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202 UNIVERSITY LOCAL EXAMINATIONS,
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In The Years 1857 And 1858, Examinations...
whol from e Eng number lish int of o candidates German were distinguished the parts himself worse done in this . Onl part y . one out of the
In the Fourth Annual Report it is remarked that " not only is the proportion of failures on the whole less than in former years , but
in the preliminary subjects _, as far as the juniors are concerned , the proportion is very considerably less . The numbers are no doubt
affected by the alteration introduced in 1861 , by which a junior candidate can obtain a certificate if he pass in two sections ( instead of
three as heretofore ) . besides the preliminary subjects . Although only five had entered their names for the minimumforty in all passed
,, under the new rule who would have been rejected if the old rule had been still enforced . Account is taken of this in the Tables ,
and it will be seen that the statement above made as to the failures is true notwithstanding * . "
and " In in the 1861 history the Examiners of England report a decided very improvement favourably of had the been work noticed of the in seniors 1860 , , but that the juniors eral ' answers fairl were good often accounts childish of the . Among works of the Milton seniors P they report Swift
sevgave y , ope , , One and -third Johnson were . quite The worthless answers , and on not Shaksper more e than ' s Henry half a " dozen VIII . were in all could poor . that t
mostl be cal y led failed good , . nor It do was the in y the report construing favourab of ly particular of the writing passages , spelling , hey or
punctuation of " last In French . the They report think of the that Examiners there has does been not a differ further materiall improvement y from th in at
year . grammar " In Germ , but an not the muc Examiner h in composition notes a . considerable increase in the number of candidatesand the seniorsdecided imin the
formances as compared ; amo with ng those of 1860 , a . provement per" In natural history The the Examiner in reports that the loose number and of candidates and
seemed was very to small point . to insufficient answers instruction general . were There were imperfect however , some exceptions " In music . . the . Examiner . considers the answers far below the mark , and ;
t little prepared inferior hemse attention lves to for those in the thi to of required s the last subj regulations year ect standard . but He in . , observes 1861 and In 1860 are there that for , th was ree the the nothing candidates most didates part approaching dist entirel seem ing to uis y h un pay ed to
distinction , although the papers , were easier . " A wish has long been felt that the manifest advantage of these
examinations should be extended to girls' schools , in which some suchtest is muchneededand we understand that it is now in
contemp , lation to make , a formal , application on the subject to the University authorities . There is much to be said in favour of
such an application . The character of the examinations market them out as eminently suitable for girls , especially in this respect ,
that from the choice of subjects allowed , it would be quite possible for the heads of girls' schools to prepare candidates without making
any change in the ordinary curriculum of female education , while , les at s the usua same l subj time ect s g of irls stud who y would may h have ave shown an opportunit any special y of taste putting for
the soundness of their knowledge to a fair test .
202 University Local Examinations,
202 UNIVERSITY LOCAL EXAMINATIONS ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1862, page 202, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111862/page/58/
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