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by experience the almost unbounded influence be enforced universally; if wrong, let it be swept
of the educator over those placed under his away altogether."
charge, and that education is a powerful in-
strument, which may be used in defence of
truth or in support of error.

277 List of College and School Books............................... 279 circumstances. Mathematical Questions and Solutions

279

Having said so much for the educator and the educator's influence, I will pass on to consider the question more immediately before us. I do not refer to any particular class of edu- Allow me to repeat what I have had occacators; as it must never be forgotten, especially sion to state elsewhere, that while we admit by the promoters of Scholastic Registration, that an undue amount of legislative interthat mind and soul are equally valuable, ference would tend to cramp individual effort, whether they be enshrined in the body of a and to check private enterprise, we cannot but prince or a beggar. Do we estimate the value consider that the legislature might render most of a jewel by the size or costliness of the casket effective service by offering facilities and enwhich contains it? And, so, the body is one couragement to educated men to become the thing and the mind another, entirely distinct, instructors of youth; and how could this be and to be dealt with irrespective of all outward more successfully accomplished, and, at the same time, with the least conceivable infringeThe members of the profession are diversified ment on the liberty of the subject, than by as to position, and it will ever be so; but, closing the door against incompetent persons, and thus increasing the ability, and raising the character and position, of educators in general? So long, however, as any one, whether honest or dishonest, competent or incompetent, is permitted to assume multitude of persons who can only disgrace the duties of schoolmaster, there must be a our ranks, and injure the youth of our country. the week day pupils were in private schools, Statistics show that, in 1858, 33.9 per cent. of and that in 20 76 of such schools the charge of the scholars the highest weekly fee was was less than £1 per quarter; while for 17.69 twopence. In 22:54 per cent. of the schools, containing 21-42 per cent. of the scholars, the highest weekly fee was threepence. In 13:06 the highest fee was sixpence per week. As of the schools, containing 14:55 of the pupils, many as 20-4 per cent. of the teachers were receiving an annual income of £12, and only 13 per cent. received so much as £25.

The Educational Times. nevertheless, we are all engaged in the one same high and noble work of furnishing the mind with knowledge, of correcting the mo. rals, and of imparting, consciously or unconsciously, those principles of right and wrong which will affect in no slight degree the present and future welfare of our pupils.

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The Rev. Dr. WILSON having taken the Chair, Mr. BARROW RULE read the following paper on

SCHOLASTIC REGISTRATION.

I HAVE been invited to read a paper this evening on the question of Scholastic Registration; and while it affords me much pleasure to aid, in the least degree, in promoting a movement which I believe to be of the highest import ance to the profession and to the public, I feel conscious of my inability to do so with that effect and power which its value justly demands. I must therefore beg you to favour me with your indulgence while I endeavour

supporters.

If an unqualified man cannot be trusted to cure the body, the vehicle of the mind; surely we are not far mistaken when we assert that no one should be allowed to mould, fashion, and discipline the mind itself, without being required to show that he possesses some ability for so important a work.

I grant that successfully passing an examination is not a sufficient guarantee of all the qualifications which a school-master ought to possess; but the question is, which is more judicious, to place education in the hands of good and moral men who cannot produce any evidence that they are able to teach, or to entrust it to others, equally good and moral, who can prove their competency for this important occupation? Before leaving this part

tion of such schoolmasters must gain a living Here is sufficient proof that a large propor by some other means, or be in a most destitute

demand the utmost energy and devotion for their faithful discharge.

briefly, and yet, I trust, not obscurely, to ex-of the subject, I will quote an extract from Mr. condition, and unfit to be entrusted with duties plain a scheme which has already gained many Lowe's speech in Parliament, in reply to Mr.which are of the highest importance, and which If it should be asked, what right the profes- Walter, in which he most strongly defends sion has to advocate Scholastic Registration, the general principle of Registration:But we have other objects in view, as well I would reply, that the Divine command, "Consider what a schoolmaster is. He is the as that of ultimately excluding incompetent "Train up a child in the way he should go, very life and soul of the school. His mind, his persons from this service. We wish to place and when he is old he will not depart from it,' "moral qualities, his peculiarities, are all stamped the education of youth in the hands of duly authorizes any effort which may be made to with the greatest facility, but with the most indel-educated persons exclusively, to enable the guard the education of youth. Let the school-ible accuracy, on the young and plastic natures public to distinguish qualified from unqualified master, whose duty it is to develope powers committed to his charge. The school is the exwhich may eventually prove a gain to the press reflex of his own intellect and character; educators, to encourage the study of education country, a service to science, and an honour ascertaining that the man to whom we entrust so legally recognized position. But none of these and we cannot be too jealous or too careful in as a science, and to give the profession a to religion, be duly qualified for his task, enormous a power for good or evil over so many objects can possibly be accomplished until the otherwise such training may never be carried of our fellow-creatures, comes up, as far as our legislature forbids the admission of quacks, out, or still worse, be warped and misdirected. means of investigation will enable us to test it, to and other imposters, who live on the credulity If our right, as a College, to originate and the standard of qualification which his task de- of parents and guardians. promote this movement, be questioned, the mands. I know that all we can do to ensure this As Englishmen, we are constitutionally Royal Charter, which empowers us to ad- falls far short of what is to be desired. Exami- jealous of government interference. And it is vance the cause of education, or the interests nations will not enable us to judge of a man's mo- right that we should be so, and that we should of the scholastic profession," will fully and rals; but our knowledge of his previous history, do all we can to encourage a manly feeling of unquestionably sustain us in the course we are and of his associates, together with the examina- independence; for as soon as any body of men tion, all give us at any rate a much better know. pursuing. I will not enlarge on the influence which the ledge of him than we can have of a person of whom are placed under an undue amount of governeducator exercises either for good or evil, nor gone any such test. I have said that there are mere instruments, devoid of enterprise, and we know nothing, except that he has not under- ment supervision and direction, they become will I attempt, before such an audience as the many things in the conduct of a school which indisposed to put forth independent effort. present, to describe at any length the invalu- neither inspection nor managers can discover; The education of the people," says an emiable blessings which result from a good educa- and these things we must take on trust. Well, nent educationist, "ought not to take its tone tion, or the baneful consequences which follow but in whom shall we trust? Shall it be in the and character from their government. In a defective one. We are all conscious of the person of whom we know nothing? That is the Prussia, the education of the entire people is immense power placed in our hands, and question. I say we are bound to take every pre- under the direction of the government, a mere therefore it is incumbent upon us to do our caution in our power; and when we have done affair of police; and what is the consequence? utmost not only to exercise it aright, but to that, we have done little enough. You would not There is no real liberty in Prussia. The whole endeavour lawfully to restrain others from let a man cut a diamond for you without some body of teachers are trained in subservience to assurance that he had proper skill; but we are abusing it, to the present and future injury of asked to entrust the youth of the country to teach the government, and they bring up the whole those subjected to it. We cannot be blamed ers of whose competence we have no assurance; of their pupils in habits of the same subserfor manifesting an earnest desire that none but and yet the youth of the country is worth many viency." competent persons should be allowed to exer- diamonds. cise the scholastic profession, since we know

We are a proud and independent nation. "If the principle of the certificate is right, let it Let us then have our own system of national