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Vox.. X. January 1, 1863. No. 59.
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LIII.—EXAMINATIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF AKT...
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Hn The Ewgxish Woman's Jottrnax for July...
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The
THE
ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL
PUBLISHED MONTHLY .
Vox.. X. January 1, 1863. No. 59.
Vox .. X . January 1 , 1863 . No . 59 .
Liii.—Examinations Of The Society Of Akt...
LIII . —EXAMINATIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF AKTS .
Hn The Ewgxish Woman's Jottrnax For July...
Hn The _Ewgxish Woman ' s _Jottrnax for July , 1858 , an article « objects appeared proposed , giving , th some e subjec accoun ts of examina t of th t ion , an exam d and the ina attention success tions , of wh the ich
called had up to to the that fact tim that e attended women were the exp permitted eriment to ; present themselves was for examinationand to compete for certificates . It was stated
that " the first , examination took place at the Society ' s rooms in mechanics June lish , 1856 history , chemistry . The and , p subjects literature hysiology wer , Roman botany e mathematics , history agriculture , Latin book , geograp -keep French ing hy , ,
Eng , , , , ing were German . rejected The and certificates , on drawing a preliminary granted . There wer examination e were 7 of three fifty-two grade in writing candidates s , viz ., and for . excel spell Two - -
lence also , held proficiency at Huddersfield , and competency where . ' there In wer 1857 e an 140 examin competitors ation , was in addition to eihty who presented , themselves in London . The
followg regulations ing year , Local were Boards framed having by which been the formed society in was various enabled towns largel , new y -
should to extend be its held operations simultaneousl . , It was y , the arranged same that day and the examination hour , at the s
examine various centres d in elementary throughout subjects the king , b dom y the . Candidates Local Boards were , and previousl having y examination
Examiners conducted passed this . by In preliminary written that year papers , , ( 1857 were drawn , ) eli 1 , g 098 ible up persons for by the the presented final Society ' themselves s Board of , various
ages at lass the , certificate and preliminary represented in al examinations gebra almost was awarded every . The kind to candidates a of mechanic occup were ation ; in . of chemis A first-
_-- and try , to a a brushmaker clerk ; in descri in p Latin tive geograp and Homan hy to a history draper , , a to book a butcher -keeper . ,
The examinations ; were designed in some degree to supply the place of university educational advantages to evident persons that by the whom class
whom these were it was not intended attainable to , hel and it would soon becam not be e backward in making p , use of the advantages offered .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1863, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011863/page/1/
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