We record. with very great satisfaction the announcement made on
Tuesday that the sum of 2100,000 required for the Queen Mary's Hostel has been raised. It may be remem- bered that the scheme is based on the excellent work in con- nexion with the study of Home Science on the University plane of teaching carried out by King's College for Women. The work, however, of "fostering a sounder knowledge of the laws which govern health, sanitation, and household economy' has hitherto been seriously hampered by the lack of funds Though Queen Mary's Hostel will, in a sense, have an inde- pendent existence it will, we understand, be in close association with King's College for Women, and will be conducted and controlled by those who have already done so much on an extra- ordinarily narrow financial basis. Another event of very great interest in the world of women's education is the gift of 230,000 by an anonymous donor to the building fund of Bedford College for Women, thus completing the 2100,000 required. Another anonymous donor has given El 0,000 for the erection of a Hall and Common Rooms. Bedford College is to be congratulated upon this most satisfactory proof of the soundness of their work. Such outside support is not obtained by dormant bodies.
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