Reading Observer. March, 1915.

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,hlver - take
fl OW
PreventIon

than cure -

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,aur reslstive pSwera

more soundly than aught :::;~~.
c aD pOSSlbly take
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Regi6tered

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Your dress wIll fit better If worn over
an .. Abdo • Corset.
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for further accommodatlOD But- for thi. tunel,.
addltlon n. would bave ~ tmpolllible ~ admit.
.11 tbole who a.pphed fot; admlhlOn m September
As It 11 the achool buildmg 11 hill W1thou~ hemg
ovucrowd.ed The Kmd,rgartel'l whlcb lI, housed
m the new classroom, h .. mcreal\Kl 10 numbers I ''',';!iciJ1'g
and the. children h.t.v. dpived ,much I benefii from I
the gre&!.er freedom they enJoy Ul theIr light and
8Jryroom
One o( the most. mtereatin& eVll'Qta of the yeu
"'&8 the perIod,cal inspectIOn of ~be school by Hu
Ma)etty I Inlpectol'l of the Boa.rd of EducatIOn
whIch to<lk place 18llt October Three Inapecton
of whom two were women spent th..r,e daya fernnp; to t he ne'\ hUlldini!:1I th e MaYor !\aId tbaL
QJIlonget lIS makmg reoommendatlOnl and enqUlf he admlUed eqreRlunF, t!.", bnne l~ c. YQflr J.hal:.
mg mto the life of t.oe IJChoollO all ItA deulIla ~he before thu lri7.e w litnhut.m n they "llp.b tr ~ the
result!! of thctr observatIons &nI embodied m ~ oon walhl.p MJ p t rha.ps tho roo' on He b3h eved tllS
fidenha! re port. of which all tlJa.t can.be IIlud here prophecy might hR.ve been fulfill ed bl t. for th t': war
, 11 that tt 18 m the mam utu;iactory but ~bat My The war bad :dtcred e\'urthtn ~ ~d rllt b ack la rge
motd uf praise which IS Accorded to the work la proJect.K which they had In vIew The plan. had
~U1te I)versb.&dow-ed ?,r cntiCISIU. of tb, building. been cnmplete.d and a'Ppro' ed by the Town Coun
Only those ,.; lio work m the school know how mpci! I etl And It had. been deelded that tenders 8ho~ld he
Its hr~ a.nd development l are l eatnct..ed bY, the asked for anit It now rema.med only for the Board
hnutatlOnl
ImposeJ!l 'RbIS year the prlze~ ! b4've I of EducatIOn to paI!IJ!I the VltWB
~I they had
been
on a ne.w Oa.sll
The prluwfuners I made the plans In conJunct.lon With the Board of
have obtaltJ.ed three~ua.rter;tl of the Education he did not thmk there
any

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upon the .. I~y hmlte .pace for
ACri.fiCfl W&II )uatified by t-he urgency of

~,a~t~E~~io/~. the
Thet(lUlI

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the 9tl1er
Bonrd of
The
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gIve pern'll8Slon for
while the ,,"aT WIUI

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DRjSTIC I ~R~POSALS

ratber

A great lurprlll1!l was Iprung upon the .Reus,
Commons on
when the Chancellor of
E:rcbeq\lor slked eave to llltrodUce a bill to amend
Defence of thtt
1m Act. For the new
proved to be of thr Ulost Iweepmg character

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Briefly, Its p~~ ll!I to enable It~~h~.~~:~':':~~~t,,:
enormously to mctelUl8 tha output of D
rbey already PO~e311 powere to tako over
MJY works wher" l~urutionll of war an bein,:.'~du~Â¥.
Ur <ler thl l Qew
they WIll aJlIO be able to
any worka and fa tones where ench ,morution!
n~w being produ eel bp.t whi.cbyo.ro judgeli to
ll.1i1c fo r anu ca~ 10 of sUch production For
It would el able em to take !over all the
et!::r;tneenng wor " of the country a.nd
makmg ahot sboll and wl1rUke mat.en&l of,;.i:JC;;;h."
aud kind
lD the ooune
dlllCuulon 1t wu
tail ad thn.t the
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Nerve
Collaps

THE ANNU'L REPORT
The &nnbal rel)Ort read o.s followsl Lawn T-cnqi' - DI rmg tho past lSCll&Ol 23 ma.tcbC8

wer& arrangtd of WblCh Ulno were
A
toum
fixtures.
v1 th 60 6 C\On first t..ca 11 m.atchell were
c;omplet.ed ~(lur be ng ,von and thrce IOli l.
Of
the
A
t~ 1ll mat<.;ile$ four wel e IdeCided ali of
whICh wero f on
TIle fixturei hst ~ a!; much III
terfered .... Ilij bv the war a nd two or throe m<lotf:bce
were st.op~ by the wc alh,er 1 Ihe {;baJlenge cUp
was won ?J1 JMtS8 S Stol es wl)'o defeat.ed hll ~ ~ M

AniBml.

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would like to 81(e. a pnl.O

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ha.I J ately

would
to gl'v"to
She like
proceeded
round !:ie world and com
number of veuels. Ahe SAW
harbours She aeconded

In

th e vote most
The vote of
'iota of the.nklJ wab pau.cd to the Mavor on the
propol}l tlOn of Mr Wn-ITEJL seconded by Mr Cox
The smgrq,g of the Belgt.an a.nd Engh~ natIOn&!
anthems closed t~e p~mgs
Dunngi the e\'"emng the meroM", of tlJA.4uru.4?r
school I&Dg Whcre the lee sucka' (IJl,UiIC ;by
Dr Arne) and
The Ba.-a# of BI"1 (Davey)
whils t ttAeDlor school scholars u.ng Tb~ Littlfll

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gamed the dlll UUctlOU of the gold medal of the
London ~c.a.de m,} of ..!tiUIIiC
'laoAe of you who
recall her perfu rma nce or the pa rt of Porha In
Ihe Mercb mt. of Vem08 nt the last prluglVID,g
WIll hardly need to be t old that tbe mtjdal 18 for
e locut on
Bren~a Coatm wbo baa lately COil)
pletefl ber course of ~r& IHng In aomcstlc Ii.CICllCe
a.t H u.mpstead b a.s been ap~tnted II. dO~ltlo
SC Lenoo tea.cher lD t.he Rea.dmg whools The", are DulltmlUl
(Brahm" , and
22 old glrls In tra rung culleges qUllhrymg for the Ca.1l IL gtnn W ill,ama)..
tea.chmg p r ufesslOn of whom t.welve are &.t. the
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Rea.d mg U mvennt)'" College_ and others are at
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f.~~ltenham Cb,ehe.ter, Wool! Lan. and H, re GIRL~
Th iS )' ~ar thcre hal been a conllderable faJhng
o ff m the number of lIf;udtnlt tea.c.het8 Ulj the .chooL
rhese IItuden u at ten4 for mltructlon on two ~orn
mgfl In th e week
spend the rest of then· hOle

ana

m the element.&ry 8Cboo ",j ~n.. order to gam practice
te LChmg before proocedmg to & tram@g coHege
10 them 'We mutt look for our futu(e IUP~ly of
elentellLa. ry JlCbool teachel'J!l and any rummutlOD m
t he num ber of recr\lLts becomes a senuU& mat ter
especla.lly when vuwfed m coDJunctlon mth the
f !M:t that 8Q n lUlv young m en who were tramm g
for elementa.ry teadhmg are now sen mg With tbe
colours In o ur own school the numoor of IItudeot
tea.chers h al dropped from four teen to leYIiD a.nd
ulth IU gh thl!l mny pilrtly be accounted for by the
h .ot. t liat seven Jcars ago t he age at which schol
Bnlhlp!l were a warded was lowered from 14 to 11
years of a ge t619 18 n ot IthE\ primary eanse of t he
"horta,ge rhe Olost poLent caUIe! and tho80 moM.
frequentlr urged by parentll are the length of ..tram
109 reqUi red and tbe conditIOns m elementary
IIchoo)a especla ll ... as regnrdl the Size of t be clasaew.
~nd I fear t h It un t il some Kydt.em I f mtu ut.enanoo
grant.!! comparal.Jle to the &rn ouut which glJ"1 8
earn ID other emplovmenta 1& devu~ed. t.liere
1!t.11I be many wbo are bmdered by tina.nClal con
I! d"raltool! fro m ent.ermf{ the teaching profeu lOn
1n t.he meantime It con t Ulues to be one of the beal.
openmg. for g"l ••nd onc wh,ch I would otrongly
reoo mm",nd to those. who are fortunate enoug h to
llave the opport..un ty of 'beoomlug full, quah6ed
(or t he w()rk T h e healtb of t.be IIcboo) baa been
good un t tJ tbul term ..hen at one time our Dum
ben were deCImated by abs.encea due to inJluenza
colds The ach.oot baa alao Buffered by t.he abeence
of Mias Long who I am thankful to say ts now
on the road to r ecovery..
f r caQtlQt. conclude thli report wltbout exorell9
109 my amcere thanb to the staff and etlpec.1ally
to the two umqr merobens, M.lal! Edmondstone and
MiM Croome for tbe1r valuable w lIlulce through
out the yur an~ I am fOie that they WI\1 hke. to
lom With me. lD than~ tbe parentA for theu co
opera.tton wlt b UI tn ma.tnt&mtng the ¥
tradl
t iOnl of the Kendnck School

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I"JI R\ DUS BRE! AKOt>'.WN

f~l1~ ~ r~~l::t\.!;JS
NI l "" ... S Ttf FN'IA

BURNING

LESS DUST

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and Sore F.a..otl>"I"
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Splrlng feet a.nd fur
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PRIZE hlSI.

The d llrtnootion of prizes W&I perforined by Kill

Sntton the folloWlog, helmg t)le JU:1Z6 list Form-VI - Form ~ FamUe Pryke hllltorJ
Ma.y Na,.l o~ drawi Pf (presented by t lt!r B A
Ba.rkua) Ma.7 N&ylor
P orm Va -i'orm l)flz.e EI~ PaJ'~e Fre'Oeb
LoUie Stedman math«n&iJCI Vera Ead~ X1&edI&Joan Blne11ll ~QllC 'Ethel Ba1den ~
Cbalket: tennu ~Hp~r ehampw)llsbip) EUld

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YOUR HAIR.

~EAUTIFY

DJWtlH OF S1:UDENT T,1;;ACHERS

Nf. /? \ E PA Io!ALV516

K Sydenbam in tbe final
Croquet -1'he enLr ea for the vanous club com
pchtlvm W~f.a hardly 'Up to tI~e Itandard of pre
VIOU8 Yea.r.!jand t h e re was on nhc- whole a TDgrct..
table falIin otf In th e amo nt of pla y on th e
ootlrLS ",hie 1 ~cro never III bet ter COl d t on Ihnn
dunn" the B.!It. year
Tbe four wonthly compa
l l ons W&r won by llrs COl: F ! C Cux S S
Wo!latlon apd MISS Weedon ID the play olf"F C
Cox heaL 14r.s Cox
'.r he wanners -of tho three

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and remove all dandruff.
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Your ha.ar becomts hghU wavy ,fluffy ab undant
!!.nd appears &I ~ft luatrolU and bea.utiful aa 11
young glJ"ls a.fter a
DanderlDe hAir oleu 5e
J u.d. try thUl-llMollt.en .. cloth wlt b a ht.We D. a
d er De Rnd C$Cefully dt'1l.w it. t.hrough your ha r
taldng one smaU at.ra.od. at a tJme
Thl. Will
cleame the ba r of dust dirt and tlJ:ceQ1ve 0 11
and In J"4fIL a fe w moment. you bave doubled tho
beauty oll your hall"
Besides bea.utlfYlDl the balr .at once Dandenne
d iaa<lt v~8 e very pe.rtlcie of d&ndrulf .. cloames purI-

fi es and 1DVl gOTl!.~C$ tho sea.lp stoopmg ItCItlng a.nd
fa lling h ~l r
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But .... bat wtll 'pleue YQU moft Will he after a
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h a r grOWing ~vor the 5C& lp - If you car& for
pretty soft h I. r and lob of It IL1rely get. a. 11 l.d
bott le o f KlIo ... lt~n s Dandenne fr om I n)' c.bcm It
a ud lUSt. try IL

SUNDAY SOCIAL CONFERENCE
ROBERT BURNS

blocks mto IwI! eh Lhe Aml:!llenn tourname nt was
dn de<! we re. S S \\ ellaston Mrs1 Co}: and Mrs
W C Btnnily
A fa. rly good ~entr' as recclVt:d
for t ho opeD tournam ~ll t windt wns agam h e ld n
Ma.y
'lhej cbaUenge Cl Y1 WIUI I wOI py H W J
Snell ... h~ liWB.S pIa) mg tor t he fint. t me In thlll
t ourna.ment
Th e club '1\ ~ s I1.ga n m ost succe l~r J1
on,,,(,,,,o',.1 n ts IlIlittes navlOg beaten W ~d l es ham t", ce
a nd Oxtord, Fleet And Camberloy once the r eturn
- r ·-·-·" "ruatd e.s WI h t hese Jatter duos as v.e I as the

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nnto.t lon tournamell
t. fixed
r ~erto
abandoned
Q. wlDg t.o the
Wllr forIt SCDtembe
lIS IOterestlllg
record t hat. ~ the last, three sca llons the dub has WOD
IS 0 t. Of 17 n atchcs tbat It hItS pla}oo
A. du:>
to wI Ich v s tOni werG m~ t ed und at
eonsistco of (l, tiflcen mmutes
«lmpeLl t lOlI
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