The clergy of the Church or any other minister would help her much, so would the Charity Organiza- tion Society, if properly approached, and a few minutes’ conversation with the head teachers of the schools which form the classes come in for instruction will teach her a great deal more. These problems cannot be grasped in a day, but it is certainly worth a cookery teacher’s while to study them, and, moreover, it is essential if her teaching is to be of any practical value, and if she is to make her teaching useful to those among whom she APPENDIX EXTRACT FROM THE REGULATIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF SPECIAL SUBJECTS [Quoted from the Board of Education 1907 Code of Regulations for Public Elementary Schools in England, by special permission of the Controller of His Majesty’s Stationery Office.] DOMESTIC SUBJECTS 15. Every scholar attending* a Course of instruction must be registered in that Course at its beginning, and no scholar may be added during the progress of the Course. Individual scholars may be allowed to attend particular lessons of a Course in which they are not registered if they have missed the corresponding lessons in other Courses in which they are duly registered, provided that their attendance does not increase the number present at any lesson beyond the limits specified by Rules 19 (< b ) or 23 (b) of these Regulations. Such attendances must be entered in a supplementary list and may not be reckoned for purposes of grant in either Course. 16. Each lesson should, if possible, include both demonstration and practical work. When demonstration and practical work are not combined in one lesson, the practical work for all the scholars must be given within eight days of the demonstration lesson to which it is related, unless this is prevented by the School being closed for a special holiday, in which case alternative arrangements must be submitted as soon as possible for the approval of the Inspector. 17. Where any practical lesson is repeated in order to comply with Rules 19 (b) and 23 (b), the hours spent in such repetition must not be taken into account towards the total number of hours constituting the course, and no attendance may be reckoned for a scholar at a repeated lesson if she has attended the original. 1 10 APPENDIX hi 1 8. No scholar may be registered in more than one Course in any one subject during the same Special Subjects Year, with the exception that girls over thirteen years of age at the beginning of the Special Subjects Year, who have not previously received any instruction in Cookery, may be registered in not more than two Courses in that subject, which must not be concurrent, during one such year. Cookery and Laundry Work. 19. (a) Every Course in Cookery must provide for not less than 48 hours, and every Course in Laundry Work for not less than 24 hours’ instruction. Not less than half the time provided by the Course must be assigned to practical work by the scholars with their own hands. (< b ) The scholars registered in any Course may not exceed 54 in number for a Cookery, and 42 for a Laundry Work Course. At practical work a class for Cookery must not exceed 18 scholars, and for Laundry Work 14.

AI-modernized reading of the original text

The clergy of the Church or any other minister would help her much, so would the Charity Organization Society, if properly approached, and a few minutes’ conversation with the head teachers of the schools which form the classes come in for instruction will teach her a great deal more. These problems cannot be grasped in a day, but it is certainly worth a cookery teacher’s while to study them, and, moreover, it is essential if her teaching is to be of any practical value, and if she is to make her teaching useful to those among whom she APPENDIX EXTRACT FROM THE REGULATIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF SPECIAL SUBJECTS [Quoted from the Board of Education 1907 Code of Regulations for Public Elementary Schools in England, by special permission of the Controller of His Majesty’s Stationery Office.] DOMESTIC SUBJECTS 15. Every scholar attending* a Course of instruction must be registered in that Course at its beginning, and no scholar may be added during the progress of the Course. Individual scholars may be allowed to attend particular lessons of a Course in which they are not registered if they have missed the corresponding lessons in other Courses in which they are duly registered, provided that their attendance does not increase the number present at any lesson beyond the limits specified by Rules 19 (< b ) or 23 (b) of these Regulations. Such attendances must be entered in a supplementary list and may not be reckoned for purposes of grant in either Course. 16. Each lesson should, if possible, include both demonstration and practical work. When demonstration and practical work are not combined in one lesson, the practical work for all the scholars must be given within eight days of the demonstration lesson to which it is related, unless this is prevented by the School being closed for a special holiday, in which case alternative arrangements must be submitted as soon as possible for the approval of the Inspector. 17. Where any practical lesson is repeated in order to comply with Rules 19 (b) and 23 (b), the hours spent in such repetition must not be taken into account towards the total number of hours constituting the course, and no attendance may be reckoned for a scholar at a repeated lesson if she has attended the original. 1 10 APPENDIX hi 1 8. No scholar may be registered in more than one Course in any one subject during the same Special Subjects Year, with the exception that girls over thirteen years of age at the beginning of the Special Subjects Year, who have not previously received any instruction in Cookery, may be registered in not more than two Courses in that subject, which must not be concurrent, during one such year. Cookery and Laundry Work. 19. (a) Every Course in Cookery must provide for not less than 48 hours, and every Course in Laundry Work for not less than 24 hours’ instruction. Not less than half the time provided by the Course must be assigned to practical work by the scholars with their own hands. (< b ) The scholars registered in any Course may not exceed 54 in number for a Cookery, and 42 for a Laundry Work Course. At practical work a class for Cookery must not exceed 18 scholars, and for Laundry Work 14.

Instruction in cookery (Methuen's text-books, Thompson)