The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-08-07 00:00:00

SPESCH DAY AT THS GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

Tbe annusl fdte day in connection with Queen
Kilt %baths Grammar Sohool—splech-clay and the
distribution of prism—took place on Wednesday,
when notwithstanding the unfavourable weathsr there
WM a large number of parent* and friend. present,
among whom were Lady and hits. Gibson ()rev, Mr.
Banks., Major-General Macl.an, Reeds. F. J.
Muyshe, J. Good, and 0. J. Glyn, and many of the
Nite of the neighbutrboo I. Tbe masseding.
commenced about half.past three in the afternoon
with the following programme, which wee well

carried out :-
1. Shekeeresre Hang Henry V., Art 11. Sce.i.—Em4
Henry V , Diets; Exsl,r, Rudd on ; Et Wort, (ho noes
me. • Westmoreland, Thriag ma ; &Irony. Wombes ml.;
Coniwidge, Lys : Grey, Daniell ma.
2. Erekmano-Citatroen. le Guerre.—Yesofea. Denial
a. ; Rhistnwald, Davis; L'Onlcier, Rushton; Pferelorf,
;ring me.; Ogiskl. (bombes ma.; Prisoner, Ciornbes
Arietophenee. Elaites.—D moos, Davis; Sausage-
seller, Thring mt. : C eon, D tat. IL ma, Cleon and the
S mime-seller, two danagoeues. who ere repreeentod in
the ptay a. elev., seek t rivet one another I. th• favour
of their matter Demos (the Aaltenien people) by aeries
him variants dainties. DAMos as unable to decide between
them, when the Sensage.ooller stateside an execnisation. of
their 'pl.? horse." His own is found to be empty, while
Cleon's is full of goad Omit. which he has filched from
his meet. r Thereupon DAD. chomies the Sousa:s-
meller as his guide and couneetior.
I. Shakepeare. Twelfth niggh. itc• IL Sc.. fiend Act.
111. Sc. 4 —Maleollo, Roadon ; So Toby Bitch Daniell
ma. Sir Andrew Aeurscheek, Daring go.. ; Fabian,
Dods; Maria. Lye; Gltria, C tomb,. ma.
The Rev. F. J. MITSUI, after • few preliminary
remarks, said be was glad to be able to tell them that
the report reoeived from the examiners was • good
054. Examiners' reports, an • rule were never of too
enoouraging a character. That wool Ibe • f ault. The
report they had received elative to the twain examin-
ation of their own school wee, h 'weever, most setup.
factory; and he might say that .peaking from past
experience—having undergone m toy armload, ans
himself—he wsequelified to exprese an opinion on that
()Ant. With regard to classic., the report wait
especially satisfactory, the examiner stating that what
strulk him very muoh, as a p des.rving of comment
datiel was that the gramma'ical portion of the
elastic:ll work bai been s wail done. (Applause)
Well done both in Greek and L din. That woe,
certainly, a point to be very mach conmendel. It
showed that there had been careful wurk, work n at
done in too barrio! • manner. They would find that
the work that was done quickly wed not always done
satisfactorily. A. most essential thing for boys study-
ing Greek and Latin wee to go thorou:tily through
the subject before them and get themselves thoroughly
well grounded in grammar. After relating the
difficulties he had to contend 'Whom going to Harrow
through not having paid greater attention to the
grammar of Greek and Latin at a preparatory, the rev,
gentleman proceeded to may that there was another
point in the report he wiehed to speak of. The
examiner stated in his report that he noticed that
there was a great difference between the beginning
and the end of the answers on the paper
the boys had to fill In at their examination, showing
that towards the flash some of the papers had been
carelessly done. Now he might give the boys • little
bit of advice on that point—not that he wanted to
pretind to lecture them—and that was, let them when
they got their papers, instead of writing down the
answers directly they saw what • question was, let
them look at it well fist, and spend a quarter of an
hoar in reading it over and well o msidering it. When
he was at Oxford an old " oosch" used t, tell him to
look at his paper for • quarter or even half an hour
before attempting to write down the answer. to any
of the questions • and he found out by experience that
that was very good advice. Let them learn to take
pales in all they did; once a good Imadatiom was laid
they might build up good work on it in the future.
There was one other point in the report which he felt
bound to mention, and that wee that the rxemin •r
stated that the writing of the boys was exceedingly
good. That was also a matter which was of great
importance', and a p Ant in the report which reflected
credit on the school. In oa one-Neon, he wished to
congratulate them on the generally satisfactory state
of the school. (Applause.)
The pin., were then distributed by the Chairman
In the following order:—
Church Governors' Prises for Dlvinity.-14. Thrice
ma.; Sod, Webb, ma. ; 3rd, Gorges.
Form —Form VL, Davie: Form V., Amen mu.;
Form IV.. Cummins mu.; F wen 111.. Groves in,., Shep-
herd ma.: Form II , Esymood mi.: Form I. Sp tneer.
Ifathenerice —Div. L, Thring ma..: Div. 11, C cashes
ma.; Div. 111., Feld las. ; Div. IV., Curtis mi.; Dlr. V..
Ellis ; Day. VI., Spencer.
Boglieh.—F3roas V. -IV., Banes ma.; ram 111., Gun.
mans mi.
Easing+ an! Divinity.—Form IL, Roymonal mi. ; Form
1., Groves mi.
8 sienco. —D v. 1.. Rushton ; Div. 11.. E us soon.
French —Form VI., Coombe. mi. Form V., T orient ml.;
Form IV., Raymond m t. ; Form Itt..F aron It.
Reclean. Extra French isnot (even by Mr. Sodden).
Cometee ml.
Draeing.—Cadtis max., Games.
—(Ga yen by Kist Linthom )—T dl.
CAXIIIIIXII LOCaL. I.IOIIIIaTION.
Prisee.—Cootubws me .Tiaring ms. Certificate. with let
class hono ora —Co mhos ma. Thrum ; with Sod clam
honours, Coombes mi., lioTliinson ma.; with 3rd dam
honour., Austin ma., and own. In additi an to these
Mathew. Trott:tan, H. L newt, and Gray satisfi ad the
ex.miners.
Pris $ to the ouccaseful competitors in the It. sports
were teleo distributed. The chelleage cup for swimming
was awarded to Brown; Tartar ma. and Lys took prase
for 100 yards* fiat rocs ; and Warrymi. toil' the 30 ports'
flat race prize.
Mr. Friegn-Currog,
_the Headmaster, said he wae
veer much obliged M . Hayshe for presiding over
their proceedings that afteimoon. He was glad t be
able to tell them, thanks to the asei.t aoia of the
masters, that the marks given for the ear one ex uninat
lion papers were quite up to the standard aNci in many
oases above the standard of lest year, ant that was
especially noticeable in Divinity and Itl athematic,.
That was all the more importaat, atte the latter was
last year one of their weak p nuts. Very cooriderable
advance bad been made during the put rel., and
the teaching of Mathematics was now in very
able hands. (Applause.) It was very among-
log to bear that there had hamia such an
improvement in writing during the past year:
that improvement was apparent, from the remarke of
the examiner. Of COMM; tchoolmatters who taught
Greek and Latin were apt to neglect the oarn tiler
accomplishments of reading, writing, and anti
and it was • good thing the examiners called theirl
attention to these matters. There were severel b ,ye
stwhieme;meititenvfiedosoute.teoe,fdt.ihfieeetudthweell‘gCwhllobelinsaiLihealvi:ing.l;esocelyeintihvigaedt.
at those examinations reading, wrng, and nom.
meth, were taken into account, se well also aa the
grammar of the Greek and Latin. He b.lieved that
those local examinations did a great deal of ood, ae
tiw,hheibecehl7mbliizro otherwise he betuhP:ovnerltoteds.malllier wgulaas
governors that the g C°B*
duct of the boys we
In school had been good dors
past year, a cireumatanos owing In a great measure,
the
to the good'
ed sibillPis set by the elder Ito)s,
whom, as well as to the essistoud =stem al well as
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