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There is a limit beyond which
thraldom may not be carried. There
is point arebellion sets in:
,where a �
Baseball magnates found this out in
the world series. (It is. called the
world series because ,it. takes place in
the Hinted', States.) They thought
the public so baseball crazy that
they oenid do anything and get away
with ite and so they decided to sell no
single tickets. It was three or none.
It did not work. The gate fell off
and they withdrew the restriction
next day. All bail the depression. It is
working for emancipation.
It may have been his desire to be
loose that made Gandhi fast.
The two billion dollar failure of In-
sull companies, following the failure
of the Krueger -Toil companies, has
given the world another set -back,
When the wreckage is clearedaway,
there ought to be a revival of confid-
ence unless there are other large
corporations threatening to topple
over in the sane way. Small busi-
nesses have weathered the gale fair-
ly well, because they were managed
by individuals who had a personal in-
terest in seeing that they succeeded,
whereas large businesses, managed by
boards of directors, have not fared
so well.
Cwt
Physiologists disagree as to wheth-
er a man's character is indicated in
his countenance. With some, the face
is accepted as a letter of credit. With
some, well you naturally think the
Lord never placed it there except as
a warning to others not to trust the
bearer . And yet -and yet—we have
been fooled so often by both that we
incline to agree with the physiologists
in disagreeing. There's a man with
a fine, honest, open countenance.
You take him at once. Next thing
you know he has sold you 'mining
stocks that are N.G. Here's a man
with a faee you think repulsive. In-
s stinetively you don't like him and
won't trust him. Chance throws you
together, you get acquainted and find
him a pretty decent, intelligent, gen-
erous fellow. There's a man with a
chin that betokens weakness and you
find him married to a masculine wo-
men whom he bosses. Here's a. man
who registers caution amounting to
Oragweeemassomoroomm
timidity and thenext thing you hear
of him he is judging' a baby show.
These are however, exceptions to the
rule, that the first impression is aright.
Mayor Cermak came back from a
tour of Europe indignant at the -repu-
tation which Chicago has abroad, and,
determined to : restore its good
name and fanme, before the world's
fair cones off there next year. He
need not blame outsiders for that ill -
repute. It started in Chicago where
it's cause lay. It: was advertised in
his own campaign for mayor, he being
the chief offender,' if. offence it was.
The city has improved since then, but
dispatches still come from there
which indicate that gang warfare is
not yet ever. But if the mayor were
able to make the public believe
Chicago a clean moral virtuous city,
would that swell the crowds at the
fair?
Just cease to fret and have the blues,
'Tis simple as the A.B.C.'s,
Put off your blooming I.O,U.'s,
Together with your B.V.D.'s.
Ce=11_=y
The retirement of Messrs. Samuel,
Snowden and Sinclair from national
government of the United Kingdom
was to be expected. .A government
could not remain intact for long that
had to resort to the expedient of
allowing individual members of the
cabinet to speak and vote against a
government measure. That depart-
ure front established practice only
Postponed the disruption and showed
it to be inevitable.
atm
A will, instead of being read after
the funerals should be read before.
Like that of Lord Salisbury, it may
contain instructions with respects to
funeral economies. " A veterinary
surgeon who died recently in Calif-
ornia was a bit of a poet. As a vet-
erinary, he was partial to the horse
rather than the hearse and his will
opened with this verse:
"In a horse-drawn rig take me out
where they dig
My last home, for better or worse,
For I'll sleep just as sound from a
wagon, I'l] be bound,
As I would from a pickled -plated
hearse."
East Huron Teachers Meet
In Convention In Brussels
Good Papers and Lively Discussions Make
Interesting and Profitable Gathering
Thursday: the co-operation of a manufacturing
concern that recruited its employees
from the district served by that
school, and the use of portable
sehoole for housing, work -shops were
provided with special equipment for
the non -academie children, where the
boys learned to work in iron, steel
and brass, and the girls to cook,
bake, and sew. The purpose of the
manual work was not to teach a
trade but to teach then .s.omethine
valuable and to motivate the aeacl-
emit work. Half-time was spent on
the manual work, and half on the ac-
ademic. The result was a falling off
in truancy and delinquency, a happi-
ness and :contentment in work, a de -
side to react and study books and
articles relating to their work, es
well as a general passing of exam-
inations in the academic work. This
address was most interesting, and
the genial presence and happy wit of
the speaker was indeed refreshing.
Following Mr. Munro, Mr. Normar
Hoover, •president for 1932, spoke or
"Noon -hour in the Public School."
Ile feels that where pupils take lunch
at school, the thirty or forty minutes
spare time after eating should be
made both interesting' and profitable
for the pupils. He suggested that
the teacher take part in the games,
tvhich•shouldbe of such a nature that
children of 'all ages and sizes can
participate. He suggested in -door;
outdoor, • •active, non-active, thinking
and guessing games, field -day sports
in summer, and a sdhool<yard rink it
Winter. To carry out such a pro-
grain, he said, requires time and. en-
ergy, but pays big dividends in abet-
ter work, better play, better health,
and hatter discipline,. It teaches res-
pect for the rights of others, and to
be gbod losers and good winners, and
helps to develop the type of charac
ter that in later life will "play up,'
play up, and play the game."
This paper ended the morning
session, and at noon a dinner was
served by the ladies of 'Melville
O'hurch, during which Mr. E'ekm:ier
and his son, Billie, entertained with
.musical numbers which were enjoy-
ed by all.
The first; paper of the afternoon'
The fifty-ninth annual convention
of East Huron teachers met on
Thursday and Friday, October 6th
and 7th in Melville Presbyterian
Church, Brussels. The .president, Mr.
Norman Hoover of Brussels, presid-
ed.
Mr. Moore, the minister of Melville
church, ecnducted brief opening ex-
ercises and expressed his pleasure al
being able to offer accommodation
to the teachers in their annual con-
vention, Mr. Bowman, Reeve el
Brussels, in happy and humorous vein
welcomed the teachers to bis town,
and spoke briefly on the importance
of education and the value of the
teacher to the community, paying
tribute to the worth of the teachers
in the schools of his own municipal-
ity.
After the reading and confirming
of the minutes of the 1931 Conven-
tton, the following eominittees were
appointed:
Nominating C'onunittee A. Posliff,
Miss McLeod, Miss Armstrong.
Resolution Committee: Mr, Fin-
layson, Miss Redmond, Miss Arehi.
bald.
Management Committee for 1933:
Miss Mary Inglis, Miss Strong, My.
Sellers, Miss Alexander and the
staff of the Blyth Public Sehool
The delegate from this Institute
to the Ontario Educational Asso-
ciation held in Torento at Easter
was Miss Lydia Reid. Miss Reid
was called on to report to the Insti-
tute, and her report was one of the
best heard in this Institute for a
long time, and Miss Reid was highly
complimented for her extended and
interesting report.
Inspector Field then introduced the
guest speaker of the convention, Dr.
Munro, Inspector of Public Schools,
Toronto, who spoke an "Training
for Industry in the Public Schools."
In his address he described a project
or experiment in one - of the city
schools where the number of non-ac-
addmie type of students was a very
high percentage of the total atter-
dance, and where truancy and delin-
quency were all too comirion. With
session "Friday afternoon in a Rur•
al School," was takers by Miss Mar-
garet Jefferson. The speaker admit
ted that she did not herself like Fri-
day afternoon but that her ' pupils
did, She suggested the combining
o classes in.1 Hygiene, Agr' nl nuc
f Iyg nc t
and Art wherever, pox ible, oral
worse with Fifth Classes, and :making
the work so far as possible of a
different nature from the ordinary
routine of daily work: The worlt in
preparation for concert and school -
fair offer, an opportunity 1 or
sf
variety
while spelling matches and other re-
view
-view devices Please the children, and
at the same time permit of rapid
review of previous work,
Mr. Alan Finlayson then spoke on
"Composition with Second and Thire
Glasses." He would correlate geo-
graphy, history and literature with
composition, and try to develop and,
foster a taste for good English and
a distaste for poor English. He would
base, language lessons on everyday
experiences, and :on books or pas -
Sagas from books chosen by the
teacher. He felt that teachers often
expect too much work from childrer
of these grades. He stressed the
importance of drill in spelling, punc-
tuation, indentation, and the other
mechanics of composition. Freedom
of expression cannot be obtained if
a pupil has to put too much attentio'
on the mechanics. Oral composition
should be used largely in all grades,
and simple debates offer the oppor-
tunity for practice,
Dr. Munro again addressed the
teachers on "Oral Readings," calling
to their attention the value of both
correct pronunciation and correct en-
unciation. He blamed the radio for
a good Ileal of the incorrect pronun-
ciation. Proper infleteion, pause,
balance, and contrast, as well as
having correct perspective are impor-
tant :if one is to read correctly. Dr.
Munro illustrated his points using
Scott's "tlfarmion and Douglas," con-
trasting correct and incortent anodes
of expression in such a manner, and
with such a fund of anecdote as to
impress his audience with the desira-
bility of producing good '.oral read-
ers, end a determination to improve
themselves on this point.
Mr. Knight spoke next on "Third
Class History." Some pupils he said
are normally interested in history
but some are not, and the purpose of
history in the Third Class should not
be so much the accumulation of a
mass of facts, as to create in the
young minds a liking for history in
order to lay the foundation fol pur-
posoful reading and study in after
life. It should be the foundation for
future teaching in history by making
it a clear picture and not a conglom-
eration. It should build character
by the example set by the lives stud-
ied. The chief need in successful
history teaching is the arousing of
interest in the child for the subject,
This is best obtained by wide read-
ing on the part of the teacher so
that much detail and incident not hi
the text book can :be brought to his
attention. The pupil should also be
given opportunity to snake discover-
ies for himself in supplementary
reading, study of pictures, or poetry
eueh as Miles Standish or Evangel-
ine. Oral Compositions help to deep-
en the impressions, and if examina-
tions are 'set at all they should he of
a nature requiring brief answers.
Inspector Field next taught a
literature Iesson taking the Conven-
tion as a class and choosing for dis-
cussion and study "The Lotus Rat-
ers," ITe recalled the historic in-
cident around which this legend has
grown and analysed the means by
which the poet has by choice of
rhyme, rhythm and word succeeded
in conveying to the reader time mood
and effect he desires to convey. He
shoved bow the effect of vastness is
produced by the choice of Words con-
taining full vowel sounds, while the
effect of quiet results from the lack
of stress, and by the monotony of
repetition of stressless vowels. The
time available was all too brief for,
any detailed discussion but Tenny-
son's marvellous mastery of the form
of verse,his keen sensibility to both
material and sphitual beauty, mast
have been feltby all, and all must
have recognized the genius of the
man, that has made him one of the
rarest of the earth's poets.
The last speaker at the afternoon
session was Miss May Johnston who
Woke on "The Use Teachers' Should
Make of the School Library." The
school library is for the mise of both
teachers and pupil. The teacher
should use it for her own informa-
tion, and for material for composi-
tion, etc. The pupil should make use
of it for supplementary reading at
home and in school, and as 'much
tinge ought to be devoted to library
reading as to lather subjects. The in-
troduction of books of inspiration in-
to school libraries might make a vast
impression on the minds and lives of
the young readers. Books should be
suited to the individual, and great
leeway should be given in the choice
of books. Mise Johnstown suggested
reading parts of books to arouse in-
terest, and lead to a neorze extensive
use of worthwhile books.
Friday:
On Friday morning the nominat-
ing ocsnmittee reported through Mr,
Posliff, and the following officers
were declared elected for the year
1932-33.
President: Mr. Alan Finlayson,
Wingham.
Vice -President: Mips Marjorie Ed-
gar, Blyth.
Delegate to 0 E A.: Mr. Hector L.
Knight, Ethel
' .Secretary -Treasurer: George II.
Jefferson Clinton.
Librarian: Dr, John M. Field, God -
:Management Committee 1933 Con-
vention: Staff of Blyth Public School.
Next place of meeting to be Blyth..
Mr. Finlayson next reported for
the Resolutionommittee
C and the
following resolutions were adopted: '
Resolved: --
1.' That the thanks of the Insti-
tute .be tendered to the management
of Melville Presbyterian Church .for
the use of their church for our con-
vention, and to Mr. Moore for his
services in -conducting -our opening
exercises.
2. That the thanks of the Insti-
tute be tendered IVPs. Bowman, reeve
of Brussels, for the welcome accord-
ed us. •
3. That the thanks of the Insti-
tute be tendered to the ladies of Mel-
ville Church for the excellent dinne'i
provided, and to Mr. Eckmier and his
son, Billie, for their much appreciat-
ed musical numbers.
4. That the thanks of the Insti-
tute be tendered to Dr. P. P. Munro
of Toronto for his educational talk
on "Training for Industry in Public
Schools,'•' and also for the helpful
ideas received in his afternoon ad-
dress.
5. That Second Year Normal
Course in unnecessary and should be
discontinued,
6. That a new text book should be
compiled for the teaching of Third
Class history.
7. That a folding map of suffi-
cient size, including both Northern
and Southern Ontario, should be pro-
vided in the Geography text book,
8. That additional exercises suit-
able for analysis should be provided
at the back of the Public School
Grammar.
9. That a suitable bulletin -board
should be included in the minimum
equipment of Public Schools.
10. That beginners should be al-
lowed to start to school only in Sep'
tember.
11. That on the second day of the
Convention next year wo plan to see
something of educational value, e.g.,
visit the Industrial Classes of Lan-
don.
Miss Alice J. Forrest then taught
a class from the Brussels Public
School. IIer subject was "A Lesson
in Reading with Beginneren" She
told the story of Jack and Jill, and
illustrated various devices for teach-
ing by the word recognition method.
Games for impressing the word
forms, blackboard drawings, and
flash cards for words and phrases
were introduced. The lesson was
most interesting, and instructive.
Mr, Freer i. Ahrens of Brussels.
Continuation School next addressed
the Convention on "Some Essentials
in Mathematics." Imprroper presen-
tation of the subject was often the
reason for pupils' dislike for mathe-
matical subjects. Failure to stress
the •eonerete before the abstract, ov-
er -rating of examination results, and
putting a premium on memory rath-
er than on reasoning were contribut-
ing causes for dislike. The purpose
of the study of mathematics is two-
fold: practical and cultural; practi-
cal, because all sciences and techni-
cal arts are based en mathematics;
cultural, because if properly taught
it should result in power rather than
in knowledge, develop ,will -power.
system, honesty, accuracy, reasoning
and character.
Improper method of instruction
may result in passed examinations,
but they cannot produce the results
that should be the aim of a mathe-
matical teacher, and which are the
chief reason for the existence of
mathematics in our educational
courses.
A. delightful change in the pro-
gramne was the illustration of worts
done in music in the Public Schools
by P. F. Hoadley, Supervisor of
music in Brussels Public School. In
a brief address in which he spoke of
the value of music in our educational
system,, because of its influence on
the physical, mental and spiritual,
He asserted that the individual with,
out musical appreciation and ability
to sing is rare indeed, although the
necessity for training the ear as well
as vocal chords is often quite mark-
ed. Small children love music, and
they love to sing. This he demon-
strated using a class of tiny tots its
action, songs and games, incidentally
illustrating the method used in train-
ing the ear and the voice. With e
rhythm -band of older children the
method of teaching time and rhythm
was exemplified. Another class dem-
onstrated two-part harmony delight-
fully, and spoke volumes for the ef-
ficiency of the system used to attain
such splendid results.
The morning session was brought
to a close by Inspector Field, who in
a clear and concise manner explain-
ed the grants given to schools, and
reviewed matters of interest to the
teachers of this Inspectorate in par-
ticular.
In the afternoon the teachers met
in the Brussels Public Schlool where;
questions peculiar to the various
Public School . grades were freely dis-
cussed, The several sections were •
Fourth h Class: Kenneth Ashl
o .
Thai: 1 s
Third Cas: Kenneth Edgar.
•an•
Second Class Miss Dale.
Primer & First Glass: Vies Edgar: ;
--+eor
G ggi H. Jefferson, Secretary,
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Wounded Animals Left)
shot and therefore his aim is evert
worse than ordinary "The inevit-
able result," Mr. -Clark points out, it
that "thousands of Wounded deer asp
lofb each year in the woods to suf-
fax'" The following tentative sug-
gestions by Mr. Clark are well worth
the serious consideration of all tree
sportsmen:
1. Musketry practice previous to
hunting season.
in Bush
In the "Star Weekly" Iast week
Gregory Clark, in an article entitled
"Wild Woe," makes a stirring plea
.for humane treatment of deer in the
hunting season. By way of introduc-
tion he says:
"In the neighborhood pea 23,004
licensed deer hunters went into the
woods of Ontario this fall on their
amual hunting trip. Would it be
fair estimate, if we divided thae
number into camps of ten hunters
each, to say that in every camp, at
least once in the two-week season,
ane deer was hit by a bullet bat got
away? At that rate, two thousand
three Hundred beautiful deer are at
tine moment either dragging their
lives out in suffering or have al-
ready died in anguish up there in the
quiet, beautiful woods."
Mr. Clark points out that the av-
erage hunter has a rifle in his hand
about once a year and consequently
is a poor shot. Further, that, the
advent of high power rifles makes it
possible for even the poor shot to hit
a deer target "somewhere" at a fairly
long range. Also, that practically
the only shots that ]till must strike
the deer in one of two places:
"First the heart shot, which is
placed in a spot that not one hunter
in five can definitely locate for yon
if you try him. Get a picture of a
deer and have your hunting friends
mark 'with a pencil the spot they
would shoot for its heart. It will
amuse you. The heart is located far
forward and quite low down, imme-
diately back—within three or foul:
inches, no more—of that forward
bend of the fore -shoulder of the deer.
Not back midway of its barrel. Not
high up level with the shoulder -blade.
But exactly back of the elbow where
the fore -leg joins the body. The oth-
er killing shot is the vertebrae of the
neck, which is another most difficult
shot, only to be made by crack shots
who know that the neek vertebrae
are not right along the crest of the
neck, but same distance below the
line of the neck."
The average hunter is usually
very much excited when be makes a
2. Sportsmen to refrain from shoot-
ing
he t-
ing'unless5there is a good •chauee to
1_.
1nI .
3. Never abandon a wounded ani-
mal but foliow it up even if it takes)
the whole camp a whole day,
4. That tiger rifles be diseounten-
aneed as proper riflee for shooting
deer, and rifles of lighter recoil 'and
lower power be encouraged.
Mr. Claris winds up his argument,(
with an appeal to the individual as
follows:
"But it is all a question, after all,
of sportsmanship. In games there '
is a referee or umpire, whose busi-
ness it is to watch for every breach
of the rules and penalize the guilty.
"In hunting and fishing, the sports
man has the onus on himself alone.
IE he is guilty of unsportsmanlike
acts he has the abiding pleasure of
knowing he is a poor coot.
"And that is something to have to
wear, like a horse -hair shirt, withi•1
the silence of your own heart,"
Game conservation then is akin to
forest fire prevention or, as Dr,
Howe puts it, "It is a question of
public morals."
—Forest and Outdoors,
A FOOL THERE. WAS
",Tis mine," I boasted, pr'oud was 1.'
•the da 1
.vie e
w
Y d
The eastle ol` my dreams; set high
upom a hill,
Anel wrought of polished tale and°
steno in ,
The sunlightwhich gleams. Upon its walls'
hong
Rich tapestries, and costly rugs and(
rare the
i
Flows adorned for dainty feet te: 1tread, but g
'Twos for her and things 0 1
5 f esser'
e nted', so Valli
aioIbao
"She's inia" Ic sarnngn was l.'
the day wc,e
Knelt to consummate our vow--,"TiIT
I death us part"
I think I smiled, defying even death
I' to part us now.
"He's mine," 1 gloried, that glad day
they laid
Within my arms my little On. An-
other treasure .
Added to my store of proud posses
&ions, -
Greatest of all and such a priceless
one.
'Twas then a Voice I heard 'so gently -
say,
"My son, these things you claim as.
yours are
Only lent, and He who giveth, tale-
eth---"
The self Voice ceased, and low in:
shone my
Head I humbly bent.
"Not mine," I cried, rn that sad days
I knelt
Beide the bion of wife and son, gone
all
My wicked arrogance and pride, but
1 had
Learned too late to say—"Thy will
.be done." —Edna McBrien.
STILL REMEMBERS THE OLD
TOWN
In writing to renew his subscrip-
tion, well en into 1934, by the way,
Mayor C. 3f. Bezeau of Kitchener,
writes as follows:
"It is ever thirty years since I left
the town in which I was born. and
during that time many c:f my cid
friends have passed to the great be-
yond, and their sons and daughters
have taken their places in the life of
the community, and beeome the fath-
ers and mothers of a new generation.
'The news of the community eon.
tains many new names; but there
are also many left whom I knew in the
Iong ago, I am glad to note that
many with-vlhonm I associated a third
of a century ago areeprominentin the
life of the town.
Your paper comes each week like
a letter from home.
Yours very truly,
-C. M. Bezeau."
BE CAREFUL WITH FIREARMS
Perhaps the most frequent cause
of shooting aecidents is the danger -
000 habit of same hunters who "shoot
at something moving in the bushes"
without first making certain that
the moving object is the game they
seek rather than a hunting compan-
ion,
"Few accidents happen to people
who are careful of their guns," an
expert states. "The precepts of safe-
ty are simple. If they are generally
observed many valuable lives can be
saved during each hunting seaeou.
The hunter must never forget Chats
the mat who 'didn't know it was
loaded' is always wit) us and guard-
carefully
uardcarefully against his misteps."
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