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French: — Atack has a better knowledge of the language than the other boys; his oral construing was fluent and correct. Wilkinson and Dawson are construing very lamely—these two have a very imperfect knowledge of the nouns and adjectives; and they are all three very ignorant of the verbs. The construing, therefore, must mainly be a rote acquirement.
Latin: — Atack’s grammar and parsing are good; his construing of Horace is creditable for a boy of his age; but he is not equal to what has been set down in the programme of work gone over. Wilkinson’s grammar and parsing are unequal to his construing. Dawson’s attempts at construing are not more absurd than that of teaching it to a boy having so slight a knowledge of the rudiments.
Greek: — Atack. "Grammar to the end of the regular verbs;" "Xenophon, Anabasis, Book I., pp. 10;" "Homer, Book I., line 58." The grammar is imperfect in the declensions of nouns, pronouns and adjectives; the knowledge of the regular verbs is confined to the first conjugation. Scarcely any attention has been paid to the accents. The construing of Xenophon is imperfect; of Homer has been discontinued.
In both Latin and Greek, exercises in the construction of sentences, and in simple, prose compositions should have, at least, accompanied, if not preceded the construing.
RECTOR’S PROGRAMME OF COURSE RECENTLY STUDIED.
Atack.
Greek. — Grammar to end of Reg. Verbs. Xenophon’s Anabasis, Bk. I., pp. 10. Homer’s Iliad, Bk. I., Line 58.
Latin. — Gram. to end of Syntax. Cæsar, Helvetian War (Bryce).
Horace.
Virgil Æneid, 1st Bk., 174 lines.
Geometry. — To end of Fifth Book. With first 45 deductions dod., Bk. I. (Potts.)
Arithmetic. — All Colenso (except a few exercises in the examination papers at end).
Algebra. — To end of page 72 (Colenso).
Mechanics. — Tate’s, 63 pp.
History. — Roman to the Civil Wars. Grecian all, and English all. (Chambers’ Rom. and Grec.; Collier’s Eng.)
Geography. — Anderson’s.
Reading, &c. — M’Culloch’s. Composition Exer.
French. — Gram. to Ex. 21 (De Fiva’s). Chas. XII., 1st Bt.
Elements of Astronomy, Geology, Mineralogy.
Book-keeping. — Single and Double Entry.
J. R. Wilkinson.
Latin. — Cæsar, Helvetian War (Bryce). Virgil Æneid, 1st Bk., 150 lines.
Geometry. — First, Second, and half of Third Bk. (Potts.)
Arithmetic. — To Ex. 50, Miscellaneous Exer. (Colenso).
Algebra. — To page 58.
Mechanics. — Tate’s, to page 62.
History. — Grecian, English, and half of Roman to Civil Wars. (Revisal principally.)
Geography. — Anderson’s.
English Reading. — M’Culloch’s. Composition Exer.
French. — Gram. (De Fiva’s), p. 37. Chas. XII., pp. 30—38.
Elements of Astronomy.
Book-keeping.
Odes, Bk. I., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Bk. II., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Bk. III., 1, 2, 3.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 24A
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Progress Report of Government Scholars at Christchurch High School
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- Atack, Student progress report
- J. R. Wilkinson, Student progress report
- Dawson, Student progress report