Orations delivered by Mr. David Millar's scholars at Kirkcaldy, ca. 1749-1750.

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Orations delivered by Mr. David Millar's scholars at Kirkcaldy, ca. 1749-1750.

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Written in twelve separate scholar's hands. The final leaf reads, "To Mr Burcan. Schoolmr in Levin" and on the verso "Sir. I send you a copy of our intended Speeches at the Vaccance. Mr H. forgot to tell me, till within a few days, that you wanted to see part of them. They were transcrib'd by several boyes, & but sorrily done & so you'd have some difficulty to read them..." It was customary at the 'Vaccance' for the scholars to declaim 'Orationes' at the Burgh School. The 'Speeches' are composed by David Millar's scholars in what Simpson Ross describes as the tradition of the French rhetorician Charles Rollin, whose approach to teaching literature can be linked to the way in which Adam Smith was educated under David Millar. The 'Orations' describe the importance of a "proper education of children" being "the foundation of all our national improvement in peace and war, in trade & manufacture, the spring of all our public advantages & valuable blessings on which the power, prosperity & Glory of ye kingdom depends." There follows a detailed description of the syllabus including reading, writing, arithmetic, and religious instruction.

28 p. (housed in green cloth slipcase, in folder)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Kirkcaldy Burgh School.

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Adam Smith, the Scottish political economist, attended this school between 1733 and 1737. David Millar was headmaster of the school from 1720 until 1750. He was related by marriage to Adam Smith's mother. The Burgh School was regarded as one of the best secondary schools in Scotland at that time, and Millar had the reputation of being one of the best schoolmasters of his day. From the description of Orations delivered by Mr. David Millar's scholars at Kirkcaldy, ca. 1749-1750. (Unkno...