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J . ¦ "It is upon these ' considerations that our board of managers have resolved that music shall be a part of the education of such children whose circumstances and general abilities warrant their being brought forward for governesses . "
This lady also bears testimony that , after two years' trial of the system , no spirit of discontent is created in the school by accomplishments being denied to some which are given to others , it being clearly understood even by the children themselves " that a knowledge of pianoforte miisic would be a positive disqualification to those who are to enter life as domestic servants . "
We need not allude to the other schools , further than to show that in all a more liberal course of education is pursued than in , that of the Freemasons , and to express our approval of the plan adopted in the Freemen ' s Orphan Girls' School ( certainly a comparatively limited institution ) , where instruction in French and music is regarded as a reward of merit .
Looking at the evidence they have collected , it can be no matter of surprise , and to us it is a cause of great gratification , that the committee have decided upon recommending an improvement in the general system of education , by the addition of French and music to the alread d in the Schoolleavinthe
course y pursue Freemasons' — g details of how it shall be carried out for future consideration—though they express an opinion that , under any circumstances , the extra cost " cannot be more than moderate , inasmuch as no addition is contemplated in the resident staff , for the purposes of either French , music , or drawing . "
Further to strengthen their position that a better description of education may be advantageously given to the ^ pupils than has hitherto been afforded in the school , the sub-committee have endeavoured to trace out the position in life taken by a number of the children after leaving the school , and it is a remarkable fact that out of fifty-two , whose career they have been thus enabled to trace , only
seven , or not fourteen per cent ., are engaged as domestic servants , thus clearly proving that the children who generally pass through our school c 6 uld not have been injured in their prospects , if they had not been positively benefited , by a better system of education ; for who can say how many of the fourteen would not have found higher and better employment ^ had thei r talents been more cultivated whilst
at the school . It is highly gratifying also to find such men as the Rev . David Laing , the founder and honorary secretary of the Governess ' s Instition — than whom a more practical man does not exist— , the Eev . J . D . Glennie , H . M . ' s Inspector of Schools , and other gentlemen
of similar experience , bearing testimony to the advantages to be derived from an improved system of education , always bearing in mind , however , the class of children from which the pupils come , and what are their prospects of obtaining a respectable position in life in afteryears ; and on this point the sub-committee justly observe : — "It is suggested that , in an establishment like the Freemasons' Girls'
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J . ¦ "It is upon these ' considerations that our board of managers have resolved that music shall be a part of the education of such children whose circumstances and general abilities warrant their being brought forward for governesses . "
This lady also bears testimony that , after two years' trial of the system , no spirit of discontent is created in the school by accomplishments being denied to some which are given to others , it being clearly understood even by the children themselves " that a knowledge of pianoforte miisic would be a positive disqualification to those who are to enter life as domestic servants . "
We need not allude to the other schools , further than to show that in all a more liberal course of education is pursued than in , that of the Freemasons , and to express our approval of the plan adopted in the Freemen ' s Orphan Girls' School ( certainly a comparatively limited institution ) , where instruction in French and music is regarded as a reward of merit .
Looking at the evidence they have collected , it can be no matter of surprise , and to us it is a cause of great gratification , that the committee have decided upon recommending an improvement in the general system of education , by the addition of French and music to the alread d in the Schoolleavinthe
course y pursue Freemasons' — g details of how it shall be carried out for future consideration—though they express an opinion that , under any circumstances , the extra cost " cannot be more than moderate , inasmuch as no addition is contemplated in the resident staff , for the purposes of either French , music , or drawing . "
Further to strengthen their position that a better description of education may be advantageously given to the ^ pupils than has hitherto been afforded in the school , the sub-committee have endeavoured to trace out the position in life taken by a number of the children after leaving the school , and it is a remarkable fact that out of fifty-two , whose career they have been thus enabled to trace , only
seven , or not fourteen per cent ., are engaged as domestic servants , thus clearly proving that the children who generally pass through our school c 6 uld not have been injured in their prospects , if they had not been positively benefited , by a better system of education ; for who can say how many of the fourteen would not have found higher and better employment ^ had thei r talents been more cultivated whilst
at the school . It is highly gratifying also to find such men as the Rev . David Laing , the founder and honorary secretary of the Governess ' s Instition — than whom a more practical man does not exist— , the Eev . J . D . Glennie , H . M . ' s Inspector of Schools , and other gentlemen
of similar experience , bearing testimony to the advantages to be derived from an improved system of education , always bearing in mind , however , the class of children from which the pupils come , and what are their prospects of obtaining a respectable position in life in afteryears ; and on this point the sub-committee justly observe : — "It is suggested that , in an establishment like the Freemasons' Girls'