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. F. O. Miller. Lady Principal-Miss Bond, with Resident Assistants. 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 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, H. D. Lockett, 1892, and H. L. C. Brown, 1893. 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. Many Ministers now labouring in this and other islands have passed through the classes at York Castle. The following are the Terms, payable in advance: Pupils under 12 years of age Pupils from 12 to 15 years of age £40 per annum. 45 66 The School year is divided into two terms of twenty-one weeks each, and payment is made in half terms. There are five weeks' holidays at Midsummer, and five weeks at Christmas. Governor, Chaplain, and Theological Tutor-Rev. W. C. Murray, D. D. Assistant Tutors E. V. Lockett, Owens College, Manchester. Music Tutor-P. A. Cover. Drawing Tutor-W H. Mitchell, M.A. Short Hand Writing and Type Writing are taught by an Expert. 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 20 Students. The Government granted twenty main tenance scholarships to the School for the current year. Principal-Rev. L. Baurquin, Bethlehem, Malvern. Miss E. V. McDaniel. Miss A. Hendriks. 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. There are now 30 Students in training. Principal-Rev. P. A. Herman Smith, Fairfield, Spur Tree P.0. 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 4,000 volumes. There are extensive playgrounds both for Students and Scholars, Since the Institution was begun in 1843 sixty Students have graduated for the Ministry, and seven are now in training; one hundred and eighteen Schoolmasters have been trained, and twenty-one are now in the College. The number of Students in residence is twenty-eight. Of those who have left the College one hundred and twenty are, or have been Schoolmasters in Jamaica or the Turks Islands, Santo Domingo, Africa, and Central America, and sixty 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. A. James, B.A., as President, Theological Tutor and Treasurer; the Rev. James Balfour, M.A., Classical and Mathematical Tutor; Rev. L. Tucker, M.A., Normal School Tutor; Rev. W. Priestnal, Assistant Tutor; and Mr. T. B. Stephenson, Master of the Model School. At present the numbers in the Institution are-7 Theological, 21 Normal, and 400 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. THE RECTORY SCHOOL, PORT MARIA. THE School consists of two departments: one for boys and one for girls. Each department is kept in a separate room, with a separate teaching staff. In both departments a thorough English Education, together with the Elements of the Classics and Mathematics is given, 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; and (7) Sewing and Fancy Work for the girls. 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 September. There are five weeks holiday at Christmas, one week at Easter and six weeks at Midsummer. The charges are:-For pupils from 7 to 12 years old £2 per Term. 66 66 12 to 16 66 £3 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 OF BOYS DEPARTMENT-Mr. H. Usher Hall, Miss Meikle. ST. GEORGE'S COLLEGE. With the opening of the present scholastic year, 1894-95, a complete reorganization has taken place in the teaching staff and in the course of studies pursued in this College. The Institution is now, as in the days of Pere Simon, under the direct control of the Jesuit Fathers who have made themselves personally responsible for the good discipline and thorough training of the students entrusted to their care. The School course is the one usually followed in Colleges of the Society of Jesus: it embraces the English, French, Spanish, Latin and Greek Languages, with Christian Doctrine, History, Natural Science and Mathematics. The object of the College is to prepare boys and young men for a commercial or a professional career, by a solid and complete education based upon careful religious training. Students of the College are prepared for the Oxford and Cambridge Locals as well as for the Civil Service and Jamaica Scholarship Examinations. The spacious and elegant residence and grounds known as North Street Villa (northwest corner of North and East Streets) have been secured as the residence of the Head Master and the Boarding Scholars. Every facility is afforded the students for health and recreation. The School Pension, payable quarterly in advance, is as follows:— For Boarding Scholars under 12 years of age, £36 per annum. For Day Scholars, £10 per annum. Music and Drawing form extra charges. Satisfactory testimonials will be required of students who come from other schools. Three months' notice in writing is required before the removal of students from the College. PRESIDENT-Rt. Rev. Bishop Gordon, V.A. of Jamaica. VICE-PRESIDENT AND PREFECT OF STUDIES.-Rev. Patrick H. Kelly, S.J., (late of St. Peter's College, New Jersey.) LECTURER IN CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.-Rev. John J. Collins, S.J., (late of Fordham College, New York.) LECTURER IN NATURAL SCIENCE.-Rev. Patrick F. X. Mulry, S.J., (late of LECTURER IN COMMERCIAL LAW.-Rev. J. J. Collins, S.J. HEAD MASTER-Louis Payne (1st B.A., London). ASSISTANT MASTERS-Charles Hall & Karl DePass. CONVENT OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis established a Boarding School, in Kingston in 1858. Desiring to give the pupils, who may be committed to their care, an education equal to that enjoyed by the young ladies of Europe, they have adopted the course of instruction pursued in the most celebrated Convents of England and France. The ordinary course of education consists of the English and French Languages, Catechism, Geography, History, Arithmetic, Algebra, Book-keeping, Astronomy. Chronology, plain and ornamental Writing, plain and fancy Needle Work. Flowers and Fruits, Gold and Silk Embroidery, are taught without extra charge. There is a Country Residence, belonging to the Convent, two miles from town to which, twice a year, the Boarders go, with the Sisters, to spend the vacations. The terms, payable quarterly in advance, are for Boarders: Wax For Board, Lodging and Education, £11 5s. Od. Vocal and Instrumental Music, Drawing and Painting form extra charges. For Day Boarders who take their mid-day meal at the Convent and are provided with books and stationery, the terms are £5, payable as above. The Mother Superioress of the Convent is Sr. M. Paula Charlet. W 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: PRINCIPAL.-W. Morrison, M.A., University and King's College, Aberdeen. JAMAICA CHURCH THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE. THE Jamaica Church Theological College has been established (1) To assist in the preparation of Candidates for Holy Orders in the Diocese of Jamaica. (2) To direct and assist the Catechists in the Diocese of Jamaica in their studies and in practical preparation for their work. The property of the College is vested in the Incorporated Lay Body of the Church of England in Jamaica. [For the constitution and powers of this Corporation see Clause 5 of Law 30 of 1870, and the terms of the Charter granted in accordance therewith, and Canon V. of the Canons of the Church of England in Jamaica entitled "Of the Incorporated Lay Body."] The general management of the College is entrusted to a General Committee consisting of the Bishop of the Diocese, the Assistant Bishop, the Archdeacons and Commissaries, and also other members annually elected by the Synod of the Church of England in Jamaica on the nomination of the Bishop. The new Theological College was formally opened on Thursday, the 14th of September, 1893, in the presence of a large gathering of friends. The following extract from the Jamaica Churchman for September may be quoted as a sufficient description of the Building "The Jamaica Church now possesses a new College of substantial proportions and not unhandsome design. Built of concrete and red brick the structure is solid and yet the exterior is relieved of any appearance of heaviness by means of corridors and verandahs, which, as is most fitting in a tropical climate, completely surround the building on both storeys. The cost of the edifice has been about £5,000 which to all appearances has been money well spent. The College stands in its own grounds some couple of hundred yards from the Camp Road, and is approached through a neat iron entrance way and gate, and what will in time be a fine drive. The Rev. H. S. Isaacs resigned his position as Warden on the 30th September, 1893, and has been succeeded by Rev. C. H. Coles, B.A, of Worcester and Weycliffe Colleges, Oxford. |