The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-06 00:00:00

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XI iti EDWARD'S GRAMMAR SOLIOOL

PRIZE DISTRIBU [ION.

EXCELLENT REPOLIT OF THE EXMINR.

The annual prize distribution b: k place on Sut•
urday looming last. Mr. J. Anphlett presidn4l.
and he was supported by the follo,iog governws
Revs. II Shenard and J. :Acme, and Niefsrs. W.
B. Co!lira, H. O. Firm tone, H. Bil?inghata and U
Hu,gheo. There was a large attendar!ee of tht,
frifulds and parents of -h.. boys.
Mr. W. B. Collis siid he wai vrry s,-;rry to have
to state that Colonel Fletcher was unable to he
present on account of
Letters cf apology were read from Mosare..k.
Freer, H. Hacemoa.t Stniih and H. Jarn,e.

EAD AST IL /REPORT .
Mr. Celli3 then reaA tleo re:port of the I! eael
Master, wai. h v R 9 as rolL)a's :

Head I;las•or's 11,-vort 168(3 7.
To the Of v,rll( t,f King Bltrd'd Soh 01,
Stourbrid,;o.

Gentlemen,—

In reviewirg the work if the part 12
months, lam glad to be able te cengratrilate you
on the coidieniel pr. sperity and i-UtleeSS f the
school The at:endanee for the past year has
averaged 3 mere Ilan the sch ,el is eitt.itu .tel to an.
commodate, and during the untuma rm of 1886
there were 13 boss over our full nember, end 8
more than the school has ever had before on its
boeks. This la-t ti rm the numbers have fallen off
somewhat, but this every prospe.t of our baying
the fall numbers again re xi, term. Fi w changes
have been made itt our schoel woik work divine.
the past year. As I proposed in my report 12
months ago, I have myself taken a cbvis in chem-
istry of beys belonging to the middle eclao-il mathe-
n atical forms. 'Lids is in addition to Mr. Stansbie's
classes i chemi try and phesica. Boys there! •re
baye a good opportunity ef developing tale3t for
ecience, and also of benefiting by the exc licnt
aberatery the school possesses. In draw:ne I have
abolish d the ole method of detwine oa books ftona
pintos I copies. Each boy in the lower aid mi :the
school. is new required to draw from aa Ty set on
t .e blackboard and to get his work finished within
ale hour. By this means we are able to bring every
boy directly under the notice of Mr. Simms, and I
think I can trace a decided improvement ales ly in
the school drawing The work of toe school was
tested even more folly than usual by the Cambridge
Local Examin oions in December lest. The ted.
Wes more tbormgh in two ways. First, the number
of boys sent up was larger than on any previous
o,:ca,ion; and secondly, the range of subjects taken
was wider Niue boys were sent up for the exam.
teation, 3 seniors and 6 jeniors, All these passed
and seven ot them gained nonour ce aifie ties. Of
the seniors, Sttvens and Hackwood were placed ii
the second Oasis, and Evaaon eatisfied the exemin-
ere. Stevens was sth in Latin out 723 in all Eng-
land, bells; the highest eenior in Latin honours in
the Midland Counties; he was also marked good in
Religious Knowlietee, Greek, French ant Germen.
Hackwood was marked goed in preliminary section,
religious knowledge, Enelish, Latin and French.
Of the six junior candidstes, three. Carson, Kidson
and Button, ebtainee First Class bonoure ; Cook
and Green third class honou:s ; an I Freer sa:isfied
the exami tors. Casson, who stands first in order
of merit, was distinguished in Latin, being 46th out
of 3,630 in all England; and he was marked good
la erithmetio, religions knowledge, English history
ae,cl Shakespeare, Frenith, Eucli I. Algebra, chem.
Wry and hear. Kidsn was distinguished in arab-
metie, preliminary section. algebra and Latin. He
W3EI good in Engi h grammar, religious knowledge,
English seetion, French and pure mathematics.
Kitson was 24th in Latin out of 3,680 in all Eng-
land, and the highest in Latin at the Kiederminst.er
Centre. Hutton was distinguished in arithmetic,
preliminary section, and Latin (in the last being
30 h out of 3 680 in all Enaandl ; and good in
&sell h grammar, Old Testament, French, Euclid
and algebra. The seven boys who p.ssed in honours
received prises t the value of more theu £l2 from
the committee at the Kidderminster Centre. The
eubjeets in whi h these boys passe t ineluded
arithmetic, English grammar, specified portions of
the Old and New Teetaments, the church catechism
and prayer book, English history geograpny,
Shakespeare, Latin, Greek, French grammar,
encli I, al, ebra, trigonometry, chemistry (theoretical
and practical), hat and freehand and inodel draw-
ing An imports it change tats been made in the
school gins. Owing to the iiicreesed subscription
that you ki ;illy voted to the echo d ,_athletio taut.
we are able to do withoet any special subscription
from the boys to either the cricket or foetball clu= .
The school fees now, therefore, include what in
most schools is a serinue extra. nein ly, the righ: to
join in all games. I hope that this regnlation
tend to promote fellow ifeeling and goodwill among
as all, A good school should be gcod at gamer as
well as at learning. The results of the Carahri t, a
ax,minstion prove that the Stourbridge °minim r
School is good at learning, and the results of t a
cricket matches show that we are go el at °tic' at.
Limg may it be so. A great French writer has said
"Happy is the nation whose entia's are tiresome,"
but however ti.esome I may have ben I cann-t
conclude without mentioning those to %idiom the
satistac cry c inlitlonif the schmol is due. Li, doe
ia the first plt is to Mr. Goddard, and the asniatent
masters, all) have all woree 1 coueLieetiously
earnestly, and zealously A.nd xecondly, I feel that
it is due to the three cap ains ef tee sehool, I in. an
to Sevens th first bey ie the sieboel ;to Ilackwo d
the -'ti-sin of our f -0.b41: teen. an Ito Ilingl,y
the captain of our crick t eleven. Any one ot thee
boys woul I be a great acquisi.ion to any school,
bin thin nfluence of three sue bees at the same
time in a school is an advanteg - that tea can
n,of.