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each Colony was asked and consented to give a of £300 to cover the expenses of the
Scheme.
The money being available, Mr. Lyttelton consented to the Committee's request that Mr. H. J. Mackinder, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, should be asked to undertake the preparation of the lectures and the general superintendence of the Scheme.
Mr. Mackinder accepted the invitation and the lectures will be in the first instance deli- vered in a London Training College for Elemen- tary Teachers. They will be reported verbatim, put into print, and be corrected and edited by the lecturer, the whole, with any special slides which may be designed for
the purpose, becoming the property of the three Colonies concerned but being available for sale to other Colonial Governments.
It will be borne in mind that
(1) The lectures are intended for the higher classes in Elementary Schools, or with modifications for adults.
(2) Each lecture may well supply several hours' lessons, being intended to be the text for teaching and a guide as to the method of teach- ing, and not simply to be repeated word for word in a single hour. (3) The object is to give to children through their eyes as well as their ears a true and simple impression of what the United Kingdom and its people are like, to explain to children living in the tropics what
the seasons mean in this country, and so forth.
(4) The lessons may well be translated into the vernacular languages for
use by native teachers.
The Eastern Colonies will also supply material for similar lectures upon them to be used in this country.
Mr. Mackinder has been asked, and has con- sented to give in December next a lecture, at a place and time to be fixed, in which he will give an account of the scheme, and at which some
of the slides which have been prepared to illustrate
it will be exhibited; it is hoped that those who
are interested in promoting mutual knowledge of
the various parts of the Empire will be present.
September, 1904.
• It has now been arranged that the lecture shall
be given at the Whitehall Rooms, Hotel Metropole, on
Wednesday, 7th December, at 5:0 p.m. The Secretary
of State has consented to preside.
November, 1904.
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