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the school 371 III Tbe Lower School is intended to prepare boys for the Middle and Upper School and to ground them thoroughly in elementary work The system of instruction is so arranged as to be adapted for boys of very early age and to supersede the necessity of preparatory training in other schools The course of study is varied in such manner by the intermixture of Drawing Writing and Drilling that the boys are not fatigued by their work while they are duly classified according to their age capacities and attainments All the boys learn Drawing and all are regularly drilled Special attention is paid to Writing and Arithmetic is taught in several progressive classes of moderate numbers each class being under the care of separate master II natural science eturer-H Tomlinson Courses of Lectures are delivered each term on some branch of Natural Science The Lectures are divided into two classes elementary and more advanced The elementary Lectures are attended by the Boys in the Senior Division of the Middle School they see the experiments performed and are required to give written account of each Lecture The more advanced Lectures are intended for those who have shown certain degree of proficiency in the subject taught in the elementary Lectures and have special re- ference to the subjects required in the examination for Matri-