City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . r stood is somethingintellectually gro-tesque in a classi-cal master beingrequired in thislocality in thosedays. Prior to all this,however, otherprivate schoolshad been estab-lished, and severalhad lived — andmost of them died— before, in 1842,Rev. Benj. Cronyn was appointed Superintendent of Educationfor the town of London, and was ordered todistrict the town for school purposes. Hesimplified his work by constituting each warda school district. The total amount of schooltaxes at that period did not exceed fiv
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . r stood is somethingintellectually gro-tesque in a classi-cal master beingrequired in thislocality in thosedays. Prior to all this,however, otherprivate schoolshad been estab-lished, and severalhad lived — andmost of them died— before, in 1842,Rev. Benj. Cronyn was appointed Superintendent of Educationfor the town of London, and was ordered todistrict the town for school purposes. Hesimplified his work by constituting each warda school district. The total amount of schooltaxes at that period did not exceed five hun-dred dollars, but the disputations and wran-gles over the spending of this sum were asgreat as now when the total expenditure forsalaries alone equals that sum multiplied byone hundred and fifty. The ward schools were soon found to be inadequate, and a de-mand for higher education sprung mp in1848 that resulted in the building of the nowdefunct Union School the following school board at that time consisted ofRight Rev. Benj. Cronyn, chairman ; J. Skin-. OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL, KING STREET. ner, W. Elliot, G. McLatchey, and W. Living-ston, with Rev. W. F. Clarke as first staff of teachers in this school con-sisted of N. Wilson, J. C. Brown, Wm. Irwin,E. J. Craig, J. Taaffe, Jas. McLearen, Mrs. Hop-kins, Misses Bethel, Corrigan, Sharpe, Lester,and Robertson. The pupils of this year (1849)numbered 1,800. The first principal of theUnion School was Mr. Nicholas Wilson, andhere it may be noted that the only trusteesat the time of his appointment who are nowahve are Sir John Carhng and Judge Mr. Wilson was succeeded by , and he in turn gave place to B. Boyle, who became the principal onthe town merging into a city in 1855. He held the office tillhe was appointedInspector of thecity schools, anddied with har-ness on his back,being found deadat his desk in theschoolhouse in1891. It is with afeeling of regret,and through nolack of di
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