our fellow man. Thus we f bring honor to our profession all,‘ ‘ enhance and enrich its great; traditions. .

May Divine Providence be 0“

inspiration I offer my humblehagg considered opinion that Y9“ 3

a tremendous potential 111 y0‘1‘I' hands. I was happy t0 read Mr‘ Alex Sim’s comments on the one- Hide‘ room school. It hassome very,g ' definite ad»vantages—<1f there are

quately are all too often madela comparatively meagre formal the measuring stick for all tea-zeducation. It depends on the per- chers". In truth our organiza- son. tion is only as strong as its; Do not misunderstand me. I weakest member. ,have no wish to disparage for- How can anyone treat the op- mall education, but I do want to portunities and responsibilities of point out that those deprived of _ 1 teaching with indifference? If higher education sllould not use not too many 13119115; and 1’ “he such there be here, my advice to that fact as an excuse for not’t-ea-cher is competent: malurei you is to get out of tea....n.-g be- broadening their knowledge. We and well-a«djus=ted- fore you do further damage. A live only so long as we learn. ONE-ROOM SCHOOL _ teacher’s trust ‘is a sacred one, If we cease to learn we then The one-room school re0l1111‘€S and demands his or her best en- only exist. our very best teachers 111 01"d‘91"

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to the other problem of deep con- cern to u-s—-quality in our pro- fession. This, fellow members, should be our first concern. No teacher who works only for mon- ey is worth his salt. Was it Sir William Osler who said he would never enter the temple of science in the spirit of a money chang- er? Neither should any teacher

seeking knowledge ourselves, how can we hope to arouse the cur- iosity and fire the imagination of out pupils? H we are not con- stantly leading them to wonder “why”, we are not fulfil-ling our task.

It seems to ma‘ the extent of a man’s education is the total of his intellectual, moral, social

Legislation Considered ln HouseHere Yesterday

remarked ihat in the city and towns the attendance rate was 90 percent.

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._._..___$ Monlrecll Carlie A To Have Recount MONTREAL (CP) _. A 3-1%,

Schools by agreement of the several interested districts. It also provides a means of end-

A definite statement that the present session of the Legisla-

nected with the degree of think- ing h-e has done and the philos- ophy of life he has hammered out for himself. WEAKEST LINK

»‘How are we, the members of the P.E.I.T.F. measuring up_ to

professsion lacks prestige today. That may be true, but let us re- member prestige _must be earn- ed. It cannot be legislated. The quality of the work we do in our classrooms, and the impact we make on the minds of our stud-

which Sir Ronald Gould used it —and serve in a one-room slchool. never be ashamed to declare it. You should be proud of it.

It seems to me we all need to take more pride in our vocation. I have always been proud to

investigation reduce the per- centage. This was described as being put in‘ to offer some pro- tection to children who may not be physically or mentally able to be in school that often. In this way they would still

“We may end tonight was made ' ' n-ter the classroom in the s irit - d ' ‘t l d l t d - - ‘ ‘ ' If are ec unit was Ordered Th - - .‘ . ' _ ' . th ‘t f uch :1 However. the Seclmn carries 8 A I) an spm ua eve Upmen ’ 3‘? deavor. _ __Learnln° is a process that to fulfill its purpose. 1 Y0“ 1" 0 p _ . _ ‘111‘Sda,y' . l6Il:tth:\Sr§gi.ing by Premier A. W 15130019 ems ence 0 S an escape clause in that ace of “the lmoneytr <:tlIilarti:ge£ilr1.> t h. the skills 11116 has mazteregi It 15 Mr. Leonard Brockington, should cohtinue from the cradle a good teacher—-and I use the Montrela/I1 Ciartler riding. It. - ‘ . ‘ . ' I‘ ‘ ‘ » E l - ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘~ ‘ ' .. I 37 ' ‘ l . I ' ‘ ' ‘ . ,: - The Premier said the mem- This may be done after Attendance Offlcer ‘may a e e amen a e e C mg 1n no Sma measure wee 37 con Speaking Of the late D1‘. S. N- to the g1'3V€- T0 k1’1°'W only “he “mm ‘ good In the Sense In b€:Ag1ri1'eclh(e)>rcl‘ka§f totals Wednesdl”

subject matter we are required to teach is not sufficient. Rather we should teach from the abun- dance of our knowledge. Let us remember that if we restrict our learning to subject matter we shall surely suffer from intellec-

Robertson during the recent Me- morial Lecture said, “Gladly did he learn and gladly teach”. INQUIRING MIND What a fine tribute to a gr.at scholar and a dedicated teacher: Yes, we must have an inquir-

three years “provided that no capital expenditure has been incurred” if not less than one- third of the resident ratepayers in a district of the unit may petition the Minister -for with- drawal from the unit. The Min-

bcrs may be able to complete the business of the House by then. He also told the members of an invitation from Lieuten- ant Governor Hyn-dman to at- tend a reception at Government

by the returning officer show, that Liberal Leon C‘retstolil,\ A mer member, led the tour ~ field with 7,097 votes and 1,1,3 , runner-up Hyman Brook, ‘pr gressive Conservative, had 5350

House, this evening. . - , _ , _ _ , Yesterday afternoon’s sesS- ister Shall then refer the lgatg quahfy for Famﬂy Allowance‘ cuts will deter-mlneburprestige our responsibilities and opport~un- mg mind or we shall not stilmu- tual poverty‘. name myself a teacher; and, Associate. Chief Justice w" 5011» the S‘-’C011d Of the day: ‘V35 ter l0 a Vote of the rem en VETERINARY ACT 1“ the €‘0mm1l11‘1-t‘y 111.Wh1Cl1 We ities? With this question in mind late our students to probe deep- MORE RESPECT having heard several hundred Scott of Superior Court,-

ratepayers of that district._ Fear of the school districts

that large businesses establish-

ing in their district might be

non-teachers discuss education in general and teachers in parti- cular at the recent Canadian Con- ference on Education, I am proud-

labor. Prestige is not something to be directly sought after, but rather it is a by-product —— a natural concomtant to a life of

day accepted a petition s‘.’ by Maurice Mackay, idemm as a voter, asking for the on grounds that some

I perused our Inspectors’ reports on “Competence of Teachers” in the 1957 Annual Report of the

devoted entirely to discussing bills before the House. SCHOOL ACT

An amendment to the School

ly into the mysteries of the uni- A91-.055 this c,,u,,t,.y’ there has verse. Are ‘we “stretching the deveqlqpgd an increased respect 11111145" Of the WW5 and girls in for the classroom teacher, re -

A full-scale debate was launch- ed when an amendment to the P.E.I. Veterinary Medical As-

- - ' r A t ' t 0d d. . . . Dara-rbment of Education- These our care. or are we content mer- g-ardless of grade level, too. The , Act was the 1°n‘ge‘s't and ,.c".“' free sf ltafes ézﬁsﬁen 0;" 3: Sogigelogmengmezgsislnpzimgﬁly superior teaching. We must equip reports indicate we have a ,con- ely to feed them menta “pa,p" two teachers who played major er than ever to ‘say I am still marked’ for Mr. Brook we:-gem gumed me most tune as lvlin.is- SeC011 35 5 0111‘S€1V<’-‘S and °01Nd‘119t °111‘S9‘1Ve5 siderable number of highly com- a classroom teacher although it ited to Mr. Crestoh1_ . : ‘

which they regungita-te on exam- ination papers? Are we_introd-uc- ing them to"the great world of Nature and to the world’s boun- tiful store of great literature? To do so we must remain students forgliiﬁe.

This we can do in many ways —1by taking prescribed courses, by reading widely, by availing ourselves of every opportunity to hear learned speakers on plat- form, radio or television, andby meditating on the true meaning

parts in the Conference Work- shop. “Teachers, Quantity and Quality” "were both teachers of elementary grades, and I believe that was not merely a coincid- ence. The problem is to give re- cognition for exceptional work in the classroom without removing the teacher concerned from ac- tive teaching. School boards and teachers’. organizations realize the importance of keeping out- standing people in the classroom. -Here I should like to interject

designed to protect both college trained veterinarians and the farmers. It practically elimin- ates the local man “with a way with animalsf’.

It was this latter feature that aroused the ire of several members who -voiced their ob- jections. However, I-Ion. Eug- ene Cullen, Minlster of Agri- culture. ~“=-iexpressed his opinion that it was not the intention of the Association to deprive any man of his livelihood. V

Keir amendment. It reads:

of “The Board of Trustees of any school Districts shall, for a period of five years after the commencement ‘of oper- ations, assess at 25% of the nor- mal rate, the real p1‘0l>e1‘tY Of any person, partnership .or cor- poration engaged in processing of primary products of Prince Edward Island.”

Little debate was held on the section with one or two 'mem-j

ter of Education Hon. Clark answered a host_ questions regarding various clauses. One important change he «pointed out now makes it pos- ‘ sible for a school district to levy taxes on the farmland of an owner as well as on his house. This is to be done at 50 , percent of the general rate and applies to all farm lands and farm property other than farm

as befits members of a profes- sion if "we wish to ‘be accorded prestige and professional status. TEACHER-STUDENT

There are many ways in which we can broaden our knowledge. Every good teacher is a student- not only in the sense of taking formal courses, valualble as they are, but a student in the school of Nature and of Experience - learning from any and every a-

is now pwossiblefor me, to devote A only part of my time to instruc- tion of pupils. V’ _ Realizing the magnitude of our task in the school and our re- sponsibilities as citizens, let us endeav-or to measure up to them by continually adding to our knowledge; by seeking new and better professional mefhods; by acquiring a sound phi osophy of life “and of education by develop- ing a deeper understanding of and

judicial inquiry comime into allegations of voting

petent teachers, many more con- 3 padding in the riding. ‘L. A

scientious and energetic ones do- ing the best they_can with the training and experience they have had, and, unfortunately, a few whose work is of hill inferior type. ‘ =

One inspector stated that(“a few teachers seemed to lack pro- per enthusiasm for, their work”; another noted a “few were disin- terested and had no idea of the responsibilities of their position”

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a-ry-February-March qllalltef gm‘ , the biggest in his ompanys, hi; tory, Charles G. ll/Iortin.er;.-pies: ident of General Foods. C‘ ‘ ' tion announced Thursday. Mm,“

‘ Part of her Presidental mes-

‘ admitted to our Provincial Nor-

residences.

'1‘-his farm rate shall be used only in such districts which elect the dual rates at the annual school meeting or by the un- animous approval of the Board of Trustees, provided that “af- ter the first day of July 1959 the farm rate shall be mandatory in all districts having ‘ more than 50 percent of the rate- gpayers engaged in non-ﬂlalrm- ing occupations”.

hers expressing the -feeling that the districts should be glad to have large plants establish in their territolry and should grant tax exemption at least for the, first year.

Final section of the’ amend- ment raises the number of days compulsory school at- tendance in rural districts from 75 percent to 35 percent. The Minister of Education said this was a deﬁnite attempt to have

The bill provides for estab- l.isl'Lmel1t of Regional High

the children in school more of the regular school days. He

President Outlines Attitude OfP. E. I. Teachers Fecleralion

“This province has many ed- ucational problems to facefi’ but we, the teachers, are deeply con- cerned about the two to which the Oonference speakers and de- legates devoted a great deal of thought, namely (a) teachers’ salaries fend (b) quality the professlong’ said. Miss Mabel Ma- theson, President of the Prince Edward Island Teachers’ Feder- ation at the recent convention.

sage is as follows: ,

We welcome the announcement In the recent “Speech from the Throne" that hereafter it will be necessary for students to com- plete Grade twelve before being

mal School. llf this regulation is adhered to, and if requirements for graduation from Normal School are «strictly enforced, this is definitely a progressive steqp. SOME CONTROL We welbome, too, the Minister of Education's intiimvafion that cumulative sick leave is to be granted; and that leglisla-tion will be introduced to amend the De- xfartment of Education Act to give us. the teachers, some con- trol of our own profession. The P.E.I.T.F. has been pressing for a Certification Board for several years. v The vfonecast increases of $100 in total increments and $100 in Superior First Class statutory sal- ary, are sound in principle since they are granted for experience and qualifications, but I feel this is like patching an old garment when the occasion clearly calls for a new one. Our salary shed- ule is still “shabby”. To use ‘an- other metaphor these little “shots ‘in the warm” are like administer- ing a. “pain killer” when the symm- ptoms indicate a major opera- tion is needed. SOUND BASIS To place teaching on a ‘sound basis and to make its earning power comparable to that of oth- er vocations demanding similar qualifications requires revolution- ary changes - not a paltry $100 here and there, but really dras- tic ohanges. This is necessary if teaching is to get its fair share of Prince Edward I«s«land"s bright young people; Other vocations are offering very attractive initial salaries, and it is not realistic to expect intelligent, ambitious young people to ignore such op- portunities! When will the people of this ,province hav-e done with sentimentality and face up to reality? MUNDANE , MATTER * - In my remarks to you

sented to Committee on March, 1957 and again to the Ex

ecutive Council in Jan. 1958 was to be implemented by our gov- and then pass on to

ernment, less mundane things.

You know, fellow teachers, that is the chief reason we do not ac- complish muhc in our sporadic

efforts for decent salaries,

We get all stirred up about the

last year, I said nothing about sal- aries. I wish I could tell you now that a brand new schedule as good as, or better than, the em- ergency scale the P.E.I.T.F. pre- the Select Standing Edlucatlon in

ceiving. ll! they were correctly

hemently. THE FACTS

not do unless we are well informi- ed. For example, do you know that . .. (a-) over 20 percent of our members were engaged to teach for the year 1957-58 for less, than $1500?

(b) about 70 percent fall in the under $2000 bracket?

(c-) there are only 7 teachers in our public schools earning $4,000 or over?

ning at three months?

ing) may receive $395 a month? (f) in Federal Civil Service:

‘from $1860 to $3600? (g) a First Class Teacher (grade 12 plus 1 year of Pro-

a minimum of $3459?

Columbia di.str_icvt.. The initial minimum

$7500 at Peace River North. No doubt you read the new‘ salary schedule f-or civic em - ployees‘ approved by our City Council on March 18th..Here are a few figures chosen at random: City Clerk, $5000, City Cashiers; $3500, Assessor $4000, ’ Collector $3300, Truck drivers and helpers $2400, Bricklayer $2700, Chief of’ Police $4000, Librarian $2000, Charlady ‘$1200, Caretaker at $2400, Assiatant Caretaker at dump $2400, A-ssistant Caretaker at ‘dump $2400. You will agree these are very modest salaries for 1958. H-ow do they compare with those of urban teachers in this province? V

COMPARE TEACHERS

informed, they would surely real- ize the great injustice done these teachers, and wouldkprotest ve-

It is our bounden duty to the boys a-nd girls of this province to make thefacts known to our people in order to assure a suf- ficient number of competent toa- -chers for the tuture. This we can-

(dl bank clerks with grade 12 recommend them to our Work- receive initial salaries as high as $1000, with i-ncrenmen-ts begin-

(e) in the Anm-ed Forces in re- cruit with grade 8 education may receive $165 a month, plus med- ical and delllllal. care; and a sin- gle lieutenant («grade 12 stand-

Clerk 1 receives from $1620-2130 Clerk 2 receives from $2610-3150 Clerk 3 receives from $2940-3600 Clerk 4, receives from $3300-4020 and Stenogiiaiphers salaries range

fessional Training) in Nova Sco- tia receives a minimum initial salary of $1800 and at the end of the tenth year a minimum of» $2760; and the same teacher in Newfoundland would receive a minimum initial salary of ‘$2535 and at the end of the 8th year

I am sure you are interested in British Columbia salaries; but I hesititate to mention even the lowest, lest Prince Edward Is- land experience an immedite ex- odus of at least half her single women teacher-s and nearly all the men. I have examined the ‘mentally salary agreements of 57 British

salary paid to the lowest certificated teachens ranges from $2300 in Salltsprings to $3400 in Alert Bay; and the maximum salaries for highest class of license range from $6000 at Kettle V-alley to

However, it was admitted that it would ban an ‘amateur’ from" charging for his services.

Among those taking part in the debate were Hon. George MacK.ay, R. R. Bell, Dr. L. G. Dewar, Leo Rossiter, Harvey Douglas, Morley Bell, and Har- old Smith The promoter, A. A. Maclsaac, acting in the ab- sence of F. A. Large, had questions tossed at him from all sides and as readily throw back answers. ..

we hold the highly competent’ teachers we have in this prov- ince. _

To relate teaohero’ and our- \,ses’ -salaries in P.E.I. ls to com- pare the financial status of two professions whose ra-nlcs: are be- ing decimated by the saline ma- lady-—-financial malnutrition. SHARE RESPONSIBILITY

Teachers’ usalaries are I re- sponsibility to be shared by the Provincial Government and the District. To use the argument that some extremely under-paid teachers are receiving all they are worth is to condemn the dis- tricts that hire teachers whom they apparently consider worth so little to the community. Is that‘ the best these communities ca-n do for their boys and girls? You see this is a very shallow angu- ment. Let the districts not for- get their trustees hire the tea- chers and so are responsible for the qu.al.ity of teaching in their schools. .

Salary scales provide very lin- teresting study; and I strongly

cher shortage? lit in a miracle —.

vailable source the great truths of the universe. The terms “tea- cher” and “s'cll-olar” should be

and a third made the pun-gent remark that “the few who fail-

synonymous. If we are not ever

ed to penfonm their duties ade-

of life. Some of the most truly educated and cultured men and women I have ‘known have had

a comment on the one-room school in which many of you. la- bor. For your enclouragement and

love for children; by holding fast to high ideals; and by maintain- ing a strong faith in God and in

mer said’ sales of the fo_od.mo_ ducing firm topped $1,000,000, for the first time in historyﬁni

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fiscal year ended. March 31.,‘

shops in order that our mem- bers may be intelligently infor- med, and so be able to oorrect erroneou.s impression: in the pub- lic mind. .

Of course you know that sal- ary schedules in other provinc- es are based on academic and professional qualifications, ex- perience, and responsibility of position, and not on -sex or per- sonal responsilbilit-ies of the tea- cher. _

Thess e days we hear the plea that artists, composers, writers, should not have -to be greatly con- cerned about money, but should

be assisted financially by . the state so they can devote thei

talents tocreative work. Should not teachers of quality be reliev- ed of excessive worry over mo..- ey matters so that they might use their little free time for re- search, study and meditation?

Teachers should be “thinkers”- not "sitter.s”. ilvncidentallly, teachers should

dlsiciharnge their duties as citizens, but should not become so invol- ved in community activities that no time remains each day for “going alpar ". Unless we have time for reflection we ‘become and spiritually impoveo ished, aild our influence in the school and in the community is diminished ’ acc ordingly. INDUSTRY AGREES V

It may seem strange to you that during the Canadian Con.- ference on Education it was the representatives of industry, la - bor, business who stated repeat- edly that teachers’ salaries must be placed on a competitive basis before suﬁficient numbers of young people of desirable per- sonality, ahility and integrity will choose teaching as a career. Th-ey realize very clearly that factors which mitigate against children’s chances of securing a sound foun- dation in our schools inevitably affect the quality of work done by their members or employees. They realize, too, that the most important factor in an education- al system is the classroom tea- clher, and that the quality of Can- a_da’s teachers determines the quality of the ed»uc.a»tion received by this county’s students. They are well aware that modern elaborate equipment

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A rapid check reveals there buildings. are 20 Summerside teachers and and a Welllilﬂaflned clurriiculum 34 Ohanlottetown teachers earn- lP1‘0Ve Otf little value unless there , ing less than the caretaker and are first-rate teachers to instruct curing such worldly matters. Un- the assistali-t caretaker at the and to guide 911059 W110 attend f°1‘l“11‘a-tely 0111‘ employers -and the city dump! Now I realize it is 0111‘ ‘5‘Ch°01S- M°1‘eWe1‘, they ask €“:11e_1"3€l public do not fully ap- important to the physical heam; why the [profession that lays the piécnlslrgt and are prone to of our (3l‘tt'Z€l1lS to have cormpe. foundation for _all 3 others 11011l38rsistent ,i.‘r‘i.“l‘f~l‘;"S§‘.V‘°.-.-S‘-.i‘i§‘.;§§”1§?.‘§§‘Z.‘it‘e€f;“‘i.l.‘“3.§"§§’.§?:§ ’i-il‘f§”i.°l~.§iZ..—‘_i.‘-.'I'.....‘.j‘“‘m”‘a 5?

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