The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-01 00:00:00

City of London College•

The distribution of prizes and certificates
award
the students of this institution by the heads of the College,
and the Society of Arts at the July examination for 188'
took place last evening in the theatre of the College, 52'
Leadenhall-street. At that examination representatives of.
the College carried off a larger proportion than usual ot
assumed !ran
the prizes, and the occasion, consequently,
features of special interest. Sir Thomas Phillips,. (IA
chairman of the Council of the Society of Arts, attended. W
distribute the prizes, and there was a numerous gathering
of members and friends of the institution as spectate,lll;g
The City of London College had its origin some 18 yetilB
ago in the metropolitan evening classes, founded by'
iti
Rev. C. Mackenzie, with the object of improving then` ~,
and intellectual condition of young men in the metropel'7'
In those days educationpl effort, especially that phase anp-it
dealing with " evening classes," had not as inael„,°at,
porters as in more modern periods. But the expe""-
as it was then considered, of giving instruction in
sciences, and languages in a familiar form and at an
rate, was persisted in, and ultimately, against maul fl,t/.7„,
vial difficulties and in the face of sneers still more ae"..."
dant, the College succeeded in establishing itself on "71
footing. From the report read last evening it aPPeare,96
that out of 50 prizes offered by the Society of Arts to trio
candidates from all parts of the kingdom, the 66 candid'
sent up from this College gained no less than 17 prizes, I,
addition to 33 first-class certificates out of a total of 20°'
The young men who came forward in turn to receive lll°s
honours thus awarded represented most creditably the °las
to which they belonged, and some of their number who
eterea
afterwards called on to move or second resolutions aacq
themselves admirably, speaking fluently and to the P°l?,
Sir T. Phillips, in his address, referred to the conflict:
creasing in intensity, in which young men found tneT,
selves entangled, between, on the one hand, the struggle •`°l
the means of existence, and on the other' for intelleclaso
culture. These evening classes afforded to all who obese td
avail themselves of their advantages an important men Bch
self-help, and facilities for ultimate advancement Whlce
otherwise might never come within their reach. But
classes had still higher claims and functions. By
ing the youth of a great city from temptations to 1".-
of
they were too freely exposed, and giving them habits f
methodical study, they added largely to the formation "t
character, and exercised a beneficial influence on sonicK:
large. Votes of thanks to the Society of Arts for the f'-a
ral encouragement given to the College, to the exainiller
and adjudicators for the services they had rendered t(ei
the professors and educational staff of the College, se,
conspicuously to the Principal (Rev. Mr. Whittingtnei
were carried by acclamation. Mr. E. G. Clarke, in Pr;
posing the latter vote, drew attention to the fact that,
examination held at the instance of the Society of Artentot
vided itself into 23 subjects, in nine of whi"l,,,,a:: pro.
places had been taken by pl,/,414..t ‘ne College. the
ceedings closed with complimentary recognitions of the
servi,... rendered by Sir T. Phillips, who gave Orel
prizes, and the Rev. C. Mackenzie, who presided.

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