ABSTRACT

On February 14th the Princess Louise opened in Elgin A venue, Maida Vale, a handsome new· buildin·g for the Maida Vale High School for Girls. The building is capable of accommodating 250 pupils. The number at present attending the school is under 200. The chair having been taken by Lord Aberdare, president of the company, Mr. W. H. Stone read reports prepared by the head mistress (Miss Andrews) and the examination board. Both were very satisfactory. The chairman said they had established thirty schools, with an average of nearly 200 children in each ; and he was glad to know that two of their students (Miss Dawes and Miss Buchanan) were among the first ladies to take degrees at the London University. He hoped these .schools would be taken as an example, for the future of England depended as much upon the education of the women as of the men. ·

· On March tth PrinceRs Louise distributed prizes in· St. James's Hall to the pupils of ten of the schools. Tbe ten schools represented were Kensington, Notting Hill, Clapham, Hackney, South Hampstead, Highbury .aitd Islington, Dulwich, Blackheath, Clapham, and Bromley, and the large hall was filled in every part. The list of prizes was very long. Lord Aberdare, commenting upon th~ fine appearance of the meeting, said -they would remember th11t fift.een years ago when the first meeting to further this movement was held in the Albert Hall-the only place supposed to be· capable of holding· those who would rush to so interesting a meeting-the audience consisted of only four persons.