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BEADING DIRECTOBT— 1 9 1 4 .

D ictionary. The celebrated Richard V alpy d . d . was head master from
1781 to 1831. U nder Archbishop Laud’s deed the visitors o f the school
are the Vice-Chancellor o f the University o f O xford, the President o f
St. John s College & the Warden o f A ll Souls College.
The visitation
takes place usually on the 18th Oct. There are tw o “ W h ite Scholarships, tenable at St. Joh n ’s College, Oxford, each o f .£100 p er year for
fo u r years, on the foundation o f Sir Thomas W h ite ; six “ A ppleton
¡scholarships ” o f ¿ b per annum, and a “ Spokes Scholarship ” o f ¿ 1 0
per annum ; the “ Laud Scholarship,” o f the value o f ¿ 2 0 .a n d “ C ouncil
Scholarships.
The school has been closely connected with the Cor­
poration, the M ayor being ex-officio chairman o f the governing body
Under a new scheme, dated A pril 1st, 1908, the Aldermen & Burgesses
o f the County Borough o f Reading become I,he governors o f the schools
responsible fo r its finance. Large additions, at a cost o f ¿ 2 4 ,0 0 0 , have
now been made ; these consist chiefly o f seven new class-rooms & ad­
ministration rooms, new laboratories & lavatories, library, workshops & c.
H ead M asteh .

The Rev. W illiam Charles Eppstein m . a . Corpus Christi College, Cam ­
bridge & d . d . St. John ’s College, Oxford, f . ii .a . s
S econd M a st e r .

R obert Newport

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late scholar o f Jesus College, O xford
A s s is t a n t s .

? ', P i ? , ! ner MA- Christ College, Cambridge (master o f the Junior school)
J . O . lh o r p e m . a . , p . i.e. Corpus Christi College, O xford
H. S. Crook b . a . Selwyn College, Cambridge
J. L . Sylo-Jones m . a . late scholar o f St. Catharine’s C ollege, Cambridge &
b . s c . London
D. G. W illia m s b . a . late scholar o f Corpus Christi College, O xford
K. T . Rees m . a . late scholar o f D ow ning College, Cambridge
P . Edw ards b . a . late exhibitioner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
iiVB A * Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Miss A. S. O’R eilly b . a . Queen’s College, Dublin
E . O. D aughtry m . a . , B . s i u s .c a m b . , f . b . c . o . m u s i c master
H . D. Barkas a . r . c . a . art master
C lerk to the G overn ors.
•M e d ic a l O f f ic e r s . — W .

— I I . T, Pugh

Maurice

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& L. G uilding

S e r g e a n t I n stru c to r to C a d e t C orps. —
I n s t r u c t o r i n G y m n a s t i c s .—

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Col.-Sergt. Green

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Sergeant Byrne

T H E A B B E Y SCH O OL P O R G IR L S .
P a t r o n . — The

K endrick road.
Lord Bishop of Oxford

C h a i r m a n o f G o v e r n o r s . — The
H on. Secretary. —

Ven. the Archdeacon o f Berkshire

Col. E dgar Kensington, 16 E rleig h road, Reading

T he school gives definite church teaching, the righ t o f w ithdraw ing a
day scholar from religious instruction being reserved to the parent
o r guardian. The scheme provides for a th orou ghly sound education
in_ all branches o f learning, & pupils are prepared for the Cam­
bridge H igh er Local, O xford &f Cam bridge H igher Certificate
other Exam inations.
Miss H . E . Musson (mathematical t r ^ g ,