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x Fo 54h in. na | SALE OF WOMEN'S READY-TO-WEAR Yord os | $25.00 Coats for - - $20.00 Coats for - - $17.50 12.50 i $15. 00 to $20.00 Coats of last sea- at Port Perry 1s paying 87c. per lb. for fat. You Sie. por Ib. for | Re money by sending cream to 7.95 3.95 7.95 Fine Black Dressgoods ~ Greatly Reduced - We are making a sp ecial reduc- tion in fine black ipgcods silk son's styles for - . 15 Women's Coats for - Girl's $12.00 Coats for - i Girl's $6.00 Coats for - - 4.50 i Girl's $5.00 Coats for - 3.75 i and wool Poplin, Tricotine, Wool {i Crepe Armure Skirts for girls 6 yrs. i Crepe, etc., al reduced in price. to 16 yrs. Reg. $2.50 for $1.65 sseesse a rani nN iNuRanInaiiae January Delineator 38 to ry re] k, Green, Ori- . $1 25. Hy oe $95c. Ny ~~ Comes in Bla Enter any time. Catalogue ice, w. J. BLLIOM TOWNSHIP OF SCOTT ? All elected by acclamation. Reeve, Tar School Froblers 3 Canadian Schoo! Board Journal s relatively large y the popu- ey "with a f of the Province ent: of | to endanctss to from eal n 1 iin The steady ee ERT 3 "| where school populations are relatively small, and ne schools vith average, : 0 10-~$41.568.. , with average, 6. to 1 1.20. 3 with a yi "x. 6 to 1 6.57. : los or Teste $51.66. : Amount per pupil in all rural public schools $15.95 a. wr oF sion that the maintenance n of our elemeén- rural districts. are excessive. or fetency of the very small rural school is questioned. It is contended that there piso an o inspiration in numbers and an enthusiasm LLY cannot be secured when children are taught or in small groups, that the incentives ion and co-operation have a wonder- in sharpening the intellectual powers the moral qualities of children, and Ti offers great- er possibilitigs for the development of the best types of citizenship. in the| part-time Winter Schools for Rural Communities The difficulty of providing school accommoda- tions at convenient centres for children in rural Seacher Schodls in the most flour-| communities is not the only obstacle in the way. e average attendance is ge in 117 school and Farm laborers are scatoe and, accordingly, child- ren who. are old enough to work and who are not 8 | expected to go to school for the purpose of being engaged in some other occupation are employed in the house or on the farm during several months of the year. We must frankly admit, therefore that full-time schools for such pupils, under pre- sent conditions and the conditions that are likely or a Hime at least to prevail, are impossible. But ¢ need for the education of children who have : the elementary 'of providing for adequate support and equalized burdens. The school laws provide for such co- 'operation through the provisions which are made for united action. for rural school boards. These provisions apply both to elementary schools and continuation ools; but, whatever may be the 'reasons, we have made but little headway in se- curing co-operation by these means. In Great Britain and in the United States, where the same difficulties are being encountered, the solution of the problem is being sought by increasing the areas of administrative units. In England and in Scotland the parish scheme of organization, which corresponds to our section plan, has been entirely adandoned; and the county, which is the unit for taxation purposes, has been adopted as the unit for school administration. In the United States the township unit appears to be favoured, and several states, including such progressive states as Massachusetts, Indiana, Ohio and Penn- sylvania, have adopted this plan. 'The Inspectors of the Province, who have excellent opportunities for observing rural educational conditions at first hand, unanimously favour the creation of larger administrative areas and support their opinions with arguments which would appear to have much weight. The majority, T understand, would select' the township as the unit. The section method of administration owes its origin to pioneer condi- tions which almost dictated the creation of a small local unit, and this form of management doubt- less worked well in early times. = The Province was then incompletely settled; communities were often isolated; roads were bad; communication was difficult. The plan was the natural one to be adopted in a sparsely settled country with many widely separated communities, just as it had been adopted in New. England States before that time. But it has been pointed out that the conditions which made the plan necessary in Upper Canada| eighty years ago have practically disappeared to-! day; that the arable Jortions of the Province are! completely settled; that isolated communities no longer exist; that a network of good roads pene- | trates all parts of the Province; and that the! telephone and the automobile have brought the ion a iron township as closely together; 8 85, the people of a school t changes which dustrial, and ssibilitis for ini sty stration. At e reforms mos that ementary and 8econd- 'brou it a only through 3 - greater measure of ah ¥ 'hope is'that this ques-| Fuel "most serious attention from all concerned with the support and "of schools. welcome all for "gen efficiency | 20c. County of Ontario, general ... County of Ontario County of Ontario, Agriculture Examinations-- Entrance Departmental Sundries Village of Port Perry Expenditures Teachers' Salaries , Other Salaries ... Examinations Printing and advertising Exchange, postage, telephone, etc . Equipment .... Supplies ... Household Science Agriculture . Rent Fuels. Insurance Repairs .... Electric Light Sundries ...: Athletics . Surplus PUBLIC SCHOOL Balance from 1923 Grants--Provincial Government, general Superannuation County of Ontario, general . { Sundries .. | Village of Deficit Teachers' Salaries ., Other "salaries Printing and advertising Exchange, postage, telephone, etc. Equipment ... Supplies ' Insurance Repairs J. Electric Light Sundries . Provincial Government, cadet uniforms. Provincial Government, Agriculture . . Provineial Government, Farm Mechanics. . .. Provincial Government, Household Science. . Government Grant, Teaching Agriculture.. Provincial: Government, Superannuation 42.50 1442.83 67.66 1081.02 177.62 260.00 3970.76 1510.88 176.00 172.50 ' 17.49 . 8200.00 J. Stiver. Councillors--W. B, Bain, W. R: Rynard, E, Leask, H, Pearson: i Qs "THE DEVIL OF TO-DAY" ° By Rev. A. J. Haugh = Men don't believe in the devil How, As their, fathers' used tor do; x They've forced the door of the broad- est creed To let His Majesty through. There isn't a print of his cloven foot Or a fiery dart from his brow | To be found in the earth or air today, For the world has voted so. Who dogs the steps of the toiling saint And digs the pits for his feet? | Who sows the tares in the fields of $13,467.38 $10,290.42 717.50 328.97 52.50 19.81 855.01 84.04 118.76 141,50 205.00 670,44 96.32 140.99 34.23 88,50 50.00 $13,467.38 $ 1,087.70 1,740.00 140.00 4240 4346 4,800.00 | ¥ 50.68 $7,854.24 time Wherever God sows his wheat? The devil is voted not to be, And, of. course the thing is true; But who is doing the kind of work The devil alone can do? We are told that he does not go about: As a roaring lion now; But whom shall we hold responsible ] For the everlasting row To be heard in home; in Church, i» state, ; To the earth's remotest bound: If the devil by a unanimou b Is nowhere to be found? Won't somebody step to the forthwith And make their bow and show How the frauds and crimes of as day Spring up? We want to Know; The devil was fairly voted out, And, of course, the devils gone; But simple people woulld like to kn 'Who carries the business o) I thank the Citizens of Por Perry for the 'continued cor dence, and