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The Signal, 1918-10-17, Page 22 THURSDAY, OCT. 17. 1918 _ _ _ 1.0 Signal tlHB SIGNAL PRINTING Co., LT1,. PeuLIABERt. THURSDAY. OCT. 17, 11118 LOOKING TOWARDS PEACE. TIIE SIGNAL • IGODERICH ONTARIO • Peace has not yet been reached. but 'events are marching to the desired goal. „Germany's reply to President Wilson's note of last week Sas a rt iteration of the acceptance of the President's terms as set forth in certain of his speeches, and a ta'atement that the Chancellor. in his peace overtures. "speaks in the name of . tie German Government and of the Ger- . man people.' The President further reply was . prompt and clearc• and may be sum- marized as follows: (1) If an armistice granted. the conditions of such armlet' must be left ' to the judgment of the mi • y advisers of the Allied Governments. • (21' No armistice will be g nted so long as the armed t forces of many continue the illegal aild Unhuman . -time in which they still persist: particularly he sinking of passenger ships at sea, the • struction and looting of citiesand villages. and acts of inhumanity towards the people of the invaded portions of France and Belgium. (3) Germany must rid itself of the arbitrary Government which of its own volition is able to disturb the peace of the world. The last clause means that the Kaiser must either be dethroned or stripped of his power. and is a distinct invitation to the people of Germany to cast out the Hohenzollern and the war lords who have brought their country to such a pass. It may be several day s before Germany will indicate the nature of her response to President Wilson's message. and in the meantime the Allied armies in France and Belgium are continuing their victorious advance and are clearing Targe tracts of ' country of the invaders. At the same time signs are not wanting that the mili- tary caste is losing its hold upon Germany and events of tremendous tmp r: may be brewing. EDI TORIAL NOTES. What a change three short months have made in the aar situation. President Wilson makes a very satis- factory spokesman for the Allied Govern- ments. Don't worry about the influenza. and. on the other hand. do not regard it lightly if it comes your waw. The Belgians have now joined in the merry chase and are hustling the Huns from the soil of their lung -invaded country. The school teachers of West Huron were in session in Goderich Is -t week. and for a few days the toen had quite an in- tellectual uplift. Says the Toronto Star: President \Vileon has improved more as a writer during the past two years than any liter- ary man we know. Uncle Sam's answer to the German peace note is the statement that 230.000 fresh troops each month will cross the ocean to fight the Hun. A factor in the problem of unempley. ment after the war will he the county road systems. which will require a con- siderable amount of labor. This will help to ease off a situation that at the best wilt present many difficulties,. The Department of Labor has at length announced its intention to look into the matter of the greatly increased cost of certain commodities. By the time the war is over and prices begin to .climb down of their own accord the Depart- ment may be ready to issue a report on the subject of war profiteering. A conflict is threatened between or- ganized labor and the Ottawa Govern ment over an order•in-_ouncil which has been issued prohibiting strikes and lock• outs during the remainder of the war period. Labor claims that "the right to strike is the foundation of industnal liberty." and trades union officials declare that the prohibition will create resent- ment and will end in failure. The de- velopment of peace prospects. however, may make such radical changes in labor conditions that neither employers nor em- ployees will find it to their advantage to bring on a conflict. A Positive Luxury in Infusion 11 Pure Tea. without admixture ... of Any Kind. foreign to its growth. LA has the reputation of nearly a quarter of a century behind every packet sold LAURIER—THE MAN OF VISION. Fro.. TA. Si Morn Anon. The one pre-eminent statesman and man of vision in Canada today is Wilfrid Laurier. A man is to be judged and estimated not only by what he has accomplished but also by what he has stood for, even if it be unrealized. For years he had advocated closer trade re- lations with the United States, and when the time came. in 1911. he stood by this four-square. He failed. however. through he tire -eating, the iingoism. the chauvin- as o. the .. no truck or trade with the l a ees." of Canadian Toryism. A close rade relation meant a closer and The following is friend!' • international relation. a some- the gathering. thing mu to be desired. but which had Thr president, Miss Nell never been • ble to break through the an trails, occupied the chair. tipathie- •t ing trout 1776. When Laurier was de - ted at the polls in 1911, exen'lse` were conducted b. and a hen thus a • r and kindlier ter- Tom. The minutes of the la national relation . tween Caned/. as of the hast ironvention in Exe part of the Britis Empire and the United States was put tant day. nowhere in a there greater rejoicings th cd chamber of Potsdam at Germany generally. It was hope of the Potsdam plotters t breach between the pioneers of stitutions in America. between th great branches of the Anglo-Saxon The German Imperial Governm viewed with the utmost concern. t most ominous misgivings and the \li.- V t gtaiJart took up the sub - greatest alarm. any such rapprochement, e Rub - and went into ecstasies of delight when ; je of arithmetic expeelses for Junior Canadian Toryism stopped it. It will • elle- with a chess. With a large never be known just hue much hardef it norm, of excret ee,she show e d tier. was fx N Mon W sw K the United Sates!ca> of teaching tomnlnati s. Pte. round than it would hale been if Laurier'swith yu. children. The lesson was policy had triumphed and se had been ee .e•zetl •see nil wee Ifstened to atten- "trucking and trading with the Van- ; ti%ely by the teacher- present. kers" for three year.. It aas not only; The president ai.l :. ph•astne com- a failure to institute closer trade relit- i plurent to Miss . oddert for her in - tions. but it was a gratuitous rebuff to 1 itrurtite le. -on the American Republic. With a rebuff like' Inspector Tom crap seized the hems - this ,t was easier fur the German propag•' tit of using the eaerri- EST HURON TEACHERS. 1 The Rest held its annu school. Goderic day last. in Spee of the ttlau one hundred t the first day fr epectorate. mmtlos Held in Goderich Last Week. uron Teachers' Association I convention at Victoria on Thursday and Fri- ntluenza =eere more cbers were present a parts of the in- , the Metal report of Medd. Cen- he opening Inspector t session er, Det. ed. as a to a more die- 12th. RC. were read acid app•o the world were The follow ice were appointed in the coon- library committee to report at this throughout haeetinfe: Misses . Le Touzel, Phi ips e fondest and Mr. Howard. make a Misses I. E. Sharman and Jean Mui two ray. snit Mr \VIlllam McKay were ap pointed as a committee to make sue- er isti..ns on the revisions of the read - t Pre and other matters for `the Iofornta- ti.o of the Department of Education. BUY CONTINUED PROSPERITY' Before our last Victory loan financial exp -rte were dubious as to the outlook for Canada. She could not borrow ahreed. It was necessary that she hive a Targe availaole capital to finance credits for British and foreign war orderre. Canada was thrown on her own resources and appealed to her citizens. The remarkable oversubscription of the 1917 Victory Lon completely changed the uncertain outlook which orevailed. It gave a new impetus to agriculture. commerce and prosperity. It invigorated our efforts in the war. it allowed our Provincial Governments. municipal and other borrowers to finance their require- ments at home. In short. it gave another lease of life ro the activities of the Dominion. The Victory loan of 1918 will accomp- lish the same purposes. UPON THE READY RE$PONSE OF THE LARGE AND SMALL INVESTOR DEPENDS THE IMMEDIATE ECONOMIC FUT- 1'RE OF CANADA. Everyone's prnaperity is involved. Prepare to buy continued prosperity i n Victory bonds- - giten. andist to prosecute with redoubled energy: Mr. Huy a.nrhoe,-e in: need men- the bringing about of an entente cordiale , ory election* ter junior • .ewes. He between Germany and the United States. told Lew he taught the et 'eel and The whole weight of this Getman move- • this showed that , he knew oav to ment in all its ramifications w,as, brought teach it. He look memory were eery to bear on this much -to -be -desired end. ' ,G y. nater naked a pupil to Meru ize and it •rozeeded apaee. We do not a selection until it had been taken t1 t claim that to defeat this purpose of se a literature lemon. meter allose. Germany was Laurier! reasote or even pi -emoting. always-wgeeted that the one of his reaa6rls, for brin=ing about bet. - pupils recite as ttioUgh tkez_ were re - ter trade and international relations be-i,.itin% tura ceoe,rt. Arid o' made, the tweenCanada and the United States, but 1 leneth of recitation in proportion 1 , we do claim that his grip of national and I tore difficult}' of t eleetlnu in proportion international problems rs such, that his to the difficulty of selection memorized. policies are so in harmony with the fund -r The discussion was continued by the amentats. that when such a time as this president. • In -peels Tom, and Mies' comp to birth they are fount on the side etemea, of the eternal verities. on the side of )w• I tire. •Cry•rhaM, classier! teacher of tisk truth. righteousness and civilize- ter— leek -rice i ollege:le lii titule, dis- t At all the Imperial Conferences Laurier I mussed a reading emirs.. for t••arto•rs and in an able way told the ronwentfon has stood out stoutly ag;tinst a ttard-and- fast, mechanical, inelastic, centralized Isahat the requirements were fora gond federation for the British Empire. He • c••urnr . cur suggested first that the has alway s strongly advocated a group of , t:. tea of 0wariou people, to suit would autonomous stated, Great Britain, Can" ada, Australia, New 'Zealand, South Ahate such a course cora rise books in At.: p meas Indra. held be/ether by that' the the departments of biography, tra- strongest of bonds. a common love of vel, history, poety And general Ift•r- liberty and of free institutions. He has • store. In biography she !amid include never severed. His vision was clear and ' Itlnse that told of the work of great his mind was sure. What have we to- ' l:hrfehan missionaries. sect' As Ur. day? We have Asquith. Wilson. Lloyd! llrummond, fore. Paton. els.. reformer' George. Clemenceau. all aadvocatin a ! like Lincoln. and other.. In traael she League of Nations. to keep peace and to fw..uld else include snore of the bio - see that )justice is done thtou:hout the'graphics of missionaries is that of world. This is nothing bu• an extension Dr. Lhingetone. In history she re - of Laurier's Idea for the British Empire. i eeellnenekd very hlghle The Chron- ic.,is amply an extension of the idea of a n'ies of Canada and other works. In federation of the autonomous states con.; poetry she wmild include some of stituting tt)e British Empire. se that not • Stiakespeerser works and some volumee only these but also France. Italy and the ' tit the shorter poems of other poets,' United States may be constituted into a' I smelt as Longfellow. In general liter - League of Nations. bound together by a 'attire elle couldn't include works of love of freedom, liberty and free insti• ( fiction, with they exception of King- tutions, to keep peace and to establish sisy'e Hypatia: ttleeftue• we all 'read justice throughout the aotd. Laurier istoo much of it. bid would recommend Canada's one great man of vision and the work of ler. Van iq ke, -Kseays, etc. peerless world-wide statesmanship. He !She concluded by cutphasleing the was recognized as such twenty years ago ; them/tit that • teachers ehould desire at the great Diamond Jubilee ce.ebra- I to, mould the character of their cited - tion in London. by one and ail. in cnun- ! ren fur good and future greatness: cil chamber. at state functions and in I To de this the teacher should be well University halls, and has been ever since. and %%lately read in' the books and At this moment, both in the United literature of Ute day. States and in Canada. when the shipping , The ' diertnefnn as continued by and the fisheries of the Atlantic se board are the president, ilr. Strang, W. H. John - menaced by the submari es of the Huns. stun And Inspector Tom all commend - nothing is more needed than a fleet of fast in very highly the splendid address war vessels. torpedo buts. torpedo-boat I delivered by Mrs. Urquhart. destroyers and email fast cruisers. This ; Mr. J. H. Johnston spoke on the en - is just what Laurier stood out for. but ; !ranee course in history. He thought was prevented from accomplishing by the 1 that the phacinw of history on the cur - ultra -loyalty. the insularity, the narrow-! ricuhim +.s an examination stihject visioned fanaticism of Canadian Toryism. ; though it may have come good results Instead of a gift of money to Great Brit- yet in the Tong run it went de what ain for battleships, with which she could is exported of It. Mr. Johnston asked easily supply herself. he advocated a Cana- . a number of questions of t.aehers dean navy of the type spoken of. How !present and a number of • good Ideas the Allies would rejoice in the possession ' %sere brought out, nn of the best by Canada today of such a navy. More i being glen by, Inspector Tom who ul than that. a navy is re of the insignia of • ,•a,titil gleye a number of questions the all autonomous or self-governing nations f.tay befo(e nn the part of history to or states. and the keynote of Laurier's 1 be Atelier's the treat day, the pupils policy is: Canada one of a number of I being r'gwred to be able to glee an - autonomous states making up that great „sere t, there questions. federation of such states. "The British All sire pleased to hate Dr. Strang Empire." And th- Leigee of Ni ions present. t% he though he pas ill In is after all just this idea extended. bed miring the morning cotred not re- sist the temptation to throw dtseertlnn to the winds and be present with his assn! iates and 'mettle In another teal -h- . -re' eon%entinn. All hope that he may he long spared to gist us his kindly and wholesome adSlee and enured. For more than forty years he has given of hie hest to make a sweeps the teachers' institutes In Nest . Huron. stheaded large amtudyount ofre prww:tslesl blenwork. The as- soelatfon with sib many teachers was Moto delighted. AIles Heady drew suet! a beautiful picture that all the teachers !shah to go neat year. The discussion was continued by the president, Ate. Howard, Miss, Young, ln- spector Tom, air. Mawson and Dr. Sil- cox, all testifying to the desirability of all teachers to take this course and to the pleasure that all who go will hate In their assocl Alone there. lir. Silcox, praocipal of the Normal School, St:alto-se being introduced. spoke Mat in livor of the next Victory Loan exhorting jhe leachers to help to .rake this loam a success. He held they could do this in three ways, lust by subscribing theenseives for a bond. 'se- cond, by' Arming their pupile and the people of their section that this Loan Is absolutely necessary to carry on the butanes* of our country. and to the third plate teachers should see that the literature sent out by the govern - meat is sent out to the people. luspeolor Tonh spoke also, telling of what he had dune in securing owners of aulomobflee to help to ease expense by dlstributing literature, taking a speaker to some place of meeting or in other ways. Dr. Sikes then Rase an interesting address on the problem of time die - cussing the time allotted to each sub- ject in the Setpod Atatlagement Manual and getting the opinion of the teachers as to whether the time was too tong or too short. The aim of his lecture was to enable the teacher to sate time in teaching the'tearioue subjects in his school. Tu accomplish this he, would stress the teacher's preparation of the lesson be- fore doming to the class. regular at- temlai ee. limiting the time fur the pupil's work, proper grading. etc. The address was Interesting and valuable. Mr. eleo. W. Holman, a former ses•re- tary of this .1seociation for many years, being present, wee railed upon to give a short address. He responded ke a happy little talk. eft ing surae humorous reminiscences of feruter days when there weren't wt many changes every year In the teaching proren:iou. •Insps•ctor Tom on matter. material and methods .In to eking gate many {Menthol prints to learners to help them their work. He would trate the rimers hake great care to iise good! Ugh and correct pronunciation :where Ile would teach reading inners from the Morand tablets .!abet earl prepared by hint and which le supplied t, all the schools free. H edlnR should be taught from print bu nut from! written. words. In swelling stied hate the exercises. done with ead pencils in lead of with pen and in He would hhse the clos- ets carefully nsperted and kept clean. These and a number of other hints were very help ill. Mr. S. B. St hers. agricultural re- presentative. spo e on the connection between the agrie Iturol representative anti the schools. felt that the re- presentative's work vas along the line of, organizing schuo fairs. He then explained how this r ganization was e was willing ark. He felt interest an Iter citizeu ty take s rleutture interest- guirbes which were lucidly a • ewer - there. ills, of Dungannon. and ve the reports, of delegates to the r E. A. Besides. g ing a synopsis of the addresses d, lisered they urged • many t.•aeher- as possible to attend 'clause of the intellectual inspiration r it ed as well :ss the great pleasure felt in meeting teachers trent all parts of th . rovinee. En the to b and a accomplished and raid to astiel in doing toes hat the boy a'bo took s work se make a an. In time would probe Shu` r or longer course h, In (it " R. The address was ing an, called forth many e at the clo ed by Mr. Miss Mabel W. H. Johnston Alt the Same Family. The new recruit walked Into the orderly room and made himself at home with the clerks there. "Say. aho is the Gen- eral Staff i hear so much about these days ? f we his name in the paper se most as much as Marshal Fitch's. 1 never heard of him before." "He's a son of Major Operations.' said The president ocrupfrd the chair. the sergeant -major. The minutes o1 the forenoon session "And a brother to Cor I Punish- wore read and apprnard. ment," said the poet -corporals \Has Ready. f Wlnrhel.ea, gave a "Also a cousin to Private Entrance,"' peel metres. nn the summer echo of said the orderly rosin clerk, as he threw course on agriculture at the O. A. C.. him out. "Didn't you ss, their names Guelph. She explained shot the a crop on tate door as you came in ?" Iwas like stowing that along eeltj the F'rlatey .%fteraaea he Es embus Seamen Inspector Tom occupied the fr. The president, Mus- Nellie Medd, es the etrbj.•ct of her address tr p:drietiern. and In an ebep,ent manner she laid (lee audien:ir -what she con- sidered true patrlotiene She didn't think it twee that love of rountry that loved selfishly or that hued one's Mod AO as to hide Its Unite. but it was the lose that recog- nized tine's counters failings and sought o eorreet those Amite. Our countre elimild be the better for our Thing in it. Teachers have the great - set lemur thrust upon them because they hate the - privilege of training the future citizens of our tend. There- fore they ehould teach why and how We are governed, beginning first with the home; the child leiirns why God placed us In families, that we may Is•arn self-denial for the other members of the home as well as obedie.,es. From, the home we peas to the school .section, then to.township until at last awe reach the Dominion Oowernment. \\'e should tea41 our children ideals, glen facie) are' not enough. She ap- pealed • for teachers for the foreign schools of the west. The secret of Britain's g, atness as her great mother lone for all pe 'plea and her desire to lift. The address was a splendid effort, equal to ttie best of former years \Voris of praise were heard on eters Hand after the meeting. iir Silcox delivered an illustrated lecture on Belgiurp and France. The lecture !chid was much enjoyed by all, was en attempt on the part of the lecturer to make a little clearer the magnificent spirit of the men and avn- nren of the two countries in which the present war Is being waged. The re- marks were related so beautifully, col- ored lantern slides ehs,wing vleaws of both countries with a few gloving the destruction brought upon Belgium by the bnsading horde of the German army, espeelally Louvain, where the oldest university In Belgium with if. in- valuable library was made a (heap of rutins. In thla recent publication of Ln. Muchlon's diary on the early stages of the !war. Other views showed the beautiful buildings of Brussels and Ant- werp, Paris and Versailles, whose Me - tae} is so interesting In connection with the German Inaaslom and ..cru- pation of France by the Germans. In MO, as well as with the history of the french monarchy tinder Louis XVI. Several Dews of Versailles taken by the speaker himself In 11113 were shown and added to the Interest of the lec- ture. The mrbpleal pert of the entertain- ment was °petal by is swell-r•n.kMd Instntrmeltal gold front Miss Isabel roster. Mia Lyttle sang a nolo which ok was eutored, as ttasi also a violin se- lection by Mr. H. H. Redntood. Miss Florence i'oung recited one of !Mas Pauline Juhnsou'yy poems, "The Cattle Thief, " very cleterly. Every number was excellent. In fact the evening meeting wai one of the beat held by the Association. " The-ainging of the Nalinnal Anthem brought the meeting to a close. Frlday Sendai, The president ot'cupted the chair( Devotional eaereises were conducted by tlr, Silcox. The minutes, of the afternoon and esening seaslona of yesterday were rend and approsed. The eudltors' Jeport showing, a bar Ince of iI tt. t8 all hand was receive.) and adopted. The election of officers resulted fu the election ut the ['Dowing: Pres, .R. R. Redmond. Belgrave; vices pree.. Miss M. L. Coleman, Varna: sec. lreae.. \V. H. Johnston, Kippen: let councillor. Miss Voaper, Exeter: hod councillor, \lies Laird. tis hwuod: 3rd councillor. Mr. Matson, JExeter; auditors, J. Johnston, t; rich, R. Stonehouse Belgras.; resolution, G. 5. Howard Dashwood, W. JleKay Hensatl, Miss Kinsman Exeter, Mr. Itust% Dungannon, Miss McLaughlin Lueknow, Miss E. NI Phillips Auburn: Mr. Tum, Goderich. The report of tin teaehers' reading course cu Mee suggested the fol- lowing books to be read by all teachers let,, History Manual. 2. 1 volume . t chronicles of Gonads 3, Kingsley's Hypatia. The report was re e:s.al and adopted. The resolution eommiltee recom- mended that all the •esolutlona passed by the O. E. A. with tee exception of No. 7, which relates so the public school course in grammar. be adopted by IMS association. They also recommended that the :.mount of grammar to be taught should be Mere:meg rather Oran di- henished. The report WAR a 1.,ptw1. NIT. MacKay for the committer "O the res1sinn of the readers recolumen- ded the following, shish were adopted 1. a• There shouMM be a new fourth book and a new third book liesignott specially for teaching oral reading. If to be used for both reading and liter- ature, the book should be in two pads. Part 1. to contain the seler•lions for reading and Part 11. the seleetinns for literature. b1 The books should he smaller than the present Itt. and IN. reeds -re. lb: Some introductory page - on the principles of reading, with ex- empts -I- frnln the t •same, should he a.kle,l se in the high 'whool reader, also exereises in pronunciation of diffi- cult words be indicates.] at bottom of the pages. -e There sl W be suit - :JO preparatory- questions on each lesson a- in high school reader. .1 There should be a greater number or selections from the Bible—worse of which may be use.l for nieniorizati..n The selections to enntaiu e Prose selections for. reading not 1•. be long. 'f ntlygond English. •g Delete all se- lections in which., the rural teaching c s s MOM S E S NOM Let Your Light Shine! Don't stumble around in the dark. 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Plushes, Velours, Tweeds and Broidcrpifia. $40 Ranging $15 to W. ACHESON & SON ilimuninimmumimummummumuimmummumwmc S is doubtful. 2. That the teachers et --the primary divisions in Weinrich schools, together ayilh the school tnepeelor. report sug- gestions re the second book, first book and the printer. 3. That the golden Dile booke be used partly As supplementary reading of last y'eat, to all those taking part fn in the rural schools. Lest evening's entertainment, amt lir. The following was also presented Silcox for his able assistance. meld adopted : Mowed by J. P. Hume The singing of the National Anthems :.nil seconded by J. H. Johnston that brought a very successful meeting to a the teachers of West -Huron inspee- close. making almost a record ath•nrtanee. Hearty Ovules of thanks were passed thanking the 1:0.1erich School Hoard for Die flee of their h.'autiful sl'Iiasii• the GederIeh leachers tor their trouble lakrn In securing hoarding hnusee for visiting leacher*, the retiring officers 'rate pow in sesseon would memoria- lize the Minister of Education, exprees- inr their appreciation of the substan- tial re.Iuetinn in price that tins sheen made under the recent system of text book preparation but regretting that this gond feature of the Educational Department's management Is being an- nulled by the too tregtient replacement of an authorized text by a new hook' and more particularly by a revised edition with sued minor corrections AS to make practically no material change an the old edition and asking L' that'the schohls of the province he given wot11 Oct. 1st to have the use of the old text book, when being replaced by a new honk, sanctioned by resolu- tion of the school board (2) that where only a revised edition of a school hook Is to be introduced, carrying nnty minor changes, the 'school should be permitted to use sum rid hook as long as It Is required by lhs students al- ready possessing a copy. Dr. Silcox discussed standard tests for public school pupils. He explained that new there are srates by which Pupils In spelling, In writing, drawing. reading. composition, etc., can be ab- solutely graded as to their standing In comparison with pupils of any otl er schrwd. Mueh of the matter of this In- lensety Interesting and Instrnelhe' ad- dremm was flew 10 the majority ••t the teachers present and many Inquiries were asked of the lecturer who answer - dress them to -the satlgfactinn of a11. Dr. Silcox reeontmended especially a honk by tattle Starch, entitled edu- cational measurements. It Is needless to say 1M,.411enx gale three splendid sddre.tes that were cer- tainly appreciated by fait Scouter% pra- t nenl. There were about 133 teachers, this CRISP NEW STYLES IN FOOTWEAR FOR FALL There is such a wonderful assortment of the very finest Shoes for men and women that you are sure to find among the many models jstst the pair to your liking. 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