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with small trees and dirt. You will also find very poor ind;-ment used in the placing of drains and culverts, lolloput in improperly and others in where not needed. You will also not- fes in several districts that, last spring, roadmasters started in to do good work, but saw the ti-me they were going to lose" and what they‘ were up against to make good roads and they left off leaving these dis-‘ tricts in a very poor state. Others hung to it and made a good road, which they are satisfied can be made if proper means are provided.

In my next article Duty of Road-

masters I will endeavor to show why the roads were left in the state they are in. Also explain the diderence be-_ tween the various road masters.

(To be continued.) t

bu ng sn tsrlng, sn! ing to an their nerve

smoke one siren e

trust with some of my Cigarettes are even mon than cigars, and their ull boys ig,iit_th;le_es than

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made mor;

than Bra' the P11911! ,indeitles

| . 8 ences, and;-their habits of ind

knowledge and 'ln whatever also

ters into true education.

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. n motto for the artist noni- it is

e§t_i_°S0:_Tchmi;ede'x:;;Z` th t d the laborer as well. With'that p

° "05 B B" -sibility before him the meanest to

more to “'°“l°’“ th” ‘““°ip““° 0' “fthe verfeet giant of energy will gr

T E 4 impossible promises. Nothing tends;,,r may grow beéutuul; without

H young teacher than this. Childrcnl ' '

nowadays know, only too well the xxgxisrnsollvfrpfsdezzibsgg' -Tssogo

IND umm] of your Wwe" provides 'any avenue of eriression

6.-Don‘t shun fair criticism. The the spirit any exit for the has

teacher who has infallible knowledge:stn,ggu,i-8" ambitious human he

. ._ , _, , gn every subJtct in the curriculum imout of its prison house of silence

et to be born. Mere fault-ilndingwe' now is purposeless; hut when Your _uf t_he sunshine ?(»(2uD_wsmp`

O<iI1¢l'ib\lil0Y1S f0l` this d0lJHl'UUi'“¢ errors are pointed out quietly and un- ’ -

should"be addressed to

Gusrdiaifs School and liome e

great length in different colored inks, but it should briefly indicate your

plan of campaign. Everyone knows what an agricul-

2.-Be enthusiastic by all means, tural genius Luther Burbank is, and

but do not allow__ your enthusiasm what _wonderful things he has done such scope that you do all the work,with plants, flowers and fruits. The and the children none. To sit per-'other day someone put the qucstion_ fectly still and watch teacher is not to him, "Do you think that whiskey natural for the little ones. You will and tobacco impair the faculty for find that they are quite ready to dofwork?" His answer was decidedly their 'ehare'»of'the work, if you will\convincing,_as follows: let them. “' Results will show that] "If I answered your question simp- whillt,.you.;Ii_a_v0 been doing less the_ly by saying thnt I never use tobac- chLldre|.\’s~work has more than made co in any form, and very rarely, up for your deficiency. leither coffee or ten, you might say

3.-Hssten slowly. In these days of-that was a personal preference and overcrowded timetables and re.pid:Droved nothing, But I can prove to`

. done will mean promotion at

end of the term and finally e.

prepared for life and its duties?

a purpose in view, then school will mean something to them.

promotions there is, unfortunately, a you most conclusively that the mildl U if tendency to make s. vain and inglo- use of stimulants is_ incompatible] SCHOOL VACATIONS'

rious 'attempt _to cover the wholeywith work requiring accurate atten-l _-' e

syllabus in the limited time. Recog-‘tion or definite concentration. To as- (By J. D. Seaman.)

nlse from the outset that this is ansist me in my work of budding- _ impossibility and what you do work that is as accurate and exact- "OW “th Pleasure “mt H 50178

teach teach 'thorou bl _ A fine build-'ing as watchmaking-I have a force" ment oi The Guardian is to be

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ing was never raised on a weak foun- of some twenty men. I dischsrgewvotcd to the discussion, of questi (lation, v men from the force at the first sign_pertaining to the School and H0

4.-Take care of your voice. It, is of incompetency. Some time ago myll trust that many teachers and o

your only stock in trade and it mustiforcman asked me if I took the pains ers will avail themselves of the

serve till you are 65. The continual to inquire of the personal habits of-.portunity that will thus be aflor "shoutgrf defeats his own ends; forlimy men, On being answered _i_n-th_e_tl1em to discuss those questi when he has 2Dnd`rcason to do so he negative, he surprised mc byliiayiiil' which the School and Home adec

can shout no louder. Whereas, when that the men I found unable to do! The selections .that have alre

the ordinary teacher does find it the delicate work of budding inva ,appeared in this department

necessary to speak more strongly, he risbly turned out to be smokers and very suggestive and will be of prn

immediately compels the extra nt- drinkers. These men, while able £1- col assistance in the school-ro

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bl _..._ ”‘-‘S lr lusulms snooril,

towns.- __§ss'ldes they are 1_ess lis to be distracted by dlsturbln in

and self-reliance are great helps their advancement, both ln acquit

“The heart in the work" is not

The demand for growing teacher

_ nstentatlously, fcllowed b lf dl

President Teiichcru' A5SOCiuU0l\ suggestions bascd)on grcatel exlpxcrilv gxiorixégghell-lslimmdldzistgllirte 3:23 gh c . h ld t th d '

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H1N'rs 'ron vousc TEACHERS Self-Ev Ornlsrtr Ilexotrfiioeilgs 0' 1°" i” v“°’“°”' “M ‘“’°“ “H

1 icautiiul theories unattainable in tlie~E§hBg?r;l:§.l|;ly glrgeaxd gn Sad; 2: class-room, and but a few days' ex-lthese town; teachers Te 0 k

1.-Have a definite scheme of work|perience will compel you to admitlme H5111 igteresun ta th mal

in every subject. It need not bc els-.that the model child pictured there-land to oghers Thx 0 em; borat it need not be written at in must belong to another planet. but not grovhng of; ar?rhg;° th

A PARAGRAPH FOR Boys. steadily refuse to do.

Most of our teachers have n been at work for at least sever weeks. Are your pupils alert, am tions and studious? or are they Al gish, with no aim or purpose? I-la you succeeded in making them re ize that the work of each day w

uniphnnt going out of school, w

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Speakers and singers are especially

annoyed by throat irritation and cough- ing, often to such an extent as to spoil the effectiveness of their appearance in public. » 1 More particularly in the country,

. where longdrives in stormy

weather and the sudden change of temperature on en-

warm, study buildings on dry throat, irritation _ coughing. `

of Dr. Chase's Syrup

and Turpentme greatest relief

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relief which enables you the free use of the voice in comfort, but also prevent the development of a cold or serious lung trouble.

lt is on the recommendation of this

medicine from one person to another, during a long period of years, that it has attained l\lCh wonderful popularity, and has such_ enormouesales.

Its reputation is so great as

to lead to many imltations be-_ ing put_on the market, some even usingthe name Linseed and Turpentine. But imita-

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the throat and air theportrait and signature of A. W,

the mucous Chase, M-.D., the famous Receipt Book

against further author, on-the bottle' you buy. 25c¢n¢;;

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‘ CLEAR WRITING .

cussed f,n this department needed t

of the Province, as also questions of administration. *-

in a short series of articles, to sug- t zest some changes that might be D

ncle I shall deal .wich the question i

what vacation will be observed in

meeting. As a result in a portion of b the districts the antiquated Spring and Fall vacation is observed, and in others the Midsummer. A'-This double _ system of vacation, makes the duties of the Bchocl Ir_;;-ccL.r much more onerous than they otherwise would 1 be. During the months of July and August he is obliged 'to pass through those districts that have Midsummer examination to teach and inspect _ those that have the Spring and Fall ` vacation. Again in May and Octo- » ber, the _same has to be done to _ reach those having Midsummer vaca- tion. This~ system of .vacations in- _ creases the amount ol_'trav_el1lng for the inspector by at least _one-fourth 1 if not more, to accomplish his work. ‘ Besides it does not give him any va- cation period for himself, _and surely 1 he as well as the teacher is entitled to a holiday. ~ _ f

Ii' instead of this there should be 3

uniform vacation periods throughout the rural schools of the province as ` follows, vlz., six weeks commencing with the Monday following the last Friday in June-two weeks; anytime

only _oi

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study of which ers ol the mind cal bieets.

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There should s1so,.1 think, be au- f,;';‘,,;';'°"‘.§’

hat there are

amendments to the Education Law k

ln this country. I have

o.the figures but even if nlv 5,000, nobody could hese boys were all likely to rofessional golfers. They

made to the school law. In this ar- ill! N18 ii°l'6li°tB 0! the

hey are taken

of vacations. T

At present the determination of don number ov

Mr; Bedgwick also

the district is left with the annual ture Dalaces and the

oys

With your permission I should like, 0

A day After

poisonous

relieve

~body-w_e_a,l-:ness ' with

body-strength by its con-

nourishing properties.

Physicians' everywhere prescribe

SCOTPS EMULSION for rlleumahsm. ' 5”" & Orrruuo ‘ 1|-gg

is supposed

educated, a junior clerk because

or $8.25 a week, went out to

and sent a very well-written

ter home, but it contained this

"We do not have to dress here °"°~ b“t t° b same way as the cowboys in the Bcalped by

" - - - seen it in

d_ also _~in' Canning Town be so,"

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in October that the trustees of the district should determine, a Christ- mas holiday, from the Friday before Christmas' until the Monday after New Years, and on Easter holiday from the Thursday before Easter Sunday to the Monday week after Easter, Sunday.

The advantages fronp such a sys-

tem would be that the system would he uniform, one teacher would not be teaching more time than another, and the Inspectors' work would be simplified- There, W°!1.19..B9.i3 be °9\,19°1 in the hottest time of the suminer, and in the busypotato-picking sea- son the schools would be .closed, thus accommodating those -persons who desire to have-the pupils to pick potatoes. By having the Christmas and Easter holidays short breaks are made in what _would otherwise be an exceedingly long school term without a break. The pupils would be bene- fitted by having these two short

Dominion, and in'the United States, these two short holiday periods are‘ observed. _

I would suggest that both teachers

and ratepayers of the school dis- tricts, discuss these proposed changes in the press. and with the represen- tntlves of their districts, so that the mind of the people may'be known by the authorities when they come to deal with the question. ' ‘