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AFORTH
OUR EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS
From the report of the Committee
on Education. as presented to the
Ontario Provincial Convention on 25th
June, by Mr. Thomas Marshall, M.PA,
chairman of the Committee.
. Latin and Greek should not be re-
garded as foreign languages, but as
the two most important elements
which go to make up that complex
entity, the English tongue; a know-
ledge of them is a necessr,ry antece-
dent to 'a thorough knowledge of our
native language and to the ability to
fully appreciate „ and enjoy its
literature. They should also be re-
garded as the unifying actus which
make usone with the past, and sago
, unite us in thought and sympathy
-= I with the other nations of the Aryan
= race. But the methods of instruction
E in them should be widely different
= from the methods in vogue at present.
E As instruments of education, alto-
= gether apart from their bearing on
= a knowledge of English, ehe classead
IT. languages are, when properly taught,
= of the highest value; when improperly
= taught, the results can only be describ-
ed as disastrous, It were better that
ss Latin and Greek, in spite of their
great value, should be altogether ban-
. E ished from the curriculum than that
= the present vicious xfiethods of iTISCI'lle-
= tion -in them should continue to pre-
vail.
= If Latin ,and Greek continue. the
= present order of instruction should be
= reversed. The reading of a continued
E prose text shmild constitute the first
- lessons. No grammatical text -book in
= the early stages should be permitted.
Both his accidence and his syntax the
pupil should form for himself, by a
km process of inductive' reasoning from
= an examination of the linguistic phen-
= omena encountered in the text. Than
this method no better training for the
ss
= logical faculty can be 'devised; In
= -this respect Latin, and Greek afford
m material which nd other subject pos-
sesses. ,They are far superior to any
'= natural science. For their phenomena
= are all gathered, not subject to change,
= and easily accessible in convenient
= form for all to observe. Again, the
= pupil's every' reading lesson should be
= a lesson sight translation; as he
= •
. formed his own grammar so should
S he form his vocabulary, by the logical
... methods of analysis and synthesis.
Fel The dictionary should not be resorted
= to until the pupil has completed his
= own translation .of the portkm of
,
= text he may be studying, and has as-
= signed what he considers the most
= probable meaning to each of the words
E .unknown before. By this proCees the
pupil becomes a creativa agent, no a
passfve zecipient of facts and ideas
= poured opon him faenn an external
solirce. se*,
The above method has been describ-
ed in detail in _Certain pablications
which are available, and has beee sub-
jected to the test pf actual experience.
The pupil, under its inspiration, ac-
quires and retains interest and makes
more I solid progress in the work of
masteeing the language in one year
than he possibly could after several
years of laborious and uninteresting
work after the prevailine• methods.
But we mast regard our pupils as
being potentially those fox whom the
high school will mark the end of their
scholastic career. Some definite goal
in each _subject must be assigned them
which in every case must mark some
one thing as definitely accomplished,
some one thing well, done. In the
matter of Latin and Greek what is
this .to be? The answer is that .the
object, so far as subject matter is
-concerned of the high school classical
course, should be to give the pupil the
ability to read at sight and• under-
stand, without the ,process of mental
translation, any passage from any
Latin or Greek narrative prose author,
and also tp translate English narsative
prose into correct Latin or Greek nar-
rative prose. When, this has been
accomplished, the mill has erected a
structure complete in itself, but which
may' also serve as a foundation fbr a
more pretentious edifice. It may be
added that in the conrse entire works,
or even entire authors. should be read,
not short excerpts selected from dif-
ferent authors, which must lack con-
tinuity and fail to arouse interest.
The elaborate attempts to teach
the natural sciences in our high
schools have been most disappointing
n their results. Natural science can
be properly'
taught only in institutions
possesing an elaborate and costly
equipMente.e0ar 'high schools would
not be the financial biirden that they
are were it net for the neeeeeliss of
equis ping and maintaining for each
one the:present very insufficient labor-
atory equipment which the average
high -school possesses. Were this ne-
essity emoved high schools could be
greatly increased in number, and many
districts crald possess them' which at
resent for financial reasons eannot
o so. It would be better then to
eliminate from the high school cur-
iculum the natural science subjects
altogether, except the elententary
cience of the first two forms, for
which a- laboratory equipment is net
ssentia. In doing so, while we may
e flying in the face of so-called
modern thought on the subject, Still
we are getting further away from .the
Germanized ideal of education. We
may do this the -more readily when we
onsider that a liberally educated min
eed nbt be a scientist, and conversely,
hat a scientist need not be a liberally
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Adequate provision for scientific
instruction, however, should be made.
A limited number of acientifie and
technical schools,- fully equipped,
should be established in certain urban
centres, erected and maintained at the
expense of the Province. Admission
to, these schools should be open to
those pupils who have passed through
the first two forma of the high schOol.
To in some measure equalize the
burdens of expenses on those who at-
tend hes sliould b. cluirged in tit*
case of those pupils who reside in the
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Seaforth Fall Fair
Thursday. and Friday
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to consist ot 6 men and reside in town or township
Henderson Highland Band
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of Highland and Irish Dancing on Friday after-
noon on theslancing platform.
Admission 25c., Autos 25c. Children 15c
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Grind Concert
lb the Alice Dunbar . and Henderson's High-
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8 p.m. Resetved seats soca See program later.
Plan open at Aberrart's. Drug Store on Saturday,
Sept.:13th, at 12 a.m.
Geo. McKee
President
R. M. Jones
M. Broderick
.Treasurer Secretary
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city Where the seientific institute is
located. No lees should be charged
in, the case of these attending from
distance, ;
A pepil coinpleting oatisfactorily
the high school courteeetheuld eeceiNte
certificate Vo that 'effect signed by
the principal and the staff. This cer-
tificate should entitle its recipient to
admission to the university and to
the special course lilading to any pro-
fessions. The principles which have
been already laid down in the matter
of public school prornotiens should ap-
ply to the high school as Well.
In any system of education the most
important factor is. ,after all, the
teacher. He is the pivot of the sys7
tem; if he fails the system fails. Great
care should be taken to see that the
teacher possessed high qualifications,
personal, professional, scholastic and,
cultural. In addition to high acad-
emic standing every teacher should
receive the most thorough pfofessional
training. That training he should re-
gard as being intended to influence his
teaching in every particular, not as
something to he forgotten as soon as
he :leaves the normal schpol Of the
faculty of education, as is se oftet the
case at present. In passing we may
remark that the methods and the pol-
icies of these -last nained ;institutions
need the efforts of the reformer quite
as 'much as do our public and high
schools.
Under an educational.system such as
the' one outlined 'above much more -
would he expected of the teachers than
is the case under the present regime.
From being a mere hearer of red*
tionsleas at present,- 1e would be ex-
pected to become a teacher in fact as
well as in name. But we must realize
that a person possesSingethe qualifica-
tions and accomplishments i;vhich we
expect the teacher to posses could'in
all probability command, in any other
walk of lifer a much higher remunera-
tion than he is ever likely to receive
as a member of the teaching profes-
sion. The Work of the teacher must
necessarily, ever be, to a certain ex-
tent, altruistic as to its motives. Some
compensation should therefore be pro-
vided which would be unadvisable in
other walks of life, It is therefore
proposed that the Provincial Govern-
ment. shauld paY• thirty per cent. of
the salaries of all teachers, instead of
the meagre percentage it now contrib-
utes; also that every teacher after
twenty years of service shall be 'en-
titled on retirement, to receive from
the Previneial Government a life pen-
sion arranged on the following scale:
(a) After twenty yearsof service a
pension shall be allotted him amount-
ing to fifty per cent. of his average
salary during the' last five years of
service; (b) after twenty-five years
of teaching, to sixty-six per cent. of
such average salary, and (c) .after
thirty years of teaching seventy-dve
per cent. of such average salary; fur-
ther, that the teacher should be called
on to make no contributions from his
salary to any fund from which this
pension may be paid, and that the
Provincial Government pay back, with
interest added, to every teacher what-
ever sum he or she may already have
contributed to the Government super-
armuation fund.
The text -book iniquities of the -pres-
ent educational regime in Ontario have
been many and various. The mere
act of admitting one text -book on any
one subject to -the schools and ex-
cluding all other test -books on that
subject Is In itself a hardship and an
act of tyranny. Men are not machines;
and it is difficult to find two teachers
whose methods of teaching do not
differ 'to some and in many vases to
a very considerable extent A certain
text -book is suited to the 'methods of
teneher.- Ae.but_absolutely unsuited to
those of teacher B, both teachers may
be equally good, but the text -book
Which gives genuine inspiration to the
teaching of A may prove a positive
incubus to the teachipg of .B.. In any
ease either teacher,' can aceomplish.
mere with the text -book which he pre-
fers. _
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JUNIOR MATRICULATION EXAMS
The following list Contains the
names of the candidates who were
successful hi whole or in part on the
Pass Junior Matriculation Examina-
tion. Middle SchooleNormal Entrance
candidates who were also candidates
for Matriculation have been consider-
ed in the results. The names of can-
didates writing the Pass Junior
Scholarship Examination for McMas-
ter University, Toronto, and for
Queen's University, Kingston, are note
reported in this list, but will be pub-
lished in afieparate lilt at an early
date.
In Group I. are given the names of
those candidates tveha have _obtained
complete Matriculation by passing on
the twelve required examination
papers.
In Group II. are given the name i of
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tho e candidates who have passed on
at east nine of the papers required
s for complete Matriculation and have
ob hied the minimum required on the
who e examination. They have, there-
for failed on not more than three
pap rb.
I Group III. are given the names
of hose candidates who have failed
to btain the minimum, required on
the whole examination, but who have
eb hied forty per cent. on each of at
leas eight papers, with an average
of s xty per cent. on the same. ,Such
can idates have been awarded Partial
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plet their Matriculation must obtain
at o e examination forty per cent, on
each of the remaining papers, with
an verage of sixty per colt, on the
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.HURON
Gr up I.—W. Aberhart, E. Adams,
A. Ei. Archibald, C. M. Armstrong, K.
M. Bone, J. A. Bosnia H. Coates, R.
E. C rrie, W. C. Cooper,J. A. Donald-
son, . P. Doig, I. S. Foster, V. M.
Hais , X. A. Hogg, Eliz. Keating, J. L.
Kerr, M. V. Kelly, M. I. Kreuter, E. M.
Lam . C. B. Lewis, W. Laing, J. Mc-
Murc ie, G. R. MacKay, 1. M. Mae-
Kenz e, H. Ai Miller, A. A. MacKay,
D. 0 Connell, A. Oke, L. M. Potter,
H. D Rattenbury, H. I. Ross, F. M.
Sinal acornbe, E. M. Strang, I. Souter,
C. G. Stogdill, J .R. Townshend, C. L.
Tynd 11, C. D. Tape, S. W. Yuji'.
Gr up IL—H. K. Dowzer (phys,,
Lat. ), J. A,. Marsh II (alg.).
Gr. p III,—E. L. Beavers (Lat. A.
and O., Fie C.), I. V. Bell (phys., Lat.
A. a d C., Fr. C.), J. H. Burrows
(phys ,
IFr. C.), S. P. Cann (B. and C.
hist., L at. A. and C., Fr. C.), G. X.
Chap an (one option), H. M. Chit -ton
(ane. hist., geom., chem.), W. IL Dyer
(Lat. C. and one option), M. R. Gib-
bings (geom.), F. -M. Gibbons (phys:),
C. E. 1 Isard (phys., F. C.), M. M.
Lowe (Lat. A.), C. W. MacDonald
(Lat. .), N. N. McLean (am hist.,
Lat. A and C.), E. A. Mogridge (Lat.
A. and C., and one option), M. V.
Pickard (Lat. C,), E.L. Reid (Eng'. lit.
'B. and i C. hist., anc. hist), I, A. Ross
- (Eng. lit , phys., Lat. A.. Fr. C.), K.
Smith (physics., Lat. C.), F. J. Wash-
ington (Lat. A.), K. E. Westman (Lat.
A. and C. and one option). .
AN OLD TIME ELECTION
t Port Huron, Mich., Sept 6, 1919..
A sh rt time ago Mr. Isaac Carling,
Barrist r, of Exeter, gave me a copy
of the poll books for 'the townships
of Inic ersmith and Hay at the elec-
tion in 1867 in which his father, the
late Is ac Carling, was the Conserve-
tvie ea didate and Robert Gibbons, of
Goderie was the Reform candidate
for the Ina/ House. The eleetion was
held in the harvest seasetetand there
were tsiro days' voting, and as this
was prier to the introduction of the
ballot every man's name was -taken
down and he voted openly fer the can-
didate of his choice. ,In looking over
the Tucleersmith poll I find very fend
men are now alive -,who voted at that
election fifty-two years ago, which was
the first, election after Confederation.
I was a, boy just eight years of age
at that tinse, but I remember it was
bitter'? contested. 'This was before
Seaforth was incsfporated and all
south of the Huron Read voted in
Tuckersmithe and the voteswere all
polled at one place. When the poll
opened- the first day, the first vote
cast was by William 'Bell and the
second vote cast was by Robert Mc-
Arthur, both of whom voted for Gib-
bons, -who received nineteen votes be-
fore MrS-Carling had any, but he then
got four in succession, viz: William
Westicoat, Thomas Foster, James Mc-
Bride and Samuel Wallace, At- the
elose of the poll the first day Gibbons
had 126 votes and Carling 41 votes.
At the -opening of tt-te poll te second
day the ,first two voters were Hugh
McMillan and JohnS-Templeton, both
of whom voted for Gibbons. George
Sproat was reeve that yhar anei my
father, John Doig, was deputy rheve,
both supported Gibbons. Xt the close
of the poll the second day Gibbons
had 312 votes and Carling 129, leaving
Gibbons with a majority of 183. . 1
find that three Presbyterian ministers,
John ROS, William Graham and John
Logie voted for Gibbons. On examin-
ing the list I also find the following
Grits still alive who voted at that
election, Robert McCartney, John Doig,
Thomas Hill, William, Forsyth, Dun-
can McGregor, David McIntosh, Geo,
McKay, Alexander Buchanan and
Miles McMillan, and two Tories, viz:
John Fitzgerald and George Stanbury.
There May be others that I do not
know, ..On the face of the returns
Gibbons' had only ten of .a majority,
but he -was unseated as, a number of
his vote e were thrown out on account
of the voters. being Germans, princi-
pally in Hay township, and not hav-
ing been naturalized, and Mr. Carling
held the seat until 1871 when he was
defeated by his old opponent Robert
Gibbons i who held the seat until he
resigned in order -to be appointed
sheriff f Huron County, and was sue-
ceeded , y the late Archie Bishop who
held th seat continuously for twenty-
two years.
On the same days a Dominion elec-
tion was held in south Huron, M. C.
Censer n being the Liberal candidate.
This as his first contest and an
eloque t, able and fearless candidate
he wa z, His opponent was Elavid
._
Hood itchie, a Scotch Tory, who liv-
ed on the Bayfield Road F in Stanley
towns ip. Cameron was elected by a
subst ntial majority.
In orth Hum the candidates for
the 1 cal House were Thomas Gibson,
Libe 1, and William Hays, Conserva-
tive. Mr. Hays was elected but Mr.
Gibs n redeemed the riding in 1871
and eld it for many yeaes. Mr.
vrni eleacl was the Liberal candidate
tfaid was elected for the House of
Com ons in North Huron at that
'tun This election was . also hotly
eon ted and I remember my brother,
I Ail ii, leavfni tile: harvest ileld in
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.1 McLean Bros, Publishers
$1.50 a Year in Advance
Tuckersmith and going north on the
stage to Howick to vote for White-
head and Gibson. After this election
Sir John A. McDonald was appointed
the first preMier of the newly formed
Dominion and John Sandfield Mc-
Donald -was the'first premier of
Ontario. Both governments at their
inception were supposed to be toala..
tion, but it was not long till both
were charged with being Tory; eni
the Globe, at this time which was very
ably edited by the late George Brown,
vigorously opposed both, At this elece
tion Edwatel Blake and Alexander
McKenzie had been elected to both
houses and were leading a strong op-
position in both to the two McDonalde.,
At the election in Ontario in 187e
the Sandfield McDonald administra-
tion was defeated end Edward Blalet
was chosen the first Liberal prerniese
of Ontario. Blake, in my judgment,
was the greatest orator 1 ever htard
either in Canada or the United State'
not even excepting the silver-tongued
Bryan. Some time after the first,
Liberal administration was formed the
Costigan set was passed which
abolished Dual Representation, and
Blake and McKenzie retired from the
local House and Sir Oliver Nowt
succeeded Blake as premier of Ontario.
Meanwhile Blake and McKenzie colb
timed their assaults at Ottawa against
the administration of Sir John Nee
Donld until 1873, when after %he ex-
posure of the Pacific scandal, the Me- ;
Donald Government eesigned, and
Alexander McKenzie formed a Liberal
AdraMistration which continued until
1878 when he was deafeated by tilt.
National Policy.. W, M. Doig.
SEMI-ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OF W. M. S.
There was a large -attendance of
interested women at the semi -annuls/
conference of the Huron Presbyterial
Wornen's Missionary Soeiety held in
the Presbyterian church, ,Blyth, on
Tuesday, September the 9th, the
various auxiliariesandMission Banda
being well represented. The mornings
session commencing at ten o'clock
which was conducted by members of
.the Smith's Hill Auxiliary, was open-
ed by a scripture reading by Mrs.
Warner, W. Walter, and prayer by
Mrs. A. Young Henderson. The min-
uets of the previous meeting were
read by the secretary, Iris's H. -
Graham, of Seaford), followed by
remarks by the Treasurer: Mrs. I.,
O Greig, of Seaford.). Interesting
and eomprehensive reports of the
General Council. in Toronto and the
provincial meeting ill. Guelph were
readby the delegates, Mrs. Georg4
Telford, Of Blyth, Ind WsW.
ittir;,-, of olifitta. Iwo Amen
Clark, of *. Leyburncontributed a
very helpful - recitation entitled
"Fractions." Much progress in.
connection with the Forward Move-
ment was reported by the eorrvener,
Mrs. R. D. Rose, of Auburn. Mrs.
S. eLean, of Egmendville, closed
the morning session with prayer: A
bountiful lunch to which the panthers
of Presbytery arid delegates were in-
vited, was provided by the Blyth
ladies. -
Mrs. W, Warnoch, of Goderich, pre-
sided at the afternoon session Which -
opened at -two o'cloek, and Mrs. /X
Strachan engaged in prayer. The
Principal feature was an inspiring-
tstddress by Rev, A. E. Armstrong,.
M.A., of Toronto, descriptive of tradi-
tions in the various Canadian Prese
byterian mission stations in Formosa,
Corea and China, visited by him in
his 'capacity as Assistant Foreign
Mission Secretary on a recent trip to
the Orient. lie.described the Japanese
system in Corea as the German ma-
chine and the situation there that a
Belgium over again. In China be
held a conference with sonie of the -
prominent ehrikian Chinese business
men who had been brought into touch
with Christianty in Australia and whes
upon returning to their own country
became proprietors of large depart-'
mental stores conducted along modern
lines and other business concerns. In
response to a proposal made by Mr:
Armstrong as agent of the Canadian
Presbyterian church to establish a
hospital with a- Canadian 'stafffif-
teen, of these merchants pledged the
SUM of $50,000, and a site, valued at
$80,000, is likely to be donated by
the city officials, most of whom are
heathen, so much do the Chinese
appreciate the self-sacriheing work
of the Medical Missionary. Mr. Arra-
strong said that if the eongregations
even doubled their donations to the
missionary funds, it would not do any
more than maintain the work as it, is
at present, owing to the excess of
money exchange rates and' the high
cost of living. They should treble
their -contributions. Rev. D. McIntosh
of Brueefield, conveyed the greetings
from the Peesbytery in a very happy
manner, Miss Rennie, of New Ham-
burg, Provincial MiSSi071 Band Seere-
ta.ry, gave an interesting address on
the work of her department An im-
pressive part of the programme was
the presentation by the Prisident. Mrs.
James Hamilton of, Goderich, awl Mrs.
E. F. M. Sinith, of Luca), of a brief
eketeh of the ,life of the late, Mrs.
Fletcher, wife of Rev. Colin Fletcher.
DD., of Thames Road, president of
the Society for so many 'years, beauti-
fully peinted in the forni of a brochure.
The proceeds of this publication are
to be applied to a fund called the
Anna Fletcher Memorial Fund, to be
used for the translation, of religious
literature for the women of China.
Generous contributions are being inade
by Dr. Fletcher's eongregatiegs rn
Thames Road and Kirkton. A well
executed drill and missionary thorns
by nine girls from the Myth Mission
"Band were much appreciated. Mrs..
M. Curtis, of Clinton, led in. &prayer
of thanksgiving for peace, Resolte-
tions of synipathy were conveyed to
-
Rev, D. Carmel, ,1 MoKinoif, -
Mrs. Alexander Elder, cif BIyt
next* meeting will be held in