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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt:...disobedience, but keep childlike truthfulness, gentleness, modesty, sweetness. And now a few words about your School work. I should like you to try and gain three good habits--viz.--the habit of attention, of concentration, and of despatch. Attention, that you may not waste the time and energy of your excellent masters. Your papers shew that you have been well taught--take care that you make good use of it by attention' Then concentration: --unless you gather up your powers and fix them upon the subject before you, your mind wanders away and you give wrong answers, wide of the mark. And, thirdly, despatch: --do your work as quickly as possible, without dawdling, without stopping to draw dogs or donkeys on your books or papers. What is done at once is twice done. The following prizes were then distributed: --FIRST DIVISION. Divinity........ T. Wells. History A. E. Villar. Mathematics............ A. E. Villar. Language............... J. Martin. General Proficiency (Rev. G. W. Huntingford's prize) T. Wells., 2nd (Rev. Canon King's prize) W. Bolton. Mr. King then read the following paper: --"One of the beneficial changes which have lately taken place in English Education is the introduction into the course of School Studies of Natural Philosophy. "Our Universities and Public Schools have recognised the desirableness of such studies, and in Elementary Schools some knowledge of Physical Science is henceforth to be accessible to the poorest child in the land. t' Can the pupils of our Middle Class Schools remain alone outside this onward movement? Surely not. They should rather rejoice that they can enjoy their share of the advantages of this daily extending innovation, for it is one pregnant with the greatest benefits to them. "If the study of...