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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-10-14, Page 5West Huron's $H011ey Teachers Association . Professor G. M. Jones of Vacuity ofpupils as a book of study, but would Education, Toronto, was the De-1 make sp1encUd supplementary read -1 pertmental Representative, i ere. The arrangement of the matter History, Arithmetic end New Spet-,is poor and the wording is suche�s for Severely Criticized, I to lead pupils to hate the subject, One Hundred and Thirty Teachers V, Moffatt of Dashwood, spoke along Registered. 1 the same linos. On taking a show of ',Reeve Sanders Extended Civic Wel- ,Bands, every teachers voted against come. the texts, A lively diseussian•,follow- ed by Messrs. Tom, Ross, awson; i The forty-eighth annual gotiven- Howard, McKay and Jones. explained th 1 SS W ROX ETER Inspector Tome new l , ive b Miss Mabel Johnson "head- �n RIE t APIARIES e 1 P A m ELL A u •onteachersT H H 1 1- fiM1l a , •' West4e u 1 •'Elliott ..,...-..,-•- i ofId h 1 0 lion MainhStreet 'United Church to Oct. i gin with Juniors, Miss Vera D i regulations. He omphaslre McCulloch sessions. . 1 portance of teachers sending in re. ! hlileeWel th ,l'ttotle 1'' l ist°ivei ] on '"Arithmetic," and Mies Grace i history are entirely unsuitable for 8th and 9th, Miss L. 1 ports proillptly and correctly,, so that , presided all oessions.Kellerman on "Busy work." All and H. Dignan a piano trio, Mr. Fran- public school pupils, from point of Winchelsea resided at i he may be able to do likewise with I 1 Rev. ? , E, Clysdale, pastor of the to the Department. Ila l three paper were full of helpful seg- cis Abbott created a round of laugh arrangement and volume of material. 'church conducted the opening exer- ti his reportsestione and showed careful thought ter by hie humorous readings, Mr. 3. That suitable selections of pre - hie the National An- advised teachers to keep in touch with � for correction. Correspondence with i1 re oration, g scribed work in Literature should be trees, after whichnew regulations, to have in readiness children overseas throw h the League p p Roy Goulding, organist of James St. i them was sung,In the Senior section papers were Church, demonstrated to the teachers provided for Entrance examinations of last year's final I, all note books for his inspection, tv of the Empire is a splendid plan, given byMr. F. Ross and Miss G. as the present system is found to be Geography and Mr. G. S. Howard The minuteshave posted in the class room a copy ; writing letters to imaginary friends, his methods of teaching music in the session were read and adopted. deep -1 or sketches on characters from his- Hamilton dealing with Fifth Forms schools and delighted all by the mss- discouraging in the real teaching of with the History, Each endeavored The first paper was taken by Miss of the time table and to create a dee i- rural terly way in which he handled the literature. "'""'4� to show where the answers might 3. I ter interest in beautifying the school .tory proves interesting.Pupilof a discussions followed by Messrs.Interesting subject. Mr. H, Bowers gave the ad- q, That the present public schoo be improved. New uc Spgham of SheSt. Helens, rson the l and its surroundings, grade might prepare a"School Jour - Speller. considers the Afternoon Seeslon, nal" or a "Guide Book" of their town. Ross, Moffatt and Milliken. dress of evening on the subject "As Arithmetic is unsatisfactory and that Miss L. Potter gave a splendid talk book inferior to the old one, both in "plays" and acting the same l In the evening a splendid program Others See Us" it should be replaced by a larger book on School Fairs. These create a de- sionmatter and arrangement, Discus-, After the reading of the minutes Writingwas given. Inspector Tom occupied Friday containing a greater series of graded sire to excel and instils in the pupils. "Composition." He recommended the the "Scale" system of marking corn- the chair. Reeve Sanders extended followed by Mr. Tom and others Mr. G. M. Jones took his first subject is a helpful diversion. He, explained who were the same ri h, s i "CompInspector Tom. The election of of Zurich oke on writing of compositions on topics. sal- positions to full ofaintereatland was � a civiciss Helen welcomeWetheyt sangra solo, byThe opening exercises were taken M. C. Milliken ' 1 eeted from lists so that a choice may paper was our presenthtesta in History theyey I be made and suggested that teachers well received. Miss Wanda von Wascineki gave a officers resulted as follows: - 1 o lows: -- scored them heavily. PHeu claims , e Public School of classes papers Madam President, Miss L. McCul- i plane solo and Misses E. and M. Medd President, Inspector Tom; ice - „are to _.._. ._ AVINtd put chased the late M Dtweeuae \Vhe,'l,' 's hoes �. s' Met. Kering we. wish to au. mer i n t ue 's nounue to tela 11101 we w,11 tie glad to look alter 1 wants in this Ike. 0wing,to coot weatherdu,iug the tura part of the eeedem, the erne bas been 'tenoned by et least, 50 per cent. Customers should secure their supply 'low, levet-clays \VIiire Clover honey at 16o. Ib. far Sale at Brussels Club Stare loch, then followed with her address an "The Teachers' Tonic," This was fell of suggestive thought and merit - 1 qd favourable comment, Teachers require a stimulus to renew the lost Ivigor, She suggested the reading of good books, the playing of good mus- ic, the study of art and nature, the taking of summer courses, etc., as good tonics. Teachers receive stinu- lea by travelling and by attending 1 conventions, but the knowledge that they are preparing the youth of to- day to bear the responsibilities of after life shouldenthuse them in their work. 6 The Convention separated into two I sessions: Junior and Senior. In the Junior division three papers were qemodsomm ,1 President, Mies M, A. Ellis, Hensall i Secretary -Treasurer, Mr, 0, 3, How- ard, Exeter; Councillors, Mr, l Stonehouse, Goderich; Miss 0, Ham - Ilton, Gader•ieli; Auditors, Mr, H, Cranson, Osborne; Mies K, Welsh, Varna; Resolution. Committee, Misses N. Medd, C. Dickson, E. Dolan, M. lt'IcGreg'or, Messrs. E. Wilson, F. Ross oi tSTUDESAKER1 Agency We have the above Agency and will be glad to give prices and D.:monstrations. T. G, Hemphill subject of History and showed how to interest the pupils. in the subject, He recommended the use of histor- ical pictures and mage. Supplemen- tal reading also proves helpful. He would make frequent reference to these helps to impress upon the pupile the style of clothing worn, the mode „ of travel used, the variety of ) a use- and M. Millilct:n; Librarian, Miss J. meats indulged in et the speciate peg- s, Murray. iod taught, The teachers were de- The auditors' report was presented lighted with the subject as taken by and showed a handsome balance to Prof, Jones, the credit of the teachers, The report of the delegates to the The Resolution Committee through 0, E, A. was given by Mr, McI{ay and the convenor, Mr. F. Ross, presented Miss P. Wiggins. Space will not per- its fo re1rt as follows: mit 41 suinl1141'y, Teachers may ob- i� 5 • j., Resolved that In the ,pinion of l tain an account of the proceedings this convention the new speller is of that meeting by getting a copy much inL>erlor to the old one and of the report from Chas. F. Fraser, should not take its place, 10 Sylvan St., Toronto. 2. That our present text -books in The members of the Entrance board then dealt with the answers. given on the various papers this Year. Mr. E. Wethey dealt with the Com- position, Mr, W. McKay with the Lit- erature, Mr. J. E, Tom with the Ar- ithmetic, Mr. R. Stonehouse with the unsuited the similar exchange people "Start a great big ira^amigration movement into Canada, workf can be • not only willing to work but for whom profitable found, and all the pressing problems that now beset our country 9 r Z !! be. well on the way to i7tiiution. —What Everybody Says. Fine—let us do so! But to be sure we're on the straight and sure road to our oal, let us beginby doing some clear thinking—some hard thinking—on thesav e L oimportant questions : 1. What class of immigrants do we want? 2. How are we going to attract them? 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? Valuable Lessons to be Learned from Past Failures. e Heretofore we have always taken it for granted --without much careful thought, perhaps--tl t it was farmer immigrants we most wanted, —people who would settle on our vacant land in the West, and produce more from the snit. And complaints bung loud and numerous that fanning in Canada was not as pro- fitable as it should be, we have tried to ccnvcr t 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 1 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 there 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 certainly overlooked 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 primarily town and ,city population we want to attract. rAre 63 Countries Wrong and Only Canada Right? While Canada has been lowering her tariff, these 63 countries have been raising theirs:— Algeria heirs:— 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 Esthonia Finland Japan Latvia Luxembourg Madagascar Malta Mesopotamia Mexico Netherland East Indies Newfoundland New Zealand Nigeria Norway Paraguay Persia Pert Poland Portugal Roumania Russia Samoa San Salvador France Sarawak Repub.of Georgia Serb -Croat - Slovene State Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunis United States Uruguay Germany Gold Coast Colony Greece Guatemala Holland Honduras India • Irish Free State Italy And now even the United Kingdom has begun to' protect her home markets. 63 Countries have been mak- ing it nnore difficult for Canada to sell in their 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? A Precedent That Shows What Can Be Donel 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 in 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 fauna 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 belrefit all classes of population, the United States has managed to attract the biggest and longest sustained immigration movement the world has ever known I What better example does Canada want ? VOTE CONSERVATIVE FOR HIGHER. TARIFF AND FOR LOWER TAXATION exercises for all grades. 5, That this convention put on re - a desire to care for and train the animal to be shown, to cultivate the cord its appreciation of the Depart- home or garden plot, to aim at per- cents' special school grants in aid I fection in art, manual training, dont- of teachers' salaries and trust that these grants be continued as at pres- estic science, eta, in order that the coveted prizes may be won. Inspector• Tom then answered the (i. That in the Ministers' Yearly re - various questions of the "Question port on Superannuation the names Drawer," of teachers superannuated, the amount paid then and the number of years they taught, be added, 7. That we consider the present academic course for Lower School and the examinations thereon , de- trimental to the best interests of edu- cation and further, tliut flu; Depart- ment should revert to the previous A hearty vote of thanks was ten- dered to Prof. G. M. Jones for his addresses during the convention. Mr. W. Morley, of Crediton, and Miss M, Baillie, of Goderich, were ap- pointed as deleenirs to the 0. I:• .4., meeting in Toronto next Easter. A vote of thanks was tendered the system of examining candidates for officials of Main Street church for the Middle School. use of the church, the committee who. 8. That total prohibition is the only provided for the evening entertain - safe legislation in the interest of our ment, the citizens of town who open- ed their homes to the teachers during the convention, the retiring officers for their services during the year and all who contributed items on the pro- gram for the day sessions and for the evening entertainment. The singing of the National An- them brought the convention to a close. The number of teachers present, including those from other inspector- ates was 130. Lila McCulloch, President. G. S. Howard, Sec.-Treas. country and young people. 9, That the grants be given school boards on the successful experience as well as grade of certificate of the teacher. Miss Christens. 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 from the suck- ers, collecting weeds and weed seed, studying the varieties of soil, treat- ing diseases of vegetables, etc. In the spring of the year she takes up grafting and pruning, testing seed grain, and studying the spray mix- tures. Then follow the preparation of window boxes and flower beds, the cleaning of the grounds and planting of trees. The paper was a good one. Inspector Toni discussed the grants I to schools according to the revised 1 plan and explained the new require- ments in the teaching of Agriculture, Teachers were urged toteach the t subject in all schools, urban and rur- al and to take part in the school Fair in their municipality. Prof. G. M. Jones introduced the , Trowbridge Cider - Mill Trowbridge Cider Mill is now in operation and will run every Tuesday and Fri- day until further notice. F. H. Chapman Proprietor Two Who d»ectly oder the fire. oiNktu ,q Crofts adjusted le shallow firebox. BothRante r Heater Cosy one Qu.bec It heats --It cooks—It bakes —Provides hot water— Burns any fuel --Is reasonably priced Made in three sixes, suitable for kitchen. Two holes directly over the S insures rapid cooking. Large top tee,i door and extension fuel pocket permit feeding 21 inch wood. Grates aro adjust- able to shallow firebox for all fuels for summer use, ) Water front or reservoir supplies plenty of hot water at all times. . 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