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for example, gives a young man a welcome into refined society which 

 those who have not that knowledge would not obtain. 



The first thing a lad should do when he goes abroad is to take part 

 in games. He should join an athletic club, and anyone coming from a 

 British public school or university would have no difficulty in joining such 

 clubs. 



One would naturally select to follow an industry which is most likely 

 to develop rapidly, and the principal of a university or public school will 

 be in a position to give good advice as to what line of work might be 

 best to follow. In Canada, for example, paper-making from wood pulp, 

 hydro-electric engineering and agriculture are on the increase. 



The invariable custom of students in Canada is to make practical use 

 of their holidays ; many get employment in industries such as mining, 

 surveying, engineering, and thus obtain practical knowledge of great 

 value. They get paid for their services, and what they receive, together 

 with what they may be allowed from their homes, will probably be ample 

 to cover the cost of living. 



There is no doubt that in our schools in the Old Country there is great 

 need for a more practical type of education. I contend that a lad who 

 has had workshop experience, is accustomed to use his hands as well as 

 his head, is more likely to gain a good position than those who have been 

 brought up to sit on office stools and do secretarial work, of whom there 

 are many more than are needed ; and this is due to the fact that an 

 altogether undue importance is placed in this country on a black coat. 

 There is an unlimited number of lads who qualify for banks and insurance 

 offices, but the majority of boys would find a far wider field open for 

 practical work abroad. 



What is needed in every young man to be successful is character com- 

 bined with knowledge. He must have self-control, must be abstemious 

 in all things, and, although his companions may laugh at him at times, 

 he must have courage to withstand their mockery, and when the time 

 comes for some important post to be filled, he will be the one most likely 

 to be chosen. 



It is the character in the Anglo-Saxon race from which we have sprung 

 that has made this little island, scarcely known to the ancients, the leader 

 of the world during the last century ; and those young men who go abroad 

 should always have this fact in view and maintain the high standard of 

 honour which they have inherited. 



A lad well brought up and coming from good stock must never forget 

 the traditions of a British gentleman wherever he may go. 



The Hon. W. Ormsby-Gork, M.P., said that he entirely agreed with 

 Sir Alfred Yarrow. If they considered the question of the training of 

 people in this country who meant to make their lives either in the 

 Dominions or the Colonies, character was a factor that must never be 

 lost sight of. The important thing to maintain in education was not what 

 was merel)^ to be put into the mind, but the tradition and spirit of English 

 education, and undoubtedly that in the past had been bound up 

 in the ancient universities and public schools with education in the 

 Humanities. 



But apart from this, it would seem that for overseas, in addition to 



