The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1860-12-18 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

The from] openino of the Middle Schools took
place on Weilinaslaylast. The new building. which
is situated gm the site of the old waterw-orks, is in
the Tudor st)le of architecture, and built with red
bricks. teMitml with coal ash tar, with Rath
It is furnished with a bell turret, in
with is a hell, and by means of which the yentaa
tt di is eths.tell. The roof is covered with Bangor
an I De! dad. slate+. The ground dew asuiprises an
eareme • ball, a staircase, aii.l two class rooms, one
arinz MIA. by 2:111., affording veconamodation
for boys. and the other 21ft. by 16f1..
skid' a ..:33CI'V. that the boys can be under the
eyes ot their master at all tunes- On the first door
la the spasious eth....1 room, measuring 60ft by 301 t.„
e.elkient for teaching ro boys. Over the staircase
there is a lend! gallery, to be used as a library when
not otherwiee repaired. The Delved nmiu is 24ft. in
I„.ight. and the class rooms lift. The ventilation
the whole is unexceptionable, and speaking truni-
t. coinumnimition with the several 1,01114.
pr..VIDI./II is 'mule foe the indispensable adjuncts
of plargreutids, ledh ..pen and covered, mei great
praide is due to the architect. Mr. 11. It. Cris:knew,
I r the taste and al.ility he has evinced, while the
wolkumwship has been creditably esecuted by Mr.
Acalll/111, the hudder. Thu object for which the
betiding Ims been erected that tradesmen and
persens in the middle 'station of life may have their
sons educated a ithout the expense and iiicoii.
venienee ef sending them from houte. The institu-
te.° is self-supporting. and has no connection with the
National schools, being on an entirely different
foundation. and is melee the control of trustees. who
appoint and pay the muter. At priment the school
emitains upwards of 7o 6.115. The trustees ere
aleesra. W. Eliet. J. Cootie, G. Andrews, J. A.
1.... me. R. F. &mt. and the Rev. T. Greaves. The
head master. Mr. Thurman. the Mayor and Corpo-
ration. the Town Clerk. and the Reeds. RA `.Bavage.
IL .1.1.y0n. A. Washingten, the trustees of the echool.
the architect and the builder. Ina at the Tow nhall
at 11 o'clock. and proceeded to the new Imilsling.
where a respectable company bad congregated. The
mayor !measles!, and after singing, reading the
Scriptures, and firmer,
The Her. R. J. Leos aillreased the meeting. He
atate-I that the school hod not been erected as a private
bat for the general good of the town, and
tea+ d that all would regard it in that light. lie
rejettot the absence of the rector, who took the live.
mien.at ill the work, and by whose exertions the
hiiii lisg LA been raised. The pupils would there
receoe A II wed, rills ient, and scriptural education ; for,
sinless sdued 00000 combined a kro,llFleilgll of the scrip.
tar, It sseuld do more harm than good. In their cc•
..1 the Imps, both he and his friend, Mr.
Washingtson. had experienced a considerable amount of
thSeulty us awardieg the prizes. Ths progress of the
0,,,1ars was very miemireging, and great care had been
reddest hr tie excelleet tll.ixtef of the school. whose
Loan was Indy in the work. There was a manifest ho•
prevenient in the scripture, grammar, geograt by, and
lostory departments. In geogrephy, the first boy had
wet ia a remarkable k:410111Inprt. In history the papers
of the first boy were creditaible. The iesthematu.
cal deiarto eat was oue of meet. import MIX in such an
maitution, an I there were signs of much labour a 1111 l e
the der., many of wie.m escelle lin the. hesech. The
brat boy in arithmetic Mel returned eseell.mt papers%
Algebra and miclel went Riot very popular. but there
as. manifest impremenent in these respects. In the
Seoptans. the first buy, in the third class
eho war very young, had particularly dia-
ling:fished himself. The Latin mid French
were, p luxuries, rather than necessaries, and
the I.mi:re,. in those le...ltches had not been what could
s ehed. although the Latin pupils were superior to
the French iii :•roliciency, and the first Latin boy
desersei a i.rize for los proficiency and aseiduity.
tirted rshies of 1;4 reel. hot heen awarded to W. Cole
a. 11. y, sem 1.. l made the greatest progresd in the
first Peel se• 1 divisions and it aim thought thitt three
nmards would act as an encouragement to the pupils.
Among the hove who .I.te.rved great praim for their in-
dustry and attainment.. aid g'i they were not reeeip.
ruts./ psis—. were (i. S. Fourier, W. Natiiiin, J. Dod-
s.m, in the first division • and Wallis,
ids!. &C.. iti the aceurd. The following pried
Ike. then &wanks! :-- •
Ist mama. 2xn CLASS. 3RD CLANS.
Sele.lership. W col.
(1,88 pr., A. It. Rolla J. Wallis ....T. Robert/um.
Nervere A. (1. Rolls J. Fumed .J. Robertson.

.• .. .
$. .1. Fowler ...W. Mice

Ar.Mimeo. .1.
.....V. Keynes
.lbearsoutic...W. AylesburyLi'ui .
... . W. Aylesbury .
Wrotoeg J. Hedge
Tie lee. It. C. stv tor eongratulated the meeting
00 the successfol inauguration oof an institution which,
by the lole.sing of Gist, would be fraught with gloat
lodohe benefit. Ile regretted the absence of the rector,
voLo loaf • large and warm heart, moll p•-rhaps to.,
I.II‘IOUS and active a mind for his frail Isely. He was
there, not in his representative, but as lois messenger.
The lIIPW been three years in existence, looit
thy, had that day opened • new aml more convotoolioous
Imilding in which the duties oof the school might he pro-
ivcale I. He concurred with Mr. Lyon as to the impost..
lobe .4 the btle clasooes as they were, he coonaidered
MO "111 thelsicklame of the nation, but also the Gumbo.
bon of our social ilystem. It was the middle climes who
rsiseol England to her present exalted position. He,
however, ditt•rosl foom Hist gentlem on when he asiol
ast Lotio. en-I Frenclo were only luxuries. Lotin was
estentisl to the attai ..... ent of a good kno.wle Ice of
English grammar. awl French to carry on our (*tomer-
-641 relations with constinental countries. In specially
addressing the hots, he said that they haul just !seri ved
from the coomouittee tokens of appreciation in whiob
tl cur industry was held, mod as an expression of their
good wishes and an encouragement to. future and
greater exertions. lie urged them to beware of pride.
II God los,' entrusted talent...too their keeping, they
aheahl uw them to his glory. Many of them had, no
doubt, ls-eto disappointed at not receiving a prise, but
they shooulol remember that " the race is not to the
swift, lair the battle to the strong." but to those who
persevere. They a ould in after-life perhaps meet with
'cite..., hut there was 0110 pliie which 'they could all
obtain, by (.al', kleaaing, and that w a eternal life;
and it was that prise he would earnestly urge them to
seek. Pe had never before visited Wry ..... utlo tinder
such interesting ciretionetanees, and the erection of the
Imilolong showe.l great anxiety and perseverance on
the part oof the rector. He hoped the whole pariah
would assist the school awl prionote its prospenty. lie
then adverte.l to the admissibility of the porde to the
elstoinstions at Oxford and Cambridge Universities,
and said that at that time one of the boys from that
school was undergoing an examination at Bristol mu
c-milection with the t7ionbrvlge Unisersity. 1b..! rm.
choled by urging the pupils to aim at attaining positions
of eminence.

.......
National Anthem was then sung, and the bens
diction being pronounced, the meeting separated.

In the evening. the pai—enta and children of the arhool
aa, misled in the schoolroom to partake of tea with the
Irudee, Ahout 170 were present, inc:u.ling some of the
prineinsil iiilialiitanta 14 the town. After tea some of
the pupils recited a ber ofpieces in • very cn.lita•
stile.. Among these acre selections Fr " Para.
doe Lost," A . " (.:40.1414.,111..uv," J l)ahon ;
I' i.e $ .1. Fowler ; " The British Striplings'
Wa • nog," S. Milledge ; " Wreck of the Ilesierits,"
; '• Portland," a fragment. W. Nathan ;
14.e1d0r." J. Fury; "Ca...ehhtnest," F. Sherren. ka,
H. hlitnilka. E.., ii P., espresso' the pleasure it
afforded bin of 'wing pretent on that iweasion. and sid•
sorted to the blessing of education. It developed the
ind and led men to think, and without thought the
anal became an alpailute chaos. The children of thhs
institution ought to be peculiarly grateful to the re' bir
for the great interest he hail manifested in the esta•
blishment of the school in conjunction with the
trmtees. The pupils now felt, and woul•I incressi•ngly
f'sl their sery grateful ackno•ledgements to thime who
hat kindly in.lnieted them in that place. Ise measlier
for the borough he felt a iwculiar iuttre4 in that
; and in ever, s 'lde way in his ;lower he
.hould do his la st to support thogie.who prionotrill such
iii.titiat ions. being cert. 411 that nothing COOL, he a greater
benefit to the town than such a school. Ile then
foraindly presented ti e seholarshipa to C 1,,, two hosts to
vrh•mi thoy i.ed helm awarded, accompanying the 'de-
wy dmisa eith suitable tetuarkii.

Two of tl.e lowa then camr-f:Drwani. on behalf of the
srhool. and Iw...totted the two examiner, with two
Inantiful .ilree pakr.knivea, bearing the following
in.er :

" Pt..ented by the pupile of the Weymouth Middle
sclool to the Rey. M. .1. Lyon and the hey. A. W.s.h.
tort..n. IS a token of respect and gratitude for their
aloes. and attention. Dee. 12. 18tin." The pre-
"ttttioti way accomp.nied with the 'subjoined address,
One of the reld
sn•l Dear Sit - We ere deputed by our fellow
whole,. to beg your acceptance of these slight token. of
Or e.teem and reirar.l. Accept also our sincere thanks
for the kiwi intere4 you have taken in out school,
t.Pecially daring your examinations. which must have
lwen to you seieson. of 11,f ordinary labour and difficulty.
Woihing you the complinienta of the sown. we remain.
'Jeers
"The boy. of the Weymouth Middle Reboot."
lit, !kV.. J. R. Lyon anti A. WAIIHINGT''N •I'
t 1.1041 tlo.ir leilguients in suital.le terms.
neat proposed a rote t.sf thanks to
h"' geutlemen for their services in conducting the
lamination.
, 11. A NIAIVW*, Egg.. secondeil the proposition. which
"Z'nc esrried euenitnously, was acknowled by the Bee.
Lyon.
11111.1.tInee proposed, and Mr. Rowiarnow
WOv ot thank. to the treaters for erecting .
huild og. and fur their liberality evinced that .
• I. r ..T.l•rr, Ea1 aektowled the compliment. ROO
1.-01.1 e I.ad hitherto given • pledge of their cone-
haring hero hitherto so prisiperous not-
•tanding the inconvenience of the old schools, their
""mitt warn taken se
71w 7sa"r"fl of
greater prosperity.
Iweeue. believed
suase
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inteuigewe
thetwir reliance on the good
s.4tradmmen of the town

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the /..4111 PI. • 11..111 Use i.r t.£
I,i 1.03 eilio IN M :ll' . 4 11. One": SI. ; at Oa,
illl,li.a to the Itlete , tar 1.1%, 1.4111
..rigituatiaz 1111.1 uceusupi•./inarsit tst toe 141,-
121,tiv flak 314. It wa, cui,t steel 11.41 th.•
;;•t.r.aliy 414.41.1 pte,eat AU .user leattauo.
111 3 Wllt the :attic hlejeet. It tv.is oa al; to the re,
ior's ear.wet ze.4 mei iet.ll. • .•• lile tor 'Ur wri,.b tu
or his people tha the 1.u.: :hi; 11,1.14.01 ereet..l.
Mr. ir.lottl: :41. :tr. .1a hlt..tra a
vote 04 ti•4llli3 t., 1,6 1 11...! 10.iliII. r II( tla.
,c 4,401. mot to Le Mawr ar4 Curpurdlui. l•.r
hart tit the prover.letge tilAs
Mr. CILICKMAT, the architect, rat rne4 thanke.
Mr. je..iewall, end Mr. I HI/SS c•ovied, a
vot.• of Laurie to hr. Thurewu, the head 11111,11,C ui
aCIII/01.

Mr. TiirittiAN euitahly re..pen.le.l, Red the tueetiug
sep.aated miter studiug 1110 NAtt.,sB.4 .Itithent.