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Sir Everard im Thurn considered that a larger proportion of the £500 granted by the Rhodes Trustees should be spent on the South African lectures, and that, if necessary, the Committee should offer to buy pictures required for the colouring of slides. The difficulty lay in finding paintings of South Africa in this country. "Sir The Committee agreed Charles Holroyd said he would try to help in this matter. that no expense should be spared in securing a high standard in the South African

slides.

It was decided, after discussion, that a letter should be written to the Rhodes Trustees informing them that the preparation of the South African lectures was now well advanced, and that there would be a balance on the £500 granted, and asking whether that balance might be applied to further lectures on the Empire. If the Trustees agreed, Sir Charles Lucas would ask Mr. Aspinall to undertake the lectures on the West Indies, and would offer a fee of £80 for the work.

The Committee considered Messrs. Newton's proposals for the hiring of slides at a fee of 10s. for each lecture set. Sir Everard im Thurn thought that hiring would interfere with sales. Mr. Mercer was disposed to adopt the principle of hiring, and it was finally decided to accept Messrs. Newton's proposals.

Mr. Keith informed the Committee that Lady Dudley and Colonel Greenly of the 19th Hussars had enquired to what extent the Committee's slides and lectures were available for use. The Secretary of State had also asked on what terms slides, and possibly a lecturer, could be hired.

Mr. Keith was of opinion that the books of lectures in themselves were not suitable for use as text-books on geography, but that if slides could be hired the lectures could be used to supplement the ordinary teaching.

The Committee considered the question of further advertisement in this country, including, possibly, an article in the "Times." On Sir Charles Lucas's suggestion it was agreed that the matter should wait until the lectures on Canada and New- foundland were issued.

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No. 81.

SCOTCH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT to VISUAL INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.

DEAR MR. NOALL,

(Received 6 March, 1913.)

Dover House, Whitehall, 5th March, 1913.

SIR John Struthers will be much obliged if you will convey to the Chairman of the Visual Instruction Committee an expression of his regret at his inability to be present at the meeting to-day.

He desires me to send, for the information of the Committee, the enclosed letters from the four Provincial Committees for the Training of Teachers, showing the position in Scotland as regards the use of the slides illustrating the lectures on "The Sea Road to the East."

Kindly return these letters at your convenience.

DEAR SIR JOHN,

Yours very truly.

J. W. PARKER,

Private Secretary.

Enclosure 1 in No. 81.

Glasgow Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers,

Royal Technical College, George Street,

Glasgow, February 13, 1913.

In reply to your letter of the 6th instant, I regret to say that, although a course of lectures on the "Sea Road to the East" was fully advertised, only two teachers expressed a desire to enrol, so that the proposal has been abandoned. The fee was only 2s. 6d. A copy of the advertisement is enclosed. I think there can be

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no doubt that the failure of the course to attract students is due to the surfeit of visual representations in the picture-houses at present.

Sir John Struthers, K.C.B.,

The Scotch Education Department,

Dover House, Whitehall.

Yours faithfully,

D. MACLEOD,

LECTURES ON GEOGRAPHY.

Director of Studies.

A Course of Six Lectures on The Sea Road to the East" prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office will be given in the Glasgow Provincial Training College (Stow Buildings), 119, Cowcaddens Street, Glasgow, on successive Friday evenings at 7 o'clock, commencing Friday, November 16, 1912. The lectures will be illustrated by specially prepared lantern slides.

Fee for Course, 2s. 6d.

D. MACLEOD,

Application for admission to the Course may be made to the undersigned.

Royal Technical College,

Glasgow.

Enclosure 2 in No. 81.

Director of Studies.

Aberdeen Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers,

DEAR SIR JOHN Struthers,

Training Centre, Charlotte Street,

Aberdeen, 27 February, 1913. I MUST apologise for my seeming remissness in replying to your letters regarding the lectures on "The Sea Road to the East."

Our outlays in connexion with Article 55 classes were so very considerable last year, the total number of teachers who attended the classes having gone up from 551 the previous year to 626, and our financial position at present is so tight, that

I delayed bringing the matter before my Committee.

I have spoken to the Convener about it, and he thinks we should submit the proposal at the next meeting. It occurred to both of us that even if, as a Committee, we did not purchase a set of slides, we might club with, say, St. Andrew's and get a set between us.

DEAR SIR,

Enclosure 3 in No. 81.

Yours very truly,

→ GEORGE SMITH.

Edinburgh Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers,

Training College Buildings,

16, Chambers Street, Edinburgh,

Visual Instruction Committee.

14th February, 1913.

WITH reference to your letters of the 6th February, 1913, and 26th June, 1912, I am to state that the question of making use of the Visual Instruction Committee's volume of lectures on The Sea Road to the East" was considered by my Committee early in the session, when it was agreed to bring the matter before the teachers in the district in the month of January, 1913. The intention of my Committee to carry through the course conditionally upon a sufficient number of teachers coming forward was accordingly advertised in the newspapers, but I regret to state that only one application was received. My Committee were therefore compelled to abandon the proposal to form a class.

Sir John Struthers,

Scotch Education Department,

55, Whitehall, London, S.W.

I am, &c.,

JOHN KING,

Director of Studies.