326 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1912. 
In particular the training of girls for domestic service appears to 
be in reality a plea for no training at all. It is not likely that all the 
girls from 86 out of 110 homes are suitable for domestic service, and 
no alternative is offered to them. The distaste of older girls for 
domestic service is probably in a large part due to their employment in 
Homes in housework when other children are at play. Training for 
domestic service is in fact only another name for the employment of 
children of school age as domestic servants. 
In the case of boys things are a little better, but there is one school 
where the boys are employed wholly in wood-chopping. 
The general conclusions arrived at in this Report, which is designedly 
wide in its terms, afford sufficient proof of the need for representation 
to be made to the proper quarters—Board of Education, Home Office, 
and Local Government Board—in favour of steps being taken to pro- 
vide for adequate reports upon all educational work and training either 
to central or local authorities. 
APPENDIX. 
British Association for the Advancement of Science. 
SpecraL ScHoouts ComMitTTEs. 
Chairman : Mr. W. D. EGGAR. 
Secretary : Mrs. W. N. SHAW. 
Professor R. A. GREGORY, Mr. J. L. HOLLAND, Dr. C. W. KIMMINS, and 
} Mr. J. G. LEGGE. 
Dear Sir,—The British Association has appointed a Committee to collect and 
tabulate statistics of the curricula of charitable schools not included in official 
educational lists. 
It will greatly assist in this work if you will be good enough to fill up the 
accompanying paper and post it to the Secretary of the Committee, Mrs. W. N. 
Shaw, 10 Moreton Gardens, London, S.W., before February 10, 1912. 
Will you at the same time state if it will be agreeable to you for some Mem- 
ber of the Committee to visit your school?—Yours faithfully, 
8. J. D. Saw, 
Secretary to the Committee. 
British Association for the Advancement of Science. 
MEMORANDUM INDICATING THE INFORMATION DESIRED. 
Ts a Prospectus and Report of the School published? If so, will you kindly 
forward a copy? 
In any case will you favour us with answers to the following questions? 
1. Name and address of school. 
2. Is the school under private man- 
agement or under a Board of 
Governors? 
3. What fees, if any, are paid for 
the children? 
4. What number of. children—(a) | 
girls, (6) boys—are there in the 
school? | 
