✨ Education Examination Results
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- For the four Scholarships to be competed for only by boys attending District Schools aided by the Board.
Reading and spelling.
Writing, large text and small hands.
Arithmetic, as far as compound rules and reduction.
English grammar.
English composition.
History, sacred and profane.
Geography.
The number of candidates for the preliminary examination for the two open Scholarships was eight, namely, three from Christ’s College Grammar School, two from Christchurch High School, and three who had been educated under private tuition. For the four Scholarships, to be competed for only by boys attending District Schools aided by the Board, twenty-two candidates declared their wish to enter, namely:—
One from St. Michael’s School.
One „ St. Luke’s School.
Four „ Christchurch Wesleyan School.
One „ the Roman Catholic School.
One „ Ashley Bank School.
Two „ Woodend School.
One „ Rangiora School.
Six „ Papanui School.
Two „ Lyttelton Church School.
One „ Upper Heathcote School.
Two „ Halswell School.
Of these, four were considered by the Board as disqualified from competing in the final examination, two from the fact of their being above the specified age, and two from their papers not showing sufficient proficiency in the subjects required.
The candidates, being thus reduced to eighteen, were examined in the Town Hall.
The examination for the Open Scholarships took place in the Library of the Provincial Council.
The result of the examination was as follows:—
The two Open Scholarships were awarded to—
- Arthur W. E. Stiffe, Christ’s College Grammar School.
- Henry Cotterill, „ „ „ „
The four other Scholarships—
- George Merton, Rangiora School.
- James Reeve Wilkinson, Halswell School.
- Thomas Walter Wilkinson, Halswell School.
- John Jones, Christchurch Wesleyan School.
The Board also awarded a prize of books to James Atack of the High School, Christchurch, and to R. Houlihan of the Roman Catholic School, Christchurch, for the very creditable manner in which they passed the examination.
EFFICIENCY OF SCHOOLS.
The Inspector has, with few exceptions, visited each of the Ordinary Schools receiving aid from the Board once every quarter.
He has reported very favorably on the attainments of the scholars, and the zeal of the several masters.
The tendency of the masters to devote themselves too exclusively to the improvement of the higher classes, to the neglect of the children in the lower, as mentioned in the last Yearly Report, though occasionally to be noticed, has now been very considerably modified, and, as a rule, the younger pupils are well grounded in elementary subjects.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1867, No 21A
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Annual Report of the Board of Education for the Year Ending March 1867
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🎓 Education, Culture & Science1 May 1867
Education, Annual Report, Board of Education, Canterbury, School Statistics, School Fees, Expenditure, Scholarships
8 names identified
- Arthur W. E. Stiffe, Awarded Open Scholarship
- Henry Cotterill, Awarded Open Scholarship
- George Merton, Awarded Scholarship
- James Reeve Wilkinson, Awarded Scholarship
- Thomas Walter Wilkinson, Awarded Scholarship
- John Jones, Awarded Scholarship
- James Atack, Awarded prize of books
- R. Houlihan, Awarded prize of books