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in their employ. Burnley had to provide about thirty young 
people per annum to be trained as pupil teachers, at the pupil 
teachers’ centre. ‘Che Art Room at the Mechanics’ Institution, 
was regularly visited by them. Views of the past and present 
members of the Board of Directors of the Mechanics’ were 
thrown on the screen, and of each of them an appropriate word of 
praise was spoken; the audience thoroughly appreciated the 
racy manner in which the lecture was given, and the realistic 
way, by means of the lantern slides, the subject was brought 
home to all. 
Mr. Watts expressed his approval of the children at three 
years of age being sent to the school. If the homes of the 
children were ideal, it would be soon enough at five years of 
age to send the child to school, but in huudreds of homes they 
knew the conditions were not ideal. 
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