8. No marks are carried forward from one Queen's Scholarship and Studentship Examination to another. 9. Candidates are recommended to make themselves acquainted with Articles 57-61, 70 (d), 78–82, and 83-99, and First Schedule of the Scotch Code. 10. Copies of the papers set at previous Examinations may be obtained from Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode or through any bookseller, price 6d. each. NOTE. No information can be afforded by the Department as to the marks obtained by individual candidates. SYLLABUS OF SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION. A.-COMPULSORY SUBJECTS. Reading and Repetition. [30.]-To read with fluency, ease, and just expression, and to repeat 100 lines of Shakespeare or Milton or Scott with clearness and force, and knowledge of meanings and allusions. N.B.-Pupil-teachers in Public and State-aided Schools must perform these exercises at the inspection of their school next preceding the Examination at which they wish to present themselves. Candidates who have not been pupil-teachers, by giving notice to the Inspector of the district, will have an opportunity of Reading at some school during its inspection, of which the Inspector will give them intimation. Ex-pupilteachers will receive the marks for Reading given at the last inspection of their school before the expiration of their apprenticeship. Penmanship [30] and Dictation. [30.] Writing, as taught in schools, is apt to be too small and indistinct. Pupils should be taught to write a firm, round, legible hand. 1. To write a specimen of the penmanship used in setting copies of text hand and small hand. 2. To write a passage from Dictation. English Grammar and Composition. [80.]-Paraphrase of a passage either of prose or poetry. Parsing, and analysis of simple and complex sentences. Knowledge of roots, prefixes and terminations, both Latin and English. A knowledge of the sources and growth of the English language and literature. To write an original composition on a given subject. Arithmetic. Males. [90.]--Arithmetic, generally. The papers on arithmetic may contain questions requiring the reasons of the several rules to be explained and demonstrated as to a class of scholars. Arithmetic and Algebra. Females. [90.] ARITHMETIC, generally. ALGEBRA.-The four simple rules, highest common factor, lowest common multiple, fractions, square root, simple equations of one unknown quantity, with easy problems. The papers on arithmetic may contain question quiring the reasons of the several rules to be explained and demonstrated as to a class of scholars. Mathematics. Males only. [90.] EUCLID.-Books I., II., III., IV., and the first nine propositions of Book VI., with simple deductions. ALGEBRA. The four simple rules, highest common factor, lowest common multiple, fractions, square root, cube root, simultaneous equations of the first degree of two unknown quantities, and quadratic equations involving one unknown quantity, with easy problems. MENSURATION.-Of triangles, parallelograms and plane surfaces. MATHEMATICS. Females. See Note under Special Subjects. Geography. [50.]-Physical, political and commercial geography of the World, with special reference to the British Isles and British Possessions. Answers may be required to be illustrated by sketch maps. Candidates who pass with credit in this subject at the Queen's Scholarship and Studentship Examination may, in the next two examinations for certificates open to them, omit the paper in Geography, and take au extra Language or Science instead. Candidates who fail to pass in this subject will be marked "G" in the Class List. NOTE.-With a view of encouraging the study of this subject, the Council of the Royal Geographical Society offer three prizes of 21. each with certificates to male, and three to female candidates, and five certificates without money prizes to male, and five to female candidates who obtain the highest marks in Geography at the Queen's Scholarship and Studentship Examination. History. [50.]-British History from Julius Caesar to the present time, with a special reference to Scottish History. Candidates who pass with credit in this subject at the Queen's Scholarship and Studentship Examination may, in the next two examinations for certificates open to them, omit the paper in History, and take an extra Language or Science instead. Candidates who fail to pass in this subject will be marked " H" in the Class List. Teaching. [60.]-To give a collective or class lesson on any subject taught in Public or State-aided Schools. (An object lesson may be required.) Marks for giving a lesson can be obtained by both pupil-teachers and candidates who have not been pupil-teachers. The lesson must be given by the former at the Inspector's visit to the school next preceding the Queen's Scholarship and Studentship Examination. Candidates who have not been pupil-teachers, by giving notice to the Inspector of the district, will have an opportunity of giving a lesson at some school during its inspection of which the Inspector will give them intimation. Ex-pupilteachers will receive the marks for teaching given at the last inspection of their school before the expiration of their apprenticeship. To prepare notes for any such lesson. To answer questions as to the mode of giving any such lesson. School Management. [75.]-Notes of lessons. The methods of teaching the elementary and class subjects. The methods and principles of infant teaching and discipline, and of cultivating the intelligence of children. Needlework. [80.]-1. The various stitches used in making and mending calico and flannel underclothing. 2. The cutting out, by proportion or by measurements, of a girl's chemise, drawers, and flannel petticoat. Domestic Economy. [45.]-Food; its functions and preparation. Clothing and washing. Rules for warming, cleaning and ventilating the dwelling. Rules for preserving health. The management of a sick room. B.-OPTIONAL SUBJECTS. Music.-Candidates may work the paper in either notation, but not in both. (a.) THEORY. [20.] Staff Notation: All the major and minor scales and signatures. Intervals. Easy transposition. Time signatures. Values of notes and rests. Contents of bars. Transcription. Syncopation. Compass of voices. Common musical terms. notes. Tonic Sol-fa Notation: The major and minor modes. First remove changes of key. Bridge (b.) PRACTICAL SKILL. [30.] Graded tests in tune, time, and ear training. The highest marks will be given to candidates able to sing at sight passages combining time and tune, and to tell ear exercises freely. (i.) Candidates may take theory of music without also taking practical music. (ii.) The tests can be sung from the staff or tonic sol-fa notation at the option of the candidate. Drawing. 175.] (a.) FREEHAND. (Subject 2b.) [15.] (b.) MODEL. (Subject 3a.) [15.] (c.) SHADING from casts. (Subject 5b.) [15.] Elementary Stage. (d.) PRACTICAL PLANE AND SOLID GEOMETRY, Elementary Stage. (Science Subject I.) [30.] Exercises in drawing are not given in the Queen's Scholarship and Studentship Examination, but marks counting at that Examination can be obtained by corresponding success at any previous Examination of the Science and Art Department. Pupil-teachers in a school in which an Examination in drawing is held may be examined in subjects (a) (b) (c) when the rest of the school is examined in drawing. These three subjects may be taken in any order, but a candidate taking (c) light and shade drawing at the examination of his own school cannot take any other subject of drawing at the same examination. Pupil-teachers may also be examined at the May Examination. The exercises in the several branches may be taken in any order; but subject (d) can only be taken at the May Examination. Marks are allowed for a 1st class in (a) (b) and (c) and for a pass in (d). The passes and classes allowed as equivalents for (a) (b) (c) or (d) for the purposes of the Elementary Drawing Certificate (1st class) (see p. 67 of the Science and Art Directory for 1895) are also allowed as equivalents in the Queen's Scholarship and Studentship Examination. For information as to the places and times of these Examinations, and as to the exercises required, see the Science and Art Directory. Languages. [80 each.]-Grammatical questions and passages for translation from English into the language chosen, and into English from the following books: 1. LATIN. Cæsar, de Bello Gallico, Books II. and III., and Virgil, Æneid, Book I. 2. GREEK.-Xenophon, Anabasis, Books II. and III., and Homer, Iliad, Book I. 3. FRENCH. Simple unseen passages. 4. GERMAN. Simple unseen passages. [SEE NOTE UNDER SCIENCES.] Sciences. [80 each.] [ I. 80.] Elementary [25]. Advanced I. 50.] Honours 5. MECHANICS, (a) Solids, (b) Fluids. *6. SOUND, LIGHT, AND HEAT (Elementary), or (a.) Sound, (b.) Light, (c.) Heat. *7. MAGNETISM AND ELECTRICITY. 8. CHEMISTRY. 9. HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY. 10. BOTANY. 11. NAVIGATION. 12. PHYSIOGRAPHY. 13. PRINCIPLES OF AGRICULTURE. 14. HYGIENE. (Advanced or Honours.) * Elementary Physics is allowed as an alternative to the Elementary Stage of these subjects. The sub-divisions (a) or (b) of Subject 5 and (a) (b) or (c) of Subject 6 each count as one subject. No papers in Science are set at the Queen's Scholarship and Studentship Examination, but marks counting in that Examination can be obtained by success at one of the May Examinations of the Science and Art Department held in the same year as the candidate's Examination for the Scholarship and Studentship, or in the preceding year. For information as to the places and times of these examinations, and for a detailed syllabus of each Science, see the Science and Art Directory. NOTE.-Marks may be obtained for two of the above subjects of Language and Science (or for three if marks are not claimed for Drawing and Practical Skill in Music). One of these two (or three) subjects must be a Language. If only one subject is taken it may be either a Language or a Science. C.-SPECIAL SUBJECTS. Gaelic. [80].-Grammar, Translation, and Composition.-Any Gaelicspeaking pupil-teacher employed in the counties mentioned in Article 19E, Scotch Code, may, in addition to the marks obtainable under the foregoing regulation for Languages and Sciences, obtain marks in this subject. Mathematics.-Females.-For the purposes of Article 95 (d) of the Scotch Code, Female Candidates (in addition to the ordinary paper on Arithmetic and Algebra) may take the paper on Mathematics set for Males. EXAMINATION FOR TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. July 1896. SYLLABUS FOR MALE CANDIDATES. [Changes for the years 1896 and 1897 and any reversions to the requirements of the Syllubus for 1894, are printed in Italics.] The Examination for Certificates will commence on Monday, the 6th July 1896, at 2 p.m. Candidates are recommended to make themselves acquainted with Articles 41-55 of the Scotch Code of 1895. NOTES. No student may be presented for examination except such as, at the date of their admission, satisfied Article 93 and have been under instruction throughout the whole year. No such student may be left out. Under the provisions of Article 46 of the Code the names of candidates-not being students in any Training College-who desire to be examined must be notified to the Department before the first day of May 1896. This notification must be made by the official correspondent of the school. The maximum number of marks allowed for each subject is indicated by the figures within brackets [ ]. The subjects in which failure excludes from a Certificate under General Regulation 3, page 505, are denoted by the sign (F). Students who pass successfully through their course of training receive special mention thereof (stamp) on their certificates. |