Due to scheduling issues, I was not able to attend the Whitelands archive on Tuesday. This means that I may have to alter my question if I can not access the Whitelands archive.

I visited the Digby archive today and analyzed the timetables (1886) and chronicles of the college leading up to the outbreak of the second world war (September 1939.) I also managed to look at some of the prospectuses of years after 1952, they were useful in order to consider the difference between 1886 and 1952. This seemed especially prominent in the focus of the teaching, while the earlier timetables focused on education with students having lessons in arithmetic, history and geography alongside their lessons in teaching philosophy, the prospectus of 1952 showed the need for a specialised subject. This specialised subject and change of system potentially reveal the changes in educational law and teaching practice especially with the McNair Report of May 1945. Which was followed quickly by the Education Act of 1945 initiating changes in the curriculum and running of the college.

All of this research was useful however I could do with finding a timetable that is closer to the war period so in the late 1920’s or early 1930’s so that I can make a clearer comparison within my essay.

The question that is still playing on my mind is the effect of the Second World War on the education at Digby Stuart College.