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    OPEN COUNCIL. 427 ,

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    —. 4gft~ To The Editor Of The Jsnglish W...

    _qu iring shortcomings refinement not of taste much in to desi _sltlj gn .. natural Men of incapacity sound jud as gment a nation attributed _iox the

    our , so , art of maintained design , as that to a lamentable French desi want of and cultivation artizans of had that the art advantage ; and more of

    lishe receiving over d in many their art parts -education of their in country the gners " Schools . The of Eng Desi the lish gn School government '' which of Desi were took estab tli in e -

    matter Somerset sequentl into y House young consideration 1 . women At . first , were and male at allowed length students to founded shar only e in were " the admitted shed advantages artist , but gn of sub " the

    institutionMrs . Me . Iana well-known and distingui , being of app the ointed benefits superintendent , to be derive of , d the from female the school department were soon . Most shown satisfactory in the desi proofs gns

    produced exhibited b in y the the students Grreat Exhibition , many of of which 1851 were twelve afterwards of the manufactured students were also and ;

    honored Albertand by the several presentation were chosen of season to make tickets drawings from His from Royal the rich Highness treasures Prince of

    House many sequentl Owing lands ; , y and to removed which both a deficiency graduall were to 37 there , Grower y of merged collected accommodation Street into . , and " The the , the Department male female school school of to Marlboroug Science was sub and h - Ornamental Art

    Art After , " and a time became the known male school as " Schools was again of removed to South . " Kensington , owing classes where to suitable were the also resi premises gnation opened had of in the Mrs been same . Me provided . building Ian in for 1857 . aster its But , accommodation was at the South now Grower placed Street , and under S female chool and the ,

    who care , of in Mr his . address Bure ] iett to , who the was students also , Head stated M that the two establishments Kensington , of South Kensington andGrower Street were " identical" In October 1859

    . ., , to Mr succeed . Burchett him ' s in superintendence his office . On at the Grower 1 st December Street ceased 1859 , and , the I was Lords appointed of the

    Committee of Council on Education issued a minute , of the proceedings with regard to the school , the concluding paragrap has arrived hs of when which the I here extract should .

    " My Lords consider that the time department paid no longer _}> y the be voluntary charged princi with p the le ; and local that expenses if undertake the school , which its at local Grower in other Street cases is to are be

    maintained " Towards , some accomp voluntary lishing agency this , the must department will rent give and every management local aid in . its

    of power the , school but it will should cease be to clearl be paid y understood by the _Government that the in the course expenses of next yearand that if no voluntary agency should come forward the school will

    be closed , . Thus " By it order of the that Committee if the school of is Council still to be on carried Education on . it Dec must . 1 st be , 1859 placed . "

    purpose on an independent of appears meeting , basis the . local It is expenses therefore of the proposed establishment to raise for , its ; a or fund , if thoug b for this the ht

    advisable , of building or purchasing suitable premises use ; y latter pose I means venture avoiding to ask the the sympath annual y expenditure and aid of in the house nobility -rent , . tlie For gentry this , pur and - will not allow valuable

    the public in general , who , 1 feel convinced , so an institution Of its importance to fall to as the a ground means . of providing honorable and remunerative emscarcelbe saidat

    p can the earn loyment present educated a livelihood for time women educated , and when do I women ? one believe " hears Few , too I indeed am the much full question are can justified the asked mean in y on stating s b all y which sides , , especially that , the " should " y What can ; y

    the profe Grower ssional Street education School of be women closed , would one of be the lost most to useful the public institutions . It is an for im the - p portant opulation consideration should be in that a central the proposed position means , and accessible of benefitting to as this large class a number of our

    as possible .

    Open Council. 427 ,

    OPEN COUNCIL . 427 ,

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1860, page 427, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021860/page/67/