...Commissioners in 1870 report as the result of their inquiries into the state of the education of girls — " Want of thoroughness and foundation, want of system,...or in any scientific manner, want of organisation." A very unsatisfactory state of affairs truly, for which it is only fair to say that the parents are...

...""«*•• the state of Middle-Class Female Education is, on the whole, unfavourable. General defects. The general deficiency in girls' education is stated...accomplishments, and those not taught intelligently or in any 1 p. 839. For the general statement that good Girls' Schools are rare, see, among others, Lord Auckland,...

...their report to the subject of female education. The defects of the present system, they say, are " want of thoroughness and foundation ; want of system...intelligently or in any scientific manner ; want of organization." The teaching of " common things " and household duties is rare and occasional. They...

...difference of words, by many witnesses of authority. Want of thoroughness and foundation ; v. aril, of system ; slovenliness and showy superficiality...intelligently or in any scientific manner ; want of organization : these may sufficiently indicate the character of the complaints we have received in...

...themselves, expressing the concurrent opinion of their witnesses and inspectors, complain of the " want of thoroughness and foundation, want of system,...time given to ' accomplishments, and those not taught ' intelligibly or in any scientific man' ner, want of organization," 1 by which female education is...

...commissioners themselves, expressing the concurrent opinion of their witnesses and inspectors, complain of the "want of thoroughness and foundation, want of system,...time given to accomplishments, and those not taught intelligibly or in any scientific manner, want of organisation,"* by which female education is characterised....

...opinion of their witnesses and inspectors, complain of the " want of thoroughness and foun" dation, want of system, slovenliness, " and showy superficiality,...time given to " accomplishments, and those not taught " intelligibly or in any scientific man" ner, want of organization," t by which female education is...

...state of middle-class female education in England is such as to excite the gravest apprehension. " Want of thoroughness and foundation, want of system,...taught intelligently or in any scientific manner." These are some of the charges brought by the Schools Inquiry Commission against modern female education,...

...however, that I address some who feel that the education available for women is not what it ought to be. Want of thoroughness and foundation, want of system,...intelligently or in any scientific manner, want of organization and proper classification, these are some of the characters which stamp inferi-' ority...

..." It cannot be denied that the state of MiddleClass Female Education is, on the whole, unfavourable Want of thoroughness and foundation, want of system,...accomplishments, and those not taught intelligently or in a scientific manner, want of organisation; these might sufficiently indicate the character of the complaints...