hɪz mˈeɪn pˈɜːpəs ɪn ɪstˈæblɪʃɪŋ ðə skˈuːl, æz hiː ɹᵻvˈiːld ˈæftɚwɚdz, wʌz "tə kˈeɪɾɚ fɔːɹ tʃˈɪldɹən fɹʌmðə kˈʌntɹɪsˌaɪd hˌuː kʊd nˌɑːt mˌeɪk ɪɾ ˈaʊt tə tˈaʊn ænd dɪdnˌɑːt hæv ɐ tʃˈæns æɾ ˈiːvən pˈæsɪŋ ðə kˈɑːmən ˈɛntɹəns ɛɡzˌæmᵻnˈeɪʃən."
His main purpose in establishing the school, as he revealed afterwards, was "to cater for children from the countryside who could not make it out to town and did not have a chance at even passing the Common Entrance Examination."