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PRESENTING NEWS AND VIEWS 0F INTEREST T0 TEACHERS AND ALL OTHERS SEEKING

IMPROVEMENT IN

THE SCHOOL TODAY

The demands on teacher time and teacher energy are great. The re- lponsibiiitles are great. but the opportunity to make the school a new and living force in the com- munity is also great. It will require initiative. broad vision. and en- thusiastic cooperation on the part of the teachers as individuals and as an organized body. In our con- centration on meeting today's de- mands, we must not overlook to- warrants.

THE SIEGES OF QUEBEC

THE SIEGES 0F QUEBEC 3. Quebec has been besieged five w°if¢~ Rained Wsesiiim

tiona are looking e dawn to isue forth find sweat and tears" of the w

new dawn. The te

. _ - stronghold by the defeat of Mont- "mee hi" ‘mi-Y “m” "0"- calm in the Battle of the Plains of Yes‘ 1. In i629. the English under Abraham Kit-kc took the fortress from Chum-l 4. 1n i760 the French under tie- pliin ,Lev1s. mace an unsuccessful attempt Note. m) Th“ the rather loves

2. In i690. Fuoiilenai- drove back; to retake it from General Murray

Phips the leader of the expeditioni5 jg; fl§tgn_ pulsed by Governor Carleton” _

EXERCISE IN HISTORY

Underline an.» o. Lies? statements true.

i Political development means in) increase in the size of a. conn- iry, ib) advance in literature and Canadians to rule the country 1b)

government. 7. Tn constitutional Act ol 179i

arts. ic) progress in the methods divided English - Spellkih! TF0!" How troublesome it sate upon my of government. id) growth in im- F‘retic_h speaking Canada. ie) was head down to Lest rest and lying penance of a city or country. heartily welcomec. by the French still might make them look. Too

'.‘:. Arbitrary IIICJllS almost the same think as control over the Bili/efllmfllffli m9 despotic government, (bl means a country _ government that is lust and fair 8. The Family Compact was. on to tlii. ict means that those gov- the whole. ta) a corrupt and dis- erncd have no share in the govem- honest group of rulers. (b) a high- iiia, ic) is the same as parliament minded and honest BTDUIL. (C) R f-uil- privileged and intolerant group, id) 3. Under the French rule the zov- a EYOUD di§i0ylil t0 the British 00h- eriimeii‘. of Canada was 481 cruel neciion r nnti utrlilsl. to» arbitrary and l9JAmOI1S prominent members of despcLlc. ic) military. tc) weak grid the Rleiorm Party in Upper Canada mrapapie, may be included (a) Robert Bald-

4. From i763 to i774 Canada was win. (b) Sn’ James Craig, ic) Robert gmcrizcfl (at by General Murray Gourlay, id) William T. Mvickewizzc. and thc British Army. ib) bv of- re) Louis Prrlneflh. if‘ J01") 13.9“

llliztls appointed trom Elifililnc. icncrlcv Robin-sen. is) Rev. John , an Assembly elected bv the peo-‘Stratchan 4 pip, Id) by a Roman Catholic min- 10 The Rebellion of i837 (a)

11y was a rash and criminal adventure 5‘ The Quebec Act of 1774 (a) 'b) had some good results. ic) gave Canada a representative eov- proved that Canada wished to break ernmcnt, lb) gave the Roman Ca- away from the British connections iilOii" Church the right to collect it.) roused the British Government tnxcs. (cl established in Canada the to action. (e) was stronilly Sllbmried Ol:i French civil law, (d) was wel- by .the Roman Catholc Clergy. conird by the French Canadians. ll The British Government sent 6. The Lovalisis objected to the Lord Durham to Canada (a) to sup- ~ of government they found in press the belliori. (b) to find cut C’ aria because (a) they were quar- who_ were the guilty leaders and me people who would object to punish them. ic) to find out the anything, tot they thoueht there cause of the rebellion and report as were ton many Roman Catholics in 1c chanlles needed. (dim ihi-POQUCB the cotlliiry, (c) it gave the French- into Canada responsible govern- Canadians supreme control. (d) the meni-

THE REFORM BILL. 1832. AND OTHERS T0 DATE

- - a the vote to owners and to tcn- paiziitjigcgrfbdtiitileonfirgiullgveiggm tglllfiireiT in: who Dam a rental ten

unds in the towns and fifty 1832 wcrc the utneqiéalkrepresenttailig: ggunds u, “,9 mung“. Thus the of various pars 0 t e ooun ry

labourer ‘liiththe fafitorya or “on the 1h House of Commang gm] the gp- arm BIN.‘ e sma er rm S wer itunities for corruption provided still without the vote. The Bill also _ the existence of numerous “mt- made a redistribution. Eivihil the ten" and pocket boroughs." The tor- factory centres their fair BTW-N 01 mcr wore those that had only a

representation . smfill number of voters anc.‘ the lat-

The Second Reform Bill of 1867 ter were those where a? individual extended the rilhii l0 VOIe b0 Eli or n corporation had t e right to

nominate the member. The system dated. with few changes. from Tudor times and the divisions, never equal. had not been adjusted to meet the shift of population caused by the Industrial Revolution. As a. result dcoopulated places, such as Oi" Serum. had. two members. while large factory towns. such as Man- chester and Birmingham, had none. 0n this unfair system were blamed most of the evils of the day and the demand became strong for Par- linnnenlztry Reform.

Two of the mgstl irnpcgtalnht‘ sup;

-t - n ar men iggi-eexigst-(ifctrgs. the Prime Minister. in: the twine tithe» o! the Gm‘ and Lord John Russell. The Bill War.

THE CHARTISTS

a. The abolition of property outli- fication for members of parliament. The agitation continued until _l948

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those in the counties who paid a rental of twelve pounds.

The 3rd Reform Bill oi’ 188% ex- tended the right to all householders in the counties thus includinfl farm labourers. .

The Bill of 1918 Kaye the vote to women thirty Yell-Ts °I If 0T 1W6!‘ and gave them the riflh to sit in the House of Common and to hold

office.

In i928 this was ext-nded that. now women and men vote on equal terms. The British Empire grate- fully remembers the faithful and efficient services of all women dur-

In 1838 appeared the Ohartists who cemanded the passing of a ser- ies of reforms which they called the People's Charter. They de- manded the following:

1. vote by ballet. 2. Annual par- liaments 3. The right of every man fc vote 4. Equal electoral districts. 5 That members of parliament be paid.

Westminster to present their peti- tion and found that they were much less popular than they thought- However all of the above demands have since been granted.

CITY POPULATIONS IN 1941

shows the population of th so “Greater Cities" havlnqga population of 100,000 and over for the city. pro- per in 1941. comparisons with 1931 being in brackets: Greater Mont- real, 1.139.921 (1,023,158): Toronto 884.843 (803.1504):

- Vancouver. 351.401 (306.340)Z - er Winnipeg 290.540 (28439) Great- er Ottawa iincluding Hull) 215. (175,988); Greater Quebec, 200,14 (172,517); Great Hamilton. 176.110 (il63.’l'l0): Greater Windsor, 121.112 (110.3851).

Some of the larger Canadian cit- ies have in ill-ll!‘ nieghbourtioods growing ‘satellite’ towns or other densely set ‘ed ie-cas l1 close rc- ononiic relationships "ht the c=n- tral municipality. For census pur- ])0.~1e5 these areas ha ocen rlassi fled as “Greater Citi inlon Bureau of Statlsfi culatcd thc populat n of 1n Canada which i. ‘une the city proper together

with that of the neighbouring densely popu- liitec. areas. The following tabulation

HELICOPTERS

It has been announced in ‘Britain can rise and descent vertically. or that plans are being made to usehover motionless the r. w helicopters for the protection ofoperate from the decks of the ships shipping convoys. The craft. which which they accompany.

EXERCISE IN GRAMMAR

Ia) Insert “who“ or "whom" in do you serve’! lil. You can't lmarlne the following sentences. I saw this morning. 20. You is there 2. e are the person I must see

(b) Use "is. are. was. were" cor- rectly in the following. l. Either Alice or Mary-igoing wV-h- ue. 2. A car and a. truck (were) in a collision yesterday. 3. Nmkher John nor I-Iarry---her~e‘ 4 John and

. wer you talking tlo this morning’). 14. With are you going . 4 For -—~-——&l‘e you working? 5 sent for me? 6 ——-—do you think will be there? '7 Does he know --—- I mean? 8. At are you look-

lng‘? 9. -——Can I trust? it) She Harry both here now. 5 Each is the girl I trust. l1. l shall of the cars equipped with a employ the main ‘I01; recom- radio. 6 Every man. woman and

ls child——preeent '1. The dog and the cat——eittlng by the lire. 8 Every bov and girl in the vlllage-inylted to

mend. l2 She is a person reliable. 13. I am the man called yesterday l4 _-do think I resemble? 15 Those are contented are happy. l6. You women _--

are the person --—is to blame- Both Helen and Edith away to- 17 told you the atory- 18 -_- day. .

LITERATURE (HENRY IV PART I)

Notice; (a) Shakespeare's opinion (2) What do we learn of the of the superstitions which were oom- 6113180"! Q! 110E901‘? All-WC" H9 m- -- m» we» raz.v.azi.lrr'vt."r.ir.'.lr"‘tas:

"o- "W" 9"’ "Tm 5h°°k '4 "9 eeeine that his bark ie often worse the heaven's on fire down to that his bite. Answer to (a) Morti- Ifl Damion shook. mer. Hotepur and Glendower were

(b) The general superstition of the the leaders in a rebellion against

IV. As this select-ion opens we find them discussing the promis- es of help from their followers: ThEYugIM/fi joist revtiéatvzedtnisi-‘tatn prom e or merit -\ ,ey are very 8 and that the parties who have ma e them will be sure to keep them. Answer to ib). Cousin I would not have stood these insults fro any other man.

lfnWhy must Martina be a pelce-

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-—ouitc alarmed. 10.

"Give me leave to tell you once again down tn And hold me gace in deep experiments" C. The ickering betweeun I-Iotepur and ndower. l. Explain (a) These promises are fair. the parties sure and our induc- tion full of DPOSDBIOIII hope n cou- sin. of man, men. I do not ‘bee: time eloulnll.

mormwa needs. The democratic ria- ly for l. new rom the "blood

ar. Teachers must make their contri- bution towards bringing forth that er more ‘than anyone else is vitally interested in

teachers must give the leader-ships that their education and trainlnk

1n i759. the English, under of the

. In i175, Montgomery was l6‘

the wcrds that make people were not represented in tlie

(a; permitted the English-speaking

government ta) Canadians. id) gave the people full

householders in the towns and tel

when. a large number marched to be;

Mary's party. 9 The men and ‘the o

EDUCATION

maker between Hotspur and dower?

Answer. Because he oi’ the rebellion ant.‘ must keep

mong themselves .

them wcre in the rebellion for who

lagge area of England

and discain

- his son; -"O my son. God put it in thy mind to take it hence. down to

—Tliat ever I shall breathe "

ble to keep his myself knew viell

crowm-"And

near unto mv state‘!

(l) EbfDii-llll; in) Thy wish was - father. Harri‘ to the though. An- eswer. King Henry IV felt that his son thought him dcac. because he wished hini dead (b) Then pet thee gf-‘HB and dig my grave thyself. And ‘ bid the merry bells ring to thine car

That thou art crowned. not that I am dead An. a Then go away and dig my grave yourself and let the bells ring for joy that you arc king and I am dead Hemp‘ l‘-

that his son would be glad to see him dead and that ills funeral bell; would sound as bells of _iov to his

Preparations for defctice in ‘Jae Balkans are going on at top .i)e.~:i for the Germans (rennet afford to lose this iinportzmt area 0i’ ec- onomic re.ourc .

Rumania produces lvro thirds of

0f corn and wheat ant. is being de-

ance are cromite, wool and wooil

Crete is an island -r. the eastern Mediterranean. forming part of the, outer defenses of the Balkans. Crete: bristles with formida oi»: coast ccien2c fortifications. interlocking defences in depth, case-mates. tank and para- chutist traps, barbed wire and mute- ficlds. In fact Crete has been transformed into a. fortress second in impregnability only to liliilza.

Crete is l60 miles ‘long and '1 t0 30 was captured by the Axis on June miles wide. Coast is much lnoented 1st, 1941, , _ r SICILY

Island. Italy; largest island in hot and cry. winter mild and rainy. Mediterranean, about 2 miles from suffers}! i??? n Tmitimhefl; s. w. extremity of Italian mainland. ouves_ "°;;,,;=gc.gq~,,- o‘: ffiffndag

from which it is separated by the deep. narrow Strait of Messina. It is about 90 miles from Cape 3,011 in Africa; 180 m long and 120 m wide; triangular in shape. Surface is mountainous: most of the island is over 500 ft. above sea-level: high- est- point. Etna, a volcano (H.870 ft). Good harbours on North. Summer

CURRENT

The commander-in-chlei of Un-

itcd States Fleet is Admiral Eli-nest J. King.-

The Hon. Cyrus MacMillan nus

been mace Assistant Minister for

E! F!

‘The French High Conunissloner ot Martinique is Admiral Georges Blo- r

United States troops have put mic operation a, new air base on Amchitka Island. only 70 miles south east of Kiska.

Gen. Charles Mast has been named as resident general of France in Tunisia.

Tine is a river in Tunisia. It rises south-west of Mateur (a railway centre which has linked Biaerte with the rest of Tunisia). flows northwestward a short distance cast of mateur and empties into the marshy land borcering Lake Ackhel one of the chain of lakes which formed Bizertes southern defences.

Read Admiral L, W. Murray has recently been appointed ljxgmmand- er-in-Chief of the Canadian North- west Atlantic.

The Chief Justice of P E 1s- land is l-lon. Thane A. Campbell.

The Premier of P. E. Island le Hon. J. Walter Jones.

The Attorney am: Advocize Gen- eral is Hon. Mark R MncGuigan.

The Minister of fniblic Works is Hon, George H. Barbour.

Hon, Mr. Walter Jones took over the portfolios o! Agriculture end Education in the cabinet in addition to becoming Premier. t

The Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain is Si! Knigsley Wood.

Th foreign secretary is Rt. l-Ion Anthony Eden.

The President of Mexico is Avila Camacho.

The Vice-President of the United States is Henry A Wallace.

British raiders are known as "Commandos."

American raiders are called. "Rangers."

Lieut Gen. Frank Maxwell And- rews ie the commander-in-chief of the United States troops in Eur-

pe. The Unitcd States ambassador to Russia is Admiral Standley. Panteileria is an island midway in the Sicilian Channel. It. is about half the size of Malta with a nim- merlng volcano at its centre. Its airfield is reported to be oonncctcd by tunnel with a small under- ground hangar. The harbour can be used as a submarine base. The whole island is strongly fortified. Inmpedum; eight square miles of rock. 80 miles east oi’ ‘Tunisia. 100 miles west of Malta. Most of it is

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Thle Department la enn- dueted b the Prince Edward Island Federation. Contribution: are welcomed and should be addressed to Mllhr MacFadyen. l 1-2 Fel- ling 50., Charlottetown.

Q1!!!‘ is the le er bl chief followers from quari-elling g,-

4 Why do they talk about divid- ing the land Answer. Each one of

they could get out of it. Their pay for taking part in the rebellion was to be that they would each ‘get a to rule over.

. What, according 0o Worchester were the chief faults of Hotspur which made him a poor nobleman? Answer. Pride, Haughtiness, opinion

6. Does Harry ‘Percy justify his popular name of Hotspur? Answer

(b) The king rcilfets the wax" in

(c) That the king had great lIUU I

all natural oil undcr Kxis control. important part in the German food" is one of the tnain surplus P0210115 basket,

Velhllcd as a source oi vegetable oils more vrlieat. and corn than all oi’ and fats. Other DlEYUCS of iinport- Germany and italic eight $i,'j,‘_a5 as

Yvsoslavia is supplying the German tliirrfs of the number or her cattle.

CRETE

are valuable. Capital Palermo. Area,

TIONAL HORIZON

7. As between ‘dleddower and Ho . which m$iiiiiaihifis which mm " mo“

Answer. Hots ur ll Jnore to blame for the qgmelylie startled, it in each ease. Glendorwer who was t always barking back to the tact hat even the heavens and cart-h

~

ir ltati . I-I - the uémbgl otevllr wu

B. What 3e the typical Celtic qualities rev led by Glendowerv

Answer. Fiery; superstitions: quick tc get angry. quick to cool off; ready to give in when he saw that vielc- ih! was 160855 y in the interest: of the main scheme.

HENRY IV PART II

son who would become Henry ‘J-Ic) For all the soil of the achievement

806 Jilslth me into the earth. (c) All the dirty and crafty ways

wtmh he won n C- . . _.-(_~._d (soil) used by me to gain the crown imcws my Sm,‘ “f°\vrl|o\£ __I Int“ will be buried with me. You wilt this cmwng- not be held responsible for

manner in which I gained the crown.

(2), Note: "And to the Enttlish court assemble ndw.

From every region. apes of 163e- nes down to O. thou wilt be a wild- erness again,

Peopled with wolves. thy olt. in- habitants ” Why did Henry 1V be- lieve that these things wo-nd bap- pen in England under the rule of His son Henry V?

Answer: Because up w this time his son had been s wild careess fellow who did not seem to have any real idea of his responsibility as Prince of Wales. . . 3. What does I-lenry IV advise his son to do in order to keep pace in England? Answer. To make war with sinie foreign state. "Therefore. my Harry.

Be it thy course to busy minds. With foreign quarrels."

THE BALKANS

and magnesite. I-ler chief agricul- tural surpluses are wheat. corn and i meat. and her wealth in quality tim- ber is enormous. Greece supplies chromite. magnesite and pyrite. Vegetables frornfBulgaria play‘ an

The four Balkan countries prod ice

many sheep. more horses and two-

and has good harbours -Suda Bay in N and Kali Timenes in s Four ranges run from E to W Mt Ida (8.070 ft.) lies in the centre. The valleys are fertile under irrigation. rivers are often i111‘; Climate is de- lightful. the heat being tempered by sea. breezes. Chief products are olive oil. wine. goats’ milk cheese. silk, leather. anc". fruits; chief town is Candia. area. 3.300 so miles. Crete

coasts. vines mainly in f west: soil is fertile; trees scarce: principal ex- ports. citrus fruits. almonds, nuts, preserved vegetables. sulphur. salt. silk, tunny and sardines sum h (for tanning). Deep-sea. fisher es

9.935 so miles. Population in 193i was 4. 426. .

EVENTS

ruseecz but there is flat land at one end where an airfield has been built.

It has a small harbour on the south reported tc be a torpedo boat base.

TILLY THE TOILER —

was the page to QIIIRQI‘! Whi Th,

celebrated his birth. mu the more more ~

s

xi. O

Ill)

ihe-Rcd Roamer should not win.

loes of a fat

loo ng e ered

plclouslv "Don't

work around hare. I ain't supposed

to know

; Girl-of

hue

MQOOQOQQOO-OOO-O-O-Ofvv 1 .

'oi are ' minted in n lifmubyut wait-utter also:

Keith?‘ iieipi mthta all 6|’ . She-looked“. ‘ u

were coming u on- the to

A lhlnjt erpelbow viciously a couple o lily, "The stewards uet of! the ownei-"of

"'0 ‘ made a mirthlesa sound. Little di the man in the gray fedora, who turned to look at her, rellise that the tall,- pale girl in dress an ornamented with the absurd look- ing yellow bird, who edged away in the crowd, wae none other than