Book Description

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...fairly commenced, and not till then, the Class List appears. Numerous inconveniences ensue in consequence, which we need not enumerate here. We should be extremely glad to find a change in this point also. If more examiners are needed, there should be no difficulty in procuring them; and if there are sufficient already, why this tedious delay, we ask? 4. We have been frequently asked--Is it advisable to take up any subjects prescribed by the Science and Art Department during the period of training? This depends solely upon the state of preparation in which the student is. If his position on the Scholarship List be a creditable one, then by all means let him take up one or two Science subjects; but we cannot too strongly condemn the practice which unfortunately prevails largely at present, of taking up Science subjects when the student's time might be far more advantageously occupied in preparing for the Christmas Examination. The result very frequently is that many students are either "plucked" or barely pass in May, and also stand low in the Certificate List, whereas if they had postponed the study of Science until the completion of their training, they might have done well in both departments. On the other hand, if a student has been carefully prepared as an apprentice, and passes the Admission Examination well, his mind will be disciplined and improved by the study of Science. It is no part of our present duty to name any particular subjects; the student should be guided in this matter by his own individual taste, and by the requirements of the district in which his future sphere of labour will probably lie, and also by the teachers in the college where he resides. We propose, however, to devote the next chapter to a brief...