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44
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official directory.
L au n d ry, 421, O xfo rd R o ad ; Palm er P a rk Laund ry, 138 W okingham
R oad ; M a n age re ss, M iss K. E. W hite.
R e a d in g E le c t r ic S u p p ly C o m p a n y , L im ite d . â C e n tra l Offices and
Showroom s, 3-5 M a rk e t P la c e ; W orks, 55 V a s te rii R oad. E n gineer,
A le c W h itie ; M a n agin g D ire c to r, G. W. S p e n ce r H aw es, m .i .e .e . ;
S e c r e ta r y and a cco u n ta n t, M r. W a lter B arnes, F.c.s. ,
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R e a d in g C e m e te ry C o m p a n y.â E sta b lish ed b y A c t o f P arliam en t, 5
an d 6 V ic . cap. cix . B an kers, London C o u n ty and W estm in ster Bank.
S o licito r, c le r k and re g is tra r, M r. G. E. B.â R o g e rs, 9, C ross S tr e e t.
R e s id e n t su p erin ten d en t, M r. A lfre d G ibbs.
R e a d in g F o o tb a ll C o m p a n y , L im ite d .â C a p ita l, £6,000. D ire c to rs :
M essrs. W. H aw kins, E. K now iand, J. R , Biandford, J. R o y le , A . J.
M a ker, J. E. P h illip s J. H olt. A . B. W h ite , E. H. C la cy , and A . E.
Clifford. B an kers, th e M e tro p o litan B an k (of E n glan d and W ales),
Lim ited. A u d ito r, M r. B lak e P. A lln a tt, 2 T he F o rb u ry. S e c re ta ry ,
H. M a tth ew s, A rca d e Cham bers (offices). M em bers of th e S ou th ern
Lea gu e, South E a stern L ea gu e, and C h a r ity Cup (Southern).
E D U C A T I O N A L . â U n i v e r s i t y C o lle g e .
tJ n iv e r s ity C o lle g e , R e a d in g , w a s founded in June, 1892, w ith th e co Â
operation of th e H ouse of C h ris t C hurch, O xford. I t w a s in corp o rated
in 1896. B y D ecree of C on vo catio n d ated th e 21st o f F eb ru a ry , 1899,
th e C o lleg e w a s affiliated to th e U n iv e rsity of O xford. T he C o lle g e is
re co gn ised b y th e Board of E d ucation as a School o f A r t and as a
T ra in in g C o lle g e fo r T e a ch ers fo r E lem en tary and S eco n d a ry Sch ools
and b y th e R o ya l C o lleg e s o f P h ysic ia n s and S urgeon s as a p la c e of
in stru ctio n in N atural S cien ce.
T he te a c h in g w o rk o f th e C o lle g e is o rgan ized in th re e F a c u ltie s :
(L etters ; S cie n ce ; and A g r ic u ltu r e and H o rticu ltu re ) and th re e
D epartm ents, F in e A r t ; M usic ; Com m erce and T e ch n ica l Su b jects).
C ourses are p ro v id ed in p rep aratio n fo r th e D egrees o f th e U nivâe r s ity
o f London in A rts , S cien ce , and A g ric u ltu re , and fo r th e C o lle g e
D iplom as in L e tte rs , A g ric u ltu re , D airyin g, H o rticu ltu re, F in e
A rt, M u sic and Com m erce, as w e ll as for o th e r exam inations.
Th e D ay C la sses are open to men and wom en a b o v e th e a g e of
s ix te e n yea rs.
W ith th e o b je ct o f ren d erin g more efficient
th e w o rk of S tu d en ts ta k in g fu ll Courses, a T u to rial System o f p e rÂ
sonal su p ervisio n has been ad op ted . S tu d en ts w h o se p are n ts or
gu ard ian s do not resid e in R ea d in g, m ust liv e in a H all of R e sid e n c e
or H ostel, or In a lo d g in g lic en sed by th e C ollege.
E v en in g C la sses are held in m any s u b je c ts of s tu d y . T h ey are
open to stu d en ts ab ov e th e ag e of fifteen.
T h e C o lleg e B u ild in gs, in London Road, in clu d e a H all, Gym nasium ,
L e c tu re and C lass Room s, L ib rary, A r t S tud io s and C ra ft Rooms,
P h y sic a l, Chem ical, B otan ical,
Z o o lo gica l
and G e o grap h ica l
L ab o rato ries, Com m ercial & G eo grap h ical C lass Rooms, & Common
Room s. In addition to th e Farm and F ru it S tatio n a t Sh infield, th e re
is a la rg e garden ad jo in in g th e C o lleg e b u ild in gs in London R oad
fo r th e p urpose of p ra c tic a l in stru ctio n in H o rticu ltu re. Th e r e s iÂ
d e n tia l in stitu tio n s fo r stu d e n ts in clu d e W an tage H all (in U pper
R ed lan d s Road) and S t. P a tric k 's H all (in N o rth eo u rt A ven u e) fo r
men ; and S t. A n d rew âs H all and W essex H all (in R ed la n d s Road) and
S t. G e o rg e âs H ostel (in Shin field Road) fo r wom en.