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We admire growing fields of grain and are prompted to do so in the hops of securing our daily bread for anothâ€" er year. We are delightod with the knowledge of the fact of the grewth of our beloved country, but nothing can equal the joy of knowing that the little ones of â€"ourâ€"countryâ€"are ~to be CONDUCTOR® JENKINS Wherein lies the pleasure? Is it in the fact of visiting Toronto? Does it lie in the fact of meeting one anothâ€" er? Neither of these will solve. the question fully, but, when _ you add thereto the grander and more ennobâ€" ling motive which impels them, and one which originates from a diferent source, namely, this : they are folâ€" lowing the Voice which ‘speaks to them these words ‘"Never owe anyâ€" one anything. except. brotherly dove; for those who love their fellow men Wave satisfied _ the law," you may rest contented with the solution. UGeorge .»\nson-‘.-\yl(-swm‘lh is reporâ€" ted on page 412 of 1899 report of the procecdings of this Association as having said : «"Love â€" for the little ones is the mightiest motive actuatâ€" ing mankind. Solely for their sake the troublesome burden of. the school is botne." _ The â€" statement comin« from such eminent authority we ac cept as correct. r Interested in Education. Gentlmen :â€" In looking over the records of the trustee department of this associaâ€" tion, I find some â€" things which are worthy: of being referred to by me. There are not many institutions that are able to produce a greatergrecord of continuous attendance of its memâ€" bers and, when you come to consider that the time of these gentlemen is well taken up in‘ the pursuit of their own dutics, that the various instituâ€" tions which they represert are. bearâ€" ing only a small portion of the _ exâ€" pense, and that some of them might worthily rest on the laurels _ which have been won, it is difficult to give reason why they attend so faithfully.. Different â€" reasons. have suggested themselves, and among others _ was the pleasure they derived therefrom, for unless it afforded â€" them . pleasure they would scarcely sacrifice the time and money it cost. andâ€"clicited favorable comment in the â€"sidered :â€"Union of S discussion which followed. President riculture in the Pu Werner said :â€" and 5th Forms of â€" Cn#? of the most important convenâ€" tions was that of the Ontario Trusâ€" tees‘ Association, of which Mr. Werâ€" ner of Elmira, a valued member ©° the Berlin Collegiate Board, was the president. His annual address . was one of the _featuresâ€"ofâ€"theâ€"program, ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT WERNER TO TRUSTEES‘ ASSOCIATION. ‘ act week saw the annual gatherâ€" ings of the various Educational Asâ€" sociations of all departments at Toâ€" ronto, the sessions of which were of exceptional interest on this occasion owing to the introduction of the new Public Schools Act by the Governâ€" ment, which was freely discussed. His cash box, which he‘carried at the time, was jammed half way through the side of the big coach anâ€"d Jenkins, besides terribly severe _ inâ€" ternal injuries, was badly cut and scratched about the face and shouldâ€" ers. stepped off the front end and _ was jammed against the door post, whic: was but a foot or so from the. sid> of the car. He was crushed between the post and the side of the car. Conductor Benjamin Jenkins, one of the most popular and faithful em ployes of the P. & B. and G. P. & H. St. Ry. Co., met with a terribl» accidebt at the car barns at Preston Thursday evening and passed . away at the Galt Hospital at 3 o‘clock on Friday afternoon. A Preston despatch says :â€" As Conductor Ben Jenkins was t1‘â€" ing hig car, No. 20, into the barns Popular Employee of the Preston and Berlin _ St. Ry. Co., Meets With a Fatal Accident at the Car Barns. 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Ne Whvdinarind ditand Arndrnicisinervndivinatsindibeicctedier Inward cleansing is a* necessary as outward bathing. To keep the bowels free and regular is of even greater importance than to keep the skinâ€"pores | from hccnming clogged. The neglect of cither inâ€" vites disease. Everyone needs a natural laxative occasionally, to free the bowels of accumulated impurities For this purpose take A Natural Laxative BEECHAM‘S PILLS CRUSHED TO DEATH. These facts clearly show the im-l portance of an annual meeting where! questions beating upon the vital quesâ€" tions pertaining to our school systemt may be discussed by the representatâ€" ives of the peopk. Are Educational Satequards. Rev, Alex. Jackson, M.A., PB.â€"D., in his address as reported in our proâ€" ceedings for 1896; page 465, is reâ€"| ported having said, "The Government and the Educational Department rcp-l resent the people in adminisirring' educational interests, subject to conâ€" stitutional safegtards, and when Hu-yl Crase to represent the people or ap~, Lear to, the appeal is always â€"to the} latter, Even as Boards of Trus.ces! A consolidated rural school is in operation in Wellington County. 25 mahual training centres have been established. _ The standing of the teaching profession has been raised, and this department has given counâ€" sel whenever requested to do so :o those who are engaged in framing the curriculum of school studies. Public School Curricultm; Uniformâ€". ity of Entrance and Public School! Leaving Examinations; Free ('om'cy‘ ance of Pupils to Rural Schools; Auâ€"‘ diting Accounts; the Bible as a Text Book; the Consolidation â€" of Reral‘ Schools; Rural School Trustees; the Improvement of Rural Schools; Conâ€" tinuation Classes; the Teacher‘s Atâ€" reement; 3rd Class Certificates, etc. I cannot begin to enumerate the many, questions which have come before this department in other respects _ from time. to time, each one dealing with some important feature in the grand work. It is pleasant to think bac and review the . difficultics th&t apâ€" peared to obstruct the path of a mcoasure and know that the difficultâ€" ics have been overcome, as in â€"refeâ€" ence to <be Continuation Classces. \g read in the papers recently, "Carleâ€" ton County Wants Aid for its Sucâ€" cessful System." A deputation from Carleton County waited vpon â€" the Minister of Education and asked â€" for an increased grant for the system of continuation classes which is being carried on successfully in 18 out of 27 schools in the county. ' provided with all such necessities as Mayor Follinsbee of Strathroy was will make of them wortby citizens in heard on belhalf of the Seventh Day the future, men and women in whom| Agventists who denounced the bill as it will be safe to place the destinics| an interference with religious liberty. of this our Canada. If the measure was to be passed, he Wide Range of Subjects. thought the Adventists should be exâ€" The subjects dealt with are many| empted from its operation. and cover a wide range, and althoug ' A representative of Grimsby Park the â€" representation from the rural Company . supported that company‘s schools is the least (only 13 out of plea referred to above for exemption an attendance of 90 in 1905) I find from the bill. that the time taken up with ouesâ€" _ Mr. Staunton, of Hamilton, on beâ€" tions dealing directly with the .rural nalf of tne iron and steel indusitics, school is very considerable. Amongl declared that the bill in its prosent othersâ€"theâ€"followingâ€"haveâ€"been â€"con=" form would prevent the Sunday work in ooo rerarg n oae ce o 42 ' riculture in the Public Sdmol, lfb and 5th Forms of the School Curriâ€" culim; Public School Libraries; the hill and the brakes refused to work, the car collided another ear at the foot of the hill. Jenkins was at th: mctor and bravely stuck to his post. When within a few feet of the stangâ€" inz car. he succeeded in getting . the brakes to work, but it was too late, and when picked out of the mass of debris he was found crushed to un consciousness, but . tightly _ grasping the brake wheel and with a mangied foot pressed close against the catch. The deceased is survived by a widâ€" In his other accident Jen‘ins was on a licavily loaded car going down This is the second serious accident in which the conductor has been. He was one of the oldest employes of the G. P. & H., having been with the road since its founding. trainmen and a spccial car préepared to carry the injured man to the Galt Hospital. _ His injurics this morning were found to be worse than at first anticipated. eer o e s P PR e td : Arâ€"| which is inseparable fromâ€"theâ€" work a citizen inflamed with love of his country.‘* » Danton says after bread educamion is the first need of a people. The question may be asked what remains for us to @0° _ The doverpâ€" ment of Canada has teen» greater within the last fow years than for any similar period previously. years I have done everything 1 beâ€" lieve I ought to have done for liberâ€" ty; during the entire period of my ministry I have employed all the vizâ€" or of my character, I have brought into the council all the activity and all the zeal and all the activity of viefs. l l Ond Sm terdbatdon ic l oc i oBP tentut h Un SR lt t P l P en ofi oi in b cb tuatk l In the closing remarks of a pnpcr' in certain cases of sictness and povâ€"| Of the high duties of our calling. Qur by John Mcintyre, K.C., in 1904 and erty. department has been of great benefit | reported in â€"our â€"proceedings, page â€"After Japan had resolvel to eduâ€" in the past, and I hope and trust that | 351, he is reported saying, "Whether cate the youth of the country the folâ€"| its usefulness may grow, and w Ink he:is a belted knight regulating a paâ€" lowing mandate was â€"issued by _ the | become one of the most important if latial school ot a member of the obâ€"| Emperor : "I is intended that henee. | not the most important . department scure trio of some obscure section in forth education _ shall be so difused | 1. this great Association. § some. obscure _back township,â€"stru«eâ€"|â€"thatâ€"thereâ€"mayâ€"rotâ€"be aâ€"villiag> with | â€"â€"Theâ€"programâ€"which has beenâ€"pre ling to raise $100 or $200 a year to an ignorant family or a family with | Patedâ€"noâ€"doubt will result in P'f,’“ pay an obscure teacher, he is a disâ€" an iznorant member." It also resol. | to is and we will be inspired _ with tinct force in the community, joininz| ved to study at the feet of those who | "CW thoughts and our zeal in the his neighbors in the sotemn work of| knew; there was boundless admira-l work will be increased and we will uplifting lwmanity, kindling a light; tion for new truth and reverence for I return to our homes more anxinus hore, shedding a ray there to assist |its exponents. Their system is _ far j than ever to give the benefit derived in the ushering in of the hoped for reaching, having adopted that which , at these 'mvclings to our respective period when every valley shall be exâ€"| they considered was best for the Wcs-l communities. $ alted and every mountain: and hill; tern world. _I thank you for the honor in electâ€" be made low, and. the crooked shall| One striking feature of their system | ins me your président for this term. tbe made straight, and the rough placâ€"| is the number of their normal schools 0s plain. Can we say with Danton,|â€"in 1873â€"4 cight normal schools had o on eotgeatimtss | "I am ready to retrace for you the sprung into existence, and now . (at y i ‘ picture of n{y public life. For three| the |i‘me01 writing there are fiftyâ€" CaAvaIIt coLp wHILE HUNTING years I have done everything 1 beâ€"| two.. _ The reguiar course of srady | _ ; A BURGLAR. | lieve I ought to have done for liberâ€"| includes 22 swhjects and some of these 4C se ty; during the entire period of my ) are subâ€"divided and â€" include morals, Mr. Wm. Thos. Lanorgan, provincâ€" ministry I have employed all the vizâ€" history of education, principles of edâ€"| ial Constable at Chaplean, Ontario, or of my character, I have brought ucation, Japanese language, Chinese,; says : "I caught a severe cold while into the council all the activity and| literature, history of Japan, forcitn | hunting â€" a burglar in th _ forest all the zeal and all the activity of history, geography, mathematics conâ€" swamp. last fall. Hearing of Chamâ€" a citizen inflamed with love of his‘ sisting of arithmetic, gcometry, bookâ€"| berlain‘s Cough Remedy, I tried it, rountry.‘* » keeping and algebra; physics, chemis| and after using two small bottles 1 Danton says after bread educarion iry, botany, physiology, mim'rolngy..' was comtletely cured." This remedy s the first need of a people. writin> Chincse and Japanese running | is intended especially for coughs and The question may be asked what hand, music, gymnastics, forcign lan | colds. 1t will loosen and relieve a emains for us to do* The ckwemp-’ guage, group including reading, writâ€" ' cold in less time than any other nent of Canada has teen» greater ing, grammar and conversation; agriâ€" | treatment and is a favorite whereve vithin the last few years than for culture, political economy and manucl, its supericr excellence has become ny similar period previously. tra ning. | known. Ror sale by all druggists. _‘ J. H.â€" Burrit, B.A., in the same year in his paper on Parents . and Trustees, page 392 of the proceedâ€" ings, is reported having said : "As a trustee he stands in an immediate re lation to the parent, the pupil and the teacher. He owes it to the parâ€" ent not merely to perform the statuâ€" tory and routine duties of his office, in a perfunctory and indifficrent spirâ€" it, but to take such an active interest in the matter of the trust as will soâ€" cure it being placed in the highest state of efficiency that circumstances will permit and likewise states when therefore any man accepts the office of Trustee he should feel that he is under a sacred moral obligation _ to administer the duties of his office so as to effect the greatest benefit fo them who have placed him in so rcâ€" sponsible a position.‘" | administer the trusts for the people, gubject to Government or constituâ€" tional safeguards, and they too are ultimately subject. to the people and as the Trustees‘ Association is a repâ€" resentative body in which every tnusâ€" tee board in city, town or‘rural distâ€" rist is or may be represented, the asâ€" sociation really represents the â€"peoâ€" ple of the province who are directly interested in educational affairs. _ 1t should be realized, not . only by the members of this association, but by every trustee in the province." ‘ A deputation of Toronto tbakers askâ€" ed permission to carry on necessary work in their business on Sunday. > Mr. Cohen: of. Montreal was loard on behalf of the Jews, who asked exâ€" emption from the clause forbidding Sunday labor.. Their argumert was similar to that of the Adventists. The committee will meet again on Tuesday next to hear the followiag interests: _ transportation, manufacâ€" turing, trade and labor, public health and religious bodics. * A representative of Grimsby Park Company . supported that company‘s plea referred to above for exemption from the bill. that companies.of this class are carâ€" rying on. Mayor Follinsbee of Strathroy was heard on behalf of the Seventh Day Adventists who denounced the bill as an interference with religious liberty. If the measure was to be passed, he thought the Adventists should be exâ€" empted from its operation. 4 An application was received from the Grimsby Park Company, asking that an exemption be made in their favor from the clause of the bill forâ€" bidding the holding of Sunday gathâ€" erings to which an admission fee is charged. The Lord‘s Day Alliance, on the other hand, opposed the sugâ€" gestion. . I , * It was decided to hear the transâ€" portation interests together on Tuesâ€" day next. The Minister of Justice expressed the hope that the committee could complete its business at its next meeting. . It must be clearly underâ€" stood that the committee mean busiâ€" ness in this matter. The correspondence included plans for exemption from the bill in _ its present form for the rolling mills, the smelting industry, the transportation companies, the Seventh Day ‘Adventâ€" ists, and the Jews. Mr. â€" O‘Donoghue represented the Dominion Trades and Labor Conâ€" gress, Mr. Marvey Hall the uilvny‘ employes of Canada, and Mr. Staunâ€" tonmn represented the Dominion _ Iron and Steel ~Company, the Algoma Steel Company, and kindred interâ€" ests. be amended The first hour of the committee‘s time was occupied with the reading of a mass of letters on the subject of the proposed legislation, some opposâ€" ing the measure in toto and _ others Large Industries Represented Before the Special Commons Ottawa,: April 20.â€"The special comâ€" mittee of the House of Commons on the Government bill for the better protection of the Lord‘s Day met yesterday, the room being crowded to the doors with interests for and opposing the bill. . BIG INTEREST IN LORD‘S DAY. A Force in Communi'ty On Religious Grounds. A Mass ol Letters. respects in which it might [ . Japan has been an object lesson to the world in respectâ€"toâ€"educational i work. In a book written by Lewis, entitled" "The Educational Conquest ofâ€"the Far East," page 614, he states that in 1885 50.50 â€"por cent. of â€" the school population was undor instrucâ€" i tion; in 1900, 81 per cent. This effecâ€" ! tive school system raised the perconâ€" tage of youth under instruction from 50 to 80 per cent. in 15 years. Theirs is a compulsory law. Parents â€" are required to enforce attendance excopt in certain cases of sictness and â€" povâ€" ertv. l Has the serise of responsibility been: ‘ properly recognized by the peopleâ€" of this province? The report of the Minister of Education for the" year ; 1905, on page 11, states : . I}‘npils enrolled _ 1901 of all ages in the public schools durâ€" ; Ing the year...... .. ... ...~:......396,811 Average daily actendance... ...327,165 On page 15 under the column of atâ€" â€" lendance in rural schools the attendâ€" ! ance is given as 56.93 per cent. of toâ€" _ tal. On page 45 he gives a report of _ the attendance at the consolidated â€"school at Guelph and _ of the same schools beforeâ€"consolidation for â€" six. rsimilar mouths for the : years 1905 and 1901 ressectively. The average attendance at â€" tue consolidated school , was 89.66 perâ€"cent., whilst the attenâ€" ‘ dance in _ 1904 before consolidation | was only 66:8 per cent. and furtherâ€" more the increased _ total attendance sliows an increase of fifty por cent. , One of the Farmers‘ Institute lecturâ€" ers is said To have reported to Supâ€" crintendent, Putnam that in one schooll section on Middlesex the school has , been closed because there were so few scholars of school age in the section. \ This certainly is . a very extreme case. New Conditions. New conditions have artsen and in the eyes of the world a new _ nation has been born. ° As the evolutionary .Uroeg,sg, is going on, thore arises â€"a | greater need . for ~watchfulness and 'acti\'ity in the laying of a solid founâ€" dation so that the structure may be ; permanent in making good, lawâ€"abidâ€" j ing citizens and giving. ghem the greatest happiross in the struggle for j life, but what is education but "‘The i provision of an cnvironment and the , development of the sense of reszonsâ€" , ibility," E1i o revarcem n ingune c We ki iintsalohnss â€"1 her with two sonsâ€"her loving comrad»s and the pride of her life. Enteredaccording to A:t of th: Parliament of Canada, in the year 1905, by . C. Mack, at the Department of Agriculture * MAY IRWIN Canada‘s Favorite Comedicnne, One of the leading comediennes of the American stag': toâ€"day, is May Irwin, a daughter of Canada. In these days of lbsen plays with their dull dreary pesâ€" simism; of problem plays |f::r',mying the morbid pathology of the emotions; of society plays with their whipped cream of forced epi{n.m on the pulpy base of a thin plot; and of melodrama that puts a dime novel into the dressâ€"suit of resâ€" Ecubiflt , it is a relief to turn to something that gives us a hearty wholesome ufil’ae:n! leaves no bad flavor in the mouth, ro later regret. Laughter is one of safety valves of civilization. it is a nceded vent in an age of strenuous livâ€" ing; and a genuine apostle of laughter is May Irwin. Her power is her personality, her naturainess, her spontancit ; her bubbling contagious good spirits establishing n telcgnthic sympathy wltK her audience which creates a continuous ripple oi fun an Iau_gm.er that defics analysis. «Japan ah Object Lesson The â€"program â€"which has been â€"preâ€" patedâ€"noâ€"doubt â€"will â€" result in profit to jis and we will be inspired _ with new thoughts and our zeal in . the work will be increased and we will return to our homes more . anxious than ever to give the benefit derived at these meetings to our respective communities. light as was held by Arthur James lualtour, a noted English statcsman ; and author, who in an address deli â€" ered at St. Andrew‘s University in | 1887 is reported as having said amâ€" I ong other things in reference to th> ‘ maxim, "A little knowledge is a danâ€" gerovs thing," what is it ‘little‘ in relation to? Jf in relation to what | there is to know, then all human knowledge is littfe. If in relation to what avtuaily is known by somebody | then we must cordemn as dangerous the I nowledge which Archimedes posâ€" sessed of mechanicsâ€"or Copernicus of Astronomy; for a shilling primer and { a fow weeks‘ study will enable any | student to outstrip in mere informaâ€" | tion some of the greatest teachers of | the past, that so far from a little | knowledge being undesirable, a . little | knowlidge is all that on most â€" subâ€" | jects any of us can hope to attain and{ | that as a source not of worldly. profit I but of personal pleasure it may be of | incalculable valte to its possessor. | Strength of the Naticn. The nation‘s strength lies in the edâ€" ucation of its youth and as there are so many.different ways in which the work is carried on in the building of a nation, an opportunity shou.d be afâ€" forded them in the choice of subjects in which the greatest benefit to them would flow in the great struggle for life (all benefits are not viewed in a [ monetary light) but if the precepts in the following lines are followed : I“'l'.'le heights by great men reached | The course of study requires close application ‘for four years. They are ; secmingly not afraid of too many stbâ€" to our position a proper estimation of the high duties of our calling. Qur department has been of great benefit in the past, and I hope and trust that its usefulness may grow, and we ma become one of the most important if not the most important . department in this great ~Associatioa. 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