Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - to the Collegesfor Women. London has now her BedfordCollege, Queens College, Westfield College,and so on, which stand in much the samerelation to London University as do theirfellow^s of Oxford and Cambridge to thoseUniversities. And though, of course, in awomans college, less freedom and indepen-dence is possible than in a mans, jet thesocial life is planned on similar, if modified. SCENES IROM SCHOLASTIC 245. CITV OF LONDON SCHOOL : AN lines. There are the same lectures
Living London; its work and its play, its humour and and its pathos, its sights and its scenes; . - to the Collegesfor Women. London has now her BedfordCollege, Queens College, Westfield College,and so on, which stand in much the samerelation to London University as do theirfellow^s of Oxford and Cambridge to thoseUniversities. And though, of course, in awomans college, less freedom and indepen-dence is possible than in a mans, jet thesocial life is planned on similar, if modified. SCENES IROM SCHOLASTIC 245. CITV OF LONDON SCHOOL : AN lines. There are the same lectures, thesame — up to a certain point — athleticexercises, the same social intercourse, allhelping to weld that indefinable bond ofmutual sympathy and fellowshi]:), whichnothing in life can sever, and which isone of the best results of school andcollege life. Then there are the smaller privateschools, where the bashful young her first lesson in maidenh- deport-ment, and the prep. where her _\-oungbrother is primed for his public schoolcareer. Never failing sources of amuse-ment are these. Who can resist theunconscious humour of the demure girlsschool walking out, two and twcj, in crocodile fashion, and the sidelongglances as the group of boys from theschool round the corner passes ? Andthat boys school : what coukl be moredelightful than to see the _\-oungstcrs sally-ing foith on a half-holida}, she|jhcrded byan athletic master, armed with all theparaphernalia nf the cricket pitch, andlearned a
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