The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1884-08-02 00:00:00

DIST RIM VION OF PRIZES AT THE
STOUR MUDGE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

The arnual dietribation of prizes took . place on
Thurs -,y in the Geammar Selool. Mr. H. 0.
Firmstone presided. There were also present Col.
Fletcher, Rent. J. S. Bolder°, Hugh Sherrard,
D. Msginnie and Mr. H. Billingham. There were also
a large number of parents aud friends of the boys
present.
The Chairman complimented the masters and
boys oa the very satisfactory nature of the ex-
aminer's reptxt. He hoped they. Would always be
dilizent, caret al, and persevering.
Colonel Flet3her read the report of the head mas-
ter (Rev. W. J. J. Welch), and also that of Mr.
Onions, the examiner. The head master's report
for the year ending July 31st, 1584, stated that
the number of boys at present on the roll was 95,
this being 4in excess of the average. From the
comparatively small number of penal marks given
during the past year he (the master) thought it
must be fairly inferred that the' moral tone of the
Fogy ol ~ as sltisfact)ry. He believed also that the
great to jority tztil the boys were interested in their
studies, anti were desirous of making progress with
them. Ti- e new laboratory had proved extremely
useiul in the science teaching, especially in th •
matter of practical chemistry. Sixteen b‘ys were
now being taught this subject. Aft:ai a ref,renee
to the convenience and usefulness of the new d.•ska
with which the schools had been furnished, and
also to the gymnasium, the report went on to refer
to the distinctims game i during the past year by
old and present boys Amongst these were Mr.
Frank Tarry, wbo had received his call to tli• hit;
Mr. Rowland Hill, who had obtained by Examine..
lion the degree of Doctor of Laws at the Univer-
sity of Cambridge; Mr. C. J. Evers, who had g lined
the senior surgical prize at Queen's C.illege, Bir-
mingham, and the diplomas of member of the
Ito, al College of Surgeons, and Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall. London; ‘l.r. A. W. Scott, 'Who
had obtained the diplomas of INI.R.C.S. and L.,S.A ,
of London; Mr. J. W. Hartley, w'io ha' obtained
his B.A. degree at Cambridge, g adnating in the
third cl,' es of the Classical Trios. Ilia distinction,
the report went on, w•nild be (tonsil red the mote
meritorious from Vie fact that Me Tfaitley hal not
yet attained his 20th year. Mr W. H. Collis had
gained at King's College, London. a scholarship of
£25 a year, for two years, in addition to six pr zes
and fiva certificates cf merit. Mr. Collis rico
gained last year a science scholats'iip at Charter-
house of the value Of £BO a year for 4 years. besides
taki:::: prizes to tha taint of -...€',: O. Air. E, J,.
Brook', who in going from tlie Sturbridge scho d
to S'ar...vsbury, tco'E a high position in classics and
mathernstica was now second boy in That school.
Mr. G. D. Freer and Mr. J F. Addison had passed
the matriculation examination of the Uni,ersity of
London, botti being placed in the first divisini.
The following is the report of the examiner ,
"I have exardn^d the Upper and Middle School,
both in paper work and viva voce in Gr, ek, Latin,
French, Scripture, and Mathematics. In the Lower
School the exarninati n was conducted by the
masters themselves, but I have 1:)oked at the Papers
done so as to sstisfy myself about the Tinily of the
work. The following is the result at whic't I have
arrived in the different subjects: Holy Scripture:
In the Upper School G. TS. Firmstone and Ste ens
both did tne waolo paper with nit a mistake, but
Famstone's answers were fuller and showed more
knowledge. He obtained 95 marks out of a possible
b 100. In the Middle School Hackwool :was easily
I first with a vary full and careful paper, and Kidaon
, and Jackson both did well. The lower hOys . both
in the Upper and Middle school fell off considerably,
but throughout the whole of the papers I w.ts much
struck by the rarity of mistakes, and the fullness
nail aveuracy of the quotations both from
.the Old
turd New Testament. Greet: This subject was
t ,k,n by three boys' only. ' The amount .of work
' offered was not large, but what they 'hal. prepare I
they knew thoroughly well. H. L. 'gemstone and
' Attnisou both translated the Greek passages set:
into clear and idiomatic English, and the Grammar
questbas were well done by all three boys'. . Firni-
. stoae, li .W3VeC, was he only ,one who socceede I in
traust no trom English into Greek. Latin : Upper
School Farm I. Thepi ter was done we Iby three ,
toy-, tolerably uy all. ;The Gratntriar was good
througoont, but in translation from Latin three
bJyt4 were distinctly ahead of the rest. Firmatone
a 1,„,., could manage the sentences set for translation
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from English into Latin. . In the 2nd form the
ower blys fell off a good deal, but the first half of
the
class did very creditably. In the Middle School ,
the Ist form did creditably throughout, while the
first six hot s were very good. In the 2nd form
Kiason, thick wood,' Jackson and Guest were clearly ,
ahead of the rest. Four or five more did good
papers.,
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but the last six or seven were not so good.
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showed
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they had to translate. Frond : Form 1. minion did,