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The Executive Committee will be glad to receive any recommendations which your Institute may desire to make in regard to the matter, so that the scheme may be submitted to the next Annual Meetiu" in Lon- don as perfect as possible. Be kind enough to address your recommendations, if you desire to make any, to the Secretary-Treasurer, WILLIAM EDWARDS, Esq., Toronto, who will have returned from England by that time. To the Secretary of I have the honour to be, Your Obedient Servant, §umc§ ^C^txtx^, Mechanics' Institute. President. .••fc#"«.»"*«".l'*«''*«*».»'k«**«''*^ ••** W 'to** *«'N •",»"%. I* fc^»,#'*4f«,#'^,f-«"».»-»*»s. #"»••'•• Asso€iatioft of M€€l\aoi€s' Institutes of Ootafio. Toronto, 4th July, 1873. A meeting of the Executive Counnittee, called by the President, took place to-day to consider the scheme of offering prizes to Mechanics' Institutes establishing Evenir.g Classes, and Pi ovincial certificates or diplomas for competition among those attending them. There were present James Young, Esq., M. P., Gait, President; Rev. W. Cochrane, Brantford, Vice- President, and David McCrae, Esq., Guelph. Mr. James P.Edwards, acted as Secretary. A letur was received from M. Sweetnam, Esq., Toronto, regietting his absence. After considerable discussion, it was moved by the Rev. W. Cochrane, and seconded by Mr. McCrae, That it is advisable to defer for the present the institution of Provincial Diplomas for competing Candidates, but that arrangements be made to carry out the scheme of offering prizes to each Mechanics' Institute estab- lishing Evening Classes. — Carried. Tim (Joiimiitti'u tliuu in'oceeded to draw up the following ruk'S and reguhitions for awarding the prizes : — liules (Old Reg Illations for Awarding Prizes to Evening Classes. 1. The AHsociiition of Mechanics' Institutes will award three prizes of tlie value of .^10, ^G and )i?4 rti- s|H'ctiv('ly, to any Mechanics' Institute establishing an Evening Class or Classes with an average attendance of not less than \'l nienihers and of not less than 25 instruction meetings on separate evenings. The prizes t ) lie awarded as 1st, 2nd and 3rd for general proticiency in at least two of the five classes of subjects nam- ed in tlie prograniuie of studies. 2. Tliese prizes are open to all nseuibers of alliliated Institutes who are not students of any College, (hadiiates or Under-graduates of any University, certitied School Teachers, or who are not following any of the learned profe.ssions. ?). Tile subjects for study and examination are as follow : — ' I. English Grammar and Composition. II. Arithmetic, Geometry and Mensuration. III. Principles of and Practical Mechanics. IV. Chemistry. V. Geometrical and Decorative Drawing. 4. Tlie directors of affiliated Institutes desirous of co-operating with the Provincial Association in pro- moting the education of their members by means of Evening Class instruction, are invited to form a spe- cial Cv);ii iiittee to manage the Class or Classes and arrange for awarding the prizes. The Local Committee must coii.sist of not less than thiee members, and should be composed of persons who will give their time and earnest attention to the work. 5. The examination of the Classes must be concluded by the first week in May, and the returns as re- (piired by the Certificate annexed (see Sec. 8) must be sent to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Provincial As- sociation not later than the l-'ith of tlie same month. 0. Tiie treatises in gener.il use in the Schools and Colleges of Ontario are recommended as Text books, but the Local Committee nuiy adoj)t any other suitable books. In awarding the jn-izes, real knowledge, however oi- wherever ac({uired, should be acce])ted, and the exposition of a subject in the candidates' own words pre- ferred. 7. Tlie Local Commit bee may either award the prizes in money or otherwise, but they must be of the value of {i?l(), $6 and 84 respectively. 8. Before obtaining the Prize money, the President and Secretary of the Institute, or the members of the Local Committee, must make the following affirmation : — " We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the Mechanics' Institute of established an Evening " Class or Classes in the month of last ; that there was an average attendance ot scholars ; " that they met for instruction on separate evenings; that the {state " t^iihjcct.s) classes of subjects in the Programme of studies (see Sec. 3) were " taken up ; and that, after due competition, the Provincial Association's jirizes were awarded as follows : — 1st Prize 2nd Prize SrdPrize Signed and Sealed in presence of President. Secretary. I). Ui on receipt of the foregoing Affirmation, duly signed, sealed and witnessed, the Secretary-Treasurer will transmit the Prize Money, which will be payable to the President of each Institute or his order.