Wrexham Guardian

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BANQUET AND PRESENTATION TO PROFESSOR RHYS, AT RHYL. On Saturday, the presentation of aa elegant service of silver, costing about £90, and purchased from the establishment of Messrs Elkingtcn and Co., Liverpool, to Professor Rbys, late her Majesty's Inspector of Schools in Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Merionethshire, took place at a banquet, given in his honour, at the Belvoir and Pier Hotel, Phyl. On it being made known to the elementary teachers of the district that Mr Rhvs had resigned his appointment, to accept the distinguished honour conferred upon him by the University of Oxford, in electing him to the professional chair of the Celtic language in connection with that institution, they at once agreed to present him with a tangible proof of the respect they entertained for him not only as a private gentleman, but especially as an acknowledgement of his fair, kind, and courteous conduct as the representative of the Education Department. The feeling took a definite form at a meeting held in Denbigh, under the chair- manship of Mr Fyfe, of Wrexham, when Mr Woodcock, of Connah's Quay, was appointed treasurer, and Mr Parry, hon. sec. That the funds placed at the disposal of the committee were well laid out was admitted bv all, for the articles were greatly admired. They "were placed in a box of polished oak, bearing a silver plate, on which was an inscription, stating the reasons for the presentation. • At the dinner, on Saturday, Mr Woodcock presided, the vice-chair being taken by Mr Jones, assistant inspector of the district; the company including Mr and Mrs Hhys, the Rev J. LI. Nicholas, curate of Rhyl; Rev Father Baron, Holywell Mr Morgan Owen, her Majesty's Inspector of Schools, successor to Mr Rhys; Messrs T. Roose, Rhyl; T. Winston, Peter Browne, C.C., HhyJ, and E. Lewis Mostyn, school managers; Messrs Griffith, Capel Garmon; J. Lloyd, Ruthin; M. A. Davies, B.S., Cefn; G. Whitehouse, Brymbo; E. B. Astley, Pentre; Davies, Trefnant; B. Owen, Rowlands, Roberts, BIychau; J. Houghton, Wrexham; Jarman, Buckley, Lewis, Rhyl; Jones, Llangerniew; Jones, Penygelii; W. Baker, Rhos; J. Clarke, Llangollen; H. D. Jones, Penygelli; Barnwell, Llangerniew; A. Fyfe, Wrexham Morris, Towyn; Jones, Bodelwydan Davies, Rhyl; Roberts, Mostyn Nichols, Holywell; W. J. Hughes, M.A., Rhyl; William Clapbam Thomas, Ciicon; Jones. Lianfautalhaiarn; Crocket, Gilford Kvanp, Gwernnfiie-id; Jones, Cacrwvs Jones, Nanfglvn Giifliihs, St. George; Parry, Carmrl. Hoiy- well; W..f Glle., Pencil.og; ;Jouts, Lian«raioa; Go-1 menydd E. Lloyd Williams, Rhyl; Miss Jones, Rhudd- Ian; Miss Rees and Miss Westington, Denbigh; Miss Ravrson, Miss Harvey, Minera; Mrs Roberts, Mostyn Mrs Parry, Carmel; Mrs Thomas, Cilcen and others. An excellent luncheon had been provided by Miss Roberts, the manageress of the hotel; but the room in which it was served was much too small to accommodate the whole company, and a number of the friends had to dine in an adjoining room. This was no fault of the caterer, but owing to a number of teachers omitting to signify their intention of being present. Grace before luncheon was said by the Rev. Mr Nicholas, and after it by the Rev. Father Baron. After dinner, the Chairman gave the usual loyal toasts remarking upon the interest the Prince of Wales took in education. Mr E. Lewis, a manager of Mostyn British School, said ho had been called upon to speak in the presence of an illustrious company—he would say illustrious although he noti;^d the chairman's smile and shake of the head (laughter), but the wealth and position of the country must stand aloof in the presence of education, in which they were engaged. Some two years ago he visited the United States and found education the chief topic of interest; they obtained the cream of the country to impart education, and the States competed with each other on this question. He had just been asked to give the toast of The Bishop and clergy of all denomina- tions," nd he wished his doing so might make them better friends (laughter, and Oh, oh.") He should then be doing a good service to the country. There was great talk about the necessity for religious educa- tion ia the school, and there was not one person present or throughout the land who did not wish the children religiously brought up, but what spoiled religion, like other things, was the particular dogmas certain persons wanted to push forward (Question). If it was possible to strike out the dogmas, then the children might get religious training (laughter and *• Oh, oh.") It's the particular denominational views that are wanted to be put down our throats (hisses, and cries ef "Question"). If they could possibly meet together and bring forward a sort of religious training which would net disturb the particular views of every denomination (A voice Milk and water, sir, and laughter), be was sure it would do the children of th-i rising generation an immense amount of good (" Oh, oh," and laughter). He proposed the toast. The Rev Father Baron (Roman Catholic) said he should not attempt to follow the mover of the toast in reference to the religious question (applause) but he was happy to say that there was an entirely neutral ground upon which they all might stand (applause), and there- fore he was most happy on his own part and the part of his religious brethren to thank them most cordially for the way they had received the toast. He took that opportunity of repudiating an observation that had been made with respect to their meeting that day, which was to the effect, that the act they were now performing was not so much an act of honour to and admiration of a gentleman who departing as an act of worship to the sun (,. Ne, no," and applause). They would reject that observation with the utmost indignation, aud he could not conceive how such a notion could have entered the head of any person (applause). They had really and truly met to honour Mr Rhys (applause). He then returned thanks for the toast. Tho Kov Mr Nicholas said the schoolmasters had a good opportunity of judging the worth of the clergy, and it would be a bad day for the country when these two classes did not respect each other, for the welfare of the kingdom depends upon unity and love existing between the clergy and schoolmasters (hear, hear). With regard to one expression of the proposer of the toast—that they as a. class should be more united, there was nothing in which he more heartily concurred. It depended upon the schoolmasters to dispel the ignorance that exited by educating the children, and then they might hope the time would come when they should be gathered into one fold under one Shepherd. But this unity could not exist so long as ignorance and prejudice prevailed, and this ignorance and prejudice were fostered and upheld by some scurrilous prints cf the Welsh press, and it wculd be a brighter and happier day for Wales when they perished. It was uncharitable and unfair for these people to attack a class just because one of that class happened not to come up to the proper standard, for no class of men should be judged by one individual's con- duct (applause). He was glad to respond to the toast, and ha knew the Bishop took the greatest interest in the schoolmasters of his diocese, and he should be gild if ihe Bishop would not draw the line quite s) tight as he did, so that they (the clergy) would be able to wel- come many of the masters into the Church, as clergy (applause). Song, Maid of Athens," Mr Jones (Gomerydd). Mr Jones (vice-chairman) gave "The army, nary, and reserve forces," to which Mr Lloyd, sergeant of the Ruthin Volunteers, most humorously responded. Song, Keep your powder dry," Mr Astley. The Chairman gave the toast of the evening The health cf Mr Rbys." They were met with double feelings—feelings of regret at losmg one who had been received, ha believed, as a welcome visitor and kind friend by most of the teachers; and on the other hand, feelings of pleasure that he was going into scenes most congenial to him, and where he would have the leisure to promulgate those studies be so much loved (applause). During his residence in that distnct, as her Majesty's inspector, he had had schools under his charge contain- ing some 17.000 scholars, earning grants amounting to £15,000. Now in holding the balance between the teachers on the one side and the Government on the other, he had a very difficult duty to discharge, particularly as they knew very well that there always I were and always would be teachers given te procrastina- tion, who put off their work until the time came that a scramble must be made for the examination. He-had heard Church School teachers say that Mr Rhys favoured the teachers of British Schools (" No "). They could not object to that; he had heard them say it. Thon the Board School teachers said that he favoured the Church teachers. This being the case they might take it as pretty good evidence that he had 'favoured none— (applausa)-but that his favours and censures had been distributed where most deserved (applause). In an inspector what they wanted was, sympathy wuh the teachers, kindness to the children whom he examined. and great, consideration in trying to draw from tbem the knowledge that the teachers had been trying-to impart to them (applause\ All those qualities they had found in Mr Rhys (applause). The Committee of Council issued a Code that Code the inspector was instructed to work by, but the inspectors had all sorts of notions about the working of it. Sometimes they seemed to contrive to work quite opposite to it.— (hear, hear)-but they had never found that the case with Mr Rhys (applause). The syllabus was laid down by the Education Department, and they laboured, feeling quite satisfied that they should have full justice done to them-(hear, hear)— which Mr Rhvs had always done. They all felt that they were losing a personal friend (much applause). tIe now called upon them to drink long life and happine.s to their kind friends, Mr and Mrs Rhys (much applaud, the tonst being drunk with musical honours). THE PRESENTATION. was made, according to arrangement, by Mr Fyfe, the oldest teacher in the district. Mr Fyfe, after some introductory remarks, said the duty which, through their indulgence, devolved on him, was a most pleasing one, and in thorough accord with his views. They had deputed him to present that gift to their late inspector as a small testimony of tho esteem in which they held him as a distinguished scholar, a gentleman, and, above all, as their late inspector (ap- plausa). Testimonials were often got up on mere political, sectarian, or party grounds, but the present cno had no reference to anything of the kind, but was I imply a mark of the esteem in which they, as elementary teachers, Leld Mr Bhys—their late inspector. Mr Rhys had acted in that capacity for six years, during which time elementary education had been making steady pro- gress, and they, as teachers, through the peace and quiet- ness they had enjoyed, had been able to achieve an amount of success which, under other circumstances, they could not have done (applause). Having dilated upon the great power elemetary education would prove in raising the working classes, he remarked that it needed no laboured argument from him to prove that Mr Rhys was a scholar. The very fact that he had been chosen as the fittest and most eligible to fill the professional chans of the languages in one of the oldest and most celebrated Universities in Europe, was positive proof of his high attainments both in ancient and modern languages (applause). They who studied any branch of science, or successfully cultivated any section of literature or language, deserved well of their own future generations. But they specially recognised Mr Rhys' abilities as an inspector. That he had, in the discharge of his duties, pleased everybody was not to be expected. No man filling a public office of that kind ever did so, and if he did it did not redound to his credit. There might be some teachers or school managers about whom Mr Rhys might not have reported very favourably, and, of course, with such he would not be very popular—(laughter)— but with the great majority of teachers and managers be had been very popular—(applause)—which was proved by the subscription list. It greatly redounded to the credit of Mr Rhys that, although he rose from the ranks of the teachers, he did not become inflated with an undue notion of his official importance. He never, so far as he had known him. assumed official airs for the purpose of awing them into submission and obedience (applause). His visits to the speaker, whether occasional or for the purposes of inspecting the school, were always frank and free (applause). They met as friends and co- operated as such, and the consequence to him was that he worked with a bouyance and hopefulness of spirit which, under other circumstances, would have been im- possible (applause). For 25 years he had been in the habit of receiving the visits of the inspectors, and had, as a rule, been on good terms with them, but never received greater fairness, courtesy, and kindness than from Mr Rhys (applause). After s'ome remarks about the teachers themselves, he concluded by asking Mr Rhys' acceptance of the gift as a memento of the relation which uniformly subsisted between himself and them in co-operating together in carrying into effect the Code of National Koucj)T:or in the counties of Denbigh arid Flint. They wished him all honour and success ia his new end exalted s; "r public usefulness (applause). He then made the presentation of the box containing the silver scrrice amidst considerable applause. The Chairman then called upon Garmonydd," Mr Jones, N.S., Llanarmon, who recited the following stanzas he had composed :— Gwladwr hoff, hyglod yw Rhys-gwr hoyw bert, o grebwyll di-gymysg; Ei enw mawr saif yn mysg Gwir lywyddion gloyw addysg. I w Omeraeg y mae Bhys—draw uwch-ben, Mal drych, byw o enfys "Ni faedd angiu," fe dderigys, Wthio i' w chol farwol fys." Holl Ewrob a all arwain-i diyfnaf Ddefnydd Groeg a Ehufain Ei glod o—y Cymro cain Red uwcha o Rydychain. GARMONYDD. Mr Rhys said he could not find words to express how deeply moved and touched he was by that demonstra- tion of kind feeling towards him, both as expressed by Mr Woodcock, Mr Fvfe, and them all, and for that very substantial present which lay before him. The more be thought on this subject the more he was overwhelmed bv it, as there was no ground on which he could have expected anything of the kind, seeing that he was fully paid for the work he did, but as they forced him to speak or himself he would say a word or two as to the spirit in which he tried to deal with everybody (hear, hear). An inspector had to stand between two parties —the Education Department on the one hand, and the schools that were to be examined on the other. The j idea had got into some people's beads that the Educa- tion Department existed for nothing else than the giving of the Government grant, but in such an assembly he need not trouble to refute that fallacy. By them the duty of the inspector was laid down within certain limits, but that code, like similar pieces of legislation admitted of being construed differently by different '■ persons, and he should not blame a master if he found that he construed it a little bit too much in his own favour (laughter). There were inspectors who con- strued the code, no doubt, arbitarily against the schools; but that was entirely their own fancy, and he could safely say that the Education Department neither wished or approved of it (applause). On superficial observation it might appear that there is no vagueness as to how the inspector is to proceed, but on looking into it that is not so, because the code does not dictate as to the questions, or how they are to be put—(hear, hear)-aud he had no hesitation in saying that a little ingenuity on his part would have enabled him to pluck half the children he examined, whilst he would have been able to defy any- body to say that he was going beyond the lines of the code. A great deal was left to the fairness of the in- spector (applause), and what he should expect from the schools. That they believed he had hit that happy mean was proved by their kind proceedings that dllÿ (applause). In his dealings with them he had a verv good, faithful, trusted, and able assistant in Mr Jones (much applause), whom he was sure they would be glsd to hear was not going to leave them (renewed applause), It seemed he had pleased the teachers, but whether he equally pleased the Education Department he couid not say (laughter): but this much he might say, and that was that they never found fault with him; and indeed f' he knew very little more about the Education Depart- ment than they did (laughter). He Only once had the .honour of appeariug before the secretary, ut he had heard it said that the less they saw of an inspector at the office the more they thought of him (laughter). This would not be a very opportune occasion to make any lengthened observations upon education, especially when such persons as Mr Gladstone had recently spoken upon the subject, but he would refer briefly to a few things respecting managers and teachers. They, in Wales, had had the notion that they as a race were fond of education, but others might have told that they were labouring under a delusion. This supposed trait in their character had not, however, escaped the keen eve of Mr Gladstone. With reference to the school managers, he had found amongst them a real devotedness to the cause of education that was very gratifying. Ho mentioned Mr Hoose, Rhyl. Mr Lewis, and others, as specimens of managers who showed a real willingness to help on the cause of education and this was not confined to places of large population, but the small farmers in the country district manifested that spirit in a very maiked manner. Indeed, on inspection days, the farmers of the country districts came to the schools in large numbers, for there seemed to be no line drawn as to who were school managers, and he never suggested to them that they were in the way, but welcomed them and talked a good deal of Welsh to them (laugh- ter). At the same time it was a study to him to watch the intense interest that they seemed to fake in the dry details of the inspection, and their, faith in the work of education seemed deep rooted and firm. These people would scorn the common fallacy of some parents who say "we have done without education, why should not our children" (applause). The teachers would excuse his talking about the managers thus much. On looking through the room he did not see a single teacher of whom he had not been able to say a good word some- sometime or other, and be had always thoroughly sym- pathised with them as he knew them to labour hatd morning and evening and year after year and did not think their work could be adequately judged by one day's performance (applause). He never had any difficulty in finding out whether the teacher had doue his work honestly, for having been a village schoolmaster himself he never found any difficulty on that head (ap- plause). Sometimes, however, he had found it a diffi- culty as to what to do when he discovered that a master had frittered away his time. His practice generally was that the first time he was found out the report was drawn up in such way as to suggest rather than name his short coming", (hear, hear), j but not in sach a way as to set the managers against him, and if he repeated it he took upon himself to give him a private lecture on the conse- quences of his neglect. That was not in the code. he thought (much laughter and applause). If the next examination did not produce a better state of things, or in case he was incorrigable, idle or incapable, he laid his character very plainly.before the managers and recom- mended a redaction in the grant (hear. hear). He was glad to say, however, that these instances had been remarkably few. In reference to the position of the teachers he might be supposed to know a little, having been connected with elementary teachers since 1854, either as pupil teacher, village schoolmaster, inspector, or in the meantime when at the universary, as having friends amongst them. and their position had with one single fluctuation been steadily rising. One test of this was the rate at which they are now paid. Ho had not the slightest doubt that all the teachers were more j adequately remanerated than they were 20 years ago. This was an important point rot only to them and their families but to the children under their charge (ap- plause), for he did not think anything could be Worse for the children themselves than to find themselves under the charge of men who could not help habitually looking like paupers (load applause). At present there were only two or three cases in the district where the the remuneration was of the .kind to lead to the state of things he had just suggested. At this time thoy had recognised the use of legitimate institutions and associa- tions. and he hoped they might soon, as a class, become even more powerful than brewers and publicans (laugh- ter and hear, hear). There was one way in which the young teachers might, be able to add to tho position of their class. That was by improving themselves; they should not waste their leisure time; if possible, they should make a point of graduating at one of the univer- sities (ppplause). The body of inspectors was not a large one, and that was not a very large field for the school- masters to look to for entering, but for that there could not be a more eligible class than schoolmasters who had distinguished themselves at the university (applause), Thev Fhoa!ti cherish seme hope of tre kind he ha-1 named and it wouJd ■in them good, for a tiniversi'v examination was a fair test of what a man could He had heard people say that they shenld like to see an inspector examined. Most iaap-ctors lad tin- j qualified, and taey had to undergo a proee.;s r.ti. u' o r in every three years, that was, when called upon, to write a general report, which tested whether he could do it as a learned man or not. The puMic press of the c.I'iri'rv reviewed their work and often sabiected it to searching criticism, so that that sort of exgcainatioa of the inspec- tor was not to be made light of (laughter and bear, hear). In returning from that work and leaving that district to his able and distinguished safcessor, he felt happy in the thought that he was leaving a district in which the school teachers were honest and hard-working, the school managers earnest and agreeable, and the schools—some of t hem—doing as well as could be expected, and for his successor the best and most hearty wish be had was that he might enjoy the same happiness that he bad, and gain the friendship of the teachers as he ap- peared to have done (much applause). He conclnded by returning thanks for the gifts, and assured them that Mrs Rhys felt much touched and moved by their high appreciation of them bo.h (applause). Mr Roose. school manager, of Rhyl, proposed The Education Department," remarking that he always thought this was one of the hardest worked Departments of the government. It was also considered by many j teachers and managers of schools the most unrelenting and was regardsd by many with fear and trembling, The thought of it had often disturbed his rest. As far as his knowledge of the Department went, he only knew of one insar;ce in which it bad altered or modified any of its enacments, and that was in reference to a few chu-es in the needlework scheme (laughter) He trusted, however, that the Departnunt would arrange matters in such a way that it. would enjoy the esteem and respect of those who worked under it. He coupled with the toast the name of Mr Morgan Owen, the newly appointed inspector for the district (applause). Mr Morgan Osren, in responding, said he was parti-! cularly plea-ed at meeting them for the first time upon so festive and honourable an occasion as the present one. He was sure they were all as glad as he was to be there, simply because they met to do honour to a gentle- man whom every Welshman and every Welshwoman must delight to honour (applause). That gentleman was their esteemed friend and his, Professor Rhys (ap- plause). By his distinguished career as a scholar he hal not only obtained great personal honour, but had added to the prestigA of the Welsh people (applause). As regarded the Educational Department, he believed the:e never was a time in the h story of this or any other country when the important subject of euueation had received such attention as in the present dav. Lord Sandon's Act, he thought, spoke for itself, and did not require any clmmendatioll froll him or any other man (applause). It was a capital Act, and he hoped they would hear of no more changes, for it was impossible for masters and mistresses to do their duty if they were fettered by frequent changes (applause). They were all a.vare that the elementary education of that country was of a three-fold character, first the standard, then the class, and lastly the specific. He hoped and trusted that every school teacher present would endeavour to perfect their schools in these three stages. In their keeping was the substructure of the education of this countrv, and they knew very well that the building, however elabor- ately designed and gorgeously ornamented, was no use unless the foundation WiS sure (applause). So their work, though it was elementary teaching, unless it was sound they would find that the higher education would be of little value (bear, hear). He exhorted them to self culture, and hoped they would not only do their duty to the children but to themselves, and endeavour to rai-e themselves as much as possible. As he was com- pelled to leave to catch his trnin, he would conclude be expressing his great gratification at meeting them that day (applause). Song by Mr Clarke. Mr Rhys proposed The Chairman," and, in doing referred to the great amount cf work he must have undergone in getting up the testimonial. The Chairman, in responding, remarked that the work had been a real labour of love, and they had worked from a feeling that they were shewing respect to a true friend whom they were loosing. He could only express a hope that his successor would be as good, or nearly as good a man. Mr Clarke, Llangollen, gave the health of Mr Jones, tho assistant inspector, whom they had always been glad to welcome as a friend amongst them. It must be a source of great satisfaction to them that he was to remain at bis post. The toast was cordially honoured. Mr Jones, in responding, said that during the ¡1Ft six years he and Mr Rhys had worked together most har- moniously, and without one single cross word (applause). Their system had been to follow out the regulations as near as possible, and not to strain them against the teacher. The principal upon which tho examinations were conducted was to find out what the children reallv knew, what they had been taught, and to see that the child failed through no litie accident arising out of their mode of examination (applause). They put no pressure on the child, but give it two or thr^e chances if they found that it had not heard or only heard imperfectly. Whilst Mr Rhys was going away, he expressed the hope that the same principles would remain in force (applause). Mr Parry, the see., read a. number of ietter.from friends sympathising with the movement, but unable to attend, namely, Sir Robert Cunliffe, Bart,, Wrexham Mr Wagstaffe, Plasynmivod, Llangollen; Mr C. S. Mainwaring, Galltfaenan; Mr \V. Elton. Mr John Pierce, Miss C. Williams, the Convent, Pant Asaph; Mr P. Pov.er, Flint, and others. Mr Houghton, of Wrexham, proposed the health of the "Committee of .Management/' He expressed the hope that Mr Rhys would not, in the exalted sphere to which he had removed, forget the humble workers amongst whom he had laboured. In reference to an in- spector, all that elementary teachers asked was courtesv and fair dealing; they asked no favour of any kind (leud applause). Th-v didn't want a gentleman to come into their schools bound up with red tape (laughter), and bv his officialism break the spirits of the teachers, who had to work year after year like a horse at a. mill (laughter and applause). They asked nothing hut fair dealing and courtesy, and they cnme there that day to testify that they had received that from Mr Rhrs (applause). Mr Jones, Penygelli, responded, and gave some ac- count of tho origin of the testimonial at. Wrexham, and the cordial manner in which the teachers in ail the dis- tricts had cooperated. Mr Jones propo^d The Ladies," which was re- sponded to by Mr White-house, who bo-e testimony to the high estimation in which Mr Jihys was held bv the lady teachers. Mr Baker proposed" The Press," and the chairman introduced a friend of his, we presume, to respond to this toast. As the gentleman he called upon by name was a perfect stranger to the district as well as ro the other reporters, and did not represent a paper circulating therein, Mr Hughes, M.A., and a=ked to be allowed to reph' for the local reporters; the chairman, however. abruptly informed him that the meeting was over," adding, "I now declare these proceedings at an end. and I leave the chair," and suiting the action to the word he left the chair. The local representatives of the press, who have always placed their services at the disposal of the teachers of the district, were certainly at a loss to account for this snubbing.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES. The following is the speech delivered by Mr Morgan Owen. Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools for Denbigh and Flint, at the Powysland Club, to wh c'l we briefly alluded lat. week in respect, to higher education in Wales. In seconding a resolution thanking Mr Cain, of Liverpool, for the present of a tine collection of shells to the Powysland Museum, Mr Morgan Owen said You will recollect that. on the occasion of the opting of the Powysland Museum, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Arch- deacon Ffoulkes, Mr R. E. Jones, and the Rev Phillips Lewis made certain remarks relative to the latent talent that lies unknown amidst the hill^ and vales of Mont- gomeryshire. Unfortunately our county is not alone in this matter—Wales as a whole is so situated. Perhaps I maybe permitted to take up the thread of the narrative dropped by these gentlemen, and to make a few observa- tions on a question that of late has agitated h. mind- ani occupied the attention of a considerable Dumber of people in Wales and in other parts also; and that question is that of a univ rsity for Wales. ProVibly one or two here may object to such a question as this being raised at a meeting of thi k nd but I doubt not this objection will vanish when it is torne in mind that while we are anxious to dig up and preserve antiquarian remains, and to cherish traditional recollections and th memory of past exploits, shouid not be uunaindfcl of the present, particularly of a subject affecting the dis- covery, growth, and culture of latent talent (cheers). Besides, the experience of many members of the Powys- land Club in educational matters is not only Taried and extensive, but also practical. Their opinion, therefore, of the educationa needs and requirements of Wales R as a matter of course, of gr at value: and the expression of this opinion cannot but be influential. I do not, however, intend to follow the example of Mr Henry Richard, thf member for Merthyr Tydvil. TbiR gentle- man, with fommendable zeal and considerable adroitness, endeavoured to father a resolution in favour of a univer- sity at Aberystwith upon 'h" thousands of pleasure seekers who attended the late national eisteddvad, at Carnarvon, My sole object and simple desire is that thi. all-important and national qoestion should be ventilated and discuedby means of the public press, in order that the best form of university might be established, that is, if a university is really wanted in Wales. It will be ia tb* recollection cf many present that on two occasions a de- i pu ation has waited upon the Lord President of the Council to Solicit Gorarnment ail m order to found a university at Aberystwith. I shall not criticise the petition o* the speeches delivered on those occaxio s. except to object to the fallacious plea put forth in the petition, namely, that "the Welsh are, in the main, < s"parf»(e pecpl- distinct in language and tradition isolated fiom the rest of the inhabitants of thi kingdom." Now, as I have remarked, this plea is mis lead:at?. The Welsh are, it is tree, a people of them selves: they hare a language and a tradition of their own —a h'Ogiuge that was spoken when the Greek and Latin leagues were the Inngsares of the great ones of the earth tud'tw of a cio-t g orirus tvoe and abiding ..jafuiv_ou.i Dot Jive for theiis-he^ a«id s„ "j-. v „r,, t0 be found here ano f.be'e aod vie^vsvrv ,• heir work nwn. fully acd well. And 1 will ":0, vea fu,! and observe that if a university was caki'iav.j t0 muke ill. fellow- countrym ii a pet-char people, n I should boldly hurl wÜh might and wi-h mam srst- stone against it* and iu th:s work I led surel&heuld be joined bY the thinking section of the people, ve VV-lsh do not desire to be hedged round so as to be severed from the rest of mankind. All we want is fair-play, not favour, and then we will gladly take our stand with the various nationalities of he earth (cheers). And what are now the means of education in Wales ? Colleges at Brecon, Lampeter, Llandoverv, and Aberystwith* grammar schools at Bangor, Cowbncgo, Ruthin, and eisewhere; natioaal, British, and board schools. All these have done much for the education of Wales. Brecon is the oldest college; Lirrpeier the most success- ful one. The latter has had two vice-principals who left her precincts lor bishoprics. She has turned out scores of good meu and one bishop, Dr Hughes (cheers). She has a charter to confer the degrees of B.A. and B.D., and many scholarships, exhibitions, and prizes while the gra;Lmar and other schools are now engaged in manu- facturing, if I may use the term. fair scholars. The college at Aberystwith is a striking evidence of the eager anxiety of the Welsh for education, for is not tnis most useful institution the result of private effort among all classes of Welshmen? Yet, notwithstanding this fact, this college cannot, I fear, be turned into a university and I do not thick she should be foistered into that position, because she would not be locked up to with those feelings that a university should be looked up to by a people (cheer*). I would recommend, to quote the words of the Duke of Richmond and Goidon and it must be borne in mind that his are not the words of an ordinary Lord President of the Council, but that, if I may be permitted to say so, they clotne the opinion of a noblaman who has simply devoted himself, heart and soul, to the onerous duties of his mo^t responsible position —(loud cheers)—" a thorough revision of the whole system cf grammar and endowed schools in Wales or, to borrow an idea from the Bishop of St. Asanh/lhe union of Lampeter and Aberystwitn colleges as the heads of a university system or educational edifice, and in COD- j nexion with them the grammar and endowed schools of j anG Gnioa betw een these schools and the specific | of oar elementary schools. Upon ref- rence to the it win found ih;»r Lord OaDdou's Education. Act affoids much aid to such a proposal as this, as it awards honour certificates acd pays school fees under certain conditions, and ha* added a Trh standard and specific subjects to the code. If Latin and ITHtthematirs were taken as specific subjects boys would be prepared for the competitive examination which I propose they should pass before they were admitted into a grammar school. Certain centres should be fixed upon at which the best boys couid be examined for scholarships or exhibitions, wh.ch, if gained, would euabie them to enter the grammar school cf their choice. For this purpose, perhaps, it would be well to have an examining Board. Tuis Board could aho examiut voung men desirous of entering the Welsh university. Thus there ar", three Stages in this proposed scheme—the ele- mentan, the grammar, and the uriiversr-v staore—aod a succession of tests by examination. B" means such as these at their disposal parents douotiess endeavour to give at ieast one of their sons a good education. And in my humble opinion this system is to be commended, becau-e it will encourage thrift in a household, for without that trait in their character parents will not be able to set aside a sufficient- sum of money to pay the necessary scho >1 expenses of their children. Moreover it will not pauperise those whoxi it benefits by -.fording gratuitous heip, for it calis upon all concerned to be [ industrious and frugai j and if any thi g w J1 deter a frcm -cif indulgence surely the Welfare of a soa will do so (sheets). Thus temperance a.<d education will go iorward band in hand. Step by stt-p acd year by year the boy Will pursue his u ward way, receiving as he advances a useful education, not riausewteo by crum-work but thoroughly digesting sound learning. It be seen that this must be an all-round compact. Fust, means of education secondly, abstinence on the par: of the father; thirdly, industry on trie part of the hoy; and lastly, but by no means least, the sympathy of tbe mother, for all truly great men assure us tbtft tbe most powerful loadstone to draw forth latent talent is a mo'hei's sympathy and a mother's encouragement, I would. however, caution the hopeful or the hos lie not to imagine that it this pr..po-ed state of df, j rs can be realised boys and young mer, will be above honest work, or unwilling, through inordinate longing for something better, to fulfil the duties of their respective By ro means. A sounder and a be: leT education will certainly follow; but scholars will not muh'ply so ex- ceedingly, nor indeed will the number if boys attending these schools and colleges be out of proportion to those necessary to cany on tne rugged aid incumbent duties of a pccpie; and I have yet to iei-rn cur hewers of wood and drawers of water would be less happy, less contented, or worse citizens if eiucated. Nor must it ever be forgotten that, as a rule, the parh of the unaided student is. metaphorically speaking, cnoked with thorns and briars, thr ugh which he ha.s to hew his way it is, however, decked wi-h occasionul-garlands of so ex- ceedingly delicious a fr. grcr.ee a beauty as to fill his mind with deiiirbt and intoxicate his brain pleasure (applauseLnder the best of ciroums'ancfs stu- Oen-s lite must hi a diligent and Sflf-i- nving one. I Utile's he is "n «.-r.-< st t.¡:.8. steady woikcr nei her university nor • u-orial aid will be of "n tlVtlL. On this subject the poet has wnt:ell- J- learning yolÍr ambition 'i Th"re j no royal road, Alike the pper and peasant Must came to her ar»o>ie. Who leels the thirst of knowledge In Helicon may siake it, If lie has still the Konim will To find a way, or make it, I (applau?e). Mr Morgan Owen conclude i by stem ling the resolution, remarking that be did so the more cheer- fully and heartily because Mr Cairn: by his kind gift, had given prac-ical proof of his anx ctv to encourage latent, taleu\

THE CRISIS IX FRANCE. M. Grevy, whom Mr G.noet'ii ha- i-OTiimred n, ths leader of the R-pubi.can party in fcucc.-ssitm To M. (Thiers, has addressed a K-tter to his Coos'ituents, a which he compares the present laagu;* of dvaastic parties to that of both aiminy at a rev; i >u of the con- stitu'ien, such r*vision b-itiir an imfossilo'iitv wi'h a Republican chamber. M. Fourtou, *Gho minisier of tbe iuterior, has issued a circular to trie prefect jnstn.c>'u«- them to suppress all declarations vhsthcr in placards or iu speeches, that the Government, is leudi*? itself to clerical iofiueuces dangerous to the peace of c.-uutrv. Prince Gerome Napoleon, who is a candidate tor Ajaccio, had sent to the Due de Broglie a protest ngninst 'he manner in which the mayor ard th? gendarmes treaten the friends who gathered '0 volct-me hm an his arrival. 0 iiv strenuous (ff.>r<«, he de la rs pv vented bloodshed, and be demands that hu c ionanes sl\n be taught respects for duty, public order and the law, has issued his ekctoriai address, in which he- declares that France, on the day of the pending td-etior will condemn a dictatorial policy, and will Leive no other alternative to Marshal MacMa'non than to submit or resign. The Government pipers in France that tbe Conservatives are sure io return 290 of the members of the Chamber of l)epn'»ts at the elec-.vtb i oxi S day.

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