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330 TUB SOCIETY OF AKTS EXAMINATIONS,
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possible ; and after much , discussion , a plan was decided upon , " which _, has been found to work admirablyand entirely to put an end to the
, inconveniences referred to . The institutes themselves were recommended to combine for the formation of local boards to carry out the
examinations under the Society ' s direction . Fifty such local boards were accordinglformed in this yearcomposed of _gentlemen of known
character in their y neighbourhoods , ; and 1098 candidates immediately presented themselves at their " previous" examinations . To
these succeeded a final examination , conducted by paper questions , institutes these drawn paper up b under y s - the _were Societ seal dispatched which y ' s great was at Board the only same of to Examiners be moment broken . to by Cop the the ies boards various of all ,
in the presenc , e of the , assembled candidates . Every examination , in one particular subject , would be held on the same day and at
the same hour throughout the kingdom . Copies , rules , and instructions were famished ; and every means taken to render any
unfairness impossible , each local board being called upon afterwards to make a declaration that all regulations had been strictly complied
with . The results betoken an immense progress beyond the point attained last year , and leave no doubt that the local boards will
extend in number , and increase in importance and efficacy : the extent indeed to which they may ultimately be employed in the
didate great s work for of honors education have can not scarcel been y confined receive to a mere limit . youths The , can but
-. number among them men of from twenty to thirty years of age , who have passed these examinations who had set themselves
to work to improve their education . They comprise persons employed in almost every kind of occupation hest class . Among find in those al who
have taken certificates of the hig , we gebra , a mechanic ; in chemistry , a clerk ; in botany , a worker in a chemical labaratory ( aged seventeen ); in political economya
clerk ; in descriptive , geography , a draper , a bookkeeper , a clerk , , and a brushmaker ; in English history , a bookkeeper ; in English and
literature , a bank clerk and a grocer ; in Latin , Roman history , one the onl in y Latin certificate , to a of carpenter this high . order But is the given most to striking a butcher case ; the in onl the y
whole examinations throughout the kingdom , is , that of a working man engin , e Mr er , . whose George name William ought Wicker not to , be aged suppressed eighteen , here has . taken This no young less
than seven certificates for different sciences , won three of the highest Portsea money prizes of which , and he secured is a to member the funds , a special of the donation " Watt Institute from the , "
some Society have , of Arts received . Many government have exhibited appointments abilities , of for the which highest their order ex- ; The
aminations had shewn them to possess particular qualifications . of Society successful has frequentl candidates y , received by persons app anxious lications to to secure inspect their their services lists ; have voluntaril
and a great number of business firms y pledged
330 Tub Society Of Akts Examinations,
330 TUB SOCIETY OF AKTS _EXAMINATIONS ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/42/
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