234 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



From the returns received, however, it seems that about 8 per cent, 

 of the boys remain at the Public Schools for at least a year after passing 

 some university examination : those generally taken being Responsions 

 or Previous (including the Higher Certificate of the Joint Board, which 

 gives exemption from these), London Matriculation, and the ' School 

 Certificate.' Of the 8 per cent, mentioned above, 31 per cent, had 

 passed Eesponsions, &c, 23 per cent. London Matriculation, and 

 45 per cent, some ' School Certificate ' founded about seven years 

 ago to meet the requirements of the War Office for Army candidates. 

 A considerable number of boys holding this certificate are at present 

 en the Army sides of the various schools. The use of this examination 

 li is been extended during the past few years, however, to other parts 

 of the school as a test for the ordinary boys who, whilst in one of the 

 upper forms, have not reached the sixth. The hope is expressed by 

 many schoolmasters that the recent action of the War Office in abolish- 

 ing the need for a Qualifying examination for Army candidates will not 

 cause this tendency to be arrested. 



It seems to be a general opinion among the masters in Public 

 Schools that there should be no sudden transition from the methods of 

 teaching adopted in the schools and at the University, since in this 

 case valuable time would be lost before the pupils became accustomed 

 to the new methods ; in fact, one correspondent suggests that there is 

 already too little overlapping between the methods employed, and that 

 at present there is too much lecturing and too little teaching at the 

 universities, while in the schools there is too much ' spoon-feeding ' and 

 too little lecturing. 



Changes in Regulations affecting Secondary Education. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Sir Philip Magnus {Chairman), Professor 

 H. E. Armstrong {Secretary), Mr. S. H. Butcher, Sir Henry 

 Craik, Principal Griffiths, Sir Horace Plunkett, and Professor 

 M. E. Sadler, appointed to take notice of, and report upon Changes 

 in, Regulations — whether Legislative, Administrative, or made by 

 Local Authorities — affecting Secondary Education. 



No changes have been made during the past year in the Regulations 

 of the Board of Education affecting Secondary schools. Further 

 correspondence has taken place between the Board and the Secondary 

 Schools Association on the effect of the Regulations as regards the 

 annual admission of 25 per cent, of the new pupils from Public 

 Elementary into Secondary schools receiving the higher grant, and 

 also on the advisability or otherwise of communicating in all cases the 

 reports in extenso of the Board's inspectors to the Local Education 

 Authority, even when no contribution is made from the authority to 

 the upkeep of the school. This correspondence will be published in 

 the Report of the Association. 



An interesting statement was made in the House of Commons 

 on July 13 by the President of the Board in moving the Vote for 



