Word: grammar
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English Public Schools. Illustrated Lecture. Mr. George L. Fox, Rector of the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn...
...England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools, which met at Harvard nearly four weeks ago to discuss courses of study preparatory to college, have recommended the following changes in the grammar-school course...
...order to make room for the new studies a reduction of the time devoted to arithmetic, geography and English grammar has been advised...
President Elliot considers the changes entirely advisable. He thinks that routine work is too characteristic of the present grammar-school system due to the prescribed courses almost entirely, rather than to any fault of the teachers. The prescriptions of the course prevent a bright boy from advancing faster than any other. He may of course attain a higher rank but he must stay in the same division with the dull boy. In consequence under this compulsory system the dull boy lowers the age of matriculation of the whole class. These new changes will reward the work of all with...
ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.An illustrated lecture upon the English Public Schools will be given on the evening of Friday, Nov. 13, by Mr. George L. Fox, Rector of the Hopkins Grammar School of New Haven, Conn. The lecture will be open to the public...