252 JOURNAL OF THE PLYMOUTH INSTITUTION. 
THE EXPANSION OF THE ENGLISH RACE. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY SILVANUS TREVAIL. 
(Read 12th November, 1885.) 
Enatanp in the eighteenth century. The Empire. The old 
Colonial system. Effect of the New World upon the Old. 
Phases of expansion. Schism in Greater Britain. The Indian 
Empire. South African Empire. Australasian Empire. Internal 
and external dangers. Federation. Recapitulation, 
SCHOOL BOARD WORK IN PLYMOUTH. 
SYLLABUS OF PAPER BY H. PENROSE PRANCE, 
(Read 19th November, 1885.) 
Epucation gained by the Board itself. Phases of life. Causes 
of irregular school attendance. Gratuitous education, Is the fee 
a burden? Remission of fees in Plymouth. Opinions of leading 
men. Higher class elementary school. Truant school. A day 
industrial school for girls. Report on our Board Schools for 
1884. An “excellent” school. Cookery school, Drill. Singing. 
Needlework. English. New buildings. Some further necessary 
improvements, 
