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¡ Mountain Ash Education Committee. The Mountain Ash Education Com- mittee met at the Town Hall on Tues- day afternoon, Mr. William Lamburn in the chair. Other members present were: Mrs. T. W. Millar, Mrs. W. G. tViiliams, and Messrs. Wm. Davies Capt. G. A. Evans, J.P., T. W. Jones, J.P., David Rogers, Noah Bowles, Bruce Jones, James Evans, Evan Morris, George Hall, with the Director of Education (Mr. Alfred Morgan) and the Assistant (Mr. Roberts). Under Whose Name? The Director reported that there had been no replies to the advertisement for an uncertificated teacher for the R.C. Schools. Father Irvine wrote suggest- ing that the advertisement should be re-inserted under his name instead of the Director's, as he thought they would get some applicants in that way. The Father also suggested an alternative that a certificated teacher be advertised for. The Director said that the first course was followed in Aberdare and Cardiff. It was decided to re-advertise under Father Irvine's name. Increased Treasury Aid. A letter from the Mayor of West" Ham was considered asking that repre- sentatives be sent to a conference of Education Authorities with a view to pressing the Government for increased grants from the Exchequer for educa- tional purposes. The Director stated that the special grants for the year amounted to £ 5,186 Os. (kl. The average for the last seven years was £ 3,572 16s. 3d. That authority had lost £1.300 last year ow- ing to the amount at the disposal of the Treasury being less than' the sum ap- plied for. Capt. G. A. Evans said he thought they should send representatives, be- cause he thought the Mayor of West Ham was trying to save money for the ratepayers. Mr. Noah Bowles said it was refresh- ing to see Capt. Evans taking that line. (Laughter.) Mr. George Hall moved that they Iv send representatives. Capt Evans: As one who is opposed to picnics and conferences, I second that. It was questioned whether the L.G.B. would allow the expenses. The Director said there was no time to find out as the conference would be held on Wednesday. Several confer- ences had previously been held of this nature, and there had been no difficulty with regard to them. Mr. Bruce Jones facetiously remarked that the Director ought to have the edu- cational interest sufficiently at heart to pay his own expenses, if the auditor disallowed them. (Laughter.) It was decided to send the Chairman (Mr. Wm. Lamburn) and the Director. Capt. G. A. Evans said that he would like to join at his own expense, as he would be in London at the time, and it was decided that he should. Is the County to Pay? A list of names had been received by the Director from Mr. G. A. Evans, Clerk to the Governors of the County School, asking the authority to pay the County School Fees of Probationers, Pupil Teachers, Bursars, and Student Teachers. The Director said that the County were responsible, and they had paid in the past except in the case of Bursars and the Student Teachers. It was for them to decide whether they would pay the fees out of their Id. rate or let the County pay out of the Secondary rate. They could assist the County if they liked. If he was sure it would decrease administration expenses he would ad- vise them to pay, but he thought they would gain nothing. The matter was adjourned for a fort- night, the Director in the meantime to find out what was being done at Ponty- pridd and Aberdare. It was also resolved to ask Dr. James why he had referred Mr. Evans to them. Eloo Increase. The question of appointing as certi- ficated teachers those uncertificated teachers in the service of the Com- mittee who passed the Certificate Exam. in 1912, was next considered. The Director named three who had passed, and who now applied, namely: Miss Edith Williams, Miss Maggie Richards and Mr Edgar Bevan Thomas. The usual practice had been to grant the requests. Mr. G. A. Evans said that this was how the schools were becoming over- staffed without them knowing. The Director said that in this case they knew exactly where they stood. IV William Davies moved that the teachers should be put on the Certifi- cated Scale. Capt, G. A. Evans said they should make enquiries into each case. They were trustees of the public money. It would mean an increase of £100 per year if they granted these requests. The Director stated that in neither case would the increased staff be neces- sary. Capt. Evans said that it was about time thev went thoroughly into the question of Staffing. He moved that they appoint a small committee to go into the matter with the Director to deal with every school separately.

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This resolution was adopted, and Messrs. George Hall, Bruce Jones, D. Rogers, Capt. Evans, and Mrs. Millar were selected. Mr. Bruce Jones proposed that in the cases before them the teachers be told that there were at present no vacancies,. but that when vacancies did occur they should then apply. Mr. George Hall seconded, and it was carried. Low Attendances. The Director had been instructed to look into the question of the low attend- ances at some of the schools recently. Various excuses were given, such as illness, measles, wet feet, and colds, etc. This matter was also put under the consideration of the committee appoint- ed re staffing. Better Accommodation. Mr. Bruce Jones asked for a report as to whether better accommodation could be provided at the Abercynon Higher Standard School at a reasonable cost.—The Architect said he would re- port. N.U.T. Conference. The delegates who had attended this conference at Weston submitted a re- port. Mr. Bruce Jlws: I move we accept it. Director: With thanks? Mr. Jones: No. (Laughter.)

Cwmaman and Non-Unionists The Cwmaman workmen held a meet- ing on Thursday evening at the local hall, Mr P. Williams in the chair. It was resolred that the notices he post- poned till Saturday, April 5th, and that no meeting be called again until the committee were satisfied that the non- unionists had all joined. The chairman was appointed to re- present Cwmaman at the Cardiff con- ference.

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The Education of Girls. BY "ALPHA." The Value of a Domestic Training.— We are, at last, just beginning to real- ise what is, after all, the most import- ant branch of a girl's education. Dur- ing the school period of approximately nine years the girl of to-day acquires, to a greater or less degree, something of the subjects which form the curri- culum of the elementary school. With- in the past few years the last two years of her school period include a domestic training. Perhaps one of the greatest advances made in education in the right direction, is this step, which has been to introduce into our schools this excel- lent scheme of domestic training. In quite up-to-date areas where Education Committees fully realise all that this means—and we are pleased to find that. our own is, in this respect, numbered with the great—Housewifery Centres have been established. Cookery, Laun- dry, and the management of the home generally, are taught, to equip the girls of to-day—the mothers of the future- with a knowledge which will form the basis for the bettering of the social life of our country. The women are the root of the nation, and when the import- ance of woman is fully realised, when her training is efficient, there will be a marked improvement in the homes of the nation; conditions of life will be changed, and sunshine will gleam in homes where darkness and squalor pre- vailed. "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world," and this must be so till the end of time. So much then depends upon woman that her edu- cation calls for more and more atten- tion; it must not, nay, cannot be ne- glected. The Cap in Education. Having reached the age of fourteen, our girls may cease their attendance at school. Compulsory attendance is for them no longer. And they leave; some from choice, many from obligation. Their life is before them. Many parents are their children's greatest enemies, for instead of realising how much the future will depend on the child's educa- tion, they permit an intermittent at- tendance, with the result that a girl who is heart and soul in her work is severely handicapped. And this is one of the greatest modern evils that we have to contend with. What was good enough for us is good enough for our children is still the opinion of some of the unen- lightened. There is nowhere perhaps greater contentment and pleasure than amongst a set of girls whose parents take a keen interest in their welfare, and who arc fully alive to the need for allowing them to avail themselves of all the opportunities placed at their dis- posal. And now, what becomes of the girls who have, alas! finished their edu- cation:' The more enterprising seek diversion as apprentices in one of the many business houses open to them. The vest lead an irresponsible life at home. And, for a time, all goes well. But let a whole year elapse, and they suddenly awake to the fact that there is an unmistakeable something gone out of their lives, and they begin to feel their task irksome. To my mind, there is something of a tragedy in their wist- ful longings for the continuation of their school days. Then they were just be- ginning to grip things, but their grip was, to their sorrow, not as firm as it should be. What a difference another year at school would have made! How many of them have and do express the wish that their school-days might have been longer. They leave school and their education is abruptly cut off, and they live and learn that the better their education the better able are they to make their way in life. Just at this period, to my mind, is a serious gap. We live in a progressive age, and al- though we are progressing, there is still much to be done in the matter of the education of girls. And who knows to what heights unknown she may attain, when she is educated in the grand, true sense. I How far can her ancestry be j traced r" Well, her paternal grrand- father was traced as far &a Mexico, but he got away.-

A Trip to Weston. illi.shtor Iditor,- An' how are ye, sor? Faith, an' its moighty queer Oi fale whin Oi think of the thrip Oi had to the town of Weston the Saturday before Easter. Begorra, it was rough. Misilf an' Mike lift the Mount at four o'clock in the afternoon, an' arrived in the City of Cardiff. An' have ye ever been to Cardiff, sor? It's a foine place; but not so foine or swate as Cork. As Oi said before, we arrived in the City safe an' sound, an' the rain was coming down in torrents. We wint through Bridge Street an' got on a tram for the Docks. J st before we got to the Docks Oi noticed a big foine building vyid "Nixons" sthuck all over the windows, so we got off the tram an' knocked at the door: but we had no answer. "Mike," says Oi, "sthrange that there is no one in." "It is," says he. We kipt on hammering at the door whin a big foine polaceman came up to us an' asked what we wanted. "Oi want to see the timepaper," says Oi; "shure, an' its forgot Oi did to put a t that Oi had worked over-toime." "There is no one in," says he, "they have finished for the daye." Oi thank- ed him ,an' stharted for the Peir once more. We were going along mosht swately whin Oi heard a hooter go three toimes. "Mike," says Oi, "we musht run for it"; an', bodad, we did. It's a mosht splendid runner is Mike, sor, an' Oi think he can bate Llew Clarke to the check office in the morning. We got to Ir the Peir, an' there was a big foine boat, an' it was bigger than the boat Oi had in Killarnev. We wint up the gangway in the very nick of toime, whin the skipper sung out, "Is Mishter Kafferty on I)oa.i-d "Oi am," says Oi. "Well," says he, "let the boat pro- ceed." Oi was looking round, sor. whin Oi noticed the boat was tied wid big thick ropes to the peir. "Mike," says Ai, "an' are we going to take the peir wid us?" "Don't know," says he, I "wait an' see." Oi asked a gintleman about it, an' he ixplaned it all to mesilf an' Mike, an' Oi thanked him. We got outside what they call the harbour, an' Oi began to fale viry glad we had lift the peir behind. Shure, an' it was as much as the boat could do to go hersilf, man; it was rough. Oi wint round for a walk, an' Oi saw three or four look- ing over the side of the ship. "An' what are they looking for, Miker" says Oi. "it's looking at the colour of the water, says he; an' it was not long before he was looking over as well. Says Oi to misilf, "Everybody's doing it" an' Oi balave they were. Oi wint to the Captain, an' asked him to sthop an' put me out. "What?" says he; "ye want mi to sthop an' put ye out? A divil of a bit will Oi sthop until we git to Weston." "Captain," says Oi, "Oi'm sick." "Rafferty," says he, "it's sur- i prised at ye Oi ani." Oi wish thire was a bit of dry land about; shure, thin Oi would have got out an' walked. Oi wint to Mike, an' says Oi: "Go down to the inginroom an' tell Billy to sthop." Off he wint, but he came back. "It's al lup, Pat," says he, "Billy is not thire." It's a foine ingineman is Billy Coslettee, an' Oi wish he was at the lever on that grate daye. Mesilf an' Mike stharted to think of our past sins whin along comes the captain an' slaps misilf on the back. "Captain," says Oi, its sick Oi am." He only laughed, sor, an' asked how Bolger was. An' Oi had to promise Oi would take him wid mi the viry nixt toime Oi go. So look out for fun whin that grate daye r- rives. At !asht we got to Weston; ti,e rain was coming down in torrents, rn' the thunder an' lightning was a irate to watch. We got on the Peir an' walked until we got to the gates, -in' .-e had to pay two pence. Thire was a Hg foine crowd wateing for the boat, -ny the Cardiff bhoys were happy. Aiv we down-hea rted?" they shouted. "No," says Oi; an' Mike, too. Of course, sor, we wire not on tho slnp now. \Ve got on the-oh, begem, an' here is a big word, an' Oi hope ye won t laugh if Oi make a mishtake—P-r-o- m-e-n-a-d-e; an' is that roight, As Oi said before, we got on that word, an' Oi was looking around whin Oi noticed a house wid the word Life- boat on it. Oh, begorra, an' Oi wish Oi knew it was there., Oi should have sent for it. Niver moind, we wire al- roight now. "An' says Oi, "it's a good job we don't go to Brum by boat on Tuesday, Mike." "It is," says he. An' have ye ever bane to Brum, sor? It's a foine place, wid foine people, an' there is a very foine cup which Oi am going to thry an' bring from thire one of these foine days. We did injoy our- silves a trate at Weston, sor, but Oi think Oi shall have mi viry old friend Mishter Dan Bailey to' pull the boat along next toime, an' Oi hope she won't foul the points. Look here, sor, Oi am towld that there are a lot of people who want to know who Pat Rafferty is. An' do ye ixpict misilf to go about wid a placard an' say Oi am Patrick? Shure, an' its asking too much ye are. Oi am here, there, an' everywhere. Faith, an' what does it matter who or what Oi am? Oi will tell ye one little secret: Oi came over from the Old Counthry some years ago, from close by Killar- ney; an' Oi worked in a brewery in Cork until Oi had enough money to pay mi 'fare over. An' Oi have looked all over the Saint George's Channel for the finger post Oi was towld Oi would see wid the words "To Nixons Yard" on thim; but a divil of a one did Oi see at all, at all. An' here is another secret: Oi hear that there is to be a tea foight at Newtown on April the twenty-first, an' Oi shall be there, so there is your chance. Mi hhoys, catch mi if ye can; but Oi promise ye one thing, ye will see no placard or the map of Iireland in mi face, an' Oi hope that if ye do catch mi that ye will let misilf off light, an' Oi hope it will be a grate success. Oi am, sor, Your obadiant servant, l PATRICK RAFFERTY.

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Willis: "So your riding-school wasn't a success?" Gilli6: "No; none of the pupils could stay on a horse long enough to have their photographs taken for the advertisements of the school." First Tramp: 'Alio, Bill!" Second Tramp: 'Alio!" First Tramp: What yer looking so glum about? Bin search- ing round for work?" Second Tramp (viciously): H y; ah' I found it!"

Letters to the Editor. CWMAMAN HALL AND INSTITUTE. Sir,I can well see the uselessness of this discussion, as Mr Hanks requires proof of pickings from the above. Well, if he cannot see it in the last balance sheet I can only say that his glasses do not fit my eyesight. He says that all additions have been sanctioned by the members at a fully-advertised meeting. Well, what is the good of advertising if the members cannot attend ? I am not in error when I mention "ladies' room." There is a ladies' room, or tliev call it by the wrong name. What is the room on the left going down between both halls then As far as logic is concerned, my friend, make what use you think fit as far as the doctor and sick fund are concerned. But, firstly, as the vice- chairman of the Institute, see that jus- tice and fair-play are dealt to the poor who travel by train to the Cwm to work. Yours, CLEAN SHEET.

CWMAMAN SICK FUND. Sir.—Allow me to congratulate your correspondent as an exponent of the art of illusionist. He took the pen in hand to show me the cliqueism, and I have never seen it; neither could I trace it. The quickness of the hand deceives the eye. The remarkable liberty taken by him is amusing, the variation of his assertions, his inexperience and his ex- treme prejudice concerning certain people combine together to give to our fund a very low value as a society. It is impossible for me or anyone else to support him or give him a helping hand to change the entire staff unless he givec us something more definite, more sub- stantial than what he has given us through the press. It has reduced my resx>ect for him owing to his bad judg- ment on the question and on people con- cerned. Mud-slinging is a common thing, and does not develop the finer mould of one's personality. It only shows a lack of mental and emotional balance. I defended our fund, which, in my opinion, is unfairly and wrongly at- tacked, and he has the audacity to ask me to come out of the ring, and suggests very strongly that I was one of the clique. So I hope if he is so little pre- judiced against the staff of our sick fund as I am of being concerned in the clique. lie will follow my example and allow his name to be published after his next haseless chapter, so that the read- ers may see in what shell he dwells.— Yours, EDWIN MORSE. 14, Spencer Street, Cwmaman.

SUNDAY OPENING. Sir,—Much has been said about the seven days' licence locally, and as it is election time it is an opportune time to let the would-be councillors know that they are not able to get on the Council I without the aid of the voting cattle." From the report of the Council meeting in the Leader n of the 15th inst., it would seem that the councillors present I on that occasion only represented them- selves. They voted on the question as they personally felt. Do they represent, I in their vote the largest section of their voters r It would seem that only these gentlemen are interested in the moral welfare of the community. While we are ready to admit their intentions are good, are we bound to accept their own per- sonal code of ethical teaching as the one and only means to lead a good life? It is surely good policy to choose the lesser of two evils. Time and again the com- plaint has arisen about the congested state of certain of our streets, and vet, what are our councillors doing ? Pro- viding, by their negation, a means of keeping the young people on the streets. By their action in closing our local places of entertainment on Sunday even- ings they either keep the young people on the streets, or what is infinitely worse help to popularise the dark lanes and hedgerows of the surrounding district, and I sincerely ask our local councillors which is the lesser evil, cinema enter- tainment or the alternative ? It may be of interest to our councillors to know that a seven days' licence was granted at Middlesbrough a few weeks ago on the recommendation of the police super- intendent in order that the con- gested streets might be relieved on Sunday evenings. Counter-attractions have been advocated as needful on week- days. Surely a counter-attraction tc help to avert the tragedies of the police- court is of quite as much importance on Sunday. Every father and mother would rather see their child at a Sunday night entertainment than to be taking part in the worst form of moral de- gradation. Our local councillors should remember that the houses that the poor inhabit are largely responsible for our congested streets. Mr Tom Lewis re- ferred to the churches and chapels. But these places are not open except on stated scheduled occasions. With the exceptions of Sundays and a few even- ings they are kept as grim spectres of silence and mystery. Is it any wonder that the majority of the people flee from them r The argument with regard to Sunday labour will not bear investiga- tion, for the minute we begin to sift it we find that the religions sections cause almost as much Sunday labour as the theatrical world. Anyone who doubts this has only to visit our railway centres on a Sunday morning. If the councillors who look at the question from a Trades Union point of view want to help the theatrical super in any way, let them insist that a condition attached to the granting of these licences be that the supers who have to work on Sundays should be paid extra, which will add to their meagre wages. Again, the facts that were put before the Council by Mr Tom Bowen should have some consideration. By organising these charity concerts we should be adding to somebody's comfort. There are people in Aberdare who are grateful for help given in distress by means of these, and to make people happy is surely of greater importance than to quibble over the question. For after all not one of these councillors can positive- ly say when their Sunday is Sunday. except that it has been written down on our calendars. It is a reasonable request that our local councillors should in future vote in the direction that the majority of their voters wish, and not for the minority because their opinions happen to coincide with theirs. May I say that if our councillors that nega- tived the seven days' proposal were to keep a stricter eye upon Llyn Fawr and our water supply, our defective sewerage system of several years' standing, the assessment of buildings, works, etc., they would be doing better service to the community than by interfering with what is, after all, a personal affair far every individual.—Yours, etc., BEN EVANS. Aberaman.

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