158 l^'ansactlons. — MUcellaneous. 



binomial tlieorem ; practical plane trigonometry ; logarithms ; mensuration ; 

 tlieoretical geometry, as much as the first six books of Euclid ; elementary 

 chemistry and physics ; physiology ; geology, botany or zoology ; English 

 language ; one other modern langutige ; Latin. Additional subjects : — 

 Landscape drawing and painting ; second modern language ; laboratory work 

 in science ; Greek ; instrumental music, and history. In connection with 

 these advanced schools there should be evening classes, that the pupils who 

 have passed through the elementary schools and whose parents did not send 

 them to the advanced school, and others desirous of doing so, might have an 

 ojiportunity of continuing their studies. The pupils attending these classes 

 should pay about one penny per hour ; the payment should be quarterly, 

 thus one shilling per quarter for one hour per week. The teachers in these 

 classes should also be paid by Government on the result of examination of 

 the pupils once a year. 



Colleges. 

 As the advanced schools would be small in number compared to the 

 elementary schools, so the colleges would be small in number compared to the 

 advanced schools ; one for each province seems quite sufficient at present, and 

 will probably be so for many years. The colleges should either have a 

 museum of their own, or should be attached to existing museums. It would 

 be desirable to be near a hospital. It should stand in grounds of not less 

 than 100 acres, if possible. The permanent success of a higher educational 

 establishment very much depends upon the esprit de corps existing among the 

 students, and nothing more conduces to develope this than good recreation 

 grounds for cricket and other out-door games. Proximity to a river, that 

 boating and swimming may be practised, would also be of value for the same 

 reason. College friendships (which give such pleasant associations to our days 

 of study) are more frequently developed in the hours of recreation than the 

 hours devoted to study, and there is an incompleteness about educational 

 establishments where the students meet only during the hours of study, which 

 is veiy striking to any one who has been associated with institutions of both 

 kinds. The colleges should be for persons over fifteen years of age. The 

 students should be of two classes, namely, those attending only certain classes, 

 and those entering for a complete course. The complete course of instruction 

 in the college should be arranged in a time-table extending over three years. 

 Except in special subjects the first class of each course would commence each 

 year, and fii-st year, second year, and third year classes would proceed simul- 

 taneously. Care should be taken in arranging this table that the classes of 

 each year's students do not clash. The course of lectures should, in all cases, 

 1)0 thorough, and extend to the present bounds of knowledge. The regular 

 college hours should be from ten to one and from two to five, with ten to one 



