The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-04-22 00:00:00

NIGHT &WOOL SUPPER.

The night sobo ,I, ander Mr. Cooper, has during the
year male excellent pregram and it is • satiataotiou
to the friends of this useful in;stitution to hear such a
favourable report as hem been presented. Tbs ananal
nipper took plaos on Friday night, awl was attends I
by a large number of the seholare avid friends. His
Worship, the Mayor (H. Darden, Esq.), presided, and
mays& those who &Meted daring the evening were:
—Rev. H. Everett, Mr. Edwin Barnett, Mr. A. H.
r, k. Mr. Alderman Darden, Mr. F. B. Fisher,
r. Lionel Burnett, Mr. Cooper (Head Master), Mr.
J. Holland, Mr. B. A. Hogg, Mr. R. R. Starter,
Mr. bides, Hr. Wool, Mr. Bigler. Mr. a mid, Mr.
Churchill, Mr. Eiford, ant Mr. :4tlckland.
A substantial reput had been provided by the
kindness of friend*, and the table. presented a very
tasteful appearance. The room woe nizely decorated
for the coos/don. The Holy Trinity stoic attended,
tied enlivened the pa-corroding§ with several part songs.
GrSOll having been MIL the Mayo. said there
was one toast they always propiesd on these festive
cexasione—ethat of their beloved Q 4.00. They were
all of them very fond of their Qosen, and he was sure
they all very much regretted she bad had such a
heavy sorrow lately In the lose of her belove I yeungest
son. They all hoped Her Majesty would soon get
over the many cares and anxieties which vile h•I
undergone, and be long spared to reign over View.
Hearty ch-ers were given for the Queen, and the
National Anthem wee song,
Glee by the choir.
The lifaroa then prop mei " Proeperity t i the
Night School." They had had a very pleasant
evening, and he felt sure if they had only been as
diligent in their studied during the last season as
they hal been that evening with their super. th y
most have made very rapid progress indeed—(lauchter
and cheers)—and the master and all the ueletants
nand be very planned In teed with their pupils. (Ap-
plause.) He was sore the by, would 10141 with him
in giving three hearty cheer. te, the headmaater ( \lr.
Cooper) and his usistante for their very kind atteati,a
during the last winter. (The bls cheered Mr,
Co Ter and the saslotant masters with greet heartl-
neee.)
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Silence Maytag been restored. 31r. Coormi thanked
the May 'r for the kiud way in which he had proposed
his besith, sod that of his assistant& Ile wished t
say, and he asserted It very emphatically. that during
the whole time they bad had • nidit school, they had
never had such • satisfactory win.er se they had
(0 urn.) As a rule, throughout the whole winter,
thous who had attan led (if course there bad been on*
or two exceptions) had c 'me, mai, wishing to !lira
gothe'hing, they had come with the full ideation of
doing their best. Therefore it had been mut esti..
fro:tory to hint throughout the whole time, and
he had been tboroaghly satisfied with the
examination the other day. (Applaum.) Re might
mention they had lost doubled within two of the boy.
they had lard year. lie was very plated about that
for this reason— hiring the past vials, they found at
the beanies of the whiter certain lade and young
sea w.nted to work up certain particular things, saa
as far aa they could they hat done that this winter,
,t with the Idea of the examination at all, but simply
because the boys found It wee what they really wasted,
Therefore they had Solid as tar as they mold to do that
and when the ewe In allots Game, within two boy& they
had joist double what they hail the year before. (Hear.
hoer.) Therefore he thought it would he agreed they
had been tryiag. It was most aratialhatary to him
although be really had bees Tery tired sometimes OP
amount of ultra work, and their help being shorter
owing to one of their melstants, utdortimately, having
bees 111 during the latter part of the winter. Still
he believed altogether be hal never had the by.
twer,gr behaved, and had never had fewer complaints
He did not say for • moment there bad sot been
some. Os • few nights some ot the buys had been •
little some lively than they ought to have bogs, but
Lama altogether there had bees fewer oomplaints.

and Moe sahool had in every same boon more eagle-
f act wy. ( /applause.)
Glee : "Gait John." by the choir.
The RuhrOlt said tbere was one thing they most not
oasit on these oecialions, and that was to propose •
most hearty and .rdlal • ite ru tbsok• to It,, donors
of tbd excellent leant whish they had seen, 44 the
Mayor hid mentioned, dvspatoberl with smith rapi•lity
that eireninr. (Cheers.) Caper had spoken 4JO it
the suave* of the night school during the past winter,
but be (the Rector) wsa quits co: lain a greet am mot
of that emote was doe t .tboise hied ladies and genie•
sasa who year by you sent them such liberal dial:melons
for that supper. He found, an I pichaae It would not
be uninteresting to them ao 1 others to hear. during
the past winter there bad bee. no :see thou 123 names
on the bight echo b Ara. Hr nil n.it 1•01111 to ray
all thane bud beim very regular to their attendance,
but to lees thou 83 of them were presented at the
Government examination, and the only thing he
regretted was that not more 13•1100. were record. with
regard to lb. They all know perfectly
well most of the boys who attended the night
',Awl Wed paroled through several steidarde
In the day echo ; logy also knew, and
perhaps some of them were rather startled when
they realised it, how very quickly • greet number of
things which wet., iso,lot In the day eehool• were
forgotten when the bls went out to work. It was
really quite altonis..in.; bow much was forgotteo In •
very ebort time. Of more, it we Miceli to forget
elegether oni.'e reading sial writing ; but • great
somber who hail pared in reading and edam( rely
well hel, he Wl4 • irry to say, failed in th..lr
. erittmetie. Looking over the Grvernment schedule
' this year. It streak him that WWI • sety weak poloi ;
a great number of boys evidently had forgot•ea
• great deal In • very ehort time, ant particularly had
1.14, Hen • great ilfel of their arithmetic. They all
knew in these days arithmetic Wit• very kusport,
ant larked. When the boys went out into
life, awl began to get good wages, they ought to know
what they ought to do with the nous, and how to In.
vest it, wid e on. Io thew, days In which there Is 14
touch c. onpetltion bye were wanted to offlos• and
railways, and the/ might depend upon it they would
not be taken nukes they were good at their arithmetic
and their figure.. He Jost tnrew this iiot because be
did hope &oil trust next you they would have • larger
number of pass. lo arithm-tic. What Mr. Cooper
bad eald was excxxlingly true ; they had had a •ery
euouteetui winter, the boy. hail been very regular in
their attendance, the great majority of them, end the
flossier bad had very little trouble with thew. He
thought they would agree that wee • very satisfactory
state of things. (Chaim) The Renter thee alluded to
the Ice they bad sustained by the death of ool.Oldfield.
We leas one old friend, sail the rev. gentleman, who
was always very kind Indeed to the school, and who
alwaym gave a certain number of half-mown* to the
boys who made tbe bet number of atfandances—that
Is Oer old friend Col. Oidfleid. It is • very curious
thing on this very_ day I see a small account of hie
legalise in the nubile papers, and ore tblu I par-
tleelerly notice—he had riot forgotten the National
&boots of this town, neither had he forgotten the
Grammar School, amid that eventually when °organ
annuities fall in be bee made provision for the founda-
tion of something like ten •cloolarshlps from the Na-
tional Schools of this town. N,iw that shows how much
at heart he had the interests and w If are of tee work-
ing boys of this town. (Apolans-.) In conclusion
Mr. Kverett icor seed thwe moot einc!re thanks to
the donors for their Itioduvw, cad he took that °pp'''.
tunity of asking the bye to give three hearty cheer'
for their kind and excellent Mayor tar his kindnee in
corning there to wields that ereciing. (Deafening
sheer, were given for Lb it more and the Meru.)
The Maros, in reply, said be WY exceedingly
obliged to theta for toe very kind nod fia,teriug
manner in which Mr. Everett had 'poling. of him.
He Gould MMUS than it hal given him a great d•4I
pleaeoro that riaoini•4, 5.1 only t erie the manner
In which the putoptil 'us ropaat had beau enjaye I by
all promisor, but also ii hear such • very gratifying
report from the ileiviraseter of the conduct

of the boys generally. ( Applause ) if. emild oaly
seams them he o moldered the nl:ht MI tool one of the
best inititutions in the town, elf as it di•l many
boys who 000lti n 4 poseibly attend during the day an
2rir nity of acquiring • god. wend ado oaten.
b:fruited hr endorse what dm Hector had • rid, and
particularly 'eyeshot the arithmetic, ire felt this
11101 On, ,f the moat important subjects that boys
•hould give their attentiou to. with that of writing.
If boys were able to write a pretty giod hind, and
were pretty well up in figures, they were nearly sure
to make their way in Lb. world. Hie Worship vein
expressed the tdomnre ho felt at beim: present. tie
did not think the boys need be limier any apprehension
of the leant beim/ repeated next year provided they
went on Sr well as they had during the last year.
(Load cheers )

This "%mein the rocs, lino, and the boys loft
the iroom iu a most oultirly manner.

The followi • g ere corn, of ontribotors :—The
Blip), and Mayor..., the Rector and Mr.. Everett,
the Rev. T. W. Knipe, the if.,.. and Rs'. A. Spring-
Rice, the Rev. ti. P. Joao., General and Mr..
Uranium, Maj... sad Mr.. SL.lg•er. Captain and Mrs
Mooed, the Mime. ChureSill, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Perste., Mr. and Mr.. R. Toornbin, Mr. and Mr..
Tudor. Mr. sad Mrs. Fisher. Mr. and Mr.. A. Pour.
Mr. and Mr Burnett, Mrs. Maokatone William.,
Mr. and Mrs. Resort, Mrs. Gan., War Coombe, Mrs.
Pasta,, Mr. and Mr.. W. D mien, %fn. C roper, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Lack, Mr. and Mfrs. U. Lock. Mr. sad
Mrs. St el.. Mr. FL May, Mr. sad Mr.. T. S.
Bigge, AI . trudge, Ake Parson., Mr. sad Km
H u, Mrs. am*, and IL.. Bugler.
Th. I mere and plants were sent by Mr. Hard', of
the Cornwall-road Nareerien the materials for the
tattles were mann isd he Moser.. Darla and Son and
Morro. Hannah and C,, and were fired by Meru%
Davie an I Son. The Lehi.' were well arranged by
Mr. Bugler.