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THE DAILY EXAMINER, CHARLO'TTETOWN, SEPTEMBER 27,

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Perhaps you would like to} get a littte more for what you spend.

Perhaps you would like to have everyibing fresh and mice «

If you will try my store I

think you will find that your money will go farther.

And all the groceries you get will be good and fresh.

JOHN McKENNA.

QU EEN ST. GROCER

EDUCATION IN PEs ISLAND

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Growth Traced to the Present Time

EDUCATIONAL WAY

In What is Sometimes Termed the Good Old Days.

For two long centuries after its discovery, from 1479 to “LT 00, Prince Edward Ielaud lay untenanted except by the aboriginal Indians anda stray European who may have acquired their language or cultivat ed their friendship. It is, however, from the year 1715, or two years after the treaty of Utrecht, that the Island may be regarded as a settled country. The first to settle in the country were Acadians, and these sub- sisted by fishing and the cultivation of small patches ¢ of ground, Progress was | slow, for in 28 there were only sixty | families on the Island; and in 1749, or | thirty years after the settlement began, they ‘did not exceed 150 families, or about 300 souls. A Freoch officer who visited the Island in 1752 reckoned the whole pop-~ ulation to be 1354. The expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia 1p 1755 tended greatly to increase the population of the Island, as many of the fugitives settled here. On the surrender of Prince Edward Island to the British three years later the number of inhabilants was ever 6060. Shortly after this a panic seemed to have seized the inhabitants; they dreaded a ferciable expulsion like their brethern in cultivation was abandoned, and many of the people went to the mainland asa place of greater safety. When Mr. Patterson arrived in 1700 as the first Gov- ernor of P. E. Island as a separate pro- vyioce there were not more than 150 families, At the beginning of the present century the population was about 5 ,000. In Charlottetown there were only fifty tamilies,or between 256 and 360 persons.

It will be remarked that upto 1800, A. the population of the Island was very uasteady, and to a great degree was migra-

vory. Consequently very little progress was made, and education received very little attention. In August, 1767, the

firet report was published in October,1837,

and gave a graphic description of the educational condition ofthe country at that time. Iwill qvote some passages

from the report :

“Though various laws have been eoacte od t from time to time by the Legislature of this Island for the regulation of schools, and considerable sums of money have been appropriated for their encouragement, | re gret to have it to atate from recent per. sonal obs:rvations that the system of in~ struction pursued in many of the country schools throvghont the Island is extreme- ly defective, and consequently but little really useful and substantial knowledge is acquired by the children attending them. ;

“This appears to me to arise from several causes, some of these perhaps une avoidable in anew county likethis. In many of the settlements the inhabitants ‘poor, and, having to struggle with numerous difficulties in procuring the meanusof subsistence for their families, the education of their children is with them a matter of mere secondary con- sideration, And even when they do turn their attention to this important object they are not (generally speaking) serupul- ous in the selection of their teachers, satis~ fying themselves with the common idea that it is better to bave any teacher than none at all.

“The little encouragement which isin most cases held out to teachers of char- acter and qualifications—and the precarious manner in which their salaries are paid —operate most powerfully as a bar in the way of the advancement of education. Hexce it too often happens that it is only persons of shipwrecked character and blasted prospects in life, after every other resource has failed them, who take up the important office of schoolmaster, and hence always the frequent changing of the teacher; the long lapse of time that takes place after the expiration of the en~ gagement of the old, before a new one is appointed, in consequence of which the children nearly forget what they had pre- viously acquired.

‘‘The migratory character of the school, or the shifting of them from place to place, has, in my opinion, another in~ (jurious effect upon the progress of educa-~ tion. From this cause it happens that after the children have made considerable proficiency theircareer is stopped all at ouce by the removal of the school to another partof the district, where the

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population has recently become more dense, and then the former locality is completely deserted, the eettlera im-

mediately around it being unable, without the co-operation of their more distant neighbors, to secure the continuance of the school.

“Tmust also mention another practice which istoo prevalent io the country, and whichI conceive tobe exceedingly

island was divided i nto townships or lots, and granted to individuals having claims upon the British Goveroment, each township to furnish a glebe lot of 100 acres for aclergywan and a lot of 30 acres fora No schoolmaster, coming trom England, was permitted to teach without a license from the Bishop of Lon» jon; and it was assumed in bis instruc-

nected with the Church of England, were oeterodox. Some denominations were, indeed, tolerated, but, in comformity to Roman Catholics were not permitted to settle on the Island, In 1834 the Legislature pe- titioned the King to allow that body to appropriate to the support of education | the clergy reserves and the schoo! as it was impossible to dispose of ni according to the original intention. lu» following year ap act was pass«d by the Legislature authorizing the sale of me linds and appropriating the moneys arising

from the sales forthe purpose of promoi- ing general education within the Island.

In 1821 education began to receive some of the attention it deserved, and in that institution called the Nationa! Schou] w:s opened in Charlottetown. In 1829 the Legislature paseed a bill for the establishment of a classical academy in Charlottetowr, ‘o be designated the Central Academy, vesting the management in a patron and nine trustees. Two teachers were to be employed, each to receive a sslary of £150 a year, and no_ religious test was to be permitted. In Jasuary, 1836, the academy was opened, the Rev.

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the first teachers, Mr. Llovd soon retired, owing to il! health, and was succeeded by Rev. James Waddell, of Troro, Nova Scotia. In 1843 provision was made for the employment of sn additional teacher. The academy henceforth was conducted with great vigor and success and grew into a very valuable educatioal institution. The Act of Parliament of 1830 author- ized a Board of Edacation of five persons. The Board was requiredto meet every three months. Shortly after the passing of the Act the appointments were made. According ‘o the provisions of our present Schoc! Act the Board of Education con- sists of niae members, being composed of the members of the Executive Council, the Priucipal of Prince of Wales College and Norma! School, and the Chief Superin- the Province. The Provincial Teachers’ Association are endeavoring to secure direct representa- tion on the Board. Such representation would facilitate a frequent interchange of views upon matters which the teachers as a body might desireto bring under the notice of the Executive, and would bring the members of the ‘Government into more direct contact with the teaching force. Im 1837 the first official Inspector of Schools for the province was appointed in the person of Mr. John MecNeill,{ormer- ly Chief Clerk in the House of Assembly. He held the situation of Inspector for ten years, during which time he effected much improvement. In 1837 there were 52 | schools aad 1,649 scholars. The schools received from the revenue £3,000, a sum lees;than $10,000. When Mr. McNeil! va~

injurious to the respectability of the teach- erin the eyes of the pupil, aod con- sequently hurtful to his _vsefulness—that is, receiving his board by going from houre to houee, in which case he is regarded, both by parents aad children, as little better than a common menial; and from the familiarity which must necessarily subsist between himself and the family be cannot exercise tbat authority over his pupils which is indispensably vecessary for a teacher to maintain.

‘‘At East Point, King’s County, is a schocl taught by a competent teacher, John Slattery,ino whichI met with the only Latin scholars taught in any school on the Is- laud.”

At this period! the schocls were ported by voluntary contributions, aided by partial! assessments and Legielatiye gran's- In 1833 there were74 sehools and 2176 scholars. In 1841 the schools nurobered 121 and the scnolare 4356. By the report of 1851 the number of schools bad increased to 135 with «a total enrol- meut of 5366. At this time there were three school inspectors,ose tor each county, vz. John McNeill for Queen’s County, Joho Arbuckle for Prince County, and John Rosstor King’s County. In Oct ober, 1853, Jobn M. Starke, was appointed v.suor of schools for the whole Island. was a graduate of Stowe’s Normal School, Glasgow, Scotland. In 1856 there were in Operation 268 schools, attended by 11,000 scholars. Sothe numberof both scbools and scholars had almost doubled during the six years, 1850-1856. Governor B.gnerman, in opening the session of 1852, stated that he had much pleasure in visit. ing many parts of the Island, but that he observed with regret the educational defi- ciency which etill existed. Ano act for the

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encouragement of education and to raise funds for that purpose, by imposing’ an additional assesement on land, was pas-

sed. Tnis act was called the Free Educa- tion Act and formed the basis of the pre- sent educational system of the province, which has conferred such a great blessing on the country. At the beginniug of 1839 the school visitor, Mr. John McNeill, ad- dressed a leagthy memorial to the Board of Education showing the great necessity of a Normal School for the Island. On Oc:ober Ist, 1856, a Normal School for

tue training cf candidates for the tedching profeesion wae opened st Charlottetown by

Pullets

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cated the position in 1847 there were about

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One ek, 5 5 cte ; five, $1. “Large can 21.20; six. xe »» puia Ls. Jeg? SON & CO., Boston, Mass.

| Governor Daly in presence of a large

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aseemblage. Several intere Sting addresses were delivered. Inspector Starke’ 3 rex

marks in reference to moral inatruction in schools gave rise to @ great agitation of the propriety of biblical instraction in the schools, and reculted in his early resigna-

tion of the office of Inspector of Schools.

The Bible question was brought before the Legislature during the sessions of 1857 and 1858 by numerously ~ signed petitions asking that the use of the Bible in all the Public Schools be authorized by law. The prayer of the petitioners was rejected by the Houre of Asser bly on both occasions,

During the session of 1860 severul Acts were passed relating to education. One provided for an additional teacher in the Norma! School ; another declared the ia troduction of the Bible into the Public Schools to be legally authorized, while another provided for the establisnment of Prince of Wales College. In 1879 the College was amalgamated with the Pro- vincial Normal School. Alltbe public teachers receive their education here. The curriculum includes Latin, Greek, French. English Language and Literature, Mathematics, Physicis, Chemistry,

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Agriculture and Agricultural Chemistry, Natural Histery, Ancient aud Modern History, Bookkeeping and the principles and practices of teaching. This institution has an excellent staff of teachers under the principalship of Alex. Anderson, L. L D., thorough disciplinarian and a teacb~ er of much ability. A newcollege build- ing is being erected and will be completed by New Years. Last session there were 233 students attending old P. W.C. On December 13th,1859 ,there died a man who always took a deep interest in promotirg education,the Righ: Rev. B. D. McDonald.

He estab.ished many district shools, also a convent where young ladies receive a superior education. In 1855 he opened St Dunstan’s College, now one of oar leading educational institutions, and the only one in the province which confers degrees. It is affiliated with Laval University.

In 1863 some changes were made in the Education Act, the reduction of the teach- ers’ pay from the treasury by £15 and the introduction of the Grammar. Schools. The fifteen pounds deducted from the teachers’ treasury allowance was required, by the amended Act, to be made up by each school district, and the amount had to be guaranteed by the school trustees to the teacher in a written agreemevt in order to enable him to receive his treasury allowance, sO that accordingto the new law every schooi district that would not raise at least fifteen pounds for the teacher wasio yet noaid forits schoo! from the treasury. But this arrangement proved uspopulerand Ladto be abandoned in 1867, and tne whole of the teachers salary made pavable fiom the Provincial Treasury.

Ion 1877 a new School Law was passed which dealt successfully with the delicate and diticult problem of our schoo! question, This law is now admitced by all classes and creeds to be well adapted to the wants ofamixed community like ours. The success Of the new School Law is very clearly shown by the fact that withia 'h- firet eighteen months of its cperation the attendauce of pupiis at the puolic schoois increaeed over five thourand. West Kent

Screet, Charlotietown, the Sammerside,

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A VANCOUVER LADY

Cured of Asthma After Eight Years of Almost Constant Suffering — She Says the Absolute Freedom From the Disease Seems Like a

Dream—Clarke’s Kola Compound Cures,

Mrs, J. Wise, Mt. Pleasant, Va v B.O. writes: “T have been a cuenh anita i from bronchial asthma for the past eictht years, Many times having to sit up Dearly

might. Through the advice of a friend

had been cured by Clarke’s Kola Com. pound | resolved as a last resort to try it, Dhe first bottle did mot relieve me muc -h, but before I had finished tne third bottle the attecks ceased akogether, and during the past six months of damp and cold weather have not had a single attack. Ir seems something like a dream to be free from this worst of ail diseases after se many years of suffering. 1 have since my recovery recommended this remedy 19 others suffering as 1 was, and know many others in this city whom it has cured. 1 consider it a marvelous remedy, and would urge any person suffering from this disease to try it.”

Three bottles ere guaranteed to cure. A free sample bottle of Charke’s Ki da Come pound will be sent to any person w has asthma, mentioning this paper. Address the Griffiths & Macpherson Co., sele Cana. = agents, 121 Church-street, Toreunto,

OCiarke’s Kole Compound should not be confounded with the other Kola pre} ya fa- tions on the market, as this is altogether a different preparation, designated espec ial! y for the cure of asthma, All druggisia, Price

$2.02 per bottle.

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HALIFAX, N. S. EXHIBITION,

From Ch’fown via, Pictou, Sept 22 to 28 inclusive. good to return not later than October 20d for the round trip, $5.00.

On Moaday, 25th September. good to return on the Z27th;andon Wednesday, 27:5, good to return on the 29th, for the ound trip, $2.25,

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