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GEORGE PHILIP & SON, LTD., 32 FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C. 4 A LIST OF SCHOOLS THE [Cost of insertion under this heading sent on application] CALDER GIRLS' SCHOOL, Seascale, Cumberland. Mountain and sea air, (On the Board of Education List of PREPARATORY SCHOOL for GIRLS from 8 to 13 years of age. SENIOR SCHOOL, consisting of 5 residential houses, modern classroom, laboratory and gymnasium. Girls are prepared for Matriculation and Entrance Examinations to the Universities. Good playing-field, excellent golf links; riding, safe bathing. Escort from Euston, Crewe, Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, and Carlisle. Apply to the Headmistress for prospectus. "FONTAINEBLEAU," ,'' Manor Road, Bournemouth. For daughters of gentle folk who desire a school strongly recommended by OF ST. ELPHIN'S CHURCH Fees: Daughters of Clergy, £30 a term; Daughters of Laity, £40 a term. Bursaries available for Clergy daughters fulfilling Scholarships to the Universities. 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Fees, £90 per annum.-Apply The Sister-in-charge. ST. JOHN'S HIGH NEWPORT, MON. SCHOOL, PUBLIC SECONDARY BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Recognized by the Board of Education. Healthy situation on Stow Hill, close to open country and fine scenery. Staffed by University women. Preparation for public examinations and University Entrance. Music, dancing, painting, physical training, games; good playing field. Good accommodation for boarders. Fees: £90 p.a.; daughters of clergy, £60 p.a.-Apply, Headmistress, Miss E. G. WILKINSON, B.A. (Hons.), Lond. THE HISTRIONIC NATURE OF TEACHING By MARGARET STEPPAT. "The truth is that dramatic work, sometimes steadily and sometimes suddenly, develops the teacher's personality." This article will be found in The Journal of Education and School World for May, 1925. for the DECEMBER ISSUE should be sent at once Free Public Lectures [Under this heading a list of free public lectures of especial interest to teachers is published month by month. The figure in parentheses indicates the number of a lecture if it is one of a series. Titles of lectures for possible insertion in this list should be received at the Journal Office not later than the middle of the month preceding that in which the lecture is to be delivered.] NOVEMBER 1. ANTHROPOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, COURT HOUSE, OXFORD STREET, W. 1, at 6.30 p.m. -Mrs. E. Merry: The Meaning of Wonder and Surrender in the Soul. NOVEMBER 2. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 1, at 5 p.m.-Mr. R. J. Lythgoe: The Physiology of Hearing and Vision (7). Also on November 4. VICTORIA LEAGUE HOUSE, 22 ECCLESTON SQUARE, S.W. 1, at 5 p.m.-Mr. J. Stuart: The Zulus-Their Mode of Warfare, Life, Customs, &c. KING'S COLLEGE, STRAND, W.C. 2, at 5.30 p.m.-The Rev. A. S. Duncan Jones: KING'S COLLEGE, STRAND, W.C. 2, at 5.30 p.m.-Mr. R. J. Bartlett: Psychology and Advertising (4). GRESHAM COLLEGE, BASINGHALL STREET, E.C., at 6 p.m.-Sir H. Walford Davies : Music (Gresham Lectures) (1). Also on November 3, 4, and 6. NOVEMBER 3. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 1, at 5.30 p.m.-Mr. P. Fleming: Bloomsbury and the Bedford Estate-a Study in Street Names. INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH, MALET STREET, W.C. 1, at 5.30 p.m. Prof. Sir Bernard Pares: History of Russia before Peter the Great (4) Also on November 10, 17, and 24. KING'S COLLEGE, STRAND, W.C. 2, at 5.30 p.m.-Miss Hilda D. Oakeley: The Philosophy of Aristotle (1). NOVEMBER 4. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 1, at 3 p.m.-Prof. E. G. Gardner : The Purgatorio (Barlow Lecture on Dante) (3). Also on November 11, 18, and 25. THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, RUSSELL SQUARE, W.C. 1, at 4 p.m. -Dr. E. F. Buzzard: The Prevention and Arrest of Nervous Diseases. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 1, at 5.30 p.m.-Prof. P. Geyl: Dutch Colonial Policy since 1816 (1). Also on November 11. KING'S COLLEGE, STRAND, W.C. 2, at 5.30 p.m.- Monsieur Paul Fort: Trois Etoiles du Romantisme (Lamartine, Vigny, Musset) (1). UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 1, at 5.30 p.m.-Mr. J. H. Helweg: The Heroic Legends of Denmark (3). INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH, MALET STREET, W.C. 1, at 5.30 p.m. -Mr. N. B. Jopson: Early Slavonic History (4). Also on November 11 and 18. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 1, at 5.30 p.m.-Prof. W. M. Calder: The Early Christian Inscriptions of Asia Minor (1). Also on November 5 and 6. NOVEMBER 5. KING'S COLLEGE, STRAND, W.C. 2, at 5 p.m.-Dr. C. Da Fano: Histology of Nerve Tissues and Paths of Conduction in the Central Nervous System (4). Also on November 12, 19, and 26. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 1, at 5.15 p.m.-Prof. J. E. G. de Montmorency: Comparative Customary Law of Eastern Asia, the Pacific, Australia, and America (3). Also on November 12, 19, and 26. KING'S COLLEGE, STRAND, W.C. 2, at 5.15 p.m.-Prof. J. W. Allen: Jean Bodin (The Social and Political Ideas of Some Great Thinkers) (3). BEDFORD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, REGENT'S PARK, N.W. 1, at 5.15 p.m.-Mr. W. G. Constable English Medieval Painting. INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH, MALET STREET, W.C. 1, at 5.30 p.m. -Prince Svyatopolk Mirsky: Russian Literature since Chekhov (5). Also on November 12, 19, and 26. KING'S COLLEGE, STRAND, W.C. 2, at 5.30 p.m.-Prof. Winifred Cullis: The KING'S COLLEGE, STRAND, W.C. 2, at 5.30 p.m.-Prof. J. S. Huxley: Science UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GOWER STREET, W.C. 1, at 8 p.m.-Prof. G. Dawes Hicks: Contemporary English Philosophy (1). Also on November 13, 20, and 27. WHETHER SELLING or BUYING SCHOOLS consult the TRANSFER & PARTNERSHIP DEPT. (Under the Direction of F. C. NEEDES, Β.Α.) OF THE FUTURE CAREER ASSOCIATION SCHOLASTIC AGENTS (Director: H. 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Wolsey Hall, Oxford VARIED APPOINTMENTS for ASSISTANT MASTERS & MISTRESSES NO REGISTRATION FEES מ School Examinations and The Universities This special series of Articles deals, from the School point of view, with Examinations controlled by the Universities as examining bodies. a consideration of recent The ground covered includes developments; how far the examinations fulfil or fall short of the School requirements; relative age standards; exemptions from professional and University examinations ; subjects; specialization and grouping; the influence of the University; the case for University control. standard of GENERAL INTRODUCTION. By Dr. CYRIL NORWOOD, Marlborough College. January, 1925. OXFORD. By G. E. S. СоXHEAD, M.A., Hinckley Grammar School. February, 1925. CAMBRIDGE. By E. SHARWOOD SMITH, M.A., formerly Headmaster, Newbury Grammar School. March, 1925 LONDON. By F. W. M. DRAPER, M.A., Tollington School. April, 1925. NORTHERN UNIVERSITIES : MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, LEEDS, School, Liverpool. May, 1925. DURHAM. Bу E. R. ТноMAS, M.A., Royal Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. June, 1925. BRISTOL. By AUGUSTUS SMITH, B.Sc., Fairfield Secondary School, Bristol. July, 1925. WALES. By D. J. LLOYD, High School for Boys, Newport, Mon. August, 1925. IRISH FREE STATE. By J. THOMPSON, High School, Dublin. September, 1925 SCOTLAND, LEAVING CERTIFICATE, &c. By A. C. PATERSON, M.A., High School, Clydebank. NORTHERN IRELAND. By W. S. ARMOUR, Belfast. October, 1925. November, 1925. THE DOMINIONS and COLONIES and THE UNITED STATES OF London: Mr. WILLIAM RICE, Three Ludgate Broadway, E.C. 4 |