryon ;
M iss C. M. W ilson
M usic.— Director, Dr. H. P. A llen M .A . ; Teachers, Miss
Jessie Benson L .R .A .M ., E. 0 . D au gh ty M .A ., M us.B .,
F .R .C .O . W a lter Ford B .A . M iss R u th Freem an, E.
Howard-Jones, G. L e d g er L .R .A .M ., A .R .C .O ., J. S.
Liddle M us.B ac., A . W . Moss F .R .C .O ., L .R .A .M ., B
Patterson P arker F .R .A .M . M iss C. C. Russell
L .R .A .M ., A .R .C .M ., P. R. Scrivener F .R .C .O . Percy
V. Sharm an & A . J. Slocom be A .R .C .M ., L .R .A .M
Com m erce & Technical S u b jects.— Director, H. N.
Dickson M .A ., D .Sc. ; Lectu rers, H erbert T aylor, G.
P. W. Stedm an A .M .I.M ech .E ., W. W. H itchins
M .S .A ., P .A .S .I. M iss Isabel D. Patterson, M iss A da
S. B arrett & C. H. Eves
SCH O O LS.
Reading School, E rleig h road, was founded in i486, in
which year John Thorne, A bbot of Reading, having
suppressed the H ospital of S t. John, was directed byHenry V II. to assign its revenues to some charitable
in stitution , in pursuan ce of w hich com m and he estab ­
lished this school, one of his officers, W illiam Dene,
givin g 200 m arks in aid of its foundation.
Queen
E lizabeth granted the school a charter in 1560 & in
th e reign of Charles I. Archbishop L aud, a native of
R eading, le ft £20 a year to th e head m aster & estab­
lished a “ v isitatio n ” of the school, w hich is still
m aintained. It was reconstructed under th e Reading
School A ct, 1867, as a first grade classical & modern
school. The foundation stone of the p resent b uildings,
occupying a plot of ground in Redlands, 13 acres in
exten t & about a m ile south-w est of the town, was
laid by His late M ajesty K in g Edw ard V II. then
Prince of W ales, on Ju ly 1st, 1870, & th ey were
form ally opened b y th e la te Lord H ath erley, then
Lord C hancellor, Sept. n t h , 1871: the whole of the
buildings have been rem odelled, & in addition to the
usual class-room s there is a school chapel to hold 300
boys, also a gym n asiu m , chem ical & physical labora­
tories, m anual instruction shop, arm oury, large tepicl
sw im m ing bath & a large detached S a n a to riu m ; ad ­
join in g are a cricket gTound w ith pavilion & five courts.
There is a classical side for those boys who are p re­
parin g directly for the u n iv e rs itie s ; & a m odern side.
The school year is divided into three term s w ith three
vacations, which are Sp rin g, S u m m er & C h ristm as.
C ardinal W olsey is said, on th e au th ority of A rc h ­
bishop Parker, to have been a short tim e m aster of
the school, & am ong the em inent persons educated
here m ay be n a m ed : Sir Thom as W h ite k t. lord
m ayor & founder of St. John’s College, Oxford, d.
1566; W illiam Laud, A rchbishop of C anterbury,
beheaded 10th Jan. 1645 > S ir Constantine Phipps kt.
Lord C hancellor of Ireland, d. 1723; H enry, 1st
V iscoun t S idm outh, P rim e M inister in 1801, d. 15th
Feb. 1844; Sir T. N. Talfourd kt. J u stice of the
Com m on Pleas, d. 1858; John B lagrave, the m ath e­
m atician, d. 9th A u g. 16 11; Jam es M errick, tran s­
lator of the Psalm s, d. 5th Jan. 1769; Rev. Charles
C oats, au th or of “ A H isto ry of R eadin g,” pub.
1802-9; Thom as Turn er, Dean of C anterbury, d. 8th
Oct. 1672; W illiam Shipley, -dean of S t. A s a p h ;
Francis A nnesley, first m aster of Downing College,
founded 22nd Sept. 1800; R obert V a n sitta rt, pro­
fessor of C ivil law at Oxford, d. 1789; Dr. Jeune, late
Bishop of Peterborough, d. 1868; Dr. Jackson, late
Bishop of London, & m any others. T h e celebrated
R ich ard V a lp y D.D. was head m aster from 1781 to
1831. There are two “ W hite sch olarships,” tenable
at St. John’s College, Oxford, each of £100 a year,
for four years, on the foundation of S ir Thom as
W h ite ; six “ Appleton scholarships ” of £ 5 per annum
& the “ Spokes scholarship ” is £ m per a n n u m ; the
“ L aud
sch olarsh ip s”
& “ C ouncil sch olarships.”
Visitors, T h e President of St. John’s College, Oxford
& th e W arden of A ll Souls’ College, Oxford
Head M aster, G eorge Haydn K eeton M .A. late scholar
of Em m anuel College, Cam bridge
Second M aster, Robert N ewport M .A. late scholar, Jesus
College, O xfo rd ; m aster of the jun ior school, H erbert
D iem er M .A .; assistant m asters, J. C . Thorpe M .A .,
F .I.C ., H. S. Crook B .A ., J. L. Sylo-Jones M .A ., P.
C. Edw ards B .A ., R. W. C ram m er B .A ., I. W . Saunders
B . A . ; E . 0 . D au gh try M .A ., M us.B ., F .R .C .O . m usic
m aster; H enry Dawson Barkas A .R .C .A . art m aster;
H . T aylor, shorthand & b ookkeeping; F. W . Sp rin g,
m anual in stru c to r; C olor-Sergt. G reen K .R .R . in-