3.1.4. Public Schools

Question 1

Promotion and organisation of sports and games

Answer 1

WHAT they had
- Time
- Money

WHO they had
- Headmasters such as Dr Thomas Arnold
- House captains and ex public school boys as games masters

HOW they organised
- Promoted sport via interhouse and interschool fixtures, increasing competition
- Structured games and written/ codified rules

Question 2

The cult of athleticism

Answer 2

Cult: obsession/ growing craze of playing sport
- Athleticism: developing physical endeavour and moral integrity through sport

Question 3

Impact of cult

Answer 3

• Large amounts of time devoted to sport in schools to develop it
• Developed leagues
• Ex schoolboys spread the cult

Question 4

Impact of athleticism

Answer 4

• Encouraged effort over winning
• Encouraged development of codified sport
• Encouraged to play with fair play and sportsmanship

Question 5

Promotion of ethics

Answer 5

Ethics -> principles or rules that govern behaviour
Headmasters encouraged sports due to belief that they would build character and instill values such as:
- Leadership
- Courage
- Sportsmanship
- Endeavour
- Teamwork
- Respect

Question 6

The spread and export of games and ethics

Answer 6

• TEACHERS: promoting importance of sports and teaching others
• ARMY OFFICERS: spread sports internationally and increasing morale and fitness of soldiers
• PARENTS: influenced children by sending them to same schools
• VICARS/ PRIESTS: joined church. forming Parish teams, joined missionaries travelling internationally
• INDUSTRIALISTS: factory owners, keen to start work sports teams
• COMMUNITY LEADERS AND POLITICIANS: establishing local sports clubs and government roles
• NGBs set up