The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-19 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY SCHOOL COMPANY
(LIMITED).

Tios annual meeting of the company was held on
Thursday, the 14th instant, In the Council Chamber
at Dorchester. There were present: The Venerable
Archdeacon Sanctuary (chairman), Rev. Canon G. L.
Nash, Messrs. H. R Middleton and R. Palmer, the
Rev. T. Rusaell-Wriglit (head-master); Mr. E. Baker
(clerk),.l Mr. R. Case, of Messrs. William's and Co'.
was again appointed auditors for the current
year, and the report, already in the hands of the
shareholders was, with some alight verbal amend-
ments, accepted The report " congratulates the
shareholders upon the incomes of the school receipt.
over the previous year." It also adds, "It is encour.
aging to state that the school *till maintains it.
reputation for sound and woeful learning, In the
Cambridge Local Examinations our school Ira. the
most successful in the county and also in the whole
Diocese of Salisbury ; and at the Dorchester centre for
the Trinity College Examination in the theory of
music this school obtained the largest number of
certificates; and the boys who competed for the
scholarships of the Royal Agricultural Society,
though not successful, pared a creditable examination. ,
Our Dead-mmter has in little more than two years '
admitted 64 new
i *cholera and, if waste had in all
cases sent boys under 11 nstead of over 14 years of
age, not only would the numbers at the school have
blier, but the education would have been
necessarily
more complete. W. desire to that that
while every provision ix made for the educstion of
'folder boys, great attention is bestowed upon younger
ones and the upper and junior schools will be kept as
distinct as po•dhle." The following retiring 11100211111111
of the Council, viz. : Rev.. Canon K S. Beadres,
Canon C. W. Bingham, H. Moule, and nooses. J. C.
Manael-Pleydell, and Norris Roper, were re-elected.
After the thank* of the meeting in the name of the
Company had been heartily accorded to the Head.
muter for his tuithing exertion, during the past year,
on behalf of the or-boa, the proceeding. terminated.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LOCAL EXAMI.
NATIONS, DORCHESTER CENTRE.

The results of the examination held at the Dorset
County
_School in December last have just been
publiad. The satisfactory number of ten boys and
;oar girls were moccasin!. Of the boys eit. are
pupils at the County SchooL The juniors ein
Arse class honour. E. 0. Co. (Maiden Newton and
County School), and in third class honours A. Haynes
and Mr. C. White's school), A. E. Scenes
Ercharenterand Mr. Skenee's school), and H. W. C.
In Bournemouth and County School), who was
distinguished in religious knowledge. Four juniors
also panned, namely, H. E. Gauge (Watenon and
County School), J. N. Grant (County School), G. J.
Hunt (Fontmell and County School). and Y. J. Rent
(Corte C.astle and County School). Two others sails.
led the examiners in the preliminary subjects,
religion* knowledge and English subjects, via, R.
Cuff (Curry Rivet and County School), and A. J.
Cunnington (Dorchester and St. Leopard's School).
The seniors have in third class honours H. H. R.
Lyles (Weymouth arid Comity School) and a pass E.
Welch (Diadjeston and County &hal The junior
girls have in third class honour, L. W. Lee (C.
White's school?, and there passed F. G. Mallandaine
rLock cm Cottage School, Dorchester), and
,ls.). Reid (Bridport). seniors list has one s.
H. L Hill (tiles Lock's school). We append tha;
following details, extracted from the Yorksairr Pose,
which will interest our readers :—" The increase of
candidates this year has been no fewer than 1,190, the
total number being 5,671. This in more than double
the number that there were in 1871, an lacrosse which
shows the growing popularity and tuefulneas of these
examinations. They were in December last presided
over by more than a hundred examiners, the greater
part of whom are amongst the most active of the
iipensi,,c.hgtir staff of the university or Jergymen lately
on the teaching eta. Since that date the
papers have been in the hands of the examiners in
subjects, who had no light task JD going through the
=re of nearly 6.000 candidates, each on the average
pepers in five or six subjects. The extraordinary
increase of candidates at the last examination renders
the disparity between the Oxford and Cambridge
examination greater than ever. The Oxford examina-
tion took place in June, and the candidates numbered
2,841 only, so that the Cambridge examination
obtained nearly a 1,000 more than double as many Ls
Oxford. The proportion of Churchmen to Dianentere
is in this year'. hat rather greater than in the previous
year. Candidateo belon„ing to the Church of Eng.
land are examined, the juntora in the Church Cate.
&ism and the seniors in the Book of Common Prayer,
and them numbered at the last ..ixamination 2,955
whilst Dimentent are examined, the juniors in
Christian evidences and tbe seniors in Fiore Paulin:,
and these numbered at the hut examinatio 2,607,
whilst 215 candidatas did not oiler in ei th: or for
Suture. The clams line of both boys arid eice srs
now wood, the former having grown to such proper-
tins that lte balk and price as doable&