81 



THE 607th OKDINARY MEETING, 



HELD IN COMJMITTEE ROOM B, THE CENTRAL HALL, 

 WESTMINSTER, ON MONDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1919, 



AT 4.30 P.M. 



Professor H. Langhorne Orchard, M.A., B.Sc, 

 IN THE Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read, confirmed and signed. 



The Secretary announced the election of i\Irs. J. Cain, of Dumma- 

 gudem, S. India, as an Associate. 



THE TEACHERS VOCATION, By M. J. Kendall, 

 Esq., M.A., Head Master of Winchester College. 



EDUCATION has not escaped the chaos and welter which are 

 besetting the rest of the civilised world : everv detail of 

 study and administration is in the grip of controversial 

 forces ; there is no sure haven even for that hnguistic discipHne 

 which has for centuries all but held a monopoly in our PubUc 

 Schools ; nay, so potent are the forces of disruption that a 

 learned member of your own Society concurs with the rationalist 

 views of Dr. Mercier and wishes to abandon Greek and Latin 

 as general subjects of study. 



There are, in fact, few forces of reaction ; but there is a fierce 

 contest between the two types of reform, that which is based 

 on orderly progress and that which cries for revolution. And 

 yet, just as to-day in Berhn, while the streets seethe with tumult 

 and murder, the same sun shines upon all the combatants, the 

 same quiet stars look down upon their nightly scuffles, so, be 

 the contention of the Schools never so fierce, the subjects never 

 so modern, the eternal principles, which are above all con- 

 troversy and defy all change, stand like beacon lights to those 

 who are fighting for Education. The sun and the stajs are 

 not quenched. 



G 2 



