HAMPSHIRE CHURCH SCHOOL SOCIETY
Patron—The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Winchester.
THE SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING will be held at Commoners’ Hall, Winchester, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 16th and 17th of August.
The Proceedings will include Addresses by the Hon. and Rev. S. Best, Rector of Abbott’s Ann, and the Rev. J. G. Joyce, Rector of Strathfieldsaye; the reading of Prize Essays by Mr. Macfarland, of Petersfield; Miss Flather, of Landport; Mrs. Austin, of Holdenhurst; Miss A. R. May, of Winchester; and Mr. J. W. High, of Winchester; a Bible Lesson by Mr. R. Kimber, of Southampton, and Discussions on Educational Subjects, one of which will be opened by Mr. J. Dear, of Abbott’s Ann.
Programmes containing full particulars may be obtained of Mr. High, Central School, Winchester.
N. MIDWINTER, M.A.
J. W. HIGH, Hon. Secs.
Salisbury and Winchester Journal - Saturday 20 August 1859
HAMPSHIRE CHURCH SCHOOL SOCIETY.—The annual gathering of the members of this society took place in this city on Tuesday and Wednesday. The place of business was the Commoners-hall, near the College, but previously the members and friends of the society attended divine service at the Cathedral, where an appropriate anthem, ‟Where shall wisdom be found,” Boyce, was performed by Dr. Wesley, supported by the full choral force of the church. At the several meetings the venerable president, Archdeacon Wigram, took the chair, and found supporters in the Rev. Dr. Williams, the Rev. the Warden, Rev. Canon Jacob, Rev. Canon Carus, &c. There were about one hundred and fifty members, male and female, present, and some of them from distant parts of the county. The inaugural address was delivered by the Hon. and Rev. S. Best, Rector of Abbott’s Ann, which was followed by a Bible lesson to a junior class of children belonging to the Central School, given by Mr. Kimber, of St. Mary’s School, Southampton. An original essay for the Bishop's prize —‟How to promote among our scholars an intelligent interest in the public services of the Church,” by Mr. Macfarland, of Petersfield, was read by one of the students of Wolvesey; and original essays for the Archdeacon’s prize one—‟The learning of Poetry; its humanizing effects and the extent of its other advantages,” by Miss Flater, of All Saint’s School, Landport; and the other ‟The teacher of the Church Catechism working with an eye to the Pastor’s future treatment of his Scholars,” by Mrs. Austen, of the National School, Holdenhurst, were read by Mr. Plumridge, of Hursley, and Mr. Baker, of Kings worthy. A discussion on some of the recent minutes and reports published by the Committee of the Council on Education, was opened by Mr. J. W. High, of the Central School, Winchester, and was followed by many animated and pertinent remarks. An original essay on ‟The function of the Sunday School teacher in relation to the clergyman, the parent, and the scholar,” from the pen of Miss A. R. May, of Colebrook-street, Winchester, and a Sunday School teacher, was read by one of that lady’s male friends; and an eloquent address from the Rev. J. G. Joyce, was followed by a discussion. An original essay for the Dean’s prize—‟English history; the helps, methods, and principles by which it may be best turned to account in our schools,” by J. W. High, was read by the author, and was in turn followed by a discussion introduced by Mr. J. Dear, schoolmaster of Abbott’s Ann, on ‟The means calculated to create a good tone in our schools.” On Wednesday morning a great portion of the schoolmasters and mistresses not resident in Winchester, took breakfast either with the Rev. Canon Jacob, in the Close, or the Rev. N. Midwinter, at St. Michael’s Rectory; and in the afternoon of both days there was a large tea party, on Tuesday, at St. John’s House, and on Wednesday, at Commoners, where the sober repast was succeeded by devotional singing and friendly discussions. The models and drawings of the New Training School were exhibited, and the warmest interest was taken in the addresses and discussions, in the latter of which the principal speakers were Rev. C. Collier, Rev. J. Lee, Rev. Canon Jacob, Rev. W. Williams, Rev. N. Midwinter, Rev. G. Seymour, and Messrs. High, Sheppard, Johnson, Kimber, Baker, Dear, Shorten, and Plumridge.