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IN the unavoidable absence of the president for 1928 (Sir Alfred Mond), Lord Riddell gave an address at the opening session of the annual general meeting of the Association of Technical Institutions, held at Stationers' Hall, London, on Feb. 24 and 25. Since he had been president of the Association during 1927, Lord Riddell was able to give some of the impressions of technical education he had gathered from his examination of its problems. He commented on the great work and scholarship of the staffs of the institutions: he noted the widespread recognition which is now being accorded to the liberal quality of technical education: he stressed the necessity of developing day classes. At present, he said, there are about 850,000 pupils in technical institutions; of these 750,000 attend evening classes. Yet when one considers the numbers of young persons in England and Wales between the ages of fourteen and twenty-five, it is obvious that 100,000 day pupils does not represent the maximum of day work which ought to be possible. Finally, Lord Riddell presented a vigorous defence of modern young people against what are practically perennial charges of slackness and deterioration. This defence, Lord Riddell said, was necessary and opportune, since Sir John Reith, of the British Broadcasting Corporation, had recently implied such charges. He had, however, asked Sir John to come and address the meeting.
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Association of Technical Institutions. Nature 121, 401 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121401a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/121401a0