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Show Dnxr of School Extnibitioni. Now draws near the close of the school year, bringing to thousands of students all oxer the land the dreaded examinations. :! . Much has been said upon the question of writ ten teats; much more should be said, for that the means in vogue of arriving at te knowledge of a student's power and growth are woefully inadequate, inade-quate, even the majority of instructors will admit That they inflict misery upon pupils, parents and teachers is not to be denied, and yet they are looked upon generally as necessary events. The vital point of objection is that the written test, prepared alikt for students of every shade of temperament and disposition, takes into account not at all the individual peculiarities of the child. Such a method as this seems like trying to turn out the students when they have completed a certain cer-tain course, as If they were clothespins from a modern mod-ern factory each must have precisely the same kind of a head. Jules Simon, famous both as a statesman and educator, used to say: "When I was young we prepared pre-pared the students for life, now we prepare them for examinations." . And while the cause of education has in many ways made great progress, there is sufficient truth in the statement to make the bitterness of its satire appreciated by thousands of overworked teachers and students. |