Endowed Schools Schemes Push Ex Officio Governors
Critics accuse Mr Forster and the Endowed Schools Commissioners of bias toward the Established Church in parish governance. They cite Chelmsford Felstead and Walsall schemes where ex officio governors and co optatives are all Churchmen Conservatives, risking Nonconformist representation and control. They warn that church funding and asset transfers threaten endowments and political retaliation may follow in the next election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Miall
Mr. Forster
Forster
Chelmsford
Essex
Felstead
Walsall
Education Department
W. E. Forster
Letter Announces Firm Adherence to Principles on Sept 19
The writer asserts unwavering fidelity to principles and states the choice of alternative is clear. Signed F. Schnadhorst, dated September 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Schnadhorst
The Mastership of Emmanuel College Protest Letter
A Cambridge Nonconformist letters page argues that Emmanuel College Mastership should not require priesthood. The writer notes centuries of Anglican control, urges publicity for a protest, and claims many tutors are not ordained but would need priesthood to hold senior educational posts. He targets Miall, Bright, Hartog, and other nonconformist advocates for reform.
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Gratwicke
Oxford
Cambridge
Church of England
Emmanuel College
Miall
Bright
Hartog
Emmanuel
Eton
Manchester
St. Paul's
Charterhouse
Congregational School Lewis ham Opens New Wing for Ministers Sons
In 1871, Josiah Viney appeals to readers about the Congregational School in Lewisham opening a new wing on Tuesday at 3 p.m. with Samuel Morley M.P. presiding. The school, sixty years old, now has capacity for 100 boys, sons of ministers, of whom seventy five are already housed. The committee seeks public generosity to fill remaining space and invites friends and old scholars to attend and extend a warm welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Morley
Ian
Josiah Viney
Debut Orator Sparks Ice and Applause in West
A Western paper notes a young orator making a striking debut by breaking the ice with his opening and drawing immediate applause. It also recalls a newly ordained minister performing his first official act by marrying a couple and delivering a striking blessing. Both items capture era style and humor.
Balmoral bulletins show Queen still unable to leave
The latest Balmoral bulletins report Queen Victoria remains confined to her apartments due to rheumatic pains though her condition is improving. The Prince of Wales returned to Marlborough House from Aldershot and has gone to Abergeldie Castle. Campbeltown crowds warmly greeted the Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorn who spoke of continued family ties and gratitude for locals’ wedding gifts as the Premier and others move between Hawarden, Balmoral, and Aberdeen.
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Balmoral
Prince of Wales
Marlborough House
Aldershot
Abergeldie Castle
Princess Louise
Marquis of Lorn
Campbeltown
Lorn
Kimtyre
Hawarden Castle
Aberdeen
Glasgow
Greenwich
Crum-Ewing
M.P
Lord Delawarr
E. Lugard
O’dowd
Syanay Godolphin Osborne
War Office
Tindal Atkinson
North Wales
Dewsbury
Simon
R. Couch
Bengal
England
Calcutta
High Court of Judicature
Thomas Carlyle
Robert Collier
Lord Penzance
Tribunal of the Privy Council
A Botuscuito Anecdote of Rothschild in Paris
Baron James de Rothschild calmly defends himself during the Communist era in Paris when two men demand bread in exchange for money. He calculates that thirty million people would share his wealth, offering each of the two men ten francs, leaving them baffled and satisfied with the brisk exchange.
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James de Rothschild
Paris
Rothschild
France
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Nonconformist
Congregational School
Lewishuam
Sons OF Ministers
Highgate
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