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114 THE DIAMOND MINES OF SOUTH AFRICA
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house,
a large brick building containing a reading room, dining room, kitchen,
and manager's rooms. This building, like the residences, has a veranda
in front, and is surrounded by trees. It is open to any white employe
of the Company, but it is, of
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course,
principally used by those living in Kenilworth. Citizens of Kimberley
may visit it, and join in the social gatherings arranged by the
residents in the village. On the north side of Central Avenue, opposite
the club-house, is a schoolhouse containing three rooms, in which the
library of the town is placed, and this is open after school hours for
the distribution of books. The library has its own store of good books,
but in addition to this stock, the Kimberley library contributes books
by special arrangement, and it is practically operated as a branch of
the Kimberley library. The school of Kenilworth is a primary school
connected with the Kimberley public schools, and the children of the
village are taught the usual elementary studies ranging up to the
common English grammar school. When this grade is attained, arrangement
is made for the attendance of
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