The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-08-06 00:00:00

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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT KING
EDWA.RD'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

The annual distribution of prizes to the boys of
this school took place on Saturday morning last.
Sir. Rupert Kettle presided, and there were also
present Col. Fletcher, the Rev. D. Maginnis,
Messrs. R. L. Freer, H. 0. Firmstone, S. A.
Brooks and F. Evers; also a large number of
the parents and friends of the boys.
Col. Fletcher, chairman of the GoveroorA, read.
the report of the Head Master, which was as
follows :

"To the Governors of King Edward's School,
Stourbridge.—Gentlemen,—ln submitting to you
my report of the school for the past year, I am
pleased to be able to say that the number of boys
on the 101 l has itily reached the average of any
previous year, and that the moral tone pervading
the school, has, on the whole, been satisfactory to
me. I can also speak in terms of commendation
on the punctuality of the boys, as only 23 late at-
tendances have been registered during the term.
As in previous years, .t,o I have again to express my
regret that the home work of many boys is much
neglected, the consequence is, that in some subjects
they have failed to make that progress that they
ought to have made. I subjoin a statement of the
honours gained, during the past year, by old and
present pupils :—By Mr. Frank Terry, 8.A., of
st. John's College, Cambridge, the third place in
the first-class of the Law Tripos of the present
year ; a college exhibition of £5O a year, for seven
years. and also a Whewell University Scholarship,
for proficiency in Industrial Law, Ethics, and
Political Philosophy. By Mr. S. E. Chattoe, B.A ,
of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, a third-class in
Theological Honours. By Mr. C. J. Evers, medals
for Chemistry, Botany, Materia Medica, and
Practical Chemistry. at Queen's College, Birming-
ham ; also the preliminary examination of the
Royal College of Surgeons, and the Royal College
of Physicians, London. By Mr. A. W. Scott, the
medal for Practical Anatomy, and the certifica e
for Chemistry, at Queen's College, Birmingham;
also the Primary Examination of the Royal Ccl-
lea.e of Surgeons, London. By E. J. Brooks, of
St7ourt,ridge, a first-class in honours, as well as
distinction in Religious Knowledge, Latin, English,
anu N aural Philos .phy, at he Cambridge Local
Examination, held at Cnristmas last ; alsa• a prize
awarded by the Local Examination Committee at
Kidderminster. By A. E. G. Pritchard, of Brierley
dill, a secoad-class in honours at the same ex-
amination ; also a prize awarded by the Local C an-
mitt.e. By Henry Terry, of Dudley, the prelim-
inary examination of the I3lcorporated Law society.
—I remain, G., nilemen, your obedient servant, W.
S. J. Welsh, Head Master.

Toe report of the examiner was as follows :
" I have examined the whole school in 'Greek,
Latin, French, English, and Ifol: Scripture, and
have much pleasure in presenting the following
rek:ost of the different subjects :—Greek : There
are at p.esent nine boys in the school who learnt
tireek. The amount of work e.ffered by them was
not large, but their kn)wle,ige of what they offered
was remarica,l4 good, the first boy obtaining neatly
10 per cenr of the marks, and the first six over 70
per cent. Latin : I :ere again very good results
were obtained, three boys gaining more than 70
per cent. of the marks, while scarcely any fell be-
to w;7O per emir, either in the first or second form
of the upper school. In the middle school the
work was also very satisfactory, 13 boys obtaining
inure than 70 per cent, of the marks, and th re
were very few failures. The lower school were
examined viva voce. The first boys in each class
did very well. :some of those lower down were not
so gouct. The gratrilla,. questions were generally
well ausA ered, and the knowledge of the subjects
were remarkably good throughout the whole
school. French: Here the results we're much more
various. The first four boys did very well; bu 7
there was a m.irked falling off towards the b ttorn,
even in the lira form. ThJ otl.er forms were ex
am nod viva voce, and hardly did as well as might
have been expected, both in grammar and know-
ledge of their prepared work, they were below tt.,
standard obtained in other subjects. Math,-
mitics :In the upper scho..l the results e:•e,
rather various. Three boys, Brooks, Penn, and
Firinst one, di.l remarkably well in Arithmetic, ob-
taining full marks for the papers. Brooks also
obtained full marks for the Algebra and Euclid
paper. The general average was very good in the
first form, but fell off rather in the sewn
especially in Arithmetic. In the middle school no
individual I-oys did so well as the upper school,
out the general average of the w...rk 1% as perhaps
higher. lie the lower school the work was alio
i,tisfac-o y. the chief fault being a slight tendency
inaccu acy. E- glish subjects : In th.! upp:.
3 o 1 the work duee we., vex., g od. The
average was ii aud there wLre no attire La....-.
grautinar arid auskysis gueotlous a,ro deserving