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household duties tfye system of instruction pursued in the Freemasons' School will bear favourable comparison with that of any of the other institutions they have visited . Yet they find , what had long been apparent to many , —and here let us bear our testimony to the great credit due to Bro . Binckes for the manner in which he has pressed the matter on the attention of the committee and the
subscribers , —that the education is far inferior to that afforded in other institutions professing to deal with children coming from a similar class of society ; but we do not blame the governess for this , as she has , as far as we understand , conscientiously discharged her duties as they were laid down for her guidance at the time of her election .
Iiet us however compare the system of education pursued in the Freemason ' s School with that of other institutions , and we will only take those enumerated by the committee , that it may riot be supposed we have any particular bias in the matter : — " Freemasons' Girls' School . —Scripture , church catechism , reading , writing , arithmetic , geography , grammar , English history , ancient history ( to 1 st class ) , needlework , domestic duties .
" Royal Asylum of St . Ann's Society \ --All subjects connected with an English education , sufficient to enable them tor ' s examination for a piipil teacher for the first year ; needlework ; French and drawing { to 1 st classy Music is am extra paid for by parents or friends of those who learn ; " Commercial Travellers' . —Scripture history , geography , English history , grammar and analysis of sentences , arithmetic , useful general knowledge , needlework , French to the two upper classes , the school being divided into three classes .
" London Orphan Asylum , Clapton . —Reading , writing , arithmetic , history , geography , chronology , grammar , composition , drill , needlework , household duties , music , French . " London Freemen ' s Orphan . —Reading * and spelling , writing , arithmetic , English grammar and composition , geography , history , French , drawing , music ( as far as the mistress may be able to teach it ) , needlework , religious knowledge . "
"We have italicized a few words in the above , to show that in each of the schools quoted , except the Freemasons ' , French is deemed an essential portion of the education , at least for the upper classes ; whilst in the majority music and drawing are also included . Of the advantages of the education afforded at the St . Ann ' s Asylum , we can speak with greater confidence than of the others , inasmuch as we have had the good fortune to attend very many of the annual
meetings for the distribution of prizes , which are continued to the pupils for good conduct for the first seven years after leaving the school ( prizes of inconsiderable value , only ranging from half a crown to twenty shillings , with a Bible at the close of the seventh year , but which are as eagerly sought after as a Victoria cross or a fieldmarshal ' s baton , as evidencing the character the recipients have maintained ) , and have been peculiarly struck with the neat but ladylike appearance of those girls who , having graduated through the
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household duties tfye system of instruction pursued in the Freemasons' School will bear favourable comparison with that of any of the other institutions they have visited . Yet they find , what had long been apparent to many , —and here let us bear our testimony to the great credit due to Bro . Binckes for the manner in which he has pressed the matter on the attention of the committee and the
subscribers , —that the education is far inferior to that afforded in other institutions professing to deal with children coming from a similar class of society ; but we do not blame the governess for this , as she has , as far as we understand , conscientiously discharged her duties as they were laid down for her guidance at the time of her election .
Iiet us however compare the system of education pursued in the Freemason ' s School with that of other institutions , and we will only take those enumerated by the committee , that it may riot be supposed we have any particular bias in the matter : — " Freemasons' Girls' School . —Scripture , church catechism , reading , writing , arithmetic , geography , grammar , English history , ancient history ( to 1 st class ) , needlework , domestic duties .
" Royal Asylum of St . Ann's Society \ --All subjects connected with an English education , sufficient to enable them tor ' s examination for a piipil teacher for the first year ; needlework ; French and drawing { to 1 st classy Music is am extra paid for by parents or friends of those who learn ; " Commercial Travellers' . —Scripture history , geography , English history , grammar and analysis of sentences , arithmetic , useful general knowledge , needlework , French to the two upper classes , the school being divided into three classes .
" London Orphan Asylum , Clapton . —Reading , writing , arithmetic , history , geography , chronology , grammar , composition , drill , needlework , household duties , music , French . " London Freemen ' s Orphan . —Reading * and spelling , writing , arithmetic , English grammar and composition , geography , history , French , drawing , music ( as far as the mistress may be able to teach it ) , needlework , religious knowledge . "
"We have italicized a few words in the above , to show that in each of the schools quoted , except the Freemasons ' , French is deemed an essential portion of the education , at least for the upper classes ; whilst in the majority music and drawing are also included . Of the advantages of the education afforded at the St . Ann ' s Asylum , we can speak with greater confidence than of the others , inasmuch as we have had the good fortune to attend very many of the annual
meetings for the distribution of prizes , which are continued to the pupils for good conduct for the first seven years after leaving the school ( prizes of inconsiderable value , only ranging from half a crown to twenty shillings , with a Bible at the close of the seventh year , but which are as eagerly sought after as a Victoria cross or a fieldmarshal ' s baton , as evidencing the character the recipients have maintained ) , and have been peculiarly struck with the neat but ladylike appearance of those girls who , having graduated through the