The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-09-04
AT RUGBY SCHOOL.
An Interesting Lecture by froh
Sernard Bigsby,
He Tells OF School Life In England ana OF
the Surroundings at Rugby,

the su kieet of Prof nernard nlaaby'a leo.
ture / n the assembly room 0f tic elv hhll
last u ight, The room was crowded lo l~
utmost,
After Mr.. George Chance sanga solo on
Titled NLoyely NlRht,N President haryer
introduced Prof, nlgshy, The speaker
prefaoed his lecture with an Imaginary
trlp across the Atlantic 10 the shores OF
old England, and thence over lana m
Rugby, the school where Thomas Brown
was educated,
lilo said ~ am going tonight 10 take
YOU 10 the school where that man was
educated and where he was hnahi'
There are six public schools IN England
but they are only for the education OF
those boys whose parents hre TIE rehehl
la the land,h
The speaker gave a description OF the
old town OF Rugby, lie said u was cry
of relies, and described the various hlA'
torloal collections OF relioA OF past ages
which to-day are presented 70 view Ia tue
museums and In Tie towers OF castles OF
Iie gave a graphic description OF the old
Rugby school 40 Il appears ~ tho present
time, with ita large surrounding wallis
covered with climbing Ivy lie portrayed
the old classic structure 40 gfhnu scene
The ornaments OF the Interior OF me
building, are carved ana hhhu hh lhe
supreme perfection OF mans art
A vivid description was given OF lhe
works Of antiquity which still ndorn the
pulplt In the old chapel, and also OF the
architecture which surrounds H.. Ia one
Of the towera hangs massive bell upon
which In inscribed nLightnlng ana lhunl'
ef break aatnder,n Another one reads
NDeath toll with doleful knella,n
There IL one little bell-the meeting bell
that rings every morning ~ hall past
five o'clock. There IN not q boy In the
whole school who does not Just hate tliAl
bell from the bottom his heart On " YOU
nnd the lnaorlptIoni "Ye sleepy head ]
raise from hedM (Laughter).
Picture the large playground WIN lhe
boys on IL, little boys ten years old ana
young men one, and two ana twenty, an
wearing the square academic cap win a
blue laasel hanging down from II, How
do know they are academic boyaY just
lool, AZ those caps, they are the emblem
Of the aohoolboy throughout the lana OF
England. Those boys you hee lhere are
the sons Of the richest people ia lhe lhhu'
That playground IN surrounded by wal
that was built by the Romana, centuries
ago, Five centuries have they been there.
In that wall there are some large gates OF
Iron, which are covered over With tue rust
OF ages. Hanging on those gates you see
Two score Of Iron horse ahoea, why don't
they remove thomY When Henry VIZ,
Of ploua memory, passed u'rougn
the city he found noble
school that was louriahng lhero'
and though hO plundored every monaa.
tcry, nunnoy and other buildings, lao did
moi plundor the Winchester schools, aud
ho said that whenever King should VISIT
that school, he should leave u horse shoe,
ln speaking Of the system ot "fngging"
which IL common In the schools OF Great
Britain, lac anldi "Whon boy comes 70
ono OF the public schools he IN imme'
diatoy appropriated by ono Of the big
boys aa hia body servant, have seen 4
Lord Marquis In his own right "ingging"
for the son OF a country eurnte, | was
nine years n boy Of Rugby. believe that
that system Of tagging N the host nyHlein
that was ever brought Into school, you
must take Into consideration the class oil
boys that como 10 these nchoola, The sons
OF noblemon, boys who have boon reared
In love and amid the luxurioa OF u royal
family como 10 these Hchoola ana untll
they are rendered patient and enduring,
thcy are unit Tor nnughl bul boihg
fondlod by kind toachora and loving par.
onta, and are not able 10 stand the test oi
school lie with ta many requisites, and
they must hU put 10 some work that Ia en-
during and requires patience
The instructors receive from 1900 70
5000 por year, and whom they are too old
TO teach la the school room, they are made
bishops. Several huge towers aurmount
the wall which surrounds the school build
inga We are led by u page boy 20 towor'
Before us stands massive oakon door
with locks OF oron on i, Az we ontor We
500 an old bell covered with the dust OF
many ages, which centuries ago poAlod
forth lta sweet chimes TO the school boy OF
Rugby
Descending the stops Of the old tower
We are lod into the old garden which for
centuries has stood aa an emblem OF the
old gartnora, who long since have gone 10
that beautiful and eternal gardon never to
return,
See the winding and deep trodon walks
which for centuries past have been tray.
Orscd by the most learned instructors and
their pupils. II la a accnO OF grandeur, II
looks aa N the hand OF God had placed the
flowers there and formed the Hover beds
In the most fantastic shapes, AZ the end
of the winding walks stands the mastcr'A
house. o hundred years old.
Tho walls are covered with climbing
lyioa, There stands the old tree In the
garden undor which sat manyof the noted
mon In tho history Of England. Going In
TO the house we ontcr the room once oc.
copied by the greatest instructors. The
room N small one with low ceiling,
Tho ole oak floor IL black with age, and
Ia 80 smooth and well polished that you
can literally stand and see your reflection
az YOU can In mirror. The walls arc
H.. a s.sls 4. ala IA al al
the rlchoat books all bound exactly alike,
Upon these grand shelves are number OF
bright copper shields few inches In di.
amotcr. Whenever any groat men como
into this room they arc asked 10 take u
ahnrp pointed instrument OF steel and
scratch upon the copper some moral and
original thought. One inscription written
by Queen El2abcth'a tutor, Pascal, roads!
"Whon lands be goho and money spent,
then learning is most excellent As we
wait In the room thoshoad master on
tors. He IL clothed In long ilowing robes
and Ia corpulont man.
DR.. Summeryllo iB a great man, and II
IN possible that ~ ho IL almost as broad
on he la long, ho was intended as n period
In the punctuation marks in life. laugh
tori When ho Ia seated he tells us OF the
history OF Rugby tho history OF the school
which was founded In 1908.
The Rugby school is very arlstocratic,
Tho instructor informs you, whom you ask
him the rates OF tuition, II 10 cheap, lie
only asks ono thousand dollars, but this
does not include "oxtrasn He tells you
he can educate boy and board him In
his own house at 5000 year, which ho
sAys "is very littlo.n
AZ we stand In the room a bell rings
and the boys are called 20 dinner, We
pass into a long and low building near
the masters house, which Is called the
"rectory,n and not dining room rs In
America. Long tables are laid out and
are covered with table cloths which seem
70 bo mndo OF canvas, They use no
knives and forks, but only q two-prongod
knife with handle 10 II. The prettieat
sight Of the school world ig seen there
The door opens and thirty chorlster boys
enter, clad In snowy white robes from head
10 foot, with their hands clasped over
their breasts. Those boys have beautiful
yolcos and arc chosen for their fine sing
q 4. a..