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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 78

Section III.—Some Expert Opinions—

Section III.—Some Expert Opinions—

Professor Sale.—Entirely in Sympathy—Intermediate Examinations at University a Persecution—Too Many Subjects 10
Dr Marshall.—No Doubt about the Curse of Cram—Public to Blame by Insisting on Results 10
Professor Park.—Written Examinations Foster Cram—German System in Mining Colleges 11
The. Health Officer Agrees 11
Principal of Girls' High School Suggests German or American Plan of "Accrediting" Pupils from School to School as Substitute for Examination 11
An Ex-Inspector of Schools experienced Effects of Cram—The Graduate Destitute of Wisdom—Inefficiency of Teachers and Professors 11
Another Ex-Inspector's Opinions 18
A School Mistress States Present Position in Schools—The Age Limit—The Continuation Examination the Curse of the Secondary Schools—Quotes 'Mosley Report'—Two Years' Work as Prescribed by the Education Department in English, Arithmetic, Geography, Heat, Botany, Mathematics, Latin, French, History 14
Auckland Teachers.—Head-masters Condemn the "Snippet Syllabus"—Multiplicity of Subjects 19
Headmasters Dunedin Primary Schools Agree—Pressure from Parents-Crowded Syllabus—Girls Become Dull Under the System—Teachers' Bread and Butter Depend on Results of Examinations 21