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ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY SCHOOL.
ABERYSTWYTH COUNTY SCHOOL. ANNUAL PRIZE DAY. The fifth distribution of prizes at the Aberyst- wyth County School took plays on Wednesday afternoon in the Schoolroom. Rev T Leir (Chair- man of the Board of Governors) presided, and he was supported by Principal Roberts, M.A., Mr Vaughan Davies, M.P., Mr Samuel (head master), some of the governors and the school staff. There was a fair attendance of the oatside public. The Chairman in a short speech opened the pro- ceedings, and in the coarse of his remarks said that there were no prizes given when he was a boy in school (" Shame from the boys). The schools of those days were very different from the schools of the present day. They bad no degree masters, but instead degraded masters (laughter). His master was a drunken tradesman who bad failed and spent by far more of his time in a public house than in the school. Many a time the pupils went as a whole school, like a regular pack of hounds, and imitating the cry of the hounds hunted their master out of his den in tbe public house. But when he was seven and a balf years old he received a New Testament as a prize and had read it through many a score of times, and learnt most of it by heart. He wished them all success and hoped they would gain the great prize of eternal life (hear, hear). LETTERS OF APOLOGY. The Headmaster (Mr D Samuel, M.A.) said that letters ofapolog-y had been received from Mr 0 M Edwards, and Mr D Lloyd Morgan, M.P. Sir Lewis Morris who wrote that he was sure the school would be a very valuable adjunct to the College. In writing to say that she co:ild not attend, Viscountess Parker said that her old home and all connected with it was very dear to her, and she was glad to find that she was not forgotten there. At some future day she would be glad to distribute the prizes. Letters were also received from Mrs Morgan, Nantceirio, Countess of Lisburne (who will not spend Christmas at Grosswood), Mrs Darlington who was ill and Mrs Dean Phillips, Who was prevented being present owing to a previous engagement. THE HEADMASTER'S REPORT. In his report the Headmaster said that since the opening of the school in October 1896, 419 pupils had been admitted, of whom 265 were boys. Since last Christmas 71 new pupils had been admitted, of whom 32 were girls. Many of the pupils did not remain long and thus failed to reap the advantages which the founders of the Welsh County School system essayed to set before their countrymen. He went on to record the visits to the school of various inspectors as well as educationists all of whom con- gratulated the school authorities upon baving sach splendid buildings. Three of the pupils obtained honours certificates as a result of the CeMtral Welsh Board Examination, seven pupils obtained senior certificates, and thirteen obtained the junior certi- ficate. In the stage below the pupils acquitted themselves on the whole very creditably. They showed growing interest in drawing and the Art Master expressed himself satisSed with the work done. The Rendel Exhibition ofelo had been won by a pupil of that school, and a county scholarship of £ 15 kad been awarded to another. Both pupils had begun their studies at,tbe College. Five pupils passed the Matriculation Examination of the Welsh University, and of these three took honours. Then followed a short account of the work done by the old boys, and the progiess they were making in College and business. In the letter jufit read Sir Lewis Morris had spoken of the school becoming a useful adjunct to the College. That had already been realised, for they offered to the students every facility and opportunity for training themselves under their Teachers of Methods. The College authorities had often availed themselves of these facilities and he hoped that in the future the system would be more regularly seized and more thoroughly developed. In another way, too, they had realised the wish of Sir Lewis Morris, for there were in the College 25 pupils of that school khear, bear). For the July scholarships offered by the eounty 29 pupils sat and the majority of these came from Aberystwyth, and it was to be tegietcea en at a larger percentage of the candidates did not come from the country districts. He re- gretted the long absence from the school staff of Mr Thomas Owen, who had broken down through ill-health, and whose co-operation was most valu- able to the carrying on the work of the school The school had also suffered through the departure of Mr J H Howell, science master, who had left for New Zealand, to take up an appointment at Auck- land. These vacancies bad been very ably filled, in the first case by the appointment of a new Science Master. He had to thank the Governors and the Clerk (Mr John Evans) for the way they had helped the school, of which the staff could not be xurpassed by any cehool in Wales. THE PRIZE LIST. Prizes were distributed by Miss Maria Jones to the following:—Upper VI., David Jonathan Jones Stephen Owen Owen Lower VI., Ebenezer Thomas, Elizabeth Cruikshank, Hubert Jones; special prize, Rachel Ellen Thomas, Jacob Meurick Jones; V., Lizzie Morris, Mattie Cruikshank; IV Evan Edwards, Lilian Davies III., Lewis Pugh, Edward David Evans; If., W E Edwards Mary Jane Phillips; I., John James Edwards, Annie Mary Hughes. Certificates upon the results of the Central Welsh Board examination were also presented.
SCiOOCi SUCCESSES DURING THE…
SCiOOCi SUCCESSES DURING THE YEAR. The following was the prize list :— SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS. Principal scholarship of £ 40 per annum, Rowland Jones Richards;j Welsh exhibition of £ 10 per annum, Catherine Rowlands; Rendel scholarship of zC20 par annum, R J Richards; County exhibitiou of £10 per aouum (for boys), R J Richards; Rendel exhibition of £10 (for boys), R J Ricbards; County exhibition of £10 per annum (for girls), C Rowlands; Rendel exhibition of ZCIO per annum (for girls), C Rowlands. CENTRAL WELSH BOARD CERTIFICATE*. Honours Certificates, R J Richard and C Rowlands. Senior Certificates, Mari Roberts, Maggie Evans and Alun Pierce. Junior Certificate-Mary C Griffiths, John Lloyd, Jane Roberts, John Thomas, Richard 0 Griffith. Matriculation Examination University of London 2nd Division-Catherine Rowlands. Matriculation Examination University of Wales: —Mari Roberts. SOUTH KENSINGTON. Mathematics (fhst stage) First Class-Maggie Evans, R 0 Griffiths, J Thomas. Second Class, Gwen A Williams, Jane Roberts, J Lloyd. Chemis- try (elementary stage) First Class-J Thomas. Second Cla3s, J Roberts, R 0 Griffiths, J Lloyd. MUSIC CERTIFICATES, TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON. Intermediate Division, Maggie Evans; Junior Division, Myfanwy Owen; Preparatory Grade, Maggie K Edwards. Examination for Telegraphists, Lowrie Owen and William Daviej. PRIZE LIST. Form V: First, prize, R J Richards 2, C Rowlands. Form IV Language, M Roberts. English, First prize, G A Williams, 2, M Evans. Mathematics, first prize, M Roberts; 2 M Evans. Science, A. Pierce and M Rowlands. 3 Form III: French, J Roberts; Latin, R 0 Griffith and J Thomas; English, R 0 Griffith; Mathematics, J Thomas Science, J Thomas General Progress, M C Griffiths. Form II: Welsh prize, J Owen; English. Millie Evans and A W Roberts; Mathematics, 0 P Hughes; Geography, R Wynne; Science, 0 P Hughes and A W Roberts. Form I: French, S Ellis; Welsh, D P Jones English. G Arthur; Mathematics, L Williams; Geography, D P Jones and J H Jones; Science, L Williams and J H Jones; Drawing, Wynne Griffith and W Owen; General Progress, Maggie Jones Owen. I' After the prizes, certificates, and medals had been awarded to tba successful candidates, Pro- fessor Anwyl, of Aberystwyth University College, addressed the meeting upon matters connected with the recent progress of Welsh education.
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The Dowager Lady Williams-Wynn has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society. The Yale boating authorities have declined invi- tations from Henley and Dublin. The sub-committee appointed to deal with the proposed local memorial to the late Thomas E Ellis having at their first meeting decided that the me. morial should take the form of a statue to be erected at Bala, are invited to meet at that town on Saturday to decide as to the choice of a sculptor. Cromarty, a northerly Scottish burg, cherishes memory of its most distinguished son, Hugh Miller, and as the centenary of his birth falls in the autumn of next year, the occasion is to be taken advantage of to perpetute in some effective way his association with the town.
- A LINK WITH THE PAST.
A LINK WITH THE PAST. DEATa OF LADY LYNDHURST. The St Jamn'a Gazette saysIt is almost startling to learn that the widow of Lord Chan- cellor Lyndhurst has only jast now died at the age of nioety-fon. Her husband first occupied the woolsack in the Ministry of George Canning, which seems ancient history indeed to us to-day. Lynd- hurst was Chancellor in five different Cabinets- those of Canning, Goderich, Wellington, and two of Sir Robert Peel's. Lady Lyndhurst, who has survived him for more than thirty-eight years, was married in the year of Queen Victoria's accession to the Throne. Her death severs an interesting link with the past, for her famous hus- band, who was the son of Copley the painter, was born iu America four years before the Declaration of Independence, and came to England in 1773. The lady who has just died was therefore the daughter-in-law of a man who was bo-n so long ago as the year when Caroline of Anspach died. She had no son, and her distinguished husband's peer. age died with himself in the year 1863.
♦ MORE CORONATION STORIES.
♦ MORE CORONATION STORIES. THE SLEEPING BEAUTIES. After the Coronation of William the Fourth Mr Hume told the House of Commons that the ar. rangements for getting to the Abbey were entirely satisfactory. "But," be added, "as to getting away again, that was quite a different matter. There was no order or regulation in this respect. The ladies bad to sit until seven or eight o'clock con. fined in their dresses, and I myself was detained for several hours." When at length Mr Hume made his escape with a friend he took shelter in a pastrycook's shop until he could find his carriage. This, however, was nothing compared with the chaos after the Coronation of George the Fourth ten years earlier. A lady who was present related in a letter how she reached home at 10 p.m. "But," she proceeds, we were amazingly lucky in getting off easily, for there were 2,000 ladies and gentle. men sleeping on the benches of the House of Lords at six o'clock on Friday morming. Five hundred carriages never got up to the Abbey to bring up their mistresses, and were seen standing in a string from Hyde Park Coter, with many of the horses taken off and feeding at the side of the street and the servants asleep on the pavement. Imagine the scene The robed peers and feathered ladies all sprawliug promiscuously on the benches, floor, and the steps of the throne, in a sleep so profound as if they were enchanted."
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♦ The following have been placed on the com- mission of the peace for Denbighshire, and are expected to qualify at the Quarter Sessions to be held at Ruthin on the 3rd January: — Major Algernon Edward Johnson, Oak Lodge, Rhosesney, near Wrexham; Mr Edward Evans, Park, Llan. rhaiadr, Oswestry; and Mr Thomas Parry, Llys Aled, Colwyn Bay.1 At a meeting of the Governors on Saturday it was decided that the Imperial Institute, with all its properity, should be transferred to the nation. The Prince of Wales, who was in the chair, said he completely concurred in the policy of the transfer, whieb also met with entire approval of the King. Lord Rosebery was presented with the freedom of Swansea on Saturday, and in the coarse of a brief speech oa the importance of municipal work said he thought that every community which had an elected body to govern it should have a rate. payer's association-a body of activity, full of inquisitiveness, and with an elected committee of vigilance at the head of it. According to present arrangements Cardinal Vaughan will open the new Roman Catholio Cathedral at Westminster on June 29 next, three days after the Coronation. Miss Annie Arthur, a popular Welsh vocalist is to be married on New Year's Day to the Rev Richard Roberts, pastor of the Welsh Presbyterian Church at Willesden Green, London. Miss Arthur, who is a native of Abergele, is a granddaughter of Gweiryd ap Rhys, the author of the History of Welsh Literature." Mr Roberts is the son of the Rev David Roberts, of Rhiw, Blaenau Festiniog, and the author of a critical work on the life and writings of Robert Owen, the Socialist.
ADDRESS BY PRINCIPAL ROBERTS.
ADDRESS BY PRINCIPAL ROBERTS. Principal Roberts, who met with a warm recep- tion said that he had listened, as he was sare they all had, with the greatest pleasure to the report. He had in his hand a printed copy of the report on the school issued by the Central Welsh Board and this combined with other reports of visiting inspectors had produced upon his mind a very favourable impression of the work they had been doing in that school. U ndoubtedlyin a county and town possessing educational traditions as that county and town did possess, any institution must go through a considerable period of probation before it became rooted and grounded in the confid- ence and a,ffection of the people of the district; and that was the process through which that school had been and was going. But they bad bad now year after year proof that the p? ogress made was undoubted (applause), whether they looked at the results of the examinations so far as they coald be and were a fair test,, or whether they looked at it from the moie searching tests of the inspector, or whether they looked at such vital points as the spirit and tone wtrch animated the school and the manner in which discipl-'ne was carried out. Taken one year after another he thought that they wouldagrea that tbet e was cumulative evideoce which pointed to the wo k done in the t c^ool improving every year (applause). If that was the case, it appeared to him to form a very strong argument on behalf of the school, the teachers and the pupl's, for their receiv;og them into their absolute confidence—(bear, bear and applause)-aud when be said tbei\, confidence, be meat not only those present, but those in the town and district who were interested in the progress of education. And there was one proof of confidence which was within their power to show to that school, and in that way to render it great service at the present time. He found from the reports that the work done in the scientific department had very gieatly advanced during the paso year, a"d he also found that the managers bad found the school with a considerably increased equipment in the form of apparatus. He found at the same time, that the report of the school stated, that no pro- vision bad as yet been made for permanent scien- tific and technical buildings for tb-e school. Now, however, creditable the work under present conditions might be, it could not possibly be com- pared with the work that could be done by that school if that deficiency was supplied (hear, bear). The school could not be said to be competing upon fair terms with its sister schools all over the Princi- pality until that deficiency was made good, until they gave them as regarded the accommodation for the teaching of science and the practical subjects equipment upon the same level as was found in some of the best schools working in Wales at the present time. It seemed to him to be WiTHIN TIE POWER Ot TlIE PEOPLE of Aberystwyth to supply that deficiency. It was not for him to dwell upon the ways or meaos whether by a personal canvass throughout the town and district or by the aid of a bazaar, or by any other means that might commend themselves to the school managers. He considered that there was a b.nding obligation upon all of them to do all within their power to carry it out; otherwise it would oe a disgrace and blot upon the inhabitants of Aberystwyth if it were not speedily done (applause).^ It would indeed be discreditable to that town if at this period in the flood tide of education in Wales, in the flood tide of Welsh Nationality, in the flood tide also in the prosperity of the town as a watering place, means could not be found to obtain £10001 or thereabout3, to carry out this work (applause). If that deficiency was not made good then the bovs and girls sent out from that school would suffer in training upon an absolutely essential side of educa- tion. Whatever efforts the staff might make, and he bad no doubt that they had up to the present made phift to the be3t of their ability, when they considered how immensely important in subjects of scieace and technical education apparatus was there was a limit to tbe extent to which such effo-li could make good the absence of tboie facilities. Therefore he boped that in the course o" a few montis thig deSe'ency would be remedied (hear hear). He would )ike to say a few words upon general and secondary education in face of the Bill which the Government proposed to bring in next session. He would like to call their attention to the fact that it was one.of. the acutest junctures in the history of educatiunin our country, not only for England but also for Wales. It this Bill was to do good it muse have embodied certain great principles. One of these principles was that the authority to be created must have control over the entire educa- tion within its area. If a new authority was to be created for Cardiganshire it should have control of elementary, secondary, and technical education. He knew of nothing more stimulating to education than that there should be called into existence such an authority, and the problems of education still remaining would be in a fair way to solution. Such an authority should be constituted upon a represen- tative basis and two-thirds should be representa- tives of the ratepayers. He did not mean by this direct representation but that they should be drawn from amongst those for the general purposes of administration of the county. Another point was that P NQ LIMIT SHOULD BE IVPOSBD by Act of Parliament upon the rating power in connection with the new Bill. In the last B:n twopence was the limit, which was an absurdIv inadequate one for'counties of low rateable value such as Cardigan was. He did not mean to say of course that the greatest care should not be exer- cised before they went above the limit of twopence, and probably the new edu( tional authority would have to justify its financial proposals before the judgment bar of the County Councils, only he did not think that the County Councils could ask for more. It was to him extremely important that tie new authority should not be hampered by an upward limit of that kind, but that they should be allowed to give to the work of education sccb plOportion of their weans as aftercareful considera- tion they found to be adequate to it (hear, hear). In connection with that, there was a further matter he thought, whatever the proportion of the expendi- ture necessary to the maintenance coeducation was to come from the local rates, that a larger propor- tion ojgbt to come from the Treasury of the country (hear, hear). That was one of the great objects they should have at heart igi Wale- as part of the mission of Wales in education—that educa- tion was a matter for the commonwealth at large (applause). If the great Empire of which they were members was to prosper in the sense in which prosperity was worth having, it would be in a large part owing to the qualities the boys and girls trained in those new Welsh Schools would be able to bring to bear upon that great task (hear, hear). There was one other point. The new authority should have the power ard means to prepare for the training of teachers within its area. For some time in co-operation with H.M. Inspectors of schools they had been endeavouring to bring about schemes which would give the pupil teachers a three years' training in the County Schools and he was glad to find that the School Board of Aberystwyth had already done so. If they in Wales had constructed a system of secondary education it was because they believed that the system rested upon sure foundations and that they need not be afraid (hear hear).
SPEECH BY THE MEMBER.
SPEECH BY THE MEMBER. Mr Vaughan Davies, M.P., who also spoke, ad. vised a freer study of the German language. He saw by the reports of the schools throughout Wales that French was the favourite language but it was not wise to neglect German. As they all knew the Bill referred to by Principal Roberts was in the hands of the Lord President of the Council, the Duke of Devonshire. He believed that the Duke was whistling for the wind of public opinion. What that would bring him nobody could tell. If be would let the Welsh people indicate clearly to them what they wanted he would not have to whistle very long (hear, bear). Education was not a local matter it was a. national question. If they educated the people they raised the nation and the nation ought to help to pay. Tbey bad of course in the House of Commons the Vice-President of the Council (Sir John Gorst), who he believed if he bad his way would briiig in a bill which would meet their wishes. As it was he sat there and scoffed at his own side and sneered at others with his tongue in his cheek and really turned the great qaestion of education into ridicule. Until they could get him to take a serious view and probe up that very sleepy individual, tho Duke of Devon- shire, into activity he did not know when they should obtain the reform they sought (hear, hear). The usual votes of thanks followed and the pro- ceedings were brought to a close. Upstairs the girls of the cooking department gave practical demonstrations of their training in the culinary art.
—C>. BARMOUTH COUNTY SCHOOL.
— C> BARMOUTH COUNTY SCHOOL. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. This annual eveut took >>lace at the School Build- ings, on Wednesday afteii.oon, the 18th iost. The chair was taken by Mr W J Morris, J.P., and there was a good attendance of the general public. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said be was sure that the school deserved great praise for the past year. He ako referred to the great importance of allowing children to stay in school for some length of time, instead of taking them away just as they begin to improve. The Headmaster, in his annual report, said that, in addition to the ordinary school subjects which were taught in the old buildings, they were now able to give instruccion in natural science and chemistry. Although unable to commence teaching chemistry, through delay in fitting the chemical laboratory, till the middle of the autumn term, one pupil had succeeded in passing in chemistry at the Matriculation Examination of the University of Wales. During the year Miss Owen; the head- mistress, had left the school, and he desired to ex- press his admiration of the creditable work which had been done by her. The vacancy caused by her departure had been filled by Miss Jordan Jones. Thirty candidates presented themselves at the scholarship examination and the examiner had ex- pressed himself highly satisfied with the quality of the work. The Headmaster then read the prize list, and the Chairman afterwards called upon Miss Griffith, Arianfryn, to present the prizes.
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