15 The first Annual Examination is reported in "The Islander" of • cccraber 29th, 18?1, and reads: "V/ESLEYA!" METHODIST ACADEMY The Annual Examinatio on Rriday the 22nd Inst. visitors. The examinati Spencer, Teacher - and t Hiss Coles, Teacher . Th s inging , a cc ompanied by pupils, multiplication t lesson. This class rt.fl it. The object lesson e much useful information, eminently calculated to children and to cultivat +- The writing on slates 5 on he e ap ab ec sp g ca e oo r i oe r.'ia wo n of this excellent Institution was held in the presence .of a large number of cemmenced with the Infant Class - Miss Primary Department, First Division exercises in the former consisted of propriate motions on the part of the ie , reading, nd an object lady in charge )f not only contained manner, but was spelling i ts credit on the young ecially - on the lion iven in an interesting 11 forth the reflective powers of the habits of close observation and comparison. The exercises History, of whom this The reading The children of the words was exceedingly well done. in the first division, Primary Department, were Bible Geography, Reading and S witnessed the efficient D cpa rtme nt per forms her' was good, being natural. lling, Arithmetic, Etc. All riner in which the teacher of rk must feel highl*/ pleased, nd generally very distinct, lso evinced a thorough acquaintance with the meanings i If The Second Div Teacher ~ and the I were next examined. Grammar, Bible T?ist and an Object Lesso Geography, Mental A teachers performed of the pupils were the instruction imp pupils passing succ school possessed of taught. A preparat vision of the Princ to,.and the pupils ision of the ntermcdi;:ite D The subject ory, Mental A n rithmetic, Re Primar epartra s in t rithme a nd S ing i ng . In a ding th gre and a their part w prompt, full artcd was th essfully thro v thorough k ory examinati Ipal - Mr. An were seated i rougn ugh al nowled on und derson n the y Departme ent - Miss he former tic, Spell the lotte and Br itis at efficie ccurate, s and practi 1 these gr ge of the er the gui - had bee order of t Miss Mellish nt - va r r a wa y, T e a c h e r were ing r, G Gcography, from Dictation, rammar, h History. Both ncy. The answers hawing clearly that cal. Assuredly odes v.eilI leave different branches dance and super- n previously attended heir merit. In the evening and the Preceptress, room. The classes w etc. The- pupils had an astonishing knowl The pupils in this d by the Venerable Arc selected for that pu procuring a genuine corresponding in foe authority of the Eng report was highly co the Academic Miss French ere examined been taught edge of the epartment we hdeacon Read rpose by the test of the t to t'-e exa lish Royal C mjnendatory. Department un - were assemb in Physiology orally but ce structure of t re previously and Dr. Leemi committee wit real state of mi nations cond ollege of Prec Dr. Leeming g der the Principal led in the lecture , English Grammar , rtoinly displayed he human body, carefully examined ng, two gentlemen h the view of the classes - ucted under the eptors. Dr. Read 's ave his orolly and