| Evidence: | Meeting held at Eynsham, Shinfield Rd., 20.XII.33. E. Dorothy Brain in the chair 1. Minutes of last read & approved [...] 7. Schoolmasters in Literature were portrayed by a series of readings from biography and fiction. There were ten in all and they reflected the various estimation in which these beings are held, and were held generations ago. In spite of the dullness, the jealousy and the morbid introspection that characterize the assistant, the profession is in part redeemed by the haloes that flicker around its heads - generally, it must be admitted, very much in retrospect. After all, would other professions fare much better? We are certainly indebted to the committee who prepared the readings, and regret that Reginald Robson felt it necessary to omit the one he had allotted to himself. The readings were given in this order. 1. From Roger Ascham V. W. Alexander 2. [From] Westward Ho H. R. Smith 3. [From] 4. [From] T. E. Brown's Clifton Celia Burrow 6. [From] Stalky & Co G. H. S. Burrow 5. [From] Life of Frederick Andrews Mary Robson 7. [From] Vanity Fair S. A. Reynolds 8. [From] Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill Dorothy Brain 9. [From] Jeremy at Crale E. B. Castle 10. [From] Rugby Chapel F. E. Pollard ' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 20 Dec 1933 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Eynsham, Shinfield Road |
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| Reader: | Victor Alexander |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1887 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of the XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Roger Ascham |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Education |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 29700 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Victor Alexander | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) | |
| Location: | private collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 80–83 |
| Citation: | Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) private collection, p. 80–83, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29700, accessed: 18 May 2013 | |
| Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). The text read was perhaps from The Scholemaster. |
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