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All wiire iijirwil HM to till' iHwssit.v of I'lJiii-ivtioii. Hi. jioiiitril to f ifi'iiiiiuy iiH II Htrikiiijj I'stiiiipU' of a couiitrv wliosi! siiccivsm whs uttriliiitii- bli' to till' publir si'liool mill tliii miiviTsity. Tlic (iitiiiiuih boliiived thiit tlu' Pi'UHsiiin coninion hcIhhiI kIiouIiI Ih^ civilitwl with tliu victory iit Smlinvii. Tin. imlilii- srliools piiiil iliviileiiils in the form of vijforous iiiiiiihinHl anil wmnaiihiKiil. No |iolitical party sliimld he permitted to make a fiHitbiill of the selmols. The trail of party should not be allowed to blijjht the usefulness of the public schools of the country. The temptation, however, ap- peared t.H,-». Mr. Hiiiv. ;iit .-..miiMliiliHl ll„. .Imi-j;,. that tln' lli^'li »iIm»>I>. were inuivly " (inclin- I'liitniii-M." Ijwt .vc-iii- 'l |«.r i-.-nt. iil' Hijjii SclllKll |ll|jiiln .■liti'lVcl lIMT-untilf lil'i'l I.') |HT Cl'llt. Wl'llt In tllC fiinris; 7 piM- i t.jiiiiir.l tin' Ininicd |m)l'i-»Minii», mhI i\ |„.|. (•(•lit. j'liiii'd till' triicliiiin |iiiifi>wii)ii. .-M'trr khmh' I'lirthi'i- ili'tiiils iiH to till' l'i-(iviiici-'» ciliirational Hysti'in, ami tlic nwlini,' ol' luMi- tioniil opiiiioiw hIiowIii;; in wimt lii;;li .■«tiiimtioii it is Im'M ny tin' fcilli'iitioiiistH of KriyliiiHl mill otlirr I'oiinlni'H. .Mr Hiircoiiit r,. ferruil at xiinic k-iijjtli to tln' i|iii'Htioii of ti'.xt-lHHjIis. H,. foivilily iu-;;iiwl tliiit jii) si'liools could ih' i'iipic;i-il in lidti-r woik for tin' stnti' tluin in triiiliini; ti'ilclnMs. and ili'iioiini-i>d as sliortNiuhti'd the vii'ws of those wlio thought to di'|iiTiiati- thi' value of our Hiyli whocls liy .styliii;; tlii'iii ' twirluT I'lictorii's. ' Our .s|ii,rial aim now was to eiiiphusise the teaihiiij; of those siilijects wliieh would he of most use to thestu.lent in after life. Li^t uie give a sin^rli. example: In our Hi;;li sehisils we now had 24 (."mmiien'ial Speeialists and nearly 2700 sehohirs studying Stenojfrapliy. One Hi;;h sehool si-holar out of every four upon leaving the school cn^a;;ed in husiness pursuits, and our schools aimed at supplyin<; them for this special work. One Hii;h school scholar out of every six returned to the farm, and these will he the til-st to proclaim the vast .superiority nf the Hiyh school.' of to-day in the niatier of science teaching, chemistry, hotany, etc.. compared with the ill-ei|uipper| schixiis of only a few years a^ .. ILLITERACY AND CRIMF. He spoke of the .school systelr of .Massachusetts, recognized as one of the hest in the whole world, where the average school at- tend. nice is seven years as against an avt .ge of 4 .'1-10 yeai-s in the rest of the Union. The a\erage wage-earning capacity of the men, women and children of that State was 7.'1 cents pe, capita per day, as compared wiih the average over the whole UnitoJ States of only 40c. With education as thorough all over the Ulrion as in Massachusetts the additional wage earning power of the I'nion would amount to 200 millions of dollars yearly, a ■■i-".- |m,„f timt „„„„.v „,„.„i „„ .„|,„,.,i„„ l,,i„«„ l,„,k ,|ivi,l, ,„l„ :l::;:;;;:;'';rr;^;;T;''''"'' ^'i ■ - H,-, . . , '•'■*'-'M"i-"'""c„,iv],.i,.,i „r,.,.i„„. i„(i,.,.,,, ::,;;;':':;■ >— -'-if^f ,«■.■ ,„■ ti„. t„.„, w, " ■ r t ;■, '"'T "" "■^■" '■'"""•••'' • "■ ""■ "" "■"I-- , » ,1!^ "'"■""■'■""''' «■""•"'>• ■■""I "'■ »nt... B,.tt.T t„ ir:;j:\:, St;; ;;::;;:: - ---— TKXT BOOK.S. wH^'w,!,!t.'7!!''*' i" 'f'"""."*-' """ '""'"'• p""""' ""' """ «■'•«< p. I t..st b,„,k MH,»t ,„M,,in.|„ve„r l„„„. ,.,„l,.„„„t,-y ()„, text ^t:Tryr'^ '" '""'"''■- '^ '^""' " '"-^ "' -^ si unHM^bl. to, ,,VHc.„tl,iH subject f,.«,,, every ,K,i,.t „f view. ■ uch H» ,|ual>ty of pap..,-, of type h,„1 of .,i„,|in«. We l,„ve kept ^zrt'irr'ki^';" "-"• '•"'"• ''"""'- *-' ^-^ - ''>« ... . p y becH»„e everyth,„j; 1„„„„„ i, „.„e or leH« i,„perfeet. He l«Ht po.„hle text b.«k in tl,e well-e,,uipped teache,. Very able „en differ greatly .us to the .nerits or ,le,„eriU of tbis or -ha textbook All our Public sch,»l text books have L„ ^r,U.n^nd^,M^yo»ro.n student, and teaehe,.: not one "I bv h„" ■ rr, " ^"''"' """'"■■■ ^'''^^ '■"^ ^een print- ed by home pubbshem This was not the ease a few year. ago. Wehaveunifornuty to a greater extent than obtain, in Eng- land, France, or the United State. In,le«l there is no pret nee a un,forn„ty ,n the United States. A ,«wn or a towibip : mson,ee,«eBae,tyoraeounty,,nayhave uniform text ba,c. fair-ni,„l..,J, a„,i .]...i,,. ,, i„,,,i . .ndei«.,„ie„My as ,„ what th. truth i,, t„ f;.t a onpy „f the .„ w mh.jr,,tyiK. a„to«h,.-hthe.v™n l«. ,„, ■„i.s,n„h.,.stan.| • - Authonzo,! tor „,. i„ th. I'uhlic schools, Hif;h M,-h,..ls "u„| .ollepatoI„st,tut..«ofe U, tin.e. '■Now tliey lu-u asking, 'Wliy have wu not got ii new Hii;li school geogrnpliy !' Thi.' High scliool geography, us it now stands, wiis prepared in 1887 by Mr. Cliase, a High school mastei- of excel- lent reputation. Three years afterwards came the decennial census. Now what is Mr. Osier's argument f It is that the last cen.sus, the one just taken, gives us infurmation of a statistical character which does not ap[)ear in the High school geography. If -we had changed it wliej] it was only three years in use— and, remember, it is a most expensive book to pi-epare — if we had brought out a new High .school geography in 18!)l what n cry there would have been. The old cry, 'Too fre(|Uent clianging of text books : unmerciful taxing of parents.' What was done ! We prepared a Public .school geography which our opponents admit is up-to-date statistically and otherwise, suital 1 ^ and and available foi' all Public and High school pupils, and auihor- ized for Public schools and High schools alike. Aside from statistics the old geography contains most useful information. The statistical part is a very small fraction of the whole. A new geography for the High schools has been in cour.se of proparatioji tor .some time and would have been conipli'ted and authorized, if found suitable and satisfactory, some time ago bad not the illness of the author intervened. Further, our critics (|uite overlook a very material fact, viz., that one of the depart- inental regulations specitically proviiles that b,x)ks authorized for use in the Public schools may be used in Forms I. and II. of the High .schools. The new Public school geography iii use for nearly two years, is therefore under this regulation available for all our .scholai-s, and it supplies the defects of the High school \olume as regards statistics, and, as has been already pointed out, its use is definitely authorized for all schools. Public and High alike. The thunderbolt of Mr. Osier when the subject is fully discussed degenerates into a petty squib. MR. OKLER TO THE RESCUE. "Why, my audience will wonder, has Mr, Osier, a Member of of the House of Counnons, been singled out by Mr. Whitney to fo}-mulate and propound this new and deep policy. Other great policies of the Opposition had been entrusted to Mi-. Whitney's own iiiiiiii'iliiitc followiTH wlio weri! Meinl« No publisher would ever inidertake the risk of preparing a book were it known that changes wi^re likely to be so freijuent. Xo small part of all geographies new or old i-e- mains unchanged. Our teachers are sufficiently alert to supply minor deficiencie.s. The old book was issued in 1887. We had a new census in 18!I0. If we had issued a new geography in 1890 or I8!)l. the old one having been in use only three vears, so as to incorporate the results of the census in cpiestion, what an outcry our opponents would have raised. The world will not stand still even for the sake of perfect text books. Our critics liaving exhausted the subject of geography, mathe- matical, physical and political, anxious for other worlds to coniiuer. next attack the High School History. And here, too, they seek to mish^ad our people and incorrectly state the facts. — 8— They state with an air of coiKiiiest and triunipli that our schol- ars are using a history written iO years ago. Now a half trutli is a dangerous thing, a plain falsehood is not as harmful. I give you the whole truth. We hiwe a High schiMl history 17 years old, the work of Mr. Robertson of St. Catharines. But Mr. Osier knew, or ou^ht to have known— and he should not assume the role of critic unless he does know— (laughttn-)— that there is another authorized history, that of Mr. Clement. (Applause.) Why, it has been out only three years, and it eanies the history of Canada up to 189G. (Renewed applause.) Are we to have iuiothor now in order to explain, for example, the cause of the downfall of the Tory party in 1896 ? (Laughter.) What about the poor parents being mulcted in heavy costs for sch (Renewed laughter and applause.) Mr Clements' book is authorized ; your High School Board can make every child get it tomorrow if they so decide. Mr Osier's arguments regarding geography and history tall completely to the ground. Half truths may mislead for a day, but when the explanation and full truth is given the incorrect arguments rebound on the man who uses them. (Applause.) The regulation regarding text books is that the old one may remain in use as long as the School Board decides, and that the disuse of any book shall be gradual. It is difficult if not impossible to write correctly and impar- tially the history of recent or current events. All historians and scholai-s have recognized this elementary fact. It is strange indeed that a history should be complained of because of its failing to record current events. Current events are best ex- plained by the well-read teacher who for this purpose receives all the aid he needs from newspapers and magazin&s. The au- thorities of Toronto University in prescribing courses of history for their students are content to take periods down to, but not later than 188.5. The Minister then stated that the Tory party tor the lirat time in their history were taking his (Mr. Harcourt's) line of argument on the text book question, and admitting that changes must be made from time to time, (Applause.) TEXT BOOK BEVISION-PKICES REDUCED. He inentioiied some changes in llie piist, instancing that in legard to tlie text book on bookkeeping. Foiinerly one had Ix-cn useJ in Higli schools luiil Public scliools at a cost of 6.5 cents. Xuw the public schools were well served with one cost- ing only -2,5 cents, and the result was a great saving to the parents. Revisions of text books had been made only when such were considered absolutely nece.ssary to the efliciency of the schools. Seven yeart ago the departuii-nt had revised the arith- arithmetic and history, Mr. Osier had uttered what were only half-truths in the hope of embarrassing the Government. The speaker denied that the department had been extravagant in the text book line, and said that if a man sent his son through the whole Public school courae, ivhich would occupy somr ten or eleven years, the entire cost of the authorized books foe such a course would only amount to 8.5.25, or an average per year of 50 or 52 cents. For pupils who only went as far as the entrance examinations the total cost of books would be only $3.95, or an average of 40 to 45 cents for each year. ' The total cost of the Public school text books for New York is «9.96 ; for Chicago, 81045, and for Ontario, having regard to con-esp inding books, is S3.95. If we examine the text books in use in Maine, Pennsylvania, or Massachusetts, it will be found beyond any question that taking them page for page they cost at least twice as much as the corresponding books in our own Province. Tested by methods of comparison, the Ontario text books are cheap : — 1. The Ontario Readei-s cost $1.6.5. The be.st American Readers (Swinti, and Junior Lcavinf; and Senior Leaving. Wo also omit, so as to reduce the pressure, from the examination list (not from the course of study) soveril subjects which were foraierly included. We have in a word minimiz,;d the evils of examina- tions. We have made very satisfactory progress in different diiw- tions. Much remains to be done. Education is a phase of life It cannot remain long in one mould. There is no finality about I!;<.,i""''k''^'"™' «•'''■■«"•*"' tl»™Kl' it may U- considering our needs ,s by no means perfect. Neither are our churches perfect or our banks or any other of our institutions. '^ Mr. Harcourt reminded the audience that our grants to Edu- catio. were increasing year by year and that in ■. growing Prov,nce further increases from time to time must be eCetel Uur .-(rants for education since 1S!)3 have been as follows?— YEARLY EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATION. J**"^ 8662,520 1896 702 457 1897 719 s,5 1898 735 ,,98 189!l 746,001 1900 758,466 The Minister regetted that time would not allow him to ex- plain the new directions in which his department was working with the view of exten,li„g iU usefulness. He hoped at somt tutur.. day to explain to them the system of Travellilig Libraries which WPS maugrated only a year ago and from which much goo. muse result. He also hoped at another time to refer to the each.ng ot Manual rraming and Domestic Science which had been successfully commenced in some of our larger centres ,.;„! ' ™'y»"rt closed by giving a hurried account of the finan- cial condition of the Province and explained that the Govern- ment had not on y carefully husbanded existing sources of levenue but had also most successfully provided new sources sucti as succession duties and taxes on corporations. From suc- cession duties the Province thus far received »l|,729 748 73 and troiii corporation taxes *68,'i,952.97. Mr. Whitney, who posed as a friend to the people and a foe to the corporations persist-mtly opposed the imposition of taxes on corporations and recorded his vote not once but twice (on the second and third reading of the bill) against the measure which pro\ ided tor these taxes. — !)— TEXT BOOK REV1.SION--PKICE8 REnUCED. He .nentioned »on>e clmnKes in ihe ,M8t, insbinei.,,- tlmt in reK".-dto the text bk line, and said that if a man .,ent his son thnmnh the whole Public school cou.«e, which would ,K.-upy ,,o,nr ton or eleven years, the entire co,,t of the authorised books foe such a course would only amount to .'»,5.25, or an averajre ner year of 50 or 52 cents. ' '^ For pupils who only went as far as the enhance examinations the total cost of books wouW te only $3.n5, or an average of 40 to 45 cents for each year. The total cost of the Public school text books for New York .s S9.96 ; for Chicago, S10.45, and for Ontario, having rega.-d to corresponding books, is »,3.9.5. If we examine the text books in use in Maine, Pennsylvania or Mass,jchusetta, it will be found beyond any ,i„estion that tjikjng them page for page they cost at least twice ,is nmch as the correspondnig books in our own Province. Tested by methods of compa.-ison, the Ontario text books are 1. The Ontario Readel-s cost $1 65 '"lMmsS:tM, ^lof"'"^"'^' Barnes; Mon,.es, 2. I'he Ontario Grammar costs 25 cents. The best known American Grammars (Brown's Hvdes' Kelloggs) cost »1.16, S1.9.-., Sl.OI. -njws, :i. The Ontario Arithmetic costs 25 cents. The cheapest American Arithmetic costs 95 cents. —10— Witliin the last few ye^rN we have reduce•"■>■ i"'«"- i" •iiffi.,v„t ,ii,v,.- „,„;?■■":""""'"■'''""■■ '•''"'■"•' • pi".».. ..f lif.. "■■;;- >«.^^- o,. ;>^';i;:!::,f, ,„^v;:!;-,;-,:- ""•-'- -f-*. p.^vi„™ fu.ti,e,- t:":!;d::L, . r't„";;l ;;L;"b," ^rrf <)u,-«m,.tM f,„. ..,i„..,ai„„ „,„„. ,H,« i.„v, i::...,":;rf„n„;:.'!:''"' VKAKI.V KXl'KNDiniliK ON KDUfATION. '**■'•' $(it)2,5:!0 •***•* 702'4i;7 12"^ 7I!»,'h15 "'■'" 7;tr) i|i)N mi) 74 '^^ 1900.... l:!'-^.. .Mr Wlntiiey, who posed a.s a friend to the people and a foe tn eo^r^ =ri!^rr^t":-fef^™ -18- av, 7"*^ Urn/rrir .»/,., MR. HAUCOUl.r AT RENFREW Ki '"I'TKarh,,. .Ma„„„| Tniini,,;., |>.,nu.sti,. S.i,,,,,, "11(1 Apiculture to I,,. iTitr,Klii,v(l in licnfivw ScIkioIh Ti.. «l„l..*r o, Educlon M.|<„ For«,u, Addr„«. o- Edu- catlonal Topics. this we«k. On MoiKluy, ,l„n„„ tlu. visit of th. .Mr„ist,.,. ,^ Mueafo,,, they «„„i„itte,l tl,«,«elve« t„ ,J,.n,„.t,r..M wl i 1 ' The Minisier w,u< first driven to the Ward Sch.K,! and »ft„, examination of it, ex,,re..ed hinis.If very n.u, X«e w h n the an.ange,nent„ of that .school, and witl, the ^,SZ^ ^ "" Then the party dmve to the Public .Seh™!, and Ho^ V,,. HaiTouit v.sited all of the ro<,nis . in the Komtl Z, , H .splended twe„ty-n,inute address to th telr, ' 1 Ih";*-' man, Geo Eady, Jr., Secretary, S. 'J^ C^ A A W S D w" Stcnvart. I r. Murp,.y, DrCleary, Jas. Clark, jl lard B-' McCorniack, G. W. 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Tho .■luiinuHii tlic.i ,.,i||,.,] urv„i \i,. /.I lill^r by Pi nam') *...„«. ,„„! „,„„u„| t,ai„inj,M.ou.s,. ,1,1,1 k"' """""'■ th.y th,„.,„t they .s.,„ul,,, if .UylJZiZ ^:T"T """ i'i)n,lition8, ' "iijrht til,' il.'piirtlnuritiil eoui,l bHeKall^lren ' '*-' "" "•" "'"">"'" -'J that By half-past „ue the «.hool hall ha,J ., W.„ j- Wa,t,„K for the p„bli,. ,„,„ti, pj J ;''''" ""d'euee i,. '"f,- lUHliiy the arrival of the =:.:;L:i::r::GD^-::^^ ..„. ' ^■■«."'An:;,K, :;:;;■,:;:;; "■■"""•■' ■'■ ii." ..i....„ ,f „„. i(„ , , ■ '"■'"""•■• "'■ "-"■"'■■1 ..."..I, , i„ , „., :"'"■''■ " '" ■•■'"'> ''- - (.■.■tun.,1 tl„. ,„■ ,.»Hi„,l, ll'- H"iin,m„ tl,,.,, (,n,.||y ;;::^:zt,;;:; "»'"-■ :;::K';;.'^:r:i i.'';-rs r-,:i:;,;:";;L-;:T: :"• - »' '■«". Imt n.meof w|,i,.l, „,„n,,ss .1 i„ ; . "'" "'" -'■•■"'■" ■'«>• He empliiisiz...! (he iim»,H„„.. f '. "" ' >™' "I Hie ""•tl-Js; e,m«,.HtuluU.,l the ''""""' -''""'"""'"1 tion fm- He„f,v,V.H y.mtl, „,„| J'Z " ' "'" ''''-y ''^-' ■-■■><'"'- thnt I(e„f,.ew hud ,„,„.■ ,,7' ,'•'."'';'''■■" "" ""• ■'''"'"'^•'■ 0-1 n,„.d: hrt^z e ; rsr t,"r H '''"■'"■'•' '"""'"" < el«:n, o„ the «J-n,p,. h the '•'■ """' '""' " ""•"■■« ""TluH, for Hi, .-.M ,e e 1 ^'"■-•"■■"•'". "■"! on its hi. „,s,, «"'I »i.l that i„ J ^t't "''■■''**"■'''''" "''''''™''''''' »tHtu, „f the ,eh,.ul 2 "''';•',""'' '"'"P"'"'- '"Ivmei,,. the i..c..rred: but ±'J^' '""''-?«- -uhi „o ,io»U be tbat iu o..de,. to hive theit sd ™i: '«'"" "'""'' ""' "'^■i-' '" p-e. %add.,th:::rt::hf:-;itz^:i:^^- speakers: they breathed a luM f ' """^ ''>' "'« P'-'"^<«iin(j "■'■«t be p,«pe,.„,„ „,,„ "! »^'"«fe were prosperous the town h-i s.en of';,,,. ,,Ct ,^,»;-- ^■l.«l;tc..J too, with what he Minister expressed his re.ret I't f, '™''""r"'-«''"'K- The tl.e morning for him to vtttlr '". ^' ""' ''™" '"'"- '" "- n-etin,. would be o ■ „ l^e ^"1 "' ''"' ''""'^'^ """ ■■' ™...pli,nentary ter„,s t' he '"" ''"'"*'■ Herofe,Te,| f".' -- an old saying , ^ it- .;'","? '•""'"" ^-^ «"' P«PiK oflife/' ^ ''"'■ ^■^'""''"'""'o were the embmidery -'-'"^^%;r.^::t' ""-"r ^'"''—^ pictures,. Higa School. Like the House oT r ''T'''^ "'^ "''*"' '" " «■•>"" ■n .anguage for which he w3 l!Zti:V^:^''' ^''"^""^ " Thev don,. , M ■ ^''''^ responsible, iney done nothing m particular And done It very well." lo-day the High Sehcx)! nt p t What o..y a few^eaX ."riT'^ ^"T- -'" Un.ted States. Twenty yeai-s Z^ T u- y"'^'"'^'""'*. in the """pH^ed ahnost .solely cla,, if ti T ""'''' •^'■''"°' ""•'•iculun. the afternoon. That waa aCf 1 v '""""."• "•««-'«».■» in way in. Bu, this he pointed out ., ,:"""'"'"' '""' '"""d it" the other studies. We wHl a w " , ' ""'"™'' '" *''P'-^' ancient,, and their oultur-.-t^!^:; T'' "^ '-™ing of the was necessary for the iearuing'of Z L''" f "'" "''' ''"'«'"'«- •nathenrntical, too. was nece^arl ™'^ f "'"■ "«•"■ l^"-' ThentheMini.sterp™ceed:r:fd:: ;:^;;'T™1'''•^"P'"''■■ '■'l^eat,„nallv, and the forces that t ■ ''■""' "' to-'hiy —17— wl.en it is host sui^-,J to ti.e .nviro„,„e„t a,.l the cin.u,„«tH„eeH ZriT", " /7 '"'"''•"' ^™™ "«"■ "'"■™'"' ""--ersitj- was a theol,.s,eal school only, i., which w,.s taught ancient wanted at hat t.mc. But now it had cha„g,,.l its cnrrionlun.. In h.Klan,i unt.l recent yea,, there were only two universities. No« there were ten or twelve : and the newer ones were devoted to conn„er..,al and scientiHc studies. Ten years ago there were W fltOO.OOO were devoted to these schools. ()„e of these in i.iverpool, alone, had 4,000 stndents. Touching the point that had let to the changes, the Minister nprcssed the value of .schools to a nation hy^several illustra- d^v d d M r r ■ '■™" '"'•""'" ""•« «'••-'"*"■ than bank d.v dends, he declared : and quoted as a point in evidence .sW,st,cs gathered by the careful An.erican bureau of stat .s I' t onal 1 nes, and ,t was found that the boys and girls in that •S ate atten ed school seven yea,, on an avi-age frot ages to U In aH the Ln,ted States, the average atten.lance was only 4 and ,M0 yea,.. It was also found that on the ave,age, „,e,, boys a„,i g„ls th. ,„gl,o„t the States, earned 4;ic. a day, while in' Massachusetts, the average earning powr was 70c. a day In England .none year 154,7.54 pe,..sons we,.e co„victe,l of cri,„e. Only i of 1 per cent, of these had such an education as would be g,veu ,n ou.-^H,gh Schools; 19% could neither .-ead no,' w.-ite; 75/ eould .-cvd and w,-ite, but so i„.pe,.fectly as not to b.. Zntb,",'; "'"'■", " "'-"""^^ '""'' '" '?«-' --■>■ ^ keep the Cldren ,n school and out of gaol than to leave then, without education and let then go to prison. Britain novv fd ■ t incuraljent to spend S100,000,000 in South Africa. It was equally neces,sa,-y to spen.l in n,oden, education to save the En,p,rc co„„„erc,ally. Quoting a Ger.nan profe..,o,-, "The noney wespendo„oursch,»lsco,nes back in tl,e manhood of the „at,o,,. The M,n,ster then pointed out that trade conditions were what had caused the agitation for change in England. late years, the Un.ted States and Germany had rivalled England —18— in the steel, leather and t,«l >„anufactures, in building wan,hinH ."d .n electneal enterpriser: and in the .naking o! nZ eheunea s Tins had leu Englishmen to put on thet- thinkW eaps and ,nvest.gat«, and send deputations'; and tla answer cam! that the tea..h,ngot the sciences in a conseeutive way was the reason tor the supren.acy of «„„„„„, ;„ inJ^etriaTenter pr^es; and t at the Gern,an ..ols were alone responsib kt he progress Oennany ,s n.aking. The average of rfueation i„ .cnnany was K.tter than the average in any other country .e world. Mr. Harcourt ,,uoted .several instances of ^he won,U.f,, connn...,,aldeveh,p„,ent Howing fron, the e.Iueat o^ g.ven ,n Gernmn schools, and the tendency it had to send the educated men into the workshops-,50 7>«tors of Philosophy at work m one establishn.ent at Mannheim. The English people are wak.ngupto their deficiency in secon.lary education an tak,ngr„p,d steps to rectify n.atters, for it is%et with he" W hat we have we'll hold ;" Coming nearer hon,e. Mr Ha.-court contrasted the recent development „, technical schools in the States with the compar- TwTntv tl T . ™ T ,^"" """' "' ^"""•^'^ "' «"« direction. lltul^fT H^" r '" "'" «'"teB-the Massachusetts Institute ot Technology alone with 2,000 stude.its, 174 teachers and an annual c,«t of S;J75,000-while in Ontario one School of Practical Scencen, Toronto, 300 students, 14 instructors and annual cost of *35,000. Nature had done less for Germany tha Canada, and Canadians should not content to lag behind in giving their young people all the educational advantages pcssi- ble. louching the new studies that were to be introduced into he Kenfrew .,ch,xlls~dome^tic science an.l manual trainings- he confessed he did not like the names and did not think that they would cure every educational ill; but they would lessen the nervm^ .strain, and make their work more interesting to the pupils. The experience in Massachusetts of similar training in principle had been good. Enforc,.,! by law for the high sclLls m towns of 20,000 population, five years after it was enforced tor public schools also, and many of the schools had introduced It voluntarily. The best feature of the new training was that —19— it gives a due regard for the dignity of livtxjr, reaching RuHkin's ideal : "He taught ua to hold in loving reverence the poor man and his work, the rich man and his work, God and His work." ^ Dwelling on this aspect of manual training, the Minister of Education concluded an address which throughout its whole delivery interested and impressed the large and intelligent audience facing him. There was general expression afterwai-ds that the time had seemed all too brief and that the auditors would willingly have sat for a much longer period under the forceful yet pleasant utterances of Hon. Mr. Harcourt. Formal expression of the feeling of the audience was con- veyed to the Minister in a vote of thanks moved by W. Barclay Craig, B.A.,— who also congratulated the Board of Education on their work, and Principal McDowell on his inany yeara of able .service,— and seconded by Rev. John Hay, RD., who especially referred to the Minister's remarks on the dignity of labor, and said that the new methods would be welcomed if they educated to the honoring of honest toil. Then the students broke into music again : Mr. W. C. Ewing, .science master, wielding the baton, and Miss Moore on the organ! Graham Kearney on the violin, and J. W. Dafoe on the cornet accompanying It made good music. ..uite worthy of the visitor's compliments. " God Save the King ! " concluded the exercises. • -20— (^•r■.■„ the n,n„lf„r,l /lV,,™,/„,, Ii„, .,, ,.„„ ^ Y.W.C.A. OPP]NING Fo™aI,).,lieati.,na,.,l.)pc.,.h,.,.rth, ,i,,,,Hor,I ^•\V .A. I!u.l,l„,f,.._|l.,„. Mr. Ham.nrt "t'l'vo.v.l an li.auc.u,ai Address. Tl„. formal op.„i„j; of tla. Hn.ntforJ Yo,,,,;, Women', Chris ^T^t\^^''1'-'""'^ '" ''"- "'y that is truly urpns.nj;. Althoufrl, o„|y ,„ existence seven years the Ass,K.i„ uu^ , ami that few enjoy. Its eom.nodious and entirely n.odtrn .on e at the corner of George and Wellington streets l"^^Z to the e,ty and to all interested in its npbnilding. It the „ o strong ende..vor, a eonsummation long .levou^ly vvi h d A^d a coneen,ed deserve the heartiest congratulation^ of ™,o"e mtere.ted,n the work they are so sueeessfully earryin "'„ t The work has been placed on a self-sustaining hL and 1 1 c^t .>t the new buddmg has been most entirely nret The work which the Associati.,,n is doin- is but n.„.f ii undei-stood by the people as a whole While he < J ^ ^,' DriuriDleof the V \v n a , ' "mdamenta stm it extends much further than ■;,:;"" mIJI^'^S and socal departments are conducted under ,,uali«ed dir 'S an e„,ployn,ent bureau does a good work in iecuring i , ° , for young won,en, and the spiritual side of the work is n, ' «.ed v.ry strongly In addition, now that the nev ,, rt ^ are entered into, a domestic »,.;., i x 'i"arieis instituted. '""' '^^P'"-t'"™t will be I i I —17— when it is l,e8t suit..,! to the .■nviro.in.ent a,„l the cirem,„ta„ee8 va» a theological „eh<«l only, i„ which was taught ancient want d at hat tnne. But now it had changed it« curricuhnn. r. hngand untd .-ecent yean, there we,-„ only two „„ive™ties, ' con„„e,-c,al a,„l scenfHe studies. Ten years ago there were Now £000.000 were devote,! to these schrK>ls. (>„c of these in Liverpool, alone, hcd 4,000 students. Touching the point that l,a.l led to the changes, the Min'ster impressed the value of .schools to a nation hy'several il.::!.: tions. The dividends from .schools were greater than bank d.v,de„ds, he declared . an,i quoted ,u, a [x^int i„ evi,le e statistics gathered by the careful American bureau of statist !' •Whusetts, It was well known, was very advanced „„ educa- t oual lines, and ,t vm found that the boys and girls in that ^Ute attended sch«,l seven yea. on an avLge frot 'ag^ '' „' 1-i. In all the United State., the average attendance was only i and .MO yeans. It was also found that on the average, men hoys and girls throughont the States, earned 4ac. a day, while in Maasachusetts, the average earning power was "Oc. a day In England m one year 154,754 persons were convictcl of crime Only i of 1 per cent of these had such an education as would be given 111 „„r High Schools; 19% could neither read nor write 75,^ could read and write, but .so imperfectly as not to b,. counted a« ;■ e. ncated." It profit...! more to spend money Z k ep the chi' .reii in school and out of gaol than to leave them without e ...ition and let them go to prison. Britain now felt ■t ■■ ..u.,,t to spend 8100,000,000 in South Africa. It wa« equally necessary to spend in modern education to save the Empire commercially. Quoting a German professor "The nmney we spend .monrschc«ls comes back in the manhood of we.,, what had caused the agitation for ,.l,a„ge in England Of late years, the United SUites and Germany had rivalled England —20— (Finiu tht limnlfi,rd KxjKmlor, Dee, -1, lllul.) Y.W.C.A. OPENING Honiial Dedication and Opc-iiin- of tiie Uranttbr.l V. W.C. A. Buildiufi-.— Hon. Mr. Harcourt Di'livered an Inaugural .Vddrt'ss. The foniial opuniii}; of tlo lii-aiitford Young Women's Chris- tian A»«<«iation'» new building last niglit marked a stage of development of V. W. C. A. work in this city that is traly surprisinc;. Although only in existence seven years the Associa- tion has (,uartei-s and prospects that any otlier association might envy, and that few enjoy. Its commodious an.l entirely modern home at the corner of George and Wellington streets is a credit to the city and to all interested in its upbuilding It is the fruit of strong endeavor, a consummation long devoutly wished And all concerned deserve the heartiest congra.tulations of everyone interested in the work they are so successfully carrying out The work has been placed on a self-sustaining basis and the cost ot the new building has been most entirely met. The work which the Association is doing is but partially uinlei-stood by the people as a whole. While the fundamental principle of the Y. W. C. A. work is to furnish a home for those young women who are without home inHucnce and associations still it exten.ls uiiich further than that, Kducational, physical and social departments are couducted under cjualiHed direction ■ an employment bur.-ai: does a good work in securing situations for young women, and the spiritual side of the work is empha- sized very strongly. In addition, now that the new ,,uarters are ente.ed into, a domestic science department will be in.stituted. —21— THE NEW BUILDINO. The new building h.w been in the course of erectior «n,l .•enovation since the fi«t of April. As will be ren,en,b«re,l. the Association purchased the First Presbyterian church The church has been altered so as to be scarcely recofrnized either within or without. A win;; was added to the east side, which increased its size l,y more than one-thinl. The work was in the ehartje ot Mr. (J. W. hall, architect, and Mr. S. P. Whithan ,-on- frfT,nIo '"t "'."""' "'■ "'" "'^- ''"''''■■'^' '""^ i"'P>-.'ve.ne„t» total 820,000. Inside, the building presents a most attractive appearance. There are four Hoors. all Htted with steam heatinir and electric lighting. The momr . large and airy, the halls are wide and access is easily gaim o any part ,.f the buildin.r I he plans were drawn especially to make it homelike and at- tractive and thrne to whom the work of Htting up was intrusted did It thoroughly well. On the ground floor, which extends a little below street level are to be found the domestic science rooms, the dining ,-oom a lavatory and three bath rooms. The domestic science room Which 18 not yet completed, contains separate appliances for H students, each being furnished with their own work table, aaso- line lieater and culinary utensils. The dinning room is a Lire cheery r,»m, capable of seating .50 diners. The bathrooms on this Hoor are for public use, any outsider having the privile.^e of using them on payment of five cents. The second floor includes the general reception room boani room secretary's office, music room, general reading room, the auditorium and three bed room.,. The anditoriu.n. including gallery and floor, has a seating capacity of over .500. The third and fourth flooi-s are fitted up into bed rooms there being :j2 in all, and three bathrooms on each floor. These rooms are arge and bright. Those who will occupy them pay accord- ng to their means. Some will pay as high a« four dollai-s for heir b-jai-d while others will pay only two. Every room is tunushed by the Association. CHAIRIIAN.S ADDKKSS. (T. II. I'RFXI'OX, MRR) Tl„. c-hain,„>„ sp„k. „f ,|,„ |,.,.,,„ attv.,-iH„ee „s in,|i™,i„g the w..n.,..scnta. ,1. U.tl, „f „,.. As..i,Uio„ „ few yea™ ai u IUlee„„eept,„„,hat.„ »„ „|,„,t a ,i,„e it w.,,,1,1 acl,i;ve H.ul, ,^„.,vm.s jrnmH, a,„l e,„ne in(o poHHession „f M.eh a '"■","""" '' ■ ''I'" i..t...ve„i,« ,vea,. had witnessed a ie -. u,„.,e„,at,„„.s p,,,.e,.„ti„„ „f „,e var s li„e.„r ....rul'ne.s lenTT" "■'"■'," ;' "' '""' '■"■"''•'•■-""•■W-".->".l ki„d m . «e,„ , ,u, tne,„l.. It was n,nv not „„ly l^.ttcr e,,„ipped than M-th,. p,.o««.,„„a,.f it. online,,- wo.k, bnt to'lalce „, .. « l.ne... In tins ,,,nn ...tion l,e r..fe,.,.ed in a h„,n„.,,„s way to .■Ht,e science and wl,at its instn.eti.a, was ,oin« to ae,',n: I-I.Hh. I,efo,v sutn.^r d.^vn h« said that at the re.p.est of the nana^en.^^^ «h„h alter sn.tahle explanation, he f;ave, amid the heartv pl"ud,ts of the andionee, the nan.e of Harris HaM. •' Miss Wisner r.M.dered a very ..harn.in^r pi„„„ „„,„ The a,n,ual report read by Miss Maekenzie was a n.ost "iterestnii; and exhaustive one. rIOX. .MK. HAKCOl'iiTS ADDRKSS. Hon. R. Harcourt Mnnster of Kdueation. in opening l,is ui 1 ess, oxprosse.1 Ins pleasure at l,ein,. present on suoJ, an .nte.estu.i; *.,.a«,„n. An oeeasion not of interest alone to th,. «ty, but to the province as a whole. He eon.ratulated the eonnmttee ,n eha.p of the work on the splendid results of th.-ir efforts. It was the euhnination of lonj; entertaine,l hopes If the work proeeede,l so happily i„ the ne.xt seven years as in the pas sev,.n fjreat res.dts mi.ht be anticipated. The .splendid bu^ldn.jj would bo a. source of constant pride not alone to t yonn„ woa,en, but to all citi.ens. The .speaker expres.sed his sympathy w,tl, the u.oven.ent of the Association. The educa'- t.onal SKle ot it especially eo,n,„endee,l ^ -enee wouM prove to the «iHa Tbese^v.:! rrl^ir: —24— •;'"™""- --. s:;;;;!^;,.,': :;X"i:x:':;"' tl,e,„M.lv..H, '^'"■■'"' ""'^l"-'" '•"'">"«,d,.,| Mr. H,nv„u,-t doso.1 l,i, „.l,„iral,l,. H,|,]r™, with a tVw „.,.r,l- »";;■">•,">'."-' ;s,:„„'.,l",,L!,.;'^ ■'""''""" A!:^;:r "'"" •'■'^"••""^^- "'■-■''"- MHS. HAliKIS SI'KAKS to th,.,r lainviN Bmiitfoi-d would ci.tv .fC.l ""'"'""l<«HI "f the w„..k th.. a.„.,at » ^ 1 I J^ ,:;:„, ^"^ ''^""■ lovmjr organ.zatim, and organised love. ' OTHER SI'EAKER.S. ShoH add,e.,s.. were made by Mayor W.K,d, .Nrr. W. B. W,K.d M, r r I ',"' " ™"S'-'""'""»-.v .■haraetor. propert,^,,,, Brant avenue amount.. ..fl:' ^ ^.f ^^ Z Alter the foruial exerc .ses were over » ,„•„.» , advant,^e of the invitation extendi ^^ ^^ ZZ^ of wh,eh wa., thrown open f .- public inspection. ^' <'<)MJ';(JK DA vs. C"V,7(,„/„, .1,,,, ,.,,,,„ l"'t,e„t ,u,.l „„Kl,.Ht w.r,. „,„ ,f , , , ' """' '■"»rt«M.», ';- «iaj to .,,, .„„ ,„j:„;1; "";;:; -7;;'. -f th.„ ""™"""K liKl'tly like ,. Hnw,.,. ■ " How H ,'""' "■"'*■''" '".■sy.np«tl,eti(. othe™ of tl».,„ w,.,,. ,„ ""l' '""""' "'"' 'l"y or dreuid of by . [d " P "*•" '" """■«'" "^ t-X ■n.e day following alZlZf'" T"'"*' """^ •■'*^-"l learned Judge of the Sml " """"""■ "'-^ *">^'«' "»»■ - fame on tl,e earanus onlv ,,n7 ^ ^ ^ "''■' "S° '"•■ '«^'"'^''^'' -uer of idgi. pC :'r tir r ;tf xr "" ™""' tious such letters recall ' Tl, pleasing asNiicia- -naheg„adrang,:treiLTrdo™Trve^"''-.-''^« teem with intereRting incidents \v ^ "«"'" *"<• ■•id of the Hnal ..s^Z:^Zi e e Z 'L: "h" V'""^ "> ^"" i-egret con.es tf. us that we m, 7 > ■"'""" "* "'""e" love so well. These wer'ouH Z T' ""* "'"^ '"'"°t« -- "ay. and like tl e ar w upo^Ttl r','"'''''?" ™^ ""P'"-' they will not come back I T ' '"' ""•■ ''P"''™ ""'•<^' What si^riiul ,11,.,.,.^, ,1,. ill 1 ^. ■,.-,>, .,|lv t«Mt, Nniiu' of til.. ,,1.I I ' ■"»■» '■vil(u,..sM(ai]iliri;; in MioMf in tlii'ir way. " ''''"■•'n'lK,.,a,„l|),„.,.a^„f Divinitv „r t„.,lav :2::z ::"'::':''' r^v-' ^"^''"■'^'■-'^" xtone a„,l ,„„rt..r will pnnc- of ,„, avail ' '" "' The ,-™i,l,,,„.,., a Htlx,,,;; feature „f eu.ly .lays, i., „„ ,„.„,. u- . hav. ,n ,t» pk.... th,. l,„„„.s of tl,.. (i,.eek Let^e ■ Son," r^ n weannKof the cap an,| .own was fa,- „„.„. ,„,„,,, „, ^ now. No one in tho.„. eaHy days eve. .hvan.ed of ■" . t ' ^^racJuaten. To e^•e„ hint at sueh a .-e.note po.,,sibilit • would have been wannly deuouneed by the lea.-ned iLi.l "bi " U Iuter-eolle,u.te f,.,e„d.hip.s and rivalries, whethe,- IZZ^ i ( » :^H.;r;:;;rti.:!r7;™;''';; -— ■ --« Iii'liwl Knox and th,. |-„iv,.i-»itv «■ i "i»-Hkh.«, ti„. »„,,. ,„„„„„,„ , \t .,.^"" ';••;■• :''";;.M;...aii,. .■mli intlu,.,i,.,.s tl». otli,.,- ,„i,r|,tilv (•,„■ 1 ' ... ""■''""!* "• " "•■" "-Vina t„ th,. .tu,i™ J Z^;!^ '";;p- ••■ '"• liiH colk. -'-" th,. mains to l^o' Bel """'"'^'•■^ '" ^""'' -holar^hip u