AKAROA DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2778, 5 June 1903, Page 2

AKAROA DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL.

.'XiMINAnON KKPORT, 1903. Kxomired 28 li 30th April, 1903. '! he following ii the Inspector's ieport, which was unavoidab'y held over from laati issue: ~ Organisation—S6 S3, Mr A. Nicholls, master, assisted one hmr duly by Kate Bruce, F.P3; £2 P., Mhs Emilie Wallace, A.F., assisted four hours diilv by Kate Bruce ; Secondary Department, Mr Alexander G:ay M.A., master. I'asa Subjects—>S7 : presented 24, present 23 ; S6 : presented 11, priteot 11, passed 9 ; 85 : (resented 10, present 10, passed 6; S4 : presented 14, present 12, pa teed 10 ; ?3: preeented 12, pit sent 12, p«jj|p:J 10 J I*2: presented 17, present 16, pasted 14} M: presented 14, preseDt 13, passed 12; Pr< paratcry: presented 25, present 24. Approved. I lass Subjects—Geography, fair j drawing satisfactorily ; grammar, fc-6 and £4 fair, 85 b3 inferior ; bietcry, ye y fair ; elementary science, object lessons, etc., very fair; recitation, very fair; huudwtrk.: paper folding t2P. Additional Subjects—Singing, very f*ir } nee lew-nk, good ; drill and exeroisee : fail* old' r Btjle General Remarks (Elementary Departmem) -This section of the school continue* to prefceni work which is in the main Bfttilfactory. Of the classes under the nuster'e immediate control, £6, £4, and 83 reach, in m-iiiy rtsptot?, a good standard of proficiency, while h-5 U a division of weaker fibre, showing its defects rather promimntly in arithmetic, composition, spelling and gram* n.ar. In the Infants' D.'pirtmenr, whioh i. c adea SI aud b2, the pr< fijitnoy and pro gr aa are for the most p<irb coirimendable, willing bjir.g the only feature in the per* formance of $2 wh : ch is open to critlolam, the subject showing more promise in 81. The preparatory classes taught on the u»ual lines are making creditable \ rogrtss. Order aad attenliun aie ve.y fair. Secondary Department. —Among the District Hign Sjhools of North Canterbury Akiroa led the way with a record of progress and an ideal of attainment both aa good as may ba desired. In a comprehensive programme, which includes Advanced English, Latin, French, Euclid, Algebra, Antiemetic, Chemistry and Botany, every subject has bean ably handled, and answering of the best type is sufficiently general. In the following notes the work of the different classes Iβ set forth with more or less detail: Advanced English (all the pupils)— Pro' gramma : Nesfieid's Grammar and Com* position, first half of the book; Scott's Marmion, and Lord Olive (Cdacaul&jr). This subject has been well taught. On tho p*p}r.s so" t!i3 average of m.rke for the whole class was 61 per cent., the highest being 86, and the nine next in order of merit scoring from 77 to 60 per cent, j Latin (three classes)— Programme : Class 1., Via Latina to Exercise 32 ; CImS 11., Vu Latina to Exercise 55; Class 111., Via La»ina to end, witli translation (Cjesar,book 1., to end of Chapter 24). Class I. (seven examined) gained an average mark of 51 per cent. Highest 87. I Class 11. (twelve examined), obtains kn average msrk per cent., the five bfest gaining the a , .e;age of 76 per oent. i Clats 111. (three examined), scores on the average 70 pei cc. t, the highest beiog 76, ir.o loue t ( 60. In this data both grammar and translation are very good. In olasses 11. and I. tho accidence is being well master ed, a good acquaintance with idioms ie being „, ■ i s> a *•v -> |M - -vor.tiacß atv &£• quently of considerable merit. F French |i hreeclasses) —Programme : Olku 1., Charduai's First French Course to of Exercise 110. Claes 11., the same text book to Exercise 180. Translation, Maomillan's First Fiench Reader to page 20. Clars 111., Chardenal'a Second French Course to Exerci c 92. Tianslation to page 78, Macmillan's Breuch Reader. In claes I. (six examined), the average maik wae 72 per cent; in class 11. 68. and in class 111 72, The general character ol the work, both iv grammar and translation, is very gord. Kuclid (two classes)— Programme : OUl* 1., to prop. 26, Book I. Class 11, Book I. with easy deduotiont. In both classes the anewering was satisfactory, the lower gaining an average of 59 per cent, on the questi< r.s set, the higher 56. In class I. !.he higlieat scores were 98, 87 nnd 70 per cent, n> ; and in ciaas 11., 100, 95, 75 and 70 f.er oent. were the highest marks assigned. Algebra (Two classes).—Programme:— Clase I: The elementary rules, simple eqaa' tions, and ea*y fuctors ; Claes II: Matricohtion requirements, with the exception of eimultancouK equations. Paperp of speoial excellence were cent in by both classes—the luwer averaging 90 flrd the higher 80 per cci t of the marks obtainable.

Arithmetic—Here the eubjecfc generally is well kept up, the mark for »U pupils being 75 per cent. la Chemistry (boys) and Botany (girl*), the examination was taken orally. The bojs ha.eagood knowledge of theohemiatry of elementary g-ses, end come of tbe senior girls acquit themselves well in euch portions of their unbject bb can be iucceis , fully taught without the use of a microscope THOS. RITCHIE, Inspector.