The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-08-05 00:00:00

PRIZE DAY AT THE DORCHESTER GRAMMAR

SCHOOL.

Old Dorchester Grammar School boys attended in
goodly numbers on Weduesday m on the
oiiimeion of the first prize day since the riropeoing of
the school, giving ample evidence of their love foe
alma stela and of gratificaboo that from ths ashes of
the old building has risen one of the fineet schools in
the °aunty, undone for which there le every promise
of a bright and maybe a famous tutors. It is now
some eighbien months sines with full cilia honours the
new school was re-opened. The new bealmseter, a
gentleman eelectid after much oars and serious con-
siderstioo, and at that time a perfect •tranger, wee
introduced to the townspeople, and in reply to the
welcome bald out to him, improved • few words fell
of hope and confidence the e, .00l would be a summit
Mr. Kingdon oommenoal work with a handful of
boys, but Dii treatment of his pupile and his admirable
scholastic arrangementa won drew new boy.. They
bad found out tam Mr. Kingdon wee proficient in
cricket sod football, by wbion schoolboys are far
more inclined to judge a master than by him
tains se • Latin or Greek scholar. Al any rate, what-
a•,,r was the reason, Lb* roll has swelled considerably,
and at ths pra•OUL time there are close on 70 boys,
and with every prospect of • substantial inCre&N.
Mr. J. lungs. M.P., occupied toe contr., MA
among in. invited, and most of whim were present
were

Mr Floyer, MP, Mr G nom. Colonel arid Mrs
Kale, Mrs Chanter. Major and Mrs Brougb, Miss
Irwin, Cepalo and Mrs Frith, Maj... end Mrs B ots
aso, are Parson., Canon Reginald Smith, Captain
Smith, Mr, Mrs, and Mae Moult, Mr H duels, Dr
and Mrs Tudor, Miss Tudor, Mrs and Mrs Gnats,
Mr and Mrs Symonds, Mr H Symonds, Mr and Mr.
T Coombs, Mr and Mrs ii Wright, :Miss Pons, Mr E
Pope, the Mines Lock, Mrsod Mrs White, Mr. Stone,
Dr and Mrs George. Mr and Mrs J Hodges, the Misses
Hodge., Moe Brooke, Dr nod Mr. Homey,
Mr (leather, Rev C Powys, Mrs K Basoomb,, It.,
and Roy T Spring Rice, Mr end Mrs l'earce (inner-
-140), Strand are H Hawkine, Mrs sod Mae I°ent in,
Miss Campbell, Mr and Mrs Hustable, Mrs and the
Moses Symonds, W and hire Butler. Mr and
Mr. Groves, the Misses Groves, Rev It and Mn.
F.verett, Mr and Aire K in, bliss Ityall, Mos
)(yodel!, Mr and Mr. Gregory, the H 'nor and Mrs
Doris., Mr and Mrs Morgan, Mr and tl. Pail, Mr
and Mr. li.unt on, Mr and Mrs Hull (ihana), Mr and
Mrs Hull (Stbeford), Mr and Mr. Brown, Mr and
ars Paine. Br and Mrs Cake (Woodsford),
Mr II &aid ant Mrs Holland. Mr Damen. Mr and
Mrs Hyde, Mr and Mrs Marvin Lock, Mrs Shellabew.
Mrs Reid, Mr and Mrs Biehop. Mr and Mrs Green-
ing, Ms and Mr. Plummer, Mr and Mrs Marsh,
Mr and Mr. Tilly, Q tartar. Mader Stickbutd, Sergeant
Lout. Sergeant LEmeara, Mr an I Mr. Searle, Mr
and Mrs riswaed, Mr and Nl,' Irish, Mr and Mrs
Adkins. Mr end Mrs McNe I, Mr and Mrs Lenthall.
Mr and Mrs Caristoriber, Mr [laymen.
The CHAIYMAN having apologised for keeping them
waiting, he having ben engaged at the Board of
Guardians, said it we. some eighteco months once he
had the honour of addreming many whom he now
saw wound him on the °session of toe re-opening of
the D wchaster Grammar School. He then venture
to invite them to look back upon the past fortunes of
the school—some of praperity and some rather the
reveres. It hal been, aa they knew, for many
years in a state of auspended animation—for some
years quite suspended during which time
the G ivernore were engaged in rebuilding to •
great extent their old whs.', and before that
It hail beea in • stets of partial Itlq/111111, not
doing much to the credit nor being of any great
advantage, he was afraid, I. the good townsfolk of
Dorclisater, nor carrying out the wishes of it, excellent
rand pious founder. Ile then ventured to claim the
Indulgent., of th orie for whoa benefit the Gr 413311111,1
School was established on account of the many diffi-
culties with which the governors hal hail to contend,
and he pointed out to them the way in whioh, by d'e
biasing. they had been enabled to overcome some of
those difficultia, and to rale. • building in sone
rt spats —he boded in mat—fitting to the greed object
the loon ler had in view. They were glad to preserve
the old county school, the old grammar school, in
whion they were now assembled, for be was ous of
lb .11, who thought that, as in other plane., especially
the case of 'male schools to the class ..1 which this
school belonged, old emaciation and old traditions had
• full piaci in the el.:actor and position of • school
suoh as that. (Applause.) Marry of the G ,vernors
had received their early education in this school, and
they clung to the old budding, and n'thoush be dared
•ty they had been oottlemnsi and were condemned •
little—all public men were °midmost more or less
(laughter)—for nt having retreated • bit and given •
little more space, they felt that if they wished to
retain the old echoolroom (and they could not snake up
their minds to part with it), then by force of airmails.
dames they were obliged to raise again the new school
buildings upon the old ground. So far he hoped they
bad the indulgenoe and forgiveness of the good towns-
men of I Mrchestar. lit then mentioried to them what
eoune of studio" it MN probably Intended should re,
puma I in the school, and, looking back to the times
that were not very proveroa, the Governors enter-
tained the sanguine hope that the Dorchester Gram-
mu School would rise again from its ashes—for it had
really almost sunk to its ashes —to • happy,
suocessful, and lam me future. (Applause.) He told
tbsm among the many difficulties of the Governors
bad been tho choice of a master. Tarry had, as they
know, a large number f gentlemen, many of them
highly qualified, who were good enough to ~ffer their
eervleres for the purpose, and the Governors had no
smell difficulty In .electing one to whom they maid
Intrust the fortunes of their institution. They were
bonded when they minded their master, and he ,
troeted he might say with regard to the good people of
Dorchester, as be was quite sun he could say with
toned to the Governors theamelvre—that they were
not diasppointed. (Applause.) Mr. Kingdon come
to them with the highest noommeodations, and he
had soarers, to th me raummendations • logrably.
In the 19 months he had been hen he had won the
cordial and hearty favourable opinion of eli those
amongst whom he lived. (Applause.) He had 'bowed
himself, he believed he could truly say, • good master
In all those branches of higher education for which his ,
previous life had qualified him, and he had, he believed
and trusted, aeon that kind of education to the rising
generation of this town that would best ht them to
fulfil their dude" in the station of life to which they
belonged. And in carrying out the high and important
dug. Mr. King ion bad to discharge, he (the
r 4111.1114. 1 could nit forget be tel bad the assistance ,
of Mrs. Eiog lon and hie slater, and be knew from
what he had heard. even from what the boys
themselves hat toll him, their influence was only
such as a QM be @serval by women of bigh religious
character, an I that they imparted to the I
echool a tone and • character which could only
be given by the powerful inflame" of excellent
Christian women. (Applause.) It was one of the
mattere that ordered very materially into his own
consideration and into that of the G ,nraors when
they made their selection—that the futon master
should bring with him Into the management of the
school and into the supervision of all in household I
details the influence of a person snob as they had found
In Mrs. Kingdon. (Applause.) lie believed that to
be of the highest impotence to the school, and that
In Mr.. Kingdon the object and desire of the
Governors bad been amply fulfilled. (Applause.) It
was no Inconsiderable testimony to the opini enter-
tasked by the townsfolk of Dorchester as to the
character of Mr. Kingdon and of those to whom he had
just referred that the school having, as be aaA before,
dwindled away to a mere nothing, should in so short
• time a If months, have risen to the number of
between 60 sal 70 boys. He thought that was a mark
of the general approbation the appointment of toe
Governors had met with, and, on the part of the
Governors. he might gay it was a matter of the greatest
satisfaction. Speaking more especially to the boys, he
pointsd out thst whatever had been domain improving
the school buildings or In selecting a good master, thece
was one thing more necessary to make the school
what they desired it to be, and that was the good con-
duct and character of the boys. The future of the
*drool, no doubt, depended
a good deal upon the
master, but it depended in no lees degree upon the
boys theneelvaa. It was their attachment to their
matey, the feeling of mutual confidence between
master and boys, that led the latter to maintain a high
character and win a big position for their school, and
he believed he should be only doing them an injustice
if be doubted for • moment the character and
position of the Dorchester Grammar- School were
matten of the deepest interest to them all. By their
stu lies, by their acjuirementa in the school—Austad
mathematical, in language, and otherwise—they might
win • high character for the school; they might Van
• high charsater for it also by their merging's, by their
sucroneas in the cricket
i field or in other manly worn
and pastimes, but above all t smut be the high moral
toned the school that should win it an ernintent place
I. the county ; and he trUatipd it might be always
from that time, as It had no eloubtbsen on many mice-
aloes before, a mark of distinction to any boy to be
able to say—" I had my education, I was brought up
at the Derebester Grammar School." (Appian's.)
TIN prim were distribabsd as follows

Bud'

Fora I —Maori and 0 •ofrephy, Bartlett ; Lahr, Naga ;
French, la, Beam WI., 2ed ease ; bathometers Baled
-
lee arithmetic, a(eas, and Bar,,;), Mans ; Chauary,
8"/ IT "gal KaoaVial " L rat Oleo,' Lir, Oman ea.,
Lab.
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Geography, Dictation, Pope; Latin,
Bobtail. ; French. right ; Matheenassi (Melo. mithumnie
and algebra), Laird ; Chrintotry, Laird.
Grograptiy, Dictation, McNeill ; Lilt.,
Parsons; French, Peewee' ; Art heaetic, Marlll.
Dlvinlty.—Divistoo 1.. Groves tea ; DMA.. 11.. Till•Y
Theory a Musk. —DirlaWn 1 , lulor ; Dinsiou
Paueh ma.
Extra prier for French (given by son.. deb!), Brown.
The Rev. Walt.: L ck, who kindly undertont to
examine toe essays on '' Lied Clive." reported they
were all very creditable, sop.clially atom of Groves
ma., Ash, and Tu (or ma., and he had much hesitation
to deciding on the first, but he was lambast' to place
that of Groves ma. first, as the most simple end natural
and free from the mere words of the book, though
Ash's was very close upon It.
Each boy, on c .ualng up to receive his
prise, was very warmly applauded. At the close
of the distribution, the Cafeteria:it eongratuleted
Mr. Kingdoo. Ile had spoken of the very greet
satisfaction with which the governors had waffle...a
the growth of the school In so short a time. Tao
boys hod now been behre them, and he toonglit they
would agree they were a very good sample of boys.
(Applause.) He thought they were all pleased with
what they had seen, ml thertfore he °oaf not do
otherwise than offer the congratulations of that meet-
ing to the headmaster. They were all more or less !
intereated, and many f then. wore imply interested,
in the success of the school, and he was sure they
very sincere in thole ouogratulatioes. (Applause.)
Mt. Knit:DOS, who was warmly epplau led, said be
foil he ought to say one or two words in reply to the
very kind remarks from Mr. Flora. Ile must thank
him very heartily for toe kind way he ill meetioeed
his name, and those of Mrs. and Miss Kingatio. Hs
must say he felt lees diffi lance in addressing them now
than he did 18 mints, ago, when he wee a parfait
stranger. Now he knew most of them in the
room, and he felt quote at home. (Ap-
plause.) When thly fires openel the school 18
months ago they bad 221 boys, aul now they had 67 on
the books with a good prospect of Maytag e good
many more next year. (Applause.) He thought the
moult of the examination had been extremely saw.
f.ctory. He had looked through all the papers him-
sell; he believed must of them had been well end
cam! ally demi, and he hoped the other roasters would
say the same. Thom who had got the prises
thoroughly well deserved them, and he most mince
Inlets them on their emcees. tie thanked them for
maim there in such lug. numbers, and he Mai UM
it we. • proof they took a treat intereet in the
Dorchester Grammar School. (Applause.)
The Mason proposed a vote of thanks to Mr.
Flower for his elate oondnot in the chair. Any engage-
meat the hon, member made he always truthfully
kept, and he was also remarkable for his punctuality;
so that they began to get a bit fidgetty about him that
morning when he was not thus ex.otly at the time.
(Laughter.) When, 18 montho ago, he (the
Mayor) occupied the pi& Won he then did ha predicted
a vary bright future for the school, and be behoved
they would say his predictauns had been very amply
verified. (Applause.) Toe very large increase in the
number of boys mast he most satisfactory, not any
to the inhabitants of the town generally, butespecially
to the governors and the hermimester. (Applause.)
lie could only my that the re-opening of the We-
chaster Grammar dchool was mai of the ploaaanteet
and happiest events of his Mayoralty, for he had felt
they hail a very greet want of soon • school in their
midst. (Applause.)
The CdA.LIMMI acknowledged the compliment.

The following progremma waa thew perlunnod
" TO the Woods" ......(Ilendeles boa Glee Clara.
tjuuteit, " latter Vita." Mr. Cleasissi, *Kr. DilrJen, Mr.
now Mr. Kuwwee.
Vgolin &do, Lor.. . • .tliaril/ • ....... •W. :dam
50?0... . . nnwd.ntila, Gelornd "... .... Mr. Dur.ua.
" Harmonious Blackens:us
QQ•l4Ol.t. By Cellel Arbour," Mr. Cienther, lir. Darden.
Mr. SW., and Mr. Kingdom
Violin Sol Alrlente W. WO4Ol.
" and Low" ...... ....(Warob)/ Owe Liao.
"Tswana.. Toll " ....... ..... Mr Clanton/.
" W4nliag B.i "
... . .•• ... . ..... Oleo Claw
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4.6.4 .i.re the queen.
The part songs, ieducuid by T. W. Morgan, were
enng with admirable [Mt. and sx iresaioo, alieplaying
got training. W. Hodge., played brth hie wins
remarkably He hes made go xl WO of hie time
since we last hail the plealure of hearing him. Toe
unaccompanied 'Au krtettea "Integer Vitas," sad "Uy
Arb Air, were beautifully sung, the vote.'
Mem-ling admirably. The gong " G eel-night, Be.
lovcd," fir&V• Mr. Darden amp:* scope for deiPiwYkle
his powers ars • tenor. His rendering of this charming
song added considerably to our appreciation of M.
Durien's ability. Mr. Cleanser was honoured by.
doable sac ire for " I 'anthem Toll," giving In reeponse
" From Rick to Rock," "Uncle John." Tb•
National Anthem conclu lid the programme. Mrs.
Kiagdon aisc =panted throughout, with the exception
01 the violin solos, her place f ir the latter being taken
at the piano by Met. J. F. If Agee.
At the cloee Mr. Kingdou called for cheers for the
Chairman, the Govern ire, Nlr. Darather and Mr. Dar.
itos for their assistanct, sod Mr. T. 31. Morgan for
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hit kindness in trelaingthe choir: The Chsismen then
c diet for three cheers for the Hes!inseam sal tUe
',yin's, awl the boys thsu hal • chess on their into
ss,ougit for " Toe tloli•lays." It is oot neoessaty to
sot the cheers were lustily glyso..

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A large company afterwards sat clown to luoobson,
at tas invitation of thus Headmaster.

WITUOUTE.

A CHILDREN s %Items was held on the Sends on
Monday, and it was an interesting sight to see the
ittle ones gathered round their instructor, being
taught to sing hymns.
Sous ladividaal droppel a purse in the town on
Tuesday, c entalaiog 10.. A reward of El was
Bored, ea I the puree was 5040 rscossred. Oa Wed-
meads),. freolute was dropp in the street by s let,
but whether he afterwards Cozad it we have not beard.
AT the Borough Police-omit on Wednesday a man
named Oliver was charged with stealing a rudder from
a Portsmouth beat, he having 'six vi at for debt, cad
was Mood £2.—At the same court a woman named
Osborne was charged with hawking without • lioense.
It appeared she sold .me fowls to a party in the t we,
by whom she we. given I.of. to Osage. She forgot,
however, to return with the change, and woe now
ordered to pay a bee of 10e., and to Par the difference
between the coot of the fowls awl the half-sovereign.
Ut hiossday, In additioa to the steal weekly excur-
sions which brought large numbers to Weymouth, •
special from Bath cod Bristol conveyed here ab,ut
WO passengers, sad an ether train from the Wolver-
nampton and Birmingham district brought about •
similar number Mt e Weymouth. On Messier the:.
was an excursion from °alas, awl about 400 took
advantage of it by paying Onrcharming watering-plea
a visit.

Sidx-r-riga —Arirvide : Greet Weit ra (e), Blampied
Cherbourg, general : Gael (s). Ilad lock, Cnertimirg,
general ; Brighton (s), retie, Jereey, general; Cygnus
(e), Fileber. Jamey, general; Agnila (.), Peinter,
Jersey, general ; Syltsea (e). Clarke, Jersey,
potatoes ; Hoy Heed Is), Temlyn, Jersey, potatoes ;
Victoria (e), 0 MIMI, TOM UST, p memoirs ; Premier,
(t), Haill, Symons. oil; Qi.eo (e). Ayles, Swanage,
nil; Empress (.), Boring, Bournemonth, n 11;
Allepede (e), Knight, Brigham, flab; Progress,
Cerra, Shleids, 0.1 and gin..; Victoria (e), Comas,
Bournemouth, passengers. Sailing.: Brighton (.),
Palle, Jitney, general ; Aquila (.1. Painter, Jersey,
general; Oyina• (.), nigher, general; Gael I.),
Haddock, Cherbourg, general ; Great Weaturn a),
Blampied, Cherbourg, general; Bylfsen (s), OW is,
Jersey. empties ; Victoria (e), °owns, Torquay,
passenger'; Victor's (.), Comm, B.urnecnouth,
pameogen ; Premier (.), ii urisem iutb, passenger. ;
Empress (e), B wrlo, B aroec attn. passenger.;
(derma (a), Ayles. Bemuse., psseengeri ; Hoy Head (.),
'ramlyn, Cardiff, nil; Sylfaen (e), Clarke, Newport,
nil : Thrlne, Brandt, Eleiaore, billaat ; A.gmora,
Bedgood, Guernsey, ballast; Pioneer, &akin*.
Swains'.. ballast; AUspedis, Knight, Sri:bats,
ballast.

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