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have received a new stock of' 'Berge er"s Grade Paris Green, we handled" last season "which our customers reported the most effect- they ever used. This Brand i is noted for its «Killin : Power." Xe. costs "you no more than the "Doubtful" sort. Potato Bugs Die ORVAL BYER "YYAROLD W. EMMERSON * {Office One House North of the Catholic Church) jie Pony PERRY, ONTARIO ! Phone ISI JA MES ps S WA R D PND ORGANS 5 and. GRAMAPHONES . "ALSO SECOND-HAND ORGANS "PIANOS TUNED MAY 13 snd SEPTEMBER a \ PORT PERRY, 'onTaRio pL AN FRA ipo at When you want good fresh GROCERIES Good reliable _DRYGOODS, BOOTS > & SHOES, ETC. 'GO TO J. F. McCLINTOCK Port Perry - wish. Ontario Canada, Food Board License No. 8-10196 ual time be considered, "since our his is a very young country, 'even when compared to the Great Republic to the South of us, and it is 'with much pride and satisfaction. that we view the great advances that have taken place i inn our school system and in our schools themselves, since the time of our grandfathers or even our fathers. ~The country was new then, and t 'school was in keeping with the district. "In fact that statement is as true to day as it was fifty years ago. It is not difficult for a stranger tv drive through a country, and, by see- ing the schools and the school surroundings, to know what the people of that district are like, and whether he would like to buy a farm and settle down among them, or not. : = In those early days the school wit a p reflection of the homes, as it is to-day, and as it will 'bé in the future. The little log building set in the woods, with its crude furniture and no equipment, except a goodly supply of birch rods which, of necessity, had to be replenished ach day; and often--yvery often--taught by a man with very little academic and no professional training. In those early schools the object was to give a little learning in the way of reading, writing, and arithmetic. , The fam- ilies were large and the buildings were §mall, and when we view the con- «ditions that then existed, in retrospect, we are apt to wonder that any progress at all was made. But we must not forget that, in the healthy country boy, the ground was fertile. half a chance (if be came of proper stock) the scholar rose above his 'surroundings, and became, in professional world, oné of the stars. We must not forget that, even to- day, the great majonity of our teachers atid men and women in other" professions, spent their boyhood and girlhood on the farm. We sometimes wonder; as I bave said, that this could be so, but there are several reasons. In the' first lice, afew of these wandering school-masters (for they were all masters In those days) were rea! masters -.in the sense:that they instilled in the.:minds of their eager boys-a desire to become great. That is the marivef. a fiacher; whether it be fifty or sixty years ago or now, 'There were other reasons, however, by boys. were able to graduate from the crude public schools, and, in aftée life, take leading positions in the country. Chief among these reasons i this--The boy was taught in those days to do things from necessity. 'Home and farm were general workshops where all kinds of work. had to be done--mending wagons, ~ making ox-yokes--everything, in fact, had' to be done and the boy had to learn to doit. fn the home it was the game--spinning, knitting, and - weaving. were the daily 'occupations of the girls, and even bread was - baked inthe home in those days of 1 have ve changed singe then... Same s no onge. A. CATs. , a bla cksmith, and a wagon maker, and the wool is no longer spun in the home. Even the general mechanic, whosé shop was always on one of the main corners of every village, is gone. Something has been lost to, the boys and girls of to-day, and scme- thing has been gained. They have lost the art of doing things for 'themselves and they have gained much better schools and teachers. It 15 too bad that we have not tried, during all this time, to keep the best of the past while gaining what we have gained in the school system, but unfortunately that has not been done and it is only during recent years that we are discovering our mistake. After all, the efficiency of any school depends almost entirely on the personality of the teacher. Even in the early days a teacher with great personality was able to do great things, and is remembered in the district, while the great herd has been forgotten. And it is true still. Our Department of Education, during the past ten years, deserves svery great credit for striving to place the teaching professionon a higher standard. They have built Normal Training Schools all 'over the Prov- ince and have manned them with the best men in the profession that may be found. As a result, almost every school in the older parts of Ontario 1s in charge of a professional Second Class or First Class teach- er, and the salaries have risen from about $350 to $100 in 1910, to $600 and $700 in 1918. During those ten years the Department has been Criticized very severely by those who saw the salaries going up, but saw nothing else, But this work of producing in our Province an efficient staff of teachers is most commendable, for without them, no school sys- tem is possible. Here is what the 'Educational News' says in discussing a recent debate in the British House of Commons, relative to education after the war--* 'Underlying every point which was reviewed, the person- ality of the teacher was the one great essential of which Parliament never for a moment lost sight. personality and it was urged that howeber palatial our buildings, however superb our equipment, and however perfect our organization, unless we are able to induce the best brains of our country to enter the teaching profession and adopt it as a career, our efforts will end in failure." In other words, everything, or nearly everything depends on the teacher, Fortunately we have in Ontario a most excellent lot of public school : teachers, ard thanks for this must be given to our Department of Edu- * cation. = There is, however, one fly in this honey of gratification, and it ~ is that we have very few male public school teachers. There are only five in my inspectorate and they are the' principals of the larger schools, Is there any way to bring" them back? - Now we have ¢ome to a new order of things, and it is well that we 1 Haye those teachers, for without them we can do nothing. "The question of individual efficiency is looming large these stormy times and will loom ge after the war. If the war bas caused innumerable heart- it has also shown us. the need of individual efficiency. That word ancy ko havo etka on a diflsfent meshing during to pest fo Member after member bore testimony to this €sT'D Ya73 est at curr H. G. HUTCHESON, OF CANADA - HEAD OFFICE = TORONTO Your surplus earnings in' our Savings Department earn inter- ent rate. 236 PORT PERRY BRANCH I SRR, Drowning Accident at Uxbridge Toronto Globe Uxbridge, June 16. Albert Fergu- son and Arthur Earl, each aged about | eighteen years, were drowned in the electric ight pond here about three' o'clock yesterday afternoon. They, in | company with a lad named Watson, went in bathing. They were all in an old punt that leaked, and as it began to fill with water, Watson jumped out and swam to shore. The other two! boys could not swim, and as the boat! sank they tried to reach the shore, but went down to their death. Ferguson was a printer, and worked in the North Ontario Times office. Earl was a harnessmaker by trade, but was at present in the employ of the Gold | Medal Furniture Company. Both i bodies were recovered . about two 1 hours later. The High School. The Board of Education at a meet- ing held on Wednesday evening of last week, was addressed by Mr Leake the Inspector of Farm Mechanics for High Schools. He had looked over the premises and recommended fitting up a room in the third story for farm, {porary room for-farni 'mechanics, until in a year or two the students; in their regular training, can erect a building for themselves. Mr Leake also strongly urged the starting of a domes- tic science class for the young lady students as soon as practicable. The committee have under consid- eration the necessary equipmedt for this work. These departments should make] our High School one of the most effi- cient in the Province. .o Rural Community Life Movement A delegation of five men from Scugog Island attended the Whitby Institute of the Rural Community Life Movement held at the O.L.C, last week--Messrs. W Jackson, C Gordon, Fred Crozier, W Samells, and Stanley Ploughman. Samuel Farmer attended from Port Perry. Delegates were present from Downeyville, Peterboro, Pickering, Rosebank, Mara, Union- ville, Janetville, and many other points. The convention was addressed by such persons as Dr Waugh, Chief Inspector for Public Schools, R. A. Hutchison, Public Scheol Inspector for South Ontario, A. McLaren of the 0. A. C., Guetph; J J. Morrison, of the United Farmers' Club; Mrs Cronk of the Women's Institute, Rev H W Foley, of Brooklin, Dr. Margaret Smith; and others. The addresses were practical, and in succeeding issues of the STAR short items will appear from time to time dealing with rural problems. These two resolutions passed by the Whitby Institute, give-some idea of the practical means by which the Movement seeks to improve the life in rural communities: "We recommend that the Depart-, ment of Education make an educa) tional survey with a view to so recon- | structing the system as to make it more itable to the farming community; pnd we further rezommend the establishment of Consolidated | Schools as efficient means of improv- ing rural education, and of arresting classes, and the woodshed as a tem- | + Nebuchadnezzar Jones, ' President of rural depopulation: and that the Government be requested to give all reasonable assistance in promoting, establishing, and financrally helping such schools. " "That the Rural Community Life | Movement, and all organizations sim- larly interested in the welfare of the growing child, give every possible en- ' couragement to regular and proper medical inspction in Public Schools, believing that such inspection will be of decided advantage to the scholar both physically and intellectually, * Our Minister's Honeymoon To be given, by fifty people from Ebenezer, - at. Blackstock . Armeuries on the evening of Monday, July 1, un- der the auspices of the Cartwright Anglican Church, CAST OF CHARACTERS Rev Homer Alexander Brown, Ours Minister, Frank Walters Daisy Lovejoy Brown, Bride, Alma Courtice. Teddy Spangles, Best Man, George $ Annis Seth Perkins, S.S. Librarian, John Pickell Minister's Mite Society, Mabel Walker Miss Evangeline, Maid of Honour, M R Deans Anabella, one of the S, S. Class, Alta Pickell John Wesley Simpkins, W R Porteous Miranda Austin, a Good Cook, taught by Correspondence School, Hattie Osborne Sarah Jane, Mrs W R Porteous Polly Ann, Mrs A R Porteous These two suspect something, Uncle Alexander, the Old Sexton, Frank Rundle Members of the Choir, Sunday School, etc., etc. Notice re Street Traffic in Port Perry Drivers of automobiles, waggons, buggies, and all other vehicles are required to take notice that--- The Municipal Council of the Vil- lage of Pori Perry enacts as follows: 1 That all vehicles when brought to rest in the streets of the Village of Port Perry shall be so placed that the right side of the vehicle shall be against the curb or side of the street. 2 That all vehicles shall keep to the right side of the street. 3 That all vehicles shall approach the crossings slowly and carefully so as not to imperil pedestrians. 4 Where a vehicle meets another vehicle at a crossroad or intersection, * the vehicle to the right of the other vehicle shall have the right of way Sec. 3 Highways Travel Act, 5. Notwithstanding any clause or act as to the rate of speed at which a motor vehicle may travel any person who drives a motor vehicle in a high- way recklessly or negligently or at a speed or in a manner which is~dan gerous to the public shall be guilty of an offence under the Motor Vehicles Act. 6 Anyone guilty of an offence un- der this by-law, shall be liable to a fine of $5 (five dollars) where no other penalty is provided under any Provin- cial Act, , Dated this 6th day of July, A.D. 1917 Wm. H. Harris, Clerk. Register All persons, male or Somale, who are over 16 years of uired to register on or bel day of June. ; 3