The educational record of the province of Quebec, 1 octobre 1889, Octobre

[" EDUCATIONAL RECORD OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.OCTOBER, 1889.Articles: Original and Selected.THE MONTREAL SEMINARIES.There are few cities in the world where the spirit of modern progress is more active than in Montreal.As a centre of population and commercial activity it takes rank as the first among the cities of Canada; while its prospect of further growth is all but assured, not only on account of its geographical position, but from the trading intuitions of its people.The city is unique in its site and in its landscape surroundings\u2014extending as it does from the mountain\u2019s slope to the water's edge, and spreading east and west like a broad irregular crescent of red and grey along the base of the mountain\u2019s southern aspect.The scene on a clear summer\u2019s day is one not to be forgotten; and those who have ever beheld it can hardly wonder that Jacques Cartier regarded the locality as one of the best he had seen in the country for a permanent settlement, though to his eye there was little to be seen from the summit of the mountain but the forest lands near and beyond the river be was the first of Europeans to navigate.Though since fostered by the commerce of the St.Lawrence into the dimensions of a large and growing mart, wherein awakes the daily-recurring din of an industry that prospers, the place has lost nothing of the picturesque that made the intrepid navigator\u2019s heart leap for joy; nay, has no doubt gained in beauty as a striking panorama that one never tires of 242 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.in a holiday walk up the mountain-side.Seen from Mountain Park\u2014at first in glimpses from the avenue and through the maple groves, and at last, as a whole, from the highest prospect point\u2014the streets running north and south extend from the rural-like mansion retreats of the wealthy, past the terraced dwellings of the industrious bread-winners, down to the very heart of warehouse dust and turmoil; while those extending east and west until they become a straggling fringe of houses in the distance, mark, as in the diagram of an oral lesson, in lines running parallel with the river's breastwork, the gradations of labor from the factory to the warehouse, from the humblest abode to the home of comfort and ease.The routine of buildings, as seen from above, is that of any city built upon thelevel; yet the domes and towers and numerous spires break in upon the panoramic regularity and add to the interest of the picture to the holiday rambler who is familiar with the streets below.But it is not in the view of the city proper that there is more than ordinary attractiveness.The city itself is but the foreground to a wider prospect.The river, with its forest of masts and its seaport-bustie on the one side, and its villages and rural retreats on the other, with its islets above where the rapids rush and roar, and St.Helen's below where the current is swift and strong, with the canal Jocks near, and the great iron bridge beyond, is but the seeming of a silver-grey ribbon that runs through the broad and fertile plain of which Mount Royal is the outlook.Away in the distance, where Belæil, and one or two other mound-like crust upheavals, form a resting point for the eye, while it finds limit in the dim outline of the highlands of Vermont, and nearer at hand, where woodlands and meadows and rich cornfields run for miles behind St.Lambert, Longueuil, and Caughna- waga, there is to be seen repeated the picture of St.Charles\u2019s Plain, where \u201cThe cowering hamlets dotted o\u2019er the glebe, Bright emblems of Arcadian peace and joy, Bespeak themselves the havens of a rest That hovers, like an angel, in the air.\u201d With such an extensive picture to admire amid the rural sweetness of the mountain-side, is it any wonder that the citizens of Montreal take a pride in the city, which, with its many THE MONTREAL SEMINARIES, 243 semblances of the rus in urbe within its borders, is in itself a veritable urbs in ruri.And of the many palace-like edifices which tower above the architectural routine of the nearer panorama as seen from Mount Royal, there are, perhaps, not any, around which there centres more interest than the two educational institutions which have seemingly sought refuge within the shadows of the mountain, away from the rush of commerce that echoes on the slope below.The story of the College of Montreal precedes that of McGill College, though it is from the annals of these two institutions, the one with the other, that there is to be traced the history of the origin of the city and its progress after ; for while the record of the one takes us back to the time when Maisonneuve leaped ashore on the site of Nôtre Dame street to found a city, so the tale of the early struggles of the other takes us back to the time when men were turning away from the rougher intermittent life of the colonist to the more permanent experiences of the citizen who takes a pride in the city where fortune has smiled on him, and seeks to adorn it with the wealth he has acquired, but which is theirs in common, In the educational enterprise of the Sulpicians of Montreal there is to be seen something of Laval\u2019s after-project in Quebec.As there were the two seminaries in Quebec, so were there two in Montreal\u2014 Le Grand Seminaire for the education of the priesthood, and Le Petit Seminaire for the classical training of the sons of the more wealthy colonists, or for youths destined for a professional life.The Sulpicians who settled in Montreal were an offshoot from a society of priests in France, which had been founded in 1642 by Jean Jacques Olier, the young curé of the Church of St.Sulpice in Paris.Seized with the activity of the followers of Loyola, he had not only founded a seminary of priests in his own parish, but was successful in establishing branches of it in some of the provincial towns.He did not live, however, to witness the maturity of all his plans, though he was able before he died to arrange for the extension of his mission across the Atlantic, and to bestow upon Montreal the benefit of his enthusiasm and foresight.Maisonneuve arrived in Canada in 1642, the year in which the Society was founded.He came as the pioneer of the \u201cFifty 244 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.Associates.\u201d His mission was two-fold\u2014to establish a trading station nearer the fur-trade than Quebec, and to entice, as far as possible, the aborigines into the fold of the Church.The site of the station had been agreed upon, a site which had been favorably spoken of ever since Cartier\u2019s return from the last of his voyages; while in furtherance of the second object of the enterprise there accompanied the new governor, far as Montreal, Mademoiselle Mance and Madame de la Petrie\u2014names familiar in the long list of devout women whose courage and religious zeal have left a golden page in the history of Canada.But Maisonneuve soon found it necesary to seek further alliance in the interests of religion and education.The first fifteen years of Montreal was a rough experience of gain without progress\u2014 gain to the traders, butlittle of permanency in the way of living; and at last Maisonneuve was obliged to approach the curé of St.Sulpice to come to his assistance.By this time the Congregation de Nôtre Dame, for the instruction of girls, had been established as well as the Hotel Dieu.But more than this was required.What the Jesuits were in Quebec, the Sulpicians might become in Montreal; and letters-patent were issued giving the latter a grant of the whole island on which Montreal was situated.The gift was eagerly accepted by Olier, and in 1657 a company of his followers, three in number, sailed for New France to take possession of the property.These were Gabriel de Quelus, Gabriel Souard and Dominique Galinée\u2014the first of their order to exercise feudal lordship over what has since become the prosperous centre of a great confederation.From such an origin has sprung the wealthy corporation which has out of its increasing revenues built several churches, two colleges, and a number of elementary schools.The first of the colleges was, as has been said, organized exclusively for the training of priests and missionaries.The second, or Le Petit Seminaire, was the first classical school established in Montreal.It was opened under the name of St.Raphael's College in 1773, and had its class-rooms in a building previously the property of Governor Vaudreuil, which stood in what is now known as Jacques Cartier Square.Six years before this there had been a school opened in the presbytery of Longue Pointe under the auspices of the curé of the parish, but this was closed when the Tp lig \u2019 i Ti he the iit il.7 of THE MONTREAL SEMINARIES.245 Sulpicians obtained possession by purchase of a more suitable building for school purposes from the governor and placed the curé of Longue Pointe in charge of it.The school had a very successful career, but, thirty years afterwards, the building in which it was conducted was destroyed by fire, and temporary quarters were provided for the pupils in Le Grand Seminaire until a new edifice had been erected.The new building was opened in 1806.It was situated on William street, and from the date of its opening was known as the College of Montreal.For nearly half a century the institution remained in this part of the city until its removal to the more commodious premises built for it within the precincts of Le Grand Seminaire, situated on the south-east side of the mountain.The amalgamated institution has long been considered to be one of the largest and most complete of its kind in Canada.No expense has been spared in equipping it with all the modern appliances for school work.It is the largest of all the educational organizations in the Province of Quebec for the higher education of the French-speaking section of the community, and a long list of the most distinguished of the public men of the country have had their names as students inscribed on its books.But, as has been said, the enterprise of the Sulpicians likewise extended to the organization and support of elementary schools.The first of thèse schools were probably held in or near the College building.Francis de Belmont is said to have been the first master to open a school under their auspices.This was in 1664.Jean Jacques Talbot was another of the early schoolmasters of the city, among whom may be named De la Faye, Ramuyer, Remi and Girard.All these had schools under the supervision of the Seminary authorities.Indeed, before the arrival of the Christian Brothers, the Sulpicians opened primary schools in all the city districts and even in the suburbs.There was a school in the Bonsecours Church, another in the Church of the Recollets, as well as a large graded school opposite the Seminary building itself.There were also schools opened at St.Henri, Côte des Neiges and Côte de la Visitation.The school opposite the Seminary had its origin in 1686, when an association was organized by some of the citizens for the providing of elementary instruction for boys.The school was a simple 246 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.wooden structure at first, but in a few years, the Seminary having come into possession of it, took the structure down and erected a stone building on its site for the accommodation of two schools.This building stood until 1858, when it was displaced by a large, new parish lecture-hall.Of the two schools conducted in it one was called la grande école, perhaps from the more advanced character of the work.Its first master was Jean Martineau, who, after a labor of thirty years, was succeeded by Hugh Paisley.These schools were free.In 1796, there was another school established, on St.Lawrence street, under the same auspices, and having for its head-master Father Lucet, who for nearly fifty years was, perhaps, the best-known schoolmaster among French-speaking boys in Montreal.As has been said of him, he was more severe than learned, and more pious than enlightened, though he seemed to understand perfectly well the requirements of the times and the locality.In 1789, the attend- dance at these schools conducted at the expense of the Seminary numbered more than three hundred children.Indeed, the Sulpicians inaugurated a system which could not well escape the attention of the Dorchester Commission, and probably the supervision they exercised so successfully over their elementary schools had something to do, as an example, with the outlined prerogatives of the Royal Institution, to whose organization attention must now be turned, leading as it did, to the taking over of many of the elementary schools in the townships and elsewhere in the province for purposes of supervision, and the immediate oversight of McGill College in its earlier days.TO THE TRUE POET.Sweet as the sheen the dew-drops sip at dawn, Thy purity of song hath laved my heart; The rhythm of its light hath inward shone, To bid the shadows from my soul depart.As soars the lark beyond the fragrant mead, To bear the breath of wild flowers to the skies, \"Tis his to greet the sphere that purifies Earth\u2019s sweetness by its own ; and scattering seed Of scented truth, upborne upon the wing Of song, \u2019tis thine to seek an upper light Beyond life\u2019s clouds, while we, up-gazing, sing A timid greeting to thy venturous flight, And long to bathe our being in the air, .Where none but thee and such sweet singers dare. gH: EDITORIAL NOTES AND COMMENTS, Éditorial Notes and Comments, The Annual Convention of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers is an event to which the more enthusiastic of our teachers look forward with a good deal of interest.Through the kindness of Mr.Arthy, the active Secretary of the BR Society, we have been put in possession of information which.R gives promise of a successful meeting.The Executive Council EB met on the last Saturday of September to consider preliminaries, VE and at the session there was a good representation of members E from the different parts of the province.The meeting was presided over by Dr.Robins, the first President of the Association under its revised constitution, a gentleman whose eloquence and professional activity are proverbial amongst his fellow- teachers.The society is now an incorporated body, and this in itself will add weight to its deliberations.The interest of the meeting this year will probably be increased by the election of a member to represent them at the council board of the Protestant Committee, and, from what we have heard, some of the teachers are determined not to allow any pre-arrangement on the part of one or two to take the place of a straightforward vote by ballot by the whole convention.The office need not necessarily be filled by a teacher; and yet, after the pains the teachers have been to get their claim for representation recognized by law, the vote for the first year or two at least, in all probability, will fall upon some one of our Academy or Model School teachers whose interests are so intimately connected with the Protestant Committee.Another question of seeming moment is to be brought up for discussion by Dr.Kelley, who is prepared, subject to the sanction of the Executive Committee, which he has evidently obtained, to move the following resolution : Whereas it is very desirable to reduce the number of subjects studied in the different grades of our High Schools and Academies, and that the standing of the pupils be known at the earliest possible moment : Resolved,\u2014That the universities be asked to substitute for the present A.A.examination two examinations\u2014one for the Junior Certificate, another for the Senior; and that the candidates for the latter be exempted from those subjects in which they have already passed their examina- # Ë tions.R Ha ji 2 in i d i 248 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.2.Thatthe subjects shall be :\u2014Reading, Writing, Dictation, Arithmetic, English Grammar and Composition, British and Canadian History, Geography, Book-keeping, Scripture, Freehand and Model Drawing, Physiology, together with any three of the following: * Caesar,\u201d \u201c Xenophon,\u201d an easy French author; two English authors; Euclid, Book I.; Algebra to end of Simple Equation.3.That the University Examiners be asked to associate with themselves Sub-Examiners from the teachers of the High Schools and Academies of the Province, and that all returns be made before the 30th of July in each year.It would hardly be fair for us to discuss such a proposition as this before the teachers of our Academies have had time to consider it in all its bearings.All we can legitimately say is that the A.A.course, as laid down by the university authorities, has been recognized by many of our Academy teachers as being sufficiently elastic already, if not too much so, in the matter of reducing the number of subjects for a pass.As far as we have time to refer back, the day of declaring the results of the A.A.examination has been fixed by calendar, and as far as we remember it has always been within the time specified in the resolution.Another matter that will no doubt provoke a good deal of discussion, is the question of text-books, which is to be brought up by Mr.W.Patterson, B.A., of the Royal Arthur School, Montreal, who is to point out the desirability of having a reliable text-book on Canadian History prescribed for our province.A pleasant feature in this connection will, no doubt, arise from the part to be taken by some of the McGill professors in the proceedings of the various sessions.A conversazione is to be arranged for in the University, where the teachers will be received by Sir William Dawson, President of the University, and at which the President of the Association will deliver his inaugural address.In order that there may be no mistake we give the ilems of the programme under the head of Current Events. CURRENT EVENTS.Current Events.A circular has been sent to the teachers of our Model Schools and Academies in which notice is given of the number of subjects required for a pass next year in the various grades of the course.The selections to be studied from the various readers have also been indicated.Where the selections in French are mentioned, they are for Grades I.and II.Academies.The selections for Grade III.Academy, as laid down in the University Calendar, are as follows:\u2014From Darey's Lectures Françaises, extracts beginning on pages 10, 13, 15, 20, 32, 33, 37, 42, 47, 51.56, 63, 68, 74, 76, 85, 87, 92, 94, 99, 103, 110, 118, 125, 129, 133, 144, 149, 151, 156, 158, 162, 166, 169, 176, 179, 182, 196, 215.For the thorough understanding of the A.A.Course in connection with our Academy Course, every teacher should have in his possession a copy of that part of the University Calendar which refers to the School Examinations.-\u2014The Convention this year is to be held on Thursday, the 24th of October, in the hall of the McGill Normal School, Montreal.The first session will open at half-past ten in the morning, for the reception of reports, &c., and the Convention will not close until Saturday at noon.Among the topics for discussion the following have been proposed : Physiology, introduced by Dr.Reed, lecturer McGill Normal School; Manual Training, introduced by Professor Henry T.Bovey, C.E., Dean Faculty of Applied Science, McGill University ; Drawing, with special reference to Model Drawing in our schools, introduced by Professor C.I.McLeod, M.I, McGill University, and Miss White, Superintendent of Drawing, Providence, R.I.A Dominion Conference of Teachers, introduced by Professor A.J.Eaton, M.A., Ph.D., McGill University; The Pronunciation of Latin and Greek, also introduced by Dr.Eaton The Desirability of a Reliable School Text-book on Canadian History, suggested by W.Patterson, Esq.B.A., of the Royal Arthur School, Montreal ; The Question of Institutes and Summer Schools, and the consideration of the motion which is elsewhere given.Thursday evening\u2019s session will be devoted to addresses, interspersed with music and readings.Among the speakers will probably be Rev. 250 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.Mr.Rexford, Dr.Harper, and prominent educationists from other provinces.On Friday evening a reception and conversazione are offered by the Governors and Faculty of McGill University.It is intended to arrange for extending private hospitality to all ladies attending the Convention, who are members of the Association, provided that sufficient notice be given to the Secretary, W.E.Arthy, Esq., Superintendent of Schools, Montreal.The Railways will give the usual reduced fares on presentation of certificates at the point of starting.These certificates and all further information can be obtained by applying to Mr.Arthy.\u2014The circulars sent in behalf of the editors of the Rrcorp, to the various teachers should receive immediate attention.The directory, when published in our pages, will be of service to all the teachers.Nor should the principals of our Academies overlook the matter about the examination papers, considering how important it is that a mean should be struck next year when the regulations come into full force.\u2014The following is a report in detail of the Institutes held this year at Lennoxville and Huntingdon :\u2014 The Lennoxville Institute was held in the Bishop Williams wing of Bishops\u2019 College and was attended by 79 teachers.At Hun- tingdon, 64 teachers enrolled their names and a number of visitors, although not teacuers, attended regularly all the sessions.At each place a public meeting was held.The feature of the evening\u2019s entertainment at Lennoxville was an address by Rev.Dr.Adams, which was followed by readings, recitations, songs, and the exhibition and explanation of a manikin.The public meeting at Huntingdon was largely attended by the friends of education.Six or seven short speeches, all bearing upon educational topics, were made by the local clergymen and other prominent citizens and educationists.The proceedings were varied by excellent music furnished by the people of Huntingdon.The work done in these two Institutes was practically the same, the programme published in a recent REcorD being carried out, as far as time allowed, in both Institutes.In arithmetic, Dr.Robins took up in successive lectures \u2018\u201c Elementary Notions,\u201d particularly insisting on the necessity of securing clear conceptions of the first ten numbers and their decompositions, and pointing out the course of training by which these may be CURRENT EVENTS.251 acquired.He next took up the elementary rules of arithmetic and dwelt at some length upon one rule in order to illustrate the importance of a complete analysis of the subject in the teacher\u2019s mind before an attempt is made to teach the subject at all, and to show the necessary mental preparation for the rule, the drill by which familiarity with that mental preparation can be secured, and the steps by which the rule is to be introduced without overwhelming the child\u2019s mind with a multitude of new conceptions presented in too close proximity.Fractions, with special reference to the demonstration of rules, were then taken up, and one hour was devoted to unusual methods of rapid calculation.In mensuration, the attempt was made to present the fundamental conceptions on which the measurement of angles, lines, surfaces, &c., depend, in a manner that can be readily followed by the understanding of very young pupils.Time sufficed only for the full presentation of the relation of angles, but hints were given towards the measurements of inaccessible lines, of triangles, of quadrilaterals, and of circles.Prof.Parmelee took up the subjects of geography, English grammar and composition, and the practice of teaching.He dwelt particularly upon the necessity of seeing that pupils have a clear conception of the things of which they have, in maps, only the representation, pointing out the importance of detecting and correcting the misconceptions that have already arisen, and of making geography, which touches upon so many branches of knowledge, a subject for intellectual exercise.He next gave illustrative lessons upon the motions of the earth, the results and proofs of these motions, taking up at length the seasons, the tides, and the phases of the moon.Owing to lack of time the study of the map of North America was omitted.English grammar, its relation to composition, and the parsing and analysis of English idioms were then considered in three lectures.An outline of work in English grammar, with examples to illustrate the methods of teaching the subject, were given.It was insisted that theoretical work without practice in the application of principles, and the teaching of definitions before the ideas underlying them were understood, had been the chief faults in teaching English.The subjects considered in the practice of teaching were those prescribed in Baldwin for candidates 252 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.diplomas It should be added that the two hours set apart each day for conference on school difficulties and questions were not the least interesting and beneficial.\u2014The Hon.H.Mercier, the Premier of Quebec; the Hon.G.Ouimet, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Quebec, and Wm.Crocket, Esq., A.M., Superintendent of Education, New Brunswick, have intimated their intention of being present at the Teachers\u2019 Convention.They will address the Convention on one or other of the evening sessions, the Hon.Mr.Ouimet to be present on Friday evening.It cannot be impressed upon the teachers too forcibly, the necessity of applying at an early date to Mr.Arthy if they desire to have the hospitality of the citizens of Montreal extended to them.\u2014Mr.Andrew Young, the author of \u201cThere is a Happy Land,\u201d the most popular Sunday-school hymn in the world, addressed the Wesleyan children\u2019 service in the Albert Hall, Edinburgh, on a recent Sunday.He is now eighty years of age, still mentally and physically vigorous, and retaining in all its early freshness his sympathy with children.The hymn was composed in 1838.The tune to which it is married is an old Indian air which has blended with the music of the woods in the primeval forests long before Sunday-schools were thought of.The hymn was composed for the melody.Its bright and strongly marked phrases struck Mr.Young's musical ear the first time he heard it casually played in the drawing-room.He asked for it again and again.It haunted him.Being accustomed to relieve the clamour of his thoughts and feelings in rhyine, words naturally followed, and so the hymn was created, It had been used for some years in Edinburgh before it became generally known.It is interesting now to sec on what an apparently ordinary incident great issues may turn.Mr.Young happened to have his hymn performed in the presence of his intimate friend, Mr.Gall, a member of the publishing firm of Gall and Inglis.-t got into print.It has been translated into nineteen different languages.No Sunday-school hymn book is without it.And yet the author has never received, and, indeed, has never been offered, a penny in remuneration.It is only recently that Professor David Masson, referring to the unique influence of this lyric, stated a most touching incident in the life of CURRENT EVENTS, 253 Thackeray.Walking one day in a \u201cslum\u201d district in London he suddenly came upon a band of gutter children sitting on the pavement.They were singing.Drawing nearer he heard the words, \u201cThere is a happy land, far, far away!\u201d As he looked at the ragged choristers and their squalid surrounding, and saw that their pale faces were lit up with a thought which brought both forgetfulness and hope, the tender-hearted cynic burst into tears.\u2014The greatest Mussulman educational centre in Northern Africa is the University of Garouin, in Morocco.The students number about 700, and there are forty professors.Work begins between half-past 2 and 5 in the morning, according to the season.The first instruction consists of comments on the Koran- At sunrise the second batch of professors\u2014about a dozen or so\u2014 discourse on law and dogma.In the afternoon, grammar and rhetoric are taught, and later, logic, astronomy, arithmetic, geography, history, Mussulman literature and the science of talis- manic numbers or the determination by calculation of the influence of angels, spirits and stars on future events.The fore- determination of the conqueror and conquered in a coming war or battle seems to be a special branch.There is the greatest difficulty in obtaining a professor intimate with the principles of the science in its entirety.There are no examinations.Every professor is supposed to know those among his hearers who are worthy of diplomas.The diplomas are very highly valued, and give the holders great prestige in the Moslem world.Gorrespondence, Queries, ete, J.M.J.\u2014Will you kindly tell me through the Æducational Record how much School Law will be required for diplomas?Answer\u2014A resumé of the law is being compiled for the use of candidates preparing for examination and will be ready for October.The book wtll comprise about one hundred pages, including the school regulations.For elementary teachers only the regulations which refer to elementary schools may be studied.S.R.D\u2014Suppose a pupil has already passed in a certain grade and is unable to take all the subjects for a pass in the next highest grade, will the marks in the subjects he may take be counted to the credit of the school?Answer\u2014These marks will be counted in with the GRAND ToraL Marks, but the pupils themselves will be enumerated among the failures.There are three prominent elements which the teacher should keep in mind in his Bi: i 254 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.endeavour to have the school rank as high as possible.These are the GRAND TorAL\u2026 MARKS, the PERCENTAGE, and the NuMBER oF Passes.We desire to draw your attention to Regulation 81, which next year will be carried out as it stands.Your other queries will be noted next month.A.McA.G.\u2014 Answer\u2014 Hereafter duplicates of the sheets containing the record of each pupil's marks in each subject will be sent to each school.This is the first year any teacher has asked for these.D.M.G.M.\u2014The Academies may use the High School geography this year.There is a sub-committee on text-books revising the list, subject, of course, to the approval of the teachers and the committee.N.T.T.\u2014Will the French for the A.A.Exam.be taken from the articles prescribed or will it be translation at sight?Answer \u2014The translation will be taken from the prescribed pages.In the circular it was stated that the selections in French include certain pages which are enumerated elsewhere in this issue.In Grade 1.and II.Academy the first ten of these extracts are to be studied as an alternative to the second half of DuvAL\u2019s LECTURES Cuoisixs.The teachers should make a careful note of this.The other queries have been answered by mail.S.B.\u2014If a person pass the A.A.examination, say last year, and this year attend school and go next year to try the examination for a Model School or Elementary Diploma, will the exemptions gained at the A.A.examination hold good?Answer\u2014 Certainly.But if the pupil has once taken advantage of these exemptions, he or she forfeits her privilege in this respect in after examination.APPLIANCES.\u2014 Every teacher should see whether the regulations from Sect.119 to Sect.146 are properly understood by the Commissioners, in order that a full mark be obtained and the extra bonus secured by having them faithfully carried out.All the apparatus can readily be procured before the date of the Inspector's visit.Many schools lose this extra grant on account of the neglect in the caretaker\u2019s duties.Indeed there is no reason why this additional bonus for appliances should not be secured by every Model School and Academy in the Province.Tt is pleasant to know that your school did so well in this respect last year.Hisrorrcvs.\u2014Thank you very much for your notes.Indeed, we return thanks to all those who have promised to do what they can in this connection.We have already received a number of very interesting items for future issues.DirecTory.\u2014The promised list of teachers has not been completed yet, as some of the head teachers haye neglected to send in the names. >> [Rrodisional * [Preogramme.