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GROUP CLASSES FOR COUNTRY DISTRICTS.-Parents living in country areas often find it difficult to secure education for their younger children before sending them to a boarding school or some place of higher education at a distance from home. The Froebel Society proposes to overcome this difficulty by organizing a scheme for group classes under the charge of competent teachers, the expenses being defrayed jointly by the parents of the children. It is suggested that accommodation for teaching a group of children should be provided by the parents, possibly in turn, that the teacher should attend daily, and that a salary of £150-£200 should be offered. Parents desirous of taking advantage of the arrangement should communicate with the Froebel Society, 4 Bloomsbury Square, W.C. 1, the Secretary of which will give further information and would assist in selecting a teacher.

MINING INSTRUCTION.-The South Wales and Monmouthshire School of Mines, comprising a central school at Treforest and a branch school at Crumlin, working in co-operation with the Welsh Education Authorities and University College, Cardiff, is an institution established by local coal-owners for the promotion of technological instruction in coal-mining. Part and full time courses are arranged, and there are also postdiploma courses in special subjects. A system of apprenticeships, organized on lines similar to those adopted by the Merchant Venturers' Technical College, Bristol, whereby students spend part of their time at the college and part at a colliery, offers splendid opportunities for many of ability who otherwise would have little chance for advanced study. Copies of the calendar for 1922-23 can be obtained from Mr. H. M. Ingledew, 4 Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff.

SCHOOL JOURNALS AS READERS.--We have received a number of copies of the N.Z. School Journal, published at Wellington. It is issued monthly in three separate parts, Part I for classes I and 2; Part II for classes 3 and 4; and Part III for classes 5 and 6. The June issue is a special Empire Day number and contains appropriate articles. The elementary parts contain short fairy tales and poems, while those for the upper classes contain very readable descriptive articles on geographical and other topics of current interest; for example, there is a brief but intelligible description of the life and work of Marconi, and an article on sea-shells, while the Empire Day number contains an illustrated account of the inspiring work carried out by the late Sir Ernest Shackleton. Judging from the numbers before us, this journal should make an interesting reading book for schools; the fact that a fresh number appears each month gives it the additional advantage of presenting entirely new pictures and different subject matter frequently during the course of the year.

MEMORY.-An interesting little pamphlet of this title has been published by Amy B. Barnard at 14 Manville Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. 17, price 7d. The front part of the head is described from the phrenologist's point of view and the various aspects of memory, such as locality, number, colour, &c., are assigned to definite areas. Examination of these areas should indicate the "quality" of the subject's memory. But the booklet goes further than this; definite suggestions are made for improving memory which is defective, and for training and developing the memory of children. Great stress is laid on the importance of exercising the mental powers as a means of development and of resting the brain occasionally by a complete change of occupation. The little book concludes with a plea for the study of memory culture and our mental powers, of the working of which, as is rightly said, most of us know less than we do of the motor engine or sewing-machine.

HEREFORD Cathedral SchooL.-Ar the recent Speech Day the Head Master, Dr. J. H. E. Crees, reported that two Open Scholarships and one Close Exhibition had been won at Oxford and Cambridge. The results in the Oxford Higher Certificate and in the Senior Local were satisfactory, over 90 per cent passing, the majority with Honours. The School had adopted Rugby football instead of the Association code, with excellent results. The Head Master appealed for funds to enable a new pavilion with Gymnasium to be erected, such buildings being badly needed. The prizes were given away by the Bishop of Madras, who addressed the boys. The Dean of Hereford, the Chairman of the Governors, also spoke, and congratulated the School on its past year's work.

CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.-The Regulations for the Examinations to be held in July and December, 1923, and the Set Subjects for July and December, 1924, may be obtained from Mr. W. N. Williams, Syndicate Buildings, Cambridge; also Regulations for the Higher School Certificate Examination, to be held in July, 1923 and 1924.

SCIENCE TO AID THE HOSPITALS.-Science in our hospitals is no new thing, but science in aid of hospital finances is a novel departure, and thus we may describe the exhibition which is open daily during the afternoons and evenings at King's College, Strand, until January 10. The proceeds are to go to the Hospitals of London Combined Appeal Fund, and we wish the promoters all success in their new venture. It is modestly termed a Scientific Novelties Exhibition, but it is much more than a collection of curious exhibits. Short popular lectures are to be given by prominent scientific workers in the University of London, and experiments and demonstrations illustrating modern discoveries in various branches of science are an important feature. Wireless, microscopy, liquid air, X-rays, and radioactivity are among the topics dealt with. It is an excellent opportunity of obtaining profitable and informative entertainment, and of seeing a little of modern experimental work, all of which will be the more pleasant in the light of the knowledge that it is assisting one of the most deserving of causes.

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GEOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.-The annual meeting of the Geographical Association will be held on January 4-5 at Birkbeck College, E.C. 4. Sir John Russell will deliver his presidential address, The Influence of Geographical Factors in the Agricultural Activities of a Population," on the first day of the meeting. Among other promised papers are: The Place of Geography in the Education of the Adolescent," by Dr. Olive Wheeler, of the University of Manchester; and Geography and Business Life," by Prof. W. S. Tower, American commercial attaché at the American Embassy.

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ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS EXAMINATIONS.-The report of the examinations held during 1922 by the Royal Society of Arts which has recently been issued, records the continued popularity and value of the Society's examinations. For the MarchApril examinations there were 22,160 entries, while for those held in May-June there were 38,172 entries. In all 56,775 papers were worked, and 925 candidates presented themselves for oral examination in modern languages. This total exceeds by more than five thousand the total for 1921. Indeed, a chart which has been constructed showing the number of entries and the number of papers worked each year since 1900 shows that, apart from the war-period, there has been a steady growth which has been almost continuous since that date. To turn to details; the elementary stage, with 28,136 papers worked, an increase of more than four thousand on the 1921 figures, appears still to be the most popular. Of the individual subjects, book-keeping and shorthand provide the outstanding figures with 18,684 and 11,229 papers respectively; after them come arithmetic, typewriting, and French with between four and six thousand papers. The principal complaint in the examiner's report is on the score of grammar, and refers both to English (Continued on page 38.)

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MONTESSORI METHOD.-The eleventh International Theoretical and Practical Training Course on Child Education will be held in London during the period April-August. Dr. Montessori is to give a course of about fifty lectures on her system as applied to children from three to eleven years of age, and with the help of her assistants, will give practical demonstrations with groups of children. The lectures, which are intended primarily for teachers, will be given in the evenings, while the practical and observational work will take place in the mornings. The course should provide teachers with an excellent opportunity of acquainting themselves, at first hand, with the methods of this famous educationist, and may also serve to enlighten public opinion on this system of teaching children.

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SANDERSON OF OUNDLE.-An intimate and sympathetic record of the life and work of the late F. W. Sanderson appears in the December issue of the Nineteenth Century from the pen of Sir Michael Sadler. It will be remembered that Sanderson had just given an address to the National Union of Scientific Workers in June last on "The Duty and Service of Science," when he died suddenly from heart failure. Of his manner of death, Sir Michael Sadler says, W What death could be happier than that which comes suddenly to a man, in the presence of his fellow-workers, when he has achieved the great task of his life and has just given utterance to his convictions on the subject which lies at the heart of his heart?" Of the man himself he says, It is rare to find a man or woman with a genius for teaching, much rarer to find such genius combined with the subtly masterful gift of creative organization." Sanderson's work was, according to Sir Michael, based on four principles: to make true liberty, which comes of perfect control of self, a part of national life; to make the working life of the worker possible; to introduce co-operation as opposed to competition; and "to raise the average, to raise the lowest." Each of these was carried out and, indeed, inspired his work in the reorganization of educational method at Oundle School. Those who would know more of the personality of Sanderson would do well to read Sir Michael's excellent sketch, and having read it, they will rise with increased respect for the memory of one who will go down in the history of education as Sanderson of Oundle."

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EURHYTHMY.-Arrangements are being made for a party of teachers and educationists to visit the Waldorf Co-Educational School at Stuttgart in January for a week or fortnight as preferred. Opportunity will be given for observing the school at work, for attendance at the various classes, and for studying Dr. the co-operation existing between teachers and pupils. Rudolf Steiner, the director of the school, has promised personally to conduct the party over it. Further information regarding the excursion can be obtained from the Secretary, Anthroposophical Society, 46 Gloucester Place, London, W. 1.

DR. SOPHIE BRYANT.-On November 18, at St. Martin's-in-theFields, the Bishop of Stepney conducted a service of remembrance and thanksgiving for the life of Dr. Sophie Bryant. An address was given by Sir Michael Sadler, who said that Sophie Bryant belonged to the line of illustrious European teachers which began with Erasmus and Vittorino da Feltre. She held that goodness does not consist in being good but in becoming better. Her love of truth led her to value the historical rather than the dogmatic method of studying and teaching religion; her own words, An object in life, an ideal to fulfil, a cause to die for, a person to love self-devotedly-it is one of those we most need to make life worth living," ably summed up her outlook on life. The girls of the two Frances Mary Buss Schools, with one of which Mrs. Bryant had been closely associated for fortythree years, filled the galleries. The crowded congregation, many members of which had been her pupils, represented every department of women's activity in our social life, yet no formal sense of doing honour to a great personality had brought it together; they had met to give thanks for the friend, the co-worker, the teacher, and to acknowledge their debt to her.

MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION.-The annual meeting of the Mathematical Association will be held at the London Day Training College on January 1-2. The presidential address, by Sir Thomas Heath, on "Greek Geometry, with Special Reference to Infinitesimals," will be delivered on the second day of the meeting. Various papers are promised, including one by Dr. S. Brodetsky, on Gliding, and the teaching committees will present reports.

UNIVERSITY CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE.-The twenty-sixth annual reunion of University Correspondence College was held on November 15. The College does a large amount of valuable work in preparing students for London degrees, and the toast, "The University of London," was introduced by Prof. Hearnshaw, who gave an outline of the history of the University. He divided it into four periods, the first two of which were referred to as the embryo period-1826-1836, when the University was shaping itself under various influences; and the federal period-1836-1858, during which students were admitted to examination and graduation if they came from one of the two London Colleges, University and King's, or from one of a number of affiliated institutions scattered throughout the British Isles. The year 1858 marked the beginning of the third period, when the University threw its examinations open to all comers of the male sex; subsequently, in 1878, it admitted women on the same terms as men. Lastly, in 1900, the present dual system was established, whereby students in or near London might avail themselves of the teaching offered by any one of thirtysix constituent colleges. These colleges have now among them no less than 21,000 students. Prof. Hearnshaw also referred to the excellent work done through the external examination system. Sir Sidney Russell Wells in reply said that the greatest forward movement in the University dated from 1858 when its examinations were thrown open to external students. Since that date the numbers of students had increased rapidly, and now the number is rising more rapidly than ever, so that the University of London is certainly the largest in the British Empire, and probably the largest in the world; its internal students alone are more numerous than those of Oxford and Cambridge put together. In proposing the toast of "University Correspondence College," Mr. H. G. Wells, who is an old member of the College staff, said that the system of External degrees appeals not only to the isolated student who for lack of money cannot afford a University course, but also to the busy man, especially the teacher who desires to be trained as a specialist.

EUROPEAN STUDENT RELIEF.-Last month the unusual sight was to be seen in the streets of London of a number of women students of the University, arrayed in academic costume, carrying (Continued on page 40.)

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