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In all these appointments the two dominant and essential requisites are: (1) a knowledge of educational work, and (2) a sound training in Secretarial work and Business Organization, such as is afforded by the postal courses of the METROPOLITAN COLLEGE. The following are actual examples of recently advertised appointments : (a) Assistant-Secretary, Royal Society. Salary £750-£1,000. (b) Secretary, Juvenile Organization Committee, New castle. Salary £500. (c) Secretary, Ipswich Educational Committee. Salary Don't you feel that appointments such as the foregoing would-be more congenial, and provide greater scope for your individuality, than ordinary routine teaching work? Then send a post card to-day for a copy of the "STUDENTS' GUIDE" FREE & POST PAID WHICH CONTAINS FULL ADVICE AS TO THE TRAINING REQUIRED. The METROPOLITAN COLLEGE provides SPECIALIZED POSTAL COACHING for the MATRICULATION, B.COM., and for the recognized SECRETARIAL and ACCOUNTANCY EXAMINATIONS, in which STUDENTS of the COLLEGE repeatedly score Record Successes, frequently outnumbering those of all other institutions put together. Verb. sap.! It is quite practicable to take two or more courses simultaneously, if desired, and the same method of INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION BY POST is adopted in all instances, thus guaranteeing the acquirenient, in spare time, of complete proficiency, while continuing present duties without interruption. METROPOLITAN COLLEGE Dept. 490, ST ALBANS Extract from J. H. Newman's "University Sketches" Les écrivains érudits nous assurent catégoriquement que la plupart des maisons d'Athènes étaient petites et mesquines; que les rues étaient étroites et tortueuses, que les étages supérieurs faisaient saillie sur la chaussée : et que les escaliers, les balustrades et les portes qui s'ouvraient extérieurement gênaient la circulation -coïncidence de description vraiment remarquable. Je crois bien-quoique l'histoire n'en dise rien-que cette chaussée était très cahoteuse pour les voitures et presque impassable, et qu'elle était aussi sillonnée d'égouts qu'une ville turque d'aujourd'hui. Sous ces rapports Athènes semble avoir été au-dessous de la moyenne des villes de ce temps-là. Un étranger," dit un ancien, pouvait bien se demander en l'apercevant subitement si vraiment il voyait Athènes? "' 44 J'admets tout cela, et beaucoup plus, si vous le voulez, mais rappelez-vous qu'Athènes était le foyer de l'intellectuel et du beau, et non pas de ces basses inventions mécaniques et d'organisation matérielle. Pourquoi rester au logis occupés à compter les fentes dans vos murs ou les trous dans vos toits quand la Nature et l'Art vous appellent ailleurs? Vous trouverez une chambre, une table, une couchette, un escabeau, tout à fait pareils n'importe où sur les trois continents, les intérieurs des logis ne diffèrent pas les uns des autres; votre hutte africaine ou vos grottes syriennes ne sont pas parfaites. Je suppose bien que vous n'êtes pas venus à Athènes pour grimper en foule sur une échelle ou pour fouiller dans un cabinet; vous êtes venus voir et entendre ce que vous ne pouviez voir et entendre ailleurs. Croyez-vous trouver de quoi nourrir votre intelligence parmi les objets que vous pouvez procurer chez vous? Est-ce là pourquoi vous restez à la maison à regarder autour de vous? Pensez-vous pouvoir vous y appliquer à la lecture? Où sont vos livres? Vous attendez-vous à acheter ces livres à Athènes? Vous vous trompez fort dans vos calculs. Il est vrai qu'aujourd'hui, nous qui vivons au dix-neuvième siècle, nous avons les livres de la Grèce en souvenir perpétuel; il y en a eu des copies depuis le jour où ils ont été écrits, mais il n'est pas nécessaire d'aller à Athènes pour les procurer, voire même que vous ne les trouveriez pas à Athènes. Chose étrange à dire, et qui paraîtra singulière aux gens du dix-neuvième siècle, au temps de Platon et de Thucydide il n'y avait pas, dit-on, de librairie dans toute la ville, le commerce des livres n'existait pas avant le règne d'Auguste. Je m'imagine que les bibliothèques étaient la brillante invention d'Attale ou des Ptolomée. Je doute qu'Athènes ait eu une bibliothèque avant le règne d'Adrien. L'éducation donnée par Athènes consistait en ce que l'étudiant contemplait, en ce qu'il entendait, en ce qu'il saisissait par la magie de la sympathie, en non pas en ce qu'il lisait. This was a difficult piece, and the average was on the whole high, though a good many competitors failed to grasp the sense of the English in places. = = obstruer, Roadway on In spite of several blunders in vocabulary, the rendering of "M. V." was the best, though that of "Répétitrice" ran it close. "Mean" = pauvre, mesquin has a more abstract sense; "projected = faire saillie or surplomber; 44 obstruct or, more freely translated, entraver la circulation. = chemin or rue; "all but impassable" = à peine praticable. "Drains offered some difficulty: égouts are generally constructed underground; ruisseaux is the best, though not very exact. "In these respects = sous ce rapport, à cet égard; a sudden view" à première vue-it is a stranger's view, therefore first. Home of the intellectual foyer des choses de l'esprit, "not of . . ." pas celui de . . ."Why stop counting?' pourquoi rester à compter; "call you away": many versions omitted" away" altogether. To swarm up a ladder" = grimper à une échelle (cf. to swarm up a pole; there is no idea of crowd). Grope tâtonner. What you could not see = ce que vous ne pourriez pas voir. The sentence beginning, "What food is obscure, and gave much trouble-Quelle nourriture pour l'esprit peut-on trouver dans la maison que vous y restiez à regarder autour de vous? "To procure them nor du = = = = = reste. "Bookshop librairie; library = bibliothèque. "Ptolémée "-proper names do not take s. In the last sentence (Continued on page 384.) WM. HUNT'S Patent " Ideal" LOOSE-LEAF NOTE-BOOK constitutes the best and most convenient Higher Form and Science Class Exercise Book, Lecture Note Book, Loose-Leaf Scrap Book, Storage Covers for Notes, Letters and Papers of all sorts yet invented. 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List of Boys' and of Girls' Schools and School Partnerships for Sale, sent gratis to intending Purchasers, to whom no commission is charged, the tense should be the passé historique, the education furnished by Athens is over, We classify the 79 versions as follows: Class I.-M.V., Répétitrice d'Anglais, Esse quam videri, Wentworth, Ruth, Corinne. Class II.-(a) Mike, M.L.D., Alsace, Olga, R.W., Sorbier, Vlaamische Meitje, Torelore, V.N., Florah, Quid Prodest. (b) M.L., Edimbourgeoise, T.C.J., Bésigue, Carisbrooke, Icoletou, C.K., Fleur d'ajouc, W.F.M., W.J.T. (c) A.K.C., Philippine, Septimus, Nimbus, Shax, Zette, Plover, Mime. (c) Cassandra, Novice, Speramus, Nora, Dulcibella. A Prize of Two Guineas is offered for the best translation of the following extracts from Molière's “Critique de l'Ecole des Femmes " : URANIE: La tragédie, sans doute, est quelque chose de beau, quand elle est bien touchée; mais la comédie a ses charmes, et je tiens que l'une n'est pas moins difficile que l'autre. Mais, lorsque vous peignez les hommes, il faut peindre d'après nature: on veut que ces portraits ressemblent; et vous n'avez rien fait, si vous n'y faites reconnaître les gens de votre siècle. En un mot, dans les pièces sérieuses, il suffit, pour n'être point blâmé, de dire des choses qui soient de bon sens et bien écrites: mais ce n'est pas assez dans les autres: il y faut plaisanter; et c'est une étrange entreprise que celle de faire rire les honnêtes gens. DORANTE: Je vois bien, monsieur Lysidas, que vous voulez dire que la cour ne se connaît pas à ces choses; et c'est le refuge ordinaire de vous autres messieurs les auteurs, dans le mauvais succès de vos ouvrages, que d'accuser l'injustice du siècle, et le peu de lumières des courtisans. Sachez, s'il vous plaît, monsieur Lysidas, que les courtisans ont aussi bons yeux que d'autres; qu'on peut être habile avec un point de Venise et des plumes, aussi bien qu'avec une perruque courte et un petit rabat uni; que la grande épreuve de toutes vos comédies, c'est le jugement de la cour; que c'est son goût qu'il faut étudier pour trouver l'art de réussir; qu'il n'y a point de lieu où les décisions soient si justes; et, sans mettre en ligne de compte tous les gens savants qui y sont, que, du simple bon sens naturel et du commerce de tout le beau monde, on s'y fait une manière d'esprit qui, sans comparaison, juge plus finement des choses que tout le savoir enrouillé des pédants. Initials or a nom de guerre must be adopted by ALL competitors, but the prize-winners and the competitors awarded the second place will be required to send real names for publication if necessary. month. DORANTE: Assurément, madame; et quand, pour la difficulté, vous mettriez un peu plus du côté de la comédie, peut-être que No competitor will be awarded a prize more than vous ne vous abuseriez pas car enfin je trouve qu'il est bien plus ONCE during a given year, though the name of the com. aisé de se guinder sur de grands sentiments, de braver en vers la fortune, accuser les destins, et dire des injures aux dieux, que d'en-petitor gaining the first place will be published each trer comme il faut dans le ridicule des hommes, et de rendre agréablement sur le théâtre les défauts de tout le monde. Lorsque vous peignez des héros, vous faites ce que vous voulez ; ce sont des portraits à plaisir, où l'on ne cherche point de ressemblance, et vous n'avez qu'à suivre les traits d'une imagination qui se donne l'essor, et qui souvent laisse le vrai pour attraper le merveilleux. 66 All competitions must reach the Office by the first post on June 14, addressed Prize Editor," THE JOURNAL OF EDUCATION AND SCHOOL WORLD, 3 Ludgate Broadway, London, E.C. 4. PICTURE CHARTS J. & J. COLMAN, LTD., have prepared a magnificent new An illustrated 48-page book of descriptive notes, specially written by a well-known educationist of high standing and repute, accompanies the Charts. It contains material for a fascinating series of lessons and gives detailed descriptions of the types illustrated in the Charts. Messrs. Colman will supply a set of the four Charts and the booklet for P.O. or cheque for 7/6, which is less than half the cost to them. Containing in a concise form the regulations relating to the entry of Cadets (age limits 13 years 4 months to 13 years 8 months) into the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; with instructions as to how to apply. &c., and a full illustrated description of life at the Royal Naval College. GIEVES, Ltd. (Publication Dept.), "Royal Navy House," 21 Old Bond Street, London, W.1. "THE ROYAL NAVY AS A PROFESSION." Descriptive of life in the Royal Navy, how to enter Price 58. net. Postage 6d. GIEVES, Limited, "ROYAL NAVY HOUSE,” 21 Old Bond Street, THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. President: Sir WOODMAN Burbidge, Bart., C.B.E.. Ex-President: The Right Hon. Lord LEVERHulme, LL.D. President-Elect: Sir JESSE BOOT, Bart. THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE will be held at NOTTINGHAM and LOUGHBOROUGH on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, JUNE 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1921, by invitation of Sir JESSE BOOT, Bart.. Principal W. H. HEATON, M.A., and Principal HERBERT SCHOFIELD, B.Sc. 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Degree or equivalent necessary. (2) FORM MISTRESS, to teach Mathematics, with some Geography and Botany. Salary according to Burnham scale for secondary schools, subject to carry-over conditions. Apply-HEAD MISTRESS, High School, Brigg. CHESTERFIELD GIRLS' HIGH Wanted for September: (1) SENIOR MATHEMATICS MISTRESS. Good Secondary School experience a recommend- Posts Vacant-continued. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WOMEN'S ELEMENTARY TRAINING COLLEGE. JERUSALEM. Two MISTRESSES are required from October 1st, 1921, to teach (1) Domestic Science, (2) Kindergarten Subjects. Salary £E.204 resident, rising by annual increments to £E.240. Passage to Palestine paid. One of the Mistresses may be appointed as Vice-Principal at a higher salary. The Principal will interview candidates in London. Application (tabulated) with full particulars of training, diplomas, experience, and copies of testimonials, to be addressed to Miss RIDLER, c/o Mrs. Brough. 108 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1. DUDLEY CIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, WORCS, WANTED, in September : WAN (1) SCIENCE MISTRESS, to share Advanced Course work and to teach two of the following: Chemistry, Physics, Zoology. Botany: also to teach General Elementary Science in lower forms. (2) FRENCH MISTRESS (possibly Senior), for Advanced Course and Upper and Middle School work. (3) MISTRESS, to teach French and some English or Latin. Knowledge of Phonetics and Residence Abroad Burnham scale. Apply at once to the HEAD MIS- REIGATE (SURREY, EDUCATION COMMITTEE. REIGATE COUNTY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Required, for September, HISTORY MISTRESS, (Signed) EDMUND H. BOURNE, HISTORY MISTRESS wanted for the KENDAL HIGH SCHOOL. Burnham Scale. Apply to the HEAD MISTRESS. ARNET GIRLS' BARNET Secretary. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. HERTS, Wanted in September: (1) MATHEMATICAL MISTRESS, offering, if possible, some elementary Science. Degree and experience essential. (2) JUNIOR FRENCH MISTRESS, Honours degree. Direct Method and Phonetics. (3) ART MISTRESS. Applicants must hold a recognized Diploma; experience in Craft work a recommendation. (4) JUNIOR FORM MISTRESS, trained, with good Junior English, Arithmetic, and Drill. Games desirable in (1), (2), and (4). Salaries according to Burnham Scale, subject to carry-over. Apply-HEAD MISTRESS, giving full particulars. RESTON EDUCATION PREST COMMITTEE. THE PARK SCHOOL. Required in September : (1) FORM MISTRESS. English and History in Middle School. (2) FORM MISTRESS. Domestic subjects, in- Salaries according to the Burnham Scale. CITY OF OXFORD EDUCATION COMMITTEE. Required, for the Central Girls' School (280 girls), an ASSISTANT MISTRESS qualified to teach Mathematics and Music. Salary (subject to revision) £175 to £275, according to experience. The ultimate scale of salaries for teachers in Central Schools has not yet been adopted. 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