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NA TURE 



[August i i, 1898 



President, and, if he is Lord President of the Council, a Vice- 

 President, of the Board. 



II.— (i) The Board of Education shall take the place of the 

 Education Department (including the Department of Science 

 and Art), and all enactments and documents shall be construed 

 accordingly ; and as from the establishment of the Board of 

 Education the Education Department Act, 1856, shall be 

 repealed. 



(2) There shall be exercised by the Board of Education the 

 powers conferred on the Charity Commissioners by any scheme 

 made in pursuance of the Endowed Schools Acts, 186910 1889, 

 ■except that— 



(a) any power with respect to a question as to the construc- 

 tion of a scheme or other document shall be exercised by 

 the Charity Commissioners ; and 

 {b) any power with respect to the control or management 

 of property forming the capital of any endowment, shall 

 be exercised by the Charity Commissioners with the 

 concurrence of the Board of Education ; 

 and for this purpose the powers exercisable by the Charity 

 Commissioners under the enactments mentioned in the schedule 

 may also be exercised by the Board of Education. 



(3) The Charity Commissioners shall, in framing schemes in 

 pursuance of the Endowed Schools Acts, 1869 to 1889, act in 

 consultation with the Board of Education, and shall frame a 

 scheme under those Acts if so requested by the Board. 



(4) In addition to any powers exercisable under this section 

 ■or otherwise, the Board of Education may, by their officers, 

 visit, inspect, and examine any school, and give certificates in 

 respect of the teaching therein, whether the school is subject to 

 the Charitable Trusts Acts or the Endowed Schools Acts, or not. 

 Provided that, in the case of a school not so subject, the power 

 conferred by this sub-section shall be exercised only with the 

 consent of the governing body of the school. 



III. — It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council from time 

 to time, by order, to appoint a consultative committee for the 

 purpose of advising the Board of Education on any matter 

 referred to the committee by the Board. 



IV. — The Board of Education may appoint such officers and 

 servants as the Board may, with the sanction of the Treasury, 

 determine, and there shall be paid, out of moneys provided by 

 Parliament, to any member of the Board not holding another 

 salaried office, and to the officers and servants of the Board, such 

 salaries or remuneration as the Treasury may determine. 



V. — (i) The Board of Education may sue and be sued and 

 may for all purposes be described by that name. 



(2) The Board shall have an official seal, which shall be 

 officially and judicially noticed, and that seal shall be authenti- 

 cated by the signature of the President or some member of the 

 Board, or of a secretary, or of some person authorised by the 

 President or some member of the Board to act on behalf of 

 a secretary. 



(3) Every document purporting to be an instrument issued by 

 the Board of Education, and to be sealed with the seal of the 

 Board, authenticated in manner provided by this Act, or to be 

 signed by a secretary or any person authorised by the President 

 or some member of the Board to act on behalf of a secretary, 

 shall be received in evidence and be deemed to be such an 

 instrument without further proof, unless the contrary is 

 shown. 



(4) A certificate signed by the President or any member ot 

 the Board of Education that any instrument purporting to be 

 made or issued by the President or some member of the 

 Board is so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of 

 the fact. 



VI. The President or Vice-President of the Board of Educa- 

 tion shall be capable of being elected to, and of voting in, the 

 Commons House of Parliament, and the offices of President and 

 Vice-President of the Board of Education shall be deemed to be 

 offices included in Schedule H. of the Representation of the 

 People Act, 1867 ; in Schedule H. of the Representation of the 

 People (Scotland) Act, 1868 ; in Schedule E. of the Represent- 

 ation of the People (Ireland) Act, 1868 ; and in Part I. of the 

 Schedule of the Promissory Oaths Act, 1868. 



VII. — (i) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or Ireland. 



(2) This Act may be cited as the Board of Education Act, 



NO. 1502, VOL. 58] 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL 

 INTELLIGENCE. 



Dr. D. K. Morris has been appointed lecturer on technical 

 electricity in the Mason University College, Birmingham. 



Mr. J. J. FiNDLAY, Principal of the Training Department 

 of the College of Preceptors, has been appointed head master 

 of the Cardiff Intermediate School. 



The following appointments to posts in University College, 

 Sheffield, have recently been made : — Lecturer in physiology : 

 Mr. C. F. Myers-Ward, of the Owens College, Manchester. 

 Assistant lecturer in mathematics : Mr. G. St. L. Carson, late 

 Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Assistant lecturer and 

 demonstrator of physics : Mr. Albert Griffiths, of the Owens 

 College, Manchester. 



" University reform," on which so much public attention 

 is now concentrated in this country, would appear to be a no 

 less burning question in Italy, to judge from the opinions ex- 

 pressed by Prof. C. Ferrini in the Rendiconli del R. Istilitto 

 Lombardo, xxxi. 11-12. The principal evil of the Italian 

 University system at the present time would appear to be the 

 large and ever-increasing body of ill-prepared students swarming 

 into university classes, many of whom possess little or no apti- 

 tude for study. This results in a lowering of the standard of 

 teaching, the effects of which are already making themselves 

 shown, and the supply of graduates seeking employment in the 

 learned professions is largely in excess of the demand. Prof. 

 Ferrini considers the most feasible remedy to be a raising of the 

 fees charged for admission to university courses. Any funds 

 arising from this increase might, of course, be devoted to the 

 furtherance of advanced work, but the main object in view 

 would be to exclude idle and incompetent students from the 

 class rooms, and to stimulate those who entered on the curri- 

 culum to make better use of their opportunities, with, moreover, 

 better prospects of obtaining employment afterwards in a less 

 overcrowded market. Having had nearly equal experience of 

 German and Italian universities. Prof. Ferrini considers that 

 the introduction of the German system into Italy could only 

 lead to pernicious results, the principal reason being the great 

 difference in the preparation provided in the two countries for 

 lads before they enter college. 



The London Technical Education Board have arranged for 

 the Session 1898-99 a number of evening science classes, and 

 Saturday morning classes for teachers, in conjunction with Uni- 

 versity College, King's College, and Bedford College. At 

 University College, Profs. Hudson Beare, Fleming, and Ramsay 

 will between them deliver a course of twelve lectures upon the 

 principles of chemical technology. The lectures will deal with 

 the generation of power and its cost, the generation of electric 

 currents and their application in electro-chemical processes, and 

 the chemistry of the various processes now adopted. Prof. 

 Fleming will also give a course of lectures upon electrical 

 measurements, and Prof. Hudson Beare a course on mechanical 

 engineering. At King's College, evening courses of lectures 

 will be delivered by Prof Robinson on civil engineering, Prof. 

 Banister Fletcher on architecture, and Prof. Grylls Adams on 

 physics. These courses of instruction will afford an opportunity 

 to students who can study only in the evenings to obtain in- 

 struction in well-equipped University laboratories, and will 

 make available to evening students the same advantages as are 

 enjoyed by University day students, but they are only intended 

 for those who are practically engaged during the day in some 

 trade, business, or occupation. 



Saturday morning classes have been arranged by the London 

 Technical Education Board for teachers. At King's College, a 

 course of about ten lectures will be given by Prof. Hudson, 

 on the teaching of elementary mathematics. The object of 

 these lectures is to help those who are practically engaged in 

 teaching, and wish to become acquainted with modern mothods 

 and improvements in order to render their teaching more 

 effective. A course of about fifteen lectures on heat engines 

 and general laboratory work will be delivered by Prof. Capper. 

 The object of the course is to acquaint teachers with 

 modern methods of teaching the subject, and to illustrate the 

 use and preparation of laboratory apparatus for demonstration. 

 At University College, a course of ten lectures will be given 

 by Prof. Fleming, on magnets and electric currents. The object 

 of the course is to give instruction in modern methods of 

 science teaching. It will consist in the delivery by the professor 



