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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1925-10-15, Page 3,THE EXETER TIMES -ADVOCATE 'EIIL SG%lO01. t oli."1' E it S. S. No. 2, HAY The 1:.11owing is the report of S. 0: No. 2; Hay: -:Jr. 4 'Pass= -Fred Trei- liner, Isabel Stan.lake, Margaret, Russell, Sr, 3 Honors ---Gordon Greb Pass, — •Roberta Tinney, Mildred Northcott. Jr. 3 ,Pass—Harold Rowe, �'4Uil 'e Danson . Sr , 2 Pass Homer • +p,? Y' DorothyDadsan, Jr. 2Hon, Wesley 'oreb. Pass—Florence Duns- ford. Sr. i ---Gladys O'Brien, Gordon 'Treibner. Jr,. 1—Billy' Dunsford Irene •• Russell. . Pr. -Gordon Beiber Lloyd Stanlake, Number on roll 24 Average attendance2 2 M, V. Ratcliffe Zurich Mr, and Mrs: Ed. Seim, of New Hamburg, called on Zurich friends on Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Koehler, of Baden, ` Cal. arrived, in Zurich on Monday evening. They are staying with the formers sister, Mrs. Wei. Schwalm•. Mr. Koehler is a bro- ther to Messrs, Harry, Peter and Jacob Koehler, of Zurich while Mrs. Koehler is a sister of Mr, Ed. Axt of the village. Mrs. Harry Eickmeier visited he parents at St. 1VIarys. Mr.' Clarence Hoffnran, of Galt, is spending his vacation at his home here.. Miss Dorothy Fritz .has returned to' London to ressatnie her studies at Victoria Hospital, after . spending a few • weeks vacation at her home here. lhiva Mr. and Mrs. Otto Willert, of Dashwood, spent Sunday with 1VIr. and Mrs. Art. Willert. Miss Erna Neeb, of Usborne spent Sunday at her home here. Miss Florence Turnbull, attended the teachers' convention in Exeter on Thursday. Mrs. Dave Lippert 'arrived home` last Thursday; after spending the past month with friends in Michi- gan. Mr. Alex. Neeb is in Goderich on business this week, ' Miss Ilene O'Rourke returned to Detroit on Saturday after spending the week with her parents here. Mrs. M. Hewlett returned to her home` at Exeter after spending some time at the home of Mr. Dave Lip- pert. J INA SCHOOL FAIR Khiva School Section held their School Fair on Friday, Oct. 9th and it was very successful. There was a splendid show of exhibits which was the result of the great interest shown by everyone. We never real- ized before what good things there were in this section. The following are the list of prize winners: Vegetables—Mangolds, C. Kinny, E. Mawhinney, E. Mawhinney; tur- nips, F. Glanville, I. Ratz, 'R. Wil- lert; , il-lert;, carrots, R. Willert,( E. Mc- CanNaRatz; potatoes, G. Ratz, C. McCann E. Ratz; beets, L. Regier, 'Ratz, R. Willert; beans M. Diet- rich, P. Dietrich; wheat, R. Willert; oats, R. Willert; barley, R. Willert; sweet, corn, A. Dietrich, E. Ratz, field corn, P. Dietrich, G. Kinny; pumpkin, P. Dietrich, T. Neeb, D. Kinny; corn stalk, H. Lippert, E. &Ratz, C. Kinny; egg plant, IVlrs. S. Hartman. Apples -6 varieties, T. Neeb,. B. Neeb, N. Neeb; Kings, Alexanders, Screenings, T. Mawhinney, P. Diet - riche Crabs. Flowers—Bouquets mixed flowers R. Ratzt_ T. Neeb, B. Neeb; dahlias, Mrg S. -Hartman, Mrs. E. Lawson, Mrs, S. Hartman; flower. plant, Miss D. Clark, A.'Yearley, A. Ratz. Live Stock—Calf, E. Lippert; pigs, P. Dietrich, R. Willert; cats, E. Ratz; P. Dietrich, G. Willert; W. Wyandottes;'E. Clark, P. Dietrich; Plymouth Rocks', D. Batt, R. Willert L. Lippert; pigeons, R. Willert, C. McCann, E. Yearley; rabbits, R. Willert. Manual Training—Birds' house, I. Ratz; wood work, E. 'Lippert, P. Dietrich, R. Flynn. K Cooking -Girl's cake, A. Ratz, D. Ratz, E. McCann; women's cake, Mrs. E. Lawson, Mrs. J. Mawhin- ney; tarts, J. Willert; drop cakes, Mrs. Thos. Mawhinney, Mrs. tWm. Mawhinney;- bread, Mrs. A. Willert; pie, J. Willert; candy, . D. -Dietrich, J. Willert. Quilts, Miss G. Glanville, Mrs. S. Hartman, ' Miss I. Glanville; mats, Mrs. Wnz. Mawhinney. Girl=s Fancy Work—Embroidery, D. Ratz, ' T. Neeb; crocheting, E. McCann, R. Dietrich; D. Dietrich; apron, T. Neeb; tea towel, T. Neeb, B. Neeb; handkerchief, T. Neeb, R. -ibietrieh; ..quilt block, T. Neeb, J. Willert, boudoir cap, R. Dietrich. Tatting, Mrs. J. Mawhinney; cro— cheting, Mrs. T. Yearley, Mrs. J. Mawhinney;. embroidery, • -Miss' ' Fr :Hanover, Mrs. C.. Mawhinney, Mrs. Thos. Yearley. School wcrk—Drawing, Sr: IV, T. Neeb, D. Ratz; Jr, IV, B. Neeb, P. •. Dietrich; Sr. III, E. Ratz, R. Diet- rich; Jr. III, R. Willert, C. McCann;, Sr. II, I. Itatz,, J. Willert; Pt II, G. Ratz,' M. Lippert. Writing—Sr. IV, D, Ratz, T. Neeb; Jr. IV, B. Neeb, G. Ratz; Jr. III, M. Neeb, C. Mc- Gann; Sr. 11, J. Willert, E. McCann; 't..iZ , A. Yearley�,:n G. Ratz; Sr. II, p, finny, A. Flynn, Jr. I, S. Neeb Maps—Sr.I D. R atz T �`z. V R',,.Ra, Ratz,, T. ; Jr. V, • B. Neeb; . Jr. III, M. • Neeb, C. McC ,nn; Si, II, E. McCann, Neeb; weed collection, D. rtatz, T. Neeb, E. Ratz; insect ,collection, D. Rats; ,dress up contest, Pius Diet- rich, .Thelma: Neeb, Monica Dietrich. increase Yourtncore! WE pre iti a position to place Your motley in first mortgfAes on Toronto improve4sroperty, on valuations approved by a well known Toronto Trust Cotitpiny *to Yield you 614t% to.7%. No charge to investor. W rite us. Metropolitan underwriters, MA ifittrayelifan Bindiii6 TOROK° West Huron's nt � Teachers 1r s A c SU1 .6•ttU11 Professor G. M. Jones of Laeulty of Education,; Torenta was the De- partmental Representative;. History,; Arithmetic and New Spel- len Severely Criticized. One Hundred and Thirty Teachers Registered. Reeve Sanders. Extended elide Wel- come. The forty-eighth annual conven-. tion of West Huron teachers met in Main Street United church, on Oct. 8th and 9th. Miss L. McCulloch of Winchelsea ' presided at all sessions. Rev F. E. • Clysdale, pastor of the church conducted "the opening exer- cises, after which the National An- them was sung. The minutes of last year's final session were read and adopted. The "first paper was taken by Miss 3. Buckingham of St. Helens; on, the New Speller. She consideres the book inferior to the old one, both in matter and arrangement. Discus- sion followed by Mr. Tom and others who were of the same opinion. M. M, C. Milliken of Zurich, spoke on our present texts in History and scored them heavily. He claims they are unsuited to the Public School pupils as a book of study, but would make splendid supplementary read- ers. The arrangement of the mat- ter is poor and the wording is suck as- to lead pupils 'to hate the sub- ject. Mr. P. Moffatt of Dashwood, spoke along the same lines. On taking a show of hands, every teach- er voted against the texts. A live- ly discussion followed = by Messrs Tom, Ross, IVlawson, Howard, Mc- Kay and Jones. Inspector Tom explained the new regulations. He emphasized the importance, of teachers sending in reports ;promptly and correctly, so that he may be able to- do likewise with his reports to the Department. He advised teachers to keep in touch with new regulations, to have in readiness all note books for his inspection, to have posted in the class room a copy of the timetable and to create a deeper' interest in beautifying the school and its sur- roundings. Afternoon Session After the reading of 'the minutes. Mr. G. M. Jones took his first sub- ject, "Composition." He recommend- ed the writing of compositions on topics selected from lists so that a choice may be made and suggested that teachers of similar classes ex- change papers for correction. Cor respondencey with children overseas through the League of the Empire is a splendid plan, writing letters to imaginary friends, or sketches on characters from history proves in- teresting. Pupils of a grade might prepare a "School Journal" or a "Guide Book" of their town. Writ- ing "plays" and acting the same is a helpful diversion. He explained the "Scale" system of marking com- positions to compare results, The paper was full of interest and was well received. Madam President, Miss L. McCul- loch then followed with her address on "The Teachers' Tonic." This was full 'of suggestive thought and merited favourable comment. Teach- ers require a stimulus to renew the lost vigor. She suggested the read- ing of .good, books, the playing of good music, 'the study of art and nature, the taking of summer cours- es, etc., as good tonics. Teachers receive a stimulus by travelling and, by attending ,conventions but the knowledge that they are preparing the youth of today to bear the re- sponsibilities of after life should en- thuse them in their work; The Convention separated intotwo sessions: Junior and Senior. In the. Junior • division three papers were given by Miss Mable . Johns on "Reading with Juniors," Miss Vera Elliott on "Arithmetic" :and Miss Grace Kellerman on "Busy Work." All three papers were full of help- ful suggestions and showed careful thought in preparation. In the Senior section papers were given by Mr. ;F'. Ross and. Miss G. Hamilton dealing with Fifth -Forma work in rural schools. . Interesting diSenstsions followed by Messrs." Tom, Ross, Moffatt and Milliken. • In the evening a splendid pro- gram was, given. 'Inspector Tom occupied the chair. Reeve Sanders extended a . civic welcome to the teachers, Miss: iTelen Wethey sang a solo, Miss-. Wanda von Wascinski gave a piano solo and Misses E. and' M. Medd and H. Dignan a piano trio, Mr. Francis Abbott created a round- of laughter by his humorous` read- ings, Mr: Roy Goulding, organist , of James St. Church demonstrated to the teachers his methods of teach ing = mush:, in schools and delighted all by the masterly way in which "'he handled the subject. Mr, H.' Bow- ers gave: the address of evening on the subject "As Others See Us." F1Friday The opening exercises were taken by Inspector Tom. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Inspector Tom; Vice- President, icePreside lt, Miss M. A, •Ellis, Iiensall Secretary-Treltsurer, Mr.; G. S. Re- ward, Exeter; Cotiecillors, Mr.. R. Stanehouse, Goderich, Miss Q Hain- Ilton, Goderich; Arelitor>i, )4'. li. Cranson Usborne,Miss, X, Welsh, Varna; Resolution Conix>ttes, Miss- es is -es N. Medd, C. Dickson, E, Dolan, M. McGregor, Messrs. V. Wilson, P. Buss : and . M, Milliken; Librarian, Miss 3. S. Murray. The auditors' report was resent - p P ed`and showed :a..handsoms balance to the credit of the. teachers. The Resolution Committee thro- ugh the convenor, Mr. Y. Ross, pre- sented its report a9 follows: Resolved that in the opinion of this convention the new speller is much'inferior to the old one and should not take, its, place, 2. That, our present, text -books in history are entirely unsuitable for public school pupils, from < pointof arrangement and volume : of mater- lal. 3. That suitable "'selections of re - scribed work in Literature should be provided for Entrance exatainations as the present system is found to he discouraging in the real teaching of, literature. 4. That the present public school Arithmetic is unsatisfactory and that it should be replaced by a larg- er book containing a greater series of graded exercises for all grades. 5, That this convention put on rq- at cord its appreciation of .the Dflpax6- nients special school .grants in aid: of teaeherg' salaries and trust that these grants be continued asat present. 6. Ti• ,; hat in the. M nesters Yearly report on Superannuation the names of teachers superannuated,, the amount paid them and the number of years they tasight, be added, '1, That we consider the present academic course far Lower School and the examinations thereon de- trimental to the best interests of ed- ucation and further, that the De- partment should : revertto the pre- vious system of examining candi- dates for Middle School. 8. That total prohibition is the only safe legislation in the interest of our country and young people. 9. . That the grants bp, given school boards onthe suceessful experience as well -as grade of certificate of the teacher. Miss Ohristena Dickson gave a paper on "Agriculture in Schools." She follows the plan of reading Ag- ricultural lessons to the class taking object lessons from apples, potatoes, corn etc, observing the insects to distinguish the biters front, the suck- ers, ee s weeds ds nud weed seed; studying the varieties of .soil, toat- ing diseases of vegetables, etc. In the spring ox the Year she takes up grafting and pruning, testing seed grain, and . studying the s ray `x-. l' � tur es. Then follow the prepara- tion. of window boxes and flower beds, the cleaning of the grounds And planting of trees. The paper was a good ole.,. Inspector Toni discussed the grants to schools' according to the revised plan and explained the new requirements in the teaching ; of Ag- riculture. Teachers were urged to teach the subject in all schools, ur- ban and rural and to take part in the school Fair of their municipal- ity. Prof. G. M. Jones introduceie subject .of, History and showed how to interest the pupils in ,the subject. He recommended. the use of histor- ical pictures and maps. Supple- mental reading also proves helpful. H. would make frequent reference to these helps to impress upon the pupils the style of clothing worn themode of travel used, the variety of amusements indulged in at the special I?eried taught, The teachers were delighted with, the subject as ,takers` by Prof, Jones.. The report of the delegates le the' O.E.A. wasgiven. by Mr, McKap and Miss E. Wiggins, Space :will not permit a sa nn ary. ` Teachers play obtain : an account of the proceedings of that meeting by getting a cony of the e report from; Mr, Chas, F. Fraser, 10 Sylvan St., Toronto, The members of the Entra. nee Board then dealt with the answers given on the various 'papers this year. Mr. E. 3. Sl Wehey ealt with p the composition, Mr. W. MoRay, With the Literature, Mr. J. B. Tom with the Arithmetic, Mr. R, Stone- house with the Geography and Mr. G. S, Howard with the History. Eachendeavored to show where the answers might be improved. Miss L. cotter gave a splendid talk on School -Fairs. These create a desire to excel and instils in the pupils a desire to care for and train the animal to be shown, to cultivate the home or garden plot, to . aim at perfection in art, .manual training. demestic science, etc,, in order that the coveted prizes may be won, Inspector Toni then answered he varinue queetjane of Ole''" Qatz atigs Drwer." =4, hearty vote oi , t halxlto � de r l to Prot npptl •: ,. addr asees tole attfaiven Mr. W; Mo e.: ll Y, of Creidton and Miss M.• Bailie, of Qodericb, were appointed aa delegates to the 9.1 i4. meeting in Toronto next Baster. A Tote antis was tendered t lti,* officials of Main 'Street church for the use of the church, the ceMinitt+se who provided for the o i o h vee ng enter- tainment, the citizens of to •vkl who opened their homes to the teachert4.. during the ;convention,• the retiring officers icor their ,services during this year and ho onu,itelane on the proallgra.wm forcthetribday'ted session%, and for the evening entertainment. The singing of the National An- them brought the convention to a close. The number of teachersresent includingp those from other inspec- torates was 130. Lila McCulloch., President G. S. Howard, Sec.-Treas. It may be that virtue prevented petting parties in the old days, or- it may have been whiskers. "Start a great bigimmigration movement into Canada, of people not only willing to work but ` for whom profitable work can be found, and all the pressing problems that now beset our country will be well on the way to solution." —What Everybody Says. Fine us do so! But to be sure we're on the straight and sure road to our goal, let us beginbydoing some clear thinking—some hard thinking—on these two important questions 1. What class of imtnigrai;<,ts do we want? 2. How are we going to attract them? Valuable Lessons to be Learned from Past Failures. Hereto: ore we have always taken it for granted—witrout much ear eful thought, perhaps—that it was farmer immigrants we most wanted,—people who would settle on our vacant land -in the West, and produce more from the soil. And complaints being loud and numerous that farming in Canada was not as pro- fitable as it should be, we have tried to convert an unattractive situation into an attractive one by lowering the tariff on manufactured goods, in the hope of thereby lowering farm production costs, and so increasing the farmer's net. Has that plan gotten us anywhere ? In 1924, despite tariff reductions made ostensibly to benefit agriculture, there were actually. fewer farm immigrants than in 1923 ! And when, against the total' immi- gration for 1923 and 1924, we offset the total emigration from our towns and cities, we find that the country has suffered a net loss. ! So, obviously tlier`,e is something wrong-- somewhere—in -the plan we have been following,—either in the assumption that it is farmers we most want, or in our method of attracting them. Perhaps it's a combin- ation of the ,two. Population Increases Should be Properly Balanced. In shaping our policy as above, we have c9rtainlyoverlooked one very important point. Farmers as a rule don't sell to farmers, but to town and city folk. So when we try to increase farm population by methods that operate to decrease town and city population, we are actually making things worse for the very people we are trying to benefit. We are curtailing a domestic - market ' that our farmers can control, and we are increasing their de- pendence upon an export market over which they have no control! An Alternative Plan that Promises Better Success. • Let us now 'go back to the beginning again, and start from the alternative assumption that it's p"rimarily town and city population we want to attract. Are 63 Countries Wrong and Only Canada Right? While Canada has been lowering her tariff, these 63 countries have been raising theirs:— Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil British East Africa Dependencies British Guiana British Honduras British West Indies Bulgaria Chile China Colombia Czecho-Slovakia Ecuador- Egypt cuador Egypt Esthonia Finland France Repub. of Georgia Germany Gold Coast Colony Greece Guatemala Holland Honduras India Irish Free State Italy Japan Latvia Luxembourg Madagascar Malta Mesopotamia Mexico Netherland East Indies Newfoundland New Zealand Nigeria Norway Paraguay Persia Peru Poland Portugal Roumania Russia Samoa San Salvador Sarawak Serb -Croat - Slovene State Seychelles. Sierra Leone South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunis United States Uruguay And now even the United Kingdom has begun to protect her home markets. ' 63 Countries have been mak- ing it more difficult for Canada to sell intheir markets, while Canada has been making it easier for the whole world to sell in hers! Have they all blundered? Has Canada alone shown wisdom? Obviously the way to attract that class is by switching from a policy of lower duties to one of higher duties. The one thing above all others that the immigrant wants is the assurance of a steady job at good wages. Give him that, and he will come in his thousands,—yes, in his tens of thousands ! . And in a policy of higher tariffs he will have his guarantee that steady work at good wages will be await- ing him. "Yes," you say, "but what about our farm population? ., We want it to increase too!" Of course we do! But with town and city population increasing, can farm population do other than increase in pro- portion? With more customers for farm produce, and with a higher purchasing power per customer due to higher wages, isn't it inevitable that -a domestic supply will ` be forthcoming to meet a domestic demand, particularly if we protect farm products in the same way that we propose to protect manufactured products? A Precedent That Shows What Can Be Done! We have tried the plan of lower tariffs, as a means of attracting farmer immigra- tion, and we see that it has signally failed, and we know the reasons why it has failed. Why not now try the alternative plan of higher. tariffs, as a means of attracting urban immigration, when it seems per- fectly clear that it must bring farmer immigration ina-its train? Even if .the latter were mere theory, that would, be no valid_ reason for rejecting it in favor of a policy we have tried, and found to be barren of results. But we know that it is far beyond the theory stage. The United- States offers a - practical demonstration of its success ! By the plan of higher tariffs, to benefit all classes of population, the United States bias managed to attract the biggest and longest sustained immigration movement the world, has ever known i What better example does Canada want ? FOR HI+ HRR :TARIFF. AND:T. LOWER. • TAXATION Ltbeta.CosarvAil,o victors, Committee, sac nos, rononl