3-017-309 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Surrey County School, Cranley, near Guildford, 1865. 'Experience has already shown that a school of this kind may be entirely self-supporting where the buildings and furniture are provided gratuitously and the charge for board and instruction Is fixed at the moderate sum of £30 a year. The council have accordingly appointed this rate of payment, and are making great exertions to raise the remainder of the amount required for the buildings and furniture. Of the necessary £11,000, about £7700 has already been subscribed...The school will now accommodate 150 boys; but it is intended hereafter to complete the architect's design, and to render it capable of containing 300. The gentleman appointed Head Master - the Rev. J. Merriman, M.A. - is a man of University distinction and a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge...In the course of instruction a prominent place is given to the English language and literature, Latin and French, drawing, and vocal music are also taught. Provision is made for giving lessons in Greek, German, and instrumental music; but these are optional, and involve an additional charge'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.