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THE EDUCA TIONAL HORIZON

2A SA TURDA Y FEA TURE~

FROM TEE DIRECT‘)! 0F fen considerable study and tho t t

5011051119" to this and I am convinced t from tho stand-point of the educa- To the Teachers: -tion of our youtl‘. it is a i I appreciate very much l-hiflmistake to discontinue the y

courtesy extended to the Depart- u! the social Studies ( ment oy your Federation through and Canadian History) and th Mf- MBCFfldYffl 01 17111181118 mil‘ at the end of the ninth year. It ters of mutual interest to your at- is true that the work covered is teniion through this column.

carried on effectively only when, young people, many of wiiom were there is mutual understanding|hurried through the early grades and cooperative action on the far too rapidly, are much too

Dar: of all agencies concerned immature to do their final work inlplafig‘ ihls very important field oi serv-ithese subjects. At a time when, 1

The supposed to be of tenth grade; education of our children can" be standard, but the fact ia that theaei

PRESENTING NEWS AND VIEWSOE‘ INTEREST T0 TEACHERS AND ALL OTHER! SEEKING IMPROVEMENT lN EDUCATION

R. J. M. Parker. Nil-W 0f State States) is James I‘. Byrnaa. ODPIKICQ! or Ireland is Boas '1‘.

Prime Minister of amt sntaie Iis Hon. Clement Attlee.

Hon. Sec

The Allied ma; Coven: Oar- (uaiua may: United stain.

D. war; lei

iiueaei sir r. w: Rude. Zhflfl; P1111“. General soups

mo Ioeriil.

THE KAMIKAZE

The Kamikaze, or suicide plane, played a major role in enemy strategy during the last six

I-nlnoao by the hundreds attempt-

months of the war. J

tween March and July. but such

was to the Japan- ese. plug“ and pilots are , an - meted I0 of tie

ruve into American and Al-‘are shot down Allied

ice. Home, school, community, Department of Education — all are concerned and should think and plan and work together for the good of the pupil. _

I hope to be able from time to

this important work at an

most educational s stems are giv-ilm,

lng special emph to their pro- grammes in Health and Social Studies. it seems too bad that our pupils should be cut off from.

ed shipa, More than 90 U. S. ships|fore they can to hit their target.

ATOMIC BOMB Gen. MacArthur summoned hp-

victim to the Kamikaze be-

The first atomic bomb was,

per cent ve

and many fail

time to suggest matters that seem to call for cooperative thinking and planning to the end that the educationll opportunities offered our c may be improved. In this isue, I should like to suggest for consideration the so- called Junior Entrance Col-use- A5 you know the plan permits pupils. at the end of the ninth year. t0 write the Entrance Elwminfltlillli 1n Geography, Canadian History, and Hygiene, and if successful. to stop the study of these subjects at that point. When this plan was introduced the obvious llltelltloll was to r uce somewhat the heavy load of Entrance Examinations at the end of Grade X. partment or to niembe During the peat year I have 81V‘ Federation Committee.

LITERATURE (How to Acquire a Good Style)

N ti tn tyle of the author.- See that you have used the best This? lies lefte: to his son. l. What words. wherever P0683119. 1181118 is good style? A style which is short words instead of long ones. easy to read, and in which you nat- 5. What is necessary to acquire l; urally express yourself in such a good style besides knowing how way that no one will mlsunder-iYou must. have something in your stand you. 2. How many times blood and temperament which en- does Mr. Page advise his son to ables you to say things easily and re-read his work? At least 4 surely on paper. 8. What i8 meflllt times. 3. State why he is to read by a Latin vocabulary? Words it in each case. (a) To see that) which have come to us from Latin. you have used your material to-7. Point out the ways in which the best effect and to add lllustra- Mr. Page has applied his 5118865" tions and convincing detail and_tions to his own letter. His ar- remove all superfluous facts. (b\|rangement is logical. his sentence To correct your vocabulary so that‘; concise. his words simple. He has no one will misunderstand you. used suitable illustrations and the (c: To see that no sentence may proper idioms. He has been care- be misconstrued. 4. How will youlful to use the right word in the succeed in getting a good style? right D1809-

VOCABULARY TEST

In each of the sentences below, SOHOWS. D0914. victories. haDDv look at the word in brackets and days. then find in the next line a word 7- Bewlldermflli- INJOWR! h" or expression that. means the (Plfldd? fl"- same as the word in brackets: Ghostly. wan. oval. 9161150111-

1. The (adjacent) fields were cal covered with wheat.

when. as stated above, too immature to appreciate the; significance of these studies inl relation to present day condi- tions.

Your Federation has appointed a committee to consider this ques-l tion. it occurred to me. however» that it would be well for every‘ teacher to give careful thought to: the problem to the end that some‘ way can be found to give our_ pupils the best possible groundw work in this part of the curriculum without imposing too heavy a bur-f den in examinations. this connection occur to please pass them on to the De-l

m. 8. The mariner had a (plain-

Neighbouring, fertile, extensive, 11W) W168; , roumg, Harsh, sincere. nish-pltched- 1111- 2. Down the street came eV911.m011fll!1l1- (swarthy) men. 9. )Hls astonishment was (ludi- Serious. sweaty. dark-hued. sil- CF01"- ¢nt_5tage1y_ Marvellous, genuine, laughable. 3. He was a handsome, though Ill-filmed. DWI-ended- somewhat (corpulent) person. 1°- 515 ("1111951811 ‘"5 i?" m0"- proud‘ 51mm gap dishonest, (audacious) ever attempted. 4. The scheme had not been Wicked. cowardly. sensible. du- (fgaslbley ing, foolish. Tried, approved. completed. law-l 11- 171G llliih 19MB t0 the (mor- ful. workable. "51 s. They were united bv (mutual); Pwciiilee. rock. cleared space iu Interests‘ woods, swamp, hill. Common. slight. wide. family,l wgziu T“ ‘P'°d*°"°“’ l‘ M‘ busing” ' Sizategsrliwt theory hoe 6. Our (bards) are no more. ' m“, day-hf ' m” v'

THE POTSDAM CONFERENCE

The meeting in Potsdam of the‘ man land, naval and air forces heads of the ghvemment of Brit-l t)“; 5mm, Troopers me Gestapo’ ain, the Soviet Union and the em" with 5,11 the“! Ommjmuon’ United States came to an end on smug and lngfltuflons, mmtm-y August 2 after 1'7 days of moet- 513110015, was veterans’ organize, 1118- Tm B18 Th"! 081116 t0 tioais and all military organiza- asrvements on many of the im- tions, together with all clubs and Portal“ Pfilblem “"1118 Europe 11L 858001811411» which serve to keep the transition from war to peace alive the military tradition in and on surrender terms to be Germany shall be completely and

submitted to Japan. The first {in 11, polished y - DT1Ilfl1P19 8111111118 the B18 Th!“ nerl gs To preventxuthuechresivfililaf l1 Piltsdflm W“ $11M 01' 11151118 German militarism and Nazism"

every step possible to prevent Ger- 2, Th N _ many from making war in the I tiocn. Aell rgizeimgeirrstyeimgiie Elglgigvy 111mm — w llilllldflte 118 1111111111’? ‘shall be removed from public of- power and industrial potentialities {lee and replaced by persons to make war- The following con- deemed capable of assisting in de-

ditions are to be imposed on Ger- veloping genuine democratic in- ma?“ De-militariutiori. All Ger- egg-Eight: ggallaebrénaiggidlmz? trolled by the Allies. War crim- ""_'_"—i'__'_"'? 1111115 m to be brought to justice. GOVERNOR GENERAL STllllY Ill llllME N“

The new Governor-General of Canada is Field Marshall Sir Harold Alexander. He succeeds the Earl of Athlone whose five- year term expired in June. Sir

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and Convenoilon,

Marshal and is said to be one of the most brilliant soldiers of the Second Great War. He started his military career in World War I, winning for himself many dec-

orony c123 ceuml- orations. among which were the jean are short, reasonable I I. D. S. O. and the French Leg-ion 0T Ovoduain receive diplomas and leela- HQDuE In world w" n- 119

was literally the last man to leave the beeches of Dunkirk, h! 1MB, he led British and Indian troops in Burma. Later, in Italy, soldiers of the Canadian lst and 5th Arm- ,oured Divisions and the lat Arm- oured Brigade fought under his omman

The Prunier of Australia is Joa- eph B. Ohiflay.

Australia's High C to Canada is Alfred Stirling.

fit-Governor of New Brunswick is Hon. D. L. MseL-aien.

ioaeo In securing positions. Wriio TODAY for fr“ deaeriaiivo laHor IIJSINISS IDUCATION! IIMITID Room 423, I396 Si. Catherine Sinai, W. Dapii A9 ,Moiitreal,Oua.

Please semi mo iuriiiar purfleull Ib- gordhig your correspondence sooner.

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h lilegdropped the week of Aug. 6th, 011.3113; gmiggay-igg to M3511 l W "Ielfilroshlma- Sixty per cent of thvceive conditions for surrender.

city was destroyed completely. A second atomic bomb two days later wiped out one-third of Naga-

Jaipan announced acceptance of!

Allied surrender terms on Aug. 13th. V-J Day was celebrated throughout Allied Nations on Aug. the 14th.

store-

! Canada is one of the largest ‘sources of uranium in the world. ifiittlemlexisia outside Canada and e gian Congo.

The Premier of China is T. V. lSoong. He is a brother of Mme. iChlang. Chiang Kai-Shel: is pre- sident of China. China's Foreign lMinister is WBIIR Shih-Chieh.

NAMES OF PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS

Kyushu. most southerly of the

and solfataras; rice, tobacco, tea,

of thelcoal; famous pottery; chief port, urge enamelled pottery, ‘Nagasaki;

rly. tunnel being con- structed to connect island with

Honshu. Pop. C., 7,750,000. , Potsdam, chief tn.. Brandenburgfis. E. China;

Prussia, Germany, on R. Havel,

palaces with luxurious gardens; Brandenburg gate is noteworthy; furniture, chemicals, tobacco, and‘ angles; flower gardens. Population,

Hiroshima. in, S. W. Honshu, Japan: lacquer and bronze manu- facturers; opposite tn. is sacred] "Island of Light", with celebrated Shinto templle, one of the three wianders of Japan. Pop. C., 196,-

Teschers measure the results of their teaching by examinations to discover if their pupils reach a satisfactory standard. If the stan- dard reached is not adequate then there is need of diagnosis and re-teaching. The objective test is more useful for this pur- pose than the subjective written examinations. If the teacher is to make frequent tests, the examin- ation should be economical of thel teacher's time. It should be easy| to give and to score, and shouldi yield approximately the same! marks for all who score it. In! addition to these qualifications, a1 good examination should be fairly comprehensive. The new type test meets these criteria more satis-

Nagasaki, seaport, S.W. Kyushu,

If ideas inlffllll‘ large Islands of Japan; molllhl Japan; fine natural harbour; ship- yoii, tainous and volcanic; hot springs- building and engineering import-_

manufact- lacquer. and tortoise-shell were: exports fish, coal, textiles. Pop. C., 190,000.

Kwangchow-Wan, bay and tern. free port; exports pigs, cattle, straw.

ant; cooling station;

99 years, and under government of French Indra-China. Cap. Fort Bayard. Pop. 250,000.

Bangkok, cap. and chief port of Siam, on both banks of R. Men-

V ground-nuts. ' 16m. S.W. of Berlin; former ryul-sugar; leased to France (1898) for

don, Eng, was formally opened by

am‘ 29 miles "om Qulf Q1 to show its distribution. Thus, at_ Slam‘ covers area of over 10 sq. T°l°fll0 i119 6011101188 points west‘ m_ pow,‘ Palace contain; the of north. Its direction is still

famous emerald Buddha; rice milling, tea, saw milling. boat building, engineering: chief ex- ports, rice and teak.

TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS

response (single choice); (c) mul-

more to the wast in Labrador and Greenland. But at Winnipeg, points a little east oi north, while the declination to the east is large in British Columbia. The lines of this system are known as magnetic meridians. If we should start with a compass in hand

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tiple response (plural choice); _ (d) be“ BMW"; i" Wmlllellllfli T12: iirraytiiieisiteildggirigatg: sllilmd m mawhml follow a ma etic meridian, and

Examples 0f the” 19515 Wm‘ should eventu ll_v be brought to dilfifrcfiigfgélse. Read the “M? a place inside the Arctic Circle

merits given below, some of which are tru,e and some of which are false. If a statement is true make a plus sign at the left of its num- ber, if false make a minus sign. Each correct response will count one point. and each incorrect re- sponse will have one point sub- tracted from the score. Do not guess. You will neither gain nor lose marks if you leave a question unattempted.

Harold is Britain's youngest Field w“)

er pointing steadfastly towards

Underline the correct responsecountry in South America is: 1, in the following: Brazil, 2, Ecuador, 3. Peru. i.

The greatest wheat-fproducingArgentlna, 5, Chile, 6. Venezuela. MULTIPLE RESPONSE (Plural Choice)

Complete the sentences by piac- 1. They give us oxygen. 2. ing a_cros before three items They supply protection and shei- that complete each statement and ter to wild game. They supply make it true. building materials and fuel. 4.

Example: Great Britain is a sea. They enrich the soil. faring nation because she has Completion-Fill in the blanks many forests She is a great shlp- in the following sentences with ping nation. She has a splendid the appropriate word or words. climate. She is near the sea. She Examples: has a great length of coast line. l is the capital of Alberta.

She has plenty of coal. There Th, mm“ 0| the Gm“ are many off-shore fishing Lake‘ are _ grounds. Best answer: Place a ca" Should b‘ “km m com

factor-fly than the essay type o; (a) Switzerland has no coast- held regularly. Private grievances examination. The chief types of 11119- Shflllld not be aired. nor should objective examinations are as fol- (b) Wheat is extensively grown the club interfere wi school ad. lows: (a) true-false; (b) multiple|in Chile. minisffiratiionzthbut a1 should cc. I . . Qberae n e commo b t4 MULTIPLE RESPONSE (Single Choice) of asiating teachers rfifirrlfitelfi

to secure the best possible educa- tional facilities for the boys and girls of the community.

where all these meridians meet.

PARENT TEACHER No better means has been found

of mutual understanding and sympathetic co-operation. An effective type of organization is that in which an alert and inter- ested parent is prwident and the teacher or school principal acts as Freciemfy- Meetings should be

_The Educational Horizon keeps

I on" n-aruq-n-n. .. _

This Department la can. é ducted by the Prince Edward lfllflnd Teachers’ Federation Contributions an; wekggmgd and should be adds-em; u, Miliar ManFadyen, B 1-2 Fe! ling 81.. Chsrlottetmyn,

mvietvs-t-twuuumvwtnu-c-e JOE PALOOKA

cross in the margin opposite the best answer to the following ques- tions. Example: Why should we take care of our forests?

EXERCISE 1N

Complete the following by using correct ending from the words in brackets.

1. A fraction is an indicated division in which the denominator is the (dividend, divisor, quotient, remainder).

2, The operation in which the answer is called the product is (subtraction. division. multiplica- tion. addition). .

3. The average of 3 numbers is found by (dividing by 3, adding three times, dividing their sum by three, taking l-3 of their pro-

structing these tests to make oer- tain that they arernot too com-I pllcated and become a puzzle.

ARITHMETIC

numerator ia (greater than the. denominator, less than the denom.‘ inator, an odd number).

'1. The answer in division la @- led the (quotient, remainder, divi- dend, percentage). .

B. The answer in an addition problem is called the product. difference, sum, quotient).

l). In the fraction seven-eighth the sevui is called (the dividend. numerator. denominator, remaind- if‘).

l0. A number like one and one- half is called (an even number, a common denominator. a mixed number, a ratio). I

11. In the decimal number 2.3% the sevui represents (tout/ha, hun- dredths, thousandbhs, hundreds). ‘

l8. A fraction like 10-15 is aalled (a mixed number, an even multiplication problem). ‘"55"- l‘ "3h5ur m b‘

6. fin a proper fraction the DWI!!!‘ 944M911)-

THE EARTH’S MAGNETIBI MAGNETIC DECLINATION

While Columbus was sailing weakened confidonco in a faithful westwards in search of the Indies,| friend, and seemed an evil omen and before he had found tlie New: to his superstitious sailors. But it World. he made another diacoveryWed to a better knurled; of the and one equally unexpected. He rnagnotic needle, and this has been found that the needle, instead of of great value to mankind. The the difference between the pointing of "North Star", swung to one side, the compass and the direction of and the farther he went the true north, or the magnetic de- greater its error. This was by nol clination, has now been measured

4. When there is a remainder in division. the division is said to be (inexact, complete, fractional. im- ooasiblei.

5. The name "difference" is applied to the answer in (an ad- dltiori, a division, a subtraction. a

_"' lit-Governor of Saskatchewan is TILLIE THE TOILIR

means a welcome discovery, for it at many plaoeo and at many

By Webster

PRIVATE LEBJY %POPJ1NISIR . '

times, and maps have been made]

SCHOOL AND HOME CLUBS 0R

of linking school and home in a D

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“YTMONTY” OPENS K HAKI=

The Canadian Army's "Khaki University" at Leavesdon near Lon. some days. Here

Field Marshal Si: Bernard Mont-

gomery recently, although the students had been hard at wort for (Canadian Army

This place is the "North Meg- netlc Pole" of the earth, and is within Canadian Territory. near- ly 20 degrees from the eographic po . There ia a sf

the "South Magnetic Pole", in the Antaroiic Circle, The line of no declination cuts the eastern end of Iialre Superior. Near Sud- bury the declination is 6 degrees to the west; in the Rockies north ofBowPasaitisZSdegrees to the east. The doolination varies not only from place to place, but from time to time. Fortunately the change with time is slow so that a good magnetic map is serv- iceable for many years. i

S’ ASSOCIATIONS:

the public informed whlt the P. . I. T. F‘. is doing. You will have criticisms to make-woo should have suggestions to offer. Only as you inform us of your ob- jectlons and ideas can the o - izution and you them. It ia easier to state the problem than to offer a solution. We shall be very grateful to all contributors, correspondents and all ohens who help us in our ef- forts. We shall endeavour to pm- vidc a reasonable amount of pro. fessional material which shall deal with many of the problems. facing our teaching body, and having a direct bearing upon the people of this province. It is our task. as teachers. to make the people see that our educational set-up needs revision to give new life, so that it may satisfy, a measure, the needs of our young imple- Society has a rig-ht t0 eXlJect from teachers a consid- erable contribution, concurrently, 800199! has an obligation to teach. ere, and to teachers’ orgumm.

1i- 29-woek old Hollywood movie strike.

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the faculty poses for a photograph, and a civilian photographer, but not without Overseas Photo).

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takea orders from pmest__

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Picioete take shelter behind overturned automobiles as poloe Io- sorts to tear-gas and fire hoses to break up first inaaa violence h the Clubs, bottles and briehr were‘ used by battlers. _

tlons, to provide the conditions. which %lere that contribution 111;.- sible. democratic notions are loolfi eagerly for a new dawn must ve the Jaadorohipa that to forth from the "blood and their cation and training tvar; sweat and tears" of the past war. rants.