The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-06-27 00:00:00

W. B. C. AUSTIN' M. A. Ptte Fellow and
Tlitot of 276 w 00.tord:
FL WOoli, M.A., F.CI F 4., latd Fellow
and Tutor of Queen's College, Oxford."
Dorchester, 22nd June, 1865.

The CHAIRMAN remarked that he was there to dis-
tribute the prizes, which followed upon their recent
examination, the report in regard to which hsri just
been reed. He had great plessure in doing it, and he
hoped that the boys; would not consider him " au old
frign;" ifj weile ipeakieg j to them; he *kik thnt oppor-
tunity of addressing 14 few Word/ to thole Who Nen
bet.) older, and—if th"y could think such a thing
possible—wiser than themselves in reference to this
school, which, ho was glad to see was comprised of boys
presenting such an appealanoe of "niceness"—if be
might coin a word—al they did. One could gee. rally
tell when one was before a lot of lads of a good more and
he believed he was at that time. What he wished to
may was this, tied they were in the preseiree of a
recognised fart, eueli fan being that the n tiro, made
up of counties, was how geeing, and now practicslly
carrying Mit a Molt important pat of natlnpal educe-
time which had been of late yeate; he Would not ede
neglected; lint had net reeeived that minute and careful
attention *hich at the precen: time he was happy to
see it wan receiving. They all well knew that theta
YVA.B many valuable points at a sehool like this. Such
schools, well founded and well carried out, were
decidedly required. It was perfectly clear that the
great public schools I oil emed and were performing a
very greet and veluable part in the e luestion id the
oonntry, and it was likewee appa.ent that if late the
lower sorools—i ha national schuela had oone sod were
doing • great work in the sanie directlen, and why should
tney not hairfi 6 dieter tirgituigatieti, brntight to
beef on the great middle classes of the country TO
enpply that want i.nd been the object of those who had
founded this school, following in the steps of the great
and good movements in other parts of the country, end
It gave hint much pleasure to find that within two
years so many had been brought together to come under
tee ibfluence of the good education supplied. Parente
would very well understand that. 16 was not inert,
learning that was required. To learn Week, Latin,
French, thawing, Mateematiesi and all the rest of it was
must valuable, but there was soniethiug more important
—to learn bow to render the best service in their power
in whatever stetion In life they might be. He felt very
strongly that the best learning of that kind was to be
obtained at a &heel like thie. where thee began frtim
the very foundation in all they aetitiired. Etltieettitm—
aS so ..e Of them who bad come:teen I to learn Latin
would know—meant not inertly learning, but to lead
out, to induce, to draw up, to brag up—not to bring
down. 'Dose who taught and tone who were inter, sted
in she teaching, must carefully-bear in mind that they
hal got to begin at the bottom —to commence with the
feundation, mid lead up for futuie life in this world,
and in the next. Such a tea flog w.s giien in • well-
couencted Achdol, diid had been done; apd he hoped
would eentinde to be le this. AnOther. advatit.ge cdu-
nected with • school like this was that it gave them
espit de corps. Playing together and werking together
in future life they word I say, ' I win brought up at the
Dorset County School wiih Jenes, Tocuplens, Smith,
Beanie', and the rest f them." ult ey would recollect
the plewoir.e of the school, and perhaes semis diasgree-
ables. No doubt some of them had fi It very uric on-
fortable in both hely and mind since they h d been
there, but he was quite sure that they would recollect
with pleasure thi they Were ,broti,ght hp quder Mr.
Watson, at the Dorset County School, And not the least
so -hen they found . listie ohap, whoin they could now
"lick into fits," occupying the post of Lord Ohatmellor,
or member of Perliament, or some squally unpleasant
iffite- this hot weather. He was a I erfectly free.tia or,
and if lie thought that by establisliiiig this a, hoot they
were injure!! other people, it would very niucn modify
his grat S. at seeing it prosper. But he believed
that tl,ere was ignorance enough, and folly enough,
and peig-hcadedmes enough, for all Berta of schools to
fionifsle. All he maid wasi let ibis be the best school
that they etinki pet:sell-de make it. There Wit doe thing
that he should uncomno nly like to see; Dorchester was
• very nice town—that and Doncaster were two of the
prettieet towns he knew; but he did hear* welt they
could get a good eat iblishmeut in the country with a
: lsrge playground attached to it. (Hear, hear.) The
only obstacle was want of means. Let them a!, when
t ey got home, adoluse their fathers ti) take sheires, mid
to siand their yotlngee btothere to the echtioli srt.l re•
ottimend their neighbours to do the aaMe, the preseht
Oleo! would then be found too small, and they would
soon remove to the country, w, en, if he was not too
o'd, he wo Id play them at any gains he weld (Hear,
hear.) Now tea more serious oink He could fit but
express hip sincere end hearty pleadure at dig portion of
the report 11l the eiathitieree=that Which belled the
attention of the Council, and through them of the
whole body of shareholders and perdue@ interested in
the idol, to the efficiency ef time religious instruction
imparted to the piip-la. Lot them take his word for it
that a Christian and • gentleman were pretty nearly
synonymous terms. If ih y could find him a real
gentleman who was not dire, are .1 Christim he wood
say that they had fcttind fin . Alma whibli he at pre-
gent did niet believe td exitti .Debeild epen it that
truthful and honest tone of mind which scorned a lie.
which fled from it as from the father of evil, while it
was characteristic of the gentleman. was pre-endnently
characteristic of the Christian gentleinan. He attached
great importance to the fact that the teachipg oi this
schdol wait baited Upon the doctrines and disc pline ni
the Chßteil cif Rhglafid Hten no friend of priestly
doliiifiation 11l ant meekest but he line* that the
parents of the boys would rejoice With him that the
teaching given was based Upon the broad principles of
the Catholic universal truth which they believed to be
taught iii the °berth of England. El ry Men who
thought !dr jiltilseli ill thine Os Must attach great
vitae tel the fact that theie hiltlreuu Wen being brotieht
up in the knowledge of the great truths of ChriAianity
—that they should be as fully persuaded that Christ was
born, died, and rose again, as that Nai oleoa Buenaparte
occupied the throne of Fumes, and th t Queen Victoria
now reigns in England. Those who differed from him as
to church government.all who were Chriatians, whether
Roman Catholics, members of the Church of Enelend,
or what were &unmanly coaled Dissenters, would ciotionr
with hitt in regiltdijig the imprjetingnil the minds of
tile Ones till) treat trotht Lit en,h.tienitt d meat
important point in English education. (Hear, hear.)
He hoped the boys would is it thick him a bore, and
thought they woild give him credit for spe.kiim the
feeling of his heart He thim gave them some sound
ad vise relati ye to salvo' life, poieting out that happinees
at echool, and all through We, oommited in woi king.
During their holidays he biped they would FO conduct
themselves that their friends and all by whom they
were stbroueded ehetild remark that they were well-
runnel-lid tetiitifill lfldcc itiallje he beteught them ever
to be manly, and pointed out that ft ifrxd ndt mainline/at
to imitate the follies and the vices of Mtn—there wee
not it man sueh a fool in the kingdom that he *Mild net
get drunk and act like a beast. But let them play
shoot well, ride well, play cricket well, and work well,
do anythieg well, that was becoming as gentlemen and
Christiails. He wished them ell well, and anything he
emild dO for tie-VI he Would. If they desired to re-pay
[lief tot eve little kindeets, or Archdeacon Sanctuary,
who had taken sudh ifitereet in the ',sheet anti done so
much for them, the best thing for theffi te do Was to be
good boys, for being such they would make good men,
and reflect credit on Mr. Watson and all who had taken
an interest in the school.

The prises were then distribnted by the Chairman as
follows :

BO^R-lIRRPINCII—Swetridge his, "Pratt's Sea Coast,"
Vire Collodi.
Cl.lBffithi.—tock 'het n PtleirY and robttt of Britain!"
The Van. Archdeacon Huitab e; Taker luss '‘ bong-
fellow's Poetio‘l Works," H. G. SiUrt, Esq f M.P. j
Ge .gory. "St:lf-made Mtn," The Vi.//1. Arthdeacun
ilitstab e.
Fltsecit.—Oretinwed 1, " Celebrated Men," Rat. C.
W. Bioghitea ;Lick lus, flustr.tlits Mb.," ditto;
V'cliiiiia; l, Hritith Butts rfli,s," The Council:
A timtilmiiimik. bMirki. Lit big's
Chemistiy," J. Ployet, M.I.
ESSAY oN " THIE TRIALS 01 MISSIONARY LIFF-4-.‘
/Danes, ' Venn's L of 'Cosier,' The Head &oder.
INSTeUMRSTAL MUSlC.—Swatridge 2ua, " Walton's
Lives," Tie Head blaster.
VGCAL Metne.—Luck 2us, "Perseverance under
difficulties," The Council:
DRAittNa " SeleetiOn/I from Ruskin,"
Nlr: 'A: S•likbna " Muth Wanderings," The
Head blaster $ Evans, "Pitt/air.," TIC Compel:
PRIZES AT THli CHRIsTMAS EIANINATION.—Loeir
1 us, (lit elm honours) Cambiiiige Local Examination
" Wonders of Ssiesice," Cambridge L .cal Committee ;
Lock 2ua, (2nd claw d tto) "Gl. les Life of Wellington,"
The Head Master; Greenwood, (2nd OILS% ditto) "Even-
ings at the Microscope," dia.. Meutmner : Adcock,
Adlarn, llibbeii, Gregory, Roper, Warren, lu,.
The Citattimas remarked that at he school examine.
tons all the boys were awarded prizes except he who
14.,t1 Min flogged every day in the week regulaily and
wice on Haturdays—(latighnr)—but suet was not the
care in regard to the prize, he had disiributedt They
were ill f .irly earned, Sclue fsw of the boys had
curt duly oath. d off many of be prizes, but it showed
great merit on their part, and ha rem nded the younger
pupils that next year the competition would be greater,
as ~oulstiess there would be many more to try for them.
The Rev. 'l'. B. BARRIE, propused a vote of thanks to
the examiners for their servo s. After !Trucking on
the tribulivenienee of the hall for such a mewing, lie
teint4'li-d1 t,tai he had Iften interested in the school
from the Mginnins, and gaVe it as his deliberate opinions
that the school was Archdeacon Sanctuary'a " chliti."
He thought "Dorset County School" was& very long title
for the institution, and said-he should be happy to see
it called the Sanctuary—the sanctuary for the middle
Masse* of the county. He then spoke of the high
dttalificstions of the exainMers, and the arduous DILLUse
ut hit !about they hid willingly proposed'.
Archdeacon HANUttlAilt loftily rOilte of the readiness
with which the examinant undertook the sfork, end
th,ir imisbtedneas to those gentlemen for it.
The it-v. W. E. C. AUSTIN, expressed the
plessure it had given !din to render any service
to the school, and unit Cott so fur as he bad
had oppoitimity of judging, lie thoucht the inhsbi-
tants of Dorset might rest perfectly satisfied th.t the
education of their ssins at thin schuul was in good hands,
stud eminently suited for the requirement of toe middle
classes, be they yeomen of commercial men. He also
bore testimony to the marked proficiently of tiOrqe of
the boys in mathematics and other 81./f oial departments
of learning and observed that agricultural chemistry,
land surv. Om, sod draining, and other subjects impor-
t ect to the sons of agriculturiats were well taught in the
school.

The Rev. H. H. WOOD fully endorsed all that Mr.
Austin had said in rerard to the efficiency of the tchook
.ud spoke al the evidences of thorough work going on
thtte.

The Rev. J. FISHER said he norm *hat the boys
would all try to carry into effect the good &dyne given
them by Mr. Ferrer. He took great interest in their
weliare and in tile progress of the schcsd, and lie intd
litotni with mu h pleasure the excellent report the
examiners bad presenting re peoting the .r proficiency.
He should like once more to bear his testimony ad their
clergyman to their good conduct and gentlemanly bear.
in during tem last half year, and he hoped that they
Wculi all enjoy their holiday—not only the boss, but
their egotflent utsizer and he *did nt staff of
tissistanti. tie dondloded by proposing • vote et tosnks
1.0 the Rev. R G. Wats in and the under nlistem

The CHAIRMAN proposed as an amendment that
"chars' be substituttd for a "vote of thanks," which
the boys heartily endorsed, cheering light heartily.
The Rev. R. G. WATSON aaknowledged the compli-
ment, and spoke of the importance of parents keeping
the boys at school instead of constantly asking them
out.

Archdeacon SANCTUARY proposed a "cordial vote of
thanks" to 0. W. Farrer, Esq. He mentioned the
plettolut day the,,hoys epent at Enco.nbe through the
kindtielis of Mr. Parrer, which elicited from them the
heartiest cheers. He then spoke of other teations why
they should thank Mr. Farrer. Recounting the diM-
culties incident to any new scheme, however good, he
pointed out hoe Mr. Ferrer, after considering the salient°
for providing this county school, and being satisfied that
the principle was good, heartily rendered his assistance
without atoppmg to inquire whether anybody ,lae was
eriga,:ed in ii. The principle on which the =6°ol was
tiAabliAed was that it shou d be a Church school, closely
and di•thictly attached to the Church of England, and
both Ismail and clergymen were connected with it and
instructed in it. Through the good help of the Rev. R.
G. Watson, the head master, the prinmple on which the
school waS ft:landed—and which, he believed, to
he true and acceptable to the great body of the
people Of the witinty, had been carried into
effect. He then spoke of the operations of the
Council, and the varied sentiments Which animated
them in prPsecuting the saute wok in the promotion
of tie wed-beiog of the echo,/ The experience of Mr.
Ferrer in educational-work was then happily touched
upon, after which the Archdeacon proceeded to spe4 of
the success of the school, and said he WWI quite ratiafied,
So far as lie could be satisfi. d of anything, that the rehool
*ould progress. During his recent visitation many of
the chtirdhwardens had spnhen very kindly and
ansiomdy about the school. Money Was wanted, and
he hoped that those who felt an iotere4 in the anaemia
of the school would support it, which he believed to be
amongst other t. ings very much for the good of the
county. He mentioned the Told whieh the Rev. Mr.
Baker had manifested on behalf .1 the sch ml even when
there WAS not much prospect of its suoceeding. Lastly,
he urged upon parents the importance of keeping their
bos sat school except during the appointed holidays.
Me rARNSII, in resonding to the vote of thanks,
wit oh the hdys bad endorsed with a zest eminently
pleasing, said he bad had very great pleasure in being
present. He belie.ed that the oh feats of the school
w. re thoroughly. good, and being well oarried out. It wse
intended that at this sehool the sons of the middle
classes should receive a good sound education, and the
report of the examiners ahich h..d been read showed
tha was being given. He WM now obliged to leave.
He bade thew good bye' and hoped they might heartily
enjoy their holidays.. If ever lie could assist any of
them, let them remember that it would not be against
thern that they had belonged to the Dorset County
Sohnol.—(Lond cheery.)
The boys then Bang the ever-pleasing melody "Auld
Laug Syne" to words suited to the occasion. Lusty
cheers were then given for the Ven. Archdeacon
Sanctuary, for the examiners, and for the Council.
Arandt aeon SANCTUARY then affectionately addressed
them pn the importance of their go,,d conduct during
the holidayal, after Which the meeting t-rminated, and
the boys quickly proetAted to their friends, many of
whom had watched wit., great intereit the proceedings.