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y Before leaving Prince Street School we would suggest the need of a room for the teachers in which they might meet for consultation and lll which a school library

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teevtre '3ndm - -_ m kens ma“ Gpmuge 2 mm The first rooms we visited} were M,- smw wormed Us that {we Miss A. Walsh s. Grade 2. with 42

M; 45 had been taken {mm Miss pupils. Miss Trainer's. Grade 2. Ai...»:n's room and with five remov- mm 41 Imp“ m“! Miss clarkm-s

N; w‘. me same mm“ from Miss Grade 4. with 3Q pupils. In all good

Yeds 1.0mm had been given w Miss work seemed being done. The first

‘uni “Lug-nus helped m “new the two rooms are fairly well lighted

tong ticn. but was done at the ex- End Pam“ m s-ome measure 9r pa“? cf adequate wading‘ In an ventilation. but iii Miss Clarkins

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t 1 e rooms the air and light were e id "liough by no means ideal. *

We next visited Miss Irving's 0185s Grade 7. Here we found 43 pupils. The light and air were good and, "In? frv-m the impossibility’ of any one teacher giving to individual _-"‘_s the attention needed. there - enidance of efficient work b:-

done. ‘ .\.t<s Owen's class. Grade were 36 pupils. Though this _ Ln the basement. it is well

d and seems well ventilated. ._ . ‘Dill the furnace fire is light- et‘. .. must be somewhat damp and it possess the further objections thru. the heating pipes must. neces- arily be placed on the ceiling.

In connection with the cvcrcrcwx cl- ing in Prince Street School. ‘Mr. Sim \\' rilr-‘Josted that some relief might be found by sending boys when they pass from Grade 3 to Grade 4. to West Kent School. This would be ot advantage to the boy-s so sent. as

the older boys they would then b? '

brought into contact with. would exercise a. restraining influence up- on them whereas the influence than they exert. upon the younger bcys. in Prince Street School. “as not benc- lia-ml btit this change would lmclw ‘irrrcasng the at present over crowil- ing in West; Kent School.

In Miss Watson's rocm. Gratic ti. we found 33 pupils. Herc the light turf .i:. were 200d. there WES no over crowding. and the conditions offer- ed for effective teaching \\'(‘l'0 mo": gaji-lil/‘TOTY.

Lastly we visited Mr. Roger's tthc Pi" ,..ti~i room. He had 24 tiupils This room though small. is well li "ucd admits good ventilation and offers an oportunity for doing cf- fe..:.lve work.

This survey of the situation. S0 far a.‘ it concerns Prince Street School. Mr. Shaw assured us. fif- fzirded sufficient data. for forming :1 AMTGCL idea of working conditions wnvuxliout the class" iYr-ms-

i "dill" '.t examine the : :l-~m very far.‘ 3.11m '~llllbldClOl‘_\ 'l'hey‘ are ritu- attd in the basement. The school‘ being in session. we could only m- spcct the accomodation offered ti). the boys, Aggg-gs. to this is through‘. the lllfllllCfi room. The fittings are. inadequate. far below the standard of modern requirements and can- not be kept clean. owing to du from the furnace room.

Onc of the most important fune- 11011.‘? of youthful training is to in- rulatc habits of personal rlennli- ncss. Lavntorles; should be cos)‘ “l. access. should be daintil)’ mm" 11D‘ and kept scrupulously clean. Too: high a standard in this rcspectj (annnt be adopted. The School‘ Board seems to be held back bf» lack of funds and the fear of ask- lng for aught that may _1"\'°1"° 9X" tra taxation Economy 15 l! mils‘ admirable, thing. but ln making nnl apparent gain we ma)‘ Incl" "I more serious loss. There are cer- tain things that we cannot d“. w-lthcut, Pure Air. Water and Sum‘ light and. above all. our children.’ must be taught the importance 01 these and be encourIZf-‘d 1° dc‘ mgnd me possibility of attaining to purity of mm body and mlnd- It 1S. not our place to suggest how this‘ can be best obtained. but the P705‘: ent conditions should not be PW", mltted to continue.

room. both light and ventilation are defective. There are too many pu- pils in each of these rooms to per- mit of the teachers doing Justice to the needs of individuals and the crowding creates conditions which fire not hygienic.

In Miss McAulays room. Grade 3 tlierc areal pupils. This room ls in the annex. The light ls so def- ective. that electric light is rc- quired to see the figures on the black board and the ventilation is bad. The class is too large for any ‘eacher to do justice to. but Miss McAulay seems to be doing effect- lve work.

Miss Manor's room. Grade l. is in the same annex. Light and ven- tilation are here better. but should fire break out in the basement or the ground floor. the children in these two rooms would be endang- ered of being cut off.

There ls evident overcrowding in this school and this evil is growing year by year.

The toilet rooms are somewhat better than in Prince Street School but the same comments apply both cases. The fittings conform to careless attitude of the ordinary rltudcnt instead of being calculated to impress upon higher standards of cleanliness.

In the main building firc escapes are 1iro'.'ld'-d. but ln the case of any nrriv additions. the objections tr putting children three stories up sliuulci be carefully considered.

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In this building. though it fall short of mod. l ideals. the halls and stairs n: nt of free access and exit. ' 1-. are of suitable size an ' "ell lighted. but in the ne the ceilings are toc low i is too little light. Vcntilatirn antlers in consequence of this and there i."- unnccessar; <train lllfOV-‘ll 1i the pupils‘ eye: m following "can. 139:: the black- Lonrds.

We first visited 2.11s Graham‘: room-here we found 39 pupils Anni". from the size of her clas' the conditions hcrc were compara- tively good and tlie work being clone effectively.

In Miss Pmtvscls room. Grade 4 rhcrc arc 4i pupils. Herc the room wit. 0\'(‘l'(‘f‘O\\'d(‘d. the ventilation w-i so good and the light poor.

ln Mr. JOllllSmfS. the Principal's "swm. there were 30 pupils. Tht

.._2i: flllfl air \\'t‘f‘8 good and the "sr-rk was seemingly being carriec .:~. effertivclv. but his class ls tot large. not int-rely for personal at- tention. but because. according t- modcrn hygienic standards. tht boys are being brought into to< crowded relations.

fn Mr. Fullertonls room. Gracie 8 there were 36 pupils. The clas! slightly exceeded the maximum de- sired. but was more severely han- dicapped by inadequate ventilation mused by too low ceilings and by too little light. thc windows being too small and the lighting spacr taken up by mulllons and heavy frames.

Fire escapes are provided am‘ the danger ln this respect save that involved by the use of the third story: is not great.

The Iavatorles are better thar those of Prince Street and Queer Square Schools. but the stricture:

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made upon these force upon those of West Kent. Roohford Square School

Such of themooms in this bulld- ing as we visited were well lighted and provided fair ventilation. The halls are large and give easy ac- cess and there is an evident alr of cleanliness and order. Some of the rooms are. however. situated on the third swry and are not as suitable for class rooms as could be desired. _

In Grade 7. we visited a room 1n which there were 36 pupils. The light and ventilation were good and the pupils were under excel- lent discipline.

In Grade 6. we visited another room which had 35 pupils. Here too the conditions were good.

In another room we found 30

pupils of Grades B and l0. Light and alr were good. In an adjoin- ing room were 2'7, of Grade 8. The light here was not. so goodnissome of the windows were overshadowed by an adjoining building. but the ventilation was adequate. In Grade No. l, there were 49 children. They were under admir- able discipline and the light and ventilation were good.

Time dld not admit of our going more thoroughly over this School. but we were impressed with the general air of eillclent supervision and the discipline evidenced by the pupils.

Summing up the impressions ga-

thered from these four schools the

dominant thought conveyed is that the teaching stafl is doing good work but is handicapped by a present and ever growing demand for moreclass rooms and better ac- ccmodations. In the interests. not only of education. but also of health. classes should be smaller; overcrowding should be carefully guarded against. for hygienic rea- sons. as it tends to render infec- tion more easy and above all the lavatories and toilet rooms should be made sanitary and as much a; possible be raised to the highest standards.

Iii the not distant future. more rchool accommodation must be pro- vided. Possibly a solution may b: found in the establishment oi something in the nature of a High School. This by absorbing the higher grades would case off the pressure on the present schools and "ender improvements in them pos- wlble. Meanwhile. something mus‘ ‘we clone in the matter of sanitat- cn. Make shift methods arc to bt woidcd and provision adequate tc the needs of these schools shoult‘ be planned and carried into effect

The School Board seems anxious ‘o do what it can. but ls blocked by the legitimate desire to keep dowr ntpense. We must one and all rea- lize that conditions are changing ind whether we like it or not. w: rnust adjust ourselves to modern Social requirements. Above all w: must realize the need of encourag- ng a keen and intelligent interest n all that concerns the care and ~ducation of our children. upon vhom will depend the welfare of iur City and Province.

As Rotarlans we are e ‘ ‘ lly tailed upon to do all that lles in llll‘ power to quicken such lnteres‘ ind support any endeavours put ‘orth by the Clty Council in deal- Zng with this matter effectively.

Mr. Shaw. at our instance. ha kindly consented to give us thn ‘aeneflt of his more intimate know- ledge of the facts. particularly a considered from an educations’ mint of view. Let us give to hi: presentation of the case our most mreful consideration.

Rcupectfugy submitted.

83d. u-cy Pope 83d. J. J. Hornby Sid. B. Roy Holman. CIIUIOIMIOWII. October 8. 1928

Address by Mr. Lloyd Shaw

Supplementary to the report of the Rotary committee some inter- esting facts and suggestions were zlven by Mr. Lloyd Show. City School Inspector. Mr. Slaw con- zratulstcd the committee on‘ lt- spfendld report considering the somewhat brief and more or lose in opportunity that. the committee had to study the school situation.

"A: citizens." he said. "I think we should be very grateful to thl’ aouunlttey who gave of their tlnu and mount and who approachet‘ the matter without any undue cri- ticism." but with an earnest dealt-I to find out the facts and present

vmemvoywuiauciun thotwe g1 ghgnot prevail. ‘fherowalnotlwught

should tool. if: the Rotary

apply with equal ther in regard to

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this problem which faces us." he said. A "I may say. so far as the School Board ls concerned. that working with it as I have for the ‘past four years I have found its memb- ers most desirous of doing every- thing in their power to promote the interests of education in this clty. The question ls one for all of us to consider very seriously. We should not be satisfied with talking and thinking about it; our consid- eration should lead to some real action which will result in better school conditions.

“At present we have enrolled in the four schools mentioned by Mr. Pope 1930 pupils. The records in the secretary's otfice go to show that. this is the largest school at- tendance we have had in the city schools for a number of years at least. Added to those we have 125 attending the Normal School. the largest attendance. I understand! for some twelve or fifteen years; so that we are led to consider that this ls not just a passing phase but rather it is likely to become a per- manent situation so far as the city

Overcrowded Grades I .

Mr. Shaw~ reported that during the past four years. since he has been in Charlottetown. there has been much over crowding of pupils especially in Grade 1. The School Board tried to relieve the situation‘ by opening one or two additional rooms in each school. At the pre- sent tltne every available inch of space ls being used. iwd yet the rooms in many casesx se badly ov- ercrowded. In most instances the large attendance in the lower grad- es is continued into the higher grades. It may be thought that i930 pupils ls not so great an average when we consider that we have 55 teachers in the city schools. which would mean an average of thirty- flve pupils to each teacher. But as a matter of fact pupils do not al- ways feed into the schools so regu-l larly that an exact number can be; provided for each class.

"Three years ago we had a great influx of Grade 1 pupils. At pres- ent they are ln Grades 3 or ' Hence the overcrowding at presentv ln these particular grades. so that‘ in some cases teachers may have a reasonable number. and in others they run up to forty.

"We may say that there are two :ypes of difficulties to the over- zrowd situation. We may consider it from the standpoint of school hygiene or from the standpoint of educational faclllties to the chll- dren. 1 was very much impressed during the summer when working at Mount Allison University with a chance statement made by one of the teachers there who had studied school conditions in England. l-ic made this remark relative to the children before they reached the ln- termediate and senior grades: “So much has happened before child- Pen reach the intermediate and senior grades." He just stopped at that; but tlie more I thought about '.t the more suggestive that. state- .nent seemed to be.

"Those who have made a study. if the problem claim that wcl should have at least 25o cubic feet! of alr space for each pupil. Thlsl morning I went into one of thcl largest rooms in Prince Street 3cho0l and measured it. and found .hat in that room 35 pupils would ie the maximum that should be anrolled; and ln that room we had l0 pupils. The room is a largo one; many of the children are far from the blackboard. and it ls dif- tlcult to bring sufficient air and light into the room. While I was wing about the walls. measuring the room. I heard pupil after pup- l say. "Please. teacher. I cannot we the board"; and the teacher was forced h! plooe the pupils ‘iere and mm over the classroom norder autum- inight have a proper view.

"flow much happen: before thev reach the intermediate and senior trades!" Successive colds induced by over crowding. strained efforts to see the board from different parts of a large room. — thou things may bring consequences that aaanot be undone in later life. Bo than ls that Knot problem which we must consider of at

[out 200 cubic feet for each pup- up.

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trying to meet these conditions to- day under a 8P8!"- hlmdlfiflp- The speaker reviewed briefly the educa- tional system from the early days when only the privileged few re- ceived any instruction. As educat- ion camc to be looked upon 85 ll State duty the idea of placing the children in classes was introduced- No thought was given at that time to the fact that there was a limit to the size of a class that could be adequately handled by any 9"? teacher. Today this problem of the greatest importance. The ideal size hasnever yet been definitely determined. It is considered by ex- perienced teachers of elementary schools that a class should be llm- ited to thirty-five pupils. In 111811 schools a maximum of twenty-five pupils has been suggested. These figures are considerably less than many of our city school classes. After further pointing out the need of better accomodation. Mr. Shaw went on to suggest a remedy. "I am not prepared at the presen: time to set forth anything defin- ite." he said. “but may} just offer this one suggestion: You might go

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attempt to do what is known as high school work in the elementary grades. We have our schools or- ganizcd up to the end of grade 8 and we carry right along through 9 and l0. the first two years oi high school in all other places." This system. Mr. Shaw pointed out. requires duplication of equip- ment. etc. for the high school grad- es. If the pupils were brought to- gether in a central high school in an adequate building. the expense of providing the necessary appar- atus and equipment would be less. This would also tend to relieve the situation at Princes of Wales col- legc. A high school or junior high school. to serve the city pupils ns n whole. should be centrally located This is a detail which could b: worked out later. The thought the speaker wished to leave with the meeting was that we are facii n problem of housing our pupils. ' ‘ we are handicapped in pro" adequate high school equipment and accomodation. and that if had a central school we c. lzl bring these pupils together at .. end of grade eight. or probably :1‘. the end of grade seven. ivitliin on.‘ central building. We could then give them the training they re-

lThln would selleve the situation to such an extent that the regular iwork in the city schools could be carried on for many years t: come.

Mr. Shaw oonelyded by stressing the importance of supplying our

‘pupils with the very best ln educa- "

tlonal facilities and hygienic oondl- tions. The problem is one of vita‘ interest to the community and to the future welfare of the Province. Rotarian I-l. H. Shaw, chief s» w. erintendent of Education. w o ‘presided at the luncheon. extended the thanks of the meeting b0 the speakers. He added "In the posit- iion I occupy in connection with lthc Department of Education. l al- '50 wish to extend my personal thanks for the interest they have itaken in the work that we are lsugiivosecl to carry on in the best way we know how. And I associate ‘with myself in our congratulations ‘the members of tlie School Board who also want to carry on in the very best interests of their depart- incnt." The members of Board were present as the Club.

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The Sacrament of the Lord‘: Supper was dispensed at the mor- ning service in Trinity United Church Sunday. Rev. Dr. Ramsay yireached the service. making us! of the Old Testament Story of th< king at the selgc of Samaria. ap- pearing in sackcloth. to illustrate tlie sympathetic sufferings of the Saviour in his life and death f0: mankind. Rev. H. Johnson con- ‘ducted the communion service. "The anthem. “Peace I leave with

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