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and Grammar, and that sound education consists in placing these instrumental 

 arts completely at the command of the pupil. The first two, present him 

 with the key which will unlock to him the secret laws of the material world, 

 the wonderful arrangements according to which the universe moves on in 

 harmony and order ; while the latter is the only door, through which an en- 

 trance can be obtained, into the still more glorious edifice of the human mind, 

 and to the principles of language, without which there would be no commu- 

 nicable nor transmitted science of mind. Grammar is the only foundation for 

 logic itself, without which man is a continual dupe to every fallacy, and 

 utterly unable to pass a sound judgment on any question of law or moral 

 philosophy, or on the revelation of God's will, whether communicated in 

 the ample page of the material creation, or in the more easily understood 

 revelation by words. 



" Perhaps the Directors are not aware of the extent of a delusion, under 

 which some persons labour, about the course of studies pursued at the Aca- 

 demy. It is affirmed from day to day, and with a pertinacity which defies 

 contradiction, that in our Establishment nothing but the classics are studied, 

 and that almost our exclusive attention is devoted to them. In answer to 

 these erroneous statements, I place before the Directors the following Table of 

 the Weekly Studies in the several Classes : 



FIRST and SECOND CLASSES Latin 14\ hours other studies 14. 



THIRD CLASS Latin and Greek, 20 hours other studies 11. 



FOURTH CLASS Latin and Greek, 17 hours other studies 12| 



FIFTH CLASS Latin and Greek, 17$ hours other studies 12| 



SIXTH CLASS Latin and Greek, 14 hours other studies 15 



SEVENTH CLASS Latin and Greek, 17 hours other studies 13 



" From this statement it will be s"een, what a considerable portion of the 

 whole time is devoted to other studies than Greek and Latin ; and when we 

 take into consideration that all is done according to time tables, which prevent 

 the possibility of one study being sacrificed to another, the charge of our ex- 

 clusive devotion to the classics must appear utterly groundless. Indeed, the 

 wonder is, how it can be expected that our pupils, compelled as they are to 

 perform the whole work of the Academy, without dispensing with any depart- 

 ment, can be expected to compete with pupils, whose time has been exclu- 

 sively, or almost exclusively, devoted to classical studies. This is particularly 

 the case with the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Classes, where the proportion be- 

 tween the time allowed and the expected proficiency of the Pupils, is one which, 

 I am certain, would alarm the most self-confident classical master of the day. 



" In the mean time, I have no cause to complain, and can conscientiously 

 declare, that the whole School is in every department in a healthy state, and 

 under a wholesome course of instruction. I have prepared my own classes 

 for an examination on paper, the only real test of the scholarship of a class. 



" Mr. Wood has continued to give us great assistance, and to superintend 

 the English department with unwearied zeal and proportionate success. 



" As the Silver Medal in the Seventh Class will be given to the pupil who 

 will pass the best examination on paper in Algebra and Geometry, it will be 

 necessary for the Directors to ask some qualified person to draw up the ne- 

 cessary questions, and examine the answers. 



"The range of study which the class has accomplished during the year, and 

 on which the pupils are prepared to be examined, is as follows : 

 "1. IN PURE GEOMETRY. 



" Frequent Revisals of the first Four Books of Euclid, and the Sixth Book 

 for the first time. 



"Many Exercises strictly Geometrical have been prescribed and performed in 

 the Class-room. " 2. IN TRIGONOMETRY. 



"The different Trigonometrical Lines, as given in the Tables, have been fully 

 explained, and some of them calculated. Right Angled and Oblique Angled 

 Triangles in all the different cases have been solved, and a great number of 



