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Fage 3.
pleasure and satisfaction with the answers of the boys. I was
not prepared for their published criticism. As at a conference
with my Staff of Masters, Mr. Irving discussed and illustrated
the Gouin method, it is surprising that he should write that
these methods are "apparently unknown at the College".
Composition. The figures given by the
11.
Examiners as the results of this examination are
page 3.
Fage 4.
Class 1 (62 boys)
(91 boys) Class II.
With great credit
12
تیرا سر
Lan's
19
With credit
21
Bethes
19
Passed
25
Total pas- 38 or 60%
-sed.
58 or 84%.
A result, which most people would call good, and in the First
Class better than I usually find. The impression however left
by the subsequent comments is that the composition in these
classes is poor, if not bad, which is contrary to the Exami-
ner's own figures. Though I am grateful to the lady, who marked
the Class 11 papers for her fair appreciation I think this
course of showing college papers to any persons, but co-exa-
miners should not be repeated.
12.
Reading "on the whole well done", "in
Lower School the pronunciation and delivery were good".
Occasion is there taken to attack the system which produces
good results, and which bere is called "foolish" and page 7 "quite indefensible". The method objected to is as follows. On
account of the difference in order of words in the two langu-
(English and Chinese) it is necessary first to give a ages Chinese equivalent for each English word. If the Chinese idiom were given without explanation, the boys might associate the English word with the wrong Chinese character
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e.g.
How are you ?
Ni Ho a
You well eh ?
Owing to the ignorance of the Chinese language it is also
necessary
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