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T
UTORIAL
S
ET
B 1913
The Tutorial Set system was brought to the School in 1898 by Warden Hobson; these were the precursor of the Boarding House system which did not arrive at St. Edward’s
until 1925. The idea was for ‘each boy to come under the care of a Tutor, who follows his progress throughout his schooldays’. In this photograph the current Set B Tutor,
Leonard Cass, is seated third from the right next to Warden Sing who had founded this particular Set.The average number of pupils to a Set was between fifteen and twenty
with occasionally a Set being temporarily disbanded due to lack of overall School numbers. Each Set competed for a number of sporting challenges every year and winning
cups can be seen at the front of the group. All the boys shown in this group took part in the war, with three being killed in action in addition to Cass himself - a classic
example of teachers and pupils fighting alongside each other.