JUNIOR DISTRICT SCHOLAR SHIPS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2895, 3 February 1891, Page 3

JUNIOR DISTRICT SCHOLAR SHIPS.

Thk following report and detailed results of tliu recent examination for Junior Scholarships wore subu.itted at tlio mooting of the I'.oard i.f Education held on Fiiday l>st. Auckland, January 13, Itf'l. To tlio chairman, Hoard of Education. Sir,—ln submitting the results uf tlio examination fur Junior Scholarships, tlio examiners li;ivo tlio honour tu icpoit, for tlio infutii.Litii.n of the Uoard, that the answeis given by candidates show careful and painstaking preparation. The cliaracti'i' of tlio work done is generally, and in sumo instances remarkably good. Tlio arithiuotic is, as in previous year:;, of high excellence. In I'l'ii-'raphy the map drawing is well aud carefully done, and the knowledge of places of historical and commercial importance is very accural.'. Tlio papers of the be-t candidates m English-language subjects are »c;y promising. The examination on tlio laws .if health dioiv.; that gioat pains hnJ been taken to store the memory with the large number ot facts mentioned in the text book, and somo of the papers givo gratifying proof of intelligence ; but in many cases, the answering indicates a merely verbal knowledge of the subject.— Wo luve, etc., Juhn CAMI'UKLI., J. Llatks.

JT.SI3K l-lISTHICI' SUIIOLAIiSHII'S. Cl.\-s A.— Open to pupils of anv public primary school. Alice M. I>. Dumoen, Kihikihi; Archibald Peak, Newton Eastj Harry S. Gulliver, Ponsonby; Frank \. P.attley, Newton East; Charles Stewart, F.psoin ; Edmund li. It. Prideauv, Avondde; William I>. Anderson, _ Puiisonby ; Willie D .novan, lvauacranga Girls. Chu-s I'..—Open to pupils of schools above :iOO average. Samuel Lewis, Xewton East; Prank Davie.', Wellesloy-street; Caroline S. V. Piasten, Wellesley-street.

Class! C.—Open to pupiU of schools 1001100 average. John J. Krasmas, '1 o Amha Ciiilflneld ; 'Krnest V. Hall, Tararu ; Alice- (!. Plumley, Otahuhu. Class b.—Open to pupils of schools under 100 average, .loshua X. Oatenby, Epsom ; Predeiiek J. Brown, Mangere. Ckkti.ii-atks. or PnonciKNt'V. — Fredk. I*. Buiy«-s, Kiiiuior.iiiKa Oirls ; Alan St. 0. Brown, Kpsom ; Annie Jane, Mount Eden ; Mary A. E. Eyre, OnehutiKa ; Susannah M Arey. Bereslord-ativel. ; Maud M. Craw-fn-d Tuuahpre; Patrick McKeown, IsVuuawahia ; Blanche Tit» itlnek, Mount Ivieo • Ada M. CnckeU, Hautapu ; Willi .m H Maddl, Pnkckohe-We:A , Percy H. V , ..i■'■Wi,. ll lJ,.:'- IlprM.it M. Phillip--1,',,, (I.Whunj'a ; Ha. ,ld Y. Law, Te Aroha ; Alexander Monro, Kemuera; MaTT L. WiU>u, Pouionby; Adelaide linM.i. Dewe.iprtrt . Claude V.. Heiuu», Pon.v.nby ; May 11. Kobe.-Um, street; Harry P. K. l-'oster, Wellcbley street; Krnest Alison, Hevoiiport ; Amelia V. Siiiinionds, Puiisonby; Oeoi'Ru C huvis, Newmarket. , Piuin what we can U.-arn a serious inistuUs has b-en made in the allotment of some of th-i scholar-hips ollered by the Auckland Hoard of Education, and lati'ly competed f,,r l-'orue'ily, in eon-eq leuee of the advantages enjoyed by the large schools, it „■„, fuiinil that it wa- next t- impo-side for the schools with an h.-.than (00 to secure schol .r-dnps, and as two Um.ls of the children in the province attend theso schools, tlio Board in August, l.s-i'.i, alter much nfjitutiun by cjuutry ciuwittCQ^

~,,,,,,1 frr-h regulation* for the establish u out of -cli'dai'ships (,'iviiif? »n exclusive ,;..|,t i,f "ii.'-t-aith "f the scholarships , iV,,,,m1 each voar ta schools with an avei-ai;.. : i ; i t '„ , I ; ll 1 ;„ c ;. ■„, \,,„ u,,,,. 100. ti... '.. lt f , f schoo!- with an av-r.-ige attend mc- of I. -s than 100 is, aecrdhiK t,, t |„. Hoard's lemilaUnns, not to exceed two pupil teachers beside the head teacher. Of course the Hoard's scholarship repmla--I,,ins were base,! upon the. teachinß power 1,,,.,,,.,, in a school with an averse of less thin -i 0 one teacher has f..i instruct *ix . ind.in'l and two primer classes, whereas wlrii the head teacher K ets a,si-tince he is „„ ,vor h-s- enabled t" manipulate his staff ;,, such a way that he can pv» sp.-c.al • eliolaiship instruction, which is absolutely imtr'ssilile when there is no assi-taiice. In ,[„! p,e-ent instance ,t appears that the two scholarships ollered by the 1.0.rd for lion's with in ave.-a'-e of under 100, have been allotted to schools actually with an avcriL'o of less than 100 but with a tea-Inn--till' in evcess of the requirements of the. elioo! tint is t" stv with a teaching stall -utlici'-nt for sea",,ls with an averairo of over 100. This allotment ol scnohirsh.p* is ,leeide,lly contrary to thcspiritofthe l.oard s re-nilations, and we unreservedly athrin that one of these scholarships is won by \li-s Maud Marion Crawford, a pupil .; t , LM winch ha< an a 'eraae "f und'-r-10. and ,s tau-rht. by one teiehrr and that the second beIoURS to either .V K :irnawa!iia ",- IPuitipu school .;„„ut which we h-ue no information. We

feci s'irtf that tho !>Kivd will act iti ;v .traißl.tf-rwanl manner who.) tliev ui'jet tn ill-cuss tlx: protect lodged by ||n;"T:iiiia!ienj school c-nriiiiitt"n. and (live tin!-j heavily handicapped little country schools what they are justly entitled I". \:i thuro is ail flection for throe inunioers of the Board approaching, it behove.- all ci>ll ntry school committees to watch the action oE tho members of the board in tin* matter.