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    394 SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE

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    The Establishment Of This Society Was Co...

    would these 9 th of reasons also July enable , a at school 91 them , Charlotte under to become iny Street superintendence cashiers , l _^ itzroy , accountants Square -will , where , be and opened clerks the such younger on special . For the

    instruction be girls will ht receive for as will shilling a qualif solid y Eng week them lish to to education engage write letters in , and business grammaticall the elder hereafter ones . to They calculate will

    rap Instruction taug idly without , in a French a slate , which a and to is , keep often accounts useful in b business y single , will and y double also , be entry given .

    granted for Rev a . small T . Cock to those extr ( professor a who payment become , of . Queen proficient At the ' s College end in of book ) the and -keep quarter Mr ing . , _Gri and certificates ggs arithmetic havin will g , the be t

    that be kindl found these y offered in certificates giving their certificates services will enable in for examining French the the also women g , irls if , desirable ai to _^ d find no . difficulty situations It is thoug would with ht

    g qualifications at the ter office ease , for are and female untested at a clerks hig . her As and ra app t as e lications of such young remunera app have lications ti once on , will v t or han pro twice o b t hers been ly become wh made oso

    which more qualified frequent will persons , we when hope , a , we re prove gister are the in , will means a position be of kept providing to for ; supp this ly comfortable branch the demand of situations emp with loyment class well for of - , respectable It is also contemplated to train a

    many o g ffi irls ce clerks to pass but the as young civil many service women difficulties . examinations _siirround , that this p they lan , it niay will become perhap pos s no t- t not be put only in in execution , its direct at results present , . but We as trust inaugurating that this a school new system will prove , which however useful , if ,

    successful , may be adopted in many other schools . It is certain , , hundred that it will and be thirty very pounds expensive a year at , thoug first , h and we expect will not a part cost of less this than will one be cannot afford to contribute

    more paid b than y the forty pupils pounds themselves a year . from As the the general society fund , may I suggest that those who take particular interest in this branch of the workshould

    to devote request their that subscri if a any ptions gentleman to the special here shoul book- d keep be , ing at offic a fund futur in ? mind e time I also and , , _^ in venture want l

    of a book-keeper , cashier , or clerk , he will bear our e , appy present for one there to . their And influence I appeal wi speciall th their y to parishioner the clergy s , to if induce there are them any to

    send their , daug use hters to our sohool , there -to receive a useful , practical education . "

    Vice- Chancellor Sir' _A _^ illi ain Page Wood , vice-president of the societhaving seconded the previous resolutionexpressed his

    sympathy y , with the work undertaken by the societ , y , and moved , " That it is desirable to extend the operations of the society . " Sir

    "W . Wood noticed the universal practice on the continent of employing women as cashiersaccountantsand especially to manage the

    business of hotels and , inns . After , some practical remarks and suggestions , Sir W . Wood read the following paper b y Miss

    Parkes . " It being conceded that in England a vast number meet of women at the are outset _Ibrced of

    this to earn question their own : ~ For livelihood what emp , two loyments distinct are inquiries women fitted by one nature ? and How is it possible to introduce them practically into new and remunerative

    and _sj > " here Generall skill s of rather labor y sp ? eaking than , strength all the mechanical are intrinsicall arts which suited deman to the d capacities perception of

    liberal average arts women or for of the the walks middle of and practical , lower benevolence classes . y Special , lie outside aptitudes of our _' for pre the

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    394 Society For Promoting The

    394 SOCIETY FOR _PROMOTING THE

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1860, page 394, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081860/page/34/