History of Sport - Public Schools
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- Created on: 20-03-17 18:22
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Characteristics:
- Long standing
- Endowed - recieved large gifts of moeny
- Boarding schools
- Tough
- Elitest
- Regular - free time due to lack of supervision
- Free time - boys could do what they wanted
- Young boys - excessive energy, lots of rough behaviour
- Numbers - increased numbers in schools
- Space - more room for buildings and fields
- Gentry - influential families
- Fee paying - fees could develop facilities
Clarendon Schools:
- Charterhouse school - 1611
- Eton College - 1440
- Rugby school - 1567
- Clarendon report - the account of public school life written by the Earl of Clarendon and his team of commissioners in 1864
- It gave a detailed picture of life in the schools, highlighted problems, recommended improvements and generously attempted to enrich day-to-day acedemic life and residential life for pupils
Types of Public Schools in 19th Century:
- Proprietary colleges - middle class copies of gentry schools, purpose built & well equipped, attracted children of wealthy industries
- Endowed grammer schools - free schools set up in most towns, patron was king/queen who endowed it, mid 19th century some became fee paying and accepted as public schools
- Denominated schools - linked to the church, small late 19th century boarding schools developed
- Ladies academies - finishing schools for daughters of the gentry, concerned with elegance and etiquette
Stage 1: Schoolboys and Popular Recreation:
- Traditonal gentry schools expanded at the end of 18th century
- Improved facilities and staffing
- Small number became exclusive and charged higher…
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