THE QUARTERLY 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE. 
APRIL, 1868. 
I. HOW SCIENCE TEACHING IS FOSTERED BY 
THE STATE. 
Ir is rather more than three years since there appeared in these 
pages an article upon that department of our executive which 
supports, or at least professes to support Science tuition in this 
country.* We there briefly reviewed the history of the movement, 
pointed out the defects in its management, and expressed an opinion 
as to its future, which it will now be found was not arrived at 
without proper consideration. 
As a Committee of the House of Commons is about to be 
nominated to inquire into the whole system of scientific and industrial 
training for the artizan classes in England, and as the subject has 
of late absorbed a large share of public attention, it may be in- 
structive for us to return for a moment to the earlier phases of 
the movement, and compare them with its present aspect. 
As we stated in our former article, the scheme of Science teach- 
ing was originally set on foot by the Conservatives, Lord Salisbury 
being President of the Committee of Council on Education. The 
Government enlisted the services of men of Science as teachers, by 
offering them small annual payments upon their obtaining certifi- 
cates of competency at South Kensington (varying from 10/. to 
200. according to the grade of the certificate for each subject in 
which they gave instruction); and it further sought and readily 
obtained the honorary aid of persons throughout the country, who 
from disinterested motives were willing to act as members of com- 
mittees to see the Government grants fairly applied. 
There were other inducements, such as prize-fees, held out to 
teachers to raise up intelligent men of Science from amongst the arti- 
zans of the country ; and as to the latter, that is to say the students, 
they received handsomely bound books called Queen’s Prizes, and 
were invited to compete for gold, silver, and bronze national medals. 
* «The Science and Art Department,” ‘Quarterly Journal of Science,’ No. V. 
(vol. ii.), July, 1865, 
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