Rhyl Record and Advertiser

The Training of Public Teachers in Flintshire. IMPORTANT REPORT OF THE DIgEICTOH OF ElJl'CATIQX. At the recent meeting of the Second- ary ',I,;(Iuca,t '(jii of Flintshire, Mr Bnvn Ekans presented the following report as to the work -of pupil teachers and probationers in the county, and the isunie was deferred for further considera- tion T!he greater part of the last quarter having been taken up almost entirely by the Central WelJh Hoard Examinatiuon's and itihe uisual Summer holidays, I have fiititle to report regard- ing the work done during the period by the pupil ;tfathers and probationers. As a whole, the County School instruc- As a whole, the County School instruc- itors ,are well siatisfied witli the progress ,ina(le iby their pupils. In a few cases, however, the (attention o4 the Pupil Teachers' Subcommittee is directed to the unsatisfactory character of the work accomplished, and ithese eases will be carefully dealt with ii 11 due course. In the Central -Welsh. Itoard Examinations, I a n umtber üf both pupil teachers and pro- bationers have acquitted themselves in a manner that reflects great credit on their teaclhers. In tthe Senior Examin- Itioii five pupil teachers have obtained the Honours Certificate and eleven the Senior Certificate, and sixteen have ob- tained the Junior Certificate. In addi- tion, twb of .t'lie p'lipil teachers have ob- tained exhibitions each of the value of £ '■>() per annum. This resulit, however-, is not, in the opinio.n of «me of the he a dni^ters. entirely satisfactory. Mr Lloyd Parry, for instance, remarks It vras the opinion of the C'ommittee that met at Rhyl to draft a scheme for the instruction of ipupil teaohers that as many students as possible should be pre- eiii pared for the Senior Certificate, T!li e result of t'he experiment has convinced I nre that it i.s unreasonable, especially in I view of llé increased stringency of this ( examination, to expect half-timers tü pass in five Obligate!<ry Subjects (includ- ing Latin), uUllss they have previously had the -beneh,t of itihi,ee yeara" full-time instruction, or are of exceptional abil- -I,t V Mr Parry is also of opunion tha,t the ordinary probationer ciUinot be ex- pected to paisis the Junior Examination before he age of 16 unless hg is permitted to enter the County School before reaching the age of 13, thus re- ceiving the benefit of a ithree-years' course of instruction. The mode of procedure at present adopted by the Committee, it may the mentioned, is to select probationers at ttiietaige of l-> to 14 for a ftwto years* course of inshicion and to apprentice them as pupil teachers I alt the end of their term where how- ever, a probationer has sdiown evidence of the necessary abillity, but has failed to qualify .within the specified time, the Committee have given the,ir consent to an extension of the original period. I ould like to bring before your notice a mattter Iwhic.h, in the opinion of a great ] many practical educationists, is held to be of (great importance in the (training of tlhp teacher. I refer to the necessity of giving to young teachers at the outset of /their career some instruction regarding the proper use of their organs of speech. Teaclliers as a class suffer more—btcith Teaclliers as a class suffer more—btcith physically and professionally—from this lack of early framing in voice produc- tion than any other body of public ser- vaults, and many public liutii;ol"ltles- like it/he Eoard of Education are now beginning to recoignise the fact. The London County Council, for instance, aresCtdl continuing the ,courses of lec- tures upon the pnoper use of the voice initiated some years ago for the benefit of Itheir teachers and pupil teachers and tlhe iStoames Trust have done great service in the same direction where secondary teachers and .training college Students iaire concerned. The inability ) to ..ipeak cltarly otwing to incorrect voice j prodrucitiou is. I find, the greatest draw- back to tlhe isuecess of the young Pupil Teachers who have recently commenced iwiork in (our Elementary ;School: It is of urgent rilmpofltmlcP therefoic, that Slome attention be given in the matter as siO'On as ipossible. especially as early training in such a matter as the proper economy and management of the organs of Speech is of paramount importance to Teachers. I,t, on account of an over- loaded curriculum, it be found impos- sible to give half-an-hour weekly to a lesson 'in voce-produetion, I would earn- estly /I'eciommend that t'he matter be borne in mind [whenever a Reading or Recitation exercise .gives an opportunity poiBf'U'g out some of the important ) principles ui^lerlyiuir thR proper mull- ageili'eM of r^lie r-oice. In this connec- tion, I wicaild like to recommend to the ¡ Intructors .two important circullars (cir- cular 407 and 40-S) whidl iliave been J issued iby the Board of Education with a view tr:, imp,roving the teaching of Reading, and in which some extremely valuable suggestions are made.

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Gwaenysgor and its Schools. At tlhe FlinHsihire Education Commit- /itee. on Wednesday, it was reported that [a coinmun'icati,on was received from the Board of Education enclosing copy of corresppndence with t'he Managers of it he Cnwaenysgor Endenominational Sdhool. The Board of Education sta- Ited that they would not be prepared to recognise the temporary .Cndemomina- itional Scho'ol after the olst December net unless they were satisfied that the ^Managers were taking steps to provide new buildings in accordance witvh plans appriO'ved by the Board of Education. T:he Board of Education also stated that it wbuild be a question for the Local Education Authority to consider wheth- er if the Managers were not prepared to ptr'oceed Vilth the building, there was sufficient accommodation in the parish for the children of solwol aige, and if not, what proposal the Education ALitli- oritty had in tlhe niia/tfer. A communi- catitoti was also received from the Man- agers of the Gnvaeiiysgor l ndenomin- aitwmal Sclrool stating that tihey were not prepared at the present moment in view of pending legislation to come to any definite decision as to. the new school. A fuuitlhe-r communication was read frMii the (iiWaenysgor parish meet- ing urging the Local Education Auth- ority to take immediate srtops to provide 'de a new provided .school at Gwaenysgor. lit was unanimously resolved that rwith reference to the L above communi- cations that application be made to the Board of Education to extend the re- co.gmition of the Undenominational Schtooil buildings until the oOltih dune, 1907, so as to give the Local Educati011 1907, so as to give the Local Educati011 Authority and the Mamagers of tlie Ull- I 14 ideJi.onninaft ion a I Sichool "an opp to decide what com se to take with, re- ) gard to the maf'ter.

CURE FREE. Twenty leSeaich has ibruu^KV to light a GUARANTEE D SUR-K CURE io-r Nervous Debility and all its attendant tnseases. This Prescription FLUFREID ME 21 DAYS, al- though I had suffered ^for vars from a debilita- ted, broken down Nervous System'. I will send the Prescription to any sufferer who encloses a stamp-ed-addressed1, envelope. It cures Loss of Energy, Seminal Weakness, Impotence, Rheu- maf'sm, Neuralgin, Skin Diseases, Liver Com- plaints, Nervous iJise.ases of all kinds, and will restore all the 'Generative and Nervous Organs to a healthy condition, no matter how long the sufferer has been afflicted. Dimness of Sight, Wasting DeC'ay, Pains in the Loins, PirrLples and Eruptions on the Face and Body, Brain Fag, Low S'pirits, Timidity, &c. Cure is cer- tain. Write to-day. for it will cost you- nothing. Address T—W. GRAY, Esq., Sutton House, Wood Green, London, N. -Name- this paper.

Prizes for School Children. Scheme by the Education Committee. At the last meeting he attended the late -Air C W J ones drew attention to the faclt that in Rhyl ScluoOls there were a ilarge nuimlber of children who were en- titled to a prize for relguLar attendance, and at his siigigesltion a committee was appointed to deal with the subject. The COi mini tie e has met and tilie following are their recommendations — That a certificate should be given at it lie close of tilie,,elixol year to all child- ren who had attended 92 per cent, of all times the sdhool was open, and in tlhe case Oil tlhese puipiis waio attended 98 per I cent, this certificate should be of a some- wlhalt better character. In the case of small schools that cer- tificates be granted to the ten who had attended highest in the school, provided that there were not more qualified for the certificate. That tlie prize of a book not to exece(I Is in value be gri,ven to all pupils wiho had made full punctual attendances dur- ing the school year. Attention having been called to the fact that theie were a number of children who had attended full time for a num- ber of consecutive years, the Director was asked to send a circular to all sc hiools in the county asking for a list with full particuliars of any children who had at- tended full time for five consecutive years and over, and that when these par- ticulars were received a further meeting I of the Committee should be held with a view to considering how such record would best be rewarded. I —.o|o —■

The Rector of Flint and the Flint Schools. ii e s'd..aN I Speaking at Wednesday's meeting of the County Education Committee, the Rev W Ltl Xiicholas (rector of Flint) complained that since they had been (taken over the National Schools at Flinlt had not been sufficiently staffed. l'ilm Director said the staff was ade- quate the attendance was declining. Ur Williams believed the staff at this school was one of the best in tihe coun- ty "Whatever they were receiving, they were paying a great deal more money than formerly. A statement that one of the classes in the school contained 70 sdholars caused surprise among the mennbeirs, several of whom thought tihat saicli a class was too large. lEventually it wlas decided to appoint one supplementary and one uncertifica- ted teacher.

I The Flintshire Intermediate I Education Scheme. I. AiPtP O'l X TMIEIXT OF AX AMEND- I tIX G COMMITTEE, Tlhe following (gentlemen have been appointed to discuss the pro/posed alter- ations in the Flintshire Intermediate Education S,cheme: -Aldermen J Her- bert Lewis, MJP. P P Pennant, J L Muspratt, 'and Councillors Thomas W Hughes, iSamuel Perks, and Thomas Parry, tlie Rev Richard Jones, and Mr A Lyon. — §o§

Filling Vacancies. It was reported to the Secondary Edu- cation Cornimlktee by the Clerk of the Rhyl Local Governors tlhat Mr Henry Alberrt Tiilby, of Regent Yiilla, Rih yl, had been elected by the Urban District 'Council a governor in the place of Mr A L Clews, resigned; and that Mr Henry Mi 11 ward, of 5, Clhurch Street, Rhyl, had been appointed a governor by the County Council vice Mr C W Jones, deceased. General Printing of the hig-hesrt class promptly executed at the office of this paper at moderate charges.

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