vered to the seminarists who are going to leave. These testimonials are divided into three classes, and numbered I. II. III. Those seminarists who have proved that they have acquired all the knowledge required by the regulations of government, receive the testimonials numbered I., with the word' distinguished.' Those who have not completely acquired that knowledge in all branches, but who have proved that they are well acquainted with the principal subjects, that is, with religion, language, arithmetic, and singing, receive testimonials numbered II., with the word 'good,' sometimes 'very good,' sometimes nearly good.' Lastly, those who have not acquired a complete knowledge of the above-mentioned branches, but nevertheless have made such progress in some of them that they can be employed in less numerous and poorer schools, receive testimonials numbered III., with the words sufficiently instructed.' 6 According to the first regulations issued by government in this matter, all those who had not obtained the testimonials numbered I. were to submit to another examination, by which they should prove that they had supplied their defects. But after some time the directors of the seminaries were requested to give their opinion on this point, and nearly all of them declared that many of the seminarists could never obtain such a degree of knowledge as to entitle them to the testimonial numbered I., because they did not possess sufficient talents. But nevertheless most of them were very industrious men, and would doubtless be very good schoolmasters. The directors therefore thought, that only those who had received testimonials numbered III. should submit to a second examination before they could be employed as teachers in elementary schools; and government acceded to this proposal. The whole institution contained, in 1834, in its different divisions, 192 seminarists and children, namely, a, in the seminary, 1, seminarists who belong to the orphano- 2, seminarists who are maintained by their 5 43 24 b, in the preparatory school, or what is properly 1, orphans receiving board, lodging, in- 2, boys who are destined for entering the 25 49 c, in the seminary-school, boys and girls. 100 The number of teachers in this institution is five, namely the director of the seminary and four others. In the last eight years, or since the complete organization of the seminaries in Prussia, 87 seminarists have been educated in this institution : * Since the beginning of this year government has ordered that six seminarists who are poor but industrious shall receive a monthly allowance of two dollars (six shillings). Of this number some were employed in town-schools, others in elementary schools in the country, and a few as private teachers in families: In town-schools ,, country-schools ,, private tutors 38 33 16 87 FND OF VOL. I. Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and Sons, Stamford Street. |