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l-stabil;heft 7 SGS, VOL52, No 16 , CLINTON, 0 N T A R d O, T H U g S. D A Y OCTOBER 18th, 1917, W. 1, Kerr & Son, Editors and Publishel,s,
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Vin Huron Teachers' Convention
Thurs4oy Forenoon
Minutes
of the Fortieth Annual
Meeting of the West Huron Teachers'
Association, held In, the Public School
Exeter..,
The Prescient; Miss Mabel. A, Birdie,
occupied the chair.
The opening exercises were conduc-
ted by the Rev. A, A, Truntper, rec-
tor of i rivitt Memorial church,
The minutes of the last session in
Goderich on September 1 5th, 1916,
were read and approved,
A conrittee consisting of Messrs.
McKay, Ross and Tom, Misses Vosper
and N!ggins, was appointed to nom-
inate officers for the next year.
• Miss M, Oestretcher read an excell-
ent paper on the "reaching of Writing,'
She claimed that writing was one of
.the most important subjects on the
school cu'rric'ulum because of its
use in later life; The teacher should
• aid the child in acquiring a suit-
able business hand, The requisites
being legibility, rapidity and beauty,
This can be acquired only under prop-
er conditions, such as good material
should see that the pupils sit prop-
erly during the 'writing lesson, she
should teach how to write each letter
properly. Practice makes perfect in
writing.
The discussion was continued by
Inspector Tont, who paid a splendid
compliment to Miss Oestreicher as a
teacher of writing and spoke very
fav1 ,1idv of the ]general teaching of
the subject throughout the Inspector-
ate.
A gage class of children from the
Exeter school trained by Miss Jean
S. Murat', with their school songs
delighted everyone.
Mr. R, R. Redmond took np the
subject of 'Singing in the Schools.'
His pint is to follow the training
he received in the Stratford Normal
school. Mr, Redmond has a piano in
the school and thought other • tea•
chers could have one too if they took
up music with their pupils so as to
interest the people of the section. Ile
thought the singing of the school
songs helped the memory and fitted
tete pupils for after life. The discus-
sion was continued b'y the President
and Inspector Tont who spoke in
connnendaio;l of Mr. Redmond's add-.
ress and his success in teaceing nausii
in school,
Mr. Eadie, 13. A. Principal of Exe-
ter school gave us a splendid address
00 'Co-operation in Education', speak-
ing of how we may have co-operation
between ecu teater,
cl c
a1n
d Inspectors,
P s,,
teachers and trustees as well as tea-
chers, The isevnnte of his address was
that criticism - should be given and
taken in a !vise and kindly manner,
The discussion was continued by Rev.
Mr. Trunaper and W, H. Johnston.
Thursday Afternoon.
The minutes of the forenoon ses-
sion were read Band approved. Inspec-
tor Tom introduced the subject, "Im-
provement of the Teacher's Work,"
and gave a large amount of excell-
ent advice, explaining along other
things that the teacher should give
particular attention to the library,
ventilation, heating, answering In
classes seating, keeping pupils busy,
testing pupils' work, etc.
Miss Etta Jarrott read a splendid
paper 011 'Reading for Beginners'. She;
said the teaching of primary reading
presented many dfflicuties, but we
are fortunate ' in having Morang's 1
phonic tablets. She gives the teach-
ing of the letter p as a type of an
early lesson. Then obtaining a number
of sounds for a foundation the tea-
cher is prepared for the monosyllables
that follow. The teacher should de-
velop as many words as possible and
combine as short stories, At first she
\weld retain the primer until the
pupils had made appreciable progress.
Miss Mary Culbert continued the sub-
jecteund .read a fine paper also. She
would teach the sounds in the order
in which they appear on the tablets
and would follow largely the .sante
method as outlined by the previous
speaker.
Both papers showed that the essay-
ist iiew well ]tow to teach Primary
Read mg.
!Miss Hetherington rend a short and
interesting paper on how to teach
"Spelling for Junior Classes' and gave
a number of useful Mists.
To have success in teaching spelling
one must have considerable oral drill
in phonics So the sound of the voice
recall the letters in the word. Teach
in as large units ,as possible, Spell
"amuse" not a -m -u -s -e bet ant -use."
They leave only the two units to re-
member instead of one, Use words on.
cards for spelling for first and Print-
ur classes. '
Inspector Tona followed And add.,
ed. many useful Milts on teaching
primary reading and spelling.
Mr. Geo, Mawson gave us some tine
hints of teaching. 'These were—G'ive
,the pupils plenty to do, use the pban-
3c tablets in teaching reading, don't
x t
o too fast far the l'
es
little ones, etc
all
•wif *hid tvas said in a delightful
quaint and humorous way calling for
a continuous stream of seniles and
laughter. Mro
li t
G S.Howard end vt d n W
1•L Johnston delegates to the Ontario
Educed nal Association gave reports
of the work done there. They spoke of
the splendid addresses delivered and'
the helpful character of these add.
resses,
Mr. G M. Elliott, Secretary of the
Children's Aid Society being present
was asked to speak. lie told of the
splendid work the society is doing; He
urged the teachers to assist them by
giving him information about any
children who habitually remain away
from school.
Evening Session.
Inspector Toni occupied the chair,
Miss Mabel Pattie delivered the
president's address taking for her
subject "The Modern Teacher."
After reviewing the growth of the
educational system, (he spoke of the
present meaning of education as the
training of tine endividual for socia'
service, a training for life. She
thought the day had passed by when
the farmer gave one `son an education
and another son a farts. Now the
farmers must educate both sons. Miss
Baillie thought the boys and girls of
the city as well as 'of the country
should have gardens of their owns,
because the training of garden work
helps to mould the character of the
child, therefore the teacher should
be ready and able to teach agricul-
ture.
gricul-
ture.
Since we are likely to have a new
Canada after the war the modern tea-
cher should prepare, for it, The tea-
cher should try to' elevate- the social
life of tine contunity. He should be
an artist painting 0n the minds of 1ls2
children, p11nting pictures that will
never fade. The teacher should be a
friend of man.
The address was on a ear with the.
best Presidents' addresses of former
rears.
Prof, McLaren of Guelph, spoke elo-
quently on 'Play". He thought people
had many antiquated ideas about play
Many people think we cause into the
r:urld to work and only work. bur
Prof. \lcLsren though play ryas
the breathing of the soul. Play is :t
school of ethics, developing charge:
ter. Play is God's method of develop
ing the child, the school is man's
method, Again play is it diminutive
folklore, Also playing is a stern of
youth, while the obsence of the spirit
of play is a sign of old age. By quot-
ing a lane number of authorities he
showed that play is sometimes
thought of as the result of surplus
energy, while in the though of others
play is the reproduction of the var-
ious stages through which our fore-
fathers have passed in cousi'xg up
from a' state of savagery to civilize.
tion, After the address Prof. Mc-
Laren showed the teachers horn, to
play several games and a very pleas-
ant time was spent.i11 this way.
An instrumental duel by Misses
Bissett and Seldon, two solos by Miss
A1nneur and a reading by Miss Mux -
worthy added very materially to the
enjoyment_ of the evening. The sing•
ing of "Gott Save Our Splendid Men"
closed a pleasant evening's entertain-
ment.
Friday Forenoon.
At the request of- the President,
Mr, Win. McKay, Vice-president, oc-
cupied the chair,
Dr. Strang conducted devotional ex-
ercises.
Minutes of the afternoon and even-
ing sessions were read and approved.
The auditors' report showing a bal-
ance on hand of $l .4.6S, was receiv-
ed and adopted.
The nominating committee suggest-
ed the following names its officers for
the Association, and on motion was
adopted:—Past Pres.; Miss Mabel A,
Bailie, Auburn; President, Miss Nellie
Muride Woodham; vice-president, R.
R Redmond, Belgrave, No. 1; Sec'y•
'T,reas., W. H. Johnston, Kippen;
Councillors Miss' Constance Le
Touzel, Goderich; Miss Christena M.
Johnston, Goderich, No, 5; A, M.
Robertson, M.A., Goderich, .
Mr. J, 1i, Johnston of Vic,ta'ia
School, Goderich, Introduced the cub.
jeet of `"The Formation of Teachers'
Professional Libraries" and explained
the government's regulations compell-
ing our association to purchase a r50
library each year,
The discussion Was continued by
Inspector Tom, Dr, Strang and others,
A conunittee consisting of Messrs, J.
14. Johnston, 'Ton and Strang and
Misses Medd avid Sharman was ap-
pointed to consider the subject and re-
Port this afternoon,
The Resolution Ctsinmittee present-
ed 4 101110jty Yeport, whicb
adopted.
Or, J, 'Vie. 1niery, B.A., of Stratforel
Ronne! School, took up the subject
of "Geography" and in an excellent ad-
dress gave the association a great deal
of interestng information about -teach
in this b ect
g s su J 1 u Introducing his
Colftliatled on Page d,
Over The TeCup
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Mrs, W. D. Fair was at IHeltsall and
Exeter last week on the H.C,W.C,A,
work.
Mr, Clarence Managhats, of Windsor
was a week end visitor. at the parental
home,
Reeve Ford attended the funeral of
the late Dr. Holmes at Goderich on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs, Alex lines attended the
funeral of the late Mrs. Gundry sr., at
Goderich,
Mr, Webb McConnell, of • Buffalo,
was a visitor to town. for a few days
this week,
Miss J, Holmes and sister, Mrs. Shar-
man returned last week after visiting
at Goderich,
Miss Grace Walker, who is teaching
at Brussels Public School, was home for
tine week end:
Capt. Jones, who was a former S, A.
officer here was a visitor over the week
end with Miss L. Sthhenson.
Rev. J, A. Agnew was in London on
Tuesday attending a meeting of the
Special Committee of the London Con-
ference,
•Ex -Warden D. A. Cantelon, was in
Goderich on 'Tuesday attending the
funeral of the late Dr. Moines, Co,
Treasurer.
Bliss A. Wallace was a visitor in
Goderich last week for a day or so,
Mr, and Mrs, J, A. Sutter returned
from their wedding trip on Saturday.
Brussels Post:—Miss Enna Levis,
Clinton was a visitor at Mrs. Carter's.
She also exhibited some line specimens
of her work in the Fine Arts at the Fair
;inning a 'mintier of awards,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Straughan, of Ben
miller announce the engateineet of
their second daughter, Ethel Grace, to
ilr, Howard 'Thornton Stnrd, son of
Mr, George W. Sturdy, Goderich Town-
ship the marriage to take place tine
fitter part of October,
Pte, Bellamy, who hats returned from
the front ,gaive The New Era a call on
Tuesday. Mr, Bellamy ran the Dun-
gannon News prior to joining the 1Gist
Ile tient with the. first draft to France
and came out is March suffering from
Trench fever and shell shock.
13-russels Past. Aiirss Annice Bartliff
Clinton, has completed her course as
nurse in Victoria Hospital, London,
and is now ready to aid in the healine
art. Nurse Bartlliff is the youngest
of Chas. and Mrs. Bartliff, Clinton, for-
merly of Brussels and has the best wish
es of the people of this lucidity for the
highest success in her profession.
Sergt, W. Brine, an old Seaforth bee',
who went overseas last suntnntr with a
Wighlanei battalion of the 48th Regt.,
and who returned only a few weeks ago
was calling on odd friends in town on
Monday. Ile was' at the Iluron camp
many times and when he left the boys
were to good shape and anxious to go
over to Prance before tine winter set in.
Goclerich Signal:—We are pleased to
learn that Airs. (Dr.) Beans, daughter of
Rev, J. L', Foal, is slowly recovering
from the severe burns received on
August Sth, in the burning of her home
She was able to leave the hospital at
Cobourg on Saturday last for the home
of her sister, Mors. Davidson, of the
sante town. Miss Jessie, her sister, is
there alo, assisting to wait on her. It
wilt probably be near Christmas before
she will be able to return to her !tome
in Goderich. 'rhe baby is fully re-
covered.
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Patriotic Motes
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tees eenetteateseeKt e®eeeeatemwe000
Everybody is webcone to the tea to
be served in the Council Chamber, Fri-
day afternoon at three, and to not for-
get to bring your pound of cake for
the soldiers overseas,
-- flip— —
b1 the coating month the Society ask
your hearty co-operation and response;
t,—To help make the penny bag
system of raising money a huge success
Youcan do this by accepting a bag for
your hone or,place of business. Mem-
bers 'of the, Society will distribete the
bags in the coming week, and month-
ly collections will be made from the
bags, the first collection the end of
November. These bags are to take the
place of the envelope system in use
the past years.
2—Help make our next shipment a
record one for Cliirron. Our men at
the front must liave warm shirts and
socks if they are going to be able, to
with stank! the cold and damp and mis-
ery of the winter,
Have you a good reason for not mak-
ing a shirt or knitting a pair of Socks,
if not', coete to the Caulicil Chamber
Friday and get supplies. Ate you the
only one on your street knitting. or
sewing? If so ask others to help make
our Novettiber shipment the one
which b i s to helpour menend it
mete
Winter, Shall lee see that it is a re-
cord one?
We are glad to report that 'Mr, and
Mrs. i1amblyn at'e getting along as well
as can be expected, after their attack
of typheid fever. Mr, liarnblyn was
sitting up for the first time on Tues-
day,.
• Mr, and. Mrs, A, McKinnlmeaod Miss
Helen returned -10 'Toronto this week,
the latter having given up his lease on
the Rattenbury Hotel, They were good
citltens and we are sorry to see them
go.
Mr. l-Iarry Fitzsimons is fu the Gode-
rich hospital where he underwent an
operation 011 Saturday, He has been
bothered with°as abscess for some time
and decided to have the trouble cured
up, 1 -le is doing as well as cduld he
expected.
Notes From. the Young
Ladies Pat. Auxiliary
'rhe Young Ladies Patriotic Aux!I
iary asks those who are knitting for the
Sock Shower not to forget that the
work is to be banded in by Oct, 25.
As almost all know tine shower is to be
in the form of a competition for the
greater number of socks handed in, St,
George and St. John wards competing.
against St. Andrew's and St, ,hones',
Those living in the aforementioned
part of the town will kindly nark their
socks with red wool, and those in the
1 latter with blue. A tea will be served
iin connection 'with the shower in the
( Council Chamber, at which a silver col-
lection will be taken, the stoney to be
1 used for postage expenditure on the
Xmas bdxes soon to be sent to our boys
overseas. Any donations for this Pur-'
pose will be gladly received, and may
be handed at any time during the next
week to the Treasurer, Miss Jean Mc-
Taggart.
Since there have been so many en-
quiries from people in town, as to the
financial result of the last entertain-
ment undertaken by the Atexiliary,
namely the presentation of the t!Im
"The Birth of a Nation", they wish to
announce that almost 890 clear profit
was realized all amount nvitich over-
reached their hest hopes.
Werk for the Ba -azar is progressing
favorably, and all members are deter -
reined to make it a big success. Keep
the date Nuc, titin in mind,
--550--
AU in Canada toelieve that the Can-
adian Red Cross is doing a marvellous
- work and letters of appreciation from
soldiers overseas bear testimony to the 1
fact, The following is is letter received
by the Treasurer, from one of flee two
prisoners of war in Germany, who are
helped by the Y.L.P,A, through the
medium of the Red Cross:—
Kriagsgefangenenlay'er, Stuttgart 2.
Stuttgart, Berg, tst August.
Dear Miss: -.--
Once again 1 take the privilege of
writing you and thanking ,you at the
same time. •
I have returned to Stuttgart for
duty, as at Egloscheim I had light duty
and it certainly was a good camp,
where we lived in large huts and each
person in the camp could have a gar-
den, just a little, around the huts, but
it was .something to pass the time and
it made a good distraction,
In one of the barracks there was a
work shop, for the staking of baskets,
paper bags, sculpture, slippers, book-
binding and last but not least ars it is
my uceuption, joiner's work. Basket
makers, joiners, in fact all but the pa-
per bag makers make 2-1 pf per diem,
they inake lG pf per 1000, and those
whom I know working there, made on
an arerage of 300 per diem,
After passing the doctor :and being
given duty, I was sent again to Stault-
gart hager, which was a machine fact-
ory before the war. When I had been in
Stuttgart a week, I wits sent to the
place in which 1 ant at present. here
w•e earls _1 mark per day, sl•trting at
6 :ton., close at 6 p,m., commencing
front yesterday, before that we started
at G xnd finished au ` p.m. The work
is not hard but dirty and tedious. Our
place of recreation is the fonndly,
You will excese the liberty 1 am tak-
ing in writing to you, but as you
know there is always an excuse, and
mine is that 1 think I ought to let you
know a little of toy "prisoner of war"
history, and the comforts which we re-
ceive, through the kindness of meet
ladies as yourself. Please du not thlrk
that they are not fully appreciated by
aU. I am, Yours truly,
D, Wren
J.J.Mem .er f
r S. Huron
Mr. J. J. Mlerner, M. P. for South
Huron, was nominated by the Conser-
vatives here on Monday for re-election.
The convention was held in the Town
Ball, President ll, Horton in the chair,
and a representative audience was pre-
sent. The Conservative Association
elected officers as follows: President,
H. Burton, Kippen; Vice -President, J.
McNaughton, Varna; Secretary-'i'reas-
urer, le, N. Creech, Exeter,
Nonni nations were then called for
and no other name was proposed than
that of Mr, Merger, who accepted the
honor. 1 -le said that he had consis -
ently followed Sir Robert Borden i 1
his war policy ever since the outbreak
of war, and Illative was prepared to
follow the new Union Government in
its continuation of Sir Robert Borden's
policy, He spoke in favor of conscrip-
tion, and defended his action in vot-
ing for the C.N.R. bill,
Mr. Merger was hailed as the win -
the -war candidate by Mr, Henry Sil-
ber, M,P.P., and Mr, 1.1, 13. Murphy, M.
P„ both of whom addressed the con-
vention,
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(Listowel Banner)
License inspector 1'. 13. Elliott, of
Stratford and Rev, 13, G. Powell, of)
London, law enforcement secretary
for Western Ontario, under iliac Conn-
mittce of One Hundred, had a won-
derful escape Wednesday evening,
shortly after six, when the car in
which they were ravelling from
Kitchener to .Listowel, turned turtle
one or snore tines on the town line,
four miles below Dorking,
'1'hcntgh admitting that they often
carried big jags, bout arta, emphatic
that this time they had no booze with
them. They had contemplated
though, loading up et Dorking, but
the accident somewhat upset their
pians, -
The story they tell, is that while
they were proceeding along the town -
line at about fifteen niiles a, hour, 't
collie dog, belonging to., a farmer
named Solomon Bowtnat, suddenly
si'eein.g in their path, and in cotlirlinu
with one of the front wheels, took a
thirty-foot trip skyward and turned
the "fliver" wrong side ftp.
Acrording to Rev, Mr, Powell, the.
car made one compete revolution
Mid been came hall evay back. in-
spector Elliott thinks that it made
three revolutf i
ons l utout n
d Pt dim
ut.3 the Minister e t and sit' 'estthe(
p s
gg
he must have mute three turns his -
self.
As "booze fighters" the minister
and inspector always ,"hitched" well
and the law breakers never liked to
see them coating. In the accident 11
MMS different, for the minister piled
on top of the inspector and kicked
hitt in the mouth with the heel of Ills
boot, Aside from this, Mr. Elliott
received nothing more serious titan a t
bruised eye. "If the top hadn't been
tap, the would have been killed sure,"
he remarked.
Rev. Mr. Powell escaped hardly as
fortunately and is suffering from j
what the attending physic:tit de-
scribes 55 a "sprained neck," , When o
the jolt canine, Mr. Powell states,
that his neck wsi'S blended to sepal• s
ate from his shoulders, 1
The car was badly demolished and
is standing on the roadside pending
the arrival of a brother-in-law, of Mr.
Powell's from London, Mr, Cecil
Tuckey 'of the Ford plant; who Will r
attempt to put it in relisting order a- c
gain, o
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East Huron Teach.
Theforty-fourth
annual
convention
of lbe East Huron 'Teachers' lnsti-
tete, which was held in Owen Me-
morial Hall,- Clinton, on Thursday turd
friday, October i-tth and 12th was
attended by 125 teachers and •was a
success in every respect. The Presi-
dent Miss AM, L, Brock, Principal of
Winghtun Public ,chool, occupied the
• chair.
Rev. A. E. Jones, pastor- of Wesley
church, Clinton, conducted the open-
ing exercises after which Mr, Bouck
react an address of welcome prepared
by Mayor 'Thompson, who was un•
avoidably absent.
The records of the last convention
were read by the Secretary and ad-
opted on motion of Messrs. Holland
and Irwin. The following committees
were then appointed;
Resolution, Messrs, Bouck, Holman,
and Beattie; Programme, Messrs, Shil-
linglaw and Fowler; Red Cross, Misses
McKay and Garbutt, Mr, Andrew Scott
and Dr. Field,
lit his report of the proceedings at
the 0.E,A., Mr, dolman referred to
the growth of the Association during
the past fifteen years, and gave the
teachers the gist of some of the more
important addresses.
In introducing the subject, "'The
'Teaching of Agriculture," Mr. Shil-
linglaw mentioned some of the diffi-
culties tlrat stand in the teacher's
way, viz.—An already overcrowded
curriculum, opposition from the far-
mers themselves, and the necessity of
haying a practical knowledge of the
subject in order to teach it properly.
The need of having an Agricultural
Representative and the importance of
school fairs were also emphasized.
The Association then adjourned un-
til 1.30 p.m,
Thursday Afternoon
At the afternoon session, Mr. F.
Fowler dealt with the subject of Agri-
culture, pointing out the necessity of
furthering production and of trying
to influence the. boys and girls to stay
on the farm by establishing a wider
and more vital outlook for the resi-
dents of rural districts and improving
the social lite of farming communi-
ties.
ht discessiong the subject further
Mr Boucle stated that he thought
most of the difficulties mentioned •by
Mr. Shielington could be overcome,
and Dr, Feld was of the opinion that
there is now very title opposition to
the appoiuttisg of a District Repre-
sentative. 1-15 also complimented the
teachers concerned on the eecellence
of the school fairs held at Walton
Bluevale and S. S, No. 2, Grey.
Miss Viola Isard, of Gorrie, then
gave a good paper on "Oral Composi-
tion." After showing that the tithes
demand more fluency in the art of
speech and the good oral work paves
the way for good written work, she
enumerated several, aids in language
teaching such as story -telling, drana-
tizi-ng, the use of pictures, and, in the
Fourth Class, debates,
An excellent talk on "Nature Study
in Public Schools" nvas given by Miss
Mabel Money, Principal of Blyth Con-
tinuation School. The subject should
be taught because it tenches children
to know and care for animals and
plants, and develops social efficiency.
Its correlations wftit Literature, .Art,
Arithmetic, Hygiene, Composition and
Agriculture were shown, and some
helpful devices for teaching the sub-
ject stated,
This was followed by a paper on
"Physical Culture," which had been
carefully prepared by Miss Draper, of
Clinton. The following reasons for
taking up the work delinilely and
regularly were enumerated: (a) For-
mal calisthenics teaches the pupil
promptness and alertness. (b) It is
an aid to discipline. (c) it improve;
the moral nature, (d) It gives erect-
ness and gracefulness of carriage.
(e) It -leads to at improvement fu
strength, health and powers of pisysi-
cal' endurance. With n class of girls
Miss Draper gave a demonstration of
several exercises.
The subject, "Arithmetic for Junior
Classes," was dealt with by Miss
Norma Ha'try, of Seaforth, who illus.
rated on the board, many' simple tinct
useful devices for staking the necess-
ry drill interesting,
Two well rendered solos. by Miss
Colina Clark, of Blyth, proved a pleas
ng veratioe in the angels-00We pre-
gratnnte after which Miss MacLeod,
f the Collegiate staff' gave ac paper on
'Voice, Body and Mittd,'that was the
ubject of much 'favorable comment.
n dealing particularly with , the speak -
Ing voice in relation to the subject of
Reading, Miss ,MacLeod laid emphasis
on, the fact that all expression comes
from within outward, mild that, iwel
11151 have an impression before we,
an have expression. lienee, izisteed-
f giving rules far reading, teach -ere
hould try to get their pupils to dame
slcz.a sympatlfetfc undetstancIing of
he selection 10 be read. The ilnpor-
geedf r i s
O d a l etre instinct aS s factor
for success in life was brought out
nd ai eatrafest plea for HS develesp-
The occupants were driven by Mr.
Bowmen to Dorking where they took
the evening train for Listowel, t
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Teachers' Convention1
meet etaL _t n Ado +
Tee principles Of ex-
pression which should be known by
the teacher, were given as follows:,-.
t. Rhythm — A combination of
Pause and Touch,
2, Melody—A combinaition of change
of Pitch and Inflection,
3. Harmony—A combination of
'fore-eglor and Movement,
"Iioy the War Should influence Our
Schools for Effectiveness," was very
ably discussed by Inspector Dr, Eked
and Mr 13. S. Scott, of Brussels. The
former, after stating that the war a-
rose because a military caste designed
to extend its kulture and tyranny first
over Europe and then over the whole
world and that Britain atcl her Allies
are fighting for the right of free na-
tions to go'vern themselves turd for the
total abolition of all forms of govern-
ment that depend wholly on military
face and are eager to use that force
against the common liberties of man-
kind, went on to speak of Germany's
forty years' • preparation, notwith-
standing which Britain can now chal-
lenge Germany's efficiency at any part
of the battle front. Canada's part and
sacrifice in the great struggle were
dwelt upon, and the teachers urged to
teach patriotism more thoroughly. The
Inspector advocated spending less
time on arithmetic and spelling, mak-
ing room for the teaching of Agricule
sure, Household Science and Manual
training, dropping the study of Ger-
mat and making the study of Frenebt
obligatory on all High School pupils.
Mr, Scott dwelt upon the import-
ance of remembering that the teach-
er's duty is to train citizens, of which
there will be a new kind after the
near. Teachers must prepare the
way for the wider ideal of citizenship
of the world based upon the idea that
the chief aim and end of man is to
serve. Hatred toward any people
must not remain as a result of the
war, but, on tihe other hand, there
must be a greater understanding of
and cleeped sympathy with other peo-
ples. Fupils should be taught the
principles that underly state rnae-
-ship and impressed with the though!
That there shoeld be no partyism,
Evening Session
A very interesting program was
presented at the evening session which
was attended by a goodly number of
the townspepple. Choruses, drills,
solos, and readings by Iocal talent had
been arranged for by the staff' of Clin-
ton Model School, and ,besides, these
Miss Money, of Blyth, gave a graphic
description of her experience on board
the "Arabic" when it was torpedoed,
and Dr, Silcox, Principal of Stratford
Normal School, gave a splendidly if-
lustrated lecture on "Beautiful Cana-
da." The proceeds of the entertain-
ment were for Red Cross purposes.
Friday Morning.
The first order of business ellen the
institute met at 9.30 a.nl„ was the
1 reading of the financial statement for
1916, The statement was adopted one
1 motion of Alessi's. Scott, and Holland.
Officersfor the ensuing year were
elected as follows: President, Foster.
Fowler, Seaforth; 1st Vice -President,
Miss Mabel Money, Blyth; 2nd Vice..
President, B. S, Scott, Brussels; Sec-
retary-Treasurer,
earetary-Treasurer, A, A. Naylor, Seat -
forth; Librarian, D,e, Field; Executive
Committee, Miss Isard, Miss Margaret
Yuill, Miss Buchanan; Delegate to O.
13. A., Thomas G.'"Shilliuglaw; Audi-
tors, Messrs. Shillinglaw and Beatty.
It was moved by Mr, Andrew Scott:
and seconded by Mr, Mutton, that we
meet next year in Brussels. The mo -
Hon carried,
Air, Treleaven, principal of Clinton
Collegiate, told a very interesting
story of his experience in schoMb;
both, as a student and a teacher and
mentioned some of the changes he has
noted. There is now more attention
paid to carry out the spirit of the
regulations on tine part of Public
School teachers, which result he at-
tributes lei the more thorough train-
ing given them. In high Schools
wonderful advancement has been
grade fn the teaching of Science and
Art, and more attention is being giw•
en to Physical Culture and Agricul-
lure. Teachers better understand the
aim of the Department,
The members of the institute con-
sidered themselves specially favored
it having with therm Dr. Silcox, who
conducted a very helpful conference
on "The Problem of Time," By com-
paring the. present course of study
with that of thirty years ago, 13r, Sil-
cox etideavored to shote Haat there is
no real ground for the wanton com-,
plaint among teachers of lack of time.
In his opinion the teal feasor is a lack
of knowledge of child mind, lack of
••-effort, and general inability to save
titre, Spelling, Arithmetic and
Grammer usually receive more time
than they should. The greatest warts
of time in rural schools is at the seats,,
and through non-attendance, Dr.
Silex c's answer to the question, "Hoag
can time be economized in rural and
urlaau schools?" is as foliowsh • (a) by
punct telity and regular 'tttetrdattceje
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