Show 1 C V f r C ci 1 BF 0 VT Is 1 because became liverpool has baa been able to respond readily to new IT ideals springing from the tha ever increasing and over ever changing chancing de mande and necessities of if its vat vast international trade trad that in so short hort a time it has haj attained to so 0 o strong a position its iti commercial great greatness nesi ts to the of enterprise adaptability an and resource and it would be disappointing it these characteristics did not also albo find expression in its ita educational facilities in less leas than yearB by s a miracle ot of transformation modern liverpool has haa been created mainly by its ita ship owners merchants and handlers ot of goods good 5 who have secured for the mersey marsey 80 Y a v volume of trade second only to the port of london in amount it the he fourth part of the total imports and exports of the kingdom and within the same period Liver liverpool poof has haa built up for itself a complex and highly dl versifier versified versi fied system of education which has a considerable atno amount of organic unity and works smoothly city believes Oel levec in Expert experiment menti it la Is the practical mind and the broad view which liverpool most moat respects it believes in experiment but those who carry out its plans must as the american phrase runs make good liverpool Is the venice of our times and hoa bas its padua badua within its own borders the intellectual gifts of a constructive a wise forethought and the power to understand the point ofviey of view of other nations for which liverpool as a center of international trade has especial need have been rightly considered as amongst tho the peculiar advantages of a liberal education cation and the humanities have joen jeen carefully foAt fostered ered since the days 0 ILI line STREET of roscoe at which time were found ed the athenaeum 1799 and the royal a institution 1817 Solent Me experiment and were first nurtured by the school school ot of medicine 1834 and popular science ce teaching by the school ot of science 1861 in these institutions were ivere focused tor for many years the intellectual in t bI life 0 of the town then came LIght lightfoote lightfoots foots dream of a great brent civic school of 0 learning and the foundation 0 of university to college liege with six endowed chairs three medical chairs and 33 23 students in 1884 the college was admitted to the federal victoria storta and in 1303 1903 raised to the dignity of at a separatist separ nto Atit fly elty it now BOW has 1200 1 1 students a starr staff ot of ISO protes Bora and lecturers and possesses pose Bae a property worth close upon a splendid memorial of local patriotism 1 1 growth and a generous ex bauslin ot of currick curriculum turn are the principal marks 0 at this his interesting educational development rendered possible blet by munificent voluntary emort effort thoi the university la is really strong in lines of development at ent which could rot have boon been anticipated although itself ao 80 now it has an important cal department with four full fall protea sor worships ships and despite its own collection of rather but edings it lias has tt a flourishing school of architecture with le janing toward the classic bev iva there thera Is 1 a 0 real unity between the city and the university and the annual grant from rom the rates ot of upwards ot of to the university unda funds Is more than a guarantee ot of good baith faithie fai thIt it la in tt oi proof 0 of community ot of ninny many ot of tho the leat leading linc men of liverpool aro are on both the university council and the city council jt it was wan sadler lly apol in toot that hat in the tha qt it is great commercial comme anity its secondary schools should be the pivot it cannot be said bald that the amount of secondary condary te education given la in liverpool is ia la in any way appropriate to Liver pools resources pupils come too late to the secondary schools and leave too early large numbers who ought to come do not take advantage of these schools at all yet the last ton ten years has seen a notable expansion of secondary school accommodation in liverpool and there la Is an ln ani ir creasing easing demand in the city for boys boye of seventeen years eare and upward who have received a good general education tion secondary schools school expand this raising of the entrance age tor for employment in the shipping off offices iceo banks and insurance offices Is likely to do much to help the extension and advance of secondary education the free place entrance examinations from the elementary schools are well managed by a committee of heads beads of set andary schools acting in operation cooperation co with the local author itys officials an and d there Is a continuous stream of promising youths passing from the elementary to the secondary system there la Is as much individuality and freedom in the public secondary schools as antho in the private schools each has hao its own special alms bias and line of development and there to Is no suggestion of unwholesome uniformity I 1 ty the tha administration of the city schools both elementary and secondary under 3 0 legge legde is carried on with sympathy and discrimination and any sincere attempt to promote en an thua thu laam stasiu or freshness in school work is likely to bo be encouraged it has been i held that fads fada are officially recognized but when these fads ta take kethe the form of better music art and handi bandl draft craft it would be more scientific to consider that areal a real too rement towards self belt expression and self training la Is b being e made there la a city school of commerce which has haa taken over the work of 0 a school of 0 commerce formerly run by a joint committee of the city and the university it provides both day and evening classes cl asnes the former are almost aa exclusively classes in modern languages for which liverpool has espedal especial demand and which are carried on an with zeal and success they are held at hours during which men of at business may conveniently attend the evening classes provide advanced instruction st in such buch subjects as an banking insurance and transport |