I would therefore deprecate, in the strongest terms, the separation referred to, as not only altogether unnecessary, but exceedingly injurious.
To have one hundred children, or upwards, in a room, however convenient in other respects, and not to allow the children proper relaxation and exercise, which they could not have without a play-ground, would materially injure their health, which is a thing, in my humble opinion, of the first importance.

I would rather see a school where they charged two-pence or three-pence per week for each child, having a play-ground, than one where the children had free admission without one; for I think the former institution would do the most good.

The play ground, likewise, is one of the most useful parts of the system.

It is there the child shews itself in its true character, and thereby gives the master an opportunity of nipping in the bud its evil propensities.

I am, therefore, most anxious to recommend that this necessary appendage to an infant school should not be dispensed with.