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Writing.—For the most part, the Writing was satisfactory, more especially the small-hand; and, with the exception of five or six, the copies were carefully written, and the words correctly spelled. I think a little more attention to the larger hands would be advisable, as tending to give a greater boldness to the Writing. Heney’s Writing was decidedly the best in all his copies; but Merton, Dawson, Parson, and Brake deserve praise.
Dictation.—In Dictation the papers were all fairly executed, as far as writing and neatness were concerned; and on these points, the following boys deserve mention: W. S. Bean, C. Bean, Dawson, and Schumacher, and especially W. Heney. In eight cases, the errors in Spelling, in eleven lines, ranged from four to ten in number, and in some cases there was an entire want of punctuation. Eleven out of the eighteen boys spelt the word “exhibition” incorrectly. Two only—namely, A. J. Parson and W. S. Bean—spelt every word correctly.
English History.—On this subject, Dawson, Parson, W. S. Bean, and Merton showed a very considerable proficiency, answering, severally, more or less accurately, thirty-seven, thirty-four, thirty-three, and thirty-six questions out of forty-eight. Brake, Webster, Kitchingman, Tomlinson, and Carmichael did their papers fairly; but the remainder, although answering some of the questions correctly, evidenced a want of general knowledge on the subject, the questions answered by them ranging from five to eighteen. For the most part, the papers were carefully and neatly executed.
In Arithmetic, I confined myself to a few simple questions as to its use and examples in the simple and compound rules of Addition, Multiplication, Subtraction, and Division, and two simple calculation papers. In the former, most of the boys attempted the majority of the questions. In the latter, W. S. Bean, Dawson, Cole, Heney, Kitchingman, and Merton were the only ones who succeeded in working out any portion of the examples; and that, but very imperfectly. W. S. Bean deserves special mention for the accuracy of his figures, and the exceeding neatness of his papers. Dawson and Cole for the accuracy of their figures. Heney, C. Bean, Prudhoe, Merton, Scager, Melbourn, and Lawrence, for the neatness of their papers. Brake and Scager both showed a considerable knowledge of the various rules, but a want of care in their calculations.
In conclusion, I beg to state that I noticed a marked general improvement in the acquirements of the Candidates since last year; and I cannot too highly commend the patient attention, and orderly behaviour of the boys, during the whole time I had them under examination.
I append a list of the questions in History, and examples in Arithmetic.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
JAS. GEO. HAWKES.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1868, No 32
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Government Schools Scholarships Examination Results
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🎓 Education, Culture & Science29 June 1868
Scholarships, Examination results, Writing, Dictation, English History, Arithmetic
18 names identified
- W. Heney, Best Writing, Special mention in Dictation
- Merton, Praise for Writing, Proficiency in English History
- Dawson, Praise for Writing, Proficiency in English History, Accuracy in Arithmetic
- Parson, Praise for Writing, Proficiency in English History, Correct Spelling in Dictation
- Brake, Praise for Writing, Fair in English History, Knowledge in Arithmetic
- W. S. Bean, Mention in Dictation, Special mention in Arithmetic
- C. Bean, Neatness in Arithmetic
- Schumacher, Mention in Dictation
- A. J. Parson, Correct Spelling in Dictation
- Webster, Fair in English History
- Kitchingman, Fair in English History, Success in Arithmetic
- Tomlinson, Fair in English History
- Carmichael, Fair in English History
- Cole, Accuracy in Arithmetic
- Prudhoe, Neatness in Arithmetic
- Scager, Neatness in Arithmetic, Knowledge in Arithmetic
- Melbourn, Neatness in Arithmetic
- Lawrence, Neatness in Arithmetic
- Jas. Geo. Hawkes