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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1915-03-11, Page 2MY, Minerpmelpgr7r•-•-••••• EDUCATION IN ONTARIO ,S41 Teaelerre by Mr J. J Tilley, EX41111teet.r ist Hotel Helloolsk. _ pronalosently:' (1) That the rural elietrieta ere (Camelliatet SekeeineCere) Olga of the moat eerioue edit- keeping °Pen 'olt unnec.egoo47 num. •„skew problem thee moots us ber small achoole. ticeektey is, wkat is to be done for • the levesa pupil between the age "Isd14aad le or 17 yeezi 1 Up to ray •, 14 year% of ego he has been pro- •vided for with, those nrianiarY .suhe what make for genera'inta- ke* allowinufer-the--:few ggo forwardto Righ Sehoole, what is to be done for the many who remain at' home after oone. pletirgethe Fourth,Form of Public etkool work. intervening peci<xl between thetime iTA his efarlY teene ;when 'he usually leave* the Palle fithool, and the time when he begins to live in his own right, econonneallY, Socially and merally, man”- I fear, an too many caele• immigration, to the western pre - be *Sakti the waste Veen of'a.bor& vines. life: and • yet thee* year ina. large The farm; Problera.is not mainly Thalority of eaftis edetternline • the ;the task of fertilising' the,noil or of oonditiocas as to the neefulnese, and improving eteple view.; it is. not a • hanpinese .0f the future Maw hia qu,estiOn. of inereasing the, ekill or -bufsmeeli efficienew of thee:W/53er or, as he himself thinks, ef adding, to his store of worldly geode; nor 1S it a 'matter Of making farm life easier,. although thiti - is highly deF4l*hle, All these are elements, but they are • . • • ". not the real problem 'itself. That Claude Oralitune-Whiti); English Aviator. PART IV. (2) That the eenitleyment of so many texchera en t.bese numereus small eehoole !lobo*. a waate of en- ergy nova money. (a) That the effteieneY a the werk---done emelt, echoole Meat- ever-beehendioapped -by theripma -- attendance, • - • The conditioni favoring inereaeed attendance have not :improved. re- ftetly. During the past ten rare the enrolinfent pupae in rural Rheas. haa fallen off nine per cent, while irt urban schoolifthe Inerease lithe been, nine per cent. Thia is un- doubtedly the result,Nof removing !rani, the farm to the city, end, ef the, boy approaeliee the .peried of youth he'beceines restive and tired of sebool. Let us not blame him. There is but little now 'to arouse his ambition in the 0413,001. He is beginning „to look out upon -a broader world, e, new world of res- oreihilitiee in whieli Jhe realizes he meet esoon engage, anerlie, fails to see a direct- rebition between Wes imateeial world. which ear- • 'rounds him and the echoer world e in whia he has been living. The latter hall seemed mainly a worltd • Problemis the startlieg,imirtigiation Perhaps the 'beet known 'Of all English 'birdmen. He prUoipatedin • f the rural. population to tows fand. the .raid of .34'.13ritax. eeeeeethee „pee eeeeeiee., 0,00, ether Gerinali, Sub= city. This aremignation no longer merine ihaeos lase Pricier. FaUng into the ;see neerelleuport on the 'means only the shifting of a' few return trip, ll/r.%'Grahene:White had a narrow octane .-frorne death. brilliant eons to the eity, as former- He was picked up by a French limit, ly. It now implies the uprooting • . • •• • an& withdrawal of whole families, , of booke to be readied and of Neortge whose members, too *henrepresent the highest, i.dealismand ambition Of the country Community. e The problemof keeping_the_south ofethe present upon the farm and Of preparing theni for a country' life in its fullest and-'•riehmet-eeneeelre one of the greatest concern fin our natio,al welfare, , rertun.atelye ,we are now in the period of a new awakening when'the tide ,of interest begins to ebb ,frane the rusk and • strife of the city and to tune with contentment and hap:pines-a back to the Country. • ` Modern ix' ePrOvenierite • will 40' much to Promote the happiness and contentment. • Rural mail delivery bringing daily papers to every door; rural telephones, relieving the' *e- lation ic)f the- farm., life , and: adding e to be learned; the former is a world of realities and'thingseto be done, and he instinctively tar= 'to- wards the ineterial -Wald; He wishes. to get into Atte line of pre- paration for the real activities of life. He longs to do manly things, . and h soon loies interest in school life unless it responds to new desire, growing within MM. • then we should retain his interest . .in school work and kindle new am- bition- whie.,li bookie have failed to sustain, We must reeognize the new &Sires end aspirations Of the youth .m34 Provide Mieleia course et in- struction as will 'satisfy these. ' • Another-advantae. to be gaited • by Consolidated Schools ie that in- creased iattenglanee wsll put new • life into the seheols., It wiIi &tease so lunch to its •conVenienteethe*Se. ambition throughcompetition, niett eista.neer, and "comfort afforded- '4; atiniulate emulation an the child- the transmitting 'of electricity to realizes -he 'is part of a greater thousands, of faraters'e homes, and, whole . than he'kver...was .before- the improvement of country read's • Tho.,:,4,004 of ' eenapetation in einall• .whielrncee. Yet4eilti/Ig mueli Publie rural schoolis one o.f, the greatest 'attention-, -will all combine to Jnike drawbacksof inter* and •' work farm rite, more pleasant and eatie- =Pi both • Pupils and teaehere. •fe• teanit has ever , been before. hefOre. The increased, attendance of PaPila. And if, in addition totheit edven- teeming from diflerentepar,ts of a. tages, we, through censulidatiee . of -Itlargeeelieteleteirould -do-teueleeto • shoals,furnishelacilitiea to every improve .social • intercourse .and to° ch ' fereobtainiugea-Mueb better eeduee the, isolation which 19 pile edueetion'thenecan. Possibly be ob- of the most serious drawbacksto tabled now in --.th-4a, avri- rural • contentinent audihaPPiness on the school, and give sPeeial PrelMiMaCe to the teaching of these - which assist - preparing the child to Solire the problems which will meet him in after life, weshall do Unich tosettlethe unrest ,which obtains so -generally in tlte rural districts to -day. ' . • substitetion . of Coesolidated Schools for the one -teacher aural school would undoubteilly..areuse 'opposition, . Radical -changes - are not readily adopted and transitions are oft,errepposed. SaCeifices would have to be made for it is a, law of our being that *ae'hievement of -velia,t is worthy. involves Some sacrifice. What can be -obtained Merely hold- ing out our hands rarely of much value. , One. may • trust the • ple if -only 4 4-5years,whaler- urban bollaytheee'eigheethm"--yeert em'rand . Schools the averageis about.11 Ceti ehow them clearly that it ie the sitbjects • • If schools We' re conSolidated, fewer r teachers would. be required and,,,the diffieulty now experienced 4 in procuring -,'certifieated teachers would be very much 'lessened. The best„.teadherse could, be secured for these schools • and ‘• the .finproved positions effered -would Undoubted:- •.ly attract and retain -the servicee of a .netich larger number of male teachers thin can now be • found in rural ,Scheole. ' • • . - The inability of rural scfhooli to • ,refain-their teachers -is a Most Ser.,: • ious matter, and one which oauees •. :very great loss to schools. Statistics "eN show that the average length of ser- vice by teachers inereral schools 18 a6sUme gh mg. - • Consolidated • &hods,. not only .The time has come When the whole Would the. average lengtleofeteeeh- question of •eonsolidatecr- Schools. - log be twiee as great as it now in should thoroughly-. and, carefully and advanced..in open order across rural -schools, but continuous ser- 1i:tires iga an • the fictir for etief the, fields. ' another hair vice in. the' same 'school would be against, pat before the people. • If hour we had got to another' ruined ..• Ina& increased. I will not .dvell this is done ..and the time alio-Wed farm, behind whia we -waited for er neon the. eonlfOrt.„ -to Pains in.being for -free discussion, I believe the in- the -rest • of the line. -- Saren-'We- saw brought to school properly pro-, herent merits of the question and them' advancing 'tra Our right.;. and .teeted end returned to their I10"nles the geed .s -e°43° the' people getthe .Sigeal to carry on: little and thee being saved the dise0M- ensure its.adeption. In ,thie of the parties we left the farm and crawled' - fort and drudgery..of„,Walking twice Amer -lean, Statee4,-le'ev has been along -talm-ditehes-eintill.-weLlineatelp.._ ' many_oaSesTfrora one to one. • emest_tarehibiting the ,open-legLot _a,hedge another totarter_a and a. half, mike,- and. even ineree ;any rural school with less than 16 Mile, 011 and there we came- under :often 41/%0Uret 4601111:1 iftatI1et.iinist This unwise. _ _tee:ilea:et/ shrapnel fire1e:- Every few over d roads, Snell. Convenience The sur,eess of , the Coneelidation seconds the shrapnel carat whistling asc ool 'would e scheine :must ever depend upon the and tearing through the tall Pop - he to; ensure 40,•gietifill attend, hearty -co-operation of the patrons Lars of4lio hedge, behind • whore ..A.0110e2a1ainerease4:regularity, whosuppcat is Wiser eon- trunks- weeerotiched... eAebit of shell \ Another Matter whith should be vincOthan t efeei-ce to i.lraw, than as h_gasa_h_rieklWei_tti over my right. --considered- -igi•-relatien -Om:melte to delie-67-11-1--akie-4F. -inTthis report shoulder' within an ineh of me' 'Bar- ' dated Schools is the prelim:it' con- to, have gone somewhat afield, the It was Only a matter of time before ditione of. rural eehnole to in: ma --e-indetoe regu are What lielleeessaky. „ _ _ fleeted. to eingle„ erural Public 711,- a°. nOt think the..progreat made -rural -schs4s during the paineV • narrative ot _a typical day in the siege warfareftliat has-been go- , itfg so long in Tiranee- and Bel- gium COMOS from " the letter Of an English defintrputa on the • firing line, that is printed in the Lender:. Times.. The . fighting is laborious and nionetonoue work; there is lit- tle of the poinp Or the glaky of War about- it Even in -a euftessful,ac- tion, the infantryman is -principally concerned withteeping under cover and getting his rifle to wOrk e "We had been digging trenches all day ,heavy after a herd fight tl,ie daYbefoye; •oend had been persistently O114144. 011,a3r. 0,W Ina?,1. °was . we had dost three: of our horses, including two from our .`66oker..': • , • "We hid hoped to be able to4et .sOate sleep), but at midnight were reused. up and .had to march off a mile r so and start digging again. It was, a cased a race against time, for.. at .daYbreak we ,Were "certain to be shelled. We clugThard7al, through .2thenight„.4ancl: *hen the dewneminee we had got down'about four, feet, through the etiekiest. clay I,e have. ever had the misfortune to have shift, ,We planted turnips apt along the parapets (it was, in the midelle of a'root field), and then at dowe .to try to get (env sleep. Tile .4010 - ft were:net big enougli.k.to aie dQwn - ehelling' seen begane; and: temps of, earth 'began to„.comet. over from where the ,ehraPnel was hitting the ground in front,. • One of them burst . just, on the parapet of our entail trenah; .and half buried the pulled out Unhurt. That was .the'. only damage we suffered, although nearly3 or : quite.- SIAS' heJls must '-ha,ve-dropped-veey.pear "We were not allowed. to', haVe much reit, thoughi:ler another' hour. -wale 'Ilie7oydet to advaneo. The German artillery -now began to • threatened to destroy the town, . ue-allxfze;ateh-fol'es:Orgulls-.° staye 'at post - 0 -Pioneer the crest behind, ge got .64t,c4 Telephone -Co.'s eicehatige•-aftek-aat our trenches . in comparative .peace the other gitilishad gone; frantically Pingging-hole:aftere.)holeecalling.Up- the farmers and -business. men of the •surroUndingdistriets. ,She Sent the Warne • breadeatteefaiely • theutin g or e p, e e re c closer and closer, .an.d-' the •ebuilding in which- she was at week ought, and began to -tremble and totter, Only When the wires Were useless did, she think of eirape.---But•ilie was sue- reandecl hy,fire ,aild_smoke; ti,n4 fell; unemieciens .hefoteeihe eteildflefeaelt the door. There, fOrtunately, , reeduer§ found 'her in time, and, roiling her in Wet blankets, got her out in safety: : •-•-•Neette. •fire, -fiendr-beie'-peeirep •calleel forth the greatest number of heroines of tlep. telephone. Mrs; er*,•, , IERIT1.11 IMMO, NWS BY NAIL ADOUT JOHN' HULL AIM nu tonsix. 'Ooenrrenees in 'rite Ladd That Reigns tiinprenie 1* the OM* • aierelal W4ild* • • . The price' n-kt -ono nib tue, vouieniga in Xerth. wnien, ban now been . vaneed 24 eento per ten. , • • -1/44teeeeletcleatheireingllell. in-Zondon-AgrAered -2w as • .com- pared with 129 tho previous week, • , A. baby born at 'Whitby Pest as the -bombardment of4he town be- gan, has been ehrietened George Shrapnel, . • The death lute eeeurred in fimith- port of Mr. AleXander Folder, , ehe • founder of the -.Elder Dempster Steam/14i Linea, . Regulations for the, screening of lights 'and, hot -els 04 tI19 • oseilolsrrily telnatolirce4311,11‘413.1)4114 rig- • In Manchester in• ten 4476 -late- Iy; 1,000 men enlisted, 'Since the ontbieak 'of wax the recruits fioui .11/41noliester district have nuanbered .41)13°t repoited tha'' the:\ Belgian :re. fugees in England, owing to the eeereity Of English hands,, are be- ing employed-- in the Lancashire , 14gger Wage,* are now being 'ear4- . ed by large number 'of Ceellieries in ,Southern Lanes.. tl-inn has been done since the boomeduring the Franco- German war:. • • The Government 'has acquired fel:1r' acres of Hotiell.Oommon, Wo- king,' for the purpose of a' burial ground for Nieltammeclen :solelier,s ,whe.-diedeieetheeeeuete The hea of the eabinet,makiing REHoillES Tltit WIRE. Telephone .Oirls yave 'Shown Gieeat Bravery. • A Belgian..girl-iu the environS of .Liege,.' from Which. e Germane ..eleetriet, ndon, New Inn Yard, were bomliarding--ths-eitY,,eat :at atexedielat, was Visited recently by private tel0phone_, overlookede teed- A eleastreeee fire; and dantage-eete- clentally by the besiegers When all Meted at Sso,poo was eteneed. other telephones were destroyed, Liverpool Ofeember ,Cienninexce, . in -view of the shortage, of shipping, are suggesting that the POVOrOMe4t ;•Sq161111d109eate &CI sale of the ene- myships captured els prizes- , •••••• •11 HAVIWA11111' COIL REX. • May He Due to Defetti of Hight o • - Henri**, " neleu'lfacHurchy, Inspc- tor of Auxiliary 'Classes for Ontario, an her pamphlet on „"Organizat!on ILL . lganagereent of Auxiliary CIASseS," Isere in regard to back - weed ehildren " 'In the ease of childiCit who. WV be backward it is, a matter qf great urgenoy that every ,effort ahould be made by the teacher and Bc.lhoci Ntedignt xponetor to itecoYer, PPP if pn$54,bao, remove or leesen the eause of moll backwardness. If any phyeicalelefeetoreanyeliseleeleell- and after eabh"retitrai Shot. from the fortress, looked to see where it fell, end telephoned to correct the . range : "A' little more to the 'Too, ,the .Feeteereto.ineereetiore-es tor ...the "Not solligh," Puzzled. first.by, 1:••••••••••1 10,41-0001000,46.1440.4000,1001 On tlic Farm lonteskeinoksmadietlo. Plowing In the Fall, • Plowing eeely in the liberate More!Plent food ler the r.3pring crep and conserves more *oultere. ;BY looseaingetlie surface SOH, MIS lowing the air to pi3netratel (tile soil parAiee le,c0tain 1.,phosphOr.. ouS? PotalsoitUnt 404 lime are: Us- ed ete exklize, Which eieta free these oloraentia-lor -the_ paant,_,writqa $r, poetpreleethee Pehool litekeerl Inepee- W. Frpeeer. The,eall vole tor, the .Slehool Nurse, teaoheiYaiiT Of-glut/31y are tery eel-n-715'1ex an. are family should .co-operate eseere ,preetieaily OIL no betiCAt to theeerop treetment by.th0 feenily phisiman lova they arc acted upon by th,1 or other ,proper pereen. The hack- air, the solations ,tho 403, anti warstnese may he elue detects of pieta ,jeiees se es to d30(iuuposu '11,41",#11r sight or hearing whigh can be pert: them, aed mfetoefeerm reeee gereieole • - ly or wholly mired. Adenoid Fall plowing ItAS tendeacy to' . 'Sarn:17:41108111 1x Ptrhe:ev":1e0:44n thh:e rs:un:1)tl:e're'lcAo'niat:oii4Int°4,1:1.1 'rfil.°il 1 bl :at; evOrilbliudiress letter-bliminjels toro,ohicl tiva,cia ,eiesoeee ,eee tion ere oleo eaueee .efebraokward-. ; te ••/-1, oropt, • . • . of e spii g •• • tness; Eat foot, ,eurvatura t e ',Eaeterl'a, Which are found in 'the spine, and 'slight 'chorea ,often es- cape ,40tios, rn ,chikieee who are S011.i1“01111tle5P AUrgbeYS, gellOrilllY, • air. is .readily oragablel, theSn course leepuraued in the cave ef the amazingliketiracY of the'Belgien etneneeeie eetreeeeeenemeele.erevtoeeey Otherwise • 'defective • They need • . • . IiI ov.ery. iflqatcrizemept, can; fteure • . ; r.. • tn'in,!'breClc .ep the organic mat-. if°Trili'tellehllielP:Of the. Scho,e3J keine liteorunocifst;hey.;,Derilatinilsv.itreente.:14•,reeiTe, invaluable inikAuxiliery Classes, The attention of .the Nero, trogen food for the plaNeb. -TV•iie is and School Doctor ,shotildialWay.:4 be one of ,the most essential clemeuts, drawn to any chil4 who seems to. be for the eselyeg•egerthei. theeplant: It. in need of epeeital. eare and atten- 14 often noticed' that spring eerie - tion, Parente and :teachers. have leg will.not cause ,orope to lodge go often •-aniitted to do- -thiseb,PV4P4a. liP2EfT as_Jal_l_plowling-. This iseex- they -"thought the dotter Covi'd not plamed nitrogen being set fie% do anything." Nearly always this td laege extent. fhalOose) • is a mistake. Many phymeal olio; fall -plowed than in the more '- feetst eel) be greatly improved or compaee , even removed, Olive .eere condition The eueisture problem also so . . (cretinism) which..prevepts proper Valuable, one from the Stead/eget" be wonderfully Unproved by treat' t of preednetiveriese ,of the soil; As developmenteokinind and body, •cee, roue, ee_e eidelahOye, by ,opening,upithe soil , The ' teacher Should Tape-io.trInaclt:13.-6-Phr io°1113te , alth4Ixer:rais : attention to any ohild whose age 0,16,111#1.0h ,• formed , on tee eereeee two or three yearseabevelhe avee- „th „fee& eeeeeee, fee „nee • age of the,. rest of the pupils, and e'r' sTo..11.''g",(41,47 ;(Ifri- d ti to should privately consuitthe Scheel work better where oxy.een !rem the gunners, the.:Gellnan4 9't lenlirti:11.' b'e".". Lord Nunburnholine, Lord .1-Aelrkell- cP441e smPki°use and 'ullestig°44" 'ant of the East Biding of Yerksh-re. tried, and according 'teethe „.-, har Tile g14' )v4s 4isc.°""(1' earre4e4ct40oOpere -Association-of Great rules of war; 'Shot.. , eThe „ Britain and Ireland has passed • a eeeeel. :•w.he tee4 the story, saeridrul,a'wh-s resolution 'asking the Government approved the sentence,' expressed- to repeal theth.t!titrwoiniillhee7iiar o'ledi3v°11.ebn:. the highest • admiration, not _only ... eltitute a tax for her daring Work as. a, enee but 1- 13°4ne b all • - ' - -- The on; hundred ,and twelfth death as a., result of the bombard- ment of the 'llertlepools. hes moor- ed; the .eiet,iin 'Sliding John Hudson, for the .einflinehang courage . with ,which.she met her fate. Yet she, was -no braver than lit.erally scores oC the herefiies of peace--4elePhene girls Whd, as `the omnpany records. si26t.yethree, a moulder, of Sitephen- ehowet have accepted , Me -and -death efin ..tieet, Hartleectit risks as a .inatter. -.merge, and It has beenecleeided to *.relee . Stable tethg4-•opetst...whetet-dartetalle" thitablittalionedetheeelertieteqtifleis. ed; Through .fire, oe•flbecl; or earth- ,(2ath..13:attelion County of London• quake. , it.egfipent), .once. The. corps- is Rem*, •Mr. George. Btlielbert tompesed . •of . painters, araiteetS, 'Welelebes.eiollectede, few extiMplee. sculptors, niedital •stndeiets, „etc, Typicee Many similareases is that -Three-Jbrathees, 'named Batley, of Of Allis Devine ancl Lorraine lawiris, Walter-ori-Thanee4,,, W,e2.1 known in :eafnaStfu:nLo(ietti vSesatpwieelj!eeitsi-,toortiefisr,itgailik Ilicoal'elfnldbt'alheafr•idR.' Ar'{wifDllieg 'ae4114telise' outbreak of the war, nVe. all .been When- the Title. Guaranty till:Wing two '61 operators 'Le. 'send proandted .to the rank of sergeant. wal'7°iPg- of tEeedange'r to 'evelt The fOanadian-emaingent at .one office. in ,the buiading. They. beta .4f lthe camps the South of Eng - lent at Work after *the smoke -pour-, ed • chokingly into their., reame and land hav� ShoWn their adaptability tof eircetteetances. One Of their mo men vho were in it, ,biro they were uetil. every person had.been -warn- • . . . • ed. • ,They evereeerrieel oueeoyenee ter lorries 'became Stranded in the 'e'llooded eondway, whereupon the men j est 211 t1111O; • to be greeted' by •nien used- althinemachine. the eheers of :the hundreds of es- . •, Medical Lispecter befere nominat- r.the and - •evepetated, 'oinpgp' otzliteu" neihtlylelshtfool .lath :Po ,brii:etiatike.elniboyr ePeer''07;1:01791•Cpex:411;zif!, wa admission. to an AuxiliarY Class. ::::vir'°:14ere,:°-'11:::::::::foli411r:Oten 5'itt the Scheel Medical Inspector tee wher.t.the ground is aittrer'dling;---- ita tbhey.i.hpearsechntosi;iTh:tiorsye,„-mt:Ltajoiniinviteit deree.o. oa **oil ie 101 18 The parents asetumaidoebileoweleszteedinli.1 ComPeeLandliard; Those who have Prelotieed Summer ilallevAng knew �very possible way and treated wit;h itthe greabest c�nsideration, but theyY9'.'110,:tafigt6ihirk-deularti's-estAcigli:sene-ai%libelsertir7:atill4iing-;-1?°iCitt: " is vet,getting on -well at eehooleaua 1:,,i8A)6-$004 the and eonserva- that etitlioat Special help and *ace), thin • of -Falk plowing es • ing in an Auxiliary Class he WM' very simillaie';enly the.seil has not get !either and . farther behind. If .quite bong to bring abeet these . there-- is any reasonable ground for .ohanges as in case of iminmer far - %doubt as to the needs. and mental lowing: Where possible it near- bendition of the child,, then. a phY--, ly alwitys advisable to fplofw as ear- Bieitta 15110 is. a .specialist in such V :;-n the fall as possibge. Matters 'Should be called in; But •• aetatah it ifisrusto.tmweenetintgo.lnewithe;ateincy dog- ...FiArst_leoprsoon'ant,Evloe.'vune:_,teftnee,:ifsaii. e.. _ inatie statement as io the. ehild'e nbentareapaeiter, UnIfeesthe.caseeieen ee,e-e'SreeVeet-itego°overce" me", *-11en an1-°•° very tear' kedt one: child .shotild eel have: the 'advantage • of Auxiliary 11'4.'71' 'Clete teaching for : reasonable e Fifeh-Don't eenipel me to work • -lienxitILiiDsoi*ni 'tn'y feet •too newel when shade. ISeventh Don't eveectrive and , und:enfeed 1.thet, lia..te) T lo lond y. • • .. INT water Me, 'when I have beendriven a long distance, nil • ,• . earied, tenants,: who, had reieeeeee. It as estimated that the sem to be with the surging ereVed on -the allow) bed by th. egoiyerement for the street. -pin'gee7of ,Welibers.F Ixtere:dtaoonn.;of at-lin:al/et:at omrttereitorozeix.14: Oklahoma When a- fire-iterted that , aln-9.nnt„. 01 8;0 , • „ • , , ir •, Scheselsenethe4rgenrzedteeentees-o Oiitario. , There are 4,114 of., such SeAtoola and ef these 691 have gm average gitteriditrici�f only 10 or un - Or 30 yeara has been at nif equal to the -progress, intide in • urban schools. To improve present opt - der ; 1,881. have .11,11 -0;174rOke atien*. dlt1011,0 theme things are necessery ...deenee7.1erfreett-An•Acegar214224-tinVe Or----tetteteki, i.troin 20 to 80'; 332 have from 80 to especially of male teachers posses - 40, and 36 have over 40: That is- sing development of eharaceer, 'Combining:the first tWo ciasseee- *Inch will" enahre them" to inspire• .2,02 or 6 per Cent.' lof the ..whole their Pupils iomakee net only the number have an average attendance racest of themselves "Ab or under, atia only 308, or less hitt the best of themselves in every than nine per emit., have ,ao aver- tenee of the word. age ettendente 6f 30 or mote. 14 (2) Such 4 change in the 'pro - making, up the annual odd of Sup- gramme of studies for rural echoels , porting these 091 schools,. T. have as will no longer allow the Entrance placed the airerage Salary at $150, exandeation"to egigh Sehoole to which below the aveage sole serve as theeelimaseof achievement aiy for female teachers, and have for all Public' School effort, but illatett ala other .disbursements, ex- Whieli will rather Aimso to direct, cot for teacher'eealaryeat $80 per 'the eehool work as to' assist year, tithout, eirunting interest on in preparing him for the industrial itiveetinent for plant. This gives life which he will lead; 1)530 as cod( maitateetuite for emali of these school, or tk,total . emit Of $265,700. If wo take,',eight the•average fattendance' in these 91 echo() ',average ii kost of et,- therewill he a ;total ttendranee of 5,548 at 5400. which, will Jove $00 per unit of attendance. • • • • • (;) , y 1;9 g 1 opera • r a , • o somy when we had, got breath we moved . -dein Ole to the lefenp a. diteh that -14exi'wo Nr4a' one of :them. When t.401 to eole..,eneeteneee; told ,iihtd weld caatisthee the iloort with a out at five paces' interval just bee crest thirteen feet high, was 'hear - vend it: . , '. • fil'togs•e4n°4willvtal,136,ettitiska...toe'f,0.arttiteilisec;iwtttirteett - _ "Thezille fire. now beggineto 1ilik.0 i farint in the' lowlands --along its iteelf felt, and *US we continued our advance riietieed,--inf*::taii-a xai:: liatill, LQgktnii-Lann-lbrita.g4 11111 way, 'little heaps of khaki, and gr°112142 ' . ' ' '• - ' ' 44v. 0,tci nideratt feeiel dee. up 'et, . The people did run. Vftyo, lives Wel.* SaNlea. But the roaring Waite • making their way to the rear. struck full upon the building *hem 'Sege , the prisoners began to tOMO in. and, before long we had she "rke(1, and 'her lwds' was neore :felon ei..e code &emote ..w.e, -dfoo.tivynn4t, till:van:1. ,-,daphY etirehIevziedpnailieee: sent them back in little parties Wi- der a few' men, using the suottay yip still Strapped to hr ear. ,.. ...- , wounded fer-prefereete. Some of our men had taken a trench or two • .• A ClOse Observer, . with the bayonet. • • • Young Hibbard Was exhibiting "With about a, hundred men .we SOMA ttetographs to a, charming get along to a burning &tin a little girl, vat% whom he" was very much to our left 'bent, mid from there in love. ' ' had e splendid 'field of fire at the "This one," he Said, handinglier enemy's position. The ferehyard 'a, &litre,' "is any photograph with was full of burning etravt, but tevo.Ftench poodles. tan. you Ter• 'cognize me il "Why, ,yes, I thinso," replied the ,young 'woman, looking intelPaY at 'the pletilie; 'You SIO the 61* With the baton, are, you tat" - MANI HEROES 1.1\` TALS...WAIte , V.C. Winner •Gets a Speeial.:Clasp,. • An vlingual ,lIoner. • °Lieut. ArthurMartin-Leake, - of -theiROyal. Army Medieal Corps, hee been awarded a elan), to the 'Vie - :teal% Orosee an extremely' unusual (a) A Cmayelideted Schooloyetem round it were playing a htter of which will furnish the beet facilities little white pigs. SomedAraPtlel for. giving effect to eta pto- came and knocked overee eouple o1. gramme and, hy offering superior thenr. felt(:).rry ter them • as ativautage to teachers, will eeture and retain the stevieee of those of the highest geade. , If the 'ecountry desires the bed 4110, thei 1881 0,011001.1af the eeeend finished eiroduct, it mut furnish , OW, end PIOing the average atter- the neeeseary meatie to enure it, ereemeeet ere -half way between 10 The rural, school, Settion BiL613,1/1 Ira 20- and estimating the annual ,110 longer be allowed to nerve an an • of each ab sank thd east per ,alter upon 'Aida to satrigee the nit of erage iattendelice' will be 'Progree '441` thildOn. It.,}m9 en • $40. If We 00MbinetheSe two old lionOtahle, useful record, but "tie .0% the eat pee unit of mere teld order el4aageth, yielding plate tetidante will le $44. These figures to new." Not to go forward le to 'paw tett* fats to tand out riall belth4 , • they lay, there; ;they had been eo Lull Of fun chasing each other, ell over the plat-euth a &introit to what was goingeOlf dbou 6 ;them." ° eeeeeeeite--,,,e,... 7 Ifer,OppOrtunity* come to give flake, 3110., 31istrea Indeed I" Maid -"And .would YNt 6140-'4:Pe a' good referenue„, tria'attIl Via going to Mies Series just, aciosi the 'way." Mintreca-"The ;bent in the world, Wok: I bate that woman," ' What Ailelones. . Itnicker-What the ariatter Jonen'l , • ' dlockerAilf be :Cakesa acation, they wonder howlien ra ; nnd a Ire wiee'sn4 they vadat. if Inn attsounte, are straight. • • It in a plod thing to &We ;Or en, einien, !hut 1t'a 'fbe.tter )tot to hose any. Lieut. Martin -Leake V011 the Vic- toria. Gioia in the SoetheArgeiiii Wale and...tbe-elesp"--hesebeenqoven him for "mosteeonspieueue' bravery and defer -my to duty throughout the campaign, especially during the period freem 'Oct. 29 to Nov. 8, neer Zonnebeke, in rescuing, while ex; posed „ to a. constant fire, a large number of wounded who were y olose to the enemy's trenches." .Lieut.. -Co ....E. W. Alexander the R.FiA., has •eon awar e t Iti,cEttrittageerr,-ITelsif°1,1tielTATaiglehai74;rn:als flank at -tack, and for rescuing wounded 'man whiln„undcr * heavy Among. others -Who have rpecived Wm. Kenney, for reselling men on 'Aire occasions While under .fite; and twice saving machine guns by ear.: ryieg.'thein out of action; Limit, A. Q. Brooke, of the Gordon High- landers, Capt. Sohn Franks VaIle- tin, and Lieut. F. A. Depass, all of wliorn wero killed, for leading 'at- taeks n German trendhes and res, ening wounded; /anus zugenzio, of the Scete Guarde, who Was -and, Private Henry Rebel, soh, of the • Royal .Scotol Abraham Aeton and Ihstree Smith,: of the Dordor Regiment, and Licit. lip Nearrie, of the nova v4,4410,0114 for rescuing Wounded, and Lance Cor oral Michael- Leary, of the Inihi verylatitordin,s,401,0! netivn. itt •-Leary , formed (Inc of a storm party which a vaing .(ilerinan trenches, ile rus3ae4 to the front and killed Ave gerligtv3 who, were liolding the kat barn - code,. after whidi he attacked th, gicon4 bereleade, 1iW1)) lie RAP - tared siter killing „three ..,(4erihans and taking two •other prone. • is an a ftPr :IA - net dPeeela called, a $onitr, "Boottnao it is usually so sou,'r time, .ea three. or six months, 'and should then -be reeeficarnine,d•. More- over any •statemerikaS.to the child's mental condition &mkt he made by a physician) not by the teaeher. SUR'S A .HIIAVE FOE Their Bayonet. ' Charge Frightens the Most Peerless Fighters. In °several respects tine ,whee. EleVenth-Treat me as you would , are iyith the Indian forces at the like' to he treated if you were a front in Frinee and Belgium,. forrP- hare. a uniqaefighting force. „ Ia.: the trite place; -thee. fill fully 'oete4hird . iceste-61.the ellindoo*--They -ar.e, ineneee., „ . . • .. , , .. aranies in India, .• Unlikeethe Guek- icebeltriVes cl. n. no- ' 'IV eral ytirilehs, ,the -force being eifirided into -clans. There is -what presentatives ef _the' old'. Military hese- lioweveie they do not belong is known.: as the. 'Ele.ttaries., pr of thee Kaiak and. file of the eative. contrast' to •the '3Yfp4bie, who are . to /le:single race. - There 'aee. ,.sev- • other MIchelail, een4Sting of tall, , ,, pEwsio hot --euefe• big-Meireekithe- Jute -arie ab.edifigtutinuo:: 1..riii411.. e .. . Cennin us :Committee litakeir . SOLDIERS. '. . - 4.• T----- .„ , .. .... ... e 8eht4:rwta:rte.;:ehner°"'..i.riar.,:h:e.d4rt.eo 'alai features. - . ., - ,.. , . . ' .1. e •A special conirnittee of :the, 13.riti$le• aiidliaele-Ve-0.firrikrieliiitrirreg-. - . •:.--iii.:64-.-- --•+4'‘ : --=.---4V-1*-- for ,•theri;', great- POWQr8 .04 'Phdt.F.` eone:idering the, matter of .pcnsien.s ' All the telanee however* are noted Mytt.3.':of. 0.010,1thr,'N,,,tich..1,1e_eleen .. once* *Oiling 'qualities, and, shill. for fieliting men and ,their Widatee, in handling- a; gun, and bayenet, le- • haii-,4',IS,St.,111041.O iltS TiepOrb) 1:00111.'-, •,deed, it ha/1 often. been said byintli-„mendang largely inereatoderatee for, -..,.: . ssesedeperiseenteree-The-oieve-e"----e rase; if approved ' by Parlientent; ' are to take feffect Mardi 1. ' derethe-nefehuniert: e, rate for fetid disalilernerit Will be ' S0.25 a week, with in additiooal.-allow_,- ance ef, ' 03-CentSW weelFTer efth ' aild, ' In 'ease ef partial, 'disable7 tent,- the soldier is - to '.• teceiVel ."sucle amieuet, as :with- the . wage's- whieb, the man may 11-6-deeniedeganare - ile -6E--earning-Wilf alneiiiitio $6,25 ''" 'Week," with a 'discretionary al- loWenee /let 01t,ccodini 63. cents •e,,• - 1,5/eck'Nr ...eeteeilii14,-, ;Ali the .committee'e pccommenclae• tiOns shot -about 4 hundred per cont., ietreava,' 10.Yer thO, rates in et, ' ,feet" prier to the war. • ' A widow withetit children IS to rte. Clive free]: 0.66 to $8,71-,‘ a week; . if there arceellildFeie.1, e cubetautially inerett44. - tan ciiieunt 'rho' ollowame for wiycl avaiti!A husbar„dn are et/iike', front in, ere:i1:4110 a rato fieer 1113,16 4. "W•e•ifk for ti.o..in wiu). a're •ihilillese to $0..25 aufeee ter eee inelilier of, four dig., . . , ._ „ . .. • . _ ,,„ •, , ; onf,i 1,0vaf t:1,f9e1-4.,4, :1..t!le 4 „0-A •'--. -Tei.P 12 J' ion of r nskine'ler:oilrese*c-• . Lord'f.evee, the 'heei.1 of tlo..1.,em,'' itien, - • . . . stor,„yg ..r0;aii. jib' 42, 141.7.0' Peal.) /ref- eire will pylilni.iely lin deal% 7 witli fled priyAte Urli4), liv,a1 0,,,K47 acrrc.4 lati,r by, the efennilttee. At for 4onx kiftlioe . leerel ieevat iie• '`',ezit'ille ef:fiew /:f a. flee4.4110r, .ri:tp, tkpes .91,d, YS'11./V.,Ut. LegNf , 4#,t( 4,a% ' 0'7. , .''' ' ' 0 1.47C4"1: kPlib0 • "‘kt 1,4;°.i! anICAii Ily, 'c! •d : . ,. . ,. i• . eellen be leee.' OW ' Ofleo 4'01;4 , ' At e • ,t14, 1..,,' ' Iv ' # 4-..),g4nla3»Pn#4 _the euorq1.4 40vc.4'. 1 goire#:1 .#if tAlle efra,,,Aiit .o.fr'1,4.3 ulkatt tein !.4 ei-inankOdOre i,, )11i/eh, $000 a ins.. offeock •wo: :-He'n,"-,,a, . ;,,,ery, ,401,',, witlieee allew;enee of about. teOu'hleeme fellO1,e, c4," the ber 4.30f) 0 2,oi4i' adidaLilititi ' tor b•ite4 wheq'helikes, . 4,tiet :Re 'ff tea ,see....,. en - , . -, e . , ,,,„ • .Jaee eted eeeve .the briiliVoecii , - • X 'V/Pf I 1111 avherv tii 41.0;tir.,,, - 4 ,v1A.,,irt+pte4 And 04141: "Itsra(1 that .(1.4e4,, 9..%).", .11r3fil' it eniie nier,Wit • le 4eeeeeem e tie e. 4.1...141) 7 ',de :asi..'ieo Peel ;la. Nil colcionitY 4191) , Ii..c -1:. •lit44(' •ity.,0,k. lizo 'itS' ' ', - •IJI%;414) /5,,I:iii,iii', "1.0,*1140111' Mitrt,te4,11', Ji tLitia,..' .., „I c.,,:l1 74,1tal '0.7ii,....-kr • , .b(if,',.;,'), '7 . • ' , ' ., ' :!' . „ PireprnefeWoode TS),Inake- 'owed proof, alake a." »malilciunntty Of ireeh 11kt and add water until it has the Consist-, .: 'nsn, 1hr weiI and • one pound of alul'ig rtivelye °epees; of commeritial 'potash, and about - One pound Of salt. Stir again, Tila rofrhile hop. Two or three ceete ;will. keep wood fireproof. foe cool and '13ffective soldier in the world than the, Sikh; will') takes to soon lifter/roe-a. Sharpribootere and masters the uee of the bayonet:pea- reittetter.' than of on_yothoe%,':nationn,a lity, _oe• ovine• ld 1)1ciodci . e ' 111,1- indeed,- are they in- a- bayon. ie*.eiege e 'that it_frielarivi ev meet feartmer,--fighteere, -lo t heir'nerve • when confrontegf4bythl mereileee fleet in the liande of these- eleuntle:ese and 4ete. nod, 4-le'4,1i.ae troope. Although,- hewever,there- -are • various raeial differenfie13.' he:twee/A `110 cleee the'eliere is. ''klink whiela binds thena'f/4.3-ether,,aa Chet istheir wil"-eh is can - •ed witfrAtt inte cletaile it mey •sd,ti tilat this faith eiledo,ine idelatry. . . • Jima Honcei, " • • I"