CT OY BOARD OF DECIDED TO OLOSE SCHOOLS ON JUNE i8. EDUC one-quarter of the amount of the ATION year 1914. The usual side grants had also been cancelled. Major Gillespie also reported that the Kingston -Cadet Corps would he inspected by an officer of the third division on the cricket field on May 125th at 2 p.m." Competition would Entrance Examinations Will Com- also take place for the shield offe.- ed by Major Macnee. An invitation " mence On Monday June 21st--Im- was extended to the members of the provements to be Made to the Board to be present. Schools. A. McKenzie, manager of the | School Penny Bank system, Toronto, po | wrote stating that he would be glad Board of Baton "ens 4 uin 1a com to Kingutam und. introduce nature. Reports were passed wita | "Pe RYsptan here among the schools, : ity Auditor Muir repor "hold- ry de, disensyion. Mon ihe r¢ ling up" account for architects' fees Committee } was decided 10 close and account for flooring, owing to the Collegirate Institute and Public She fact ih) certain sas had no Schools on Friday June 18th for the ? . midsummer holidays. i The chairman, James Crai . re- a sided at the meeting, and lS, 1 The report of E. O. Sliter, princip- members present were Trustees F.|2l of the Collegiate Institute for the R. Anglin, Dr. G. W. Bell, Pp, B. month of April showed as folows: Chown, isaac Cohen, J. G. Elliott, J. | On Toll, 439 increase, 24; average M. Farrell, W. H. Godwin, James R.| daily attendance, 408; this was 23 Henderson, Prof. A. Laird, Allan ™oTe than in April 191%" Lemmon, W. H. Macnee, Rober:| J. Russell Stuart, Meek, T. W. Mills, G. B. McKay, W.|®chools reported as follows on the J. Renton and W. A. Sawyer. attendance for April: The secretary reported the receipt "The total enrollment at the end of $150 from the Strathcona Fund |0f the month Was 2,539. This is for the cadets. | eighty more than at the same time Applications for positions on the [last year. The total average daily teaching staff were 'received from attendance was 2,240, an increase of Miss Clara Parrott, Miss Annie Bag | 82 over that of April 1914. In the ter and Miss Alfreda Graham. The | kindergartens 231 pupils were en- applications were filed for reference. | rolled. G. E. Reaman made application| The school nurse, Miss Jean Mec- for a position on the Collegiate In: | Calum, reported as follows for April: stitute teaching staff. Filed for re- {Inspections made, 656; instructions ference. ' 'given, 27; consultations with par. A letter was received from Major ents, 33; home visits made, 35. Tha George Gillespie, in which he stated | health of the children during April that on account of the war and|was very good, There were heavy expenses, the vote for cadets | cases of contagious disease. Seven Business for the most part at School Reports. for 1915-16 had been reduced tol pupils were treated for their eyes McINTOSH BROS. Extraordinary Values For Friday & Saturday Large Jardinieres; regular $1 and $1.25, for ...50¢ Men's fine Shirts; regular $1.25, for 1. T3¢ Cream and White Long Curtain Net, good value at 26¢ yard. Sale price 17¢c yard 36 inch English Zephyrs, sold everywhere at 25¢ yd. Our price only .. 10c yard Cream and White Long Curtain Net; ordinary price . - 20¢ yard. Special price A few pieces of 10¢ and 12 1-2¢ Striped Ginghams; on sale for 8c yard | 40 inch Fine quality White Crepe Cloth, sold regu- larly for 76¢; now only 59¢ yard 40 inch fine grade White Basket-work Dress Goods; regular 65¢. Sale price ~44c ----SEH | New line, best white maple and oak, very convenient, $18 to $33. Drawing Room Kasies, covered to suit tone of carpet and draperfes. are unusually oe this year. We have some that Repair and Upholstering promptly Phone 90. Yours inspector of | 4, THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915. seven for their nose and four for throat trouble. Mrs. A. Martin, president of the | Red Cross Society wrote asking that! pupils of the Collegiate Institute and the Public Schools be allowed to co-| { Operate in the work of the Red Cross | Socity in the way «of ismall sums of momey or material. | Empire Day was suggested as a suit- | able day for the said collection. On motion of Trustees Meek ana | Farrell it was decided to Yave the] Management Committee take up the | matter of the pupils participating in the Red Cross movement. Reports Of Committees. The recommendations of the Man- agement Committee were adopted : | gome That a copy of "Stories 'of the | British Empire" by Miss Machar be | placed in each of containing Fourth Book classes. { That the Collegiate Institute { Public- Schools-close for the midsum- { mer holidays on the afternoon of Fri- day, June 18th: The Entrance exam | inations begin on the following Mon- | day, June 21st, and continue for three | 8. | That ¢he Secretary advertise for ap-| YOCative of A REPORT PRESENTED REGARDING TRUSTEES DEPART. | MENT OF THE O. E, A. contributing | Ang the Questions It Discussed at Recent Convention-- J. G. Elliott Was Kingston Board of Educa- tion's Representative, At the Board of Education meet- | ing last night, J. G. Elliott presented | the following report: i The Trustees Department of the | Ontario Educational Association, | which met in Toronto on April 6th, | «th and 8th, was well attended, and interesting discussions took | place as to present day conditions and suggestions for improvements. the five schools | The trustees revelled in a wide range | of subjects all of vital interest, Man- | ual training, domestic science, agri-| | eultural education and the benefits to be derived from play, along with | discussions as to consolidated schools | occupied attention during the ses- sions, and were very helpful and pro- | discussion. Military { | plications for the two positions to | training also occupied a place on the! { be added to { teaching staff. The following report of the Proper- ty Committee was passed : | On the authority received from the | Board your Committee awarded the | contract for levelling and seeding the | Collegiate grounds and the construc- | tion of a .five-foot cement walk from | Victoria School to Frontenac street, [to Robert Wallace, his figures bei the lowest. The tender for the level- | ing was $400 and for the walk $70. | The Committee accepted the tender {of T. F. Harrison Company for put- | ting blinds on the Collegiate wings | Their figure, $108, was the lowest. / ! That the tender of Simmons Bros. | for the usual tinsmithing and stove { supplies, being the lowest, be accept- led That the tender of the Kingston { Coal Company for a supply of hard | coal for 1915-16 season, being the low- | | est, he accepted. The figures 'ave: | Stove and egg, $7.30 per ton; nut, i $7 50. That $100 be expended in furnishing the teachers' room in Victoria School | provided the funds can be secured | [rom capital account. | That the: sum of $150 be expended {on the flower bedd and window boxes in connection with the various school buildings. Your Committee cannot see its way clear to recommend the reconsidera- tion of the decision of the Board at its meeting in March regarding the salary of the janitor of the Collegi- { ate Institute. There are no funds | available for the increasing of sal- | aries. : Tenders were asked and received for school improvement work. Your Com- mittee recommends that the improve- ments be made and that the tender of F. Young, being the lowest, be ac- cepted. It is $191. ; The report of the Finance Commit- tee, containing the usual number of accounts, was passed. 3 During the eveming Trustee Elliott read a report of the annual meeting of the trustee section of the Ontario Educational Association, held recent- ly in Toronto, and which he attended as a delegate from the Board. report dealt in an interesting way with the matters taken up by this body, and Trustee Elliott was thank- ed by the members of the Bo 1 for his admirable report, which wil printed in the minutes. A summary of the report appears elsewhere in this issue. KILLED IN ACTION, Letter From D. Douglas To Bereaved Parents. A letter 4rom Daniel Douglas, Bow- manville, to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Mar- tin, former Kingstonians, tells how their son Kenneth Martin, was killed. The writer said : The | school work itself. leaned | be greatly eariched the Collegiate Institute | RFESTATME, Major Samuel Sharpe, | M.P.,, talking on patriotism, but not | in any rampant manner, He urged | a wider use of the Union Jack on school buildings and a wider educa-| tion through the cadet system. An admirable paper on manual training was presented by Mr. Smy- the, of Berlin, copies of which were placed before each member. Dr. John Noble, Toronto, was not ena- moured with domestic science as it is being taught. He thought the work ghould be so arranged as to be of practical advantage to those pu- pils who had not the greatest advan- tage in life. It should be something more than mere cookery. It should teach a girl to capably govern a household. It was suggested that! cooking instructions should be abo- lished among the younger pupils, but there was energetic protect, a balf dozen trustees imsisting that those who most needed training in household economy were the young- er girls, ninety per cent of whom ne- ver reached the high school. Prof. 8S. B. McCready talked much about agricultural education in the single teacher rural school, showing that where it had been taken up, it had increased attendance and the teachers have been more successful in arousing the interest of both par- ents and pupils, besides raising the standard of education in the commu- nity. Speaking of the consolidation of rural schools, valuable informa tion was gathered. Prof. McCready intimated that it was commonly re- cognized that Ontario's single teach- ers rural schools are the best that can be found in the west; and yet an investigator from the United States, who had gone over Western Ontario Counties, stated that he did not see a single school in Ontario so good that it could not be improved by consolidation. Without these consolidated schools,it was manifest- ly impossible to have proper school spirit, or proper sports in a school where there was only one boy in the Fourth class, for instance. Phere was also lack of competition in the The change was one which had to come, though it might take a matter of twenty-five years. Consolidation must be done possibly by township boards, as it had been done in other parts. Some real splendid facts as to the consoli- dation of schools in Denmark were presented, and the great benefits flowing therefrom were mentioned. At a joint meeting with the inspec: tors and physical training schools, the trustees heard something regard- ing the development of the school play movement in Canada, A paper on this subject was assigned to the speaker, and I took occasion to de-- clare that play of any kind was a preparation for work. The aim of all play should be development, not and | only of the physical, but the aesthe- tic, mental and moral elements. Trustees and teachers in the past had taken school too seriously, and had made no place on the curricul- um for play. Our school life would if there could be more play and less study. "America has lagged behind in this matter, and perhaps our modern inventions have rendered unnecessary that physica} activity 8 a. 7 #7 © aoa WTS aie Styleand Good Taste In Men's Hats ---------------------- y Are evident in our showing of the season's popular shapes. Buying direct from the fac- tories and in large quantities enables us to give values not to be had at smaller dealers. Our new Straw Hats, Der- bies, and Soft Hats, are en- dowed with that refinement that modest men desire. STRAW HATS FROM * 25¢ UP. FELT HATS FROM 50c UP BUT SIXTY PER CENT. OF KINGSTON PUPILS TRY Kv. TRANCE EXAMINATIONS Forty Per Cent. Dron Out at the Third Book According to the Bt tistics--Report On Technical Ed: ation. That more than forty per cent. of the pupils in the Public Schools of Ki quit. school at the third book, leaving sixty per cent. to go ap. foe Entrance examinations, was he statement of Trustee F. R. A lin at the meeting of the Board Education on Thursday night. Trustee Anglin reported on the re- cent convention on - technical educa- tion in. connection with the Ontario which induces play. Why] Past year .| cannot we open our schools, say m., close them not before § p.m., at|! the earliest, and devote one-half of | ¢ that time to play? That may sound 'a little Utopian, but the day is com- | ing when we shall see such an ar- rangement." Principal Mott said that play was one of the greatest powers in assi- milating our foreign children, for all met on an equal footing, as every child understood play when properly directed. Colonial Pumps Every lady admires a pretty Colonial Pump-- there's nothing dressier--nothing neater--especial- ly the pretty patterns we are now showing--we also show the new Strap Pumps. e* Prices $5, $4.50, $4, $3.50, $3 We even show a very good one at $2.00. Abernethy's ICE CREAM BRICKS OR IN BULK Delivered to all parts of the City By Government Test, Best in Kingston. SAKELL'S, Next Opera House. For the benefit of those who work in the daytime, we will keep our place of busi- ness open Tuesday, Thursday and Sat- urday Evenings. We will call for and deli- ver when requested. Kingston Hat and Ponies dogris Go Phone 163. . . 281 Princess St. BLUE SERGE SUITS We have two unusually good lines at ae roth Intest les, and best nd wearing 1, together with good fit and good workmansh Fast indigo colors. Come in and Also Tail line of sll kinds of - Hats, Underwear, Boots, Shoes, oie ISAAC ZACKS 271 PRINCESS STREET. Memorial Cards In memory of departed | friends. i NEATLY PRINTED with name, date of death, and ; a suitable verse. | Sead for Sample and Prices. THE BRITISH WHIG OF='CE KINGSTON, ONT Phone 640 BARY CARRIAGES AND GO.CARTS. This Week. COLLAPSIBLE GO-CARTS. Rattan carriage with Pullman James Reid THE LEADING UNDERTAKER. Phone 147, COAL The kind you are look- ing for is She kind we guarantee prompt de- . ve ; BOOTH & CO.