The educational record of the province of Quebec, 1 mars 1904, Mars - Avril

[" THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.Nos.3-4.MARCH-APRIL, 1904.Vor.XXIV.Articles : Original and Selected.ESSAY WRITING- How snould style be taught?This is one of the | great problems confronting all teachers.It iscomparatively easy to instil a knowledge of French or History or Mathe- | matics, because the elementary difficulties in these subjects present themselves at once.Certain facts have to be grasped, certain names and words learnt, certain methods explained.But with English it is different.One cannot give phrases and vocabularies to be conned by rote, and if one did, the pupil would be no nearer his goal than before.\u2018One frequently meets a student who has read widely and accustomed himself to different modes of expression, who yet cannot string a score of sentences into an effective paragraph.And for this reason.The main difficulty in writing a clear style consists in having clear ideas.Matthew Arnold once said to Mr.G.W.E.Russell, \u201cPeople think I can teach them a style.What stuff it all is! Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can.That is the only secret of style\u201d.And we shall find that nearly all «faults of expression are really faults of having \u201csomething to say\u201d.Even in the case of great writers such as Jeremy Taylor and Burke the tendency towards extravagance and eccentricity of style arises from the fact that their \u201csomething td say\u201d was too unformed, too inchoate, too indistinct in the mind, just as Addison\u2019s style is sometimes 60 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.insipid and over correct, because his ideas are occasionally commonplace.But when we descend to students, these imperfections of thought undermining the power of expression become far more marked.Itis quite usual to read over work whose literary merit is nil, and yet be at a loss to lay one\u2019s finger exactly on those passages which are weak.The mere technicalities of writing\u2014dividing of thought into paragraphs, avoidance of personal pronouns, proper use of punctuation, etc.\u2014are easily learnt, and yet the pupil cannot express himself well.because he has nothing to express.There is a vague impression floating in his mind, but it has never taken definite form.Even the subtle art of using the right word in the right way is really the even more subtle art of thinking the right thing in the right way.Mr.William Morris, writing on the mystery of style, says \u201cRachel weeping for her children because they are mol,\u201d is infinitely more impressive than any phrase like \u201cbecause they are dead\u201d could have been ; and why ?\u201cBecause they are dead\u201d would convey a latent impression of the children still existing as corpses-\u2014an impression which is narrowed and distracted by ideas of a merely gruesome kind, ideas of corruption and decay.\u201cBecause they are not\u201d suggests only the awful and tremendous mystery of annihilation\u2014obliterated existence- and leaves no room for smaller, lower ideas or emotions.This is sublimity.\u201cThis is style\u201d.Even here the literary instinct, which prompted the phrase \u201cbecause they are not,\u201d had for its basis a full and complete sympathy and association of self with the subject.It was a question of \u201chaving something to say\u201d.So the fundamental difficulty of writing, 1s a difficulty of having ideas : and the real problem of teaching English is the problem of teaching how to think clearly.And it seems to us that this habit of thought and insight can be formed only by constant practice in essay-writing ; but above all in essays which stimulate a desire to read, and which create an interest in important questions.For this - reason we are glad to learn that a University, too often overlooked in this Province, is doing good work in teaching English.Bishop\u2019s College has now instituted a course of essay-writing for every member of its Art\u2019s-faculty under Mr.Routh\u2019s direction.There had formely been essay-lec- ESSAY WRITING.61 tures for the honours\u2019-men and also for the 1st year; but the course for the whole body of Arts-students is an innovation.It is, perhaps, worth while noticing the methods they employ.A subject is given out every week.Mr.Routh then goes over each essay with its author, commenting on the style and diction, and then gives a lecture on the subject selected for the theme.He endeavours to choose topics which are indispensable to a right understanding of the needs of a growing nation like Canada, thus making higher education minister to the more practical needs of life.Amongst other subjects war, finance, progress and education have been discussed at Bishop's during the last term.Interesting correspondence has lately appeared in the Sherbrooke Daily Record regarding the aims and the methods of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, of which we may give a summary later.The facts brought out in the various letters are not new to those who have some acquaintance with the workings of the University, but they show that it is necessary to correct some popular misconceptions.Perhaps the one which has been most damaging to the University is that, being a church institution, it is narrow in its spirit and inefficient in comparison with undenomina- tional institutions.A letter from Mr.C.W.Ford in the Sherbrooke Record bears strong testimony to the falseness of such conclusions.He says, that, although a Methodist he has received nothing but consideration and kindness from the Principal and the Professors, and has not yet experienced his first \u2018\u201cragging\u201d from the students.He continues ;\u2014\u201c\u2018 As regards the religious instruction, which is insisted on, I consider this one of Bishop's strong points, and highly commendable to the University.The textbook is the Bible.The teaching is not doctrinal, but spiritual, and I for one will be thankful all my life for the broad, liberal, yet orthodox views I have received.It has been hinted, also, that the educational standard was low, and that anyone could get through the Arts course at Bishop's.In this, I, myself, was also (agreeably) undeceived.Not only have I run across men who have been turned down year after year by the College, but I find that I am obliged to study to get over the work, as I never 62 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.studied in all my previous scholastic training.If anyone has any doubts on this point I invite him to try the course for one year, and then I shall expect him to acknowledge himself \u201c hard worked.\u201d ; As a matter of fact the Arts course in Bishop\u2019s is a good one and is entirely independent of the Theological course.As an Eastern Townships institution it deserves the support of the Eastern Townships people.1ts advantages ought to be more widely known.There are three very distinct points of excellence in which it differs from other Canadian universities.\u201c First.\u2014It is a residential college, and as such is capable of offering the culture of college life which the classroom alone does not afford.Necond.\u2014Its Arts course extends.over three years instead of four, the year ending in June instead of ending in April as in other colleges.There seems no reason in our present social conditions for finishing the college year in April and extending the course over four years.In the third place, the smaller attendance gives the Professor a far better opportunity for studying the individual needs of his students and assisting when aid is needed.To some people there is another advantage in attending .Lennoxville, and that is the absence of the many distrae- tions incident to city life.It would perhaps be better for all concerned if the staff of Bishop's could become better acquainted with the people of the Townships, and thus advertise indirectly the advantages of the institution.Naturally they shrink from anything that looks like self-advertisement.THE MACDONALD INSTITUTE in connection with the: Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, provides long and short courses for teachers and others in nature study, home economies, and manual training.We extract from a recent announcement the following facts, which may be of immediate interest to some of our teachers in the province ; \u2014 \u201c After the present year our course will extend from September until June, and will include all branches of the subject as far as forge, lathe and bench work in metals.For the proposed special course of the present year, however, the term will be only four months, extending from Easter until the end of July, and only cardboard modelling and CE es SE EDITORIAL NOTES AND COMMENTS.wood-work suitable for our schools, with corresponding work in the history and theory of the subject, will be aitempted.Graduates in this special course will receive certificates on taking a short course, say three months, in metal work in any subsequent year.There will be no fee for tuition, but five dollars will be charged for materials.This department will be in charge of Mr.Evans, of the Macdonald Training Schools, who has had a thorough training and a wide experience in this work in England, Germany, Sweden and the United States, and who is a thoroughly competent and efficient instructor and lecturer in all branches of Manual Training.The wishes of the various Provinces regarding the entrance qualifications of their teachers will be respected .by us, but we would recommend that permanent professional standing be required in all cases preliminary to the- course in Manual Training.\u201d Editorial Notes and Comments.\u2014THERE is a tendency to isolation in the processes of education.In the ordinary mind there are a primary school, a secondary school, and a university, and these three are distinct in purpose, in methods, and in results.This view is vicious.If accounts somewhat for the antagonism so often displayed against the higher institutions of learning by those who are specially interested in elementary education.The purpose of education too is singularly misunderstood by the multitude.Education is intended to fit one for suc- cessin life.Yetsuccess is generally measured by the ability to make money and the preparation for making money, in arigid adherence to reading, writing and arithmetic.No account is taken of the fact that we have a life of mingles, toil and rest, and that we should be fitted to enjoy the hours of leisure be they ever so few.\u2014HOME TRAINING AND SCHOOL TRAINING SHOULD SUPPLEMENT EACH OTHER.\u2014The tendency of the modern parent is towards the idea that it is the duty of the State to educate the child and of the Church through the Sunday School to form his religions views and direct his moral conduct.In short the modern parent shirks his responsi- tarstébiéié sienne 64 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.bilities.He imagines that in the upbringing of his child there may be a complete division of labor, his own part being the furnishing of poor clothes and shelter Nothing could be more dangerous to our social life than this popular view.Educators have not escaped the contagion of this heresy.We find such men as President Eliot, one of the foremost thinkers of America, holding the public schools responsible for the corruption in politics, and the sordid views of life prevalent in the United States.They are responsible in the sense that they have not been a force adequate to the task laid upon them by the public.But so is President Eliot responsible in that he has been unable to bring about a condition he so ardently desires in the life of his nation.However, no one thinks of holding \u201chim up to ridicule as a failure.The school through the teacher influences the child only a few hours a day.During those hours the child is subject to the wholesome discipline of school life, and learns to some extent to respect constituted authority.He receives impulses for good, contemplates the noble \u2018and self- sacrificing examples presented in history and story, is made to desire the better life of high ideals, and then returns to home and companions where these things are held as beautiful but foolish, especially foolish.He has worn into his very being the conviction that he is best who succeeds in making most money.The methods do not matter much, but they must be effective.If the typical child is to be saved he must have some help from his home life.He cannot stand erect morally with the continual downward pull of his associations through the many hours he spends away from school influences.The sooner parents and the public generally understand this fact the better.In the meantime if is nonsense to expect the teacher to perform miracles in the sphere of moral training.Current Events.\u20143S1x Nova Scotia students are applicants for the Rhodes Scholarship of 1904, and the Senate of Dalhousie University has been appointed the committee of selection.Advices received by the University authorities from London state that the trustees have decided to accept for the presant La i fi To si qu gil u ; 65 CURRENT EVENTS.year as candidates, without a further qualifying examination, any students or graduates of- McGill University, Toronto University, Dalhousie University, and the University of New Brunswick, who have fulfilled the conditions under which they are exempted by the colonial universities statute from responsions or certain other examinations at Oxford University.The effect of these instructions is to make it unnecessary for any of the candidates from Canadian universities to undergo examination.{- Toronto University will present nine candidates for the Rhodes Scholarships of 1904.Their names are: E.H.Oliver, B.A., E.R.Paterson, B.A., and H.G.Wallace, B.A.(graduates); G.P.Bryce, T.B.McQuesten and E.W.Wallace (fourth year); J.F.Borland, R.C.Reade and B.A.Upsholl (third year).As the conditions mentioned in the above paragraph apply to the above nine candidates of Toronto University, along with the candidates from the other Canadian universities, it is almost certain that none of them will be under the necessity of trying the qualifying examination, the date of which has been set for April 13.All the Toronto University candidates have taken Greek for the requisite two years, and passed all the examinations, and this exempts them from the responsions.There is a provision, however, that in case the Senate deems it advisable to subject the candidates to any further tests they may do so.\u2014MONTREAL PUPILS\u2019 WORK.\u2014Four handsome boxwood cases are fitted in the High School building with the product of the pupil\u2019s brains.When finished they will be sent to Bradford, England, to the inaugural exhibition of the Cartwright memorial hall.This exhibition will open May 1, and last until October.In the educational department will be displayed exhibits from schools all over the British Empire.The Montreal School Board was invited to send specimens of the work done there, and the selections chosen will, it is believed, represent different lines of work from any other on exhibition.Two of the cases will show a full course in drawing based on the Prang system, taking the pupil from the simple work of the primary grades to the most advanced High School work.There will be one case of kindergarten and 66 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.transition work and one of normal training, Sloyd and sewing.The cases are the same ones sent to the Paris exhibition, but they have been refitted for this ocasion.\u2014 EMPIRE Day.\u2014 Arrangements are being made for a celebration in Great Britain of Empire Day on May 24.Entertainments, such as lectures and concerts, with descriptive recitations from colonial literature, tableaux in representative costumes, customs in the colonies and historical events connected with them are suggested.\u2014 PENSIONS IN NEW YORK STATE.\u2014Senator Bailey has introduced a bill in the New York Legislature for the establishment of a general pension fund for teachers throughout the State.The bill does not affect cities of the first class or other cities which pension their teachers on amounts equivalent to those provided by the bill.The main provisions are : \u2014 The pension fund shall consist of one per cent of each teacher's salary; five per cent of the state\u2019s share of excise moneys; five per cent of the inheritance tax; interest on fund ; donations; direct state appropriations.Teachers may be retired after thirty-five years of service, or after thirty years, if they have attained the age ot sixty-five\u2014at one-half average annual salary for the last five years of service, but no pension shall exceed $1,000 ; if incapacitated, between ten and twenty years\u2019 service, one quarter of salary, provided such teachers shall have contributed one per cent, of their salary to the fund; between twenty and thirty years of service, at five-twelfths of their salary, provided they shall have contributed one and one- half per cent of their salary to the fund.Teachers entering the service after August 1, 1905, shall have one per cent, For the fund deducted by the proper official, and such amount shall-be sent annually to the State Treasury to form part of the fund.Any teacher in the service, prior to August 1, 1905, desiring to avail himself of provisions of this act, must forward to the State Superintendent name, number of years of service, and to the State Treasurer a sum equal to one per cent of total salary for the years he has taught, and shall, thereafter, have one per cent deducted from his salary monthly.\u2014 School Journal. CURRENT EVENTS.67 \u2014SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS.\u2014DBritain\u2019s sovereignty of the seas is divided into eleven sections.From Gibraltar to the North Capes the Channel Fleet cruises to and fro, round and about our coasts.The new naval base in the Firth of Forth will lead to the divisiou of this work by the formation of a squadron for the east coast.Next in importance comes the Mediterranean Fleet, which is composed of our most powerful vessels, and 1s the core of our naval system.At the Red Sea the beat of the East Indian squadron begins, and runs toSingapore, where the China Fleet takes charge of British interests.The Pacific Squadron joins hands and patrols to the west coast of America, while a sixth squadron is allotted to Australia.From Cape Horn to the Gulf of Mexico is in the custody of the South American Fleet, and thence up to Newfoundland and beyond the North American Fleet holds sway.Capetown is the base of the squadron which patrols the East African coast, and the other side of the Dark Continent is watched by the West African Squadron, which connects with the Channel and Mediterranean Fleets at Gibraltar.Thus British warships girdle the entire globe, and the belt is so elastic that it can be strengthened at any point where need arises.\u2014The Practical Teacher.\u2014A GREAT work has been done by the British Government 1n repairing the ravages of war in the Transvaal.Seven thousand persons have been put back on their farms and furnished with the requisites for rebuilding their homesteads and resuming their agricultural pursuits ; they and thousands of children who are attending the Government schools have been fed for over twelve months : thirty thousand acres of land have been ploughed ; and provision has been made for widows and orphans and all who are in distress.Now that the Boer is to be regarded as a British subject, no effort is spared to make him content and happy.\u2014Canadian Teacher.\u2014A WRITER in the School Journal, in explaining the essential difference between the private and the public school, says that their ideals are different : that of the public school is scholarship, while that of the private school is culture \u2014meaning by culture, manners and conduct, as well as scholarship. 68 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.\u2014JAPAN, with a population of less than one-third of the population of Russia, has a larger number of children in its elementary schools than Russia.\u2014THE Prince of Wales enjoys one privilege from which the King is now debarred.So long as His Royal Highness.remains Prince of Wales he may take a seat in the gallery of the House of Commonsand hear the debates.The King is not supposed to do so.\u2014NOWHERE in the United States have experiments with the growth of eucalyptus trees been carried to such an extent as in the little valleys along the stretch of the Pacific coast.The eucalyptus, be it known, is the tree which some scientists say is destined to save the world from a famine of wood.Those who are familiar with the tree growing records in that district are confident in its ability to perform that feat if it should ever be called upon to do so, which is not probable.Ellwood Cooper, who owns a big ranch a few miles north of Santa Barbara, was one of the pioneers in the experimenting.His first plantations were set out twenty-five years ago.Some of the groves have been cut down three or four times and are again high in the air.Trees which have been permitted to grow for the entire quarter century are as large as oaks whose rings show them to be more than three hundred years old.In other words, the eucalyptus grows twelve times as fast as the oak, and, in fact, there is hardly a tree that it does not put to shame in this respect.Practical Hints and Examination Papers \u2014THaPPY is the man who early in life finds out what he is best fitted for and who bends all hisenergiesto preparing himself more thoroughtly for the particular vocation to which his abilities can be best applied.No use spoiling a good farmer to make a poor preacher, or a good merchant to become an ordinary lawyer, doctor or teacher.If each could know for what he is best fitted and devote his energies to becoming proficient in that particular line, there would be fewer failures and far greater contentment in the world.Teachers can do much to help pupils discover for themselves what calling in life would be most suitable for - hea ] à TL = ot itd DIOMCICMICH LL LITRE titi 69 PRACTICAL HINTS AND EXAMINATION PAPERS.them to follow.They should strive to be helpful in this way.\u2014 Missouri School Journal.\u201cTo model a statue and give it life is a noble work ; to model intelligence and give it truth is still nobler.\"\u2014 Victor Hugo.\u2014PERHAPS the most common mistakes of teachers are talking too loud and too much.An essential of a model recitation is that the teacher should talk little and the pupil much.Test yourself at every recitation by this question: * What proportion of the talking am I doing?Can what I say be heard and understood by the pupils who are studying at their desks ?\u201d The teacher\u2019s voice should be carefully measured to carry to those whom she intends te reach, and no further.\u2014 Popular Educalor.\u2014THE less men think, the more they talk.\u2014\u2014 Montesquieu.-\u2014LIFE is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy Emerson.-\u2014THERE is no more potent force for the improvement of society than the school teacher.We commit our children to this force more freely and fully than to any of the other forces.The teacher stands for the other forces.The most valuable force in the school, is not the tools, but the teacher, his personality.\u2014\u2014THE doorstep to the temple of wisdom is the knowledge of our own ignorance.\u2014\u2014 Spurgeon.~-AN ounce of practice is better than a ton of theory.-\u2014A PRETTY FLAG GAME.\u2014A very pretty and interesting game may be played with a sheet of paper or cardboard, on which are painted the flags of all nations.The sheet may be prepared by any one that has a little talent for drawing, and though it may entail some trouble it will doubly pay for itself.It is not hard to find colored pictures of the flags; almost any good gazetteer or big dictionary contains such a sheet.They should be copied in proper order on the paper or cardboard and colored in water colors.When the copying is done, put a number under cach flag instead of the name of the nation it belongs to, and 70 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD, hang the sheet on the wall where all the players may sce it.Give a sheet of paper to each player, with a list of the numbers written down the left-hand margin.Now, allot a certain time\u2014say half an hour\u2014 within which the players are to write opposite each number the name of the nation to which that particular flag belongs.When the time has expired each player signs his or her list and hands it to the leader, who examines them all and awards the prize to the one having the most names right.A miniature British flag, made of silk, would be a suitable prize to offer.~ \u2014UNLESS we are masters of ourselves we cannot expect to master our work or govern our life.\u2014NEARLY all good work is up-hill work, therefore, when difficulties are met they should be regarded rather as a sign that we are working in the right direction than as a cause for surprise and discouragement.\u2014OQUR greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.\u2014 Goldsmith.HearTtH TRUTHS.Rise early, go to bed early, and in the meantime work hard.Water and bread sustain life, but pure air and sunlight are indispensable for health.: Frugality and sobriety are the best elixir for a long life.Cleanliness preserves from rust; the best kept machines last longest.A sufficiency of rest repairs and strengthens; too much rest weakens and makes soft.She is well clothed who keeps her body sufficiently warm, safeguarding it from all abrupt changes of temperature, while at the same time maintaining perfect freedom -of motion.A house that is clean and cheerful makes a happy home.\u201cJoy conduces to love of life, and love of life is half of health.Better sleep can be obtained with a low than a high pillow.To lessen the work of the arteries that propel the blood to every part of the organism should be the aim of every one, so that the posture that most nearly places the F SAYINGS OF TEACHERS AND CHILDREN.\"I body in a horizontal position is the most to be desired.Bolstering up the head is always to be condemned, whether in sickness or in health, unless bodily injuties render the perfectly recumbent position impossible.It is not well to lie always on the back, as by that means the spine is kept too hot, and a feverish sleep is apt to result.The right side is the best to recline on, for the heart and the larger arteries are relieved from undue pressure.There is no room for doubt that the two hours immediately preceding midnight are the best for enjoying the * beauty sleep\u201d of the night ; but whether you retire for the night early or late, remember that you go to bed to sleep, not to make plans.KEEP THE MOUTH SHUT.This peremptory command is to ensure proper breathing \u2014that is, breathing through the nose.One should never, unless ahsolutely necessary, breathe through the mouth.It is the duty of the nose, and it was made for that express purpose and is especially constructed to aid correct breathing.In the first place 1t is provided with wing hairs that trap dust and impurities that may be in the air and prevent their invading the system.The nose has also what are known as turbinated bones ; these act as warming-plates to- temper the air as it is inhaled.It is further provided with an apparatus for furnishing moisture to the air.All these processes are quite essential before the air is drawn into the lungs, and if the breath is drawn though the mouth many of these essentials are lost.It is an excellent plan to take a good brisk walk every morning and to compel oneself to breathe through the nose all the time ; this is a first-rate hygienic practice.At first it may be difficult to do so, but it is worth persisting in, and ** practice makes.perfect.\u201d Sayings of Teachers and Children.\u2014IN Russia teachers are none too well paid.At a scholastic meeting some one proposed the toast: Long live + our school teachers.\u201d \u201c Whaton?\u201d Asked a cadaverous- looking specimen, rising in his seat. tell who go fishing.12 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.\u2014 LITTLE boy writing to his school master: «Every body at home is delighted with the progress I have made at your school.Why, when I came toyou I knew nothing and now, even in this short time, I know ten times as much!\u201d \u2014\u201c YOU may speak,\u201d said a fond mother, about people having strength of mind, but when it comes to strength of don\u2019t mind, my son William surpasses every body I ever knew.: \u2014 GLADSTONE thus defined a deputation :\u2014\u201c A noun of number signifying many, but not signifying much.\u201d \u2014DISRAELI, on being asked what he thought was the smartest thing he had ever said, replied: \u201cIt was at m first election for High Wycombe.\u201d \u201c As we stood side by side on the hustings, my opponent, a man of county family and influence, proclaimed that he was standing for the seat upon the constitution of the country, upon the broad acres of his fathers, upon law, property and order.\u201d \u2018And what does Mr.Disraeli stand upon ?\u201d cried a voice from the crowd of listeners.\u201c I\u201d\u2019, said Disraeli, \u201cI stand upon my head ! \u201d A SCHOOL commissioner was trying to elicit the name of the weapon with which Samson killed the Philistines.The children were dense.*\u201c What is this?\u201d he suggested laying his hand ou his cheek.They caught on in a moment.\u201c The Jawbone of an ass, Sir.\u201d Jack: \u201c1 wonder how it was first discovered that fish \u2018was a brain food 2\u201d Jill: ¢ Probably by the wonderful stories that men 39 \u2014A LITTLE girl complained to her mother that she was not feeling well, and the mother thought the symptoms were those of chicken-pox.Early the next morning the -child went into her parents\u2019 room looking verv serious.g y \u201c Yes\u201d she said, ¢\u201c it is the chicken-pox, mamma ; I found a feather in my bed!\u201d Gi] al: Ne 3 Dl of Tor ts ù PENSION FUND FOR OFFICERS OF PRIMARY INSTRUCTION, 73 MINUTES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE PENSION FUND FOR OFFICERS OF PRIMARY INSTRUCTION, DECEMBER MEETING, 1908.Sitting of December 3rd, 1903.Present : \u2014 The Honorable the Superintendent of Public Instruction, President; Mr.John Ahern, of the City of Quebec, Roman Catholic Teachers\u2019 representative for Quebec ; Messrs.H.M.Cockfield, B.A, and H.C.Hopkins, B.A., of the City of Montreal, representatives of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers; and Mr.J.N.Per- reault, of the City of Montreal, representative of the Roman (Catholic Association of Teachers of Montreal.The minutes of the last meeting of the Administrative Commission held at Quebec on the 17th and 18th of December, 1902, were read and adopted.The following report on the receipts and expenditure of the Pension Fund for the scholastic year ending June 30th, 1903, was read ; Revenue : $46.001 34 Disbursements 42,034 88 Surplus This surplus added to the surplus of the two previous years amounting to _ $920 41 forms thesumof.cere \u2026\u2026.\u2026.$ 4,886 87 to credit of the Pension Fund, deposited with the Department of the Treasurer of the Province and available for the payment of pensions.The capital of the Pension Fund on July 1st, 1902, WES.ve ceseues vacse ana ver sac ans 00 ana rennes $187,353 88 Added to capital this vear.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026es 906 33 Present capital.$188,260 26 This sum is deposited in the hands of the Treasurer of the Province.It cannot be used for the payment of pensions.This sum bears interest at the rate of five per cent per year. QUE 74 THE EDUCATIONAL RECORD.Read, a statement from the Treasurer of the Province, under date November 23rd, 1903, showing that the sum of $4,886.87 is at the credit of the Pension Fund for Officers of Primary Instruction on revenue account, and $188,260.26 at the credit of the same Fund on capital account.Read, a report of the Secretary of the Administrative Commission indicating the persons who have ceased to be pensioners and the amount of pension which each received, .as follows : \u2014 \u2018 1.Those who resumed teaching in 1903: Marie Pinard, aged 51 years, pension $40 58 Widow Eloi Lemay, ¢ 44 © 6 27 96 Total.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.$68 54 2.Those who have failed to produce the required annual medical certificate : Fanny Globensky, aged 3+4 years, pension $29 85 Rachel Hébert, \u201c 54 * \u201c 21 00 Total.$50 85 Pensioners who have died since December 1st, 1902, date of last report : Hugh Dickson, aged 88 years, pension $ 76 68 Daniel McSweeney, « 88 < \u2018\u201c 611 40 Joseph Green, \u201c82 « \u201c 371 98 Patrick Riordan, « 81 \u201c \u201c 366 98 Mrs.H.L.Montreuil, « T9 6 59 82: Abbie Gilman, « 76 \u201c 6 23 28 Henry E.Martineau, SOTT 6 266 90- Gilbert Ferguson, \u201cTE