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Capital $14,400,000 Rest 310900300 in: and Colloctiné wax, and enables it wintar’s extrema m tog-edit cold. my admirable root-with m its natural qualities intact. LIN DSAY, ONT., THURSDAY. JUNE 7th 19-6 - ’ 6611er E‘nucnons MEET DISCUSSION 011 LIVE TOPICS Inspotors, Teachers and Trustees attend the County Convention emustr {ted Lecture by Mr. A. ll. [sakeâ€"â€" 9 H Attention to the “ Three It s. Victoria County Educational Assoâ€" ciation annyal meeting was held. last Thursdqy and Friday at the Lindsay Cfllegiste Institute. This association is Iormed of three‘ sections, viz : A trustees section, the West Victoria teachers section, and the East Victoria. teachers section. Every trustee and teacher in the county are members The attendance was large, and at the first roll-call at 10 o clock on Thursday morning there were sixty" members present al- though the trains had not yet 31-. rived from the west. About noon there was at full attendance. TRUSTEES. a|vuvp 4... vâ€" .. Hardy, I. Thurston, A. White, Ida. Graham, Florence Graham, 0. Dix, Flora Adair; Messrs. C. H. Lapp. Lco Zealand and G. Devitt. Eldon ‘: Misses McNichol. A. Bruce. H. White, M. Naylor, M. Graham; F. McKenzie, and Mr. A. McFadyen. Fenelon : Masses A. Tolmie, A. I": â€",â€"_. â€" ~ 7 7 , Moran ‘and 11'8in. " ' Dalton : Miss M. Kerr. Dig'by: Miss V. Doyle. Laxton: Miss J essic McLean. Woodville : Mr. Murray Wilson Miss L. Gilchrist. , A , Penelon- Falls : Messrs. Geo. D. . Balaton, H. C. McCann, M. '1‘. Mc-‘ Eachern; Misses H. Nevison, M, Bellingham, E. Bothwell. I EAST VICTORIA TEACHERS. ' Lindsay : Collegiate Institute, ' Messrs. J. C. Harstone. J. Calling. G. A. Cornish, H. S. ‘Rosevear, W.; H. Walks; Misses Alice Wilson and McNabb. Public Schools : Messrs. G. E. Broderick, ,Duncan Mcl)ougall,j Duncan McFadyen ; Misses M. Thom-. as, A. Walker, F, Weldon, 8. Laid-i law, S. Parr. H. McLaughlin. L. E.‘ Andrews, J. McKay, S. TWanfley. M-“ Fee, Alice Fanning. B. Smith, SybilI Jewell, K. E. Lewis, Mabel Graham, Louie Limbert, and Annie Robson. substitute for Miss Wm. Separate School: Mr. John Rogers. Misses Hanahoe and Sarah Malon’cy. . Ops: Messrs. J. W. Dyell. Morgan O’Neill, H. F. Veals, Chas. B. By- ers ;; Misses L. MoGeough. J. Adeline Poast, M. Brogan. M. Kirley. A. M.‘ Rutherford, Ruth Veals, Nellie E. McQuade. Misses Rebeca: Wilson, Lottie Gal- Vin. Minnie E. Pdast. eMila. O'Cal- laghan, Loretta M-ilaney. Verulam : Messrs. H. L. Lancaster. Rupert 'E. Wagar, Joshua McNeil; Misses Elizabeth Weir. L. I. Nicholls. Susannah Wilson. Mabel Mollmoyl. Jennie M. Moore. __ .- A ‘0‘”--Lnâ€"n Uclllllc bu. ”vvâ€" V Somerville : Mr. Neil Q. McEaChem Misses Mary Edmonds, Carrie Arm. strong, Martha Martin, Pearl Hop- wood, Eliza Devitt. A 1'.‘ Batman * PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS. Mr. J. H. Knight, gave an address upon the subject. 0! “Public Examin- ations}? He first. rad the law which provides for exuminttions. He did not know of any teachers who had refused to make promotion examina- “0138,;131“. had board who say they would rgther not mcko them. If 5 91'9de “$0.9! than. there is no new k0? homing the «minn- uoihm'a: Ayn-”lite grows; polo- fair. ’1'. c. Bircnmd. mason arrie,,B. Campbell, M. E. t‘ .; 1mm A. 01303152., 15;. mrsda; H. L. Lancaster. Joshua. McNeil :. air, L. I. NichollS. Mabel Mollmoyl. ages and they buy be?" If a be. awake he can rotted." is no Kiss mun:- ht! been pota- dqno at I , At tIICJ an; u‘....,,. In discussing Mr. Knight's sub-‘ ject. President Smale said that. teachers have nothing to lose by inâ€" viting trustees and parents to visit their schools. The fact that trus- tees and teachers are associated in this organization is s sign of the closer sympathy that is coming, and which ought to exist hetween parent and teacher. his a failing that the ratepayers have very little wooin- tion with the schools. Inspector W. H. Stevens believed that it teachers can get the people to visit the schools at least twice in the year. they have done much to enlist the sympathy of pores“. In ' m. John I Inc objection ! examination. 130 8 strong rattler Wat) nu” "v- present at the beginning; of the dis- cussion. "I remember." he said. "when public examinations were in vogue everyWhere. and certainly they supplied the means of establishing sympathy between parents and pm- pils. A‘ll um was done in the] schools during the year was gone over in some form. More the ex» aminations came off the parents helped the children to study so they could appear to the best advantage. the expenditure of school money. “we are dwgys’some bukwnrd pu- ipill tint need the Itlnmlus furmshed my the public mutation. Parents are placed when they see their chil- There are “$1331....“ .,..., , pils taut need the stimulus furnished by the public examination. Parents am pleased when they see their chilâ€" is limited on the inspectér’s visits.“ Ir. Birchu'd: "I moo with whnt ha; been said. nndhope interest will 1364me And the ‘Custom resur- lien ' .gme ith that said: “omit: :mblut the goat bclng 'Nmtion is a big smubjor}: ‘ tile: he! became: "nation! and own in bum! subject with which l t ”I: t «known. wlument, it the emu cits-on Inn to deal. For a the 0‘ poor reason we should insist. that our 1,“ hole muhwugb: likeâ€" whoa}- he la the hut degree em- ‘ m w cent to Illli m the pupil“ into “w it" . WMMflmlndnndl-tmng 'm:mmm Notwitbhtbwriththemt “n..-“ um um: um mar-tall!“ .0 lb WW. . Casey was sorry he was 'mot t the heginning of the dis- "I remember." he said. ublic mimtiom were in BMW. and certainly they the means of establishing r between parents and pu- am. was done in the uinments are not the They create trouble of- good thing to exhibit stimulates the pupils if}?! Ecfiool building the results 013th!!!- d'm’cussionlin in home veyvbe to stimuhte the inter- nst o! weathers end mother-a inlhe work of education, and enlarge their antipathy to the profit or the county in future." ' . CONSOLIDATION OF RURAL . , SCHOOLS. ‘ 'Ir. J. C. Harstone was called up- dn to read a. paper on “The CODSOIi-I dqtion of Rum! Schools," a'synop-i Gil “Of Which follows: We m take some lessons from the educational .work of the United States in studying problems of edu- cation in this country. Tabulatcd reports of schools of the eastern autos show that at the present rate 01 Influx to the west the population has changed in. places so that where there were crowded schools, now the 3uttendance has dwindled to from five ‘to twenty pupils. This is the case in some districts where once there ;é._,,hm schools with literary clubs. singing classes and debating societies. During the yoafs between 1860 and 1895 the rural population at New York decreased from 894,:- 482 to 609,146, or 31 per cent. Alâ€" though the number of school chilflren decreased there was no diminution of districts. A new systemp! school distribution became necessary be cause the small school is lifeless and cannot be graded. When the} change to a consolidating system} was made this condition ceased. In? stead of the section being burdened with expense and anyone who could procure a certificate being permitted to teach. the consolidated schools are large and the class of instructâ€" ore in first-class. Our country is not so greatly depleted of young men as New York was. but the conditions which prevailed there are to some extent affecting this part of Canada. By consolidating the schools and transportation of pupils. the cost of which is charged against the section eending them, much ' improvement has been made. In 1869 Whusata passed a bill providing for the transportation of chiidren free of cost. in a radius of two miles from each school. Since 1904 the practice of consolidation has spread very 35.231313] in the Unit- -â€"wâ€" ‘5" VT. ed States. and 26 states have adopted, the principle. nae changes have not been brou t about without wort. Mr. Hm e quoted a strange case in Kingsville. Ohio. where a law had been framed just to fit that town- ship and aflect no other. The eflects hum been putisfactory in that town- u-u- v â€"v-.. ship. It is said that the mingiing of the pupils has a good eflect upon them. Teachers sahries are higher. Hygienic conditions are better. have are no trugntg or fax-fly ‘pu; r_'_.c in on the way to school. for it is prohibited on the vans. The price of real estate is higher in‘parts dis- tant from school. The drivers act as mail carriers. On the whole there is a saving oi expense to the township. The inspiration of num- bers in the school results in greater competition. Higher salaries bring a better grade ‘0! teachers. The graded schools admit of more adâ€" vanced work. Special subjects can be treated. There is a larger attend- ance of pupils for a longer time. By this method of centralization it will be seen that where all the children are instructed in the same school and form attachments, they will be more likely to unite upon questions of reform and improvement. n - A‘--‘-"_‘A 'The general principle of conveyance adopted is to have vans provided by the school board, and the drivers to call at each home. Each van will hold about. 20 pupils. The vans are due at the school at 8.45. Some schools have stables built for horses so pupils may have their own teams, and some allow so much per mile for conveyance. which is paid to the 1, II .I___ \'V”v v.’ w.. . _, ’farmer if he drives his oyn children. The children, of course, many of them'. have lunch at the school, and in many cases there is‘ a matron ih charge to look after them and see that they are properly fey. y. la w ‘7 v The cost of the condolidnted school in comparison with the district schools is not always less ; in- some cases it is increased. However. the faith of the people in the method is growmg. In the older provinces of Canada we have had very little experience with the movement. There are some in the maritime provinces. In Quew bee there is some move made in that: direction, but no consolidated school bus been formed. There is only one in Ontarioâ€"at Guelph. In the new provinces of ,the west the only schools estdalilhed are consolidated Ichools. _ The Handoukl school near fluelph has proved a. new“. and it on- gendcm love ior country life, while the town or city school has a ben- ‘dency to drew the your: mind away from agriculture! permits. Consoli- dation makes it' ponflble to make the development 6! the child tend to the ultimate aim 6! life. and not a mere cramming with has. Kr. finale: “I believe this will be a live lane in thine province soon. The coalitions no handing- that- Wuyf' :, - - ‘ ’ . 7---“..-A I.“ ils " ‘J' “Mr. Broderick moved, seconded by Rogers. that the discussion of the PIP!!!” be postponed until the ad'â€" ternoon at joint session. When the joint session again con-v W in the Moon M r. Smle m .3311: in the chair. and the op- ening item on the program was the chairman'- W. Mr. Smale :i'fiuation is a big irméjeé‘; :0 m M with w ic e '- m its” his to (leak. For that mu we I”!!! W tint our Mun. Lâ€" 1- Ah hunt den-rec em- THURSDAY mERNOON SESSION. u" Q71: 'om‘amly ”NEW“ .K‘TE‘I blur Isht- ul matu> man. nu Yul 3.33m In?» - wm gzié‘iil CASTORIAL o! the «.1111. "The influence, and teaching 01 schools should make the youth oer- ions and equip him {or the strenuous times which will come. The work of Canada will be brought more into competition with other nations than it has been. Japan ii coming into a blazing light ambng the competition aszwcl! as other an: tions. f . "The idea, of the boy generally is to get into a place where there ' is easy work and large pay. That: is the dream of the studcrm. But bjg salaries are Ior- his service, andthey should be taught that little ability with much application brings great results, and if they adopt a. true cnursc they will have unqualified course they will have unquauuuu success. 0. “I recognize the opportunities at this organization, and am heartily glad that we have joined forces ‘ in this county. In the organization. of trustees and when we are pioneers and cannot. gain much from others; Our influence with the government should be more when our request! endorsed by trustees, teachers and inspectors in common. ~ , _.L:nh W‘vn- ”- v-1 "I disapprove o! the way in which the new education! law fixes ‘tho salaries in the unguided schools. I admit that salaries are too low; and it is to be regretted‘flmt the «age of a moulder in the‘Lindsay shops is more than the salary of the moul- ders of the thought and character of the Iuturehlers of society. I think it is wrong to make the salary de- pendent upon the rise and fall 0! assessment." [SW-"cu w . He also suggeSted some scheme 01 scholarship for the stimulating 0! practical study, and the handwrit- ing' as well as other fundamentals should receive more attention. ELECTION or OFFICERS. For the next year, Mr.W._'K¢ Stqvens was elected president. The- viceâ€"presidcnts, according to the constitution are the presidents of the three sections; J. C. Hurstone, secretary, (re-elected) ; auditors. Messrs. Newton Smalc and Duncan McDougall. , . As,,__ ”A“. 5|... papers xteadflgt tieimeetin'gs of Last year‘and this year, so as to have the history of conventions complete. M" ferring to the curriculum beingso that the supplementary studies will not interfere iWith a thorougl grounding in the essentials. This awakened quite a liqely dis- cussion, for a good deal" ' been sa. -0 late‘bout Ce writers. bad spellers and bad calculators the schools turn out, particularly in: To- Mr. A. H. Leake was asked as a man of experience in both England and America, to say something ' on the subject. He said it is true'that the Englishboy is further advanced at ten years of age than the Can: adian boy, butane latter is better in taking the initiative and conse- quently. better fitted to succeed. 'He considered that [the use of the scrib- bler in schools is responsible for much had writing. He did not give wit the statement in) \had heard th the writing is worse now than it was'25 years ago. Mr. Smale. in- troducing this subject, had referred to the statement of Mayor Coats- worth, of Toronto, that the pro- fessional men had to teach the. girls and boys coming to their omces .to spell and write and calculate before , they could be of any use. Mr. Leake said as a'man who resides in Toron- , to he did not attach as much imâ€" . a portance to what Mayor Coatsworth ; says as the chairman seems to; ”a; llr. Harvey., of , Omemce, agreed -7 with the comparison of the English . and Canadian boy, but believed the - bad writing of pupils was (it large- ‘ly to the transition of the vertical to the slanting writing. ' He mentioned a good joke of which a lady sitting near him was the author. Mr. Knight had said that ' he had friends in Toronto who oc- casionally wrote to him, and their writing, in his opinion, was ghod; - The lady said; “Mr. Knight’s friends are good writers not because they live in Toronto, but because they‘are . Mr. Knight's friends." I Mr. Broderick did not think if ' wise for the assocution to pass any ' resolution on this question , which“ had arisen from the trust”. f‘sâ€"H ,, cussion. The course of study . L: been carefully grown out. "It may“; '. .- be said, "but in my opinion it is not. I would magnet leaving the - to!” without pro- . nouncing upon it, but take the .sub- ' jeet up next year, meanwhile invastie - sutjnsguoer" ? ‘4'; 2-. _-L ‘co am,- BAD SPELLERS, BAD WRITERS. Mr. Harvey: “It is‘ not my exper- ience that the writing and spelling is bad." . Mr. Slade: “A barrister in this town snys that he; can'not get a young lady smoognwher without he has to teachhgrm spell." Ir. Whit-rise” one of the bad «pollen. But I don't believe the employer wmta a. goon speller _ -1 :..:c€ Mr. Cornish 1n‘..‘£:rise,as one of the bad spellers. But I don't believe the employer went: a goon speller as much as he wants a boy of initi- ative.’ Some 01 the best men in the ministry are bad spellers. Children are very inaccurate in many things tint they do, and we should not ex- ’- er. There are better spellers now than were were twenty years ago, but the writing is bod. The scrib- bler and the vertical gym have donesomeotit. Butthereisa mew. «petting; coming in. Kr. Carnegie bu dammed 9 large sum of money (Continued on Page 6.) . Hr. Walks : .5..." presidepts of sections with the ‘L- A‘â€" Number 23 éi mulation mentioned a motion ‘trusteed section 470-. it first. It must come be a lively di" deal been .8 writers. .d calculators the micularly in: T0- was asked as 8' in both England lv somethinz’ - 0n 4 the nations