They are deep in the consideration of the form which technical education should take to meet their peculiar needs; and I am confident that Ulster will make a sound and useful contribution to the solution of the commercial and industrial problems which confront the manufacturers of the United Kingdom.
[5] That such a knowledge is still required, though the need is becoming less urgent, is shown by an incident which illustrates the pathos of the Irish exodus.

A poor woman once asked me to help her son to emigrate to America, and I agreed to pay his passage.

Early in the negotiations, finding that she was somewhat vague as to her boy's prospects, I asked her whether he wanted to go to North or South America.

This detail she seemed to consider immaterial.

"Ach, glory be to God, I lave that to yer honner.