Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1914

LK 6F READING.
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EDUCATION RrATE.
REDUCTION 'I:H,lS YEAR.
BY "Q.T.tI
USUI\I, the local budget is- being . .'
wIth con. ide nblC intereel., but: '~"
piece of news whieh will ,be .
and th&t IS that there i. to'
o

,n the ed ucation ra~ fQr

j ng

of ! d.
There is no que&. ,\ '
th<'f: R eading Educ"tio,! . ~ j.'
lle.en makulg a 8t~nu(). .
I{oop th eir e ,peodit.ure witbin the
strlll ."~'. a. nd for t he foRhc'o:ming yeu

1913,4
1914,5

I.ho.<;e N' ~ po llEu bl e for drawing up the
n!t~3 a r c alm os t RB much in the dark
t h o'~ ou lsid" "' to what
be tbA,
n f t ha t. c OlltrO\c r s y.
The ]QSB of

'10m

"II I mcan r eu uced i{,l comc, and this
br C()U nt e l balanced... to Eome extent"
lllci10n in t he staff. .Already th~
m aste r has obtained another
Ilt me ll t., n. nd t he position is to be
t<,ntpdrnril v fi lled.
It ie pre"!
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th a.t \\ h e n th e ne w ecbeme lit

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Compared WIth the

larR& su m of money fQr eqwp ...

rn trd,l lI g e ffec t of wlthdra.wing from.
schon ls the moot rromi sin g .pupils,
Iflp S 1he rpl estions () e xpense and of
f rnn!;;'rc r of .cle ver pupil s would Dot be
il11J101!l,ac t if t11e sehoalB we re fu:filling
~ ) hj cl't r OT \", hich ' th ey were founded, I
. to P"\'(' t o -Ch ildren, whooc parcnUi are
tl, ot thcy shall - remain at school ..
ion gC' r, oomc bettor chAn ce of round(l IT LiWIT ~ellOo l cnreer s.
The idea ma.t
:\ lau d ab le ono if t.he d e6ired remliI
l,e nehin'ed, for it is cle arly an &d ~
lhot ch ildren of working ... l ....
shn u Jtl lH\'\'e some b ette r fnciHtie.s
h elping' t he m to ·,m ake th eir way in

1\'. 0 H'n:ot;: n t 1h(' 'Vok inglln m R ond School

or 3 1 por cent. ; and at tho

(~"0 r u~ Pal lll('r Sehn{)! 24, or 18 peT cent.
Th a t is to say, in t he throo schoolR only
lOJ ellJlr lT PIl Aiu\ (I{1 r OT h\o years. Ae, the

n ").l nl of

Efll!('nl in n poin t out. Ute whole
of th e "'-Cl1ooIs is vitia.ted by these
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TIm :--;CW PR OPOSALS.
Th f'f:(, school s, R8 the B o n.rd of Education t-;. i\.y. fi re CI \\ e ll starre d and well
<PQUl pp-cd ." b ut is it f nir that the rat-ep:,\~ {' t .i s h ou ld hov e t o p ro vide 80 much
lIl oney whe n t he reHl ~ts a rc so inconside.r·

nbl e ?

It is to be boped tJlat the . uggesh Ollf' m a d e b y UI>C Bonrd
o f Education
t.() so me bett.e.r r ('sult.s. or it ma.y

Sala.ries of teachers·
4S,rTO
Other expense!i of maintenance 10,1'15
Whitley Speci.l School - - 1624
Special .ubjects _ _ ' _ _ _ 2,556
Lo.n.
• 11,941
'l'he chief recoiple are:-

~ry

t(l -re vise . the whole ""heme.
i3nll n l suggest that it is advIsl\ble to

160 na1

t ll l e! VI e ws wlt.h
th o
candi d ates.
'l' hi"l ACl1 e m e h R." b een p u t :into operation

at""n cc lJ y l,he &Cading Educa tion Cotnacholllrs in

~ tn lJd ~ rd s

V. and VI. , who were not over
12! years o f age, a nd others o ve r that a.ge,
"h ose pa rents might be -exp ected to. keep
t hem ot sch ool for not less than two
ycn r~, V.'('Te examined in English and a.rith-

I rn etJC a l the ?aun cil .ch aals. ,The recorda
schools

, we re re rerre d to, a nd the ooal .eleetioD
\\ ru; madc b y tho h ee d
masoore of the
sc hool s In consultation witll th6

, SenIO r

, hen.d teache rs of the c rmtrihutory schoQIw.
W e can nn] v llOpe that the results will

fiMt instance, come before

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i lJo ,mo re fru iUul than in tile past; thouSh
dIffi cult to see 110w the eoa:nmittee all
, o\'c rooro e t h€ economi<! pI'tP.SBUre which
forces p a re nte w ~m o v e lheir children
!twhc n .Ih e.)" nrriv(' at th e l e avjn~ aga . . TM
~ exnf' nQ Jturc on tho sen ior schools is one'
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wh ich . l1au ld "" c"r<)full y Wl\tclIed loy the
(;()m llli t tc('; in t.h e future.

IREA.DING BANKRUPTCY COURT
YESTE RDA Y.-B. foro
J qrd.n, .

Mr.

l!.egistnr

R E EDWARD GRASBY.

Th e exam ination of Edward Grasby, latel,.
dcn,1cr. Friar

ca r Ty in ~ on bU SIness a 8 a. Clydo

S trect, R c wing, wa.s d osed.

RE ELIZABETH MARY ASH.

Tho case 01 Mrs. Elizabeth Mory Asb, Ii
widow, of P eppard, Oxon, wo.s agalO bofor.
t ho court.
T ho Offic ii'Ll Receivc r (Mr. E . W. J.
S a v ill ) 88: ~Jho (:05 0 , h ad Leen adjouJ:ned
..,,,cral t'mcs. The d oblar ha<! nal yot filed
. h er 6t.nteliIlcnt of affairs, a.nd t he lal~docu ..
mont upon tho file was an ..pplicatio~ by

tho lot;, Official R eceiver to commit the lad,:
to prison for failing Ito furnish ihe state ..
'Th a. t ap phe&t ion had d ropped.
So
far this I\tatement ha4 not been furnish ed,

inc n t.

h ut ho (the (}fIlcial R eceiver) did not himself thinlc tbat It was the l ody'. faul.. H ..
had given notice to her .0liCItor that Ih.
mu !'!t file a comp leto stat('mcnt, but be wu
'llot p r,osent that ·day. Und er tho circum-

etanOcs, ·tJicrol oTo, tho best co ur80 WM to ad: .
j o urn the e X6m ina~t ion sine d,e. They could
n ot proceed w i ~h the exa mination without.
th ~

, IUch

st. temcnt of .rt.i ... , Tho furnish/nir of '
W Il 9

a. requirement of the Ad., and

thtre

was nothing elso to ·pe dono but to' adopt" "Ioj
fUH ~tlon.

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'1'lle Relll ~trar ...lionte<1.

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£1 ,000 for

Brclli~t'a

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..nd survey,or's foos

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CI That,. in pursuance of a. reeolut1on
pnBsed by the council Bot their lo.at moot-

ing , the question of the erection of new
buildinis for the &ccommedation of the
K d' k G ' 1 'Beh I be f
_> t
h
en rIC
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re err.,., 0 t e
c)1airml\n an~ viee-<lh";rm~n of tho Educa,
£
tlO,n ' Commltt~e. CouoCIllors EI!Kinton,
Annual grnnta
I_ 15,000
~mter 4nd Edith M:. Sutton, with tn6UUC.
F ee grant
6,700
tlO~8 to oonfer With ¥es8nJ . ChR.rles
Aid gr&nt . ~
6,491
Smlth .a.nd Sonl the a.r~hltects, thereon,
Special ..;{[ gmnt
5,800
and 10 prC'lent .. report and, II possible,
In roopect 01 higher .,duct\"tion, it Wl\8 plans ..t the next meetiug of the Educa,
"",timated tbat the expenditure . on Rca<!- Uon Committee!'
ing School WIll amount tc> £5,af5, Ken ,
drick Schools £4,260, and that the otber
ATTENDANCE LESS.
»urP.9<IC~ of hi~her education will ..bsprb
£4,630,
Tbe mcome of Reo.ding- School
is estimated to be £2,113" liendrick '
School. £2365, ot.her' pur~es £3,025. .
THE RECENT POLL.
The clerk read ' a letter
G<Jvornment BO&rd . staUne :
01 ,. Jl<lll he included in
to , a.udit by the distrjct.,
think that the expe.ndlture

limit the ad lll!6:.i oll ol{ JKIll 1l1y t o clIIndida.tes
"h o nre \1 \l d.c r 12 Qr 12}. nnd in order tha.b
u n~t ll trthle pupils may be weeded out. to
eT.A.m i n~ t h (> prn p.clsf'd en trantA ' recorda 01
wo r l.. 111 t Jl C1T e le m en tar y scho ols and to
1 i!u4I l u t.e ::\ "' Im ple qU n.1tfy lO~ test' in Eng116h nn d RrIt.hm etl c. th~ results of which
. can , w~1c rc ?e1 i rr, b~<I? be ehcckw by p er-

tlie ir

~xpen-

~ ~

cha.irman (Dr G

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audit ill tho usual coq""",
tron in tbe m"U.er were
ra.tepayer

<>T

owner of

borough, alld
the
Exception
to the
ground., sbauld
such th ..t· it
at tlL£> audit,
alford

'Stewart

Abram)

the I rea.heti.cally achieved

Floati.

mayor (Alderman' C. ~; Fieldl, Ald~r""'n 10v,,;y little part song 'by R A, Di::t, w,,:
0 , Ridkly and T ." G. G4JveN, Couocillors I sympathetically o.nd charmingly rendered
(MiOll) E. M. Sutton',D:eJI~ Egginton, R l aurl th~~ w"" much to admire in "Come:
O. Farrer, A:. H, Q
I]~ F' A . &rjeant, : ie, us Jom the roundel"y"_ 'Beale) "For,
T . NorriB, Fr\lonk 'Wi_ "' A , W, A , Webb est Rose': (Fischer), '. Sleep~ my' sweet"
and J ," Rab!>On, Mr, ' .': -Â¥' ..~~"ell, -Mr., (Hatton>. "On the b ..nks of Allan Walet
B · P'I Gi~"..n8, MTr, .. ~~:~~_'.-'~9Ie .. and (LoTdh'lr), a,:,~ "Balmy nigbt' "
t he c eu' '~' H: . '" ~) ,,:.e,tc::
e sOOIC_y ~ere fortunate !"ben
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secured the_rv,.,.,.. of that ,emment
to~e, __ ~r: Ch&rle~ T~ee, "and his
cent smgmg was the fea~\1t11_ of
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no.
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cert. Mr,. T~ , last aJipeared lit
in -" ;rhe Spectre's Bricfe/ ' ...,d"WHAT HAPPEN(~D TO JONES." ."OgID the, "Golden
.. at
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cOllce.r~ lVhlch Dr, ,
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BeadIng PhllharmonIo
For thD latter part-of thlo wook the Read- .of Exmouth, ~ won
inJl Dram&tie Camp.ny are preducinll 'al thor ;S...,tone 100 SUlUO&S
Royal County 'f~re till>! weU-known play IJl 'J896, s!!lBing the p.rologue to
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THE R D COMP 'NY

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What happened

to

Jone~,"

~Y

ma.nand
gi ves
a s p n 1 portr.ya
0
A'tho titl!) erole.
ia~ rtapoDBible
for much· of
18m

~U~g with BUCceSS
~a, Ffanoe, Be.glUm, and fur
Inll. :01l6lcal sooietie8

George and jIas 810.00

Broedhu",t. The. play, "!"blob lB , full , of
!i'ITth an?, Wlt, 18, as w~s t!'e ...... of
Ramee, ""arn produced by Mr, Ernest
BrQwne lor i~e ReadIng Dramati~ Companr.,
AI.nd thLe.kcast )8 8.. very atrolengdodoe. Mr. WI ill-

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,·eaeh e ..l t.he ""'PI.,;e -<!Arni ng age . The
T('f;l . 11 11()t ('.o b y th e B on r(l of EducatiQ
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thl' lr Tl' P<lrt. a re ver y si.llni fica.nt. At
tlH' ,,' l lr::(}n ~ch no l (m l" 4fi childre n 01" 20
pcr (' tl nt., of the ' n(l m's.:- if) lI ~ Tcmainp.d for

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t h,'ir childr en at ,chool after tbey

l O( tll €lr P'l'C\' IQU S w<Jrk

and

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\\ ('l rld th an nTc provi de d in the ()rdinc!('m'~ ntn ry schools.
Unfortunately,
exp erim en t h as IfLTge ly Cnil ed in its
t b f'C B Ut';C, as was ine vitable , the
nt mn.i nnt v of pare n ts cannot afford

hu n d~(> d

re(~:nptB

dit,!re of Inst ,ye,U' the ~urrent ~tlmat,ee I a04 .alory of the olerk of the wdrb. Th~
o.ntIcl pate an merensed IDcame; lDcludmg resolution "!lid everything was ' to be Inbalances ID haud of £1 ,224, And addItional eluded ~o tbe ' £13,000, except i furniture
expendIture of £1,247 ,
"lld eqUIpment which the committee had
AMO.uNTS TO BE &AlSED FROM
always -'!'ravid';d. for their Behop!."
witb
&A'fES.
perfect .atl6factlon . and ~ .uso economy,
1913-4
1914-5
"The ma~~~ tli<iugbt th :t · for Ithe words
£
£
not, exc;e""los £13 ,000 " ther. might wcll
40,805
6ubstitute "at the least poSSIble cost for
39,565
the requisite l)CCOinmndatia/l."
The Bit,
Element&ry
High er '
1,106
1,605
uation was so comgletely changed that the
Reading Sclwol
8,S«
3.702
words " ad"pting the plana" ~ight well
Ke ndrick Schools
1,529
1,885
be "Itered, , Why should ' iJOt the sub,
£47,343 £46,757
committee report generally, leaving it to
the committee I to S"Y what !J!ey cOl1ld do
. At. t.he u;a...e eting of the Reading EdUC8. for B given l5um? They were not limiting
tlon Comm~Ltee 00 '.f'humday,
their Iiabilily by ""ying £18,000 now; but
. Mr, Eg~lntan proposed the, confIrma, th<>g were -MOptillg 'a plan which might
tIOn . of UIl S report, and lD domg 60 Bftve not be quite .uHabLe f()r the prOBent occa'
d etails With . r ega.rd to. the estml1lWs. as slon (Hear, I hear) :
oompnr.ed WIth the estlm .. ted and .c~u.1
Mr_ Winter supportod the maror.
In
expeodlture of the prevIOUS year:, The the end he thought they ougbt to find it
borou!!h IOCcount!,nt, he .dded, cS'lmated pos.ible to build .. th e school at .. lower
that m thc coming year " IJ<lnny rate coot th .. o tb ..t 'mentioned
The new
would bring in £1 ,800, 118 agn.inEit £1 ,875 premi6eB weN going to me&~ a very con 1a at O~d
et\r 'f The
ould
ire
rote
f
'd
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th Y w I re<JtbU , a
a 61 erll:b e lDcrea.se of the annual cost ~or
e woe
h
0r elr purplltles, tile gIrl.' scb?"L
Although they wanted
2 s. ' : or
as agaIn st 26. l~d,. IMt year--l •. 9<1_ for to do ~h.. thIng thorougbly, they should
elementary, lIS . agalllst I •. 9.id, las' yeaz, ""member that the pre~nt scbool ooet
Ana 3id. for hlgfwr, ~ ... agalo8t , S~d,.. . q;J- ..ooU~ I ~. 120, Od .... ~er SIr1, wbile~ 'he Q_
tlwugh th ey were Rsklng tor ' a halfpenny pendlture wi/gested would send that up
le S6, thcy were .pendIng quite a~, mueb, .... another £10 at Ie...t . .
th ey we:e Bto.rtIDg tlte year wI(;b "good
Mr. Sarjet.ot withdrew hie amendment.
b~IAnee In hano. Mr. E ggmton exprQ~
Alderman Cbivers aeked if tb~y were in
hIgh appreCIatIOn of the clerk and hIS aoy w..y tied to Messrs, Smith and Bon
st alY, hy whom the committee w~re exceed- as archItects
,
inS,l y well se rved (HM r, he~r~ .
Those
The ehair~ao replied that that was the
c S ~l mQ,te~ repre~nted t11~ m~mmum .re. \ rea.son why the word H adapted" was put
qUIreme nt. of the commI ttee If"lhe eXIst- into the reoolutioD.
They bad arready
iu g emclencX of th e ""Ilools was to be p"id for the plall6 which could he a<!apted
maintnine d. (Het ar, h e ar)
.
to
a. great e xtent ' The question of a.rchi
d d th
I t'
.
Mr; S n.r] ean .secon o. 0 , reeo u lon, tectB WM r eally settled by the competition,
and It W8B carrIe d unammous)y,
and it need not be reopened , especially as
BUDGET FEAT
. URES.
if they 1!'!d another. architect they would
have to pay Mr. SmIth Il8 well.
Some of the chief items of expenditure
The. commitLoe ultimately &dopted n,
tor e l ementary eduoo.tion tlre as iollo'fje:- resolutIOn. m oved by tllO ' mo.yor
and
£
seconded by Mr. Winter in the foli~winil
Ac1ministrntion
2,962
amended form , _ '

.anr) Tl ~alllte lln.n ce , an.d the y ho.ve the

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empty.

. bot h edllc,llioo.ll y a nd financially.
J-IE S C i\' IOR SCHOOLS,
'V,nk;n "lll
,ead ing . e nior schoola (WiIs0l!
"
a m Rand , and George Palmeri
II a n (!Xpe nSI~c expe riment.
Tney

mifl.c-!'.

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di:::'':.Yf

lh e n~ w P<'h eInc . seoonda.rv <&due ... .
in R.('~diHg m ny b-o relie ve d of th8
nt lI nee r t nlllty . .... 11i ch must be V6r]"

(l r(~ t~ l!{) n s.

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Ken dric k Schoo'e arB oosting ne&rl,
000 t-o th{) rn t.cs ne xt yea.r--of course
v C ~n I10t eR rn G{)ve rn mellt gr~nt.
B<oilr(l of R{l ucn l.;.on win co-opera.te
t he local Rulh ority in pushing ,

'lllrp·~, <,;.('

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n ,' nd in g School wi ll he, apart from '

clli ld N' "

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01
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"a play,"-" P"f
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f
,, 00
of hiS,
• ,
or~g,. and
which
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. . .' \ ' \
' ~ been
The '
in ,' ·Th,!, anthor,: "I am tra~bled with inme. and
colour were f
) always l 8()mrtia~ .
~ lie a.wake at, n1ght ~l.our a.fter
, realwed,
the second \>&sses appeared Iiou~ thipklDl\ ~I>qut my ~terary work!'
to be SCMcely 80 stro';lS "" ueu'!'l, but .the
His frIe.nd: '?'h~,doo t you get up and
'a ,?om-.. gener,,1 elfect, ,WM most ple88lDg, light read portlO!,s of, ItT
Commlt~ and "hade beIDg <!..refully preaerv.ed,' and
- * * *
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9 Ie;, th" altos
per!i::n tti-ght
here'1-ueBtIDf g ~!n~np':.:;·"·'lgo;m
on ,the.-w
He:"
Isn't it a shame the way the,.
l e'h for
'
. glven Qr
9:
lcu .ar y notlceab
their floe work
~th9 help in this sh()pt ': Long houl'8
POSITION OF READING SCHOOL.
~e~ ,-~y in, ~e quality. . ~he most PJ1PuIM of tbe selec-Iand wages a~08t nothing! ..
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t 1 h ' "h
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_As th",' d"y 18 lD- t,ons BubUlltted by thlfsociety W&8 " Still ' •She , '· Why dO ' ~ti ' trsd<! h re'"
u;6
lncome
on
accoun
0
Ig-re.r
-ouuca·
D
ill
is
the
(Bi
ht
(AM)
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th
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he'
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T '1ell BOOrt by £206 01 that estimated
tion
~ w - b M , - Coli" e 80 0 mg taken tHe: .. Oh, they sell tbings 80 much
, while the eXIJ<lnditure ..howe an excCfls' 'Of It w...
St1to
b!:.s. ~as ~TI&eea- ~r'ih:hose fl~e qua,lity cheaper, "-" Chicl\I!o Times."
£350.
_
,
porti.oo
of the men'.
'f.t:r. " Coll"'r 8uee!~f~rl
enJoy- ; ,
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Tbe estimate. for the current year In' and sirl.'
and the lower If aod tbe' ran ' , n
E6Sii-)id
Teacher:" J"ne , c"o yon tell me who
Bl
elude the gum of £100 to cover tile coot simply ' take
recomm<lnd
be : Hes. of hi. v~ice were g.l!~
pot
t~'
suoooeded
l!:dw&rd
VI,'"
ID
of taking the. poll of elector~ on the queo, total eoot, , _ '
. ,:
g~anted,
',
1tile audience insisting a an ..
ra he ,
Jane :' '' Mary, te&Cher!'
tlOn o~ combIUmg the ReadIDg "nd th.e
~be clerk .aid tbe sum' of
The ' <ihairman and Mis! Edith Sutton the last ve ...... was repeat ed
W
Te&cher:" Now, Lucy, who followed
K,c ndrlCk Boys' Schools,
arrIved "t after CMeful
kindly consented to aot .... repr'lsentatives my heroes" was quite 'an I ~rtisti() 6U~ce~' ~ary,': ' .
,
The sectIOn bave booo =able to form A the "rchitect' " l:ootiniattfli
to- eerve on' the - A •• ociatioR 'Of 'Edueation for the ·society
tho meo. 8inging
'til I Lucy rab.ent,mIDded) : "Her little
trustworthy estimll~ /l,f ,tho mcome in the He pointed out ~h!'t fees, ew"
\)ommittees , (Eugl"od ..nd Wale,') lor the ' spirit, impressive. vqlume ~nd excen!nt' ~_~~b,~t:eacller," * , • •
eurrent ye"r of &<laomg SchooL, Th8y1the £17,000 n~med ' for tbe
yearJ914,15, and were ' aoooromgly aP_ , oontrll8t,
In "The Ret.reat" IL, de
<1M
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lIave, howe ver, mllde 8uch reductions, UD' Bchools up to about £20,000.
arclii- p<linted' l '
': Rille} the air was 8Omewha.t ohooured by
... e came to ,me 1JI the bedroom
de r the head. of mcoma an~ expend.ture teet w ..s of opinion that
\ ... ne
The m~mher8 present were: The chair- : the lICCompaniment, bnt the effec~ of the and,".~,d, ,Mrs. J?nes IS dead (In the Ia~das appe ar to them to be a,dVIsable.
really too low, a. it oontained About man (CounCIllor L , G , Sutton), the vice.' troop8 ' reoediug in tho distance ... ""
c ing,
said a "'ltOet!B at a Holborn m-

wl",t more, The re will doubtloo. bo
who will turn to the r eport of the
Ing"i to goo how the r ccent decision
s('hool or t wo will affect the flgure".

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ele me nt ary -eOucn.tion W&8
III c x ceSA o f t he ()8t imo.te.
On
('(lu cation. h owever , the income hy
Sll.'{ htly. less a.nd tho e J[pc.n<1iture

f\.

decroose

Estimates reduoed
£686 -L.
The & timI>tes Section (Alderml>n' J. w.
Mo.rtin, CouncilloN L . G, Sutton I &lId
EgglIlton) say:. tlon ' ol
if the 90mmittee
The incalI!o on ..ecount of elemjlnt&.ry that ' it . ... as the liest' siteeducullOn for the year ended 81'!i> IM&rch"
Mr: , sarj~ant ' tb"ought .
lUI4, was £107 in excess of the estim"te . sum f9 r one- school '
The expenditure WaB £1,058 less than ex- all .oommittees ' ..
peeted, and .tha balance in hand ' therefore reoommended
amounts to £1 ,165.
b ' the
Savmgs were effected under the heads Y
of s alan es of teachers (£3.'17), and pravi,
sion of me"ls (£ 105) . The Bum of £638
pnyah\.e to th e OxfordshIre County Coun'
cil IS. stiJl in the h"oos of the treasurer,

~n

cost.

a:

tJie eduoation
The

year.

be raised from tho

red with 1913, 14 . There have been
~n.\' i l1g s ouri n g the yea.r , w~le tba

b oy s. pro..cti.ca lly

in

next

reduction :..-

cstllllnte -thnt the nm o unt requi~
the ra tes Wla boosli ghtly reduced as

!'ich o l:t r~h i p

Tbe re is to Jle
ponny

om lllg Iyear . Ind ee d . the re istlie

1

The c~rooor: And you got up?
The wltn ... : No. ,I ate my bre"kf""t
and went ·to sleep agam_
,
.
• * *
~ little_boy. WM <>n~ ...k~: "Wbo was
morge WasJllngton1
::ATh' gret' "t.ghetn~r"I,,, htehreplied.
.. <l rIg , .eame e "nswer. "And
no .... what w ... George W ...hmgta n rem&rkabJ.~ f,o r1" .
,
.. ',
,
" _H;" 'was · I\~ -Ameflean,.. saId th" ehlld,
And he told the truth,
• * •
"
' ")he Decl&ratio~ of Independence
s~ate.i that al1 'men are born ftee a.nd
equal', I believet"
" Something of the sort."
" Then I why do you hold y()ureelf 80
"looH"
.
Cf My dear man, J'm descend.ed from on.e
of its Signer8,"-" Wasingi.on Henld."
• * •
' Smith (to 'Percy,

BritalD. - M!, Tree, whOi
"How to ..equire ell8e of
tioD" (which h.e
'dP:&C titead11 Y ~8.,
,usc
""cenuaqt
aIde, and 01 Ellen
Keo.n) on the other_

who

hM

j1l6'

after his first dn.v a.t a. liin<ler·
-..J
"Well, dear,
and ' how

tho humour of tho enning, Mr. Rupert
to schooH leupp .....
Hodges ie very clever in dejlicling .. Ebensof ..11 the li~~le boy.,
zer Goodly," • JIl:oleiJ!Ol: '1ft ~.tomy, hi.
,entry
wit ~nd p~~O!lZ; ~n a st.(OItt cl1a.ract«i ,tie . ~~J?esd&y W&8 sdarcely ~uepI~ou8,
: U I'm not, mother!
01 bI<! work and 'Ri~ard 'HMlierley" in---\be ~it b~ugltt for,w&rd WelDg...,tn~" w.tIlI- R'l''wIl-·r,'
com.. In.- pero.mbul ..tbands of y;.. H. Nonnan .(1aza received ful} writeD eODg, .. Thou art . : c!ll1d."
j~c., A._Mre, G~y" ~ne~"". , wife, .eem~, bo~.. ver( tQ<) relltricted for"
f! Wa.iter, what does this mean'" a.s'ked
MII!6 FIllre,!"," JarriJan lIla.kei th? cha!""ter pow~ful -vo~e~, tbough - It oertainly
hve "'ltII' lie. enthuslum , and hiib ideol., fordea Jl striking contrast
the 8Itce..ecl- " d~, ""yesterday I was eerved for the
amI Mr Cecil Day m~kei a oooi<led hit '.. ing number, :." Now your
illllle prIce with a portIon of 'chicken twice
Helma, ihe Swedioh ier-:stil i'.irl, '],f~_ derin.g,ar:<' ove, .. (Mo/'art),
the, sfze of this,"
~ubert Co~ uo deserves lugh prAltle lor. hlB w-ere taken by storm by ilie
u Y.as, 8M'," _IU"8W-ered
ihe waiter.
ImfJersanatJQIl of Antony , g oodly', Bishop of wealth of tooe cawur,
H Where did YQU sit, sir T ..
~~ I::t~ ~g ~all
61~er p~t.o
~ "IOU- tbe control ot this truly '_greatII Over bv ihe window."
Ham
bl Y 6rM...0 oWlDfI'ld J'. ' ' I' usae singer.
The Alaughing
tbneB
were
ca.pl~
"Then that &Ccounts Jfar ft,
We aI,
a.m Ing as ~ uomas • . 0 er, & po Iceman; 4._11 . d '
'
.
.
I
Mr, Frank Fennell ... William ,Bigbee. an ,~ ~ , ,I>no.
n encore ~.. mevltab e, ways give people .w ho Blt by the windQwl!I!
inmate of the asylum; Mr . w,. J, Gould and ~hen M~ . Tree .s!,ng WIth splendId ex- large portions."
Rogero, ... Hen~y Fuller, superintendent of preSSIOn:, an~ a '!)'8hty ooncluding
tq,yasylum: MlS8 Amy .t:U]~py, &II Ci.,.y, ~ndo,
InvI<;tue
(IIruhn), to H'eoleye
\ A clnss of Lon:an· eC:OOlbaY8 "AM just
Ebene~er's ward; wd' MiY H ilda. ~arm!", Impel?~~able 11<1e8~een ...ked to write essay. on ': Kikuyu."
and Ml89 .G ladys Baeeden 8.8 ¥arJorle and
I am muter of my .fa.te,
Bore 60me extracts :Minerva., Ebenezer's daugntert, and · Mise
I am captain of my Roul!'
The three bishop" were ' overworked
Eva Gibba as Al .. ina Starlight, Mrs. Good- I .Later, Mr, Tree intreduced "IlIno'
and
....
ere in need of a 10nR holiday."
1~'8 8il!l~r. All round tM .. &cul).g re&o~ee & canoe" 10. Pool), . w~h was ' c.onepicu'()u8
II The extreme bea.t .experienced in these
hifh ~ta.nda~, and refloots great oredlt ()n tor fine contrQI. H 0 , Soul of mine " tEthel
a ~onoorne i'
tak
'I "
t ,,__ R ' , B&rns), "delightful sonll,· most e1pres' _""., .. ,_ ,upset the bishop" a.nd ;m"de them
C
' moova IOn
eo P "9" .. """
oJ:a1 sivelv rendered,. and Lohr' s "Old . FagBervices being
,auntv Th.atre next week, wben a .twJ(u, gote 1, whioh aae.i.n served to demonstrate
lllgbtl,y ee""an of popular -dramas wIn , b e '
~
.
'.
,
H
oom~nood, The firs~J Psdormance begin. at the ~wer and rlchnese 01 hIS VOlOO, ' e
* ••
7 p .m. and, ,tho I!OO<!Dil at 9 p,m, Tho play. "'88 mduoed to <tome bac!, and be then
are not ab1)t'eTiated, but the intervala thai greatly pl~R86~ ~-e .a.~,d.iencell'l';t"h.:.L
A local authority lately received a note:
ta.ks plaoe between tho o.ptca. are done . away r~nder'!pg <!f
If.ltty. (P.
Please send a man to 800 to my, gu'WIth, so ....to anow of toe ontiro play being .~ee reduct!'8' h1B VOl.Q9 to a.
If
meter,
It iB 81,.&ys whistling, which I.
p,:",ent.ed In two ho~. ·" Popular - p.ire. hIS c::noludllll! .. ppe ..~~n08 ,lie sans
tlloDt ..li.nng to tbe serv ..nts! '
Many ' 8
....11 be ~harJ(ed, and .. tboy range iram the then
(L, Eyre), winch demonstrated
haunted
house
owes ;lle ill-repute to " the
~l1erv at,3d, to the upper eirole at 18. they rem.arka.ble .. range . ..nd . the b9uty 01
r'nleoondud of th<\ gas'meter, BlJt til.
ouId BUlt all pocke"!.- , The ' .,.stem ))M ' hisher noWs, and he th"n &roused
wo... t 'of .&11 gas-meters are those whlob
!,:ovlodd very P9Pu!ar ID olher to""", and audienoe to 6Ilthusiasll> by an ,effective
a ghamlv chuckle from tilt!e to _tim.,
_ou. be app'J'I6<ll&ted by the play-gOing presentment of C~ The Floral Danoe" flnThe hODseholder who hears- ~hat Knows a\
pub"o of Re.dina,
.
'
'th
d
.Next ';'eek "An Indian Girl;.
. lshin8 w,'
tre~eu oWl power, ' - ""
once that the maliclous machine bas lidded
wiu be .Ialled
.l'noore- Jie eubstltuted one of tlte
thauslind feet to his gas bill.
'
,Country son~ of which he
-,
, ~ 'I
6pec:i~itY't • Wliddicomr '
* * *
John Rl'maden's grandfather. 'fIta
MR, SCRIVENER'S 'MUSICAL
,,)l Hud4er8fl~ld ' exeept a plot be'
p~y
Mi.s~IVy Angov.., who
,->'w.,..u" to .. Quaker, offered as many eov-'
-' - "- ' • , ..
. '
rEturn viSit
Reading,
""''''".,''
for the plot ~s would cover the
' ,~
,
~U8ly played. for
*!ie ~1,:nted : ~~ ~ 1"";" , 8uOOe ...ful.
~ ~Jl~§ ' . Ch:u.rcti, ~ De88 of toqe, ·..ms.tivene,08
Id ••,"Ior·
, and ...... and , bf~~~~~'fte:
. intitalled ber, ,

...

·w ...

ore?-

I

(I

otter

~..".ve,.Be:X:~i'o~r:;c:r'
to

:was:'-not once

~t:~~E~~~~~~~

a';-he!De
by
. on,
"'--...
llrllli"&I1t
'enoore .he' pln.yed '
'D;&I1D;-Kreisler) with,
tl!!te o.nd expre.!Uon, ;
tribution eOnsisted of "
ma.rt.iili-Elm..n), whicli

';"ndere?~'~ht{