1878 — Page 216

英文原文

Lon I may specially mention Mr. GEORGE Mars. Mr. CuAPE conducted last year a private day-school, unsupported by private or other means, except the fees of $2 per mensem paid by each scholar. He had an average attendance of 80 scholars, each finding his own school materials. The importance of this fact will be understood if it be considered that the Central School, with an average attendance of 459 scholars, charges $0.50 per mensem in the lower classes and $1.00 per mensem in the higher classes, but supplies each scholar liberally with school materials (even Dictionaries included) and costs the Government, apart from the value of the house rent, $27.54 per annum for each scholar.

At the examination, lately held, of candidates for admission into the Central School, it was found that out of 114 candidates found qualified for admission, all but 39 had been studying English in 1878, being able to read English fairly well. Among the schools from which these came I may specially mention, besides St. Paul's College and the school held by Mr. CHAPE, the private schools conducted by the following masters: Mr. Lo YAM-TING, HO TSING-NGAM, CH'AN TS'AN-IP, LUK TIT-FO, KWAN YUN-FAT, Ts't DANNAM, CHỦ LUK, FUNG SEUNG-NAM, CHỦ LUK-TONG, and CH'AN NGAI-P'O. These facts are sufficient to show that English teaching is beginning to be appreciated in the Colony.

大書院報告

1. With reference to the Government Central School, I confine myself to supplementing the Report of the Acting Head Master, which I append, by a few criticisms, based on what I saw of the school on the occasion of periodical inspections, and on what I learned from the masters by conversation and by a special conference I held with them to test the correctness of my views. I must premise that, as a locum tenens, I did not feel justified to examine the whole school myself at the end of the year, because I was informed that the practice had been all along for the Head Master and the masters' committee to conduct the annual examinations of the school themselves.

The Central School may be divided into two departments, one for English and one for Chinese teaching, an equal amount of time being devoted every day to both languages.

To begin with the English department of the Central School: there was in 1878, with an average monthly enrolment of 459 scholars, an effective staff of 4 European masters, 6 native assistant masters, and 3 paid monitors. Apart from the monitors, therefore, and including among the masters both Europeans and Chinese, we had about 48 scholars to each master. Considering, however, that none of the assistant masters can be said to pronounce English perfectly and to speak it idiomatically, it is well to note that there were in reality about 115 scholars to each European master. Moreover, the native masters being permitted to accept outside employment when off duty—a matter which during the present scarcity of English-speaking native masters cannot be helped—used to give every day, morning and afternoon.

中文原文

先生外則遊華人教師羅蔭亭、何靜巖、陳燦業、陸秩科、闗潤發、冠南、朱瑞生、馮湘南、朱鑑堂、陳藝圃、謝先生門下者，此事足徵香其餘皆嘗讀英書頗識英字者。按該童從遊聖保羅書院及車譜逋來考選新欲進院肄業者一百一十四人，計除三十九人外，需除學堂租項外仍爲每童每年費錢二十七員五臺四仙士之。每童自備此事亦甚爲緊要。竊思大書院學童四百五十九名之多，二大圓但遊其門下者亦不下八十人。况所需交房等件均是學徒蓋彼固非卓有餘資而亦未嘗獲助，故每學童每月收修金銀半員上班收銀一員。國家厚施恩惠贈以所。

語照做監院巡察書館時容群做監院亦嘗附片評數論及大書院暑掌院礬有申有所見或與大書院教師酌量甄別故也。院自創立以來向由掌院與不應不便之處蓋特聞大書別各館時甄別大書院或有聲明以署理監院於歲暮衛自應酌創不能聲晤有量立便時署有或聞邀大院做集欲理以1書有甄先試教嘗數申同路暫相約教院教港一洲英文從此蒸蒸日上矣。

大書院英文部

去年間截長補短每月計有學童四百五十九名，而確實在院教英文之教師歐洲人四位，華人六位，另助教者三位。除助教外，合中外教習之教師綜其每惠計每位值教學童四十六。思以華人教英書語音恐未酷，且用英文又恐與土談未能盡合，故群爲推算可，每一百十五名學童有歐洲教師一位。此事亦爲勢使不得不然耳。曩時該教師早晚間向多餘暇之時成可貿易或職以華人能教英文者現在無多，故其餘又准華人教師在書院外另受。