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TH,RUSDAY` NIGHT, FEB. 23rd.
Aiitsss, Solis, iliets. Uurtsttss lieut-
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The Choir of Zion Church, Charlottetown.
wiléplve one of their choice Musical Concerts
at yde River, on the above data.
This coucertwiil be a real musical treat.
A crowded house may be expected.
T0 NSHIP PLAN
Larger Ones
ls Discussed by inspector
NlcCormac-The Plan Pop
mmf) V ular and Economical
Where it Has Been Tried
A Great Array of Authori-
ties in Favor-Objections
Also Stated.
For some years past a prolific expend-
iture of words has been used in regard
to the improvement of the rural schools.
In almost every state and province _of
the American continent teachers and
superintendents. professors and college
presidents have exhausted discussion,and
still in the vast maiority of places the
rural schools are existing in their own
peculiar and casual way, unconscious
that these theoretical experts have
~°volleyed and thundered.” The prob-
lem of attendance at the rural school
is one that is attracting widespread
attention. In this province the low
average attendance of many of our
schools indicates the need of establishing
some means by which weak and 'thinly
populated districts may be amalgamated,
‘and provision made for the conveyance
ofthe children to a central school. It
seems that dye per cent ,of the schools of
this Island have a daily average of less
than ten scholars.A study of the statistics
furnished by the several educational de-
partments on the continent discloses the
tact that the evil of small schools exists
to a very great exte;t in most of the
provinces and states. In the neighbor-
ting province of New Brunswick,accord-
ing to Dr. Inch’s, last report, over thir-
Iteen per cent of the schools have each
an average of less than ten pupils.
It is not necessary to say that a
school of less than ten pupils is gen-
orally unprofitable. In some lines,
perhaps, the pupils may receive mental
g training equal to the pupils in a large
school. but that larger tralnmg which
comes from class attrition is wanting.
A talent may be developed in solitude,
but .character needs daily association
_with others. Competition is as necess-
‘ary to education as to business.
. It was the state of Massachusetts that
led the way in developing the district
system and it is Massachusetts that is
. leading in the matter ot consolidation.
An act that dates from 1869 authorizes
any town in Massachusetts to raise
money by taxation to enable the school
committee,in its discretion, to provide
for the conveyance of pupils to and
from the public schools at public cost.
The movement has extended beyond
Massachusetts and the following states
*have made provision for transporting
children to school at public expense:
_Ma.ine, New Hampshire, Vermont,New
" York,Connecticut, New Jersey, Iowa,
Nebraska. The state superintendents of
of Rhode Island and Wisconsin have
declared that the existing provisions of
the school laws of their respective states
are suilicient to authorize the convey-
ance of pupils at public expense. Cer-
tain counties of Ohio are authorized by
special laws to establish central schools
and convey pupils to and. from them
and excellent results have followed the
adoption ofthis policy. Some progress
has also been made in this direction in
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Quebec,
Russia, and Victoria, one of the Austra-
lian colonies.
In 1894 The National Educational
Association appropriated $2,500 to de-
fray the expenses of a special committee
_,appointed to devise means forthe im-
I provement of the rural schools. After
-obtaining all available information, and
T giving the matter extended considera-
tion, this committee arrived at the con-
clusion that the establishment of a
larger unit of organization is necessary,
that the Massachusetts er Township
system is tar in advance of the old dis-
trict system. The Tovvnship_ plan
Feb.i)an.lThurs.
abolishes all sub-divisions of the town-I
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shi into s ecial districts and makes
eac p g e chool district,
having its school board and odiccrs of
administration similar in most respects
to school organizations in cities From
tht It-nwthy report of the N l~ A com
of one teacher into larger scbools,when
practicable, in order that better instruc
tion may be provided than is possible
under the present system. Fhis invol-
ves a'so paying for the lransporzazion of
pupils to some central school at public
expense. The different sub committees
have reached the conclusion, each from
its own stand point. One of the creat
hindrances to the improvement of the
oral school lies in its isolation, and its
inability to furnish to the pupils the
._stimuiative influence which comes from
contact with others of his own age and
advancement. The committee, there-
from the public funds forgtheir transpor. -
ation, believing that in this way batter
teachers can be provided, morerational
methods of instruction adopted and at
the same time the expense ot the schools
can be materially lessened.”
I have takensome interest in this con-
solidation and transportation move-
ment, and have gathered the opinions
of many leading educators in regard to
the system; and I find that very few.
indeed pass unfavorable opinion upon it.
Of course it has met with opposition and
it may be anticipated that should any
attempt be made to introduce this system
*into P. E. Island many diiliculties will
arise. We will always have with us
those who are far more fertile in excuses
than rich in expedients and enterprise.
Before giving in detail the various
objections made to consolidation and
transportation and also to leading
arguments in favor of both, I will quote
the opinions of some of the many
educators who are familiar with the
workings of the system.
The lion. A. J. Peacock. Minister of
Public Instruction for the province of
` Victoria, Australia., writes.--‘Under
ths system of conveyance 241 schools
have been closed up to 30th June
last (1897). There are besides several
_instances where, instead of establishing
new schools, the educational require-
ments have been met by conveyance. In
the case of closed schools the saving
after deducting the cost of conveyance,
amounts te about £14,170 per annum.
The attendance of the children whom this
system provides for continues to
be characterized by remarkable
regularity and the system has become
so popular that applications are constant-
ly being received ie be brought under
‘its provisions. The payments for cou-
veyance are restricted to (a)cases
where schools are closed through low
average attendance and (b) applications
where the number of children would
warrant the Department in establishing
a school.” ,
Inspector Russell of .the Castlemaine
District, Australia says that -‘where the
system of conveyance is in _ vogue it is
y proving a great public convenience.”
State Superintendent Hill of Massachu-
setts in his report for 1897 presents thus
briely the economical, advantages of
conveyance; ‘The money saved in a small
town by reducing the number of terlchers
is often large enough to furnish better
'school accomodations to the child-
ren, better wages to better
teach-ers for them. such transportation
as consolidation requires and larger
schooling.” Mr.i:liil earnestly commends
the policy of such consolidation when-
ever condition permits it as one favorable
to the interest of the children.
(Continued on the Third Page.)
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.THE ANNUAL .MEETING sf
the above company will he held it
theirsdiiee..  .of  
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m_wn,0n_WEDi. ESDAY, the visually
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small schools into larger, and paying_
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Wife and children Helped , "-~
V ALLACEBURG, ONT -The follow
' ig ie.ter will nrcife of interest to work
ing; men and others vslio may he in a con
~‘.i~icn similar to that of the writer:
:Tor three years l was subject to poor
v_f>e!’s. l always felt tired, could not sleep
it night and tlit.l‘tt‘e I tould eat did not
io me any good. I have been working at
the barber trade for about  years and
for the last four vears I have been very
closely confined and have had my meals
"ery irregularly. I was taken with a _
Very Severe Cough
and the doctors said it was caused by my
.stomach troubles. I lost flesh and became
so weak I was hardly able to stand up to
the chair to work. One day I happened
to be looking over some testimonial let-
ters and I thought I would try .Hcod’s
Sai-saparllla. Before I had taken two bot-
tles 1 began to feel better and in a short
time 1 felt tinely and had gained 21 pounds
in weight. I have taken nearly Bve bottles
and now I feel like a man again. I am
Stronger and Healthier
than I have ever been in my life. My wife
and children have also  Hood’s Bar-
separilla for a blood medicine and realized
much benefit from it. As. for myself. I
cannot say too much for it. I firmly be-
lieve that if it had not been for Hood’s
Sarsaparilln I would not have been able
to work at my trade any longer.” Jon!
W( Couommn. Get only HO0D’S
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There are ccrsets and-ooreets. Eve I
, lady knows that the mere arppearauee xr-5 `
a corset is no indication o its comfort.
We claim for the '
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that it is_well made on a thoroughly
natural principle. While su rting the
chest _it allows full play of Iligmuscles,
adapting itself to the form, yet adding to
its grace and beauty. In addition to
which it is the liandsomest looking
corset on the market. ~
Farce: $1.00 'ro $3.50 Pain.
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Prof. J -W Robertson
qpllinx coMMissioNER, and
PRO FESSDR MAGDUN
Of thc' Experimental Dairy Farm
will visit this province in the
interests of the ‘
Farmers and Horticuiturists
And will hold meetings as follows:
Monday, 27th Feb.-At Rustico Bank
at 12.30 ;'Brada`lbane Hall at 7.
Tuesday,28th Feb.--Kensington Hall
_at 2; Sunimerside at 7. .
Wednesday, March 1-O’Leary Hall
at 2; Alberton at 7.
Thursday. March 2-St._Peter’s at 2;
Souris at 7. i
9 Fridav, March 3 -Charlottetown in
Kindergarten Hall,at 2; also at a meet-
ing of the Dairy Associations of-the Pro-
vince. specially called at Charlottetown
at 7, in’-the same place-same evening.
Saturday, March 4-Eldon Hall at
12.30; Murray Harbor South at 7.30.
lt is particularly requested, as there
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