New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-21


Dr ArnoId's administration, from 1871 TO Iof@'
If received an intellectual and moral impulse
more powerful than the patronage OF "edI'1
and fashion. In broadening the courses Oh SUI
creating an enthusiasm for work. suO9'iIU
ing confidence for rough suspicion IN the l SS1'
nent of bows and establishing high standard
of honor among them, he gave to RUGBY pro
eminence among English public schools AHe-
bos baan one short interval of decline but VILE
beadmasters like DIR. TAFT, DR.. Temple Tx
Perciva1 and DR. Henry Armitage James among
his SUCCESSORS the school has remained what ne
made it, but with an attendance increased to
600 He left his impression all English pup
lie schools. He trained headmasters Ike Dr.
Vaughan for Harrow and Dr. Bradley Tor MAIL
| borough and forced DR.. Hawtrey at Eaton ana
DR. MoberIy at Winchester TO become reformerS
like himself With the publication Of Dean
Stanley's biography and Mr. Hughess School
DAYS. his work became truly national and h1S
| influence permanent
| Rugby has been transformed in appearance
and in resources since Dr. Arnold's time because
men educated more have been proud of the
school and have loved it. While not wealthy
bodv like Harrovians or Etonians, Rugbeians
have responded generously to every appeal for
subscriptions and improvements Loyal devo-
ton which has supplied over 100000 in the last
thirty years for new construction, ought to have
been rewarded with a House Beautiful; but
architects have not known the poetry Of their
trade and have been content with being garish
decorators The Old Quadrangle is more com
Portable than it was seventy years ago. for there
are electric lights everywhere, there hot water
pipes in passages and better arrangements have
been made for securing privacy; but it has not
been beautified by some of the finishing touches
in additional rows of studies. dormitories and
bathrooms. The new chapel would have had
more dignity and distinction if some of the mod
ern glass and statuary had been left out and if
the designers had not been possessed with
mania for decoration with paint and coIOred
brick The New Quadrangle, formed by the
chapel and ranges Of fantastic italian classTooms
In brick and slate, is overdressed in color and
ornament. In comparison with these bizarre
architectural effects the quaint Georgian Quad
rangle of DR.. Arnolds time is welngh classic
in spite of its medley of styles. The observatory
and the sanatorium are commonplace buildings
The art museum and the new schools, with large
classroons below and a spacious speechrOom
above are ornate modern structures, and the
eight masters houses for boarders are neither
better nor worse than similar forrnless dormi-
tories in Winchester, Elton and Harrow. The
Bigside Swimming Bath is complete in all its
appointments and the gymnasium near by. with
workshops on the ground floor, Is remarkably
well equipped: but both structures are unneces-
sariIy ugly. The bewildered visitor after max
ing the rounds of the school, is constrained to
admit that new construction has not been adapt
ed with artistic feeling to the old Georgian fOn-
dation; yet he is also impressed with the eff
cheney and completeness Of the educational plant
as whole. For the general purpose of modern
izing the school the generosity of Rugbeians has
not been rnisapplied There is a largely increased
staff of instructors and there are all the requi-
site accommodations and appliances for fitting
men for business. the universities, the profess
sions and the fighting services There IS q
lower school, where the founders wishes for free
education for the of residents are carried
out the modern languages and natural science
are alternative studies in the middle and upper
schools. although two-thirds Of the students take
the classical course in preparation for the uni
versities; and there ample facilities for spe-
cializing with view to scholarships in either
Oxford or Cambridge Rugby is in every respect
a thoroughly modernized school
Not only has education been broadened and
liberalized at Rugby, but the school has also
been converted into well ordered, self-gov-
erning community. where the older boys have
privileges and are swayed by n sense Of moral
responsibility. The students have more freedom
than they enjoyed in DR.. Arnold's time are ade-
quatey protected against oppression from heart
less flag masters and DULLES. and are taught to
depend upon a discipline system of their own