THE TEACHING OF GIRLS IN SOUTH AFRICA. [TO THE EDITOR
OP THE " SpEcuion."] SIR,—In connection with the Conference of Governmenr school teachers now assembled at Johannesburg, it may interest your readers to learn that a scheme is on foot to establish a centre of English secondary education in that AY. Two ladies, Miss T. Lawrence and Miss K. M. Earle, are shortly about to sail for the Cape, with the intention of forming in Johannesburg a branch of the well-known Roedean School for Girls in this country. The branch school will continue the lines of Roedean, in which a pupil
may either complete her studies or matriculate for the Uni- versity, and in which due provision is made for outdoor games and exercise. So that our friends in the new Colonies may now, if they please, avail themselves of an opportunity of giving their children an English education in Africa. Hitherto the South African has suffered under the same hard necessity as the Anglo-Indian : parents who desired an English education—and all it connotes—for their daughters must needs face the prospect of a separation of four or five years' duration. And this hardship, which is part of the price of Empire, and which has been deeply felt and patiently endured, may in the near future be avoided.—I am, Sir, &c.,
Brighton. L. COPE CORNFORD. [We are heartily glad to hear that the daughters of parents of wealth and position in Johannesburg are to have the opportunity of being educated in South Africa by ladies com- petent to give them the best form of teaching and training. We wish the school every possible success, and trust that it will be frequented by Boer as well as British girls.— En. Spectator.]
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