Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the United States Mtheasador, delivered an excellent
address at the opening of the John Bright Secondary School at Llandudno on WedueliciaY- After dwelling on the inspiration to be found in Mr. Bright's character and the stimulus of his example, Mr. Whitelaw Reid touched on his special connexion with Llandudno and his support of undenominational education. Turning to the States, Mr. Whitelaw Reid contrasted the altered ideals which governed the educational policy of Washington and of Lincoln. Under the latter secondary education had a new birth, and the latest statistics showed the immense development of the system of educating their youth specially for occupations dependent on scientific training. He noted that in most of the States the taxation for the free-school system, including the secondary schools, was larger than for any other single object, while the gifts from private citizens in the ten years ended 4904 alone amounted to £23,000,000. In conclusion, Mr. Whitelaw Reid recalled the unwavering support lent to the cause of freedom by John Bright during the Civil War. Many intellectual and political leaders were on their side, but the name of John Bright led all the rest. "From the beginning to the end [of the Civil War] his voice rang (Alt to thew across the Atlantic, sometimes in cheer, sometimes in warning, always in friendship and hope."
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