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B E A D IN G

D IR E C T O R Y —

1917.

about 75 boarders, w ith separate room s fo r each boy, a school chapel to
hold 800 boys, a larger house fo r the head master, w ith 50 sin gle d o r­
m itories, & a ju n ior sch ool fo r GO boys in the school grounds, also three
chem ical & physical laboratories, an arm oury, a gymnasium , art room s,
large sw im m ing baths, engineering workshops, carpenter's shop & a
large detached sanatorium ; ad join in g is a cricket g rou n d w ith pavilion.
Thero is a classical side fo r those boy s w ho are preparing d irectly fo r
the un iv ersities; & a m odern side, adapted m ore especially to the study
o f science, m athem atics <& m odern languages. T he sch ool is inspected
b y the Board o f E ducation and by the O x ford and C am bridge Schools
E xam ination B o a r d ; its S chool C ertificate is accepted hy the A rm y
C ouncil in lieu o f the A rm y Q u alifyin g E xam ination, and it is recog­
nised by the,C ollege o f P hysicians and the C ollege o f Surgeons as a
place o f instruction. A m on g other S chool organisations there is a
flourishing cadet corps o f the Officers’ T raining Corps. T he school
year is divided in to three terms & throe vacations.
T h e annual
value o f the scholarships tenable a t the School at present am ount
to about £ 700. Julius P alm er m . a . fe llo w o f M agdalen C ollege, O xford,
a head master here, was burnt at the stake a t N ew bury fo r heresy in 1556 ;
& am ong the em inent persons e d r ^ t e d here m ay he named S ir Thom as
W h ite kt. L o rd M ayor, & founder o f St. Joh n’s College, O x ford , d. 1566 ;
W illia m Laud, A rch bish op o f C anterbury, beheaded 10th Jan. 1645 ;
S ir Constantine P h ip ps kt. L o rd C hancellor o f Ireland, d. 1723 ; Henry,
1st V iscoun t Sidraouth, prim e m inister in 1801, d. 15th Feb. 1844 ;
John Blagrave, the m athem atician, d. 9 th A ug. 1611 ; James M errick,
translator o f the Psalm s, d. 6th Jan. 1769 ; R ev. Charles Coates, author
o f a H istory o f Reading, pub. 1802- 9 ; T hom as Turner, dean o f Canter­
bu ry, d. 8th Oct. 1672 ; W illiam S hipley, dean o f St. A saph ; F rancis
A nnesley, first master o f D ow n ing C ollege, founded 22nd Sept. 1800 ;
R o b e rt Vansittart, professor o f civil law at O x ford , d. 1789 ; Sir
Thom as Noon T alfou rd kt. d .c . l . ju d ge o f Com m on Pleas, & author, d .
1858 ; Dr. Jeune, B ishop o f P eterborough, d. 1868 ; John Jackson d.i>.
bishop o f L ondon, & John Lem prtere d . d . author o f the Classical
D iction ary. The celebrated R ichard V a lp y d .d . was head m aster from
1781 to 1831. U nder A rchbishop L aud’s deed the visitors o f the school
are tbe V ice-C h an cellor o f the U niversity .o f O x ford , the P resident o f
St. John’s C ollege & the W arden o f A ll Souls College.
T he visitation
takes place usually on the 18th Oct. There are tw o “ W h ite S cholar­
sh ips,” tenable at St. Joh n ’s College, O xford , each o f .£100 p er year fo r
fo u r years, on the fou ndation o f S ir Thom as W h ite ; six “ A ppleton
Scholarships ” o f £ 6 per annum, and a ‘ ‘ Spokes Scholarship ” o f £10
per a n n n m ; the “ L aud Scholarship,” o f the value o f £ 20 . and ‘ ‘ C ouncil
S cholarships.” T he school has been closely connected w ith the C or­
p oration, the M ayor being ex-officio chairman o f the govern ing body.
U nder a new scheme, dated 4 p ril 1st, 1908, the A lderm en & Burgesses
o f the C ounty B orough o f R eading becom e the governors o f the schools
responsible fo r its finance. L arge additions, at a cost of £ 24 ,000 , have
n ow been m a d e ; these consist chiefly o f seven new class-room s & a d ­
m inistration rooms, new laboratories & lavatories, library, workshops &e.
H ead M a ster.

G-eorge H adyn K eeton

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late scholar o f Emm anuel C ollege, C am bridge
Second M a ster .

R obert N ew port m. a . late scholar o f Jesus C ollege, O xford