EDUCATION IN PREPARATORY SCHOOLS 19

subject seem to be considered more favourably at present
than was the case a few years ago. Either vocal or instrumental
 music should receive direct encouragement
by becoming an integral part of the curriculum. Much
thought and experiment must be used, however, before deciding
 on the most advantageous methods to be employed.
Manual Training.—In the education of the young the
training of the mind should doubtless be paramount. On
the other hand, the tendency at present is to ignore the
claims of the eye, the ear, and the hand to similar treatment.
 The development of the limbs and senses must
receive more adequate recognition in the future, and this
should be closely correlated with brain development.
In few schools is manual training compulsory, though
in most it is an “extra” and is taken up by many boys.
It should be introduced into the school programme.
The curriculum suggested by the Committee of the
Head Masters’ Conference, the present average curriculum
 as obtained from statistics of thirty-two preparatory
schools with an average number of 50 boys, and a suggested
 curriculum on modern lines are set out in parallel
columns on the next page.
Inquiries made from twenty-two young boys at a public
 school as to which subjects interested them most and
which subjects bored them most at their preparatory
schools resulted in the following vote :—

Most Interesting Subjects.
History and Geography :
English ” 2 .
Mathematics . .
Latin . . . .
French . . 3 3 5
Elementary Science (Nature
Studv. ete.l)

Latin
French .
English . .
\Tathematics .
History .
Drawing

Most Boring Subjects.

The things a boy likes best are not always by any
means those which are best for him, but in order to avoid

‘ These were the only two schools in which science was taught.