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OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATION.

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OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINA- TION. OOLWYN BAY CENTRE RESULTS BELOW NORMAL. PROFESSOR J. E. LLOYD ON CRAMMING. COMPLETE LIST OF PRIZE AND CERTI- FICATE WINNERS. As usual, tlsero was a numerous audience at tl-e Coiwyn Bay Public Hall on Friday, when the annual priie and oertilicato distjr: bution took place in connection witih the aamual Oxxord local eocami nation. In the unavoidable absence of Mr David Gamble, J.P., the chair was occupied by the Rev. John Fdwarck;, chaimsa.n of tdi.0 Coiwyn Bay Education Authority, and 'he was accom- ¡ panied on the pkatiorin by Prof. J. E. Lloyd, M.A., Bangor Lnivecsuty College, w no attended to pr«6ent tho prizes, Mr Win. Jones, N.i Rank, Coiwyn Ray <wt» witih Miss <J»bam has earned out the secretarial dirties ior several years), Canon Roberts, Mr L. M. Fidnnnson, M.A., Tanybryn fcichooi, Llandudno; Mr Stan- ley Wood M.A.. D.iiglewood School, Coiwyn. Bay, a.nd Mr Glover. se In calling upon Mr Wm. Joaies to present his &TwuL-al report trio Chairman expressec regret at The unavoidable absence of Mr Gamble. Mr VV m. JotMS rc;K>ri<xl that of tiln 51 seniors voiio actuaily sat ior ex.ainmatioii only 17 suc- ceeded in padB.ng, two 01 those, bothgirks, bo- iirig1 sucoeesrul in obtaining 'honours. The exami- nation ots a sievere one. St.U the percentage CfLINCSUALLY LOW FOR THE CENTRE, ar-d distinctly below the m jrage for the country, also the perocffitaigfe was net good &nd below tne average. One giri obtaJied second class honours, 43iie third claoa iionours, and three boys WoOre In tiho lwiior division 57 sat and 32 passeo. Here successful in gsaMLRg « third' class. The oemre usually clone well in tius d. vision. Tho. h?-d done well, 43 out of 50 bring; suocessiui in gaimmg certificates. The p-rcert- •»ge of passes in this sect-om was above the ay^5 Age. In this *\ivison in the ofoers the .'tgh- est position wan secured by a gi.rl drear, hoar), M. D'ovly Watkdas was phwm, in too lirst seo- taan of scoand ilass honours, Those boys gained honours of Lle uurdr class. T'hog.J gratifying xe- eultti. in tho prekiminary reflected the excellence ■j& the preparatory work done in tneir schools -ghear, hear). Tijeie wero OOIlle noticeable fea- twes in connoction with this examination. Ono was tl. ooniparative faiksre in Latm of tho inn or boys, only iour p-iasing out of 19 entered. This was t)«*, more perplexing as the resints obl^-irntxi in uLe subject had usually been good. A pleas.ng' feature which might be s-^t against ♦he icas saUaiactory on&s was the splendid 4ioen jn English. In this bect.on 51 oi 57 juniors and 47 out o £ 5D preluiwcaries obtaiiied & pass. These r<asiilts appeared to show thiit, l»w«ver poor the Engliaii might 030 in other paj-ts of \Va»ei, ii was, judged by the Oxford standard, partoularly well taught vn wi° -r school., (applause). The Oxford i^cai afforded1 facilities for exaniinatioun in a very wide range of subjects. H vgienc, a subject not p eviously tack'.vxi in this "centre, was offered by s<v?-ai -Oaijuiaatoos and a icw jva&sed. A few of tbe aotxkyLs had done very W2.ll, but on the whole the .result was below normal. For t-ie first time for many years not a. single oan>ajdate entered at ,the. centra obtained a. <istiiwtio-ti. He hoped aut tliat stemiag inertness, as it sometimes was, wouid be the precursor of a of great atrti- vitv and successful effort. Since we. last met, »dtied Mr Jones in conclusion, the examination has lost a great supporter, and tho committee IW. cxperienoeti and trusty counsellor in the per- son oi Mr T. G. Osboru, t'he 126to hcad>aiaster of JUydal Mount Scihool, Colwyn Bay. Two year* Ago, Mr Obborn rci-errod in touching ternaa Lo tho less of his friends, Mr James Wood and Mr James Dcville. lie has now joined thorn, and it is esiiecially true of him as. of them that his great work lives niter hirn, d-ffusmg an iaiiu- eiKie for good, the extent of wtæoh can never be Hlbclly known iappl.iuso). PRIZE AND CERTIFICATK WINNERS. Prof. J. E. Lloyd, who was vociferously cheer- ed oa rising then distributed prizes and certifi- -<jatos to the followms' '•— GIRLS. Higher Local: Miss A. Laanbe, arithmetic and iang'Uii^ed, Class III. SENIORS. Honours* III. J. M. Pilgrim, Elwy Hall, tfthyl (Misses Ley and Best); E. F. M-c^ok, Plas Tvion i,Mi £ eej Whitenouse). Pass: C. M. Crove and D. G. Norbhwood, Khvy Hail. Rhyl; H. M. Clwby, County Sohooi, Rhyl (Mr W. A. Lewis); H. J. Stringer, iJi"hor Grade School (Mr E. Griffith). Qyqi Age C. Chaliand, Higher Grade. Sa'nool; V.. M. Griffiths, County hool, Rhyl; S. ijievitt; L. A. Roberts. JTUNIORS. Honours II. J. Malin, Elwy Hail, Rliyl; gold medal offered by Rev. Mareditih Hughes. Honours III. M. Moore, St. Mary's Convent, Jihyi (SSl Su;rior). Pass: J. C. Greig and B. II. Ilorton. Plas M. C. Lewis and V. F. S. Thomas, Elwy Hall; A. Nevitt, Higher Grade School. ¡ Over Age Y. die Naveran and C. A. Kogcr- soai, School, Peamuonmawr (Miss lioward); M. Cuilwick, PlasTinon; N. St. 11 11 Jlarv's Convent. PRELIMINARIES. Honours Ii. M. D'Oyly Wat kins. Higli Befool. PeJhjii'jninawr (Bracketed 1st in Hou. furs IIJ. Pass: D. Hughes, R. Norris, N O'Ryan, a.nd H. Slatt«ry, St. Mary's 1'oavenf.; M. ^aunder- SOD, M. K. Wilkinson, and D. Williams, Higher Gracile- School; M. Mac. Nitloll., Pb,,> ISrion. Over Ag-e: V. Bradk-y and L. von Winckler, et. Mcury's C&nvcsi. J. F. Brookes, Higher Grade School; if. M. Skill beck, High Sdhool, Peaimaemuaw r. BOYS. SENIORS. Pass—Division I. A. C. Capper, Rydal Mount, Coiwyn Bay (G. F. A. inborn. M.A.); T. Sadler, ditto; 1'. \V. P. Sm, L'I-, ditio; T. E. iWaddingiham, ditto; C. Thondircson, Ding- swood, Coiwyn Bay (Stanley Wood, M.A.); R. H. M. Verekor, d tto T. llugbss-Williams, Trc- friw i N, B. Thonuis, liotiiutiaris Grarcimar fiohooi (E. Madoc Jones, M.A.). JUNIORS. Third CI38 Honours: R. J. L. Robnr^s Tany- bryn, LiandudIl10 (Ednninsoai and Montgoiirery); T. E. isSorrs., Dir.gicw jod S. S. J, Travors, ditto. Pass— Divison L: D. S. Clogg, Iligiier Graide Bcihooi. Cohvyn Bay (E. Gritiittis, U. R. ^av.varu, A. Little, K. J. Sb-diey, II. L. Shill- «oolc, and C. F. Tmrner, Ryda.l Mount G. •Jameton H. Masters, J. C. Watson, Dingle- f wood; J. F. W. Walii3, Arvon HOlL, Coiwyn I Bay (R. R. Phillips). Pass Over-age Division: H. Braoewell, L. S. Harrison, and W*. Jackson, Hyctai Mount; M. IV. Maurtua and V. F. De Souza, Dmglewtxxl; J. F. Buck lev and J. Edwarda, Kiiyt. PRELIMINARIES. 1 ii:rdc Class Honours: A. S. Nolan, Rhos Pre- •ara'cry SoijA'oi (J. It. Glover, M.A.); II. B. Fierce, Dng'iewood; A. G. Sykes, Marion House, Penmiiemmiwr (W. Ii. Rhodes, M.A.). House, Penmiiemmiwr (W. H. Rhodes, M.A.). L Passir-Division 1. G. Baiiey, V. A. Hone. N. t ^ury 11. Ll. E. Richards, ii. Simon, E. L. JNikton. and W. B. Wright, Tanybrjn; G. W. Doan, J. 1. J. Edwaids, J. R.'Moaiisda-ie, G. N. JBnnibh, F. T. Walks, aoid T. E. Wassell, Rydai Doan, J. 1. J. Edwaids, J. R.'Moaiisda-ie, G. N. JBnnibh, F. T. Walks, aoid T. E. Wassell, Rydai Mount; G. Elliscn, J. A. Green, D. R. Phillips, I ami N. F. Tetley, Arvon House; G. W. B. Jtbcob, R. O. I'rice. ;md A. Ibert.5. I>irn.dew.ood' M. W. White, R.hos Prepai-aU»ry.. » Past; ■Ovcr-agp lk.vis-.on A. i4 itz-Brown^ PÆ I Preparatory; W. Morris, W. II. Roberts, and C. it L'ok, Higher Grade; C. Parkinson, Rydal I Jioinic. 1 PROF. LLOYD'S SPEECH. I This happy little oercrnony tjver l'rd, Lloyd, 4MkliessL!ig the aud,.e.iioo, said that what now d»- Tolv'd iijxjn h.:m was a formal and uruicKjessary J #art of the proceedings. It was tho ousiom on jbart of the proceedings. It was tho ousiom on occasions for the person whose piea.sajit- itaty it was to distribute the prizes and cerUi- i -cu<te,-> to add something in the way of general re. I tuarks, Jicssibly by way of an antidote to tiiia peasant reel .ngs and joy of'the recipients of tho prizes and certificate* ^lau^likr). He hardly lelt spec:ally qualified for that duty except per- i kaps ior Uie faoct that many years ago he wis a -candidate on more than occa.i.i-nn for those- Jwcal i.waini.nations, and that enabled him at any rate u> appreciate leelingB of those wJIoQ h.;t I gone through the ordeal they had just pas&od through (hear, hear, and laughter). He well I • eniomfcered thø dignified gmtloman who pre- t 6'¡"¡cd over their i>c-ceedings oa 01#of Cicse occa- li.oris attired in academic gown and soarlet hood I and how kind he was when in the afternoon lie gave them hal'f an- hour.&o that chey could see Ccn-ccd Grant-, ",ho happened to he that day a visitor to Liverpool, and to hear the organist play national Mrs on the g-roat organ in St. George's Hal!. Since- than his. interests had lain, in other directions. # Hi3 work, first in oon- Moetion tne Lniv'-orsity of IxJiidon bhon witSi the University of Wates. had nothing to do with secoEukiry oiucauon it^alf; it had ohiof- iy ill (onnection with tho Weiah secondary «\s'eiri, and with that othr sysfrani of local ex- a.m::iat.or.s conducted by a Board which, as t'aoy wore ;)Ji aware, was just now sailing gallantly &<Hxgri trtjmbJecf waters (applause). He wn, I*i*erer, vory glad of that opportunity to soo of the work which was going cm in j that very important oentre of civic life in North Wales. Col'.vyii Bay rapidly creeping up regards population, rateable vakte and the rest oi it to lihe proud position of CAPITAL OF NORTH WALES. He waa not quite SUM whether it had not actual- I ly reitobed tiiat distinction—(itear, hear),—and that tiiie> oomrminity really meant, to play theiir pait, in tibs puhiio life of this part of tlie world was evidiasit Irom tho very successful Nationail EistackiiOil iiexl iiberc in iibe course of the eumraer | nwmtuis. He was also glad of the opportunity to express h.s c*ordiaj goodwill towards tftte in- atitutorts which were cluofly nepreeented at that moot-tig, sahools which in the main 110 doubt w-ure non-local, but owing their popularity and existence very largtely t:) the health-giving pro- perties 0; tihe North Wales coast, but also did to some exte:rit meot tho needs, so far as second- ary educaiuon was oonoeraed. of tihe dj-rt.r.ct in which they found" t-.tomseives, in addition to catering for distant centres n England, tlius xonmtng an important element in the general edruoattonal syst<>m of North Wales (hc-ar, hear). Apart Irom ali that, ihowevec, ho would be giad to play his humble part that aiternoon wore it only out of respsct to the- mcen.ory <Ji one whose iKumo had been aJu-eady nien-t.oned, and whom he would always regard with feelings of deepest veneration ajiii peapect, namely the late Mr T. G. Oeborn. At th<a Una when they unhappily lost Mir Cfeborn nmich was said in many carolee about his pubiic sarvioew— as a niag^etrate, as a prominent iigure in tle IjJ-e 01 that cojnjnunity, his service to the great Coniiiexion to which h& bekaiged, axia for wiikih ihe did so much, his service to etkicat.«4i in generaJ, something being a.6o said of the service he resxlerod to the III- tjtitu-c.ori wuii tthtub fl." ,t1b9 spoaker) was direct- ly connected, tee University College of North Wales. But his service to the University was so pre-anr m?nt tliat he was glad 0: that, oppor- tunity to add one word more by way oi appre- ciation oi the enormous debt winioh the Bangor Coller^ owed for trie many years' service given toO it by Mr OsboriL He was a member of the Couno-.l of t.h.e College aimost from the start, for a gwd many years at any rate before he (Prot. Lloyd) went tOOe, and throughout those years Mr Osborn was what one might regard) as THE BEAU IDEAL of what a member of a body of that kind should bo. Not merely was he regular in 'his attend- ance, 04ton attending as he (the speaker) know at great inoonvenrcWioe, in the jivxist of pressure of sohool work and otaer business; not only did he give liberally—he did not for a moment re- gard the personal servjos wiiich he gave as ex- eanpting lnm from giving his support in othor ways—but the which he playoo in theti-r cum-mittee meetings and gatherings was of a very specially va<hiable kind, and as such was particularly valuable inasmuch as it was not done in pubic, ard therefore did not receive at the tune ainy real publio reoogtriton. There was in Mr Osfcorn a very Impjiy combinationi—a fine .independence of judgment, perfect courtesy and full ooKSHierafajon for ulae feelings and opinions of others. He was emjihatioaily a strong man, always prepared to take. a line of his own, never to bs only just an echo of the opinions of others; he could on occasion alone if he thought tihat ccTGUimstances called* for ail attitude of pro- test On tlie other hand, there was no one more considerate of the opinions of otiers nor more rearly to yield where lie felt he might do so con- aistently with principle. There was no one more easy U> work witih in that sense. He had! vory definite po».tkil and leiigious views, and yet those views were never allowad to influence his conduct in toTbreob,ii vvitn coilcge business; one felt that k- regarded e-very ouc-st on purely from the point of view oi the hig-liest interests oi the college. Mr Osborn's \'tho].' 1,, oonspicu- ousiy ilhistrat-xl the motto or the school with vwn.oh his name woukl always be associated, '"Servloe rat.aer tham Distinction." THE JikXAMiNATFON A NECESSARY EVIL. Continuing, Prof. Lloyd said there were many subjects attracting attenton m educati-csnai spitores which t-oinpled one to speak upon. As a member of the Denbighshire Education Com- mi-t,t<ee, he w¡¡. wdl aware that there was one cducivtional subject wftixaa had great interest to many m ColwJn Bay, and taeie wore other more or less ta-orny topics which one, if rash enough, might embark upon—(laughter),—but bAg, fait it was diue to ttie p»-opr;ete3 01 that OO<- snjin to leave such topics severely alone tliat after- noon. He would there confine his remaining' law sentences to exaaiiinatuous, a. niore or less appro- pr.ate subject unckvr the circumstances. Not that it was a very agreeable one. 'iiiougii proiad of their ¡¡O(;cs. tJiat ckty ho lelt sure all the bo>s and giris wto had Iwen sitting ior that exuiiiuiiw- lion would agree with lum tnat tJJe actuai pio- cees of exiunmution wa-s not a very I on-6 (kwu-ghter). Sjieaicirig fioun tiiie otiau* side ot this table as an exairmaier he oouki assure them that the business of examumng was not a very exhilarating one either (laughter). Apart irotn tne transient joy when one got in; iiiie- ior doing the work ihe busines.* was wear .some and quite w tedious to the examiner as to the can- Ujciate. Neverblieiess, he thought the cxaimna- Uon was a neocssary ev J (hear, hear and laughter). Prof. Lloyd siruke of tine influence of the experience of the acl,ua: examin-ation and the prelim.nasry training for it upon the develop- ment and subsxnuent well being of the candidate, but 'he jwotested against certain pjiases Of exiwm- nation work. Itie j';rÎt..sh public ioved statistics. They had beeai fed upon by politician and thsy were to have a renewed' diet of tnem again (laughter)* Everytuhung was reàuOtxl to rule of liaree and figures. Such aof passes luoajiit a success; a loiver percentage meant i'a.jure. Tliat was a very unfortunate way 01 re- z rii garding eiiucatkMial woik ajwi every teacher vvoukl depreciate in a strong way having his work as a whole judged by the success of his pupils in passing examinations (appbu). Ib did. not be neve examinations could be dispensed with in either sdltools Or beoauae they aiiond-<M.i an useful test of some qualities Wihich proved telpiul to the caiaiidaLe in after- life; but ihc-re werc many other q-u-al.trcs equally important, if not more important, that should iu- iiuenoe tiheix nuocks in that matter. The sobool course included instruction in otiter ways which ooukl not possibly be decitkni or measured by examinations. Among tihesn were the power to make wise use of books, the power to make use of material not stored in the brain, to arrange bcoks of reference before one; the faculty of cultivating a literary taste; the power of judg- cnem; the power of conducting a long research into a difficult quest.on and deliberately coming into a sound- judgment upon it and so forth. So that tilezo was a Nery wdo ii-el,ki which the in- structor had to cover wluoh could not be decided by the teat of an exami- nat.iori, and therefore, for thctae amd other rea- sons it was unfair and unsatissaclory to appraise the value of ths work by any st-jtool or university merely by examination roan Its (ap plause). The red teaclier was the man who ian w ih s work and i^erfornvod it conscientiously, doing hw best for his pupib. never laying hi ill. 9<1f out merely to pass them through examina- tions (apfdause). THE SCIENCE OF CRAMMINC. The man who did the lattor was a crainitier- a person who laid himself out. to try aud fore- cast the probable character of the examination ))a.per» which his pupils wen-t) to face and pre- pared h-lmsek- by scudyng the littk [>ecuiiarities of the -o-xat for most exannj-nei-s had their [je^'ul arities, tastes, and ideas. An ex- aminer 'had written books perhaps and given himself away—(ksughter)—showing his particular bias. # 'l'he crammer read the books and the whole thing became a --K.n{y in which the .I he craiiwner manipulated thng so as to be able to pass pupiis through, and once they got tiarouigh tnat was ail he concerned himsuif about (hear, bear, and applause >. That was not true 1 etilHstttlon \appki.use). That was not the way gieat men were produced. Gieat statesmen, great inventors, great judges, men who as a rule occupied the foremost positions in the life of a ouuiJivy could never lie educated: upon socOi a put<;iy inechamloal system as that (hear, hear). There was one oailkif* ior wii.'oh the examination system pre-eminently fitted a person—that of the barrister, whose businuss it was to aequ.re a tre- mendous knowledge of facta it.ad tit:1 ability to store them Ln.'ms mind ready to use at a moment's notice and then, when he had dene wii.h thi'jn, to bauissh them from his memory of -r-o further use (laughter). Looking at the matter from a wider l»iix« of view, thoy must nevertheless regard tlie exajinnation system as a necessary part oi Uieir educational, machinery, but. the same time it should net be regarded a43, the be- ail and end-all of education, stid less a standard on whicih educational effkioney was to be juiiced diieti-re). THANKS. A hearty vot? of tliauks was accorded Prof. oil th;, motiom of Mr Glover, cecxxt&j by C a-no n Roberts. Equally hearty was a asnilar resolution oar. ried tfoankiitg Mr Williium. Jones Sjnd Miati aib-orii for thoir unwearying and invaluable as joint secretaries to tile Coiwyn Bay cen;.reo, tihg motion being proposed by Mr Stanley Wood and seconded by the Chairman. The Chairman was also cordially thanked for prhiding, on the -motion of Mr Wm. Jo&es.

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