The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-10-14 00:00:00

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SCHOOL I'l' rolls REPOIT.S.

Edtlblik n let a sveryll3ll,64l, a, system
II It were net for te om 61011 ti ii.iiutriee ehich per•
sob oficislly unciartad with the teaching of the
roam find It &sinter to make. Thom, In the matter
of over.pressure. there!' oo doubt that dsnur erred,
altkouso perhap not to the erect that ',me ~•••ple
jesile• I. There was • tendency to her I Al r 1
role., the effsta of which were really 1; Vie anl of
goal diet icuirrtare 8. *telt. appeal...ll4m arn ot.alt
intelligent lo..kers.m. There was also • supicion,
hard op 's tolerably good evidloc 'het mob o'er=
and rtattlue was taking the PIACI of subtotals! learn-
ing, mai that it WM quite poesible t cram the
youthful mi 11 fr th eahlbition of " result." at
examinatddu withoot producing scholars likely to '
become intellec tel aal useful alto no. F .me
years past Ntr. .1. S. Clifford ha owls a diger
at dobool Inspector.' repute, lOCIU flag 14,110•114.
Wale., and icoll inr, anal classifying subject., with
appropriate remaiks, out r rimer* heading.. l•
would ran that in the anxiety to grasp at higher
forms of lastruction, iin • at I wit 01 the ti•ee i • in
&age rof becommg a rent' %Ir. Cliff art tot. ihst
In numerous lietri te they -ire gr•'t. oanal iints with
regard to readini. thi• portion of the 1 au7 mu
being tre•ted with s'ng liar circle cane. R. 'piing I.
gewerally r.zar If o no el the Iv, • el knowledge.
With mazy of our act ols, h w •er, it is being
allowed t bec•one rnety roar toes. in arithineiic aol
neatness in we it•ng 8 •iiit A...mil of sup ri ir lurpor -
ear. Rea line. as an wt, ie ;sorban unvr•Mr
Ignored 'wen at cur hither pa we of Menai a. oat
aertain/y cannot se NA to neglect It is eel n Is in
which elementary koowle Ire Is, or ought to be
attended to There are few persons in any
position of Id* who read wall ; bat this is no 111161.0
why the accomplishment should he I vet sight of. Still
less Mica reason why the bumble scholar sh aild be
led to regard It as unimportant. It. wan! Ib• difl6
to dead* whether facility In reeding or is writing I.
lee more desirable. Certain it I. that no lodiviinal
gas booms thoroughly lot Sigma who deet not
habituate himself t, reeling. We grant :hat it is
potable to read pretty effectually with the eye, while
being unable to do so with the tongue ; though
Weteematic practice with the lattar organ Is a great
trip to the spermatic employment of the
formes. There are raisin weak points in our present
'form besides the matter of reading. Mr. Cliff and,
from the numerous reports he has collected, finds
that, with all our efforts of perguagion, se well a. of
wild oompultioo, otteniaac• Is not at all al regular
ss it ought, to be. In the large towns. as well ails
tarsi dirket., • considerable proportion of eligible
children are even kept away usually or ortlnuously
from school. Moreover, then I. an almost total ex.
Unction of night soboole—which, we are glad to say,
doss not apply to Dorchester —or result which ii
oertably to be deplored of our more exteeded system
of primary schools. la addition to providing occuPi-
Sloe in the *wring for grown-up youth., the night
school afforded an •xcellent opportunity f 'eroding
the kaowledge gained at the primary *et ul. Although
baying pored UM orrery grnd•rd, there are boys
to be foetid In oval distrla whoa. mind. might be
advaatageously refreshed by • little evening Metro°.
tioa, and who, If they were only taught do rani well,
would be remedying one of the defeats which, accord-
lag to Um general consensus of Ins school inspectors,
exist la our national eystem. These fault. will, we
as neUral to thick, disappear in tams, and if they
do, it will be through the infiainoe of men like Mr.
Clifford, who watch the malt.. of inspection, and point
out diesersible dasota.