Founders as Wizarding Government

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 117970


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinlore" <bob.oliver at c...> wrote:
> 
> 
> In a recent post Steve (bboymin) brought up the issue of whether 
> Hogwarts is a Private or Public School (American sense of those 
> terms).  This got me to thinking about the Founders and their role
> in their society.

> lupinlore:
> 
> Hogwarts seems to me to be a Public School (American sense).  The 
> Ministry clearly has ultimate control over the place, to the point 
> of appointing faculty and determining curriculum.  In addition, we 
> have never heard anyone talk about paying tuition at Hogwarts, and 
> at seems unlikely that many families, for instance the Weasleys, 
> would be able to do so.  Given all this, it seems likely that 
> Hogwarts is supported in whole or at least in the great majority by 
> government funds.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Lupinlore

bboyminn:

Sorry for the short post, just wanted to point back to the original
thread where I addressed some of these issues.

Subject:  Re: Why did the founders retain Slytherin's house?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/117969

I have posted extensive theories on this in the past, but I'm not on
my own computer and I don't have DSL, so things aren't working very well.

Steve/bboyminn