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...interest taken in athletics by the students of this famous English preparartory school almost equals the enthusiasm of the English universities in such matters. The Thames river, which is at Eton, a calm, quiet stream, of sufficient breadth to allow a race in which several boats may enter, is within two minutes walk of the school buildings. Every pleasant afternoon in spring the crews may be seen rowing on the river, as also a host of clumsy inexperienced oarsmen, paddling about for mere pleasure. First and most important of all the various crews is the Eton crew itself, which presents...
Field sports receive their due share of attention. Lovers of foot-ball, baseball, cricket, etc. find all that their hearts could desire in the famous playing grounds of Eton. These grounds consist of a large extent of beautiful park country stretching down to the river, and divided by avenues and pleasant groves of oak and chestnut trees into three broad lawns, smooth and well sodded. Eton has possessed these playing grounds for a hundred years or more, and they have been the scene of many a fierce battle at foot-ball and of numberless contests of all sorts between teams...
...left bank of the river Thames, some twenty miles from London, right opposite the town of Windsor, lies Eton, or rather the school, which gives its name to the few surrounding hamlets. The school was founded as early as 1441, by Henry the Sixth, and has ever since come under the care and personal supervision of the monarchs of England, who frequently were visitors on account of the nearness of the school to Windsor Castle. From a paltry hundred, including masters and fellows, the attendance has now increased to 850 scholars alone, and the roll of instructors equals many...
...foreigner is not well received. As the dormitory room is limited, a large number of the boys are obliged to board in the village, and hence are called "oppidans," probably from "oppidum," a town, the expenses of an "oppidan," amounting to over $1,000. From a classical school exclusively, Eton now teaches mathematics, physics, etc., and all the branches of learning necessary for admittance into the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, and the school has a number of fellowships connected with either university. A singular custom called "montem" was practiced at Eton triennially, but was abolished...
...bronze statue of the founder. The chapel is a good gothic structure, and the library is well supplied with the usual amount of manuscripts, etc. There is, however, another library for the use of the boys, the first being too valuable for schoolboy use. Like all English schools, Eton boasts of a long list of celebrated graduates, too long to enumerate, and it will be sufficient to say that Horace Walpole, Chatham, Gray, Shelley, Hallam, the historian, and the Duke of Wellington, were all Eton boys...