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PASSING EVENTS." 431
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<? Oxford Univ-Ersity Local Examinations...
the happ minds ily overcome of ils , and all that proceeded I have : said " All as that to keep I have ing said unrelaxed as to stirring the efforts up - pup
of instructorsis comp , leted by this third suggestion , that by means of examinations upon , subjects which are dictated b the y those liht well of reli qualified ioutruth to dictate _,
them , and impregnated as they now are with ggs , we should are attaining seek the to second quicken object the which desire and I ventured endeavour to point to strengthen out—that the not intel only
we lectu should al faculties also seek and to to mak guide e their the education powers of into execution those channels more rap which id , but woul that d -
we ensure the utmost advantage to the student and to society . What are those advantages ? I will take first what I believe certifi to at be the has lowest it —the material
he with advantages is him an intellectuall . a . proof Every that man trained he is who not man obtain an . untrained . Alread s a y or many c unintellectual e of the , professions as man were , but , receive always that - y
these aminations certificates which would as sub otherwise stitutes for be what required I may of those call the who m desired atriculation to enter exthose qualified professions This , in lies order to one to department ascertain whether of the medical they were profession intellectuall and to y -
one department . of app the legal profession , and certainly as these _examinations , lowest become advantages consideration more derivable established of from the as advantages them a distinct also extend of institution this . institution But , that so , will - after I the say all material , to is you the "
,, my . young friends—whose countenances are already framed and fashioned in a great e an degree examination by intellectual here or striving there — but after that all past , the labour great benefit has produced is not to in .
you not with escap honestl present a capacity power laboriousl of , usefulness and you painfull go which forth passed you to , serve could throug your not h G have the -od training and acquired your which fellow if you these -men had
examinations crammed men y , . require We want . y , That young is y the men great who have thing honestl of all . y and We fairl do y not entered want
the upon difficult the intellectual ladder of strugg intellectual le of life acquirements , and have . proceeded I heard step the b other y step day up the inion
— of and that . it great is not self too -taug lig ht ht a man story , Step to henson tell even , respecting here- —what competitive was op exami- * nations the system of a for numb this er reason of persons —that for it a seems particular to me office that . it He will said lead , ' to I distrust an
unlimited general app examination lication of of " cramming intellectual . " acquirements It will not be , but a fair it testing will test , as the in a imme good - . is to
diate power of receiving as " cram " what the particular examination bring out , and so , ' added he , ' let me give you one piece desire of is advice—never to
jud every 4 cram ge district . of ' It a goose is a to system spread by the of widel stuffing training y throug . ' and _ISTow hout education , what the we country which shal and l enable throug opposed every hout
honest student to rise gradually to the level which these examinations set before them . " Those of our readers who are interested in the extension to girls of the
arrangements centres generall University y the been Local Committees being well Examinations left received to hav the e b become , y Secretaries will the be Local practi glad c Committees In to ally these learn a dead th cases . at letter At the it is many proposal , difficult the of whole has the to
. obtain a resolution on the subject , and the Secretaries have contented themfavourable selves with . expressing The following their Resolution own opinions has , which been are passed , for b the y the most Sussex part ,.
Board : — " That this Committee will have no objection to admit female _candidatas to the University Local Examinations , should the Universities allow it . "
general of From Lord princi Birming Lyttelton ple ham of , the , seconded we admission learn that by - W of " . g a L irls Resolution . ' Sargant to these , was examinations Esq passed ., in favour on , the subject motion of the to
Passing Events." 431
PASSING EVENTS . " 431
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 2, 1863, page 431, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02021863/page/71/
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