I no sooner write the word If the rains that do us wrong E. STORR. 1. Ann Hewitt Bailey Annie Jones ary A. E. Buxton Joe Charlton Johnson Cave John Thornton Thomas T. Bradbury Thos. E. Ord John Chambers Thos. Wakefield W. H. Homer Franois Marples Joseph Mottershall Harry “the Scholar" Eliz. Billsborough H. T. Baugust J. W. (heney Thomas Jones S. S. Grimley Wm. Jones Wm. Roberts Fredk. Price John Stoene John Elkins F. W. Robinson Oliver Dransfield Robert Hearnshaw Joshua Oldroyd Thos. Williams W. C. Phillips Robert Fairhurst Bessie White Emily Gush Florence White Eliza Bailey Charles Foster Henry Preston H. Godfrey W. E. Godfrey Wm. Coop Eliza Berry Marian Harrison Lydia Smith Frances Ann Appleton Mary Emily Gorst Margt. Peace Barbara McLachlan Margt. Brough T. V. Jenkins Wm. Downes Nanny Alston Wm. P. Clague John Whitehead Ann Scourcroft H. A. Bradford C. H. Vipond J. Bardgett T. E. Altham George Reed William Allonby Henry Yates Joseph Rudge Thos. Ryder Edwd. Smith James Davies Randle Barlow Wm. Brailsford John Fletcher Fred. Thomas James Simpson W. A. Bloor Robt. Hiscock James A. Forman Thos. Taverner James Grice Thos. Stowell Henry Wilson Agnes Woffinden Henry Wilkinson J. W. Chaffey W. T. Harvey J. S. Haigh Margt. A. Whelan Eliz. Wigglesworth Edw. Knowles Herbert Mimmack Ann Bamforth Susan Amery Peter Green Solomon Strügnell Louisa Brown H. Remie Sarah Goodall Mary Walton Mary Butler Mary Bradford Geo. Collings Joseph Buckley Thomas Clayton Wm. Shaw T. W. Whiteley J. G. Hall Georgina Trueman David Sa lie Sam. Dilworth Alex. Skinner R. A. Taylor Eliz, Yates Wm. Dagg Clarence Hudson Wm. Baxter George Elliott C, R. Pettit Harriet Maud Cooke Leonard Smith Albert Shaw Annie Gillatt Harry H. Oldroyd Saml. Clarke Rosa Partin Clara Louisa Webster Benj. H. S. Walker John Thos. ner Wm. James Rippin G. F. Chapman Herbert Derbyshire E. T. J. Spafford John Howe Sam. Brooks Robt. Doxey Frances L. Spencer Annie Doxey Fred. Elce Rebecca M. Spencer John Brailsford James Homer Arthur Harris M. A. Woolley Thos. Shakeshaft Thos. Lambert Fred. Chaplin Saml, Shakeshaft Wm. Burton Harper Shakeshaft J. L. Perkins B. T. Denyer A. Brookfield Ann E. Booth Wm. Thompson Robt. Barker John H. Fielden W. H. Hatch Thos. Haigh Annie Spencer Alice Taylor Julia Bairstow George Standeven John Perry Sarah H. Haley Alfred Hymus Betsy Mann Sarah Learnian Sarah Ann Lewis Wm. Foster Jos Heard Charles Robinson Alfred Bouser Harry Hemsley George Owen W. H. Bryan John Lowe Henry Woods John Luntley Wm. Morrill G. H. Smith Robt. Ritchie Emily Andrews Walter C. Taylor Amelia Smith T. Nill Wm. T. Herbert 2. Anne Knight Walter Hurst George Grayshon Mary A. Holliday Fanny Grayshon Arabella Jane Love Wm. Branson Edward Hall Sarah H, Richardson John Elwich Isabella M. Hogg J. G. Bell James Robinson G. H. Symons J. J. Leslie W. W. Symons Samuel Toft Alfred Bennett Alfred Whitley John Sogie Robind Smith Johanna Milne James Jamieson Wm. Green Hy. Smith (Brampton) 3. W. S. Beard Selina Hacket George Butler George Hawley Martha Burrows John Bamforth Henrietta Hurst Ellen Knight Martha E. Bates Thos. Broadby Frank Shaw George Miller Thos. Cooper Robt. Overton Eliz. Isherwood Frank Lingard Sam. Halliday Henry Parkinson Ellis Dobson John Bailey Catherine Foster Wm. Sisterson John Turnbull Mary Jane Sisterson Hannah Robson John Pigg William Robson M. T. Robson Whitfield Mellor Charles Whipp A Young Schoolgirl Clara Ann Parkin Emma Hirst “ Predicateur" James Hirst Howard Lees John Hudson Clara Jane Sykes John Wm. Thornton Alice Swindlehurst John Jowett Edward Peck Thos. Skeffington John H. Hitchen James Yates Archibald Rendall Jane Craigic Isabella Murray David B. Hutchison Robt. Sclater Wm. Scarth Thos. Hewison John Watts Thos. Glover Wilfred Welford Wm. Howarth Wm. Henry Dearden Alex. Crossley Walter Smith Margt. A. Scampton Jesse Halliwell Charles Thwaite Saml. Bark Edwin Hardy Herbert Preston Sarah Jane Lees John H. Walton Eliz. Clapton Henry Smith George Gush John A. H. Thomas Eliz, Clarke Frank Brookfield Martha Wolfenden 5. To our Correspondents. up Wilfrid Welford suggests : “If you would put the address in your lists of merit we should then know if any of our friends had been commended, and how high they had got.” He should bear in mind that inserting the addresses would take three times the space set apart for the publication of the names, and that if these are printed in full, sufficient means of identification exist, especially considering that, as a general rule, the papers from a particular school are examined at the same time, and the names of the writers therefore easily found. Charley Saunders hopes he has not offended us by sending too large a sheet of paper. He may rest assured on that point that we are rather amused than offended. He sends us this month an anecdote of some children at the sea side, which is fairly interesting, but has two bad features. In the first place, it is not written anything like so well as he can write if he likes ; in the second place, it is written on both sides of the paper, which is against our rule. Ernest Green writes: “I was so pleased to see my name in the second class that I now feel I must try with all my might to reach the first class. The more I try the more I seem to learn something fresh every time.” He goes on to say that he should like to be a parson, and asks us what we think of it. We advise him to read over very carefully the first paper in this number on patience, and make up his mind to be as “strong and patient" as possible. It appears that one of the papers sent from Turton National School was overlooked in the marking last month. The fact of there being only one complaint of this kind shows that in all other cases the names of the writers were duly classified. Several papers reach us every month without signature, and with these of course we can do nothing. In this case, however, it appears to have been signed, and we are therefore unable to account for its non-appearance. A gentleman writes concerning the numbers of the Young Scholar that have been issued : I find them a great help, as the boys read the very suitable selections which have characterised the magazine so far, with a zest truly gratifying to a teacher. There has been a marked improvement in the reading, both as to style and fluency, since we began to use them. We are glad to receive such a valuable testimony as to the good work which the Young Scholar is capable of doing in schools, Another gentleman writes :—, Allow me, my dear sir, to thank you first for your publication, and again for the mode which it is conducted. My pupils now work industriously at their composition, and, on each arrival of the publication, are extremely anxious to ascertain their “position on the list.” I wish you could see your way to offer like stimulus in other subjects, as grammar, geography, arithmetic. In deference to the wish of our correspondent, we have this month selected an arithmetical problem as one of the questions to be answered. Another gentleman writes : I congratulate you on your little periodical. Several of our lads take it, and I use it as a class book for reading, to the great delight of the youngsters. A young scholar writes : It is with great pleasure that I compete for those prizes that are offered in your inimitable boys' book, the Young Scholar. If not successful I will not get faint-hearted, but with real British pluck go in each time with a determination to win. In searching over those books which I must do before I can write a neat account, I have acquired more knowledge than I otherwise should have. So if I am not one of the prize winners I really do gain something. Hoping that your magazine will be the favourite of every schoolboy in the British islands, &c. Several additional examination papers have been received, but owing to their being sent after the prescribed time, we have been unable to include them in the list. |