List of all the PUPILS now on the Books the CENTRAL SCHOOL,-( Continued.)
Length of
time i thei
No. Nationality, jAge.
As to Speaking English.
No. Nationality. Age Central
Length of time at the
As to Speaking English.
School
Central
School,
Teora
Yeur 3.
375 Chinese,
16
415 Chinese, 416
16
Da,
15
370
Do.,
11
377
Dn.,
16
9
Cannot be said to speak English at all. 417 |
Do
16
418
DO.
9923
2
2
3
2
378
1Jn.,
16
419 Portuguese,
12
8791
110.,
4801
Dir.,
14 13
Speaks English with diffidence.
42 Chinese,
78
421
Do.,
16
981
150-9
422
Di
18
16
382
Do.,
423
383
424
Do..
15
384
425 J
18
285
Do.,
420
Do.,
15
386
170-,
16
427
DO.,
16
387
Do.,
19
428
10
16
388
Do.,
14
420
DO.,
15
389
Do.,
430
Do.,
15
300)
Do.,
Cannot be said to speak English at all.
431
DO.,
15
Caunot be said to speak English at all.
301
Do
439
Do.,
B
392
10.,
13
433 Do.,
16
303
304
395
896
110.,
DO.,
Da.,
330,
434
Do,
17
433
DO.,
15
10
136
Do.,
18
487
Do.,
16
307
Do.
498
Do.,
10
398
Do.
439
Do.,
16
399 Spaniard,
8
440
Do..
4(N) Do.,
6
401 Enelish,
3
Speaks English with considerable fluency. 441
Do.,
18
442 Do
18
402 Chinese,
15
443
Do.,
10
409 Indian,
10
414
Do.,
16
404 Chinese,
14
440
Do.,
17
405
Do.,
18
446 Do.,
17
400
Do
17
J47 Ilu,
17
407
10.
17
408 De,
IN
>Cannot be said to speak English at all,448 Indian,
12
419 English,
10
Speaks English idiomatically.
400 Do.,
18
450 Do.,
410
Do.,
15
451 Indian,
14
1
Cannot be said to speak English at all.
411
DU.,
13
452
Do.,
10
2>
412 Do.,
12
453 English, 3
Speaks English idiomatically.
413 Do.,
11
414 Do..
12
I certify that this is a correct copy of the Original lodged in the Office of the Central School, with the exception of the entry under 255, which should be 1 year and 10 months, instead of 10 years and 2 months.
Central School, 2nd May, 1878.
A. FALCONER,
Acting Heud Muster,
RESOLUTIONS OF THE CONFERENCE ON TEACHING ENGLISH.
At a conference held at the Council Chamber on the 25th February, 1878, to consider the question
of the teaching of English in the Government Schools, the following gentlemen were present by invitation of His Excellency the Governor, who presided:---
The Honourable the Colonel Commanding the Troops, (Colonel BASSANO, C.B.)
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.)
The Honourable PHINEAS RYRIE.
The Honourable HENRY Lowcock.
The Honourable J. MCNEILE PRICE.
The Honourable FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON.
FREDERICK STEWART, Esquire, Head Master of the Central School.
The Reverend E. J. EITEL, Ph. D.
The following resolutions were arrived at —
1. That the primary object to be borne in view by the Government should be the teaching of English
2. That to enable the Central School to give more time to English and less time to Chines studies, without materially diminishing the amount of Chinese knowledge on the part of the scholar on leaving the School, the preliminary requirements in Chinese knowledge be raised in the case of all such candidates for admission as do not already speak English fairly well to the requirements of Standard IV. of Class I. of the Grant-in-Aid Schedule, (with the exception of Geography).
3. That five hours be given every day (except Saturday) to English, and 24 hours to Chines studies, but with the understanding that all English lessons will be obligatory, and all Chinese lesson optional, according to declaration on the part of the parents.
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The above resolutions were arrived at without a division, with the exception of that portion of the latter which makes the study of Chinese optional on the declaration of the parents. Ou that point, the voting was as follows:--
For making Chinese optional.
The Honourable the Colonel Commanding
the Troops.
The Honourable the Colonial Secretary.
The Honourable J. M. PRICE.
The Honourable F. B. JOHNSON.
The Reverend E. J. EITEL.
For making Chinese compulsory. The Honourable P. RYRIE.
The Honourable H. LowcOCK. Mr. STEWART.
4. That increased accommodation, more English speaking Masters, and smaller classes are essential to the proper teaching of English at the Central School.
5. That as a preliminary step, the staff of English Masters be doubled forthwith.
6. That with regard to the other Government Schools entirely supported by Government, arrangements be made, as soon as possible, to teach the boys English in all of them.
Read and confirmed this 5th day of March, 1878.
H. E. WODEHOUSE,
Clerk of Councils.
J. POPE HENNESSY,
Governor,
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