QCTOBER 11,, 19,41

THE CHARLOTTETQWN qglllgglglyv

l, THE EDUCA TIONAL HORIZON 9

—-A SATURDAY FEA TURE-

PRESENTING NEWS sun VIEWS or INTEREST T0 TEACHERS

AND ALL OTHERS SEEKING

IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATION

This column ll conducted by the Prince Edward island Teachers

pedeflltwll Commit‘

in charge: Ralph Maul-can. zilplla Llinkletrer,

“ma, MncFadyen. Dan MacDonald. and Herold Lawton. We welcgmg wntrlulltious which should be addressed to H. Lawton. Charlottetown,

CANADIAN TEACHERS’ FEDERATION

[RESIDENTS REPORT, 1941

Tn have been chosen as the President of this important body is l great honor but to be ils Secletar Jireasurer is an assur- flnne that ere will be no limit t0 me calls made upon ones time and mflgy, and. strange to say. on one‘s pnficlice. As I follow the corres- QnGEIlCC that goes out from our gecretaryfls office, l fully realize who pgffifld the load. From Mr. Crunch- flellrs report you will only get a “mm o; what he does sfter school 50mg, My sincerest thanks to him [or coaching s. "suffragette" wre-

nt. “tlnlave always felt that as teach- g5 we do hot give enough publicit lo our organizations and so. as lnlvellcd about my own province this year. l have tried to present to [he groups in? objectives and some!

nf tile accolnp isliments of the Carl-i s, e

adian Teachers‘ federation. publicity must continue to grow until we have a. well-informed and

i ti mem p. Pro- glnttkaligl Barzcanizations must not be- come so engrossed in their own

oblenls that they lose sight of the lmporfallce of the parent . Tllcre is nluch to be done for the future of Canada and the teachers indivulilly and collective] must have some part in point the

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gllfln the year I have represented m; c, . F. at a, number of ather- jplgs, a dinner of the Execu ive of m‘, W. F. E, A. held in Toronto, a luncheon of the Ontario Educa- tional Association and a reception for Dr. Counts. who is President of the American Teachers‘ Federation

In November, wi Mr. field. I attended s meeting in Ot- flwll called by Mr- Blekeny. Minis- lcr of Education for New Brunswick. i0 dlscllss the need for a definite step in the teaching of citizenship.

Cfllwh- m

as subtopics the responsibility of the Home. t-ne school and the crlmcll, for that education. lviy voice renun-

ea Calgary and at. Juno, N. 15., and led

as fer south as marked. uree. Arkall. 508- W “tan mall" was thrilling. H ieocners everywhere are HSLMII,

what. ls my place in the great war eliorthwnat can 1 do lo wln the reace? we have, a great ano dirt.- cut auty lll war time. More than ally 0W9!‘ iroup in a community we Eh. me guardians of tns zuture. The pupils in our schools new. have our luoure in their hence. when this struggle louver the products of our schools will have to repair the d e aone. ‘inls duty o, me w“. cliler involves a JGBlOI-ls guardianslll or the proper function of 801100.: and education.

‘i W0 0f the bulletins, “Erlgland i-lath Need oi Thee" and "Thoughts by England Given", writ- teh by our own Mr. A. .1. h. Powell, iow us clearly what ls the lnllst

namely,

- important duty oi every teacher. He

says. "it is the prime duty ol eve.y teacher at. this time to BIJCDIT-Iltli

our children and in their homes all e impulses and luenoet which will help the Coul-

monwealtli to win the war." We sin- cerely thank Mr. Powell for the ex- cellent work he has done for our rederation.

The financial war effort of the C. T. F. has been a bit aisa ing. Were we too ambitious? we act too quickly before our plans were laid? 550.000 did not seem a great 580111109 on the part of over 00.000 teachers. Yet. we did not reach our objective. I was proud tn see our name on the picture of the Mobile Canteen in Bixkenhead. ‘g. It may stimulate us to e greater eflort.

1 would like to express my appre- ciation to the Executive. and. also to the secretaries of the Provincial Federations for their splendid oc-

p lnr- l nil

Miss Darrach, Jimion Red Cross and Coleman. Organizer. showed the contents of a Miss Darrach showed quilts and Wwkll’ box sent by the Red Cross to afghans made in the schools wlllcn Prisoners of war Germany, a would be a. credit to adult workers. truly wonderful selection of concen- At Olleary a group oi Juniors grbtled. satisfying, and nourishing showed how they conduct a rted

. Cross Meeting in their school. They

1n each Inspectorate a Banner carried it on in a brisk and busi-

was presented to the school or tie- ness-like manner, apparently with-

Dfl-rtment carrying out the best all- out a tho ht of the grownup listen-

round Junior Rea Cross programme ers. Muc at the ease in speaking during the last school year. For

noticed among the younger teachers three years Wiiinl Road School has at the conventions must be due H.) in its lnspectorate, so this yGdr

Miss racli presented the Sch-Mi Cross members in school. with a copy of "rile History of the Resolutions adopted b the con- Rled Cross. The banner for that lr.- ventions were varied. greater

number dealt with Larger Units of Administration. in- crease of salaries and a cost-of-liv- lug bonus, and fairer

speciorate was given w Grades 3 and 4 of Montague school. and i‘. Hlefldlmt school received honorable mention. Other awards were: eg-

tlieir experience while Junior zietli

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TIMELY NOTES ON

CONNECTED WITH , Silver Fox Farming '

TOPICS

Next Wednesday, October 15th, will usher lr. Queen's County Fox

‘ Field Day under the auspices of

the Silver so»; Breeders’ and Ex~ ,hibitors' Association and the Pra- 'vincial Department o! Agriculture. ‘Plans have been made to have it one of the most interesting and in- structive of the series. Not/Cd speak- ers such as Walter R. Shaw. Depu- ty Minister of Agriculture, George A. Callbeck. Peter G. Clark, Dr. C. K. Gunn, W. Chester S. McLure and others will address the ranchers.

The Field Day will open at the ranch oi Raoul Reymond, South- port, at 10.30 in the morning. There Mr. Rleymond will display his ha Forest platinum adult and a large

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method; n; number o! pups sired by this ont- place in the skin of a fox and the

iliigton schooha bailner. with ilotlm- payment so that teachers shall not standing fox. He will also show the

able mention go to Cumberland

Hill and Lakevllle; West Covehead a

banner, honorable mention YUTK oo th departrne

Sch . b0 Marshfleld school;

05g money because o! small enrol- ment, poor attendance. or failure of the districts to pay

Cross Roads ment of under-age teachers, and re-

b banner, honorable mention Bracslt-yi tired teachers whose licenses have they would not have missed if. for "Pied. m"! who have take" 5011-1015 a great deal and we are confident [cal aziaesthesvl, at regular intervals

Pt. and Hampshire; Victoria Senior.

Department a banner. honorllols in districts unable to secure license - _. skin which serves to allow im- all mention Long Kw“ and 3pm,“ mach“. because o! me present! vigil be ailarge attendance throughout the furiing season, and adequate body Coven”, when the, Valley; St. Felix a banner, honor- shorlage. e lies ay morn ng next. to make veiy thin cross sections of 165M number o’ dome?’ ham we , able mention Peterville and Duvar JAUQUELINE MACDONALD, ———— Ihtm- These C011 be conveniently ' ' “ ” ‘ l, Pri department; Kildare l. secretary-Treasurer The gathering will bleak off aticllc at about 1o micron: (l0-25.- 9mm“ m‘ m” “mm” 5mm?‘ ‘he banner, honorable mention Rosevllle P. E. I. T. F‘. noon hour and Wm reassemble at thicknvss, #1111110“ #050 ilmflllnlii 1111"“

STORY—TELLING AND THE TEACHING OF ETHICS

best uiere is so inviting to the child that he will work eagerly and persisently to win it" The ideal that is held up to him must be so

Tihe function o1 education is not only to give tile child knowledge and e. capacity for acquiring furth- er knowledge that shall equip him for the life-snuggle and make success a possible attainment, but also to give him an ethical slan- d-ard that shall make him fit to live among his fellow and a re- spect for the rights and feelings o: others. or. has as someone has saidz” Rleverence for what is above, revernce for what is beneath, reverence for what is equal". The pupils must be taught i0 realize that he is part of a great unit and that individual desires must often give way to the welfare of the many. He must be led to see that 8s an individual he owes to society obedience to the laws that govern society and aliegiance to the principles that make possible a

to sacrifice and endure hardship in older to attain it and through story-telling he may be led to see this ideal more vividly than in any other way, because the story 'makles right slots appealing and wrong acts repugnant. Moreover, through the narrators art the child lives the experieiiezcs of tile tales he hears. He suffers with the evildcez- and is rewarded with the virtuous, and because he is power- fully moved by s narrative his ftharacter is lastingly effected by

‘In giving ethical instruction it is necessary to use the right ma- terial. Tales selected for this pur-

rolnised supw and! piements. Many also ealt with pay-

McNel1l strain platlnurns, white- fsce, ring-necks and his silver foxes. Those who have been to Mr Heymoridie ranch this season say

I the ranch of the McLure and Mal-- Kinhon Sliver Fox Farms Ltd, Nor- wood Road, at 1.30 p. m. For those not familiar with its location we

imay say that you drive out the

St. Peters Road about three miles] beautiful that he will be willing then tum lo the left. up the Nor- sentafioil of the grolvth of fox fur

wood Road: The ranch is situaird on the top of the hill on the right lhand side. Flags will be placed at the corner of the Norwood Road i-c give direction.

At this ranch various varieties of light medium. pale and full silvl-rs. adults and pups will be shown. The difference between pups raised on board floors and wire bottoms will [be evidenced by comparison. also

adults raised in coops and larger I shed enclosures. It is expected that

some '75 or 10o foxes lyill be avail- | able for discussion, also if time per.

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' C‘ PSUUUDUCTZD3$ DUA3£YCZDZZIDU ODUQYZIVUDGOOOUOC

FOX |=||s|.o pa”??? WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15th.

two next Saturday. We aqvlge our readers to preserve ‘lhese notes for future reference.

Paranamlzss m Fox rrcrxrs AND FURRING RATIONS

by C. K. Gunn, bLSm, Pll. D., Offloer-in-Charge.

Dominion Experimental Fox Ranch, Summerslde, P. n. 1. be scrutinized. When we say a fox pelt is prime or unprlme, how many of us have a definite picture of just what we

mean? To understand what is meant by these fenns, it is necessary to have an idea of how fur growth takes

mond, and others.

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sequence o! this groyvth over the on Thursday or first following fine day ' different body surfaces of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 animal. albl xlvtf-Udfll‘

An easy method to study fox

Every foxman should make it a point to attend the Fox Field Day i0 he held on ihe above date. The pro- gram will start iii 10:30 (ft-lock at Raoul Reymond, Souihpori, when some oi‘ ihe plai- inuni and newer iypc foxes will ho inspected. After lunch in Churltliicllnvn the ranch Ill‘ lit-Lure and Mac- Kinnon’s Fur Ifurms, Limited, ivill foxes and practises followed at this large ranch will

' Addresses and dcnlonsirzliions will be the day by lilcssrs (lcnruc (‘llllilz-clt. i’. (i. G. K. Gunn, Colonel l). A. Xlzlcffinnon, Mr. Don’! miss this Big and instructive event. If day proves tinfzlvtlrzlblt- Vivid "(ll “ill he hold

the ranch of Mr.

Czilt-itliilsliliiikilx

be visited and

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ulvl-n villi-inc" (‘lzlrltfu Dr. Raoul lfcy-

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growth is to take small portions of fox skin from a live fox, under 10-

‘UOOths of an inch) in silitablc stained and examined un- der a microscope.

when a scrlcs of such pieces of, ‘for skin were made, the picture

' the lzi

mouse lll vul- ' illt’

,when pieced together appears some_ make room for the e..tl"a amount of 1

.h L m, m d, _ fur in the winter coll: (prinle state.) u a e e agramatlc rep"! Passinz ill " to the right ml

in the Chart A. l llerc we note that several . jhalis are shown at. different stages l “we “f m" E " ‘ or gruwth another yllllnl; limr _ The n“, m“, U) m shown in an the life cycle of tile fur-hair over early developmental stage, It is again‘ , will’ deeply‘ situated in the skin whls Cm“ mwmv -ro'z)re'“flvc a ililfl is (icnscly piulnenicd, that is, dlagnnxlafic?" 1 1mm‘ " it comains a lot of the fur colour- phfqsos n! I” a l” 3 mg “fatter, a probelmuke sum hair and 1f - . that (i'll‘- stance called “melanin? This cor- t , . ' '3 o! m” [Uri responds with the stage of growth ‘he 51m.‘ is pjmf“ "1 “m1 m“ 7”}? ' m WW6), mam, Wlmg guard m1, s unprlmtalnhrein the prime {nary hall-s may be soon at the beginning the mph” ‘ m“

o! the furriilg season early in Au- ?olourmg, n gust m lhf‘ lhflll‘

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of the fur hairs in the impl-inle fox V.

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011i °1 m“ meet“? ‘mumud- “n” o rgti _ ose should be suited to the ohiid’s ~ .. - w. . l. v Canadian Council of Education for 9%,, L: looking forwud w I figgflmnlflf‘: “gzgs-eqfigilcylylndltmi“ garmula, period o‘ mental deJmits some new types. At the coii- If we pass to the right on ‘he aslgrfmpPfisgnrf‘_““h"~- Cidiemhip- I ma“ n“ m" my lendid Conference in Winnipeg. “ll-ed ofeve teacher {hm she velopnlgnt,’ [hey mould contain a‘ cluslon of the fox showing the vis- chart we see that the fur hairs f2) 5 M‘ . n." m“ 001"“ "I ‘he "wk °’ m‘ c°““°‘1 e hope that you will enjoy the ‘l? eamca; mflyruonons ma, She lesson the boy or the girl ought to, tors will repair to the company’.- and 13> have pigmenfi within they, that °117.‘~'t‘0111l'1<i\l11 wit a‘ M?‘ Grumman: Wm be ‘Mm ‘ ifillflwiflil? 0f the delegates from the infiewq“ m bring chilaren m an learn. and they should be strong large building whore comfortably mo’: and thev are still relatively Sim‘ is "h" n"

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‘ugrefvorténlbel- mil through U10 1 0 I ‘ no F a

i°“l?'°‘“§l ‘gnlifiél cBe-sk it’... it.‘ m‘ "’°"‘°““si“ ‘m’ ““ ‘m i“ flfilflifidllfsllffiioilticlfifiiliilflfi unusually 800d children such b’ iwifldlil‘ ““°h§“§li§s'.§°“°'§“' TM“ "”""“°“‘°“ "°°‘* “"‘°“ ‘Mm’ lupin... a n.

i °“- v ' ‘ w ms work your own prov clsl f u, l" m, men s w serve . ose n. jlled under a microscope can be ‘ "" “’ - d Vi -Preident and l’| kc to enough to cause them to adhere. 5mm? ° are unmp“ m’ w , c 1- r ‘d.’ 2' i.. i °“ Ce a p0 °" n- bays and sirls and the awry wbout “MM 1“ “W” m" mm"? “Y” 5*" u’ be i“ B !"°“‘“E “B” T” villenwngfvuljligxgllssl lleiexlnlslljlig? we n

file people of Canada. For my ul- dlels l chose the general theme for Education Week. “Education for Democracy in Peace and War", and

other provinces and that our dis-

cussions will be an aid in solving

Respectfully submitted. mEANOR ANDERSON, President of the C. T. l".

FALL CONVENTION

rrorll August as to Septembe I Lxai conventions were held. at Tig- Ill-ill. Oleary. summerside, humor lllver, ullllrlottetown, Mt. Stewart sollrls, ullii Ulgg. A total of 62$ teachers attended, and were en- rolled by tile Secretary-Treasurer of me Prince Edward Island Teachers‘

‘one showed. that the majority of resellers are keenly interested .h these matters. well-informed on most. oi them. determined to get lri- formation when they feel need of ti. and able to present their views in clear and concise statements that hoalgr the atrglntion of their hearers.

_ l; and virile and true io life. Much “ndersmqdmg M “h” L‘ “n” y harm is done by telling stories of

to those standards.

In esthblishin ethical standards we must apnea to the emotional side of the child as well as to the intellectual side. We must lead him to feel that the right act is the one that he wants to do, and tlih cannot be accomplished by e presentation 0d any facts and pre- cepts. The time spent in admonish- in s child what he ought m do br rigs no gratifying results At thle time the command is given. fear may cause him to obe it; but conduct that is the resut of force does not strengthen the

them is as distasteful as is the‘ ‘Goody-Goody" that ls met with in real life. l Many fairy-tales and fables are o! particular ethical value for little children, and the narrator can draw much from the field of,

neral literature; biography and istory hold many good examples‘ while the Bibi-e is a rich store- house of material. Elia Lyman Cabovs excellent work, Character ‘Iirainlriz discusses the ethical side] of story-telling in such a. de- tailed and comlplete way that it

seared, they can listen to addresses

invited and will be welcomed at the above Field Day. If weather should be unfavorable on Wednes- day the Field Day will be held on Thursday.

Women's Wear Daily, New York, of Tuesday. October 7th. says in brief: “The recent ban on the im- portation of furs in Australia has directed the attention to the pos- slbilities of establishing the fur in- dustry in the commonwealth, Fred- erick Palmer, Canadian Trade Com-

rlctply sulfziieri in the fox skin.

massed effect of such pigmented lialr roots is what gives rise to tile bluc-lalack gross appearance of the leather side of an unprime pelt. Incidentally. in conjunction with this unprime condition of the leather it is well to remember that the fur hairs are still in a grow- ing phase of their life and there- fore the fur of an unprlme Ptlt has not attained its maximum length and density’.

Now, if we look at the hair fur-

Prnbably the most serious defect. results from the new pmitinn o.‘ the fur-hair roots iii tile unprillle pcll, for in the falmiilg and llvFli» ing processes the fatty fissile is re- 1 moved from around these roofs and the hairs are therefore no longer‘

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firmly anchored in the skin, This produces n contiiiinn in the finish- ed garment whereby the fur irlirs either pull out m" ivork inward lo the wrong side of the sk'n tviicn 7 the garment is worn. I am sure you I

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Federation. . an er, of tile Carnegie C at hi il tandar should be in tile hands or ev rher to the right on the Chart We . , M 9"“ “Bu! n" I'm“ Pnwd‘ mbruy- atwncled 56W“! meeFmg-‘i- olflaajlctioenl: i? tgilaifsbillsigflildsli) hargf teacher. cw missloner to the Melbourne office. see that it (it has reached the fox. ranchers hme an 5°C“ pa“ .1“ ‘m t°°k chum? or m“ meemm “d and n“ a“ “wrest”! Wmm" M en the child and make him dc- Sources of Material i0 U56 in "It? Npolis £0 the Confldifllt DQDRFI- mature or prime state. in wiliich the “mm m” mmm!" "mks “m” "W I - “Wm jmpecw " were preset“ "o ‘an Mu“ MR1“ survey Wmch m ltfllllllvfl l0 l“ dlfiefflli-ly at the leaching of ethics: merit of Trade and Commerce In = lit ll all asset-l l‘ rmvn» My SWTRmg "mowl" o“ m“ fmh l 311"‘- help and needed Wormmwn‘ and Dr‘ crown‘ made m me Fwy‘ first o portuniiy Ethical training] likiiewvfili M81185 Mflffll Tflles- g g - m w t ‘h p gme as 0 p‘ “ g side oi the poll and ill Vl'ili<‘ll till-v ‘ m“; speakers ‘we helm“; and “we, he wnclwon reached m m,‘ does “gt mean d) attempt w can‘ Lang And'mw_ The True swry Vc oria e sf-B governhien as from the root info the hair shaft, were 1005c and 6mm I ‘MN on} ' ' been approached for permission to (the part of n hair above the skim ‘ >6 i ‘ i ~

tilcught-provdting addresses. Miss lillda Gillis put on ‘Visual-Aid’ delilonstratiom at several places.

Each programme included n. lusty formation from books ey must be l; f g l l}, 1n - ~ v h 1 ,1 n lli§f€?."“v..’2‘°.ii.il“$i‘ sci: irirsrssezrsssrtrillzrialln "’"“”“" "‘ “"" ‘s “° ‘"““° ‘“'"""" 33.5. Zi'...;";..r;";i. ‘f.€..i.§11’.f.i iii . '* - .- l . ‘ " ." . ‘ f 1"" ' 7'1‘ ‘ 1* schools, as very few male adult; m TEACHERS’ AID SERVICE the breeding of fur bcarlng animals have ceased further growth, rnnking 0:21ul:.;;,fc1€‘ o?ifugnéxggsdimgiciéhggxi