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THE, READING . OBSERVER, SA-TURD~Y, JUJ;Y 10._ 1920.

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FOUNDA'l10N AND HISTORY.
The Ahbey of St. }]dmund, King :Lhd ».arty]",WM founded in 161.5, at Puris, by the Monks of
the English Benedidine Congregation, who
intended t.bereby to re!ltore the .o\ncient Royal
Abbey of Bury St.. Edmulld'a, suppressed at th e

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Reformation. . In 1793 the French Revolut.ion

scattered the 'Coml~ullity until 1818, wben St.

a tnUiled Nurse and has charge of Ithe sick
P~lft,icula.r a.ttention is ~d to the need.! of
:;maller- boys. The diet. of thel boys is Igeneroul
Hood va.ried. The health of the School Jlas ·been
iJl\' ariably good.
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F..dmund'a W;\6 re"i,.ed at. ,Donai.
Itt. present
nllme commemurntetl a.n association of 0. cen~ullY .

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My an Apostolic Constitution of July 3rd. 1899.
tbe Priory was raised to the dignity of an Abbey
by P ope Leo xiii.
On March 18th, 1903, the

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Abbey was supp re-ssed by virtue 'of tbe F;rench
Ia.w 0 11 Religious A8SoCia.tioD~ a nd the Monk s ot
St.. Edmund's were expelledt from F ra nce after
a. residence. o f nearly 300 years. The Ri ght Re\, . .
The Lord Bishop of Poni7l1o.uth Dr. (Cahill)
most generously pla.ced hi8 Dioc~n College at
the di sposaJ of t.he MoilJ.cg, who entered into pos ..

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The lI8Iml' age ;Lt which a. boy begins is 9 or 10
YeEl'rs. He entel's tho Luw er 8~
! bOOI at 12 yea.rt
0"[ a.ge. i.eo. , Fot'ln "I .. and proce s to tlie .Upper
School at 15 yeal's, i.e., Fonn V. In :the Pre·
pu.ra.t.ory Forma the Course is €lIe ental'Y and . gen.
em.!,' including English SulJj oc. s, Matl1ematicB,
}' I'eneh, Geography, Hi story, mwing, 'Sin.ging,

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inclu de a :"pacious Dining Halt and K.itch~n )!.
Donnitory, J3ath rooms. up·t-o-- date Cbemical and
Physica.l Labomtory, ete. The plaving fi elds of
30 a.cres, s~in l1 v la.id out (or cricket a.n d footbaH. were originally part "of Woolhampton Park.
The School is situated in on e of the most
healt.hy and pict·uresque parts of Berkshire,
occupying tho highest posit.ion in the dilltrict 011
the range of hillilo which form t he northern border
. of the K en net. Vall ey. The soil is gravel nnd
the climu.le dry a.nd bracing. It is 1 mile from
t he St..'lt.ion (Midgham G. \V .R.). 10 mile."! west. of
Reading, 4b miJes by rui l from LO lldo~ ( Pn dd i n~·

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etc. In the Lower School t.be
ursa is general,
embracing languages (Latin n.n~ French) ,. Ma.th~
mat.ics. Science (whi ch t..'J com~lll sC!r.t. iti ~orm9
II., \ Pl.) · aoS well us.l'.. pgllllll, Blatory,
u oogra}1hY. elc. 1 n F OMnS V~'.and VI. , boys
mu st ~I #t it sp~ial COUl'lSe
~ork, suit.ablCl to
prcpa.nng ,t hem for the ca reer ,i,' Ich they! pl'Op<>Se
to foHow aftel'wa.rds.
The n' bel' of · 1\1lbjech
will thu s be· reduced to enable l th9m to l gain a.
Fuller ma.... ler:v of the select..ed sul)~ ecl s. It is opec
to a bpy to t a,k e Ute Scientifi91 Courso, or t he
Mat.hematica.l CO\ll'lSe. or Modern La.nguages , or
Cla.$sies, 0" to combine pOl""t.ion ~ 1of t.WO oourses.

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Engli:ili work ilS requi red in all ~.

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The School ExaminaLions mit'! t.hose of the

llifMd alld Camblidge J oint. nJu·d. The Lowe.t
Ce11·ificate Exnm ination u. t a.ken \ in 'FoJ1lls m.
And IV .• t.he S ehool Certificate
Form V .. the
Highet' Certificate ill the Lower I1pd Upper Sixth
Fonn.
Boys ,u'e presented ~?f other Public
Kxaminati~t1.8 only at the SPFclal requ~ of
parents. 'This request should be l m;~d e at least
12 mont.h~ III advance.
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The Cadet COI'PS 'is at.t,a.ched to the 14tli Royal
BerkBhire Re~lment.
Officers: 1 Capt..
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WYnne 'a nd Lieut . E. C . s herlocl
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Connect ions wit.h Reading gi\'e easy aC<fesfl i.

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bility from aU parts of the Un ited K ingdom 'nnd
Ireland.
The land OJI wb icll the School is b uil t formerlv
belonged to the Benedict.ine Abbey of Readin g,

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an d tben. by excha.nge a.t·the end of 13th. ~nt\l ry.
to the Kmgbt.s R nspitaUeI'8. Later on. tllis land
became t he propertv of t he F..arl of FingaJ l. nnd
bas never paRSed mit of Catholic band!\.

D oua.i School} WOOlh1mpton,

Ilea.r Reading, Bel'lts.

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All communications concerning ) e School a.nd
should he addresst1d to t.lie\ Headrt.&8ter,:,
Rev W. I. Rice, O.S. Il .,
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L. (arey, C. Peabody.
J. Wal.h· (C.~t.): R. J-eDn,iJ;lI:J;, G. Hil.in •.
M. O·Sullivan. '
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th. a view to

tiee landl for pro.
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blLSinel:lS ca.reeM.
Spepia.1 Ifacilitiu
axe afforded to boys who wish to enter the Army,
Navy, or Engineering professionL
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'Xhere are three department. in the l School, .
yiz., Upper School, Luwer .Sch! I, Prepa.rat.ory. ·

BUI LDI NGS SITUATION, >TC.
Tho School ,t·!.ached to the Abbey h .., in recent
years been enti rely rebuilt ,Uld eulru'ged to-"
nccommoda.t.e 150 boys. It ill heated throughout
with a. hol wa.t.er system, a.nd lit with electricity.
'1'be Class Rooms aud Recre..1.tion Room!\ are large
a lld well "\'entilaU!d. as a.lso Are the Dormitories.
lia.th RooI"ll.S fiUed ,,"i.th hot and (..'Old water,
hwa.tones, :utd general aaniLation are of the most
moderp t.ype. The Haydock 'Villg. containing
t.b e fine Study Hall , was t he gift of Afl'fl'.

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. I .,. -'£he ,SChool Course il'l fromed l
paring students [or the Unive

ifeSsion July 23rd , 1903, a.nd were thus able to
contillue u llbroken their ed\Jcat i o n ~1 work.

Haydock. of lJbamwood Towen, Leiceste1'8b ire.
The mo!ot l'ccent a.ddilAops, completed in 19}6,

MANAGEMEJT.
The teacbll'lg Staff i8 'compoked or the ' Engli9lt
&~ictiDe Fathers, many of Fhom have grn.d~'
at·ed at ~ford , Rome and el,,_where. jThey ~
a~Lsted by ru11y qualified L~t Profes&on.
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.supel.-vision is in the hands of t:J:ie Fa.thera.
'! 'he domestic arrangements
under the su~r·
~lItendan.ce of an experienced t~y Mat;roDJ who

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