JUNIOR COMMERCIAL EXAMINATION, 1905. A. Compulsory Subjects. i. The following candidates passed in the four Compulsory Subjects: Anthony, Jean Arneil Atkinson, Reginald Clarence Cottrell, John Ledsam Gibb, Alexander Carmichael Glyde, Lavington James Hall, Stephen Maclaren Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy Muirden College Muirden College Muirden College Mt. Gambier Grammar School Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy Lakeman, Olive Muriel Lyne, Elsie Mary McGilvray, Albert Oehlmann, Adolph August Carl Muirden College Queale, William Roach, Kathleen Roberts, Dunstan Solly, Alfred Cecil Torr, Kenneth Montrose Walkley, Alfred Roscorla Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy ii. Junior Commercial Lyne Elsie Mary Proxime accessit : Scholarship: Adelaide Shorthand and Business Training Academy iii. Of the above the following passed with credit: 1. In Commercial Arithmetic. 1 Kathleen Roach; 2 Harry Claude Dewar; 3 Dunstan Roberts; 4 Elsie Mary Lyne; 5 Francis Tymons; 6 Florence Louise Exton; 7 Olive Muriel Lakeman. 2. In Commerciai Geography. 1 Kathleen Roach; 2 Florence Louise Exton; 3 Dunstan Roberts and Francis Tymons. 3. In Bookkeeping. 1 Elsie Mary Lyne; 2 Kathleen Roach; 3 Alfred Roscorla Walkley; 4 Harold James Cattle. 4. In Business Correspondence. 1 William Queale; 2 Lavington James Glyde and Stephen Maclaren Hall. .a. B. Additional Subjects. 1. Shorthand. At the rate of 120 words per minute: Harry Claude Dewar, William Queale. b. At the rate of 100 words per minute: Harold Jack Finnis. .c. At the rate of 80 words per minute: John Ledsam Cottrell, Florence Louise Exton, Bertie Hele, Elsie Mary Lyne, Albert McGilvray, Kathleen Roach, Alfred Roscorla Walkley, Carl Bernhardt Weiss. 2. Typewriting. Passed with credit: 1 Kathleen Roach; 2 Elsie Mary Lyne and Alfred Roscorla Walkley. Passed: Jean Arneil Anthony, Reginald Clarence Atkinson, Olive Robertson Bailey, Harold James Cattle, John Ledsam Cottrell, Harry Claude Dewar, Florence Louise Exton, Stephen Maclaren Hall, Bertie Hele, Olive Muriel Lakeman, Elsie Mary Lyne, Albert McGilvray, Adolph August Carl Oehlmann, William Queale, Kathleen Roach, Dunstan Roberts, Alfred Cecil Solly, Kenneth Montrose Torr, Francis Tymons, Alfred Roscorla Walkley, Carl Bernhardt Weiss. NOTES BY EXAMINERS. Primary Examination. Primary History. Of 824 candidates who presented themselves for examination 629 passed. Generally speaking the quality of the work has improved, and the examiner notes with much satisfaction that teachers and pupils have acted upon the suggestions offered in the reports for 1902 and 1903. The answers are not so irrelevant, and though many narrated the events of the peasants' revolt instead of restricting themselves to causes and results, it is clear that candidates are paying more attention to the actual questions set. It would appear, too, that the composition is slightly better; though the substitution of "Ripple" for "Ribble" and "Wattle Street" for "Watling Street" suggests the need for written exercises under supervision, as also do sentences such as this: "The insurrection of the peasants were done by the barons going around asking for money, and very likely killed you if you did not give them something". The most striking defect in the papers for this year consisted in the uncertain apprehension of events concerning which Mr. Gardiner is very explicit. Some candidates stated, for instance, that by the treaty of Chippenham England was "divided into two parts, the north for the Danes and the south for the English"; others that "the Danes had the land north of the Thames, and the English that to the south". Some affirmed that the line was drawn from Chester to London; others confused the treaty of Chippenham with later treaty of 886. This question may serve to illustrate the defect; but it may also be pointed out that in the map of England in 577, not more than ten per cent. realized how far Wessex extended northwards toward Caerleon, though that is a matter of great historical significance. Teachers and candidates are reminded that the book set for the Primary next year is the revised edition of Simple studies in English history, by W. Gillies, M.A. This text was chosen because it is desirable that pupils who do not pass beyond the primary stage may have some slight knowledge covering the whole period. The examiner also found that Mr. Gillies' method commended itself to the great majority of the teachers who were kind enough to express their opinion by letter, before the general meeting held at the University to discuss the adoption of this book in place of that of Mr. Gardiner. Primary Geography. Question 1. Great carelessness was manifested in spelling proper names. Fully a third of the candidates spelt Glasgow as Glascow, some as Glasscow, and then very appropriately stated that Glasgow was noted for its glass industry. Almost as many spelt Edinburgh as Edinborough. 2. Answers given to this question indicated clearly those candidates who had studied the text-books. Such elementary physical principles as are referred to in this question are deemed essential to the proper teaching of geography even to Primary candidates. 3. The very common mistake of not carefully reading the question was illustrated by the fact that many confounded exports with imports; some understood it to mean the products of the British Islands; while a great many missed the point and mentioned as food imports of the British Islands: Raw cotton. wool, iron ores, raw hides, and musical instruments from Germany". 4. The knowledge exhibited of the inland lake system of Southr Australia was, generally speaking, good, though there was great diversity of opinion as to the explanation of the prevailing physical conditions. An error made by not a few was that of confounding the inconsiderable body of water dammed up in the Torrens River in the vicinity of Adelaide with one of the most important lakes in the State. 5. The map of Ireland was in many instances very well done indeed; but in perhaps the majority of papers it showed that the candidates had received no instruction whatever in map drawing. The London school atlas (Arnold. 1s. 6d.) is well adapted for the work required. 6. Answers to this question were ofter not sufficiently definite. For instance, Albury and Mt. Kosciusko were frequently represented as situated in Victoria. Primary Greek. The successful candidates showed on the whole a fair knowledge of accidence, though there were very few good answers to |