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" In number these amount to 112 , but change of residence , death , Md other causes have militated against that full response we had anticipated . Thirty replies only have been received , affording the following approximate result as regards opinion :-
—"In favour of extension of education , 9 ; placed at schools for improvement , 3 ; contented with present system , 10 ; expressing no opinion , 8- — -total 30 . ¦ " "While the modes of employment are as ^ f ^ " Needlewprker , 1 engaged in home duties , 8 ; domestic servants , 5 ; shop , & c . assistants , 4 ; emigrated , 2 dressmakers , 3 ; governesses , 2 ; pupil teachers , 2 ; companion , 1 ; do information o ^ 2- —total s 30 .
" With regard to the tone of many of these replies , it is fair to presume that in the eases of some at least of those who either express themselves as contented with the amount of education they received when in the school , or forbear from giving any opinion whatever , a fear of being thought guilty of ingratittide towards those at whose hands they have received the benefits so thankfiilly acknowledged , may- have induced them to refrain from any decided enunciation of opinion . "It may also without unfairness be remarked that all the letters which fall within this category evince an unquestionable deficiency in regard to educational attainments , and emanate frompersons in an undoubtedly inferior position of lifo .- " . ¦ ¦ : •"""
' ^ In addition the confessedly somewhat scanty data afforded by these replies , we are able to add from other sources the following information regarding twentytwo of the remainder of those children who have left the school within the time specified : — " Engaged in home duties , 6 ; governesses , 2 ; domestic servants , 2 ; dressmakers , 2 milliners , 2 ; married , 4 ; emigrated , I ; at school for further improvement , 1 ; dead , 2- ~ total , 22 .
" We are by no means anxious to obtrude our opinions or recommendations on the committee , but confining ourselves within the region of facts , we believe that we are not exceeding our duties in stating that the " opinions ; of all those whom we have consulted ( and who from their connection with many of the leading educational establishments of a similar class , are in every respect eminently qualified to form a sound judgment as to the advantages of such improvements as those now contemplated ) , are decidedly favourable to their adoption . The acquisition of a knowledge of domestic duties , so important and useful in after life , we regard as of paramount
importance ; and in the Freemasons Girls School , the industrial training being so excellent , and forming so integral a portion of the system of education , the committee need not fear to raise the standard of education by the addition of French , drawing , and music . It is suggested that , in an establishment like the Freemasons' Girls' School , where the welfare of the children is so studiously cared for , and their prosperity in after-life so anxiously regarded , the aim should be to give them such , educational advantages as it is fair to presume they would have
enjoyed had their parents continued in the possession of means by which they could have been afforded ; that they should , in fact , be qualified to fill situations as governesses , and assistants in private schools , or to avail themselves of any opportunities that might offer for the advancement of their interests or the elevation of their positions in life . This they are now certainly unable to do , and therefore contrast unfavourably with the children educated in other establishments , where a higher standard of mental culture and accomplishment is maintained .
" The letter of Miss Brandenburger , the head governess of the London Orphan Asylum Clapton , to which reference has already been made , pointedly alludes to the disadvantages under which those girls labour , when seeking for situations , whose education in the branches of study more immediately under consideration has been wholly or in part neglected . "There is much valuable information , comprising matters of detail in connection
with the various subjects we have had under consideration , which we shall only be too happy to furnish if any further elucidation on any of the points touched upon is required . We have avoided the introduction of anything not directly bearing upon the main facts of the case , with a view to compress this report within the narrowest possible limits consistent with fajrly placing the subject before the committee in such a manner as to enable them to arrive at an opinion .
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The 7^ ; ^^#^^: "Llvo: " , " . -^-X^^T '...
" In number these amount to 112 , but change of residence , death , Md other causes have militated against that full response we had anticipated . Thirty replies only have been received , affording the following approximate result as regards opinion :-
—"In favour of extension of education , 9 ; placed at schools for improvement , 3 ; contented with present system , 10 ; expressing no opinion , 8- — -total 30 . ¦ " "While the modes of employment are as ^ f ^ " Needlewprker , 1 engaged in home duties , 8 ; domestic servants , 5 ; shop , & c . assistants , 4 ; emigrated , 2 dressmakers , 3 ; governesses , 2 ; pupil teachers , 2 ; companion , 1 ; do information o ^ 2- —total s 30 .
" With regard to the tone of many of these replies , it is fair to presume that in the eases of some at least of those who either express themselves as contented with the amount of education they received when in the school , or forbear from giving any opinion whatever , a fear of being thought guilty of ingratittide towards those at whose hands they have received the benefits so thankfiilly acknowledged , may- have induced them to refrain from any decided enunciation of opinion . "It may also without unfairness be remarked that all the letters which fall within this category evince an unquestionable deficiency in regard to educational attainments , and emanate frompersons in an undoubtedly inferior position of lifo .- " . ¦ ¦ : •"""
' ^ In addition the confessedly somewhat scanty data afforded by these replies , we are able to add from other sources the following information regarding twentytwo of the remainder of those children who have left the school within the time specified : — " Engaged in home duties , 6 ; governesses , 2 ; domestic servants , 2 ; dressmakers , 2 milliners , 2 ; married , 4 ; emigrated , I ; at school for further improvement , 1 ; dead , 2- ~ total , 22 .
" We are by no means anxious to obtrude our opinions or recommendations on the committee , but confining ourselves within the region of facts , we believe that we are not exceeding our duties in stating that the " opinions ; of all those whom we have consulted ( and who from their connection with many of the leading educational establishments of a similar class , are in every respect eminently qualified to form a sound judgment as to the advantages of such improvements as those now contemplated ) , are decidedly favourable to their adoption . The acquisition of a knowledge of domestic duties , so important and useful in after life , we regard as of paramount
importance ; and in the Freemasons Girls School , the industrial training being so excellent , and forming so integral a portion of the system of education , the committee need not fear to raise the standard of education by the addition of French , drawing , and music . It is suggested that , in an establishment like the Freemasons' Girls' School , where the welfare of the children is so studiously cared for , and their prosperity in after-life so anxiously regarded , the aim should be to give them such , educational advantages as it is fair to presume they would have
enjoyed had their parents continued in the possession of means by which they could have been afforded ; that they should , in fact , be qualified to fill situations as governesses , and assistants in private schools , or to avail themselves of any opportunities that might offer for the advancement of their interests or the elevation of their positions in life . This they are now certainly unable to do , and therefore contrast unfavourably with the children educated in other establishments , where a higher standard of mental culture and accomplishment is maintained .
" The letter of Miss Brandenburger , the head governess of the London Orphan Asylum Clapton , to which reference has already been made , pointedly alludes to the disadvantages under which those girls labour , when seeking for situations , whose education in the branches of study more immediately under consideration has been wholly or in part neglected . "There is much valuable information , comprising matters of detail in connection
with the various subjects we have had under consideration , which we shall only be too happy to furnish if any further elucidation on any of the points touched upon is required . We have avoided the introduction of anything not directly bearing upon the main facts of the case , with a view to compress this report within the narrowest possible limits consistent with fajrly placing the subject before the committee in such a manner as to enable them to arrive at an opinion .