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umn wnai 10 tniDK—ramer 10 lmprovo our mmas,so as to enable u* to think for ourselves, than toload the memory with the thoughts of other men: and as no machinery for imparting such training and discipline to the mind has yet been discovered or invented equal to the systematic and grammatical study of the languages of ancient Greece and home, we recognise tho wisdom of our founders in making classical study the fundamental part of our academical system, and wo shall never allow the efficiency of the classical department of the Academy to be in any' way impaired. But to return. One of the greatest improvements which has been introduced into tho Academy system was a fewyears ago suggested by one of the original foundersof the school, the lato Mr Leonard Horner. 1 refer to the periodical or terraly written examinations to which the whole school (excepting the first class) is subjected two or three times in each yoar. The objects of these examinations arc twofold—(1), To familiarise boys with the system of written examination. which is the avenue to almost every department of the public service, and which it requires some practico to master; and (2). that the directors and the parent of tho boys may ascertain with some degree of precision whether and how far boys not
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Edinburgh Evening Courant
Edinburgh, Midlothian, GB
Thu, Jul 25, 1867
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