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MONTREAL: "qAXBTTfi" PBOlTOiO BCVSB. 1872. /f>j' -/^?ff/- /jyy^ ^ \f ' K -\ T-«*^^aawflsi*#5%#»sis»^g^«ii ':s^^;;i^^ssm!d:,.mii«m^ ninri'rnninliiiiiii'i'aiiiiii ^ REPORT OF THE FOK THB CITY OF MONTREAL. 1847 TO 1871. MONTREAL : <'gazettb" printing houss. 1872. I f rot^stant §0iirir d Mp^ (&ommmmm ^\ i-fKir'ii-iiiiniiiiiiniiifiini iiwn ii'iMim -XjlL;-^unt of the manner in which they have expended the Funds that were placed at their disposal. The law makes it obligatory for all the other municipalities, and a corporate body is everywhere bound to account to those whom they represent for the administration of their affairs. I have the honour to be, &c., &c., LOUIS GIARD, Secretary. REPORT. »> « Part I. ( From 1847 to 1867.) The Protestant Board of Scliool Commissioners for the City Appointment of of Montreal, v/as appointed under an Act of the Provincial Parliament, 9 Vic. Cap. 27. (184G.) The Government appointed as Commissioners the following six gentlemen : Mr. William Lunn, Mr. Andrew Watson, Mr. John Dougall. Rev. Charles Bancroft, Rev. Caleb Strong, Rev. J. M. Cramp, The first meeting of the Board was held on the 10th of officers chosen. December, 1846, when the Rev. C. Bancroft was appointed Chairman, and Mr. W. Lunn, Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. Lunn has held office from his original appointment to the present year (1871). The operations of the Board, it will be thus seen, have extended over a period of 25 years. Entering upon its work with limited resources, prosecuting it for 22 of these years with like narrow means, the results are, of necessity, inadequate to the wants of that portion of the population in whose interest the Protestant Commissioners were originally appointed. Certainly the results do not accord with either the endeavours of the Board, or the demands of the Protestant community. In 1847, The Board took measures to secure the services of competent Teachers, directing the Secretary to correspond with Her Majesty's Inspector of Schools for Scotland. The whole sum First School received by the Board this year, was 8558.05. This was received? from the City Council. The legislation of the previous year, ..'i, for school purposes in Montreal, contemplated a grant from the Provincial Government of a like sum, but the money was not forth-coming until the following year. The amount received from the City Council was invested at interest, the Board having no use to which to apply it. In 1848, rr.Ffliioon, The Rev. Dr. Falloon was appointed Chairman, in the room i)r? Ji^Giii his of Mr. Bancroft, who had removed from Montreal, and hold office from February to October. The Rev. Dr. McGill succeeded Dr. Falloon. During this year the Board made grants, amounting in all to $340, to four private schools, having first carefully inquired into the character of their Teachers, and the kind of instruction communicated.* For the greater part of the year it was found impossible to secure the attendance of a quorum of members. In 1849, The only work undertaken was the visitation and examination of the schools receiving aid from the Board. This seems to have been done often and faithfully. Three Board meetings were held in December of this year, at which there were conversations by the members present, leading to resolves of activity in the future. Accordingly, In 1850, The Board gave signs of life. A school was established in Ann street, Griffintown. Mr. Allen was appointed Master at a salary of 300 dollars a year. The school fees, " not to exceed in any case five cents a week," he was allowed to hold as his perquisite- Gratuitous instruction was required to be given to the children of poor parents, nominees of the Board, without restriction as to number. The buildhig in Ann street was rented from the Bapiist Denomination at $100 a year. In 1853 the Board purchased the property. In April of this year a house in Papineau Square, Quebec Suburbs, was leased at 0100 a year, and in May a School was * Not OBO efficiant teaobsr wai at thii time proourable In Lower Caoada- Ann Street Bohool established opened under the supeiiiitendonco of Mr. Arnold, to whose Mr, Arnold, eminent capacity and earnestness as a Teacher of youth, Montreal owes a debt of gratitude. Ilia salary was fixed at $^00, the fees boin;; his special perquisite. A mistress was also appointed az Assistant at a salary of $120. This school fdled uj) rapidly. At the close of tho year the following return of tho number of children in attendance, was made to the superintendent of Education :— Griffin Town achool 103, te^,""' Quebec Suburbs School 141, Total 244. lari. In 1851, The Commissioners resolved to pay, in rotation, a weekly ViB'tation and ' •" ' r, Exanunalion of visit to the two schools under the Board. They also resolved Scboois. to employ a music master foran hour and a half every Saturday to instruct the children in singing. Public examinations of the instruction in schools wore also held, and, judging by the newspapers, wore ' satisfactory to both tho Commissioners and tho Public. A memorial to the Legislature was this year sent by the Memorial in Board, praying for the establishment of a Normal and Model egtnbiishment School under a Board of Education, similar to that in operation School, &o. in Toronto ; also for the appointment of Inspectors for all schools in Eastern Canada. Attempts were made to secure a suitable house in Griffin ToAvn in which to conduct a Girls' School, but were unsuccessful. In 1852, The Board purchased the school property in Ann street, Griffin Ann street ^ . . „ . property Tovm, rented from the Baptist Denommation, paying for it purchased. ^325=11300. The great fire on July 8th, destroyed the Quebec Suburbs school house (rented) and the desks, scats and other school furniture. The Relief Committee of the City made good the loss. The Board at once made arrangements for carrying on the School in a building in Colborne Avenue, the only suitable place procurable. In 1853, Sundry resolutioDS were introduced and inquiries made Need of a School-house ir the Quebeo Suburbs. School Houses not to be used 8 respecting the possible acquisition, by the Board, of a suitable piece of ground on which to erect a School House for the Quebec Suburbs. The Commissioners were driven to consider this matter by the fact that the Government Inspector of Schools had reported the house in Colborne Avenue damp and otherwise unfit for occupation. The Board transacted but little business this year for the reason that a quorum of members seldom appeared at its meetings. In 1854, The Venerable Archdeacon Gilson, was appointed a (Jommisioner by the City Council. The Board passed a resolution, which has been in force to for denomina- the present time C18T1) adverse to the granting the use of tionalpuiiwses. , ^ ^ -^ . . o its School Houses for denominational Sunday Schools. The Schools were frequ'intly visited and examined by the Commissioners, both as individuals and collectively. The results were satisfactory. In 1855, Mr. Robertson was appointed Master of the Ann street School, in the room of Mr. Allan, resigned. The records still show irregularity of attendance at the meetings of the Commis- sioners, but the Schools seem to have been sustained in ordinary efficiency. In 1856, The death of the Rev. Dr. Robert McGill rendered vacant the Chairmanship cf the Board, an office which he had faith- fully discharged for nearly eight years. Archdeacon Gilson w^as appointed Chairman in his stead. Aid was sought from the Legislature, without avail, to enable the Board to erect a School house in Quebec Suburbs. In 1857, The Board continued its efforts to secure a School-House in Quebec Suburbs, and was stiil unsuccessful. The success of Mr. Arnold, m the rented School-house of these suburbs. Dr. McGiU'a death. Archdeacon Gilson, chairman. > ( ^ 9 ^^ ,» r I > 1 > ( * 9 ^^ ,» -t #■ T seems to have been more than ordinarily satisfactory. It was found necessary, in consequence of the insufficient means School -foes at the disposal of the Board, to raise the school fees from five to ten cents a week. In 1858, A site in Quebec Suburbs was at length selected and ineffectual ,,,,., f 1 1 attempts to purchased, but the title to the property was found to be secure a school f ' . . "''« "1 Quebec imperfect. A second site was secured, with like results ; so Suburbs. that this important work had to be postponed for another year. Public examinations of the Schools were held in the months of August, September and December. In 1859, The Boord acquired, by purchase, their Panet street Panet street (Quebec Suburbs) property, and agreed to build on it the long- needed and desired School-house ; they were not, however, in a position as to funds to act upon their resolve until 1860. This year the Board proceeded with the building, having accepted contracts amounting to 3,610 dollars. A Petition was forwarded to the Legislature asking for a grant in aid ; the prayer was disregarded, or at lea=.t refused. A loan of 2,000 dollars towards the needed expenditure, at 8 per cent per annum, was obtained, on mortgage of the property, from " the Trust and Loan Fund " The total expenditure on the Panet street Panet street School amounted to $4,833.50, including |600 buut-its'eost. for the lot. The building was completed by the end of the year. The Schools were statedly examined this year by the Board, and by other friends of Education. The Quebec Suburbs School (Mr. Arnold's) was reported upon most favourably. In 1861, Archdeacon Gilson, who had served the Board faithfullv and with great efficiency as its Chairman since 1856, having left the city, the Kev. William Sno'l grass ^-as appointed in hisgraVs.chairmu'n 10 Btead. The census of this year reported 5,000 Protestant children in Montreal, from five years of age to fifteen. The census returns resulted in an augmentation of the government grant from $1,128 to $1,380. In 1862, Appenitothe A formal application was made to the Legislature for an foraiiistiibu- increased School allowance, and a request appended that the tionofthe , , , i • -n r-i i xi. School-tax division of the tax be based, as m Upper Canada, on the based on i i r. reiiBiuus religious persuasion of the tax-payers, rather than on the persuasion of o i r j ' r^ ^ ^^ taxpayers. relative numbers of the Protestant and Roman Catholic populations. The application was refused. The examin- ation of the Schools this year shewed progress, and was satisfactory. In 1863, The Board strove with both the Government and the City Council for a larger grant, but with no greater success than that which had attended their former efforts in a like direction. The two schools seem to have been successfully conducted. That in Ann street was so prosperous as to demand an enlargement of the school house, a course Avhich was determined on before the close of the year. Griffin Town School House ealarged. Proposal? in regard to B.iind C. Sohool, In 1864, The proposed wing was added to the Ann street school, at a cost of $1,400. Again the Board besieged the City Council for pecuniary help, chiefly in view of this large outlay ; again they pleaded in vain the cause of popular education in Montreal. In this year also, negotiations with the Board were commenced by th. corporation of the British and Canadian School, looking to the transfer of this Institution to the care of the Board. In 1865, Another unsuccessful attempt was made to induce the Legislature to augment the Educational grant for Montreal^ Tuo school in Panot street seriously declined in both numbers 11 and eflSciency, through the removal of Mr. Arnold to the British and Canadian School. That in GriflBntown was, on the whole, prosperous. Dr. Snodgrass and Mr. Kemp, who had Dr. Snodftrasi long and faithfully served on the Board, having left the succeeded on city, Dr. Jenkins and Prof. Mac Vicar were appointed byDr-JenUinRand 11./ Prnt MftnVinn.r the Government to fill the vacancies thus created. Prof. MacVicar In 1866, Efforts were made to secure the services of a master for Panet street school in the place of Mr. Arnold, removed to Cotd street. The transfer to the Board of the British and Canadian British and School was completed in November of this year, under school trnns- • •^ terred to tho special Legislative authorization. Board. Examinations of the schools now under the care of the Examinations. Board, viz., the Ann street school in Griffin-town, the Panet street school in the Quebec suburbs, and the British and Canadian school in Cotd street, were publicly conducted by the Commissioners with satisfactory results. In 1867, The Board discharged a portion of their indebtedness to the Augmentation Trust and Loan Fund, to the extent of 500 dollars, increased of Teaciiors'^' the salaries of the Masters of Ann street and Panet street number, schools, to 400 dollars (with all school fees), and authorized the appointment to each of these schools of a female teacher possessing a model school diploma, at a salary of 200 dollars. A teacher of Music was also engaged at 80 dollars a year for the Panet street school. The school allowances for Montt-eal for the year, were as Srhooi follow: allowance., TO THE PROTESTANT BOARD. Government allowance - - *$ 838.40 City Council grant Total 1921.50 2759.90 •inolttdiag ^W.QO from Superior Eauoation Fuud. 12 Number of Scholars. TO TBE ROMAN CATHOLIC BOARD. Government allowance* - - 1862.38 City Council grant - - - 5183.50 Total - - - 7045.88 The number of children in the schools at the close of this year was : In the Ann street school - - 173 In the Panet street school - - 80 In the Cotd street school - - 487 Total - - - The number of teachers employed was : In the Ann street school - In the Panet street school - In the Cot^ street school - 740 3 o 10 Total . thiss iryit will be seen that for twenty years- ! summary It will he seen from 1847 to 1867 — the Protestant Board, despite the narrow means placed at its disposal, struggled earnestly, though in vain, to overtake the work entrusted to their care. They com- menced operations without a school house, without a competent available teacher, and, for the most part, without sympathy from the public. The personnel of the Board underwent frequent changes ; and with one or two exceptions, its members were closely occupied with the duties of their own calling, profes- Services to the sioual or commcrcial. The work was largely thrown upon the cause of eiluon- ttt-h. t i i m i • i i tion of Mr. w. Sccretarv-Trcasurer , Mr. William Lunn, who, while his brother Commissioners were either too listless or too much engaged in transacting their own business, to attend the meetings of the Board punctually and regularly, was always at his post. Watchful, earnest, and incessant in labours from 1846 till now, he has laid the Protestant community of Montreal ander a debt which they can never repay. The successive Chairmen of the Board, up to 1867, deserve to be mentioned with honour • Not including allowance from Superior Education Fund. 13 for the sorvicea which they rendered the city in the cause of education. Their names will bo found in the foregoing summary. Other citizens also, who served as Commissioners during these years, did their work well, and are worthy of being gratefully remembered for their generous and self- denying attention to Civic Educational interesli^. From 184G A^^'„Jf„f ,he to 1861 the annual receipts r^ the Board, from both the{|,°i'8'-df'°'"i8*8 Government and the City Counoil, scarcely averaged 1,200 dollars ! From 1801 to 1867, its average income was 1,810 dollars. Not a large resource out of which to found and prosecute an Educational System sufficient in character and extent to meet the school wants of the Protestant population of Montreal ! With 1868 a brighter day dawned on Montreal in regard to its Educational interests. The work of the Board from that time to the present is given in detail in the second part of this Report. 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O i:- 00 O to 00 03 ■^ 00 CO CO CI O 00 CO CI ■«i' O to CO i-l ..0..—I om • .CO • '"^ • " • • • ' 'OCO II^.I*oo•••••••o^o • .C-• o o ^ , CO ■ o ■ 00 ■ mcoi~i~i— ^-tot-cot-t-ooooooo o • OOOOOCOtOCDCOtDtDtOCO'^'^-^'^Tf •!• ii— to— 'ClTf-f'l''l*Tf- »*• 'co — oocicocotocotocotocoociosna) ■— > •00—i'^'rtlOO'OOlOiOiOlCtOtOtOCOCO CO lO 1— o o 00 J— in CO in 00 lO^-^nln^-^-i~^--^-^-ooooooooo in ;_0_OOCOCDCDtOtOtOCDeD'*-^00000 i-i ooeDi-ici-*-^-^'M'-^'i''i'-focooo i-i ini— lOocitccocococotDCDtocioooonoo m mi— '■^mmininmoioioincotocococo to ♦ •' £SS nn o o f— t N CO »f lO to f~ IT 05 O f— 1 CI CO f in to t- ■^ "+ Tf in ir. in m m in m in in CO to CO CO CO CO CO co 00 1 '•^ 00 00 f— 1 00 00 1—1 00 t— 1 00 I—! 00 r— 1 00 00 00 — t 00 r-1 00 00 1—1 X 00 »— * ot 00 1— t 00 1-K 00 I— ( 15 Part II. (From 1868 to 1870.) The Board of Commissioners in the beginning of 1868 were: Revd. Dr. Jenkins, Chairman, Revd. Canon Bancroft, Revd. Professor Mac Vicar, Hon. James Ferrier, Mr. William Lunn, Sec-Treasurer, Mr. Hector Munro, who had held office by appointment or re-appointment of the Government from 1865. The Act of 1868-9 gives the City Council the right to Appointment of ° ~ , . " Commis?ion"is nominate and appoint three of the six Commissioners, the"°'^e''new A:t. other three being nominees of the Lieut.-Govenior in Councih In 1869, when the appointments under the Amended Act were made, the City Council elected the Hon. James Ferrier, Mr. William Lunn, and Mr. Alderman Thompson ; the government appointed, as its representatives on the Board, the Revd. Drs. Jenkins, Bancroft and Mac Vicar. No changes in the personnel of the Board have been made since 1869. From 1864 to 1868 no formal appointment of chairman in succession to Principal Snodgrass had been made. In February of the latter year, the Rev. Dr. Jenkins was elected Dr. Jenkins, 1 1 1 . f» • chairman, to the office, and has held it from that time. On July 1st, 1867, Canada entered upon its present phase of political existence. In the Imperial Act confederating these Colonies, entitled " the British N. America Act," the following clauses appear (sec. 93. 2. 3.). 16 Privilcprcs conforrod under Confodoration. Injuetico to Protestants. PJfforts to remove it. " All the Powers, Privileges, and Duties, at the Union by Law conferred and imposed in Upper Canada on the separate Schools and School Trustees of the Queen's Roman Catholic Subjects, shall be, and the same are hereby extended to the Dissentient Schools, of the Queen's Protestant and Roman Catholic subjects in Quebec." " When in any Province a system of Separate or Dissentient schools exists by Law at the Union, or is thereafter established by the Legislature of the Province, an Appeal shall lie to the Governor General in Council from any Act or Decision of any Provincial Authority affecting any Right or Privilege of the Protestant or Roman Catholic Minority of the Queen's Subjects in relation to Education." This Board had long felt the injustice to the Protestants in Jilontreal of the mode of the appropriation of grants for Public Schools which prevailed; and often, previously to 18G8, but without effect, sought an appropriation, at least as to that portion of their income derived from city taxation, based upon the value of the property held by Protestants and Roman Catholics respectively. The Board, judging that the Act of Confederation conferred upon the Protestants of Montreal a claim to all monies for School purposes derived by taxation from Protestant rate-payers, resolved to press their view upon the Provincial Government and Legislature at and during the first Legislative Session of the Province. This view, it is just to state, was maintained also by the Roman Catholic Board of Montreal, the members of which joined with the Protestant Board in urging its adoption upon the Government. Deputations from both the Boards proceeded to Quebec for the purpose of securing what was not only desirable but righteous. The Government saw fit to reject, for the time, their united rectuest ; but pledged itself to an additional grant for the year 1868, to be divided as formcx-ly on the basis of population ; and to the introduction of a measure at the next Legislative Session, in accordance with the provisions or giiarantees of " the British North America Act." 17 The augmented appropriation for school purposes in 18G8 g^'aff" gave TO THE PROTESTANT BOARD, From City Taxation - - - $8284.80 « the Government - - 690.40 $8975.20 TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BOARD, From City Taxation - - - $22,348.56 1,862.38 " the Government -$24,210.94 Throe things were determined on by the Protestant Board J^^^j^^yo^of ^^^ in vieAv of this augmentation of its resources : ^I'inc'rc'.'sl.d'' 1st. The payment, as far as possible, of the remaining claims income foriscs. on the properties of the Board. Under this resolution a mortgage of $2,000 on the British and Canadian School was discharged, and $1,000 due to the Trust and Loan Fund on the Panet Street and Ann Street Schools. 2nd. The putting into complete order the existing School Houses. 3rd. The erection of i School House in the St. Joseph suburbs, capable of receiving from five to six hundred scholars. A petition for this object, numerously signed, had been previously presented to the Board. The lots on which the " Royal Arthur School" has been since built were accord- ingly purchased from Messrs. Workman and Dclisle. In the meanwhile the Board, convinced of the importance of at once commencing operations in this populous suburb, rented for temporary occupation the basement of the church at the corner of Seigneurs and St. Joseph streets in which a Day School had been already established, independently of the Board. By desire of the Commissioners, Mr. Hector ]\Iunro piars and , Tenders for prepared a set of plans for the new buildmg. lenders Uoyni Arthur were called for, and those deemed trustworthy as well as moderate, accepted. On the 11th day of February, 1870, 18 Prinoo Arthur n. R. H. Princo Arthur opened the school in the presence op«n8 tho -^ 1 1 T £• • 1 School. of a large assemblage, among whom -were the IcacUng incncls of Education in tho Province, including the Hon. Mr. Chauveau, Minister of Public Instruction. Constructed to accommodate GOO children, tho Royal Arthur School waa filled to its utmost capacity within six months, proving that the locality in -which it stands was wisely chosen. The cost of the site and building, tho number of teachers employed, the number of children under instruction during 1870 and 1871, and the cost of maintenance, will be found below under their respective heads. New basis of It 13 stated on pa":e 16, that the Government of tho tiixationsouKht ^ "^ ' . i t» • • 1 and obtained. Province pledged itself to introduce nito the Provmcial Parliament during the Legislative Session 18G8-G9, a bill providing for a division of the City School-Tax amongst the Protestant and Roman Catholic Boards, based upon the amount of the assessed property held in tho city by Protestants and Roman Catholics respectively. It is not needful to detail the difficulties which lay in the way of the fulfilment of this pledge. Let it suffice to state that after some hesitation and delay, these difficulties were overcome. The Minister of Public Instruction introduced and carried through the Legislature the promised Bill. This new basis of taxation gave for the year 1869 to The Protestant Board - - I16G43.G6 The R. Catholic Board - - 15163.14 To these sums should be added the amounts received from the Provincial Common School Fund, and from the Superior Incomo of tho two ISoarda in 18tj9. Education Fund, viz. THE PROTESTANT BOARD Provincial Education Fund Superior Education Fund, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC Provincial Education Fund, Superior Education Fund, - ^2726.81 45.05 42771,89 BOARD, - - 7519.92 - - 2784.00 $10,303.92 4: 19 Tbu3, the total income for 1869 of tho Protestant Board was - - - Roman Catholic Board was, - $19,415.55 825,407.06 This augmentation of revenue led the Protestant 53oard J^^«|^|;^^<'£fP^'"^- to resolve, in addition to the erection of the Royal Arthur jJJ^.'^y'^^^j^'j^JJg^ School, upon 1st. The enlargement of tho Panet Street School. 2nd. The erection of a Primary School in Salaberry Street, adjacent and in relation to the Panet Street School. 3rd. Tho enlargement of the Cot6 Street School. This long-needed enlargement of the older School Houses, and tho no less needed erection of a new Primary School as an adjunct to the Panet Street School were completed during the year 1870. They created accommodation for five hun- dred additional scholars. The income of the Protestant Board in 1870 was from the J"o""ieoftho two Ui)ards. *' School Tax," $15,517.65; from the Education Fund, ^21,-'^'^ is-o- 26.84 ; from the Superior Education Fund, $45.05. Total— $18,289.54. The R. C. Board received from the School Tax $15,222.63 ; from the Education Fund, $7519.92 ; from tho Superior Education Fund, $2,714. Total— $25,456.55. In the beginning of the year 1869 the Board introduced ^n ndvanced into tho Protestant Public Schools of the city an advanced Ir"J"<\!-'i ,'"'" •/ tho Schools. currioulum of atndy. Heretofore the instruction given had been limited to the commonest English subjects. It was felt that French (instruction in which had been only partially given) ought to be generally learned in the schools, and that Geometry, Algebra and the rudiments of Latin should now be added to the subjects previously taught. Reference to the " Limit Tables " below, will show the time given by the scholars to these higher subjects of study.* The results of the change thus introduced have on the Avhole realized both the aim and Avish of the Commissioners. They indeed anticipate from it great benefit to tho Protestant children in- . *.J'^^^'P■^ Zoology, Human Physiology, Morals and Drawing are also included in the Tables, 20 A now School for Grillin Town. AdvantftKM of Montreal. Amoncst the pupils arc found many of more hold (Mitt'iboys o ' ' !•<• 1 i'ubi'r'sohooif *''"^" avcra;:;© ability, some whose talents ((uality them for future distinction. To such the opportunity is now offered of winning that success in lii'o which these talents, strengthened and guided by thorough education, can scarcely fail to secure. This will bo more clearly seen by referring to the statement that follows, respecting the High School of Montreal. The Board has long felt the need of erecting in GritRn Town a new School House, in place of the old building in Anne Street, which is so limited, and so inconveniently con- structed, as to have failed to meet the wants of this important district of the city. In 1870 the Commissioners secured a lot of land in the same street, but in a preferable situation ; and latterly another lot, adjoining. The whole site measures 185 feet by 90. On these lots the new Grillin Town School House is now being built. It is constructed to accommodate from five to six hundred scholars, and its completion may bo looked for in February, 187*'^. The plans have been pre- pared under the direction .' the Board, who have been materially aided in this matter by Professor Robins. In the meantime the old school house is fdlcd to its utmost capacity, and a large number of applications for admission have had to bo refused. Mr. Rowell, the newly appointed Head INIaster, will be aided by an efficient staff of teachers, and the Board cannot doubt that in a very short time the wants of this growing and densely populated district will be felt to have been met by this very important extension of their work. It may be added, that no portion of the city of Montreal has stood or stands in greater need of increased school accom- modation than Griffin Town. The new school will also, it may be hoped, meet to a small, though far from sufficient extent, the Avants of the community at Point St. Charles, being near enough to allow the older children of school-age in that district to a; e. -l it without inconvenience. The distance from the , Ji. -^ to tbe railroad crossing at Point St. Charles cannot cxc;.^-d lliree-quarters of a mile. From the 21 V * canal bri(l>!;o, at Wellington street, the distance is scarcely one-third of a mile. The Logishituvo at its session, 1870-71, authorized an inr;,^a.o of ^ „ increase of the " School Tax " in Montreal, fixing the rate at iinJ^Pf/^ooJ"' one-tenth of a cent in the dollar on the assessed value of all rateable property. The rate thus levied gave the Protestant Board, for the year 1871, ^22,810.95, an incicase of $7,299.80 over the School Tax for 1870. To the Roman Catholic 73oard it gave, for 1871, $21,880.40, an increase of $t),057.T7 over the previous year. The City Treasurer requogts that this statement for 1871 be accepted as a proximate statement, the figures needing verification. In case of inacciiracy the needed corrections ■will be made in the School Tax tables. The ta))lc on the following page (22) sets forth the Tnbuiar stnte- attendance at the Commissioners' Public Schools ft'om |;;;^^ •;;°^p'^o- 18G8 to 1871. It shows that the increase in the niimbcr f/-^'-',^^.;,";!^^^ of scholars in 18G9 over the previous year was 382, and of ^«'^»'"^8"o- the number of teachers 12 ; that the increase in 1870 over 18G9 was, of scholars in attendance, 438, of teachers em- ployed, 10 ; that the increase in 1871 over 1870 was, of scholars in attendance 130, with a decrease of 2 in the number of teachers employed ; making the total increase from 18G8 to 1871 inclusive— scholars, 900^ teachers, 20. The "Limit Tables" which follow, (pp. 23-28,) and to;;Lim.™ea" which reference has been made in the preceding pages, sct;;'g';|'^^y^tem forth the system of Instruction which has been adopted by Schools. the Commissioners in the Common Schools under their charge. 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Ol a, d d o '•♦3 c4 eS Pi ao ,^a C a< «-. o * .2 03 ^ : s ° •^.2 • "o '« 2 « c (»> a 2 oaf f I V ^ 29 'i A chief difficulty witli which the Board, from its first gifflcuiues in establishment to within a comparatively brief period, has had ««''J>:|.'^k to contend, is that of providing thoroughly trained and Teachers. qualified teachers for the existing schools. Now that the staff of teachers, not including the High School with its Preparatory department, and exclusive of occasional teachers, numbers 37, the difficulty is not wholly overcome. On the other hand, it is due to the officers of the McGill Normal Erain-nt ser- ' 1 n ^ • vices renclerea School to state that but for the supply of teachmg po^er byjhe MoGiii^ which they have been the means of giving to the country, it would have been impossible for the Commissioners to carry on their work even to the extent which it has reached. That Institution is doing a work for this Province in the matter of Education the value of which it would not be easy to over- rate. In the selection of Teachers for the various Schools, |^J^,«£°^ the Board has always given the preference to Graduates of the Normal School,. Appointments have been made in favour of teachers not having Normal School diplomas, but they have been few in number, and have been made in view of special gifts evidenced after a long testing time of work. In a few instimces teachers not trained in the Normal Institution, yet long employed under the Board, have been retained in its service ; but even these have in every case given proof of sufficient qualifications. The following is a list of the Teachers who have been in i^i^t^^fpT-'/^^JI- the employ of the Board from 1868 to 1871, with a record of their several diplomas. Those who have left the employ of the Board are marked with an asterisk (*). Diplomas, other than Normal School diplomas, are repre- sented in italics. HEAD MASTERS. NAMKS. DIPLOMAS. H. Arnold ^odel School. A. C. Williamson ^odel School. * E. McManus ^odel School. S, P. RowELL A<;ademy. 80 List of Teachera continued. HEAD MABTEm.-Continued. ^^"^- DIPLOMAS. •^- I'-B"'' Model School. • E. G. Eexford Model School. •R. Laino, B.A Academy (a) F. W. Kellev, B.A Academy (6) W-J-DEYB.A Academy(c) JAME8 Cameron, B.A Academy (d) 'teV HEAD MISTRESSES, Miss S. Cairns Academy (e) • Mias M. M. Bothwell Academy Miss J. Hart .Academy. SECOND MASTERS. J. Eeup 0. E. Barwick .Model School. M: FEMALE ASSISTANT TEACHERS ss A. Cairns L. Barlow J. Swallow School (e) Academy (e) Academy. Academy. ^•^•HoYT Model ^•i^™'' Model School («) i^-^«'™ Model School («) M.J.Cameron Model School. ^■^^^<=^-^oif Model School. S. E. Faulkner Model School. ^/^^«^« Model School. ^- ^'^^^'' Model School. f-f™ Model School. S.C. Lampard Model School ^■O'GnAj^Y Model School. l'^^'^^^^^^ Model School. f-^^^^<>^^ Model School. ^•^^^=^ Model School. ♦tr* Schoor''''' ''^^''''' ^^"^^"''* ^'^'" Univer8ity";;;Zi^^iIll^;;;^j (6) Shakespeare Medallist McGill University. (c) Logan Medallist McGill University. (d) Anne Molson Medallist McGiIl University. (e) Prince of Wales Medallists McGill Normal School. d S( I I1 t; ii ii s; tl SI i K> i A 31 FEMALE ASSISTANT TEACHERS— Con/«nudd. NAME DIPLOMAS. • Mns. C, Sevbold Model School, List of Miss M. Smart Model School. continued, « H. E. Smith Model School. " E. Stkicfland Model School. " M. S. Warren Model School. «' H. Watson Model School. " C. Whinpield Model School. " M. Wilson Model School. « C. YouNO Model School. " J. P. Campbell Elementary. " E. Carmichael Elementary. " E. Oaw Elementary. " E. Hauqrave Elementary. " E. Hill Elementary. " A. Robertson Elementary. " A. Taylor Elementary. " K. Williamson Elementary. • " E. Arnold • Mrs. Elliott Miss Reed • Mrs. Williamson • Miss J. Williamson From the foregoing list it will be seen that many of the teachers who have been appointed by the Board have greatly distinguished themselves by their scholastic attainments, some in the I^iilversity, others in the McGill Normal School. By comparing the list with the Normal School and University Rep" ' " '+ will be seen, indeed, that a considerable propor- tiou Oi .''.ers now under appointment have graduated, in one or 'f these Institutions, with honours. The Be jome few years ago, felt it needful, in the lea'^c^jjera?^ interests of their work, to re-adjust and make permanent the salaries of the teachers in its employ. Previously to 1868 their emoluments were grossly inadequate, and even precari- ous. In this year it was resolved to adopt a more liberal scale of salaries. At present they range as follows: Head Master - - $900 per annum. Head Mistress - - 400 " Second Master - - 600 «< 32 Inspection of bchools. Female Assiatant - '600 per annum. 2ncl Female Assistant - 240 " These salaries will not be deemed immoderate considering the increased cost of living, the qualifications needed for the efficient discharge of the duties of a teacher, and the actual work demanded from every one whom the Com- missioners appoint to this most honourable service. The Board takes the opportunity of recording, in this con- nexion, its entire satisfaction with the staft' of teachers now under engagement. They have, moreover, had pleasure in noting that in almost every instance, experience in teaching has told favourably upon the efBciency and success of the teacher. In the early history of the Board, as has been seen, the inspection of the Schools under its care Avas undertaken by the Commissioners themselves. As the work grew in extent both as to the number of the schools, and especially as to the number of the pupils, the Commissioners became aware that their own inspection would be inadequate, that it would fail to secure that uniformity and efficiency of operation which the work imperatively demanded. Valuable to the Education Office and to the scattered Schools in rural districts as may be the services of the Government Inspectors, the Commissioners felt that for both themselves and their schools, there were needed the services of an officer amenable to their direction and authority, qualified by experience to undertake a constant supervision of the Common Schools, and by suggestion and counsel, to aid the Board in making such arrangements and introducing such plans as from time to time might lead to a uniform and adequate system of instruction. This position they offered to Mr. S. P. Robins, M.A., who had been an efficient officer in the McGill Normal School from its foundation, and whose experience during twenty years in the supervision of lar^e schools in this Province and Ontario^ warranted the ex;ectation that his services would prove a most valuable aid to the Commissioners. How far this ex- r^ I 1 88 pectatiou has been fulfilled may be fartly gathered from the Report of his first year's work as furnished in the Appendix. Mr. Robins' chief work under the Board, as Head Master of the Preparatory (High) School, has been so arranged, through the appohitmcnt of an additional assistant, as to enable him, without detriment to this Institution, to fulfil his duties as Inspector of Common Schools. The Board call attention to their Accounts for the year.4 1868, 1809, 1870 and 1871. The Statements of Account arc presented in the sequel and consist of 1. Abstract of the Board's Cash Transactions from Ist January, 1868, to 81st December, 1871, showing Receipts and Disbursements — I. on School Maintenance Account, and II. on Land and Buildings Account. 2. Detailed Abstract of Disbursements applicable to Branch I. '6. Detailed Abstract of Disbursements applicable to Branch II. Persons who are not familiar with the principles on which accounts are kept and adjusted need perhaps an explanation, in regard to the statements set forth in a subsequent part of the Report, as to the respective amounts of school-tax recei- vable from the City Corporation during the years 1868, 1869, 1870 and 1871. With this view, the following summary is subjoined : 1868 School-tax receivable $ 8,284 80 1869 " " 16,643 66 1870 " " 15,517 65 1871 '• <- 22,816 95 Showing as the aggregate amount receivable for the above mentioned four years . . . 63,263 00 But from this sum deduct for 1809, overstated and afterwards adjusted 564 19 Net amount $ 62,698 87 34 Tlic Botir.r.s Accounts exhibit tho following suras as i-eccivcd from tho City Treasurer for School Tax : Year 18G8 85,103 15 But of this amount there wa.s applicable to the year 18f)7, Avhich must therefore be de- ducted 900 76 $ 4,142 40 Year 18tJ0 14,142 40 Year 1870 18,823 30 Year 1871, For Maintenance . 15,021 72 " Sinking Fund . 8,702 50 10,^24 22 50,435 32 Add School Tax for the year 1871 not paid over to the Board at 31st December, 1871, and then in the hands of tho City Corporation* 0,263 55 Total accruing to tho Protestant Board, as above $02,09887 * In ord^r to obviate the inconvenicnco arising from closing tho Board's Accounts at Slst Ueccmbcr, and then having to includo in the subsequent year's Receipts, School Tax not applicable to such year, it has been re&olved to close tho Accounts for tl)e future at the com- mencement of the Midi ummcr School Vacation in July. *:-^> 86 The Board Ion;; a^o felt that it would be Us duty, so 80on High School. m. . . , •, / 1 1 1 1 1 1 iK'O'loil lor both as a sumciont augmentation to its tunas shoukl bo secured, uiriH and Bojd. to complete the public educational system of the city by founding two High Schools, one for boys, and another for girls, — institutions into which might bo introduced from tho common schools such pupils as were fitted to go on to tho higher branches of education. A ]Joys' High School under tho Connnissioners' supervision, had been often suggested to them as desirable if not absolutely necessary for tho efficient prosecution of their work. While discussing tho possibility of thus extending their Transfer of the work, especially as to " ways and means," the Commissioners Mlfn'trVaUo tHa were approached by " the lloyal Ir\stitution for the advance- ment of Learning," with a proposal for the transfer of tho Hifh School of Montreal to the care of the Board. After long and patient deliberation, it was resolved, in the interests of general education in Montreal, to accept the charge, and on the Ist Sept., 1870, the High School was incorporated into the Commissioners' system. The Board purchased from the Royal Institution the valuable property known as Burn- side Hall, including tho caretaker's house and jjlay-ground, for 2-1,000 dollars, and built on a portion of the latter, at a cost of about 0000 dollars, tho new Preparatory School. Appended to this Report will be found a complete statement of the work and expenditure on this Institution for tlie year ending Aug. 31, 1871. The " Limit Tables " set forth the subjects taught in the several classes, the time devoted to each subject and tho text books used in the school. The Commissioners, once a year, draft into the Highnoyadrnftofl School from the higher classes of tho common schools, the sXorfrilm ^ most advanced of the boys, and permit them to complete their sehoois" education free of charge. The admission to the school on these " Commissioners' Scholarships " is by competition. Six boys have enjoyed this privilege during the year. A second competitive examination for this honour will shortly be held, which is likely to result in the transfer of at least eight additional scholars from the public schools to the High n mtz&i^^ ii iiiriiMi: 36 Fr Education School. The Board are proposmg to make such arrange- MtyTorC.n,',no'nmentsAvith the authorities of McGill College, as that these in the Univei- itylbrC'iiiii Sohuol Uojs fa Reduction of Fees in the High School- Institution of a Preparatory High School. scholars, if their parents so desire, shall, in due time, go up to the University, also free of charge. Thus in the city of Montreal there is no Protestant hoy of ability, no matter how humble in life, or however straitened in their circumstances his parents may be, who may not obtain free, and yet with honour to himself, an education equal in all respects, because gained at the same institutions, to that which is given to the sons of the wealthy. The Commissioners feel that this arrangement ought to be accepted by the community as a great boon. In view of the fact that the parents of the boys attending the High School do not belong, for the most part, to the wealthrest classes of the community, the Board resolved to reduce the fees from 52 to 42 dollars a year. The Commis- sioners felt, moreover, that that portion of the Protestant community which pays the largest amount of school-tax ought not to be taxed over again by the imposition of an exorbitant fee for the education of their sons, at least in an Institution controlled by the Board. When the High School was transferred to the Commission- ers there were, in its preparatory class, only 20 boys. It was felt that upon such a foundation it would be impossible to build up a really prosperous school. After considerable thought and investigation, the Board decided upon the estab- lishment of a Preparatory High School in which younger boys might be trained, without contact with the older pupils. It was also determined that the teachers in this preparatory establishment should be ladies, the whole being under the management of a Head Master. The Board was fortunate enough to secure for this post Professor Robins, M. A., a gentleman who had gained for himself as a teacher, in the McGill Normal School, a high reputation in the art of teach- ing, and in that special knowledge and aptitude which are the chief sources of success in its practice. The ladies who were appointed to aid him in this important work all -, ^ ^ i£^ 87 '" V distinf^uislied themselves as students in the Normal School. Tensth of ° . P.eparalory It will be seen by referrmg to the limit tables that the course Oouiso. in the preparatory school embraces four years, including the Infant department, into which boys are received at the age of six years. A study of the system as set forth in the tables will be sufficient to convince any intelligent person— any person that is of ordinary intelligence in regard to the train- ing and education of children — that it is based on sound principles, and that it gives promise of success. The plan adopted has been submitted to leading educationists in Great Britain and Ontario ; these, without exception, have expressed the highest satisfaction with it, and most of them who have influence and authority in directing educational matters, have signified their resolve to follow the example of the Board in this part of ,the Montreal High School System. The preparatory school opened with 160 scholars ; and though, as was to be looked for, many difficulties arose in the carrying out of this new scheme, and as might also have been looked for, complete success was not achieved during the first year, the Commissioners are confident that it only needs a fair, patient trial to secure for it the confidence and suffl-ages of those parents in the interests of whose young sons it was inaugurated. The High School was placed under a new regime, ^ol- Hi.^h Pch^oM^ ^ lowing the course adopted in the High Schools of Edinburgh new ,e,me. and Glasgow, it was divided into two departments,— one Clas3ical,°the other Commercial. This arrangement^ was effected to meet a wish and a want supposed to exist in Montreal, that had indeed found occasional expression in the Mercantile portion of this community. Each of these departments is presided over by a Head Master, who is responsible to the Board for its efficient working, and the due maintenance of discipline. H. A. Howe, Esq., LL.D., is the Classical Head Master, and David Roger, Esq., M.A., the Commercial Head Master. These gentlemen have proved themselves accomplished and efficient teachers in the higher branches of scholastic training. For more than twenty 38 years they have been doing -work in the interests of the higher-class youth of Montreal, which is little appreciated by the community ; the more that the difficulties which lie in the way of its successful prosecution are not understood. The Commissioners do not claim for the High School of Montreal all that they Avould like to be able to claim for it. They took it under their care in September, 1870 ; their control of the Institution has, therefore, extended over only one scholastic year. They are aware that improvements are both possible and expedient, and their earnest attention and endeavours will be given to this object. But they yet maintain that, as was the case under its former management, the School is doing good educational work for Montreal in those higher branches of knowledge in which it aims at giving instruction ; and, moreover, that the pupils who leave the Sixth Form will compare favourably with those who take the full school course in any similar Institution in the Dominion. 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JENKINS, Late Queen's Scholar St. Peter's College, Westminster, ( Westminster School,) French Master, P. J. DAREY, M.A., B.C.L., Professor of French Language and Literature in McGill College. Master op WRiTiNa and Bookkeeping, Mb. W. L. WHYTE, formerly of the University of Edinburgh. Teacher op Elocution, JOHN ANDRL ', Prqfessor of Elocution, McGill Normal SchoaU PREPARATORY SCHOOL. Head Master, SAMPSON P. ROBINS, M.A., Associate Professor in the McGill Normal School, and Inspector of Common Schools. Prince of Wales Medallist • First Rank Honours in Mathematics in McGill University. First Assistant, Miss A. CAIRNS, Prince of Wales Medallist and Academy Diploma. Second Assistant, Miss LUCY LAWLESS, Prince of Wales Medallist and Model School Diploma, Teacher op French, Miss E. SICOTTE, Elementary Diploma. Infant Departmexst, Miss HANNAH BELL, Model School Diploma. Teacher op Reading, JOHN ANDREW, Pvqfessor qf Elocution, McGill Normal School. 54 Boy"u"der '^^^ number of pupils in the High School during the year HKehooi" P^^^'^^^^s <^o *l^at of its transfer to the Protestant School ^^/^'^Zt'^^'"'^'^'^'^'^^'^'^^^^ (1869-70) was 180. This number includes the twenty pupils then in the Preparatory Class. The number of Boys under instruction during the session 1870-71 was: (C In the Classical Department Commercial Preparatory Infant u a a n Total City School Tax 1869,1870,1871. 114 107 145 49 415 Tlie Commissioners deem it desirable to supply for the information of the public, the amounts realized by the City School Tax in 1869, 1870* and 1871. The Tables on pages 55 and 56 contain a statement, not only of the aggregate Tax, but also of the sums collected in the several Municipal Wards from both Protestants and Roman Catholics. These Tables present also an exhibit of the amount of rateable property held by Roman Catholics and Protestants, respect, ively, in each Ward. • Witli reference to the Tables applicable to the year 1870, it has to be explained that the School Tax, as exhibited in detail on page 55, in Panels 1, 2, and 3, and amounting in the aggregate to $33,741.08, had to be reduced to the amount authorized by law, being $30,740.28. The adjustment was accordingly made, as shown in the Table sub- joined. 55 year shool ludes ssion the City ages gate 3ipal hese lable 3ect- 63 C5 28 CD 00 M a o 02 U o Q H Ui m 1^ H o o H g w Eh (^ o H E- -«: H « c3 oo©(N.ooc' ^ " -"r E- — -N X i>. 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"^ 2 — rO Xi o „ X " << CO -d <« a ^ o d fco OS s ^ '^ -« M 2 * cs - 53 o -d M a .2 -a w ■a ,o g cc d g o 2 -- o e 53 3 ^ 5 o -5 CO -2 to ■5 d fl o S d 53 'S 43 -d CO rd -5 "2 u d d ti -§ e^s^ §, ';^ 'S^ ^ c^ -s 43 c4 68 Summary of Tho Table on the foregoing page sets forth the cost of sohooi Proper- School Properties, from the appointment of the Board in ties and Sohooi r ' » * FurniUre. jg^j^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^f igjj^ Total cost of all School properties now held by the Board, including what it will take to complete the new Ann Street School $121,070 00 Of this sura the British and Canadian School Society paid for their School House in Cot6 Street" 18,040 00 The Commissioners owe on the — Royal Arthur site Salaberry Street site They also owe to the Royal Institu- tion mortgage on Preparatory High School .... Deduct also — Balance of contract of new School in Ann Street . . . 4,713 00 22,377 90 2,755 00 849 70 G,000 00 ■*> if Making the sum actually expended by the Board on Properties and School Furniture. $ 98,692 10 Expended previously to 1868 . . . $7,025 00 Expended between 1868 and 1871, inclusive $91,567 10 of in rd, nn 00 90 10 00 10 ■^v 69 Issue op Bonds for Sites and Buildings. The Act 32 Victoria, cap. 16, section 35, authorized theAcu«nder _, ,~ .. „, ... <./-\v J which the issue "the School Commissioners of the cities ot Quebec and of Bund-, is 1. niiii.x'i.i- authoriied. Montreal, during the next twenty years from the date ot the Act (1869), to lay aside annually a portion of their revenues, not exceeding one-fourth, for the purchase of lots, and for the construction of School Houses." And in the same section it is provided " that the said Boards of School Commis- sioners shall have the power, with the approval of the Lieu- tenant-Governor in Council, to raise loans for the said pur- poses, and to transfer as security for such loans a part of their annnal claims on the Corporation for the following years, subject to the above limitation ; and the said Boards may, with the approbation aforesaid, raise money in advance for the said purposes, by issuing debentures of not less than $100 each, redeemable in not more than twenty years, and for an amount not exceeding in the whole, for any one of the said Bonds, the sum of 1100,000, and in such case the portion of their revenue set aside annuplly as aforesaid, or so much thereof as they may determine, shall be applied to the forming of a sinking fund for the redemption of such deben- tures." The Act 33 Victoria, cap. 25, enacts as follows: " 1. Whenever the School Commissioners of either of the cities of Quebec or Montreal shall have determined to lay aside any portion of their revenues, for the purchase of land or the construction of one or more School Houses, and sliall have obtained the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council for the purpose, as provided in section 35 of the Statutes of the Province of Quebec, 32 Victorie, cap. 16, the said School Commissioners shall notify the City Treasurer thereof, and of the amount so determined to be set aside, and may thereupon issue their bonds for such loan, in such sums, payable at such times, and bearing such rate of interest as to them shall seem advisable, and to the extent that such loan is authorized." "2. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer, on the presentation to him of the said bonds, to acknowledge specification thereof, and he shall thereafter, from year to year, retain, on behalf of the Corporation sufficient of the revenues levied for School purposes which would become payable to such School Commissioacrs, to create a siukiiig fund Legisiative authorization for issuing Bonds continued. 60 for the redemption of the gaid bonds when they mature, out of which the holders shall be entitled to be paid by tlie Corporation." "3 On the amounts so retained the City Treasurer shall allow the said School Commissioners interest at six per cent, per annum, which 8nall bo capitalized annually, for the time the funds shall remain in the custody of t)io Corporation, and shall pay the revenues or amounts so retained, with the accrued interest thereon, in redemption of the bonds as they fall due, accounting to the School Commissioners for any remaining surplus, or requiring of them payment in case of deficiency." "4. The signature of the City Treasurer, acknowledging signification of the bonds respectively, shall be evidence in favor of the holders thereof that such bonds have been duly authorized and will be provided for by such sinking fund." ITie Act 34 Victoria, cap. 12, enacts : "1. The twenty-fhird section of the Act of this Province, thirty, second Victoria, chapter sixteen, intituled : ' An Act to amend the law respecting Education in this Province/ is amended in so far only as regards the amount to be paid by the Corporation of the city of Montrea for the support of Schools in the said city; and hereafter the Corporation of the city of Montreal shall pay for the support of School. 1! Tl L' '" '" "^'^ '""^ ''l"''^ ^"^ ^^''' *™«« the amount of the Share of the Government grant to the said Schools of the said city as provided in and by the said section, a sum equivalent to one-tenth of a 2S *^^,^""".'' ^'^ "^« *«^1 ''^^^'^ of the real estate taxable for the purposes of the said Schools in the said city." "3. The said Koman Catholic and Protestant School Commissioners of the said city of Montreal, notwithstanding any provision Tthe contrary, contained in the thirty-fifth section of the Act tl irty-s^co'd Victoria, chapter sixteen, may respectively set aside a portion of their revenues not exceeding eight thousand dollars per annum, (including therein any proportion which they may have already set aside for Zf object,) forthe purpose of acquiring r.,.l estate and constructing Schoo Houses ir the said city; and all debentures which the said «« lowers may hereafter i.sue to borrow any sum of money for trr.r. chase of real estate and the construction of School Houses in the said city may be made redeemable in the twenty years next after the d e ItUT' . "'*'™'^ ' ""' ''^ ^^''^ *^^^*y-«fth section of the amended' ""' *'^ "^' ''''''''' '' ^^^^^^^^ ^ -^^-nc. J\t ^*?f ^' '^""^"^ ^' *^' '^'^ Commlsslonors to declare in and by the said bans or debentures which they shall hereafter issue that the same are secured by privilege and hypothec on all the reJl^^]^: their property, and m the case in which such declaration shall have been made, the said l>ons or debentures shall be secured both Lfo^Zl principal and interpst o" all t^^o roa' i^-'->t- ti, • rt-specis - .1 j_ _u t„c reai esuite then tno property of the said 61 Cominlftflloncrs, witliout the formality of registration in the Registration Ottice, artic'os 208^ and 2130 of tho Civil Code to the contrary notwith- standing." Under these several Acts the Board issued — In 1870, 55 bonds, 11,000 each In 1871, 15 " " " $55,000 Number and ■* f nr\'\ amount of lo,OUO BundH iaaued. Sinking Fund. ' ^ $70,000 The interest and sinking fund required to meet the claims on these bonds, and which is to be deducted annually by the City Treasurer from the School Tax, is . . ... 16273,40 The Act Vic. 34, cap. 12, quoted above, allows the Board to take from its revenues, for the foregoing purposes, $8,000 per annum. This leaves $1726,60 a year to be further expended on interest and sinking fund, equal to a new issue of say $20,000, bonds, redeemable in 20 years from 1st January 1872. These remaining bonds are to be immedate- ly issued to meet liabilities incurred in School Houses newly built, enlarged, or acquired. The following statement respecting the provision made for Provisioji/or^ the Sinking Fund, by the Corporation, is taken from the Books of the City Treasurer and duly authenticated by him : The total issue of Protestant School Commission- ers Bonds requiring Sinking Fund was to 1st January, 1871 . . . $55,000 Sinking Fund on which, at that date retained . $1629,10 The total issue of Bonds to 1st Jan- uary, 1872 .... $70,000 Sinking Fund retained a't 2 ^W^ . . . 2073,40 Which with 1 year's interest at 6 per cent on 11629,10 97,74 Makes the total Sinking Fund accumulations 1st January, 1872 $3800,24 represented by Bonds held by me specially endorsed as for " School Bonds Sinking Fund purchased and not negoti- able." (Signed) JAMES T. D. BLACK, 62 iii7o»»mont of ^* *"^y ^^ ^^'cll to add tho following particulars of the W'o" ^'"""^ City Corporation Bonds in Avliich tho Protestant School Board c-rporation. sinkij,^ p^^j ,^f $3800,24, and tiio Roman Catholic Board Sinking Fund of $4229,00, (together 18029,30) arc jointly invested : City of Montreal third Consolidation Coupon Bond No. 520 ^1000 (( u u (( " 521 1000 (( (( .( )( " 774 1000 t( Water Works Bond u " 05 1000 (( a <( (( " 125 2000 (( «( « <( " 120 2000 $8000 The following Certificate, upon the Book of record of said Bonds, in the City Auditor's office, was made at the close of the civic year 31st January, 1872 " Tho above Bonds amounting in all to eight thousand dollars have been submitted to us, and we hereby certify that they are dul;y endorsed as having been purchased for Sinking Fund and that all the Coupons of each are stamp- ed as being the property of the city of Montreal acquired for that purpose. (Signed) WILLIAM RODDEN, FERDINAND DAVID, CHARLES ALEXANDER, iSub- Committee of the Finance Committe of Ciiy Councils 63 The Commissionei'S now submit their Accounts in detail for the four years commencing Ist January, 1868. The Htaten.ent has been prepared with the assistance and under the inspection of two accomplished Accountants, Messrs. James Uiddell and Philip S. Ross. These gentlemen, hy appointment of the Commissioners, undertook and completed an audit of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Board for the years 1868, '69, '70 and '71. In their report the Auditors commend the accuracy with which the accounts have been kept, as well as the general method of keeping them. Anxious to adopt a system which shall secure hitelligibleness as well as technical completeness, the Board invited suggestions from the Auditors vvith this view. The very few changes which they suggested have been readily adopted. Appended to the General and Detailed Accounts will be found a statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Board for the High School during the session 1870-71, the only complete year in which it has been under the care of the School Commissioners. This is supplied simply as a matter of interest. Br. ^4 ABSTRACT OF CASH TRANSACTIONS FROM 31st I. — Maintenance Account. To Balance on hand at 31st December, 1867. " Government Grant, Common School Fund , " Superior Education Grant . . , « City Corporation, School As sessment Note. — The portion of the as- sessment applied towards the Sinking Fund for the redemption of the School Bonds is stated in Br. II. below. " Fees from various Schools. I l 1868. 1869. 690 40 146 00 5103 15 See note below* 1708 62 770 00 1870. 2726 84 45 05 14142 40 18826 30 1030 73 1871. $ 2726 84 1230 05 15621 72 7251 72 13140 02 % 356 74 7852 70 2191 10 53693 17 21422 47 $85,516 18 II. — Land and Buildings Account. To amount brought from Main- tenance Account , " Cash from Bonds sold , " Mortgage Acount , " Molsons Bank " Assessment applied to Sinking Fund 1869. $ 16,000 00 1870. % 33,000 00 6,000 00 18V1. 21,000 00 8,560 40 3,702 50 16,138 43 70,000 00 6,000 00 8,560 40 3,702 50 I 104,401 33 ♦The Head Masters were allowed to retain the School fees for 1868, as had been done m previous years. ' 65 DECEMBER, 1867, TO 31st DECEMBER, 1871. I. — Maintenamce Account. By Ann Street School " British and Canadian School , " Panet Street " Eoyal Arthur « High " Preparatory High " St. Joseph Street « St. Lawrence Main St. " German u Salaries. $ •4888 78 11999 21 8346 54 7634 52 10733 73 4076 01 1598 01 166 64 22 00 Charges, 266 40 657 72 726 86 486 87 866 11 549 45 173 10 7 60 Fuel. $ 692 31 749 67 1063 00 851 75 775 31 305 15 59 50 46 52 " General charges* " Expended on Land and Buildings and carried to that branch of the Account '< Balance — Cash in hand and in the Bank, 31st December, 1871, carried down to the year 1872 ( * For partloulare see Detailed Ahatract— Haintenanoe of Public Sohoola.) Or. $ 5,847 49 13,406 60 10,136 40 8,973 14 12,375 15 4,930 61 1,830 61 220 76 22 00 . 57,742 76 10,968 06 68,710 82 16,138 43 666 93 $85,516 18 II. — Land and Buildings Account. By Anne Street School . . " British and Canadian School . . " Panot Street « " Royal Arthur " " Stilaberry Street " « High " " Preparatory High " " Burn8ideHall,DorchesterSt.&c Land. $ 1,470 00 1,760 33 2,695 71 8,937 25 Buildings. 12,697 $ 81 5,411 77 8,668 56 26,363 01 5,337 27 4,361 71 17,019 56 Furniture. $ 250 85 332 74 304 20 1,538 35 276 90 50 54 800 08 " Trust and Loan Company for Panet Street Property •' Sinking Fund as per contra " Profit and Loss — Discount on Bonds iiegoliatcd below par. $ 14,418 66 5,744 51 8,972 76 29,661 69 8,309 88 50 54 5,161 79 26,956 81 1,500 00 3,702 50 922 19 104,401 33 Montreal, 13th February, 1872. Audited, found correct, and fully vouched. JAMES RIDDELL,^. PHILIP 8. ROSS, |AUDiToas. 66 DETAILED ABSTKACT OF ANNUAL DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE Year 1868. Year 1869. Schools. CO -a P 13 B3 o 03 'a C/J s 1257 78 3 55 32 1711 10 00 1 O $ 49 03 127 82 175 21 a 1. Ann Street 2. British & Canad'u 3. Panet Street 4 Roval Arthur .... $ 535 50 914 00 522 15 27 33 49 36 21 78 $ 89 89 98 00 84 01 % 652 72 1061 36 627 94 $ 19 20 14 00 1 00 $ 1326 01 3697 14 1887 31 5 Hiirh School . . . 6. Preparatory High School 1 St. Joseph Street.. 36 29 36 29 1062 12 143 72 59 50 1265 34 8. St.Lawrence Main Street 9. German 20 55 19 25 84 15 495 78 2007 9' )8 47 271 90 7586 32 93 70 General 1. Law Expenses . . . Charges. 42 00 2. Insurance against 3. Local Rates on Be Fire 73 60 jard's Pronei'tv 69 75 4. Secretary-Treasurer's Salary and Com- mission 5. Printing, Stationery, and Travelling Expenses 185 91 278 86 6. Clerlis' Salary 7. Salary of School Insuector 8. Interest — On Cou " '< Moi pons . . . tages, & Interest. :., less contra 40 00 20 07 . 2728 17 8660 08 67 MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1868 to 1871 Inclusivb. Year 1870. •• . Ybae 1871. ^ C4-I QQ i •3 s 3 o 1 a 3 "o Eh Hi be 5 o< teg M 1. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. $ 1500 00 3760 00 2848 00 2969 47 2840 00 1053 34 453 75 $ 71 17 231 48 259 64 262 05 255 66 210 01 29 38 $ 129 84 364 83 426 33 538 42 342 15 153 92 $ 1701 01 4346 31 3533 97 3769 94 3437 81 1417 27 483 13 $ 1595 50 3769 89 3265 29 4665 05 7893 73 3022 67 45 85 166 64 22 00 $ 118 87 259 06 270 23 224 82 610 45 339 44 $ 453 38 272 84 551 66 313 33 433 16 151 23 $ 2167 75 4301 79 4087 18 5203 20 8937 34 3513 34 45 85 220 76 22 00 183 80 273 05 169 85 $ 5847 49 13406 60 10136 40 8973 14 12375 15 4930 61 1830 61 8, 7 60 46 52 220 76 9. 22 00 114 25 144 53 46 00 15424 56 1309 29 1955 49 24446 62 1830 47 2222 12 1 57742 76 ■2. 360 60 510 43 369 75 3. 4. 717 06 160 00 1319 72 571 55 400 00 3480 00 462 99 2501 55 731 55 400 00 4980 00 1114 18 5. 6. 7. 1500 00 591 12 8. 21962 40 35360 17 68710 82 68 DETAILED ABSTRACT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR SCHOOL Year 1868. * Year 1869. Schools. IS § 03 a 2 ■A' "S n •3 o m 3 •a "3 $ $ 161 88 1347 83 231 66 f $ C $ $ 33 40 1640 68 4710 29 15127 97 $ 6 85 246 28 256 36 665 10 $ ( A nn Sfrjtof \ 161 88 (, \ 40 25 ] I 1.886 96 ( \ 1347 83 I \ 231 66 } 4966 64 J Royal Arthur... Salaberry Street High School Prep'y High Do. Burnside Hall ' and Dorcbes'r 113 25 1508 65 1 16806 32 \ 1508 65 andUniver'ty Streets 1741 37 1741 37 1621 90 21512 34 1074 £8 24208 82 'it.'i:;^\'i.4»^'iiii^JLia. -i 69 $ 40 25 4966 64 '6806 '32 1508 66 !4208 82 BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, &o., 1868 to 1871 iMctDgmi. Ykab 1870. 1^ $ 362 00 a a 339 75 1074 94 $ 401 92 1837 61 3227 84 9329 50 4369 00 4108 17 8937 2616114 66 10713 94 39388 60 a d o H $ 240 00 37 71 19 60 702 25 276 90 39 00 1003 92 \ 1875 22 \ 324744 44 10371 50 f 6720 84 \ ""39 00 766 63 I 2082 09 4874 80 25061 91 62184 63 Year 1871. S 1108 00 1307 33 112 12 2527 45 60 a 9 $ 12100 61 685 75 498 77 $ 4 GO 48 75 28 25 1906 64 271 00 I 968 27 11 54 263 64 904 90 17217 38 33 46 396 99 O H $ iim^'ei i "634 'so < I 627 02 ) "3483 "87 ] 1080 "39 I '""npi 1 """28(r99 ) " "904'90 20141 82 Add Sundry Disbur8emrnts connected with Land and Buildings : Trust and Loan Co., — repaid Mortgage 1868 on Panel Street Profit and Loss — Loss on Bonds sold below par Sinking Fund, 1870— $1629.10; 1871— $2073.40. :., $ 14418 66 6744 51 8972 76 29661 69 8309 83 50 54 6161 79 25966 81 98276 64 1500 00 922 19 3702 60 $10440:. 33 70 CO |25 O m m O EH t— I O. o W o W o M I O O I— I W. o > P5 00 to CO CO 00 M 05 to 1—1 .,-*n OCqOOTttOMrH ©lOOMOOrH ©■ w tX) eo O -w o u o -a s (3 ^ 2 d > 5 S CO J bi •.« CO CO ^" - 'd OS O 02 ^ bog 2 fl > PQ 33 u 0! •+* s CO .gCC o in 111 M< 00 (N 05 i-( CO O 05 M r-t lO M •-H -* 00 l- t^ I— ( rH 10 CO rH ©ooooooousowo lOlO'0»0>0>C5»n«0«01:-0 Jt-COO5COfl0C000r-T*lr-<»OcO l>'--i-*C000O5-^O5CO00e^CO iOt-lr-C00000COCO«OlOe«r-l o 10 o o «o t- © O •t~- t- © 1:- 05 r- t- CO t- t- o o ■<5< CO «» as Si o 2a §1 e4 ^ 2"ffi a§ o o o a s as o S o o 2 ^ ai o CO as fe| S 'cc S 'S 5sa§ 000 i i N o3 .2 -3 a§ O M o * a a 2 F— ) flj o o o 0) Ml PS c3 a o< a CI) M a§a c o ►- ofe ® to o S fecoH- 01 ino location new School in Ann Street, capable of receiving about 700of tho^AnnSt. scholars, is open, and is rapidly filling up. Every Protestant child of school age residing between the Canal and Dorches- ter Street, and between McGill and Mountain Streets, may now be said to be within half a mile of a thoroughly- equipped and efficient School ; scarcely less accessible is it to the older school-going children of Point St. Charles. But there exists a crying need for two additional Schools of equal capacity, one for the St. Lawrence Ward, either in Ontario Street or Sherbrooke Street, the other for the St. Antoine Ward. To complete the Commissioners' Scheme there will also have to bo erected three or four Primary Schools for the convenience of younger childiea, and to act as feeders to the larger Schools. Two of these are immediately needed, to meet the wanta of the outlying populations at the Point St. Charles and the Mile End Districts. This enlargement of their work would involve an outlay for buildings and School furniture of at least $60,000, and an additional annual expenditure of about $15,000. The Commissioners have from time to time urged upon hipU s-ohooi for the citizens of Montreal the importance, in the interests of Education, of establishing also a High School for Girls, in which parents might obtain for their daughters, at a moderate mmi.s Need of inoreased Tax atioD- 72 charge, a superior education. Such an Institution, were the requisite buildings provided, would, in the judgment of the Board, be, ere long, self-sustaining. At the same time it would afford an opportunity of promoting from the Common Schools to the privileges of a higher education, girls who might, by good conduct, by talent, and by proficiency in their Common School studies, prove worthy of silch advance- ment. The buildings and site of an Institution of this character would cost about $20,000. Such an enlargement of the Montreal Protestant School System would call for the imposition of a School-tax equal to one-fifth of a cent in the dollar on all rateable property, instead of the present rate of one-tenth of a cent. There would thus accrue to the Protestant Board an annual income of $45,000. Nearly a like sum would fall to the Koman Catholic Board. So far as the Protestant Commissioners are conv orned, not another dollar can be -laid out on School extension unless the '•evenue at their disposal be increased. This will be seen by an examination of the preceding state- ments of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Board for the year 1871. Indeed, if the Ann Street School be filled to its capacity, it is certain that the income of the Board for the current year, 1872, will fall short of its expenditure. In connection with this plea for increased taxation the Commis- sioners would record their conviction that to secure for the City Schools the best available teaching talent, it will be *' necessary to offer, in most cases at least, larger remunera- tion. It will be impossible to retain the services of efficient female teachers at a salary of $240 ; yet this is the sum of the remuneration to which the Board ib imited in regard to a considerable proportion of the teachers now in its emplby. The increased cost of living, and the increased demand which elsewhere exists for the services of able and well- trained teachers, call for a reconsideration of the whole question of Teachers' Salaries. The revenue now at the disposal of the Board, compared ]|Jj^°^"f,j5*oriy with the sums expended for miblic School education in such cities as Toronto and Hamilton, must be deemed parsimonious ; • Present revenue of Board «tto_ insnfficient f VwJ^ ere the of the time it 'ommon •Is who mcy in ivance- of this School X equal •operty, There income Koman lers are School jreased. g state- for the filled to lard for re. In jommis- for the will be i' nunera- efficient sum of ;gard to emplby. demand nd well- e whole 1 i i- .L-fc 78 compared with the demands of the Protestant population of Montreal it will be deemed paltry. The revenue which the Commissioners ask for, compared with the need of a large, prosperous, and rapidly increasing city, must be deemed moderate ; compared with the amount of School-tax levied on the citizens of Boston and Philadelphia, it might be called insignificant. 'The Commissioners appeal to all classes Appeal to the of their fellow-citizens, and among them and chiefly, to the adequate City Corporation on whom the responsibility largely rests, and urge the immediate inauguration of an adequate educa- tional policy for Montreal. This wealthy and populous city will deserve to be a reproach and a by- word in the land, if through the selfish views of tax-payers, it be allowed to fall behind its sister cities of Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in the provision which it creates for the education of the young. Not upon the Board but upon the Citizens will rest the disgrace of perpetuating the short-sighted policy under which the Commission'^rs are now vainly striving to meet the educational wants of the Protestant population. Parks may be laid out in the environs of the city, contribut- ing to its beauty and to the health and recreation of its inhabitants ; lines of Railway may be projected and con- structed so as to augment its commercial prosperity ; but there rests upon Montreal a higher duty tKan the provision, worthy though it be, of either Park or Railroad, that namely of a scheme of Common and Superior Schools equal to the wants of the whole population. For the inauguration of such a scheme the Protestant School Commissioners again and earnestly plead in the name of true Progress and Civilization, and not less in the hallowed name of Religion. )mpared in such lonious: H APPENDI X. repout of the inspector, Montreal. Rbv. J. Jenkins, D.D., Chairman of the Board of Protestant School Commissioners, Montreal. Rkv. Sir, In submitting this, my first annual report as Inspector of the Model Schools, it will be proper for me to adyert to the position of these schools when I entered upon the duties assigned me, to detail the steps taken to present to the Commissioners an accurate account of their proficiency, to recapitulate the results obtained, to mention th« chief thingfi that have been already done to ameliorate their condition, and to glance at some points connected with the completion of a scheme for Protestant Education, that must soon be carefully considered. The review of the past and present condition of the schools, which all this necessitates, will show that strenuous efforts ajre being made to remedy great deficiencies, but will also show that much more must yet bo done before our hopes respecting education in this city can be fulfilled. No one interested in education here can feel otherwise than ashamed and grieved at the position which we have for so many years occupied, especially when we contrast the meanness and insufficiency of our educational appliances, with the ample systems of public instruction so liberally maintained in many sister cities of this continent ; and even now, when under the auspices of the reconstituted Board of School Commissioners, a fairer prospect rises, such are the disadvantages under which we labour that nothing but united, earnest, and patient continuance in endeavour can c rown with success your attempt to provide a thoroughly efficient, practical education for every Protestant child in this city. The schools that camo under the control of your board had been established under various iniluences, and being no part of a general scheme liad no mutual relations. They differed from each other in organization, in discipline, in the subjects taught, in the modes of teaching adopted, and in the text-books used. Nor was there more of permanence than of uniformity in the systems of the schools. The change of a head-master not infrequently resulted in extensive changes in the most important arrangements of the school. To the caprice of the head-master for the time being, were left the studies to be pursued, the period at which they were introduced into the school curriculum, the time devoted to them and the text-books to be employed. From this state of affairs, arising naturally ' — almost necessarily — from the pre-existing conditions, but quite incompatible with unity of action in schools, it resulted that no one, however much interested and however able and diligent, could form a clear conception of the manner in which educational work was done in Montreal, So toafusiag w;«j the variety of — «w!iR«wM«(ii««MnHM(jS»:ri n plans adopted, that the Commi««ionorB could not attain that intimate knowledg'e of the condition, progrcsi, and requirements of their schools wliich they dcHired, to gu'.do them in the right adjustment of the impoitant interests entrusted to their management. Children removing from one part of the city to another were unnecessarily bewildsred by change of schools, had to drop some studies, review others needlessly, commence others at a disadvantage, and accustom themselves to a new discipline, new methods of instruction, and new text-books. Your board, strongly impressed with the importance of amending this state of aflairs, ))ut aware of the difficulty of doing bo immediately, directed me, while recommending such minor changes as might conduce to the efficiency of the schools as then constituted, continually to bear in mind tlio necessity of endeavouring to frame a comprehensive scheme of organization, to which they should be brought ultimately to conform. In furtherance of this design my first duty was to make myself acquainted with the existing condition of the schools, and by consultation ans Lamb wag an amiable, gentle boy, very sensible and keenly observant, indulged by his school-fellows on account of his infirmity of speech." VI From the specimens of writing so obtained, n'ne were selected which appeared to me to constitute a series rising by an even gradation. These were numbered from 1 to 9 as they rose above each other, and with them as standards I compared all the writing of the schools, each specimen being marked with the number of the standard that seemed to be just above it. Had there been :'ny writing better than No. 9 it would have been marked 10. From these results Schedule No. 4 was compiled, which gives the number of specimens furnished at every age and by each sex, in each of the schools, the total number of marks obtained, and the average standing in each case, the higher marks indicating greater proficiency. As in the similar Schedule in dictation, the averages of Schedule No. 4 do not determine the relative excellence of the schools, because some of the schools set only their more advanced pupils to the trial. Less than one-third of those in attendance at the Ann Street School wrote, and rather less than one-half of those at theRoyal Arthur ; while at the Panet Street School very nearly two-thirds, and at the British and Canadian almost three-fourths furnished exercises. Numbers calculated, as in reference to the Dictation, show that, compared with the standards adopted, the writing of the average child in the British and Canadian School, is indie ted by 3-6, in the Panet Street School by 2-4, in the Royal Arthur by 2-2, in the Ann Street bchool by 1-4, and in the average of all the schools by 2-5. "With this result, agrees the standing of the schools as determined by the writing of the oldest pupils ; that of boys and girls of fourteen years and upwards in the British and Canadian School being denoted by 1, in the Panet Street School by 6-8, in the Royal Arthur by G-1, and in the Ann Street School by 5-3. I must strongly urge the desirability of discountenancing that illegible and scratchy style of penmanship, commonly denominated angular hand. Arithmetic. The following four sets of questions in Arithmetic were printed on the papers on which they were to be answered : 1st Papkk. 1st. Write in words 3,040,006. 2nd. Write in figures two hundred and one millions, three thousand and thirty- three. 3rd. Add 348, 4057, 63, 3194, 28T, 619. 4th. From 3678217 take 219C843. nth. Multiply 137285 by 8. Cth. Multiply 7864 by 79. 7th. Divide 6843279 by 7. 8th. Divide 36785436 by 249. 2.ND Paper. 9th. Reduce i;28 I7s. 6jd. to farthings, 10th. In 7384653 seconds how many weeks? llth! Add 3 tons, 2 cwt., 3 qrs., 17 lbs.; 5 tons, 17 cwt., 1 qr., 12 lbs. ; 16 tons, 2 cwt.j 1 qr., 8 lbs.; 5 tons, 7 cwt., 3 qrs., 8 lbs., and 11 tons, 12 cwt., 2 qrs., 23 lbs. VII 12th. Prom 15 bush., 2 pecks, 1 gal., 2 qts. take 7 bush., 3 pecks, and 3 qts. 13th. How much wood would be required to give to each of seven persons 7 cords and 5 cord feet of wood ? 14th. Divide 14 miles, 3 fur., 7 per., 2 yds. into 24 equal distances. 15th. How many posts 3 yards apart would be required to fence a field 48 rods long and 39 rods wide. 3rd Papbb, 16th. 3641 Reduce - -"—^ to its lowest terms. 17th. What fraction of a bushel is 3 pints? 18th, Add 2J, 3|, 5g, and 3^^ together. 19th. From H fake —-. 20th. What is the product of f , ^, ^ and ^^ ? 21st, How many pieces of cloth 3} yards long can be cut from a web 95f yards long, and what will be the length of the remnant ? 22nd. Multiply -34 by i 23. 23rd. Divide -3734695 by -0087. 4th Paper. 24th. If 32 men dig a trench in 18 days, in what time will 16 men dig it ? 25th. If 13 IbH. of tea coBt £2 3s. 6d. what will 3 cwt. 2 qrs. and 18 lbs. cost? 26th. If a cellox 15 feet long, 14 feet wide, and 7 feet deep, be excavated in 3 days by 5 men, workiiig 10 hours per day, in how many days will 17 men, working 9 hours per day, excavate a cellar 30 feet long, 15 feet Avide and 8 feet deep? 27th. What is the simple interest on $327, at 6 per cent., for 16 years 8 months? 28th. In what time will $1487 amount to $1635.70 at 12 per cent.? 29th. What i.s the compound interest of $309 at 3 per cent, for 4 years ? 30th. Which is preferable, a clear gain of 10 per cent, per annum for 3 years, or 20 per cent, gain the first year, and 5 per cent, gain the second and third years? Afisign a reason for your answer ? The questions were wholly practical, because my previous observations indi- cated that the schools, as a whole, were not ripe for the consideration of theoreti- cal questions. Paper No. 1 was given to every child who could use pen and paper, one half hour being allowed for answering it, the other papers being successively given to all who were capable of answering any questions contained in them. When the papers were returned and examined it was evident that the 30th question was above the capacity of any pupil in the schools; it also appeared that question 22, had been so misprinted as to be unintelligible ; these two questions, therefore were dropped from the returns. The perusal of the answers from the Ann Street School showed such evidences of collusion and neglect of tlic instructions furnished to the masters, as compelled me to set tlio whole aside as worthless. I can therefore, give no report on the Arithmetic of this School. ' VIII Schedule No. 5 Exhibits the number of children in three of the schools of the several ages, and of each sex, who attempted any questions on each of the papers, the total number of questions correctly solved, and the average per child. It appears from the total results, that in the Montreal Model Schools a very few children of six and of seven years of age are able to solve a few questions in the simple rules correctly, but that the pupils do not fairly commence Arithmetic before the age of eight, when they are capable of solving 38 per cent, of simple questions in nota- tion, numeration, and the four elementary rules. In succeeding years they gain in accuracy 7 per cent., 9 per cent., 9 par cent., 8 per cent., 6 per cent., until,'in the last stages of their school course, adding to their correctness another G per cent, they still make 17 per cent, of mistakes in the simple rules of Arithmetic. About one half of the children of eleven years of age are capable of attempting questions in the compound rules, and succeed in solving 32 per cent, of them; that is to say, the average pupil of between eleven and twelve years of age can solve correctly rather less than 17 per cent, of such questions. In subsequent vears, a larger number making the attempt, the latter per centage is improved annually by 6 per cent., 11 per cent, and 4 per cent., bringing pupils of 14 years old and upward able to solve correctly 43 per cent, of such questions as are given in Paper 2. Pupils are over 12 years of age before one half of them attempt the solution of questions in fractions. At 12, those who attempt succeed in obtaining corr|ict answers to 43 examples out of 100, or each pupil of twelve years of age c|,n, on the average, obtain 15 per cent, of correct answers. In the next years the'/ gain 11 per cent, and 5 per cent., .so that pupils of fourteen years old and upward can solve 43 per cent, of such questions as are contained in Paper 3. Children are upwards of 13 years old before one half of them attempt such questions in proportion and percentage as were a.ssigned. Those who try at that age solve less than one-third, giving an average of 15 questions in 100 solved by the average boy or girl of 13 years of age. In the last stage of their school career they are able to solve 21 per cent, of such examples. A comparison of the results brings out strikingly the very decided superiority of the Royal Arthur School in arithmetical attainment, a superiority in both extent of knowledge and accuracy of work. The number of examples of the same degree of difficulty as are given in the examination papers that can be solved by the average boy in the Royal Arthur School is 19 per cent, in the British and Canadian School 15 per cent, and in the Fanet Street School 11 per cent; in the average of all the schools it is 14 per cent. The average pupil who leaves school at any age over 14, having acquired his knowledge in the model schools of this city, is in the following position. In reading a passage of 100 words he will mispronounce four and stumble over two or three, in writing such a passage from memory or from dictation he will misspell 15 words and write not quite so well as the writer of standard seven. If one hundred questions in arithmetic be given, ranging over the simple and compound rules, fractions vulgar and decimal, proportion and interest he will solve 47 of them. He is not quite accurate in solving . uestions in the simple rules as the chances are that one example out of six will be wrong. IX The results exhilutcd bring out plainly the need of a comprehensive and abiding system for the organization and government of the different schools. Faithful work has been done by many of your teachers, but because they were ignorant of what was required of them by tlieir employers, because they had no fixed aim, because their views respecting the relative importance of the different branches of study were diverse, because they felt discouraged through feeling that their work was not well understood, much less has been accomplished than could ha\? been effected by the same teachers under a well-considered and comprehensivQ scheme of work. Limit Tables. To the task of preparing such a scheme, in consultation with yourself and the Rev. Dr- MacVicar, I now at the instigation of the Board of Commissioners addressed myself. This matter involved the consideration of a large number of subsidiary topics. The following subjects came directly under review : the time that pupils in this city are able to remain in school, the extent of attainment that may be hoped for before pupils leave, the order in which different branches of study should be introduced, the time to be devoted to each, and the organization of the Schools wiiich with proper regard to economy should secure the best results. From a careful review of all the circumstances I was led to the conclusion that the existing Schools cannot economically provide for a longer course of study than can be completed by a diligent child in six years, a course begun at from six to eight years, and comi)leted at from twelve to fourteen. Pupils older tlum fourteen are indeed in attendance at the schools, but they are few In number, and certainly not more advanced than they sliould have been at fourteen. How best to meet the case of pupils who may hereafter complete the school course and desire further opportunities of study is a consideration that may be for the present postponed. In adjusting a course of study for pupils up to the age referred to, certain subjects of primary importance claim chief attention. These are the correct use of language in its spoken and written forms, English first of all but French as far as possible, and the right keeping of accounts ; that is to say Reading, Writing, Spelling, Grammar in its practical aspects, and Arithmetic including the rudiments of Book-keeping. Is it too much to hope tiiat boys and girls of fourteen years of age will be able to read with tluenoy and expressiveness any Englisli passage, the subject of which they comprehend — to write a legible correctly spelt and intelligibly worded narrative of familiar events — to reckcm simple accounts mentally, and with the aid of as'aie to make all such calculations as arise in ordinary life, and to understand clearly and draw up neatly a business statement? It is however very desirable that more than this should be done. Scarcely second in importance to the subjects already enumerated are Object Lessons, including the rudiments of natural science, (Jeography, Hintoiy, and the elements of Algebra and Geometry ; not merely for the useful knowledge which they impart, but especially for the development of the intellectual faculties which they eflect. Moreover, morals should be cultivated not only by exaiiple and right discipline, but by precept also, through instruction in Scripture, ii. the ele< meats of Morality, and in so much of the principles of the tanadiau Constitution 4 X and Law, as whall cause intelligent children to comprehend their relations to the State, and to act the part of good citizens. Hinging also and Drawing in accordance witli tlie views of eminent educators, should be introduced into all Schools, that the {esthetic as well as the intellectual and moral nature may be cultivated. As the best arrangement for securing the end proposed, six courses of study have been prepared corresponding to the six successive ^ears for which the Model Schools are intended henceforth to provide. These courses of study are detailed in the Limit Tables. To correspond to this programme of study, it is proi)osed to divide the pupils in each school into six divisions, which shall successively pass through the six grades denominated, as in the limit tables. Primary Schools Ist and 2nd years. Intermediate Schools Ist and 2nd years, and Senior Schools 1st and 2nd yearf . In explanation of the limit tables it is unnecessary to say more than that the whole course is imperative on all pupils while remaining in school, with the single exception of Latin. These limit tables have been drawn up with much care, have secured the general approval of the teachers as a mark to be aimed at immediately, and to be atttiined ultimately and have already had considerable influence in stimulating some of them to hearty and liealthful endeavour. It will not be possible for some time to work the schools in complete accordance with the scheme. No school furnishes a class of children fully qualified to enter upon the work of the Senior 2nd year • nor are the lower grades up to their respective standards. Again {_.e teachers excellent as many of them are, are not all prepared for the work assigned them. Too few are able so to manage object teaching as to secure the active co-operation of a class in discovering truth by observation, experiment, and reasoning. It is much easier to impart knowledge than to teach a child how to use his powers in acquiring it for himself. The amount and quality of French teaching required will tax to the utmost the resources of each school. Will not the Normal School which has furnished us with so many excellent teachers, so modify its course of instruction as to aid us in securing good object teaching and universal instiuction in French in our schools ? The schools have suffered materially in the past from the vexatious and embarrassing readjustments of the classification which have so frequently recurred. By appointing a time every year for moving up children from one grade to the next higher on paEsing a satisfactory examination, a fixity of arrangement will be secured helpful to both teachers and scholars. In some respects the close of the schools for the summer holidays would be the most suitable time for the annual promotions ; but in view of the large number of older pupils drafted off annually in the latter part of April to enter upon business life it would almost appear better to make the promotions at this period. Irp'tgulauity op Attendance. } regret to say thatch'. .^ttcLjiiace on school is ver^' irregular. Unless mef. tues can be adopted to enfoije gtiuter punctuality, the teachers of your schools can scarcely be expected to bring scholars up to the standards of attainment set before iliera. I hope at the proper time to submit to the Board a few suggcslioni respecting the best modes of dealing with ibis difficulty. XI School Architecture. The question of 'school accommodaiion is one to which I have ^iven much cons^derat on during the past year. Changes in the buildings of the Ann btreet anT La Arthur schools have been accomplished in accordance wxth my suLXns greatly to the advantage of the work. 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