CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2070, 13 October 1885, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

TnK following communication from the held master, Mr Ktowait, was laid befoie the committee at its meeting last night : — To the Chaiiman, ke, Sir,— Sine« the last meeting of your committee, the yeaily standard examination of tho school has been held with, I think, fairly s itisfactory result 1 ?. I ha%<" obtuned a copy of a repoit piepared in the month of October list yir by Mr Hoskin*, lato chahmnn, .vnd Mall 'i membei of committee, at the request of the committee, comparing the irsults of thr examination of 1884 with those of fonnt'i years. The comparison is made cleaily and fairly without tho least shadow of partiality, and that you may see very plainly the exact position in I which the school now stand*. I think I cannot do better than transcribe the salient poinN of Mr Hosking's leport, supplementing it with the corresponding lesiilh of our last examination. Owing to a variety of causes which ho enumerates, the leMilt of the examination of issi wore not particulaily good. Haung carefully specified these, Mr Hoskmg pu> weds: "It may be when a portion only of the school is examined, and the result of the examination of that portion only made known, that the idea conveyed to a casual inquner 11 erroneous, ami in iv be justly so if ho does not make himself fully acquainted with all the facts, and if the system be such that a weak portion or a stiongpoition be examined at will, it becomes necessary to deal w ith the school as a whole at each examination, in order to make a companion. This can be best done by observing that in 1882 the roll number at the time of examination wa* 21!), out of which 34*2 pei cent, passed some standard. In 18S:Uheiollnumbei at tho time of oxammation was 2:50, out of which number :Vi '» per cent, passed some standaid, and m IKS 4 the roll number at the time of examination was 245, out of which 'i 2"2 per cent, pas-ed in some standard." Thus far Mr Hosking. From Mi (iood win's leport you will s,< e that in the piesent year 188 > the 101 l number .it the time of examination was 21>2, out of which 41 i> per cent, pas-ed in Mime standard. To asoid piolixity, peihaps it may be better to set down the lemainder of Mr Hosking's leport, m tabular foim, adding the numbers for lK,x >, thus : — iiPassed in the three lower standards, in ISH2, :•:*: in 188:}, :>* ; in 1881, <r>; in ISS">,JS. Pas,nd in the whole school in 18S2, 7"» ; in IMi, X-» ; in 188 J, SO ; in 188."), 1«>. Peicentige passed lij those pre-ented in ISM, SI per cent. ; 188 1, 1)0 per cent. ; 188 >, ',)"» per cent. . The foregoing figures sjioak plainly enou"h, and t.iken in conjunction with the Inspectors othcul icpoit should gne }'our Lommittee a sufHeient insight into the working of the school during tho past year. I need scarcely add that the f.i\om.iblo results of the examination of 18S."i are in gieat measuie due to the cheerful helpfulness and untiring industry of my excellent assistant and pupil teachers.— l am, &c. W. S. Xi)» uir, 15.A., Head Master.