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B E A D IN G

O F F IC IA L

D IE E C IO B Y .

^ R e a d i n g F o o t b a l l C o m p a n y , L i m i t e d . — Capital, £0,000.
D ire cto rs ;
M essrs. W. H aw kins, E. K now iand, J. R . Blandforcl, J. R o y lc , A. J.
M aker, J. E, P h illips, J. H olt, A. E. W h ite, E. H. C lacy, and A. E,
C lifford. Bankers, th e M etrop olita n Bank ('of E ngland and W ales),
L im ited. A u d itor, M r. Blake P. A lln a tt, 2 The F orb u ry . S ecreta ry ,
H, M atth ew s, A rca d e Cham bers ('offices). M em bers o f th e Southern
League, South E astern League, and C h arity Cup (Southern).
E D U C A T IO N A L ..— U n iv e r s it y C o lle g e .
U n i v e r s i t y C o l l e g e , R e a d i n g , w as fou n ded in June, 1892, w ith th e c o ­
op eration o f th e H ouse o f C h rist Church, O xford. It w as in corp or ­
ated in 1896. By D ecree o f C on voca tion da ted th e 21st o f F ebru ary,
1899, th e C olleg e w as affiliated to th e U n iv ersity o f O xford. The
C olleg e is re co g n ise d b y th e B oard o f E du cation as a S ch ool o f A rt
and as a T rain in g C olleg e fo r T each ers fo r E lem en tary and S econ d ­
ary S ch ools and b y th e R o y a l C olleges o f P h ysician s ancl Surgeons
as a p la ce o f in stru ction in N atural S cien ce,
The tea ch in g w ork o f th e C olleg e is orga n ized in th ree F acu lties :
(L e tte rs ; S c ie n c e ; and A g ricu ltu r e and H orticu ltu re) and th ree
D epartm ents, F in e A rt ; M u sic ; Com m erce and T ech n ica l S u b jects).
Courses are p ro v id e d in p rep a ra tion fo r th e D egrees o f th e U n iver­
sity o f L on don in A rts, S cien ce, and A g ricu ltu re, and fo r th e C ollege
D iplom as in L etters, A g ricu ltu re, D airying, H orticu ltu re, F in e
A r t ,.M u s ic and Com m erce, as w ell as fo r oth er exam inations.
The D ay Classes are open to m en aud w om en ab ov e th e a g e o f
six te e n years.
W ith th e o b je c t o f ren d erin g m ore efficient
the w ork o f S tu d en ts ta k in g fu ll C ourses, a T u torial System o f p er
sonal su pervision has been ad opted. Students w h ose paren ts or
guardian s do n ot resid e in R ea d in g , must liv e in a Hall o f R e s id e n ce
or H ostel, or in a lo d g in g lice n se d by th e C ollege.
E ven ing Classes are h eld in many su bjeets o f stu d y. Th ey are
open to stu d en ts a b ov e th e age o f fifteen.
The C ollege B uildings, in London R oad, in clu d e a H all, Gymnasium,
L ectu re and Class R oom s, L ibrary, A rt Stud ies and C raft R oom s,
P h ysica l, Chem ical, B otan ical, Z o o lo g ica l and
G eograp h ical
L ab ora tories, C om m ercial & G eograph ical Class R oom s, & Common
R oom s. In a d dition to th e Farm and F ruit Station a t Shinfteld, th ere
is a la rg e garden ad join in g th e C olle g e bu ild in gs in London R oa d
for th e pn rpose o f p r a c tic a l in stru ctio n in H orticu ltu re. The r e s i­
d en tia l in stitu tion s fo r stu d en ts in clu d e W antage H all (in U pper
R edlan ds R oa d), St. P a trick ’s H all (in N orth cou rt A ven ue) and
Cintra L od g e (in C h ristch u rch R oad) fe r men ; St. A n d rew ’s H a ll1
W essex Hall (in R edlan ds R oad) and St. G eorg e’s H ostel (in Shinffeld
R oad) fo r women.
V i s i t o r . — The Dean o f C h rist C hurcb. O xford.
P r e s i d e n t . — 3 . H erbert Benyon, J.p., L ord L ieu ten an t o f Berks.
P r i n c i p a l . — W. M. Childs, M .A ., K eble C ollege, O xford.
T r e a s u r e r .— M r. A . M ount, M .A ., m .P .
S e c r e t a r y a n d R e g i s t r a r . — F ran cis Hi W righ t, M .A . •
T u t o r i a l S e c r e t a r y .— H . K n a p m a n , M .A .
M e d i c a l O f f i c e r s . — M. W . Coleman, M .D ., M .R .C .S ., L .R .C .p . ; Dr. M.
F loren ce A rm itage.
A s s i s t a n t L i b r a r i a n .— M iss D. C row hurst.
A c c o u n t a n t . -II. F. M aze,