There is a great need to-day of real peace. International war, hardly ended, has been succeeded by internal strife of a very serious nature: at the root of this lies much deep bitterness, the result of the failure of the different classes of the community to understand one another. If a number of girls of the middle and upper classes, who feel that they are called to the work of teaching, would take up work in the Elementary Schools or the new Continuation Schools, it would do much, I believe, to bring about a better understanding between class and class. In this way each would get to know something of the other and the ideals and knowledge of those who have had greater advantages would begin to permeate our national life. Dorothea Beale tried at one time of her work to establish a school of training for such teachers, but the difficulties put in her way by the Government of that day made the continuation of the work impossible. With an educationalist at the Board of Education many difficulties have been and will be removed, and elementary teaching with smaller classes, higher pay, and better buildings, is made more possible for those who wish to embark on it. It is useless, however, to take up this work unless one has in one’s heart a great love for little children, whether dirty or clean, ragged or well-cared for. The elementary schools have not yet adopted the high school system of morning lessons and afternoon preparation, and this makes the hours of teaching long. The corrections and necessary preparation are usually less than in a high school: the holidays are shorter, but are gradually being lengthened.