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IIHURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1927. 1&6 is now doing in the case of technical education in the cities. > Would Reduce Cost - The es.ab1ishiment of the larger unit would not only improve the educational.facilities, but would tend to greater economy in the manage- ment of schools. that at present two schools in every eleven have an average attendance of 10 or less; two schools in every five have an average of 15 or less; ve schools in every eight. an aver- age of 20 or less, and only three schools in every eight. have an aver- age of over 20. It is generally con- ceded that no school can be econ- omically conducted or eiciently tauight with less than 20 pupils, yet we nd tihat m-ore than 3,000 one-' roomed schools in the Province, or 60 per cent. of the total numlbe-r,< have fewer puiprils than they ought" to have. It is no`. sugigested that all of these schools with less than 20` pupils should be closed, but it great number oi` them might well be closed and the pupils distributed` to other schools nearby with a consider- able saving. It cost the Province in 1924 more than -a million dollans to maintain 900 schools with less than 7,000 pupils. Such high cost cannot be defended except in those` cases where conditions make the maintenance of a small sdhool un-' avoidable. A township board, in its own mmiicipality, could effectively` deal wizih this problem of dou?blin.g- up schools with low attendance. During" the past year the suggest- ed bill to establish Township Boards` : has been much discussed by truszee : posed bill. boards and ratepayers, and while some have opposed the measure, many valuable suggestioiis were made. There appears to be some misunderstanding re-_g`a1'ding the pro- It is not the inzention to take away from the people the control of their schools. The people pay for and own their schools and mus: control them. Nor is it de- sired to force, or even encou1'a:_.1'e,r consolidated schools. The main idea" of the twnship bill is to reduce the` cost of education. In conclusion Mr. Ferguson asks 1'oi'sue`gestio11s or amendments to the bill, or an alternative plan for the necessary improvement of the rural schools in the Province.- An analysis shows-. `J. Struthers, in B1'aceb1'i '..haul in-en 21 On Thursday, December 30, Ves- pra lost one of it.s pioneer residents in the person of Mrs. Andrew Holmes, who lived to -the ripe age of eighty-six years. Mrs. Holmes emi- grated from Ireland in the year of 1839 with her father and mothez, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Gauley. She was one of a family of eleven children ,- all of whom predeceased her. At the age of twenty years she mu'rie:'l' William St.ru`.hers of Bradford. hey" resided there for some time and to them were born three children, \V. Mrs. J. Patte1'.` at whose home in `.im.'- rie she died, and ;VIrs. Jos. Townsend in New York. .'-\f`.er seven ye"rs -.I` married life Mr. Struthers died, fol- lowing` a severe illness. VVhcr. she widow for some times`: _\'ear:<. Mrs. Struthers married An- drew Holmes of Vespra, and to them nine children were born. Of these the J'olowin:_1' survive: Ma1'y Ann'- i'l0lI`-1e.<, Chicae'o; Isabel, in Saskati` Jns. I-It-nry, Fulton, l\'y.;.' Foam Lake, S'2`1Si{l'.ci10\Var1, 'l`hirt_\'-one years` are E\'Ir.Ho1umes` also died, leaving: her with seven .\l1121ii children. Mr. and Mrs. Holmes moved to liaterine, where they rev ;~'idwl for about thinty years, and` then Mrs. Homes came to Barrie to spend her ins`. (l'.x_\'s with her (la11e;l1- ter. Mrs. Patterson, where on Thurs- day last she answered the nval call to the Great Beyond. Mrs. Holmes was a staunch Meth- odist all her life. Rev. A. J. G. Carscadden of Cen`.r-al United church conducted the services at the `house, 70 Sanford St., on Saturday, and spoke impressively from Job, Lf a man die shall he live again ?" The pall~bearers were three nephews, Robt. G-auley, Robt. Holmes, W. T. Clarke, and J. Patterson, W. J. Craven and J. Davis. The oral `fr! butes showed the higih esteem in which Mrs. Holmes was held. In-' terment was made in Barrie Union` cemetery. Those attending` the funeral from a distance were Robt. Gauley, Ha:m- chewun; (}eor:.re, iliion; W. T. Clarke, Bren-twoodg`: Robrt. Holmes, Mrs; T. Bowman, Grenfel; Mrs. D. Plaxton, Angus; Mrs. D. G. Richardson and E. J. Bar `low, Orillia; Jaas. H. Holmes, Fulton, Ky., and Wm. J. Struthers, Brace? bridge. We do not know what way will. lead to happiness either for omv selves or for our friendis. We can- not se-e the outcome of any earthly choice, but we know that in the end 1-i.g'.ht always pays Better than wrong',. and that even here and now gool." (I9!-`(i`S brings more comfiorf tlian ax-" - r.:viI deeds co'uid' bring us.` /. MRS. ANDREW HOLMES Page Three Uanaua on 4-`[m:~_m.:.,1 Limited" train whiqlx is pulled through a. replica of the Canadian Pacic Rockies by a small puffing engine only four feet long, but strong enou h to ull 30 people. The engine driver is J. Terrence Ho der, te twenty-one year- old son of one of England's wealthiest families who prefers this job to an Oxford career. One gets on the train at the Palais Station, Quebec, job Oxford One gets on the Quebec just below the magnicent Chateau Frontenac, and passes through Quebec and Ontario provinces and enters the prairies in less than no time. When Ban is reached the train stops to allow passengers to see the Ban Springs Hotel and the beautiful Bow Valley. Westward it speeds through the Canadian Pacic Rockies, some 600 feet long, the tallest towering 74 feet high and built of sheet iron and plaster, and dashes into Connaught l tunnel; thence on to the Coast, where one sees Vancouver Harbour, the Straits of Georgia and picturesque Victoria. Mnrn thnn `mm a million people rode on the little the Straits of Georgia and pwturesque Victoria. More than half a million people Canadian Pacific Railway at Wembley last ir{ear, and among its distinguished passengers were the ing and Oman and Um Duke and Duchess of York. The Northern Advance N. Duff Elected.:R;ral Education_ Mayor Of Barrie' Is Too Expenslve MAYOR ` Hon. G. Howard Ferguson, as /-4 - 'r\ Iv T|.`f.d.~4-.-.-.. A4` Trlnnninn {ya -3 1-annni Ward E Ward Advance Poll utuateu In lIl\= uuunu-an uv......,.,. ._- .,, , A Treasure Island, the outstanding amusement feature of I the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley -- with its bold but nice pirates.Long John Silver and Captain Hook, 1 and its many other famous characters from storyland, Peter Pan, Wendy, Alice, the Duchess. the Mad Hatter, Cinderella. Mother Goose and Robinson Crusoe, has ` 1s)roved to be the greatest entertainment attraction at the esqui-Centennial International Exposition at Philadel- , phia. . _ It 18 a much bigger and more wonderful Treasure Island" than the one which delighted thousands at Wembley last year. It has six acres of land, surrounded by a natural lagoon. The entire lay-out of the Island in Philadelphia was designed and built by Maxwell Ayrton, architect of the Wernbley exhibition overseas. Drake's ship the Golden.Hmd, Noah s Ark and its animals, two by two, and pirate and smugglers caves will be a few I the features seen. . But quite the most fascinating experience of the 't,nr_tr_> Trc-asumre Island is the trip across Canada -H .,..-.-__.;'. I`v.ci'.c Rc.ilv:ay's I Ward | Aa{;1}}{""%'$i i' VVa1'd Advance Pol]... Ix"aJi3';i1 f mil" luu ............. .. Adv. Pol] Majority for Du , E. T. Tyrer and J. Nixon elected by acclamation. TI-r` situated In the Canadian Rockies. uvu Majority for Lowe, 334. FIRST DEPUTY-REEVE Vard Robertson Mc`C 560 Mz1jo`{;i_ty for McCuaig', 876. SECOND DF.PUTY-RE~E\/r.`. 1 ` 3410 717 Majority for Crcswicke, 192. Colcs and Lang clecicd. 174 1'70 Reeve and Dyer elected. Ward III. 92 193 J Malcomson and Moran elected. 213 273 Rogers and Wiles elected. #3111: and McFadden elected._ Now is the time to look over your requirements in the line of Letter Heads Bill Heads Statements Invoices Envelopes Cards, Etc. Brothers Malcomson Moran `n nn nn 104 ALDERM EN Ward VI. Gracey Kniwg O Lower Jarvis Crcswicke! REEVE Ward IV. VVar(l I. VVa1'tl TI. . 92 105 9 ? Ward V. Craven Rogers W-iles `An nn We print anything from a small card to a large catalogue. He handle a new line of Counter Check Books that will please you. Dyer Ha1'1e_V Reeve (X 1 O A H 1 "102 187 26 ' Kniwght McvEadder. Ht! 011 1060 Byrne Craig Duff 115 113 869 Phone 53 @112 Nnrthprn Ahuzmw 1. 1 101 251 . McGuai_e Lowe 1147i 1203 116 `Jul 169` Treasure Island is Mecca fdr Children 115. 108 111 107 1 .3 :1 166 1041 909 0:) 184 4!)` 164 G: t1'ainin:_~ 66 culture, 71. course. 941 `.c-ache)` 81 ant tcaw 82 cation: 61 school 69 ! in theix 5-1 l "N10 24] 8 4 opnmzltion :1 21 more or (Hvidual sec civnt numb ncccs.~;m'_\` r.-.<.tzub1is11m0'. the maint< nu`; ;uuu.x ovlluvnaa u. u..w...\., ............. ses the need of some change in the present system. The p-Lpils in the rural schols do not get the advan- tages that those in the uiban schools do, and yet the cost of education in rural districts is much higher than in the urban centres. It is admitted that in rural schools there should be facilities for teaching swch subjects as manual trainin.g, household science and elementary agriculture, but this [cannot be done under present con- ditions. It is also -admitted that the Icoun-try boy requires a secondary education just as much as the city boy and is equally entitled to it. No child who receives merely an ele- mentary school training is adequate- ly prepared for his duties as a citi- zen. He nishe-s the elecent-ary school just when his reasoning powers are beginning` to develo-p. To deprive him of further sic-hool train- ing is to lessen his orpportunity for the development of that keen intelli- gence and those worthy ideals of life wlhich are the marks of a good citi- rn1 ,, L ,,. .......'1 2.. ...\....`.-u.-in G. Minister of Education, in a recent letter to the tl`-uSt'.`C.S an-.1 ratepayers of rural schools in Ontavrlo, discus the .... ..-1 .).:~+..:,.4.. 1 . `\\I\rl"\ 11:n-hm Mann w. vvun.u.u aux. mu. -uu`...; IIA. .. O- zen. The unbvan pupil is receiving this t1'ainin.g' in the urban high schools. Yv - n 3 I 15 me mm `across \. I`;'.c1.: P.;`.'.lv:uy'x3 bUllUUl'Du How is this secondary education, so essential for rural pupiils, `.0 -be provided? At the present time rural communities are almost entire- ly dependent upon urban centres for a secondary education. Nearly all `.nhe continuation schools and higlh schools have been established in the villages, towns and cities, and only rural pupils who live near these cen- tres are able to attend, uiiless they board in the town, at considerable cost. Even those wiho do at-tend do not get just the kind of education suited to tihr.-ir needs, if they iniend to be farmers. Wlhat i required in this case is :1 special type of school` instruction in those sciences which are fiundamr.-ntal to ag`ricuIture, and in ~`.hose activities which be of special Value to him as a farmer. which olfers K1. LKILIIIULI l`o meet the conditions, there are two alternatives, the consolidation of the schools, or the 1'e-01-ganization of the existing schools. The latter would appear to be the more feasible `The schools can be arranged so as to have an attendance sufficiently larg'e to do efl ccr'.ive work. The pupils can be given instructions in such special subjects as manual trainin_;', household science and agri- in addition to the ordinary For this work the reszular misrht be assisted by itiner- teachers who have special quali- fications and who would go from to school _e'ivin_e` instructions their particular depart-ment.s. neces:<:1r_\' machinery for the re-0r_:anization of schools along: this line has been provided for in the School Act, but thougvh they have been on the statute books for many _\`e:1rs they have seldom been put in- to operation. The reason is evidenlt. Before ad\'anta,4`e could be talten of" to be co- sections on In- them there would have among: school less extensive scale. dividual sections have neither a Sul- number of pupils nor `he m~ce.<.~;a1'_\' nancial resources for thr- rrstalilislilnent of 21 i`ll_`. .lil school or inaintenance of a part-time course. 'l.`*he only way to acconrplish this is by e11la1'1.:'in{.:' the uni`.. Th: subs.titution of the `.own:~'hip for the section as the unit of school admin- istration would make it possible to re-organize the existing` rural SCi100ilS in such a way as to place them on the same plane of cfliciency and use- fulness -as bhe urban schools. A townslhip board liavimg; the united resources of the township at its back would be able to provide the ele- mentary education already given and also the advanced tnaining. If an organiaztion of this kind were set up the Department of Education would be in a position to assist the tOWI1Sl1l`-DS in a nancial way, as it 1206 552 646 1298 1056 106 Brown, Simpson Smith and Wsalhs elected. 3155 ...116 ...107 7123 BOARD OF EDUCATION 164 117 107 110 103 149 109 1. Complete and exact in every detail in this small engine, representing the largest type of engine used in the Rockies in Canada. This small enalno pulls 30 people around the "island" at one trip. 2. A compositegictureol a 'I`r<-sure inland" scene showing a party of young girls leaving uebec o the Canadian Pacic Train and nssing through the Connnu t tunn . At top of cm! in a miniature of one of Canada`: neat hote 3, the Chateau Frontenac. _ . . .- -. nu . - 1 9 1, 2- _.,n__1 .LL__.._L .. ......`i:.... 4: Flag