The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-08-08 00:00:00

Stickland
Hilton
Milton

Baton }Umbra keeps the school buildingi (which. I
may add, are exceedingly good) lu r. pair, and makes
up any deficiencies in the ineome, and he reckons his
average outlay on these three rilloole at I:120 per
nurture. A mush simpler method oould not bo devised
tor obtaining an adequate school income without any
great expense to a single Individual, but I am not aware
that the Baron's example has been imitated by any
other landowner in Dorset or Somerset.
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There h-e-s-tWe.n—nr;-;;;ieri:l'...Xaux;g7s-in the character
of the instruction. The schools mentioned in my last
report, as being under the care of good teachers, con.
Moos to produce the ino.t satisfactory results; and to
my former list I mirlit add this year the school.' of
Puddietown, Fontesell Magna, Sherborne boys, Rock.
well Green, fihortmore hors, Beaminster, and Bradford,
90101111114, as being taught by teachers who have dis-
played more than ordinary energy and ability, and
who have ruccieedod in placing their scholars in the
front rank. But on the part of not a few teachers there
smog to be • feeling that they have performed all
that is required of them, when they brinirtheir children
up to the minimum Standard fixed by the Revised
Clods •' and in many instances I regret to say they
attempt to obtain these meagre results in the most
=embanks' and least skilful wey. No doubt it was
for your lordships to draw a rigid line, and
tra:ayartKat unless a school came up to that, it could
receive no public sanction or support; but it is well to
reword the feet that this has worked in • great number
of mess in • way it never was intended to work, and
Produeed impressions on the minds of young teachers
espeelany, wlsieh have tended to make them take very
narrow views of the duties of their office, and has cur-
tailed their usefulnese as instruaton of young children.
Very many seam to forget that it is part of their offise
to eultivate the intelligenee of their scholars, to make
them think, and observe, and understand; that it is
sot enough to drill them into performing certain
egereises with Parrot-like facility.
Reedivw.—l Sod this taught very often by rots. The
&nano knew the we'd. by eight, and pronounce them
umeekiy enough, but when you proceed to question
them am to their meaning or to ask them about the sub-
lerst of the lesson. you are too often grievously dia.
=t bed ; and I attribute this, PartlY. at least, to the
ooks at prosiest in use In our primary obools.,
Although numbered reading books have appeared since
the Beviaed Code came into operation, few of them are
really satiodaetery.
WritaigendDictoliess.—The writing varies very much
Sn dillennt 'shook. In ease it Is round and large, end
nese and legible ; in others it is irregular and pointed,
sad die hairs badly tensed. This depei entirely on
the luerieettine of kite teneber. If his handwriting is
dibeya"LwollllB be sue ladb"lbiss. Allizaselt eilopyhe wilts badly,
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riZei ss heat the melee hes nenerelle obtained •