Seeing that the scheme of work referred to is not a University Syllabus but a School Syllabus, one cannot help feeling sorry for the parent if Mr. Kirk should get his way.
Mr. Kirk is also among those who have yet to grasp that the Cambridge Local Examit of work done, similar to other tests—the School Examins ducted by the Staff for in: in many respects, but offering the advantage of absolutely impartial examiners, a recognized system of els ication which affords a means of comparing certain candidates ith other candidates and insisting on s standard of attainment which tends to bring into line and up to date, pupils and teachers otherwise far removed from recognized educational centres, Many teachers will own that it is through the Cambridge Local Syllabus and text-books that they receive a very great amount of help in keeping abreast of the tide in educational advancement.
Mr. Kirk draws attention to the list of unemployed clerks and points to the remedy of abandoning the pen in favour of the artisan's tool in Shanghai. If he refers to foreign
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