Our Public SchoolsC.K. Paul & Company, 1881 - 381 pages |
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Page 17
... parents , and never afterwards changed , save in very exceptional circumstances . Every tutor is a classical master , and every classical master is a tutor , and thus every boy at Eton is brought into simultaneous contact with two ...
... parents , and never afterwards changed , save in very exceptional circumstances . Every tutor is a classical master , and every classical master is a tutor , and thus every boy at Eton is brought into simultaneous contact with two ...
Page 53
... parents who have money to squander . A genuine interest , and a real knowledge of what the conditions and circum- stances of a school are , lead to the examination of other than statistical signs . The knowledge that , since Dr ...
... parents who have money to squander . A genuine interest , and a real knowledge of what the conditions and circum- stances of a school are , lead to the examination of other than statistical signs . The knowledge that , since Dr ...
Page 64
... to engage in declamatory abuse of luxury or to advocate any Spartan or monastic rigour . There is no reason why the sons of affluent parents should not be reasonably comfortable at school . But idle osten- tation and 64 Our Public Schools .
... to engage in declamatory abuse of luxury or to advocate any Spartan or monastic rigour . There is no reason why the sons of affluent parents should not be reasonably comfortable at school . But idle osten- tation and 64 Our Public Schools .
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... parents : - ' You shall find your child sufficient paper , ink , pens , books , candles for winter , and all other things at any time requisite and necessary for the main- tenance of his study . ' ' You shall allow your child at all ...
... parents : - ' You shall find your child sufficient paper , ink , pens , books , candles for winter , and all other things at any time requisite and necessary for the main- tenance of his study . ' ' You shall allow your child at all ...
Page 81
... parents of a boy are carried on through the house master , whose im- portance thus receives a very strong addition . In the lower part of the school , at any rate , there is very little intercourse between boys who board in different ...
... parents of a boy are carried on through the house master , whose im- portance thus receives a very strong addition . In the lower part of the school , at any rate , there is very little intercourse between boys who board in different ...
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