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School Amalgamation Discussed By Minister

"'With certain limitations. I do 1pprova of the larger school units‘ l the people are willing and cani lneed to pay the cost of these educational improvements." stated Hen. Keir Clark. Minister of Edu- cation. while on the Budget De- Uato in the Legislature on Wed- lloldly night. “During the draft address. I. brieﬂy mentioned that in my; gninlon we were rebuilding in this. rovince too many one room dchools on the basis of the old school district. In stating that many districts. well served with saved or improved roads. should. consider combining two or more schools, I was careful to point out.‘ that I was not advocating this as‘ I general formula applicable ev-I anywhere but as a plan that miglitl be considered under certain con-‘ ditiens. l "Since that time we haie had} in our department a number of Inquiries about combining thi-ee.i four or more districts. 1 I'WilP.\'E‘.“ therefore. I should now make A’ further statement i‘0n('€I'I'llf1i.Z amalgamation of school districts. "My professional advisors in the department strongly advocate the larger school \lr1ll consisting of fifteen or more school district.-_, which type of school organiratinii‘

is becoming general all across‘ Canada.

;“’I‘here are two fairly small units operating in t‘ii:s Pl‘n\'lnt'P.

I wish to refer to btth of thew. The first, which is known as, School Unit No. 1. is located jusii outside the city of Charlottetownl and consists of the former dis. tricts of Parkdale. Spring Park. Central Royalty. East Royall). l‘n- loll Road. \‘Vest Ro_\aIt_v. Smith Wlnsloe and part of South Mil-

too.

“This unit is already having acme financial diffir-u‘ties largely ue to two thlngs——first, that al !IpidI,V expanding school popiiin-‘ tion made necessary a very ex.1 9”!‘-‘IIVI bulldiflll Prolrani. and sec-I Midi)’. a somewhat ineffective‘ method of tax collecting uhich I trust may soon he overcnnir. . ."In addition to these §ne(*ial_. problems facing the school again the unit itself was really too; small and It was made up of al mixture of urban an'l rural com- munities with vastly differenti Droblems. I mention this to slim.‘ that this area cannot be lnokiul upon as in typical larger unit oi. administration.

"Neither can the <r'r‘OllfI amnlga. mated area which was formed all‘ the heginning of the present‘, school year at Fort Aiigustusﬁ, This case. too. was [n(-ulipr anal I do not, think that I‘ should be; taken as an example of I plan; that would have general applir-a.j lion. 5

"The ‘Fort Augustus are-ii com-l prises only five former di<triot=

Fort Augustus. Tarantum, Web- ster's Corner. Glenflniian and Au-

hurn. Of the five districts, Tar- aiitum and Glenfinnan were not operating schools and have not,

operated schools for several years.

"Some of the pupils in these two districts attended adjoining schools, while the remainder were enrolled with our Correspondencs Study Branch. In this case then. a heller educational service may he offered througii amalgamation and at the same time economies may be effected.

“Fiecuiise of these apparent ad- vantages the amalgamation was approved bill I must point out that approval of further applica- tions for the uniting of school dis- tricts will he considered strictly on merit and regardless of a ma- jority vote. We must be con- vinced of the necessity for and lit: adiantages of any proposed union as well as to be convinced il'at minority interests are fully protected.

"There is one further difficulty which may he common to all large units and that is the weaker srlinol arms might properly de- mand the sz-iiiie high duality serv- ice as the stiuiizrr .'\i’ea.\', such as dcniaiitls for first class teachers and high supplements and al- thniigh this would improve ma’- tcrs from the educational stand- point. it also might prove too cost- l_v on the tax pa,\'ei‘s. With cer- lilln iInlliiliI(\VlS. therefore, I do approie of the larger school units it the people are willing and can afford to pay the cost of these educational lmprovements."’

Policy on“ Text Books Outlined By Minister

The reasons in changes in the ‘text books used in the schools were outlined in the Legislature \?2dncstia_V night by Hon. Keir Clark, Minister of Education. while he was speaking on the Budget. Debate.

“Unfni'tunatcl_v p|'ngl'(‘55 is (pa.

qiicnily (‘0stI)," hc stated. “I have examined many of the school

‘books in use today and I can Iee

vast. iltlpl‘0Vfn1f'I‘Ii in many of

these books Compared with the ones in use some years ago. Changes have been necessitated from the .st.:iiicipoint of improve-

ments in materials and methods.

"Em “Dart. from these general reasons. changes in text books are frequcntly forced upon us. The low books used in this Province are not sufficient to make it ec-

onomical for us to have our own books prim--d and cnnsequeritlv

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Picture-of-The-Month

Winning picture in the Charlottetown Camera Club competition for was the above portrait, of a taken by R. D. Don-nelly. This study shows Dr. F. W. Jelks. assistant director of the Provincial Health Center laboratory whose fascinating occupation is that of a bacterlologiet. Next mont.h‘s competition will be p on night photography.

THE GUARDIAN.

"ﬁncteriologist"

we must go along with some other Province or Provinces and use the books which are in use elsewhere so we may take advantage of the reduced costs of mass production printing.

"The size of our Province there-

fore and the number of books which we require makes it nec- essary for us to follow the lead

of other larger Provinces. In many cases we are the last Prov- ince to continue using it test that has been abandoned by other prov- inces."

He stated that when the De- partment. auhhorizes a change in a text book it. makes it possible for the change to be gradual.

"The only new books authorized in Grades I to X this year were a Geography and a French reader for Grades IX and X. The facts in the Geography were out-of- date and the French reader was introduced in Grades Ix and X because. it was recommended for completion in the new course for Grade XI.

The Minister stated that Government had cushioned the shock of these changes by a pol- icy ol text book subvention. This

the-

policy was started in the fiscal year I946-47 by a vote of $1,200 and had grown as high as $30,000 for the 1963-54 fiscal year.

He estimated that the average sales per year at the School Sup- ply Branch amount to $70,000 with the Government subsidizing 830,000 or 3-7 per cent. of the total.

The Minister listed a number of examples to show how the siibvention policy works. The list price of El Grade X history test is 52.50 and ihr-> book retails here for $1.50. Using a geography book as another example he stated that such I book for the senior grades is listed at $2.95 but it sells here i0r $1.75 which indicates a saving of $1.20 per book.

‘ Mr, Clark noted that some prov- inces provide free text book; in

mtain elemvmnnv Rrades while other provide text. books to the -5911101’ izrades on a ivntal basis. He also pointed out that Nova

Scotia and New Brunswick pro- vides Irce text books in Grade I to VIII inclusive but not for the

Ihigher grades. “I have some doubt. that it is wise to proceed too far in the

direction of free text. books," he, ‘stated. “Many pzirents would pre- 7“l' I0 Di-ovide their children with clean new books rather than havel books loaned out to the children‘ :through the schools. | "There is considered to be great‘ iivaste under a free book or loan lsystem \\'I‘lI(‘I‘i most pimple can iicariily appreciate. Th¢n.[°r,' 1; {believe the system followed by‘ lthis Province is the best way "1 ihandling the situation and if ,l)l‘0p8l‘I)' iziidorslood. I believe‘ meet with general approval."

Burgess Bedtime

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time she looked at him. Some- how. Ihe had ii. feeling that he ‘really didn‘t belong to her. Never before had she seen or hezird of ‘is white porcupine. He was what ,is called an albino. No one. else in that part of the Green Fnresti ‘had ever seen a white. porcupine.‘ ‘So every one who hcard of him had to come and see him, and ,lhat. meant more visitors in the ‘neighborhood than Mother Por- ‘cupinc liked. She isn't. -SDCIEII)’ inclined. Porcupinos seldom are. 1 Mother Porky kt'pl. out of sight up in her tree, and listened to her young son's whining and gfrettinir. and did nothing to coin- fort. him. Young as he was she felt. that he would like care of himself now. She would stay a- whlle in the neighborhood, but she wouldn‘t let him know it.

So it. was that. Prickles the white

porcupine was rcally out for litm- self in the Great. World. Do you 'i.I\IllI( Mother Porky was hard- hearted’! She wasn't. There Will nothing more that she could teach young Prickles. And when there is nothing more that father and ‘mother can teach their children‘ Green Forest parents know that it is time for the children to start. ‘out. for themselves.

‘continued 0n ; ‘Lotteries Is Urged:

‘ OTTAWA (CP) -—- The govern-j

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, mg a lot of work for me. Linda.’ complained Laurie as he tusiiod It the blanket to put it. back in place. Linda laughed and started to bounce up and down. She wssnt uged to standing up. and then. plomp! down aha fell. Down came the box on top of her and Laurie. What s. noise of laughing. squealing and talking came from under that borxl Then it was Dull‘- cd up a bit, and out crawled Laurie. Then out came baby Linda.

“You are a queer one to play house." laughed Laurie. "You pull your house down on top or you. Wouldn't it be funny if I did that to Daddy‘: house?"

Linda pushed the chairs apart and crawled out. Mother picked her up. smiling as she said. "I guess Linda feels safer out of that tippy house. But. it is time for her nap now, so away she 30”»

"Good bye. Linda.” .waved Laurie. "You can play house with me another day. Only next time don't. tear the house down."

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Under the legislatiori which re- ceived first. reading Wednesday, all atomic operations would come under the atomic energy control board. The board would be re? sponsible to the chairman of the com.mlt.tee of the Privy Council on scientific and industrial re search. This official now to Trade Minister Howe.

At. present Atomic Energy of Canada I..t.d., which operates the Chalk River, Ont... atomic energy plant, is reqaonslble to the board. However. Eldorado Mining and Re- fining Ltd, responsible for the raw material end of atomic re- search. reports to the minister of defence production.

The legislation will aolldiitlon of the two into a. holding company.

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LAMAR. Colo., tAP)——-Welcome rain, light. but seady. fell in south- eastern Colorado Tuesday to break the grip of 9. searing weeks-long drought. The rain soaked into soii whipped earlier by one dust. storm after another. Cost. of the drought in the Colorado plains area. in terms of crops. has been estim- ated at more I-I1I.l1 $l6.000.000.

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