The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-10-07 00:00:00

PUBLIC EXAMINATION AT THE BOYS' GENERAL
BCHOOLB.

This *chord, which has been one of the most gnomes-
fig in the West of Ragland dur'nr the past quarter of
. century, cal.-heated another sauna' examination on
Friday *realer, when the I rgo room was beautifully
deoorstod by the bade. the 6were and foliage haring
been given them by the local gentry and other*. At
either end of the room depended massive crown. coin*
posed of dahlias Mid WWII% grasses, whil.t a double
festoon of ereenery united them. Before lb* hour for
examination arrived, the room was crowded, and
nearly 100 were nuable to obtain seats. The honour-
able position which till. excillent school hag so long
maintained will be best understood by a perusal of the
r*port, an abstract of which app.are below, end from
thi• it will be seen that thil yoir the school he, even
enhanced its pre.tige under the muter, Biard,
and as.i.tant Tla•Pril MI Miller.
Hi. Worddp, the May ir(lLr..7. P. smtii), took the
chair, and war anon rted by thn eacrattte (i3,pfeie
Menlo, Mr. a gimundr, Rev. R. L Carploter, Mr.
W. Collor. BA., ale. G. Bird, and the 1t... W. J.
Bain.
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The lade, who wipe neatly attire.l, nod the m ijerity
w3arlng flower; execute the following programme
mnet onalitahly:

Sons. • Work Reetigh t * D o ;' reeding and ezarnint,ou
of the same by Mr. 7'. Tracer.; recitation, ' Troller ' W.
Rank,...; noes, • Pomento Time ; reeita•ioa. • y,4410
Tom. 0.11 Care,' R. fluang•w•Y .• exeroin MOP. The
A•isn'e Fax well to 1.11. Home; F. I.,.cpp„, •
' Autumn 8 *n_ .g rmiteti ' Sonebo ,ip
Frank Beard; lesson on the sun, Yr. S. Stiles : &A.() U.• .
Harry'. Secret. It chard Btrangewey, Juno,. ii•ec:
Robert Whittle, Frank Diment, •nol Frank Start; eoce.
' woe to the S net Tr s;' recitation. ' Pewees
De eth•hed.' Fred D:toent ; arithooetin. Mr C liuon.le :
dialogue, ' No Sod of • Pultio.; R. R S'
way, F. Bead J. B 8. linunaell, F. Dumont. and X
Reid; song, 'To. Basil.'
C ottioued applaus • growled the effort+ o' tho leis, who
*thibited greet power of elocct'oo in dislorue an I Ponta-
tion, whiist the reading was excellent. The an.wera to
the qoestione on the sun, arithinet,c, and history ...re
render oil with aux:4llow spilt id., ant :he e n 4,14 hal
been under careful training.
The report promoted by Captain Mantis stated that the
new Mi. 61'1 001214 into operation, aid a Ds • in p octet
bad visited the school, and h,s report sword ei with Vitt
onfewhittriregaired th:tloillesclirolatissoanliteubj later* forTi9;
weeks should be presented for Inv •ction. The average
attendance last year exceoods that of the previous year by
14, but 31 more 'cholan worn muitaleal last
April. All of the 151 pcs ol in reading, all
but one in writing, and all hot three In arithmetic,
There were, therefore, on'y four foqures out of 759, lose
than one per cent. Fall grants were mode for Ruttish.
1,-r histery and mograplty, and for weighs, by ear. F.
Beard parsed in algebra, sad 0. his -shoot i.e ree•id by
the department. A new fi. stem lus rot grants had ham
adopted, vis., one shilling, teo or thcse on each annual
average atteadanos. according silk. Inspector regards the
5ch001..." Fob.' "Good.' or "Ex cdient." Ti.. school
has been awarded the distinction of " and the
whole amount earned I. at the rote of 110 e. 31 fo r each
week of average alt godsons, or 1291 13s. 91. bats. the
grant mast not exceed 17s. 61. on gook the amount re-
ceived is 41163 1,. 61, &sum wipe, °dented In the history
of the solto*l. La.t year ondee the previous code
L 219 I. woe earned ant £2ll 7 64. received. Mr.
Beard's et *tidies will in read with ie.-west—they relate
to the old school Sear *lain in Sent *miler. The official
year end* in March. The number on the reglat.r is
greater than th.t of any Pl,•i.U. YOU. 371, but the
average attendance on MI, or 7237 per cent.,
but making allowance for Woo tr 100 half•tiosers. it in.,
be aminuted at 63•15 per cent, whilit the average of the
oiroatry I. only 73 56 in Ber I and 7119 in colonist!
abode. Irtragolat attencience on Me part of SM. boots
=tIIIIIIPIMII. The 'Alia' of over•prfaasara bed boss
kW aides of tbe oolaaltbie, sad they believe