Poor Boys at Eton
It is an old-standing grievance that many’ of th e schools endowed in bygone days for the education of the .poor have been diverted to the education of the well-to-do. Of Eton, at any rate, this cannot be said, for Dr Alington, the headmaster, states that all the money bequeathed for scholarships at Eton goes to poor scholars and none of the rich boys have any’ share in it. Arrangements have been made by which the poorest boy can go into Lion free of all .fees, whether for teaching or for board- Even the case of the boys who cannot afford to pay for clothes and books is met. Of course it costs vastly’ more to-day to keep a. boy at Eton than it did when thc scholarships were first bequeathed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 296, 15 December 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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135Poor Boys at Eton Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 296, 15 December 1928, Page 18 (Supplement)
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