The Conferences 



THE OPENING CEREMONY* 



The Duchess of Devonshire opened the Exhibition 

 on Wednesday, July 23, in the Royal Botanic Gardens, 

 London. The DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE took the chair, 

 and among those present were Lord Balfour, Lord 

 Avebury, Lord Northbrook, Sir Joseph and Lady 

 Hooker, Sir William Hart-Dyke, M.P., Lady Lucy 

 Hicks Beach and Miss Hicks Beach, Sir Henry Craik, 

 Mr. H. Hobhouse, M.P., Sir George Kekewich, Sir 

 William Abney, Sir Philip Magnus, Sir Joshua Fitch, 

 Sir John Hutton, Sir John Hibbert, Sir John Cockburn 

 (chairman), Mr. C. S. Roundell (hon. treasurer), and 

 Mr. J. C. Medd (hon. secretary). 



The Duke of Devonshire said: — In connection 

 with the exhibition which is shortly to be opened, a 

 series of conferences are to be held to-morrow and on 

 Friday, and on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of 

 next week. Therefore, by the end of next week I 

 think those — and I hope they are a numerous body — 

 who take an interest in this subject will have had 

 very full opportunities of acquiring all the information 

 which they can desire respecting this new departure 

 in education, and especially in elementary education. 



*The following report is reproduced by special permission from Tht 

 Times of July 24, 1902. 



