Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-28

great honor In English school
life 10 he known ~ n "l,ngby
Exhihitionef," but II il by no
means an empty honor. There are two
clnsres, major and minor "exhibi.
tlons;v and three "majors" AMI four
"minorv are awarded each year, Un
election by "ex,ernal examiners" ap-
pointed by the Rugby governing board.
Every major cxhibitioner receives $50,
aud every minor exhibltioner $50, per
year; ench "exhibltioDn holding good
for four years AFTER electlon--pDvided
the holder leaves Rugby aud pursucs
bis studies at any university Of the
United Kingdom, or at other approved
place " PREPARATION for a profession or
occupation. They are practically $500
aud $3.50 per year scholarships, good
anywhere that proper use may be
made Of them for nur years, their full
value therefore being respectively
200 and $500. Oxford aud Cam.
bridge secure these splendidly-traincd
youths In atout equal numbers.
In investigating all these moro seri-
Gus matters about Rugby school, the
most delightful thing which every
where imprcsses one new TO IT, govern.
ment and policies II the utter absence
Of what we Americans term nunky.
ism and aristocratic exclusivene-.. It's
trustees aud governing bonrd comprise
great and titled men, but the patronage
Of the sbhoOl, nnd the actual practical
regime aud discipline which have
been enforced from the days OF the
famous Dr. Arnoll 10 the present time
under IT, equally wise and answering
Heat Master, DR.. pcrcival, have been
.,r.vfll,s si.,.,n.s.fla Ia The saru ntuuu
tho thirteen trustees arr three uarls, one
marluls. three lords, two right hOn0ra.
ble-, two members Of parlin.
munt, onc archdeacpn, onc tam
on; while the government board OF
twelve comprises equally a. mauy
from among the great aud titlod u
England. Hut Rugby students arc
from English middle classes, the hack.
bone Of the realm. personally know
many whose parents, while NOT people
OF poverty, nj. very humble folk In.
deed. Occ,lonaily lord or an earl
may send a stfipling down hero 10
Rugby for thc very discipline Afforded;
hut these nneling. cannOt form
"sct," are IA nOwisc toadied 10; have
never yet c0wei thair Interiors In
wealth and station; and In every In
stance where they have not immedi-
atcly adjusted themselves ~ the "nir-
play" equal rights atmosphere Of
the school, They have had the overtime
skin kicked from their lorlly little
shius aud lhu slperilne hsulour cuiicd
uut 81 their disdalnlul llttlc faces Ia
very short onicr, with genial aud
dfcamful inaitention ON the part of the
masters, ineNprcssiblv dear aud dcllci.
Gus 70 every Rugby boy Of the fright
slrt.n
In what we would term the" facully'
OF Rugby school there are twenty
seven resident msstnrs, or "proicsaorsn
~ We would call them, exclusive Of the
Head Master, the Rev. j. percival,
LID. Besides these, there are seven
resident tutors. Every school has it,
ogrcs2bcinga dreaded, hated, prcycd
upon, endlo sly the butt OF all dsvlllsh
Ingenuity la boyish nislevolence.
These arr known nj Rugby n "mar-
rhals," aud there ARE two 81 them.
"Mr. Blake four c1mpanionl II NIL
right--thnt N for marshal 10 comedies
my Rugby-boy friend IN an expl,na.
tory whisper; but old Patey' the tothcr
ones n regular old grnnip, he IL. He
hates TO have boys live, he docs'"
These marshais are sort OF bsilifls or
high copstsbl.s who, keep very sharp
eyes on the goings aud comings Of these
hundreds OF lads. They secretly re.
port misconduct, aud are the dread
hearers OF the awful summons "to tho
Doctors chanb-r-."
As was noticed In my preceding
article on Rugby, DIR. Arnold, IA long
ago rs ls2s, removed all the irrespon.
slble clearinghouse vampires who fat
tened upon Rugby scholars aud put In
their places masters of tho school. Thl.
not only created direct rcsponsl.
blllty, but insured good treatment
10 the boys. The more popular "a
master msle his house the higher he
stood socially In Rugby with the stu
dcnts, with the governing board; and
besides, II increased his profits through
an Increase Of hoarlcrs. The system
has been maintained, and from time 10
time commodious halls have been
built. There are now seven OF these.
exclusive Of the ''Schooi Housed
proper; aud this boys living at each
house are distinguished by their "col.
ors;" and each house take, the name
Of the master In charge; while
the boys Of each boanilng.hall rc.
ceive the house-nnme as d general
appellatlve. To illustrates: White
laws, purple and white; Donkin's,
red aud lila X; Collini', lig 1T blue and
white; Moric.'s, green and white; Mr..
Bowdcn Smiths, blue and black, on
hat; Mr.. SCOTS, yellow and black, on
hat; Mr.. Michells contingent being
"fellows;" and the boys are individu.
ally pointed out In Rugby streets as a
''Donlin's houseman,D n "Bowden
Smith's houseman," "Scott's house.
man. etc.
give the everyday routine nj Rug.
by Just ~ my young CLOVER middle,
friend ratified Il OIL 10 me: "Well, the
J:l5 morning bell wakes us, but We
don't want TO got up. Then another
bell rings nj ten minutes OF seyen for
five Minutes. We've got TO get In our
places IN chapel IN that time 10 be called
aver aud II we're too lazy too make
II, II means a clicking, that's all. Al.
ter service we marched In order TO our
different FORM rooms aud say lessons
I'LL s;l0. Then we have fifteen min.
utes to buy any little luxuries, like
pcnny-loaves--tho house-bread's pretty
dry!--and then comes breakfast. From
V;lO 10 l;lb, lessons; aud dinners NJ
1880. We get a rostepell from dinner
until ., and then lessons 40 on again
until W, except Tuesdays, Thursdays
aud Saturdays, Them's half holldays.
Every boy has TO Join the games then,
unless he's got good excuse. Sometimes
we got Off by shamming sore fool, and
many other ways, well known 10 is