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Show BRITISH MINISTER OF EDUCATION A position of much prominence nnd some fmmm embarrassment Is thnt occupied by tho Hlght Honornhlo Augustlno Dlrrell, minister of educa- W Hon In tho now Liberal cabinet In Great Britain. MKr Wt To his lot It fell to Introduco the education bill, H1 I which may bo described as having given mocior- W . J nto satisfaction to tho Nonconformists, nlartnod Sl churchmen, nnd Is fiercely attacked by tho Labor ymjtpX' jL pnrty, who deslro that education shnll bo cntloly s f secular. Under Its provisions full public control OHD1h ft Is taken of all schools, religious tevts for teach- Hv .J J ers aro abolished, and tho locnl education tui- HH thorlty becomes responsible for tho mnlntennnco HHlMV 3 (f tho fabric of tho non-provided schools. I'rovl- HH HK iJl slon Is nso made for non-denomlnntlonnl tench- HhAw l"8 In schools on two mornings In tho week. HlHjHHjHHH Should four-fifths of tho parents desire It, non- MiWtf. "MjWferl denonilnntlonnl teaching tuny bo given every day. -.SSAWamX 0,1 a" s'''es "le measure Is described ns weak The father of Mr. Hlrrcll was n Nonconformist Nonconform-ist minister of tho llaptlst persuasion nt Liverpool; his mother was tho daughter of an Edinburgh clergyman, nnd ho himself h n Nonconformist ol tho sternest typo. Ono of his first speocho3 In parliament, whero he represented West Fife, wni in support or .Mr. Lnboiirhcro's opposition on tho royal grant question. Tlio scopo of tho Inquiry might bo restricted," said Mr. Dlrrell, "but you could not restrict tho sphero of men's-reflections." An English wrltor says of him: "Mr. DlrreH'B heart Is still warm nnd vigorous under Its weight of only six and fifty summers; nnd if, during his tenuro of onice, he can only help his country to realize that vision of popular enlightenment so beautifully voiced by Carlylo who equally with Mr. Dlrrell bolloved that 'man Is born of woninn ami not of tho local government board' then In truth ho will bo entitled to a fur higher pedostnl In the temple of fame than ho has already won for himself by his 'Dlrrolllng' at banquets nnd lu books." Mr. Dlrrell hns been twice mnrrlcd, his present wlfo having been tho daughter of Frederick Locker-Lanipson (tho elegant versifier, to whom ho dedicates ono of his volumes), nnd widow of tho Hon. Lionel Tennyson, tho son of n very much greater poet. I |