. Australia's greatest need : with an introductory note by the Archbishop of Brisbane. l College, or of such asound system as is given at Wantage tochildren from six to fourteen years of drawing can be learnt from abook, even by those who lay no claim toartistic powers. In short, all difficultiescan be conquered, for, God willing, any-thing can be done if enough trouble istaken. The interests of the work increaseweekly, in the friendships formed withthe children, parents and teachers ; withthe timber getter at the creek, who shyly asks if Miss W can tell him where there is a chu
. Australia's greatest need : with an introductory note by the Archbishop of Brisbane. l College, or of such asound system as is given at Wantage tochildren from six to fourteen years of drawing can be learnt from abook, even by those who lay no claim toartistic powers. In short, all difficultiescan be conquered, for, God willing, any-thing can be done if enough trouble istaken. The interests of the work increaseweekly, in the friendships formed withthe children, parents and teachers ; withthe timber getter at the creek, who shyly asks if Miss W can tell him where there is a church. He used to be a choir-boy in Sydney. Books we lent to thecamps which we passed on the road toschool; these, and countless other oppor-tunities of sharing the daily life of thebush people, offer, to any keenly religiouswoman, her chance of taking her part ina life of service. ^ The lady who thus gives her experi-ences after teaching for a few months ina bush parish is a sister of the parishpriest and lives with him. The difficulty ^ Brigbaoe Church Chronicle, 1 July, 1913. :^ M. THE ARMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Problems and principles 153 of accommodation is in her case sur-mounted. Accommodation and moneyare at present the two difficulties in theway. But if devoted women with meansof their own could band themselves to-gether for such a life, they would be doinga fine work for God and the Empire. The battle for religious education will (2) Second- . ary educa- have to be continued all along the line. the primary schools have beenthe battlefield, but the secondary schoolsand universities must be won too. TheChurch has been able to take a far moreactive line in secondary than in primaryeducation, because the fees of the scholarshave made the maintenance of such schoolspossible and both for boys and girls thereare now Church schools in all the States,which come up to modern standards.^It is essential that the State - aidedGrammar Schools should have the
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