64 SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF YORK AND DISTRICT 



Bootham, the first secondary school buih by the local education authority, 

 appeared in 19 lo. An advanced course in modern studies is provided. 



Nunthorpe Secondary School for Boys was opened by the local educa- 

 tion authority by converting a mansion with extensive grounds to school 

 purposes in 1920, and the accommodation has been augmented by 

 subsequent additions to the buildings. There are advanced courses 

 in science and mathematics and modern studies. 



The Mill Mount Secondary School for Girls, the second girls' school 

 provided by the Education Committee, was also a large residence similarly 

 converted to educational purposes in the year 1920, and the accommo- 

 dation here is shortly to be increased by the erection of a new wing. 



The St. John's Diocesan Training College for men teachers has been 

 in existence since 1846. This college is recognised by, and earns a direct 

 grant from, the Board of Education, the local education authority not 

 being concerned in its management. The college is residential, and 

 houses over 180 students. His Grace the Archbishop of York is Chairman 

 of the Governors of the College. St. John's is in a group of scholastic 

 buildings in Lord Mayor's Walk, and fronts a stately avenue of lime 

 trees planted along the outer edge of the moat of the ancient city wall on 

 the east side of the Minster. 



Besides the ordinary academic work of a training college, St. John's 

 is well equipped for games, and its curriculum includes training to an 

 advanced stage in handicraft, a subject that is assuming more importance 

 in the schools. The proximity of the river Ouse provides well-used 

 facilities for rowing, a sport very popular among the students. 



St. William's College, near the Minster, founded for the clergy of the 

 Minster, is now a House of Convocation. 



In spite of York's long tradition of learning and the development of 

 higher education up to the stage of public school, secondary school, 

 and teachers' training college, the opportunities for the founding of a 

 university in the ancient capital have unfortunately been neglected. The 

 county town and cathedral city of the adjoining shire can boast the 

 Durham University. In Yorkshire the honour of founding universities 

 or university colleges has fallen to the cities of Leeds, Sheffield and Hull. 

 Alderman J. B. Morrell, on the occasion of the coming-of-age celebrations 

 of the Queen Anne School in 193 1, is quoted as saying ' York has missed 

 the crowning achievement it ought to have, and that is, a university 

 here.' The city of York provides in very many respects an ideal position 

 for a university centre. The city's long history, its geographical position 

 in the county, the pastoral setting on the banks of a noble river, the 

 ecclesiastical and architectural dignity attaching to the city, and the 

 position of York as a railway centre for the North, all combine to meet 

 the requirements of a site for a university. There is little doubt that, 

 had York in the renaissance of education possessed wealthy citizens 

 imbued with the desire to leave their wealth to found a university in 

 their native city, such as appeared in other parts of the county, York 

 would to-day have been the seat of a university. 



To ensure that the more brilliant pupils in the schools of the city shall 

 not be prevented by lack of means from proceeding to a university, the 



