THE 



MUSEUM GAZETTE. 



No. 3. JULY, 1906. Vol. i. 



REFORMED EDUCATION AT " THE GARDEN 



CITY." 



Many will have learnt with pleasure that an effort is being 

 made at the Letchworth Garden City to provide a " superior 

 system of education." A paragraph in the Times which 

 conveyed this information speaks of "an education as superior 

 to that of ordinary schools as the garden city itself is intended 

 to be to an ordinary town area," but, unfortunately, it gives no 

 details. Some knowledge as to what the plans are by which 

 this most desirable result is to be obtained would appear to 

 be necessary if the appeal for funds is to be successful. A 

 modest ^"500 is suggested, and the names of a very influential 

 Advisory Committee are given. Still, we must ask what is 

 the basal idea, what are the reforms contemplated ? Experi- 

 ments in education have been abundant of late and have been 

 carried out with zeal and ability by men of high intelligence. 

 We have schools of all kinds, and the profession of the teacher 

 is rapidly obtaining a high and well-merited recognition on 

 the part of the public. What is there of real novelty which 

 is worthy to be attempted ? 



We may, perhaps, without being accused of presumption — 

 since we only carry out the avowed object of our Journal as 

 an advocate of objective education — venture to offer a sugges- 

 tion. Have we not in this new City scheme a splendid 

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