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In 1875 Rev.Barnett and his wife went on their first mission to "talk about the poor" of Whitechapel .It was to be the first of many which would spread to several major Oxford colleges including New College where Druitt and ET Cook were students.We know for certain that Cook was very interested and subsequently did years of service work at Toynbee Hall.
The objective was to recruit such students on a "residential" educational mission when they had graduated and it spread to the colleges of Cambridge where The Duke Of Clarence was recruited as an "associate"---but not apparently as a residental graduate teacher/service worker though he seemed to have enjoyed his visits and spoke out very positively at early meetings during its first years in progress from 1884/5 to 1888/9 approx.It is impossible to name all the students who graduated from the various colleges and came as residents to work in Whitechapel but they numbered in their hundreds by 1889.
Names such as Toynbee"s himself, Sidney Ball,WH Forbes,Arthur Hoare,Leonard Montefiore,Alfred Milner,Philip Gell,John Falk,GE Underhill,Ralph Whitehead,Lewis Nettleship are among the very first to enthusiastically join the project.
Names specifically from the " New College"[Druitt"s college ] graduates group in 1884/5 included CH Rolt, Sidney Ball, ET Cook, HD Leigh, Henry D Neil, JGK McKenzie, R E Matheson,Alfred Robinson.
A few more names are down as holding specific duties such as W Hothouse,HW Tudor,S Hoare, Lowndes.
and from Cambridge offering service in 1884/5 HRH Duke of Clarence ,Arthur H D Acland,-----an AJ Balfour is present in 1885 as isJR Selby and JA Chamberlain and Charrington are referred to a little later on.
There were many more in the next few years,most of whom would take up a "residency" in Whitechapel.
Speakers were drawn from across the political spectrum;for example
William Morris,[who also created the colour scheme for Toynbee Hall],its frieze etc, Ben Tillett ,the famous Dockers Leader on The Future of the Dockers Union, Henry Cunningham,Tom Mann ,Miss Beatrice Potter,Asquith,
RB Haldane,GB Shaw,Hilaire Belloc,George Lansbury,Canon Wilberforce,Lord Balfour,Bernard Coleridge MP and it goes on and on!!!!!
Alfred Milner,Arnold Toynbee,Rev CW Stubbs ,Rev EC Hawkins,Prof Bryce were some of the very early speakers-1880-this would have been in the St Jude"s venue because Toynbee Hall wasnt opened until 1884.
So Whitechapel appears to have been able to draw a wide cross section of the great and the good to do their bit for "the poor".
The objective was to recruit such students on a "residential" educational mission when they had graduated and it spread to the colleges of Cambridge where The Duke Of Clarence was recruited as an "associate"---but not apparently as a residental graduate teacher/service worker though he seemed to have enjoyed his visits and spoke out very positively at early meetings during its first years in progress from 1884/5 to 1888/9 approx.It is impossible to name all the students who graduated from the various colleges and came as residents to work in Whitechapel but they numbered in their hundreds by 1889.
Names such as Toynbee"s himself, Sidney Ball,WH Forbes,Arthur Hoare,Leonard Montefiore,Alfred Milner,Philip Gell,John Falk,GE Underhill,Ralph Whitehead,Lewis Nettleship are among the very first to enthusiastically join the project.
Names specifically from the " New College"[Druitt"s college ] graduates group in 1884/5 included CH Rolt, Sidney Ball, ET Cook, HD Leigh, Henry D Neil, JGK McKenzie, R E Matheson,Alfred Robinson.
A few more names are down as holding specific duties such as W Hothouse,HW Tudor,S Hoare, Lowndes.
and from Cambridge offering service in 1884/5 HRH Duke of Clarence ,Arthur H D Acland,-----an AJ Balfour is present in 1885 as isJR Selby and JA Chamberlain and Charrington are referred to a little later on.
There were many more in the next few years,most of whom would take up a "residency" in Whitechapel.
Speakers were drawn from across the political spectrum;for example
William Morris,[who also created the colour scheme for Toynbee Hall],its frieze etc, Ben Tillett ,the famous Dockers Leader on The Future of the Dockers Union, Henry Cunningham,Tom Mann ,Miss Beatrice Potter,Asquith,
RB Haldane,GB Shaw,Hilaire Belloc,George Lansbury,Canon Wilberforce,Lord Balfour,Bernard Coleridge MP and it goes on and on!!!!!
Alfred Milner,Arnold Toynbee,Rev CW Stubbs ,Rev EC Hawkins,Prof Bryce were some of the very early speakers-1880-this would have been in the St Jude"s venue because Toynbee Hall wasnt opened until 1884.
So Whitechapel appears to have been able to draw a wide cross section of the great and the good to do their bit for "the poor".
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