A new building, which is of great importance in the boys' eyes, is to be erected at Harrow School. It will Co3t about £l5O, and -ill be devoted to pets. Ever since there have been English schoolboys, they have kept pets, but usually the poor creatures had to be hidden, and many are the tales of white mice which escaped from the desks, and of grubs dislodged from trouser pockets. Now times have changed, and the authorities at Harrow welcome the pets as part of the natural history lesson. There will be tanks, insect cages, and outdoor runs under wire. The famous school is pa the way to the Zoo I
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19149, 4 November 1927, Page 6
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