King Edward VII
KING EDWARD VII COLLEGE. SKETCH OF THE
HEADMASTER.
 Mr. H. Bompas-Smith, the headmaster of the proposed King
Edward VII School at Fairhaven, and whose photograph is here given, is a
man well qualified to take charge of so important a scholastic
institution as the new school promises to be. The future of the nation
rests largely with the younger generation, and the influences that help
to mould the character by imparting knowledge should therefore be a
matter of serious concern to all English people.
Double interest
attaches, therefore, to some particulars of the career of Mr. Bompas-Smith which we are able to give. Mr. Bompas-Smith was born in
1867, and received the first portion of
his education at Chesterfield Grammar School. He received further
tuition at Jena in Germany, and also at the Mansfield Grammar School.
From here he went to Oxford, taking the honour of being OPEN
MATHEMATICAL SCHOLAR, and also taking first-class in Mathematical
Moderations. He obtained first-class in his final classical examination,
and left Oxford in 1890, becoming master, for one term, at Sutton
Valence. For the next seven years he was chief master on the Modern Side
at Shrewsbury.
 The curriculum at Shrewsbury contains a Classical Side, a
Modern Side, an Army Class, and a Science department. The Modern Side is
intended to; supply a liberal education in such subjects as mathematics,
natural science, and modern languages-English, German, French, etc. Mr. Bompas-Smith left Shrewsbury in 1897 to take up the headmastership of
the Walsall Grammar School, and during the seven years that elapsed
between that date and his appointment to the King Edward School the
number of boys in attendance rose from 108 to 190, a circumstance that
speaks well for the confidence reposed in him by the parents.
Mr. Bompas-Smith has written works of considerable interest to those in the
scholastic profession, two of them being "Boys and their management in
school" (Longmans) and "A new junior arithmetic" (Methuen). He is also a
contributor to "School" and other journals. Mr. Bompas-Smith is hopeful
that the new school will be opened in the early part of 1908.
Mr.J.Bell, headmaster of King Edward VII
School in the 1940s.
 
King Edward VII School in 1943
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