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Ancient History has not been studied to any extent, except by Merton and Caygill. The latter has answered well, the former tolerably.
The Writing is more successfully cultivated at Pigeon Bay than at the other Schools; all the Scholars, however, write tolerably neat and legible hands. Caygill’s and Ladbrook’s writing is clear and firm. That of Parson is very neat and regular. Triggs and Jennings have taken great pains with their writing, but it wants firmness and regularity.
Geometry has not been studied to any extent by the Scholars, except at Pigeon Bay. The Wilkinsons being very sound in Euclid to the end of the First Book, and having made considerable progress with the second. Merton had commenced the subject.
In Algebra the two Wilkinsons work easy examples up to problems in simple equations. Merton had also very recently commenced the subject.
In Classics Merton and Caygill had gone through the Latin Grammar to the end of the Irregular Verbs, and had done some exercises in the construction and construing of Latin sentences; this has been the work of little more than half a year, and they have at present only an imperfect recollection of what they had learned. The two Wilkinsons had only very recently commenced the Declensions, which they pronounce with a quasi-Italian accent.
In Greek, Merton and Caygill had done a few exercises in the Initia Græca. In both Latin and Greek, Caygill has a more perfect recollection of the subject than Merton.
From the result of these examinations I would respectfully submit the following conclusions:
I. That the progress of the Scholars is so far generally satisfactory; the boys promising ones and worthy of further advancement.
II. That with regard to the Senior or Third Year Scholars, greater accuracy in Classics, and a more even balance of these, Mathematics, and English may be desirable.
III. That with regard to them all, greater proficiency and accuracy in Reading, Punctuation, Geography, and Writing are requisite.
IV. That the English subjects, generally, have been more successfully taught at Pigeon Bay, which is not a Classical School, but a good Commercial one.
V. That with regard to the Ordinary Schools, a very short further stay is desirable for boys long since at the head of them.
VI. That, among the Junior Scholars of 1868 and 1867, Dawson, in his first year, is especially fit for the earliest advancement; and the steady and solid progress of Caygill, a Scholar of 1867, i.e., in his Second Year, but working well in a Third Year Course, is highly commendable.
VII. That the early promotion of Triggs, Jennings, and Ladbrook to a “Superior School” is desirable.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1869, No 5
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Examination Results for Government Scholars
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9 names identified
- Merton, Examined in Ancient History, Latin, Greek, and Algebra
- Caygill, Examined in Ancient History, Latin, Greek, and Writing
- Ladbrook, Examined in Writing
- Parson, Examined in Writing
- Triggs, Examined in Writing
- Jennings, Examined in Writing
- Wilkinson, Examined in Geometry and Latin
- Wilkinson, Examined in Geometry and Latin
- Dawson, Commended for early advancement