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- representing the Public School vote in favor - of the disso ution of any board of education, 11llll LEGISLATURE such board shallbedissolved on and after the close of the current calendar year." q-----.--.. And therhe is another "1:3. sub-section de. ' . claring t at in case any rd of education The High School Bill 0iscussed is dissolved the members of such board of . . education who were a pointed on behalf of In Committee. the High School 'lll'dle, the board of trus- tees for such High School, to hold office -------- the full term of their appointment or until I ' CT changed according to the provisions of this ', EDUCATIONAL F, ST 1 MA T L s. act. Mr. Meredith objecied to the dissolu, I l ' tion of the board without provision being , made for the board being re-constituted". Toronto Legislation in Commit- Mr. Ross contended that the provision was F Bill a reasonable one. "If I were," said he, i ' tere on Private s. " to take as strong a rround as I think _ . should be taken and as f think would be the best thing to do, I would dis. I The em Will Come up Again on Tuesday solve them by Act of Parliament, but l Next-West Toronto Junction that would be considered an arbitrary Amendments. thing to do. In the course of the discussion that followed it appeared that disputes and 'm-l------ biekerings between Public and High School trustees were by no means infrequent, and i Ioeosro, April 9. that troubles arose which jeopardised the i, To-day was a Government day in the interests of both. Mr. .Meyri.ith'a idea Was i Legislature, and a number of bills sending tfttdt,pt,"tig,t 333:2??? tgt,t1,1,d2t i in the name oi the several Ministers Were issue. Mr. Ross opposed this as being an I advanced a stage. Before entering upon innovation in school law of which the etfect the discussion of these measures the ful- would be very questionable. The clause lowing private bills were read the third time ""fo agreed to. . . . and ptsstsed:-- I 3 "if": r',",':,', ttf d2tu:,'t:,r:te, 2et ", . r.. . . . ,w icireaes . ie estaiis nientaii I to1htetl"tl,1," "lite, BT1tvyifi2i,y 2'i'ityy discontinuance of High Schools. Nr.. Ross ; Craig-Mr. Awrey. 'ixge'i'tht1t,xti?,tintlay, amendment it aunt , . , " . e . s l aw was a )rovnio " thh'a"v"ei/ge,',',a.ierdWg:2n.sot'i"ty of i. new High School should not lie establish. Res {ctinv the (Handle tion 0'! Ontario ed in any 1u1.nicy.pality containing less than sdll?li'k1ti21"d of C,'lt11lt'lil'.'. Tait. a thousand inhabitants. Dr. Preston raised To incorporate the Roman Catholic ',ir'd,e, tbt' to ttrt should be dene P' regards Bislio ot the Diocese of Alexandria-Mr. " "Sea and High S.e.hool districts. Irr. Ruysh'le. 1,',s,,sit,rt1i"od that this would be carefuily T Respecting the debenture debt of the f'i'i'I'i,itif." Meanwhile the clause was own of Gannnoi ue--Mr. Preston. . , . . To consolidate 1the debt of the Town of and 1t,'tIt: , [te debyto upon the tmioyd Clinton-Mr. Garrow. tl . tel: w." l 1',aruv'" in"? 'tlt, provides To amend the act to incorporate the Mani. bd'hbolip {123'le ry d a; no sh or c '1t,1'l', snail toulin & North Shore Railway Compaiiy- . a f on t',', a P. b 6 lat, my next Mr. Coiimee. 'i'/t,'l'."lf, aRten t ill',', passage of this act. The House afterwards went into commit. 11'd, [thatolieo 8erve 2'"; regard to this too on the bill introduced by Mr. Rose to 'f . , was qut e recto say that 7 . . . . the Public Schools were so efhciently con- amend the act respecting dentistry. it is d, ted th t th , ld lv a short measure, but no advance was made lo t " a . e) con supp l the necessary with it on account of a re resentation made Huota at. p/q/its for the "7° or even for the . . P . three High Schools, that it was expected we by Dr. Preston with reference to the mine would have here in a she t ti I i. l ableness of embodying some other provision. . ,. . , . r une. t nui,' "I P . . . be said that these pr eparatory classes were rogicss was icpoitcd and leave granted nota burden to the r te . . d . . the committee to sit again. . . a pay er, "n. In a cer - taiu sense they were not, but in another The High Schools. scnscthcy were. The preparatory classes The bill for consolidating and revising the were 1n a "PY aelf-st1uainirfg. Nevlurthcleuss High Schools Acts, introduced by Mr. Ross, they occupied a certain portion of the Hiurls occupied the attention of the members in SChPOIS: that was, they appeared on the, committee for the remainder of the. after- capi.tal account and they occupied a certain 1 i noon. There were several important points portion of lame that, was useful. It was i ' raised in the course of the discussion upon important to observe that the work done in , its clauses. Mr. Meredith desired that the preparatory classes was not so weil I every departure from the existing law done as in the Public Schools. At the last ' should be fully elucidated. examination there were sent up under the I The first phrase to which the leader of preparatory form six pupils recommended tho Opposition took exception was subiiiec- from the preparatory classes rejected as to. tion 7 of the second clause. It was low the stan ard for admission to the High I an interpretation clause and defined what .schooly. It so happened that the surround. "non-resident pupils " were. The leader lugs t! t.he preparatory classes were not so of the Opposition saw an excellent oppor- stimuiating as the Public Schools, and no tunity for splitting a straw. He has a le val los, would accrue to the City of Toronto by reputation to sustain, having regard to his the abolition of this department or ', l election at the head of the. benches, so he whhapartinent of the High Schools. Proposed to substitute the word "children" Indee , the City of Toronto would gain by or pupils. "The word pu il is well un- not having these establishments. These dtsrstood," drily remarked )l'r. Ross. "The f!".'"' the reasons that led him to see that words 'non-resident, pupil,'" pleaded Mr. I this was a Section of the system for which Meredith, "imply somebody who has been I there was no longer any need. no might at the school." "The child becomes a pupil add that there were indications at a recent the day he attends," rejoined the inexorable meeting of the High School Board trastces Minister. The clause was forthwith agreed that that body would favor the abolition of to. these classes. They had the matter up the The next matter that provoked discus. other evening and it, was referred to the I sion was sub-section 2 J clause 4, which Bchool Management Committee'for report. I relates to the dissolution of boards of edu- He thought the House would agree that f , cation. It reads thus c--- what he. ceased to be useful might as well I " If at any meeting of 3 board of educa- be abolished, and that it would be better to , tion called for that purpose a majority of give the Public Schools the advantage of,' all the members thereof, or if two-thirds of preparing the whole class rather than have i all the trustees representing the High " nit-way house like thia. l School, or if two-thirds of all the trustees . E" B. E. Clarke reminded the House in .. the preparatory classes were establish.