Harrow school

Harrow school , known also under the name of Harrow, is one of the the most famous schools of the world . It is a private school reserved for the boys , located on the Harrow-one-tea-Hill hill at the North-West of London, in England . By its size, it is not a school but a whole village (all the hill or almost pertaining to the school). It was founded in 1572 per John Lyon. It is one of the nine schools of the traditional English State as defined by the law 1868 of the schools of the State. It is characterized by excellent results of examination and its engagement with external education with the classroom.

Harrow has today surroundings 800 pupils divided in 11 houses. The cost of the inscription is of 23.625£ per annum (surroundings 35.050 € ). The majority of the boarding schools were built for the periods victoriennes, when the number of boys increased considerably. The school started to resemble the establishment running in terms of popularité.

A great number of pupils having passed by Harrow are known: for example seven British First-Ministers (most popular being Winston Churchill ), and the first Indian First-Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. There are also current personalities like James Blunt . Amongst other things, 19 former students of Harrow School received the Croix of Victoria.

History of Harrow School

The school, in 1615

John Lyon was a farm rich person, alive with Preston, a village of Harrow. One of its interest was the education. One also discusses that the foundation of Lyon de Harrow was not in fact a foundation, but a recasting because there was a school with Harrow since 1324; in other words, it simply renewed the existing institution. Lyon east died in 1592, leaving its fortune to two generous causes: First of all for the school, and the maintenance of a main road of London, surroundings 10 Miles length (16 Kilometers). It is only in 1608 that the construction of the first school building started. It was completed in 1615 and exists always today, in a version more modernized much. The principal material taught was the Latin , and the only sport was the Tir with the arc (a tradition recalled in the song of school “The Silver Arrow” (the silver plated arrow).

Traditions of Harrow

Uniform

The public example most known of the tradition of Harrow is probably its Canotier (straw hat at bottom and flat board). This Chapeau is carried to all the courses except worms the end of the afternoon. The uniform of the week is composed of a white blouse, of a black tie, gray pants and a blue pullover. The uniform of Sunday is composed of a black coat of evening, of pants, a black waistcoat, a black tie and a white blouse. The alternatives include a gray waistcoat for the members with the teams of sports and a hat with black peas for the boys of the higher teams of Cricket. The Professors have their own uniforms.

Songs

One of the most distinctive traditions of Harrow is the Chant. Many songs were written by professors about the life with Harrow in second half of the 19th century. The most popular songs were written by John Farmer and Edouard Bowen. Indeed, it was they which started the tradition. New songs are from time to time written, although some estimate that nostalgia is not there and that the original songs hold the majority of the tradition.

Sports

Harrow has two principal sporting traditions, the first is the Football of Harrow. This sport is a mixture between the Rugby and football and is played with a large balloon of Cuir. This play can be violent, because there is no rule as in Rugby. Consequently, the damage often occurs, the sport being played on a very muddy and very pasty stage. The players often find themselves with their torn shirt. The former teams of Harrow School often come to face the new teams. The second tradition is the Cricket of Harrow. He celebrated his two hundredth birthday in 2005. It is the oldest sport having begun in 1805. It is thought that Byron lord played in the team of Harrow in this year. Harrow School is also recognized by the majority of the historians as an inventor of the Squash of interior, a sport of racket, with half of the 19th century.

The test of the new arrivals

A test is undertaken by all the new pupils during the three weeks which follow their entry to the school. Each one is formed for the test by a “shepherd” (a guide), person in charge of its student the first week. The test implies to remember the names and the colors of each house.

Supervisors

The supervisors are boys who are designated for their good. Each house has at least a supervisor, who is named head of room (the elder one of the house). More largely, a supervisor is named with the head of the school, and a deputy is named to help it. The supervisors wear the higher hats (see uniform ^) black and a blue tie Sunday.

The guild

It is an small group of boys selected every year, considered to be the chiefs in the artistic and cultural fields of the school, whose role is to support the music, art, the theater, and other similar activities. It is related very prestigious function with that of a supervisor. The members of the guild can carry a maroon waistcoat with the Sunday cloth or a tie chestnut with the unrestrained lions (one of the badges of the school).

The “Harrovian”

It is the weekly newspaper of the school, it takes account of the questions in the school and provides from the points of view on current events.

Timetabling

The daily schedule with Harrow School can at the beginning seem illogical. Morning with the evening, the courses are called as follows:
2a 2b 2c 2d 2nd 3 4 5

The reason of this is that in the beginning there was school early the morning before the breakfast (1A and 1B), and thus the lessons of the morning were “2”. “3,4 and 5” were the successive additions with the schedule which take place the afternoon. The period “5” is also known as “a X”.

Rooms of Harrow

There are 11 residences (house-boarding school) with Harrow School, each one with its own host, tutor resident, team of tutor and matron. Each house also has its own colors. A simple house will lodge surroundings 70 boys. The houses are Elmfield, The Grove, Rendalls, The Headmasters, Moretons, Druries, The Park, Bradbys, The Knoll, Newlands and West Acre. In addition to the latter there is also the “Room of Gayton”, where the boys can remain if there is no more place in their appointed house.

The “campus” of Harrow

Harrow School is not built on a campus because it is entirely integrated in the hill: there are the private houses and of the companies on the hill, the road is employed by the residents, etc Cependant, it includes/understands a certain number of important buildings.

Old schools

A modern sight of the hurdy-gurdies schools

It is the school building oldest in Harrow, built when the school was founded in 1572. In the beginning, there was not that a building then one made build at side another building with identical such as one would believe who was thus since always. It contains the old gallery of part of the word, the fourth room of form and the department of history. It is in this building that at summer turned a scene of the film Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the philosopher stone .

Principals of Harrow

1771-1785 - Dr. Benjamin Heath, M.A., D.D. (1739 - 1817)
1829-1836 - Dr. Charles Thomas Longley, M.A., D.D. (1794 - 1868)
1844-1859 - Dr. Charles John Vaughan, M.A., D.D. (1834 - 1897)
1859-1885 - Dr. Henry Montagu Butler, M.A., D.D., LL.D. (1833 - 1918)
1885-1898 - Dr. James Edouard Cowell Welldon, M.A., D.D. (1854 - 1937)
1926-1934 - Mr Cyril Norwood (1875 - 1956)
1934-1939 - Paul Caïn Vellacott, D.S.O., C.B.E. (1891 - 1954)
1939-1942 - Arthur Paul Boissier (1881 - 1953)
1942-1953 - Ralph Westwood Moore (1906 - 1953)
? ? ? ? - 1971 - Dr. Robert “Jimmy” James
1971-1981 - Brian Michael Stanislaus Hoban (1921 - 2003)
1981-1991 - Beer of Ian
1991-1999 - Nicholas Bomford
1999 - Barnaby Lenon

Literature

Rimmer, Rambles round Eton and Harrow, (London, 1882)
Thornton, Harrow School and its Surroundings, (London, 1885)
Harrow School Register, 1801-93, (London, 1894)
Minchin, Old Harrow Days, (London, 1898)
Williams, Harrow, (London, 1901)
Archibald Fox, Harrow, (London, 1911)
G.T. Warner, Harrow in Prose and Pours (London, 1913)

External bonds

Web site of Harrow School (the U.K.)
Web site of association of Harrow (the U.K.)

Source

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