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ys made in this "Suse aud 928, and the 21st day of , 1929, there will be sold with the approbation of the Local Master of this Court at Whitby by George - Jackson, auctioneer, at the premises in the Village of Seagrave, in the \County of Ontario, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon, on the eigh- teenth day of February, 1929, the following property, namely; "All and singular that certain par- cel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the village of Sonya, (commonly known as the Village of Seagrave) in the County of Ontario, and being composed of Vil- lage lot number eight in-Block 1 as shown on the Plan of the Village of Sonya, laid out on lots numbers twenty three and twenty four in the thirteenth concession of the Township of Reach, made by W, E. Yarnold, P.L.S., for Abram Farewell and C. E. Caryell," There is said to be erected on the said land a new storey and a half frame dwelling, a public garage about 30 ft. by 50 ft, and a barn and open shed combined, about 18 feet by 20 feet. The house is' said-to be wired tor electricity, and heated by a hot air furnace, and erected on a cement foundation with a cement cellar un- derneath, The size of the house is about 22 feet by 28 feet. The propeyfy will be offered for sale subject to a reserve bid which has ~ been fixéd by the said Master. The purchaser to assume the exist- ing mortgages against the property, particulars of which may be had as below indicated and to pay 109 %00f the total purchase' money down at the time of the sale and the balance after giving credit for the mortgages assumed in 30 days from the date thereof. In all other respects the terms and conditions of sale will be the standing conditions of the Supreme Court of Ontario. Further particulars can be had from Harris & Harris, Port Perry, Ontario. Dated at Whitby, this 21st day of January A.D. 1929, Sgd. ROBT. RUDDY, Local Master at Whitby D0 EXPERIMENT IN CHARACTER BUILDING (Canadian School Journal) By Agness Boysen, Principal, Lyndale School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. During the past years there has been a growing desire to include character training in our school curriculum. This desire has come from the fact that many of our school graduates are not making a success in the home or in the business world. In fact, some seem to be absolute failures. It has become evident to the ma- jority of educators that one of the reasons for failures among our young people is the fact that tradition has taught us that education for life con- sists in the mastery of academic sub- jects, and that to be successful one needs a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals. This brings us to the definition of success, the understanding of which shpuld be the foundation of education. The majority of thinking people to- day, I believe, unite in the opinion that success means service and an adequate appreciation of the value of the best things that life has to offer. Unfortunately, we find in our peni- tentiaries many men who are experts in mathematics. This leads us to the conclusion that a knowledge of mathe- matics in itself does not necessarily fit one to live correctly, and that there is something much more valuable to be gleaned from that study than mere accuracy and speed. However, pupils, teachers, and par- _ents continue to work for marks in academic subject matter. Their mind 'and heart and soul have been fixed on the desire that the boy or girl must stand "high" in the four fundament- als. This was largely due to the fact "that school systems laid much greater stress on advance in the acquisition of subject matter than in anything else. Something needed to be done to change the standards of both the par- : ents and those in charge of the school febl4 sirable results will not follow as s they should, For two years in our various confer- ences, our group at the Lyndale School discussed the needs of educa- tion before we took any definite ac- tion. We considered, first, the busi- ness world. We interviewed many prominent business men, asking their opinions concerning the reasons that boys and girls were not making good. The following statements were among their answer. "They lack in re- sponsibility." "When they finish a job they expect someone to give them another, rather than being alert and finding one for themselves." "They want to be told what to do and when to do it" "It seems necessary for someone to stand over them continual- ly so that they will not waste time." Another reason given by practically all was, "They do not co-operate. If someone criticizes them, they are dis- agreeable for the rest of the day. They object to taking orders and argue with the people who are direct- ing their work." Still another gen- eral criticism was, "They are not punctual. They walk in five or ten minutes late and begin to watch the clock at 4.30. They are very much afraid that they may work a minute over time." Several remarked that they had no feeling of loyalty toward their employers and that they could not be depended upon; that if they were offered fifty cents a week more they would accept it at once, and often telephone in the morning that they would 'not return. At about this time, the teachers be gan to ask if it would be possible to add character traits to the report cards. I was glad to have them' ex- periment. We added responsibility, service, courtesy, and leadership. These additions helped the children. 1 opened the question of a report card with no marks in academic sub- jects and all marks in character traits. The teachers were of one mind and desirous of trying out this experiment at once. When. school ovened in the fall of 1925, they immediately ex- pressed a desire to try out this type of report card. After receiving permission to go ahead, we began to make definite plans. At a building meeting' we listed every desirable character trait and finally grouped them under the ten headings: Reliability, obedience, industry, self-control; social attitudes, judgment, punctually, initiative, per- sonal habits, thrift. I then divided the teachers into groups to form com- 'mittees to define these character traits in terms which the childreh would understand. These requirements were taken off with the mimeograph, and each child as far down as the second grade made a booklet. Each page in this booklet is headed with a char- acter trait and below are listed the ways of expressing it. The kindergarten and the first and second grades have their individual booklets which they use as a basis for reading, language, and general work. After we had taken these prelimin- ary steps, we- called the parents to- gether for the first Parent-Teacher Association meeting of the year and explained to them what we had plan- ned to do. There were about three hundred and fifty parents present, and, as you may well imagine, they were much interested in the plan. A large majority were delighted, a few were dubious, and a very few were antagonistic. I asked them to co-operate with us for at least one term, and as usual they were willing to give me their cordial support. I gave them as many details that evening as I thought ne- cessary and outlined situations which might puzzle them. One thing 1 em- phasized was that they must not ex- pect too much of the children. I sug- gested that they go over the booklets carefully with the children, helping them to understand how to express these qualities, and when a child came home with a low mark, instead of up- braiding him, to check up on the| character trait, see where the diffi culty was, and find ways to correct it. sThe day came when we sent out our stated previously that it would be im. first report cards. The teachers had possible mark Sigse cards out of -- From Tur SES------ - = POST PERRY MILLING & LUMBER C0. For Fesus, or Lily White of users is growin pleased Ah Mr, William Causley, Milling Company, daily. our. Try it: be convinced. for Bread. Qur customers are recently with the Galt is anxious to have the . house wives of Port Perry and district to use his flour. boys and girls, and that she had no, idea of the difficulties that they had to meet. For two weeks after the first report cards were issued, we did nothing but talk to parents. We had the pleasure of meeting' some that we had never seen before, It would take too long to tell you the many happy results of these conferences. As the report cards continued to be issued, complaints grew less, and en- couraging comments began to. pour in. The comments which pleased us most were those which stated that the children 'had. improved greatly at home. This wolkelt and continued to feel is the most satisfactory outcome of all. It is not difficult to get child- ren to do the right thing in a school building where a score of people are continually advising and directing. The real test is the conduct of boys |. and girls on the street, in the corner store, and at home. If the ideals we are teaching in the public schools can carry into these places, then we are intleed making a contribution. Parents stated that children were asking if they were reliable at home, and were requesting to know ways in which they might express it. They were playing with brothers and sisters' and neighbors harmoniously because their social attitude must be right. Those who had always refused vege- tables were asking for them because it showed good judgment. They were insisting upon going to bed at eight for the same reason. These are not a few detached cases. It began to be general over the entire building be- cause we were giving just as much credit for work outside as in school. Fathers asked for extra booklets to take on the road with them in order to study them, and many said to me, "These are just as good for business as school work," which was the exact comment we were delighted to have. One boy came to me one morning with a little elephant cut from a cake of laundry soap. -It was. so perfect that I expressed great admiration and asked when he had done it. His an- swer was, "Oh my mark in initiative is low and I had to do something to bring it up, so last night at %ome-I looked around to see what I could find." The marking of industry has done wonders for pupils who would not work. Boys and girls whom we had decided were retarded mentally suddenly surprised us by jumping to the head of the class. We discovered that most of these cases were not stupidity but idleness. Another group of pupils we reached were those who | were bright and had managed to slip 'through the grades with a "C;" who suddenly realized that it was their working habits more than their 100's that made their progress. We found in that way a group of unusually bright boys and girls, No doubt some will be interested in what occurred in scholarship, and I am glad to say that the Lyndale ad- vanced in scholarship beyond anything it had ever done inthe old system of marking. 'We were all so thoroughly convinced that growth in character would produce growth in scholarship that we were not surprised when this occurred. The children all Keep individual graphs of their work that they may see their improvement. Room graphs are. kept also not only. In sible t in r ; During the past month I have had} three mothers come into the office and say that the Lyndale marking syst The number {1 Chiropractor and Prugless Thraist 3A H _ 34 Wolverleigh Blvd, Toronto Phone. Hargrave 0990 IN PORT PERRY _ Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, + ~10 to 12 a.m. Phone 258 ---- ma---- has completely changed their homes. One mother wept because her little girl was leaving. I then explained to her that this system does not need to be limited to the Lyndale. Gon- scientious teachers with a vision have always believed in developing char- acter and that all we have done is to give it first place 'instead of second, and that she as a mother. can con- tinue to do the same thing in .her home. We have had letters from every state in the union, also from China, India and Egypt, showing that all educators are becoming more and more interested in finding ways and means to teach character building in the schools. The question is sometimes asked, "Do you have a special -period for teaching character training " It is quite-as impossible to have one period for teaching character training as. it would be to have one period to express it. It must be taught and expressed every minute of the day. * It has ceased to be an experiment with us. Results have been far too accurate to be in doubt any longer. mene () () (een INVESTIGATION RE DEATH OF MRS. VIOLA PRENTICE (Oshawa Daily Times) The investigation into the death of Mrs. Viola Prentice, Port Perry, who died in Oshawa Hospital, Monday, from the effects of acute sceptic peri- tonitis," has revealed important facts hitherto unknown to the police, Ac- cording to Coroner D: S, Hoig, an ante-mortem statement was taken from Mrs. Prentice on Sunday after- noon, and this raised certain issues, prompting a post-mortem examina- tion of the body yesterday. This morning The Times was informed that Mrs. Prentice, in her declaration, ad- mitted that she had performed an operation on herself resulting in peri- tonitis, this being the ultimate cause of her death on Monday The autopsy bore out the fhets contained in the ante-mortem statement. At the time the statemen, which was made in the presence of Dr. A. E. Stewart, Miss Lena Taylor, a nurse, [and a hospital nurse, was taken, Mrs, Prentice was cognizant of the fact that she was going to die, and in issuing the statement completely ex- onerated anyone else of having per- formed the operation. » Mrs. Prentice was in her 27th year and was the widow of George Prentice who "died three months ago. She Was brought to the hospital late Saturday, i -- Ore BUILDING FOR SALE 4 Size 14 x 20 feet. Suitable for a garage or chicken house. new. Apply at Star Office. feb? MYRTLE FLOUR, FEED OF ALL KINDS, Gluten Feeds, Carload of Corn, and SPECIAL Practically | COMING Dr. F. E. 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