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


jects-betwesn the ages OF twelve and four
teen, aud are only tonablo to the compile.
tlon Of the nineteenth year. These Col.
legers are educated Ind maintained dur
ing school term or time out OF the funds Of
the college. At the beginning Of this cen
fury the Collegers' routine aud fare wero
far from onylablc. They dined most meg.
gerly NJ ~ o'clock every day, and supped NJ
d on whole school days aud nt . on other
days. They assembled Ia the Hall at z
every night, and sat there reading for an
hour under the care OF their captain. At
= they proceeded TO tho Lower School.
where they rccited the prayers which
used In still earlier times TO DO siid In the
Long Chamber. They were then locked
up for the night. On Sunday morning
they went tothe Upper School 10 sing the
Tooth Psalm. aud 10 Join In prayers read by
the Fifth Form prrpostor. Collegcrs and
oppldnns alike went 10 church NJ 10 o'clocl,
on Sundays. and they all had 20 sit In tho
Upper School between and while
member Of tho Fifth Form read aloud sew.
ernl pages OF that exciting essay, "Tho
Whole Duty Of Man."
Tho dinner consisted invariably Of NUT.
ton, potatoes, breud and beer, with the nd.
dillon OF pudding on Sundaya. As mat.
ter Of fact almost every Collegcr hired a
room In the town In which 10 get hi.
breakfast aud tea, which the college did
not furnish, and In which to prepare his
lessons. This rendered his expenses nearly
equal TO those not on the foundation aud
an old Etonian vrhemently states that
boys unab,o 20 incur theseunjust expenses
underwent "priyRtions that might have
broken down n cabin boy, and would be
| lFh Ia 4.
slave" An ode on Nearer Prospect OF
Eton," after Gray, written In 1903, was
yirlle with satire ON this order Of things
aud FASTENED reformation. Tho quality Of
the beer was thus alluded 10,
Pint after pint you drink IN vain;
silll sober, you may drink again.
You cant get drunk In Hall
Everything Is now different. Good food
Ia supplied for the hall. Breakfast aud tea
are furnished NJ triling cost. Servant,
lessen tho imposition Of Tagging" An as.
slstant master aud matron have domestic
superintendent. Long Chamber Of old,
famous for It's ffty-two beds, filth and
frolies, has been practically abolished and
new building with separate rooms pro.
Nidcd, chiefly by subscription from old
Etonlans, All badges OF inferiorlty have
been done away with. To DO INDECENT and
n paupcr Is no longer necessary to cllgi.
billy, aud some OF the best families OF
England are glad TO have their sons be-
cone foundatloners.
The "Oppidansn are all Eton boys not
FREE scholars or "Collegers,n Theirs IL no
bar 20 any boy entering Elton az soon as no
can read, and some have been received ~
young as seven years Tho Eton system
provides that from tho moment no enters
until he leaves for good he shall bc under
the immediate control. 10 far Us his intel
lcctual guidance Is concerned, OF u tutor
who stands to him. while at Eton, ia the
ontirn relation OF parent or guardian. There
IS now perhaps an average attendance OF
1000 boys Fully 500 are nonrosldents. All
OF these live In boarding houses, formerly
conducted by women or "dames,n and
wilde now all but ono are under the super
vision OF boarding masters, who each care
for from thirty to fifty youths, they are
hull known az danes hOuHes.n These
boarding masters are assistant masters Of
ani teachers In the college. So far as col.
leRe life and discipline are concerned all OF
these houses are US strictly subject to col,
lego low and regulation as though they
were sot down and securely locked within
either OF the Two college Quadrangles.
The principal and original buildings
form two huge quadrangles. Tho first,
entered from the highway through much
battered archway, is adorned by central
; ktasIa otthe royal fanndsr In hranaa Tais