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    OPEN COUNCJX. 209

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    To The Editor Of The English Tvoma?I > S...

    the rank o £ Q / ueen ' s scholars . I entirely agree with . Mr . Chester , in the Decemschoolmistress ber number of is the often " Eng far lish preferable Woman to ' s that Journal of a , second " that the or third lot of -rate a national private

    and would gladly see my middle class No . 2 ( even ) competing for demanded governess it . At , b the the same classes time 3 Mr _STo . . Chester 2 and No is . probabl 3 , embraces y aware much that the more education than is

    iven in national y schoolsand while it tends to broaden the basis on which g teaching solid acquirement of the subjects s may be on , reared which , pup certainl il teachers y leaves are less examined time le trained for . the Decidedl routine onlin y

    private I must schools say I who have would scarcel pass y ever a pup met il teachers with young ' examination peop in grammar y , arithmeticor geography , ( in the third year , say , ) with so much credit as

    would the young . But , peop I le must of a be like allowed age and to standing add that in this a very deficiency good national would school be in for bthe of ideathe

    priv flexibility my course own ate with schools eyes of a amp hi mind b g elong her ly , compensated sort the would of orig society inal I think structure . y The beyond families enlargement of a character doubt to which be formed found the , better children by greater inter able of

    to social sympathise intercourse with she a needs teacher . , ' s At pursuits the , same , and time be better when the fitted pup to ils give of private her the

    , found schools to eonie be inferior to compete in promptitude with those , of unaccustomed the best national to rap schools id and , they stirring are and also unused to themselves

    teachers examination . Thus by they inspectors mostly , fail . It is quite hard upon the ? n , obtain and being also teach , I incline de

    to cidedl think y of it a is hi a g misfortune her stamp , to thoug the h _scliools less fhient , thus and failing immediatel to y effective ers . A - of sixteen or seventeenwell brought up , carefully taught

    tions both young Eng is person yet lish thus and treated French , as and incompetent with a mind , to exercised compete with in many a g useful irl of vulgar

    direcpoint parentage cess , he out will any and obli plan very by limited which but such extent he must young of remember information people can that . have even If a Mr if chance . competent Chester of suc can to - ge many

    obtai , n Queen ' s scholarshi , ps , these young women have a very poor prospect of To admission return into for training a moment schools to the . question of general improvement in

    mercantil making female - education progress e schools , , .- it may are Unquestionabl becoming be asked , whether y sensible collegiate I of consider the schools need the , of gramm class doing No ar something . 3 schools as also ,

    that have for g schools irl put s , forth and formed within some , j vigorous the udiciousl last three efforts and or in presenting four this direction years such London . a It scale cannot and of its fees be doubted suburb as will s

    neither lower the parents in their y , own eyes , nor exhaust their means too much quickl prized y , ( thereb and y inducing will do important them to curtail service . the Should years of they education , from the , ) are causes now

    I liave mentioned , or other circumstancesfail to raise up national and British teachers , it , is to be hoped that , with , increased demand for educated

    female or that labor at , all channels events of we usefulness shall have will an open improving before the race way of of wives the pup and ils , mothers , . , the chvexed

    gover I have ness it have question alread treated y . trespassed I do not long think , fairl but some you of B those ask dwelling me who about on have the latel worst mu y written - aspect

    exclude of upon the case the , numerous they dishearten governesses cases of many attached very y . and excellent valued y women , and who they remain almost governesses

    to theclose of their lives in the most intimate connection with the families be able in which so amp if _^ common ly _ttisy to provide have prudence lived for the . had Some wants been of of added these declining to valued their life famil other , and y excellences many friends more have . would been

    I aimmv dear Friend , truly yours , , E _. Yoj ; , v . r

    Open Councjx. 209

    OPEN COUNCJX . 209

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1860, page 209, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051860/page/65/