NEW WORD COINED

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1934, Page 21 (Supplement)

NEW WORD COINED

ENGLISHMAN IN EDUCATION. HOW WE SHOULD GROW UP. Sir Joseph Stamp, once a brilliant civil servant unknown to the public and now one of Britain’s most famous men, has been talking his usual good sense to the educational section of the British Association. He has a method in education and accordingly calls it methodology. What should a child learn at a. secondary school? Sir Joseph prefers an entirely general education, not including economics, but making much of geography and modern history. The boy or girl should know the world as a heritage, and what men are making of it in our day. Language, yes; but rather fluency and inaccuracy than a* tongue tied with pure grammar. Children should learn to make clear notes and to use a library with intelligence. Shorthand should be universally taught, and something of book-keeping. Sir Joseph would have children grounded in science and capable of-ex-pression. To know, and to be able to expound one’s knowledge is, we agree, of the first importance. MEET HIS MAJESTY THE KING. And now to conclude our meetings with the kings and queens of England from the time of William the Conqueror, meet His Majesty King George the Fifth! Perhaps there may come a day when you will meet this kindly and gentle man in person, perhaps you have already seem him—anyway I think you may like to know something about him. There is no need for me to tell you what he looks like, for his picture is everywhere; in the newspapers, in shopwindows. on postage-stamps, and on coins. Nevertheless, you may not know that King George was not bom heir to the throne. The heir was Albert Victor (Duke of Clarence), who was Prince George’s brother and his senior by two years. Albert Victor died in 1892, and Prince George, who Was then 27 years of age, became heir apparent, and. had to give up many of the navel duties which he loved. Indeed His Majesty has always been devoted to the sea and will go down in history as “The Sailor King! He is now 69 years of age and has been 24 years on the throne—years during which much has happened and he has earned the love and devotion of his millions of subjects. King George was married to Princess Victoria Mary in 1893, aiid there have been six children, one of whom, Prince John, died in 1919.