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scenery in England. Abruptly behind it rises the Bredon 

 Beacon Hill, of which a great poet wrote : 



" Twelve lovely counties saw the blaze 

 From Bredon's lonely height." 



The hill is crowned by the remains of a Roman encamp- 

 ment, thrown up, it is said, during the wars of the Romans 

 against Boadicea, the Queen of the Iceni. 



The hopeless intellectual outlook of agricultural pur- 

 suits dissevered from contact with the foremost thought 

 and scientific experiments of to-day has driven the enter- 

 prising progressive workers of both sexes from the land 

 to the towns. 



Miss Woodhull, of Norton Park, Bredon's Norton, 

 near Tewkesbury, who has gone deeply into the agricul- 

 tural problem, more especially the great need for the 

 extension of intensive culture, has retained a fine old 

 Elizabethan manor house on her estate, which she has 

 renovated and filled with beautiful old furniture for the 

 club. 



Since the lighter branches of agriculture have taken 

 such a prominent place on the Hst of suitable occupations 

 for women, there has been a great demand for some place 

 where the subjects could be studied for short or long 

 periods. Though short courses are held no college as 

 yet has filled this want. 



Where a large number of students are together it is 

 necessary to have a certain number of rules which compel 

 them to lead the ordinary college life. In many cases 

 it is not convenient to do this, and so many a woman 



