§ MR. W. H. JAMES (Gateshead)asked the Vice President of the Council on Education, Whether any Memorials have been received by the Committee of Council praying for some modification of the Rules of the Science and Art Department, under which local managers of approved schools, may, with the sanction and assistance of the Science and Art Department, grant Elementary Scholarships of less value than £10; and, whether he has considered if some reduction of the £10 limit might not be extended advantageously to meet the varied necessities of different places?
§ THE VICE PRESIDENT (Sir WILLIAM HART DYKE) (Kent, Dartford)A few Memorials praying for the establishment of Scholarships of less value than £10 were received by the Science and Art Department, the principal one being from the Gateshead School Board. The arrangements for the Scholarships were fully considered last year, and, as the hon. Member will see by reference to the Science and Art Directory for the current year, a considerable change has been made in the Rules to which he refers. The Scholarship, including the local contribution, now amounts for the 466 first year to £9; and as its object, as stated by Rule 47, is to afford a real maintenance allowance for poor students with tuition fees, and not a mere prize; it has been deemed inadvisable for the Department to aid in the formation of a Scholarship of a less amount.