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ds Then the High Schools could conduct night classes. Night classes could _ be given work in High School subjects: English, Mathematics and Science, _ and, in addition, in commercial subjects: Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeepâ€" _ing and in Dressmaking, Millinery, Home Nursing and Care of the Sick, Meâ€" 3’{" ‘chanical Drawing and Draughting, at a cost of between. $600 and $700 for the j .\first year and $160 for the succeeding years. This alone would double the _ benefit of the High School to the community. Dundas presented an almost _ parallel case. There is a Technical School in Hamilton only a little over five _ miles away. It can be reached from Dundas in about half the time that the _ Toronto Technical School can be reached from Weston. The same cry that _ has been raised in Weston was raised in Dundas. Why should we bother, _ let them go to the Technical School. Very few went, the same as very few _ go from Weston. It was a handy excuse, but a poor argument. There was & \nothing in it. Two years ago they started Commercial and Industrial Night _ Classes. The result is that the classes have grown until this year the night â€" classes had 137 pupils, while the day classes had 110, and the prospects are | for a larger class next year. This has proved to be the case in many of the _ towns where the\scheme has been tried throughout the province, & The country suffers an enormous loss on account of the great majority : of the pupils leaving school at the age of 14. The consensus of opinion is _ that the best educational results come after the age of 15. Throughout the ’.v.'cou‘ntry we are doing almost nothing to educate the young men and women _ at this period.. Canada will never be a great nation until she does. The govâ€" â€" ernment, recognizing this fact, has passed an Adolescent School Attendance â€" Act, which enables each community to make it compulsory for each youth to â€" attend school so many halfâ€"days or so many evenings a week until the: age â€" of 17. So little has the importance of this Act been realized that only two _ places in the province have taken advantage of it. Yet we see young people going from year to year, without making any attempt to improve themselves. _ Some of them never read a book a year. What use are they going to be to _ face the great problems that lie before our country and our Empire toâ€"day? . In the next place a High School, in a position like that of Weston, can _ _do valuable work in educating adults by University Extension and Horticulâ€" _ tural and Agricultural lectures. This feature would have been developed here before this if there were seats for the Assembly room. In this way the school could be of service not only to the town, but to the surrounding district. i | Westminster Hotel, Toronto d Pil ¢ At present the High School serves all the community indirectly and about ,\20 per cent. of the community directly. It should be made to serve at least â€" 60 per cent. of the community directly. ‘This can be done only by introducâ€" ;*"ing Agricultural and Industrial training into all of our High Schools. About ,"“7 per cent. of the community enter the professions.. The present High School _course is designed to meet their needs. This is a very important work, and incidentally other High School pupils get a valuable general education. But _ the question is: Cannot the High Schools do more for the community? They are only doing about oneâ€"third of what they might do. y Without the methods thus briefly outlined, the High School can never do the work it should or play its proper part in the upbuilding of the nation. It takes time to educate the people to the possibilities of the situation. You cannot fool all the people all the time, and when the people awaken to the fact that a very small outlay will doubleâ€"and perhaps trebleâ€"the value of the High School to the community, and will make it one of the most potent factors in the financial, industrial and intellectual development of the counâ€" try, they will not hesitate for a minute to make the necessary expenditure. They will ask: Is it wisdom, common sense or business, to erect a $50,000 building and leave a $5,000 dollar hole in the roof, which robs it of 2â€"3 of its efficiency? There is only one sane answer to that question. When that anâ€" swer is given, some of the suggestions made here and elsewhere lately will be adopted, and then the attitude to the School will change, for it will have become in fact and deed â€" The People‘s High School. Canada can never take a very high place among the nations of the world. _ There is a movement on foot at the present time which will reduce the Pub i fie ,‘gchool course by one year. This would probably double the efficiency | of the High School, as it would nearly double the attendance. ‘Then a way must be found for circumventing the Entrance examination in the case of ?;;i?f‘..blackward pupils, Every year 25 to 30 per cent. of the pupils who pass the )(?;?.}i@fit;:ance' examination are 15 years and over. As far fis Weston alone is conâ€" â€" @erned, this represents a loss of from $5,000 to $10,000 a year. These people a ‘should never be asked to pass the Entrance examination. They should be in â€" industrial classes and should be in the High School at thirteen at least. They could then receive a good foundation for commercial or industrial life. 90 â€" per cent. of them do nothing worth while with the ordinary Public or High © School course: + é?,'-lf How can the High School do its proper work? First, there are certain kglehafnges “ip the Public School which are imperative. Only 35 per cent. of ;g;?{;hose<‘who attend Public School complete the course. Unless this is remedied, C _ Then the High School course needs changing. Both the High School and i,«?ubliflc School courses are very much overcrowded at present. Instead of ;}fiéa;ching pupils how to study and interesting them in the pursuit of. knowâ€" 5"fi!l’e,,ti\ge,‘too much of the courses has to be taken up in stuffing them with facts that are soon forgotten. But even a year or two at High School, even with fi:fhe present course, is a valuable asset to any one in the battle of life. Some of the boys who have attended the Weston High School recently, and who 'bhaVe‘dropped,out to take positions, have found that their High School trainâ€" ,irn‘-tha.s made them more efficient. They have received more rapid promoâ€" ‘tion and increased remuneration in commercial positions that have soon eompensated for any outlay for education; and through life it will be worth thousands of dollars to them. y Agriculture is likely in the near future to be a compulsory subject for all rural school teachers. The High Schools can train them and incidentally hold short course classes for young men from the farms., In this way the influence of the High School will be greatly increased, and be of immense ‘benefit to the rural life of the province. ; ,Iri the next place Manual and Industrial training for the upper forms of the Public School and the lower forms of the High School would be worth thousands of dollars to the community every year. If forty pupils were enâ€" a.jbled to earn $2 a week more because of this training it would mean a gain to the town of $4,000 a year. Some of them would earn easily from $8 to $10 more a week as the result of it It is the only kind of training that will make Canada a great industrial nation able to compete with the other great nations that are emphasizing this form of education at ‘the present time. it would become the wealth, the industrial doubled.. There is no spent on education, $ "l The High School link should be the strongest link in our educational chain. If the possibilities of the High School were properly developed it ;‘w,;ould be. If the High School were given its proper place in the community [ O ffhere is a ‘sentiment among a few that only those who send children to High School should bear the expense. This principle if applied imparâ€" tially to our educational system would anmihilate it. If thd man who had mo children in the Public School, or who ceased to support it the day his ~;ghild;'en left school, were required to pay no taxes, the Public School would ‘»,'b*e_k paralyzed, and the poor man‘s child excluded. If those who are going to be doctors are the only ones to support the medical school, the equipment and teaching would be so poor that the medical profession would be a negliâ€" gible quantity in the country. And so with every other branch of education. The whole community benefits from every branch of education, and so has to ksu;iport all, and in this way the best interests of all are promoted . and assured. i _ Our educational chain has three links: Primary Schools (Public and Sepâ€" arate); Secondary Schools (High and Continuation); and Higher Educational Institutes (Universities and Professional Schools). A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. The High School is the wéakest link in our educaâ€" tional chain. (One reason for the weakness of the High School is that, like the: University, it serves only a small per cent. of the community directly. But the expense of the University is not felt because it is met largely out of the provincial funds. On the other hand the grants for High Schools are entirely inadequate, and are smailler proportionately than for the other branches of education.â€" The result is that the ‘support of the High School falls too heavily on the small communities. The average ratepayer considers that he is educating the rich man‘s child and is getting no benefit from the schoo\l;himself. His.view is: Let the other .fellow pay it.. And so, while money is voted readily for Public School purposes, it is given very grudgâ€" angly, and with considerable moaning and groaning, for the High School. Of f:_course' this is a narrowâ€"minded and shortâ€"sighted view. It is impossible to ‘have any branch, of our system without the others. Were there no‘ High gS!choo'Is, there could be no Public Schools. They would close for lack of teachâ€" ‘ers. There could be no High Schools without the Universities If all the people, clergymen, doctors, dentists, engineers, lawyers, teachers, etc., who iserve_the. community, by reason of their High School education, were removâ€" ied, no one would wish to live in said community for twentyâ€"four hours. Withâ€" out High Schools our whole industrial. system would topple to the ground â€" an less than twenty years this country would be on a par with Russia. GE SIX ME OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS VI.â€"(Concluding Article)â€"THE PEOPLE‘S HIGH SCHOOL Some Things the High Schools Can Do. ds t People‘s High School, and in less than a decade the efficiency and the intelligence of the country would be money spent which brings such large returns as money American plan, ’1.00 to $8.50 a day, Write for t:kkt to "210° JARVIS BTBREET, TOBRONTO. Bplendid cuisine. Kasy access to shopping disâ€" gll‘ctl and theatres. Free tari service from lon Station and wharf. Ask for Provincial Motor taxis. "A Real Hotel Without a Bar" Bright and attractive. Fireproof. Every bedâ€" room hur & bathroom. Elegant furnishings. BATES: mu‘xh room, with bath, $1.50 to }2.50. Bgflk ast, 20 to 50c. Lumcheon, 850 e b50c. Dinnmer, 50o to T5c. Inclusive rates, I scrambled out of bed, I tore the night cap from my head, Outside the world was bright, _ It was right! It was right! Who could mistake that natural law? Altho‘ it was & piercing caw. Wake up! Wake up! He seemed to sing. Wake up! Wake up! It‘s spring! It‘s spring! Oh, how my pulses jumped, # Oh, how my life pump pumped, My life blood gushed and raced As the fresh, sweet air I faced.; All my body was aglow At that signal from the crowâ€" Wake up! Wake up! He seemed to sing. Wake up! Wake up! It‘s spring! It‘s spring! A tuneless note, you say, To start so great a day, But was that bird not blest When he gave the world his best? For all his want of voice He knew how to rejoice. Wake up! Wake up! He seemed to sing. Wake up! Wake up! It‘s spring! It‘s spring! Is it talent that you lack? Cheer up, give your jinx the sack, Stop that feeling "mighty blue", The world‘s all right; the wrong‘s with you; Come, with the whole world be reâ€" born, Begin right now,this first spring morn. : Cheer up! Cheer up! Don‘t be sad. Cheer up! Cheer up! Be glad! Be glad! I awakened with a start, I felt a fluttering of my heart, My cheek was blanched and white, And each muscle tense and tight; I listened, for what I did not know, And then it came again; it wasâ€"a crow. Wake up! Wake up! He seemed to sing, Wake up! Wake up! It‘s spring! It‘s spring! Enormous quantities of foodstuffs are being wasted in Canada every day. Statistics tell us that in Great Britain there is enough bread wasted each week to fill a ship load. If that is so under the food regulations there, you can imagine Canada‘s waste with no restrictions in force.. Have you ever stopped to consider the amount you. throw out every week by cutting off the crusts and the small pieces of meat and pastry thrown into the garbage pail? Chilâ€" dren should be trained to eat crusts, the extra mastication required causâ€" ing a greater amount of saliva, thereâ€" by aiding digestion. Any bread or other pieces of pastry that may beâ€" come too stale for table consumption should be utilized in a steamed desâ€" sert or otherwise freshened with the use of milk or a little fruit. | By a little study of a reliable cook book all left overs can be made\ into tasty and nutritious dishes at a minimum cost. Imported foods are still being used in large amounts, These, if we are to help in the thrift campaign and cut down living expenses, must be used very sparingly. A pamphlet is being prepared on war time cooking by some of the graduates of McDonald College, Guelph. This will be printâ€" ed by the Government and ready for free distribution by the end of May. In all human relations God intends His royal law of love to reign, whethâ€" er in education, in business, in the administration of justice, or in diploâ€" macy.. Had He desired separate prinâ€" ciples and laws for the several deâ€" partments of life, He would have made them clear. Instead, He declarâ€" ed in the fact of Loveâ€"made Flesh and in His acts during His sojourn with us, that Love thus exhibited is the supreme test and covers the whole field.) It. is a far cry to the Ideal for even those who are most adâ€" vanced in the understanding and practice of love. But the Ideal stands fast to beckon and encourage us. Sometimeâ€"soon, perhapsâ€" a century will be born which will be distinâ€" guished by the fact that the love of the men who occupy its years is very like the Love wherewith Christ first loved us. It will be the greatest of all centuries when it comes, and its men will be the greatest men.â€"Conâ€" densed from an article by Bishop Chas. H. Brent. of love required, new in the required manner of showing love. Love such as Christ enjoins is not mere feeling; it is feeling shown in action. Love that meets His demands must seek the welfare of another, must strive to attain that other‘s good even though the effort causes trouble or suffering. How Shall We Love One Another? â€"Even as I have loved you, Christ answers. And how did He love us? By giving\ us the greatest of all love, by laying down His life for us. We, then, are to love one another up to the point of sacrifice.. This was. a new commandment, new in the depth it his own.) Christ is at once our Father and our Captain. Perfect afâ€" fection and perfect loyalty combine to shape our attitude towards Him, and the result of the two is that comâ€" plete identification of our life with His life by which we "abide in Him." â€"â€"Phillips Brooks, in ‘"The Battle of Life." The disciples were unable to underâ€" ‘stand these words of Jesus and quesâ€" tioned. Him ag to their meaning. 1t was at this time that Jesus gave them the keautiful words, the parable of the vine and the branches, in which He tries to reveal to them the meanâ€" ing of the vital bond between himâ€" self and them, and to comfort and strengthen them. What does it mean to abide in Christ? We understand what it means for an army to do what its general does, to have no thought of action out of him, to follow where he YTeads. Fhe army lay, aside all authority, or rather gives it all ‘to the general, and he, with the resporâ€" sibility of the great multitude upon him, carries their life with his. For the soul to abide in Christ is then for Christ to be to the soul what the general is to the soldier. The soldier‘s will is so entirely at one with his captain‘s upon the great general purpose of the war, which is victory, that he rejoices to accept the captain‘s will in all details and make Jesus talked lovingly with His disâ€" eiples after they had partaken of the Last Supper, "Little Children," he said, "yet a little time I am with you; whither I go ye cannot come." ‘"Why not?" questioned Peter, and then with his usual assurerce he added, i will lay. down .my life for thee." Then said Jesus, ‘"Verily, verily, I say unto thee, the cock shall not crow till thou hast denied.me.thrice.‘". So. much was yet to happen that night, and so swiftâ€" ly d J one event follow un»a another, thatâ€" when his faithfulness was put to the test Icoter had already forgotte:n his Lord‘s prophecy. Sunday School Lesson ye are the branches"‘â€"John 15: 5 JESUS THE TRUE VINE John 15; 1â€"16. 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