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THe DAILY
JANUARY 27, 1879.
EXAMINER. }
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The Prince of Wales College and the Normal School.
Tue results of his teaching, and the re- ports of gentlemen competent, by learning, by experience, and by opportunities of ob- servation to give a correct opinion, prove that Professor Anderson is one of the best teachers of his class in Canada.
But, tho opinion seems, nevertheless, to be gaining ground that the Prince of Wales College is not doing so much work—or such a uniformly high order of work—as it should be doing. The Normal School, too, is cost- ing a great deal of money; and the results are not, by any means, adequate. Of the ninety-seven candidates who went up for examination from the Normal School,
only forty-two passed. Thirty-six of these raceived only the lowest grade of license,
and not one succeeded in obtaining a first- class license. The examination papers given the candidates, were, certainly, not unduly difficult. Here are a few specimens :—
HISTORY—-CLASS III.
1. Write as complete an account as you can ef the History of this Island. {20}
2. Make a list of the Sovereigns of England since 1066. [12} 3. For what was each of the following men ehiefly noted :—Edmund Burke. Sir Thomas More, Admiral Blake and William Caxton? [20]
4. Write out notes of a lesson on one of the following wars:—The Hundred Years War from 1346 to 1450, the Civil War from 1642 to 1660, or the Peninsular War. [25] 5. What were the successive steps by which all the races inhabiting the British Isles have eome under one sceptre and one constitution ?
Or, Give the date of each of the following events and some short accouut of one of them : The Abolition ef the Slave Trade and of Slavery, the first Reform Bill, the Repeal of the Corn Laws, Catholic Emancipation, and
the Bill of Rights. [23] | GRAMMAR—CLASS III. A 1. Write out the passage dictated. [35]
2. Analyse the following :— As she spake, A strange surprise and fear came to my heart, Nor had I power to answer, ere she told That he had disappeared, not two months gone.
Perfecting his design occupied him all next summer. [42]
3. Correct the following and give reasons :—
Iam not conveniently placed for writing letters. Were you prepared to have heard so raspeech. None knew that better than a. I shall not oniy punish you but him also. Am I the person who am always to be suspected? There was a large number of sol-
diers killed. [40] 4. Conjugate the active voice of any irregu- lar verb of the 3rd class. [20] 5. Whatthree forms can a clause have? Give examples. [14]
6. Name all the different kinds of connec- tives, and give examples. [16] 7. Parse the words in Italics in question 2. [36] GEOGRAPHY—CLASS III. 1, Draw an outline map of Prince Edward Island and the opposite shore of the Strits. [
2. Give the chief rivers running into New London Bay and tlie settlements upon them. [10]
3. Describe a voyage from St. John’s, New foundland, to Halifax. [18]
4. What are the chief sights of Edinburgh and Dublin ? [14] 5. Describe Lisbon and Paris.
Or, Give the principal capes, bays and islands of the Bay of Fundy. [12] 6. What is meant by the line of perpetual snow’? What is the height of this line at the equator and in Canada? [3]
8 Write an account of the climate, soil and products of the Maritime Provinces. [18]
ARITHMETIC—-CLASS ITI,
1. I mix 8 galls. of spirits, at $2.50 per 15). gallon, 15 galls. at $3.15, and 27 galls. at $3.50. What is the price of a gallon of the mixture ? 2. A farmer takes 54 sheep and 13 cattle to market. For each of the former he re- ceives $4.75, and for each of the latter $58.37. He buys 5 horses at $113 each, 15) a mowing machine at $45, a sewing ma- chine at $35, and 4 bbls. flour at $6.50 per bbl. What money did he take home ? 3. Divide 35,000 among 10 persons, so 15) that one may have $500 more than each of the others.
4. I buy 50 yards of cloth at 23 cents per yard, 24 yards of silk at $2.15 per yard, 16) and 45 yards of carpet at $1.70 per yard. I hand 29 sovereigns to the salesman. What change ought | to get back ? 15) 5. Simplify 4 5-6—2 7-12+3 1-8+5 11-24 —10 5-16--25.48. 6. How would you explain to a class the
Or, Who was the Commander on each side at the Battlesof Fontenoy, Dettingen, Albuera, Barossa, Camperdown, Navarino and Saratoga? In what war did each occur ? [12]
4, ‘Trace some of the chief consequences of the French Revolution.
Or, Describe the American war. [15] 5. Write a sketch of the social progress of Britain since 1815. {15]
6. State how each of the following persons was connected with British History :—
Mehemet Ali, Frederick the Great, Car-
dinal Alberoni, Benjamin Franklin, Tippoo
Saib. [10] 7. Name some chief contemporaries of Dr. Jounson and of Lord Byron. [8]
Additional for Second Class vn!,.
8. Describe the expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia. [20] Additional for First Class only.
8. Give a sketch of Greek History from the end of the Persian War to the beginning of the Peloponnesian War. ]
9. Givea short account of the following writers and their works :—Homer, Eschylus and Pinder. (S]
GEOGRAPHY—-CLASS I.
1. Name in order the rivers flowing into the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, or those flowing into the Pacific and Iudian. {14}
2. Describe a voyage from Montreal to Mar- seilles. Or write out notes of a lesson on Egypt. [18]
3. Draw a map of the Maritime Provinces, giving the river systema, railways, and coun- ties. [20]
4. What part of the world has the greatest rainfall, or what part of the British Isles? [6]
5. What are the chief beasts of burden or draught in $Peru, Greenland, Central Spain, Lapland, Nubia and Cape Colony ? [6]
6. What countries are the home of the manioc, ground nut, cow tree, wild rice. cinnamon, mate, and cinchona ? [12]
7. Name the regions of greatest elevation of the land, of greatest depression, and of inland drainage. [6]
8. Give instanées of changes in climate, flora, or fauna, caused by the agency of man.
Or, Describe the formation of icebergs and icefloes, and account for the formation of the various kinds of moraines, [18]
Why one one should fail is, indeed, sur- prising, after five months special study of the very portions of the branches upon which they were to be examined. Such privileges never were accorded to can- didates under the old Act; and, when cer- tain portions were prescribed for study, and the examinations confined to the limits thus marked out, we think nothing should have prevented the candidates from taking the necessary marks at the examination, unless they were extraordinarily stupid. Anentrance examination is arranged by the Board of Education, which is entirely under the con- trol of the teachers of the Normal School. Beyond the standard thus fixed, the work for the Normal School session is marked out, and on this the final examinations are based. The portions set apart for the ses- sion ending with the year 1878, are neither excessive nor difficult; and the examin. ation papers set upon the subjects are not> by any means, beyond the intelligence or scholarship of anyone claiming the slightest knowledge of the branches prescribed. Be- sides, 50 per cent. on the papers would have been sufficient. And yet we find some who have not obtained a single mark,others who made only two or three per cent., and a large number who have reached less than one-third the full value of a very ordinary arithmetic paper. Island young men and women never made such a sorrowful exhi- bition of scholarship as at the examination referred too; and it behoves our authorities to enquire into the reasons of such a thorough failure. It is quite possible that that the Government is more captivated by outward show and hollow pretence than by real education.
But, however this may be, it will be well for the people to cunsider whether or not the Normal School may be advantageously merged in the Prince of Wales College. If this were done, the necessity of erecting a new Normal School building would be avoided, the expense of maintaining a costly institution would be saved, and the training of the teachers of the future would be under the supervision of one of the most accomplished and successful educators in the Dominion.
The Crowd in Court.
Wr have no sympathy with the morbid curiosity which, on the most ordinary. oc- casions, overcrowds the Courtroom. It is certainly a very bad sign of the times to see hundreds of men who have no business in
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SUPREME COURT.
Jan. 26, 1879. A panel of the petit jury was not in at- temadios this forenoon, Therefore the Court adjourned until to-morrow. It is under- stood that the murder case will be the next tried.
The Benediction.
(From the French of Francois Coppee.)
It was in eighteen hundred—yes—and nine
That we took Sargossa. What a day
Of untold horrors! I was sergeant then.
The city carried, we laid siege to houses
All shut up close, and with a treacherous look
Raining down shots upon us from the win- dows.
‘Tis the priests’ doing” was the word passed round;
So that although since daybreak under arms—
Our eyes with powder smarting, and our mouths e
Bitter with kissing cartridge ends—piif ! paff!
Rattled the musketry with ready aim,
If shovel hat and long black cloak were seen
Flying in the distance. Up the narrow street
My company worked on. I kept an eye
On every housetop right and lett, and saw
From many a roof flames suddenly burst forth
Coloring the sky, as from the chimney tops
Among the forges. Low our fellows stooped
Entering the low pitched dens. When they came out
‘With bayonets dripping red, their bloody
fingers Signed crosses on the wall; for we were bound In such a dangerous defile not to leave Foes lurking in our rear. There was no drum- beat, : Nor ordered march. Our officers looked grave; The rank and file uneasy, jogging elbows As do recruits when flinching.
All at once
Rounding a corner we are hailed in French |
With cries for help. At doublequick we join
Our hard-pressed comrades. They were gren- adiers,
A gallant company, but beaten back
Inglorious from the raised and flag-paved square
Fronting a convent. Twenty stalwart monks
Defended it—black demons withshaved crowns,
The cross in white embroiderod on their frocks,
Barefoot, their sleeves tucked up, their only weapons
Erormous crucifixes, so well brandished
Our men went down before them. By pla- toons
Firing, we swept the place ; in fact we slaugh- tered
This terrible group of heroes, no more soul
Being in us than in executioners.
The foul deed done—deliberately done- -
And the thick smoke rolling away, we noted
Under the huddled masses of the dead
Rivulets of blood run trickling down the steps ;
While in the background solemnly the church
Loomed up, its doors wide open. Wewentin.
It was a desert. Lighted tapers starred
The inner gloom with points of gold. The in- cense
Gave out its perfume. At the upper end,
Turned to the altar, as though unconcerned
In the fierce battle that had raged, a priest,
White haired and tall of stature, to a close
Was bringing tranquilly the mass. So stamped
Upon my memory is that thrilling scene,
That, as I speak, it comes before me now—
The convent built in old time by the Moors ;
The huge brown corpses of the monks; the sun
And there, framed in by the low porch, the priest ;
And there the Altar, brilliant as a shrine ;
And here ourselves, all halting, hesitating,
Almost afraid.
I, certes, in those days Was a confirmed blasphemer. ’Tis on record That once, by way of sacreligious joke, A chapel being sacked, I lit my pipe At a wax candle burning on the altar. This time, however, I was awed—so blanched Was that old man!
‘* Shoot him !” our captain cried.
Not asoul budged. The priest, beyond all doubt,
Heard ; but as though he heard not. Turning round,
He faced us, with the elevated host, Having that period of the service reached When on the faithful benediction falls. His lifted arms seemed as the spread of wings; And as he raised the pyx, and in the air With it described the Cross, each man of us Fell back, aware the Priest no more was tremblin Than if before him the devout were ranged. But when, intoned with clear and mellow voice, The words came to us, — Vos benedicat Deus Omnipotens !
The captain’s order Rang out again. and sharply, ‘‘shoot him down, Or [ shall swear!” Then one of ours, a dastard, Levelled his gun, and fired. Upstanding still, The priest changed color, though with stead. ast look Set upwards and indomitably stern. Pater et Filius, Came the words. What fren What maddening thirst for blood, sent foes our ranks Another shot, I know not; but ’twas done. The monk, with one hand on the altar’s ledge Held himself up; and strenuous to complete His benediction, in the other raised the For the third time
ied ead
Making the red blood on the pavement steam ;!
“THE ENAMORADO ©!
A DRAMA IN V. ACTS,
— BY — HUNTER DUVAR . TOXHE above interesting book is for sale at
all the Bookstores on the Island.
Col. Duvar is happy in having selected for the theme of his drama, one of the most ro- mantic incidents of a romantic and soldierly time. The scene is laid in Spain, amid all the accessories of grave and gay, love and chivalry, poetry and song, with room for the display of many types of character, —knights and ladies, priests and soldiers, courtiers and peasants, cooks and clowns. Many lyrics in the author's best style are interspersed in the dialogue, which is, in general, quaint and sparkling. __
Price: Paper cover, 50 cents ; in cloth, 75 cents.
Summerside, Jan. 25, 1879—
CHARLOTTETOWN
CEMETERY COMPANY.
rOVHE Annual Meeting of the above Co.,
_ will be held at the office of the Marine insurance Co., corner Great George and Lower Water Streets, ou
Tuesday, the 4th day of Feb'y next,
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. By order,
F. W. HALES, Sec’y. Ch town, Jan. 25, 1879.
Gavan Years in Rome.
rYVMIE Very Rev. Dr. McDonaxp will deliver a Lecture on the above subject before the St. Joseph's Total Abstinence Society, in
ST. PATRICK'S HALL,
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VVEONESDAY EV'NG.,
JANUARY 29, i879. Admission 10 cents. Ladics free.
Doors open at 7 o'clock. mence at &.
Lecture to com-
ANGUS MacDONALD, See’y, Ch’town, Jan. 22, 1879. eod tl
TERPSIGHORE HALL,
TO-HORROW NIGHT.
YF RENHE second and last term for the season, will be opened at the above hall, on
Tuesday Kyn's, the 28b: inst,
During this term all the steps in the High- land Fling, as performed by the Marquis and Princess at the Montreal St. Andrew’s Society Ball, will be carefully taught, as well as all the other fashionable styles of the times, in- cluding Daniell’s unique and rapid method, with his Grand Amazonian March.
Good music will be provided, both violin and piano.
Terms as usual—$5 per term, half in ad- vance.
Private tuition given as usual.
EK. BURRIS.
Jan. 25, 1S79—2in wed & mon.
MAIL NOTICE.
M* LS will be closed daily at this Office, (Sundays excepted) at 8 o'clock, p. m, and forwarded via Cape Traverse, to all places abroad.
The British Mail for Canadian Packet sail- ing from Halifax on Saturdays, will close here at 8 o'clock, p. m., every Wednesday ; and for the fortnightly packet sailing from Halifax on the first and third Tuesday in February, it will close here on the previous Friday even- ing at 8 o'clock p. m.
Mails for all places West of Charlottetown and Summerside receiving Mails by Railwa train or Postal Car, will close here at 7 o’cloc a. m., daily. ,
Mails for Georgetown and Souris East and all places on the route to those points, will close daily at 2.25 p. m.
Post Office closes at 8 o'clock, p. m,
A. A. MACDONALD,
P Post Office, Ch’town, ostmaster. 21st Jan’y. 1879. l
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OR SALE, a Pirst-Class Mason & Hamlin @rgan, almost new, and in perfect order. Will be sold very CARAP. For information, apply to THOMAS HAGAN, EXAMINER OFFICE. Ch’town, Jan. 24, 1879—2aw tf
AN EVENING
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MR. BARLE’S
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ST. PAUL'S SCHOOLROOM, Tuesday Kvn'g, the 28th inst,
Tickets 25 cents each, to be had only at Dr. Dodd’s and the Apothecaries’ Hall. INSTRUMENTALISTS. | VOCALISTS.
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Prof. Caven,
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ixecutors' Notice, .
rQXHE undersigned Executors of th
fC of Ralph Brecken Peake, late of vn lottetown, in the Province of Prince Edward Island, merchant, deceased, hereby notify all persons indebted to the said Estate to make mmediate payment to them; and all persons having any claims against the said Estate are hereby required to render the same to the undersigned, duly attested, within one year from date.
Dated this twenty-first day of January,
A. D., 1879. EDWARD J. HODGSON GEORGE W. DrBLOIS, ” THOS. HANDRAHAN,
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A GREAT RUN
~——TO THE—
FLOUR & TEA STORE!
And it cannot be stopped while they are selling
SUCH EXCELLENT TEA
For 36c., 40c., and 44e, per lb.
GOOD SUGAR
For 7he., 8c., 8hc., and 9c. per Ib,
CHOICE FLOUR
From $5.50 to $6.00 per bbl., and
UTHER GROCERIES
Annual Benefit Concert
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18) method by which you would substact|the Court, lounging and listening there, a crated host. 5I from 12}? day after day, as thongh to kill time is all. racing in the air the symbol cf forgiveness,
| RIGHT CHEAP.
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a fk meatal {8 <9 eo = caida eintines?. ting a bar apes the | Et Sanctus Spiritus ! a RUSS Class Single and Double Teams am Seve yout litany by buying at ! 8. Divide. : 5 by -00027, .00945 by 2.7 | indiscriminate ingress of the public. The | He said ; and, endi to hire at shortest notice. BEER ’ a) ont COONS ty See Courtroom is only so large; and when it is His service, felldowndead. 7 — ene8 | TERMS MODERATE. & GOFF S,
; 9. If the length of the solar year be 365 | 88) 242264 days, and the common civil year crowded to such an extent that the officers | The guldee wrx be 365 days, but every fourth or Leap cannot easily perform their duties—as it Rolled bounding on the foor.
Orders left at J. F. McKay’s Ch’town, Jan. 17— tended to. cKay’s promptly at-
Then, as we ye a McKAY.
. tow a engine what will the re last weex—a pressure had necessarily | Er stood, Ch’town, Dec. 30, 1878— PRIN Ck EDWARD ISLAN D
4 in : years ? to be put npon thecrowd. We think. bee ae . oe troopers, with our muskets
4 indent nmanaaeatin & iL. . (over, that while there is room the officers | And choking horror in our hearts at sight NOT} GE. NOTICE. RAILWA Y vo
“ #oar Georges. Ore eemers ander the ) Should not refuse admission to any respect- Of such a shameless murder, and at sight — rrr ;
i ; é Sl eee dal Of such a martyr, with a chuckling laugh \ \ TE have to r t th INT
Or, State the causes of the Seven Years’ | * © P® ’ ® vandals who chew and Amen! . of all quest the prompt payment ras yy C Hj T I War. [12] Spit and cut and leave their black marks __. Drawled out a drummer boy. unpaid bce seni now due. All accounts 4 y 2. oe = a Genealogical table of im about the Courtroom should be kept off at Paris, November, 1878. , fe? Ist Day of Februar Next (PHE SPECIAL TRAIN connecting . Bruns ; all times. ; ae as ae r NEXT with the ‘‘Nothern Light” wi
af 3. What ssions belonged to Britain at ae ea CurLer’s Pocker Inwaters cure Catarrh. 7 he ; 5 “S |running until further pani: Gh" will conse ‘ the Fras of Paris in 1763, and how had each; For Bargains in Ladies’ hehe oan We ae —— Saeeenenn, and all dis-|~’ sued for without further notice. WILLIAM McKECHNIR | been obtained ? : . " rs eases of the throat and lun Sold at t
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