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'l'lll'RSl).\\'. 1lARCll C, :95. 7 t_______________________._.-----------------_I i . '. Casselman Wins Viotory In "mm. had declared itself against} I . . H. II. Dewar-t, ICC., said that the; ', Fight to Relieve Farm- Minis'tor's action constituted an! I . . . "extraordinary volts face." and it! i mg Communities From would not "go down" in the cities. l, . . A Score of inenib°rs Spuko. in-f i Sending Children to cluding w. F. Nickle ICC., Conner-l l vative, Kingston; T. Marshall, Lib-!, i School After They Reach frat}, L'Q'COWWK' K. nominal I " or, South sterioo; P. Cooper, l Age of 14 Years-Grant) Liberal, wtrlland; J. M. siiiii"siiii'/ , . 1 C.F.O., Lambton; Joseph Thomp-, l Promises Amendment l son. Conservative Toronto, who: f / favored adolescent school attend-! 1 - . ----- . U ance; F. G. Sandy, 1'.}-'.0.. South! I FURIOUS ATTACK l, Victoria; Hon. Manning oop.ertsyi _ I who heralded a rural educational'; . BY 'DUNDAS MEMBERI survey commigtrlon; Andrew Hicks,i . I, T 10.0., Middlesex. l . w-----.------ i; Reach Agreement. . l . Important modifications in thel Finally, on the suggestion Mellon! . present and intended operation of! Manning _r?1r_ttfrtr, Premier Druryl t. the Adolescent School AttendanceE and the member for Dundas numb. - Act were heralded in the Ontario ed an agreement by which debate , Legislature by Hon. R. H. Grant, on the bill to suspend the act was l Minister of Education, last night, iel,dfeT/y..1. until the Minister of 0 during the debate on the much-dis-i !§gsg%at10n should submit his pro- . t amen men . , cussed measure of W. H. Casselman. l . "The amendment meets with It Il L.F.O. member for Dundas. to sus-; approval to this extent," declared l pend for five years the operation of: the member for Dundas. after the! the ac' l debate had proceeded until 11.80. "r, e Cr . f N , t am willing to allow the debate to 'l, To Suspend Act. i stand until the Minister submits it p The Minister announced the ill-'1 to the House. " it meets with my t ltention of the Government, in view approval then I'll be content and1 (f. i, of apparently widespread opposition I withdraw my bill." l i d sto the act's more stringent provi- i, After declaring that Province-wide is [sions, to indefinitely suspend that propaganda had been set on foot d lproclamation of the 16 to 18 years: to bring about the defeat of his bill. . i I 'part-tlme school attendance clause! _the member for Dundas introduced 1- in the act, which was to have come ibis attack on the Adolescent School ts into effect next September I. Attendance Act by declaring that in m The other concession of the Minis-1 certain phages it was not feasible. c- consider, and as a. result of which of its provisions was "economically m he may withdraw his bilr---is tol harmful, and even vicious." of (maker school attendance between thei. To the vast majority of people. to ages ot 14 and 16 years under the act, "academic" education was of no do entirely optional in rural distrriftAl practical value, he said. Under the .c- Hon. Mr. Grant read his 1yeeet/",1,'; provisions of the act all children en amendment which woulf leave with 1 were compelled to attend school be- ast the parent or guardian in "if": tween the ages of 14 and 16. The of 'school sections in a farm home dis-'1 majority of children between these rt- cretion as to whether a. child leii, "" would attend secondary schools, he tween 14 and 16 years is to attend: Where they would secure academic 18011001 or remain at home. ', and not vocational education. And l The tight put up by the member; no "hot-house academic education" 'ie,", Dundas in opposition to $110 could instil the qualities necessary PM . Adolescent Milli Wis] a memo" 'p. for success in life's battles. I? '030- and tor S at ty ',-',p,'.r",tQ'ru) l This feature of the act, he claimed. ov- his case 11: gt,", a tttT/TS,,',".'""' YI, had been inspired by "dreamers. Sit; 'commonde rom many tit ee. l idealist; faddiets. and visionaries. ing ("ritrt"".1'leT.',.' Says M. G. r. l rather than by men with a practical As. The debate was marked by excl outlook. . ted 'pressions of the greatest diversity ff'; 'General Demmeintton. he I opindon as to the feeling of the gen- l . in- oral public toward the Adolescenti That led the Speaker to his gen- the 'Act, Hon. Mr. Grant [nuanced hun- 1 eral denunciation of reform by com- dreds of resolutions supporting the' pultrory 1etritslation. This was the ov- net. J. C. Toimic (Liberal, Windsor) day of moral, social. industrial, edu- "ee- mdd his city and, he believed. othergl cational. and even political reform . ', Brackin (Liberal. Kent) said he is an uneasiness among the common was in error, and that Chatham. at people bordering closely on the spirit F "-" t, v - - - .__A