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ifyrlf: did not believe the task of I ,,,i,ing correct an im-

; . ble one. ..1 win: we need to look care- l at our aims and objectives

I 51;," Dr. Steel stated "and to B0

. wor i. the in ; “king, 1 do not expect for one i oment that the time will ever me when we shall be ioo per cent ccesslul with 100 per cent of the upils." the objectives and specific ‘£3? grade one Dr. Steel listed 9 followlnlt To cultivate the habit of explai- g thought and feeling in correct. l 3, and beautiful language. l .r°',,,,ai;e g, pride in the use of ... English. To help pupfla acquire the mech- m of English, 1. a. proper aging of titles, use of alumina. pjtgls and punctuation. To develop. (a) ability to “Se inplete sentences correctly; (b) . my to relate an incident correct- . and interestingly in three or iour .» memos, and to write two sen- nces correctly and in sequence. , ’I‘rain.i.ng should begin in grade I ,,_ me speaker claimed, and should . iouowea up in grade two and not 1-gotten or overlooked in ally of e succeeding B'l'3d€5- "In closing may I add that educ- ion is likely to be hard work. We ght to have outgrown the notion t we can be educated by lying ‘ ck on cliesierfields or easy chairs d letting someone else do the ,3 10;» us, There are those today 0 ton us to give up tryins $0 ach. children facts, and instead ‘in children to appreciate art. uric, good literature or soinethins r. Undoubtedly our 18 ould. and if our 9901319 W91‘?- iilthy enough they would attempt .. things. But certain skills are \ ndamental and must be done first. ‘ hen these foundations have been perly laid, all kinds of Hilllfl" iictures may be erected on them, i the foundations must be laid st," Dr. steel said in conclusion. A vote of thanks was tendered Dr. eel, moved by Mr. Russell Leard. onded by Miss Margaret Huntley.

History Lesson Demomtruti ..

An interestinz lll-SW17 13550“ re‘ iiiiou demonstration was given by of. Howard Court. In a lesson-

aa on the Quebec Act the pupils cussed questions and answers, as- ‘ rod and guided by the teacher.‘ a chief value of such a System. ‘ f. Court claimed, was first. it de- laps in the pupils the power of ression. second, it clears hi! my points which are often ob- ie to the pupils. Third, it has very high interest appeal to the pils. Fourth, it develops the use the school's library. BN1 “Mb “" his in activity by the pupils- arning is never passive. Prof. urt pointed out. Mere absorbing

knowledge is ctically useless are the information becomes 3 rt of the pupil, he said in con-

k with determine on to rem- istalres we have been

ion. Mr. James McBeth moved a vote thanks to the speaker. The mo- ll was seconded by Mr. Lloyd nderson. ‘

Value of Libraries

In a generation the people of nice Edward Island Will 80 V3 -- “habitually and easily" I-5 I ult of the three-year-old library stein now established in the pro- nce, its director, Miss Nora. Bate- ll, said speaking on the Carnegie brary demonstration esterday. one of the great dfficulties in c path of adult education was lit "so many adults are not accus- ined to reading books”, the library

actor said. she continued: "If the children w in school acquain‘ed

th books, they. will when they are

mics and receive great value in them. ' “The reading of books should not come in any way a task. It would lhhlls be better if children in liools did not read at all rather an t.hat’t.hey should be forced." Batcson saw a merino 9:0 velop the latent talent which lay "almost every school" by M- ninting school children with the hi books. "The foundation of education nnct be laid on text books alone," c said. "but with books we have in might be called a means of lversal contact. It is difficult to ‘eilfure such things by any yard- ,

If childrerfwere given interest in ks if their school days they uld con true to be interested I on they grew older, "It is recognised," Miss Bateson “ed. “that children interested in "link good books are not a prob- m for those who have to deal ith juvenile delinquents."

Mi‘. Ira McDonald moved and ‘Mary Callaghan seconded I "of thanks to the speaker. Temperance and Life

"It is up to on ad teachers to do ' 6th for the cause of temper- nce In cc Edward Island." Mr. ~-1:» Dewar said introducing a “On on temperance and life. The hibition Act with its negative at- tuiie and government control with ‘ ‘Ilse economies are unable to "Oh teiripeniioe, the speaker

alntaliie¢_ ' "ii in our task to prepare the 2‘ for the cltisen of..tomoi-row _ in thlt way help in the build- ” the notion.” no-. Dewar said. " continued: ‘"1 make '“ ‘M tor the children _ ‘to teach them

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which misht be used in the school. and claimed that similar lessons should be taught at least once every two weeks. , ’

‘ Mr. Dewar tendered a vote of thanks, moved y Mr. Justin Mo- Iallnn and seconded by Miss Flossie Younker.

The committees appointed at you-

terday morning's session were as.

follows:

3‘ our — Mr. C. B. Jelly, Miss Mary Callaghan, Mr. Norman MacDonald.

Resolutions-Mr. Leo F. MacDon- ald. Mips Ethel Tanton, Mr. Alfred g<.n:li\‘durray, Miss Florence MacPher-

Finance—Mr. L. T. Lowther, Miss Mildred Harrington, Mr. D. J. Mac- Arthur Yeo.

Press—-Mr. H. W. Yeo, Mr. Elise- bius Doucette, Miss Jeanette Mac- Dougall

Question Box-—M.r. Russel Leard, Mr. J. 8. Macneth. Mr. C. P. Him.

The Junior Red Cross has an in- teresting exhibit of portfolios which is under the direction of Miss Cath- erine MacI.ean. Besides a. number of interesting exhibits from Island branches of the Junior Red Cross, there are several from foreign coun- tries. including Japan, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, England. France and Denmark.

The usual bode exhibit under the supervision of Messrs. Morrisey and Mocallum occupied the lower por- tion of the hall. Here text books, supplementary readers, seat work

and a. few books of fiction are displayed.

several firms from the Maritime Provinces and Ontario are repre- sented in the exhibit.

An interesting display of litera- ture for distribution purposes from the Imperial Life Insurance Com- pany through their representative and Island manager, Mr. A. R. Mc- mnis, also occupies a prominent place.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

"Fellow members of our Feder- ation,—on behalf of the executive of the Prince Edward Island Teachers’ Federation I herewith submit the report of the activities for the year ending April 1936.

"The total membership of the Federation for the past year was 510 (made up of 431 paid-up mem- bers and '19 first-year teachers who are admitted free). This enrolment represents approximately 80% of the teachers of the province. Every teacher enjoys advantages which have been brought about by the work of the organized profession. No teacher wishes to enjoy advant- ages won by the efforts of others without sharing in the movement to further improve the status of teachers, the profession of teach- ing. the cause of education. To those who have not enrolled this year, may I say, support the 17:0- fession that supports you.

Expression of Sorrow

"May I respectfully express the sincere sorrow of the members of the P.E;.I.T.lF‘. in the loss which Canada. the Empire, and the world have suffered in the death of our beloved sovereign, King George V.

“Death has removed during the the Hon. Walter M. Lea, Premier of the pmvinoe. In his passing we 1 el that the cause of

education an the members of the teaching profession have lost a true friend

“'l‘eachers throughout the prov- ince learned with regret of the death of Mr. Brewer Auld, fo:mer teacher and supervisor of schools. whose connection with the teaching profession dates back to I915. His last service to the Island _along educational lines was in connec- tion with the school fairs last fall.

Winner of Memo:-la.l Prise

"Mr. John Downing of Summer- side High School was the winner of the J. D. Seaman Memorial Prize for 1935 donated by the P.E.I.TP. to the pupil standing highest in English in the matricu- lation examinations.

"seven executive meetings were held during the year. These were well attended and an active inter- est was shown in the work of the Federation."

"Local conventions were, as usu- al, the opening feature of the school year, and were taken ad- vantage of by nearly all the teach- ers. These were held at nine differ- ent centres uu ,, ‘ the prov- ince. Thus conventions have I stimulating and encouraging ef- fect. The misgivinge and doubts, particularly of the beginning teach- er, subside in the helpful and hopeful atmosphere created by a‘ mass meeting or co-workers in personal touch with the leaders and officials of the profeuion.

“Miss Ethel Taylor, secretary- Treiisurer of the P.E.I.T.l"., attend- ed all,loccl conventions and spoke in the inferuts of our errganization.

C. I‘. P. Conference

"The 1935 conference of the C.'I‘1'. was held in Ottawa August 6th to 10th inclusive. Our organ- ization forwarded to Mr. O. N. orutchfieid, secretary-Treasurer of the o.'r.r'. the fee of too per head. which amounted to 0220. At the C.'I‘.F. conference our lode.-ation was represented by Mr, Norman MacDonald. Min Alice Lavle and your president. Reports of the pro- ceedings of the conference will be given Thursday morning by the delegates. It was indeed a pleasure and a privilege to be piuent at that national eimference of teach- ers. I wish to take this opportunity of thanking you for the honor of being one of your representatives

lilueoihl was ‘

_ __._ ... this year throughout Canada from Feb. 23rd to 29th. In our province two committees were appointed with Mr. Leo 1-". Macdoiiald, Prin-

cipal of Queen Square School. and,-

Miss siihei Tanton of Bummorsi‘ High school as oonvenors. two committees worked inde stig- ably to make Education Week a success in our province. A general circular was prepared and for- Whfded to teachers, members of .‘the Legislature, officials of the ‘ Civic Government, societies inter- ested in the betterment of the bom- munity and to others interested in education. A special letter, seeking the co-operation of the clergy was ‘ prepared and forwarded to all clergy on P. E. I. A group of “suggestions" was compiled and forwarded to all teachers, and a. special "dodger" was included in these letters.

"The followin speakers were

‘heard from 01'' Y: Prof. J. H Blanche;-d, M.A., P.‘W.C.; Rev. R. V. McKenzie, B.A., S.D.U.; Rev. Hugh Miller, M.A., B.D.. Trinity United Church: Prof. J. T. Croteau, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, S.D.U. and P.W.C.

"On Friday evening of that week the three Maritime Premiers were heard in a regional hook-up. Broadcasts from CI-IGS, Summer- side, were given by Rev. E. H. Hart- Davies, B.A., and by Prof. wm. Spindle, B.A., M.Ed., Professor of

. Science, Summerside Academy. No- tices acquainting the public with the aims and objects of Education Week appeared in the press during that week. The press also gave our week editorial comment.

“On behalf of the P.lE.‘.I.'I‘.F. to Mr Leo F. Macdonald and to Miss Tanton, and to the members of the committee who worked so faith- fully with them, as well as to the speakers, the clerzy. the Dress End to all other individuals who in any way helped to promote the inter- ests of education by 00-Operatlnil with us in the observance of Edu- cation week, I tender our sincere thanks and appreciation.

Teachers‘ All! Service

"I am very much pleased to re- port the great success achieved by the "Teachers’ Aid" service, direct- ed by Mr. c. F. I-line, vice-principal of West Kent School. In seeking for ways and means whereby our Federation might prove more truly helpful to its members. y°l1l' exec‘ utlve was reminded that many of our teachers are constantly W095 with difficulties in our work with little or no opportunity of discus- sion with fellow-teachers. With this in mind, your executive inaugurat- ed jug; 3 year ago “The Teachers Aid" service, through which we offered to make available to our members—through correspondence- solutions to or oPln1°“5 °“ the harder problems of school work-

"Tho following facts indicate that the executive were not wrons in believing that there was a. need. and it shows further that the serv- ice is actually serving. find that the value of the Federation to its members has been considerably raised therefore.

"Mr, I-line has prepared answers to more than a thousand ill18Stl°ll3- 258 letters, averaging 4 fl1l€5‘l°“5 per letter. were received and aris- wered during the year now closing. The cardinal points of this service are these. and in this order of im- portance:—-

“(1) The names of correspond- ents are held in strict confidence by the director alone.

“(2) Replies are sent out prompt-

1y.

‘‘(3) Must contain reasonably correct answers.

“Correspondents are assured lvhfll: no name has been dlvulzed 8-i any time by the director, and they know that replies have been promptly mailed them. Many teachers have expressed to Mt l-line their appreciation of this service. School supervisors have emphasized its value. We. t00. 1861 a small measure of Dildo find “ large measure of happlneiis °V°1' the’ results obtained in this initial year. The teacher in a. remote rural district (if a member of the Fed- eration) nced no longer feel the ‘lack of a relfable source of help in solving the various Pmblems N‘ latiiig to thlswork. Mr. I-line has rendered this service to the Fed- eration without my remuneration whatever. The one interest. the sole motive force that has impelled the director and his committee in this work——a work which has in- voived a great many hours of ei- fort and study——has been a Emil‘ ine desire to be helpful to those engaged in a common task.

“To Mr. nine and his commit- tee I wish to express, on behalf of the P.E.I.T.F. our sincerest thanks and appreciation of the worthy service rendered the teaching pro- fession of the province through the

'1' ‘- ' Aid" service. Totlie in- coming executive I would suggut that steps be taken to arrange for the continuation of the "'lbaolien Aid" service during the coming

year. Difficulties Due to Depression

"The school term which closed in June, loss, was one in which the people throughout the’ rural dis- tricts of our ..i'ovinoe have felt the depression very severely. As a re- sult several teachers had difficulty in collecting the full amounts of the supplements owed them by their districts. or ii ieache . who appealed to the Federation for help in this regard, 0 received, with the help of the rederailon. ntimetory settlements. I was unable to get I repertfromtlieothertwo.Ipi-e- sumo matters have been settled.

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1 T? (Continued from Page 1) “The time has come "for us in

Blllilnll it mport of our annual

Nllolylloieo. the records of which

will be placed before you by the

officers and convenors of the dif- ferent committees. It must be kept in mind that these reports are the records of our advance- ment. both spiritual and financial.

“ml 3 8004 l'eD0r5 means we have

bettered ourselves along these

lines.

“In some instances it may seem We 31‘? lacking, in some little ef- fort. If such be the case, we should unite our individual efforts to better not only our own, bu; gigo the aim of the sub Division. In other instances we may have shown ii marked degree or im- provement, this, then should be an incentive to further advance. merit.

“Although it is not my intention to go into detail concerning the different activities, I cannot do justice without mentioning our 5llldy Clubs and their instructive as well as interesting topics of discussion. After each club meet- ing, I am sure, we had a clearer and elaborate knowledge of relig- ious question; and their true sol- utions. of the Church and its Sacramentals, and of current re- ligious topics.

"At another time the necessity of Lay Retreats was brought to our attention. After due consideration

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, . be a very real problem in the rural schools of this province. Pennan- elioe of tenure is very desirable, provided always that satisfactory progress is made.

“Accordingly, a committee with Mr. James Mi-Beth as chairman was appointed to study the question of teacher tenure. This committee met in Charlottetown on January 31, 1936, and after careful study and consideration, presented the following recommendations:

Committee Recommendations

“(l) That section 10 of the Pub- lic School Act be rigidly enforced.

(2) That the annual meeting of the ratepayers. as referred to in section 47 of the Public School Act, be held on the first Tuesday in June, instead of on ,the third Tuesday in June, as at present.

“(:0 That the termination, or continuation of teachers’ contracts be dealt with by the Board of Trustees previous to the annual school meeting_

“(4) That clause 6 of the Teach- er-Trustees contract he struck out and the following clause inserted: (a) This contract shall continue i.ii effect from school year to school year, excepting as regards the supplementary allowance agreed upon, which shall be fixed after each annual school meeting; pro- vided either party hereto shall be at liberty to terminate this agreement by giving to the other party three months’ notice in writing at any time, or one month‘: notice, expir- ing on the thirtieth day of June in any year.

"May 1 suggest, that these re- commendations be given your care- ful consideration at this convention. and that a resolution be brought in tomorrow morning concerning them.

Salary Question

"At an executive meeting of the Federation, the committee. which last year drew up and presented to the government the resolutions oonoeming the salary ilile-531011 W35 reappointed. This oornrnittee, with Mr. E. J. H. Morrissey, vice-prln- cipal of Queen Square School as chairman, met in Charlottetown on Feb. 22, 1936, and after considering the question decided that it was an ihopportune time to approach the government for a. raise in salary.

Teachers’ Guide and Handbook

"At a recent executive meeting Mr. Lloyd Henderson, O‘Leary, was appointed convenor of a committee to deal with the matter of a Teach- er's Guide and Handbook to the eoir:se of studies for Prince Edward Island. This committee is at pres- ent making a study of the courses followed in the various provinces. They have not yet had time to complete their work, but a. good be- ginning has been made. ~

Continuance of Library Ufled

"In view of the fact that the Carnegie Library Demonstration has offered an almost unlimited source of information which has greatly helped the teachers in their work, and because of the deep in- terest in and great use" of the lib- rary by the children of the Drov- ince, it was felt that the P.E.l.T.l"- should use its influence to insure the continuation of this service. Ac- cordingly, Mr. Leo F, Macdonsld. principal of Queen Square school. was appointed by your executive to present to Hon. Mark R. Mc- Ouigan, Minister of Education. on behalf of the P.E.I.T.l". a resolution luging the government of the province to maintain the present splendid library service rendered the people of Prince Edward Island.

"In conclusion, I wish to thank you for the honor conferred upon me when you appointed me pres- ident. 'Ib the members of the ex- ecutive and teachers who have faithfully and willingly served on various committees during the past year, and particularly to the past president. Mr. J. W. F. Mccallum. Jr., and to Him Ethel Taylor, our secretary, whose work was at all

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it was deemed that such practices. alt-houzh yery beneficial, would be very difficult and inconvenient for members to attend. As a sub- ll-ltllive. we had been making use of our hour of Recollection before the Blessed sacrament. The mem- bers. knowing the grade that flow from this holy practice, have been very faithful to this religious de- votion.

“In conclusion. I want to thank all those who have in any way helped us in our several under- takings. The Holy Name Club, Tile Knights of Columbus have at all times been very generous with their Hall which has been at our disposal, Just for the asking. I also wish to thank the officers. coni- inittees and members for their 103781 support and co-operation during the past year.

To the officers of the ensuing year and to the sub-Division as a whole I ask for continued success and united effort."

REVIEW OF YEAR'S ACTIVITIES

Fifteenth Annual Report of the C. W. L., Charlottetown sub-Divi. sion. Submitted By Mrs. R. J. Mc- Donald. reoor secretary.

Officers and Members.

With the swift passage of time, we come again to the end of an. Other year and as your recording secretary, it becomes my duty to submit to you a. report of our ac-l tlvitias during the year,