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young men and women wttend the High ' should not pass unnoticed is that it mfike! Scheols for the purpose of acqulrlm\? -- * teachers to a great extent the guar ars smperior education for its own sa'ke.' 2 q- % of their own profession. This is the 'cus»e) though High Schools were primarily éN-- | . o in law, in medicine and in arts. In 1883 the tablished for the purpose of preparing t departmental examinations were conduct-- pupils for the learned pmfgsslops. such _* ~a by men engaged in other callings, some is the appreciation of their course 0 s of them young and Incxperienced, ulhers swdy now that thousands flock to M cay. s too much absorbed in their own profession-- for the mental training which they e al work to sympathize fully with othet | ford. The sons of working men, of farm-- professions. _ The year before 1 '.mprm' ers, and of the mercantile classes, who ipon my duties the examination papers of have no other object than to fit themselves candidates for teachers' certificates wore for the ordinary duties of their callings. read by law students, medical students. have founi the High Sdmo.l courlss) 6 llawv(«ré in active practice, clergymen and exceedingly pl'('lllll.'l" one. Since 1872 no| O'h("r"' with little or no pr.)fc-gch.n;;] ex-- fewer 16,601 left the High School for | o nGr se Syy reral vei ewer than 16, a | perience. Last year and for several years mercuntile life and l.'..;.t}i for agriculture. \ back these papers were read only by grad-- Under our system of tra!!xlrlg teachers uates of our Universitles actaally engaged the High Schoo!s have within the last ten in tTeaching. years been obliged to assume the non-- & t o professional course fu; the t;::u-t:\er? ;)rx" '1=;e TECHNICAL EDUCATION. rince hich was formerly done e i 'Ifl':x\l:«" ..;nl":'l\»rn»ul Schools. The superior The grj»\\'_(h. n.f .\'ltl'('.hx:'ni'(-s tl'flstn'}x)t'es.;Aani'; attainments of High School masters quall-- Kee libraries in the .-.s.t o ..n' 111; -- thom particularly well for the work worthy of nuth_-_c, the 'f"r':'f" eing 1on: f.\l' instruction in the non--professional sub-- 93 in 1883 to 255 in 1893. The number Of ?euts.' and it is hard to overrate the ad-- v:)!'unws_ l.fi:uwl in 18'4.:'. '\\'.'l? 2.'4'.!"._']'3.' .t:(l'l] '1" vantages which young men and women 1893 1,415,867, an in(-r"c.'x.w 0 m'i.n~ y 6 "pn'l enjoy In being brought into competition cent. 1 am asking for :H.) additional grant with each other at a leading High School this year for Mechanics' Institutes main-- to receive instruction from University ly that their advantages might be extend-- graduates, many of them specialists in | ed to the r 'sidents of small towns and out-- their departments. Were we to under-- lying villages, and I do so with the great-- take as a Province the task of providing er pleasure because I observe that the tendency towards the perusal of a hlr.:hr-r' a system of training equally efficient by class of literature is in the ascendant. F'm'i means of Normal Schools the cost to the instance, in 1886 60 per cont. of the \'ul-' country woull be greatly increased and umes circulating by means of our Me-- without any substantial advartage by way chanies' Institutes and free libraries was of compensation ;> but from the organtc fiction ; last year (1893) only 43 per cent. ecnnection which we have now estabe | of the volumes issued was fiction. I at-- lished between all parts of our school tribute this change very largely to the Im-l system we are able to use at no addition-- proved taste for substantial reading which« al ecst to the Province our High Schools we have been able to cultivate through + for work which in the United States, in the literature course in our High Schools England and Germany is done in |l'.u' and Collegiates Institutes. 'The demand Normal Schools at the expense of the for the best literature of the language, State. -- The 'Provence of , Nova Scotia | cither in history, in poetry, in biogr ! has recently followed our example, and or in the magazines, is constantly ;w' is now using the High Schools and acad-- Ing, and I know of no bett@s way by which } emies of the Province for the non--pro-- a vyoung man can cont!Inte his education | . . fessional training of her teachers. ;,n].,- he leaves the Public School, or ('\'vnl It will be observed from the estimates the High School, than by becoming a sub-- | that we have made no increase for the seriber to a Mechanies' Institute or a free | . last three years in the grant to High library. l Schools. I hope the House will see its uo+ P c oy» + en xr | way before many years to supplement sCHOOL OF PRACTICAL SCTENCE, | the increased liberality of the taxpayer |\ The School of Practical Science nas | h.'\-' an additional grant. In 1867, when we | grown out of the School of Technology es-- | ls*hf;d lbut a® 'tn'll-- over. M'.-'w for High } tablished in 1871. Up till 1886 the work of | * ';;m_l' '!"']"" tlh",_m'{m'.""P""m"l to the school was limited to the study of | Te Som Uf Suhne was pad for 1gh civil and mechanical engineering with | School purposes, it amounted to but $4 '.".s .\.m-h'm:»trxrlvti'un in p'f"."' al and """:".-"' | e . h cal chemistry as was necessary. Owleg per pupil, or less than one--half the amount he strong de is 1 re : s --] per pupil paid 2 years ago, In the same t". l," ' lu'n_: 'l"m_n'j\ or more auequate period of time the expenditure for teachers' l""\f'\ Cl ""."" chanies, engineers, archi-- l 4 salaries has increased from §$$4,820 to $M7%,-- }wl.\' and hnn:-v:_«', the accommodation ir |029, and the total expenditure for all High he School of Science was greatly Increas. ' ISuhu\l purposes from $124,181 to $696,114. | ed {".hl such equipment provided as would The liberalit? of the Legislature, hu\-in,-! facilitate the practical study of a com-- regard to the number of pupiis enrolied, | | plete course in practical science and tech-- is not nearly as great as it was 2 _\'n-(n's', l""l""-"- ago. If our High Schools are to continue In company with Prof. Galbraith i to be accessible to all classes of the ;..-:,-\ | §'l>ll\"l, in 1886, some of the largest schools 'ph'. they should not be barred by excessive | in the United States, such as the School | fees. The Farmers' Institute a few weeks | of Science in connection with . Lehigh : ago adopted a resolution to the effect tha. | University, Cornell University, Columbia ] "any interference with our High Sehool | University, the School of Technology at system which would remove it beyond Hw] Boeston und other schools. The basis ot reach of the poor and make higher educa-- | the Fouth Kensington School in ie@ndon tion the exclusive property of the rich was was =_l1<-n considered and the faculties in not in the public interest." the School of Science were, as a conse-- | » ® naregs ~ar '.""7"0'. L'.l'l'f"l.\' & "l:"'.'""l' The » W Had-- DEPARTDMENTAL EXAMINATIONS. ings projectcu in 836 were :w)xlxlnl.')\i\\,zl...l; 11:' The House will observe that I am asking | 1880 and formally opened in~1$9t. The to-- for the sum of $16,000 for departmental | ' tal cost of the buildingwnd equipment, in-- examinations. 'This is a Sslight increase i'"l cluding the ¢cld building now used for last year, but will be recouped by the | (-)u.-n.n::lr_\ and mineralogy, was $220,000. [fees of candidates. The Education Depart-- 1i is most satisfactory to know that the ment considers it but reasonable, if the provisions made for technical education country provides what is almost free edu-- | will now compare fay orably with the bes* cation for the pupils attending Pub-- institutions on the continent. Nowhere in lic and High Schools, that those who want Canada, at all events, unless it be at .§;". a test applied to their attainments by ";l" University, is there such ampie provi which they can enter on an educationai sion for the caucation of engineers, archi-- career for the purpose of their own main-- tects and mechaniecs, and in no schoel in ' tenance should themselves bear the cost l""' United States, unless it be the Hoston of this test. Formerly a great part of the N'h.mnl of Technology, is there a school :;u- sum now paid by the candidates was p..i.l; perior to that now cstablished in Toronto by County Councils, and, as somebody The course of stujy includes mechanicali, must bear the expense of the examination, electrical and mining engineering, \\'i.h' it is thought that those specially interest-- | full courses in architecture, analytical and | ed are not the persons entitled to relief. applied chemistry. By the appointment of it might be interesting to the House to iProf. Coleman the Department of Miner-- k"'.'"' that the S:'.'Ht«-rn of conducting ex«-- alogy, Metallurgy and Assaying has been aminations ,,'_\. a joint board of the depart-- greatly strengthened, and although not as ment and of the University has worked | yet as ccmplete as 1 would desire, never-- well. By means of this board we are able theless the work done must ultimately y.' obtain examiners of the very highest prove of the greatest value in the de._.ml'__ | stanaing, :t'lnl. as a consequence, the value | ment of the mineral resources of the nll th:; u-rtlllh'.llc- which they recommend is country. greatly enhanced. For admission to e That is addi examinations of the Medical Council n"ln l'u(-ilni(-:}:l); l;:fh"ni::::-lm' l'~hé d en apmiel the cnly standard now accepted For clated is cvigent ir ry has been appre-- nivaers * * & rom the increased ; University purposes it is al metads o t Phfecs A % 2 reased atten-- s s also accepted pro dance of students. In 18\% the numbe k tanto, and, inasmuch as candidates can students in attendance was eig MDer il prepure in the same class either for ma-- 1893 the attendance was * efefitcet. in } triculation into the University, law, medi-- {fying dnecrea : 'l" V e Mor Yors srati« cine or a teacher's certificate, the classifi-- T wonts ols oaondal P O Oplall mnerlode {cation of the High. Schools |~:' . elassl iisty 'Y'-.- (rflu'nlie.s of the Province, two i Course. _ very mruct ools is, as a matier districts and two Provinces of the Lomin-- ervous ".""'Pbl".ncv.l::rlt,;:lnv]pfllm;'a]l'arrhlo ue}l:- It(::ll are represented in the school and con-- 6 REAK 8 ard U f > & v e < eaiimoace f datorks? is t on (oned Sre o exterle un | (1222","'1::12 very largely to the success of from the City of Noronto. e remainder Abother feature of this scheme which ~fx.part from the advantages which must u;.Lrue to the country from the training of skilled workmen in the depurtments of