The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-17 00:00:00

DISTRII3EIVON OF PRIZES

AT THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.

Yesterday the half-yearly distribution of prizes to the suc-
cessful scholars in the Collegiate Institution, took place in
the theatre of the institution at 12 o'clock. The Rev. Rec-
tor CA➢LPBELL occupied the chair, and there was a large at-
tendance of the parents and friends of the boys.
Amongst those present we noticed the Rev. Dr. M'Neile,
Rev. Mr. Went, Rev. Mr. Anderson, Rev. Dr. Hume, and
Rev. Mr, Humphries, Mr. T. B. Horsfall, M.P., Mr. W.
Brown, M.P., Mr. J. Booker, Mr. A. Hodgson, Mr. J.
Rawdon, Mr. D. Ramsey, Mr. J. Campbell, Mr. J. Procter,
Mr. W. Dawson, Mr. R. Aked, Mr. W. Jones, Mr. J.
Tyrer, Mr. Walker, Mr. Alderman Cooper, Mr. J. R.
Rounthwaite, and the principal and masters of the institution.
The business of the day was opened by singing the hal-
lelujah chorus, after which—

The CHAIRMAN rose and spoke as follows : My dear young
friends,—l am glad to meet you again at this our semi-
annual. festival ; and, having met you so often before, will
not trouble you or your friends with any lengthened
observations. We meet on the present occasion, I am
happy to say, in a much higher state of worldly prosperity
than we met this time last year. Last year we owed £B,OOO ;
this year, I believe I may say, we no not owe a farthing.
(Loud cheers.) I wish the Chancellor of the Exchequer
could meet the House of Commons next month with a
similar statement, and say to them,—Last year, we owed
£800,000,000, this year we owe nothing. But that, I fear,
would involve repudiation. In other respects, also, we are
in a prosperous condition; and one pleasing mark of our
prosperity is, that the aggregate numbers in the day schools
have continued to rise, being now nearly 720, instead of
only 460 in 1847. (Applause.) One advantage of the extinc-
tion of our debt will be, that we shall be able to apply our
surplus income (for, like the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
we shall have a surplus income, though not quite so large
as his) to improve, by various means, the education given
in our schools; and you know what I mean by education—
not merely learning, but learning rounded upon and inter-
woven with religion; and by religion I do not mean mere
theology, mere talk, about God, as John Ruskin expresses
it, but " the binding or training to God's service." I cor-
dially agree with this writer, who is considered somewhat
paradoxical, but in whose paradoxes I find sometimes more
wisdom than is dreamed of in other men's philosophy, that
it is a great leading error of modern times to " mistake
erudition for education." " Education," he says, "is the
leading human souls to what is best, and making what is
best out of them; and these two objects are always attain-
able together, and by the same means : the training which
makes men happiest in themselves, also makes them most
serviceable to others. The cry for education is a wise and
sacred cry, provided it be extended into one for the educa-
tion of all classes, with definite respect to the work which
each man has to do, and the substance of which he is made ;
but it is a
.foolish and a vain cry, if it be understood, as in
the plurality of cases it is meant to be, for the expression
of a mere craving after knowledge, irrespective of the
simple purposes of the life that now is, and the blessings of
the life that is to come. It is well to make a youth
acquainted with the powers of the Greek particles, but better
to make him acquainted with the powers of nature and of
God. It is useful to show him how the syllables are fitted
in a tragic metre, but more useful to show him how the
great universe rolls upon its course in heaven. It is advi-
sable for him to be fixed in the principles of syntax, but
more advisable for him to be fixed in the principles of the
Christian faith. Such is the education you will get in the
Collegiate Institution, and as such I bid it God speed.
(Loud applause.)

The Rev. Mr. HowsoN, the principal, then said : I am
happy to say, in conformity with the principles upon which
those schools are founded, and to which our chairman has so
happily alluded, the most vigorous competition this year has
been to get divinity prizes. (Hear, hear.) I never knew
examinations which were attended with so much difficulty
to the examiners, and I may say this for myself with regard
to the upper school, 'and Mr. Parry, who examined the mid-
dle school, and Mr. Ellisson, who examined the lower school-
boys, had the same difficulty. We found it extremely difficult
to decide the prizes ; but at last they were decided to our
satisfaction. The rev. gentleman then commenced reading
the list of prizes, and as each boy's name was called, he as-
cended the platform by means of a staircase leading from the
centre to the body of the hall, and received his prize from
the hands of the chairman. The following is the list of
prizes : UPPER SCHOOL PRIZES:
SPECIAL PRIZES.—Senior divinity medal : J. H. Rawdon:
certificates, Wainwright and Widdowson. Senior historical
medal : Lafone, transferred to G. Rawdon. Senior mathe-
matical medal : Widdowson.
CLASS PRIZES.-Ist class : J. H. Rawdon : certificate,
P. Arthur. 2nd class : G. Rawdon, transferred to Walker.
3rd class : classical—Booker and Caw equal : certificate,
Edwards : modern—Mitchell: certificate, Johnson. 4th
class : classical, Cooper : certificate, Pater : modern, Tatham.
sth class : Rounthwaite : certificates, Brown and Conor.
Gth class : Went : certificate, Jeffrey. Preparatory classes.
—7th : Tarbet : certificates, Carpenter, also E. P. Jones,
for arithmetic). Bth : T. Lockett . certificates, Young, also
Sole, for writing. Lower Bth : Makin : certificate, Minton.
Principal's prize : J. H. Rawdon. Old pupil's prize :
D. Shaw.

EXTRA PRIZES.—Given by Mr. Underwood : Bristow,
Brown, and W. Aked. Given by Mr. Porter : Sinker,
T. Bartlett, Jeffrey, jun., and Pater. Given by Mr. Hiley :
Michod. Given by Mr. Sadler : Johnson, and R. Jones :
certificate, Mitchell. Given by Mr. Sears : Walker : cer-
tificates, Pater, Booker, Clough, Jeffrey, sen., H. Rawdon,
and Hodson. Given by the principal : Pater : certificates,
Huson, R. Aked, and F. Jeffrey.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIZES.

—SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity medal : R. Worthington ;
certificate, Winsor. Nomination to upper school : B. W.
Wilson. Historical and geographical medal : W. Swit ;
certificate, J. F. Brunn. Mathematical prize : B. W. Wil-
son ; certificates, M'Master, Newlands, Johnson, Storey,
Gath, W. Eckersley. French medal . E. T. Brunn ; cer-
tificates, M'Master, A. Eckersley. Drawing medal : Bou-
stead ; certificates, W. Wilson, Buttomley, T. Swift, R.
J. Clayton. Penmanship medal : Christian. certificates, W.
Swift, Jordan, Robinson, 0. P. Clayton, W. Eckersley, D.
Holmes, Braithwaite.
Class PRIZES.-Ist class, Potter scholarship: Broster ;
certificate E. P. Arthur. 2nd class, prize of books: Roger-
son ; certificate, M'Master. 3rd class, prize of books ; C.
Nicholson ; certificate, J. Nicholson. Fourth class, prize of
books : Pearson ; certificate, Coughtry. Fifth class, prize
of books : Crowe ; certificate, Gath. 6th class, prize of
books : Brock ; certificate, W. Eckersley. 7th class, prize of
books : Andrew • certificate, H. Holmes. Bth class, prize of
books : T. L. iones ; certificate, T. P. Lewis. Principal's
prizes : Archer and Swindon. French master's prize : H.
Carter. Mr. J. H. Coes prizes : Crowe and Brock. Princi-
pal's prizes : D. Dunlop and W. Swift.