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School prefects are appointed by the Rector. They are divided as follows : 

 The Captain; the Lieutenant; four Buildings Sergeants; four Privates. 



The captain of the school is ex officio head of the games. Disobedience to 

 a prefect's order is an offence against school discipline. 



The duty of a prefect is to see that the welfare of the school is maintained. 



The purpose of this class is the gaining of an intelligent acquaintance with 

 the facts connected with our system of government, both local and imperial, 

 and with the rights and duties devolving on a citizen. It is intended primarily 

 for those just leaving school, and it forms a valuable introduction to the study 

 of economics and industrial history : — 



Methods of election of various governing bodies; powers and duties of 

 Parish, County, and Town Councils; Local Government; Education, Poor Law, 

 Public Health, Licensing, and Harbour Authorities; judicial and financial 

 systems, local and national ; election of a member of Parliament ; the Party 

 system ; the Cabinet and the Departments of the Executive Government ; 

 Governments within the British Empire; relations with Foreign States. 



APPENDIX V. 



Suggestions for Organising Regional Study and Maintaining a Permanent 

 Begional Record in a Parish. 



(By the Earl of Lytton.) 

 I. Objects to be aimed at. 



1. To prepare and keep up to date a complete historical survey and history of 



the area. 



2. To establish a local Regional Museum illustrative of the survey. 



3. To secure the maximum educational advantages from the work. 



4. To enlist the services of the children in the work, thus helping to train their 



observation, stimulate their interest in their surroundings, and develop 

 their faculties. 



5. To make the school and its work a centre of interest to all who live in the 



neighbourhood. 



6. To secure co-operation between the teachers, the children, and the adult 



population. 



II. Steps should be taken to : 



1. Hold a meeting for the discussion of the subject. 



2. Form a Regional Association for the study of the parish. 



3. The school to be recognised as the Regional Museum of the parish. 



4. Enlist the interest and co-operation of the teachers and children of the school. 



5. The survey and record to be kept at the school; the teachers and older 



children to become the first members. 



6. Secure the interest and co-operation of the local Boy Scouts or any other local 



organisation. 



7. All members of the Association will be expected to keep notes of any observa- 



tions they may make and give them to the school to be incorporated in 

 the central record. 



8. Members will also be expected to present to the school museum any articles 



of interest they may find, such as flint implements, pottery, coins, fossils, 

 &c., also contemporary objects of local historical interest. 



9. Members will also be expected to assist in the preparation of historical records 



of any old buildings in the parish and in supplying information about the 

 houses which they occupy, as well as in keeping the annual record up to 

 date. 



10. It is further hoped that members will help to provide in the school books 



of reference on natural history or archaeological matters, materials for 

 exhibit cases, &c., to be made by the children, illustrations in the form 

 of photographs or pictures of matters of local interest. They can also 

 help by giving facilities to the children to make observations on their 

 property by assisting them to pay periodical visits to local museums and 

 by lending books or objects for any special branch of study. 



