The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-04-21 00:00:00

Miltshirt.

SAI.ISLURY DIOCE3AN BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The annual meeting of the milmeribers of this associa-
t 101 l was held at the Training School, the ( lose, Salisbury
on Tuesday the 14th lust , the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of Salisbory oecuwing the chair. There were
also present Sir E.. Hulse, Bart.. John Myer, Esq., E.
Hi4=llll, Esq., the Mayor of Salisbury 1.1. Style, Eng )
the Von. Archdeacon Harris, the Yen. Archdeacon
Sanctuary, the Rev. Chancellor Lear, Seb-Dean Eyre,
Rev. Prebendary lane. Rev. Prebendary Renaud, Rev.
Prebendary Onslow, Rev. Prebendary Cbermside, Rev.
Prebendary Carnegie, Rev. Prebendary Smart, Rev. J.
Wilkinson, Rev. W. V. Marries, Rev. H. Huston,
Bev. A. Codd, Rev. C. Luard. Rev. J. Lawlor& Rev.
L. 11. Walrond, Rev. C. Hinman, Rev. J. Daubeney,
Roe. C. Fort, Rev. J. McDowell. Rey. T. Bennett, ke..,
ke. There were also several ladies in attendance.
The meeting having been opened with prayer,
His LOP.Dtililr explained in detail the objects of the
meeting, and
The Rev. J. Wroossos then read the report of the
ISocesan Board of Education.
The Rev. W. I). MUKRICE then read the report of
the Training School.
The retiring members of the Board were re-elected
with the exception of the [tee. Prebendary lane, who
requested the withdrawal of his name in consequence
of his being shout to leave the county. The Rev.
C. Hineman waa accordingly elected in his steed,
and the lies% T. I). C. Morse, of tlrimstead, was likewise
added to the Hoard.

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The Lou ISISHOP then feelingly alluded to the
vacancies caused in the Board by deaths during the
past year. One, he said, was the death of • most
admirable layman in Dorsetabire - Mr. Purcher. He
was sure that every one who knew any thing of Dorset.
shire, knew his character. He was remarkable for his
benevolence and his active seal in the cause of educa-
tion. He built and supported schools and gave money
in all directions. Oe never said anything in greater
sincerity then when be maid that the whole diocese had
suffered, one and all, by the death of Mr. Porcher. He
Ii of also to announce the death of an E., tually valuable
man, • member of the Board, a personal friend of his,
and more particularly of his friend Mr. Pane, via..
Captain Gladstone. The deceased gentleman hal
equally tricot to do his duty a•nl benefit the neighbour-
hood in which he resided in the best way that he could.
He built • church, and was in the act of endowing it
when it pleased God to cell him away very etiddenly
from them. His death also had been • very great loos
to the dicta's. There was a third death he had to
deplore. and that was that of the Rev. Mr. Webb. He
could not refrain from speaking of him in the highest
term. If they wanted to see • good parish, they
should have visited Mr. Webba. It was • perfect
pattern. One of the reasons was that he and Mra.
Webb almost conducted the entire parish. His loos
was • serious one for the Board, fie always attended
regularly, and always had wise counsel to give them.
JOHN Himont, Esq., was elected in the room of Mr.
Poreher, and Mr. Lopes in the room of Captain Glad-
stone. Mr. Morse will fill the vacancy occasioned by
the lose of Mr. Webb. . . .

His LORDI4Hir maid the next business was the election
of a eecretary, treasurer, and auditors. The report of
Mr. Wilkinson had explained to them the loss the
Baird hail sustained in the sudden death of
his great friend Precentor !featly:etc, and he wan
sure that if he ...hued • word it would only mar the
effect of that which lut loon an well and feelingly
said. lie wm quite content with the tribute which
Mr. Wilkinson had paid to Itia memory and elm to that
of his di or friend—Archdeacon Drury. It was now
DeSISMIIry is srilrr to the iirotor tranwiction of the
Fusin.".o of the Board that thee should elect • seeretary
in L.* room of the It. Precentor Heathcoate. He had
b. en fortunate in being able to acetate the peewit:es pro-
fesaionallv of Mr. Wilkinson, anif he believed that if
the solwevibers wished it, Mr. Wilkinson would not be
unwitting to continue those services. (Applause.) Ile
w.. Aare that from the woe in which the proposition
had been received, Mr. Wilkinson woold have no reason
for *hanging his mind, but that he would consider
self keel to the oMee. (Apia-time.) He was per-
aonaily obliged to Mr. Wilkinson for undertaking the
duties, and bed the utmost cenfidence that he would
tread in the iteps of his excellent predeeemors. (Ap-
plause.) Their next hotness was to elect a treasurer.
Mr. Holzman had for 22 or 23 yearn been a tower of
strength to Ow society, and he only hoped tisit he
would be induced to continue his services. (Hear, hear.)
lie likewise begged to support the re-election of the
preeent auditors—Mr. Wilton and Mr. Stokes.
His LORDSHIP proposed the addition of the Mayor of
Salisbury to the committee, which was carried by ac-
clamation. . . . . .

The 'arloll4 propewitions made by his lordship in
ref.-ranee to the .lection of ollioers were carried unapt.
mously.
Mr. iIiNXIIAN then read his financial statement as
tremorer, from which it appeared that the total of his
reneipta during the iw.t year, including £2006 lts. 8.1.
re•eived from Ilrs. Duncan on account of the training
oebool, had amour ted to 1."Yi01 17s. Various grant.
had baen allowed and payment+ made, including
£2lOO to Mrs. Duncan for the training whool. which
left a balance in band at January lamt of Llttl 19a 41.
The report,. were unanimously adopted, on the motion
of the Vac. Archdeacon Ifarris, wounded by the Vat.
Archdeacon Sanct nary.

FINANCIAL FoNITION OF TIN ASSOC( %SION.

The meeting then proceeded to the discussion of the
several topics put down for ooneideration, the arse of
which wsw "The prercnt financial position of the Board
of Editcation, and the necessity of increasing the
u•nther of its •ahseribers.

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The Right Rae. Pau, ire said this was • very
Proper took to succeed the treasurer.' statement.
It was evident from the retort of the training school
that a...teeny, under the pretest system, an addition
of MO would be required to be subscribed fir the sup•
port of that institution, .hother that amount was to be
reined by payment of the parents o the students, or by
subscriptions' it was not for 1,1. then to sac. He would
simply remind them, that when the school was started
• very different system prevailed from that which they
were now carrying on. A greet pert of the intense, of
the school were then, either direely met by the pupils
themeelve, or by dennal boards and private indi.
'lank Almost all the deeanal boards had exhibitions
which were given te deurviug eendiilates. anil • great
many priven• individual, also maintained inseam at the
inatitution. All thin, however, had passed •way in lon-
e-soon, of the large assistance received frosti Govern-
ment, hut now thet a new system sea being introduced,
be tented that in some measure they would
be able to fall ba-k open their mid wyetem. for he
thought it wen one upon whiei thes might rely for
Fe permanent support, than the one under which
they had been lately ....king. He owned that on the
whee he was thankful that the training school had
maintained its level, because • general imprenion had
gone abroad, that nothing but that institution was de'
rising any benefit from the Hoard of Education, and
that it was ahagether .upportel by the Government.
Therefore, amidst the Innionmerable claims that bad
come "Pon them for the support of eliaritablo objects, in
Gonne tion wit the church. he should not hare been
surprised if the auburiptions to the trailing wheel hail
gone doe's far more than they had done. A new system
liad now been introduced, and it wan of the utmost
meat to time conduct ot the training school and the
effective working of the fined of Education, that there
Amu! I be not only a maintenanee, but • considerable
nicksso of subscription.. He shotild be glad to hear
any obeervetions or auggestiors which any geutleman
might hove to make upon the subject.
The Rev. PIirIiKNDARY FAXIL said that the subject
before them was one that amid hardly be looked at
simply as • minter of finance. He had, as they knew,
been connected with the work of education in this
diocese for something like 25 sear*. He had Peen the
rise and pmgrees of the system, and therefore,
in taking s sort of review an leaving the diocese,
he felt that lie woe ahlo to speak with some
degree of authority. lie was bound to my that during
the time lie held a very large pariah in Lis lunlahip a
diocese, he found the old uteri' worked with entire sa-
tisfaction anil success. He regarded the alteration that
hula been mode as uncalled, at leapt, to the degree and
amount to which that change had been carried out, and
would briefly state to them the reaaecis which had led
hint to this conclusion. Before the groat first movement
of giving government aid they were in a state of penury
with regard to education. Very few of the laity took up
the matter with any degree of veal or activity, and there
was a sort of latent idea that grammar and republican-
lain went together. He was persuaded that a very
barge proportion of our agricultural population once
lie.Aed upon an educated person as a most mischievous
character, hut he had lived long enough to see much of
this pasa away soil education brought home to the doors
of the poor, and carried out by the middle dames in away
tint he never could have anticipateL He remembered
perfectly well that when he first took up the system of
education as offered by the government he did so with
feu and trembling. Acting, however, upon the opinion
of the late bishop that if wisely and discreetly handled,
It would hod to infinite benefit to the church; more par-
ticularly is good churchmen were likely hobo secured as
inspector., he entered heartily into the work. and he
M. hound to say that those inspectors, to the hest of
Ins knowledge and belief, had must fully dischargeh their
duties both as members of the church and °Menlo of
tier Majesty's Government. He thanked them for their
indefatigable sent and minute attention which they had
paid teen details of education, and then proceeded to
remind the young women of the training wheel, that
in • religious point of view they were receiving privi-
leges within those walls that were not lobe estimated in
ails, way by any sum of money given by either church or
state. He then said he deeply lamented the sudden
change of last year. more particularly aa a high
standard of education was actually forced upon
them. It was not that they sought to teach
fractione and the higher portions of arithmetic ;
it was rot that they sought to make them acquainted
with the minute details of latitude and longitude ; it
was not that they sought to teach their boys agricul-
tural chemistry, and their girls the Intricacies of music,
but in reality these things were forced upon them. The
inspectors were by their orders compelled to exact •
high standard of education from them. He for one
confessed that he thought the standard rather too high
than to low, but yet it wee impossible for &parish priest
to stand alone and resist the sweeping flood that poured
ilown upon them. He thought, therefore, that it was
now extremely cruel on the part of the government to
turn round and find fault with the system which they
themselves had established, and get up a standard
which would have been contemptible at one point of
their educational scheme. Wherein he asked had the
system failed? Had the ckrgy failed in their duty?
lie might be speaking in the shop and of the shop, but
he boldly maimed that no body of men in the kingdom
had done more than his rev. brethren in this great
muse of education. (Hear, bear.) Then as to the
laity, bad they failed? Every Inspection absolutely
deed such an assertion. Had the inspectors failed?
He would boldly &newer in the negative, notwithstand-
ing that before he had in that room to resist what he
considered thermfair attacks which had been made upon
the inspector, on this subject. Those men had done
their duty to their titenest Why then should their
I inour he ignored, ant an aanertion suddenly made that
the system was • failure, and that it must be remodelled.
With regard to the revned cede, he agreed that
under its operation the standard of edeention would he
lowered, and that an the standard was lowered in also
would the teaching standard be lowered with It, and he
reed • letter from • former ichoolinuter of his, at
Wianniseget, noeihrinanory of nhis view. Hs Unwind

referred to the number of male and female boasts
who 1.1,1 keen bent out from the W•rminater sehnoLtn
encaze in the r,at work of e ,ocation in different
p.rte of the kiniptom. •a a proof of the great adeant•inea
reeulting (roG: tire ill as compered with the ovirar
sy.tem. With retard to the financial positi,n of the
Irait,ino I.6lltrall, to. expreci..l hill belief that ti. laity
•if the diocese woui.l Decor suffer it to 6g. no mutter
what government ayetens waa .cloptol. lie we. otere
t:i•t they 'Could orliret an earnest and hearty debts..
*till to promote the great work of educetiou through-
out the land. A pplauee.)
The Ler. E. HAIISTON a..ked whether it meld not be
pnesible, by means a a vo:tantary •.8441111i nt, to raise •
certain sum tu proportion to the nouithr of parishes,
anti the population of those parishes througlumg the
ditteetle

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The R. W. D. Mona
wit suorated the Trani at
low) baanit for the raNing of subset-II:al Jae in particular
neighbourhood. (Hear, bear.)

I lir. FLOT it.o.ight.•ppear somewhat pre-
suinirinoaa in him to addreee the meeting, because his
owe personal experience in the iflatter of education won
I of • very limited astute. Bt.ll be shared with many
, the opinion that the welters of the poor depended very
much on their education in the principles of our holy
religion. not tlier.fore they would permit him, per-
haps, to offar a few observations. If they found, as
they did, that the children of mime of their poorer
neighbours had risen in life through the education
afforded at their village ashools ; if they found that the
moral character of their parishes had certainly improved,
end that crime had leoened in amount, he thought
they might take eucourageinent from whet had already
been dope, and hope well for the future. It might bis
said that his observations only applied to small country
parishes •ocl that the records of crime in the country
generally was atill such as to oecasioe Warm vialsorrow
to those who hail the welfare of the country at heart.
Still he thought Here was seine room for encourage-
ment in thou respect, for on looking at tba calendars
laid before our judges at wive, and ;motile. at missions,
It would be found that in the great majority of cases
the tentkney to crime had arisen from defective edit-
oation. Taking a wider sieve of thou qiiention, if he
might he a lowed to do it, and looking Worn lareele
: over the countie, of Om Kingdom, he could
not but feel what a remarkable instance hod.
been presented to them by the bearing id the
working eludes during the paid Tear. In the north,
MI they were all aware, • state of thing. het wonted per-
hely unparalleled in this country. The sufferings Moab
hod been met with such • Debi* resignation, with go
much chvirfulmise, with •ueh an uniform abeam of
everything like murmur or complaint or • refraction or
the law, in • great measure was attributable to the im-
proved odocation of our labourin; population, and Host
opinion wos concurred in by those silo were beat qualified
to judge upon that matter. He would not rater only
to that wat of the country. but lie must ale, refer to
their own neighboorhood—their own country districts.
There they found thin most generoua and reariy sym-
pathy expressed and shown by the contribution, of even
the very poorest ibises, and no doubt that was to he
attriboted to the instruction which they had reeeived
in their parish schools, where they ware tonight not
merely to look upon theinselves, but to look to their
brethren and all who might in any way become dis-
tressed, lie tLought inch ineanees were enooaragement
to them to persevere, and he trusted that the enure of
education could .till siroaper in this dioceme, and that
increase I funds would he forthcoming to meet those re-
qiiirements to which his lordallip had alluded. (Ap-
plartve)
Mit WALTER'', NoTICE OF MOTION IN 'Mu Hones OF
Conillons ox KLINK:NT/AY PAWL:HI/IL Sinloota.

Considerable diecunion swoon with reference to the
resolutions of which polico has been given in the
House of Commons. by Mr. Walter, via ''l.—That
it is the opinion of this house th•t tho rums anenally
voted by Parlionient for educational purpose. ought to
he made applicable to all the poorer school throughout
the country (not being private schools or being carried on
for profit) in which the attendance sod examination of
the children exhibits the results required under the
revleed code, by Her illajmity a inapectors of school..
2 —Toot to require the imployment of certificated
teachers or of pupll teachers by whoa' manager., as an
in.lispenssblo eoutlitiou of their oarticipatiou. is not
expedient. and unjust to the manager+ of such sehoola"
The Limo Humor, in introducing the nail he
was glad to and that both Mr. Fonn aud Mr. Floyer
had dialimilly recognised the conneetion between the
great progress and effects of education and the train-
ing of teachers. Withoet wishing to iollueoee the
opinion of otters he might say that if this measure were
adopted it would greatly interfere with the training of
student., and inight materially affect the remelts of
education. A very important correspondent* loci token
place upin the subject between Mr. Walter. and
Norria, one of Her Majesty's inspectora of schools,
to which the attention of many of thute present had
probably been directed. He should be glad therefore
to hear • •tatemsnt of their opinion,.
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The Rev. A. CoDD oonfasseJ, that although in com-
mon with many others, he 'sight at the drat black
have thmight there was• greet deal of (airman and equity
In Mr. Walter'. resolumons, yet • caret al consideration of
the subject had led him to the oonclosion. that if the
new system to which they were now committal were to
be carried to its legitimate results, it would tend to
lower the character of the Mechem' in the parochial
schools. (Hear, hear.) As to the qUelßoUn of results,
he wished to know how they were to be ascertained in
a tows where there were • number of mall schools.
Any school might, if the motion were carried, obtain
lie proportion of the Government grant.
The Loa° BISHOP : The words Cr. "not being
private aehoola or mbools carried on for profit," that
would include dams schools, to "'birth I imagine you are
referring.

The Rev. A. CODD observed, that he was not aware
that such was the woralsog of the esolutions. Another
point that oseurred to him was, how were they to keep
up Lnythiag like • standard for their teechers ? They
had 00W • kind of guarantee both for the character
and qadilications of the teacher., but under the pro-
posed system they would not be able to samerain I
whether • teacher was worth having or not, without
out experiment. acid whilst that experiment was being
made the school might suffer material injury.
( A °planer)
, The Rev. J. AVitertenox remarked that the corms-
, pondenee that had taken place between Mr. Walter and
' Mr. Norris should he permed by every one interested
lin the subject of education. It could be obtained for I
2.1 on application at No. 6, Great Turnstile, W.C. The
aim as put by Mr. Walter was summed up in one sen-
tence. That the tree should be judged by its fruit, I
and not the fruit by the tree." He con/eased that this I
proposition was somewhat difficult to overcome. If it I
could be surmounted he thought the wheelie might be ,
worked. Mr. Norris's answer, however, was very much '
I to the point, for he said it was a mistake to suppose
1 that the ilovernment grant under the revised code was
I not for all the purposes of the school, including the em-
ployment of a trustworthy master or mistress. He
also maid that if they were to ask any school-manager,
any clergyman, or any one else what was his object in
applying for Government assistance he would tell them
i that it was n order to mecum an efficient master or
mistress; and if this were so, he (Mr. Wilkinson) did nut
nee how Mr. Walter could get over the objection—in-
deed he had not attempted to answer it, and thus the
neater rested. (Applause.)
Toe Rev. Prebendery tog concurred with
Mr. Fase in praising the system which had now been
tinselly destroyed and eondemned,—what he termed
the niggardly cowardice of the nation in sot having the
courage or coofidenee, under certain modifications, to
pule that system still farther. At the 11.10.0 tints. as
the old system had been destroyed, he thought they
were hound to take the best substitute that was offered
them. His own experience had led him to the con-
clusion that excellent results might sometimes be pro-
duced by a nencertefeented master. In • school of his
own at Wilton. not under the charge of a trained
master, there were boys qualified to rime the most rigid
exuninattors on the part of any of bee Majesty's in-
speetors.
The thee. F. Bitoerre thought that this was an ex-
ceptional cone, and the Reght Rev. Chairmen also ex-
pressed his belief, founded upon his own experience in
this diocese and the testimony of other bishops, that
It was • most rare thing to get • good teacher except
be had been properly trained.
The Rev. Prebendary Faint said that he bad obtained
sonilar results in his own perish without the aid of
certificated teachers. as fully to entitle him in his
opinion to • share of the government grant.
He also instanced the ease of the schoolmaster of the
reformatory under his (Mr. Pane's) superintendence who
taught ardlunictie, geography, religion* knowledge
extremely well, shoemaking. forming gardering, the
drum and flute, (laughter) and drilled the boys as well
as any drill sergeant, and yet lie was to receive no
sort of enemerujemestfroin the Government. Theyamke
of resulta. He thought he and otherseimilarly situated
were entitled to some porteon of the public money. If
Only judged by the fruit, then let that which wee not
associated with this institution reosiee•quote according
to the quality of such fruit. It VMS hardly fair that
only thaw schools which possessed certificate masters,
ehould Twelve the rivernment money. He grudged his
Liles more and snore eeery slay. Let them have re-
sults from whatever source, i-reepectiee of their not
being plseited in the bed id tn. pa., conned,
The Rev. F. liaxerrr said Mr. Fangs was such • host in
himself that if he had an unoertificated master, he was
very likely, in a short time, to become equal to a certifi-
cated master, Irons the training he would receive from
Mr. Fans.
The Rev. Chancellor LEAR said he could bear his testi-
mony, having been one of
othe diocesan inspectors of
schools for some years, to this fact, that in whools were
masters and mistresses had not been properly trained,
they were not deserving of the names of school. He
could mention • school with which Mr. Wilkinson was
acquainted, where for years the children had been in-
structed by an untrained master. He had three legs
instead of two, and with the third he used to beat the
children if they miscooducted themselves. The school
was a perfect chaos of disorder. An excellent mistrals
had been sent to that school from this institution, and
she had been these about two years. Mr. Wilkinson
had lately examined it, and he would inform them that
the beet order was maintained, and that the school
was admirably conducted.
The Rev. J. Wit.eixeox corroborated the statement of
the Rev. Chancellor tear. He had examined the
school for US years, and under • oertifiested mistress
results had been obtained which had never before been
effected.
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Tim Boy. Prebendary CenalliSlEM : Bat if he producod
them moults—if be taught this to read and writ* well—
if they had a fair soqesintaace with the Catechism and
, Holy Beripturns—wey rbould he not moons estates°,
from the pablic money? (Applause.)
rho Her. J. WtlAllllO3l laid his lordship would
perceive at the back of his report, which would shortly
soon twforo him a lengthened wienioniedion, staling
fibs change thet had Wen predated In the school by a
certilloated teacher. The throwleggod-maa did produce
orrtain meal* but if had bean pet to the teat he did
not think 4111 woukl haire been able ti ha., obtained
any grant front GevorninenS He believed the champ
in that school wad indicative of Um change that would
be predigest la any Bobcat where eoudiertillcated
teachuera were employed. Mr. Wilkinson then dwelt
upna the advantages student.; derived from biking edu-
cated in thee. training school.. He said meeker@ having
been trained in the true peen:epics of site cb,r,th of
England, were this/tau. bled to inculcate them to others
and thus tha whole population alibi reentry draw aa
inostimaids benefit That was • roost import/mg
erstron. and not to be judged by Malts. (Appian...)
The Bev. J. LUARD said if Mr. Walter's resolutions

wsreearrisd, those schools, not b.ing under the care of a
eertiffe.ated muter would be ensbled to apply Cit.
vernal's): grout. If thoee teachers Item so iltfrrier
they would ho put to the trot and would probebly tad,
anti the mootert of sip Is achoole would the,r take iot• .
clonshl. ratio,, whether tney should eugace • certificate
master. He thought mich • sour., wool he produou• p.
of good— isecutom managern of achoolt in many illatan. so
would he diaappointed, and in consequence of the ea-
feriority of their schools they would lind it better to
have • trained master or mistreat. lie believed it we ell
GUN) S gnmter demand for (tertian-dad teachers. Ur
Lustsi stated that he had (mood tho cops...tit Pr •
certificate I matter affect the schod in a So•ocial 1. stint
of view. The first year the capitation grant was lowly
£5, and now it was £l4. From the children the drat ye.r
they reeeived £l3, 3ow titer received LIT. Then. &set
of echolais had been Inure then doubled, and there toast
be a great many others where a sim.lu improw. meat
had taken place. He did not think if the rend 'liono
were carried that it would in any trey dintinis I the
demand for trained teachers, and be thould be yen' sorry
to 5140 • petition egainat it. (Applause.)
The Hey. Prebenduy "'AYR cited two other schools
conducted by the KM. Mr. Webb •nd the K v. Mr.
Anderson. Those gentlemen were their own school-
masters, end he thought it was very hard ti at they
ahotild he deprived from participation in the Doveru-
mint grant.

The Rtght Rev. PRELATE trusted, that what leer 1114
been said would not leave upon any one the mr presaion
that they could give up their training school. (Hear,
hear.) He could not help expressing his or jabs, and
that was entirely that iv, fife Fraser',, one of Her
Majesty's impectom that if Mr. Walter's inn e ion palmed,
their traieing school, mete doommt. He was afraid if
they obtained grants from schools that they would
descend to the old system or getting the best man in the
pariah to be schoolmaster. He did not think the
Government inspector would he able to text sufilciently,
eo la to forte an ...maste judgment upon the (taw of Gra
by • smgle vii?. He only trueted, whntever
happened, that training schools would not be damaged.