Berkshire Chronicle Reading 12-1915

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treatment m~i.ed, out to them is . mQst
and I am hoping · tha:t·.the -council will ! take -the
(to · me) right course; and find places lor - ,these
gentlemen ",t· the _new school!' .
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has - ulld?ub~d-IY.' ;I< ' difficuI.t I\.ridun~l)virble: ,t~sk

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bf senttm-el~t and :. bea.:rt .'''s _,,:c!I . Il6.o.f . I ~ntere s t ,
The - KendrICk boys feel that an injustIce has
been aone to the masters, whom- th~y thorough~y
know -'ana relipect~ - a.rid .\vltO Itave ) made their
-:--'--school co . successful in every way: I feel strongly
- The righteous agitatio'n aroused in the town that m!ltters ought to, be ' put rig4t, 1I0ti only for
by the. cn.va}!er . . ireatni~nt . by . ~he . Reading , . the sake of the Kendrick masters.- but that the
EducatIon . Committee of _the masters: who haVe boys sliouJd go _to the Readinp: SC~Qol feeling
<lone Buch excellent ' work.--..t the old Kendrick every confid-enc'o - in their ' new' hend ' maBter, and
School ,came _to a head orr_. Sotu~.EI,Y' -.iTlight, w~cn in the ju&tice -o f . ·the ; education - authdrities of
the L~g!l Room of the' :£>almer H:t.II, -We8t Street, Reading!'
MR. G. W. VINCENT.
was crowded by parents ·"ho o attendoo in'
response to a oircular signed by MCBsrs. J. Pen·
" My two sons · received- thei .. early education
rose, F. W. Allwright, _B. J. Beasley, and ~. at Kendrick School,. alld as yOU'lllay temember
Halton, ' puents of - pupils of the Kendrick . t hey !:loth .gained- a - QIlrist's Hospital I echolsr·
School, p!'otesting "against the grave injustice ship in competit:on with nominees . from tIle
whioh -is _being done to the n-6Sistant masters of • eeconda.ry 5~hools - of England' and W.l!es; the
the rohool." The circula.r contained the follow· yo.~nger also gained a Reading School l scholar'
illg-: ': Seeing tha.t the ool,lcatjon given at th., shIp,
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Kendriek School hn.s been . suita)Jle to the reo i .. WIlen they elltered Christ's. H6spital I had
quiremen~ of t~e parentsr tha~ the school ' has the option of placing _them on. .either th r clo.ssical
been a hIghly succe6sful One; and the number of or modern side of the school, and wher. I ,voted
Kendrick scholars to be taken out of the new here for the 'One·School scheme' in I lte~dinjl' ,­
licho.o l will. be considernhlj greater than the I -was under the impress;on ,that pare~ts -,w ould
number from the old Healding School, the tr",,-t· have the ' 's ame :c)ioice of sides-cl'l"s/eal _ or
mef]t meted ,out .to the l isoo.nt ma.sters is b'bth modern-~n the. proposed amalgamat~ Reading
unwise and unjust."
Schools, otherw.ilie -1 should have voted for the
Mr. -J. Penrose, h~ving been voted to the chair
f Two-Scoool- sCheme ,'
a.s 1 feel convihced tha t
expressed . a.clmowledgmertt of .the
"ympathy had ' The Kendrick' enjoyed the P~OP08ed new
and support which the conveners of the meeting school buildill~B, they would ha.ye become B com.
hsd rec~ivoo from one ~tion olathe Press "in plete success, ,.hil.t the ReadillQ: ""hool. as .n
Reci.ding; and __ parl:cula.rly the Splendid supp<>rt cl""sicaL-"chool.- is likely to continue 'the Iwhite
of .- the "Chl'9niQle,"- whleh . had _pUblished slepllant it -hn.s been for the last twenty ' yearB _
- numerous -Ietf«s .a.nd lea4ing articles . He then The new school ought to be a real omailgamation
read - extractQ ' /rom letters whhlh . had . been of the two old schools. '"
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MR. T . F. HIGGENS, KIDMORE END.
. QUI~ley, Sydney .R. ' Shliter, . ..nd Jl!. ... Fox.
"f a.m . glad to lea.rn thllt' a p;'otest meetill~ is
Their purpose tha.t night, I liS he understood it, being' 1,.,ld. 1 sha ll support that meeting -to the
was to give. voicQ , to the opiniohs !,nd -feelings of utinost -of my small t:l"wer. ' for I hate unfnirness.
pe.rents of the pupils in the Kendrick in the I sincerely llOpe that the Town Council will pre·
m,,~ter, and ",Iso tp demand fair play fo:r-- the
vent the proposed - grove injll5tice being -c arried
mMt.,rs who httd been tree.ted S(l unjustly. Per. into effect."
MR. R qUIGLEY.
sanally, he wO,u ld say tltev did not 'wish to- ham ·
per the Il<lt>ion of the Town Council 118 the • f, As a parent 1 coi-dialfv agree with the Db·
e<l uco.tion lluthority in any ;way. but ra.ther to co· Ject of the meeting, and join in the ~resolution
to the council."
0J!'ll.l\te with !.hem (Hear, hear.) They reeog· which will be sent
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msro fnlly tit"" the oorporation were trustees,
MR. S . R. SHUTER"
acting -on beha1! of . the town and _ the rate .
:' It is . quit.e manifest to . all pa.r ents,I I should
payers, but theY, could not allow them to scout
their opinions Ilnd tre4t them lightly. nor would thlllk, t1I1.lt the, retention of the "e~vicel' of those
they allow their feelin~s to be ' . ridden over maste.rs known to t1le' boys, 8;ud a c,o nl'inua.nce of
rough,hodin the matter. - There
- a very Ull' the :present- ey8tem of tno.chmg, ",.ould be l more
happy discussion 18 months ' ago as to the ,'f two· beneficiaI- ' ;to tliem - t-han a comple.t e and sudden
schools" question , Illld it · was . a pity that the change bo.th of masters il.n d curricWllm.
.. Apart ' from ' fhe --.elI·inter ~st wit i clJ, to ' my .
ooucation aut~orit.v had , r ev;ved , that. '(Hear,
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; is evident, · there ' is . t.he !!reat I _injustice
1'!'I'r.) He ' hImself - advocatc<l - th-e one·sehool
sch;eme , believin" that it made for' efficieriey _a.nd . which is being done to the , Kendrick masters,
fo~ no·puh,l i<j.r .kll ~wn. re~on j . . . ,. '
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econQ~y, ' He -st1l1 - believed _ .in , nma.lgam~tiqn j
, These.- hQwever, are ·mitters wlill'li l I am not
but ~hls was not am/lo'llIlmat!On _ but the dis. competent
. to discuss, heill/{ billy' a Jt:umbl~ ' ratti:
cQntllluatlOn of tlte Kepdrick School, and the
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fec .. n:l-yer .lor fOUl·' bars, -·""d· ·.is suoh
present arrnngemenls were not in nccor!lance
with the wi6h_es of tile' ratepayers. (Hear, hoor.) quite' unaIJle tp' understl\nd the :.vorkll\p:s of the '
If Ihe ~h ~ me . of amalgamation' fail",,] it meant a gilll\nt:c intellec'ts which hove b()en called into
heovv increllse to the ra-tes. It must be admit. ncti{'l Jl ~ p1n.n -a nd ee.rrv into effect .~i8 great
_ too t"a~ th .. union of the two schools presented and la5ttn~ sho.me for tJ.te town of Reading - to
a very difficult problem, liut he . th.ought . > t~e . b:8.t;. but I nm comnetent to exprefl9 1llJV supreme
a.~t1,oritv : had overlooked. the " parents' polht_· of dIsgust nt - the.: whole busineM, and tof 'oller mV
Vie,:,', whIch WQII a. very .unportant factor_ Thev very heari.felt '"yinpatJIY '. !lnd, if MV !'concerted
(l;<slred .ucew : fipiD-: both.: tbe· educational . and Rcl'?1l 011 the .p art: of parents or ' public is oo.k<ln,
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the finan<liaJ .Point . of vj()w. ' 'and they w",nted to my very re~dy help!}
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see justiee .don~ - to tpqse cm~"ter~ w.ho hlld heen "
t-N'8ted _so s11amefully. - (Applause,);
".I reQ:ret that previously arranged oppoint·
ment _will prevellt me from att~ndin~, but_ ~ N!',ish '
AN A-SSiSTANT MASTER'S VIEW.
to record, with aIC possihl~ emp/lasia, that l the Mr.. Short (one ~f the late al'Si6ta~t Kendrick mn.sters. are being treated altogether differently ,
nln~t~rsr said lte _' hild definitely'· - resigned his
fron:i ._ what we, 116 Parents, were led te;> ~xJ)~t'i I
p C~Ht{OI~, and did not see~ 'nn appoiiltmellt in the
have three bovs at one school and " girl at the
n'ew school: )lut he felt wllat. }18<1 ~ happened .In' other; and if the. ma.-tera are hot ·transferred with
l\OCou~t of I"B Illte fellow I!:S~l~tli,nt · m .... te?s: The
the QOYs I sho.l1 se-r iou,ly. consider tlte risk . of
~()ndrlck School had been ~ ~CC~8, at, any rate _ chanqi,!~' schoolil aJtogether. ,'.; .
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If~ llumbers coun~e4 for anytJllng. -}Success had
- " I 8m certain ' that the p_~rents ' wilt willinjl'ly
killed the Kel,drlCk S<;hooL Seeing -thllt more reepolld to vour ca.ll , I\nd everv efl'ort Ishould be .
boys .w ere coniinlli than: the school could 1lC. made collec-tively to thwart !this forlU of Imu;;!.
oommoda.te. ff}nnal n<lt,icew.a.s ·_ih'(\li-.the mllSt.en cipal _ 'confidence trick.' I ~I\V ' add ,that with
at th e _beginninll of ,the present tenn that they , one '. or two 6lICI'ptions I 'do I\ot kn ')* the niasters
wou~ be . no. lon~er Wa.lI~. ,'-'Althoul(h
no . pen;onallv, 80 that jn'" testim~ny . hou14 be, taken
pronuses weI'a made,; even : mp.inJ>6r , o~ the .tan ' ... directly !'>ttrib~able to the excellen~ progress'
.... led to expect t.h at' he would Pe _ ~pointed to my bovs b,,~e made, "nd _ are makhj'g, at the
the. new achool. Format noiioo -' '\VOA , not Com· Kendrick &:h,ool."
-Iplamed of, but aupP08inl{ l-·tha.t". will! , sufficient ·
surely - 801.n e di~t intimation sljould have bee~ ' "THE - DANGER .OF .. 9~S~ F:~~LiNG."
Mr: B. J , . Be'IIBI~v, Qt l ,. qo\legre;, R9ad, IRea.d·
giv~n 6t. the ·beginning" 01.' the -- teim tha.t · that '
ing, · in .tlte cc?u~ · of b~s .1~.tt<l~,/~.rotel:-:- '. , .
notice was not only 'formal but-a.bsolute. (Hear
From ''''Pllrent'& pomt of.J :new - _ th~ decl810n
hee.r.) A's, a fact .... no· one ' knew wh~her thos~
men. wou.I'1 be' wanted-' -after.!. Ch:ristm ... 'or not. that only om.: Itiis;s£a.nt .m....t.er · is to hie found a.
Th<>lr. chtef communi,<!,ated -I!!'ith :Mr. - Keeton, but ~osi'ion ' a.t '~i,!g. - ~~o':: ~an on~y "'tlS8 . ciOo·
no aIlswsr.. was re~u~I\ed U!ltil nea.r half.term .. -8lderable annety and l.• )a.nn. 1 One 1& a.pprehen·
Wha.t_~ve.ry member_01-' the: 8t1\-IJ contended wall sive ' $bat thie a.r.ra.ngement me&nB tha 't,!te ·lclae8
tha.t, It It Vi .... !1ecided the men were . 'n ot of . E'<iucation J& ·t o _ be considerably , ch~ilgOO.
we.nted. they should. have Peen ~iven notice be. Tha.t which Iiils besn' '110 &uc~sful in Ithe ' pa.st,
fore an the posts. /!oing for next _term w~re filled a.~d hQII met th~ r:equirementi!' of IlChpl&l8 and '
up,' (Hear. hoo.r.) Further, if tJtey w-sl'e not wlshes ef parents SQ well, ·is to be replaced) by
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wanted .. why .w~re they not :.,.a.nt.OOT Th"t w"" . something wfij<lh may not be l 116 Bliil.:tble.
a questIOn whIch concerned the parents very nave been led to believe :the~ ~ Kendrick' roues.- .
closelv. As a privote citizen he , ,voted f<>r ' one tion . WQuj4 be <lOntinued o.t Reading School, a.iJd
IIChool, which !t -a.ppea:red i9 -him common'Bense what ~et~er me~hod . could_oo! employed in ~~ect­
demo.nded . bll~ hoe wanted . the _. right kind of jDg th18, . than that _o f .~ra.I'\~latiJ)g tl,te .lljuters .
school. (Anpl .. u~.\
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".who ha.ve made the·· school s~ch a sU~()<lI!l!TI One
Mr. F. -'Y. Allwril(lit .eai,d' he . In}ppoeOO ~ there is loroed to ask the queetion . 'w hether these men
ca8.t.. on ,one ' aide 'slmply because they
would..:be .no -, a.ppeal fro~...Hle d~jBion the..t the are
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-one o~ the older 'head /D{loBter hl\d th~ a..u.t~i!?ti~y '.to ' 6Ct, ~: he ', had may n~
. : -·f scts ai ourdone. bJlt ",h'e n ~!".~ K!,,!OOp got.. t,he :rll'\ult of: t.hat univereities.
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_. __ v._,.. put ~fol/8. ~~m ,· , tI!!'d ,.if .~.e ", ~ht'cation . dtsp08ar '-set!>
~,~~~1~~~y · suppor~, 1t,. -he . y.'ould pr.oh"l?ly ,. reo There is a .
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': .s ltuatlon. ' H~ voted, f()l'____ the :.one. Oxf9rd _' with. the'
"l:'l'O<J>I'-'JM;!I,e~le •. bu.t . ,would lIQt . have _done 8()--a.s
R;endrj~!<-~Qovs;>-;-.Ii'e.d he not. felt
}.!te .Ketldriok .in~rs· -and J!.> ove
. th~_ ne'[ Reading j. Scho~ll Eln

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P.\.INTY TEAS AN_D LIGH'r . R~FRESHMENT.

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and,_o~pcllse of· a '(lew stovc. SEr:<ll< AT ONCE to
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'fhe oversight of Gentlemen;s Wardrobe'
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Town -' Council meeting appe1ljl's elsew-here. -' . .
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ANIJERSON BAPTIST
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why could ' .\
ha.v.e made the school suec : .,
ti~~~ ~he w~rk they have carried on I!O . ~eOI.
,! it 6ee~9. that R eadmg ' Sc~ool is no · i.i
have Ieven thIS chance of retrieving the p - ,
FUrther, I sh'duld 'like to enter my protest 1\1 "
;'a~e~ay~r aga.i~st the ibjusticd- mcted out to tiJ'
m&&wrs, who have beep 80 SU~marilY -d'.miBetide
_I ~op_\4r also, jike -to p-";Otest ga;P8t. th~ "a vii':'
whl~ _ the. TO'fn Council _a.nd -Education Celll'
rilittee appearl to have pa8800 on to the
Ma.stjr of Heading Sc~ool p qv.:er. whieh ou~,
nevet to have l left the lmnd, of the council
To .ppt :such p'ow~r int<? the ~and. of .one mM);
IU(alnst ,the- 1)rlnclpl~s of th!s democratic aa.e,
If ~o keep th"., _ae.,st~nt m .... te1'6 " jjnOrant oi
thelt.: r~te llntD. the m.td~le 9f, this term is - a
spemmelj of the new regtme;'~ fear this do"; I>oi
e,ugur favourably for the future. To keep th~
men in. ~u8pe!1se· till , the end of Octeber was Dot
onlv unjust, It .~as b~utal, more esnecially 118 i~
had been
taCltlv, if' not nctuaUy, left - for
tl'!'ml to assume that they would be given -appointments at the Gramm"r School."
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To: reduce tit.! debt on -the Ander80n Bi Pti8'
Chu~ch, Rea.din g
. i _a bazR·" r aud sale of wor
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was held at the haJl on Wedneoday and
bursday. !. It! _w'a:s cpened on the first dllY by Mra.
~arti~ H. .F. Sutton, an'd omongst those prell!iit'
· were: ¥-r. MorUn .H. F . Sl,ltt~n, . who _prefided,the R f Y' _a.n d M.r~ . R. G. fal~ba,lrn, the
:~. BrookS, ,_t~e Hev. W. C. KiDg . (pastor),
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(bazaar. secret-aryl.
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....'-Thle , pastor :eatd ;h~ir efforts han been r ichly_ I
QlssslW-; ]l\8t 'year t~y hild more bll.-ptismsl and
mor'1 .additio1l1! than any other _Baptist Churc~ in
the 'f'ilUnty. They had- pa:d : o.ff £647 16s. r f tho
debt ' on the new churcR -premises, besides £200
iu il\ter'lSt, leav-iitl! ",926 5s. still. to be prov ided.
The~ requjr~d '&bout £75 a I yeAr.
He had
received . from Mr. Vince 1.08- , Miss Burrett 10.;
6d., land -the cliairIll/l-n had intimated his ldCSirl1
· to subscribe £5. . , , M~. M-ar'tin Sutton 's aid he must
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a'l'alogis(l [oi'caming _th ere _so : frequently, '
-did _~ot ! know,: &ity w.orJ< he had Ii deeper
for Or! sympat~y 'w ith than .tha~, hecause
· they swod .for, the Gospel which wns P~~s~,~~:.
ther~ week, iI~- and w~ek out, the simpl~ l
(>f ~~l vati cn tlil'o!,ghlf t!, e finished work
phri~t. _He rej clcoo ' III the work
pasto .... _was -doing, and the' succeS8
t ending it. and congra.tulated them

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'· Mrs. Martin Sutton, in d ecl!\ring the
open, .aid she WAS very pleased to
'interest in the splendid workj they
there. A, number of young fellows
congregation hnd gone t.o serve their
untry, . l.nd best of 0.11 to\ .ehve
t ing~ and were witnessing fOr ~hrist.
an encOuragement to Anderson l. 'thot th
~,presentoo at'the froot in tijis way.
ton and . h erself weri! very pleased to
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their interest· a.nd . RV''r1n",.''V
their hands.-,in any Iway
Sutton Wa-S presented. with a
alerie N e.,.ille. .
Hev. .
G : Fairb"i'~n : pro'pOs €~
a.nd Mrs: Sutten. and cOlAli'lratullL.4"dc,'_rS,oni on .the aucces-s :of ' th_G: .
Iic)Ooure4 ~.he bte -Mr.
stood I for evervthing .
and' honourable
mQre tlia.n th!lt he
link' tOllether a'i
'The Mme
I'i'e.~,a., Mr. · and Mra .
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