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Evening Star, Issue 3501, 13 May 1874, Page 2

We wonder whether anything is to result from the labors of the gentlemen who last year composed the High School Commission. This Commission collected a large amount of evidence as to the condition and prospects of the High School, considered it carefully, and prepared an elaborate report. Bnt next to nothing has been done. It seems to be the destiny of the High School to undergo periodical onslaughts of a more or less violent character: to be sat upon by a Commission ; to have the number of boys attending it seriously reduced through the resulting prevalence of an impression that it is going to be abolished, or that at anyrate serious changes are impending ; to gradually suffer a recovery, and then to have the process commenced de novo. Hitherto, also, High School matters have always been left till the fag-end of the session, and have consequently been either half-dealt with or not dealt with at all. It seems to us that something should be done to remedy this state of things, and we would venture to suggest that the Council should appoint a committee to consider the report of the Commission, bring up a well-digested plan, and submit -it to the Council in time to have it fairly considered.