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Flesherton Advance, 28 May 1896, p. 1

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TRUTH BEFORE FAVOR." â€" " PRINCIPLES NOT MEN. VOL. XV, fiO 796 PLESEERTON, OUT., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1896 W. fl. THURSTON, Ea(TOR li PROPRiETCR ^«'jiin''&«)i CiUib. M CULLOLGH 4 YOUKG, Bankeri;, Mark-lale. do a feaemi bAnking bn»- iuas8. Uouuy ioanwl at areasouable rat«. Caii on us. AS. VAXCL'SKN, J. P. CI;:ik 5th DiT Court, Co Oroy Issuer of Marriage Lio^tiTus, CoiruiissioDcr in H. O. of Justice, Aucliuu er, etc, Flekofbton p. O. kF.r.TS COULECTEO. Tlie un tundanail i« propare.l to nadertaka the col'ecticn uf nil k'riia i;f Ccbta. Xotob tioURlit. auuu»itt^ cuMceted, vto U. N. HENDLMSON • rLKitriniK nt cnioLr.Tr â- L • 1'l.iaUertua Bt:iti30 l*08ttDa«tor, Comniissiov.er in H. C. J ,Cuu vo^aucer; ciucls. mort;!af;c8. looses and viV.f drawa. C!:iU'e<» moduraW. Uusiucns lutteis wi-ittcn. dc:'J TJ J. SPEOCLE. i'ostuiRitor, FIcshorton, Coaimissioner in B. R., Liv'eua.Ml / actioncs;!-. Conveyancer, A - praistif ADd Mouuy Leudcr, Keal Estate aii'l luBurancu .^tjcnt. Douds, Mortgaifos, Leases, and Wllla drawn up and Valuations made on sljorte-^t notice. Auction 8ali;s atteududtoia auy part of the County. Itoney to loan at 1u?r est rates of interest. CoUoetioTin attended to with pronintnesb and despatch Charges low. Agent fur the Douitnion StcauishipCompany, clicap tickvt!! from Flesburtau to Livurpuol, Glas;;ow, Loudon or any of the British ports. I'.irties intendiuK to visit Eoiiland, Scotland or Ireland, will iiieane ask rates bolorepurcbasinit th«ir tickets elsewhere gcutistiij. r. y.utsHALi^, L. D.S.M.D. B., Dentist. Visits Markdale tho Ist and .trd Wednesday of each inonlh, riosUoituuâ€" I'jach trip on the day !Ci*.,'Winti. T U. CAUPB&LIj, I< D H, DD S, Dental Surgeon. Uarkdalo. Ofllcdover McCuUougli tk Youjg's bank. Hoursâ€" 3.30 a.ui. to 6 p. in. Visits Kleshortuu every second Thursday as follows^uno il and ^'i, July il and £1, Au^. iJ aad S7. Other dates will fallow. • f cp^. F iKObX A BAT80N Barristers, Solicitors, Convoyanccra, etc. Offlooâ€" NoTt to post office, Sproule's block Fkiberton.ciry Thursday until further notice. C. A. BATSON^ J. W. FRO.STLI.. B. K. II. â€" Cwan Bound oBice, Front's block l>oulett Bt. i:ast. t UCAS d: WBIHHT, BarriKturs, .So'ioitors, Conveyancers, etc., Owen riunud. Out. - - Morkdalo, Unt. W. H. WiiiciHT. I. B. Lucas. N. B.â€" I''lcjh.^rton ofSce, Uitchell's Bank •very Wcdnestiay. TUCJiKB A PATTKKHON. Barristeis. i^olicitorR. etc. Uolsou'e Bauk, Owen Sound. " Barry O. Tucker Ooo. W. Patterson ^Ucrtical. nKHUTTOM MDOM, UPPAS Ont, PrieeviUe Offlce next door to Brown's etore; residence oceduor west './I .Muthodiat church, Kinross st. Offloo dajs, TuoKdays and Saturdays. na CARTKB M C F A S Ont., Fbysician, Surgeon, etc Fleshortou oaiooâ€" Strains bock. Besidenoeâ€" Mun&Uaw's Hotel JOHN A SCOTT M B Vombor Cclleso Physio.* Surgeons.OntsrIo Qradnato in Medicino of Torop o Uutvor!)ity Vellowsbip Diploma, Post Gia<luate Medical School and Hos|titaI, C'hica(;o. Diseases of evo, ear, uo.so and throat spi>cially treated, Besl- douce, Mnxwel, visits Fcversham Thursdays 1 i J P OTTBWELL Votortnory Burgeon. Oiaduate of Ontario Vetcr.'uary College. lioeUlencaâ€" Next door south ot Moore's pluniutf factory. D« MAKYM. BBANDKR MDCM, MCPA 8, Out., Prlcoville. Office and rofti.lence at Methodist paisonago Calls uitht or dsy prouiptlv >ttonUed. pr.ICEVILLK AND DUBH.VM STAGE. Duvliani stsfi.i leaves Flesberton Station nt 7.19 a.m., returns 4.1.5 pin. Pricovillo state leaves the same place at lli.30, retU! uiu|2 at 4 ^'i. Fare to Prioeville and return, SO cents: Durham, •1.90 for return, 73a. single fare. I.lverv in con- nection. Orders may bo left at either hoUtl. A. UoCAULEY, Pfop 5outh Qrey Teachers Tim iiiretfei.th anniiHl nieetiiia of the SiiUt'i nroy Teaclii r^i' .\s8<ici;itt<ni met in the M<.dei Si-li 'i>l, Diirliiini, on Thursday aiiJ Kriilwy «f i.i-i week. Notwtil.staml in4 lliK Fact ihiic tlii^ oniveiitioii is said to I'D UHiiiilly Hcc<>in|uiiiit.(l by a dnwn puur 'if lain, the Hi'aiiitfr uu this occaaiuii WHS exce« dinjjly tii p. At tun o'cliKk the principal officers w«ri!<)ii ttauii ai d r.ha preaideut, Mr. J A Graliaiu i>i>eiifil the m«etink! by read- ing a Kciijituial .seUc ion, after which Mr. W. .I.'Shiirji led .n payer. Tilt uiiii-.uts wtre .idojted, the electric liiiMon toiiclieil, mill all the inachiiiary >el ill iii'i ion. P.e.siJeiit Graham g;ive Ilia ii]»-iiiii)r ad.lIcâ- ^8, which wiui full uf tood .tiJvict f>'r the K'l'd-'i'ce of teachers ill the di-i linage "f thuir Juiies. Uc l-nefly review.'d t!;e I'lo vth .ind develop nicnt if iliH a»-oui:iii'in and cngmtulated t'le leti hers on i.'* siiadily pronresaive fimPieter. He .•vivioid teacliers ti» re- nieinlier thac uiian.;Brs canio tu the.se aasociariuns to lake their nieasure<i. Ue reurctted tluit teachers are not respected and appreciated as thoy should be. They were tbeinsulves partly to Mnuie. We mils', respect ouraelvoH if we wish to c>>uiiuaiid the respi-ct of utheiH lie bi lieves the teaclier'n calling to be the graiidi st in tbo world, being as they are the character moulders of our country, its destuy lies largely in the bands of the teacher. There should be more aympathy and a iireaier decree of professional h<'nor ainon){ teachers. Mr. Graham denounces the under bIdduiiE system practiced by so many teachers. ''Honor our profession" should be the teachers' motto. Mr. McC'annel r^ad a paper on " How teacht-rit' may be beiietited by the In- gprutor's vL^it," which brought out con- siderable valuable discussion. Te'whers' should keep "ditticultios" in a note bunk aud make use of the Inspedor on his school visits, liispecrots should treat teachers courteously and any criticism sbtiuld be made in private. .Judicious work nil the pure uf the Inspector has a tendency to prevent the teacher from runiihiu into 'ruts," doing what may be regarded jiB merely superlicial woi:k. He should see that all work is d >iie thoroufth- ly. The teacher m.iy ho beiiolited by buviiiK the Ins(>ector teach a '//jc lesson. L'se (he Inspector iiis an encycliptedia. Have hiui discuss |ioiiils that are sus- ceptible of a doTTlile interpretation, and in this way inspire cunlidence iu the uiiiids uf your pupilx. During the Inspectoi's visit the Itaiher may rusulve hiuisolf fur the time being into one uf the class, ask (|ue8tions beariui; uii the subjects, aud draw out of the Inspector all he can u;ut that may be transformed into future power. In the afiernoon, Mr. J J. Tilley introduced the subject uf " Inductive teachiiii;," shuwing that nittnrally we proctcd from the particular to the general. Objoctivo prcm nUitUm brings the senses into contact* with the <vality. By the use of words we call up in our minds a picture formerly piosciittd, hence it^-itn'wtiUitiini. We a'so gum knowledge ihiongh the power of rc:i8oi», as the result of observation. H'oidn con- vey no ihouaht ; they call up thought, if the ohject lepreseiiti'd by the woid is already familiar. The nii-aning of the word should be known in the connection ill which it Ls u.sed. At tha close uf Mr. Tilley 's talk he uave an exhibition uf Ins nieihod of teitcbiin; the IiiHeclioii of the atljeciivo, to a class of eight children in the junior third form. Nothiim should le told that thu child cau tind out for himself. By the use of simp e examples tlie idea uf ilic compara'ive and super Istive degrees wa.s elicited for the chil- dren. Words shiiuki bo taken that are inflected similarly, and after a number <'f exami'li's have been expanded, an e.frim- iiiiiiion of the chmiyin in these words should be made by the children, and their di'icovories reyorted, and a generaliuktioii will result. The mode of procedure was showu to be as f'll- hiws : (1) particulars, (2) examiimtion, (3) comparison. (4) a'^straction, ^5) con elusion. It would be impossible to giro in Words a proper representation of this lesson. It «hou!U t>e seen to be appre- ciated, and had the ctnivention been closed attliis point the sections of tCiicheis who woiopio.ient will soon bo doubly repaid for the losi(?) of the two days .iiK'nt at the «3.sociation. What a grmid priviltso it is for teachers to be able thus to come in contAct with the minds of others, haya their wilsshapencd and their ideas broad- ened. Nevertheless wo feel sorry tu le port I hat Mr Tilly was more than unco obliged Jto stop woik until some of the thougbtloas ones gave over their conver- sation. "Thorolafiou of trustees to teachers" was iiff.xt iiitiialuced by Mr. Chas. Mof- fat, ex warden. From this sentluman's accent one would be alniost led to think him a ScotrhinMi It may be, however, th-it ho only attended a St. Andrews diuner. The nationality make* uo dif- ference. ''A man's a man for a' that." Mr. Moffat shows rare versatility of wit, and cumoined with that wit ha is the Dussessor of wisdom and common sense. He believes that in a country where nine- tenths of the people are engaged in aijricultuml putvuils. that the intorest of the agriculturist should be considered ; that boys and giris should have a busi- iiesk education, they should not be taught by rote. The why as well as the hinv should be taught. iShould be tau&ibt to read, .tprak -and vcrile 'the English laiiguaije with propriety." Aa effort should be ma<le tu discountenance the use of slang. KiiL for example is a uood word if you are spaakini; of young ijoats. It should never be Used to denote chil- dren either in scIiih)1, out of school or in the newspapers. It is the du:y of the tru.stees, not only tu pay the teacher, but to pay hiiu well. Thu so-called cheap teacher is often the dear te.tcher. X pcjor teacher is ileur at any price. The teacher whose services can be hud for two hundred dollars may not be as cheap as the teacher to whom yi>u pay four or five hundred dollars Teachers sh.mld be eni's^ed under a by law and not be removable to suit the whims of the truste-s. It is the duly of ratepayers and trustees to visit the schools. I'aients who speak ill of the teacher in the presence of their chil- dren drstmy i lie teachers iiidueiice. ai.d deprive the children uf an educatiuu that properly belongs to them. Mr. William Young, a trusty, was called upon ana endorsed the remarks made by .Mr. Moflfit. In his opini.m teachers were not paid as ihey should be. They should be heart ly supported by the trustees and ratepuyvrs. Mr. Firth, a>iother trustee, endorsed the rem irks of the previous speakers. Mr Ri'chie congiaiulated himself on having the president of South Grey Teachers' A.^sociatiuii as the teacher of their school. Mr. Richardson, of Flcsherton, who entered the room during the discussion, was next culled upon, and in his characteristically, happy style ex- preifsed his pleasure in ii:eetiui> with the teachers of South (Jrey. He claims that no position ii> life is freighted with so ii.uch good as tiie position occupied by the teacher. Teachers leave upon the cbililren the impress uf their real luward uhanurler. Mr. Richardson's address was listened to with interest, and most highly ap- preciated. Mr. Charles Mo.Vrthnr, merchant, made a no ti little speech in reference to his expeiieiice as a teacher. He kiiuvs buih sides and is in full syin(.athy with the teacher. Mr. Cbaa. Ruinnge, of thu " Grey Review", expressed his pleasure in the practical chaincrer of the addresses made by McKsr.-t. Miifat, Richardsou and others wb'i havi'spiiken. Mr, McKiiinel next spoke briefly. Mr. Jansen, Preshyleriaii cleritymnn, expret-scd his | leu.su ru in beiiii; present. Ho denounced freipieiit cliniiL'Cs of teachers ((Uoting the proverb "changes are delightful, but fools aro fond of them." The siiccesslul teachers should be reiained, sh<mld be well paiil, should not be lenuired to saerilice their lives fur the good o| humaiii'y without pay. Your reporter has :ittended many con- ventions, and never before li;vs be heard the (luestioii of the teacher's salary so fully discussed tis at this convention and every reference came from Trusted and r.itepayers, and »iraii;,'e as it inay'iippear, not a smele teacher entered a protest auaiiisl the opin on thiit tuachuis .should be well paid. It may he thai t;ey have all learned to obey their trustees with fear and Ireniblinu. Tlianlis of th»' Association were tender- ed ta the speakers, coupled with the hope thit they would carry out the principles so ably .idvooated. -A le-'olio'ioii was next adopted to furnish tlio Eductioii.il .luuriinl to mem- bers of the Association at 60c and the Teachers' Institute and Canada Educa- tional Monthly at 3oc each, the lialaiice to be paid out of the funds of tbv auooiaiion. The eveiiiiisf meet in? in the Town Hall was a decided suiwes.s. Mi.ss Annie Richaidson, teacher of elocution in the Toronto Conservatory of Music, gave a nniiiberof well chosen recitals which we judge from the h'jarty n|iplnuso deli,'hted livery one. Her reiulering of "The Uevenao " was excellent, and shows Miss Richanls^n equal to the task of under, taking the heaviv'st sort of elocutionary work. Her "child imilauon "' wna per- fect. In fact Miss Richardson will short ly rise to the lir&t tank nn an elocutionist, if she is not there already. Her graceful .ippcnrance, he" faulllc s t'cstuic, and her fnll clear voico. combined with good taste ill the choice of her selections could not fail to please anil to C"n)mnnd the respect of her audience. Mr. J. J. Tilley .addressed the meeting for half nn hour on the training of chil- dren, bringing out many pniats that, if fuUuwad, Will b« productive •{ great TO BE FOUND JLt tine premises la.tely ^va>- cated by R. Pedla.x*, l>ut NOT TO BE FOUND lATantin^ in supplying a. fix*st class aicticle in clotln and wrox>knnanslxip. uri/ us and Oee , . . n >ri/ C. J. LEIICH, Merchant Tailor good in the schoul as well as in the home. Even those who bate speeches were pl^ased with the pleasant uiuniier in which .Mr. Tilley addressed them. The n\e« club and oichcstra too did siimo excellent work in the enteruinment while I he band discourse'! some of their sweetest strains during the assembling uf the audience. Wt must not forget to notice pnrticular- '. ly the Song sung by little •Jessie I^iid- law, who sang. -IS an encore, in excellent manner " Dud'ly wouldn't buy me a b w- vow." Mr. Campbel' occupied the chair iu I his usual easy and felicitous style. { The meeting was closed shortly after I ten o'clock by siii;:ing the N.ktioiial ; Anthem, .Mr. Parker leading on the , piano. I On Friday morning Mr. Allan gave tnaiiT uood hints mi " tjrainmaiiciil In 1 Hection," illustrating briedy his methud ' of teaching the subject. Would make free u.se of the blackboaid. Wiile ' .Sentences containing uuuni, ; have setileiicus chaiigt d by pupils so ihut the I iiomi may express a clisnge of uieanin-;. [ Deal Kimilarly with oilier p irts of speech. ; Be spariii'i about lelliiii;. Tell only what I cannot be discovered, by the child. I Miss Annie RiuhardHoii was next intro- duced to the Convention and gave an , interesting talk on Readingâ€" sliowii.g r first the ditfurencc in meuning as used by I the educittur and the elociniimist. A plea was made for voice culture and several exercises in vucil L'ymii;i.«tics, and i physical movements were illustiated â€" ' mon-jtury in reading is la-gely ilue to { iiiBexibility of voice. Exercises for the ; purpose oi lucreasiiig ticxibiliiy and ' distiucuiess uf articulation were itiveii. BreathiiiK should be fnll, and silent. Exercises in l>ieathlii>; should ho taken so as to extend the cspaci'y uf the Iuiilis by extending the inter cestui muscles and diaphra'.;in. Every one seemed pleased with the address. By reijuest Mi.ss II. nave an excellent reiidetiii!j"Tlie Raven." "First class, Couldn't be better," was the opinion expressed by a man wh > knows. Ttuly good reading expresses ' thj thought and feeling of the author. Tlie hearty I hanks of the association were ', tuiidorod to Miss Richardiun. { Mr. ,1. J. Tilley introduced his method I of teaching Reading from the stand oi ; education. Ho tirst paid a v.;ry high I compliment to Miss Richard.son, endors ing her remarks. Ho piefers t.. bei;iii tu read wi'.h iivfL as .i wliule. The letter or the sound o! the letter convoys no J uieanin,'. Pictures or objects do n-.t as- e«i ill the recognition of W'TiIs. First recognize the words; aft:.rwards produce the object it stands f<>r. Do not name the wold ; the pupils will know that, as soon as he sees the object. Use picture card.i and objects freely with the junior clashes. Here Mr. Tilley gave a few simple devices for exciting the pupil's curiosity and arousim; interest, e. g. con- cealing pictures, nmde's, etc. ; coucealii'i; t>ictures behind screen on blackboard; using small uictnre card*, vavying their position!', and having cliildien tell or write what thoy do or see done, Thu exercises should be varied. After a short recess a sni.ill class was introduced and Mr. Tilley gave a most imeresting lesson ill teaching reading as tt^Q .'expitssion of tliouxht. Uo used the Sentences, " Do you go to school to diiy i " Mary always leurns her lessons well," and by judicious questioiiiiiK he had the pupils read so as to emplmsize the words nojes.sary tiishow the ici'io, ir/icn, ir.'ii rt,/ioio and vlmt oi tlie expre.-,8;on. l<'uriln.r exercises i:i sight reading were taken from ihe reader. At thecl.ise of his work Mr. Tilley in.vdo a short a IdrejR expressive of his~ piensure 111 being .igain with the teachers of this IiifpectorHto. It was wiih""iio small de greeofregict that the teachers Icnrned that Mr. 'filhy would iii al) proliiASlitj-, FIELD AND' Garden 5EEDS -^^^.^ in large quantities at W.E.Richardson's nevxr be with them auaiii in the c:ip,\city of Director of Institutes. The teachurs Lireat responsibility wits mapbically described in few words, and Mr. Tilley lift the room csriyiiii> with him the very kindest feelings of all pre-uiit. Mr. Rowe, the active and energetic principal of Markd.ile Public School, iwxt read a rai-y and intere.stiim essay on the newspaper in school.s. Every citizen reads the newspapers and owns the paper he reads. It is doubtful if neW9- piper ii:eii auree with him here. News- pa;ier reading will nnke pupi's m -re thoughtful,' and -videu their ideas; will assist pupils in the U'lilersiamliiig of pailaiiKiiiary terms suoli tm Cihinot, Ministry, Piemier, etc. It would be well to use the newspaper in seliouls ; it might be souietiiiicH used with g lud ellucl tor rcad!ii'.X exercises. Several ifooil points were brought out in the discussion of the piper by Mes.srM. (iloiidinning, Camp- bell, Ram isie and Millt. Mr. Ge. rae Cushiiie read an c.saay on "Geography, When, What and How to teach 11 " winch bruu^ilil out the follow- ioi! points ; (1) Tcuch facts in proper order. (2) The occupations of the people and the inierdependo.ice of climate, soil, etc. on the occupations, (3) The productions, (-t) The maps and caidiiial points beginniin; at home. Use of Compass, etc. (5) Chief to«iis and villages ef the county, its physical features, etc (6^ The ch u-actcr of the people of different C'Untries (7) Ma- thematical Geography by the use of appliances. (8) The plants and animals. (0) The necessity for imaginery lines on the map. The paper showed evideuce of careful preparation, .Mi'S ^'orli, of .Maklale, loid an essay op " The renchfrs per.sonality " auipbABi7.ing its iiuportnnoe. 'ftachors need in^ntsil, moral and .spiritind endowuienls. Obitdroii are good critics hence the t'<aciler should be careful â€" should be partioMlar, i.ii ) neat iu his dross, his speech, his iii:'.uncc of milking, and slnndihg; should avoid a loan(/- ing, awkwaid attitude before his cl.iss. .Miss F.rd was requested ti> allow the p.iper to bo publishsd in the Lduc.itioual .Journal au I the luoiil papers, Mr. D. I'lt-toher read a short essay. on '• Oisoipline" showing its nooessily >iud i,ai- porlaucu as a factur iu tJhoj' work. Discipline sccuro.s order, attentl'>a Sul diliKonce. Pupils m ,st be employe i. Idle, ness h'sds the pupils to seek other cbinnuls for the exercise ol their activities; at'ontion is hI ays nee. ssary to vigorons progn^ss ill school work, D.soipliu" insiirt^s diligiufli,-^ coutiaiied applijallcn and obo li n^e. "• Ml. Campbell lu ooutiuiiiug tlii dt.Si::i'j- siuu empbasixed the iinportaiico nf discipUiio. 'I'eachers shunUl insist upon ub<!li5>iici »t any cost. The ohild should \)j t.-i i.^ht tli ' VinU nxttd on last jMge. %hi>

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