the progress of the culinary art, had several young girls
brought from ward schools, and taught in the artisan
kitchen already referred to. Indeed, they were instructed
entirely at the expense of the Company. This was liberality
of the most commendable kind, and it is satisfactory to
see a corporate body acting in such a practical fashion.
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory.
This growing recognition of the importance of Cookery
in the old country at last spread to the educational world,
although it has not yet obtained that position which it
mu8fc eventually acquire; but the ball has been set roll-
ing in the right path, and the necessity for instruction in
the culinary art is so self-evident, that there can be no
doubt as to the ultimate result. It is gratifying in this
connection, therefore, to know that the kindred subject of
Elementary Laundry Work has now become part of a girl's
education. The Education Code of 1890 contains specific
reference to the fact that special and appropriate provision
has been made for the practical teaching of Laundry
Work, and is also accompanied by instructions to the
eifect that the appliances and methods employed in teach-
ing should be those which are possible in the homes of
working people. I have referred to this in passing, as it
directly concerns the point at issue.
It would have been a matter of considerable difficulty
for a private individual like myself to have collected au-
thentic information relative to the present status of Cookery
in English and Australian schools. Under these circum-
stances, therefore, I deemed it best to apply directly to
head-quarters for official statements. Mr, Edwin Johnson,
the courteous Under-Secretary for Public Instruction in
New South Wales, willingly undertook to place me in
possession of all the facts I required as far as England
and this colony are concerned. I shall, therefore, give his
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account of what is being done in the old country ; and
next condense from his remarks the substance of what
has taken place in New South Wales with regard to this
vital matter.
In England, the Education Department conditionally
grants aid to Cookery Instruction in connection with State
Aided Primary Schools under the following stipulations :
that provision as to buildings, &c., has been made for
Cookery Instruction in accordance with the conditions
prescribed. The Department then grants aid at the rate
of four shillings per head in day schools, and two shillings
per head in evening, or, as they are sometimes called,
" continuation " schools, on the number of pupils in the
fourth and higher standards presented for examination in
Cookery. The classes are taught by ordinary Primary
School Teachers who have been trained in Cookery work,
and have obtained certificates of qualifications. Under
the London School Board, Cookery classes are established
in different centres in connection with a large number of
the schools ; and to a less extent similar classes are
organized by the School Boards of some of the larger
country towns. Grants from the Education Department
are annually obtained for the work by these schools.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
the progress of the culinary art, had several young girls brought from ward schools, and taught in the artisan kitchen already referred to. Indeed, they were instructed entirely at the expense of the Company. This was liberality of the most commendable kind, and it is satisfactory to see a corporate body acting in such a practical fashion. An ounce of practice is worth a pound of theory.
This growing recognition of the importance of Cookery in the old country at last spread to the educational world, although it has not yet obtained that position which it must eventually acquire; but the ball has been set rolling in the right path, and the necessity for instruction in the culinary art is so self-evident, that there can be no doubt as to the ultimate result. It is gratifying in this connection, therefore, to know that the kindred subject of Elementary Laundry Work has now become part of a girl's education. The Education Code of 1890 contains specific reference to the fact that special and appropriate provision has been made for the practical teaching of Laundry Work, and is also accompanied by instructions to the effect that the appliances and methods employed in teaching should be those which are possible in the homes of working people. I have referred to this in passing, as it directly concerns the point at issue.
It would have been a matter of considerable difficulty for a private individual like myself to have collected authentic information relative to the present status of Cookery in English and Australian schools. Under these circumstances, therefore, I deemed it best to apply directly to head-quarters for official statements. Mr, Edwin Johnson, the courteous Under-Secretary for Public Instruction in New South Wales, willingly undertook to place me in possession of all the facts I required as far as England and this colony are concerned. I shall, therefore, give his
account of what is being done in the old country ; and next condense from his remarks the substance of what has taken place in New South Wales with regard to this vital matter.
In England, the Education Department conditionally grants aid to Cookery Instruction in connection with State Aided Primary Schools under the following stipulations : that provision as to buildings, &c., has been made for Cookery Instruction in accordance with the conditions prescribed. The Department then grants aid at the rate of four shillings per head in day schools, and two shillings per head in evening, or, as they are sometimes called, " continuation " schools, on the number of pupils in the fourth and higher standards presented for examination in Cookery. The classes are taught by ordinary Primary School Teachers who have been trained in Cookery work, and have obtained certificates of qualifications. Under the London School Board, Cookery classes are established in different centres in connection with a large number of the schools ; and to a less extent similar classes are organized by the School Boards of some of the larger country towns. Grants from the Education Department are annually obtained for the work by these schools.