Technical School.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11840, 10 February 1903, Page 2

Technical School.

The fallowing is the report of the techriiic&l ul'asJses for the year ended 1902: —

LiTEiRAR* GLASSES

In these c.a&'ses were naught English, Latin, miaitohemutics, arithmetic, including mensuration, Engiisbi literature, and the j subjects required tot standard certificates, j The nrajoii];y of the students taking the1 firs?t four guDjeots required them for examination purposes. In English very good progress was made, especially in oompos/itioni, buit in Latin a number of the students! lacked! that steadi-1 ness., of effort without which a mastery of the subject cannot be obtained1. The progross made by one Latin eitudent, however, was specially worthy of •oommeaidation. In such classes as these the faithful performance of the home work set by the instructor is absolutely essential to success. Mr.. N arris had charge of the classes during the third quarter, and Mr. Strong during the other quartes* In the matihematdctt class, whioh was taught by M. Armstrong, during the th&fldand fourth quarters, there were as many divisions aa in1 the Latin class, and the work was somiewhait uneven. Though the students were attentive and1' industrious in class, some of them lost much ttime through not preparing their work. Several of the studients in the above classes sat for the matriculation and civil «ervice examinations. The mensuration class is intended chiefly for candidates for the certificate in plumbing. Unfortunately,these students, on account of their business, were not all able to attend-regularly, but those who did madje satisfactory progress. A suitable text book lias now been obtained;, and the ol'ass should I be largely attended next year. Mr. Grant is how iii charge of this class. The Engliab literature class was coudixctofl duriSiig the -second qiuirter by Mr. E. T. NorrttsJ M.A. This was a. large class, but one that could! not be continued' for more than one quarter. The book studied was "liumla." taken in conjunction with the life of the author, the place of the work m literature, etc. On these subjects Mr. Norais delivered some very interesting and instructive lectures. Tlie standard certificate class was meant for tJiose who unfortunately had. left school wiitihout obtaining a standard certificate. The attendance at thi's cbufe was poor, but those who did attend greatly pleased their, instructor by their industry. Most of the | atandents in this class presented themselves iuiV examination, and several were successful in passing. .„„,-,„ SCIENCE CLASSES. Ah a good deal had to be done to the apparatus, these classes were not started till tHe second quarter. The chemistry class was a small one, but .great interest -was taken by the students in the lectures and experiment?. The average attendance was excellent. ' tfext year it will be necessary to devote at leant two teams to thus *\C electricity class was held during the | third and fourth quarters. Thig was a much larger- class, andl a great amount ot work was done in magnetism and ra. static and current electricity. The new apparatus includling a very efficient dynamo, proved exceedingly useful, «nd enabled the instructor to illustrate every lecture fully. As m the chemfetay oLu>«, the average attendance was excellent, and well attested the .interest, taken in the work by the studeate. Both science elasseswcve • conducted l>y Mr. IStIgg IMEII o IAL CLASSES. These supplied along-felt need. Thefiftt clasM started was an advanced! bookkeeping cl»>«, under the able'control of Mr. J. Butler AHA. A large number amended this class, and covered most of the work required for the accountancy examinat.on*. As several of the students desired to pie- j wire for these, a d!as* in commercial law ! was carried on during the third quarter by Mr Wray. The subjects of study in tdiis class included mercantile law, law relating to companies, law of' insolvency, etc. During the kst tjw» quarters, a'junior bookkeeping class? was conducted by Mr. Butler to the benefit of those who found the senior class too advanced. It is hoped these students will next year join the ad-. OF ATTENDANCE AT ABOVE CLASSES. Ist, 2nd 3rd 4th Quar. Quar. Quar. Quar. f** 9 9 u 9 ii " Latin y „ " ok Mathematics ...13 12 » ° Arithmetic 14 If J? 7 Q Mensuration ... 18 15 lo a English Literature — 19 Cbem:*trv — .6 ~ ~ Eteotricitv -- — i 0 10 Senior bookkeep'g lo lo — — Junior bookkeepV — — 1» XV Commercial law — — ' ' Standard Certific'e — • 10 » °