The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-17 00:00:00

EARL FORTESCUE ON EDUCATION.

Earl Fortescue, addressing the farmers of North Devon
at Barnstaple, said one great objection which be had to
the establishment of School Boards had vanished by the-
lapse of time. Where schools had been established on"
the voluntary principle, the parish, could always get e
School Board established, but it could not get it dis-
established in a hurry. By another great flaw in the Act
these new schools, built with the ratepayers' money ana •
under their management, were forbidden by the law to be
used for any purpose except purely educational purposes,
and were perfectly useless for concerts, bazaars, lectures,
or any innocent and desirable recreations whatever. But
any school that was built by voluntary contributions could.
be let to the School Board with any reasonable conditions•
attached to it, and one of the most reasonable and obvious,
conditions seemed to him to be that it should be available
for such purposes as he had mentioned. He had never been.,
able to see why the minor differences of Christions
not be avoided in the training of children of tender age. Ins
parishes where the farmers and tradesmen had for years-
contributed to the schools and taken part in their-
management, he, did not see that there would be any,
gain in changing the form of government, because boards,
were apt to have staffs and staffs were apt to be costly
and besides, those who had made sacrifices of time and,
money for 3 ears in the management of schools were those,
who would continue to carry on the work most efficiently..
He doubted whether a master employed by a School
Board, established and supported. by rates, would
be able to appeal to the feelings and con-
sciences of children as when supported, not by
mere official authority, but by the presence of those;
who for years had taken a loving interest in the work.
He thought cases ought to be judged by their different
circumstances, and that the universal application of either
system would be undesirable. He was in favour of the-
establishment of school boards in a great many cases, and
only protested against them where matters were going ort
well without them. In many rural parishes the establish"
ment of a school board was the., only solution of the diffi-
culty, and these boards would also be opposed to the prin-
ciple of centralisation, against which he protested in strong'
terms. His lordship enforced the expediency of the
middle classes entering into the work of teaching, instead
of allowing it to be almost monopolised by the lower
classes.

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