BOY AND GIRL EDUCATION.
HEADMASTERS URGE DIFFERENTIATION.
VARYING NEEDS OF SEXES.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
majority were going to be wives enco-(loud Iaughter)-he: agreed: and mothers, and the proper that there ought to be differentin- education was one which gave full tion. He had as many girls pass- value to the hosthetic and domés-ed as boys, but they suffered more tle side. The question was in the process.
further complicated by the fact After such first-hand evidence that headmistresses were all con- there was no more to be said on- vinced that what is sauce for the the question of making girls pass yoobe must always be sauce for the same examinations as boys: the gander,
and Mr. Fletcher's--amendment was unanimously approved.
Dr. Norwood said that thero were several possible courses of
The Conforoneo then agreed Rugby, Dec. 22.
nction, and he asked Should that, while it wished to retain the An emphatic declaration that there be a differentiation? The Broup system, it would urge that the education of girls need not present school certificate did not the principle of compensation be be identical with that of boys was suit the girls schools, and the tween groups should be generous-
ly applied. the chief feature of the Head-examination system itself was masters-Conference here to-day, becoming burdensome to the It appeared that, the Hend Mis secondary schools now that they tresses' Association have been ask. were flooded with" material not ing for a relaxation in the group quite so good as formerly. system of subjects for what is, known as the School Certificate Examination.
*: Ordained Schoolmasters, Earlier in the afternoon the pro-
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1928.
EAGLE EYES FOR
SUBMARINES.
ADMIRALTY TESTS WITH
STOWED AIRCRAFT.
the Navy it has been known for Among a limited circle outside some time that experiments were in progress with aircraft in sub-I marines.
Now the secret has been revealed by an announcement in the "London Kleet Air Arm Pilots and Naval Gnzetto" dealing with the pay of Observers when' serving in sub- marines.
For the past years the American blem of the ordained school-Navy have been carrying out ex- master was discussed,, and it was periments with small folding sca Fletcher
After further discussion Mr. F. decided to approach the Arch-planes in their V-class submarines,
(Charterhouse),
the bishops with a view to obtaining and it is probable that other President, moved, as an amend-a measure of agreement amongst nations, posscasing submarines of Under this system the young ment, "That in the opinion of this the Bishops as to the conditions,500 tons or more, have been de person must take subjects in cor Conference it is neither necessary governing the ordination oing the same,' tain groups.
The Headmasters nor desirable that conditions of schoolmasters· and prospective The chief disability of the sub- are not altogether against compen-examinations Imposed should be schoolmasters.
marine has always been her.com- sation for weakness in one group identical for girls and boys." He
In moving the solution the parative blindness, Visibility being: being given to an examinee who said that he was strongly of Rev, H. B. Power (Hurstpierpoint) limited to the small horizon from is strong in another. But they opinion that it was a mistake to
admitted that Bishopa were her gaining tower. A seaplane rather appeared to suspect that try to make the education of girls stretching a point when they that can be flown from the deck of the headmistresses wanted to and boys run exactly on the same ordained schoolmasters under any a submarine gives at once to her make the examination easier. lincs. He did not think girla conditions. Neither B school-parent a horizon of some hundreds Perhaps it ought to be explain-competition sometimes fnvolved, nine B legally covered by the both the offensive and defensive gained by the rather hot-house mastership nor a school chap of miles and adds enormously to od that the examination under dis. The fact that a certain number of Thirty-third Canon, which dealt qualities of the underwater craft. cussion is that taken by pupils headmistresses found the School with the "titles of such as are to about 16 years of age and that a Certificate a real burden and he made ministers." good pass in it usually excuses strain, to a much greater extent matriculation. The debate arose than the headmasters, was definite Thomas (Leeds) and Mr. Wtion might be separate.
a motion by Dr. T. Torry evidence that the lines of educacided in favour of a special train-matter if the two weapons are suc-
ing of not less than 18 months cessfully combined in one Edwarde (Bradford), which sug-
in a theological college, even for The problem of doing this is far from solved, as there are many gealed a modification of the head-
graduates. miatrcasca' memorandum..
The Rev. E. Hayward (Monkton difficulties to contend with lack The discussion
Combe School, Bath), in second-of space being the most important. WAB rather
At present, only the smallest Ben- technical until Dr. Norwood
the ment. He declared that there wasing the motion, said he, had an plane, or flying boat of compara (Harrow)
on his explained that
eminently suitable man school certificate in the theory of reason why, in this or any staff who wanted to be ordained, tively small performance and carry-
other matter, girls' schools should the Board of Education was, to follow the lines of boys schools but he simply refused to be im. ing capacity, could be placed in the possible to launch the aircraft in modelled themselves too closely on 18 months. That man had been calm weather. But the size of aub h all respects. Girls' schools had mured in a theological college for largest submarine, and it is only
on
Dr. Alington's View.
The Rev. Dr. Alington (Eton) seconded Mr. Fletcher's amend-
Aircraft and submarines have been used in conjunction before Convocations had recently de- now, but it will be a far different
unit.
had been 67 per cent. Since the those of boya. What was wanted to: Oxford, and had taken théology marines is at present unlimited,
there.
be an examination which 80 to 85 per cent of the candidates should pass. The average passes
After further discussion the war a new factor had come into was some genius to arlae among headmistresses who would do for: play. There had been a very girls schools what some great pre-resolution was carried nent, con, considerable Increase in the num-
The Conference then went into ber of secondary schools and a decessors of theirs had done for vast increase in the number of boys' schools. He did not see as private session. pupils. There was evidence that many signs of that as he would many were finding it very hard wish. The sooner and more de- Indeed to reach the standard of cisively they laid it down that this the school certificate, and the similarity was neither necessary queation' was asked whether the nor desirable the better for the group requirement was the right education of the girls. requirement to make..
New York had a merry time see. Ing the Old Year out and the New Year in, and, as usual since Pro- hibition came in, paid for it. In the course of some further Twelve bodies are in the New York discussion the Rev. C. Grant (St.morgue as the result of poisoned It was urged that it was forcing George's, Harpenden), the head-liquor and its after-effects of pistol
A great number into the "black master of a co-education school, and knife wounds, and cases
and the recent wonderful develop- ments of the small seaplane-as witnessed by the Schneider Cup race-indicates that the aircraft- carrying submarino will be one of the most interesting naval develop- ments of the near future.
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of enable the French wireless con-
coat" occupations, Of the girla, said that as the nearest approach alcohoism in the hospital wards certs to maintain their former
was pointed out that the to a headmistress in the Confer--are too many to be counted.
it
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