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別部港後礬
甄寫
伍君叙將該題目授與生徒作竣一節不識爲何如斯緊要 律師士蔑謂湛牧師可否将該教師所擬題目授與生徒作蟾盡由 督憲定奪起以倡議謂將湛牧師所倡議者呈上 督憲
鴉打先生局内各位所多定奪者則必遵守如督憲所命者然
香港總督部堂燕 批 隨後再集時歐參贊即將下開督憲批語朗誦使局内同人得聞
斷參贊安將上所錄各皆允協稱是者誦與衆聽隨卽少
一千八百八十一年 正月 十八日 批 本部堂閱悉考試局陳上記錄按律師士蔑所倡議而黎牧師所贊助之議端允協者四人不協者一人但本部堂以爲甚善故可將此議端爲重遵行甄
湛牧師謂先少憩時查大書院教師未嘗甄漢文故先問所不協之語現可註銷允進分局頒行 於是各位局員同心同意立即進前甄別英文乃將考試局分作三局每局二員每二員遵照助賞義學規條將初學一班所有學童逐一甄別 寫字讀書各十字差二字者不計應第二考者讀書寫字各二十字差二字不計此則以爲不過王君韜與律師士茂甄珊第三隊湛牧師與伍君叙 局內同人允協限定圈數應第一考者讀書四十默書三十箕數三十應第二考者讀書八十默書二十五寞數得園三分二者作爲考過又應第一考者
甄別第二隊黎牧師與歐參贊甄洲第一隊
應者
王大
牧叉
Dr. EITEL said there was, of course, no objection to the production of any of the papers, but that the unfinished papers could not be given to the boys to finish without contravention of the Governor's explicit orders.
Dr. CHALMERS said he wished the papers to be finished for his guidance, and said he wished to know why he should not be free to examine the School in any way he pleased, adding that if this was refused, he would not act on a Sub-Committee, but only on the general Board.
Mr. ARTHUR said he would obey any decision by a majority of the Board as if it were an order by the Governor,
Mr. SMITH said it was for the Governor to decide whether Dr. CHALMERS might set the boys to finish any paper previously prepared for them by the Masters, and suggested that the matter be submitted to the Governor as Dr. CHALMERS' own suggestion.
Mr. NG CHOY said he did not see the necessity for the unfinished papers being given out to the boys to finish.
The meeting was then adjourned, the above Minutes having previously been read over and agreed to.
On re-assembling at 2:45 P.M., Dr. EITEL read to the Board the following Minute of the Governor:
“I have read the Minutes of proceedings which, at the desire of the Examiners, have been communicated to me. The resolution proposed by Mr. SMITH, seconded by the Rev. Mr. LECHLER, and carried by 4 to 1, seems to me to be a very good one.
The examination can therefore proceed on the basis of that resolution.
(Signed)
"J. POPE HENNESSY.
18th January, 1881.”
Dr. CHALMERS stated that he had ascertained during the recess that nothing had been done by the Central School teachers with regard to the examination of the Chinese Classes, and that he would therefore now withdraw his objections and consent to act on the Sub-Committee.
It was then unanimously agreed that the Board proceed at once to the examination of the English Classes, and that for the purpose the Board divide itself into three Sub-Committees of two Examiners each, each Sub-Committee taking one of the Divisions of the Preparatory School and examining each boy according to the rules of the Grant-in-aid Scheme.
It was further agreed that the maximum of marks should be in Standard I,—40 for reading, 30 for writing and 30 for Arithmetic; in Standard II—reading 80, writing 25, Arithmetic 25; that two-thirds of the marks be required for a pass in Arithmetic; that 2 mistakes be allowed in reading and writing 10 words in Standard I, and 20 words in Standard II, but that anything beyond that should be counted a failure; Dr. WONG and Mr. SMITH took the III Division, Dr. CHALMERS and Mr. NG CHOY the II Division, Mr. LECHLER and Dr. EITEL the I Division.
Mr. SMITH then proposed the following resolution for acceptance by the Board:--
That, having regard to the loss of time and to the inconvenience likely to be occasioned, more particularly to the pupils, by further delay, the Board proceed to examine the School on the basis of the Grant-in-aid Scheme as placed before us by Dr. EITEL and approved by the Head Master, the Examiners having due regard to the circumstance that the School has already undergone a Masters' examination, now nearly concluded, and that the work of the School has not been carried on with a view to benefits to be derived under that Scheme, and that further the Examiners reserve to themselves the privilege of asking for the production of such examination papers and of taking such assistance from the teachers as may seem to them just and reasonable."
Mr. LECHLER having seconded this resolution, Dr. CHALMERS said he was entirely opposed to it unless the papers already begun by the pupils of the School were completed by them.
Dr. EITEL asked if the examination papers were required by the Board as a basis for their examination, or merely to compare the results of these papers with the eventual results of a new and independent examination by the Board.
Dr. CHALMERS said he had already seen the papers, at least some of them.
The motion of Mr. SMITH being put to the vote, it was agreed to by all, with the exception of Dr. CHALMERS, who remarked he had doubts whether he would have time to go through this examination, and said that this was a violent proceeding, dangerous to the School.
The details of the scheme arranged by Dr. EITEL for the examination of the School in English were then formally accepted, the Acting Head Master, Mr. ARTHUR, having been called in and assured the Board that he had considered the details, in consultation with Dr. STEWART, who also agreed with him in saying that this scheme was fair to the School.
Dr. EITEL next explained the details of the scheme he had drawn up, in consultation with Dr. STEWART and Mr. ARTHUR, for the examination of the School in Chinese, and proposed that Dr. CHALMERS should conduct this examination, assisted by Mr. NG CHOY and Dr. WONG, as a Sub-Committee.
Dr. CHALMERS said that if the examination begun by the Masters was not to be finished first, he would decline to act on a Sub-Committee.
Dr. EITEL then read the list he had prepared, in consultation with Dr. STEWART and Mr. ARTHUR, of the special subjects in which some of the classes were to be examined, and proposed that the Government Analyst, Mr. HUAN MACCALLUM, should be invited to assist the Board in the examination of the Chemistry Classes. This proposal was agreed to by all the Members of the Board.
The Acting Head Master, in reply to a question, stated that if he were asked to produce the finished and unfinished papers of the Masters' examination, he would produce them at once,
理斯已矣
以有院
為題者
允協
歐參贊卽將與
歐湛歐歐湛
將目他
該自則
題然謂
湛歐樂 有允參參參牧 i牧參牧賞 師贊贊師 師贊師起 所謂茂謂发贊見 -列或所會問助故 【經局以本 「不議看内上局 掌英暇者該諸之 院文遵於題人議
行投目本
目可如 鴉先鴉法此名抑局 授以有 打竣打衆次時或或 先所先皆甄除其要 生出討 生經生允別湛中 ·師可 徒獨該所開所諾之牧數 謂取 使是教酌考的事師條題如該 彼將師甄甄請文外 自此教 別則別署謂無 用斷師 該不該掌此不 作不所 甄允機
為
有未目
不作竣
克之試
隨題者
書允書院
院入院
時有權可取該教師所擬題目觀看並請各教師助理合宜之事
此次甄別之事又謂此乃猛烈之法誠恐或有損害該大書院
行題合
甄
別
掌院及鴉打先生所酌甄別該書院生徒漢文之法解明擧湛牧師與伍君叙王君韜三位特爲分局以甄漢文 文之法衆皆允諾並請署掌院進來詢他他謂此法經與史掌院詳細斟酌彼用此法以甄別本書院實爲公當 學院及鴉打先生所酌甄別該書院特歎之法期誦一遍並舉國家化學師麥加霖助本局甄別化學一欸此端局内同人無不和衷
歐參贊云凡有題目自然可以交出獨是將該學童所未受末作之題目如此交他則是故違 督憲所特飭者
有益乃不克隨將所樂用之法以甄別究竟不知何故又倘不准此則不允進分局只在總局辦
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