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THURSDAY, MAY 25, s o ty io at both of these "I am desirous that novuy Hon' R' H' Grant RequeSts T queitions be considered \fromiei\t;lxi:' A M p r i * ]e, "y]tll A \.le" to pe o | County Councils to Send , oaue for improving adequately and | _ 66 f ntly the condilI0Ons. -- Mn [ to Toronto Men "Thor-- is cooniy Gounells 1of the Prov-- 18 wu"" « ; vitally interested in . se | oughly Famd'ar WIth gifeestfi)r:s and I am sure that I rpa.\' * * * & | rough-- their co--operation Situation in Country Dis-- ','b'f';{; new in developing these plangi] & | af.cordingly- I invite your Council trlcts y ;\cele('t a ].epresentative 10.attend 1 «umm m .: conference --to be held in fltllt 'l.pception room, Parliament _ Bui 4-- ITEM OF GRANTS BEs Reconie. suln. o and 6. foar 'l'he' first session of the conference TO BE DISCUSSED is iL 2 Tt han. Wak o. * , /il} Submit Plan«. Relative to the matter of increased "i"'l'be representative chosen sth_le facilities for secondary education in be one who is thoroughly familiat rural districts, Hon. R. H. Grant, with the educa,tipdnal'vhscl)tu;ir:wclzmsle'i Minister of Education, has forward-- your cou;:))u-ld agle in :A 'position to ed The following letter to the Counts g}l\i;wg;'st-hand information regurld- Clerks of Ontario: ing conditions, and to :l(:):ll\se;llzi(: ':l:: "C am convinced that it is de-- conference lagt; S?nfi%f:e or the Coun sirable that, in so far as possible, EdAaucationa m' ' 7 the facilities for secondary educa-- ell itself may caxedl'oul::lfsif(\:hhopes tion be made available to children in | The Minister 'ad ls repén-ed 58 rural districts as freely as they are | to have tentative p d-'ls-(&si(lex'atlotl- to those that live in urban centres. submit as a basis for C 'The continuation schools were % organized with this object in view. As you are aware, these schools have opened up the opportunity for a high , f school education to a very large f number. of the boys and giris, es-- pecially in the villages and small ; * towns. But much remains yet to be done to extend the facilities for full-- time or part--time instruction toi 7 those residing in rural sections not closely connected with urban centres. 'f . Equalization of Grants. . | | _ "*Another question more or less | + _directly connected with the exten--' sion of sccondary education is that of the equalization of the support to | ; secondary schools. "By the legisla-- ® j on passed at the last session of the! pgislature, some steps were iaken this direction, but it has been | $ ruinted out to me that serious in--| equalities still exist. A! :