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    A MEMORY OF EDWARD TURING.*

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    The Educational Annual For 1890.*

    Education legislation . ' Code In of last speaking it of is contended the English in year

    , withdrawn these pages without that , thoug Parliamentary h the measure discussi was on ,

    its have opponents gained by have their ' yet temporary to show defeat what they of a

    rational and reasonable measure of progress / The remission of school fees in many of the

    o el f em considerable entary school interest s of Scotlan in any is a circu attempt mstance to

    fo Eng recas land t . the progress of popular education in

    to stimulat This new e the dep advocates arture in of Scotland Free Education is likely

    and in Eng it is land not at and all Wales improbable to fresh that exertions this sub- ,

    b jec r t , i ht n before some definite Parliament form . , ' w The ill shortl valent y be oug pre

    feeling be with said to respect have to assumed elementary an attitude education of may

    uncertainty expectancy . as There to what is , may unques hap t p ionab en in ly the , much near

    future . The only progress in numbers worthy of note is in the Board Schools . School Board educationthough increasing in efficiencyis

    slightly diminishing , in the cost per head , . Voluntary education is , as a whole' , practicall * yv

    stationary . It appears that the school populat hundred ion is incre thousan asing d a at the and rat th e e of mai ab ou burden t one year

    of providing increased , accommodation falls upon the School Boards . For the year ending

    sa Marc nctioned h 31 , additional 1889 , the loans Education to Schoo Department l Boards

    for England this and purp W ose ales amoun of which ting London to £ 779 received , 558 in

    a tte 195 c / nda , 250 nce . i The n 1869 number was , one of children million in averag ty-two e

    thousand two hundred and ninety-nine ; in 1888 , three millions six hundred and fourteen

    increase thousand of nine more hundred than three and and sixt one y-seven -third —an in nineteen years . In the corresponding period

    from the annual £ 1673 «/ expenditure 306 to £ 9043 , howe 565 ' ver or , has increased wards Ct X of up

    five and , , -third times , . ' , We , have not left ourselves space to examine the full list of

    s other chools matters and colleges which more iven in or these less intimatel pages , or y

    conce 6 f educa rn t and ion illustrate in England the . scope and progress

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    : is The Publishers' Circular jan . 15 , 1890

    A Memory Of Edward Turing.*

    A MEMORY OF EDWARD TURING . *

    Few schoolmastero of modern times have exercised a more complete moral ascendency

    Thring over HV ^™ ™* " ^ ^™ ^™ ^™ their ^^^ k , ^ m ^ head " ^ " ^» " pupils ™ " ™ ° ~ ^ - ¦— master *— ~ than ¦ ~ ¦ of ¦— the U — lat pp MB e ing Rev Mham . . Edward Two

    harness years and at U a hal ing f ham ago after Mr . thirty Thring -four died years in '

    labour ¦ in ^_ a school ^ k ^ to , which ^» m ^ his HB A ability ^ A K A _ and success long ago gave almost a world-wide

    renown . Mr . Skrine was for seven years an Upping V *** fHlt HK ham ladand - for fourteen -- -- --- - - - - years - a

    wor - ^ . ^ M ^ ker <**^ ™ at ^ -V ^ W *^ rm Mr »*» -w . Turing - ~ , -j — — ' si de in t ies __ , , of _ closest _ .. , , P — intimacy , and he tells us , in a brief preface to

    this fascinating book , that he has always held Warden nmucii ? A Aicnory of Gleimlinond of MJdward M Tht ^ cmillan ing . ii 3 & y Joh Co n London Huntloy and Skrine ,

    life York '""" : ** ' vrlcUUllilUHu ii " ¦ ' . . juiuuiiu »« n > vv .. , , x . uuuuu miu . Now now .

    the a ' deb preparation t his of such future a literary wers tribute since to the be upon po ,

    evening when my great master bent over a young write my boy ' ep itap yme f h . "' , an The d sai book d , " You does _ __ shall not

    profe bio - - — — ss h to ^ - . be It ^ m ^ in is merel any sense a volume of the of word recol M ^^ ^^ a - ^^ grapyy

    its lecti author ons and says impress ' i sing ons le ; o t b serve * memory runhel , ' as

    by any materi , als beyond the few letters , and memoranda which are in his own possession . '

    way Mr . Skrine various sketches aspects in of a the genial work and of suggestive Edward

    thing Thring , a , t leas h t , of h the elps secret us to of understand that fascination

    someth which — ' e — rank — the grea t l ¦ e schoolmaster of his — — «— ils exercised " - — ' . » ¦ He - ^» - was V V over ^^^^*^ a ^^^ pup

    s tern the disci back plinarian of his , resistance and there to wrong no ge -doing tting .

    severe Mr — . Skrine — almost thinks ¦ beyond that reason - occasionall — — - —~ — in — ^^ the - ^ y h use ^ e - ^^ " ^^ was of ' ^^ 4 M

    b languag ring ^^ ing % e down of condemnation the naked , ~ and ge ^ i — was of - — a ' princi t given p £ — to le

    h with uman unconventional conduct . ' On austeri the other ty upon hand poor the

    respec who — — B le t school of ¦ persons felt that woul neither d — m ^^ ing ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ' ^ passion ^ le ^ ^^^ wi ^^ th ^^ ^^ , ^^ nor ^ his ^ ^^ ^»^^^

    examina decisions tion as a on ruler some . ' rather The boy grave who , charge under broke out with "I know ¦ I shall have mr justice ,

    have sir ^ — — , " spo been — — — ke - a the — - few general mistakes — — — — belief ¦¦¦ — » ^ w ^ n with * w ^ n . ^^ ^^ ^ There ^ p which » ^(^ ^ t ^^ w ^ may 9 ^ * ^ the * ^^ ^ r , ^ ft

    have memor — been y of some takes will - of tax jud him — gmen — — , ^^ bu ^ t ^^ . t Who ^^ they v ^^ v ^^ b - ^^ p ^ m ^^ m will can ^^ r ^^ ^^ ^ s ^ r

    adminis Mr . Thring ter j ' ustice knowled so long ge and of ch not arac make ter was them 1 '

    humou stinctive r , was keen probabl , and unerr y a ing much ; and more his sarcastic effective

    all weapon this , W even he had than — a — his grea ^ 0 ^ V cane — t deal ^^ . ^^^ ^^ ^~ ^^^ Yet of ™^ m ^^ , t v ^ enderness —* along w ^^ ^^ ~^^^ m ^^ v p . B .. v ^ wi ^ m ^^^ *^^ t V ^^ F h ; H

    t he good extremel in others y generous ; and somehow and quick he to invariabl recognise y

    contrived to win the confidence of lads who to other teachers were surly , sullen , or defiant .

    t He en knew minutes how ' quie to t insp talk ire with moral him ambi in his tion stud , and y

    gave and worth many of a lad life a whic vision h all of the the sermons true di in gnity the

    school chapel had never taught him . He had ' a supreme contempt for mere succeesfor

    how through the letel whole the of world his cours ' s estima e , he recognised te of , that , compy

    failed heart was to co set ver . t Like he true all capable triumph on gh which -spirited his

    , work men , h Was e was interfered apt to with grow . restive His own when words his

    w man ere : oug * My ht to view be is allowed simple : uncontrolled the skilled work man-

    agement sanction his of the lan work of work . Governors oriinall oug and ht act to p , gy ;

    as to police a fair averag afterwards e is hones to see tly that done the . No work work up

    e can xposed j flourish to interference — ~~ over " ^ ^ " ^ ^^ —¦ ^ " a ^ ^^^ ¦¦ " series ^ ^^ ^ ^ from " ^ ^ ^ i ^ of *¦ •¦ . ^ years local *¦ ^^ ^^ ^> v Jh amateurs «^ which v *» 4 » mk *^ w ^ # ^^ <* ' ^ ¦« is ¦

    or authority . ' I We feel we have onliven a

    imerfeet idea both of the extent y g and very litof p influence which Mr . Thring exerte qua d over y his

    have three said hundred nothing boys about at Uppingham his remarkabl , and e con we - tributions to the discussion of the great

• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 15, 1890, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15011890/page/14/