NOTED ENGLISH SCHOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1315, 19 December 1911, Page 9

NOTED ENGLISH SCHOOLS.

■ WHAT MISS BABER SAAV. Speaking of the schools which she had visited while in England, Miss Babor said last evening, nt the break-up of Miss Richmond and Miss Baber's school, that, in her search for new interests which she hoped to introduce into the school in ■Wellington, she had been somewhat hindered by the fact that, just ns she arriv-ed-in England, tho schools were breuk-ing-up, nnd the mistresses scattering for tiie holidays. That meant that she had had to put everything into four weeks. Of tho schools which she had been privileged to visit, the one which impressed her most was tho Godolphin School at Salisbury—a school that Ijad for its watchword "reposefulness." It made itself felt nt. once, and. in tnlking. to other headmistresses, Miss Baber learned how noted it was for that characteristic, and lion- remarkable a woman was its head, Miss Douglas. It was by this lensuro that the efficiency of the school had been built up, for the staff and tho school had leisure for doing everything well. Miss Douglas had told Miss Bnher that oven the girls of nineteen—Miss Baber wished them to mark well the fl!j«—worked no more than six and a lialf hours a day, including practice times. Miss Babor thou read the timetable followed at the school. ■ Another school visited was Wycomho' Abbey, for boarders only—about 300 in number—and a most delightful school. She was consulted as to drawing n new time-table in -which the problem was to arrange that there should be fewer homo lessons—the mistres-es making tho cliisilren learn their.work as tho lessons weregiven. Of course a certain amount of homework was .necessary to enable the girls to develop tlv?ir powers of individual effort. Another problem which they were, thinking.out was that of minute organisation—a system which had been adopted by the great educationists at Home. By this the head of the f-ehool was able to review Hio work of a girl nr of. the entire school through multitudinous sets of fignres. In England tho hours were different from those in New Zealand rehools, as thev had to.make the most of the. possible hours of sunshine. The main object of education nt the Wvcombe Abbey School was to help girls to live their lives usefully and happily, and the. girls of this rnrticular school not needing to earn their own.living, the system wns such as to.help thorn to make liappy homes, and to take their nlacp efficiently in whatever part of the world they might be called to go. The nrincipa'l was emphatic .in giving the girls hobbies in their youth, and employing their leisure time well.

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