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Reviews Year's Progress, , in Educational Affairs

"iue past year has been one or .i'dLl5IHCl.UI'y development in 1... educational affairs of this p,,,,..ice," stated I-Ion. Keir Clark. iliiiitster ui' rlducation. in the course of his remarks on the draft sources in the lalislllllfl 011 Tuesday. "Education! , , . being of an intangible nature. does not readily lend itself to the spectacular. but rather does it require AIIIIJICTBISIICIAIIE and pati- ence to fully appreciate such pro- gress." '

"We have witnessed during the pay, year the introduction of Grade XII as the stand ii of mm; ! ion, applicable to the whole province. and its establish- ment in five of the rural senior high schools. with the almost certain prospect that it will be added in a number of other schools next year. The signifi- cance of this development can- not be overestimated because the advantage of a complete senior high school education is brought within the reach of many young people in rural areas who other- uisc. for financial or other rea- sons, would be'denied such op- poriunity.

”A year ago our Grads XI in the public schools. exclusive of Pruice of Wales College. had an enrollment of 206. This year the eiirnllnicnt in the public schools has increased to 259 in Grade XI and 112 in Grade XII, or a total of 371. This greatly increased number of students in Summer- side and the rural schools has not affected the attendan at Prince of Wales, where the en- rollment is well maintained. The lnt'i'eaS8 of 165 students in the public senior high schools neces- sitated considerable expansion of classroom and laboratory facili- ties. not only to provide for the addition of the extra grade. but also to accommodate the increas- ini: numbers seeking admission in these senior classes. There are also 230 students enrolled in those grades in four private schools in the Province including saint Dunsian's, 137 in Grade XI anti till in Grade XII.

”A summary of the total pro- vincial enrollment is as follows: Grades XI and XII - Public schools. 4895 or 371 students; Prince of Wales College, 319i or 270 students: Private schools, or 230 students.

"The introduction of Grade XII in most rural centers was made possible and the development of rural high schools accelerated. by our policy of financial assist- iince, inaugurated about a year ago. Many schools have taken advantage of the special con- structlon grant of 85,000 per class- room or laboratory in order to provide the necessary facilities. and have been able to engage hiizlily competent teachers. with rlt-uree status. due to the new salary schedule. This has been accomplished without excessive cost to the local school district.

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"'I'he advantage to the province in izrnnting such assistance is ap- parent. not only in the greatly lrl('l'PliS9(l number of rural stu- dents who are availing them- xPll'P5 of the opportunities pro- l'lflFfl. but it is particularly ap- parent from the tandpolnl of teacher supply. This is because I c ” able number of these additional students may be ex- Ported to enter our teacher-traln- in: classes, and, after a year of normal training. will become iilllv qualified teachers. the need for which is so urgent in our schools today.

"At the predent time about two thirds of our teache .-in-training come from either private or rural srhntils, it is true that the 43 students in the Normal School

classes this year are insufficient to meet the needs of our schools.

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This number, however. is onlyi three fewer than last year. Onel would expect this to be an off year in this respect on ac- count of the addition of Grade XII with many rural students taking this extra year in their home schools. Furthermore. it is reasonable to expect a much larger teacher training class next year as the new Grade XII stu- dents graduate from high school with academic standing to qual- ify them for first class. rather than second class licences. after the completion of their normal course.

It is, I believe. a significant achievement that many rural students can now receive their full high school academic training in their home central schools; and I am hopeful that this may make it possible for us at an early date to consider the licensing of only teachers of the

have completed their high school work. In 1953, ninety per cent of all teachers in Canada had this academic standing; and we in this province should not be set- isfled with any lower gstandard. Therefore. with increasing num- bers of students with full matri- culation standard now in view, I am hopeful that this important step in improving standards may soon be possible of inaugura- tion.”

STUDENT AID

"I would like to mention at this time. too. that the Govern- ment at the close of the last school year, decided to extend its policy of student aid. As you know, we have cooperated with federal authorities for some years to provide needy students of university grade with loans out of a fund of 511,000 jointly provided on a matching basis. This year it was decided to add an additional 36,000. solely from provincial funds. as no further matching grants are available, for the sole use of students at- tending the two university years at Prince of Wales College. How- ever, for the current year the demand on the fund was not as great as we had been led to expect and only nine students applied for a total of 31,200. No students were rejected. This is in sharp contrast to the demand

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Winter Waer Sport in Charlottetown

sport is where you find ltmneu um weather notwithstanding. To the casual pas- se;-.by it appeared thgt than young lads were momently in danger of an untimely end as'they leaped nimbiy from ice cake to ice cake or vigorougsly poled their ice rafts about. However, closer observation revealed that the water was shallow en- ough for wading with knee boots. The . scene of the activity is Kensington Beach, Charlottetown, in an area that opened up in last weeks thaw.

Pisquid Ecisi

SAmong those from this vic- inity to attend the hockey game between the Moncton Hawks and the Charlottetown lslande B at the Charlottetown Forum, Friday, Feb- ruary i2. were Miss Gladys Birt,

Jvlr. and Mrs. Harold Jay receiv- ed word that their daughter, Shir- ley, left Moncton. Saturday for Montreal. for a two weeks course for a new position she has ob- tained with the T.C.A. Shirley has

high tuition fees at most univer- allies are under much greater expense, which can not always be provided by their own or family resources.”

The Minister made reference to

a num of new schools that were erected in the Province dur- ing the year the first of which was thc Queen Charlotte High School. He described it as a most valuable addition to the education- al facilities of the Capital City and

on the original fund which now limited to students taking! university training at institutions other than Prince of Wales Col-i lege: It is understandable, how-! ever. by the fact that students who have to leave home and pay

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Mr. Chester Birt. Mr. Alton Jay, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jay. Mr. George Dover and Mr. Guy Jay.

Miss Isabel Birt. Charlottetown. spent the February 12 week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Birt.

Mrs. George W. Jay. spent the February 12, week-end in Lorne Valley, with her daughter, Mrs. Earle MacDonald.

Miss Juanita Jay. student at P. W. C.. spent the week-end of Feb- ruary 12, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jay.

Mr. Floyd Jay and Mrs. Harold Jay were visitors in Lorne Valley, Saturday, February 12.

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OTTASA tCPi e R. J. (Bert) Hunter, 83, of North Burnaby. B.C.. is the new Dominion president of the Tuberculous Veterans section of the Canadian Legion. He was elected Saturday to succeed F0. F. H, Thomas of Ottawa who re- signed on being posted to the RCAF base in Germany.

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