that . : _ teaching ; in elementary schools offers an excellent opening for
well-educated ladies. I will giye the eareef of one of these as a specimen of what may be accomplished by any intelligent and hard-working girl. My young friend left an excellent modern middle-class , school at the age of seventein. and was apprenticed as a pupil-teacher for' two years under a London suburban School Board. 'Four after- nOOnsinVie week, and on Saturday morning, she was required to ittiincta " Pupil-Teachers! Centre," where she studied :the various Subjects necessary for the Matriculation Examination of tie liondon University. When she was not at the. Centre
she was taking part in teaching and school management. She was then examined for a King's Scholarship, and, gaining a First Class, was admitted into one of the best of the Training Colleges, and during the two years she remained there she passed the Matriculation Examination. On leaving College she was appointed by the School Board to be an assistant- mistress at a salary of £85, and if she remains there for ten years, she will be receiving £160 a year. In what other calling can a woman of thirty-two obtain such a salary? If she is fortunate enough to be selected as a Head-Mistress, her stipend would probably rise to £250. AptitUde in teaching is the chief requisite. The teacher must have the power to keep a class of fifty girls in order, or there will be no progress and the teacher will become disheartened.—I am, Sir, &c.,
SCHOOL MANAGER.
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