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HEADING DIRECTORYâ 1919.
Boysâ, Queenâs road ; Rev. E dgar Priestley n.A. head master
Girlsâ, VVatlington street ; Miss Prebble m .a. mistress
T H E B L U E C O A T SCH O O L,
Brunswick house, 42 Bath road, was founded in 1646 by M r. Richard
Aldworth, of Ruscombe, Berks, & M ilk street, London, m.p. for Reading
& Auditor of the Exchequer, who gave for its endowment the sum of
£4,000, augmented in 1666 with £1,000 given by Sir Thomas Rich bart.
of Sunning; in 1720 by £1,200, given by Mr. John West, & with smaller
bequests by M r. John Pottenger & M r. John Hall. In 1723, Mr. W illiam
Malthns gave a rent-chargo of £90 yearly, for the education of 10 boys, to
be clothed in green. There are now 33 boys on this foundation, who
are clothed, fed & educated, besides 30 day scholars. Entrance by
competitive examination.
Ten Boarding Scholarships of the annual
value of about £36 each & ten day scholarships of about £7 each are
awarded annually; S. Illingworth Butler (Dublin Univ. a . c . p . ) head
master; J. E . Watson, assistant master; A . C. P. Em bling mus. Bac.
Oxon., f . b . c . 0 . music master; W . McMath, manual instructor; W . J.
Souch, drawing master; Sergt. Burling, drill instructor ; Lansdown
Murray Guilding m .a., m .b., u.u.c.s.Eng. medical officer; Vernon
Knowles L.D.s.R.c.s.Eng. dentist; Rev. Robert Perceval Newhouse m .a.
chaplain & Aldworth lecturer
T H E G R E E N S C H O O L F O R G IR L S ,
In Russell street, was established iu St. M aryâs Butts in 1782, moved to
Broad street 1790 & to Russell street 1885; training school for domestic
servants; for children of parents in Reading ; income from rents &
endowments £300; the vicars of three old parishes are the trustees;
& they & three other gentlemen are governors; the school is superÂ
intended by six ladies, & is under the chargejof Miss Hicks as matron
B E R K S E D U C A T IO N C O M M IT T E E ,
Shire hall, Reading..
Clerk & Legal Adviser, John T. Morland (clerk to the County Council)
Education Secretary, W . C. F. Anderson m .a
Assistant Secretary (elementary), A . J. Shirloy
Assistant Secretary (higher), T . O. Willson m .a
B E R K S T R A I N I N G C O L L E G E O F M U S IC .
114 & 115 Broad street, Reading.
Established in 1897 & offers to elementary & advanced students a thoroughly
sound musical education, of which the high character is guaranteed by
its staff of Professors, selected from the Royal Academy of Music, the
Royal College of Music, etc
Principal.
Miss Beatrice Jones
R E A D I N G C O L L E G IA T E S C H O O L FO R B O Y S.
Clarence house, 81 London ro a d ; Robert H . Kemp H all b.sc. principal