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Page 1 - associate themselves together in an " educational institute called ' The College of Preceptors ' for the " purpose of promoting sound learning and of advancing the interests " of education, more especially among the middle classes, by affording " facilities to the teacher for the acquiring of a sound knowledge of his " profession, and by providing for the periodical session of a competent
Page 216 - 1. Reading aloud a passage from some English author : 2. Writing from dictation : 3. English grammar : 4. Writing a short English composition, such as a description of a place, an account of some
Page 179 - on the question whether any measures could be adopted by Government or Parliament that would improve the position of science or its cultivators in this country ; and it
Page 386 - at the commencement of each term. Printed books and drawing materials are furnished as required, and are charged for at reduced prices in each Term Account. The only extra fee is for instruction in drawing,
Page 386 - &c., and 50/. on leaving the school, provided the scholar continues therein three years after election, and obtains a certificate of merit and good conduct during that period from the head master. The
Page 216 - 3. Translation, of a passage from the first two books of Schiller's Geschichte des dreissigjährigen Krieges. Besides these translations into English, the candidate will be required to answer questions on the grammar of each subject, whether compulsory or selected
Page 245 - the first public examination before moderators at Oxford, or the previous examination at Cambridge, or the examination in arts for the second year at Durham, or the
Page 386 - years of age, and have been at least three years in the school. The advantages are, gratuitous education, and books to a value not exceeding '21. per annum
Page 60 - The studies of the class room must be those wherein progress can be definitely measured by examination. For examination is to the student what the target is to the
Page 216 - product, or the like : 5. Arithmetic. No candidate will be passed who does not show a competent knowledge of the first four rules, simple and compound, of vulgar fractions, and of decimals. 6. Questions on the geography of Europe, and particularly of the British Isles : 7. Questions on the outlines of English history, that is, the succession of the sovereigns and the leading events of each reign : 8. Euclid,