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The Boys School.
THE BOYS SCHOOL .
LONDON , SATURDAY , FEISKUAnri \ , l-SCO .
AT tho General Committee of this Institution on Saturday last , a report Avas laid on the tabic from the ReA . John D . G _ eiinic > , one of tho Government Inspectors of Schools , ivhich AVO deem most valuable , as coming upon the authority of a fully qualified gentleman , Avho could have no motiA-e to do otherwise than to speak honestly and straig htforwardly
without favour or affection either to the master or the committee . In reading those portions of the report in which the reverend gentleman does not speak too well of the general management and appearance of the school , Ave must not forget that of tho sixty-six boys IIOAV there something like forty Avere admitted only in October last , and that they came
from schools distributed throughout the kingdom—thus giving the master far greater trouble to bring them into discipline tli an had they been admitted by two or three at a time . The reverend gentleman states that on his visit he found the boys at their ordinary studies , and the results of his observations —according to his oivn account they aro not Avorthy the
name of an examination — are these : in tho first class , French reading tolerable , considering the time of study , but Avith about two exceptions , pronunciation bad ;* scripture history , pretty correct ; Latin accidence and English grammar as ready aud correct as ho could have expected ( no higher testimonial need be required ); English history prelly fair ,
but not sufficiently correct throughout the class ; English reading , though not positively bad , ivanting in style and expression ; writing and arithmetic fair . The inspector then states that he tested the other classes in dictation , reading , arithmetic , geography , and writing ; in all of which , they acquitted themselves fairly , but throughout there was a want of vigour and self reliance , and the school generally
Avants better handling in order to impart a higher tone to the pupils—much of Avhich can lie effected by improved organization . The reverend gentleman then . suggests certain alterations in the premises , in order to bring the Avhole of the classes under mora general supervision , and states that ( which AVC
haA'e repeatedly urged ) "two masters , and a staff of monitors raised from the elder boys , ought to be amply sufficient for the carrying on the general course of a commercial education among so small a number of boys as seventy . " Wo do not think it necessary to follow thc reverend gentleman through his description of the advantages or rewards which should
be held out to encourage ' ¦ ' monitors" or " pupil teachers ;" but Ave must express our entire concurrence with him in his observations relative to tho assistant masters being entirely subordinate to the head master j and here AVO cannot help expressing an opinion that the Avant of sufficient decision of character on the part of tho head masterour reverend . Bro .
, Woodward , led to all the difficulties Avhich ended in tho forced resignation of Mr . Eyloy , the second master , AVIIO AVO believe Avas eminently fitted for his position , had ho not been led to behove that ho was subordinate to the House Committee , and not to the head master . That Mr . B y ley has been fairly treated , no one that reads this report of the
-Rev . Mr . Glennie ivill for one moment argue ; because he distinctl y lays it down that the assistant master should have " facilities for repose of mind as ivell as body "—thc Avant of which Avas one of the great causes of Mr . Byley ' s complaint , and Avhich AVO believe has led to all those complaints which , m order to maintain the authority of the head muster , deprives ns of tho services of a most valuable
assistantservices however Avith Avhich Ave aro prepared readily to dispense , rather than endanger the success of the institution " y divisions between thc instructors . ' 1 r " ° ' ^ ' improve it , wo bear that the House Committee have got ral of the French master , and agreed to give the same amount of salary m an Englishman ( a clerk in the City ) , AV ! U . is to attend two e-venino-s a
The following observations of the reverend gentleman arc so entirely in accordance with Avhat Ave have already laid doAvn , that Ave must be excused for quoting them , if only in a spirit of vanity , to defend our OAVU opinions : — "The curriculum of studies" says the llev . Mr . fllennie , " should start . witli being- as plain and solid as possible ; it ivill ho into the ornate ancl
some time before it can afford to expand elegant . 'Language and Style , ' ' Correspondence , ' ' . Recitations , ' ' British Constitution , ' ' Elements of Jurisprudence ! ' ' Lectures on Useful Subjects , ' may mean anything-, ancl probably do mean nothing . At any rate , they are hut ' Common Tilings , ' to come in by the way as illustrations of , or suggested by , tho more practically useful course of study , and not therefore to he put fonvard
as principal subjects , nor have definite places assigned to them in the scheme of education . I note clown the folloiving headings , with a feiv brief explanations , as likely to serve thc purpose of thc school : — " 1 'eligimis Instruction . —The Bible to be studied carefully , book by hook ( this ivill not , of course , prevent a general knowledge Avhich will necessarilhe gained by calling in
illusy tration from other parts than those immediately under study—thc teaching is very indiscriminate at present ) , and the Church Catechism and Liturgy likewise . Burton ' s History of the First Three Centuries , and Blnnt ' s 1 information may be added for Class I .
" Reading . —To be from the commencement emphatic and intelligent , and to he treated as dealing ivith ideas not words , and , therefore , disconnected from spelling , as a steppingstone to its accomplishment . " Spelling , — -To be taught from the very first , hy ivriting from dictation and otherwise . ( JSF . B . It comes just after reading , not before it ) .
" Grammar .- —Exercises to be written on slate and paper as early as possible iu the School , and Paraphrase and Analysis of Sentences ( Morcll ) for Class I ., with practice in composition . " Writing . —To lie plain , simple ( without flourishes and extra strokes ) , large ancl free . " Arithmetic—With tables , & c . ( ISf . B . The multiplication tabic
should he learned up to twenty times ) , and a little mental arithmetic . ' ¦¦ Book-keeping . —By single entry certainly , and very soon ; Class I . may learn something of double entry . " Euclid . —Book I . 1 ' t „ ., ] u . ,, ,, , ,,, r \ -i ,- C lld'Clltual 1 , Algebra . —lo Quadratics , j " English History . — " Geography . —With map draiving ( on slates ) from the very first . Mathematical , physical , and political . " French , . Latin , Greek , , Draiving , Vocal Music , to be
superadded , as progress m thc above subjects ivill permit . " Tho reverend gentleman concludes by recommendinc- the rendering facilities for thc formation of a library for general reading , and a cabinet of specimens of natural productions and manufactures . On the Avhole , we repeattho report is satisfactoryand AVO
, , have abstained as far as possible from remark , because it is yet under the consideration of tho House Committee to determine how it is to bo carried out ; but there is one subject and that a most important one , both for tho welfare of tho boys and thc economy in the management of the institution not alluded to hi this report , ancl vjerhaps it could not bo—
-How far tiie matron is fitted for the discharge of her duties ? Wc do not wish to cast any reflection on Mrs . Woodward AVO have no doubt she performs her duties conscientiousl y and to the best of her ability—but we cannot bo insensible to the complaints Ave aro constantl y receiving , " she is too much the lady for her position . " A lady AVC : should haA'e at
tho head of such an establishment , but she should not be left AA'ithout the aid of that practical and Avomanl y experience Avhich , Avhilst it provides for tho proper care of tho children , under our guidance , has sufficient knoAvled ge ofthe Avorld to secure to us the benefits of tho utmost economy in carrying out the domestic arrangements of the institution . HOWCA ' OIgratified AVO are witli thc report of the Bovorend MV . Glennie : ( and AVO admit Ave are so ) on . the general attainments of the pupils—wc : shall be more gratified when Miss Jarwood , of
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The Boys School.
THE BOYS SCHOOL .
LONDON , SATURDAY , FEISKUAnri \ , l-SCO .
AT tho General Committee of this Institution on Saturday last , a report Avas laid on the tabic from the ReA . John D . G _ eiinic > , one of tho Government Inspectors of Schools , ivhich AVO deem most valuable , as coming upon the authority of a fully qualified gentleman , Avho could have no motiA-e to do otherwise than to speak honestly and straig htforwardly
without favour or affection either to the master or the committee . In reading those portions of the report in which the reverend gentleman does not speak too well of the general management and appearance of the school , Ave must not forget that of tho sixty-six boys IIOAV there something like forty Avere admitted only in October last , and that they came
from schools distributed throughout the kingdom—thus giving the master far greater trouble to bring them into discipline tli an had they been admitted by two or three at a time . The reverend gentleman states that on his visit he found the boys at their ordinary studies , and the results of his observations —according to his oivn account they aro not Avorthy the
name of an examination — are these : in tho first class , French reading tolerable , considering the time of study , but Avith about two exceptions , pronunciation bad ;* scripture history , pretty correct ; Latin accidence and English grammar as ready aud correct as ho could have expected ( no higher testimonial need be required ); English history prelly fair ,
but not sufficiently correct throughout the class ; English reading , though not positively bad , ivanting in style and expression ; writing and arithmetic fair . The inspector then states that he tested the other classes in dictation , reading , arithmetic , geography , and writing ; in all of which , they acquitted themselves fairly , but throughout there was a want of vigour and self reliance , and the school generally
Avants better handling in order to impart a higher tone to the pupils—much of Avhich can lie effected by improved organization . The reverend gentleman then . suggests certain alterations in the premises , in order to bring the Avhole of the classes under mora general supervision , and states that ( which AVC
haA'e repeatedly urged ) "two masters , and a staff of monitors raised from the elder boys , ought to be amply sufficient for the carrying on the general course of a commercial education among so small a number of boys as seventy . " Wo do not think it necessary to follow thc reverend gentleman through his description of the advantages or rewards which should
be held out to encourage ' ¦ ' monitors" or " pupil teachers ;" but Ave must express our entire concurrence with him in his observations relative to tho assistant masters being entirely subordinate to the head master j and here AVO cannot help expressing an opinion that the Avant of sufficient decision of character on the part of tho head masterour reverend . Bro .
, Woodward , led to all the difficulties Avhich ended in tho forced resignation of Mr . Eyloy , the second master , AVIIO AVO believe Avas eminently fitted for his position , had ho not been led to behove that ho was subordinate to the House Committee , and not to the head master . That Mr . B y ley has been fairly treated , no one that reads this report of the
-Rev . Mr . Glennie ivill for one moment argue ; because he distinctl y lays it down that the assistant master should have " facilities for repose of mind as ivell as body "—thc Avant of which Avas one of the great causes of Mr . Byley ' s complaint , and Avhich AVO believe has led to all those complaints which , m order to maintain the authority of the head muster , deprives ns of tho services of a most valuable
assistantservices however Avith Avhich Ave aro prepared readily to dispense , rather than endanger the success of the institution " y divisions between thc instructors . ' 1 r " ° ' ^ ' improve it , wo bear that the House Committee have got ral of the French master , and agreed to give the same amount of salary m an Englishman ( a clerk in the City ) , AV ! U . is to attend two e-venino-s a
The following observations of the reverend gentleman arc so entirely in accordance with Avhat Ave have already laid doAvn , that Ave must be excused for quoting them , if only in a spirit of vanity , to defend our OAVU opinions : — "The curriculum of studies" says the llev . Mr . fllennie , " should start . witli being- as plain and solid as possible ; it ivill ho into the ornate ancl
some time before it can afford to expand elegant . 'Language and Style , ' ' Correspondence , ' ' . Recitations , ' ' British Constitution , ' ' Elements of Jurisprudence ! ' ' Lectures on Useful Subjects , ' may mean anything-, ancl probably do mean nothing . At any rate , they are hut ' Common Tilings , ' to come in by the way as illustrations of , or suggested by , tho more practically useful course of study , and not therefore to he put fonvard
as principal subjects , nor have definite places assigned to them in the scheme of education . I note clown the folloiving headings , with a feiv brief explanations , as likely to serve thc purpose of thc school : — " 1 'eligimis Instruction . —The Bible to be studied carefully , book by hook ( this ivill not , of course , prevent a general knowledge Avhich will necessarilhe gained by calling in
illusy tration from other parts than those immediately under study—thc teaching is very indiscriminate at present ) , and the Church Catechism and Liturgy likewise . Burton ' s History of the First Three Centuries , and Blnnt ' s 1 information may be added for Class I .
" Reading . —To be from the commencement emphatic and intelligent , and to he treated as dealing ivith ideas not words , and , therefore , disconnected from spelling , as a steppingstone to its accomplishment . " Spelling , — -To be taught from the very first , hy ivriting from dictation and otherwise . ( JSF . B . It comes just after reading , not before it ) .
" Grammar .- —Exercises to be written on slate and paper as early as possible iu the School , and Paraphrase and Analysis of Sentences ( Morcll ) for Class I ., with practice in composition . " Writing . —To lie plain , simple ( without flourishes and extra strokes ) , large ancl free . " Arithmetic—With tables , & c . ( ISf . B . The multiplication tabic
should he learned up to twenty times ) , and a little mental arithmetic . ' ¦¦ Book-keeping . —By single entry certainly , and very soon ; Class I . may learn something of double entry . " Euclid . —Book I . 1 ' t „ ., ] u . ,, ,, , ,,, r \ -i ,- C lld'Clltual 1 , Algebra . —lo Quadratics , j " English History . — " Geography . —With map draiving ( on slates ) from the very first . Mathematical , physical , and political . " French , . Latin , Greek , , Draiving , Vocal Music , to be
superadded , as progress m thc above subjects ivill permit . " Tho reverend gentleman concludes by recommendinc- the rendering facilities for thc formation of a library for general reading , and a cabinet of specimens of natural productions and manufactures . On the Avhole , we repeattho report is satisfactoryand AVO
, , have abstained as far as possible from remark , because it is yet under the consideration of tho House Committee to determine how it is to bo carried out ; but there is one subject and that a most important one , both for tho welfare of tho boys and thc economy in the management of the institution not alluded to hi this report , ancl vjerhaps it could not bo—
-How far tiie matron is fitted for the discharge of her duties ? Wc do not wish to cast any reflection on Mrs . Woodward AVO have no doubt she performs her duties conscientiousl y and to the best of her ability—but we cannot bo insensible to the complaints Ave aro constantl y receiving , " she is too much the lady for her position . " A lady AVC : should haA'e at
tho head of such an establishment , but she should not be left AA'ithout the aid of that practical and Avomanl y experience Avhich , Avhilst it provides for tho proper care of tho children , under our guidance , has sufficient knoAvled ge ofthe Avorld to secure to us the benefits of tho utmost economy in carrying out the domestic arrangements of the institution . HOWCA ' OIgratified AVO are witli thc report of the Bovorend MV . Glennie : ( and AVO admit Ave are so ) on . the general attainments of the pupils—wc : shall be more gratified when Miss Jarwood , of