The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-10-08
ST. PAUL's SCHOOL.
One of the Famous old-Time Schools of
England


founded in London in 1909. the Saturday
Review gives an account OF this famous
Old-time institution.
Just as at Westminster, there APP
pears to have been a school of some
kind from time immemorial in connec-
ton with the Abbey church, which was
absorbed or amplified by the greater
foundation of Elizabeth, SO there was
undoubtedly a school carried on in con-
nection with "PauIs" long before 1863,
says the writer. So far back as the
reign of Stephen we hear of both the
Cathedral School of st. Paurs and the
Abbey School at Westminster. Colet,
an adherent of the new learning and a
reformer who, but for Archbishop War
ham, might have been bounded down
for ''heresy," seems to have been out of
eonceit with the existing school. He
was a rich man and had inherited lands
from his father, twice lord mayor Of
London. With these he founded and
endowed new school ''in the east end
of st. Pauls church for one hundred
and fifty-three to be taught free in the
same"
DR.. Lupton, the learned author of Co.
let's life, says the reason for this exact
number of scholars is uncertain. It
was reserved for the Jewish advocate,
then Mr.. Jessei, in case concerning
the school that came into the chancery
courts not half a century ago, to sug-
gest that the explanation was to be
found in the New Testament, and the
number of the miraculous draught Of
fishes.
This number of scholars at that time
would be very large. and would make
st. Paul's one of the biggest schools, IL
not the biggest, in England. Winches-
ter and Eton had each seventy scholars
and some day boys or oppidians. in adj
dition; but probably neither would
reach a regular total Of 1853. His schol-
airs were to be ''of all nations and coun-
tries indifferently."
Two other interesting features show
the bent of Colet's mind Colets st.
Paul's appears to have been the first
school in which Greek was taught.
and it was also, we are told, the first
school in England in which the stat
utes expressly forbade cockfighting.
The subsequent history of the school
4 foundation has not been etirely free
from storms Colet, as was TO be ex-
pected from a man of his leanings.
chose. not ecclesiastics, but married
citizens of established reputation" to
manage his trust and selected the Mer-
GERS company for the purpose, of which
his father had been a member; and the
MERGERS company to this day select
from among their own number the ma
jority of governors, who, with certain
representatives nominated by the uni
versities, supervise the school. By an
accident the school did not appear in
the schedule to the Public School Act,
and it's property became vested in the
charity commissioners. II
| Cclet's original endowment produced
| in 1898 100 pounds year; in 1894 the an
| nuaI income was $4,000 pounds. DR.
Walker and the company have waged
several pitched battles with the charity
commissioners as to the proportion Of
this income to be devoted to st. Paufs
and the destination of the surplus. The
commissioners. seem to have had wild
notions of combining with the very sue
eessfr! upper grade secondary boys
school a lower grade secondary girls
school, an obvious mean of running
both. 1851.
The settlement ultimately arrived al
lin 1900 was shortly that st. Paul's
should receive thirds Of the income
lof the Coletine estates, but never less
than $4,000 pounds year, while the
rest was to go to the st. Paul's girls
ischool. The governing body was to re.
main constituted In the day already
mentioned without representation fror
1.-THE county council. as had been sug
Igested. AS regards one-third of Thu
foundation scholarships, special weigh
shall be attached to subjects proper t.
the modern department and Greek shall
not be required"
The question of change of site ant
removal from the heart Of the city i
lone which agitated the minds of tnt
authorities for no less period than 25
years. That famous Pauline, Pepys
records that even in his time "Paup'
school, they tell me, must be taker
away, and then, fear 1t will be lonE
before another place, such as they sa,
lis promised is found"
ANY one who remembers the oil
/. school as it was but twenty years ago
with its gloomy cavernous basement
the school ACKNOWLEDGEMENT wifi
rows of heavy pillars and barring gu
the curious crowd Of passers with heav.
iron grating--would hardly share II
Pepys' fears. Though some neighbor
hood less disturbing than traffic-ladei
Cheapside and Ludgate Fiji was re
quired, there was no intention of max
ing st. Paul's anything but a da.
school. With considerable adroitnes
several acres were purchased at Yves
Kensington, SO as to bring the school Il
touch with one of the best Residential
neighborhoods in London, and the sit
has the additional advantage of allow
| ing the boys to make use Of the river a
Hammersmith.
OF distinguishing alumni st. Paul.
has had more than its share. OF poet.
John Moltin; of warriors, John Church
: i'll, Duke of Marlborough, not to me
ton successful men of the world lik
} the first Barons North ano Paget
judges like Lord Jeffreys. Bloody JEFF
! freys," and Lord Truro, and in repor
times Lord Harnen, Chief Baron Pol
, lock. and the latter's son, 'the last O
| the barons," and in more academic line
| Jewett, the great master of Balliol, an
Barham, the author of the "Ingoldsb
r Legends"
And what of the modern St. Paul's
Hhow does it serve It's day and genera
, ton? 1t has buildings large and mod
. ern, If of somewhat nlonotonous ruddi
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