Excerpt from Association for Promoting Secondary Education in Scotland: Second Annual Report and Report of a Conference, Held on 10th November 1877

II. That it is desirable that the Universities should provide a curriculum for teachers, and that the Executive Committee represent this to the Education Department.

III. That the Executive Committee represent to the Educa tion Department the importance of taking more effectual means to maintain the standard of education in Public Schools, in accordance with the 67th section of the Education (scotland) Act.

I. With respect to the first point: it will be in the recollection of the Association that an influential deputation waited, by appoint ment, on the Duke of Richmond and the Home Secretary in May 1876, with a view to press on the Government the importance of early legislative action on the subject of Educational Endow ments in Scotland; and they were assured by Mr. Cross that the Government were seriously impressed with the importance of the question, and that he trusted they would be able to deal with Scottish Endowments in the ensuing session of Parliament.

In reply to a subsequent communication from your President, reminding the Home Secretary of the answer they then received, he was informed by Mr. Cross, early in the year, that the subject was not lost sight of, that he was in communication with the Lord Advocate upon it, but that of course the question would arise which of several urgent Scotch measures should be taken up first. The question was renewed by your President on the meeting of Parliament in February, and as it appeared from the reply that there was no prospect of any Bill being introduced until other Scottish measures should be disposed of, your Presi dent, after consulting with the Executive Committee, gave notice of a motion on going into Committee on the Education Estimates, with a View of drawing the attention of the House of Commons to the urgency of the question. These Estimates were not brought forward till late in the year, and your President was unfortunately laid up at the time by the effects of a serious accident; and it was not possible for any member to take up the notice at that stage. A short and informal discussion was, however, raised by Mr. Playfair during the debate on the Estimates; but owing to the lateness of the session, no further opportunity was offered for renewing the discussion.

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