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Show 2 . The Salt Lake Tribune. Sunday, July 13, 1973 I nr--i G:irj.f K " - K ' v-- - ' d ,. v v A. &' '"' ' .yi rfy 31 Ii v 4 Vt&k, - 4 14 I' j A 1 , 4 least bit unusual even though chores are pursued in tie, tails. The common task of menial labor is looked upon at Eton not the Tranquility at Eton Whats Up? Its a Bit of a Go V Only rarely anymore does the head master's study resound with the dreaded swish of the birch on bottoms. And elegantly has to master now the classics of nearthe shout oer jumbo jets But little Heathrow Airport. by else has changed at Eton. Bv. Ilujjh Mulligan r Axsocialed d Iress Writer - ETON, ENGLAND - Under deal of his work under the tutor system, where boys call at the master's home for what has been called private business since Tudor times these ancient yeus, uithin sight of Windsor Castle, it does seem a bit much asking a lyear-olGreek scholar in white tie and tails what's new at Eton these days. New, sir? he considered 'l do believe the college beagles are having a go after tea. the impertjnence. At Give or take half a nnllen-ium- . the royal school that Henry VI founded in 1440 to combat heresy and pray for the response of his soul doesnt change all that much. Eton students, one dressed in casual afternoon attire, the other in his conspicuously idiotic but practical white tie and tails, stroll leisurely across the campus which was founded in 1440 by King Henry M. with the design of combating heresy and sating the soul. True, there's dosed circuit TV in the classrooms now. a computer in the math department and all sorts of gadgetry in the language lab, but the old oaken desks where Gladstone carved his initials and Shelley hid his cats skull for raising ghosts seem locked in the timeless tranquility that shall forever be Eton. Outshouts Jets Except, of course, when the classics master has to raise his voice to a bellow every two minutes to give Aristophanes the decibel advantage over jumbo jets screaming out of nearby London Heathrow Airport. And the only heresy about these days worth combatting is a student underground moement to admit girls, but even that seems as far off as a merger with Luton Comprehensive school. r ing the king's rabbits in Great Park than in running down Greek irregular verbs. ind-so- McCrum regrets that the world out there beyond the Long Walk still sees Eton as a bastion of privilege, wealth, elitism and stuffy traditionalism. The Kings College of Our Lady Beside Windsor, to give its full name, tries to forget it was onee famous for flogging, fagging and formal attire. Fagging, slowly dying out. is the tradition by which new boys in the lower school put in time as personal sen ants to graduating seniors. In olden days, when future novelist Henry Fielding ran off m tears to his grandmother. made the beds, laid the fires and mulled ear-olthe ale for their masters. Loner Percy B. Shelley openly rebelled against being anyones valet and moothe walked dily where old Etonian Thomas Gray wrote Ins elegy. Under Eire From the placing fields along the Thames echo still the hollow thwack of the cricket bat and the muffled cries of future prime ministers wounded in The Field Game. Etons own version of manslaughter with a score-boar- 18-- d nearby-churchyar- But, alas, only rarely anymore does the head master's study resound with the dreaded swish of the birch on elebottoms. gantly fire now from a segment of undergraduates and outlawed in several of Etons 27 houses, fagging survives mainly in the form of running errands and doing the shopping for older Under growing d Not Sold on Caning Head Master Michael McCrum. an man. is not sold on the efficacy of caning to quell mutiny among his 1.300 charges. y New masters coming here always find us less stutfy and had than exclusive they expected, McCrum remarked as the noon bell on Lupton Tower released hordes of Etonians from the formal morning wear to the acceptable afternoon attire of brushed denims and flowery mod shirts. The uniform is conspicuously idotic, hut it does have its practical side. It lasts for years. The tails are quite long at the start, but go up as the boy grows up. The longer they wear them, the more they love them. Henry VI founded Eton for poor scholars" to be housed at the college and trained at the kings expense. He also provided for feepaying boys to come from other parts of the kingdom son told biographer Boswell who was about to enroll his first born at Eton. "But then less is learned there, so what the boys get at one end they lose at the other." Work Harder fre- , Century-counterparts- seem to poach- Rising labor costs recently brought about a 17 percent increase m basic annual fees to loo pounds U.S Si1, 477. almost double what they were a decade ago. Next year, to cope with the shortage of kitchen help, six Eton houses will sene meals c.Heteru-Mylfrom a central dining hall McCrum has no fear that Finn will price itself nut of existence. More parents than ever send their children to private schools in Britain, more than PHl.flhrt now compared with half that many at the end of Wot Id War 11. e Although Winchester, founded in l.x7 is older, Hon is unique in that every hov has lus own room and does a good Zaies major problem." said Eton has a tram-tioand the boys basically are a sensible well behaved lot Many reflect secure their fundamentally background in a noticeable self eonf denee that is part of the Eton tradition. The only recent flogging scandal involved boys flogging the family heirlooms at antique shops downtown to raise the sock. pin money for tea time eating orgy among the rooms The head master had to cal! on local dealers not to buy the from enterfamily silver-platprising hucksters The going poena. written punishment, these days for smoking without permission of the house master is to copy out several chapters from the government report on the effects of smoking and drug taking. In such dark hours, young Etonians can find solace of some sort in the school's history. In Restoration days students were required to smoke, under penalty of flogging, as an antidote to the plague McCrum of good sense, n Tracv Collins Bank and Trust Company has raised the rate vv hich we pay on passbook savings from 41 :9c to 59c. compounded and paid quarterly. We have also raised the rates of all savings certificates to their legal ceilings. 'The actions taken bv the federal government in increasing the ceiling hav e been but not necessarily well advised. -- C- - i well-intention- They are attempting to make the rates which banks pay to investors and savers more competitive with the rates of other investments, many of which are issued bv the federal aovemment itself. I have serious concern that their actions will tend to increase interest rates for consumer loans, thereby increasing inflationary pressures. The basic elements required to control inflation and strengthen the dollar intcmationallv are sound government fiscal and monetary policies. Business cannot indefmitelysolve the problems created and abetted by arbitrary federal government actions. It is our intention at Tracy-Collin- s, to absorb a significant the of the costs of increases within the bank and not pass them portion on in the form of higher interest rates on home mortgages, automobile is loans and the like, to you the consumer. I hope that you as customers, savers and investors are able to work -v our wav through these diffi- n O cult times. I remain forever optimis- tic about the strength of our country to survive such problem. N. v (hihert L Shelton ( hmrman of the Board ami Ireudcnt I rui i Colhrv. Bank and Trust Sunday Special - Collegers" There are still 70 King s Scholars, called "collegers and entitled to wear a gown over their formal wear, who e come to Eton virtually nationwide a through competitive examination. fee-fre- Although bovs now- one quarter of the receive some kind n 12t2oonlil5p.nl. t'' rr I ' 'vc--, y s Y t' . t "'a. J f'ntl j) - - ' 4 ft Yi u j Silverplotftd Gittt t 70 McCrum, a classic major thinks from Cambridge, a work Etonians good todays who Eton's money problems are those of independent schools in especially everywhere, America. Fee Increase ,70 There is less flogging in our great schools," Dr. John- have spent more time scholarship help. network of illustrious old hoys stretchmg haik through the ages sustains its elitist image. Eighteen of the 47 prime ministers since Walpole went to Eton, as did such diverse luminaries as Algernon Swinburne. Sir Hubert Boyle. John George Maynard Keynes, Orwell, Cyril Connolly and Ilandolph Churchill. ?IT!V boys. His restraint at the breach represents a progression, or at least a digression, from the legendary John Keate, a 19th Century head master who once flogged 80 boys at a kneeling. Even George III. the most beloved local royal highness ever to wander over the bridge from Windsor, might have regretted the decline of "six of the best from the master. His standard greeting to the boys, who still celebrate his birthday, June 4, as Etons greatest holiday, was: "Well, well, my boy. when were you last flogged, eh? deal harder than their quently flogged 18th Etons of Slow Change The boys bulletin board may advertise guitars for sale and genuine autographed Cat Steven's album." but change comes slowly, imperceptibly to the world of Henry M's living stones," as he called his college of sad priests " The wall game, an organized riot, is Mill played even St Andrew's Day, Nov. 3U. even though no one has scored a goal since 1909 The permissive society lurks at the gates, as was evidenced the six hoys recently by "gated." kicked out. for putting pot in the village and the is discipmed for climbing the wall in full tig to attend a rock concert. Actually, discipline is not a By 7' iv ' A r , re International i- t : 2 Stores Only Valley Fair Mall 3601 So. 2700 West r?r IIWlltKt - - M |