where the bottom of the hive crosses it, this groove must not be quite half an inch deep. A piece of wood, with the grain running the other way to that of the floor board, must be nailed on to the bottom, and project 4 or 5 inches beyond the bottom of the groove, to serve as an alighting board, and to prevent warping. This bottom board, with the hive on it, must be placed on a stand, about 18 inches from the ground, and should not be fastened down, though made to stand quite securely and firmly. The holes at the top must be stopped for the present, and a good large earthenware milkpan, inverted, placed over the whole as a protection from wet. I will not, however, take up more of your space at present. Should this letter appear in the Journal, I will finish the subject, if I can, next month. Your obedient servant, ARISTEUS. SCHOOLMASTERS in ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, and STUDENTS of the National Society's Training College, Battersea,* to whom the Committee of Council on Education have granted Certificates of Merit on passing the Examination conducted by the Rev. Henry Moseley, A.M., and the Rev. H. W. Bellairs, A.M., H. M. Inspectors of Schools, in July, 1848. FIRST CLASS. First Division. None. Second Division. Gyles Edwin, Mathematical Master, Training Institution, Winchester. Rome, J. T., Free School, Keswick, Cumberland. Third Division. Topple, Alfred, Nat. School, Abbott's Ann, Andover. SECOND CLASS. First Division. Nixon, Alfred, Nat. School, Churchstoke. Easton, George, Nat. School, Prestwich, near Manchester. Second Division. Nicholls, Henry, St. Ewe (Eclectic School). Sullivan, John, Nat. School, Christ Church, Macclesfield. Third Division. Chambers, E. J., Nat. School, Saffron Walden. * The schools to which the students have since been appointed are appended to their names. Good, Edward, Nat. School, Christ Church, Chester. Hulford, Henry, Hurdsfield, Macclesfield. Rowbotham, Frederick, Nat. Society's Central School, Bradford. Brown, John, Nat. School, Brixham, Devon. THIRD CLASS. First Division. Drake, William, Nat. School, Milverton. Second Division. Davey, Charles M., Nat. School, Mansfield Woodhouse, Kimber, Richard, Nat. School, Painswick. Third Division. Perkins, George, Nat. School, Alverstone. Winter, James, Nat. School, Halstead. Holmes, William, Nat. School, Harbro' Magna, Rugby. Marks, Edward N., Poor School, Shrewsbury. Townsend, Thomas, Nat. School, Donnington. Verrall, Albert, Nat. School, Thornbury. THE COURSE OF STUDY ARRANGED FOR THE NEXT INSPECTION OF THE BATTERSEA TRAINING COLLEGE. No. I. THE VICE-PRINCIPAL'S SYLLABUS. 1. SCRIPTURAL Knowledge: (a) The historical portions of the books of Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Life of Moses. Journeyings of the Israelites. The religious instruction typically contained in the account of Israel's bondage, wanderings, &c. (b) The Epistle to the Hebrews. Meaning of the text in detail. Primary design of the writer. Chief divisions of the subject. Details of comparison between the Mosaic and Christian dispensations. Principal duties inculcated. (c) Chief prophecies in the Old Testament respecting the Messiah, The three periods of Jewish prophecy, viz. before, during, and after the captivity. Moral and historical uses of the scheme of Jewish prophecy, as introductory to the gospel dispensation. 2. English History : From James I. to Queen Victoria, inclusive, as taught in Gleig's "School History of England." Chief political epochs,-religious ditto, literary ditto;-progress of maritime discovery, arts and sciences, &c. 3. English Grammar, Etymology, and Literature: (a) Hunter's "Text Book of English Grammar," and "Parsing Exercises." Classification of letters. Ditto of words. The true nature of gender, number, and case. Comparative advantages of a copious and a scanty variety of inflexion. What variety of words the adjective in its widest acceptation includes. What variety of forms the verb, according to its strict definition, comprises. The nature and elements of a proposition. Distinction between the logical and the grammatical analysis of a sentence. Distinction between etymological and syntactical parsing. Examples of purely syntactical parsing. Forms of discourse not admitting syntactical parsing. Structure of compound sentences. Rules of punctuation. Principles and practice of paraphrasing. (b) Wilson's" Outlines of Etymology," to be committed to memory. Extended by oral instruction. Utility of a knowledge of etymological signification. Necessity of superadding an acquaintance with the conventional and relative uses of words. (c) First six books of Milton's "Paradise Lost," by Dr. Major, with exposition and prose translation. (d) Features of the principal English literary productions of the 17th and 18th centuries. 4. Modern Geography : (a) Asia and America. Configuration. Drainage. Political Divisions. Chief towns, &c. with their relations to history, commerce, or science. (b) England and its colonies. Distinctions of England as to manufacturing, mining, shipping, and other localities. Chief towns. Progress and present state of colonial establishments. (c) Palestine, as taught in Macleod's "Palestine." SYLLABUS OF LECTURES BY MR. TATE. ARITHMETIC. DEMONSTRATIONS of all the fundamental operations. Vulgar and decimal fractions. Rule of three, without the aid of proportion or the method of statement; comprising partnership and division in ratios, simple and compound interest, discount, gain and loss, &c. Involution. Square and cube root. Constructions of questions, in which the accuracy of the answers may be tested by an easy operation. Various problems relative to business of common life. Text bookTate's First Principles of Arithmetic. ALGEBRA. Demonstrations of all the fundamental operations. Simple equations applied to the solution of numerous useful problems. Powers and roots. Simple equations, with two unknown quantities. Quadratic equations, with one unknown quantity. Quadratic equations, with two unknown quantities. Literal equations. Ratios and proportion. Arithmetical and geometrical series. Investigations of the formulæ in simple and compound interest, discount, loss and gain, annuities. Cubic equations solved by a simplified form of Cardan's method, as well as by the methods of factors and the completing of the square. Various useful problems, showing the application of algebra to mensuration. MECHANICS. Various useful applications of the simple principle of work. Moduli of machines. Work in excavations. Work of steam having a mean pressure. Work of steam in relation to the water evaporated. Work of steam used expansively. Transmission of work by simple machines. Accumulated work-various applications of this important principle. Equilibrium of pressure, chiefly determined by geometrical construction, pressure of roofs, embankments, revetment, walls, &c. Strength in materials, &c. Text books-Tate's Exercises in Mechanics, and Moseley's Mechanics applied to the Arts. GEOMETRY, MENSURATION, LEVELLING, AND SURVEYING. The most important propositions in Euclid's Elements, familiarly demonstrated and applied to various useful practical problems. The methods of proof are specially adapted to the instruction of pupil teachers. Proofs of all the most useful rules in mensuration. Principles of estimation. Method of keeping the field-book in levelling and surveying. Description and use of theodolite, &c. Trigonometrical surveys. Text book-Tate's Geometry, Mensuration, &c. TRIGONOMETRY. Geometrical interpretation of the plus and minus values of algebraic quantities. Definitions and fundamental theorems in trigonometry. Application to the solution of problems relative to triangles, &c. Computation by logarithms. Development of sin. (A + B) and cos. (A+B). Trigonometrical formule directly derived from these theorems. To find the cosine, &c., of the angle of a triangle in terms of the sides. To find the area of a triangle in terms of the sides. Given any two sides of a triangle and the included angle, to find the other parts. To find the radii of the circles described in and about a triangle whose sides are given. To find the area of a polygon of any given number of sides. Problems in heights and distances. Text book-The Course of Trigonometry in Tate's Geometry, Mensuration, &c. UPPER MATHEMATICAL CLASS. Euclid. Higher departments of algebra, and formulæ in mensuration, &c. Analytical geometry, comprising equations of the straight line, the circle, parabola, ellipse, hyperbola, cissoid, &c. The differ ential and integral calculus. Text books-Bell's Euclid, Hall's Algebra, and Tate's Differential and Integral Calculus. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. Properties of fluids. Mechanical properties of the atmosphere. Description of various pneumatic engines. The steam engine. Text books-Moseley's Mechanics applied to the Arts, and Tate's Exercises in Mechanics. ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. Form of the earth. Causes of day and night. The seasons. Mathematical lines upon the globe. Useful problems on the globes. Solar system. Phases of the moon. Tides. Distribution of land and water upon the earth's surface. Mountains the origin of rivers. Influence of the physical features of a country upon its population. Lakes. The ocean-currents in, &c. The atmosphere. Cause of winds. Equalization of temperature upon the earth. Variable, constant, and periodical winds. Climate. Circumstances which modify climate. Isothermal lines. Distribution of plants and animals. Text books and maps-Moseley's Astronomy, Moseley's Astro-theology, Educational Maps published by the Christian Knowledge Society, Johnstone's Maps. CHEMISTRY. Laws of chemical affinity. Doctrine of equivalents. Chemical symbols. The composition of the atmosphere. Impurities in the atmosphere. Ventilation of schools. Outlines of agricultural chemistry. Lessons on the science of common things. Text booksReid's Chemistry, Johnson's Agricultural Chemistry, Mayo's Object Lessons. METHODS OF GIVING A BIBLE LESSON.-No. 3. LET the pupils of the most competent class read the verses in turn, until the whole passage has been twice gone over. Then, with their Bibles still open for reference, let them be called upon, individually, by the master, 1. To name (a) the persons, and (b) the places, mentioned in the passage; (c) to give some description of the persons, and (d) of the places. 2. To give (a) the meanings of the more difficult expressions, (b) a general title appropriate to the whole passage, and (c) the chief circumstances recorded in the verses successively. The pupils being then required to close their books, the master may call upon them individually, 3. To answer miscellaneous additional questions, including references to illustrative verses in other parts of Scripture. **We subjoin a few specimens of questions, &c., conformed to the 2nd and 3rd of the above sections, taking, as the subject of the lesson, Matt. ii. 1—12. 2. (a) What do you understand by the days of Herod; to worship Him; he was troubled; all Jerusalem; should be borne; thus it is written; the least; out of thee shall come; privily called; inquired diligently; lo? 2. (b) The visit of the wise men to Jesus. |