The Story of a Great SchoolmasterWells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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The Story of a Great Schoolmaster
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Sanderson, F. W. (Frederick William), 1857-1922; School principals -- Great Britain -- Biography
Before I go on to a discussion of the latest, broadest, and most
interesting phase of Sanderson's mental life, I would like to give
my readers as vivid a picture as I can of his personality and his
methods of delivery. I have tried to convey an impression of his stout
and ruddy presence, his glancing spectacles, his short, compact but
allusive delivery, his general personal jolliness. I will give now a
sketch of one of his Scripture lessons made by two of the boys in the
school. Nothing I think could convey so well his rich discursiveness
nor the affectionate humour he inspired throughout the school. Here it
is.
'SCRIPTURE LESSON
'_Delivered by F. W. Sanderson on Sunday, 25th May 1919, and taken
down word for word by X and Y, and subsequently written up by
them._
'_Limitations of space and time have prevented them from including
all the lesson. Omissions have been indicated. They apologise for
the lapses of the speaker into inaudibility, which were not their
fault. They do not hold themselves in any way responsible for the
opinions expressed herein._
'ANALYSIS
'of the portions copied.
'Characteristic portions in the Gospel of St. Matthew.
'Obstinacy of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board.
'Character of the devil, according to some modern writers.
'First act of our Lord on beginning the Galilean Ministry.
'Empire Day.
'_Subject of the Scripture lesson:--St. Matthew, chaps. iv and v._
('The Temptations, the commencement of the Galilean Ministry, the
first portion of the Sermon on the Mount.')
'(The headmaster enters, worries his gown, sits down, adjusts his
waistcoat, and coughs once.)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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