308 REPORT— 1 882. 



paid if the children pass in any one or two of the Class-subjects, and an 

 additional Grant if three be taken. 



III. That the list of Specific subjects (Clause 25) should include 

 Elementary Physics, and the fundamental facts of Chemistry ; and the 

 word ' Geometry ' should be used instead of ' Euclid.' 



IV. That Clause 29 be left out, inasmuch as Domestic Economy in- 

 cludes the principles of alimentation, sanitation, &c. 



V. That the teaching of Specific as well as Class-subjects in Night 

 Schools should be provided for in Clause 30. 



VI. That the Standard work in Elementary Science (pp. 6 and 7) 

 needs rearranging : — 



The division (a) should generally include plants as well as animals. 

 The divisions (6) and (c) should be welded together, and more pro- 

 gressively arranged. 



VII. That the Science programme should be regarded as a sugges- 

 tion, but not necessarily as an inevitable arrangement. 



VIII. That the Pupil Teachers' course (p. 11) should provide for the 

 study by them of Elementary Science, seeing that they will in all pro- 

 bability be required to give Object lessons, or to teach Elementary 

 Science in the Schools, and to attend science classes at College. 



A deputation was appointed to present the memorial, but so many 

 other public bodies were approaching the Education Department on the 

 subject of the New Code, that Lord Spencer was unable to find time to 

 receive it, and the memorial was sent in the usual way. Dr. Gladstone, 

 however, as one of a deputation from the London, Birmingham, and 

 other School Boards, had an opportunity of urging the claims of 

 Science, and of mentioning the special wishes of the British Association. 

 Nothing could be more distinct than the assurance of both Lord Spencer 

 and Mr. Mundella as to their desire to introduce the teaching of 

 Elementary Science as far as circumstances would permit. 



Recommendations somewhat similar to those of the British Associa- 

 tion were made, not only by the above School Boards, but also by a 

 Conference of leading educationists on Code Reform, and by the British 

 and Foreign School Society. 



When the New Code was laid on the table of the House, on March 6,. 

 it appeared that some of these recommendations had been adopted, and 

 that all the clauses in the ' Proposals ' which were approved by your 

 Committee had been retained. 



The proposals thus retained are as follows : — 



In Infant Schools the merit grant will be dependent upon the report 

 of the Inspector, who will have to take into consideration the provision 

 made for ' simple lessons on objects, and on the phenomena of nature and 

 of common life.' 



The leading facts of Physical Geography will be taught, not, as before, 

 as an optional specific subject for the high standards, but as a part of 

 Geography, which is a class-subject for the children in all the standards. 



The teaching of the principles of Agriculture as a specific subject is, 

 for the first time, recognised. 



The recommendations adopted are as follows : — 



' Chemistry ' and 'Physics ' in the two branches of ' sound, hght, and 

 heat,' and of ' electricity and magnetism,' have been added to the list of 

 sciences capable of being taken up as soecific subjects by children in 

 Standards V., VI., and VIT. 



