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ON MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION. 231
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Influen In The Tial Year Journal 1832, I...
lead some Five of wished O years xford , ago in myself organizing , when among Cambrid the the scheme ge ¦ ¦ numb was of invi er local , ted tha examin t to follow tead ations the of ,
examining schoolboys at central places away from their schools , ! friend appoin the schools ted the Universit Public themselves O y Inspector tor should I st . ated be In exam a letter briefl ined addressed as by I a could properl to my the y y
reasons for such a modification , of the scheme . in It the was first thoug instance ht , however it was , and better wisel to y , adop as I t now the Oxford believe , p that lan
less with one ely or than two that not unimportant proposed in improvements my letter to be , t misunderstood his plan being , and
favour by the which schoolmasters attended of the the operation country . of The the success Local Examination general
Scheme rs , to induced engraft the upon Syndica it the te fur , in ther the scheme year 1862 of School , to - exa ?
nipowe nationand the result was the above recited grace . For _, the reasons above mentioned the scheme has not been
schools advertised , lied and for in examina the first tion year . of The its Syndicate operation having only eleven asked
me to vacation undertak app in the e these task first and examinations visited 7 of , the I emp 11 loyed schools par . t In of
my all I met with a most , friendly and courteous reception , and abundant evidence that the scheme was well suited to meet
a ver The y general tion wish that on the t part of tl paren dem ts ands as well the as att teachers ention .
quesurgeny to those the be schools affected who are and by watching especiall such exam over y t in he ations this charac experim ? ter In more ent their is than this studies one : —how qu , likel arter are y
from I have the heard Lecture a fear rooms expres of sed Oxford that U and niversi Cambrid ty gradua so tes , far fresh as they may win any influence over the studies of the ge schools , they examinewill almost inevitabltend to ive them a more
academic , and therefore it is feared y a less practically useful character , . _Now although . I believe this apprehension tt to be of
far but littl spec e t moment it as to , still tain I t f hink rom p it desirable scribing cer ha tain we sub sho jec u t s , in so which we shall offer to examineit seems to me better that we
should invite each school to send ; in beforehand its course of s stud choo y l , and will should ask to shap be e ex oar amined examination in advanced according Mathe ly m . at One ics
, Eng another lish will Composition ask for Latin , Geo and grap Greek hy , , English perh History aps Chemistry perhaps , :
and be prepared Element to ary adap Ari t thmetic himself . to The each University , making Ex it his aminer business shoul to d
tes Still . t the it qu is ality doubtless of the the instruction case , that , rather a popular than seek and to successfu alter it l .
On Middle-Class Education. 231
ON MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION . 231
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1863, page 231, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121863/page/15/
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