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The fifty-fifth :annual• convention
of the East Iatroi'i 'Geaehers', Instit-
ute opened at id; o'clock; •'October 18th,
in the Con mrinity hall, "Blyth, with
121 teachers present, and was a suc-
cess in every respect, The,preeident.,.
Alfred' Posliff, principal" of, the'Wiug
ham Public 'School, occupied the
chair.
' Rev. Dr. Barnby of Blyth conducted
the opening exercises, and Rev, Dr.
Mtilne of Blyth welcomed the teach-
ers to the village,
The records of the last 'con4`entien
held in Brussels were read by the
secretary and adopted by the conven-
tion.
Miss Hartry of Seaforth was then
called on to address the convention on
"Art"
'1s,
the subject in Public Sahoo
practical an -
Her address p d
in-
structivewas
the teachers. 'She de-
plored
to e
plored the paft that Art is so often
a much neglected subject in
Publicc
Schools, expressing her opinion that
much of the responsibility for this
lies' in the fact that Art is not one of
the., Departmental Examination sub
jeets on the Entrance Examination,
She felt that neglect of the subject
in.?ublic Schools lays a heavy bur-
den on the High School student who
must prepare for the Lower School
Examination in the subject. To fit
the teacher who feels incapable of
properly handling the subject she
suggested books, summer courses,
and correspondence courses as sourc-
es of instruction for those requiring
it, and made particular reference to
the Art Manual as one of the very
best practical books on the subject.
President Posliff ''then introduced
the subject "The Position of the
teacher in the Community." He felt
that some teachers are not taking as
active a part in community enter-
prises as' they might. He deplored
the spirit that leads the teacher to
desert the community in which she
is engaged from Friday night to Mon-
day morning. He then suggested av-
•enues' in which they could find their
place as Women's Institutes, Literary
Society, Church, etc.
Miss Della Lavery then spoke on
"Hot Lunches" in schools and showed
how with little loss of the teacher's
time, and at slight expnse to the
ratepayers, owing to generous grants
towards the enterprice, each child
could have the benefit of at least one
hot dish at noon, and be fitted for
doing his work in the latter part of
the day. It also affords the teachers
an opportunity of teaching in a prac-
tical way such necessary subjects as
table manners, foods and their val-
ues, besides making for a healthier
companionship between pupils and
teacher; than the more formal part
of school life permits.
On Thursday afternoon Miss Barn -
.by of Blyth spoke on the subject:
"The Story as• a Basis of Language."
She recommended stories and lan-
guage lessons based thereon as a pre-
paration for correct speech and lit-
erary taste. Fairy tales, myths, and
animal stories are of intense interest
to little folk. They should be told,
not read, for best results and children
should reproduce them in story or
drama after suitable preparation by
the teacher. She then gave a practic •
al illustartion of her method using a
class of small children, who drama-
tized very successfully the story of
"The Little Red House Without Win-
dows or Doors with the. Star in the
Centre."
Mr. Norman Muir then spoke on
the place of games in school activi-
ties, and though inclement weather
prevented the intendent plan of.
working -in the play grounds, he sue-
cessfully demonstrated several games
that might 'be uyked indoors or in the
playing field with a class of interested
boys. "Games," he said, should
not crowd out formal physi-
cal education, but they are useful in
.–.inculcating the virtue of fair play and
`respect for the rights of others,' be.
sidesepromoting good feeling and un-
derstanding between teacher and pu-
pils."
Dr. Field, reported on conditions as
they exist in the Inspectorate of East
Huron, complimented teacehrs and
school boards on the improved con
dition of schools and school property
in the Inspectorate, and called atten-
tion to the various changes in regula-
tions and curricula, •
The principal speaker of the after
noon was Dr. Pakenham of. Toronto
who in a' most interesting and de-
lightful manner spoke on "Agencies
for the Improvement of the Teach-
'er's Status." By contrasting the stat-
us of the present-day teacher with
that of the teacher of ,a day not co
long past he brought to the attention
of the convention • the improvement
that has rapidly taken place in the
teachers' standing (1) financially
from increased salaries, and provis-
ion
r the
ion for declining years through
superannuation scheme worked out
• out by our ` provincial government.
(2) socially as the guardian of pro-
perty, body .and soul of the youth of,
the land. (3) Professionally, since
it is now conceded to be a profession,
and not merely a stepping stone • to
medicine, law, or other professions;
(4). scholastically, as yearly the pr a
fession demands scholarship . of
higher order, er
status of the' teacher
Though the t
has been raised, the speaker thinks
there is still great ronin for improve-
ment. Training t
has been,uime fez'too, brief.
Technical • work requires
' .Associations,
training, ',PeaClie#s
S
eori'feren'de." of teachers, exten,.ion.
tend •s
uanmare all
et schools „ •.
coursesr
' ,aids tb , ti)e' profession should . util- •
ize as means.,,tea f ds the' end sought.
On ,Thursday evening Dr. l;'akha
rngave4
..3MOStenjpiable"Mtey:Oakes;'No, 4• Goderich "The lust`rated "Tib+ 'lantern slides:. Blyth to-. Btheenefits of the School fair to
cal talent of high order` assisted a In Community,"
7 Stanley,
1
,
rounding` lout an interesting and in- Gladys Coleman, No.y
struetive
-program,.
rogram,.; " Gtize
nship."
On,Fxa�amornngt'the T atitute Lloyd HernNo. 7,
Usborn.,
•agafaconXntr, anitlistened withrapt 'Euro can Corn Borer."
attention to f4
he
Miss McQowan, as she Mary Paterson, No. $, Stephen,
took us,n imagination with her on "Why our Empire went to war,
it
��; .
hen 'i ' ,t. the=''l editeeranean visiting Greta Horner, No. '7 Hay, "Cam,
Africa, Eurdpe and Asia; going with ada."
her through forts, tempis, bazaars, 'Claire Pentland, No. 8 Ash and W.
even into• the crater •of Vesuvins W., "Better Farming,"
itself. r Marlon West, Clinton, "Pauline
rt of\the'nominating corn- Johnston.i,
The rep.oa gAshfield,
mittee was'then •y:ead by Samuel Jef • Beatrice M. Culbert, No. 9 h i d,
ferson, fond ' the ; election . of officers "The Value of Birds to Man."
fon the , ensuing' year resulted' as fol- George Keil No. 18 Howick, "Agri -
lows: Peesident, Mr. Crawford, Sea- culture Fifty ears Ago."
forth; Vice-Presidente«Miss M. Reid, • : Edith Dick, No, 14 Hay, "Jean
Brussels; Secreta q Geo, H, Jaffar Blewett."
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WIN01.1AM ADVANCE -TOMS
and con. He thought that the rea-
son for the bill is"tile fact' that with
i lack
' times s
o
b a
d
school'
boards tl
•esent
p
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i euss
failure to d s
f l
u
• crest end
of ant
matters. He, himself, was not en-
tirely in favor of the bill. • Much in-
terested discussion followed his ad-
dress' and upon a standing vote be-
ing 'taken
e-ing'tak•en preponderance of feeling.
swayed very markedly against the
bill. Those taking part in the dis-
cussion were: Dr, Field, I, P. S.;
Charles Robertson, M. L, A., : E, Ful-
ton, Mr. Powell and others.
In an address given by George
Spotton, M.P., following the vote on
the bill, he expressed himself as be-
ing in sympathy with the little red
schoolhouse, and was not in favor of
seeing it disappear. He congratulat-
ed the trustees present upon their,
soon Clinton'::A-ad:tors, Miss Myrtle Florence McClure, No, 4 Colborne interest, and wished t
Armstrong; Clanton ;Miss Vera Pep-
per,
ep-
per,
Clin o
t n
t .
Dr. Palcenharn`then spoke on "Lit-
erature
Lit-.
erature 'in,'Public Schools." Litera-
turethe
aspects
1) (
presents two
feeling mechanics.. (2j thought,g and
interpretation., Some teachers never
get beyond the mechanics. The ap-
proach to. literatures is -very impro-
tant. There should be a definite pur-
pose, a compass to, steer by. Litera-
ture should clarify the understanding
of the pupil, purify the emotions, im-
prove the taste, manners, and morals.
and be a source of innocent and per-
manent joy in leisure moments
throughout life. In order to accom-
plish the desired end reading should.
be extensive rather than intensive.
Supplementary reading from well sel-
ected books is imperative, and the
speaker suggested , that a book a
month fro,»i a well selected library at
school, at home, or from •a public lib-
rary by each pupil . is to be desired,
Dr. Pakenham closed' his address 'by.
a discussion of teaching methods• us-
ing the poem "Boots, Saddle, to horse,
and away."
The morning session was brought
to a conclusion by a biref address on
Hygiene by Dr. Milne of Blyth. He
stressed theimportance of Teachers
and Doctors,• especially in rural coin-
mutities, in looking after the Public
Health and Sanitation. Heating,
lighting, ventilation and water -sun -
ply are the important items in sani-
thy hygiene. Teachers can do much
in detecting imperfections of the body
whether: of the skin, eye, nose, ear,
throat 'or teeth, but medical inspec-
tion is a necessity for the early de-
tection and correction of defects and
in preventing the spread of communi-
cable and infectious . diseases. The
speaker quoted statistics from the
township of which he is medical in-
spector to show the improvement in
the health of, pupils since inspection
began. Improvement was especially
noted in decreased number of 'cases of
goitre, defective eyes, running ears,
throat troubles, skin diseases, and im-
perfect teeth, - He asked for the co-
operation of ' teachers in improving
body; cenclitie rs,, which, he said, are
often resporisibTe for 'mental imper-
fections.
In lieu of the usual meeting of the
Institute it was suggested that the
next meeting take the form of an
excursion to the O.A.C. at Guelph. It
was moved by Miss Parrott and unan-
imously carried by the Institute that
we hold our next convention in Guelph
in September 1929.
Report of the Resolution Com-
mittee—
Resolved— now
,1- That Mr .Robt. Beatty,
superannuated, be made a life mem-
ber of this Association.
(2) That supplementary books of
exercises in Grammar and Arithme-
tic be . prepared:
(3) That this Association is in
favour of the Township Board Bill as
planned by the Minister of Education.
(4) That this Association favours
all Public, Separate. High Schools and
Collegiate Institutes opening in Sep-
tember on the same date.
(5) That a hearty vote of thanks
be tendered all who have given their
services in making this gonvention a
success.
On Friday afternoon t'ae Institute
divided into sections for the discus-
sion of problems peculiar to the dif-
ferent classes. These conferences
were led as follows:.
Primary Classes— Miss Flo Bu-
chanan;• First Book—Miss P. Johns;
Second Book—Miss E• Dickson; Third
Book—Mrs. A. Snyder; Fourth Book
—Mr. E. Crawford; Continuation
Schools—Mr. Norman Garrett.
• —Geo. H. Jefferson, Secretary.
"Success."
Nora Stewart, No 1 Stanley, ,"
"How
I Can Best Serve My Community."
When the decision of the judges
Miss Edith
Dick,of
was given,little
No. 14 Hay, wasfound to be the
champion speaker. A small girl,
dressed in red, she captivated her
audience from the very beginning of
her address by her charming man-
ner and well -modulated voice, as she
related the life history of Jean
Bleared. Her teacher is Miss Oral
Finnigan of Dungannon. She had a
close runner-up in the winner of the
second prize, Miss Claire Pentland,
who spoke upon the subject of "Bet-
ter Farming." The latter is a pupil sire, that of the betterment of man-
kind.
Dr. Fi<'a T. " . - was called
to speak upon the subject of "Grants
to Public Schools." He gave a very
lucid explanation of this subject and
many who had not understood this
matter before went home feeling
that they had received much en-
lightenment. He showed how liberal
the government is with money given
for the upkeep of rural schools,
where the farming community con-
tributes but little towards the money
used for supplementary grants, as it
comes indirectly from such sources
as mines, forests, gasoline tax.
Liquor. Control Act, etc., etc. "The
government is almost paternal in its
dealings with schools," said he, "so
adequately are they looked after."
that the
He thought, however, pres-
ent grants for equipment are not
large enough to give sufficient en-
couragement for the purchase of
better equipment. All present felt
that this address was • one of the
most helpful of all, heard at the con-
vention.
Mr. Patesson, who at the last min-
ute kindly consented to substitute
for C. E. Carbin, who was ill, and
who was to speak upon the subject
of "The Teaching of Agriculture in
Secondary Schools," outlined the
manner of introducing this subject
in the secondary schools throughout
the five-year course, the teaching in
the schools being , augmented by
visits to farms, poultry plants, etc.
for object lessons,' which, he believes
assisted very materially in giving a
better grasp of the work in hand
"Is our school system complete ?? "
he asked. "No. to judge by what we
have heard today.' If education is
necesary for other businesses . and
professions, is it not also necessary
for the business of farming"? He
urged parents, especially fathers, to
give their children additional inter-
est in the farm by' presenting them
with a calf, a sheep, a pig or some
poultry which they could have for
their own. He emphasized the im-
portance of the training received by
children in connection with the
school fair. He would like to see
each school in possession of at least
one acre of forest land, either
natural or re -forested, where the
teacher could take her classes fm•
nature study, etc. He closed his ad-
dress by expressing his sympathiti'
interest in the association, and
thanked the executive for their co-
operation in the , oratorical' contest,
as well as their • interest in other
lines of work.
Mrs. Davidson, the secretary -treas-
urer of the association, was appoint -
Ad a delegate to attend the district
convention which is to be held ie
Guelph in November. `
The following resolutions were
passed by the association:
(1) Resolved that this association
disapproves of the basis of distribu-
tion of grants to urban schools and
would recommend that the same be
distributed to all urban schools on.
a pro rata basis,
(2) Resolved that' in view of' the
fact that the ' 'Townshie 'School
Boards' Bill, is still before the people
that this association is in favor of
asking each township council to call
a meeting of the ratepayers to dis-
cuss the question.
(3) In view of the fact that the
county council contributes so largely
tb the upkeep of the high schools.
this association is in favor of the
said high schools having on their
curriculum such subjects as will be
suitable ,to the boys and girls who
intenncl to make farming their life
occupation.. he
(4) Resolved that wehe
are the b of t
opinion that it would bet
bel
t
interests of the association to d
the next annual convention in the
town of Ingham.
This concluded the convention
which was conceded to be one of the
best meetings in the history of the
association.
o express one
thought, that Canada's greatest as-
set isthe children of the public
schools and that it behooves each
true'to the
trustee to be charge laid
upon him. "If you accept the obli-
ggation to it,go
ti and are not
a on
home and' resign." He thought
teachers should lay greater stress
upon the teaching of British and
Canadian history in order to incul-
cate love of country and allegiance
to 'her laws, and also thought that
physical culture should be empha-
sized, in order to give the boys and
girls sound bodies as well as sound
minds. He thought that all men
should be actuated 'by the same de
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Four ;riles, of • lie African West.
Coast lies the tiny a dand of Annobon,
writes L, CL Green, of Cape 'rowf, in
the New York, I er eld-T3•ibune,
Castaways seldoa•i refuel, to leave
their, lonely tropic Lies when a ship
arrives; ' but on the island of Anno-
b.oa, the writer found a strange
legion of black Robinson :.Crosier
whose forefathers never ceased being
grateful : for,, .�..et, Shipwreck that
s-fronde� , them there,
Four tendred years ago a Portu-
guese schooner bound from the C ngo
to Brazil, with slaves packed under
her hatches, struck a reef off the
island. The slaves swam ashore re-
joicing, no doubt, leaving their own-
ers to their own devices, and their
descendants, 2,000 of them, live hap-
pily on Annobon to this day.
Steamers
hardly
ever visit Ann
o -
bon, for there is little trouble. I
watched' the island peaks rising over
the horizon from the deck of a
dingy Spanish coaster in search of
cocoa to fill her empty holds. Our
anchor rattled down in a calm harbor
formed by a volcano crater that had
been sunk and been breached by the
sea.
From plank and mud huts among
the palm groves and orange trees
came the excited islanders. Their
black headman was in the first canoe,
and an "interpreter," who spoke the
strange pidgin English of *West Af-
rica, pidgin English is the language
of the native from Sierra Leone to.
the Congo, and every trader has to
learn it.
The bargainingthat followed was
like the old, adventurous trading
days. Besides the sacks of cocoa,
pigs, fowls, limes, oranges, pine-
apples and tamarinds were offered.
Old clothes, guns, spirits and tobacco
were given in exchange. Money has
no value on Annobon,'
There was a dead whale on the
beach. The islanders are expert
whalermen, pursing the whale in the
old-fashioned way with open boats
of Dungannon school, her teacher
being F. Ross. Third prize went to
Mary Oakes, No. 4 Goderich, and
fourth to 'Marion West, Clinton,
The prizes were presented during
the afternoon session. The report of
the judges was given by Mr. Beacom.
the recently appointed inspector, for
East Huron, who gave well -
merited praise to all the contestants
and predicted a bright future for
some of them. Four prizes, valued
at $12, $8, $5 and $4 were persented
by • Mr. Holman of Goderich, county
clerk of Huron, in the absence of J. J.
Hayes, warden, who was expected to
make the presentation. Each of the
nine remaining contestants was pre-
sented with a book.
Mr. Paterson, Huron . County's
popular agricultural representative;
under whose direction the contest
was carried , out,explained to the
audience that these valuable prizes
were made possible through the gen-
erosity of Huron County's four
members parliament, two at Ottawa
county council, which gave a grant
to be used for this purpose.,
The afternoon session was held in
the Star Theatre, the Collegiate
building having been closed owing
to the fact that one of its teachers
was discovered to be ill with a com-
municable disease. The program
opened "with the reading by the sec-
retary of the minutes of the last
meeting, which were approved as
read. Electionof officers then was
held, with the following result:
President, William A. Archibald:
Seaforth; first vice-president, Mr. Ed.
Fulton, Brussels; second vice-presi-
dent, Mr. McKellar, Seaforth; secre-
tary -treasurer, Mrs. Robert Davidson.
Dungannon. The president, William
R. Archibald, presided.
Thomas MleMillan, M. P., in a
forceful address, stressed the impor-
tance of education, giving as its aims
and objects the development of the
child for its life work, whatsoever
that may be, and assisting it to find
out what line of work it is best fitted
for. Wonderful things have been ac-
complished and wonderful possibil-
ities lie before us still. "We live in
a practical world", said he. "We
must make ends meet: must lay by
a competence for old age." He spoke
of the wonderful resources of
this Canada of ours, her forests.
mines, fisheries, etc., but pointed to
the great opportunities offered by its
agricultural pursuits . "Canada's
greatest assets. however, are our
people, their homes and home life.
As the homes are, so will the nation
be. 'The homes are the bulwark of the
nation. No other life is so congen-
ial as farm life. True manhood and
womanhood are developed in life on
the farm. At present the trek seems
to be away from the farm. Why?
Economic conditions are not suffi-
ciently favorable. "If they were,"
said he, "people would be falling
over each other to get on farina"
He urged that governments make
farm and rural life more congenial'
and attractive. Good times for farm-
ers are coming, but not rapidly
enough.
Mr. Beacom then announced the
decision of the judges in the orator-
ical contest, remarking upon the ex-
cellence . of the compositions and
their delivery and the value of this
work in schools. The books present-
ed as prizes included such works as
"Canadian Poets," "Tale of Two
Cities," "Lorna Doone," "Curiorities
of Science" and others. "If this as-
sociation had no interests other
than those of promoting and incul-
cating an interest in these contests,"
said Mr Paterson in this connection.
"their efforts would be well worth
while." He then announced that
the winner of the first prize, Miss
Edith Dick, would go to Guelph to
compete at the district convention
to be held there the third week of
November, the winner there to be
one of the competitors at the provin-
cial convention at Easter.
Introduces School Bill.
r was Rev. N. R.
The
next speaker
Sinclair,of Tiverton, who intro-
duced the Proposed
the subject of » »
Bill. Iii 'a
Vtis'hiu. School Boards'
TOviced mariner'
very • fair and • t~nprelud
he summed up the bill, calling atten
tion to the chief polite, both' pro
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HURON COUNTY EDUCATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
MET IN
CLINTOThe fourth annual meeting of the
Huron County Educational Associa-
tion of Trustees and Ratepayers w
as
held in Clinton on Saturday, OO Oder
20, 1928, with sessions at 10
1.30 p.m. All former meetings of the
association were held in the month
of June, and the change of date this
ear was to permit of the public
y contest for winners at the
speaking
respectiverural school fairs of the
county.
The
morningsession was held in
the beautiful comfortable and well -
lighted
auditorium of the Cl toe
Collegiate Institute the oratorical
contest ,being the feature of interest.
A goodly number of parents and
teaciedis,
in addition to trustees sand
ratepayers, listened with rapt atten-
tion
to the` thirteen addresses, which
were all of a high' order, and much
commeint. was.expressed
favorable
following
the, 'program, The speech-
es g ,
:
were given by, the following ,'con.
tee ,
con-
testants, ants 'in the "order'nanmed; ••
Gordon Rate, NO. '5 Stepheta, ,'`bird
r'rotectien.'i 1
and hand harpoons.
Four Spanish priests were the only
white men on the island. Originally
Portuguese, the island passed to
Spain in exchange for mainland ter-
ritory. Germany tried to seize An-
nobon many years ago. A man -o' -
war visited the island, and the na-
tives still talk of the forcible attempt
to "hoist the black eagle flag" which
was opposed by a priest, who ran up
the Spanish flag in protest.
In the tropics a man who lives
forty years is reckoned an old man,
but Annobon is healthy compared
with the mainland of West Africa,
and many aged natives are found
there. The waters of the island
abound with fish, and a hook baited
with a red rag is seized voraciously.
Fruit and vegetables grow abundant-
ly in the volcanic soil. There is a
lake of excellent fresh water.
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OVERCOATS $24,50 ° ■;
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Young 1Vleti's 'and' Me'n's models, in ■
Grey, Brown, Bluest and F'awns, %zes • ,■
36 to 44 -'..Regular values 'to' $35,00, ■'
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for $24.50,
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OVERCOATS $10,50 la■
Special clearance of 20 Young Men's ■
■ ��'. Overcoats in new models, sizes 34 to IN
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40, ...Regular values to $27.00 Sale U
■ \f price $19,50. I y
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SUITS
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t. 25
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Greys
Men's 'Suits in New models uz Y
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Browns and Tweed mixtures, :sur
regular prices to $27.50, sizes 36 to
42. ,_Sale price $18.50.,
N.
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SUITS $28:50,
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Checks and stripes in Worsted and �.
English Tweeds and Navy , in plain
and stripes, sizes 36 to 44. ,..Regular ■
$35.00 values, sale price $28.50. Ni
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' Overcoats ..--.-,.. $5.50 to $13.50 ItBoys
Boys' Suits .._...._ $6.50 to MOO
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A ONE-MAN NEWSPAPER.
Old Frenchman Insists on Airing His
Views.
Paris has about thirty daily news-
papers—probably a -world record.
The most remarkable of them bears
the name of a paper long since dead,
and only one copy per day is printed.
It has only one reader, and he is an
aged man nearing his ninetieth year,
who once occupied a prominent place
in public affairs but is now half
paralyzed. He must not be contra-
dicted in any way, and, knowing his
hate of all things modern., and his
very conservative •views, loving
friends see that his tranquility of
mind is never disturb"d.
Thus, they have this newspaper
aphe is
rinted wealthy man and him canywell day—forafford
the expense—and he sees in it just
the views and opinions that he would
himself have expressed in his prime.
The paper is just as it was when he
read It first, and he will die in the
belief that the views he has always
held still triumph in the country.
In a recent number of this paper
the report of the chamber proceed-
ings described how the Government
had been defeated because it showed
slight leanings towards radical social-
ism and a new prime minister had
been elected in the person of Senator
Delahaye. The latter is one of the
Royalist members of the Upper
House.
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In the Land of the Midnight Sun.
North Cape, that famous tourist
resort and northernmost point of Eu-
rope tipping the Norwegian isle of
Magero, is to be made more comfort-
able for the travellers who go to
catch Old Sol awake at midnight.
The windy plateau has been leased
for a period , of thirty years' to a
limited company which among other
improvements will establish a restau-
rant at the top. This will be Nor-
way's only restaurantwith no closing
hours; or rather, it will be primarily
a night cafe, since its patrons will
normally be the seekers of the mid-
night sun.
What will prove a benefit to the
scenery, but certainly a source of re
gret to tourists, is the prohibition Of
name carving. No more may visitors
commemorate their North Cape climb
by that means. Those who have al-
.ready done . so will be shocked to
learn that signatures already engrav-
ed there have been obliterated.
COMING
Joe Marks presents
Bert Johnston
And , Co pant'
The Whirlwind Magician and
Versatile Entertainer
F
all, `` ingh .:
Thu Fri, Sat., Oct. 27
, ,
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Under auspices of Wingham Arena Ltd.
Added attraction, 'Muriel' the Woman who knows.
Complete change nightly. Doors open at 7.30.
Performance. 8.15. Prices 25c, 50c, Tax included,
mannummitimulasuffig
FingertiPrin;t Progress.
There were 35,917 searches for
finger -print identification in 1927, of
Which 17,427 proved successful, In
1902, 6,826 searches were made,
from which 1,722 identifications were
effected, says an Old Country paper.
The total number of finger -print
Slips on record .at Scotland Yard is
about 420,000, and a• gradual in-
crease will continue to take place. un-
til most habitual criminals have been
registered. The records of men known
to have , diedqx who are apparently
too old'- to commit further crime are
being 'removed.
The previous system of identifying
ariininals, called d the anthropencietrite
Oretem, effected only 462 recogni-•
tions in 1900 and 505 in 1904
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TRAIN AT SEA
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'T`he Westminster Lacrosse team
1 which represents Canada at the
Olympic games at Amsterdam,
are shown in the above photograph
on the boat deck of the Canadian
Pacific ship "Empress of Scot.
land," on which they crossed the
Atlantic In the front row, from
left to right, are: C. Doyle, •1,
Stoddard, D. ,Brunett, H. Wilkie,
G. Feeney, 8. Stoddard, J. Woos
back row, G. Spring; W. Patchd,
J. Vernon, Iced Fraser,'. Bobby
Bourne, Ab. Brown, Bob Mackie,
Nels Atkinson, Leo Gregory (cap-
tain), and Dan McKenzie (business
manager).
n the photograph below is seen
Don r , 'boxing
,Uon Carripk, amateur � bo g
Champion, •'ti the ' gymnasium' on
bard, t '" • tland"
hoard., the "Snipi'esa ofll Scot
irlrr�rripg ,With the liner's •r phys S5l
instructor. Both he and other
members of the Canadian Olymr
pie team aboard the vessel 'fee-
gyented the gym to keep lit, and
fpund the exercises, aonnbined with
the sea air, put them lei top inane
by the time they reached the other:
•
aide,