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'U. OF T. CONTROL SAYS® e % | f | | DEWART AVERS J. R. Cooke Objects to Con-- | , f ference Called on Rural Tory Chief Suggests Radical Educati | > | ucation f | Change in Board of e ce Governors ASKS FOR GRANT TOTAL | LEG'SLATURE SPEEDS UP Rising to inquire into the motive' | e o ok for the calling of a conference otl F _ C _ 4 rural representatives to -- discuss' | . With i eves Axed." IOnEInE!} o.n school matters, J. R. Cooke, North | prorogation, the Legislature is s ' e s & Hastings, in the Legislature yester-- | speeding un. in the hope of ending | hz , e s day, charged the Government and the session before mid--June. Bills in s . the Minister of Education with at-- second reading in the House yester-- day afternoon were given fair, but tempting to handle the matter of e n i¥eiy 1 TeF :, o "fi," i 3 Government grants to schools by f.ompamt FS )" ' {s~,u§.,}()n, 00 | Order--in--Council, . without submit-- E1 :n Pyory Sase: advanced over the all-- 'ting the question to the Legislature important stage. j for discussion. He demanded thor-- Pelhaps_the most important of trhe ough discussion, and asked for de-- several minoi measu:-es dealt with 'tailed information with respect to was Uon: P H.. Grant's arl}er}dn1ent 1920 and 1921 grants. to the University Act, which deals Hon. R. H. Grant expressed every with the proposed arena, transfers willingness to have the figures of certain lands west of the University 1920 and 1921 submitted to the of Toronto from private trust--to the House as soon as they were available * % to the Department. He denied that Board of Governors, and x'emoves there was any intention of denying them from regulation by city by-- the Legislature the opportunity for laws and police Jurisdiction. discussion. It also ratifies an agreement made Mr. Cooke produced a copy of last June by which the teaching of printed instructions to inspectors de-- bigh school teachers in the Faculty | tailing changes made under the new of Education was placed under the regulations, which he interpreted to , direction of the University. mean that the Government was deal-- H. H. Dewart, K.C., . Southwest ing with the whole school situation jToromn, who, during the course of » without consulting the Legislature. |his remarks, vigorously assailed the | He said the order would affect 80 | University Board of Governors as | per cent. of the schools of the Prov-- . "the most irresponsible and auto-- ince, and demanded to know why a cratic body in the British Empire," conference should be called to dis-- objected strongly to exempting thei cuss educationai matters when those University lands from the city's | matters were not being discussed in building by--law provisions and other . the House. civic regulation. He pointed to the Although the Minister explained bad precedent it would set in the | that the proposed conference had case of colleges subsequently becom-- to do only with secondary school| ing affiliated with the University. matters, Hon. G. H. Ferguson con-- W. F. Nickle, K.C., supported Mr. tended that it was a matter that Dewart in his argument respecting : should receive the consideration 6t that clause, and also objected to giv-- the House while in session. The ing the University direction over the | Minister, he thought, should have the | Faculty of Education. He regarded | views of the House in discussing and it as a breach of the original agree-- dealing with the matter. ment -- and understanding -- when The Government consented to pre-- Qucen's and Toronto's faculties were sent to the House the detailed in-- [ amalgamated into one institution at formation asked for by Mr. Cooke l Toronto. C when it was available. | Hon. G. H. Ferguson supomitted for the Minister's consideration some | radical changes in the constitution | | of the Board of Governors, suggest--| | ing that the President and Chancel--| ! lor of the University, the Ministerl ! of Education and the Deputy Min--| | ister should be ex--officio members; 'that the graduates resident in On-- ® | tario should name six members and : | the student body should choose three | more. The University, he thought, | lacked at present a spirit of en-- thusiasm. | Attorney--General Raney obtained second reading for two bills dealing with remuneration for Crown At-- ~ torneys, one of which wiped out the F return to the Crown of fee percent-- | ages under $3,500, and called for the ® return of 50 per cent. over and above that amount; the other providing for * the paymenrt to Crown Attorneys i of an allowance of fifty dollars per , j quarter as a general fee for ad-- vising Justices of the Peace, Police Magistrates anc Provincial Police.