Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1915

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.JPoi)t ,tl.t the very outse by the. mllnner ot e.illy; .
no matte!" how. Q'iiotl.- a teacher, . how liberal his
ed1l,cation- m.ai. IIv!l:D.t!IallY becomo, sneh. a candi, p~t& ,)~ , bra,ntle!1 "II- being ' t!;ained,

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.n arrow_ and· Jeast ,desirable in chRT!>cter. .Your
.C{lurrcil trusts therefore" that me.rn:b~Ts ,will 'consmn,tly k0!lJl iJl mind their teSJlO~.sibilitie" in·thp.se
:mattllrs, not Qnl"" Itn' their own caJ.ling, but also
to . th0S\l ·candidates : del!iring tn entllr it, '
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, The COnncil is pleased tn report tlmt the subsc.,fUtiOI1. nave increased during the ' year. A
total' of £197 I.. 4d. bas been collected against
.£190_ J3s. 7d:' felt ', 1913. All~uiti,j§ and ' 1 eliefs
granted to members in the county amounted to
'; £289. and a Berkshire Ilirl is al so being maintained in the Sheffield orpllanage.
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, The income fluctuateS' year by year, . but tb,e
need for increased' contriliutions steadily g;-owil~ .
'fhe thanks' of ,the ~"BSociatiod are' dlle ·.to the-local
who devote so ',much time and energy
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b~rs ' of the Assooiation
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Tho Council again desires to express ita
·.cmtion of th~ ;efficient 'services of tbe
and treasurer. It is with great ' regret ·
resillna,tion M the secretary' (Mr. G, M: E, Fryer',
of Wokinghani), 11116 been received, owing to presI .... ... 689 '729 . sure of othor work. For the past eight yeal's he
01 the YelIr a memorial was has filled the' position 'with singull!or ,tact alld devotion, and 'las gained' the esteem all~ goodwill
1!)"luc~t1ion ConlpU,ttee, .asking 100' a
ealaries in "the county. of tjle whoJo Association. ' 'l'he w'o rk of ti,e secrea deputafion in Mal'ch. As tary i9 necl!ssarily of an arduous cllaracteT,' and
mp,xiJnta of cert,ficated aSllistants wer4 ' in\'olves grp.at 811.crifices of time alld ene.!'lry,
your Council rlesires to plRco on record ita hillh
.£5 iDcrements fOl' .men and
nopreciation of the very valuablE> services of MI'.
tho i)lvidious' distinctiOl18 of Fryer.
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are now ignored ' in the Bcale;
'1'11e P .'eFiident saitl the TAnort was of a satis~
that full satisfaction in
nature considering the present state of
urged in the memorial ' fHctory
af£:I;irs.
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UlIP U ,*,_'ClUll was not giv.im.
No con·
POSITION OF HEAD TEACHERS . .
account of incl'e.1sed cost '
teache'rs of small schoolS
Mr. ' J. Haigh (Windsor) said he hoped that
ilnlll',liv,pm,An,t in their position.tenchers wjhen considering tho question of
made
the coul·tesY salaries 1V0uid think of tl,e County as a whole
W8:8 received , and of , and make comparisons. Then th"y 'would find
given by tile memhers that for -certificated teachers there was 'a higher:
maximum, but for the. head .teachers of. small
country schools' the ll"sition w.as not. anything like .
what ' w-aB wanted. In one-thIrd of the schools'
:wa~Ot~tli~~~ease the :~!~~:!~Il~~~"!~,~
the 'Go'mity th,, ' head certificated teacher would
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be bet.ter paid 'than'th~ IIE\l'-d , tench'e r in 1;\Y.<>'j'1!bh'd8 1;:&~~~~;~r:;1~ aboul'er, . axldJ:then i
'6f . t\;ij 's chools . That ·.·wit.1! Jiot"'onl('" a ',~e.!io.1)8
'Hlsort .;to oJ\Hd·. la,bour.
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most deplorable to esfublish
.thing for tb~head teaClJerS of those ,sma cou,,,ry
of allowing farmers to withdraw
SChO~8\ but it was a very serious thing . for the
·school. for farm work, bud if it were once
cuil{ ·'ren in the -:villages~ lIe was qu.ite ce,r~lrl done it would, l:ili very 'difficult to revet:t . to the
that b~ Council wouldl direct special attolltiup'- present conditiOIlS , "
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to such an anomaly. Referring to pupil teachers
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in J'ural areas, Mr. Haigh sai.d he hoped,' that
' I'. ' ,.dwaras tsaid tbey .must not judge all like
. that; ,he kne,'v of one' farmer who was i)l).yinl!' 2s.
teachers and ·p arents would .bear in min d '. the abpve' the cu.."ent rate of wages am! lie could not
pomlitions affecting the pupil teac1ler in a country get tlJe men he wanted. 'He was therefore obliged
school. Ril\'ht from ti,e . start the teacher wa~ tOi,fall -hack on boy labour.- ,
branded, almost' with the brand , of Cain . Tliose
" J~)O discussion . then eltopped.
teachers who had beeR in the first and second '
RetClretlCe was 'made to the '.reaclJer~' 'War Ai<1
class divisions would know what it was to suffer .Funel. severnl members .aupealing for a , generous
right through their profesSional career and 'what Bonnert to tI,is fund , which is to aid teachel'B 'who
disadvantages were put ,upon them. The pupil . 'ff
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teacher in a rural area was placed UPO)l a differ- s,u , 01' • Iroug
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ent footing f"om the ,p upil in the ,large.r urban
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'.rest of their lives. 'fhat was sufficient to .show
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'that it waB good advice to pupil tencl}er. to tell
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it was 1I,oped that a go'od mll:Jtr of the rural pup~1
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teachers ,would never qualifY;; for. the conditions
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- -,- - of ,tlleir - employment would 1 be such' that the)!:'
Liley Youl.ton, 101 47, Goo~ge Street, '~Ildingl was. "
would , )lIevel' get the cettificate and many would .,ha.rged at tlle Reading' . Borough. Police COUJL~ on
be compBlled to serve as un'certiflcated' teachers , S':tur<'ley wim stealing thf!<' Pai.,. Of ladi",,' 81100.,
throughout .tbe whole pf their, teacllin'g careers. valued ' 28s. '9d" ·the property of ·M_re. Milward
He ' hol'ed' that teacl1erli would, look aftel' that and ' Sons, ' Ltd. on ' the . 19th ol ' March. ·' Shel" waa
matte)" very scriousl.)f. f-I n 'coIlClnsioll, Mr. Haigh furthqr ... harged wir.h etea.Jing thrce_ pll..irs oi shoes,
referred to the retirement of MI'. Fryer ,from till,' , value £l;:r)!s, 'ld., from the same firm ,on the 18th of
posi,tion of secretary, alld ' said 110 very l,o;erioQsly : March.
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.jegretted snch a "tep. , He boped th'at latel' on' ' A Ibon Ebsworth, of 63, London Street, map.ager
they would get Mr. Fryer back again into' ti,e to the pl'<>6ecutol's, " boo~ mi d shoo lilallu.!",,!urer.,
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of that ·.addrf68, ",ud· th<! I ,~hree pall'S ofi .lod}(~' Ishoce
Tho re'port was adonted.
. (produccd) were pJ-a.coo III ,ilie- fi xture!! In the Ishop,
. Mr. J.on~s (Bracknell) '.- the treasurer: pre~ented On the 19th of l March : !oho .pr;soner :caIDe , to the
the balance-slieet, 'wlnch, showe,l ·~hat · the year shop' to e.xeMnge·"I\ pair ol:sho"" whicH she bail pro·
.waj! Btarted with a balance in halid of £11 7•. 1Hil.; - .-viomiIYI purcli"-"c<l. A 'young lady ' 08eietant att.endcd
anf illclliding that the ·;o.oear's ipcome totalled £62
th!!, 'll'ris.oner, ' ~.!I<;1 \vJl<!n sho had occ~sjon to !leave
.109. Gd. After payiilg :a1l exnilllses 'a halO:llce ' of
sfiop ,for a. DlllJ'utO' ho saw ·tho I\OCIlIIcd ' walk up'
£t7 Us. Gd. ' was ' reported. :Mr. ' Jones explai-ned '
tJi:" fixtureS, ' tako ~.th~(lO:. pairs ' ~f ' shoeB , ~hich " .
that tbe increasAd balance was IDllinly due to 'the.
.,n bolo:ca; and pla.cmg them m " a bal{ ' walk back
abal\donment .. of , the August meeting, owi~( .to. back ' to th<\ ' coim~i', whe,r'l , she w·... finished Ib,eing: "
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The blllance-sheet baving beon adonted, it was .Duk.,e l~trC<lt · c~rn.er . !l;!!-ve .lDforll!ahon ' to the ,pohce
decided ~to vote an honorarium ofJ,£5 5&. to ', the
officer ",1).0 :was on pomt duty.
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:seCl:etary alld to vote . the ,s um .O ~! ,£ . 26.' to the
In answer 'to- Mr;~ydncy B r".i';, wl,o cefen~,
.[B\'>n!l.v olent lind Orphan Fund. . ,.' .. .
the witn~s said ' h&1ia.d 1c\l6wn thii p~i.soll()r for some
, Tho' Pre8\ceni; eitprASsed his appr~iation of \he
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a ve-ry re.~table ;woman, ' She had .be-en
..valuable assistance ' Mi. Fryer had been ' to -hnn
for al:io!,; t four years, . The 'witness ad·
dllriuir the p~st two year •. ' He )18£1 been ;'lde- ,
in consequence of ~ suspioioUs ' of
fILtigabl .... and hll (tbe President) t,h o\rght tbey
taken plaoo ' the day J>oforo ho oonooaled
also ougnt to 'exnre"" tbank.: to Mrs. Fryer for th6 I ! ~l~l:"~;i;d;, .
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oo-operation she had given inltlle work. (Applause.~ I
. . , THE ' liEW OFFICERS,
of officers resulted

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AUTOMA.T1C '
LUBRICATION
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FIRST PRI'z~S.

One Month', Free .Trial.

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