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PlowingMatch Results
sAIIL 'previous records for entries and
attendance were shattered at 'the 2lth
International 'Flowing .Match in Per.
gust last week.' Although the weather
was not too 'favonrabie, 35,000 apecta-
tors were on 'hand the second day
when 206 entrants participated.
!John Gap'ton of :Oslhweken 'Indian
Reserve wort the [Mitchell F. Hep-
burn trophy and first place in Class
One on the second' day. He was one
of eighteen :Indians competing in. the
match :in which were entered the best
plowmen front many counties. Seven-
ty tractors were pressed into ser ice
and IV teams were .entered in the ev-
ents for team -drawn plows. Two
teams of oxen completed the field.
The competitions on stubble were
held on the Beatty (Farm fields.
Henry Hammond, P3 -year -'old iHa1-
d'imand County farmer, drove his ox-
en. While the Haget'svidle veteran
ploughed with his ancient equipment,
all dht-year-odd boy from Brampton
handled a tractor in conpotion with
34 entrants. He was the youngest
ploughman on the. groatils;
Thousands of 'fans followed Lem-
uel Vansickle of 'Jerseyville, as the BI -
year -old plowuran drove an oxen
drawn Plow, 85 years old. Vansickle
shaped his ;furrows with keen preci-
sion arid, his eye on the guide stake,
newer wavered more than a fraction
From the dead straight line of the,
stretch.
Twenty-six (boys wereentered in
the class :for contestants under 18
year of age, Donald Marquis, 116,
Sunderland, won first money. The
award for the best land turned by a
Wellington County 'boy under 130
went to (Eddie .Channon of Clifford'.
Sandy Hunter, 'ivrelanchton, won .the
T. Eaton Trophy for the best plowed
land by a Datfferin County boy.
'On Thursday, the third day, ,Fer-
gus was invaded'. by a crowd of 45,000
'people, the biggest crows, in the his-
tory of the plowing match, They lined
ail. four sides of the Beatty farm, one text book. The library is goina to
where the tests were held •for :compe-
titive sod -turning, with bays entered
in the intercounty jutti:or match.prob-
ably : retceiving the greatest support,
Alex 'Black, 'Pus'linc'h, grand champ -
Son far the past :two years, 'won the
:George P. ;Graham Trophy.' Ma bro-
ther. Leonard Bilatk captured. top
Mason; in .the class for walking plOws
in a held rxf 316•
WEST HURON TEACHERS
(Continued from Page Three.)
careful that the teachers do not talk
too much and the pupils become mere
listeners, lIt has been said that child
'ren learn to do by :knowing and to
know by doing. The more a pupil is a
part of a .class and gives (back What be
has 'learned from his own experience,
the 'more effective is his training. It
is the hope of theDepartment that the
pupil. will be .very active and that as
mach as possible individual attention
will the given by the teachers.
("Those who drew ,up the new pro-
gram were told not to take the old
course and revise it, but rather to
gather helpful information from
wherever they could in the world.
,British Columbia, :Alberta, Saskatche-
wan, Manitoba and Nova Scotia have
all put ou't new study courses within
the last 'five years and Ontario has
borrowed Freely .from the Alberta
course, which seemed to serve the
needs sof this 'Province best. From the
United States the chief borrowing
was the placing :of the work in the
proper grades. ";'hey have perforated
a valuable service' to the world in this
phase of the work. The EH'adow com-
mittee in England made three re-
ports on 'phases of education. No 'bet-
ter research on .primary school work
has :been given the worjd than' the
Harlow report."
"I hope the teachers will come and
take ,the seminar courses in larger
numbers neat year," ,Mr, ;Greer said.
English has undergone a great
change in the new study progratn,
said thesspeaker, citing:.the case of an
Englishtexchange teacher w,ho had in-
formed hint there are not enough
booker in Canadian schools and that
music also .did not hold' a 'large en-
ough place in the life of the 'Canad-
ian school child. "We have set to' it
with purpose to improve as rapidly as
possible the weaknesses of the On-
tario system. Ik is the intention that
the pupils should gain a liking for
books, It is a question at the +D'epar't
meet as to whether the authorized
text ''bo. -'k is needful." :confided Mr.
'Greer. 'The new readers contain
nearly- three 'times as much reading
as the old .text books carried. We
must have the reading attd[.enjoyment
of (books 'brought to a higher stand-
ard than ever 'before. The students'
apisetite for books is killed by the
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become the ;host important thins' iu
asiiating mac1sars with the t a.liiu
program. Tim program of stud, ai11
never he fixed again.
Annual promotions will :continue but
it is hoped these will be slone away
with in time its the. hest sox trades.
Teacher till ha:AA atautrt
:mutat means of finding :out if the in-
struction is all that is to be desired.
The pupil is •t i learn by knowing and
doing. He is no I,naer to be a visitor
but will be very active. the teacher
giving the guidance
Turning to the suh•ject of writing-,
Inspector 'Greer said that radical
changes in the subject haat, been
made. Print script is used in the
primer grades. 'He advised not un-
doing anything done; to allow pupils
of the senior grades to continue as
they began. Neatness will be requir-
ed. Teachers should refuse all untidy
work. '''We hope we shall 'have in-
dividual writing,"
Mr, Greer was of the opinion that
too much emphasis 'Inas 'been placed
on such mechanical subjects as writ-
ing and arithmetic. 'He reminded the
teachers that .promotions had in.., fur -
ter years 'been based largely ori pro-
ficiency in these subjects.
"The children should learn 'co-oper-
ation in work and play," 'advised the
chief inspector, speaking of the "so-
cial" subjects ;(geography, history and
cities), "There are many teachers
who claim that the geography course
has been weakened terribly. Many
things shave been left out of the
course ;because they should come as
a real need (which the student will
(find out in his association with other
parts of the course." The speaker
Predicted tita't there would be no
geography hook when the present
book runs oat "Although the cosi is
increased there may not be as many
text books as Previously were used.
Arithmetic has had to give way under
the new program. There is no arith-
metic in the primary grades. For the
later grades there are new delightful
books :that may 'be used, In England
arithmetic doesn't take a third of the
time that .it doe,. in this country, and
yet 'the children there are just as pro-
ficient as they are here. Music and ar
are on the new program bbs are
hopeful that in ,five years' time avers
classroom will have a special music
teacher coming each week.
"In :public and separate schoolwork,
there will be a ten-year course. The
new program is not lengthened it
point of time. Each :grade is a level of
attainment and not necessarily a
year's work." The old' 'pass in (jeune
system :is not a ;good one, the speaker
felt.
"The greatest fear of the .'Depaet-
ment is that some of the teachers
May become disgusted with the ne
yv
course. The general direction is to
give the teachers more liberty and
fewer regulations 'to follow. This eau
only ,be done through ,co-operation by
the teachers and the Department. The
Department wants to know the faults
and also the advantages of the new
system," Mr, Greer said in closing
his address.
"Marking .Entrance Arithmetic,"
was the subject of an informative talk
by inspector E. C. Beacom, In mark -
:la problems he said. it - is ne nary
t have a partial Scheme of marking
ansa girina the designated value. The
value is awarded even though 'mile
,ortion of the solution may he wrong.
Mr. Beacom pointed out that it is ad-
tisable to have pupils hand in their
ou 'rt work paper. It is necessary for
;.rpiis to show all the (cork „i iiul':i-
mitotic(( and division hi ,nrler 1n 1 -
t:•t" any error, Mr. Bstcom made
--.'t?ral observations nn the Itew
,: r tray of, study, of witirh lie asked
the .teaclter: to enter into the spirit
mil get away from tin rigidity which
ha, featured class Si an di-eiisline.:'1s
ti Toronto speaker bait said. it wa,.
"too much of a 'ross betweena pciti-
tentiary- and a rnotgitt
in writing, storeatten tint i, tt IS
given to near and legible writing
rather than to any, fixed movement.
Writing lessons should he by individ-
ual instruction, which will prirdttce
masked improvement.
Dr. J. A. Gr'ah'am gave an instruct-
ive address on "Dental iHyagiene."
Misses ,Pauline McEwen anti; Es-
ther McIlw'aine gave splendid health
talks.
Miss H. E. Carr, representativ8`01
the O.EjA., •told of a suggestion to
have the O.JE.A., reorganized.
Mrs, Albert Taylor, president Of
the home and school council, ;briefly
addressed the convention.
'At the afternoon session, pupils of
Victoria school sang a chorus under
the direction of R.:F.:Player; musica
director, and „Miss !Hazel. Boyce con
tributed a solo. Both numbers lac
been awarded prizes at the musiea
festival last y -eat•.
Friday's Session
Vfrtcar C. iDinnin f Zany( . on Fri
'Fay teas elected president of Wes
Tleren To tellers' Tnst-i; ; at it,
sec-
ond day's session. Other, officer
chosen were: Holt. president, Miss 1.
E. Sharman, retired principal of Cen-
tral - h >ui. R_ - ltrich; vice-president,
Stewart (Beata, Varna: sac.-tri'as .
R. :Sint luasr xlerich librarne.
W. N Tlannpa.aodeu4tt ci�nn ,i.
Hiss Lett'' 41 ,.sunt: ifs.
Medil,w en. Ja tie ;t l 19, C,otI rii it.
Res,'+i y_t t • n nh Miss :Dar-
ren Webster. t alert.;; Mi Jean
L cit, l ncknoa Chas. C. reit .e,
Exeter; Miss L.ttie Litt_, 'Hett:sall:
Mrs. Lucy. Atchison, !Grand Bend:
V.nt. Crago. SIe. Marys:, E. C'. Beac-
om. :Goriarich.
eac-om.:Golerich.
Auditors -fin. L. Pinkney. Dungan-
non: Aldon Hasty, iGoderich; delegate
to OJEJA., Stewart Beattie, Varna.
Discussion of the new program of
study which took place its the various
grades included the following:
Grade I:X—Chairman S. rT. Brown;
English, S. iJ. Brown; mathematics,
V. C. Dinnint social studies, O. L.
Pinkney: ante Mrs. L. Aitche'son; sci-
ence, 'G. ST. (Keeler; 'business practice,
\liss L. McCulloch.
des VII and RCII'Ie—Chairtnan
al, M, Shackleton; history, H. M.
Shackleton; .arithmetic, M. Ham
mond; literature aitd rea, V.
Thomson; .;eog'raphy, Mdiingss 'J.. t'A.K.
Long; composition, W. N. Crago;
grammar, D. ;Anderson.
Grades\' and 1'I—Citairntan, Miss
T. Kirksocial studies, Miss W. Ball;
arithmetic 'Miss ivloDoitell health,
Miss 'G. •Pepper; enterprises, Miss L.
T Die.
Grades 1 and II--Chaorrtpan, Miss
P. Love reading Miss Late, Miss B.
Durnin Iblis. Martinson; arithmetic,
Miss M. M eGugan, Miss E. ,Morlock;
writing, Miss M. Sheardown, Miss N.
Hartwell, .seatwork, Miss rE, (Kenny,
Miss B. MaQuillin.
'Piano solos, exquisitely executed by
S. Smith of Exeter and a'comprehen-
sive report of the O.E.A. ,given lar
Mr.. 0.1, :Steckle featured the after-
noon session. An address on 'Ger-
many 'today" by Dr. W. W. -Martin
was not given owing to the illness of
Dr. Martin.
After votes of appreciation to those
taking part in the program and to the
school board .far the •use of the school
the convention closed with the Na-
tional A (them:
FIJI FASHIONS
Probably no civilized (roman eu-
dures so much: annoyance for the
sake of fashion as the Fijian chief of
a generation ago endured. It is true
he had few clothes to display, but he
usually had an abundance of hair,
and in respect to hair Fijian .fasliion
was enacting.
The chief had any number of skill-
ful barbers to care for `his hair. The
hands df those 'barbers were devoted
exclusively to the head of the chief,
Some one had to lift the cup that the
barber drank from; another had to
feed him. and 'another prepare his
sleeping quarters. 1s'ith his own
hands he could touch nothing except
his master's hair.
You would naturally expect those
hands to do wonderful thing's, and in-
deed they arranged the chief's hair
in shapes that were nothing short of
marvelous, 'topiary art has nothing
to compare with theta. The little
town If Aatsnteer in 'Holland has 'for
centuries been famous 'for the skill of
its gardeners in cutting and growing
hushes into strange figures; roosters
stand tiptoe ready to crntt-, kitten's
u -hails in the son. rabbits ,tick their.
eases ate of their green nest.:. But
*.hose .shaps n tul;d seem concision
'(lace ,nnparei with the .shapes 00
tun of t Fijian's head.
Let us imagine we are hack an one
or the islands ;, eenerttiod van, stand-
ing where ire can watch the barber
hi hi;task, First he applies some
nntnnn; •.,,lural according to the
hi.'r'adesires. With a tortoise-eliell.
'tin lit• swit.•'.t,•s the hair up until it
stands strtI'lt. '('hen he divides the
phi: hush into numberless sections.
tell of Amyl( i; made to spread up -
ler: front the roots to form a cone
i pyrauwl. So closely do the cones
prriamici join that they forst a
smooth level surface -the peculiar
triumph of the Fijian barber's art.
Sometimes the harpers dyed the
bordehs.n'i the chiefs hair white sous
to torts a circle round his head, or
perhaps they: would dye it white in
Front and black on the sides; though
some chiefs preferred to have those
Fringes shaven. Other chiefs were
proud to have tassels dangling' down
their necks, and still others ,preferred
to have patches of hair on the sides
of their heads left a little longer than
the rest .of the fringe. Taut the big
chiefs would have none of those frills;
they would have every possible hair
utilized -and additional hair, if neces-
'Resting such an., ornamented_ head
on -a pillow or on the ground was (int
E
the question. A bench was special-
ly prepared with a notch to hold their
neck. As a result His !Highness rose
i t the morning always with neat hair,
nal frequently with a neck 'that pain-
ed hint saarply when li: times his
1- ilt,+u.
consttrtur. t1t hast
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Fhone 227.
Hallowe'en
Hallow -e'en with its stories and Era»
ditions may compared to "a quilt
of many pieces." The background, oar
lining, .of the quilt was fureskshed by
the +Romans and the !Druids, white the
the ;bright .patches on top were added
from tine totime by the Irish, Scot-
tish, English, Welsh, Be'etons,.IFrench,
Teutons, and :last, but not least, our
own .countrymen, (write. one • of :ear
awn,countrymen.
In the days Of the ancient Qtoman's
a. festival was held about the (first of
November in honor of IRomona, the
goddess of the harvest season. The
Druids also celebrated a 'feativ'al
which dell on the same day, in which
they gave thanks_ for the gathering of
fruits of the year. These two festivals
give us the nuts and apples which
come cracking and bobbing into our
present Ha'llowe'en 'celebration.
The Druids were 'worshippers of
fire and water, and .first 'believers in
Fairies, goblins, witches and :s'pirits, or
sprites. Tiley started the story going
that on tite night of October Mt all
the uncanny people, 'ibig and small,
carne prancing forth from -their hiding
places to plot some mischief and
weave spells against mankind. Over
this backgrotmd of ancient 'harvest
festivals, curious customs and 'beliefs
have been added various patches of
superstition •and fun -making,
Ireland contributed story -telling as
her patch in the H'allowe'en quilt, for
there is no -country that more believes
in the ,comings and goings of the "lit-
tle people" and loves to tell abash '
then than she,.
Scotland was not to be outdone by
breland. Her ,purple ;patch is as .large
as the emerald one, On 1t we :have
"Samhanaeli" the goblin, and Teter
Pan.
England gives fps a fortuneatelling
magic of nuts and apples, and witches
on •brown sticks.
Wales's contribution to Hallowe'en
is ,the +bon'fire, 'Every Welshman 'builds
a(bonfire on Hallowe'en and watches
it until the last spark dies. Then he
gets up and runs a -c fast as his legs
will take, ,for the catty (black sow
takes the 'hindmost. '
Brittany's patch is full of ghosts.
On 'the eve .af Hallowe'en, the Bret-
ons 'believe, the departed one.: return
to their homes again.
/France's :cmrt`ributian is. flowers. On
the last day of. October iFrench ;toys
and girls go about asking for floral
offerings for ":All Saint Day." The
Teutonic paltch presents- us with
witches and cats which can change
themselves irtto any shape.
'Note we :have conte to tite nates'
furnished .by iN+orth America. Tt is
filled ssitlt the curious rites of the In-
dians and the laughter -making super-
stitions of the negro. Exactly- in the
centre of the patch is worked a huge
yellow* pumpkin, with glitteringeyes.
iaeta.;tic nose and grinning nttinth.
The f'ack.-o'-Lantern is tite American
contribution to' the Hallowe'en quilt,
without which it would not be com-
plete.
become hopelessly entangled. So the
clued wore a turban of gauzelike :ata-
terial wrapped round the pyramid and
'fastened, according to his rank, either
in front or au the side or behind. At
gala occasions a sash of white" was
attached to the turban and thrown
round part of the body, The sash was
from three to a hundred .yards in .
length, according to the wearer's po-
sition. lite big chief is said' to have
had at least fifty yards trailing be-
hind ' hire on state occasions.
E. H. ,Senior, LC., Passes—
.Elmore (Harris Senior, K.C. died
suddenly at his home in Toronto on
Monday. Born at IE-xeter, 48 years
ago, Mr. Senior graduated front Os -
evade Hall in :19113 and since ;then
practised in Toronto with his ,brother
Maurice. 'He is survived :by his wid-
ow; one son, Phomas Harris Seniot';
two daughters, <Harsiet and Doris;
his parents, living•in JExeiter, and'oare
sister, B'itnche, if (Exeter. The farm.
ral was held Wednesday front the
home,
"Ole said Ise would lay the earth at
tsy feet said the sentimental girl.
Ye answered 'Miss t,adaboat,
saanda good, ntt it is ,rot prae•g-
You already have the earth et
tour eel. What• yah 1-i tt i.; a iJtezt'
':t.tr- t y ;i tt a oret tar Ile Ail ;+t