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    430 PASSING EVENTS.

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    LXXIIL—PASSING EVENTS. * i

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    Ijadies In The , January Number Of The E...

    prominent foe safe and . desirable Is the system ? " and of it mixed is followed examination by the remark and classification : — " The first proved ques to

    tion is satisfactorily answered by the Secretaries of the eleven Local Boards , As under Secretary whose superintendence of a Xiocal Board the where female three candidates female candidates of 1862 were were examined examined . " ,

    - any and op all inion of whom on the obtained subject certificate , nor could s , I I have have no fairl recollection y done so of , inasmuch having written as at "Leeds the female candidates underwent the examination In a separate room ,

    and therefore it could not have been termed a mixed examination . At the same _examined cation no time practical , I between believe together inconvenience that . where of Each them a candidate or separation is difficulty permitted is or of in oug the and having ht sexes therefore to be candidates cannot isolated if a be littl , of no made e both communi jud th gment sexes ere is

    be exercised in any the arrangements , the male , candidates need hardly know that there are female candidates in the room ; at any rate , the latter are secure . Local from Boards any will intrusion find that or interference the Examinations . of the Society of Arts will and the labours

    be of the greatl Board y facilitated lessened , , the by number their adopting of candidates the scheme increased of Elementary , Examito the nations beg Society of inners by the of ; who it Arts Central is open . The as Committee to Seniors all standard ages require of and is Educational low both no , and previous sexes therefore . Unions , and examination those an in connexion encouragement above to sixteen qu with alify

    years them for age the Final pass Examinations of the Society of Arts . At _JLeeds several of the successful candidates underwent this preliminary ordeal . Secretary of the West ABMETT _Hiding BliAKE Educational , Board .

    was [ The made -writer to Mv of . the Pickering article , referred who is to Co , states -Secretary that app with lication Mr . Blak for inform e , and ation that a letter was received from him to the effect that no inconvenience had been

    • in the experienced a questions separate , at room and Leeds . Hie The , classification but examination not mentioning , and was these mixed that are the as the regards examination only points the examiners for was which held ,

    the advocates of mixed examinations care to contend . We have pleasure in nation Inserting j which Mr . mi Blak ght e , 's we letter believe , as , calling be of great attention use to to girls the whose Elementary education exami _foas - irlthis exami

    nation been neg at lected Leeds . , last We year are . informed Among that them nineteen , three , who g were s passed of the required - age there , were Hitherto passed on this to scheme the Society of preparatory of Arts' examination examinations , and has took been certificates

    -. compa ratively limited in its ' operation . We should be glad to hear of its extension

    to all the local centres . —Ed . ]

    430 Passing Events.

    430 PASSING EVENTS .

    Lxxiil—Passing Events. * I

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    the London examinations for 1862 , took place on the lltii December , at Willis attendance ' s Rooms of visitors , the Bishop and friends of Oxford , -who app presiding eared to . take There great was interest a numerous in the

    address proceedings . After . The expatiating Bishop of on the Oxford value delivered of the certificates an eloquent and prizes introductory to the salutary competing guiding youth influence —not onl — y and in on sup the ply stimulus ing stimulus which , but they in likewise exercising give to a

    the efforts of teachers , the Bishop referred to the religious difficulties , now

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/70/