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Penrhos College for Girls, Colwyn Bay. Chancellor of the Exchequer Performs Interesting Ceremony. The New Junior School. Mr. Lloyd George's Eloquent Speech. Glowing Tribute to the Lady Principal. There have been many memorable Speech Days at Penrhos College, Colwyn Bay, but few to equal in interest that of Thursday, when in the presence of a distinguished com- pany two ceremonies were performed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Lloyd George presented the prizes and certificates to the successful pupils and with the assistance of an ingenious electrical device laid the foundation stone of the new Junior School, and his eloquent speech was one of considerable political significance. Very fine was his tribute to the Lady Principal and the splendid work which is being done by Penrhos College. A DISTINGUISHED PLATFORM. The prize-giving took place in the spacious Gymnasium, which was filled to overflowing with parents, old girls, and other friends. The pupils, each one a picture of health and happiness, were seated on the platform. In front of them sat Mr. J. Mack, of Bootle, (Vice-President of the Council of the College), who presided in the regretted absence through illness of the President, Mr. C. W. Ashcroft; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mrs. Lloyd George and Miss Megan Lloyd George Lady McLaren, the Master of Elibank, Sir J. Her- bert Roberts, Bart., M.P., and Lady Roberts, Mr. J. Herbert Lewis, M.P. (Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board) and Mrs. Lewis, Sir John Prichard Jones, Bart., Mr. William Jones, M.P., Mr. W. P. Matthews (former Mayor of Bangor), the Rev. S. T. House, Miss Hovey, B.A. (the Lady Principal), Miss Ethel Hovey (the Lady Matron), Mr. Hovey, the Rev. F. J. Briggs, Mr. W. Oulton (a former Lord Mayor of Liver- pool), and others. The large teaching staff were also present. Among those who had accepted invitations were Mrs. W. S. Caine, County Councillor and Mrs. David Lewis (Eithinog), Mrs. House, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Mitchell (New Brighton), Mrs. Briggs, Mrs. Matthews (Bangor), Rev. H. S. and Mrs. Radcliffe, Rev. H. Lefroy and Mrs. Yorks (Liverpool), Rev. D. Darley Davies and Mrs. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Blamires (Huddersfield), Mr. and Mrs. Glaze (Dudley), the Rev. G. B. File, Mr. Evans (Ðdgbastont, Mr. Hallitt (Buxton), Mr. J. Heap, J.P. (Blackpool), Mr. T. G. Homer (Wolverhamjkon), Mrs. iF. Jackson ^Kersall), Miss Jones, B.A. (Harrogate), Mrs. Kelsall (Kersall), Mr. and Mrs. Kempsey (Oldham), Mr. and Mrs. Lawton (Huddersfield), Mr. and Mrs. Mobberley (Wolverhampton), Dr. and Mrs. Moffat (Dublin), J. W. Sankey, J.P., and Mrs. Sankey {Wolverhampton), Mr. and Mrs. Shires (Huddersfield), Mr. Oulton (Liverpool), Mrs. Abraham (Mabon), Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Allen (Macclesfield), Mrs. Bate 4Taxporley), Mr. and Mrs. Bowman (Halifax), Mrs. Bron- Bert (Mulhausen, Alsace), Mr. and Mrs. Buxton (Sheffield), Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Sheffield), Mrs. and Miss Cullwick (Wolver- hampton), Mrs. Dootson (Bolton), Mr. and Mrs. Eltoft (Bramhall), Mr. and Mrs. Evans {Walsall^ Mr. J. Feetham (Darlington), Mr. F. Fellows (Stourbridge), Mrs. Fenton (Sheffield), Mr. Green (Chesterfield), Mr. and Mrs. E. Greenhalgh (Bolton), Mr. and Mrs. Gill (Accrington), Mirs. Harrison (Carlisle), Mr. and Mrs. Higginbotham (Chorlton-cum- MrA' r¥r" and Mr-s- Holland (Sandbach), H°vey and Miss Lilian Hovey (> hettield), Mrs. and Miss Hutchison (Birken- head), Mrs. Mason Hutchinson (Bromborough), r u-Isherwood (Stockport), Dr. Joseph (Warrington), Mr. and Mrs. Kelsall (Fleetwood), Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lawton (Huddsfield), Mrs. Lett (Dublin), Mr. ana Mrs. Linnell (.Leicester), Mr. and the Misses Mitchell (Harrogate), Mrs. Moores (Stockport), Mr. J. Morris and Miss Morris (Liverpool), Mr. and Mrs. Ollerenshaw (Knutsford), Mrs. Ormand (Crewe), Mr. and Mrs. Pilling (Hud- dersfield), the Rev. H. S. and Mrs. Radcliffe (Manchester), Mrs. Richardson (Birmingham), Mr. and Mrs. Rothwell (Walkden), Mr. and Mrs. Rylands (Manchester), Mr. and Mrs. Sankey (Wolverhampton), Mrs. A. Smith (Bramhall), Mr. and Mrs. Gaius Smith (Lud- low), Mrs. Tattersall (Didsbury), Mrs. R. W. Thomas (Llangollen), the Misses iTinniswood (Carlisle), Mr. and Mrs. J. Walker (Rochdale), Mr. and Mrs. Wills (Eccles), Mr. and Mrs. Wilman (Huddersfield), Mr. and Mrs. Wood- cock (Huddersfield), Mr. and Mrs. Woodman land Mr. G. Woodman (Bolton), Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff (Wolverhampton), and a number of local friends, including Mr. and Mrs. E. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Bevan, Dr. Lilian Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Crompton, Mrs. and Miss Cros- field, Mr. and Mrs. Dicken, the Rev. H. and Mrs. Elderkin, Mx. and Mrs. A. Bones Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. de Gruchy Gaudin (Carnarvon), Dr. and Mrs. Goody, the Rev. and Mrs. Wes- ley Hughes, Mr. Isgoed Jones, J.P., and Mrs. Jones (Llanrwst), Mr. and Mrs. Angharad Jones (Corwen), Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lewis (Conway), Dr. and Mrs. Lord, Dr. and Mrs. Nuttall, Mr. and Mrs. G. Osborn, Mr. T. E. Purdy, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Roberts (Menai Brid-ge), Mrs. H. K. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Smith, Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Williams (Llanrug), Dr. and Mrs. Wilks. There were over 30 old girls present. Letters regretting absence were received from the Bishop of St. Asaph, Sir Charles McLaren, Sir Harry Reichel, Sir Thomas and Lady Barclay, Rev. Canon Roberts (Vicar of Colwyn Bay) and others. PRESENTATIONS. After !the singing of the opening hymn, 11 Praise, my soul, the King of the heaven," prayer was offered by the Rev. F J. Briggs, Superintendent of the Colwyn Bay Circuit. 'Two interesting (presentations took place. First of all Madge Kempson presented a hand- some shower bouquet to Mrs. Lloyd George, after which A. Brownnert presented a bou- quet and a box of chocolates (the gift of the pupils) to Miss Megan Lloyd George, the pretty incidents being applauded. The Chairman referred with regret to the sud- den illness which had prevented Mr. Ashcroft from being present to occupy the Chair, and extended a. hearty welcome to the Chancellor and Mrs. Lloyd George and their little daugh- ter. (Hear,, hear). They had been fortunate at all their Prize-Days in having people of distinction to present the prizes, among them a Sheriff of London and last year Sir George H. Chubb, and row they were honoured by the presence of the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer. (Hear, hear). It was a red-letter day in the history of Penrhos College. (Hear, hear). How the Chancellor, amidst his multi- farious and important duties, had found the time to be with them that day it was really difficult to conceive, but they were at any rate deeply grateful to him for his kindness in coming, and especially for bringing Mrs. Lloyd George. (Applause). C. Holmes and D. Greenhalgh delighted the company with a clever rendering of L. D. Ourville's "Tarantelle," THE LADY PRINCIPAL'S REPORT. Miss Hovey, B.A. (the Lady Principal), in the course of her annual report, upon which the Chancellor based his subsequent speech, said that theirs was an English school—she had heard it described as a trench-English school—(laughter)—working in Wales, and therefore she claimed the right to give a special welcome to the most famous WTelshman working in England. (Hear, hear). They welcomed both Mr. and Mis. Lloyd George, and they wanted to give a special welcome to Megan—(heir, hear)—whom they were so pleased to have with them. The girls felt that they ought to present her with some token of welcome, and thought that although she would like to receive flowers, she might also appreciate something in a box. (Laugh- ter). And in this, no doubt, they were not very far off either. (Renewed laughter). They were also pleased to welcome the friends who had come in honour of the Chancellor and also, she hoped, to the work of the school. (Hear, hear). Sir Charles McLaren was in London and unable to attend, but Lady McLaren was with them. Sir Herbert Roberts and Lady Roberts had long been their very good friends; they were present on the twenty-first anniversary of the College, and were now present on another anniversary. She need not say how glad, too, they were to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lewis, the Master of Elibank, Mr. William Jones, and the other friends who had done them the honour of being present. (Hear, hear). THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AT PENRHOS COLLEGE. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR. With regard to the work of the year in the school. Miss Hovey was glad to say they had had a very good year. The report given to them by the Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board was a very satisfactory one. Their arithmetic had always been highly commend- ed, and French was making a good advance. The Royal Drawing Society had bestowed the highest honours, and so the result was a very gratifying one. The prizes; and certificates to be distributed that day were gained in London Matriculation, Oxford and Cambridge Universities Joint Board certificate, Wjoyal Drawing Society (including a silver star), R.A.M and R.C.M. Associated Board (includ- ing gold and silver medals and three guinea prize) for music, and Colwyn Bay nature- study certificates. The health of the school during the year had been excellent. They had satisfied the con- ditions recommended last month by the Presi- dent of the Congress of International School Hygiene at Paris-fresh air in the school, fresh air in the lungs, fresh air in the time-table. (Hear, hear). The fifth form gave very good promise for next year. Last year they had to complain of girls leaving too young, but there was since an improvement in that respect. The examina- tion results outside the school were only small. Their girls as a whole did not enter for ex- ternal examinations; only those in the fifth or sixth forms, but of the three who did enter, all passed, Madge Kempsey obtaining distinc- tion in the French and drawing. (Hear, hear). GOING ABROAD. Miss Hovey had to regret that some girls not only left too young, but for the purpose of going abroad. She thought girls should go right through a school until the sixth form, and then not go to a school abroad, but to a high class family abroad, where they would hear thoroughly good conversation, and thus learn really good French, and' not a smattering such as they would get in a boarding school. Some of their girls had adopted her plan with very satisfactory results. It was a great mis- take for girls to leave at fifteen or sixteen in order to finish their education at a foreign school, a course which had produced such un- satisfactory results that it had been said "These English girls learn to speak foreign languages very nicely, but, when thev have learnt them, they have nothing to say in them (Laughter). THE JUNIOR SCHOOL. The number of young pupils was increasing, and it had been decided to erect a Junior School, to be opened in May, ion, to serve as a "Hone" for about twelve girls under four- teen years of age, who would sleep and have meals in the Junior School and come to the College for lessons. The foundation stone of the new building was about to be laid by Mr. Lloyd George, who had kindly promised to press a button which would give a signal and another button which would place the stone in position. (Hear, hear). The Lady Principal spoke in her usual kind way about her staff, whose splendid co-opera- tion she thankfully acknowledged. For two years there had been no changes in the staff, but now she had to report several changes, the reason in one case being that the mistress had left to get married. (Laughter, and hear, hear). Miss Marsh, who had been there for five years, had left to take up lighter work, and she had been succeeded by one of their own old girls. (Hear, hear). 'This was the first t time an old girl had come back to occupy a position on the staff. THE OLD GIRLS' FUND. She wished to say how pleased she was that there were forty or more old girls present at that meeting, and she would also like to refer to the Old Girls' Fund. As the result of a half-day's bazaar the sum of £400 was raised for the fund, and the Directors were advancing fiye per cent. interest upon that capital, so that they were in a position to pay out £20 a year to deserving cases. She was proua to say that the movement was doing good work and was being appreciated by those who were re- ceiving assistance from it. (Hear, hear). Miss Hovey was glad that the value of edu- cation was becoming more and more realised, and in the presence of Mr. Lloyd George she would like to refer to one aspect of it, and that was the value of imagination. She knew that would appeal to a Celt like Mr. George. (Laughter, and hear, hear). A year or two ago all the emphasis seemed to be laid—and to a large extent rightly so—upon the personality of the teacher. Now the emphasis was on the value of imagination in a materialistic age like our own. Matthew Arnold said that Imagination is three-fourths of conduct, virtue, knowledge!" As teachers they had long understood it was three-fourths of know- ledge, but only now weie they beginning to realise that it was also three-fourths of virtue and knowledge also. Talking about imagina- tion was a dangerous thing, perhaps, as it was easy to be misunderstood, but she did want to urge that it was important to cultivate the imagination of children, not so much by en- couraging them to read novels, but to aim at high ideals. (Hear, hear). She recently noticed an excellent article in the Manchester Guardian, on the great painter Holman Hunt, in which it was stated that the pic- torial art could not live by the eye alone; it must stand allied to the invisible and spiritual impulses of life if it was to be in any way a complete expression of the genius of the country. That was something like what she meant when she spoke of the importance of cultivating the imagination. (Hear, hear). In the sense in which she spoke of it, imagina- tion meant high ideals and sympathy. They wanted the very thoughts of the heart to be pure and true, resulting in unselfish, noble lives spent in the service of others. (Ap- plause). THE TEACHING PROFESSION. As she had said, people were sympathising more and more with education, and wnile thanking Mr. Lloyd George for his sympathy with the teaching profession, and for what he was doing to relieve teachers from being de- pendent upon very uncertain incomes indeed, she hoped he would be able to increase them. He held the purse-strings of the nation, and while they were glad that he had made educa- tion authorities independent of the amount of whiskey consumed, she trusted that he would see that the money was available for securing the best men and women as teachers by en- suring good salaries and pensions. The teachers were willing to work, quite independ- ently of the emoluments which the profession had to offer them as a reward for that work, but they wanted to be relieved from anxieties and enabled to hold up their heads and to en- joy the respect of the community. i Hear, hear). Pensions in old age were very good, but how were teachers going to attain that age? Teachers might need relief before that age, and something should be done in this country on the same lines as in Germany, where the pen- sions of schoolmasters were not merely i5 per cent., but actually 100 per cent. of the annual salary. She ventured to make that remark because Mr. Lloyd George was present. (Ap- plause). She would also like to refer to the visit of the North Wales Summer School of Hygiene and Temperance, in- which Sir Herbert Ro- berts took such a keen personal interest- (hear, hear)—'and the pleasure they exper- ienced in entertaining the members. They were shown over the building, and some of the teachers were heard to remark upon the differ- ence between the conditions prevailing there and the schools in which they were engaged but she was glad to say that those of them who at first were inclined to be despondent and to talk of going to America went away determined to do their best in their own spheres. (Hear, hear). A PROBLEM. She desired to say that several letters had been received expressing regret at inability to be present, among the writers being the Bishop of St. Asaph and Sir Harry Reichel. She could not resist the temptation to read extracts
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from two of the letters, without disclosing the names of the writers. One of them said, Although I differ entirely from the dis- tinguished Welshman, yet I thoroughly appre- ciate his great abilities and should have been pleased to have been present to welcome him as one of the parents of scholars at your school." (Hear, hear). Another parent wrote: On whom does the honour fall-on Mr. Lloyd George or upon Penrhos College?" (Laughter, and hear, hear). MR. LLOYD GEORGE IN PRAISE OF PENRHOS. The Chancellor, who on rising to speak was received with the utmost cordiality, said:- After the very interesting and very charming speech which we have listened to from the Lady Principal, I feel that I am at a disad- vantage. In competition with lady orators we poor men always come off second best. But I have no hesitation in solving the problem which i., put in the letter which was read by the Lady Principal. As far as I am concerned I feel deeply the honour that rests entirely with me of having this privilege of being present here to-night at this very famous school. I certainly endorse the phrase which was quoted by the Lady Principal of its being a really famous school. I have heard a good deal of it in the past, and I have met in different parts of both England and Wales parents who have not merely sent their children here to be edu- cated, but they always felt deeply grateful that Providence had guided them to send their children to this C school, where they had the best and highest education in every sense of the word. It is an advantage in itself to have a school in such a beautiful part of one of the most beautiful countries in the world. (Applause). And I say so with all re- spect to the country the Master of Elibank comes from, which I recently visited, the country of Scotland, an extraordinarily beauti- ful country, and I know of no other that can come into competition with my own. (Ap- plause). That really is an advantage-to have a school fixed amongst these beautiful and healthy surroundings. For children to go to school is always a trial for them, and it en- ables them to bear their trial, and to bear it with some joy and delight, if they are going into a beautiful country, and inhaling a pure, good, and thoroughly inspiriting atmosphere, and there is no more inspiring atmosphere than that of the Welsh hills. (Applause). It is a side of school life which I am glad to realise has come very much to the front in the last few years-the importance of keeping chil- dren at school not merely in good health, but in the good spirits that follow from it, and that is what you get when you get such a beautiful school as this, such a well. ventilated, well-lit school, with all the breezes that blow from all parts of the world, coming straight across the ocean, with no motor-car dust or petrol mixed with it. (Applause). It is a very great ad- vantage, and it is not merely that the physical atmosphere is good, but the more important atmosphere that has to do with the training and the building-up of the character of the children. AN UNSBCTARI AN SCHOOL. Not only is that good and sounds, but the religious tone and atmospheres good and sound in the highest and best sense of the teri-i,. And they have solved the problem of having such a school without its being sectar- ian. (Hear, hear). I am told that you have here children of every Nonconformist deno- mination and children also whose parents be- long to the Church of England, and they are able to have their religious teaching together and to worship together. And I was so glad to hear the Lady Principal pointing to the real moral of religio is teaching, that its very essence is human sympathy, and that, thank IG-od, is unsectarian. (Applautse). She has taught the important lesson which seems to be overlooked1 in the strife and wranglings and bitter bickerings of religious dogma, that the one great les3on that the Master used to teach was to be sympathetic with all sorrow and human suffering. I was glad toh ear the Lady Principal invite the special attention of the parents of the children so that fact, and telling us what the school is doing in that way. (Hear, hear) THE COST OF UNDER-EDUCATION. There was another thing which I was very pleased to hear her dwell upon—it is a matter which I had already referred to in a speech which I delivered in a much more ancient language at the Eisteddfod before I came here —that there was an increasing tendency to keep the girls longer at school, and that as far as this object is concerned there was a great improvement. Well, I would emphasise the importance of that. There is no one thing which makes me inclined to quarrel with my friends-and as a rule I stick to my friends, and I generally find them stick to me — but when a parent comes to me and says, I am going to take my boy or girl away from school," and I know they are taking him or her away before he or she can possibly have acquired an education, I come nearer to quarrelling with them than I do for anything else. I feel indignant. It is not fair to the child, and if the parent says, I cannot afford it, I reply that there is one thing he cannot afford, and that is to undereducate his child. It is not that the individual cannot afford it, and the sooner the nation awakens up to the fact the better. I was telling them across the way in that great pavilion my experience re- cently in Bavaria, and there is another exper- ience which I had in Bavaria which is verj relevant to what was said by the Lady Princi pal. There the one thing they think about is to keep the children at school as long as the) can, and every nation which is a progressive nation, which wants to forge ahead to make itself a power in the world, must realise the force of the adage which we learned long be. fore these nations came into existence, that the best weapon is learning—•' Goreu arf, arl dysg." That is very sound and sapient advice given in very beautiful and musical language. (Laughter, and hear, hear). I think it is of supreme importance that parents should real. ise how very important it is to their children that they should be kept at school, and that they should make a sacrifice for them—a real sacrifice, some little luxury, even some little comfort, for the purpose. The highest patri- otism takes the form of making a sacrifice for your country, and there is no sacrifice a parent can make for his native land, or which would help that country better, than the sacri- fice he makes in keeping his child as long as he possibly can in some school or other. I am very delighted to learn from the Lady Principal that parents sending their children here are realising this point. (Applause). PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS. There is another point made by the Lady Principal, that of pensions for teachers. Thai is a topic which I ought to shun. It costs money, and anything that costs money means taxes, and taxes get everbody into trouble, in- cluding the Chancellor of the Exchequer. (Laughter). They involve filling up forms, Form Four—(laughter)—and what I should have thought was a very much more difficult form, signing cheques. (Laughter). I would rather fill all the forms in the world than that one simple little form that you have to sign at the bottom and take to the banker. (Laughter). Still, they make no fuss about that. It is only the other document they are quarrelling about —laughter—and when anybody comes and suggests something which involves the ex- penditure of money, I am made very shy. But in spite of that I may say that there is no ob- ject with which I have greater sympathy than that to which the Lady Principal referred. I had a deputation of teachers just before I left for my holidays, and it came from Ireland. They told me a story that I think on the whole is rather discreditable to the Empire, of teach- ers plodding all their lives to teach on behalf of the Empire at a wage which a navvy would refuse. (H Shame '"). At the end of their days, when they are broken in health, not even enough is given them to keep themselves and their family from the workhouse. And they told me that at this very hour there are hundreds io1 teachers who have given their lives in the schools of Ireland, who are old, abandoned, deserted by the country they have served, in the workhouses. Now, I think that is a very disgraceful story of the richest nation under the sun. (Hear, hear). As the Lady Principal said, that is not what they do in Germany. I went to Oberammergau, and a very remarkable sight is that great Passion Play. And I had the privilege of staying there with the parish priest. There was no room anywhere else, and he was good enough to take compassion upon me, so that I should not have to sleep in an outhouse and be taken up as a vagabond. (Laughter). He told me about what happened in Bavaria. They pay the little village teacher there—not merely the teachers in the swagger schools like Penrhos College—(laughter)—but in the little village schools of Bavaria-a salary which is twice as good as what we pay our yillage teachers. Not only that; when they are too old the teachers get a handsome pension from the State. What is the Tes,.ilt" The teachers ought not to be worried about the prospect of having daily bread for themselves and their children, whether they will be able to earn it the moment they break down in health. It is quite as much as they can do to teach the children, and they ought to have their best brain and their best energy, and the best heart for their work, and their heart-strings ought not to be worn and torn till they are ragged when they go to school about the anxieties of their daily bread. Germany has solved that. (Applause). NATIONAL CONTRIBUTORY SCHEME. Now the nation that knows the importance of the teacher in the life of its people, knows the importance of the school in the life of the generations to come, is a nation which is worth copying in its best things, not in its worst. (Applause). These are the things that are worth considering, worth dwelling upon. Next year it will be my privilege to bring in a great scheme of insurance, which by means of contributions from the workers of the kingdom will place the ordinary daily worker above worries about his daily breadi. (Applause). That is a scheme they have already got in Germany. They have thought out these little problems, and I hope to have a scheme much better than theirs. I do not believe in copy- ing Germany—I believe in going one better. (Applause and laughter). I shall be very pleased if it is in my power, in connection with the scheme, to do something for the teachers, because I am a great believer in the desirability of it from the national point of view. I believe it is an obligation of honour that we ought to discharge. (Applause). A NOVEL CEREMONY. Mr. Lloyd George, having finished his speech by placing the responsibility for its length upon the Lady Principal, was shown two electric buttons inlaid in the table before him on which the prize books were piled, and Miss Hovey gave him instructions as to what he was to do. I understand," said the Chancellor, that I have to touch a button, which shows you how up-to-date this school is. Without any bother about mortar and so forth, you just touch a button and the foundation of the school is laid." (Laughter). But," he continued, I must first touch another button to warn the workman to clear away. What if I touched the wrong button first? I wonder whether I should be liable for compensation?" (Laughter). At the suggestion of a gentleman present, the audience stood while the ceremony was being performed, and Mr. George touched the button, which fortunately was the right one, his hope that no accident might happen being fulfilled. Then he pressed the second button, which caused the wire holding up the stone to fall into its position, and a moment later the Chancellor, with his mind still directed towards the subject of a possible accident, was startled by the ringing of a bell in the room. He was, however, reassured on being in- formed that this was a signal that the stone had fallen and the cermony had been duly performed. The company expressed their pleasure by applauding with much heartiness. The Chancellor said he had great pleasure in declaring the stone well and truly laid, and wished success to the new Junior School and to Penrhos College. (Applause). Mr. Oulton made a happy and graceful speech in moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Lloyd George for his sympathy with the great work of education which was being carried on it that particular College. He was very glad that Miss Hovey had given the Chancellor of the Exchequer an opportunity of doing that which was so seldom done by statesmen in the high position he occupied, that of drawing aside ths veil of the future and giving them an early indication that it was just possible, to please Miss Hovey-ilaughter)-there would be at least a turn of the screw of taxation. (Renewed laughter and applause). The Rev. S. T. House, in seconding, said that all who were associated with Penrhos College were very much indebted indeed to Mr. Lloyd George for the very generous terms in which he had spoken of Penrhos College and its immediate vicinity. Mr. George was a splendid fighter, but as one who now heard him for the first time the speaker felt he was not only a fighter but a man who could make even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Hear, hear). It would be something for the children to remember, and to relate to their own children, that the prizes received that day had been handed to them by the Chancellor of the Exchequer of Great Britain. (Applause). The resolution was carried by all present standing. Mr. Lloyd George responded, acknowledging the kind terms used by the previous speakers and the manner in which the resolution had been received, and said it had been a great pleasure and a great privilege to him to per- form the ceremonies. (Applause). P TO THE CHAN- CELLOR. Mr. C. Ernest Elcock, of Messrs. J. M. Porter and Elcock, the architects, presented the Chancellor with a beautiful silver trowel in case, and the contractor, Mr. Oswald Jones, presented him with a handsome ivory mallet, the incident being warmly applauded. Both of the mementoes were supplied by Messrs. W. Jones and Sons, jewellers, Station-road, Col- wyn Bay. Mr. Lloyd George expressed the great pleasure he experienced in accepting the gifts. THE PRIZE LIST. It was prior to laying the foundation stone that Mr. Lloyd George distributed the prizes and certificates to the successful pupils, who were evidently very gratified to receive them at the hands of so distinguished a statesman. The following appeared in the annual re- port The Leaving Scholarship," value £3°, will be held at Birmingham University this year by W. Leach and the Beckett Scholarship," value £3°, is divided between M. Kempsey and E. Blamires. Other awards are:-Lon- don Matriculation.-B. Richards. Oxford and Cambridge Joint Board Higher:-Full Certifi- cates: M. Kempsey (distinguished in French and drawing) and E. Blamires. Letter, M. Shaw. Royal Drawing Society.—69 Honour certifi- cates, 37 Passes. Full honour certificates (honours in all six divisions), W. Irons, M. Kempsey, K. Halliwell, M. Wintringham. A silver star of ihe Royal Drawing Society for figure drawing awarded to M. Wintringham. Royal Academy and Royal College of Music.—37 Certificates. Local centre ad- vanced, M. Mason (honours), G. Elderkin (two subjects), K. Rothwell. Intermediate, D. Cullwick, C. Holmes, M. Robinson, M. Yeo- man, L. McCowen (two subjects). Theory, 7 certificates. R.A.M. and R.C.M. School Ex- aminations :-Hig-her, D. Banks (honours), and i'i Passes. Lower, 4 Passes. Elementary, 2 Passes. Primary, 2 Passes. The Gold medal for Piano of the Chester centre has been awarded to M. Mason; the silver medal for piano to D. Cullwick and the three guinea prize for stringed instrument to G. Elderkin. Colwyn Bay Horticultural Society Nature Study Competition.—First prizes won by N. Dootson, M. Harrison, V. Eltoft. The prize list was as follows:- Form VI.-B. Richards, London matricula- tion. Form V.-E. Blamires, Higher Certificate and French Conveisation M. Kempsey, High- er Certificate and French Conversation Form IVA.—J. Hallitt, 1st in Form and mathematics; K. Potts, 2nd in Form and Scripture and English; R. Woodcock, langu- ages (French and German); M. Markham mathematics; K. Rothwell, science: D Willatt, general progress and sewing; D. Woodman, general progress; W. Irons, draw- ing (R.D.S. Full Honours Certificate) G. Or. mand, piano; M. Yeoman, piano. Form IV1.-S. Pugh Jones, 1st in Form and English and Science; E. Oldroyd, 2nd in Form and Scripture; N. Wallis, languages (French and German) D. Cooper, mathem- atics D. Cooper, sewing; H. Linnell, elocu- tion; F. Sutcliffe, general progress; E. Oldroyd, piano. Form IVB.—D. Smith, 1st in Form; D. Smith. English, French and mathematics; J. Potts, 2nd in Form and Science; N. Dootson, general progress and Scripture; D. Heap, general progress; L. McCowen, piano and violin; K. Halliwell, painting; C. Holmes, piano. Form IIIA.-F. Chatwin, 1st in Form, science, arithmetic, sewing M. Holland, 2nd (Continued on page 6.)