ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIPS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 696, 9 July 1859, Page 5

ENGLISH SCHOLARSHIPS.

To the Editor of the LytteUon Times,

Ste,—No -woll-wisher to Canterbury can have read the suggestion'whiclv appeared ;in the columns of; your .■■contemporary:'.last--weclv respecting ihe establishment of English Scholarships without cordially'joining the!:\vriteii:in; tho;liope'.thiit: such a, scheme may be, approved and adopted by the (Provincial Council. - v V. .: .-..'. :.::- . ■'.•

It is obvious, however, that that body could not reasonably be expected ,to: entertain any proposition upon the subject;'.unless• it-could- be'proved to their satisfaction -that the .machinery? already provided for the education of the youth of Canterbury- was producing results : ; sufficient;:to,-.[justify them ia settingapart yearly a considerable amount of public moneyV On; this' point I have 'considerable doubts.- Rumours reach, me from. time, to time implying that somehow or other the" progress of the pupils at the College is not satisfactory, and that two or three years'schooling seem to produce but little fruit. Even^ supposing that all the boys whose cases have come. Tinder my, notice .vnay happen to be particular]}' dull, one would expect them to make, at least, a fair progress. If this is not the case, there must be a fault somewhere; and I now allude to the subject in the hope that those who have been at. the College maj' think it worth, their while, in justice to that institution and the province, either to: deny or corroborate the statements referred t0.... :-;

I will yield to no one in the colony in sincerity asa, well-wisher to the College;: and my wish to see it as efficient as possible for the training of our boys must be my excuse for broaching a subject which may not be altogether agreeable"; to the Collegiate authorities!' ■ ■ . . : .: ■,

"I am, Sir, respectfully yours, A COLONIST,