Llangollen Advertiser Denbighshire Merionethshire and North Wales Journal

GLYNCEIRIOG COUNCIL SCHOOL. THE RE-OPENING CEREMONY. SPEECH BY LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY. Glynceiriog was en fete on Monday last pn the occasion of the re-opening of the Council Schools, after alterations and enlargement to meet the requirements of the Education Authority. The monthly meeting of the Managers of the Llangollen Grouped Council Schools had been held in the morning and, in the afternoon, Councillor Alfred T. Davies, of Liverpool, presided over a large gathering in the large Schoolroom those present including Mr. J. H. Roberts, M.P., Alderman W. G. Dodd (Chairman Denbighshire Education Com- mitte), Mrs. Barnes, the Quints, Mr. F. E. Rooper, the Rev. J. L. Jennings (Vicar of Glyn), Mr. E. R. Parry, Mr. R. Edwards, the Rev. J. L. Jones, Mr. C. Everitt, Mr. T. C. Davies, Mr. L. Lloyd John, Mr. T. Carno Jones, Mr. D. Jones, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. D E Rees (Headmaster of the Schools), Mr. Mahler and most of the leading educationists of the district Lord Stanley, introduced by the Chairman as one whom Welshmen would gladiy welcome as the first head of a separate Education department for Wales said that Glynceinog might, in some respects' claim to take a place equivalent to that occupied in the past by the City of Troy. It took ten years for the Greeks to take Troy, and that terrible struggle could not be dealt with satisfactorily without a Homer to celebrate it; aud he suggested that a prize should be offered at some Wei,h eisteddfodau for a poem describing the historic ten years struggle that had led up to the comple- tion of the great and good work at Glynceinog which they were that day met to celebrate! (Laughter and cheers.) The narrative of what they had accomplished, of their efforts and their disappointments might, he thought, prove a lesson full of profit to Ministers of Education present and future. (Hear, hear.) He might say that he had ?i f!v.Very f"endly to the Education Act of 1902, but he would say this for the Act that it was an important recognition which in the hands of a reasonable Minister of Education might prove of great use. (Hear, hear.) The Act of 1902 distinctly recognized the necessity for the provision of sufficient and adequate school accommodation in a parish. That was a provision that applied more forcibly to the people of Wales than to the people of any other widely-extended portion of the Kingdom, and a clause of the Act of 1902 applied to them especially in the face of the pressure upon that School during so many years; and undoubtedly it was the duty of the Board of Education long before now to have recognized their claim and to have granted them the extension. (Hear, hear.) He might say that be felt a little horrified at the state of things that had been permitted to go on there and 41 he wielded the power which their Chairman suggested might come to his hand he would have found him a more severe Tnrk in dealing with the School which had had 230 on the roll whilst only able to accommodate 145. This was a scandalous violation of the code which it was the duty of the Board of Education to have long since peremptorily pot an end to. (Hear, hear.) He wished he had come earlier to the Schools, and had an opportunity of examining more closely the details of the work that was being done tbere; but he could pay a tribute of praise to the excellent results attained by the headmaster.. He thought it a happy thing for what he must "call a village, there in that remote valley, that they should have got in their School an ideal of what was wanted in the teacher of their children, and that they should have a man, a graduate of the Welsh University, at the head of the Educational work. (Hear, hear and cheers.) Another thing he had heard with great interest related to the experiment of establishing gardens in connection with the School. People migrated to the towns not because they had been taught a little Algebra or something else in the Elementary School* but because they could find better openings the onnntrv. They went to seek employment where they 'thought their I brains and arca.6 might command a better reward for their toil; and it seemed to him if they desired to strengthen and develope the hold of the rural I population upon the country they must rather look to the establishment of better conditions of life i among the people wnen they grew up, rather than to imperfect instruction in the School. Ha did | nat, of course, contend that because a boy was going to work as a quarryman m a 8iate quarry orsas farm labourer, he was the less entitled to a full measure of mental activity. Undoubtedly the conditions of roral life made it necessary to have small Schools in rural districts; but he would impress the fact upon them that the multiplication of small Schools was a mere sacrifice of efficiency where they had the population—(hear, hear,)-and he thought that 111 the future there would be an increased demand tor larger units for teaching purposes. In some quarters he had heard of jealously between Secondary and Elementary Schools-the former thinking the latter did their work too well. He Was sure that was a great mistake. The Duke of Devonshire, with whose later utterances he did not always agree, spoke words efgreafc wisdom five years ago when he said that in the dema a for a better system of Secondary Education people should remember that they could not have a satisfactory piant 0f Secondary education gremmg ot q{ a-defecfcive Elament root. ^eaj, hear.) Speaking onJy a Bhorfc diatance across Offa s Dyke, he was speaking to a community Jhiraelrllnrprivile^s' a»d he had YSfcie doubt that all^who ware associated with Welsh Education had seen how almost entirely the Intermediate Schools of Wales had had to be recruited from the Elementary Schools-(hear, I"' 7h« Pi.art8 of EnSland and Wales where the Secondary Sehools could not supply the T?lpm<»ntarv ilfc W8S ^ar ')efcter t0 ^aTe a g0K ?Ln ,fnnr,75 01 th?t wouId them an unbro rfiRnnnB!UM?8.'tUc'ion" In contemplating Pi?6 Dhirt)iB Act fin68 t^lat "3een thrown upon them by the Act of 1902-and he did not think he was trespassing upon the field of political con- troversy when he said that responsibility was likely to be increased-they must look to the Education Authorities to recognize that no plan would be satisfactory which only tried to develope Secondary Schools-but they should try to develope Elementary Schools also recognizing that their interests were not antagonistic but identical. They had their Llangollen County School—let them make the best of it-but let them also make the best of the Glyn Sohoo], (Hear, hear.) Coming back to the School Gardens h0 v.- +^=,4-8 116 8aid 1118 impression was that they must be made auxiliary to the general education of the scholars and in this connection he urge he necessity 0f providing adequate ^l^fook' toThV0 me?fc inc^e8Sed <i^andsq and not to loo, to the rf guiar staff tQ perfo th additional work whtch must be a heavy strain upon them -(Applaase.) He then, amid cheers, de- clared the schools open. The Chairman followed with an interesting speech on tins development of Welsh Education, in he course of which he paid tributes of hose who had assw ed the cause in the district, including the late Sir Gorge Osborne Morgan, Mr Thomas, Mr. Lloyd John (who he said wl more than an official-he had been a true friend of the people Glyn m b,8 efforts to bring about the happy result which they saw that day), Mr. Rees (headmaster) and others. He nresented Lnr^ Stanlfy and the head„Mter with ^ed>1 b J UEJS'"1 .wlliob h8 b"4 bkdstraok to commemorate the event.—fChppra • Mr' Jw^bert Roberts then addressed the meet- ing m Welsh He would like, he said, on behalf ofhie constituents—he should say his late con- stituente for he ceased to be their member that day to express their appreciation of the high honour Lord Stanley had conferred upon them in coming t« Glynceinog aa« delivering the mm excellent and suggestive address that he had delivered. It was unnecessary for him at Glyn to say that Lord Stanley occupied a high and honour- able position in the world of education. He was known throughout Europe as one who had given the greater part of his life, and much energy and thought, to the solution of educational problems, and they were very glad that, having come to Wales, he had placed himself at the head of Welsh education forces in his own country, and was actively co-operatiog with them in working out their educational ideals. That day would be long remembered because of the visit of Lord Stanley to the district.-(Hear, hear.) It was not for him that day to refer to the varied events that had occurred during the last ten years in the history of the school. The struggle was over, and the crown of success was won and he asked them to look beyond the next two or three weeks of election turmoil, which would pass very quickly, and take account rather of the aspirations which, he believed, animated them all apart frotn politics, in regard to the progress of Elementary Education and to c jnsider some of the ideals for which they were striving. What they all dasired was to lift the great question of Elementary Education out of the arena, the dust and smoke, of the political battle, and to set it among the princes in the great national move- ments.—(Hear, hear.) In order to do that they must make it clear that the State-aided school was, in the truest sense, the property of the nation.- (App!ause.) They must have the interest of the whole nation centered in the schools, and this would not some to pass so long as education was mixed up with politics or class interests. They desired to give the best that Wales could give to the schools--the best talent they could command for the teaching staffs, for he looked upon the teacher ^of a school as one of the most important personal powers in the life of the nation.— (Applause.) Then they should have good schools, handsome buildings, and every convenience which makes a school efficient in the higher meaning of the word. They must not begrudge the cost; and his view was, regarding education as a national interest, that some arrangement should be made in the future for the financial solution of the problem which would mean a certain reasonable limit being placed upon the local rate, and the remainder of the amount should come from Imperial sources — (Cheers.) It was one of the greatest obstacles to the progress of education that, in certain circum- stances, the provision of an efficient school meant a rate which was too high for the circumstances of a neighbourhood.—(Hear, hear.) EdnrltiL 7 i!'ed Was fc0 have a Board of ,aomethlng answering to it, for ta frnm Mn f ^gulating the system of educa- idfiiilH r>f bottom in accordance with the xt of the Principality. These were tkell aspxratõoDS and be believed it was thev wonlH « and worketJ together, that /'pu „ >. the goal they had set before them. mad* h« rV. J a. C0,nc'uai°Q! he said the reference him Stanley to Homer and Troy reminded wW, y at Glynceiriog could boast of a poet raflole ind^Dd Wh0 Btands in the mi°d« ofthe li Iery front rank 88 a lyic poet.— Lv~. il. Let the memory of the famous men m peopled that valley in the past inspire TT-? |° forward conquering and to conquer. i at the school might be the gateway by which scholars might enter the realms of learning -the door by which they might reach a life full of usefulness and blessing to their fellow men.- (Cheers.) A vote of thanks was accorded to Lord Stanley w11 tT'Wmofcion of Mr- C. Everitt, seconded by Mr FE. Rooper, and supported by the Rev. J. L.Jones, and the proceedings closed with a similar compli- ment to the Chairman.

"if LLANGOI I FN NEWSROOM AND I LIBRARY. ANNUAL' MEETING. The annual meeting of members of the above institution was held at the Library, on Wednesday evening. Mr. E. Foulkes Jones. Chairman of the Committee, presided, and there were present Mr R. Darlington (Library Secretary), Mr. R. H. Jenes' (Newsroom Secretary), Mr. C. W. Richards, Mr. T. Rowlands, Mr. J. 0. Davies, Mr. J. T. Moss and Mr. Carno Joaes.-The Chairman said that during hitn ng.to the scarcifcy of funds, they had w thev milht add m?Dy book8 fc0 the Library fact that thev w themselves upon the the Vast Thev hftV0W Tch bette^ housed than in rooms in which the^rTiWvaS eommodious acc6mmodated. During the Lt? newlroom we.re ing a concert, they had earS /iT' great help in enabling them to f *WaS their furniture and^ in^^ wiSnf on?' 06 °f balance of £ 5 on the previous v^r' &Q adver £ e that this year, instead of a debit balancPa?b°Ua S° able to point a credit balance.-lair n 7 Were then submitted a sumnaary of receipts anrt ture which show that after meeting all balance of £ 1 19s. remains in the hands nfe,\a treasurer compared with an adverse bJ™ # a 0.. 4d. last He .1,0 remiS that a number of ladies and gentlemen had been appointed as a Committee to select new books and it was hoped these would be on the shelves within a fortnight.—Mr. T. Carno Jones was unanimously appointed to audit the accounts.-The election of Officers was then proceeded with. Sir Theodnr*> Martin, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., who has been Presided of the institution since its inauguration wap unanimously re-appointed to the position. The vice-presidents selected were Capt. the HOD. J. C. Best R.N Mr. G H. Robertson,Major To^am, Mr. E. Lloyd Edwards, Capt. W. Best and Mr Tottenham (Plas Berwyn), the latter two names being additions to the list. Mr. E. Foulkes Jones was unanimously re-elected as Chairman of the Committee and thanked for his services in the past, and Mr. T. Carno Jones, Mr. W. G. Dodd Mr H P OUey and Mr. J. S. Shaw were appointed' to represent the members on that body the Chairman stating that the Urban Council had appointed Mr E. Foulkes Jones and Mr. W. P. Williaffi^fmS; capacities. Mr. R. Darlington, F.R.G.S., wae re-elected as Library Secretary and Mr. E. D. Jones and Mr. R. H. Jones as joint S cretaries for the Newsroom, special mention being made by Mr T M. Rowlands of the really excellent work which Mr. R. H. Jones has done during the year for the institution.—The Committee's suggestions as to 1 papers, etc., were approved and it was agreed that for the ensuing year the following papers etc for the use ot subscribers .-—Dailies: Times, Daily Ne?vs, Daily Telegraph, Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury, Liverpool Courier, Manchester Guardian, Liverpool Echo, Daily Mail, Liverpool Evenitiq Express. Weeklies: Illustrated London News, Sphere, Pmwlt, Llangollen Advertiser, Oswestry Advertiser, Welsh Leader, The Field, Gentlewoman, Baner ae Amserau Cymru, Gioalia, Feathered World, Academy, Cymro. Monthlies: Windsor Magazine, Tlte Review of Reviews, Cymru, Strand, IMh Century. Quarterly: Y Geninen.— The maeting then terminated.

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LL A N T YSILI (J P ARO CflLVL SCHOOL. To ihe Editor of the » Llangollen Advertiser." bir, lour able correspondent "Hwfa Glyn" in hia comments on the Final Order relati-g to this T -^emnfc0/aIe rerl00ked the provisions of the Trust Deed which state that the principal mflnis,t1er of said parish shall be Chairman of all meetings of the Committee" Phiirman lf^l u°6 e(lUaI»ty of VOteS the Chairman shall have a second, being the casting vote. In your account of the issue of the Final Order, you refer to it as the action of the depart- ing Ministry" which is not quite in keeping with your further statement that "it bears the date of December ^Oth about nine or ten days after the rmereTp^I r tak6n uffioe' That. however, i* a mere detail It is to be hoped now that the ioad h H!6d -thaVpeaoe wil1 restored in the S.ftrV nf has be«Q arrived at by the Board of Education afser a long and patient inquiry by their learned Commoner. The. mana,gement is now placed in the original positioo th?e! Cn ,*Cth th0 touuders of the School, that i* three Cnurchmen to three Noaconformists with the Itolerthl^f PanSh aS (J'lairman- Th's seems to tae a tolerably fair arrangement all things considered. But I cannot fail to think it more favourable to the Nonconformists than to the Church party. fh«t r^hn fh°m th? s^ati8tics Produced at the inquiry that Chuich people had coutiibn ed three hundred times as much as th ir Noncoaiormist brethen lØ annual subscriptions during the past thirty years; therefore, on the ground of subscriptions, they were entitled to three hundred times as many manager" as the Nonconformists. Again, taking the con- tributions to the building fund, the Church party contributed seventeen times as much besides giving the land free of charge. On this ground again the? would be entitled to at least twenty managers W one Nonconformist, whereas by this Final Order tb» Church party have but an equal number and yet X hear the Nonconformists are not satisfied. } think any impartial person would unhesitatingly say that Church people have the greater reason » be dissatisfied, in view of the great sacrifices they have made in the interest of education in the parish —Yours truly, PEACEMAKEB.

mr. richard^evansToak-street. It is with extreme regret that we have to record the death, at the age of 48, 0f Mr Richard Evans, Oak-street, Llangollen, which sad'event took plf* at his residence, on Friday last. Deceased was f«r many years engaged at the Hand Hotel," retiring some years ago in consequence of a serioo" accident that shattered one of his hands. then he has been in business on his own account a cab Moprietor and dairy farmer. His deftt» followed upon a protracted and painful illneP^j borne with Christian fortitude. He waa on Tuesday in St. John's Churchyard Rev, L. Jenkins, vicar, officiating. A number of beautify* wreaths were placed upon the grave being sentf amongst others, by His dear Wife and Children j' B&M Mrr srp^ei (brother sister-in-law) Mr. and Mrs. llobert Roberta Drwsynant (brother and sister-in-lcw) Mr. Davte*> Llantysilio Hall; Sergt. Instructor and Whinyates Mr. and Mrs. Simpsoe, Llangollefl' Mr. Arthur A very. Berwyn-street,- was the undo** taker.

3Birtba, LnarrtageS 1Deatbi;. SIRTS S m at the Golfa, Llangollen, to Mr. and MrS' T. D. Coward, a daughter. Jan. 5th, the wife of Mr. Robert Hughes, 3, Chapel-square, Llangollen, of a daughter. Dec. 31st, the wife of the Rev. Howel Harris Hughes, B.A., B.D., Blaenau Festiniog, of a son. maruiages. Ua Jan. 10th, at Llangollen Parish Church, by to* Rev. L. D. Jenkins, vicar, Mr. Joseph Henry Jaoksoc* Wath-on-Dearne, Yorkshire, to Olive Gertrude, si3»° daughter of Mr. John Jackson, Erw Wen, Llangolle0' Jan. 2nd, at Trinity Wesleyan Church, > by the Rev. Henry S. Sandford and Rev. Walter Sackett, uncles of the bride, assisted by the Enoch Salt, Josiah, youngest son of the late M rhomas Robinson, of Widnes, and Mrs. Robinson, Vs, Cottage, Llangollen, to Annie Leyland eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, of Birkdale, and grand daughter of Mr. W Y. Northfield, West Kirby. DEATHS. Jan. 5th, aged 48, Mr. Richard Evans, cab Pr°' prietor, Oak-street, Llangollen. t Jan 6th, aged 72, Mr. Hiram Davies, ClareD10n, Jan 9th, aged 14 months, David Edwin, belov^ £ 4oLUm"' 2' ItM Cor'J&.T' 55' MrS' H"She'' Tj'iSa'' oDtC' 2,8,th' a^ed 51. it Ty Mawr, Newbridtff' Ruabon, Mrs. Eliza Hopton, formerly of Gwernycd19' Liansantffraid. ^th, aged 54, the Rev. Robert Ambrose J°°6f ap Iwan ")» C'M" minister at Rheff'' Rh^'dycilgwyn and Llanbedr, near Ruthin. na Dec. 25th, aged 57, Mr. Henry Pickering, Onapel-street, Penycae. s Dec. 25th, aged 48, Councillor Daniel Robert, Mwrog-street, Ruthin. ) Jan 6th, at 1, Cowan-street, Everton, Liverpool Elizabeth, widow of the Rev. Joseph Williams. Dec. 28th, aged 28, Mr. William Owen, Taincha t" cwm, Cerygydruidion. t Jan 8th, aged 82, Mr. Wm. Davies, coal merchant Aran View, Bala. Jan. 6th, aged 43, Ellinor, beloved wife of ^r' Richard Evans, Ty'nywern, Llangar, Cvnwyd. Bala1" aged 49' Mr" D' Edwards, Osborne SoB#' Jan. 3rd, aged 50, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Evans, Plasdu, Llanrhaiadr. ff Jan. 4th, aged 73, Amelia, widow of Mr. Tlttu Roberts, Lower Cefn.

MRS. RICHARD EVANS & FAMILY OETURN sincere thanks to the nnnierolls -JLV friends for their many kind expressions oI sympathy with them in their recent bereaveix ent. Oak Street, Llangollen, January 18th, 1906. (15861) TR _1fI£ MEOW, J. HO BERTS & SONS, COMPLETE FUNERAL FURXISHEliiS Af P UNDERTAKERS. ifficansiss & COACHKS SUFPLIBD. &SOS&M STREET f MARKET STSSST, LLAltOOLLBN. Printed and published every Friday Morning by tht;prt'P' HTTSH JOJTCN, at his Printing Wwk*. Oa8iie»»tr«CT, goUra, la th« com ty of Denbigh, | Jan 12th, orderi A<1 re nt- a a, and eommu*ii«*ti«Ba are to be addnaaed to the "Adrwtisee <>;&•», LU(.g«]iaa-

5n MemoriAm. MRS. T. ROBERTS. We regret to record the death os Mrs. Ameli* Roberts, widow of Mr. Titus Roberts, carter, Lower Oefn. The funeral took place on Mondav and was largely attended. The Rev. R. B- liams officiated, and the interment took place Irefynant Cemetery. The chief mourners wer« MrB. Rebecca Giiffiths, Bury (daughter), Mr. Roberts (son), Mr. Ernest Roberts (grandson?* Mi8B Milly Davies (niece), Mrs. Richard Robert* and grandohildren, and Mr. Thomas G (Bury).