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be extended, and doubtless this will be necessary soon, as the 

 available space is alreadyilairiy fully occupied. The museum 

 largely owes its existence to the energy of the Hon. Secretary, 

 Mr. J. Larder. 



The museum was declared open by the Rector, and addresses 

 were given by the Mayor (Councillor T. Gelsthorpe), the Curator 

 (Mr. C. S. Carter), and others. In the evening a public meeting 

 was held at the Town Hall, which was presided over by Mr. 

 H. L. Brackenbury, M.P. At this meeting Mr. T. Sheppard 

 gave an address on ' The Educational Advantages of Local 

 Museums,' and was followed by Prof. W. W. Watts, F.R.S., 

 the President of the London Geological Society, who gave an 

 interesting lecture on ' Scientific Progress during the last 

 Century,' paying particular reference to the work of Charles 

 Darwin. 



A BRADFORD SCHOOL. 



The Board of Education has recently issued, as one of its 

 educational pamphlets (No. 21), a paper by Miss Mary John- 

 stone, of Bradford, entitled ' A School Week in the Country 

 Grange Road School, Bradford (Girls' Dept.)'* The report 

 is a delightful account of a delightful week in the country 

 spent by some of the girls under Miss Johnstone's care. The 

 paper deals with general arrangements : — house-keeping ; 

 dress (in which ' hob-nailed boots with reasonable heels ' are 

 advocated) ; school training ; botany ; geography and geology; 

 animal life ; history ; literary associations, and art. After 

 reading the report we feel confident that some of the girls in 

 Bradford have advantages over scholars at many other 

 towns. x\nd we can certainly recommend teachers in our 

 Secondary Schools to ' Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest ' 

 all that is written in this pamphlet, which we learn is ' for 

 official use,' though in its characteristically guarded manner 

 we perceive that the Board in publishing the report ' do not 

 thereby necessarily commit themselves to the approval of the 

 arrangements of work advocated in it, nor of any opinon ex- 

 pressed in the report.' We presume, however, that the Board 

 does not seriously disapprove of a report published at its 

 expense. 



* 36 pp. London, Eyre & .Spottiswoode. 4d. 

 1910 Nov. I. 



