THE IDEAL OF EDUCATION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 820, 18 May 1910, Page 3

THE IDEAL OF EDUCATION.

The recent election of a woman as president of the National TJnion of Teachers for the first time in this history of that important body is a great ■triumph for vonien workers, says the Queon, and will probably have considerable influence in the education of girls and young children. At the Teachers Conference, held at Plymouth recently, Jliss Cleghorn, at Sheffield, was elected by a large majority of votes, vice-president, which means that ehe will bo the president next year, and this victory was followed by the election to the executive of three more women teachers, a feature of these elections being the fact that they were a s. ource of as much gratification to the male teachers /as to the women:' And this is as it , ought to be, for woman is the natural instructor of youth, and it is well for , this to be not only recognised, but welcomed and applauded by those best ablo to form an authoritative judgment on the matter. : And not only by her sex, but by her ■ beliefs and principles, is the presidentelect of the Teachers' Union qualified ' to occupy this influential position. For ! she has .proclaimed that her ideal of ' education for girls is Hint it should bo ' based on those principles and ;methods ■ which will produce the,womanly woman, ' capable of becoming the true helpmate ' of man in every sense of the term, and capable of taking her place in the grpat social and beneficent movements which have for their object the uplifting of ' the great masses of this country. The girl ' of to-day and the girl of the future should ! be taught, she avers, on the most liberal ' basis consistent with these objects. Fur- ' ther, Miss Cleghorn believes she should ! be taught primarily that her first duty ! is to the home, and that it should be ! her aim to fit herself to be the mother ' oi future generations of English men and ( women. She should be so trained as to 6t herself to influence the children of he future ,th.-it they shall be able to ■ .ake their place in continuing the tra- i ditions of the British people. No matter i what her position in life the schoolgirl holds or hones to hold, slip should he trained in all tlie duties which pertain to home life, for "it is in the homes of the people that the nation is made." ! The men o£ the Hatloss Brigade arc i etill to be seen here and ther?. Soino i have flon-in; loelcs, and some are very 6cant of hair. They look conspicuous anil queer, of course, "but they have the satisfaction of knowing that h go hatless is a good thing for the hair—so lons as they don't eet it wet too often. There is a much easier way of keeping jour hair or curing bnkliipss. John Stranire Winter's marvellous flair Food is all that,Us name implies. It feeds the hair s roots,- clears the head of dandruff, establishes healthy, natural conditions, and so ensures luxuriant and permanent growth. This is an advertisement. A ' simple statement of fact, none flit less, "bottles of all good dealers in toilet re- '• quotes, 35.-6 d.; or jiost free, direct from Johv Strange Winter Co., Wellington. Sβ. !M.—Advt