18 SEPTEMBER 1936, page 3

Whitehall And Washington There Is Little To Be Said For

raking up old history for its own sake. But the history of the past may often have profitable lessons to impart to the statesmen of the future. That is certainly the case with......

Country Schools

The British Association, in a joint session of its Educa- tion and Agricultural sections, on Tuesday, heard an excellent discussion upon rural education as it might be, and as,......

Anxiety And Disease Lord Horder Opened A Very Interesting...

at Blackpool on Tuesday on the physiological strain caused by modern civilised conditions, and uttered a warning that most middle-class people would do well to hear. " In case......

Better Juvenile Courts A Circular Issued By The Home Office

on the election of panels of magistrates for the juvenile courts draws Special attention to the point of age. Quoting Lord Hewart'S opinion that magistrates for these courts......

New Care For The Blind • Sir Kingsley Wood's Announcement

of the Govern- ment's new policy for the blind contains three chief features. The first is, that the starting age of old age pensions for blind people, which at present is 50,......

Present Boom, Future Slump ?

Sir William Beveridge told the Economics Section . . of the Association on llionday that, though for various reasons we have a large number of unemployed and are - even now......

Our Most Defensive Force Of All Our National Defence Forces

the most unequivocally - defensive is the Territorial Army, and none merits more unreservedly the support of every , good citizen. The low ebb to which its recruiting had fallen......