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LEGAL
• THE HURON WOBITOR
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HAYS & MIR
Succeeding R. S. Hays
Barristers. Solicitors, Conveyancers
seed Notaries Public. Solicitors for
the Dominion Bank. Office in rear of
the Dominion, Bank, Seaforth. Money
to loam.
- JOHN H. BEST
Law Office ,
4
) i . P. J. BOIABBY •
• ' (Qoitinued from last week)
Assotiete in Charge
zShe even opened the door, but as
Illerrielere, - Solicitor*, Notaries, Etc. elle 'stood there against the outer
I Beater*, Oats TelaPhaue 75. 'blackness_ of th,e night, looking north,
ward to the lay, Buck caught at .her
tLMER 0,. BRIJ., S.A. shoulder and drew her back into the
room. He cloied the door hastily and
e' Barrister IL Solici-tor , stood with his shoulders braced a -
Office of late A. D. Sutherland) ,..C. gainet ta, His eyes were a little wide,
(Next
as he -laced her, and she thought that
- F. Holmsted, 8
Monday, 'Thursday and Fridays. there was still a slight tremor of
Over Keating's Drug Store. the upper Up as if, theInstant before,
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be had received a great shock.
e • But sine was too filled with great
VETERINARY ,nnnories this evening to pay much
•'attention to Buck and his ideas of her.
The careless smoothness with which
•
JOHN GRIEVEV.S. she epoke• to him was the only tone
,
possible to her. If she had tried to
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- speak soberly, she would have burst
ary College. All diseases of domestic into tears and been, unable to pro
animals treated. Calls promptly at- ceed.
tended to, and charges moderate. Vet- She would have turned back to
erisary Dentistry a specialty. Office the stove, but he caught her and
i
and residence on Goderich Street, one stopped her again. ,
door east of Dr. Jarrott's office, Sea- "I've had hell two nights hand ren -
forth. a ndng on account of you," he told her,
"and I'm damned if I'm going to have
it again. Understand?"
A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S. - - She did not answer. She hardly
heard the words he had thundered; at
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary
College, Untversity of Toronto. All
diseases of domestic animals treated
by the most modern principles.
Charges reasonable. Day or night
calls promptly attended to. Office on
Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town
Ball. Phone 116. Breeder of Scot-
tish Terriers, Inverness Kennels,
Hensall.
MEDICAL
DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
University of Western Ontario. Mem-
ber .of College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode-
rich Street, West. Phone 37.
Successor to Dr. Charles Mackay.
•
DR. W. C. SPROAT
Physiciau - Surgeon '
Pbone'90-W. Office John St., Sealorth.
• DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence, Goderich St.,
east of Abe United 'Church, Seaforth.
Phone 46 Coroner for. the County of
Heron.
• Y.
DR. HUGH H. ROSS
calmly,. "There was never e woman
like her before and there'll never be
another like her again. You're. a• prat-
iY girl, Jean. -You've got a stronger
mind and. e, Stronger body bhah she
had. But she was *tort of half queen
and italf child, and between them two
hugs she worked on the heart of a
man tiU he'd, Ate 't6 give her one hap-
PY•elae." .•
"And Dan Barry?" she asked. "Did
it help you to hate him because you
loved my mother so mute?"
"Joan, the other day I was telling
you about one man in all myK life that
was a friend to me."
"I'll.never forget what you said. It
.y'
seemed as though I'd neveknowu
etu until you bold me that""Weil, Dan Barry, , was that man.
Does that help you to understand?"4,
Again she was stricken dumb. She
had gone for years feeling that the
most prosaic 'man, in the 'world was
this same fellow she had called 'dad,'
but now • she discovened: enough -to
Rake her think of endless possibili-
ties In him. And, indeed', she suspect-
ed; that he belonged to a former gen-
• eration which was bolder, stronger,
more moble than the people, among
whom he lived.
HURON cowry COUNCIL
(Continued from Page 6)
Re ga,.. tenders, we recommend
tender a J. Calvin Cutt for groceries
be accepted; we `recommend tender of
L W. clivehmottor bread be acceot-
elk Wader state, bread per 3-eoulle
UV, 12%e; we•reeonamend tender of
D. U. Ogle.* . ter xaest be accepted,
Lender reed, boUtn 'WC 9er W.,
Me; we recominend that Mader of
the Gcderich • Star be accepted in re-
spect to printing.
• Borer Inspeotor, we recommend that
• R. apptleatiOn for position of Corn
Lee Heine.. They Ind found him Mr. Mouton be accepted at a wage a
dead in a little aback among the 46e per WV while on duty.
trees ,laid out with Me eye. closed, Re application for grant of East
hie weary face composed, and his Huron Women?* Institute, we recete-
hands folded calmly upop his breast. mend that the question be discussed
Someone had been with bim when he by open council. • •
passed away. Who could it t$ire Re application for grant by the Sal -
been? No one amid guess. And that Yeti= AMY, We recommend that a
was another added element of the grant of $150.00 be given fee the year
mystery, , 1937. Re application Canadian Na
But that was not all. When they tional Institute for the Blind. we re-
examined his effects it was found thee opmmend a grant, of $150,00 for the
bo earned a wallet, on the inside ttif current year.
which were the half obliterated in, Re application for grants from Hue
itials of a fanner who had been one on Plowmen Association and South
of his victins. in a celebrated train Huron Plowman's Association, we re -
robbery three years before, who had commend the same grant , be allowed
resisted being plundered and who as late year.
had been killed. It etated people on Re request for grant for Association
a new train, of thought. \ of Trustees' and Ratepayers' Associa-
The authorities sent out a flood of tion, we recommend no action.
telegrams and very soon they began • Re motion that a grant of $800.00
to learw startling things -that thisbe paid. to the hospitals, we recom-
man was no other than the same Lee mend that a grant of $700.00 each be
Haines who had, seventeen or eigh- given and that council discuss the pos-
teen, years before, ridden in the out- sibility of dealing with hospital boards
law gang of Jim Silent; and they in: regard to grants for the treatment.
gathered additional infoaanation to the of indigent patients.
effect that he was one of a famous Re motion that a grant of $25.00 be
band whick for a number of years, given to each library, we recommend
had been operating up and downthe that this grant be given in accord -
mountains. It was even believed that ante with Bylaw 28.
he was the leader a the outfit. Re motionthat a grant of $25.00 be
What desperate considerations could given to the Central Conservation
have led him to take his life in his Committee, we recommend that a
hand's and appear in open daylight in grant of $25.00 be given.
the centre of a town was another my- Re motion for a grant for the up-
stery. His reason must have been keep of flowers at Court House, we
good, or else the value which. he place recommend a grant of $20.0.0.
ed upon his life must have been small. Re motion for usual grant of $500
There was still another conclusion. to Agriculture Office, also the $200
Harry Gloster must have been an ally for Junior Extension Work and $15.00
or even a 'member of Haine's gang. to each School Fair under our Re -
That was why Haines had thrown pre;sentative's supervision, we recom-
himself away in the effort to rescue mend. •
the younger man. What other ex- Re motion re combating warble fly
planation could there have been? And menace, also contagious abortion and
was it not known that solemn vows asking for grant to aid in work, no
of mutual fidelity held outlaws one action recommended.
to another? . Re grants for Fall Fair Associations
So that, in the days. following the in Huron County of $100.00 each, we
death of Haines, his name began to recommend granting this amount pro -
acquire greater and greater signig- viding all associations have complied
canoe. And when the posse returned with Bylaw No. 28.
from the long and fruitless pursuit of Re grants of $25.00 each for 1937 to
Gloster, a work which had been tak- the Public •Libraries in Huron County,
en uet by the sheriff of the adjoining we recommend that this amount be
humming. with excitement, as if the allowed.
Re grant of $80.00 to the Plowman's
county, they found the home town
jail delivery were oaly a day old. Association, we recommend that this
And some of the significance of grant be allowed in accordance with
Haines, himself was passed on to his Bylaw ;8.
very horse. They had. identified Lee Re grant for School Fairs, we re-
witih a long life. of successful crime, commend' that the usual grants be
and here was his horse, a king of paid, but all school fairs send linen -
beasts as his master had been a king tial statements to the 'County Clerk's
among men... Was it not natural to office in accordance with Bylaw 28.
graft the qualities of the one upon Re grant of $50.00 to Agricultural
the other? Advisory Board, we recommend the
And when the Captain came piling- usual grant of 00.00 to this Board. .
ing into the corral, looking so mighty Re grant of $80.00 to Seaforth, Clio
-
and so swift and terrible. that the ton and Hensall Spring Stock Shows
strong ropes which bektelaine-appeared and, $25.00 for Hensall Seed Show, we
no more than intangible spider recommend the above grants be al -
threads, another picture darted into lowed.
the minds of those .who beheld the Re salaries and, -re grant to East,
sIght. They saw Lee Haines, outlaw West and South Huron Women's In -
and gun -fighter, raging through a bat- stitute, we decided - that this is out
tle. of order according' to Section 84.
Only to Joan it suggested some- In reference to the Report of the
thing else. -She had come, among the County Home Committee of Dec.. 31,
last. She did not actually advance to asking county council to give consid-
the fence until the Captain entered eration to the travelling expenses of
the lists and every eye was so fast. Mr. Jacobs and the salary of Mr. Gov-
ened upon him that she • ran small enlock, we recommed no action. -P.
risk of being closely observed. But W. Scott Chairman.
then, having foun'd her place behind
the bars, she looked through and saw • INSPECTOR'S REPORT
a thing which was more terrible and
wonderful to her than had been even I beg to• submit the followipg en -
the spectacle of Lee Haines and Har- nuel report, for your information, con-
ry Gloster breaking out of the crowd cerning the condition of the schools
and smashing their wa'y through the comprising the Inspectorate of West
Huron, for the year 1936.
night to freedom.
She did uot think of the Captain Under Section 86 of the Public
School Act as amended irt 1933. pro-,
as a mere horse when; he first en-
tered.. Peter was her idea of a horse, vision is made that any rural school
gentle, sweet tempered, faithful. She may be closed by the Minister a Ed -
could rule him with a whisper. The ucation when the number of children
least pressure of her knee - would in the section between the ages of 5
swerve him. But, after all, Peter was and 14 is lees than eight for two con -
a born servant. He would obey any secutive years. Action was taken by
other man or woman in; the world the Department of Education in this
connection during the last year and a
almost as well as he would obey her.
considerable number of small schools
And; he could have lived happily en- throughout the Province have been
othroughout the Province have been
ugh in the stall of a purchaser.
But here Nees quite another story. closed. While the ratepayers in most
To see the Captain, one vrondered cases object to their schools being
closed, it should be realized that the
how he couldever have been' control-
led by mere bridle and saddle. For pupils in such schools are not receiv-
he was a giant. By actual rule he ing an education comparable to pupils
in larger schools, and even the best
teen hands and two inches. But 'he
might not have stood more than six -
teachers cannot make school work in -
seemed a full hand taller; he dwf-
teresting under such condition's. The
ed the cow horses to puny insignifi-
ar
financial saving from closing a sohool
cance; for his soul was greater than
his body.
One could not conceive and remem. mannered Peter beneath the saddle,
ber him in such a 'background, tied but a free companion.. There was
with ropes and surrounded by gaping the greet difference. To own the con -
people in a fenced enclosure; for fit:levee of the Captain meant the tale
seeing him, one thought of windy ing on of wings, the collapsing of
mountains., of far ridges thrown like distances.
waves against the sky, or of vast des- And an ache of desire entered her
erts which .his matchless' speed and heart. Not a passing hurt of long-
ing, but an irresistible passion.. took
long -
endurance turned into a pasture lot.
free leader of a herd of his . own hands,
hold of her. She looked down to herwild,
wild,
slender, childish, and the
kind. small, round wrists. Truly, she was
One saw him as a king should be, the
A dozen, men now attacked him, _impotent. It would need Hercules
moving behind a screen of their own himself to conquer the Captain.
trained but frightened saddle horses. She watched the progress of the
They pressed close. Then they dart- -work not as a fair contest but as a
ed out. He was snared with new , picture, terrible and beautiful beyond
ropes. Men clung to his writhing, words. There was no hope for the
pitching body like dangling ants. men. She knew that Vaguely she
heard, here and there, voices of men
One went down with a yell of pain, calling. out wagers that Lefty or
twisted over and over In. the dust, Champ or Sam would stick in the
and was then dragged away by help- eadOle so many minutes; or that one
ing hands. They carried him off the of them would ride the black to a
field. His shoulder had been horribly finish. She heard them, but she re -
crushed by a tap of those flying tore-
girded them not.
hoofs. They were strong men and dexter -
Arid Joan remembered what Haines ous men, but there was not strength
!had told hem of her father and Saban. or skill enough in all three were they
rolled into one man to subdue the
It seemed to her that she could see
Dan Barry seated on the back of that etallien. It took forte minutes to
struggling giant of a +horse, - could snub tie, nose of the horse to a sad -
watch the Captain quieted. and- stile dle-horn and then to saddle and to
dued by the strange touches of her bridle 1 :m, though experts were do -
father's hand, the stranger touches of ing the work. But eventually Sam.
his voice. Ricks was thrown up into the saddle,
As, for such a power as he had the hood was jerked from the eyes of
Med!. To sit like a king on a throne the Captain, and he was gone! '
with this indodnitable soul at one's
command! Not a slave like mild-
(Continued Next Week)
her. He was slaying now: "But I've nev-
"Joan! Where ;have- you been?" _ er forgotten that es Kate died she
"With a man." asked me to take you East as soon
"1- knew it!". he groaned. "I knew as I could. I've been leaving and
it. Who?" A
scraping ever since. And hough I
,
"A man you know."•ain't got quite enough together, we
"And he hasn't seen the last of. can make it do. I .can find work of
••.
me whoever he is!" some sort that will pay -all I want
"Lee Haines was his name."
is your promise to try to go on doing
It was a strong name, indeed. 'It what your mother wanted you to do."
seemed to have the strength of a And Joan, drying her eyes, was a -
club to strike down Buck Daniels. He bout to answer ie the affirmative
fumbled', found a chair, and lowered wben, through the open kitchen win -
himself into it without taking ^his dow, the faint calling of the north -
glance frown her face. bound wild geese floated into the
"What did Lee tell you? Where is room, a chill and odissonant sound. It
he? Where did you meet him? What stopped 'her voice.
di•d he tell you, Joao?" Buck Daniels, with a stifled oath,
"He tobd me about my father." strode to the window and slammed it
It was a second blow and it made down to shout out those wild voices,
him drop his face in this hands. She but the old building was full of rifts
stood over him, trembling with an- and cracks, which served' now , as
ger. ki ears. He himseif could hear nothing
"Ycvu kept it away from me all but 'he knew from the quivering lips
these years, and what right had you and the far-seeing• eyes of the girl
to do that? I've lived in ,the centre that she still was listening.
of a lie!"
"Joan!" he called roughly.
,
,He made a gesture as though brush- She roused herself with a start.
ing iter words away to get at Some-. "Yes?"
thing more importent.
. ,•-•. "I want your answer. You're go -
"Did he tell you how --how your ing with m.e, Joan?"
father died, Joan?" She hesitated.
"All but that," she answered. • "There ain't nothing more sacred
"Thank God!"
than the wish of a dying mother,
•
"But find it out! find out Joan!" •
every word that can be known about But, instead of answering, her head
him!" bent back a little, her glance roved
"Joan, I won't let you. We start far past him: and he knew that cher
back East to -morrow. I've made a.r- thoughts were flying north and north,
lighted•by_ a nevily risen moon.
ranges:Dents. we're going to go ----2" •
teg-afiereeebee.-tettod.-- ,eon; :110 • '
you think Fd give him up? I've been Chapter XIX
cheated of hirer all this time, but I'm THE UfilklqNQUERABLE CAPTAIN'
going to make it up!" Charlie Purvis. donated his big •cor-
He rose and began to pace the
ral for the show. It contained near -
room, s -winging through it, back a.nd
ly an acre, surrounded with a lofty
forth, with an uneven step as his
and solid fence. , On the outside of
thoughts spurred and checked .him. that fence leaned the men and the
But at last lie stopped short and fac- omen; the youngsters were perched
"I've got to tell you things I been
ed her. on the top rail; for the entire popu-
lotion had turned out to witness the
praying all -this time that you would- contest. For the quality of the com-
n't hear. I'll tell it short, because I
hatants was known. •
ain't got the strength to tell all the Now and again, eyes turned to a
small things that go into the making
rear window of the Purvis • house. -
of it. When your father died -when
Stretched) in agony on his bed, with
Dan Barry died," he began, his words three ribs smashed in, a great scalp
coming forth haltingly, "I went to Wound furrowing his head, and his
Kate-ytoter mother. told her I tett arm fractured in three places,
ea.noted to help, and she told me that
Charlie Purvis' could, still turn his
the great thing to be done was to
head and see the battle through his
take you out of a Country where Dan window It was for that reason that
had lived and get you into a new
he had donated the corral, as every-
place where folks had never heard of one knew. He had tried to ride the
him. • Captain the 'day before, and now he
"She wanted to go East, but I wanted to see some other hero con-
ehowed her that there wasn't enough quer where he had failed -or fail anO.
money between us to support us in perhaps pay a penalty almost as grim
as East in a eity. But there was as his own.
enough to start a nall ranch, That The picked riders of the county had
was What we done. We came away gat hered for the testing. There were
down here and got this place between a score who had courage enough to
us, and the best way to cover up mike an attempt to conquer the great
tracks seemed to be -for her and youblack stallion.. And there were three
to take my name." famous •horsemen who were believed
"She didn't marry you after he to have an excellent chance of riding
died, then?" the big devil. These were Lefty Gil-
"Melhen be died, she died,"esaid Dan- more, Sam- Ricks and Champ Hudson,
kis. "That Is, all except that part men of genius, every one, when it
of her that was Wrapped up in you. came to the governing of a pitching
And that part kept her alive for a horse.
few years. But she was more'n half Now entered the great antagonist,
dead. You remember how quiet she dragged along by a half-dozen ropes
was -wouldn't speak through a Whole twisted over the saddle -horns of tug-
Oay, maybe, except to give you your ging cow ponies. He came 'raging
lessons?" arid Tearing, already dripping with
"Yes. And when she walked g sweat, eo that the sun glittered and
rennd the house I used to feel, some- eleimmened and washed in waves of
tines, as though she were afraid of .blinding light along his sides. He had
the noise she was making." done a day's work in the passage
from the stable behin.d the hotel to
"But I remember her as ;happy as
sunshine, full of singing ,and laugh-
the field pf action, and yet it was
ing. Made people smile just to see
plaint to see that his mettle had strap -
her pass. All that had died out of
ly been aroused by what he had al -
her. when Dan was _gone. You never ready done.
"He's ready to go!" cried a chorus
knew more'n, the Shadow of your
mother, Joan. And when she
of the spectators. And. there was a
come
to dde she begged me to take .you little shivertsw of admiration and
away from the West aI
fear from t mere old. and young,
s soon as
could-" for there was enough fiend in the
He paused tote a moment, then. went
huge animal to thrill them with won -
on again: dor and with terror at the same time.
It was said; -that after Lee Haines
"She begged me to keep the name
of your father away from
died the stallion had, been suddenly
you-"
Agreat new thought had come tb changed, so that from perfect doCil:
*
ity he passed at a step into the most
Joan. demoulacal temper. It might have
"But how could she ask you to de
been explaiped that he simply was
all these things if you -if you were
not even my stepfather?" 111 at ease in the hands of a stranger
a.nd that he naturally expressedl his
"Becidse ehe kneee that I loved eller,
Joan, more than I loved God or fear-
nervousness with his heels and his
ed the devil. She knew that she teebh. •
But no one cared to have a com-
'could trust me for her Sake to 4o my
monplace explanatlion of an extraord-
best for you, and. I've done it, Joan,
inary thing. It was believed that there
as well as 1 could, but I guess that
was an unsearthly corinection between;
I ain't done More that; to -make you
unhappy-" the mind of the horse and the miiid•
of the (loved master, se that the mo-
"Donit!" gasped, Joan..., "Oh, when
sment the latter passed away the re-
you'vel tbink, how patient and bow gentle
bellious soul of the stallion arose to
been -when i think of that
and how you've-" a struggle for freedom.
Tears flooded down her face. And the hone gained the more sig.
"I've done no more than any man nifica.nce when the town came to
mould of done for her," he insisted know more about the identity of this
etratfilittot 'ante& y -att--tm. rirron
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons- of
Ontario; pass graduate course in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ;
Royal Opthalmie Hospital, London,
England; University Hospital, Lon-
don, England. Office --Back of Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5.
Night calls answered from residence,
Victoria Street, Seaforth.
DR. E. A. McMASTER
Graduate of the University of Toron-
to, Faculty of Medicine
Members of College of Physkians.
and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate of
New York Post Graduate School and
Lying-in Hospital, New York. of-
fice on, High'Street, Seafortle Phone
27. Office fully equipped for X-ray
diagnosis and ultra short wave elec-
tric treatment, Ultra Violet Sun Lamp
treatments, and Infra Red electric
treatments. Nurse in attendance.
Wereereeee
,
Is 111.0 a very inrportant tactor. When
a Khool is closed. the 90141e- mutt, be
transported to another school and ;any
fees charged for their tuition paid by
their own section. •
district, S. S. No. 15, West Wavtan-
During the year one school in this • ritrit40/4: •
ooh (DonnPybrook) was closed. As
there would have been only two ouP-
ile in, attendance, the trustee board
concerned realized the necessity fur
closing the school and the pupils are
being accommodated in a neighbour-
ing 'school. There are very few schools
in this inspectorate that are likely to
be closed on this account, but in a
few iustances, it would seem that the
decreasing attendince may require
such action in the near future.
There are now 88 rural and 4 ur-
ban schools in operation in the In-
spectorate, in which 124 teachers are
employed, 100 teachers in the rural . TAKE A DI LUX( TAXI
and 24 in the urban schools. Some FRONI DEPOT OR WHARF -no
72 teachers hold First Class certifi-
cates, the same number practically as
hest year. 1 presume it is generally
known that Second Class certificating
are o longer issued and, that in or- *WSW tOSObOT bell heturred this year.
n
der to attend Normnal School, students Many schools In OR Southern part of
muse have Upper School standing the county, in the Townships of Steph-
from the secondary school*. en and Uehorne particularly, have had
this wOrk carried on for as long as
Some 18 new teachers secured poet-.
tions in the district during the yea. 10 or 12 year. in some cases, and it
is considered an essential feature of
It is of interest to note that a num-
been unable to secure schools for one, able to teach this subjeet adequately
theist 'schools. As few teachers are
ber of these are teachers who had
and RE all pupils *honk' have an op -
two and in some cases, even three pottunity to learn to sing' well when
sears. This is an indication of the
fact that the surplus of teachers attending school, the value of this spe-
cial instruction will be readily realiz-
which has existed for some years, is ed. • "Grants of one-half the cost of the
beginning to show a substantial de- salary of the music teacher Is paid to _
crease. This will be even more pro- rural school boards carrying on thin
flounced next year as this year's eve work and the net cost to tlie section
rolment in :the Normal Schools is not more than no to $25 a year in
throughout the Province is only one- all cases. Ido not know Of any way
half of what it was a few years ago. in which more value can be 'derived
It is my oeinion that within 2 years by the pupils for a small outlay and
the present surplus of teachers will trust that more and more schools will
be entirely. absorbed and that even. a introduce this work. During the pres-
shortage may be evideet. ent school year, in. more than twenty
The average salary c'paid in the class rooms, this instruction hai been
rare' schooe for the current school inaugurated, ,an indication that Its
year ehows an increase tor the first value is becoming increasingly apparn
time in some six years,' beteg $622 a.s ent.
compared with "614 last year. While . With few exceptions, the school
the -increase is small, it represents an property throughout the district has
improvement in conditions that is been kept in a good state of repair
evident in industry generally. It is and many improvements have been
of interest to note that only twelve made: One school, S. S. No. 12, Ash -
teachers are receiving the minimum field, was completely remodelled and
salary of $500 this year as compared put in creditable condition. Attention
eith 23 receiving this salary last year. has been given to the • sanitary -condi-
Of the 12 teachers at the above sal- tions at many schools, and new inside
ary, all but one are new teachers. toilets were installed in eight schools
Practically all boards realize, 1 be- this year. In all this type ef conveni-
lieve, that $500 is too low a salary to ence is -now provided at some forty -
be paid but as almost all new teach- two rural sohaols in the Inspectorate,
ers apply for schools at this salary, almost one-half of alt such schools. It
boards cannot be greatly blamed for should be realized that the outdoor
accepting the services a these teach- closet is most unsatisfactory and that
ers at their oe-n valuation. approved sanitary systems should, be
The total number of pupils enrolled installed in all schools in the nearf.to •
was 3,427
dausrincgomtphearedlastwscithlio3o,I.
dition of school grounds has occurred
ture. Some Improvement in the con-
ei-lie al:ewas
440 for the former year. This in- during the' year but in too many.cas- -----.
teudes pupils who were not in the es, little interest in making the
schools for the full year as there are grounds attractive by planting flowers
a.ways many transfers from school to and shrubs, is shown. 1 would as last -
school in the course of a year. A year, urge that this matter receive
truer indication of the number of greater attention.
pupils in the schools is the enrol- The results of the High Schcirol Ea- •
ment on the last school day of May trance examination were particularly
which was 3,164 last year and repre- good this year. There were 313 cane
seats a decrease of 49 over the for- didates of whom 286 or in excess of
mer year. The total enrolment he 90% were successful. This is the first
the schools however, 'shows little time that this percentage of success-
matked variation from year, to year ful candidates has been attained and
at the present time. is an indication of the capable in -
The attendance during the year, was .tat uction t being given in the schools
not maintained at the high level- of by most teachers. • - - - - - -- -
former years but dropped to 88.e per- As formerly, many pupils were , cent for for all schools as compared with warded High School Entrance certi-
91.2 for the former year. The decrease ficates on their year's work. Last year,
in attendance efficiency may be large- 115 pupils secured standing in this.
ly, accounted for by the severe winter way, being 40% of the total number
which made it difficult for the pupils of successful candidates. For the pres-
inany degree of regularity during the recommendation system have been
ent school year, some changes in the
the rural schools to attend with
months of January and February- made which. will result. in even more
Many schools were closed for several pupils being exemptecl from writing
days during these two months as it the final High School Entrance exatn-
was quite impossible for many of the ination. That such a condition is de -
pupils to reach school on a number sirable, I believe, will be generally
of occasions. As all pupils in a school agreed, as emphasis is thus placed on
are counted absent when a school is sustained effort throughout the whole
closed on a legal school day, it will year rather than on the results 'of
be apparent that such conditions have one final examination.
a serious effect on the percentage of The same number of ' School Fairs
regularity attained. Exeter school as last year, namely those at Grand
with an attendance of 9L6 per cent. Bend, Hensall, Carldw, St. Helens and
led this year among the urban schools Currie's Corners, were held and were
while Ashfield Township with 90.3 per quite on a parity with former year's.
cent had again the best attendance A few additional schools participated
of k:11 townships in the district. It this year but many trustee boards
has *en some years since any town- still hold aloof from the movement,
ulaTity with which the pupils- attend. schools of this most valuable expel -a
and deprive the -children in their
ship has excelled Ashfield in the reg -
It should be realized by all trustee ence. The School Fair at Carlow was
boat cis that they have no authority to especially good this year, showing a
close their schools on legal school marked improvement in all depart -
days, but that on the contrary it is ments over the former year. The final
their duty to see that the school is school fair competitions for the Coun- .
open on all proper days. In the past, ty were held in Clinton -at the begin-
iral schools have frequently been Ding of November and an interesting
closed for a variety of reasons and in and profitable afternoon's entertain -
some cases, for a number' of days, es- nient was provided.
pecially if the regular teacher be ill. The TeaChers' Coholention was held
Trustee boards have been advised sev- this year on October 8th and 9th in
eral times this year of their duty in Victoria School, Goderich, with all
this connection and; considerable itn- teachers in attendance. Special speak -
shown during the autumn term. ' of Western University and Mr. Roy
ers at the convention were Dr. Liddy
provement in this regard has been
The Legislative grantswere paid Fenwick, Provincial Supervisor of
this year on the same basis as dur- Music; who gave excellent addresses.
ing the last two years. with a general A display of pupils' work was also a
reduction of lace in all grants as corn- feature of the Convention. Interest -
pared with 15% last year. It was an- ing and helpful discussions of meth-
ticipated that a new system of grants ods and devices in the various school
would be put into effect this year as subjects took place, and I believe the
such was announced by the Depart- teaehers returned to their schools
ment of Education in April last and with new ideas and ideals to be put
circulars setting forth ^these. grants into practice,inetheir clam; rooms.
were, distributed to the schools. It While all the features of the y'ear's
was found however that to put the work in the schools have not been
new system into effect, would entail dealt with, the foregoing will, I trust,
a general reduction of some 20 to 25e% give an indication of the substantial
in all grants, so the grants were paid progress that has been made during
on the former basis for this year. The the year. It is confidently anticipated
total general legislative and county that similar progress will mark the
grants paid to all schools in the di- present year, to which end the active
tract this year was $16,663.78, an in- co-operation of the members of the
crease of some $240 over last year. county council. trustee boar& and -all
The grant paid by the County on new those interested in the welfare of the
equipment provided and improve- children in our schools is solicited.-
ments made in school property, E. C. Beacom, I.P.S., Huron West..
amounted to $1,554.52, this amount be-
.
ing $275 less thaethe former year. In ARESOLUTION
addition to the general grants, many
boards shared in the special grants Respecting the Farmers' Creditors
given for Fifth Classes or where Ag- Arrangement Act: Whereas, it is our
riculture, Music, Household Science considered opinion that the Fitemers'
and Manual Training were taught in Creditors Arrangement Act has made .
the school. Formerly grants were it almost impossible to obtain Mort -
paid to all teacherwhere special sub- gages on farm's, and has created. a .,
jects such as Agriculture, Household most unfavorable impression in the
Science and Manual Training were minds of those who have . money to
taught. These grants are now paid invest; resolved, ' that this- Huron
only when the teacher holds a certi- County Council petition the Dominion
Orate of special qualification in the Government to gite careful consider
subject. -
ation to the Act in order that it flute
'A deckled increase in the number either be repealed or Intended in NW%
Of schools where instruction in Vocal a manner as to eliminate the ameirelet
Music is belig.'lleven by a special injustices ,
DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
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Graduate in Medicine, University
of Toronto.
Late assistant New York Opthal-
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