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 An Advisory i^oapd for the 
 Ministep of Education. 
 
 Would Create an Educational Tammany. 
 
 LETTER FROM DR. SANGSTER. 
 
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 (To the Editor of the Globe). 
 
 As the proposition to hamper the Ministership of Education 
 with a ao-called Advisory Board is just now prominently before 
 the public, may I claim space in the Globe to express my strong 
 conviction that the creation of such an adjunct to the department 
 would be a blunder certain to prove detrimental to the educa- 
 tional interests of the Province. 
 
 Many persons suppose that the projected Advisory Board 
 would oe the counterpart of the late Council of Public Instruc- 
 tion. In this they are altogether wrong. The newer education- 
 al regime being organically distinct from the old, such a body 
 would now be quite odt of place and inoperative. A Council of 
 Public Instrration was an almost necessarvr appendage to a chief 
 Superintendent appointed by the Crown. It served to give 
 weight to his recommc Nations to the Legislature and to the 
 Government by covering them with the semblance of concert 
 and careful co-elaboration. The late Council was composed of 
 some of the most eminent and highly educated citizens of Tor- 
 onto. It met the Chief Superintendent frequently, and discussed 
 with him the educational concerns of the day. It was an admir- 
 ably managed institution. Every cog and bearing of the machine 
 was kept in perfect running order by an expert whose tact and 
 savoir-faire were well nigh unapproachable. There was no fric- 
 tion.no sense of restraint, no shade of a suspicion that every sprint 
 every wheel and every gearing was not self-acting, self-impelled 
 and independent. But the Chief Superintendent was always mas- 
 ter of the situation, at all times held the lever in his own hand, and 
 switched the current on or off as suited his views. He combined 
 plenty of the " suaviter in modo " with his "fortiter in re," but 
 th* " fortiter in re " was always ther& 
 
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 Dr. Eyev.o„ was a man of ^^'^"ng.on.ic^^jf^ f -^^ 
 
 enal wiU-powor, as must be »/ "'^'^^^00 ,a" : a po'onality to be 
 as administrative ability. He was too mr j councils, to 
 
 easily turnedaside or to ^ff'"-,!^^ '?"""X the realization of liis 
 thwart him iu his onward march lowaidstne 
 
 ideals. Hence, slightly, f '--gf^'or fl of PabUc Inltruotion - 
 he migbt truly have said, Ihe oouncu ui 
 
 I am fhe Council o£ Pf ? I^^f .trbody was changed and it 
 In 1874 the constitution »« '^"^^ "^^ment wt then ad- 
 ceased to be a happy family. .,f;° ^'^'''it^y^ wrangling, crept 
 mitted. Political P'^^*-^™; "\* f J^tWug o£ tl.e Satu^re of a 
 
 of existence. 
 
 THE PROPOSED CHANGE. 
 
 The Minister of Education is ^r^d^tl^^^ 
 in the land. The f omplaiat is tha^^l^^ - "ot d^ p ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 the advice so freely tendered to hnn. in P ^ ^^,^^^^ 
 
 looks, therefore .ot towards th^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ 
 
 mental, because P^^^^'^f ^I ^^^f^^^^^ desLned to be a Board oi 
 Council, but towa.^8 ^hat is ^^^^^y ^^^^^^^^^ ^n a large and 
 
 Educational r'^P/^^^^^^^ ^^er 1 1 ^Lirm^ The cr.a- 
 imposing scale, with the f^^^^^^ its members and its 
 
 tion of such a ^.f ^^,^ . "theCop e. and responsible direct- 
 chairman were alike e ected ^Y ^^e peopi . f propriety, 
 
 ly to the PeoP^^'^f^^^^^^^^ oiL,.n- 
 
 nor would It conflict Y^;;^?^'^ that it 
 
 sible government, and beyond P^\"^";°p,y„„^onal Tammany, 
 ^ould^sooner or later ^^^^^^^^ ^lZ:tT:^^^^^ of Cofi- 
 I do not care to discuss it. .^^^ ,f cieaie ^ ^ ^^ ^rown 
 
 irol and to put into its P^-^^.^t^^'fthL tf aU^ to hold him 
 as its figurehead o^.^i^^^^P^?^^^,^?^^^^^^^ for the 
 
 or the Government to whic^^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^,,,, 
 
 department which he only ^.^ten^^^ ^^.^t it was ever sen- 
 
 se monstrous that one can hardly oeiievi. 
 
 Gusly entertained. 
 
 THE SYSTEM IN ENGTAND 
 
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 tee of the Goverutnent, and consists of mombers of the Cabinet 
 and men of Cabinet rank, who have seata in the House of Com ' 
 mons or in the House of Lords. The only official advisers of the 
 Vice-President, who is the acting Minister of Education, are his 
 colleagues in the Ministry, and the officials of the departmental 
 
 Our system here is, in these respects, modelled on the English 
 plan. Ihe Ontario Government, of which the Minister of Edu- 
 cation is a member, is the analogue of the Committee of the Privy 
 Council on Education. Every one of Mr. Ross' fellow-members 
 in the Cabinet is, by law, his adviser on matters educational 
 1 he whole Executive Council is. equally with him, responsible to 
 tlie Legislature and to the country for the educational policy he 
 ^ 18 permitted to pursue, and, as self-preservation is the first law 
 ot nature, it may safely be assumed that his administration of 
 attaire is, by his official associates, closely watched and freely 
 criticized, and, on occasion, modified to suit the public needs or 
 in accordance with the public will. If his alleged autocratisii- 
 which many believe exists only in the imagination of his rrr)o- 
 nents— had been found to prevent his yielding to the require- 
 ments ot his official associates, he would probably long ere now 
 have been eliminated from the Cabinet. If. on the other hand 
 us individuality is so massive and so strong that he is able to 
 hypnotize or otherwise dominate his seven or eight colleagues in 
 the Government, then upon proof, not mere assertion, that such 
 IS the unfortunate state of affairs, the Government as a whole 
 should be forced, to give place to one composed of less plastic 
 material. tr f ^ 
 
 OUR PRESENT SYSTEM. 
 
 Our eduf-ational system is one by no means perfect in all its 
 parts. It IS confessedly susceptible of material improvement in 
 several directions and in sundry respects. Yet it justly sits en- 
 throned in the confidence of our people, and it ranks second to 
 no other system in the world. It shows, under its present stroncr 
 and efficient management, a record in which we may all take 
 pride. The vital educational interests of the State have been 
 caretully guarded and advanced, a larger and a broader educa- 
 tional culture has been more generally diffused, and both the 
 social and the professional standing of the teacher have been 
 raised. 
 
 Its further elaboration and improvement is to be reached bv 
 moderated, well-considered and cautious movement, not by vio- 
 lent revolution or rash organic change. The country is not pre- 
 pared, or ought not to be prepared, to accept retrogression forad- 
 VAncei or to endorse as DrAGtiQA.b1a *ha fanfmo^:^ ^^„..«:„- j 
 
 X" - — — --■ ■5S' KITS.; r:. -ii-'T^iiCC Stlili 
 
 
 
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 vague speculations and crude theories that ^re ^o^^^^^^'s^^^^^^^^ 
 ffi in^times of P^^'i^t "^ t^^^^^^^^ a4ministra. 
 
 efficient, and. upon the ^^«\®'''^nSe public service hamper^^ 
 tion of an important department ot ^^^ p subversive 
 
 "1?thepr»ent or any fut„« jW^^rntT'^ '°!^ 
 competent or unfaithful, or \l}-»*™^Vhe condign punishment .t 
 S to convict it and to v.«t ^^^^^^ enSTit «ant« to -o 
 „iU in that ca«e l-fj' f^ide? Icb «. would be involved .n 
 KXtTfWJ^e^A^visory Board. 
 
 A NON-PARTISAN VIEW. 
 
 . .. • .. matter of no moment or concern 
 
 Outside this question It is a ^^^^^^^l ,,^test. I have ever 
 
 i^ me which side wins m the W^^^^V' ^ j i^^ve no political 
 
 held myself aloof from fo^^'^^f^l^my^ have I ever written 
 
 t^s or Sympathies. ^-1^ ^^IJ^^,^^^^^^^^ of the Province. On 
 
 or said one word connected witn tnep ^^ oppose the 
 
 LToccasion. eight r^''^f^l^^^tTw^.v, on the ground of 
 •eturn of the Ontario Govemment to P^^^.^^^^ . ^,,y, ,, 
 ,yhat I believed to be it^jnist^jf^n ^^^ ^^^ ^v. 
 
 Tpect to Separate Schools. \^^J^ J^^^ved. I f ^ ^P^Y ^^^^ *^, 
 Ross from any blame he may have Reserve .^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 S^te il^t if e^ither of our two g^^^^ P^^^^^^^ pledged to ham- 
 
 or in any future contest goes to the pon j t ^j^petent 
 
 plr thradministration of f j-V^Him wU^^^^^ Advisory Board, 
 fester of Education, by l^^^^^f^^^^ serve a« a hobble 
 
 ^^ith any -^^^r ^^W^^X^t^^^^^ 
 wherewith to Pa^^*y^%^i' ^,„eans of which he may shirk the 
 requires, as a scapegoat by J^^ans oi ^'^rf'^fA 
 
 responsibility which l\o^tihtf^Viidependent men. I should 
 iZmmon Jith -f ^J^^^^^^^^^^^ public calamity, 
 
 regard the access of that party w p 
 
 John H. Sangstee. 
 
 Poet Perry, Feb. 2, 1898.