Berkshire Chronicle Reading 01-1915

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\ '1 In my opinion, ~e~
..t "luni~ersity ea.q 'I)et_~r
thb idpg,la of OOeup,atiQ~. It
~e function of • \\,Dlverlllty .tn
'J!I.\ehal "~n • OI6<)On.Itoti" pl~e
lipirit,l&l ~Ii th~ primary pl~. Iilb.,lii
~~ oondition, I b~~ele : ~~ - u:DiJe.u,'~eI,J
.8 II 'whole &bould glVl!'
ideI~ ,lIO~~le
~pPortun}tiea of educ!l-f.io~ . ~ \h"
possible number of. duly q)JaliB6d .... b. .>d •• nt.. _
'and "Illy thUs oan ~1 1u1m· ~~
of ' sllivinig the, pr~ca) .p~bl~JIlII <i!
ieinporIII"Y sOCiety &nd 1!-~,8.
, Il'his \V1\9 one of 'the ' most
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Edith
Morley,
llDi~eriiitv
'College,
to the
100.1 br&neh of 'the W (>rke.re'
'ABsOciat,ion ,.t thfll J.>alme~ B.n o~
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ueslay, onthe 8U!>ject ,o f ,:~e. UDlvereltJ
in the Democratic Sl;ate,
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Ptfes~or Morley 8M in the ideal
, one .... umed th~t everybody ,
llapa}lle 'o f benefltll1g by univendy .
tion~WoUld hllve it. Then arose the q-"
tion of finding oUt how many peollie.
com etent to receive that edu~ati~n~ . t.pcJ
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• would be '" mm(>flty aDd
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,)niOf ~e· CbMlJ98 mOllt
.~ "ins deD1OOl'~Y 111M ~ba.\
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" f' , ,' . ." . ISO 6 of bietory, liut that
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' r<le whatever.in re"
' locr1!otio ,a ttitude , towards
d I;': ', .'
",', nly I c~led .high.e r ~c ....
,,'I y,. ~he uDl\'ennty was a
, ' !,.". '. _ntiqn. PerIlODI\lly, .s),.e
\il0U~ill' uuivttl"a~\.~8 h~ 1?t:en a.nd wer~ the
mdst demccratic tnBt,ltutlOns i t~at eXI~teol
in thiB oountI'l; ' .- they were lJUIUtntJoD8
"hb,.." mUTe ~&dily 1 th.a n "'1)ywhere ' elee,
men. onoo Igjven 1.he entry were aooeuie;d
. 00 Itheir Il\erits and. not bece:U8e !o>f the!l"
positions or posse6Blons. Umverslty education was originally dEtligned t.to trlliD
inel' for practical pu,~ui ta. 'fhe
WIOS " pla.<le where mind c1l1Bhed
1I0d knowledge : w,th kno~llldge ;
truth .,.88 eought 'as the guiding .. tar,
wh~re ..mi.! varieties of interests friend·
, ships were. formed ~nd :ro~!,S people.
irajned for the re8PI0nl!1blut1ll8 of cltlz~n­
ship. The 'p ressure i for further- education
was coming from
sides ~t thll Bame
time. Learni~g wall not to be~ obt.ained
merely for -the adva.ntng6 of the individual;
it was to ' be 80ug,ht u.s ' the finit step to
the progreBB of tM nee. ' The work ''Of
the l university was and mw.t be tl1reefold.
First and 'foremost, it WIIB the busineBs '
of ,the uDiversity to add, to the 80m
lnowledge by origin III oontriblitioD8 of
thought, by the se!1reh into the secreta of
""ience I secondly, it was the bWlineee of
the uOlversity to , promote knowledge;
thinily, the unive'Peity ' WIIo!\ a plllCe of
ooucation for young people 'o\1ho h&d
,t~lDBelves competent to be~fit
lta . trlWl'1S'
Ho'!"ever demOCl'atl,l1
S' te, l th ' Univer8~·!ty. 'must be
tramiljg of lelWiereof. a.ction, ·f or
of intelleCtn&!. IIbm , ' for men ,lI.nd. woullin
who were capable Inot dnly of obae.rving
but reasOning from their obaervation~.

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.. QU~~ITY.,.,'
.~bno.i~al co.nditidfiS,
t~an ~aintainin'g '·

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The prices t,e.ll ' bqt
,the lengths.
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~5(~ a~e bette~.: .
I ~y3 Wi are .glVIng a,
given · to. many
\lnder, .'he credit ,_and. '

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8. G. : CO~er.

P'UVIld

STRUCTURE.

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Victoria
I iI ~iew of ·- the
Ca yorsha.m 1the
will' be more tlllI'n
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enguieers h..'Ve
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pIaDs" 'I ac<: tions, 1speci.
thD coun.cil
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"PYGMALIONj" AT R~.DING. f

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MO\lc},,,1 and Part-

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.t\T ~THE I1'HEATRE.

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~rn"rd. ,S bAw too ! seriously ~ not _taken
hIm seriously eno~h' there J;li:- 'no doubt
tHat his I play ~ gmllliOn" create.. IW,
impre86ion which stllmps it . !I-S unique;
"nd thie being 80, t is small \vonder that
Reading h!,8 welcohietl the opportnnity .'
"iewing iUi unfold~g on th~ Bta.Jte of the
qonnty 'Theatre. I~here are fit i1 l a Jew
P1lople whose only knowledge 01 the play
appears to he that it 'oont&118 a. word
w~ch is not used ~rt whllt-for want of a
b~tt61' expression-m!>y be termed ., PQlit.e
society." , Whether the use of ,tha.t pa.rt'pullt.r :iword by tite ~i.rl with 'whom tIle
ProfeBli'or .of· · Ph,\metlC6 experiments is
, essent! ..1 to the tbeme which th.e author
in ~ew is a q~tion which has evoked
c~n4ideh.ble di8C~' D, and upon diaotiesion" -the ' Sh vlan achool tlirives.
" IPygffi&!.ioD u 'is' I,play hich · on e would
Dot lik.e , to~, . ever i ita ,~ty ie,
Jl~rhap8, its grea.ti?st ~vertiaemen~ But ·
uDdern6li.th ,it &II tlier,j is lIOiileth~ nl! ' SOund,
fl~mething human, which :ni.akee ·o~ think,
"hd that ~ in itBelf a virtuo·.
The C~pwlI~ w~lch ~ring6 "Pygni:\Jion"
to Ree.ding flus week 18 · one of Ch..rIes
:MMdona'8, and ithe ..ClIBt. inclu(\es ·th ..t
excellent aCtre8s I MilI8 Dorothy DIx, who
g'vC8 ~ rem..rka.~ly fine int.a:J.tretB~ion of
the chl\.rllCter of EEza
' the' flower
girl who in' eix
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dnchess at a
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Farty. Mia8 Du pepQrms
In a maoner whillh pro,t ea
net,resa of ouUithnding
..ppreclati'on a.C~rded "
l.his week . h&8 been un~ldJl"'&J.
Howa.rd makea the "n,lLr.",U,r
lliggins a real: live '
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workkIitt:;t~1ai9J,~~~~
Mr. Herbert
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JOHN CAR'l'J1R'S -, DENIA~S::

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At :th"
Mr.
Avory the ""00 of sheep st.e.Jing · at .fi>Sden
douo:rt.•..["came before .the court when John, Caf1i6r, 35,
J!iiy'bin<.!n, IU",y Carler, 43, hbollie<v : :and
George Grantha.m, 36, labourer, were ;p:.
~reted ,for stealing ~ .ewe at . Scoly~ 1 ill'~rm
on :November 23rd; the property of ,ComO'<
Ii us) Smit,h. Harry Cartor and Grantl)ar.>:
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, pleaded gu.ilty. ·
Mr. Ames, for ,the prbs'eeu,tion ,
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the ." hoop was J<iUed in th" fie ld
floc~wru;,' and jo:nt :" of · mutton a.nd
were fo~nd 'at 'Ii. 'riok ' where J 'obn
had ooell'worlcing.
R ose Woodage,'<>f ~ckslado Street,
· cote, w1to livee near I the pr isoners;
th~t on the 23rd of No\'ember she
The Gr ~yho.und ·
· 8he he.a,rC\ Granth~ ask. th.~ .. ·'.~I·" ••
'~~~.~~It~ :would be ' mates with him
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~10 of Mr. Vandcretegen'.
prJ80ners &II 'w orked for Mr.
.John -Oarter . replied that it
:an!1 . Grantham ...id then he'
,Hili: tJu~ Bh~p , The others sai~
,liot do, ,and Gr&nthun .aid he
'aomathin'g, for lie WlUI not going
Sbe , ~w til',e wile .of IJohll C'a~r
'. kmfe, a.ild ' la.ter in the AV.An;n.~
tens bro.jght ~ . then- ootta,ge a ·
,:w:hich thllt .IHnned and cut up,
'C&f)1e in f and I eaid, , •.1 Lot'. h .. va
on tho i9b." , The Blfin was Y!cken
all three· J>~iscin""8. ('Somo of the
~it'8 rooked· when ' tho pollee
,!01l6wIng, m0tnin~. I John C.a ner i
lI)g ,the coat Ji'roducdd on tho night tJlill'··61IeeILI.
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Supt: ·tam.'!>.Oume _stated that
·""rt."ch atl' " rick 'whilre John
R,t l,york, and !f<>und in II, hole at
lega' of mu tton &Dd the · lJead of
whioh ha\:t~t. ~n skinned.
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, Inspec;.tpr 'Y,age, 'of C.. versii.m.
,J~p ' Qa~ lieniool,'tliat th<> knife .:.
f<lUnd 'belonged 'toihlm . -", lie
8&ti"to~ explan~tion of' '\;he '

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