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THE foundation stone of the new buildings of the University College of North Wales was laid by the King on Tuesday, July 9. The King was accompanied by the Queen, and the ceremony was performed in the presence of a large and brilliant assembly. In his responso to an address of welcome, presented by the Lord Lieutenant, the King said that the main object of his visit to Wales was to express again his belief in the necessity of affording the youths of the country the most complete educational equipment possible, both for their self-improvement and in order to enable them to acquire success in life. The King also remarked, in the course of a reply to an address presented by the Mayor and Corporation of Bangor, that “Education, and especially secondary education, is a. subject the importance of which cannot be over-estimated, and which engages my cordial interest and encouragement.” Peplying on behalf of the Queen and himself to an address from the governors of the college, the King again referred to his interest in higher education in the following words;—
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The King and Higher Education in Wales . Nature 76, 253–254 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/076253a0
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