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A Visit To The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
But at the Girls' Masonic School there is none of this ; nothing but gratitude and affection for all that has been done for them . In my own mind I am assured that the little ones love those Avho are set over them Miss Redgrave , and I doubt not it is the same with all , seems to be liked by the girls , if one can judge from the nice gentle way in which
she and they spoke to one another . As this lady explained to me > " they know when they are in school they must work , but in play-time we do not bother them . " A former matron of the institution , with a child in the old garb , forms the subject of another , oil painting . In one of the school-rooms the wall is hung round Avith trophies—not of
arms and colours , but more peaceful emblems—the certificates for several years taken by the pupils at the Cambridge examinations . I think I understood senior as well as junior . I do not know if the Girls' School in any has approached the Boys' in this , but I remember the percentage of the latter who passed was very hig h indeed . The
girls are taught needlework most effectually , and have , I believe , one day a week at it . They make their own clothes . During the schoo 1 term they wear light blue dresses , and white straw hats trimmed Avith dark blue velvet , and in winter a blue cloak . When the holidays arrive they don plain clothes to go home in .
Enquiring about their spiritual education , I was informed they attend a church at some little distance . They are carefully instructed by the Chaplain of the School , though complete toleration is the principle of the School . No girl is a candidate for confirmation against her own or friends' wish ; nothing is forced upon them . Drawing
in all its branches is taught , as also French , singing and thorough English . I had not an opportunity of forming an opinion on these subjects , it being a holiday . The education would seem to be one fitted for a woman who may have to make her way in the world by imparting her knowledge to others ; or better still , what is woman ' s natural
state , and where she is seen best to advantage—as the happy wife of a happy man ; and I hope most of those who leave these walls Avill enter in course of time into the state of matrimony . Another most necessary , but far too much neglected study—I may almost say art—is taught here , and this is cooking . Classes are held
by a professional from the National Training School of Cooking , at South Kensington . I have heard high-born ladies boast they don't understand anything connected with the kitchen , and grumble because they know they are being robbed by their servants . A change has in recent years taken place . What disgrace can it possibly be to
a woman—or man either if the necessity arise—to know how to make a good nourishing and palatable soup , to cook a joint without waste to serve an entree free from grease , to steam vegetables fit to be eaten ,
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A Visit To The Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
But at the Girls' Masonic School there is none of this ; nothing but gratitude and affection for all that has been done for them . In my own mind I am assured that the little ones love those Avho are set over them Miss Redgrave , and I doubt not it is the same with all , seems to be liked by the girls , if one can judge from the nice gentle way in which
she and they spoke to one another . As this lady explained to me > " they know when they are in school they must work , but in play-time we do not bother them . " A former matron of the institution , with a child in the old garb , forms the subject of another , oil painting . In one of the school-rooms the wall is hung round Avith trophies—not of
arms and colours , but more peaceful emblems—the certificates for several years taken by the pupils at the Cambridge examinations . I think I understood senior as well as junior . I do not know if the Girls' School in any has approached the Boys' in this , but I remember the percentage of the latter who passed was very hig h indeed . The
girls are taught needlework most effectually , and have , I believe , one day a week at it . They make their own clothes . During the schoo 1 term they wear light blue dresses , and white straw hats trimmed Avith dark blue velvet , and in winter a blue cloak . When the holidays arrive they don plain clothes to go home in .
Enquiring about their spiritual education , I was informed they attend a church at some little distance . They are carefully instructed by the Chaplain of the School , though complete toleration is the principle of the School . No girl is a candidate for confirmation against her own or friends' wish ; nothing is forced upon them . Drawing
in all its branches is taught , as also French , singing and thorough English . I had not an opportunity of forming an opinion on these subjects , it being a holiday . The education would seem to be one fitted for a woman who may have to make her way in the world by imparting her knowledge to others ; or better still , what is woman ' s natural
state , and where she is seen best to advantage—as the happy wife of a happy man ; and I hope most of those who leave these walls Avill enter in course of time into the state of matrimony . Another most necessary , but far too much neglected study—I may almost say art—is taught here , and this is cooking . Classes are held
by a professional from the National Training School of Cooking , at South Kensington . I have heard high-born ladies boast they don't understand anything connected with the kitchen , and grumble because they know they are being robbed by their servants . A change has in recent years taken place . What disgrace can it possibly be to
a woman—or man either if the necessity arise—to know how to make a good nourishing and palatable soup , to cook a joint without waste to serve an entree free from grease , to steam vegetables fit to be eaten ,