MODERN- EDUCATION
DAYS OF BESPONSIBILITY.
(FHOM OUR OWN CORRESPONnpvr.)
= LONDON, 27th .member, Uielteuham Ladies' College lays claim to be the largest preparatory college for j3A" Empire at the present time, and the first public engagement of the Duchess of Atholl, since her appointment as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, was to speak; to the students, who number close on 800 -While we are to-day, perhaps/tempted to think too much of ideals in education she said, "in the days of our grandmothers in regard to the education of girls, there were neither ideals nor any thought-out scheme. Perhaps the general aim with which .education was conducted was frankly to' prepare girls to be as attractive as possible Ido raajw.irtJSAMs donate tfl?" ° °Ur S^mothers inor-
drudgery it entailed at piano or ease; and one can sympathise with the sufferings ■of those compelled to. hear and see the results." (Laughter.) ;" ■' -» -'In the past," the Duchess of Atholl continued, "women, with little or :no training, and in the face of lethargic or hostile public opinion; have given great service out of the richness of their natures, i Women to-day receive a training for -which the " existing . machinery of things is _ waiting and ;asking. It is open to girls and women, 'through personal effort, to give service in,.countless ways as auxiliaries of the great State services of to-day for the benefit of the people. There is work clamantly awaiting performance, and an endless chain of service demanding ~educated* disciplined, and devoted workers. The supreme sphere of-women must remain the home, but the new responsibilities conferred upon us during the last six years oblige us to recognise that our duties do not end with the home: The extension of the franchise lays upon women the duty of following intelligently the mam events of-public life and of discharging service on public bodies These are days ]O f new and endless responsibility. There is a contribution- whichcan be made only by women, and it is the particular duty of women with the advantage of education to give in the public "service of their'country." •
MODERN- EDUCATION
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 6, 8 January 1925, Page 4
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