THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL TROUBLE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1784, 11 December 1883, Page 2

THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL TROUBLE.

TO THK EDITOR. SlK,— ln your iv>ue of the (Jfcli inst., under the heading, " The teacher sind the chaiinian. — A case of criminal libel," .you hay : " It will be lemembered by all who read mir report of the proceedings that at the last meeting of the committee, Mr Hosking stated that since Mr Wilson had left the High School the pupils had made no progress whatever, and that they were altogether ignorant of the subjects set down in .theAigh School curriculum." Permit me toJKy these words are not utterances of bamClr"; IXfre report of that meeting as published in The Waikato Timesj was not by !|iny means a faithful report, and made me say .woixU v I did not speak, which I should not have thought necessary to correct if you left it at that. In speaking to an amendment, which had reference to the good progress made by the High School, my view* being to the contrary, I said the opinion hold by myself was that the school w.is not doing good work. The school had now been in existence five months, and that it could not do the 10th proposition, first books Euclid— the Latin attained was limited — and in Algebra the school could not solve the first simple equation in an intelligent way. I did not &ay the school had made no progress whatever since Mr Wilson left, as reported by you. When I made the above uttorauce-i I made no allusion whatever to Mr Arnold, nor does it in any way refer trt him If he will take it to himself, I regret it much. On receipt of a letter fiom Mr Arnold, demanding a public retraction of my statement, I interviewed that gentleman, to find out what it was all about, when Mr Arnold thought I should only be doing him justice to write v that after further inquiries, I find the schrfol has done as good work with MiArnold as with Mr Wilson. Now, sir, Mi Wilson had charge of the High School subjects ; in fact he was the master. MiArnold, on the other hand, was only a temporary assistant assisting the head teacher, subject to Mr Wilson's position being filled. I therefore could not do as he deshed. It may be possible that a wrong construction may be put on this communication. You will, therefore, kindly extend your columns for me to reiterate my former opinion, viz. : the High School cannot do the first ten propositions in the first book of Euclid. Nor can it solve the first -Sujajjle Equations in Al«etai i a > "in an intelligent manner. The Latin is on VeTy r rauch K the ! same footing. I hold it as my opinion»*that this is not good work for five months work ima High School. %Jf any other person has a contrary opinion, all respect to him. — I am, <&c. Cx F. Hoskino, i > Chairman C.D.H.S.C.

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