Communication between British schools and British cargo steamers is to be established with the ostensibly sordid purpose of teaching geography without tears. Actually the scheme seems to be delightful for it calls upon a school to take under its wing of, as it is put, adopt an individual steamer complete with skipper, emeers and the ship's cat. Strictly' voluntary in its application, this adoption being arranged by the British Ship Adoption Society temporarily housed with Messrs, Watts, Watts jand Ca, Lid. Regis House, King William Street, London, B.C. Already it has been (tied on an experimental basis. In the past two years two secondary and two elementary schools in London have each adopted tramp steamer and, under the supervision of their teachers, have corresponded regularly with the cap-fain and officers, have followed the course of the ship across the map—this is where the artfulness of pedagoauthority intrudes—and have visited the ship in port. The privileges. to be secured from' this scheme greatly outweigh the discomfort of Yearning more geography that_it seema. bound to be popular. The London County Council, which has given it splendid support, is not. selfish and the scheme is open to cooperation of public schools as well as of other education authorities in the provinces. So let not Elon oF Harrow be dismayed at the thought that some London school has led the way. There are hosts of tramp steamers with captains of an amazingly sound literary capacity fortified by rich vocabulary which would stimulate the English studies of any Sixth Form. It is to be hoped that the Yangtze will not be left out of account. The enterprising school which adopted a Jarfleld steamer would find the experience truly instructive. And the ship who could fly the O14 Borstalian colours—for surely that honour would be accorded—would be so proud that she Ensign, might even forget to dip to the White
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