1 8 Professor Lindsay on German Educational Methods 



been even more disastrous. In England a mere examining board 

 had a large number of capable men to chose from as examiners, 

 but in Ireland a more limited number was further reduced by 

 religious and other considerations, so that the appointment of 

 examiners, irrespective of their qualification, was the result. He 

 himself had had the misfortune of having as fellow-examiners 

 several most illiterate persons. 



Mr. J. Brown said he had listened with great interest to 

 Professor Lindsay's clear, and complete description of the German 

 educational system. No doubt it was excellent, and, without 

 wishing to detract trom it at all, he might point out that however 

 well planned it was towards the aim ot education — the production 

 of capable men by the formation of mind and character — it had 

 not turned out men of such capabilities as had our haphazard 

 English ways. One could consider the great lights of English 

 science, literature, and Engineering. They stood above all the 

 world in quality and quantity of their work. 



