296 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. Uuhnsrone Terrace.
selection, without regard to the Government order of
merit. The programme of instruction is prescribed
by the Education Department ; but the Education
Committee of the Scottish Church are not limited
by it, and give religious instruction on the basis of
the Bible and Shorter Catechism, while promoting
the study of Latin and elementary science. The
All students pay annually A2 each, a contribution
to the book fund of the Training College, in
return for which all necessary books are given to
them by the committee ; and this payment must
be made by all, whether the books are taken or
not.
These colleges date from about the year 1840.
PLAN FOR OPENING A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF THE CITY BY MEANS OF
A BRIDGE, ENTERING THE LAWNMARKET NEARLY OPPOSITE BANK STREET.
(Fmnr an Eirgrawing in the ?Scotr? Magnsinc,? 1817.)
students do not enter un?.il they are eighteen years
of age at least, and thF, principles and practice of
teaching have a prorhent place among the subjects
of instruction.
Bursaries of the average value of LZI per
annum, in addition to free education, are given to
all the male students ; while a considerable number
of the average value of LIZ is given to the female
students, from whom alone a fee for education is
expected.
That in Johnstone Terrace was built to succeed an
older (and less suitably equipped) edifice, which
stood in what used to be called Market Street,
near the Waverley Station, and near the Bank of
Scotland.
Westward of the Training College, on the Castlebank,
and facing the Grassmarket, a barrack for
married soldiers stands, and there any soldier
passing through Edinburgh, on obtaining permission,
may pass the night.
