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(3) I trust that while science will be taught in all schools, 

 we shall after this war see that some of our larger and more 

 important schools shall make a speciality of this important 

 subject. 



(4) I trust also that in any scheme of reform that may be 

 introduced into our schools attention shall be paid to the more 

 thorough instruction of the pupils in modern languages. I 

 have talked with many officers both before the war and since 

 its outbreak, and they are unanimous in lamenting the ignor- 

 ance of French and German wherewith the}^ left their schools. 

 The boys educated at the German gymnasia and the Belgian 

 athenees know, on leaving their schools, much more English 

 than our boys, on leaving theirs, know of French. 



(5) French should be taught in connection with the Latin 

 of which it is a daughter. This is rarely done in England. 



(6) The masters in our schools should insist that science 

 and modern languages should be regarded as equally important 

 as classical teaching and the rewards for proficiency gained in 

 their study should be as great. 



(7) The most practical way to ensure that science and 

 modern languages shall be property taught in our schools 

 is by endeavouring to procure the foundation of as many 

 scholarships and prizes at the universities for these subjects. 

 The colleges might aid in this, and wealthy benefactors might 

 be invited to found scholarships for these purposes. Such 

 scholarships should be likewise attached to schools, and the 

 headmasters of secondary and public schools should more 

 frequently be chosen from the ranks of scientific teachers. 



(8) More importance ought to be paid in the selection of 

 candidates for the Indian Civil and Home Civil Service to 

 proficiency in science and modern languages. 



(9) In the education of women there is room for improvement 

 which might be effected by studies enabling them to concen- 

 trate their thoughts and enable them to form proper judgments. 

 Mathematics should be carefully taught in their schools, and 

 where possible some amount of Logic. Much more attention 

 should be paid than at present to the training of women who 

 wish to learn business methods, so that they may be able to 

 aid in the management of business houses, as their French 

 neighbours do. 



Of course all these remarks might be indefinitely expanded, 



