Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-11-26

until Ihc charming aud curious spectacle
" presented OF "a towns chief thoroughfarc,
retaining many OF It's old time town Us.
poets. forming something like busy y,,
reposoful aud shaded way through an Idly
planned and vagariously disposed though
always picturesque college rutreat.
The original college buildings are all TO
the east Of this highway. Opposite are the
seorc or more which have been built or nc.
quircd. II you should stand Immediately
In front Of the former by the worn archway
through which for morc than four and half
centuries have passed In and out stately
Collcgers with flowing gowns aud nippant
OppidAns without, ~ far as you could sec
toward Windsor aud up the gentle turn
ings OF tho diyerglng highways. every an
Client building has It's use for Eton school,
Eton master or officer. Eton printing, Eton
books, or some other sort OF occupancy nee
essary 10 the conduct Of Elton College az.
fairs
The antiquity OF the school isvery great.
The pious Henry vi was It's founder
Some material token of his affection for
the Holy Church must be made. Evidently
his idea was TO emulate tho example ~
William OF Wykoham, who established
the first endowed school Of this class ut
royal Winchester, and New School ut Ok
ford, to receive Its graduates. So Henry
made Elton tho preparatory school Of the
secular Kings College In the University
of Cam bridge. 20 which scholars are elected
from Elton. The site was undoubtedly Sc
lectcd NO that the institution might be
under the Immediate eye OF Henry. A
dreary, Hat and lonely spot Il must have
been In olden days. The King did not
even own H. II was entirely outside tho
royal demesnc Of Windsor. He was cont
PEELED 10 purchase the perpetual aivowson
of the parish church OF Eton and many
tracts Of land ia the shires OF Bucks and
Berks, and some Of the estates still held
by Elton College were taken from such
ancient abbeys as Focamp, Bontcnoy, Yvry
and st. Stephens at Caen.
Though tho college was founded In 1910
solemn admission was not given TO the pro
yost, fellows, clerks and scholars until De
cember, l4i3. The enaotments for Eton
were almost u literal transcript OF those NJ
| Winchester. Its Incorporated name was
"fhe Kings College Of our Lady Of Elton
beside Windsor and It's original founda
tion provided for a provost, ten fellows,
four clerks, six choristers, a sehoolmaster
twenty-five poor and INDECENT scholars aud
twenty-five poor and infirm men, who were
ito pray for the king" ..It
Aside from the official governing body
the actual school officers Of Eton now
comprise crown appointed provost, q
similar official To our ''prlneipap or 'prrs
dent" who must be q master Of arts aud q
member OF tho Church OF England (noi
necessarily In orders) over thirty years Of
age, ten Fellows" who are members o
the governing body. a vice provost, bur
sars, secretaries or clerks, an auditor, head
master, u lower master, about thirty assist
ant masters, and conducts" or chaplains
All ordinary discipline may be said I,
emanate from the "houscs," whero boy,
not on the foundation reside, whose mas
tiers are directly responsible to tho head
and lower masters for the good conduct o.
those In charge; to the captains Of tn,
"houses, who are selected from among III,
scholars In tho houses TO assist In keeping
: order, and, sccondarily, both from flag
: masters" over their respective deputizet
, flags" and through the general super
, vision by all upper forms or divisions o.
the school over all msmbers OF the success
slye grades below them. II "a an odd sys
TEN TO US Americans. but II Is u good on
0 here, because It's results are good.
: The seventy FREQ or foundation scholar
o are called "Collegers." Formerly the
o wore the black cloth gown TO distinguish
Q them, but thts badge OF poverty was SOM
y time since removed. The foundation schol
u aIshlpa are oDsu, to all h3siE4rl,iaAsut