The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-08-02 00:00:00

DOILOHISTIIR.

VOLURTEZR CHURCH PARADE.—The C Company
(Dorchester) Voluut.stirs attended Divine service at
Holy Trinity Church on Sunday last. They amain- ,
bled at the Drill Hall, under the command of Captain
Hodges, and headed by the band of the company,
under Battalion Bandmaster Stevens, proceeded to
the church. The service was well render° I, and a
portion of Mendelssohn's 42nd Psalm, the first
chorus "As the hart p.dtta," was sung as the anthem.
The Rev. 11. Everett preached an eloquent sermon.
Gums N vnoNAL AND :WM/a SCHOOL MCAT.
The children att.n ling these schools hat th.ir
annual treat at Colliton Park (kin fly lent for the
occasion by the M,sses Churchill) on Tliuraday last.
Numbering between four and five hundred, the
children formed in procession at the schod, and,
ace mra,iell by .11. P. te inhere, procee led to the
k. Before tea, numerous games were provided, and
Punch and Judy stow was a source of intonse
enjoyment. The rector was present, and, under
his influence. the children spent a merry time. A
capital tea was providld by Mr. J. Harrington.
Several hymns were sung during the afternoon, in is
manner which showed that the children had been well
trained. A most enjoyable day was spent, and the
happy party dispersed about half-put ei4ht.

PRIZE DAY AT THE DORSET COUNTY SCHOOL
There was a large gathering of ladies and gentlemen
61 the County School on Thursday on the ocuision of
the annual prize distribution. As year. go by, the
prize day 11111111dles MON and more imp viatica in the
list of nvunty event., anil from the g,atifying report,'
of the examiners it di evident that, under the able
management of the head-u,a-ter, the Rev. T. Hume].
Wright, the szhnol is rapidly ciig to the front rank
among the various public schools of the surrounding
counties. The school posseses all the requisites
necaPary to make it thoroughly successful—a delight-
ful position within easy distance of the c eunty town,
an efficient staff of masters, and ab ire all first-rats
sanitary arrangement', so that it is little wonder
that the school is increadng in popularity. Among
those preeent on Thursday were several who have
stood by the shoot in less prosperous times, and who
must feet highly gratifi d at the present esti-factory
state oi things. The foll 'wing were among those
invited :—The Venerable Archdeacon Sanc.uary, Rev.
Ganon Bankea, Rev. Canon Nach, Rev. F. E. Allen,
Rev. (I. W. and Mrs. Butler (B,oaduespn ). Rev. W.
Lock (Keble College), Rev. N. W. and Mrs. Erealey.
Rev. A. A. Leonard (Ear Fordington), Rev. E. Pope,
Rev. E. Pickard Cambridge, ilev. F. W. Metalloid'
(Symondsbury), Rev. A. Hill (Preston), 1t.,. W. L.
Barnes, 11.. T. R. S. and Mrs. NlcDowall, Rev. T. and
Mrs. L. Sainsbury, Rev. .1. L. A. and Mrs. Firth,
Rev. 0. F. Powys, Rev. A. H. Crick, Rey. J. A. Wiz,
Bev. J. A. Bear r, Rev. H. E. Harvey, Rev. O.
Sanctuary, Major-General Henning, C. 8., Mr. Serjeant
H. Tindal-Atkinson. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Middleton,
Surgeon-Major Anderson, Major Manenie, R.H.A.,
Captain and Mrs. Mathis,. Dr. Symes and pasty
General Wynyard, DT. Good and party, Mr.
Farquharson, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hodges, Mr. Herbert
Hodges, Dr. and Mrs. Tud a, Mr. J. M. Lush, Mr.
Henry Symonds, Mrs. Dymond, Mrs. Calmer and
party. Mr. L. H. kuegg (Sherborne), Mr. Preston,
Mr. Filliter, Mr. Martin Green, Mr. and Mrs. Shore
(Charminster), Mr. R. D. Thornton, Mr. and Mrs.
Gregory, Mrs. Gaskin and party, Mr. W. H. Gillespie,
Misses -Hodges, Dr. F. H. Askam (Portland), Mr. and
Mrs. R. Devenish, Mr. Holland. Mrs. Donaldson,
Captain and Mrs. Stewart Thorbourn, Mr., Mrs., and
Miss Hawkins (Martinatowu), Mr. Genge, Miss Spinks
elbarminster), Mr. Oakley Satuallera and friend', Mr.
Flower (Stafford) Mr. Shorto, Mr. A. and Miss
Galpio. Mrs. Reid, .
Mr. and Mrs. Coombs, (Beaminster).
Mr. Woolaningtoni Mr. A. Haynes, Mr. Basoombe
and friend, Mr. looter, Mr. Wood. Mr. and Mrs.
Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. M. Tilley, Mr. It. Thornton,
Mr. W. Scutt, Mr. Clark, bir. Penney (Charminster),
An.
Divine service was hell In the chapel at 11 oclock.
The usual hymn, "Sins and follies past confessing"
was sung. The musical portion of the service wee
admirably rendered, and an eloquent sermon was
preached by the Rev. F. W. id eun.ell.
The prize distribution ink place in the taro dining
ball, when the Rev. Canon Ilankea presided. There were
also on the platform the lien. Arckleacoo Sanctuary,
the Rev. T. Russel-Wright, Mr. IL B. Nliddlet in, end
the Rev. Martin J. Preston, M.A. Toe first part
of the programme was as follows :
"The Parting of BY ender and Pallas "(Virgil.)
A. It. A. Nicol.
pma maa. ° Arnold of Winkelreid" (Klein.)
The School Choir.
" L'Aeocat.'—Act 1., Scene 6 (Bribers.)
Patelln. Avocat, A. It. A.,_Nicol.
Dranier, J. T. W. W. R. Fowler.
Duet—Violin, Me; W Stone ;Pianoforte Mr. F. Earn.
"King John. —Act Sxne 1(S
Hubert, Plowman
Prince Arthur. Wallis ii
Glee, "fliecord.:* S. (Webbe)
" Midsummer Night's Dream.' Act i., Scene 2, and Act
iii., Scene 1. The Rehearsal.
Peter Quince ••• If. K Coombe.
Nick Bottom A. It. MeDewelL
Flute .•• ••• W. T. p,tfiew.
Tom Snout ••• . Brett. Robin StarvelingN. Sidford.
Su" .B. B. Grant.

Slug.
Mr. C,lck (of the fialiebury Cathedral Choir.)
Bros, " D•etruction of S olnacherli,." W. Wingate.
Madrigal (A.D. "D JWII in a flowery vale,
151) j Sequel: Saon ea I careless strayed."
Fasts.
Weal gave the lines from Virgil correctly, and
received much applause. The scene from " L'Avocat"
wee also well done by Nicol and Fowler. With regard
to the musical portion of the programme Klein's part
o was rendered with great spirit, and the glee
s tti ," by the Rev. Mr. Nicola and Passers.
Feeney Short°, and Crick, was very tastefully sung.
Mr. Crick (basset the Salisbury Cathedral Choir)(olVet
Elliot's old song, " Ilybrias the Criton," in fine style.
His splendid bass voice was heard to great advantage,
and he was heartily applauded.
At the dorm of the first part, the Rev. Canon
Banks* distribute I the certificates won in connec-
tion with the Trinity College Examinations. The
Head-master then preeonted the examiners' reports.
The first was that of the Rev. Pd. J. Preston's
:sport of his examination in clunks sal history, In
which he remarked that the papers throughout have
been remarkable for good writing, neatness, and
ectcellent spelling. The quality of the English history
papers throughout the school has boon specially good.
Amid such general excellence it is perhaps invidious
to particularise anyone'e papers, but those of Pickford,
Scutt IL, Firth, Coombe, and Chamen stand prominent
In their respective forme both for absolute number of
snacks gained and for c 4 .ax perception of the principles
of history. I may mention here that the papers of
Scutt il. and Firth in every suliject have been excellent.
Both have shown such intelligence that I feel sure they
will take very high r ink in any of our public examina-
tions. In Latin grammar the papers show throughout
that the boys have been thoroughly well grounded.
/a oases In which few questions were tried they were
done accurately. Nichol obtained the high marks of
64 out of 80. In Latin composition 15 boys out of 35
obtained more than 50 per cent. In Greek nroceieurny
the standard was not so high. Four boys translated
from the Alcestis of Euripides with very
=rinable suceese. The Greek grammar of the
Luesnor boys bare evidenco of the pains which had been
with it. I have been well satisfied with the
papers as • whole, and I congratulate the Reid. Master
his colleagues on the success which has attended
their labours.—MAßTlN J. PasffrOn, M A."
In mathematics Mr. J. S. Davidson reported
...paxpers done in mathematics have, on tbe whole,
me very much; neatness and conciseness of
work and accuracy of knowle Igo being _specially pro_
minent I. Enclid.—This was especially well one
by Riddlecombe, his working being in every respect
excellent. Hawkins 1. Scutt ii., and Nichol in Division
L also worked capital papers. In Division 11., Kent
I. and Larkham were an ahead of their companions.
11. Algebra and hdensuration.—f was somewhat disap-
pointed in this subject, but this disappointment,
stand candidly coded*, arose from my over-eatimating
41a• capabilities of the boys in setting the paper. The
snadcs obtained, though not high, were nevertheless
millirem, and one boy only showed signs of failure.
In Division I. Biddlacombe wail easily first with •
were good paper. Hawkins being second, and Scutt If.
meat In Division IL Laekham did very well and
Ilkiseiand I. Coombe, and Plummer are deserving of
prides. In.—Trigonometry and Me lianios.—ln the
Uttar of these liiddlecombe did me an exoellent paper,
end although the trigonometry was some ghat meagre,
*wins entirely, I balms. to want of time for the
,Sr. the general result of his mathematical papers is
y wrt'hy of sascial oarnmendation. Next, longo
Imi=tss ialsreago, I may multi= Scutt U. and

The Rev. 11. Rog gave a long and very astidectory
report. In his exemincion the total number .4
e (nearly all of them well ti le I Itobscap pages),
which lie had actually read on thee subjects, exceeded
1,700; which, at an tavern.. of rid liaaa a Page, mean.
an air. gate of over i 0 030 Ikea. Among such a
BMWS .4 matter. he all. view is of c.,,urea almost
infinite variety in the charac.ta r and gush' y of the
work; but it is a most satisfactory circumstance to
which the resolta be lir unerrin; WiiDell3—nanaely, that
in almmt all cues the really excellent papers have
been done by boys whose names have been on the
school lists far two, three, and oven more years. In
DivlaltY the ground covered by this 'object was ta;rly
extensive includtn ° • as it did 11. Samuel, 1. King,,
M and it. Matthew. The results upon the whole were
excellent. Egregious blunders were altogether at a
discount, the eWy diatinctly extraordinary maertions
noted beteg 'slips' like the fo lowing :—"Jexrael, an
Wand in thu Mediterran, ;" " Deeapolie, on the coast
of the Or at Sea ;" and "David brought the threshold
of Ambits! l" Nic .1 was far and away the best
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paw r. In ICatechism, Frarer Book, and 39 Articles :
In this ac.:in Nicol',, wee the best pmer. and next to
him Biddlisoomise, in VI., Fowler in V., Firth in IV.,
C simhs in M., Grant in Ho "d li;sviderm. in
Modern A. Intelligent answers were the rule in
nearly all of the papers; hut a i,vr claim dities pr 'coked
a smile npon the examiuor'A face, which may without
hum be allows' to ieflect itself Dom other faces.
Here is a brief string of tlesm :—" The privi,eves of
the Christian covenant are Baptism, C.,ntirmation,
and Matrimony:" &Miro° means "to mury, to
cog .ge ;" sundry, " odd," " mixed," "things used on
Sunday ;" ghostly, " uncanny ;" and rehearse, "to
say over aridly."
AIUTUMETIC—L Mental Arithmstil : The hop wh
Reboil leer ihree.iourttts of the maxinviru mark. war,
rrd Illawkirs 1., Williams. of 1.. and
C.,mhs, of 2. Anti= tic Paper: The work
d oh. by :he hove we. iate;,igentlr, tely, and accurately
dom.; hat moat of the pimples were realm g 01 papers,
and aid there is especial prou.re if rded by the
forunnee I the lunkr boy,. lls"kin, I. stands first.
and after hi,, BMA.° male and D.vr, of Divi•ion 1.,
1 C . in'. end Sh 'Ft.. of Division 11., H scsett of D,rsion
awl )1411 ms and Iliw mbe, of DIVIPtill IV.
" —As it•na;, CM. subject was extremely
writ d. is-. Nett, azeur•t• maps, lull, pAhy anoa ere,
good MM., ant ~nes'. thoughtfulness were to be met in
brim mai 'rite 4), Vie pawn:. A few desiciotte h'u,dera
easy ti X :T. ihe rtwitim 'Oi the rivers of Russia
tell all rol krmw: came the brief, not to ) say cur:, reply,
'The etv-r. of Ru.sie are very steer ;"Stonshence is the
capital of Abed d .en ' 11l sckomor is an el-rated rocky,
eteri!e plain in North D.v Westward Rot ' is a cape
in S. W. Ireland and • watershed is a • !tee') incline in
the bed of a river, down which the river runs very
"TIMMY OF MUSIC—In the upper sections this subject
Is well t sushi, and many in the lowest section hays • very
fair acquaintance with its chief ...those. It is clear that

in this s.ibject thwwy and practc so hand in hand.
PitaCriCAL GEOMETRY —My general judgment upon the
whols td the work what' hat come under my observation
ii that the pchnol hal made a Mato:Lot advanci upon it.
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stet. • year ego, end that it hile feir to keep up this
advance in 1882 —IIILYILT ROZ. F.R.A S., Rector of roynt-
ineton. Curate a Bhurhome, and • D.ooesan Inspector a
8 •11 solo. _ . _

ENGLISH DIAN NAL -" Herewith I enclose you the marks
ebtaiu.d in the English grammar paper :—The oneetions
on the while were very satisfactorily answered. Analysis
in the I,wer part of the school is somowhat weak, and
parsing in several instances should he more complete. I
am pleased to add that the spelling, with one or two
exceptions, was excellent, and 'holm a marked improve.
in.ut in the feet t•o years. The papers, too, were very
neat, subject-matter well arranged. and the writing a
p.m mere ti read.—J. SOCTH DAVIDSON."
FIZSCH, SCIENCE, &C -" Having examined the school
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in French and experimental science I have much pleasure
in laying be'ore you the resu,ts of that examination :-1.
As to experimental science: Chemistry (rightly as I think)
oxupies the pri”cipal place here. and, so far salt is taught
by lecturer,, the results were est...fact iry upon the whole,
several papers being decidedly good, while the paper of
one boy, Biddlecornhe, may be mentioned as excellent. I
we much struck with the readiness with which many of
the boys worked arithmetical problems in connection with
the subject, and the comparatively small number of actual
failure; in the first section there was one case only. 2.
As to French : The translations of tire prepared work were
upon the whole very fairly done, but there was a greater
variation here in the remits than one would h pected,
even in th • highest this.-. The unseen passoges were,
however, very w. II ren tered ty some boy.. The weak
points brought out in the examination in French were (1)
the elementary syntax, in which few good answers were
found; (2) the very aleuder knowledge of idiom shown in
the comporritiun ; (3) the general failure to explain (with
some exceptiend isolated words picked out of the books
prepared. Upon the whole, lam inclined to think that
thi, pat of Vie eXamiLiatiull was fairly satisfactory, anti
that it shows gigue of vigorous teaching.—ALIXANDVA
larixo, 8.A.. B.Sc., F G.S., Assistant and Senior Science
Master in Wellingt Cgdege.—July St2nd. 1881."
EXOLISU ESSAYS.—Mr. Jillard thus renorta:—" I
have read with considerable attAution the 57 English
essays which have been submitted to me. In the main
they give proof of thought care, ant diligence. I shou'd
say the weak points in motif, of the compositions are a want
of prop,r classification, and Memos instances a too abrupt
termination ; also certain slang and provincial expressions,
which in some cases detract from what weuld be otherwise
very good work. Taking the eerily' en moose, however, I
can candidly say that they are well written and highly
credital,:e ti the pupils at the Dorset County SchooL
The second portion of the programme oaf ao
" Alcestis " (Euripides). A. C. Plowman and F. N. Pick -
ford. Madrigal (A.D. 15(6), '• My bonny lass, atie
sruileth," T. Morley, The School Choir.
Napd,on anti the Sailor " (CiMpbeli), IL Dawkins.
Rouud (for (nor tenors), "Ti POO his face," Sir H. 11,hoo.
Ker.& E. Nichols, AL C. Short° E. Dottiville, A. It A.
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