MATRICULATION PAPERS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 10

MATRICULATION PAPERS

. SOME SfROWG COMMENT. . The reports'of' the'oxalninors in tint vwiens, subjects' in the Hintrkulatiun eismraatton for 191:3 have boon'prints od, And lire'new available foi-.'.llio'{pti& iiHrt! of et-htiols ri-ttd 'teachers. Seriie to? tlwa remai-fo hiadis by the examiners aio ■as 'ttmfer :•■'- ' ': ' ' ' ; ::. l&Wtr:. ■ This , is liArcH.y'a'favgtiralite fpjMri oi the whole. '-"11l Lstfn','" $ay-the-ftaKtm-' hiers, "if isiifrt sufficient to know' each ivotd sßjrarati'ly •.: tliere are infiesioits demanding mi' accuracy of mental preeess that the-stiisly '<#, niodertv language." does not involve. Tlie great ha'ito of our classical teaching' to-fey is the ever-an* notation' of.tojrt'n.- lii. preparing' an author, pupils are apt fiwtof ajl to rttatl tho moaniii'g—flfteii it'iE tho tfa.nslsi-* tioii —of a sarteiipe in t-iie nates, th<?u find it- ii> the Ijat-iiVj and look : y.p a diotionafy—of. Hinrii i*r»>lial)ly, * vocabulary— ~mt any jjtiltjiiown: word. Thus oi'der of procedure, 'is ■inverted airf the di:s«iplihary • effect' of 1 th,o stu% of-Latin isiargtfy'.lflst , ; Bj ; all jne&fi's let its nfabe this ;stii% as-in-teresting and as 'linnianisrog' as ;i we '.can, biii witJiottt--i«<!i4eßtaHy sacrificing its efficiency as a mental t-TainMlg... 1 wouM suggest ,in .extension, of, the ta»vo ■|ex-o-ted in class to -onseen translation, and the principle ef making homo-, preparation- rather a- revision o'f tfS'tdal [ work doiie in class -than a breaking of JB<* "grjttind.. ■-~.-'.• .••■•-' ■" *Fer let me puss.

plfiise, , fra-s the.despsiriftg «t' ono of. the poorest, fff ,t& papers. Siarh; a diieet .address'to' tho'exariitn'er is uneomrtieft: morts- insistent Is the mttte ap* peal of. the comparativoly large mimbftF of candidates wla-o havfe probdbly Worked hard, bnti iiinslicapped by lii«k 'of natural aptitude" or of opporMmity for stiidy or of'adequate flirectioii, havo just 'fallen short of th<?- stahdahl." ■ CrMk-. •' . "Of the' seveutccn pagers, ni«e- fell lielew.tbe mark. .Several of fclinse that passed froro' uiisatisfactory: There was ho realty good ' paper. GraMtar «as very ißaechtato iiiid siers'ppy.". ewgllsh. Twe'nt-y-'five' per «ent. of the cftiidi: dates failed K -paper A and 451 cent. in.paper B. A total fif, 123.3 papsrs were presorited, .-Jjivfc thorp. \\;as not ii' smglo realty .biftlfefft candidate, the highest mhrkSbeingfg.outcf 100. "tho ■ptirjiaso of Eiigfeh fs twofold:, to «n----g,bl.e the studtin't ,to...grasp tto meaning; bJ'.a pitssegc;.aitd.tij enaoto htm tjj ok' ', press .his ftsvn : i.ideis.. Hence .tho. ini' partaiice,- m!tcacljiijg, of mikirig reading lesfop ah'oppgrtuoiiy. for testing and dfrve-Jo'piiJ&.'lilie powm; to. espress ki : <)thc'r-*ot;ds the -mcaniri«-«f wJiftt .Itas lie.Bil'rt'a'i . tteuce the value of pa-rap/hraife," 6jif:6i .th<J Kijist.iri.pftr* {■ant .parts Of every■'■eSatejri.atio.n \vx\iet ib.iiigtisH: Jti(3;ge.«-by this test', tho tastt'Hs were .:diiiapp6ir! : tmi>," Pflger A. as rf'«'li<|fej however, \vas considered 'satisfJiHwily sWewptccl. ■. , • \VitK.-Tefard. tb ffo. essiy ;i-a J!jp4r:B, the reiiiatliS: '-'Sl»tiitd : ltii. sontittieiUailty'. al«I aul'j?ib:.pfa.!tit.fi4te were ifeolcrl.. off drontliul. fiue-ncjn It. Wfts sjghifeanty.hawever, tljat the ■n%e. .t|i6 .Moral wSftfiinsShts. were, it;hewflree r '.be«BHie tlie granr-m-ar i.u-d ilifl iriidisi' ffe .dietiefi. . H«i-e ffn.d there,,hoW'Wyii'i tlie 323H e'ssaj-s mo., .detected the' saving . grace of h(imbllr/ ? -~.,-. Giarman. -. ■ > Fiv : e. rairdWatcs 6ui of seven.pjisp.etl : . The o'fctie'j- two linMrte te getajy'H'here nbac-.a pass. ■ ■

. taatherp&fjcs. j "BroaAJy tho tfeSnks may > he regarded-as satisfactory, t he iiuiivber of candidates ftuite }iMii to. fate the j e'rdftit hi s-n 6*am ; inat.to:ti siiita-tife for j tjte end of a teti.r years' cbinse at -a EWoftda.¥y schoolis. small, ■ ihfe jwrMirtajso of eandidaWs that ebtfriti not leSJHteir the ■iniiiliftnjji. of : ttuirits required hit a pa§s,ts somewhat- : greater this year thaw test The style '. (if five papers is, on tho whole, .satis"-' fft.etoryi tlio work in the majority of cases being set out pjeafly end methodicalty." In regard to fapet B, tile «sHjf}Jtter&,Bay: "As a whole tlift ftorli fras ivcjihcr Jjettfr nor wersss tlian lisunlj artS no paFtj.dfttiir <Jeiic?eßby. . iii._ the ■teaching of tlie silb.jccit was outstanding.'* HiStofy. •"On Ehft trhote it sefrms.te nie," retfe.eiaminfer , , "tlrat J. can trii.ee '< disjinct ihvtiteteiiitot, in thi> s s)-ualitj' at the iyork done in this subject for ma.V.Mtlirtien.' the.past foaj- or fiv.o x&itfs.'. But tfco,gßiioi-al.c!iai , riptef of tljo i* ,; c,fk stiti) >B..rtiy. opinion, teiivfis iffUci trt be desired; and. the japers show hi a many ivlys.lack-*f Batisfee-' j torj: tttttjdij as \ydij as. Itek «)t prepcf prdpaßttiou for •CKn.nviihatkft purposes. . . . fhe list? ,qf; glaflg is far too widespread—'flngltind was : t6 : p dogs' 'wlien%"«r tltfj foreign ijdjijtfal wj game to come bilt it Was.his lucts to get spia.skeci n;pV ■aact'siflaiiar colloquialisms s«o® to. .ifto.. vor.v Qb3eotioii!ali ; l& iit ioif.s worfe of/this .itiiid. But siieh faulte a.j tliftsfi cpitlcf easily be .ejadfeivted by thd toacKbrs,. if. tfe?. pupils retftivod regular prac.ticd; ; oM,ttsa|n : iiii»tion work." the osami»efs in' ptagrapfry, physical fif'iftilfpj jiitufal SCteiiie, sgrieuttiiro, jind: drawing hi : ve. fcprted f«voru?ably o-ij tte effbrte of the p.anfjiflates in their 'sections .of the.ftXaminntien, •■ : . The fcp.9fts.9f ll.e tfxftnjiiiera in thp enr>ranrD BXa,nijijatjon Wd al this ?jimc tvme a*= tho nafaici.ila.ti.on a;E<i also svaijabfe, asd riray be oiiaih.»>d by tpatliefs i from tlio Registrar of th.e 'New 2eakiid University, , . • *.