The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1865-07-04 00:00:00

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I would in conclusion ventuve, at a tutor myself,
to give to my young friends just ore word of
friendly advice, which i this, tbat they cultivate ari much
am possible the love of selfilinprovement. A spirit of
emulation, such as these examinations tend to cherish,
will do Much for you, but in the acquisition of real
knowledge, it. effect will be trifling, when compared
with that of • determination wirier a sense of ditty to
God, and with • view to future usefulness to take full
advent ige of this iearon of inidructiou, and to do your
boat. At the seine time that insinicton will be tenfold
more affective to Your,e;ee., while the heavy anxieties
of your_ teachers will in proportion be lighten. I.

gengrephioal degree.,

The CHAIRMAN then eddrereing the scholars, said that
he had *gain the pleasnre, an he had I,st year, of pre-
siding on the interesting tie raion of their klidstanmer
exhibition. Ile was glad to find himself supported by
Mr. Hodges, one of the &alnico' who had long taken
interest in the Dorchester Grimmer School. He was
glad to see no many of the town rind neighbourhood
taking an interest in this noble institution, and he was
happy also to see that they had the a 'vantage of the
presence of the chief inagistrate of the town, tupporting
them an he did that day by his presence. They had
heard the very excellent reports of the two examiners
who had evidently taken very great interest and trouble
in their examination, and be was glad to see the marked
attention they had paid to wh ,t those gentlemen had
said. He hoped that they would bear in mind thtir
remark..' and that they would not pats away with that
day, but that they would act upon them. In the first
place Mr. Green had spoken very highly of their
mennere, attention,and behaviour. When heand his good
friend on his left were at Winchester, they observed
inscribed over the school the following motto, which
had been placed there by the noble founder' William de
Wykehani "Manners malceth man." Now, what
William de Wykeham intended by this motto, was not
merely the bsbaeiour of the moment, but he no doubt
intended it to Include excel:ence, virtne, and goodness
of life. But he would not enter on all the details dwelt
upon by the examiner& He was happy to learn that
their ootutruing was so good. He thought that if any-
thing showed a boy was master of the language he was
endeavouring to translate and that of his own language,
it was construing. lie was obliged to understand the
language he was endeavouring to translate, and the
English words which best represented the author's
meaning, in order to 00Ilairaa well. Mr. Green had also
referred to the fact that some of the boys had thrown
away some of their papers, because they, no doubt,
thought they were not sufficiently good to meet the
examiner', eyes., and he advised them not to do so
again. In short, he wished to urge on them to do
their best in everything and leave it to. others to judge
of its merits. Boys' judgments werenot always correct,
as to what they could do. He would not say they were
always wrong, but soaietinses • boy could do things
much better than he sflppoetd, and then if they passed
the subject over they lost the benefit of the marks they
would otherwise have had. He advised that they should
do their best in everything, even in those they fancied
they did not excel no ranch as others. The report of
Mr. Moule went so fully into every matter
on which that gentleman had examined them,
that he felt he need not hardly touch upon
them. No doubt accuracy of thought lay at the bottom
of all good scholarship. !Thiele; we possess in our own
minds a clear conception of our thoughts and ideas, it
is impossible to convey those thoughts and ideas
distinctly to others. The great object in imparting
information is to be able to impress upon the minds of
others the impressions we have on our owe minds. In
regard to their studies he was glad to see the °lassies
were still kept up. This branch of study bad now, as
it had always had, • high position in this school. It
was now no secret to what side in politics he belonged,
and they-would forgive him if he reminded them that
the leader of that party, Lord Derby, had recent'y dis-
tinguished himself by his translation of Homer, thus
showing that he could find employment and amusement
among his other duties, in etudymg the writings of one
of the greatest of oar ancient poet'. On the other hand
they had the sanction of classical acquirements in the
works of another great man—Mr. Gladstone, who was
on the other side in polities. Then, *genii, if they
crossed the channel, they would find that the Emperor
of the French had employed his spare time—and one
might readily slippage that his leisure for literary
pursuits was limited—in writing the life of Julius
Caw. They could not expect that all who studied the
amiss should distinguish themselves as the great men
whose name' he had mentioned had done, but this he
might my that those who had drunk of the spirit of the
greet authors of bye-gone years would find, in
•after life, much delight in the works they in
school-days had made their acquaintance. And now
' they were going to separate for their vacation,
be wished them very happy holidays. He did
not look upon school time as all work. During the
past half-year, he saw by the papers, they had engaged
boi those sports in which he hoped Englishmen would
ever excel. But during the half-year work was the main
thing. Ther however required relaxation of mind as well
as body. There must be MOM alma as well as corporse
sano. It was remarkable how much these athletic,
bodily sports were now engaged in to what they formerly
were. This was especially seen in London society. The
enormous numbers who turned out to see the rowing
matches between Oxford and Cambridge, and the mul-
titudes who attended to witness the cricket matches
between Baton and Harrow testified to the great in-
terest that was taken in seeing our boys and young men
fitting themselves by bodily exercise to better pursue
their school instruction and mental studies. He hoped
that if during the vacation they were brought into com-
petition in field sports with any others, the boys of the
Dorcheeter Grammar School would be able to show that
they could excel, not only in literature, but also in the
manly sports of England.
The Bev. C. W. BINGHAM, as an old boy formerly
belonging to that school, having been called on
to address the meeting, remarked that it was now
something like forty years ago when he first came
theme as a scholar, and that he spent so happy •
limo there that he often looked back upon those days
4en from recollection..their chairman fully
°V.',7.ltierrepleaswnit'rhe
'Ape& edneteges of a good classical education, and ex-
Ireesed his thankfulness that the master of that
gesimagar school, when he was • boy there, grounded
ghem so firmly in the ancient languages. He hoped
,that good classical education would ever take high
rank in the grammar schools of this country. He
fully agreed with one of the examiners of the
importance of a boy being well grounded in the
language of his own country, but he held that
if • boy thormighly knew his Greek grammar
and his Latin grammar, he would know pretty well
about the construction of his own language. He could
speak from his own experience that he never learned •
, line or English Grammar in his life. Mr. Houle also
alluded, with apparent regret, to the fact that the boys
were better acquainted with Roman history than they
were with the history of England. He confessed that
he was such an old-fashioned fellow that he was rather
glad when he heard of that fact. If he looked for the
origin of things he should not go for it to • history of
the battle of Waterloo, or of the corn laws, but to
ancient history, where he learned that in the beginning
; world was created. If boys learned Latin history
.od Greek history, they would the better understand
and appreciate English history. He confessed that
w hes he left school, be kne w more about Gylippus than he
did about Wellington. He had, however, learned more
about Wellington since that period. He believed that
if they well learned the history of /Uldalla times they
would in time become proficient' in the history of
modern times. Their chairman had well spoken of the
necessity of bodily exercise as tending to promote
mental vigour. This put him forcibly in mind of a
sentence of Horses

"Bolus semper aroma,
Twilit Apollo."
which if he were called upon to translate in vigorous
Bogbah he should render it thus
"All work and no play,
Makes Jack • dull boy."
Be felt thankful to the Soirees, and still more to tho
master of the school, that so high • state of classical
training and mental culture was still carried on, and he
hoped that all those who received their education there
I would endeavour to make themselves proficient., in
their studies, and thus do honour to themselves and to
the school founded by good old John Hardy. (Ap-
I plause.)
I The emarMitatt then reed an Recount of the honours
I which bad, during the past year. been oonferred upon
those who had formerly been scholars in she school,
after which the prima, consisting of handsomely bound
standard works, were awarded as follows :
Feoffees' Exhibiton of £4O, and the prises for Classics,
Mathematics, and Divinity, having obtained 2,520
marks Watson.
: Bablicribers' Exhibition of £lO, with 2,256 marks,
: fillnli for English Literature, with 2,073 marks, I. B.
, ew. Extra prize with 1,403 marks, Davis.
I Numb Ist, and Classic., second dams, (two prism)
I 111111fismattes, 2nd °lass, Grove.; elevate, 3rd class, 1
I *The 'Rector's prise for elementary religious know-
liltA. F. Maskew.
Rev. T. A. Mascrw said that their proceedings 1
having extended to a more than ordinary length, he I
would conclude by offering only a very few remarks. ,
His friend, Mr. Monk, in his examination, gave them 1
three sublecite upon which to write emays. One was
"The Uses of Disappointment." We dare say Mr.
Mottle was disappointed when he found that not one of I
to. boys had touched that subject. If, however, Mr.
Mottle was disappointed, he (Kr. Mathew) was not. One
who seemed to possess a rather more aspiring turn of
mind than the others did attempt the subject—' The
distinction between courage and presence of mind," but
the others were content to crawl • little nearer the
earth, choosing the third subject for their essay—" The
Construction of the Railroad." He supposed they had
all heard, with agreeable diuppointinent, the result of
their examinations. Let him give them • hint or two
In respect of the coming year. It was • good regale.
lotion of the toeless that the same examiners should be
continued two successive years, because they were then
able to teat the progress made by the boys in their
studies during the twelve months. Now, should Mr.
Monis again sot them, as one of their emus, "The noes
of disappointment," let them treat it in his sense.
The Chairman had alluded to the importance --•
athletio exercises in connection with the
of the mind. Now, they went over to
ton park tho day before to play • t
cricket. Of course they expected • tr
thrashing. Well they did gat beaten, but
lost by a very few runs, and reversing the ,
of Pyrrhus he (Mr. Maskew) said, two
defeats were worth a victory. This was his n....
illnstratkn of the uses of disappointment. iliti•
sooond illustration was what they had seen of the result 1
of their examinations. He himself, confessed that be I
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