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Number of students belonging to the College during 1907 ... 17 55 72 Number who withdrew before the end of the year ... ... 3 1 4 Number in attendance in December, 1907 ... ... ... 14 54 68 Examination status of students in December, 1907, — Not passed Matriculation ... ... ... ... 1 4 5 Passed Matriculation ... ... ... ... ... 13 50 63 Passed Canterbury College first year ... ... ... 4 10 14 Passed Canterbury College second year ... ... ... 6 14 20 Passed Canterbury College third year ... ... ...2 5 7 Passed B.A. degree ... ... ... ... ... 1 2 3 Passed first section of degree ... ... ... ...2 6 8 Examinations sat for in November, 1907, — M.A. degree ... ... ... ■■•■ ... ... 1 1 2 B.Sc. degree ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 1 1 Second section B.A. ... ... ... ... ... 2 5 7 First section B.A. ... :.. ... ... ... 6 11 17 Departmental status, — Full B certificate ... ... ... ... ... 0 2 2 Full C certificate ..'. ... ... ... ... 0 3 3 Full D certificate ... ... ... ... ... 5 19 24 Partial C, or part of C... ... ... ... ... 4 18 22 Partial D ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 17 21 Without classification ... ... ... ... ... 3 8 11

Report of the Principal of the Training College, Dunedin (Mr. D. R. White, M.A.). The following report summarises the chief facts in connection with the work of the Training College for the year 1907. The classes assembled in the first week in March, with the following attendances : Second year in class, 7 men and 34 women = 41 ; first-year students, 12 men and 27 women = 39 : a total of 80 students, the maximum number permissible under the Training College Regulations. Of the second-year students, seven left towards the end of the session, taking service under the Education Board; one first-year student withdrew, thus leaving a total of 72 as the roll attendance at the end of the year. The Attendance at University Classes; — All of the students attended one or more classes at the Otago University. The attendance at each class was as under: English, 37; mental science, 35; education, 39; Latin, 31; French, 8; mathematics, 8; physics, 1; mechanics, 1; and geology, 1. Many of the students secured first place in the University classes—for instance, of the ten first classes gained in mental science, eight were College students. Forty-five students kept terms. The number is not so large this year as last, quite a number failing in Latin. If we reckon subjects of instruction, there were 25 first-class and 59 second-class passes secured at the annual and terms examination. I think this is a very creditable result. The following have presented themselves for University examinations : 14 for the first section of the B.A. degree, 1 for the B.A. degree, and 2 for the M.A. degree. This shows that the College students appreciate the privileges of proceeding to graduation. Teacher's Certificate Examination. —For the 1907 examination the results were approximately as under: — Full D certificate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 Partial D certificate ... ' ... ... ... ... ... 18 Full C certificate ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11 Partial C certificate ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Passed in four subjects or fewer ... ... ... ... ... 5 Absent or failed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 80 The Course of Study and Training at the College and University.—A. record of the successes at the University and at the departmental examination constitutes but one aspect of the work of the College; the other aspect, and that perhaps the more significant, is the practical training which the students receive in the art of teaching. The arrangement of the practical course must always be, I suppose, a source of anxiety and thought to the head of the College. Is the course the best possible? One is often led away on side issues—often tempted to exaggerate the value of this or that view of training. Looking at the full course of two years' training, I have tried to avoid the extremes that are implied in the words "theory" and "practice," "ideal" and "real" training. I have, in the past, often pointed with satisfaction to the fact that a student had given a great many lessons, had taught so many hours during the session, as if that were the best kind