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The

inspection of Schools.

“'0 have already, in reviewing the School Report. referred to the recom- mendation of the Superintendent of Education that an additional School Inspector be appointed.

.\lr. .\'icholson well says that “the work of school supervision is a funda- nn-ntal condition to the success of any educational system, and every obstacle should be removed which stands in the -w~_q._v of its per-tee-t operation." He further says, " \\'hzit. l have so far Oll- served has led to the conviction that this important work cannot be satis- factorily performed under a law which provides only two inspectors for the whole llrovincn, and exacts two visits

a year." _ _ of the two plans for overcoming

the ditliculty——an annual visit. or the appointment of a third inspector, he says, "I amiinclined to favor the lat- trr, as likely to produce the best re- sults. I trust therefore, that the Legislature will see fit to amend the School Law, so as to provide for the appointment of an additional In- spector."

Mr. Montgomery in his last report in a very clear and convincing man- ner showed that the time at the dis- posal of an Inspector for the Visitation of a school under the preunt arrange- meat was altogether too limited to allow of more than a hasty examina- tion of the pupils ; it atfordoi no time for offering ‘suggestions to,teachers or trustees, or for amusing an interest in educition in the district.

It may be safely asserted that the cause of education is as much, perhaps more, benefited by the In- spectoi-‘s intercourse with ‘teachers, trustees and the people of the dis- trict, as by the routine work of ex- amining the school. Under the pres- ent system this very important work must be almost wholly n.glected. Three Inspectors were employed when

_the number of schools was very much

less than at present, and the change, after a fair trial, has not, in the opin- ion of the present Superintendent and his predecessor—gentlemen well quali- lied to speak on the lllll’.t8!'——p!‘0V8_d itself to be in the interest of educa- tion.

V’Ve are in hearty accord with the recommendation of Mr. Nicholson, that an additional Inspector be ap- pointed. An annual inspection gives a very imperfect idea of what the character of the school is throughout the whole year. There is generally more difference in the condition of the same school in, say,the months of June and January, than between any two average schools in the province. Con- sequently by only one inspection in the year a very imperfect conclusion as to the standing of the school ma be formed, one that may in some in- stances do grave injustice to a pains- taking and__e'-arnest teacher. We trust that the Gov:-rnment will see the pro- priety of acting upon the suggestion um:l- in the last School Report, en- dor.-cl as it is by the high authority of the previous report. It will un- doubtedly advance the interests of education by stirring up more interest not only in the schools but especially among the people. I

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Representation by Population.

Tim new city bill is alike fortunate in its friends and its opponents. When the leaders of both political parties gave it their cordial support it was plainly evident that its opponents we-‘V few ; when the leader of the sel- fish faction which has been the bane of this city denounced it am out- rage, the justice of the bill was allirni- ed in the most unmistakeable way_ Large property interests may be situ- atul in Ward One. but the men who own most of it live in other Wards, and have never yet had a sayin the election of its Councillors, but-have

been outvoted time and again by poll tax voters. .

If the principle were to hold good that a Ward should be represented in accordance with the value of its pro-

, P9!‘-Y. than why shouldn’t those largo

property holders have more votes in the Ward than the more poll tax voters many of whom haven't a’ dollar to their names? But everybody on.

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About Town. .0 ‘ ‘ New Department in Our l’ap€|‘."‘Hl5 Notes on our Schools Prize System. The Meant-st Man Beaten, --His Peculiar Idea of our Ama- 10llS,"'0U_|' B0Y5.“"CllY

Bill,~» Mr. Morris‘ Letter.

[ },_u-.- l.._-on roqiiestcd to t.l.‘o up the subject siiggested under the head of "The Man about Town. " I suppose that means nothing more than special critic, special reporter, special correspondent with a few other things thrown in. But. in do inn so, I want to say at the outset, that I Indst not be confined to the town, I may want a holiday, I may want to go to the muntry and across the straits, and as the rim critical may grow upon me I iuay be ierniilted to indulge my fancy. ’l‘hcn l ilu not want to be bound down to gossip for however pleasant that may be, one soon tires of it. Granting me these things. I may from time to time cause to pass in review the sayings and doing of our citizens. -

At. present, judging by our two even- ing dailies one would suppose that the most interesting piece of lnftll'lll€\li(i'I that could be furnished would be about cdu zi- tioiicl affairs. Sittiiig in the public room of one pf our liotels the other evening, a stranger picked up adaily, his eye caught the prize list and his first remark was, “ Hello, y u have an P.\llll)iflnll here 3’ At first g_{l:|ll(‘t‘ he thought it was a cattle show, tlowcr slimy, roots and fruit, etc. What is the use of niiking such a paraulc. It does the children no good except to gratify their vanity. It is no good to the parents, and even the best of the teachers are in doubt whether prizes should be given at all, iiinch lcss making such a parade in the papers. I believe the ac- tion of tlieGi'.\iu»i.i.\' in this respect was the wiser.

Speaking of prizes there is a good story going the rounds just now, which I have heard 0\ er and over again, as true to the letter and which if really true gives Char- lottetoaii an unenviable position of carry- otf the palm, for having the meanest per- son on record.

It was always understood that the meanest man‘ was the one who gave his child ten cents to go to bed at eight o'clock in the evening. and when the little one slept. he would slip up to the ro in and steal the money, and then in the Illurlllllg would try to persuade the child that a mouse had stolen it. The present story runs thus :—A person pris- ented a prize for something, (I have not heard what.) It was really handsome. It was handed to the teacher and the teacher handed it to the gentleman pre- siding, and lie in turn presented it to the little filo: whose eyes fairly danced with delight at receiving such a reward of merit. But iniziszins if you can, the little fcl1ow's disgust when next morning the person called, and substituted in second hand copy, saying that the second hand one was the real prize, but the new one served better for pub‘ic presentation. If any of the provinces at mid-summer ex- amination can beat that] would like to hear from them.

Prince Street School still holds first place with the public; that is if we are to judge by the numbers atteudi ‘g the clo lug. The princi l feature was the drill, which was wel done; but it sur- prized me. If coming events cast their shadows before, we are to have an army of Amazons; We heard that the coming woman was to be a lawyer, doctor, clergy- man; but at the closing of Prince Street School I was astounded at my stupidity, and how far I had dropped in the wake of modern’civilizat‘on. I never thought that the future woman wasto be asoldier. Is this a foreshadowing of" what is to come‘? Did the Salva ion Army create the taste, or the teacher, or was it born in the oung women? If it had been \Vest ant Street School I would have been delighted (and I was delighted with the girls). I wou‘d have pictured. to myself these young boys as the defenders of their country; but with all the delight at seeing such marching and counter~mar- cliing, I still felt bewildered, and I re- turne l home feeling—as well try to sweep back the tide with a broom as stop the advance of civilization. “The girls are the boysf’ the men of the next century are to be women; the women are tobe the men. Believe me things gotso mixed up that I have not yet been able to stra‘ghten them out. As doctors. women have been a success. As lawyers they ought to be a success, at least as pleaders. As clergy-men— or clergy-women — I see no rmson why they should be precludel. They were the first to c mmit sin, and they ought to be allowed the chief place in trying to get rid of it. As soldiers-_-I give it up. I don’t know what kind ofa figure men may cut at housekeeping, but if we must we must, and there’: an end of it. Somebody must keep house, and i’ the women will not—-then we men must.

In reidiiig over the examin.-ition list of the Prince of Wales College, I was struck with the absence of sch hits from Char- lottetown. I_ know that we have young men and women there, but how does it come that so few of them appear in the published lalitf There seems to be some- thing about our city life that is not con- ducive to the best interest of pur boys. Amon those who have made. a name abrua(_ very few hail from Charlottetown. Our city boys are not inferior to others, lot there is something that prevents them from dstiiiguishiiig themselves along educational lines, but later on I may have a word to say on “ our boys."

But I must get away from this or I may be accused of “ harping on one string.” I look tpleasurpocpln film ‘ing of opr city it y ou_r ouae, t, will SW9 {"1 Opplglnfluuty to setbzt rest the ( uestion, “ we want a c age in our ard-- system.” I have no doubt but t\;‘ll8tfif.lIel'e.WiIl‘hl;e .3 $33913 0 I llnative, t is l at and Five vote as they talk, and put-ox- €_6l‘lfl;(}3I8_ ouhgbt tlzo knoll‘: these advoca- iug e c nge its 6 up now and work else they may be caught napping, and their day of grace is gone. The other side 18. at work already and 0: 5f%Ifi!'-llMbeing ltift untamed. I see t at . orris hall n’ ed th community. and I hrqpeusoiiiie oiiegmay bio: found tocross swo. s with him. I am not astonished at his throwing down the gunfilieafiut wfhat puzzles me is that he 0!} e a uss about Ward One only h‘h';{'8 fine’ representative. Why the " ° “W N6 of opinion that for years tWIrdu(I)ne has only had one represents- "0; a sole business of the other on" seemed to be the abuse of respectable woo.

men and clorgyme . P - . does not know of this bliihv? M‘ M°'"‘

'0 I150 does Three Four and Five. -All

the time I hope

mm. Mr» Morris will get, his

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Old Timer Again.

Your correspondent, “Liberal of the UM Tinnz," seems not to ooinprehend my reuiaiks in tho (il'.\|lDlA.‘l of Julie 19th. The main ulJ_jt‘i‘l was to .-iliow the unfair- ness of taxing the country heavily for the support. of high class schools, in order that a fen of our people, in good circum- stances, may have their children prepared for college. It may sound fine to say that “ii good education is placed within reach of all who choose to take advantage of it." If by “good education " your correspondent means the riidimeiits of classics and higher mathematics, I can tell him that the instanc-.5 are rare in which children of the really poor can take such advantage. \Vli-at is the object in beginning these advanced studies in coni- Inon schools except to prepare students for college ‘3’ But what per centage do you suppose of college students are from homes of the poor 4 I venture to say not one per cent. The luxury of c..llege edu- cation is beyond their reach. If people of independent means choose to send their children to college very good; but we are not going to have the community charged with the expense of preparing them for entrance.

Let me instance a graded school that rises before my vision. The higher class teacher gets-double as much salary as lho assistant, with about one-third the num- ber of pupils to teach; not mic of the few attendin g the superior department is from what may be called a poor family. These are in the lower grade No higher schools or college f 1' them. They are kept home to work as soon as they are of any service-—po.~isibly to earn money to pay for educating their richer iieighbnrs. This is not at fancy picture.

Again, if the rudiments of classics and higher mathematics are to be taught in our districts let them be taught in all, as all are similarly burdened for their main. tenzince, let there be some show of justice in the distribution~—-tlie present arrange- ment is manifestly unjust.

Your correspondent seems to rejoice over the fact that children of the poor, can haven good education if they wish it.‘ Let me ask if it is in localities where the poor are most numerous high class schools are more frequently net with '2 Nay, but in the boat of!‘ communities.

A good many like your correspondent, “ Uld Time Liberal” have selfish motives iii wishing to see things move in the old ruts, and therefore scream-—“ Don't touch the school act!" But pub‘ic good must take precedence of private interest, even though blatant obstructers be crushed under the wheels of progress.

so thinks,

J une 25. OLD 'l‘1.\ii~:a.

The Methodist Conference.

Sr. Srnrusx, June 27 .——Conference opened at two o’clock after which reports of Union church relief fund were read showing that $160.49 had been remitted to General Treasurer. Rev. C. H. Paisley was elected treasurer of the fund this year. The report of the parsonage aid fund’ showed that $281.47 had been received and $235.00 disbursed. Presi- dent Harrison was elected the representa- tive of the conference on this committee. Rev. J no. Road was elected Treasurer of the Centennial fund. The conference then entered upon consideration of mem- orial report, section by aoctinn.

A memorial from the Sackville district was read ' attention to the fact that the minister-so tlie7"Matllodist church are not permitted to engage in religi6u's exfil cises in Dorchester penitentiary and re- questing that remedy be sought. The discussion brought out ‘the fact that a regular Protestant chaplain wasflemployed. there and no Methodist minister was re- fused admittance when lic requested it. The memorial wrs not complied with.

A memorial from P. E. Island asking to sella small stri of land at Vernon River was compli with.

The book room steward presented a report showing the proceeds as follows: Total receipts from sales, $29,900,60; in- crease of $4,901.85; net profits $1188.39; subscriptions from Wesleyan $4,008.28; advertisements $190.48. The Wesleyan’s accounts shows deficit of 37 9.84.

Tlieconference by resolution expressed its appreciation of the management of book room matters during the last year. Rev. C, H. Paisley gave notice of fol- lowing resolution for consideration on Monday morning.

Resolved that the conference regrets

hhat the general conference lird not ap-

pointed on the board of governors of Mt. Allison Institution the persons nominated by the conference.

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in the Grove Near Sliaw’s Hotel. ~ A Tea to which the Public aie invited.- The proceeds are to be devoted to completing the Hall in course of erection there. . Tea will be placed on the tables at l p. in. Tickets for Tea 25¢. This will be it rare opportunity of combining the pleasure of the ordinary tea meeting with the benefit of a day spent in the invigorating air of the sea shore.

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Tea will take place on the lirst fine day.

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S'I'C)_'y‘ES.

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sch of the classes 3 minute 2. 45 and Frec- for- All are well filled and the Races promise to be as keenly contested and exciting as any ever held in the Provinces. Excursionltrains at single fare, Special train from Charlottetown at 9. 15 a. in. (local time) Return fare $1 Departs at 6 p. in. (lrcsl) Connects with regular at Mt Stewart for Souris.‘ _Refmsliinents on the grounds. ‘ 25c Grand Stand 15¢ extra Children c. . ‘ By order of Committee, '- ; ‘ C. L. BARNES. Sec'y. "A JIM 25—d.si that 67* his w Ii

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