26 EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS (IRELAND) COMMISSION.
Oct.
10, 1888 PUBLIC SITTING—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 188S.
At the Courthouse, Boyle.
Present:—The Eight Hon.
Loid Justice FitzGibbon-and tbe Right Hon.
Lord Justice Naish
Judicial Commissioners; and the Rev.
Gebald Molloy, d.d.,
d.sc.,
Anthony Traill, Esq.'
ll.d.;
m.d.,
f.t.c.d.,
and Professor Dougherty, m.a.,
Assistant Commissioners.
The Assistant Secretary, N.
D.
Murphy, jirnr.,
was in attendance BOYLE ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION.
Lord Justice FitzGibbon read the following memo¬ rial, received on April 12, 1886 :— To the Commissioners or Era c vrro>\AL Endowments.
The Memorial of the undersigned respectfully sheweth : That the Boyle Academical Institution was established in 18S0 to supply a want long felt in Boyle and its neiali-hourhood, .and
to i:dce advantage of the Intermediate Education (Ireland) Act.
At a public meeting, convened for the purpose, a i cpre-sentative committee was appointed to solicit subscriptions, select a suitable Head Master, &c, &c.
The Institution was opened on 1st August, 1880, under the patronage of the Right Honorable Colonel King-IIarman, w.p.
The pre¬ sent teaching staff consists of a Principal, a Lady-1'rincipal, and a Mathematical and Science Master.
The course of instruction embraces the following subjects :—English, Mathematics, Natural Philosophy, Latin, Greek, French, German, Botany, Musiu and Drawing.
Pupils are thoroughly prepared for the Intermediate and South Kensington Examinations, for Pass and Honour Examina¬ tions at the Universities, and for the different branches of the Civil Service.
The Institution U open lo both boys and girls, and is perfectly non-sectarian.
The day-pupih are composed of Protestants of all denominations, and of Roman Catholics.
The boarders are equally representative, and are drawn clrefly from the counties Roscommon, Sligo, Leitrim, and Mayo.
From the first the Institution ranked high among the educational establishments of the country, as is manifest from, the success of the pupils at the Intermediate and University Examinations.
For example, last year (18S5) seven pupils were successful in the different grades at the Intermediate Examinations.
One obtained an exhibition (of £15 a year for three years) the sixth place in all Ireland, and three (two of them girls) obtained prizes in books Each pupil passed with honours, two with honours in five subjects, and one with honours in nine, the total number in which he presented himself.
At the Examinations in connection with Trinity College, Dublin, the Roy.'d
University, and the College of Surgeons, our pupils have been equally successful during the year.
One pupil obtained a first class certificate at the College of Surgeons ; two girls matriculated in the Royal University, and one passed the examination for women at Trinity
College, taking honours in several subjects ; and two, a lov and a girl, passed the Second Examination in Arts' in tie Royal University, one of them winning an exhibition of £20.
At the South Kensington May Examinations, twentr certificates, six of them First Class, -were awarded to the pupils of the Beyle Academical Institution.
There are few schools in Ireland, certainly none nf same standing and number of pupils, whhdi have such a brilliant recoi d of successes for 1SS5, and the prospect for the present year (1886) is even more brilliant.
Eleven pupils are "being prepared for the coming Intermediate Examination*, tvo of them exhibitioners of last ye.ir.
We antieitnte fifty certificates from the South Kensington Depai talent after the May Examinations.
Two pupils are reading for the Royal University Matriculation, one for the Prelnmnary Examination of the Pharmaceutical Society, one for the College of Surgeons, and two for the Incorporated Law Society's Preliminary Examination.
The bchool has no endowments whatever, and the Manag¬ ing Committee are responsible for the rent of hou-e (£5>J and taxes) and the salaries of the teachers.
The Eight Honorable Colonel King-Harman, m.p.,
the members of the Committee, and many others interested in higher education, have subscribed very liberally from th,1 first to its maintenance; but owing to the depre--ion in trade and other causes, this source of income is very pre¬ carious.
The undersigned memorialists, members of the Managing Committee, would therefore respectfully ask the Commissioners of Educational Endowments to grant tham
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such an endowment as would enable them to carry on the Boyle Academical Institution with increased efficiency.
And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray—
Willi iM Lawrence, Chairman.
Fkancis Ed.
Clarke, m.-v.,
ll.d.,
m.rj.i.,
&c, Rector of Boyle and Rural Dean.
William J.
Sloan.
Robert Kane.
Alexander Dickie.
Jas.
Buck.
Michl.
M'Donald.
Heney Mahon.
Joseph Gillespie.
James Watson, m.e.c.v.s.
Tiios.
Stuart.
John Watson, b.a.,
Hon.
Sec.
The Rev.
John Watson, b.a.,
sworn and examined.
Bev.
John Watson, b,a.
782.
Lord Justice FiTzG-rEBOsr.
—You are Honorary Secretary of tho Boyle Academical Institution' Yes.
783.
What is the composition of your committee 1 —It consists of twelve gentlemen, of whom six are Presbyterians and six Episcopalians.
784.
How were they appointed 1—They were ap¬ pointed at a public meeting convened at'the Court¬ house in 1880.
It was a representative committee, appointed with power to add to its numbers.
It con¬ sisted at first of eight gentlemen.
In a year or so two others were added, and by and by two others ; so that at present it consists of twelve.
785.
Are these all subscribers to the institution 1— Yes, they have been all subscribers from the begin¬ ning.
786.
Have you any fixed scale of subscriptions to
qualify for membership of the committee I—So; tie intention was that the school in a short time should become self-sustaining.
For the first year the com¬ mittee guaranteed the teacher £U00, with school fees and results fees.
We commenced with one master, but found he was unable to do the work of the school, and we had to appoint a mathematical master.
When we opened the school for girls we had to appoint a My principal; and the consequence was, that the school fees and subscriptions were unable to meet the salaries and the rent of the schoolhouse.
, 787.
Was there a guarantee fund \—We guaranteed the head master £100 a year, and raised that money by subscriptions.
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788.
Lord Justice ISTaish.—What
is the rent oftfle schoolhouse ?—£50
and taxes.
We opened &?***%
in this room, as we had then no schoolhouse; the new
