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'. bout three and a hall an ntarlo it was about fire years, TBIRD PARUIAMENT--sECoND sEssion The " Government . prooree / to . tatab: muneen@zremmsmem | lisk one or more Mcdel Bohools | In each county, where oandidates for Turspary, 23rd Jan, 1877.° | third or second--class certificates mizht have :snhr Rook the chalr at 3 c'clock, . | {';;wfg"";';':gh id 8;:',01""'!;1 prastical H considerabl ould enable tham to be: closed "::: nat for a e tims with come efficlent teachers. _ The High Schools PETITIONS. oc flk io m"all"fllmhuaflon in the gon. edu The following petitions were presented :-- Prscd to give the Depariment authority io partment authority to Mr. Sinclair--Of the County Council of make such arrangements in connection 'with Bruce, praying for cortain amendments to the \| She Normal Schools as would best faollitate Amesament Act with respect to the exemp-- 8""5 ai opportuoity to the candidates for Mon clauses, excepting in relerence to muni-- 'olavs cersificates to overcome the dit oipal and Government property, floulty of distancs, It was proponed to pry Mr, MocCraney--Of the School Board of thelr travelling expenses, and also to give Cirimaby, for an amendment to the School a small contribution towards their Aot, 'fi:'u' lgt:lltcnnnoc when attondiog the Mr, Ferie--Of the School Bsard of Brigh« Tamks tor por Soaget thee Tos mouinn, 'pré. ton, for an amendment to the School Act. vided that at the end ;;t;:: "m-g-. pro-- REPORTS OF COMMITTEE3, able to pars an examination in thc.{h::r'; Mr. Fraser presented the second report and ark of teachiog. It was not intended cfi the Private Bills Committee, that they should attond regular classes of Mr. Pardeo presenteod the firss report instruction, but that they should take of the Rallway Committes. l »'&';'floa:': g::. opportunity afforded ASSESSMENT ACT AMENDMENT, plane ofFeaching." 10 war nof intendod 'Ie s | g. It warnot intended to Mr. Baxter introduced a Bill to amoud the | exolude any who were still anxlous to get Assessment Aot of 1869, ' the fullest advantages of the Normal Soho%h The Bill was read the first time. as they now were, but it was proposed that EDUCATION. | y im oo' m Sohape sn iouiet t should be utillized as he had mon. Mr. CROOKS iutroducsd a Bill to Moned. It was not proposed in the leart amend _ the soveral Aots _ respocting Interfere with the m%: of tho-: w :: tke Ejvoation Department, the Pabillo the profession, but it was desived to ::t:h avd High Sshools, and the University of larger number of second clars teachers, The Toronto. He said he proposed to state amendments proposed to thela w had the objeot briefly the prinoipal proviaions which he pro-- of enabling the Department to adopt ngih- posed to introducs, not in order to bring Slons which might enable it to carry out the a about nz radical cbanges in the prinoiples rcheme which he bad nkotolud."?n regard f now on the statute book, but rather to give to the Pablic Schools, it was necessary in more effect to those principles, Hs hoped many reepeots to c:rroot the phraseology of these proposed amendments would be fully the Acts. Ho also proposed to profl a |> disoussed upon the second readiog, so that new mashinery for the formation of town: the measure might be improved by the sug: ship boards, making it, however, entirely geations of hon, members who had practical permisaive, The Bill also aimed at simplify. experience in connection with the quesiion. irg the law in relation to unlon sections, He would not bave introduced several of where they comprized parts o! different these amendments at this time had it not bsen municipalities, He had also found a pract!: desired that the revised atatutes in regard to cal difficulty in connection with the work-- education should be a perfect compeandium . 1ng out of the Boiplnh Sohool Aots--both of the law on the subject. He had, how» the Aoct in relation to Separate Schools, ever, endeamvoured to -uprhmonl his own which might bs taken advantage of by lack of experience by the information derlved Protestants and coloured psople, and from those who had for a lifetime bsen the Aot rerp:rcting S:parate Schools acquainted with the educational system of which might be formed by Roman the country. He proposed to deal, first, with Catholion, Without at all interfering with the amendoments respocting the Education the prizoiples of there Acts, he propossd to Department ; secondily, with those affecting Introduce a mackinery which would relegite the Pabllc Echools, then with thoso relating %o each class of schools its proper supporters, to the Separate Schools, and lastly with what so that novne shouid escape paylog their share affeoted the other inatitutions, such as the of sohcol taxzes, as many did now, He pro: : University of Toronto and Upper Canada posed to make some clauses more clear in College _ The amendments related ohlef-- reference to compulsory attendanos, so as to ly _ to that pars of _ our _ edu« | show that the trustees on the School Board cational system which wars under the l were to jadge of the ability of the child to control of the Ed4ucatioral Department. | attend school. The High School question The Bigh Schools had come to oo3upy & probably Tpruonhd more difficulty thn.;x position which was mnlnllymg:rndent on ; other, The Province had contribu % their ictolaatio as disting from thelr | to those sohools very liberally, and its other qualiGications, It was thought desir-- | Uiberality bad been rapidly increasing; able to encourage them, so that their our-- while in 1869 the amount contributed out of rlculum might enable a boy of ordinary Provinolal funds to Grammar Schsols was ability and industry to prepare for such only $27,613, in 1875 the Province contribu: 'nlznfimu as he mighs have to prss in ted as much as $80,000. There did not, any career he might propose to adop! | however, appear to be the same proportion In after life, In _ regard to the | of Increase in the contributlons of the locali-- ualifoation of teachers for Pablic | tles which derived a spec'al and psoullar gahcols. a great diffionlty at prerent | benefit from these institutions, . When arose from the large number of inexperienced Grammar Schools were instituted, they wore teachers who haq charge of the great ma: evidently intended to ccoupy the position to jority ot the schools of the Province, The the county which the Common S3hool occou-- number of Pablic Schools in Ontario in 1876 pled to the townaship. Tae County Council $ was 4,834, and these echools were in chaerge originatcd it just as it could take the loitla« of 6,018 teachers, more than onme--halfl of | Rory steps for abolishing the High Soh ol in whom held third--class certificates. _ There a county. In many counties the liber-- had been a larger leflux of teachers holdiag ality of the counol1 aud people was quite that olsss of certificates in 1876 than in ntl.ydulory. but in u:: other countles 1975, Out of 1,801 oandidates who ware ¥here was an extreme parsimony, which had sucocessful at the Jaly examination, 1,668 led many counciis to confine the area of tax-- were for third class, only 11 for | ation to the town or villago in which the first.class, -- and 122 for -- sacond claw | High Sohool was situated, _ It was clear that certificates. Tho praseat tendency was the rurrounding portions of the country de. ko fill the vacancics which osourrad | rived a large mponlu of the benefit of the in the teaching profemion with in-- | school As as that was represented t' experienced teachers. There warla sup>r: « the attendance of children, it was one--thi abundaut material from which to draw our to the outlillng «dlstricts to two'thirds to the Reacherr, and the proposition was not now town or village, There had been a good how to encourage yourg men and womsn to deal of diccussion on this point, and mauy enter the teasching service, bat rather to wardens and others conversant with the take advantage otf their tendoncy and give | question were pt:'rhd to admit that a la?o %hem _ the opportunity of improving | amount of liberality should be shown if the §hemselven, as be was certa'n they deilred | county was, as a whole, to gat the bonefit to doif the opportunity was affirded them from education which, considering the and was made accessible in their losalities. ° large . appropriations from _ the _Pro-- Another difficalty srose from the extremely | vinolal 'revenue, it should derive, It ap-- temporary nature of the teaching servies. ' rmd §o him that the sound principle was In _ the United States the averago hat the burdens of education should be