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The great object to be kept in view in a large school, should be to train 
teachers who will subsequently establish classes in various parts of the town ; 
and it is highly desirable that the institution should be in close proximity 
to a museum and library, so that the students may there find illustra- 
tive specimens of the various objects upon which lectures are delivered in 
the school, and works of reference to be consulted as the occasion requires. 
Under all circumstances, we believe that the State adapts its mode of 
extending aid to the wants, and as much as possible to the desires, of the 
district in which the effort is being made, and it is always glad to send a 
delegate from London to aid the projectors with advice and information. 
Up to the present time classes have been established, chiefly in small 
towns ; whilst they exist in such places as Dedham, Slaithwaite, Slough, 
and Accrington, and there are schools in towns like Banbury and Wigan, 
we do not even find classes in such places as Leeds and Hull, where the 
means of imparting instruction would be so easity procurable, and in 
Manchester and Birmingham the commencement has only just been made 
by enterprising individual teachers ; but there are as yet no recognized 
public schools." 
We would finally draw public attention to the fact that this movement 
is especially deserving of the encouragement of the middle classes ; for 
whilst its ostensible and, to a great extent, its real object is to elevate the 
intellectual condition of the masses, it is opening out to the poorer but 
more intelligent members of the middle classes such a field as has never 
yet been presented for honourable, intellectual, and at the same time remu- 
nerative employment.f 
Many a poor, hard-working professional man, or clerk, will have an 
opportunity of adding to his limited income by establishing a Science Class, 
and that too without interfering with his ordinary avocations ; and, by the 
same means, many a respectable and intelligent girl may be saved from 
misery and starvation ! 
We hope the good work will prosper, and shall be happy at all times to 
lend it our hearty co-operation. 
* A communication received from Wm. Fairbairn, Esq., of Manchester, 
leads us to expect that a school will shortly be established there ; and when 
we mention that the President of the British Association is likely to be 
the prime mover, it is needless to add that, if undertaken, the enterprise 
will be sure of success. 
t To show that this statement is founded on fact, we may mention, that 
Avhen an assistant secretary was required for the Liverpool School of Science, 
whose duties necessitated his attendance two evenings weekly, the salary 
offered being £20, there were about 400 applicants for the post. Many were 
schoolmasters, teachers, and gentlemen established in some honourable pro- 
fession, who were desirous of increasing their incomes. 
If those persons had been proficient in any one branch of science, they 
might have earned four or five times the amount offered, by successful 
tuition, 
