Reading Observer 01-1918

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by 'the B""~ ol .Educa.tion, and whetbc'r ••I..I.e·
tory arrangements can
made Cpr the ta.kIng of
It on So term of five ' year~, wltbou, fea.r bf dIsturbance ~m the part of hold~rs of the mort.ga.ge on the

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EDtJCATION.

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The Sub-Committee ryeommcnded the a.ppomt- The ' advanced
p1ent pf Mr E. A Hanley as "3 Go.,.emor of N e:w- schools ,"auld
bury Connty G11-15' sciiLm place of Mr. G E stnctlon of the
no doubt 1he
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'Fhe Sub-Committee hn.ve considered the returns be 8 difficulty
as to the attendanee Iu~j' to Chrl~tm n.s lanH ha.ve culty of findmg
as the a.ctm"l
c'osed rome ev~mng cla.sses In consequenoo o· low
matter No
numbers As a. general
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on the reg isters lia.v~ '4een ' well m~mtamed and
t h e r egu18nty of &tt.en"ance :.aeem.8 to have Improved.
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In view of the urgeDOf.'" of lDcreasing the number of teachers of ga.rde~LDg . \o the Board of ",-durotlon ha.ve sugge!!~d the fprlnatlOn o~ Saturday
cllU!ses of teachers a nd ~ave agreed to Ipay t ravelhug expenses of stu de,~ts up to 4s per return
Journey .The Sub-Com~ltt.ee-' have authorised the
orgamS&tlOn of da.sses If sUltahle teachers can be
obt.med.
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On tfJ.e motIOn of Mr Preston, thIS rep~rt was
a.lso agreed to
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The other S ub-Committe.,es' reports WIll be fo~a
at tha end of our report l a.nd were adopted as they

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gIven 10 the
an )mmediat.e reclasscs, and there was
tet£.ch-ers waa gomg to
golflg to be tho diffiWld tit'alning for Itbem,
ot teachers was a slow
the war W8S over and
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great. inflVX of ~~~;~'P':~bi,e;':d~~u::c.ahonal authori.
ties would 'See e
in thiS du-ec-tlOn than they
In further l--ema.r~9
the C hairman
other details In tho
Bill, m cludmgof the advanced
course 111 our la.rge l,eoo11d',ry schools W'~lCh he
thought would gHie dlmculty to paren tt who
would h ave to take cbIld awa.y from school and
send It. to another
tnke these &d.vanced ~uJiSes,
thus brea.klllg
With thse school where
t he ch ild had ~n
question of eXPFnse III
the c.ontm uancc of
m the el-ementalY
SChOOlS was gOing
be a he~:vy burden, lan d 10
hers
the sccon~ary
the pr ovl~ l on of
would ~be dltllCult
continua.tlOn cla~~.~were
stand
tmore d'IHcult stIli
would be Imposslble to use
butdmgs (or t h e contlOua.·
APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL MANAGER
by them In' t he County
Sn George Young, 10 mo~g the rcport
On the motIOn of Sir' Goorge ¥oung, fteconded
a conSlderable num ber of
Hl ghor EducatlOn ISub CommIttee, sa,ld
rise by Mr Wa.lkcr, the Rev C E ~ M Fry', Vicar of
1Il tho number of p"~nlle con tinued, and complBints St Luke's, M;:u denhcad , "Was appom ted
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eIel1J.entar y BC b Do l
of the want of J ccOmmodatlOn rea.ched them from ina.nager on beha lf of the
Local !
EducflflOn Authorl.,"an ous quarters A pa.ragraph In t he report men - it.y
for
Alwyn
road
School,
Cookhnm,
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buil<li~·g,
or ,ue h '1purpoees,
tlOncd that the modern school bwldlJ1 gs at fwd- 0
ano~
rum~on , re.'l lgne I
were used to t heIr fun
cnbead m ight be p,sp.d for tho extenSI?n 9f the
EDUCATI ON BILL, 1917
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ca.paClty there
bo mOony h ou,e. a.vailable
g irls' school
H e h a d to report ~ comPletefttle.
After rea.dmg a. lett~r from the I Lancashire for
The equtpment of th&
TIl Qnt of the question for the takmg over f the County Council on tho Inbove su bj ect w~ th a copy buiJdmg~,
of teacbers to teach In
hu ildmg9 for 8, term ] of £h'o yea.rs
0 the of t.be resolut IOn" passet, at 8 conference of Educa-! them, tbe
which would be ra.1Sed by
apprm al of tbe Bon.r.d of Education, whl
was tion .A.uthorltlCs In
aJlcashl rc, the I (''h~lrma.n employers III
With
emplgyees over
certnm to be acconle~~
moved the followmg tf.solu t.lon - " That while t.be. age of 14,
such scholars to
I Mr \' -alkeI secondfd the adoptIon of tbfl~port, ,vclcommg the general ~Ob~ect.s and p:c1vH~lOns of fu lfi l thelI 320
10 t he year , were
,nd saId the n.c cOmD1 r-a.tlOn a.t the gIrl's ,IC 001 at \.~'1r. Fisher's propoJals 8S mdlcateu j l~ the Bd l, some of t.he a
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co nSIdered In a,dM a idenhead was be~mmg acute There
a.a n. t he Committee trus't ha.t the u tmost pOSSible dlt!l! n to the 320
the~ was the t Ime of
nry consldorable T}urqoor of apph cn t lons Fth a ela.rt lCl ty Wil l be allo,ved In bllngll1S js~bemes Into \ gomg to and from
bO';1es and It r eally m~~nt
h en.vy Wo,ltmg h st o.~ the present momen~
The opcr:tt'on , ha.vmg f, rega~d to the pecul !ar dlfficul - a much longer
empl oyers than appeared
nrrnngoment whIch had been I1!ferred to y Sir ti es of rural counties Ijke Berks ..
~e Rat d they on the surface
d Istncts hke t hose m
dlstanoes between sch ools
Heorge Young '~n8 o~~ whIch comnttnded 1 II t o had not a.s an Ed.ucat lOh Qom mlttoo -ret ~nsldered Berk s hlle where
th':1 m11(l111tant:s , of the )oc:thty
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Btl l,1
,imst btl
by nm\ and homes were
and where } OlllU! people of
:Hr H a.lgh mqmr,ed If the mover and seconder that t.he) had rormed thclr OPllIHJ ll ~ on thnsc ! ccrta.w a.ges 'had
t.hose \\01..lks lD dark even
dl'l nd thulk. t.hat by mstlt.utmg An ent.rance proposals. and If lh o~ 10Pl nIons cou11 he expres<:{d I l11~! there were
of ot.h er k10d s whi ch
en'llllHIt.lOn at. thIS sch ool Lh ev n-.J.~!ht o-b,Tla.t.e In a.ny wa.y to sho\\ tHat t hey were ~n sllpport of "oul d occur to
of the' Committee, and
t h(' prescnt dlfficultr, ro that by tb..is mcans too h l~ grea t schcmo t.he :tlomm lttee ougut to hfn c nn whlCh would
and control of such
en ergIes of t'h e "chonI and thp ~acher!J c1;mld be opportunity of domg
as. a body I Itw~1.! deslreasy to pro\lde for.
Jlut ,to the purpose ~T which lhey were mtcniled, ?ble they as a. Comm ,ttee flhould h av some d iSthe resolutIOn
n R'neh- fteco nd nty rather thn.n pnmRry educ:l.- C\l!SlOn on these mntteh so that it ni l 11t go forth
Some furtLel r em,ll ks were made by S lr George
h an? H o thought. It "auld be better to de" ote : to the ratepayers In the County v.bJ then" ntll- Young nn d Mr H rugh
for
pl1TpOSCS r:Jther than let tude "'as to the nrlOlls que i;tlOn s ra.lfed
]n the PRINCIP A\'L
ON FLEXI BILITY
u1d
lt bc Occl.lpled by JlrepaT;U.ory PUIlIhl who were cnur"'e of
ensumg
th e BIll
prevlRIEI'Y :\ND
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\1 . dOlOg pnm,lI"r sch ool " o.,..k
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to , the H uuse of Commons, anti "Oltld
MI Mnm.field, tl10 ' Ice chfLJrman
t he Com 3n~st:mtL£L. h- the s..1IQe as t hat WIth tWh lCh thcy
Prmclp,tl Gil lcls ln otlccd that tbe re solutIOn emmll t<>e , was a h tud 'Mr Haigh's snggf!::t lnn would ""ere
famJar ,'l but as for tH e ad1!llll1stla- phaf..lscd t l' e Iln pm 1t nce of elastiCity b emg mtrole . . c, them lilt" opposd,c,
Hal unrler tlOn pomt.s h e sbould ltk e tn treat ! t em for HlO dl' (,p.d 10 ca.rt· IP,! Ollt the proposaJs of be Bill,
stonll :.\Ir H nlgh wo uld recn mm end stIff entrance purposo of tillS d lscussw':1 a!'; outSId e ~he L l
! and sf't ld he ShUl.! 'd SUppOl t the Chalrmn.n's resolueXAtI' I,I,ltlOll'\ t o tho ~ .. c \lSlon (If PI('p:'f'r:1 t -'l"J "1l.S h;l.te to make ObJ iCL OnS now tl~ mnm eelu I t lO11 rr,l! nly on g<:ncra:l ground~, even If thele w e re
Jl1Ipt ls H e (~I r f,rhn~fi ~ld) "onl d nnml,. Ollt tht', cattonal prop.)"':1ls r ~n m{'d as he uud el stood no sr e I d If'.'lsnns 1°£ ,dllch t'H~Y h ad h f'n.J d ''' lth
, \ ( t,lcf not he able til:;' t propel)'
plt pt s Thelo \'>as n o d ou bt fhey h.ld
\ed a veT)
t o C("lndltlOn:'i In trc ( '()l'nty af
i n that way 1'11(' 1pr <:{' Ilt sv!::tem of ttie Com fav oura.ble recept.lon ~hrollgbollt the country bv HIS 1!lJ1n~ 'I\:l ~ th~'l. t he v,a.s OCltfun t h ey would
m il
was to prepllre Q\lch pupil s t.h emS"'l'
lI e many bodlel! who h ,1 4 lh scusse d the , s\lch u,.!,; h:tyo to t he
even mor " than II1 the past to
d Id n ot th Ink th,,\ ICO U d d o WIthout preparntory edll('at LD!'lal allth ufltleb an d bodies I ll~f thp. \\ ol k- mcreasmglv t l y toI maLJ1tam 10 all public educaola"sr5 m secoNlrlq schools ,
thoy wou ld ers' EducatlOlIal As slr:! Ull OIl and t.he N<ltl onal tlOnal schemes the prtnClple of ftexlbll ty, variety
hm e chdd re n
from all wrts of
'Ln lOn of Tea chers. A..ll RCSoC1M lons j of l etlCn ers and frledom
pC'rl\ IP!! a plA.htude, but It
were
J prep3ted .md a gre<lL ma ny vefY ba.d ly ha.d In t.he m,lln ,\ elc med th ese proposa ls an d h e seemed to be an c8scnhal one to r emember at
pnpured
th ought theIr o"n ' dueatlO ll COTIl~ltt~ would these t tmes , tbnt dtlen.tl on was not. It mech:t.mcal
" lr F e' ard lhnllght there wa 5 no doubt rCBults
that they were III !'; \ tnptltbv jWJth the gr €a.l process at aH
(l had
tha.t the whole
ha d
t lallHng In our ()lc mentar1' schools n:tJt.."mpt that was
made to pu t t dUcat.lon un plan of t he ir pub educat.lOll ha.d suffercd because
fa Ile d on the pOt-llt fjf 111';;hcr ed ucn..tlDn It was a hetter footing III tR1S COdotr)r
ch h ad been there h tl d been tl nsk·ffed to It m the VIcton an
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Comn;l.Ittee
and othc
a.\ltihontles nge some 01 th f' ~ dea IIlfl. t camel 10I 0 promlncnce
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For some rha.son or thrnugbollt the COllnt~. It "dl$. otl,Jlbu.s to e'Hry- t.hrough rnechant 9al mdustrv
People though t

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COll d not be belped undel the eXlstmg system
l'he wa.y ch ildren In lementary sc h ools left th05C
~choo15 sometimes be rm e 14 "eli¥" of age, the
wa.} t hey fOlgOl:. ~ dreat ?efl~ 'of ~v:hat. Lhn h<ld
Inamcd thele an~
Y thp.t. lwaste occull cd
,ftCl" nil that \'MI d f lle and so l~tt1c resu lt " as
rir- plora.ble " pnt ' HlS ;m cfi1cl€nt sc)lt:me'l The

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fin.t wafl tile ImlJl OH!nH~(lt of ef(~nienta(J -schools
th.nse schools bo Ide!llred
see Pffh;t' cll.i lfl "mctlOn as heretofore, ad\anced 11llstructlOn for
the sch oo ls I He wt shed the sch ool la.ge t.o be raIsed
14, '\Ithout exccptlOns A gleat mfln v sch olar
"chool bctore 14r under
b)e hl.'\Sl
He cles1fl~d to flee th~
' be tter ec!llcfltlOn of Children
..fhcn tran .. relTcd to s~ond ;:lly SCilOc>li<" land lje
~1so deSired to ~ee tI () Ul,l"lTlg of th 3 pOSitIO n of
-£cache.l'S so t.h lt tb~ scbolArs I~.~ht he bctt-er
st .tft ed That m~tl a. hft. all-l oujd I n e:lementary
e.chools fnr .chlLdren 'tiP to tF <I1ge 01 14, and
wOll ld keep th~ra many clUldren I"ho at present
lea-ve
Mr • FI:iher lalso d es.lred to ImprO\e the
8tcondary whool s
the mst.Jt ubon o f an ad\a.nced F urse whlch l wou ld receive a spcc:~l ~ub

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for the t!&:establflhme nt of classes at Ab mgdon
Burgbfield, Dld.cot: W nI'lng-lord, Ciew N, B rac k
nell, Sunntn ghlll and 1" 'oklll ghnm by conveymg
chllrllrcn v. h ere pece!;s~!.l-Y from the llClghbolil 109
schools ; and for [eqUlppmg temporarfly tW ? r ooms
at the lJuU$erfo~ CO}.l nc11 School The ~cost of
these proposals f
the renmi.'I1 der o£...tlIe yeal el1d
tng March 31st,
IB, I S .£130 together w1th an
expendlturo of 160 fo r ada.ptmg an d eqUlppmg'
the two rooms
Hungeriord, mnkm g a tot.al ot

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SCHOO ...
Ihls Sub
ha\e :u;ked head teachers
t.o rcport. at
and Irom tIme t o tune as to a.ny
lIT th~ lr fchools ,\bere chlldr~n's educatIOn
lOIl hllld~r~d by IIl ftu.ffic tent feed
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mg So fa r n~ fllCh rep orts ha,e bee n f(Jccnred ,
Tho S, lb COll)IIlI ttee hme ndopt~d the fo ll owio:l'

M~AGEMENr
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assc,,, ng the ' new s.I."es on tb. prob

"ulOna! scale } (i\) Th() Ipaymcnt of <u:cretlon s to
a cting head I t'fchers, "ha lIre n ot. t!et"tlfied teaIS at t¥ ratt of £15 , not £;:25.
(b) Where
do h ead
of a CounCIl School I S pl'OVlded
deduct ions from Sialary
old rate, no Increase of r ent

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A GENEROUS IRETURN

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£190
DOMESTIC SUBJECT INSTRUCTION.
The School M~nagenlent' Sub Co mmtttee r ecom
men ded
(a) Extcn"lon of "Dome&tlc Subject In
structlOl1 -That I new centres of 1p"'t.mlctlOn be

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opened Oot Pangbourne In the old Breedon Schoo l,
Apply
at Thatcham
old TIlue Coat School and. at
Spence-I's Wood 10 tho formel Infants' School
The Sub ComlUltfee h a ve mado mqmnes and find
tha.t. a.ll three rf.oms are a"vallable I and can be
nd,a.pted at sm(Lt~ r:!o.d
The openmg of thcQs
ccntras Will proVf1 de In'::;tructlO n f?r 13 schools and
a.pproxlmateJy
cider gIrls. The eqlLlppmg
of these centres fill cost appTo~nmately £200, and
the cost, of malO. nance (lOc1udmg stnff 'n nd r ent)
for :l completo ~ear VillI be £350
Agau}s~ thiS
t.he sum of apPlo:!:mlately £100 should befo eetved
In Government grants,
(b) That, I "herever m
schools not wlthm reach of a cookerr ~ntre , there
are teach ers or others capable of glVlIlg elem~ntar~
m stlllctlOn m domeSt iC subJects, fL'p proval be given
fOI' the lOc]uslon 'of such mstructlOp on the time
t.a.blc, unlos."1 t.hlS h as ah ea.dy bC~n done , and that
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The F ood Production D"pa,rtrnet\t
the expcndlturo of a:ny l}~Cei>!'-a l'V su m not exceed
1I1g £100 In th~ CUlrent fi naJ u.:lal year be snnc
.Agl'lt.m~t ure and Fisheries arB o!'!;ani,i"g
t lOned. Xc) School L lhra.TteS -Tha.t ,t !Sum of £.;00 all ovell the country ,for" Potato "P'ra~n~'~ ·
be I3xpended to provlde C'lrcubtmg sets of &tandard POOKS for teachers' use The C)lSt of pro\ld Herbert A. S hn ttleworth,
Inti Ihbra.lles for c;Jch of 250 depart.ments I S. so lPpomtcd fi S their representative
g.rea,t that th ~ schools cannot ,00 dealt WIth Si ngly , Berkshire and pnrts of Oxford
and t he Ple€ent l propOf.:riJ IS the QIlly practlcab ~
fix ed up h L"I headq~rters at the U"iv,,,',.dv
Readmg, Auy inqulrl~s for lnformBtlOu
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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
-c UB COMMITTEE
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The Actmg School Medlca.l Insp~tor haa re- or allotment gardeners, smallholders,
ported t h at scabIes I S becommg more p ' fva.lent ullchon SOCIetIes Wishing for lectp.res~
among the &chool chll dr en of the Couuty land IS above subjects, will reCCIve prompt
ca\lsmg a consldela.ble loss or attenda.ncc He a.pplying at tho above addre&!.
conSIders It \\;ould be a great advan t.a.ge l ,f thc
EducatIOn Committ ee would suppl:y free of
ch'arge the ext~rnCLl apphca.tlOns requll ad for treat
ment From the freport;5
the School N Ul'Ses who
Vl ~lt the ca..ses, lt appears , t h at as a general r ql e,
parents are far too sprmng With the app lIcations
WIth tbe result that cELSeS take many month~ to
tl'tIre Tbe Gost 10f the materIals reqUired will not
cxceed £10 p er ,hnnl1m. The Sub-Comnllttee have
approved t he ptoposa.l and ha\ s app hcd to the
Board of ~dt10a.tlOIl for their S,IJ1CtlOll to the
scheme and t o an e.x:pedlture of not l more than NO TASK
HARD; NO

Where I an addItIOnal

has been gr'lntkd to cert!lJ.D,
of ltouse
the allowa.nre

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in tho.. "",e, where it. pay·
.above the maxinium of the
ealary ,of a 8upplemen,
below the Dew commencmg
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bonus, the salary }s
annum, as from November 1st

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E dncatiJn have notIfied tha.t the
grant Cor the yeo.r
be £11,277 9. 11d
of £11 ,000
approved apphcatlOns
connection \lIth tho
Bray, Holyport:
and Rlse·lllv Com
III the County In
n. specia,l , subject
10 22 ,ehool, woore
o[ noture . tudy
100 boy. cultiva.t.e
hours,
no exand
no'but
ofBOlal
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ENERGY CREATED
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The Actmg School Medlcn.l Offioor h a.s reported
on the nnmber of cose~ o ~ deJect lYe VISIon n oted at
the routme mspectlO n
Thel e IS no ~~stllutlOn
wlthm the County "hero ~hese chIldren Ican have
refra.ct.lons estlll~.ated and gla.sws presc["~bed, and
cc!nsequently in Itt ~l eat number of csaes po aotlOn
i. t.ken
The QXiprd Eye H ospItal which IS
avarla.bll'l can sene but I a small part of tbe
County. The Sub-ComD)ittee a.re of op mlon that
it IS ver~ deslra.ble to ~nge for t.hese ch.il dren
to ob tkl1n the further m edICal exammatlOn re
qUlredl and· have decided I to reootl).mend the Committee to emIJloy an ~ye gpemahst for one dny a
week to VI Sit ccntres In the County a.nd to est! -

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,prescrIbe gla..c;.se.s
lI t glasses
lS not.
Committee
t OI provldo
to the pq.rent.
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Education hove ap~ro"ed Ih.
medipal mspectlQn fo r th~
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19RtI, and h a.v.c patd a.
respect of that yeor

(:~~:n;,:r.:::~~:~~;~:~~~:::i~~£]~;O~51t:per
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cent. o[

the

securing the
Snb Commtttee
that t he a.wnrd
!>Chools wbose. yea.rs
&rid that, for ~he
certificate be granted
In

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Th ere JS no lODger nny r eason why
hesIta.nt mlln OJ' woman should envy
strong, r esourceful a.nd calm, f or aeC:Ofll ln~
emmeut llpeclah st Bueh sh-eJ?ogt.h IS
of all who desire It, Men Dnd
menta l~l find phYSIcally, In proportIOn to
of theIY>net"vCls, and n erve9 arc stroug
cordlDg to the llmonnt of pho~pba. t.c
Ordinarily tho ne r'\ E'S derIve pr,osiph,'"
food, but owing to fllulty m"o,'bolisop
stram, the phosphate thus taken
ln5tlfii.clent, and In consequence th e
weak ~na exhtius ted. To remedy such
It LB nece~ snry that tho n elVE'S should
'WIth thore phosphate, and mony '~~~;~'~~\~l";
advocatIng t he use of the
«
pllOsplt attJ whlch mo!t ''j;:;;]~T'h~;;;t
5. groin cornpres!'l.ed h
IS n.bHorbed almost in,;t"otl;y,
ment in the general
'0<," ,ool.ic,,,W
becomle steady and strong, BOO
a nd cl enrly. EyCR bccome
glo,,' wlth h ealthy colour. No tRek, ,eera'
no stram too great, Ahundlm t.
la!:lsitude, and great strength reigns
wea.k-noss. A typl~l caso i!'\ thnt of
81, High.L'ltreet. Old TIiH, StO:ffH, who
plMJ6p.at~ tablets 'Put " ew htO lDto Ul ~ _
8eTem pounds of goOd, 80hll :flesh
nnd fJel stronger and bett.or than I hav. ' l1,'"
yeam_ • • , ," One tllblet of

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takenlduring every meW.

.ye sighl 01 .eliOOI chUdren !'ilferred 10 by th,. ,
Sub-CoDlQl1t.tee, the report was -duly paued,
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m G'lI'ER, EDUOA'j.JQN SUll·COMMITTEE
A sllill'1J01l h~vin8 ~!' mode that the iPodern
oC!;ool bUlldmgr bf tho, ,J lliideohe&<\ COupty QuI.'

fJilool

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l{,oacl.

Corne~s

as n (I fjaw l W ' had to' IreSIst, any ten<kncy to
such ll. system, nl be fel~ gratefu l to the C!lfllrman 1m brtn gm fOT\Hlrd hL ;; resolut ion, ha, mg
msuted · upon el s;tlC lty Hoe hoped such ela....ttclt,·
w.ould be applte l1l ono part lclll8l' dlrectlon H "
lwd no s vmpath ' excppt l
tl
d f
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,
1 ' g I b ::n Son [l'om
' f) g roUIl
0
ncces
of tl ansfenrm
one school
to
Oonother WIth ,.. ~~ r.h they ~f1d n Dcmmeciion It was
t rf!atm g schools as ,rIf the) were fido rte", a"d ,t
". la y I~t
was d owg \ lol l)CG to <1. 1 prm clie "luch
t.ho ro ~ t. of crlnrAtInna l l\ nrk
M ' f !\ }'l
' 'k ~, • 111• '\ h Ie11unt,
M P , folloll
WIth
r!'lr.1ar
he cX'lrcf;"cd
hIS edmp
' th'a. few
. th

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No, 249.

OIver:'ilt~ to lo,ver school T he
~
broll~ht
mto thIS factory
d"Il\.se~geant Sj'5telll, wlth dIre resul~

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:E.i dA~KSON & SONS,

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VII :! to 5 /11 pet· yd .. FlanllE'if!tte BLUUSE
MATERIAJ;,S, irom 7t~. per y.rd, COltSl':'I'S, 2 /11 te 7 111 p<r palr,

edu catIOn , from
Id
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0 a tbmg
h a bN>n

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Special Lone, -qt;,I~TS .

DRJ'SS !Ii \£t RIALS.

CIVIlIsatIOn m t e past, b.nd one of Ih. r • .,on,
that had g,ven prom,"eu?" to her present mom I
degr a.datlon bad
l,!-s system of dragoonmg m
mll1tan- ,

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S"le pr,ces 14 11
1 to <n16
Great BRTp:a1DS In H'rATI ONERY, CHINA awl GLJ\SS VAS I'S, nOYAL DOUL~
TcpN ,v ARE. TOYS, j OUTLEltY. eto.' See 'W indows fl.t D uke street 1:1.]50

s~Ick

g~a.t
cou~try

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A few of Ol.lr Sale Lmes .only are enumerated:

Fleeoy VI' D ER.J ACKETS, " lth !lleavc:i, vcrYIwa.rm a.nd co1ll'v 4 (11 5 / 11
160 Boys' WHI TBY SFTTS, !'Il7.flA 1, 5, G, 7
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at 8 11'1 a.nd'12/11
7 doz. ilfen:s All -wor 1 LAMRSWOOL VESTS, p.hort slee 'leg
2 f8 ell.ch
20 doz. Me ll s All-wool ~rmy Worat.ed ~.ANT8, slig htly Jmpelt ect
311
Specml.-IOO paleS Gel!IS Brown CADET BOOrS, IIIZf"" (} tu II
Sale prICe, 20/..
1
Bonesi1(" worth :::0 • to -dny.
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140 Lud lcs' "HydIOwtu" RAINCOATS, all ne w stylcs, very great re«uctmlls,

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In

mtlst not look uP'1Jl educatIOn o'lR bemg capable of
bel11g t Iea.ted In
Qame way as the management
of il.1l Ao\.r m}
Thl y coul d not employ drI ll and
othel methods o[ rigid kind , or If t.hey could do
t th ey ought no , to do It bccauiso the mawnal
th ey bdd to deRI r'lt,h
nr:t
to that
treatulent, It h'lf 1.11 00 put on 116 metal , and 1t
was only; by makmg exph'l!nents and even by
makIng m lstakea ~bat the" \~ere a bl e t.o lesTIl h ow
to tlcat the ma..wrl tll that came to theIr hands,
H e knew l t WIL'> I <It commonplace to oiJe [" reil.son tl
whv wc must hav,e a cer.t,!"al, co-ot dm atmg rleplLrtrnent of Educatl?n , bllt tbo speaker went on t n
show that. as soop a.... umformity npd sta;ldardumhon ,\ ere lJltrod~ced they nE"Cd bO watcbed WIth
extt'cme clo.<;cne$~ An Iniciligent and patpot lc
eduea~onal ~pth'V't:r should be SUSplelOUS 01 tbat
partlc la.r atrt ltulde. Th-eI:G wns no worse beresy
tha.n to sa.y hat these educat iona.l ma.tters mu st
be cut to a pa tern Ench must work out Its
mrn salvatIOn a* see wha.t. lt was best fitted to
ther
do I fever I
\\ as a t.lme to
to such a
prmclple and to remember It III all our de.allllgs
!n theso matte" It \\ as
They saw what had
happened to a
COlln! ry It wa!'; pOSSIble to
sa.y that
had rendered great 5crHce t o the

of !\[unltiOns and other Govemment' de- chlld rc.p who did ~ot go from an ' elem ent.ary
Ito a secondary fUll tIme school 1 .0\5 be (the
partments:
Certll lJ;) questIOns were sent to the Ichrurman) understood the proposal ~ t~ ese cl:.~ <: Sf>g
varlOllS schools a.skmg for miormatlOll ,\ hat they I were not to be P ureIy ed UCJ LlOuaI 01° th ~ t ec1lll' cotl
h ad done III 1917 In wa r sn.v mgs, hospttal com- sense 0 1 th () wor d .b u t ra. ther, £IS 1 st.'l. ted In the
forts , the collection .of bor~ chestnuts, oollectlOn l SOCt IOn 0 r t h en
•
l 11 , 0 f an mstruetlon,d
charac
of eggs and so on, and out of 250 of the Commit t.er It was p roposed to glvo practIcal tnstruc
tee's d epalLments 1.37 had azts\\(e red tho qu esho n , t lOn m Val'I ous f arms 0 1 h an d LCTa
" I~Ior b oys and
and
It
was
known
that
a
gr<~at
dea.l
of
work
had
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d
{
t
been done by tOO I Ot~t~, although their rephes IgIrs , lOCH mg on eS 1C cconoIIJ-Y. h YSlca1 tran
•
I mg to put them In th o best posslb'e pO!lltlOn t o
h a.d not yet been 1received So far as the 137 fr om I meet the struggle of liCe and he l'behe, cd ~ome
'Whom rellurnfi
reoowcd the a.m ount of te:l.cbmg in EhglJ <:~.h ,"hlch ,'he toaf '~ canl
t h o"
,
~ E ngwnr savm
gll coll fcte d an,d dInvested
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f ~had1 a..mollntec
Id l- I I1sh language and the usc of tile
l
11other t ungue
I 11t:J the c<i uea
to £0,021 Necessa r1,es an com 01'1.05 or so ler! ThesG thmgs were [to be prepnred
t th e num ber 0 1 I tIOna,1 authOrities a'fter cons·tlltatl0n \\ lth
an d sal Iors h ad be~en supphIIed
t t0 had
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12,000 nrtlc Ies l H one e es nu 5
ueen co
fltUt.horlt ies, and when t he s~h~e h ad been
1(Jcted j.o t h e. erlent..' of 50
10 cwts, land he defiDltely prepared la nd agreed po
t.o be
•• > 11 1\.-t I b""t.
th
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ope
t
ICY
Â¥il-U
fL
~n
sen
.or
Y
\fUe
au
Of
l
1
brought
ID~
opcratt~n
by
the
re
u
tIOna!
auth
ort·
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ties by tIllS t.une T he notice n5kmg for black t Ies in thetr vanour u,1E!as m t~e
t mann er ns
bernes for jam for Ithe Arm v t1:nd Navy, receIved lcould be setped , ¥ r Foster's pr0f-mlll.!s IOclu de J
from the ' F ood Pr~uo}JOn Department , 'W~ 'not I more hbera.] a'5siit~nce and m~lV'd an ex pendl
to h a.nd tlll Octooor l~t (Laughter) ThIS wns lture of a mimmum pf 50 per ce t ~As tQ the,. pro
too late for i dlfi'.erent parts of the county, but posal for nursery .,C;hQ9111 00, Q liered t.4nt quesowmS- to the enorg}:, o! the Secl'etary of the Com tlOn WOUld £ lei~ open, and
Count\" like
m lttee "1,500 Ibs or bll\ckberrles wero sent up BerkshIre , Ith Itl w ld.ely sC<'l.ttered p oplllatlOn
w,ll"n on' or two da) •. Fmtber, tb. tehool. h.d ', t .eeDled h rdly p psSlble Ihalr Fytboog like n' ;
col' ected vegetll,bles for the Navy an d h ospitals I eery schools sh,ouldLbe started qn 1fY large
to the e~tent of 58 CWt.9 The sum of £548 h:'td and he thought. t~ere would ~ many Ob)e~tlOn~
been dol lected for pa.trlOtlC funde, ne~rly 19 ,000
f
!.. I
eggs had been collected for the wounded In all '-th~ 137 ,
fchools
referred to the l'e~urru.I bad been
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'!Sent In, but 10 respect of war savings 115 had. not
been
00 far , but 140 had sent nnou.
kmds of comforts ahd eggs It dld not mean that
all t.he sch olars Ih aH. not dune somethmg, - but all
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the record, w"fe not .".,I. ble vel
S."raJ
,
,.
schools had l made collect.ions of mOSR, I sheep wool
gathered from theJ h,dg", waste r ap", and one
girl bad collected !no fe,,:or than ,000 eggs dur
. , th e year
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jMr ~Igh rent ed to t he questIOn of t.eachm g
in ele menlJ\ry e9 n p.red w,th secondary .ehool. .
first on my
WI[ h rc r' ard t o
h ad been satd
the ievil
Qf large c1k lS&e8 that did not apply in theIr
County , bee.u,e If9' 20,000 pupIl. there W61'& 900
tea~~:1tErll: a~d th,~ r~08 not 25 pupils per teacher
lhc Chalpnan, ry ferl'lng to the ret.urns t bat had
been sept In wlth regard to war y.;orl~, sa id those
teachers who took} & f!1.trl otlC v iew of the ir ,\ ork
did val~a.ble wol'lt bY lIendlllg m then 'returns,
1 because such efIurk h~\l1ed otber pcople tq cnr ty
eut 8l!Jl lla.r wotlt_ I
lh. repoJt w •• lthen
BYE.Ll we
ATTENDANCE SUB.
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/COMMlTTEE
.
Mter
I\, . hrief teferencc
to the quettlon of the
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H,t

j\{tnl~try

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he handled

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vye \yish to urge.01)[ Customers not to d elay
purch aSIn g theIr Clothmg and Household Requirem ents whIle supplles are still available. Many of our
leao Ing ' manufactu rers are working entIrely on Govern. ment . , orders, and canhot s upply any more ClothIn g,
1HosIe'!,},' -or Boots for tre ClVlhan Trade,

tbe same kmd
ot ,\1\9' as onc h.:rq.dled a mrwufacturmg mdustry
B.ut I~ v; ag not s<Yr It was a huma.n process they
" ere t.ab ns In h i nd, and ....11 human opera.tlOns
as be:t.\\N!11 oni3 j nd another nXCS5arIly differed
m t he wa.y the' l "ere done 'Vhl '-e m thl\
mecb El.nlcn.1 prOOO!'=li \\ e looked [01 umfornl1ty and
j
tnethod , 01 what ",as termed standardlsmg,
~crct.ary had prep:"trJri ,10 adm ir a ble memOl~l1dU!n m11SL never look for that ,\heI} dealm g With
'T Inch spoke for Itself The roam l ollt!mes of Lhe h'lmn.n rna.tenal I Um£ornllty Lnlitc.a.d oi bemg a
F I.. h~ 1 J prop{l!:ial~ we~e undel' thrJ
heads
:.lIte ' Lrtue '\a.s a VI~ m educatlOnal ma.tters. They

t6

Ilby~lcll.l

No'1M' P:roceedin,&.

though~

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JACKsqN &SONS'

B~l l~~htrc.

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LEVER BROTHERS U'MITED, PORT SUN LIG HT

It~ n.!'I

_ cl:t<:se~ It "as tnt~.tlly dlfI~lcnt There they h:'hl Ih
to~
sm a ll c1n.s<oC~ and CXp Clt t.eo ehers , a,u d ~h(': r esult.
"as tho :;t an d<ud r each ed by th%e children ""hen
they caltla t o t he secon da;) school? ..... la5 some
tlling "hteb tbo ordlllary chlld horo t he elementrlrr l~it
exe~~tlqn
t
fi.choo l cn uJd not g~t
')
\1r HaI gh SRHht 5eemed to hlm the Inst$penker
h ad lILte red a st~ong cond~JTlllt'LLLOn of thf n S~hool
l\'I(l nfl~emen~ C InJOiltfle, and he dId ~ot kno'~
hethel thc chn, rmnn of Itll Rt c ommltj was prepaled to answer It (Langhtrr)
The lE'solut.lon was then put nnd earn ed and
the r,~port accord1t1gly passed
' V..tit ' YORK BY BERKS S.GHOOL
CHILDREN.
The ChI>lrman, itl mo,"ng tho adopt' pn of Ihe II'd~ Irpm the St.te That mean t a d,ft}cult mat
report of the St:liool Management Sub.Co mm lttee , tel of mtrod uctJon mto CountIes llke BerkshIre
I!!a id educat'olL I~ t he elemcntan. SCh ool!!1depenpeu where the sF-hools
so \vIdo apart
Th~
u} !on the quality of ~the teachers '.,,,here they ha.d i?t{' nlster of !.Educa.tl pn deSlI'ed to see better cof illI-..n es It musL a.h:o b e reahsed tha.t the SlZC of 100dma.tIon and bettF grouping 01 schools and
the cla sses was an Important elcment, but at pre a.lso:1n Improvement In the pos lt'.-m of teachers
sent t hey had to Cllt their coat accordlllg to their m the elementarV' schools.
If bo th those
c' olh and thus "lake tho be,1 01 Iho accoIIlIIloda. obJoots were att~ln.d thore would st,\1
t lOn tbey had {l.vallab'e
H e dlleeted attentIon la.rger cla.ss of the chIldren l\ ho would be exact ly
to a. paragraph ~11 !th e Commltt~~~ report whI ch In the same pOSltlOf as now-the children who
,toted th.1 the Boa,d of EducatIOn bad arranged Ialter Ie"" '"" an
"'hoj>l d,d not go to
\0 pay b.1[ the
01 the expense m",med In II> seoond. !"\' school and who had n1 otb.". schools
e."terclses, 1 nnd that, was encoura.g mg wlthm t heIr reach jTn meet t ha,t r r ca.t. dunculty
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f t
b t h d Mr. FIsher p' 'OI)OSC to establish I
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Th
, kn w cn
'L_ o d l.unnnn
b n In:
h on
I 1, 0Idr e er 0 v.: a d (I
uccn one y ef s BC 00 CI""I ren 10 respon m,!;:
CONTI N IATION _ CLASSES
to
the requests'
rpadelDtowa.r
them
by on
thebehalf
' educatIonll
authQT1tiEs
to M!USt.
work
of thel a.nd to mnk e th. e m com pu I aory day c1asses for

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,'J In 4d. and . 2d. • Packets , everywherle.

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powers 01 ou, 'h' ldren " '
OUI clemcnt'tT) seho uls " ere not calcu lated , H e
ct U.d the case of ch,ldf(' o 10 th e s.cho(}l~ In h I"
en n dlSt.llct Tate. the que stIO n of anthmeLl C
TIll!\ we re \'ery good at domg l!JI01S to "hleh be
h ad never a.s plred 111 lus Ide ,~But t\ ben tb e)
" {' I,t t o a secochlary\ scbooi cxam~natlOn ~be !'.arne
SlI m 't\a;'l slated 1n al d lllc rent way, out the pupIls
r cttncd no malk s at al l 'lhe\' ml1;;t nec(:-,~anl,
b ':l 1,P Illtg clnssc::;, and U' e rC6ult "as th(,l~ '\il~
e
gl..:ut dlffic\lJt~ m ucrcI!.:l ng t he power of cOn
c hitr(l tton of thought

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FREEDO~[

re~ard

~chers,

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Lux'..deanses bobbing curls and long tresses alike,
giving them that silky glossiness 'so much desired.
Lux is just as good for shampoos As it is for washing
dainty: fabrics. A twopenny packet of ux
is sufficient for four shampoos.
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no oLilee the th'nh,n

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beneficial. Its rich lather thoroughly
cleanses
an~ invigorates the rhair and scalp.
•
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task, but with Lux there' is no trouble at all.

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A Shampoo with Lux.is both delightful and

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about! theL'le desu:able results, and
iog 8uftioumt ta.ble~ to 1n.st a. 101·tn'''''' t h,,' ,bon"
tamcdfrom
be t.~en ""mhorh -'~:.;~.~ ':;~.""."I.t... li"'!th
desiroua
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