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H E AD IN G DIEEOTOEtYâ 1 9 1 7 .
III.
C O M M E R C E A N D T E C H N IC A L S U B JE C T S .
D irector o f the Departm ent, * Professor H . M. D ickson
B o o k - k e e p i n g , B u s in e s s
M e th o d a n d S h o b t iia n d .
Lecturer, H erbert T ay lor p .i.r.s. Associate o f. U n iversity College,
R eading, F ellow o f the London A ssociation o f A ccountants (tu tor)
M a c h i n e C o n s t k u c t io n a n d D b a w i n g .
Lecturer, G. P . W . Stedm an A.M.i.Mech.E. (tu to r)
Assistant, A . E . H . P ew
B u i l d i n g C o n s + b u c t io n a n d S u b v e n i n g .
Lecturer, W . W . Ilitch in s m . s . a ., p . a . s . i . ( t u t o r )
Assistant, A . C. H ughes D.a.san.i
H ou seh old M anagem ent, C ookeky & L aun dby W o b k . .
Lecturer in Charge, E.. M a y Friend (O x ford Second Exam ination fo r
W om en ; F irst Class D iplom a in C ookery, L au n dry and H ousew ifery,
National Society's T raining C ollege fo r Teachers o f Dom estic Science)
(tutor)
Assistant, Jessie S. Cameron (Teacherâs Diplom a in Cookery, L aundry &
H ousew ifery, E d in bu rg h S chool o f Cookery & D om estic E con om y )
D r e s s j ia k in g & N e e d l e w o r k .
Teacher, M iss A . S. Barrett
D a s F it t in g a n d G as S u p p l y .
Teacher, C. H . E ves (tu tor)
R egistrar o f the C ollege, *F rancis H . W rig h t iiou. m. a . O xford
SCHOOLS.
R E A D I N G S C H O O L.
ReceDt research has proved that the school existed in 1120 & before the
i: foundation o f the M onastery, b u t m ention o f it rarely occurs in old
chronicles t ill its reconstruction in 1485,in w hich year Joh nT horne,A bbot
o f Reading, having suppressed the H ospital o f St. John, was directed b y
H enry V II. to assign its revenues to som e charitable institution, in p u rÂ
suance o f w hich comm and he transferred them to this school, one of his
officers, W illiam Done, g iv in g 200 marks in aid o f its refoundation.
Queen Elizabeth granted the school by charter in 1560 a valuable endowÂ
ment c& in the reign o f Charles I . A rchbishop Laud, a native o f R eadÂ
ing, left ¿ 2 0 a year to the head master and established a â visitation â
o f the school, w hich is still m aintained. T he g reat hall o f the supÂ
pressed hospital was fo r many years used as a schoolroom , until in
1790 Dr. R ichard V alp y, w h o long held the head mastership, erected a
new one at his ow n cost. T he foundation stone o f the present buildings,
w hich cost ¿ 8 0 .0 0 0 , o ccu pyin g a p lo t o f ground in Redlands, 13 acres
in extent, & situated about a mile south-east o f the town, was laid b y
H is late M ajesty K in g E dw ard V II. then P rin ce o f W ales, on J u ly
1st, 1870, & th ey were form ally opened by the late L ord H atherley,
thfen L ord Chancellor, Sept. 11th, 18 71; th ey com prise a large
central hall, fourteen class-room s & three boarding houses, h old in g