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

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The Itev. A D. Cipo, vicAr of Shookbur,:h,
Daveutry, formerly seho'sr and Greek Exhi iiottr
of Wadhaux Colle4v, Oxf..rl : Ind late awl Master
of A.,hboains Urarnm-ir School, next v.:ad his report
of the ex iwinatieu :

I have examiael the school in the following
subjects: Holy Scripture, Greek. Litt n, English,
French grammar, mud mathematic!. la the latter
subject I bad the held of a friend and neigtibone
who is familar with its higha-t branches, end in
science I was assisted by a graduate of the highest
honoars and prizein in of London Univ. rsity ; so that
I think lin .y say that eve:y endeavour has seen
made by me to test thoroughly all the numerous
branches of work done t liroughoot the mchool. It
gives me very great pleasure to be allo to repert
to you that the work has been tvefl done ii all. at:d
admirably in very many instances. The knowle lgo
of holy scripture throughout the school is consider-
able, and while the New Testament appears (rightly
as I venture to think) to have received more atten-
tion thytta the old, still the stilly of the history cf
the kingdoms has not been neglected. The Gr.-ek,
in which I am sorry to say only a few bcya were
exomined, was a: a rule treatod in such a 'manner
as to oho that he boys who have the privilege of
learning the In guage are by no means inienslb'e
to its beauty ant its worili. Toe Latin on the whole
was very good Some very fair Latin prose— he
great test of a knowledge of the language—am
Joni iu the Uppe: School, and the lower forms
traiislated fairly, and in some in.tances, very credit-
:l ly. Toe gr Iminar at the tweenda of the to loot
was very good; in he raidti.e forms it was hardly
so soood as the translation. The English subjects
w: re most satisfactory. In the history paper I set
ceriain queetione that could not be Answered by
mere h a,k knowlidge, and in many instances-.-,0
two boys in the upper a h ;el especially—l was a
.igreeablyearprised at :he thoughtful and thoroughly
sen-ibla autrarns gileia. T'l9 geography was a
bubj ct in which I hail considerable difficulty in
itecitlimt ths positi us of the boys. As a rule more
than half tn.,: torn/ ohtaii•ed in re thin half warks,
and eon:it:times four or rive boys were so near y
ogle' that it va• alino,t impossible to s,p trate
th m The Shakespeare was lea( evenly done. a
wi e interval sep 'rating the head boy
.troin dal
bottom of the form, but even in this casts eight toy,
did exce
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aer praise The Frenuh•( 5i h the ez, op ton o
.trinsiation . from Eaglivh, w.lich w: s weak.) wai
above the average ; the grammar, in *Weil I se,
somewhat difficult pap-ra, heiag as a rule very
sati-factory. lhe few boys woo were examined in '
lemma, showed that t .ey had made a good be-
, _
wita excilent,
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loot! k•ucitd 2i n algehrs, wnile toe
'althea of the 11•31 d tuls dtilervaa :hi it co ntrosoila
lion, and the steady, ev•ei an I coaylete &pens o
form 3in tha app t chool,tin eu lid far algebr,
deserve more that.: .o fcw words ,1 ia in, prais '-
to which I lull ia it dby time It w, 4 ,nutn.,
ple4turo to look ..s.er tit ox Wink. Tlkri
bxauti
was
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ally ill t lug :I.t W Ik. Sitc . any fi Len
remArke the good work has been ciou . Tao Woo-
tr Alois given were remarkably good. 11,, boy:
hare boon t .ught to think az well as to exercise th
faculty of Lannory. The at $ era are not unit .d
at by the rule of thumb, but by honest thought Kul
reason. SOU* of the papers on heat were excel-
lently well done. Both in practical knowl die and
ocientilio principks they *hewed pLaialy tl.-t tho

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