Rise and Establishment of Protestantism at Geneva - James Aitken Wylie

They enjoined all persons to attend the sermons,
and other exercises of religion, and to retire to their
homes at nine o'clock at night. They specially
commanded the masters of hotels and cabarets to
see that their guests observed these regulations.
That no one might plead ignorance, these rules
were frequently proclaimed by sound of trumpet.
The education of the youth of the State was an
object of special care to the magistrates, who
desired that they should be early grounded in the
principles of virtue and piety, as well as in a
knowledge of the classical tongues, and the belles
lettres. For this end they erected a school or
academy, with competent professors, to whom they
gave suitable salaries. There was a school in
Geneva in Popish times, but it was so badly
managed that it accomplished nothing for the
interests of education. The Council-General, by a
decree of May 21st, 1536, established a new
seminary in the convent of the Cordeliers on the
Rive, and appointed as headmaster Antony
Saunier, the countryman and friend of Farel. The
latter sought, in divers places, for learned men
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