xxxvi 
Monthly Council, February b, 1890. 
Education. 
Mr. Dext reported his election as 
Chairman. The Committee had con- 
sidered communications from the 
Charity Commissioners, enclosing 
copies of draft schemes for the 
administration of two foundation 
schools, situated respectively at 
Woodbridge, in Suffolk, and West 
Lavington, in Wiltshire. The Com- 
missioners inquired whether the 
Council would undertake the duty 
of appointing a Governor upon each 
foundation as provided for in the 
draft schemes, and they also invited 
any suggestions which the Council 
might think proper to offer on the 
clauses relating to agricultural edu- 
cation. With regard to the Wood- 
bridge foundation it had been re- 
solved, on the motion of Mr. Eansome, 
that Mr. Alfred J. Smith, of Rendle- 
sham, Woodbridge, be recommended 
to the Council as the Society's repre- 
sentative Governor, to act so soon as 
the scheme should come into ope- 
ration. The West Lavington scheme 
provided for the establishment of an 
agricultural school upon the lines of 
the Aspatria Agricultural College, and 
the Committee had accordingly given 
careful consideration to its provisions. 
They had made several suggestions 
for the improvement of the scheme, 
and had embodied them in a letter to 
be forwarded to the Commissioners. 
The Committee recommended that 
Lord Moreton be nominated to act as 
the Society's representative Governor 
upon this f oundat ion when established. 
The Committee had considered the 
suggestions relating to agricultural 
education which were made at the 
General Meeting last December, and 
presented the following recommend- 
ations as to the answers to be adopted. 
Mr W. R. Robertson : That mere 
fhould be done by the Society for the 
adraneement of agricultural education. 
This proposal is constantly receiv- 
ing the attention of the Education 
Committee ; but the Committee are 
not prepared at present to recommend 
any new departure. They will, how- 
ever, consider carefully any definite 
suggestions on the subject thai may 
be laid before them. 
Mr. C. F. Hope : That the Society 
eh >uld institute or encourage a system 
of Travelling Lecturers for the in- 
struction of fa rmers. 
The Committee recommend that 
they be authorised to confer with 
any county or district associations 
desirous of establishing such lecture- 
ships, and to assist them by advice or 
otherwise. 
Mr. W. Lipscombe : That the 
Society should prepare and issue 
diagrams of animals and things con- 
nected with agriculture, for use as 
object lessons for elementary scholars 
in rural districts. 
The further consideration of this 
suggestion, together with a reference 
as to magic-lantern slides from the 
Seeds and Plants Committee, was 
deferred. 
Mr. Dext. referring to the sug- 
gestions relating to agricultural edu- 
cation which had been made by 
members of the Society, remarked 
that with respect to Mr. Robertson's 
suggestion, the Committee did not 
wish to throw cold water on any 
attempts to improve agricultural 
education. They considered the two 
schemes for the foundation of schools 
at West Lavington and Woodbridge. 
now under consideration by the 
Charity Commissioners, as steps in 
this direction which they would watch 
with very great interest ; but at that 
moment they were not read}- to re- 
commend anything further to be done 
by the Society, as a society, in the 
way of encouraging agricultural edu- 
cation. At the same time, if friends 
of agricultural education would sub- 
mit any definite views and schemes, 
and not simply say that more ought 
to be done by the Society for agri- 
cultural education, they would be 
ready to examine and look into such 
proposals, and give them their very 
best attention. 
Mr. Hope had written several letters 
for the purpose of bringing forward 
the question of travelling lecturers. 
Mr. Hope had been working in York- 
shire, and it was stated that his 
lectures had been well received and 
fairly well attended. Again, in this 
case, the Education Committee did 
not think that it was for the Society 
to organise or establish agricultural 
lectures. But they did think thai 
something might be done by the 
Council and the Education Committed 
