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Show The Te.e.iers' Oineullen. TomiNTO, J uly IS. The great teachers' teach-ers' convention Is now lu lull session, audmo.tur thu delegatea concur that It laassjcccssfula gathering nt any In the history uf the association. About 100,1 teacher are In tho rlty, and although al-though many enjoyed excur.lon and .lion trips during the day, the department depart-ment held crowded meetings, sluiul-tant-iusly, thl afternoon. Th ms meeting tonight was attended by nearly near-ly (ifsi delegates. This morning Horticultural Hor-ticultural pavilion was filled to listen tu the paiiera read by Htale Huperluteu-dent Huperluteu-dent J. It. Frestou of Mlulaslpsl and HUieriliteiuleiit A.H. Markayof Hall-fax, Hall-fax, N, H.,oulhntiachlugofpatrlotl.in In tlio ub.'lo schools. Dr. Preston set forth that though the old Idea of attrlotlsm wu to bu ready to die for one' country the modern and truer Idea un to llvu aud work for the fatherland and strive to leavu It better thsn we found It. Th eaker hud a supreme belief In per,ctulty or thu American Union. The eternal prluclpleof Ireu government will fuse all discordant element. Public, ichools are grtat fusing furnaces, aud from the plsj-tlo stnariiof American childhood child-hood they mutt mould American patriots. pat-riots. Tonight at the great mast meeting United Hlntc Commissioner of education educa-tion Hrrlgvu n concl.v audlucld account ot th present statu or education educa-tion lu the United Htates.showtng how both tbo while and colored populations were yearly biking greater advantage or the splendid educational fscullli within their reach, and how vast strides were liolng madu In education. Hetiajkuuf lhe $:i,0Ji),oili paid from the publlo money for educational air-jsiseadurlng air-jsiseadurlng tlm iost lliliteen years, and referrud with pride to the fait that an annual endowment of SIOO.Wsi.ihM had Ik en donated for mmy jears past from tha private pureoa or weallhy citizen. citi-zen. Ontario Minister or Kducallou Itosa skctcheil thu geueral plan iin whltli the Canadian system wa based. A monster concert was also given to thu teachers thl evening. |
