Mr. Goschen, in his very able speech at Brighton on
Wednes- day, struck the same note as that to which we have directed attention in Mr. Maakelyne's address. He said that it is not a class question, but a question for the whole community,—a question of continued commercial prosperity,—whether or not the State should undertake the direction of technical educa- tion :—" The artisans, the foremen, the master manufacturers" all suffer, he said, by inadequate technical teaching. However, Mr. Goschen saw clearly the frightful financial drain which would be involved in any proposal to support Technical Schools from the State purse, and limited his proposal to the inspection and organisation by the State of Secondary Schools :—" It is no question of classes. It is a question for the whole community that secondary education also should be taken up by the State. If this should be impossible because of the gigantic expenditure, the State at least can organise. That is a function to which I am not opposed, that the State should organise."
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