i l

i‘ ‘pring, and 850,000 autumn. ~ dried egg powder

i

is. u...» - sent

IMJERFS lOt/R m/

Rnonsucrihndfir v our 11S ONLY A SMALL

MSTEIASIGT BURNINE»!

5 LL I SHOVE THE l FLFiQNITURE OUTOF THE WAY

vciiiuiti; some TO TOO M TROUBLE T

llighast 0n Record

_ Production of eggs in 1945 in Canada estimated at 306 million dozen was an all time record It was 34 million dozen above 1944.

- In 1946 it is estimated the output i" ' of eggs will be about

v 17 million dozen less than in 1946.

There is not problem in connection with the marketing of eggs or poultry. Eggs available for export in 1946. ‘after allowing for a continued heavy domestic demand. due to meet rationing are estimated at88 million dozen, which will be suf- ficient to fill the contnsct with the British Ministry-bf Food. Ship

ent of fresh eggs to Britain will

e made as follows: 900.000 cases (luring this wi-nter and next

cases ncxt During 1946 exports of

200,000 ounds, the equivalent of about £00,000 dozen shell eggs. Since 1940 a total of 2W million dozen eggs have been shipped to Britain from Canada.

Concerning poultry it had been estimated that under normal con-

llkely to be any s‘

arc of the Attendance Of- ficer and of tbs Department gen- erally by neglecting to send in rc- ports promptly; only when all agencies concerned in education work in close cooperation can the welfare of our children in this re- spect assured. The l-lenlth League of Canada is again sponsoring Canada Health Week — February 3rd to 9th. Health Week is planned to call public attention throughout Can- ads to the great importance of Health. We hops that all touch- ers will glvs special attention to this very important of school work during the week set apart for this purpose. Goo health. however. is not so much a mattw of learning facts about health ls it is the building up of good health habits. Don't be sat- witlh the activities Keep up work throughout the year to the end that you and your pupils may learn health by prac- ticing habits of d health. The Maritime vinces In w- cperatlng in offering to the

Review of reports. elm. of the C. T. F. Vancouver Conference by J. A. i. Williams: (Today. we shall General Secretary's port as given to the

Annual Re- assembled

incm. We shall omit anything which is a repetition of what the president reported).

In his C

d 1n high school.

this Convention Newfoundland Educational review the soclation record its conviction that flows th fixieanctsl support daegatw firm the vmous prov. silaendard of educational opportun- ity for Can-ads. can best be solved by ln- Most of the world's supply of cof- openins mnarks Dr. creasing the per cspii-a grant paid tee comes from Brazil

rutclflicld showed how our tesch- by the Fedflffll Gbvemmenl

1'12 DIICONALAIIORIZON

1A SA TURDA

t

Y FEATURE~

mraovnusm m snucsnon

FROM TIE DIRIUIUR 0F EDUCATION

having n. readying out. Bo for. school rccclvtng set! an few in number. Do Wllr best to mun

ts one for your school evil ti. for

the present. it ls only on u loan basis. ' The pamphlets outllnlns the lxoadcnsts are themselves very useful to any teacher. May I. 1n closlns. quch I Pm- graph from an article wbnrlns in the Decesnher issue of the Manitoba School Journal. It rc- qlllres no explanation. Here it 1B1 “Why can we not persuade our pupils to express themselves in complete . they must necessarily begin with complete thoughts. Commencing the procedure in high schflol 18 be eight years too late. This train _ to think in complete thoughts and express oneself in complete sentences should bfillin on the very first day of the pupil's attends/nee at school. In many cases it does not even commence It is a tremend- ous task to break down an eight year old habit. In any event there isn't time enough to break down such s. habit to such an extent that a pupil is able to secure a fairly good mark in Composition, or otlhor subjects needing coher- ent expression, at the end of grade eleven." L. W. SHAW. Director of Education.

VANCOUVER ‘CONFERENCE

Resolution 2: Be it resolved that of the Canada.- A8-

problem of finding additaonal adequate for provision of a reasonable

all the young people of

t0

log ranks ha/ve geen greatly de- the provinces of Canada.

plated. and consequently, many substitutes usually with little or no professional training are temp-

orarily supplying.

active service are not anxious to resume teaching. Dr. Ctutchfieldi

made s sincere appeal to the deJ tllle pace. deovouring to set up a committee, swig. Dug-m, Bane‘; The leading

voting of hmbilitathig our veterans to DOsi tions worthy of the services the' have rendered to the!‘ country.

Federal Ald

our efforts towards rej

p urulus ursun- ization to develop in their re- spective provinces an organized" campaign in favor of aid to education. At our last Dominion elect/Eon, Federal aid for education was discussed on many political platforms. over the radio, and in the press across Canada. be- cause of the open letters present- ed to eves-y candidate in the Fed era-l election all the provinces

will total 11,- (except Ontarig. and Quebec) ask- has prepared a. report

ing them to slxport the idea of such aid. The o.~ T. F. for sev- ral years had had a committee orldng on tho problem. At the suggestion of Dr. Wliloughby, our Past President. s letter was written to the Rrime Minister of

C. N. E. permanent office should be set nomgc up Will-h a full-tithe permanent sec- Dairy» cattle are raised principally A noteworthy fact is that many Yei-BJPY- R is the hODB 0f the C. T. for their milk. and beef cattle for of our meanbers returning from F. uhut Ottawa will be the site 0f their meat. Leather. tallow. glue,

that office so that the permanent ‘ office of both the C. N. E. A. and

yince across Canada

Dominion . ork

The Board of Directors of the A. have decided that a.

C. T. F. will be in the same The G. N. E. A. are en-

one representative from each pro- to advise he Minister of Reconstruction on

available war equipment which would be of value to the schools in Canada Tlbe Association ‘in co-operatlon with the Canadian Public Health Association have requested flhe Canadian Life In- surance Officers’ Association for lnsncial mmstpnce in research Q in Qozmecticn with school ealth. It seems fairly evident now that such assistance will be given.

Canadian Council For Educational Research

Dr. M. E. LsZerte. chairman,

for the l trust.

i045 Convention. (This.

will be reviewed later).

Education Week

The B. C. T. F.. as requested. prepared the outline of the top-

‘mims between m m“! 5 mum“ Canada. urging upon him the nec- lcs for the observance of Educa-

poundu‘ of poultry meat. will be ~1- vallable ,f0r export during 1945. but the introduction of meat rat- ioning‘ has resulted ln such I. heavy domestic demand forpoul- try meat that exports will be af- fected. As to the outlook in 1946 there is uncertainty. Should moot; rationing continue poultry will be in high demand in Canada. If. however, meat I rationing is dis- continued, then there may be l. Iilnplus of poultry for export.

DEA’!!! FROM DIPTIERIA

OIT-AWIA, Jan. 16 - (CPO —-A fotr-yosr-cld girl died of diphthe- fla shortly after helm admitted to isolation hospital here last night, off-leis reported today. They did not glv the chi-id's name. It was the second death from diphtheria. Capital since Jan. l. At pre- there are 10 definite cases uulral fuur “suspecv cases in the ‘l: y.

(jusunfcctoalb, f ' 3, uncut. IIAMIO : ._ i

I (ma. llusl ab: 01.00

essity of having Federal aid s major topic for discussion all the Dominion-Provincial P‘

Illusions

At the 194.4 convention A. C. Mcflown of tohewsn, was ap- pointed d-lnlrmsn of the Pensions Committee, whose report was be- fore the 1946 Convention. An st- tsanpt is being made to change flhc law so tihat pensions will be ex- empt from Income Tax, at least that portion which can rightly be considered as capital investment.

Quebec Body Asks lol- Afflllcctlon With (LT. .

The Federation of the E118 - speaking Catholic Teachers of Quebec Province sent a request to our Correspon Secretary for affiliation with the C. '1‘. l‘. The matter was considered by the Conv "

Teachers‘ Advisory Committee

1043 m advisory commlttcc 1k teachers was UWlBWd W iIlcr of labour to advise

his department. As a ruult, the freeing min was cancelled on lat. ‘Ibmélhcru have

ved that this Mwuhtlw

its conviction fhct thc Canadian cxpmdl for teachers’ unlocks must l: Idutun

baso

tlully u: bu: moved

mm resolved aim m»

amount: thus mods svsllslue must dlmmum that touch

1M5

tlon Week for Nov.

[AIL-Ill

Of Teachers

The Canadian Committee, now called The Canada Floundutlon. have become extremely interested in the question of latch-provincial exchange of teachers, and. halve stated that they may b0 able assist thl

this question

obovestated activities

fairly confident that we shall within a year or two have u. con- giderablc exchange of teachers among the provinces of Canada.

School Broadcasting

Mr. C. Bruce Adams and Dr. Crutchfield as representatives of bhg c, T. F. on the Nations! Allr visory Council on School Brood- castln attended s meeting in Toronto. March. 1915., (A X99011 of this will be elven later)- we are stronsly advised by ex- perts to be careful when purchas- ing radio sets released from ‘or Services because very few of ' arc adaptable for school

warned tint t (v0.10. bmsdclst

nus had

of the returning of the men. As soon so strictlons on trcvc will be

smlhc. ‘bid

ers mic live mm their worth and

ed "lineup our c

Al IIINII r. its m was-amp, mfg

sentences? To do this 1

cm-'-.~..t.;cc; I... Tlhlsnnmrlstcbostildcdby tbcdonstitiltlon'andlouc_ . énltmtcdecldc-whcthcrme Before concluhg his" reviews. Dr. Orutclafietd mods known oer- tchirmoluttouspllsdinbyy-fl.

ousprovinccmwbldiwcnwbq o

lome of the lcudlnl sole tlfi principles of snlmsl hu a o are readily illustrated by showing their up cation to a daisy farm. s>%:"“ -.s .

6 17mm m Ive careful attention to the following particu-

us: 1. Careful selection of his bud. 2. The construction and maln-

‘Ilblllldthccontcrltsotanb regular body, inunerse the bow in a vusel full of water. and mul- uéc the quantity of water displac-

To find the volume of a cylinder, mil-Willy the area of one base by the altitude.

To find the side of an inscribed

Brosil has been called “Tlhe Land of Opportunifles." It has dc- velopcd slowly in the past for several reasons. It was not on the path of early world traffic. It has shotcl .snd1thas exces- sive rsln 1n the Amazon region. Its surface was also unfavourable 7'0 "Did development because the dense forest prevented settlement and railroad building and it had s. very narrow coastal plain.

The rest river, the Amazon, ough the Jungle nearly throughout its course. The rivers of Brazil contain many falls‘ and rflplds and are thus of little use for navigation. ‘Ilhe most import- ant commercial product is coffee.

Ilhcre were not enough Portu-

JERSEY

Csttle are divided into two e00- clames. dairy and beef.

and numerous other items are by- products of both classes. The DY-indlml dairy breeds are Jersey, Guernsey, Holsten. Ayrshire, Brown.

PIIIINTING NEWS AND VIEWS OI‘ INTEREST T0 TEACHERS AND ALI. 011-1535 QEIKING

me Secretary from time to tlm provincial educational items which are of Dominion-wide importance.

. THE DAIRY

tonum or siutsblc stables other buildings necessary to

a. rlcvulnc u» ncm sbrt of 4. my u» mm sort a feed in to pssturngc.

5. Facilities for the core and marketing of the deli-y products.

1nd tbs

GENERAL RULES IN MENSURATION

square, midtlnly the diameter by .707106. or the circumference by 35019.

To find the Islde of the largest i equilateral triangle, mul- tiply the dlametcr bv M6025.

‘lb finxl the ares of a polygon. divide into triangles and fin the sum of their anus.

BRAZIL

guese to control the country and because labour was scarce African slaves were introduced. It seems possmlc that Brazil will develop more rapidly in the futum since all South American countries border on hcr territories and since she has a long coast line, with

good lmrope than Argentina and Chile

d for European . The natural resources of Brazil include. forests of rubber flrccs and hardwoods. mineral wealth. fsnns, grazing lands and waterfalls. Rio de Janeiro is the caD-l-B-l and largest town. It stands on a beautif

ports except Sac Paulo, which stands on high land s-bovc ‘the const.—-(J.T.)

CATTLE . meat breeds are Shorthorn or Dur- hem. Hereford.

Galloway.

Jerseys give the richest milk but not the restsst quantity. They are the sma est of tzhe popular breeds. Jerseys are light to dark fawn in color. witih white markings. The bleed has been known on the ls-

By solving crossword

vocabularies. Perhaps a better way to increase cne's word hoard is

_.x n

The poem may be s as follows: Your ancestors have left you s heritage of glory; you are called upon to emulate their deeds. Thse historic memcrics will inspire you in your task. Britain looks with proud mnfl- dence to you clone as her defence. England will not be unmlndful of you when your task is dons. Explain: 1. Whose flag has braved—-the battle and the breeze! The flag is used for the might of whic h emblematic. The Brit- ish Navy has kept foes from resch- lng En land by way of the sea for more t n a thousand years. and British ships have sailed in all tlhe known seas of the world dur- that period. A thousand years. Alfred the Great is popu- larly supposed to have founded the fleet towsrw tnc close of the Ninth Century; Ls this poem was ‘ ‘ ‘ in 1800. the fleet had existed for nearly s thousand years. -

2. The spirits of your fathers ‘fihe vs cue of s noun slwuys has an apostrophe; the poaessivc case of a Personal pro- noun never has an apostrophe: his, its. hers, theirs.

(a) To form the possessive sin- gular of s noun, add 's to the nom- inative. The possessve sign is sl- ways at the end of the name. lady's, son-ln-lswfls.

ing in a

only: James‘, Burns‘.

land of Jersey since 1780.

LISTING USEFUL WORDS

Pumiesbk in ' esc-slfihmchked list. the best methods of dlstrlbutlns many people have expanded their y up g one‘ w“ ma r8 ec m word

open for intemslfng new words and then listing and using them.

YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND (Literature)

.Dhcll start from every wave. Bo many British seamen have lost their lives at sea that the poet thinks of there being a spirit of some British seuuan in every wave. .

3. Britannia needs — -- along the steep;

As long as the Britifll Navy can keep other navies from reaching the shores of Britsm, Britain does not need great forts along her shores.

4. Her march ls o'er the moun- tsln wave. Note the metaphor; like Hannibal and Napoleon. she marches across the mountains. but the mountains are the waves.

5. Native Oak. English soil fum- ‘slhes the best material for its own defence. The language is still ef- fective though the conditions are wholly chlngbid. The ironclada have taker} the place of ships of “Native

afpcngcr’, troubled night. The gloom cast over England by the threatening attitude cf Napoleon.

THE POSSESSIVE

(b) To form the possessive plural of nouns. first write the plural. Then sdd ‘s to the plurals that do not end in s and an apostrophe to the plurals that end in s.

For Joint possession only one apostrophe is needed. If the Dos- session is individual, the posses- sive sgn is added to the name of each owner. apostrophe is used (1) to denote possession. (f) to take the place of an omitted letter. and i3) to form the plural

way is always to s/dd ‘s st the end of the word .

jmmuxtity ls the power of u liv- ing body tc rmlst infection.

. science has glvcn us controll- able methods of inducing

ty without the extravagant and ' lve method of nature. We now lmmunlnc people ngslnn ilpcx, dlphtherfsp scsrlet fever tylizcld

fever. r lhcul fsnlllisr

tcuclw d be wi "the methods of immunisation and Qncouragc those who are w her _ to be pco- . diphtheria

101R. ll 1B0 of

mum-imp, mud-Am WOI-Pollhtlloccngcldcfi

mimlechlc. c to

mild carriers and v- humsn u- fIOO -

u‘. .

of letters. figures and signs.

IMMUNITY

during infancy, but they may be done at any time. Parents should not wart for the . should have their children pared to meet tbs attack of many diseases as possible.

1. Psthoqenlc micro-organisms which an Parasitic, are the causa- tive agents of communicable dis-

uses.

2. The source of a communic- able disease is nearly another case or n. cantor. A mild cue ls Just u- infection u a more savers cue lid has a chance c finding flue discus.

livery sourc should be lsollfadcuoinugodlutcly. it is

pre-

rnsroair '

r-i

'@.§=z§zasg: 7 2 %-.s- gsgifig-“gs

. What Ins the basic reason for the outbreak of tlhas American Wsr Of Ind once? American colcnlsh ob to being tamed SPELLING

of Qmnts method to spread

the five days.

1. Dictstc pro-tut and testtothcecclnssesatoncc by dictating alternate words to the classics. To do tlhls requires less than ten minutes for 20 words to elch class. '

2. Group the classes into two imlllll. my

nucleic: counpietlng it follow-

Pre-test. Mon- esdsy; Re- cdnesday; rtner Test. Thursday; Final Test, Iilrlday.

Grades d ‘l, 8: Pro-tut, W ncsday; Silent Study, Thursday; Review, Friday; Partner Test, Mon. day; Final Test. Tuesday.

The Quanta system is ba-sod upon three or four main prin- ciples: Each pupil to take rc- sponshlallity for own prowess through an honest pretest and personal study; each pupil to study

. Brfllll is nearer to his 0W1: pBM-‘ciflar difficulties with-

out wssted time studying words he already knows; good spellers to be free to engage in special work in subjects in which he needs more study thsn that given in the regu- lax tune-table. or to carry out pecial privilege work; s frequent review 0f ed words un-

0%‘

First Wek Mon. Nov. 2 P."- test; if not correct, written cor- rectly with the hard spot em ized. Tues, Nov. 3. silent study- six attacks on the word. Thurs,

ov. 5, partner testing, spelled

_ when dictated or after. F‘rl., Nov. 6. final test; lf correct. reviewed in three weeks; if wrong. seen correct on board.

Second Week: If speHed incor- rectly on final test. Mon., Nov. 9. written in personal mic-spelled word list. Tues, Nov. l0. silent study. pefihaps home study, too. Thurs, Nov l2, partner testing:

If

wrong, written correctly. Third Week: Thurs, Nov.. Dart- ner testing; correct and checked

Anslrlcs. did

was»

Divide laces. one of pie, the other, French. . 1i. Wu this scheme favoured the menu. Govcrnmmtf Yes (Continued)

“Emma Week:

oldest Quebec into In speaking peo- by

Wed" Nov. M,

elllng Page 12.

gfms: 1. To awaken in pupils I. gensltlvencll to the correct form o! written 0r printed . 2. To helpgplls to master the pell- ing of words which they are likely to use in wri

under sll ordinary circumstances. 3. To stimulate an interest in words which will make pupils to write them in whl h is in accordance

c with their derivation. history and

usage.

The course in spelling is out- lined on the course of study sheets.

The dlrectons in the Qusncc: Canadian Spellers should be care- fully followed. These s lllng books have been construct with s special method of teschlg in view and that method m be observed lf the books src to be used effectivdy.

Teachers Wlll find that. especial- ly in the higher grades, the dircc tions given are so explicit that the pupls will be sblo to do much themselves. with a mlnlmlnn of supervision. This individual work is to be encouraged.

The Quanoe Spoilers will lose much of their value lf the direc- tions are ignored and if the books are treated as if they contained only lists of words tc be learned by rote.

mere src few subjects in whlch

time

it is so easy to waste as spelling. It is the nflctice of some teachers. where the average response in s lesson has been poor, tc require the entire class to ro- peat the work. This procedure is unwise so far as the bcttar pupils are concerned. They are required to study again words that they lllfelidy kfluw- Teachers " " so direct the work in spelling that DllDUs who are in advance of the overuse slmuld be siven new or supplementary work and not be encouraged to waste their time by pretending to devote themselves to work with which they are