EDUCATIONAL PRIZES.
To the Editor of th» Daily Southzxn Gboss. , Snt,— l have observed lately a proposal in your contemporary to offer prizes for English essays to be published in its columns; this was made in the belief that it would tend greatly to promote the intellectual progress of the rising generation. Now I hare a proposal to make that would, I believe, far more effectually attain that end, and it is this : — Let prizes be offered for proficiency in a. number of subjects, and let these be competed for by the pupils attending the various schools and academies in Auckland and the neighbourhood., The subjects should be just such as are commonly taught, as read in?, spelling, grammar, geography, history, English composition, arithmetic, mathematics,' element* of natural philosophy, Greek, Latin, French,' music, Scripture history, &c. Some £20 or £30 would pro bably suffice (and I should think that £50 could ba procured if necessary) for prizes.. A gold medal ought to be the reward of the best scholar, to mark the high distinction of his position. The examina tion might be intrusted to Mr. Taylor, Inspector of Schools, assisted by a committee of such men as Messrs. Swainson, T. Macfarlane, Newman, Major Heaphy, V.O. If the managers of our educational establishments -would concur in Buoh a scheme, and asiiatinthe working of it, incalculable good woulf wauredly result— Sum, *0., , . ' r

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