The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-01-16 00:00:00

THE STOURBRrDGE OBSERVER.

anbsh-id len.

SIOUItIiRIDLIE SCIIO OF A.RT,

DISTRIBL 1 lON OF PRIZES.

The al nwil dist;ibution of RzizestOO plaeo.at
the 'wove s-hoot onday ni:4n7 Major W
ohulnlan of the MUlan.lFl;u. Gl:s MEi.nufacturers'
Ate- ; and aiu Liget those pre s at
wer,esc A. W. WorthiTigton. Villims, E S.
H lea, C. Webb, A. Freer, G. Ha ward, G. Perry.
U. liai aid Rev

Mf.jut. Wabier ,aid it 'Aar a great pleasure to Win
t. iLe the chair tha'. nignt ; but rcg ettel :hi
Lora Lytteiton was no. there._

The following report was then read by the hon.
de Mr. Worthiugton :
The Cutoniittee neg to submit their report es to
the school during the year ending 31st :July. 1885
I'i43 folowing tab:es show the number 01 studars
ttteno,ng at the various t lasses ,'uring the past, as
comored with the previow, year: 3tourbridge,
isB3 4, Morning Cites, 32, Evening Clacp, 124.
10, 1884-5, Morning Cia-s 19,
Eveni .g Cla.s, 124, Mo Jelling Clft,s, 0. Brierley
lift 1883-1, Morning Class, 2, Evening Class, 74,
Cta,s, 0. 1884 5, Morning class, 0
Evening Class, 53: Mod..lli g Us. 8, 0. The boys
from Old z..ivinford Hospital I..rui a portion of the
Evening Class at S!out•brdge. The masters have
qiivractetl, .s in farm r Nears, about 180 p ipils at
the St. James', Wellt. n, and Wollaston Road
Se..ools, The May exatni .ations in iBB5 sh,mr the
knowing results as compared with 1885 : No. of
students wor..ing p -pent, 1884, 64; 2nd grade
papers we,: ked. 51 d-1 drawing, 23, Fieeband, 41,
Geom. trical 21, l'ersp. cline, 7, total, 100. No. of
students working papers, 1865. 66, 2nd grade papers
works, Modtl drawing, 33, Fr.-enan t 48, Geometri
cal, 8, Perspective 4 total, 93. Of these five were
were 'narked "excellent," :is compared with three
in 1884, and obtained Secend.gra..ie prizt.s. Twenty-
nine "passed" as against twenty-three in 1884. and
fifty-nine "failed" instead of seventy-f, .ut lag year.
The number of pupds exa : limed was 46 per cent. of
I all who attended, as compared with 41 per cent.
last year; and the percent .4.- of sue, e.is increased
from 26 in 18h4 to 3,15 ii 1885. Two students
4ained third-grade prizes upon the works sent up
to London, and 114 stud, nts sent 1,363 works.
Last yea' the same number of students s-nt 1.598
works. For the first. time, in the recent bi‘tory of
the school, examiratious have been hrld iu the
['bird or higiest grade. as fol ows:—Section 3b.,
drawing from the cast, 6 papers worked, 2 passed.
Section sa„ shading from,the mu lel, 5 pipers
worked, 1 passed. section 6b., shadinz from the
cast. 5 pavers wcrked, 2 passed Section 22d,
original dm sin of ornamental subject. 1 paper wa.s
worked and passed. Six students sent in vrorks
for third-grade asrificat: s, of which three were
accepted. A student must pass in four sod ns
nefore earning his teacrier'e eurtiticat,.. The tem-
i.orary removal of the class,s, :luring the altera-
ions at the Stuurbri;tg, o the a:nailer and
lef.s convenient rooms at the Institute. affected the

ttencianc aud possibly tie eueu.ss of their work.
rho wodelli g class was discontitmcd for the sea.
on. Te Uoverutu nt grant, witien will shoray
become itue, wii probv,ly be slightly, but no to
thy irne.ortant amount, smaller than las! year ;
out the (h-,ficiun y may be b °ugh,- up by an autiei-
pa ed increase in the grant at Bri. rley Hill. Th,
results in the improved premises OilVilt in tU
ornat year, to shiw a great advance. The eltete
Lions in the scho,)l baidiu, tneeLionel in the let
report, were completed about Chri-tuia. last ; and,
tfier the executiou of the new Trust deeA,
as dated 20th May, 188 i by Messrs. Frank Ever ,
.; iinsbor,.ujitt Jfarward, Wm. Henry King. Georg'
'Jerry, ales Webb, aid Joseph Silvers Williams,

he Department of Scieuee and Ar p iid the pro-
eised greet of £4lO is A new podey of fire in-
urance was opened, securing Zl,boo upon the
iitti.dL,ge, and £3OO upo the tiainAs. These two
lucuments are placed in charge of the Chairman,
-Jr. George Petty. The Departweet waa tonsultee
3,4 to the be-t methuil of pro iding t.he school with
litiv desks and other fittings, aud prou.ised agrew.
of half the cost tor necessary articles. Ihese are
Elow nearly completed, ad are fourei satisfaetors-.
ree Departmt-nt has aao sent a d -posit Lan age,
raid some photographs of slats objects for the use
at' the school. Tire Coarmi tee's priz,a were
‘warded by a tit ecormilitteu includin4 Miss Evers
-..nd Mrs. Harward ; Messrs Harward, Satisbury.
fucktrinan. and T. Wilk-a Webb; and togette r
with the Government prizes were distributed by
•iir P. Cunliffe Oweo. K C.M.G., Director of the
south Ken‘ington Mu-eum, on Monday, 19th
.fanuary, 1883, when the school was re-opened-
Before the classes returned to the school, however,
very excellent Loan ExhibiAont was held in thr
rooms. Articles likely to instruct and interest the
att- workmen of the District were lent by toe De
partment of Science and Art, and b) mmy of the
•ieighboaring gla,ll rnanufactur re. Aiticles at
:,(etery and carotte were also shown by leading
arms in the district and at a distance. The rerelp
at the doors am unted. to £5B 3s 93, yeilding
profit of £2O 103 21. The exhibition cl-sed e•iti a
t,oiree on the 16zh February, when the chair was
aken by G. W. Hestino, Esq., M.P., to whose
assistance in procuring the grant made by the De
-
pertinent for the improvement of the school the
.tommittee war wetly inaebted. Th mea of
Permanent Museum wit., na orally suggested by a
Loan Exhibitiod, and was definitely made by Sir P.
C. Owen on the oclattion of his via t 'At) the sehool,
A very gent roes donation of £5O was given for this
ihject by C. E. Swindell, E-.q Other contributiom,
if suitable articles have been received from Mr.
Luckley and Mr. S!rin.cer, and a separate eccettui
as be.--ri opened at the bank Immediately upo
he close ot the Exhibi ion toe elasses were removed
mu the Instiiute to the school, and the airaege-
Li nfs as to the fees and hours wee biz were r-

T.he commit t e carettill) airlatiged.
a pro-

famine for thd instruction recommentied b
lint glass manufaeturers, wtth a view to qualifying
udente to cornpete for p-izes to th., amount of i',lo
which they ha i offe:ed •i a a an effort was math.. to
)stablish an addrn .ioal class for this ourpose torn e
n Saturday afterno .n at the Wor ltley Board
(shoo!, bu it was not ,Itteided wiih succ 2111. It
as been also ~ug .este,l that students In girt
:it designs f r articles in glal-s tn the 11,-par went
it South Kensington, with *drat:it-iv, t..) the sch
7,3 'i.e p ospect of success t..r them,elves in ths,
,y of priz-s The c.-mtnitt.e co,.gratulat th:

iser,ber3 and friends of t!ie school On the altera.
n .vv completvd the coat, of whicn wil be de-
eayed y the gr:ets reeti•e I fr.)in the D-nertaient,
d ,rout the
.W..rcerer Exhibition Coin ii:ttee,
Viti'tioll to the money laid by in former
• are a- aSi dc.n.: Fund Tijii iceouni wi: albir
Th-f geneial ac ount is in a Civourabli-
:ondition, a 1;i th o:min:ttee true. t• at the abo..i
nil nionvy exp-nded, n the hitildLug nil iti. tittingt:
viil pro-it.e.i abundant fruit in the improved attain-
ients of au incr: as:ng number of udent, and
..iat the matufieture of art glass end pottery ii
di4trict !nay b. greatly vmnotd by the know-
edge imparted in the school.