Grant) and in part payment of the salary of the Teacher of the School at Old Harbour Bay, on condition of its being made free and undenominational. The Inspector of Schools further suggested that the Ministers of the various denominations in the district should be appointed Joint Visitors of these two Schools, and that parents possessed of means should be allowed to avail themselves of the use of the Schools on payment of such fees as might be fixed. A building was purchased at Old Harbour Market and adapted for the new School there, which was opened in January, 1886, under an efficient Teacher. The undenominational School at Old Harbour Bay is held in a Schoolroom which has lately been purchased from the Church of England, and a residence for the Master of the School at Old Harbour Bay has been erected. A difficulty arose on the occurrence of the first vacancy with regard to the Mastership of the School at Old Harbour Market. The Rev. W. C. McCalla, joined by his congregation, urged that it was necessary for the Master to be a member of the Church of England and this view was shared by the Bishop and Diocesan Council. After some correspondence, and an ultimate appeal to the Supreme Court by the Governor, the Chief Justice decided that the intention of the Testator was that the Master should be a member of the Church of England. The amount at credit of the bequest on 31st March, 1892, was £1,993 3s. 4d., of which £1,900 was invested in Government debentures, bearing interest at 4 per cent., and £93 3s. 4d. was in the Government Savings Bank at 3 per cent. interest. MANNING'S FREE SCHOOL. THOMAS MANNING, in 1710, left thirteen slaves with land and the produce of a pen called Burn Savannah and cattle to endow a Free School in the parish of Westmoreland. It was incorporated in the year 1738 and since then has flourished in the town of Savanna-la-Mar, proving of great advantage to the inhabitants of Westmoreland and the sister parishes. The income of the School amounts to £471 3s. 3d. per annum, being a perpetual annuity secured to the Charity under the 28 Vic. chap. 23, in lieu of £7,852 14s. 8d. appropriated by the island. A scheme was drawn up in the year 1883 by the Schools Commission for the future management of this School and was approved by the Major-General then administering the Government in Privy Council under the 36th section of Law 34 of 1879. The scheme provides for the maintenance of a Boys' School furnishing a good middle class education and for a Girls' School of the same description and there are now in the two Schools 45 Boys and 34 Girls. An Elementary School has been established to act as a feeder to the Boys' School. It is under the management of the Head Master, and the Teacher is Mr. James Foote who was for years Assistant Master of the Endowed School. This School is under Government inspection, and has obtained a third class position. The Custos of Westmoreland. TRUSTEES. The two Senior Resident Magistrates of Members of the Parochial Board. SECRETARY TO THE TRUSTEES-Mr. James C. Young, salary £12 per annum, and 208. for Stationery. HEAD MASTER-Mr. W. A. Milne, salary £250 per annum, less £30 for rent of Castle. SECOND MASTER-Mr. W. Grant trained at the "Mico" Institution, salary £90 per annum. HEAD MISTRESS-Miss Daisy Thomas, salary £60 per annum. SECOND MISTRESS-Miss Anne Sloly 66 £25 MASTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-Mr. James Foote, salary £50 per annum and fees. WESLEYAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, BARBICAN. THIS Institution was opened on the 29th September, 1881. The course of instruction is laid on the lines of the Cambridge Local Examination and comprises all the branches of a thorough English Education, English Language and Composition, Arithmetic, Geography, History and Literature, Religious Knowledge, French, Algebra, Euclid, Botany, Geology, Political Economy, Calisthenics and Needlework. There is accommodation for 40 resident pupils. The following are the Terms, payable quarterly in advance :Pupils under 12 years £35 per annum. | Pupils over 15 years £45 per annum. Pupils over 12 to 15 40 per annum. Daily Pupils £10 and £12 per annum. EXTRA-1. Music, with Theory and Harmony Class; 2. Singing; 3. Drawing, £4 each; 4. Washing, £3 3s.; 5. Special Medical Attendance. Table and bed linen, &c., are supplied by the Institution. Books that are required are supplied and charged for. A quarter's notice must be given before removing a pupil. Pupils on entering should be able to read and write, with a knowledge of at least the simple rules of Arithmetic. TUTORIAL STAFF. Governor-Rev. W. H. F. Bleby. Assistants-Miss Hay, Miss M. Grice, Miss Maxwell. YORK CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL (WESLEYAN). THIS School was opened in the year 1876. It was established in order that instruction in Classics, Mathematics, Modern Languages and the other branches of a liberal education might be brought within the means of residents of this and the other West Indian Islands. Its founders, the Ministers of the Wesleyan Church, had in view the purpose of supplying such an education and moral training as would obviate all necessity of sending boys to any English or European School. Fourteen pupils have matriculated at London University since 1881. The ordinary subject of a higher-grade English school are taught. In the higher forms pupils are prepared for the London matriculation and the Cambridge Local Examinations. Special pupils are prepared for the Civil Service, and special attention is paid to modern subjects, such as Book-keeping and English Literature. The only extra subjects are Music, Drawing and Practical Chemistry. The School premises afford accommodation for about 100 scholars, while the ample grounds give scope for recreation and amusement. The situation (some 2000 feet above sea-level) ensures health and gives a refreshing change to boys who have been reared in the lowlands. Although the School is under the control of the Wesleyan Church the utmost freedom of religious belief exists, and the one aim of the Governing Body is that the boys committed to their care shall grow up gentlemen. Since its commencement in 1876 York Castle can count among its alumni several Jamaica Scholars, viz., T. W. Halliday, 1881, D. D. Parnther, 1884, E. V. Lockett, 1887 (placed next to the first in Honours in all England), E. E. Murray, 1888, (placed above the first in Honours in all England), H. A. Josephs, 1891, and H. D. Lockett, 1892. In connection with the School is a Theological Institution for the training of candidates for the Wesleyan Ministry. This department is intended to supply to Jamaica students the same facilities as are afforded in England to Ministers of the Wesleyan Church. Some ten or twelve Ministers now labouring in this and other islands have passed through the classes at York Castle. The following are the Terms, payable quarterly in advance : Pupils under 12 years of age Pupils from 12 to 15 years of age Pupils above 15 years of age £40 per annum, 45 Governor and Theological Tutor-Rev. W. C. Murray. Assistant Masters C. A. Cover, London University. J. J. Robinson, London University. Music Master-P. A. Cover. Drawing Master-W. Crawshaw, Drawing Certificates at South Kensington, MORAVIAN FEMALE TRAINING SCHOOL, BETHLEHEM. THIS School for the training of Female Teachers for service in the Day Schools belonging to the Moravian Church was opened at Bethabara, in 1861, by the Rev. J. J. Seiler. It is now also made use of for the higher education of the daughters of the Native Jamaican Ministers and Missionaries of the Church. In 1885 the School was placed on the Government List of Voluntary Training Colleges, in consequence of which the number of Students was increased and the premises at Bethabara found to be quite inadequate. New buildings were therefore erected by the Moravian Church at Bethlehem in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the School meanwhile being temporarily removed to Salem. The new School, opened in February, 1889, has accommodation for 15 Students. In addition to the work required by the Government free and regular lessons are given in the following subjects: Euclid, Algebra, French and Harmonium-playing. The Government granted thirteen maintenance scholarships to the School for the current year Principal-Rev. S. Negus, Bethlehem, Malvern. Miss E. B. Doran. Miss T. C. Baker. MORAVIAN MALE TRAINING COLLEGE, FAIRFIELD. THIS Institution was commenced in the year 1840, and with one short intermission has been continued ever since. It has done good work in supplying Male Teachers for the Day Schools in connection with the Church of the Brethren, not only in Jamaica but also on the Mosquito Coast and elsewhere. Nearly the whole of the cost of the establishment up to the close of 1885 was borne by the Moravian Mission Board in Germany, but at present the Government pays maintenance allowance and bonus for twenty-six Students. During the year 1890, 10 more Students were, at the request of the Inspector of Schools, admitted from the Government Training College at Spanish Town. There are now 30 Students in training. Principal-Rev. P. A. Herman-Smith, Fairfield, Spur Tree P.O. CALABAR INSTITUTION OR JAMAICA BAPTIST COLLEGE. THIS Institution was projected immediately after the abolition of slavery, but was not opened until the month of October, 1843. It was commenced at Calabar, near Rio Bueno. The buildings were erected by funds supplied by the Baptist Missionary Society in England, in which the entire premises were vested in trust. The objects of the Institution, as set forth in the trust deed, are the education of Ministers of the Gospel and Day School Teachers for Jamaica, the neighbouring islands, and for Africa. For the first ten or twelve years it was conducted as a Theological Institution only, although a large proportion of those who were admitted as Theological Students, not being found eligible for the Ministry, became Schoolmasters. The first President of the College was the Rev. Joshua Tinson, who conducted it till the time of his death, 1850. The Rev. D. J. East was appointed by the Baptist Missionary Society as Mr. Tinson's successor and took charge of the Institution in January, 1852. In 1843 it had been opened with ten Students, but on Mr. East's arrival there were only four. His attention was immediately turned to the extension of its usefulness, and in 1854 arrangements were made for uniting with the Theological Department a Normal School for the education and training of Day School Teachers. To this was added an Elementary Day School as a training ground for Schoolmasters. Subsequently, also, a department was opened for the admission of lay pupils. Eventually the locality of Rio Bueno was deemed unsuitable for the Institution on its enlarged basis and it was agreed, by the joint action of the Committee in England and that in Jamaica, to remove it to Kingston, the spacious premises of the Baptist Missionary Society in East Queen Street having become available for the purpose. Accordingly the removal was effected in 1869. Buildings then standing, which could be utilized, were repaired and old ones were pulled down. A Student's hall and a residence for the Normal School Tutor were erected. To these a residence for the Classical Tutor was subsequently added and the Students' Hall was enlarged by the addition of ten dormitories and three rooms for study. The Student's Hall comprises sleeping accommodation for 36 young men, a dining room, rooms for study, three class rooms, a science room with gallery and a library containing about 8,000 volumes. There are extensive playgrounds both for Students and Scholars, Since the Institution was begun in 1843 fifty-three Students have graduated for the Ministry, and eight are now in training; one hundred and eighteen Schoolmasters have been trained, and twenty-six are now in the College. The number of Students in residence is thirty-four. Of those who have left the College one hundred and eighteen are, or have been Schoolmasters in Jamaica or the Turks Islands, Santo Domingo, Africa, and Central America, and fifty-three are, or have been, Ministers in this island, or in Hayti, Turks Islands, Cuba, United States of America or elsewhere. The Theological Students pass Examinations annually under Examiners in England. The Schoolmaster Students are all sent to the Government Examinations a fair proportion passing in the upper divisions. The Rev. S. Hodges, Dr. Dick, now of the Glasgow College, Scotland, and Mr. A. Gunning successively held the position of Normal School Tutor till the arrival of the Rev. J. Seed Roberts in October, 1864. The Tutorial Staff now consists of the Rev. W. Pratt, as President, Theological Tutor and Treasurer; the Rev. James Balfour, M.A., Classical and Mathematical Tutor; Rev. L. Tucker, M.A., Normal School Tutor; and Mr. T. B. Stephenson, Master of the Model School. At present the numbers in the Institution are-110 Theological, 26 Normal, and 250 Day Scholars. The Students of the several departments attend some classes in each, except that the Scholars of the General Day School are kept entirely apart. The course of the Theological Students is spread over five years; that of the Normal School over three years. The Institution is maintained in the following way: (1) The Baptist Missionary Society in England appoints and provides for the Tutors, and for the cost of the erection of buildings and of structural repairs. (2) The Baptist Churches and the friends of education in Jamaica provide for the board and residence of the Students, as also for the general current expenses, aided by donations from some few friends in England and the Government grants-in-aid. Five Students are sustained on the foundation of the "Taylor's Trust Fund" and sixteen in part by the Government maintenance scheme. The local management of the Institution is vested in a Committee representing contributing Churches in the island. But while the education of Ministers is confined to the Baptist Body, it is distinctly provided that the other departments of the Institution-the Normal School for the training of Teachers, and the Model Day School-are open to members of any Christian denomination, and that in these the teaching shall be strictly UNSECTARIAN. RECTORY SCHOOL, PORT MARIA. In this School is given a thorough English Education, together with the Elements of the Classics and Mathematics, and boys are fitted for the Jamaica Civil Service Competitive Examination and for the Cambridge Local Examination. The course of study consists of (1) the English Language, History and Geography; (2) Writing and Penmanship; (3) Natural Science and Chemistry; (4) Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry; (5) Latin, Greek and French; (6) Singing and Instrumental Music. There are three Terms in the year. The first begins on the third Monday in January; the second eight days after Easter, and the third on the first Monday in SeptemThere are five weeks holiday at Christmas, one week at Easter and six weeks at Midsummer. ber. The charges are:-For boys from 7 to 12 years old £2 per Term. Boarders pay £10 per Term for Board and Lodging if they remain the whole Term. If they are able to come in residence on Mondays and return home on Fridays £8 is charged. PRINCIPAL.-Rev. John H. H. Graham. MASTER-Mr. G. S. Grange, B.A., London University. ST. GEORGE'S COLLEGE. SINCE 1852 there has been attached to the Catholic Clergy House a School of higher education. It has been conducted by one or more of the Fathers, with the assistance of Lay Teachers, as occasion required. Many now in different parts of the island received their education in this School during the first thirteen years of its existence, when it was under the management of Father Simon. On his returning to New Orleans in 1865 the School ceased to exist; it was resuscitated in 1868 by Father Jones in the premises which it now occupies, 26 North Street. He took boarders; most of them came from Haiti, some from Central America, and a few from different parts of Jamaica; day scholars were also admitted. Finally, in 1872, after a few months of abeyance, there was a re-opening of the School for day scholars only, under the management of the Rev. F. X. Jaeckel. He was succeeded by Father George Huggins in 1877, who in 1878 handed over his pupils to Father J. Ryan, B.A. He was succeeded in May, 1885, by Father W. J. Burns, then by Father H. Martyn Parker, M.A., who in his turn has recently been succeeded by Father William Hudson. The Superior of the College at present is the Right Rev. Dr. Gordon and the masters are Fathers Spillman and Hudson. The course of studies comprehends in 24 hours weekly— 1. Latin, English, French. 2. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra. 3. History, Geography. 4. Caligraphy, Drawing. 5. Declamation, Extempore speaking. 7. Religion. The Terms are £2 per quarter paid in advance. Books and stationery, extra. The vacations are about three weeks at Christmas, four in June, and one week at Easter. THE KINGSTON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. PROVISION has been made for giving a sound English and Commercial Education and for preparing pupils for the Cambridge Local Examinations, the Medical and Legal Professions, and for Matriculation at English and Colonial Universities. The curriculum embraces the subjects included in a good English and Commercial Education, namely, English Grammar, Composition, History, Geography, English Language and Literature, Book-keeping, Précis Writing, etc. Languages-Greek, Latin, French and German. Mathematics-Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Physical Science, Trigonometry, Conic Sections, etc. Arrangements have been made for the education of a Junior Class of Pupils in preparation for entrance into the Upper Forms of the School. Mrs. Morrison continues to conduct her Elementary Class at the same premises. The School Year consists of forty-two weeks of actual tuition and is divided into four Terms; two of ten and two of eleven weeks each. The Holidays are four weeks at Christmas, a week at Easter, and five weeks at Midsummer. The fees for tuition, payable in advance, are as follows: "Repair of pupil's clothing PRINCIPAL.-W. Morrison, M.A., University and King's College, Aberdeen. The School is situated at No. 135 Orange Street. |