… THE NATIONAL LIBRARY THE intellectual awakening which, during the lifetime of a single generation, has given Wales a complete system of higher education, is…
… THE NATIONAL LIBRARY THE intellectual awakening which, during the lifetime of a single generation, has given Wales a complete system of higher education, is one of those outstanding features in a people's history, which serve as landmarks of progress. It is just over forty years since the first university college was founded, to struggle with adversity for a dozen years or more, upheld by the self-sacrificing devotion of the people, but always fighting for…
… with books-Wales had never received anything of the kind. and not only the dearth in the books of the past, but the almost hopeless…
… with books-Wales had never received anything of the kind. and not only the dearth in the books of the past, but the almost hopeless task of acquiring the impor- tant forthcoming books, compelled an appeal to Parliament. This appeal was successful. From July 1912 the National Library has enjoyed the privilege of claiming a copy of all books-with slight exceptions-as they appear. By this means some- thing over ten thousand printed books, over one…
… others in a very satisfactory way. His plans admit of construction in sections, giving a maximum of convenience as each section is added, and…
… others in a very satisfactory way. His plans admit of construction in sections, giving a maximum of convenience as each section is added, and ultimately uniting to form a complete scheme of buildings excellently adapted for the work of a great library, which will bear comparison with the finest library buildings in the world. The key to the scheme is the book-stack, the most economical and satisfactory method of storing books. Beyond adequate provision…
… whether it be the more artificial form called the sex- problem," (as if anything so elemental as sex could be a problem,) or the…
… whether it be the more artificial form called the sex- problem," (as if anything so elemental as sex could be a problem,) or the variety which, in the language of the English country-side, consists in being lamb- struck." And here we may notice how thoroughly he is in accord with his fellow-workers in the field of Welsh prose literature, whether it be drama like Ble ma fa, or the short story as exemplified in…
… imaginations, and breathed into their nostrils a breath of life. Anyone who cares to compare the original of Y Tymhorau," where Sir Marchant Williams…
… imaginations, and breathed into their nostrils a breath of life. Anyone who cares to compare the original of Y Tymhorau," where Sir Marchant Williams canters through the seasons until he drops dead (upon the reader), a frozen bird in his hand, with the translation given of it in this book, will perceive how great a service an able translator of cultivated poetic taste can render a versifier who has very uncertain taste and who…
… "Bread and Circuses." By Helen Parry Eden. John Lane. London. Pp. 130. 3/6 net. Confronted with a collection of verse by a hitherto unknown…
… "Bread and Circuses." By Helen Parry Eden. John Lane. London. Pp. 130. 3/6 net. Confronted with a collection of verse by a hitherto unknown writer, one is apt to greet it superciliously. Another ? Probably a relation of the giver." And, sometimes. for this contemptible attitude there is a satisfactory snub in waiting. Mrs. Eden snubbed me delicately on the first page I glanced at, and I forgave her instantly. For her verse is…
… WALES AT WORK THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTH WALES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND ITS WORK When the history of Agricultural Education in the Principality…
… WALES AT WORK THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTH WALES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AND ITS WORK When the history of Agricultural Education in the Principality comes to be written North Wales will demand a position of honour in it, for its University College was the pioneer in this important movement, its first course of lectures in Agriculture having been delivered by Dr. Dobbie as far back as 1885. A fact of further interest is that…
… THE SOUTH WALES NURSING ASSOCIA- TION Hon. Secretaries The Lady St. Davids, The Rev. David Davies. Superintendent: Miss Lena Crowther. This association, which is…
… THE SOUTH WALES NURSING ASSOCIA- TION Hon. Secretaries The Lady St. Davids, The Rev. David Davies. Superintendent: Miss Lena Crowther. This association, which is in affiliation with the Queen Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses, was inaugurated at Cardiff in July 1909, with the following objects 1. To help to provide for, further develop and increase the efficiency of district nursing throughout South Wales. 2. To arrange for the Training of Village Nurses and their…
… CARNARVON CIVIC GUILD OF HELP Hon. Secretaries-Miss Louisa Rees, PIas Brereton. Mr. J. H. Roberts, Aelybryn. This organisation was established in 1909 for the…
… CARNARVON CIVIC GUILD OF HELP Hon. Secretaries-Miss Louisa Rees, PIas Brereton. Mr. J. H. Roberts, Aelybryn. This organisation was established in 1909 for the purpose of helping the needy, preventing the overlapping of charitable efforts and generally to improve the conditions of life in the town. The administration is in the hands of an executive committee, of whom the Mayor is Chairman ex officio, and among its members are seven ladies and gentlemen who…
… THE WELSH NATIONAL MEMORIAL The Council of the Welsh National Memorial Association held its January quarterly meeting in Cardiff towards the end of that…
… THE WELSH NATIONAL MEMORIAL The Council of the Welsh National Memorial Association held its January quarterly meeting in Cardiff towards the end of that month, this being the first occasion for the executive body to visit the metropolis since the reconstitution of the Memorial Association under the Charter. It speaks much for the two months efficient working of the administra- tive machinery that the committee reports, many of them voluminous in character, which were…
… UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES, BANGOR While instruction in the recognised courses of learning remains the academic function of our higher centres of education,…
… UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NORTH WALES, BANGOR While instruction in the recognised courses of learning remains the academic function of our higher centres of education, it is among student activities that opportunities for intellectual development in modern thought are to be found. Thus, at Bangor, the alternatives of land nationalisation and land taxation (in the sense of reform in the rating of land values), and the question, as to whether or not the progress of…
… MONMOUTHSHIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Department. Classes are now being held at the following centres:- Newport, Abergavenny. Monmouth, Raglan and Penhow. Each class consists, if…
… MONMOUTHSHIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE Agricultural Department. Classes are now being held at the following centres:- Newport, Abergavenny. Monmouth, Raglan and Penhow. Each class consists, if possible, of not less than ten students, not exceeding twenty- five years of age, resident in the county of Monmouth. Certificates of attendance will be awarded at the end of each year, and students who have attended the classes for three years can compete for the County Diploma. The following…
… A WELSH COMPOSER IN LONDON Mr. Cyril Jenkins' Llewelyn." We do not suppose it can often happen-if, indeed, it ever has happened until recently-that…
… A WELSH COMPOSER IN LONDON Mr. Cyril Jenkins' Llewelyn." We do not suppose it can often happen-if, indeed, it ever has happened until recently-that an important choral and orchestral work by a Welsh musician is given in London before it is produced in his own country. For some reason or other, England is chary about extending a helping hand to Welsh composers; not until their works have been sung from one end of the…
… COMPETITIONS ADJUDICATION ON JANUARY COMPETITIONS No. 1. Short Critical Examination of Home Rule for Wales," by Mr. E. T. John, M.P. Two competitors entered…
… COMPETITIONS ADJUDICATION ON JANUARY COMPETITIONS No. 1. Short Critical Examination of Home Rule for Wales," by Mr. E. T. John, M.P. Two competitors entered the lists for the prize of one guinea. Both efforts show knowledge of the subject, critical acumen, and are not badly written. Of the two the best is the work of Mr. Garbett Edwards, and the guinea is awarded to him. The work of Mr. J. Jones is also worthy…
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… Mr. Bonner Morgan, Ophthalmic Optician, will be glad to advise upon any matter dealing with defective eye- sight and the wearing of spectacles. The…
… Mr. Bonner Morgan, Ophthalmic Optician, will be glad to advise upon any matter dealing with defective eye- sight and the wearing of spectacles. The business is confined entirely to this one speciality, and it is claimed that results are as perfect and accurate as extreme thoroughness and the use of the most modern methods of sight-testing can ensure. Cases where medical treatment is desirable are not undertaken, but are referred to an ophthalmic surgeon.…
… Notes 149 The Educational Outlook in Wales 152 Can we Town-plan the Valleys ? 155 Poetry: Cofia." By W. J. Gruffydd 160 Pithead Baths…
… Notes 149 The Educational Outlook in Wales 152 Can we Town-plan the Valleys ? 155 Poetry: Cofia." By W. J. Gruffydd 160 Pithead Baths 161 Poetry Prologue." By Lascelles Abercrombie 162 The Meaning of Broad-mindedness. By R. F. Wright 163 The Present Renaissance of English Drama. By Professor Gilbert Norwood 165 The Prophets of Evil 170 The Personality of Towns. No. 3. Amlwch. By E. R. W. 172 Poetry The Gourmand." By A. Sedgwick…
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… RICHARD JONES & Co., LIMITED, THE PREMIER HOUSE FOR CARPETS AND FLOORCOVERINGS. Bridge St., CHESTER. I Telephoses 838 Cardiff; 98 Whitchurch. Telegrams: Stese 11, Working Street, Cardiff." G. STONE & CO. WREATHS A SPECIALITY. PERSONAL SUPERVISION. Undertakers and Funeral Directors. SUPERIOR FUNERALS. Proprieton of Modern Funeral Cars, Hearses, Shellibiers and Coaches, Superb Flemish Horses, etc 11 & 12, Working St., Cardiff. I I The Welsh Outlook Press UNDERTAKE THE PRINTING and PUBLISHING of BOOKS,…
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… BUCHERONNES (FAGGOT CARRIERS). Millet.…
… THE WELSH OUTLOOK NOTES OF THE MONTH Home Rule We find it difficult to believe that for Wales any man, who is not blinded…
… THE WELSH OUTLOOK NOTES OF THE MONTH Home Rule We find it difficult to believe that for Wales any man, who is not blinded by ignorance or prejudice or both, can defend the present system of central government under which the towns and counties of Wales, in common with those of England, are treated as suburbs of London." The Managing Director of a large company with many branches, who had not learned the secret…
… can an agriculturist be found who will disclose to another the exact price at which he has bought or sold. All their relationships are…
… can an agriculturist be found who will disclose to another the exact price at which he has bought or sold. All their relationships are instinct with suspicion, and this is equally manifest in the attitude of large farmers to any attempts at innovations by legislative or other means. It is easy to understand the hostility of the holder of a large tenancy to the Small Holdings Act, for example. It threatens his security of…
… always available for farmers who wish for advice on more general questions. No charge is made for advice to farmers in the College area,…
… always available for farmers who wish for advice on more general questions. No charge is made for advice to farmers in the College area, and, no doubt, full advantage will be taken of these facilities by agriculturists in North Wales. Mural In July, 1912, two mural paintings Paintings at by Mr. Murray Urquhart were Machynlleth, unveiled at the Owain Glyndwr Institute, Machynlleth, and on 1 1 th February, 1914, two further paintings, to complete…
… years ago since Miss Williams left the Royal Academy Schools, after a brilliant career, which she brought to a fitting close by gaining the…
… years ago since Miss Williams left the Royal Academy Schools, after a brilliant career, which she brought to a fitting close by gaining the Gold Medal of the Academy, together with the £ 200 Travelling Scholar- ship. Considering her age, an exhibition of 58 paintings and drawings of the quality of those in this exhibition is certainly extraordinary. The main interest of the collection lies in the opportunity it gave for studying the development…
… In Swansea a commencement with open air education was made last summer. Playground classes were held at several of the schools. Collap- sible removable…
… In Swansea a commencement with open air education was made last summer. Playground classes were held at several of the schools. Collap- sible removable desks and chairs or old discarded desks were used, and this enabled the teachers to take the children back to school when the weather was unfavourable. Some of the classes were out until the late autumn. An open-air classroom was erected in Dyfatty Park which adjoins Dyfatty Girls' School. The…
… THE EDUCATIONAL OUTLOOK IN WALES THE education of its future adult citizens is a permanent problem in every modern state. There can be no…
… THE EDUCATIONAL OUTLOOK IN WALES THE education of its future adult citizens is a permanent problem in every modern state. There can be no abiding and final solution of it. Young minds are ever entering into an old world and discovering it anew. And the old world is itself changing. The arrival of the child disturbs every social and econo- mic institution. Education is the perma- nent process of adjusting the inner mind of…
… his summer holiday, not to seeking know- ledge in Germany or health in Tyrol, but to filling his scanty purse. He has read through…
… his summer holiday, not to seeking know- ledge in Germany or health in Tyrol, but to filling his scanty purse. He has read through ten thousand pages of script at so many pages per minute for so many pence per script, while before his dim eyes the names-or is it the index numbers-of the bodiless pupils pass impartially. The Central Welsh Board is the most perfect machine in the world was the recent boast…
… these are part of their degree course. Occasionally, however, students show a genuinely intellectual bent, and such students are the salt of the University…
… these are part of their degree course. Occasionally, however, students show a genuinely intellectual bent, and such students are the salt of the University but the smallness of the number of those who care to study philosophy to a fairly advanced stage, is some index to the fewness of these intellectuals in the colleges." And here is the depressing picture drawn by the same high authority of the average student at the most fermenting…
… CAN WE TOWN-PLAN THE VALLEYS ? WELSH towns and the urban centres about the mines and quarries have, in common with all the other…
… CAN WE TOWN-PLAN THE VALLEYS ? WELSH towns and the urban centres about the mines and quarries have, in common with all the other indus- trial towns of the United Kingdom, suffered from an expansion which has been allowed to take place without foresight, planning or guidance. It is true that, for the latter part of the period of expansion, there have been building by-laws which have restrained some of the worst evils in…
… great size, and it would seem natural that they should build their homes in such a way that they would not entirely lose touch…
… great size, and it would seem natural that they should build their homes in such a way that they would not entirely lose touch with the land which they love, but that their houses should be surrounded by gardens, and that many of them should combine with their urban occupations the cultivation of plots of ground, or the keeping of a few animals. Moreover, Wales is a land of frequent storms and intermittent wet…
… opportunities for getting across the hills without much zigzagging. These two series of roads will provide nearly all the main through communi- cation roads…
… opportunities for getting across the hills without much zigzagging. These two series of roads will provide nearly all the main through communi- cation roads that are practicable in a hilly country. Between them, to develop the areas left untouched, subsidiary roads will be required, to give access to the buildings, and these should connect up with the main series of roads but it should be recog- nized that they are not through traffic roads,…
… perhaps scullery would be at the back, and, looking up from the valley or from the opposite hill-side, instead of the fronts of all…
… perhaps scullery would be at the back, and, looking up from the valley or from the opposite hill-side, instead of the fronts of all the houses being blocked out by the backs of the higher groups, nothing would be visible but terraces of fronts, and, interspersed between them, the gardens which would secure the necessary separ- ation. All that is necessary to secure this change in the manner of development is to abandon the…
… slightly higher price per acre for the acres which have been built upon but owing to the want of real economy in crowding houses,…
… slightly higher price per acre for the acres which have been built upon but owing to the want of real economy in crowding houses, due to the amount of land which has to be taken up in extra street surfaces in each acre, the return is a diminishing one. Both owners and their agents, in grasping at high prices for individual acres, have entirely forgotten that it was in their power to secure a…
… to working out the complete town-planning schemes, and to adapting the details more thoroughly to the individual requirements of each locality. This could be…
… to working out the complete town-planning schemes, and to adapting the details more thoroughly to the individual requirements of each locality. This could be done with a single mind, because the desire to check the present evils and the fear of hampering current developments would no longer conflict. These tend, in some cases, to delay the Local Authorities from securing the preliminary protection which is really urgent, and, in others, to hurry them into…
… Mural Painting at Machynlleth, by Murray Urquhart.…
… Mural Painting at Machynlleth, by Murray Urquhart.…
… PIT-HEAD BATHS IN FRANCE. Pit Clothing hung up to dry. Miners at separate Cabinets.…
… PIT-HEAD BATHS IN FRANCE. Pit Clothing hung up to dry. Miners at separate Cabinets.…
… BRYNAERAU OPEN-AIR SCHOOL. View from outside, shewing Class at Work.…
… BRYNAERAU OPEN-AIR SCHOOL. View from outside, shewing Class at Work.…
… "YOUNG WALES." No. 3—"College Freshers."…
… "YOUNG WALES." No. 3—"College Freshers."…
… PIT-HEAD BATHS THE question of paramount importance for the miner is the effectiveness of the means employed for drying and keeping safe the clothes.…
… PIT-HEAD BATHS THE question of paramount importance for the miner is the effectiveness of the means employed for drying and keeping safe the clothes. Con- cerning the superiority of one or the other of the two methods seen, there is a difference of opinion, although it is agreed that the clothes are well dried by either method. We saw," one member of the party writes, two different ways of keeping and drying the clothes.…
… The salutary effects of pit-head bathing have appealed strongly to some members of the party, one of whom states that in the Collard Pit.…
… The salutary effects of pit-head bathing have appealed strongly to some members of the party, one of whom states that in the Collard Pit. Liege "seventy five per cent of the miners suffered from Ankylos- tomiasis (a kind of tape-worm disease which effects miners) before the introduction of the baths in 1904, but now it is down to two and a half per cent," while the hitherto large percentage of sufferers in the Shamrock…
… THE MEANING OF BROAD- MINDEDNESS THE majority of men in all ages have been governed by catch-words and catch-phrases, for they save thought, and…
… THE MEANING OF BROAD- MINDEDNESS THE majority of men in all ages have been governed by catch-words and catch-phrases, for they save thought, and thought at all times is a most unpopular form of exercise with the help of half-a-dozen catch-words it is possible to sail through conversation for an almost unlimited time mechanically you become a sort of penny-in-the-slot machine with appropriate phrases always waiting for their in- tellectual pennies. But the words…
… completely. In this connection I cannot refrain from quoting from Mr. Chesterton's play, now running at the Little Theatre, for it contains one character,…
… completely. In this connection I cannot refrain from quoting from Mr. Chesterton's play, now running at the Little Theatre, for it contains one character, the Duke, who deserves to become the locus classicus for this view of broad-mindedness. When visited by the Rector with the request for a subscription towards a model public-house, and by the Doctor for a subscription towards the league for opposing it, he solves the difficulty by presenting each with…
… At the present time it is particularly necessary that this word should be recovered, for though, as it seems to me, there is a…
… At the present time it is particularly necessary that this word should be recovered, for though, as it seems to me, there is a movement in this direction, the battle is not entirely won. The last generation, with a few notable exceptions, was at once broad- minded in the bad sense, and almost more than any THE PRESENT RENAISSANCE OF ENGLISH DRAMA-11 BY PROFESSOR GILBERT NORWOOD A yfl R. MASEFIELD'S case is quite different.…
… portrait of an actress or an alderman, ask Keats to describe a nightingale's song, Rodin to carve some trifle for the garden of the…
… portrait of an actress or an alderman, ask Keats to describe a nightingale's song, Rodin to carve some trifle for the garden of the Tuilleries. In every case you receive more than you asked for-not the ware of a tradesman, but the touch of an unseen hand, the utterance of a voice hitherto unheard. Therefore, if realism (however realistic) be a form of art, it is not the mere portrayal of isolated facts. If…
… study in transition. The Two Mr. Wetherbys has strong affinities with the Neo-British School. The exposure of the husband, through the discovery of a…
… study in transition. The Two Mr. Wetherbys has strong affinities with the Neo-British School. The exposure of the husband, through the discovery of a music-hall programme in his pocket, is only a symptom of this, to be sure, and the feebleness and the stagey- ness of all the characters, except the extraordinary Dick, is a weakness in execution, not in conception. But the theatrical triviality of the theme, above all the frantically absurd happy…
… as attempt, when the carnage is over, to infuse mystery and grace into Strife or The Silver Box. His less- known and less effective…
… as attempt, when the carnage is over, to infuse mystery and grace into Strife or The Silver Box. His less- known and less effective plays are in this respect more successful. The Little Dream is a conscientious attempt to be dreamily beautiful. The Eldest Son conveys a certain grace of background,-that atmos- phere of a country house which Mr. Galsworthy has so admirably given in his novels. The Pigeon is half- way between emotional…
… work and must take a very low rank. As a piece of propagandism it is most effective. On these two plays the present dramatic…
… work and must take a very low rank. As a piece of propagandism it is most effective. On these two plays the present dramatic reputation of Mr. Galsworthy chiefly rests. He is far too much of a pamphleteer and too little of a poet. Those who sneer easily at the dictum art for art's sake will be sobered by a study of these works. Let me not be misunderstood. Mr. Galsworthy's social sense, his…
… Waste is another simply-conceived story-that of a young statesman, Henry Trebell, a genius who has the originality to conceive great schemes of reform, the…
… Waste is another simply-conceived story-that of a young statesman, Henry Trebell, a genius who has the originality to conceive great schemes of reform, the talent necessary to organise them, and the tenacity required for achievement. His ruin, and the wreck of all his glorious plans, comes through a moment s madness in which he becomes entangled with a married woman, a passionately egotistical but other- wise entirely null personage. The result of this THE…