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Show SCHOOL NOTES OF CHILDREN I GO OVERSEAS LEEDS Eng . April 22. By The Associated Press). Hearty approval of a scheme to promote friendly correspondence cor-respondence between school children of Leeds and those of various Ameri-lean Ameri-lean cities has been given by Premier Lloyd George in a letter to James "Watson, headmaster of Harchills Council school here, who has Instituted Insti-tuted the idea as a means of stimulating stimu-lating interest in composition, geography, geog-raphy, writing and spelling. Under Mr Watson's plan, each child has one particular correspondent, whom he or she addresses bj name. The letters written in school under j supervision, are the unaided work of the scholars. The form part .f thai ordinary composition lesson, but have proved to be its most attractive feature fea-ture Incidentally, the letters received re-ceived often convey valuable bints to teachers In regard to methods used In America, which are frequently made i the subject of Inquiries by the Leeds education authorities. A recent mall brought 120 letters from pupils at four schools in Wash- j Dgtdn, which In the opinion of edu- I i atlonallsts here are remarkable for their excellent composition good! handwriting and correct spelling The nges or the young American correspondents corre-spondents average 13 and their let-t let-t rs range from 500 to 1.000 words In length, They are full of the Washington Wash-ington conference but personal touches and descriptions of the schools h nd their surroundlngF are nor lacking. lack-ing. nn |