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Les diagrammss suivants illustrant Is mAthode. 2 3 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 [rie ilia ■^ 1^ mil 2.2 I.I f."" ifi^ = 1^ L25 i 1.4 III I., A APPLIED IN/MGE Inc =^ 1653 Lost Main Slreet —^ Rochester, New York 14609 USA :ja= (716) 482 - 0300 ' Phone ^S (716) 288 - 5989 - Fa« »' ^1 ' Liberal Conserative HAND BOOK ON . . Organization . . AND Qualification of Electors. lasued by the Liberal-Conserative Union of Ontario, for circulation among the friends and workers of the Liberal-Conserative Party. u !-.. c^f ROBT. BlRniNQHAM, Sec-Treaa. L. C. U. Toronto. TO THE LIBERAL CONSERATIVE PARTY. OF ONTARIO. These hints are compiled for the use of our friends throughout the Province to aid in the systematizing of tlie canvass. The Electoral Contest may be divided into three periods : First or Preliminary- (1) The Candidate having been nominated, if Com- mittees have not already been formed, tliey should at once be formed in every polling sub-division. If the polling division from any cause requires the formation of more than one Committee, it should be sub-divided and a certain portion of it assigned to each Committee, the Voters' List for the Division being in like manner appor- tioned. (2) The Committee having been formed, should at once obtain copies, say half a dozen, of the List of Voters as FINALLY REVISED by the REVISING OFFICER, and it must be remembered the lists for the Local House should not be used, as they are not the same as those used for the House of Commons. These lists should be kept for use until the fate of the contest is decided. (8) The List of Voters having been obtained, the names should be carefully gone over, and an endeavor made to classify the voters under these heads ; 1. Those certain to vote jor our Candidate (none should be so marked without good reason ; there is no more fatal error committed than assuming with- out KNOWING that an elector is favorable). 2, Those whom it is useless to canvass and may be put down AGAINST us. (Here again it is well that doubtful voters should be seen before being put down as against us). 8. The Doubtfuu 4. The Non-Residents. 3 over them, and these men.h ^° ^^^^ ">ost influence at once to call and see U,e"doub^.l""l'"' " '^^'" ''Ss S^^f^^«?l^er^Kcd'^^l- r*. Seconrf or latenaedlate Period has now been reached It u '^ ''eriod m'ttees have settled w^lini P''«^"™ed that th Com electors whom they havf ^Tl^f^ "^ ^^^i"? suchV the f^m^k '^^^ ^«"nsTfurnish"d for'th'^'" "^"^ *e work «ciered aTL?" ^|?t^^^,'' ^i" happen that some con- or It may be rumored that thpv " ''^^'"''' ""ay be found -M-Sl^e cts'e^tF'--^^^^^^^^ and to enueavor," f^h1;fcl!PP°l-.d changTof fe'|l^'° our side, to . ecall them to fh4r " m "^"'o ^^'^^^^d a" /n &.^' "=. to show how riVh teo^s t\^'Tl ' '^ ^therto length dawnmg upon the.-if ' ""^ ^'^^^ «'hich is at 4i rSsrarupto'^the'l ''T''' Organisation should 'ng the result of the c'Lnva* ^^=^P;^"i"ble hour, show The Third Period TO BE SEEN TO ? °'"'- ^ "AT IS THE WORK THEN 4 w.lh' s?einy'Xr'sM'tc%''^'^"'"?'"^«'^ charged over, for 3ie piirDoT nf " *S?'" ^^ carefully po. " vote., and Sore^esTedallvth^o^'/"^^ whether efj ' been seen by some person whn^""''^'' doubtful, h- what the doibtfS man's fee^,°^f 'P"'' P°'''^' 'X " to undecided, another effort thFf ^" '• ''"'^ 'f he is still around to supp°ort"ur wndfdafe ^' """^' '" "^""e "im influ'efc°/o'!;i'rPh"S°shVuld ZTl\^\P°''''' '^' "O't the dubious elector. ""dertalce the^d.ity of seeing appiiml^!' J^oTr?ach?7or"m''^T""^H^''V'"'""^ "« authority of the Cand^HaVr. Vv. Tj i' ' ?"'' 'he w.- tten Inside /crutinetrs "^^'^ '''""''^ ''^ obtained for the oWinel for any partfcuVar n'i'""','"^" should be cation should be nromnX ?^ "i"^ divisions, appli- ^e Riding Ass^okPr'^'i^thTctra'^I "^-^ °' mlrLe?:iMe;°e;'^s'^oto'st".h'e^ ^°- -- -d s-m-y^e^eV^"^"- '^- - °"^'o';rwTo"shlrb1 ScrlS::rlVIZ"^l tfo'.^^.^^S'V'^ '"e Inside Io^'orc;ntdarsroufd' Hn^^^ the Outside Sc?u«nee?s on th^ i'^^^'v ''M' '^ '^e duty of the voters who hl'vTn"i °v"ot'e'l at^en^atT '° ^^= ^^' THE POLLING DAy! °^^''^ ^° THE POM.S ON "'' ^wif^;rS's't^^fcTo'^^ ^°"""'«" necessarydrivZonPoHntn' '5* '""^ ^"'i "n- theelec^on in ?urffvo^"« ^'J^' ^"'^ "^^ determine '*' '^fervVe^riii'; m^'ttarrfd^r-'- with h m all the eTec^o^, Itf^^? °"""' '""> bring has to travel i„%'o'SngVtt nor,. °" ">^ ^""'^ ^-^ 6 W Try and so arranL^p i> ,h„ as he himself comes to the nni"'.t'''''"K ^ '<^^"» be necessary to drive LrkP'' '" -^' " "'" "°' same road tiat he ha, a?r» ^^'"' Perhaps over the bring a voter who ,n^,h?^'' travelled, in order to brought out at Tst ^^^ J"'' ''^ *^" bave been "^ ""irju^'^^rid^t "a^ssired t'^^t^ °^ '^ "-"'- - t^^ke ^"ho has, in ordlr^o m2t ° ""? "»■•« "^ some one be polled "'^''*' "'■'^'n ""at his vote will ;:i^s^teide--3te^«^^ Cap!l.id'^.^e.^r^etfn| -o'r'^^tS^ up,' and our c.a^.s_to be -P-l.;te°J.Th^o^iS*^^/Lre*;>te;S!"ot wiifSr Sg'l^a'n^d^therer" '''^' "- "'her side in the recent Local Elrrfilr,^ '* '■^''^°" •" believe that the part of the 50.^1"^ P^""- ^ ^^s freely us^d on should be taken to preve ™it^v \ '^u Pt'«lTy-means Constituency ft "he Ia^«h" "J^e=« imported into the night befor^ po hni^ s the^iif^r'*''/ '^^ 4 ^"d the sneak around the cfncessinnf' ^°' ">« Grit firiber to «de-to disappear by ah|°of no.F'^ ^> "^f^*''""" ■tbe understood that no rLf^P "'°S day), and let bribery will be allowed to rem " "'"t"<=/ captured by lL?P''^^ Prffanlation relics "or'inf '^= ^•"^'"y = ^"1 i-ocal Committees, ""^ information on the te.T'Jvifl^ S°iin?ea7a^r t '"'-^ '" "^^ con- general distribution. But afthmL^K Pfr*"'^ P"nted for communicate witn ^^^^^J^^^^t^-Z'^^'^li «r/ ictA time and mo^i E P^l""""''- «"''^'* '*'»'" rim^n in ymrolUd ZIT^ P'-'pa^e, are allowed to "•at are treated o7Uth"I^7"''"19», "" ^'ry matUr, distributimt ^ "* "" ^"^"-^ ■^'"'h ire intended for THE FOLLOWING WHO ARE mmm to vote. CENEI^fll, QOAWFiCflTIOMs. na!„eIare°oi^th'eTo?erf EiS"I°'fi^ ^'If P"'°"5 *•">'« Judge or Revising Officer r;i/f /"A" V"'=<='^by "-e />«^«M,5/<. qualification^ "*' fi"' "nd indis- 2. He must be of the age of twenty-one years, subject ■""'' ^^ "y '"'■"' °' naturalization a British voSs/°'"«°"'^ *™ "=^"'j^'« i" the qualifications of all Indians. em^t&to:o^''e1nrh^^rv1n°ce."•'= ^'^' °^ ^^^ are (1) Judge?"""' ""' '""""' '" ^''"' "» (2) Revising Officers. (5) Any person bribed to vote nr r=f • , (6) Any person paid or who h k ^^'" ^'°'" ^°""S- njent {a) & loss of time (I) tr, n''^^" Promised pay. of team or other servJ^rco'^US^^''^ ^KlcU' ^' '» pe?soX'elcrp1„i^4tl,Cj!^ ''ty /- intelligent agents have fe'^n apDoin?:./!;'"^? ^"'hority, but ff no e|cto..iendlyVEf^'-^^/,t^^^^^^^^^^^^ sho'ulSl^^Vr^ili^e^fpSf^c^.r,"'"^, ''-'h, -d they tents of these hints. Th^etshoLK '''/'' "''* *e con'^ copy of the Voter's List ^^anH '' i"? furnished with a marized: ^™""''' °^ objections may thus be sum- persoJI;tmedrb^uUs°"^^^^f "'i"S '"'"self is not the agent is not satisfied oftw^"^^ ^'""' ''"tor If ^l >ng himself as a voter (and rfn"'"^ °/ *^ P^^on tender should be well acaualnted with all^th ''f' "^ '^e agents d'vis.o„), he should requtelLat'L* e's worn" °' ''^^ ^"^■ (2) That he is not of age S^^"'!''"°'='2"«sh subject (4) That the Voter has K.„ services in connection with the^ltT^^"* or performed (71 Th^f 1,;. . , . (7) That his team has been hired. be considered before n„n ^'T"^^ °^ objection should marked with the leHe^q^ h7' ''"1, '^^ ^°'^"' List person who i="„ K-^i... ^ before the name of each hi — "'•■»» iiic letter s person who is to be sworn TViVX "*\ "f '"= "' eacn have to be guided bv ci^r„^.f ^ ^^ent, however, will be sworn beyond th^se so SS' "' '° "''° ''^' ^"^""'-^ Oir cale you, U,,a. ls_,t can be done-anu ask the Education Depart- ment to make it worth their while to follow your advice. II. Questions Relailvo to Teachino. The most serious defect of the teaching in our High H,h,«l, is I regret to say the poverty of the results. \ large T.e'rcen a^^^of ' h esults are sti 1 raw and the workmanship i, „„«, i.hed. Vor tl is however, „„r low examination standard, not the tcK-hei, .„,::;• be he d chiefly responsible. The ev ils produced bv this very grav^ de ect are born,. „i upon me every day I visit th. classes, aiM no ralp:r:sT:„lTn>."t '""*'""" °* ^^""^ candidates that pass 1 arts I and II of the Matriculation and Junior Leaving exam- ma.ions-the Leaving examinations, be it remembered for lost pnpds-represent satisfactory scholarship or the best p;.lL litis of our school system. Matten, are much worse now tharthey were ^. • — ' ^•>^" ""e staiiiiard of tiic Third Form examinations, and the unification of the Public School Leaving with 14 minutes at a tin.e Pr.,l,HM, f ".''""''^ "f^^ f'"' several very general attention ^v:,/o;:eC:r . "" "^'"•'' '""^ ""^ with this But not u I f • '™'"""""'" ''»ve something to do the teacher, th re tk ' I^ l" "■'" "'"'"'"'"^ "''•"''•'' '° '- "-' contending VViU.ufth """ '" 7"" "'' "'"" ' «'" ""- written te.fiMwtv eh eHv''.7h,''"'v^ '''"""'^'= "'■ "■" board work an,i wrkten pv ^ ■ . '■ ^^" ^■'"P'>a'^e ;,lack- grievous fault would } 7 1 , ™' °^ ">"'^<^ti"g this his answers to d,.™:':::e',:r''' "'T^'-' """'^ "p -^™ work in reading and or! """^'.'■»" " """•'' "'■ two. Effective will also herep ia ' rr. ' "' '" "" ''' ™'-^' -''«'>'■ are enabled ti gJr^^^^r.^Sr rf:'?" T^ sidtabllfeugth ''"""'""•' """ """^"■^'■""^ -•-'- of con. u.:::::^: :::,;- -:-r;:-----hanno.sin.ui. hi.u n,ore int^olpe!;!;;.: ™"'"'' "''"' ^'"'""-"^ >'-- -ke So much for matters that affect more or le^ „ll tK j o. school «ork. Tlie onestiornf , , departments course,beimpossibe or m^to 1 'T """"'" " "■°"'''' ^^ And, us you know I r """" "' "" '"^'^"''^ 1""= 'his. -nsdLab^-l^:-::---:-«-..^^^ steps for that. Thank Fo tu ; J ^t i':, ■;'''-^, '""!^" ''"'"^ aptlycalled-mothod-madness' rourH s. I "" ''"' '^"^ teacher I ever saw wn., » , *- ' '"''"°''' ' I'''" "orst workh^eoudWhrLKl " ," '?' "''' "■'^'■^- P-'-sional for everytldngX ij'""tra;T; •'"'" '"' " ™^'-'™' ■■'<-'"'-' St^r:^-;r"'''-'- -^-^ ■'- ^ ^r:^:!^;:.::: J Hu'uters, as the natural resu t of fi,., i.i:...! i ■■ to «.K ..» .K.„, ^.jj.; ;i Lz r.,"r i::". '; .. ui giving sumcient prominence to ciuenh'nnH ti,,.t „ evervdav Hfo Ti, i r "'''''" 'iuemions tliat come un in has not yet reached "■o"an[ Hater that the current toderivatio„.^-o„:perM;::t;:ro,:rr'' "' '''"'■ ' '""'"'■ " Who chaee A panting .yllahlc through tin,,. a,„l .pa.-e ■Mart It at home an.l hunt it in the ,i„k lo Greece, to Rome, and into Noah', ark,- in the F„,,|kl, Pin!! ^ i ' "''P"""" «^"-<"ne, and philology the ittw n.rtir:„:rGf ^ '"' ^""^"^•'"- '" "'°^-««- properly masticated 7 Lr ! ™'' "" """ ""'^f''' f'»'«'*■»"'«= ^'^dv of the t-.e n... ntost — :and th:=^i;;;i— «:- j 16 oJl™ibnf' "*'""^'" ^*'"""' ■" "" ™'-°'™' °f 'he kind's For the Public School teacher nrithmetie and Enelish ■rramraar collailh! ottl'" r. ' ''■"■""P"'" "f ""' Normal Scllls reason d>d my pr«lecessor, the Principal of the Ontario Normal College, e„,phaa,.e the value of the logical trainin- to h^ der e< cultured u.se of the English language When we comet reld'.e eKa,„,„at,on paper, handed to »,, we often find the go^ effect marred by deficiency ,„ cultured expression. This defect L always been a source of great regret to me_to find the pipe" oU SSL— ;:?:xric,- ■•" •- -^-. s This complaint has been n.ade so often and so long and in so 7Z ''""t?r' ""■ """'"''''''" ''^""'J«'l has been so wr t^h nler"'d :v ""™' ^T """^o-'-"-- etTort to secure Tho t And bv E^„ r" " .h^'t*; "Mention to English compasition. An.l by English composition I mean not simply essay-writinir tlie great staple of our schools, but letter writinYa, d TysTemll' VrLZZTlr ^^"T^-P-"- of ■"' kinds, .ITZ: prepared, both at home and in school intlrwj!o!^TT"''°' 'he subject, the present provision PrinctolC;! ■'"'""' '"^^'l™''^' '"■•^ I have asked you n 1 not tat. ; ""' "°-o much rhetorical analys., and t«o much study of models. In my l,„,„),|e |u,l„ment here >s no other subject to the teaching of which the dictunr •■ We learn to play on the harp by playing on the harp," „,lies with greater force; and there is no other subject for which individual supervision ,s so much needed or for which, in the case „f the .junior pupd at any rate, a text Ix^k can 1« more easily dispensed >v.th. The test text Inxik ,s the pupil's own work. Paucity of Ideas and meagreness of vocabulary-these are your main obstades especially with pupils who came 'rom uncultured homes or who have no taste tor reading. In addition to preparatory work in the class, the use of the library, both school an.l public, "should there- fore, be systematically encouraged, in ad.lition to the provision of a good course in English literature for Forms I and 11 and of supplementary reading in Forms 111 and IV Rhetoric for examination purposes should not appear in our remodelled programme before Form IV. Tntil then it should mmply be taken up incidentally as part of the composition le..,on But even under present circumstances, a few weeks' systematic treatment of the information thus obtained will amply suffice for the examination. Reading the compositions is, I well know, a most laborious task and. although the principle of the division of labor is an ™n!bTf' ""f'u '"""'r" ""-^ *° '^"^ <=™'ide™tion for the physical capabili y of the teacher. The work should be divided, so that no one shall be unfairly burdened, and, when possil,le, the teacher of composition should al.,o be the teacher of the lite-ature or the history of the form As to English :iterature : the texts prescribed for Forms III and . 1\ must always be the backbone of the work in these forms. Next year, as you know, it i, proposed to have a play of Shakespeai-e's in iorin III, m aauition to certain selections from other poets its object will be defeated if the English teacher bl^sTn'it a'claTm' 18 (or «.|d,ti„n >1 ti>„e or proce.^d, to deal with the pUy «« h« Lit .erto been e.. o„„.r, i„ For.n IV. Kven in Forn, IV, let n.e ^ C « now altogether t<., „.,.ch minute, and especially too n.^ch ^ hated to,l ■n.tea.lot a heartfelt pleasure and haaofte.: deteate.1 fhe oZrr "/ '!■" """" '■''' '-^•"«'- ""° f"'" «« '- -!! ' pupds a love tor hterature i, the dea.ie,,t k,nd of failure even :f he top8 the IVovnce at the July examination, ho far as the play of Shakeapeare is coneeraed-and I helieve I ZtZ: """"'"'^-"'^ •=-'"-^'"« -" ^ required sil^; t^ k^.ow the .nean,,,,- of the text and to have read it often enough to be thoroughly tauuhar with ,t. Now, ut leant, the teacher , nay g.ve „„„ute and especially .esthetic criticism the go Z fL he nonca Now he n.ay bury Dowden and Moulton "deLr than eer plummet sounded." The appreciation of the plav wil con eTf the pup,| ,s capable of it ; you cannot n.akc hin, appreciate ibv precept The subtlest and l«st ,,ual.t,e» of literature dTanaysis and de hght Dull, ,„deed, u.ust he be „i ,oul who could pas, them .y^ Ie„,onzat,„„ of the finest p.«.ges ispresenb.d by 'the regu! lafons. Let ,„e ask o„r younger brethren to exerei.se a wise and econom,c discretion „, n,„king their selection. Don't pT^ ask your p 1, ^ „„.,„„^i^^ ,^,„^ ^^^ ^^^^ leLsoTTwt pall" "vlu" " ■""■""!■: '^'°'='' *" P--"'«^ -b' the fin passages. Vou may miss the pa.s3age selected by the examiner- for e.a,nmers lilce " ither „,ighty n.en,'' have theU- off day b .' at the worst, tins means the lo., of only a tew marks, and whai s that compared w.th the waste of time and energy involved in earnmg by heart n,atter, go^l enough in its place, It not wor h stonng m the treasure house of the memory / Let „,o Hlso advise you very strongly to discard the High School Reader as soon as you can, and to use instead i„ Forms I and I a"';;; ;"t} irf " °' "'""::' ■'"''■'^"'''- '^'"•- -■ '-^ ^-'»'-" an 'lui,t^^"'"rr'<:''" ^'«"='-"' «'• ^---e" for Form T and Juh„sUes„r .'or Fonn II) should be read each year For tl^ special drdl of the readmg class select therefroL suitaJe read ng, not at dealmg with every conceivable difficultj-. Leave as muc.. as po.s,s,b!e to the pupils' stin.ulateJ intelligence Keadmg, I „,ay b„re add, is prescribed as p-vrt of the Litem*,.^ •.-oun.=, aaa li.e regulation is pretty generally observed. But 'its 19 obN... v»nce i». I My it with reKret, in nearlv every o».e little better than , form. You " keep the wor,l of pro.nise to our ear a„,l break ,t to our hope." Hemima with feolinj; an.l expres„ion m What IH wanted, an.l the teacher shouKi hini«..lf always be a go«l reader. ' Thought, that voluntary move h,.nnoniou« me.r.ben. " appeal to the intellect and the emotions far more through the ear than throuifh the eye. As to the Un^ua!,'e8: the neglect of pronunciation is a m<«t Klannff and far too general a defect. In » ,me way.s, I fclieve the Mitroduction of the continental n.odo of pronouncin,- Latin hn, been a „„sta*e. To the ordinary public the «^■Ktem ,,ee„-., .rro- te8.|ue, and it cannot be followed in connnr,., h.tercoume i„''the pron.n.cition of propc .anicH. (Quantity, a necessary detail i, t often nef;lecte.|, an.l what the general gain h,w teen I have' .so far been unable to a.- For the present situ.itio,. some of the uni- versities, I am told, ar. primarily responsible. Th^re the profe-- sors and the lecturers a-e said not to be agreeil am.,ng themselves Ihere a lapse m r|ua..city or a mispronunciation is fre.,uently Ignored. In Modern.s the pronunciation of German is more easilv ac,|uired than that of French, an.l is accordingly better But th"e pronunciatum of French is generally f«or, even in the highest forn,s. As in the case of (.'lassies, there are s,.n,e teachers whose own pronunciation is not .so good as coul.l bodesire.l; but there are few, indeed, who are not fairly capable The examination octopus, with iU tar-reaching tentacles, is, of course, chieflv to blame. But you might da more than you do. li.\-|ierience con- vinces mo that there are few uases in which, with a little sy!.tem. atic care, especially at tirst, you may not succeed in gettirg at least fair results without imf«rilliog the chances of the July examination. "^ As to Science: th„ metho-.,vay in a herbarium just as minerah- ire in a cabinet hupus na^c not realized that plants are as much alive as animals and that, like them, they have life problems for us to stu.ly The 20 schools. P^y termed the style.»nd-8tig,„« botany of the Now a word as to the best mean<> of ;„ professional skill. Every teacher T ,""'"'"""« 8«"erally your the best professional works thl; in^ T '"" ^™' should read should be a subscriber Zl,] t ^^""' ^'""" "™« ^ «"«. «nJ Our ideals in edu'uoo ike ou" d""! ''"' '"''''''"''' ■'"'*^--- of hun,a„ thought Z' ^Z it ';' "'",?' "''"'' "^P-'-en.s tion. and the progressive teZhfr ca„:oTa7l f """""""'"« "•"'"- ment that concerns any parTof the h " ^ '^'""^ "">' '"°^-'-- I can hear son.e of you l' " Oh ,h' •""" ° '"^""'''"''- ^ """"^ again." Of course it'^s The .l^t o ^ f" ""' '''" "'' ''"^^ -- the old story need to be toM oJer Z" f "'' """ "' '"" ''• " ^^^ Twenty years ago, during T)r R,r„„ , ">e right by regulation to fak a C™;"","'" "" f'"""^ ""^'^ other scho..ls. 1„ the L'ni Jd IT ''' ^■^'"' '^<"' ^i«ti"ff teacher who has ser^dth^nff ■■'°""' ''^'''«'' boards give t whole year_;:,tth:t 'f : :: ^"■""'--•'-veof absence^ra t- that he .4trav^\;:^;!i:::tiry-^'"; ff '»""^' will have disappeared from cKthZ m " """^ I. however, Ontario SehoofBoard Ir te*"! ' Cl^^-^^ "^ "t""'" ''™"'«« trustees are libemlly enough disZed I . '"" '^'"^ "' °'"' and then the .spirit is willing th ' '""'"Pay^- i™'t. Now Vou nught be' let off ^ever f^T T '" 'T' "'* "'^'^'^ -"''■ Ontario schools, with an occlsionall '^''•''' *" -■^'^ ■'">" own expense I a,n 2:^Z:[7:'Z'"''^ '"''''''''■''' '''''^ great. "Iron sharneneth iron I ^'°"'" '■'''''*"' «■'» he ance of his friend " ' "" " ""*" ^^arpeneth the counten- To the younger teacher I l,ave a word of f,, *i j ■ University of Toronto uow offers two n ^ ^ '"^~'"='=- ^i'e to the degrees of B P,rd and n ? 7 Pedagogical courses leading told, inte;:ds to offt a pedliaT ■ ""' '}""""'' ''"""^'^y. I am Ph.B. Takeoneof the:e':ltrit "m: "''^^ !" "^^ '^^"^ "^ the work of reading for an ^Kamfna '■ u '"" ""^ """^ '^''^^er. you however, ^reslf frl: ^^0 :S:>,^ttk"^"'"* '^ tively easy one, and th,. course, of 1 T !! " * ""mpara- inHnite service to you in y^Xt^JZ. """^ ""'''' ^'" ^- ^' SI in. Relations to Yui-r Loca,, Pubmc. or your relations to your 11, pub.,f'''°" """' "" '"^ -^J-' the comn,u„ity ^ ""P*"^'*"' ""d beneficent factor in the life of profesaionally. Take a acl h? / ""'' """^^ P'^^""''"^- -■ of local importance in w hie vo„ /' ™'' ""'' '" "" '"""-» -^e the wori " judioio. ' tr' ' ?"" "*" '" '""■ ^ ""'Ph- i:.uhlic aervant,itle ::,;i IT rl^lVT"'''' "'"^ ^'^ -'^ religiou., dencninations '^''""'' P"""-'" »"d "f "H thf L:r, t:::t r ;; tr '^'-r; r -<»" ^-^^ ^"-^'^ o^- to define the actua s^e e „^ ' '.'.ITn'fl " '""■ "" "'™' '^''P«"-«" however, I should sly that the LI h™' '^P'^'^^-fe' «-• ally, which, whether the ,1 tfo„ t f """' *™''' " "'"■''''"" '" Hkely to make himseir„rt ^"i 1 Zl ■"°"'" "' "' P'"->^ '-> - eo.n,„unity. Have not, however ^ '™'^''""' "■'="™ "^ '''» YoutntleTar- f t::T''^ °^ "-^""'- °P™ '° ^" of you. n.o.t imporuntrdt: ^yZ'IT P ''' "f "" ^■''-^>^'' the interests of by far the mZ 7„ \ ™ "" ""^ custodian, of -the rising gene'^tion^and VC'i: tt''"'°' the community well fitted for the task of ,,Mna .h "'^.f■ '""""'ty. ean be «o You can al.,o organise litll ' Tct cTatdlr t"'^ ■™" ''' ' conneetioti -„ith your schools R.. i l , '="'*'''«'»">ents in -ailable, you ca,^ secuTet U. • r^^eft ™' "'"? "^ ™^' ''" SKle lecturers. The e.norien.P , f 1 7- 'f'™'*'"" "'"J other out- i" particular, also sh:r To tdt'Z,""''"^^^^^^ «ion drop the role of nolitici,,, , ""'"^^ /"'''"= ■"«■ ^n on occa- i" the good work of .H. ""'! ^'-^^-'f-'ly and effectively aid yourse.1 Sorn'o m: rt"te ; """I'"- "^"^ ^"°"'^ ' -'' '•«ve hear,! of have been ^0,, h ""' """^^"^ •^^•^"''^^ I 8t«(&. ^'" ''"™" ''y "-■■»>'rs of the High Scho<,l 22 Cultivate iilso the L'ooi-will nf n, » . presidency of a loan society ; This last state,„„, T . ' / The amount of professional i, ,«t , •>' '™«ners Convention, -eh n.eetin,. n.ay r:!;:.^ f :~'^";:^'--fro. »en.i to othe..s. Besides, the Publi: Co' ^ 'Z ^:, It', mtuiests m any way von can aovanct, tnts 111 hijrhei- eilucation, many of the Diihlic l,«v« i ■ ' 'J.pc.n,ls ,n,n„te!y n.oro on the character of its stuff than it does 23 on equipment or on accommodations, important tliou.rh these nm»t always be. This suggests anotht-r point. As teachers, your daily uuties debar you fron, obtaming that important part of education which others obtom m the ordinary course of bu Ines. bv rubbing shoulders with the world. For six hours a day your word is law, and for SIX hours a day you are dealing wifl. immature minds. If vour character is to becou.o wh.t it shou.. be, you must deliberately putyourselvasin the way of securing that training which comes insens.bly tK) others, and the want of which has sometimes marked us out from our fellow-meu. Vou can be a scholar without beinjr a recluse. *' IV. Relations to the General Piblic. Now for another, a broader and equally important question Have the High School teachers as a b«ly the standing in the Irovmce and the weight in matters of educational policy which their professional attainn.ents and the importance of their duties entitle them to ! My answer is : Hitherto you have not Vour positions, it is true, are, in some ways, less independent than those of the members of the other professions. You are the paid servants of a local public, and. in a measure, the servants of a pohucal head. How these act as obstacles I need not point out. You know at least as well as I do. . But these obstacles are not so serious as they seem, and I congratulate the A.,.,ociation on having this year at least struck a bolder note The members of the National E,lucational Association have many ot your emoan-assments and others perhaps even worse, aiid yet its reports and recommendations have of late years practically directed the course of education in the United States. Is thi. tr'ue of the Educational Association of (.)„tario ? Is it true of the College and High School section > A few of yon have weight, but it is the weight of personal influence. As a bo,Iy_pa,-don me for speaking plainly-your influence is not what it should be. " Tlio l.ult, ■"" '"'^'^ l'"-' f-'i^ly united. Twenty years ago it was different. But then there were no sections and .subsections of this body, and then the reign of the 2* speciMiat had not began. Dispute, about minor points have some- times blinded you to the importance of larger issues and prejudiced the public against you. Take the programme of studies, for "ample, including the question ot options. Their proper correla- tion cannot be determined by the independent action of different sections, each ot which thinks wholly or almost wholly of itself • or by your action as a body so long as your finding, are the hap-' hazard results of a straggle amongst clashing interests. Here I ■nay say I trust without offence, that it h,« always seemed to me most unfortunate that the UnivetBity Honor courses specialize so soon. In a Lniversity, as well as in a High School, liberal cul- ture w, h Its broadening influences is at first even more to be desired than high scholarship in special department* The latter is sure to come. .n^T'"l\r*^r^^^'^ *'"*''' ^°"''' ^ ^'^"■f yoursubsection» confined them.selves to work of a purely professional character- Pedagogy and Schoarship-leaving matters of general policy to the College and High School section, or to the General Associalion according to the scope of the interests they concern fron l'r''''°;"r.''°""""^'P™P"' '*' '>»™ Pr^i^h discussed from all points of v,ew, even from that of the youngest assistant, th. conclusions based thereon should be settled by a small repre- eentative committee of your ablest and most experienced raemiL rhere ,s no other subject in which ripe experience and well- balanced judgment are more imperatively needed than in the one you deal w,th, and the conclusions ot such a repre.,entative b«Iy should be loyally accepted by all ot you. It, however, the future of our schools to be settled on any other basis than that of edu- catio,rvl prmeiples-if those in authority are to please this body ot specialists ™ that body, to placate the Public School inspecto,;, or the Public School masters, or the University professors, or it may e™ be to see to it that the examination fees are proportionately dn ided-then all I can say is : Heaven help our .schools • It ,.s not enough, either, to ask once for what you want You niust keep on asking for it till you get it. Persistent efforts, let me teil you, may be n™dfd to strengthen the hands of those who ..yi„,mtliize with your e.,„s, and it is even possible that persistent efforts n.ay k, needed to turn t .e .scale in your favor, when other considerations give pause to those in whose hands the Gettlenie-it resta. Another reanon for the small influence of tho Collego and High 25 School section is, 1 believe, tlic part still played by the I'nivcrsi- ties. It would be ungenerous to forget that some of the University men are amongst your ablest and .nost useful niemtiers, but a crood many are not members, or are only occasional visitors. The sftua- tion is certainly better than it was eight or ten yean a™ --i ">' S7 .^.t^enelir^/Lr-S-:; ^-. I Have eohoUrahip I now ^^^ „,„„ /r P™™""' "^'"R "id high ~«i»». 'B«di;r.r.z,.t:."." ■-7-*"d— be healed as well TtheZru no l.m.tahon. The last will h-e. Nay Ire : °'' °' "'"""'^™^ ''-'- ">ey .ay A , " B<^'kR, we know. Are,,„b,taati»l world, bo* pure «„d good K-unc .he^, with tondrU, «ro„g a, «„»!, .nd Wo,hI