Charlotte Mason Poetry

Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The first Children’s Gathering of the Parents’ Union School was held in Winchester in 1912. In The Story of Charlotte Mason, Essex Cholmondeley wrote that “Miss Mason hoped that all pupils would, during their years in the school, enjoy a gathering such as Winchester, but the war years were soon …

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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff According to Gearóid Barry, “The Armistice of 11 November 1918 gave Britons a moment of public jubilation, yet the first stage of demobilization at the end of 1918 … had to be rapidly revised such was the public frustration with it… Decanting so many men into the labour market increased …

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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff In December 1918, American President Woodrow Wilson visited Europe and gave speeches in which he “reaffirmed that the making of peace and the creation of a League of Nations must be accomplished as one single objective.”[1] That same month, Charlotte Mason’s beloved friend Rev. Francis Lewis contributed an article to …

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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff The first annual meeting of the Melbourne, Australia branch of the PNEU was held in 1905. One of the speakers had just arrived from England, and she riveted the audience with a detailed account of the House of Education in Ambleside. Then the vice-president of the branch “said that though …

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Editor’s Note, by Art Middlekauff Agnes Drury (1874–1958) was “brought up … on lines very similar to those advised by Charlotte Mason.” We are told this about her mother: She loved flowers and out-of-door things; she was skilful with her hands, teaching the children to bind their books and encouraging a sense of colour which …

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