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The effect of inodera life on the minds of school girls, and, the difficulty of finding good posts for them after leaving were commented upon by Miss M G. Clarke, head-1 mistress of the Manchester High School for Girls, the school speech day in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, last month.
THE SCHOOLGIRL'S BANGLE.
DISPUTE LASTS FIVE YEARS.
EDUCATION HELD UP.-
!
Violet Burton, the dark-eyed 11- year-old daughter of Mr. Richard Burton, à, dairy farmer of West Coker, a villago three miles from Yeovil, is the central figure in a school dispute which began in 1995, and may, it is understood, be settled
.
BRITISH RAILWAY DICTATOR?
SECRET MISSION OF TRANSPORT CHIEFS.
PLAN FOR, FURTHER AMALGAMATION.
A far-reaching scheme for the complete reorganization of the British" railways with Government ownership and the appointment of a "Railway Dictator" is under serious consideration.
in the courts.
News from Montreal reveals that Violet has not attended school | Sir Herbert Walker, general, man. since June 18. She is wearing on ager of the Southern Railway, and her wrist a slender silver bangle, Sir Ralph Wedgwood, who holds which, Mra. Burton explained, was the same position on the London given to her daughted by a friend | add North-Eastern Railway, have when she was two years old.
The bangle was the Grat cause of the long dispute.
-It is obvious the bangle could
except by cutting the metal.
After painting out that the life of the secondary school gir), with its studies and grans and hour activities, was quiteras full as it ought to be, Miss Clarke anid:
There is in additing whole battery of outside organisations increasingly anxious to assist the schools in their work. They rango from the B.B.C., through education-not be removed from Violet's wrist at file, theatrical performances, and children's concerts, to the free- lance lecturer who specialises in work in schools. All this would be instruction of a high order. It càn only be refused, if at all, with a pang. The net result, in that, wo seem to be cultivating in our young people everything except the cap city for selection, and the power to enjoy and use leisure profitably. They are such important omissions that leave may be taken to doubt whether the loss is not greater than the gain involved, for it is upon
these that the officient and muccess- fut conduct of life depends.”
No Padlock.
Mr. Burton Baid: "At the moment the dispute is not about the bangle, but about a question of Violet's treatment nt school; though we be fieve that the bangle in at the back of the affair..
When Violet first went to school in 1925 objection was made to the bangle, and Violet was made to take it off. It has been said that we padlocked the bracelet to her arm; but that is not true. There was no school rule against her wear- ing the bangle when she first went, and wo objected to the teacher's se tion, and kept Violet at home.
"A few weeks later a rule was made against the wearing of jewel. lery in the school by students. Violet remained away from school for thro years, during part of which time she was educated privately.
On March 20, 1929, the school
18 As a Leaving Agc. Remarking on the importanes of all that was implied by sixth-form work, Miss Clarke suggested that the time would come when only the leaving age and sixth form work would distinguish schools of this type from atral schools, and that they would stand or fall by sixth-managers rescinded the rule against form work. It cannot be over. scholars wearing jewellery, and emphasised," she went on, that wrote informing me of the fret the format leaving age for second. Violet then turned to school. ary schools should be 18 or 19 years of age." One headmaster had said that education only began after the nge of 18.
"That is a strong statement,” baid Miss Clarke, but it contains a most important truth. Up to the school certificate nge the pupil is Requiring the tools of knowledge, Only during the last two or three years of school life does she learn
to make use of these tools by making independent study." Th importance of Recepting the op portunity of staying on was not sufficiently realised, particularly by the business world. The training in responsibility which membership of the sixth form gave could scarce- ly be over-estimated in the formn. tion of character,
Ou the subject of finding posts for girls, Miss Clarke said that ab the present time the difficulty was accentuated by increased unemploy ment. In addition, vested interests and prejudices militated against the employmcut of women in many
"A few months ago, after Violet had been back at school for about two years, she went up into a standard the scholars in which sit in the headmistress's room, and one
day, after the Whitsuntide holidays, Violet was made to sit with the arm on which the bangle was worn behind her back.
*My daughter came boine upset, and she has not been to school
sinco.
paid a secret visit to Sir Henry Thornton, Chairisan and president of the Canadian National Railways. Four Points,
The result of their meeting bas been carefully guarded. The visit, in fact, was so quietly arranged that both Sir Herbert Walker and Sir Ralph Wedgwood had travelled to Canada, completed their busi- ness, and returned to England' he- fore the news became known.
Their discussions with Sir Henry Thornton are understood, however, to paint to a consideration of the following drastic changes in the present British railway statem
1The purchase by the British Government of n controlling in- terest in the amalgamated British railways,"
-The completo elimination of over-inpiping in equipment, goods sheils, rolling stock, and in general administration, thus affecting sweeping economies.
3. The appointment of a rail- way expert--such as Sir Henry Thornton, who has built up n group of derelict Canadian rail- ways into one of the most efficient transport organisations in the world-as Railway Dictator,
The institution for the first time in this country of a com. bination of State ownership, and private management.
"
One of the leading railway autho. rities in this country, discussing this
important item of news said:
"On August 1 I attended an in-
"Highly important moves in the the school managers and represen-railway quiry at which the headmistress,
world are impending. tatives of the Somerset County While nothing concrete was settled Education Committee were present. during the visit of the two leading
SALVATION ARMY CONFERENCE.
"STRENGTHENING GENER- AL'S HANDS.
A conference of Salvation Army
figures in the railway world to Canada; it is believed that their tour, had a close connection with the continued falling-off in a railway receipts.
Lost Millons.
"The railways most hard hit are the London Midland and Scottish, who have lost this year, in decrens.
quarters. These are difficult to commissioners from all parts of combat because they were largely the world will be held in Londoned freight receipts something over uncunvious. Then there was then November, at which many as £2,000,000, and the London and effect of marriage on a women's poets of the work of the Arny will North-Eastern, who have suffered to career. The fear of their careers he considered and reviewed. The being broken by marriage discour aged the tinining of women for responsible work and the giving of responsible posts. At the other end of the scale wonsen who had respon sible posts and who wished to retain
purpose of the conference is to strengthen the hands of General Higgins in extending and consoli- dating the Army's operations throughout the world,
In a statement issued from the them after marriage were not Salvation Army yesterday, it was international, headquarters of the mitted to do so. Mia Clarke added, maid laughter, that she was | willing to believe in the rightness of either of these things, but in the name of logic both could not be true.
"The community," Miss Clarke concluded, needs to put in some hard thinking on this extremely difficult and delicate problem of the
future of the employment of women,
which, in my opinion, ia one of the most important problems which the rising generation has to face. (Applause.)
BOTOR
stated that it had been known for some time that there was doubt whether Cominnader Evange- line Booth, the head of the Salva tion Army in the United States would attend the conference, but was still hoped that she might bind horesif able to come.
It was added: "The statements
of the presentation of six minority
reports by the members of the con- mission appointed by the General to advise him as to certain constitu- tional questions, and that the Mr. F. A. Padmore, chairman of November conference is the result the Board of Governors, who pre of this, are both entirely untrue. sided, said that the main incident No report of the Commission has at the year had been a full report yet been presented. The compris and inspection by the Board of sion is continuing its work, and a Education, the first since 1010. He report will doubtless, be presented was glad to any, that in spite of to the General as soon as the corn that long period of non-inspection raission has completed its labor the report was quite a good one. Une thing
in
it was loyally con firmed in
every word by the gover nora-the reference to the outstand ing position Miss Clarko occupied as hond mistress. The possibility of moving the school farther out of town had been suggested. For hin in his mind, Mr. Spurley Hey had the idea had great charm, but they brought to boar every ounce of his ability and every power be possess |-had-to-remember-the-tremendous
ed to advance the cause of educa-
Manchester's example. He conclud
with a reference to the death of Mr. Spurley Hey, who, he said, was
the extent of about £1,500,000.
"It is evident that something: will shortly have to be done. Miliona of capital are involved. The railway chiefs are looking for ways out of the difficulty. Although British railway finance reserves are strong, they cannot go ou indefinitely decreasing at the present rate.
"It is agreed in railway circles that not much more economy can be got froin the amalgtinations of
1921.
But there in the possibility that further big sutos could be saved if, for example, the carriage ants of the "foni railways were placed under one control and the; duplication of goods depots 'and marshalling yards were dono away with, especially in the industrial; north.
It is on these lines that the
minds of the railway leaders are moving. Hence, it is understood, the reason for the examination of Canadian railway organisation."" Joint Interests.
The railway scheme which is being discussed would embody joint big man physically and interests of Government money and private ontorprise, and would be similar to the arrangement under which the Canadian railways were developed
Lost, which at this time it was im- tion, for which he lived and worked. possible to face. In consequence the matter had to remain in the lap of the gods, but the governors had it very much at heart.
Noton Barclay) addressed the girls. The Lord Mayor (Councillor and the Lady Mayoress presented the prisen. The Lord Mayor re ferred to the girls' future careers.
I wish," he said, "that more of Referring to the question of you would turn your thoughts to fina ce. Mr. Padmore instanced the civic duties. We need more womon
Civic Dulles for Women.
The Canadian system is designed to give all the advantages of Gov ernment financial backing and legis- lative assistance without the loss of individual enterprise.
It is recognised that the difficul-
economies which had been made, on our City Council; women. of ties in the way of such a revalu-
tionary reorganisation in this conn-
and went on to announce that the education and ability to help us in Manchester education authority was the solution of there dificulties try to enormous, and the reaching. going to increzes its grant. He which besot us all at the present taking.
of an agreement a colossal under- trusted that fllier education, ea deserande moment and com Authorities from whose uren gilThe speeches were interspersed by Serious consideration, however, came to the school would follow massed singing by the girls, ean-being given to overy aspect of the (Continued at foot of next-column). ducted by Mie A. O. Warburton..
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