Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

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tb&t-. ' other Bld~ will now eoio~"d~;;':~~~Vil!lt!H::r.~:;c~r
.'in' every '({.a y in order · to

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,il,m:r.Al,I '~la.I:'.t.hey

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' was distinctly arhnged th;t
slioul<1. bold themselves honoUrably·
of Educatio\,
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to pr<>byBo.a.rd
the result
of the poll
. I belier"
qu.ckly aa possible. It ·is urg"nb
·Kendrick Girls' ""EIchool &bou ld be
at once. and it ought to be possible
course of n. few ·months tQ ge t the

licolI.Dlnea school in working order. I,
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depuiy. mayor (Alderman J. W .
:-" I consider tn6 re81llt of tho

in~!·:'~ lr~;~I;:.;
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Bft tisfn.ctory, and m()re 6() con·
the nu~be r of burgeeSes who

The iloll was one of the boot poll"
in Reading in recent ·ye flm. Tho
council' s cou~se now ought lo be very
clear. N()w that the town has d~c id ecl :i n
of ama.lgamalion the B onrd or
Il l~dllc,.ti()Il will ·no doubt ·be prepared to
proper s cheme for t.he carrythe new , co mbin ed school. Tbo

the
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them,
that
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. took the trouble to 'POll ! Ilj>opite th" v&ri·

Mr. ' Bu;~

QUB denatea And meetings a.nd the . artie!es very prou

in .the Press '\.i...ny people said the y f~i1ed
tl) und~1'6tond- · tM· prcjbl~m and 'nframed
._ from voting. With·. the result that one:of the
most import&nt. .issues which h ..ve yet
fr..l"'d the town Ia' decided PI a me'!M re per·
centage ' of ~ electorS. . ~ .
. j ~ough. thellupporle.rs, of the t~o··schoo;.·
accept the d ecidioD. ' mos.t unfortun~te . 1!.S
they' N!Kard it in}he .iute..,~.ts , ()f pare~te
IIJId of the town, . It· c&n .Be&rcely .be gam'
that .. goOd ~81 o~ prejudice ~ ... ~m.
into the .cont~st. ' JI'h" questIon
·~lh"f".,_ one oc.hoo1 or two would. in ·the
the be st policy f or _the ,town WnB
obsenred by att~ks on ' ReadIngSchOOl financially and education,ally. on
tbe question whether Dr. Abl'!lm wanted
the nnmber of lree-pl!l,cers .reduced. and
by that vote-<latcliIng cry, . reserved till
late in the contest , that elementary edUCB'
tion in Reading waS. jn do.ng~in 8 town,
forsooth. · whe re the elemen tary education
rate is Is. 9id. in ~he .£. one of the highest
i.q the ",ountry. This' ~atter cry "AI! fOBtered by the recent actIon· «If the ~eadmg

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ELD .COLLEGE
SPORTS:

Th.. · cultivation of I hardy fruits in
,~ of "II size s h84 made gre'lt head- I
way , of . late years. and t-a·dar we find al MfSS
,reater ' detna.nd· ·f or ~forl"(lat1on ·on ·the
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~'lrioUB ,phaae. of cul !ivatiOli· as regard., Tb
~l~c~ioil bf ·varieti~st ~et.hod8 .o f p~~nti'!lg, Lwere eoon,~u;<jed
fr&llllDg and 'prulnng, "nd the (lro.~lcatlOn
&nd preventIon of pests and dlSE:D.Ees.
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J!!ven t.he ever-growing number of ' s·m.&llbOIdeM i. becomi ng I\liv6 to· lbe rae" J.b,.~
'm oney can be .made .out of fruit 9.lfl.,!,ui>9
;carrted ·o.u t on mtell.gent 1i11<l8; and .,f the '
snbject has b ecome of ge neral -lntereslnn
ithis country . . Th~ publish"" tlf th'at we!l·
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j"olume on . the subifct. , e uti t:ed "Fruit
,and ita c ultivation.' It is written by Mr. : ~~~rso
IT . W. Sanders, F .R.h .S . • lhe able editor i In
·of "Amateur Gardening." and both pub- 16 was
:,li.hers ·/illd "u thor are to be complimented of 4 ft.
,upon what <m ust be oome· a 6t-andard work 83 yd •.
on the eubiect: The text iILdivided into tho 120
'/.hree parts. Ill · the m st, tho history '

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·frult is dealt wilh in 26 chap!. ..... The
:oooon<1 part is de"oted to practi-cnl work ;
:of oJl kind ~. aud in part three. the marke t I
~ul~""1 of f:ui.t in orch nrds Bnd pla.~tations . ~!.?:!:t~~~.
i. dealt w.th. · TI,e book contamB 372 ,;
]lag"" o.r the greatest possible .v alue to
both -the 8.m.nteur and pr.of~siQPo.l g!,r~

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LAW'S SPEEOH.

conteet, that alread y ·60 notic "" have been
given in. "t Re&ding School, · :which will
mean a loea o( £1 ,000 in foo e.
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The result.; of thll poll WI\8 deda.red bv
tlte mayor. to whom and the town (I!erk
aud the omcial. a l vote of ~bankB was

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Mr. E. . P . Colli er ,-" The poll refl ect.•
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tho state' ()f opin ion i ll t he town
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u• t 86 well off if ther<!"hn·u bee n no pai l.
Howe ve r. the roll has be"" taken nn.1
tl;te re sult is final. T here is an hono ur·
·able . unde rsta nding betwee n th e par tie s
that It s hould he so rcg:trd cd. Wit h roo
~"rd to . th" future. th e comb ined "chonl ,

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He h nd in

·6,nd industri nl
tors fad ed into
parod wilh tho

my VI-eW, should ba kept s trictly in li lo

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SINKING PERSONAL FEELINGS.
.Dr. Abram. in re ply, said they owed
equal th .. nks to Mr. Leonlird S utton anil
Mr. Bull. for all that they had done. There
WIIS no ·d oubt th"t th.e two· schoo:. !'e had
end ea.vou red to :fiaht and had fought a.n
ab~olutely. straight fight. What they had
becn fis.htmgfor , had been the preservatlOn
'~f th~ l.ntegrltY 'of the t~o schools. That
que.stwn bad. been deCIded hy ' a. bare

hands of tho Edu ca tion C<llnmiltoo and tho
town oounei l. unlcss the county cd ll cali""
,,:othorlty ag ree to eonf ribute to lh e Nc h~ol
in r espect of county boy.. In lhal ea,·o
th ey mus t be givcn rep rescnt~ tion on th"
governing hooy . . I hope Lhat tho ,cl">ln<l
for the oombined sch ool will be Im sli(!( l
forward witl)out (l elay.~
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AI~e rm a n r . G. ClllV er" ,II:c volin!;

the .new school::.f the Board of EducatIOn
d eCIded that It' ~hould be on" school,""",
8ht.ml~ be one wort hy ~f the trn.di t~ori6, ~f
Readlnf1 ..,Schoo I,J tlJId at the same .hme tn<!orp.oratinl! the. useruln""" of Kendrick
Sch?ol. He tho!,ght that they might trust
the members 01 'the coulleil who had OOen
'fighti?s for. two s~hQo18 during ' the last
fortnlght to use tli elr very best end""vo ur~ .
It was esSential now that th ey ell()uld sink

country at tho
qUOlItion Bnc!

ariBen "'.oro
Whllt
dea..li.ng with
for

(Jroblenl!:l, I t
t ors sottlerl thi
BDd for tJ1C

would not h
had intended
with th o prop
H ome Rulo
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Ul ster, on G
w clfar o of

all pel'\SOnn.t fe.elin gs in the multer } t.hat wh o <lcAirc t ht: \vclfnre of seconda..ry ed u·

rumdi! of t he one·schooler<!; 11e h oped there
would be no . b itterne"" left in theirs.
Though they might I}e; i~ v e that th"
elootors had be~n m~1g11ic1<ld. as. th ey
thought the .oounClI were. ye L Lhe ul tI mate
resu~t h ~ d go\. ~ be .... good as 'h~y co uld

.Town· Coullcil ·and othe rs awa.ited the re - what Dr. Abram ha.d !Said.

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MIt. RAB SON S VISION.
Mr. J. Ra bo on ,-" TIle result, in, m y
opi nion . was nn expresslon of di s.,tis·
factIon with the ext l' avagan t and in cffi ·
·coent condu ct of Reading RcJlOo], and a
cry of 'HaIL ' to a policy that opelt

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Sutton• .seconded by Mr. E. P. Collier.
. ASSOCIATION TO CONTINUE.
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AWA'ITING.'1'HI): RESULT.
Mr. Frank Winter Baid h e ehould like
. A nUmber 01 membera of the Readi<-a to associate bimself m<lst ' heartily wilb

to tJlC

d'flcicn cy of elelll c nlM Y

educati.on. I hope t he .jgnificance of tho
vote )vlll not be <ilsr egard<!d. M y perso nal
vieion is of a ;;OO'RtrOIl!! school with" fco
of six gui ne .... fi nd 25 per ""nt. of . fr re

They owed B pl~ , that shall do, at. Jeas t. ltll l1wl tho

eult In tJ.i~ oorridor. and earn" excitement very great «enl. to Mr. Leonard Sutt(Jn new Ke ndrick School ,,'oliid I,a vc ,J OII".
was caue~d , by the announcement ··that .Q, and Mr. Bull for the-ir strenuous wof k and probah ly a. gre n,t d-ca J mOri~ . If thQ
__.aunt w...;'·f&king place. As .. matter of and !4> all the workers. They h ad been classical 8i,Ie c all be t<)[l elll'<I wi t ho nt ·
fact,

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papers were checkdl. The first definite
announocment was'"!Il1I4e. by Ald. Chiv ers,
who, looking white aDQ alm 06t breathless,
eme rged from the Council Chamber. JudgillS ftom the alderma.ri's expression one
would b ave imagined th,,~ th.. on"' oohoole rs
had heen beaten, but he faintly ej aculated
"One .011001." 1\8 with 8uppresaed excite·
me nt he hurried off to the telephone: A
A,nu·e"ot• . Cup w ... . • ..m by rajr nUJIlber of people bad ¥OOmbled outbr9ther dfa- very. sina the TQwn Hall, but the .result WIlS rcoeived in d ead·

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a v.ery happy: body o f workoers togeth er detr iQlent to t,he gene ra.l sehcme of ed llr::\.·

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match WIll ta ke plnce bet.ween memLors .s> f
111.0 ·Ioea.! T orritoria ls (including four Royh.l
Bork e Y eomanry) and R . ~ . ~. .
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Tho Oill. b nro cntcrta ullog Dasmgstoko
Bhortly, . and mn ny other mnt.chcs:. a.fO in con·

Mr. B. P. GibbonB. one of the hon , templatlOn.
9OOret ..
l'6id they did not want thanka h",======.==========="'"
They look~d upon this •• Ilo public duty .
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Mr. A. J. Wright (t~e oo·hon. 6ecretar Y
d that to him •• was .. labour of love
lePreoontin/!. the Old Kendricks' AS~1l

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(Hear. he" r). · It had OOell quite ' delight· tion-Rood; if not, tho few ltc _d in g
lui to .feel thnt in this matter politics ·had pmcnts who woul,1 I;k" t.iteir sons to follow
take n no p ln.c e , a.nd that t hey had b eel~ it without, t:;"oi ng out of th e l owu wi tI h:\ ~ o
un ited together to do tho very beet t heYI to do wh " t the hi g m a jodt..v. in clud ing
c.on:d for t.he -education Qf tho town. Th clj Uw m-c mhcl"s of th e luc al Ct.l uca.ti ou
did not fe el at all that thei r "ork h ""l a utilOrity, hay e dOll c up to date. "
booen thrown aw."r; .. t any rate, if it h n~
not heen- for them the town would no,
b"ve been roused ... it had boon-(Hear! READING Y[[NrA'T Ulh~ RIFLE
he..,.)-.: ..'nd th"y mi$h t 'take some credi t to
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themselves for hrw m g ' given the t own t his
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opPBrtunity of expressing jt.s opiui()l1 and
th o Dew 50 and 100
b.eco ming really inte~tcd' in the oo ucaj rn~;o ~,'\ftb~'YOpellCd by tho pro,ident, Yc~~~
tIOna! work. of tbe .town. He hpp ed th at min Leelio Wilso n. D.S .O. . M.l'. , at 3.30
th? assoclatl,ons ~111Ch they had formed In p.m.
He wjll bo supportoo by . vice-prosithIS work mlght l~ some Way or othe r keep
them
together.- (o.pplauae)·- .th at th elj
m.ight look forwa.rd to u se ful con r c r eJ?cce~
aDd d i scussions &8 tile al1bj~t wen t f0
wa.rd in whatever course it might no
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work. and although the y had lost
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been .aid they were .not Jie WIt a
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the y threw tt.emselve.
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hoped that BSsoci!'tion ~oul • entitled "Hints and Tips" ·
oontmue.
wateh ov.!"r the mtere~ t. 01 1
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ille two Bch""IB. , . Any little eerviee tb at · is at the disposal
anyone
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only be £00 pleased to do. Thq· must not '\ interested. .
forg.~ .their excellent .. treasurer; Mr. 81
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~::k:so" Jon.... ",ho bad put in v"ry h' 1
If . you ha,v e thought of a
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Jone s. in' reply. i8aid he had takJ n I new Motor Cycle this season
8.reat interest ; n too work. H e ihough ~ .
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get t IS
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kept . together was a;' goOd one, provi ded it
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did· nq.t p~duce allV ra4k1inll in the mindk It .WI .
e 0 I!llmenSe. e P 0
,()/ ,tJle, one .. cll()()I!,~B , . a'ld -that th~y 'woul? YOU · III makmg a WIse and
feel tHat the asoocIstlon W1\8 contlllued [Of I
'the· gOoa of Beoondaryjl ed.ucation in th satisfactory: selection.
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':[f HE MAYO~:g FEAR.
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m.e.yor tAiderm..-ri: C . 0 .. Field); ··wli
-the reslllt 'of ;' the '1'011 ;"s· ineal
",',.."e ....... to ' wha~' the ~to", desi.r •
.af"ra.icl,.:j;h";i. ·.C"· will be
. will ..be · .d~triment'..1 to
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eouc.m~~n-. ; providecJ ' ihy ' thi> Kendrick,
1!0 'l?ot·:.thiril{·'tIfat:, the' county,; .
will, he!p' .u8_mueh; for they' .
t.l..,i"'· "",m /i!'c;ondl"r:y- 8chilolti. ' I -fore)
·oh,ang6S.. ~'1 eewndary edll-1
!,,!,'a.U,ml~. ·· It ;Will be yearf I>efor. I
Il ldoulit whether I,.

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84, Bro.ad Street,
·· R.EADING.
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Law on t h0.
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.cost h aV in g hee n 8() stl'Ongly emph a,is',J
by both SId e. . Pe rsoll ally I fecI timt, l h"
cou~c.il Sh Ol,:<1 prcpa.re a. ~ch~ ~c III t ho
earlIest possibl e mome nt pr<lv ldlllg for"
!arge number of boys nt " fee OOl'r,'<' polld·
illS '!& " eM as po, aible wiLh l hc prese nt
fee at the Kendri ck ;jc hoo\. I should bo
in favour of charging cou nty boy s more so
th at the fcc fo t R€ncii ng · bo)'~ cpu ld ho ,
mnde as low Il,/ pussibl e. I hope that nil

passed on ' the propo~iti on of Mr. L _· G. posslbly IlD.ll-ke It (H.earJ h ear) .

sketches, .tpart (rom its 64 sp!endid pla.tes I tude of the
on art pit'p er. The prioe 'Is 6s. net. and for -her
·the oo·ok is- wonderf·..u.- value fo [, the mone y. ~ .whioh

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order to mB,1fe the ·B ooondary educa.tion aye· they w-ould hf\v-e the co-<>pera tion of the a lm l t.c(~ ellclci\\'oOl1 T to ,mrt]{ o the new com·
tem of Reading a 8UCceBS, tho ugh it is not one-.schooJ.ers in tha.t. H e b elieved that I·bined school an un (v~tla.uc u success ,"
a ,!,-ery hopeful ~ign. as 8tated during the t11~re would be no bitterness le ft i n t·b e
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de ner . • ·It . '" pro(uB<lly Illustrated w:th . White) said

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Garden· '

.J ns,' : have so ut us (or re.vicw a. sturdy di••tin.ctlv

and cultivation of nenrly every kind of

51? I factory iBsu-e."

the tWlHIChoolers are prepa.red to wvrk
~hould do their best for the secondary CatiOll In Rml{lillg. wh eth er ' they hav<l
oordially witb their recell!. opllonenta in education 01 the town . He believed that , ad v~atcu Olle schoo l or Lwo . will jilin ill

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""-8.8ful, their difllculties have only begun.
They h"va - I<> mak.. ·good to the electors
their ~ statements" many :.ti~es
though frequently chBI;cDgoo. that
Bl!hool oan be adapted for 6011
£2,000 ; that cthere is to be .. big
on' tbe one oohool' in other. worde tllat
is possible' to co:nbino a '
f~ at &11
eXJ>6nsive school with .. saving to the rate·
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Educatio.n Commi~t.OO, .due to. the r:educ- mnJonty-a htt~e. more bare tha.n It was 1 c2 r~lU.1I1y. shows t.h u. t t he to wn cOll ll cil, ill
.tion iB. 'the- numbe.r of . Scholars, and the · ()v.en at the m~,h !1g of the Town Cou!,cil q.eclClLug 111 fa vou r uf t he OHC .ti chool IHJlicy,
consequeut number of .empty pll'l~es, 01 wh en th":y comnde r~ _ the proportlOn . represen ted t ho gene r a l Opll lioH of l l~ o
<lurtailing . the BtaJr. In short. the Qne- 1'hey deCIded. wh.e~ the poll was ~r~Jlted , .r:,~pnyers . It .',ho prove. t hat Lho 011~·
sclloolera frankly apJ)<!aled · to the cl!",s th~t they would! ab.d~ by th e deeJSlon of school sche me lB the more popu la r nnd
f.,elina 'If tbo~ wbo are the largest sect.on the poll, whate.ver It was. What they thnt the ratepayers nrc COllV1HCeci th .lt
of 'the.·cOInmunity. ' But having been .u,,· bad to do waa to .make up tbeir minds that It 16 tJle. least eXIl" " , l\'e, th" qu o" ti"n " I

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hard on behalf of the lwo schoo Ie. AI·
tliough they were beaten h .. did n ot think
th ey could s..y it had hoon throu gh ",ant
of h.a rd work. They had done th ei r best .
The emall majority of t)J.. burgesaes in
favour of .Dno school reflected th e c]ooe
voting on the Town Council. Th ey still
I~v<ld_ ReOding School. anu wo uld closely
w(>teb -ite i"ter~etll. althouRh be was quite
p<epare<i ' to " gree that that must be a
fi.nal decision, if the ·€cheme were . ane:
t.oned hy the Bo" rd of Educ ation. N·
though they we r e beaten they weie not dis-

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for st by th e E ducn ti on Co mml(. tf'~,
, • a~d finally by the CO llIl Ci l. but I Bee no
secondij,g. ~~ thel:. ~e.re dlfficulty whatev c, in ar rivillg .t " ""tis .

REAI?~NG SCHOOL.

"j eepted

the serious

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