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Original eopias in priniad papar covare ara fllmad baginning with iha front covar and anding on tha last pags with a printsd or illuatratad improa- lion. or tha back covar whan appropriata. All othar original copiaa ara tilmad baginning on tha first paga with a printad or illuatratad impraa- sion. and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illuatratad imprasaion. Tha laat racordad frama on aach microflcha shall contain tha symbol — » (maaning "CON- TINUEO"). or tha symbol V (maaning "ENO"l. whichavar applias. Maps, platas. charts, ate. may ba filmad at diffarant raduction ratios. Thosa too lorga to ba ontiraly includad in ona axposura ara filmad baginning in tha uppar laft hand cornar. laft to right and top to bottom, as many framas as raquirad. Tha following diagrams illustrata tha mathod: Las imagas suivanta* ont ttt raprodultas avac la plus grand soin. compta tanu da la condition at da la nattat* da l'axamplaira tilma. at an conformity avac laa conditions du contrat da filmaga. Laa axamplairas originaux dont la eouvartura »n papiar ast imprtmaa soni filmas mn commancant par la pramiar plat at an tarminani soil par la darnMra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'Imprasslon ou d'illustration. soit par ia sacond plat, salon la cas. Tous laa autras axamplairas originaua sont filmAs an commancant par la pranN'^ra paga qui comporta una amprainf* d'imptw..ion ou d'illuatration at an tarminant par la darniAra paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Un daa symbolaa suivanta apparaitra sur la darnitra imaga da chaqua microfieha. talon la cas: la symbela —^ aignifia "A SUIVRE". la aymbola ▼ signifia "FIN". Las cartas, planehas. tablaaux. ate. pauvant atra filmto i daa uux da rtduction difftranti. Lorsqua la doeumant ast trap grand pour itra raproduit an un saul clicht. il ast filma t partir da I'angia supariaur gaucha, da gaucha a droita. at da haut an bas. an pranant la nombra d'imagaa nteaaaaira. Laa diagrammas suivanta lllustrant la matheda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 WCtOCOW RnOlUTION TBT CHART [ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 7) ^ >1PPLIED IIVHGE Inc ^ 1653 Eost Ma,r 5t-eet ' 1 *609 US* Thirtieth Birthday of Manitoba College Tht Los Coll«s«, KlIdoMfi, -7. 4 k r ^rli %i0t The Krlck Cnllcxc 'Hz '*Wlth Turrets Twain and Twain," '91 The Proper Use of Our English Tongue Ortubei- Isl, IIHII. T.)-iil«)it w,- n.sh,-mt)l,- r.i.u!ty iiii.l MUiilfrittt 111' .MitiuiDlia <'i>lk'K>-. :iI<)[iK wllh ;(. n'iiiib.r ..r mip fi i.-n.l«— 1.> oi.cn [he iikH cei-fil.iu of IIHII-J. Th.-re hii\t' B>»iiy ri,,m us uiir U.^l yi'iirs Krailuatif. wlumi wi- >ihall only see h) fitturo a* ncLMsI.miil visitors; m.iny i.f om- jitui t ' it'l- ilrci'S ji lew wdid.-* 1)1 .■,,unai-i i<> the .i«- senililcil Htuilentrt iin i vi.-itins un ■'Ihc l.tuju-r u.-e ol .mi- KuK.lsh limsue." To be iible to uce our lOns'lsli ianffUiiije-boLh ^p 'ken and wiiiten— in an atL-urate, lacile a. id eu.Uvaie 1 inan- iitT (iluiuiU be an oojwl i>l tfii.it toll- rern ti» taeh oE uh, and how to i^i.rreel i»ur en-oi-a, and a.-aiai others tj ilo so, IX a thint{ worthy the hi^h<«t amblti'in iif tliuse "who Kii'*ak the loiisue that Shiikesjteare cpakr. " UKAVt: ItKFPXTS. Ldst year at a niee:lng of the Tnl- versity Council, a dlricu>*Hlon took l'lai.-e in whk h sexeral of tht- inLinbets made eloquent and eplsiaminailc speeches upon the illiterate condition of riome of the candidates for entrance ami even for hljflur examinatlonst. it was stated that frnin the papeis hand- ed in it was seen that the sp. l.hijj was bad, words were i.iLN>rreetIy ust-i], sen- l.-n( .^s were ungianiniatical. and the diction waa often crude and unfinished. This was A Ftrong indicime:it ! At the niatrlculatt.>n exiiniiniitio.i In May in- structions were k1' .^n the examiners to report all <\i.-e.s uf bad (spelling on the part of c,;ndl,lnie^. Xo liss than thirty students wt re required to take a supplemental examination in spell- ing during the present month of Oc- tober. Whde it Is true that this nur,i- ber Is not relatively Rreat among 4V5 candidates examined in ;i]| in l!M>l. y.{ spt lling, for excimple, mapy iif ihe mail uriicies arise fi-t-rn the .■nnMiii.s ,,f l.inguiiBrw and dljlecm In the yaine community. Especially ia this th.- r;is.' whei; languages of the ■iani" tyjK., w nich have a basU in com- mon. h;tv.- dirf.renl modes of Hpelllng. iHii- silii.i.ls li.iVf in tliein many for- eigiicrw. iu-lui'Klng tM mitlnns like our- selvett of t!iu Ti.~uio:ili: .«tiH'k. Sui»posc for 'Xample, Cernians, Swedes or Ice- Ian Icrs—eHpedalli* iho^'e who can write their own lansu.iKe^— t.i enter the public sehooU, Their orihosraphy will be a ehl.f defect. They will con- .'it;inily (onEufie the fo m of the word In KnsHsli with that m their own tonKue. Kxamln.' the folluwing lists of wurds ; (lerman -Ine ' -ii Welp Wlnt Helm ITi.n ■ Sturm St on i Mil.'h .Mill: Wett. Ste;?, We Ml' 'nek 1 I'ncM Such cases as the following aripe, the German student In his Ti. A. year will often write uiicklc. wether, weln and the like for the Corresponding E-iglish words, and s.. with many words of similar form. Take the following worf1« ■ Icelandic English Rlla Write Hfta Give Straetl Rtref^t (Jod r,„ni Minn Mine H'Tc Mlinilar i-uhvm uf i ..mi'iiri* >ri will J' i:ur. In n.i'iil yi-.ir-i lli-' I'nl- V'i'.fliy «xunilnorii In IOiikIIn)) hitv>- rwaiiii iiuiiu-rDUa tuiii'M of ImkI xiu'lliiu t'» ailMu iriuii Ih.' ntu.lenin fjn-ltftiiuni lit 111- ••x.iiiilndil.in. 'I'lii-y hiiv nb- 'i'lv.-l. Miriiniii' U> nay, Ilmi iIm- f«iiy. In iuv|):irliiK vvhirh I'.in.lliliii m iin- ■ itiiliuiiv-d u> tiikc ■■N|»-t'|.i[ I ju-o In «illi:itf, ^iieillm:, iin 1 .lli Hon. In tv- riicnlly \\i>n«.' jii ih»-ii.' ii.ii 11. iili ^ th;iti oiill.i.iiy iiiiMwt'iii vvh-.'ti no -tm h rf I II iHi'iii In mmli'. Aeii:ilMh In Knttliinl ami rh' I,o\vliin.ij< of Stiitlaml. TIiIk ci.ii- llli-t in.Ti-ast'l tho ifii.l'-iH'y. huml :.: iill thii.>' ill l.iiimi;i«e 1.1 !■.-■ ll> 1 I tli-ctliMi.-, (11 -luh nil .'Xl<-iit, thill uui' t< iitruo i!< nfw hiiKt-'ly uiiltitlfi'tloii.il. St.iiKllni,' 'ii ilio (lOJtt ullUe 1 irntT any liiy In Uiiinipi,' uiii' iiuiy - ■'■ Uuh ni.«.mii'.iti..ii ill l;ini;ui»g('. TU- fm-iHii n. wslx.y -tilii:* out : , >'lVL' (I'lil -iioi llvu r -nln. Me luit kiwnv, lor I ilon't kiimv I'n-niilHiu Kill, fi).* |.r Bi. .'iit klll-'t. Trying in IiuI'M'Vl- inatUiH, In- »iys : PlHjMltleni "iliott'-'d. HMt in'ulilenl Shot. Duko and ItiikesH for puk.- inul Dtiches^, Thin tnnnot be* wonderol at: !ii> \* but limstnitlnif the Inevltuble In the conllirt of lannuiiges ami dlalecta. AMKllICAN ENOMSIl. Tlfsll.-s th-.- pfof'SS now Kolng on, iiH wp Sii- It about u-, wp may nut for- get that lor two humhea y.-.n-s thf reaults of wu(.-h fonlllct ami dealruj- li in uif liingUiigi' iiiii sf-en In nt'W and Ina'cu'ate forms that have bs'nn»ylvania. In iht* main tb>' xami-. thi' il'i'inan 'llai*'>'t tii:iil)> ;i ^llgliilv ilirT'.l ;uii| n . ouillXiibte. til It rAN.viMAN hkttli:mi-:nt. Th>* s.-fil. III. lit of Kni(llitli--p'akln(i 1 |ili' 111 t'aini.la bi'tf.iii a lUtli^ inotf th.in a huiKlH.) ye.Uft ag.i. The cii ■ i iini"t:uKo^ ..1* thai xtt.UMiiriit led to llit> a umnl air-nnce ui mliiols in the early day:* bivi- full op- portunity for Ihe loriiiatUia of :he rtld.' '11. 1 I nil i-ral. nfiy >.ar- Iht- llrl Isa eiii.ir atlon. wiiii \iA dial' .'1 aii.l p>-> .un.'iatl.in, nttcn Impure ain .. 'ill in ain.th.-r .llrrctioa from tliai of th.> Yaiikf ■ dialtct. niai.le •Itll- liH|.i.'-.-loii on 111.- pieva. 'u-a oiwech of tlie Itiltlsii thi- root, Th.- i-Iastein Town^h^It3 la Lower Canada were largely peopled by the . verllow from New York and Ver- mont. It w;:' thus be seen ihnt the English used in the four ..rlginal prov- Inee;* ..r Confederation owt d its oiicln almoHt exclusively to thi-^ Immlsrailon speaking whiit James Ru=s=ell Lowell has ca'led "the Yankee dialect." This became more and more persistent by the ab.'tence f^r the fliSt and even the seo.ind generMion of the school anti the schoolniaH-"'-. It Inieed gnlneii such a gi ip on our country that even onr Briti*!. cirn^ctinn ani English ideals have not l-oen aide to unlotse It. This accounts Inr-'ely for the giievou.s Inaccuracies that meet us In our col- loquial speech and r-produce them- selves In our examination papera. 880133 TUB VANKKK IPIAI.KIT. To »tl.,,V lh.,l llM, I, „„ „„,., , jum »ir im« iIlHlfci. milorluPuu.lv i... "•■l> ».• have „,»„,. ,.,„„„|„ |„ ,^ . .-i..n ^,■,..n„•,. o,i..,„n„« i„.,.k t..,- ";<■',';.;;:.'',":'',':;'";"■"■ ■''■■''''..■■•.' Maiibl,',,^' ;.;^^.: °„,,i;" y^]''" ;/>• ■ vi.M I .,., 11 . "lit.' jainoH Rii .- II 1.S.IS a «o.k of nrrlon -I.,, i llanim." „|,,,.„,,.,1 „i,.| h , ,,1 ,, :;.'""",:",'r- '""«,»iv.., n,. , ;, v ': 'J I. V 'u'™' '"•"■I"-- "f ll,,.-si, ,. 1' 't 1>>IHj:.ii1 l)Ut Phllolof[l[.al. To on. Im .'h'",,,'" "T " >"""' "»'^" ""' »'■ I" JK.t J1S.,.(I |„ 1,., |„|| „ far t-p.nl,.,- ,ha,<> .nf ih,. von, , ml .Ne\i Knitlin,!. und l,>ral there werp from KnK.a,,,,. the Jtoth-r ,S,r>^" ine fnllowins Instances ate clleri In- ■lls.rlrnlnalely from the four , , -C, ni.me,l. „n,l n.iiny of thetn will he „ .ojrnize.! a, familiar amon,- rani- COllltlTT I'nONl'NCIATIOX. Fell^i- for fellow. S'ltln for certain. for ask. .\^t for asked. Aii'l.v for vp.rly. ri.mb.v f>r by and bye. .oSl'ler" '"■■ '■""•'"""■■ '""ni"« ^> t-iven"'''^'^''" "' ""'^ e.vamplea mleht b- AIICIIAIC FORMS. How be you ? I gin that up. Ill li™ him. V..u™ Hearri l.il. 11 'ill I." ,lrov. rh.l,,ln,.lu.,l.„, „„,,,. j,,„„„„ "i-kah. '„ '"V ;!;':' .^rh"'""' "• -.-'.....al^r:',.^:;,-!;,,!;:'!-;:,,-;' lu avoMlhrf 1, ,.ven before a v,», el ihe « .,, niii.h for i|i„re,, .,.. iiiu.li. II » a .cm. i..r Iter..', „ ,,,,:„ »!^;r"',;;!r.,l;,.:;"';',l;:l.'" ^""'- -'-■ „ ■';t"- •■;■■",'" i"i-..k.'.,r ii,,„r.. ,h. ;' ■, ■^'"' >■' '!"■ Iial... 1 will, .han.,. net ..^..^arily :— " •Thi- l...rd-.. anion .■■ The .\ova H.ntl.ir Almanlck." l.ik ■ It «^^.,r.| ;....| .i Ti ■■-M.,r. nr "Th- Ko "f cirter Ko, ■fiva n't." than.' illlA.MM.vnr.vi. ■ ' had iiiitht.' ■Th .)• h.iv,. ,o ■I n-v T ,.,,. , ■I i-d,' 'I ...e'.'n." "f hav" went." ■;' was did up." "A" w;...p ..v.T drnwej." H,. .-.,010 hack" for came. I dime it." "1 hilnt Kot U." "I .'.ayi' and "says I." "Thei-o flint." "He dniit." "Th -m ,11.. swali.pws."' ".M.. [...,." for ■■! too."* It ia rather hard lo a. m-iny of il.. .,.. , .,ntu»e.' f,,i hove b..,..,m.. ,., eemral, an. Piesont hunliv.L, of otlier.^. In -.ime '.i!'°1 '"'■*' '""■'"-' '■■"■" 1'"' IcarninK .>r Th'i. .",',"'";"'" ''>■ '■"■■.'Isn Immigrants, the utter iKooianeo of certain districts 11 m.^ " ai,,.unt f..r others, ailhou^fi t mi,.,, 1,.;. ,„„,„f^.l ,„„„. „, ,^^,^ ■ay^ Ih,. .i„K of th.. »,,.., .,h of som., of the i,r..vM.clai dlslri, t.s of Knglan I. TiiK ritiiiir.KM Th... HritL^h Immigrant count foi- til..* wlileli I hut re- ai^aoa in great numh,.ra from I.Sii . to s.,11 inlluenced t.. .«jme extent th,. dial.,ci ,,f Canada favorably; but no doubt the chief ameliorating ageni .\as the establishment of the publi ■ s.hool systems of the diffennt pn.- vlnc, s a little before the beginning ul the sec.md half of last (~ntury Since that day the achoolma.«ter has Been abroad In l,'anada. ajid very u Hr'Ml JH-IBH-a". llli|i> '1. h:t^ ln-!l in I'll nil th«' HPin'riil i'Ii'V.ill>n <>( III.' ■ luiii- •<:iMi:t! Htuti<|;n t. Il !•* c^l. ).■(». Ii "« • fVif. thui the .liiy-rt. Ii'nl tiii* Ki -III ilimt'iiU'lfa lu mi'«*Un)i III' 1.I-.U1.I11 ..r illii.TUi y. In til.' hl«iipf> ..r III.' .■«.- I'ttilUliiiifnt nf Irxllaii il-u - tioilM In Al.mlt.iiiu utiJal)- W.«i, li ^^.i* I'.iitiJ «li It Ihvy uffinii'Il-hi'l |,i; iS. Th.^ Iit'lhin K.y .r" Kill «:i« !■'-- ^1 ..n I iMikJe t'lily by lliv t>.M> li'-i' in ill'- 'l-iy ■t.lixil. III in- iiuhii).'vu'''l •'\'ty iiluht III th« niLh aiKl a<'tfM>r tii-' in r|l;ili leri.«.-. In *li.' -I.titim-- It -. Il -'1 tin; tfiiip -r.ililit' ..!' 1 ii|.|iiif >v lit up. .'\.-ry iiifcht It «<'iii .l'.»\n. i*--. tiiMiuli i>'rhii[ic. In ik Ii-kh iii^k.'I lil *>-!Im; th.> buy or girl ft^jrii an llWtfiuli' li'in-' \* ril-..-l -mi-vvtiJt l.y Uio p.iIl-'tirL .f- fiirtii tf ihi' iloy -I !i >"1 ■usii h-r tu- .i ImV ]vm:*. lull if-i'-i liink li> tli-' iiniiiL- tj be )tul>J«-'M t'l 'tli- :lirl|i4M I llll- (^.jiiiimi.ai. ill lUiili'ii U>\- ihr-.- Mii'til.'i >• i.f Pii.h i4rh'Ml>tuy. nil I fi.r til" .vli.l- of U>i' Hiitunl:iy iin cun \vunilt*r ir the in >Ht p:iiiist.ikhiK l.-aih.T sliouM r.itl'.' No ■►n- i-.in Hulfl.'U'iilty apK.f.liilf wluil iiii ;i'l\il!i',iv 'I N I" ''■ l'iMH);ln up in a tiHii'' «lK'i.- ln!''!:4K>ti. .', rul- luri*. iiml iHi.tk-t irr llu' i-.iiii]ii ni rfur- fmniMngi. A l/ri;il.iiil Ii'IIhn nliiil- mit Ml" my -irtii, who hal nit tinl mn !i HiiviiiiliiKfM, UMi-iI iirttin to xp.ik «-i>- iTTvLfully wf hM 'Ivn-lhlii "l < h'lMh.>..il." ll 1ft wkh Ihe unfiiiiuiia.:.' i i!»v!. of lllilvraif h>:nen whltli ai.> ^ii l:ir«i'ly in the majinlty, lh;U Wi- iiif iltMllnR. It can only Up by Kt'il>'riiIf'>nM of eilii- citluii unJ eulturi', an.l by Un- wlil.-, j.'t. Jilirt.ilut^ly niMu-i;!' uprtail "f p'lp- ular I'ltucullon ii:s. Wt* have dufHcluiitly pulntrd .JUt iho dyffctH In the utii' of >ur Knalltth liintfut'. 'ihat ciin only a.':iiir.v ami Irrlmte. unless Wf ciiii iiuliiatf smm- nip-thdd :>f •rt'arhlnK a cure. Lei me make a. few sugRextlonA : I. Home Imjindvi'nu'iW.- -A fair pni- p')pll*ni of the h'.mifH In all paMs of our Diini'lni )n havi? n-nv ivachiii lh«» pojnt of almlnn at thy piiiiirr une if our KnKllsh toni^ue. Much !■< Kain .1 when thtf faculty nf .llwi-iinilnati' m (laa hei-n awakfneil, whpn sum.- nf th.' memin'i'S o( the h-ime know iha'l tliere i« a dlfft^pi'-Hv bi c-ollks calls "Uoad Use" f "iipin'^-IHK Hianitii itlr.il nA-iiik.-i, ■' 'l.i..iiittu III 111.- l.nitily i-li-i'I-- -tiiM.- ..f 1(1" dt-p'*:-l Tt' »«■""" of Ui.' ■ Kitm » Ktml'V-b. imd nf d.-Jl- httf wMli un«Miii-d iinlu'i^ ot pro- liuii' ■■ ii: .n un I *... .ilMilary. H-.« lutliilU'ly l>..dd!.,- unl tiM.i:; *..;k *»illi «liUh wi- ar- apt lu l,L< -I iiiil'ti nMiiUfl Iti'tt'-r any- t'liiii' i-t i-Lin till' I'lMk •!!* Irt'inK IIII III- Ifl.i'itual pilK tban t> -'lllti i^.^^n lu tho \M«-trr l.i.lKUIWi' -tU.'ll tl4 ,i[p>>aT'>l Iti a lali- iiuiiiIkt <>1 lla< -pT")* iiiauailn'- - "If yoa a^-k a uurn: .a Mill ■ lii»aii- M KhltlHtid whilh'i h. lik. -. hi* in.Ml I. if, l,e ■'■'K-' w,at y.Mi -al'l. b.viU"- hc due-, n i[ unbr^aihl y u He i.iMh in< ll iinU-i'loMi- wtii-ii It |)t nnt ihor- ouirrily i-'xik.'il. II ><>ii It'll liiiii you fi'ai- til.' a-pafa«ii« I-. in I h' In at a \i»i» a^tini. biriu;.- b' w.aill ha\'- Cild It ua- t'linc I. T.I a^k I'liii to pa^, Ihii p.nNdtM. d miuar will ,iKi n ^et him [o wiiid-rl";;. for h- i-aUs ll bliu riUKar, K' niially, ihoimh li<' kiioW!< il U Hyniflirnei callt 1 r i«t»r or xirtfl MiiKii. And ir yai l.avi- c .n ly nn tin- tabic >oii tnav mil rail II ■*'> without bi-liivlntf \oiii- ioiel«n o Uhi. f,.r h.- tatl.^ .amly ■/nvf.-t'," abb fVlal.' I fr 'f.Wi-.'l-iMtal-'.' and ii-i-d to d.-.-'itfiial-' all pi.-!*ci-ve', puddlntT'', i-l-^. i an ll''-. und J inin. To ffii furlhtr alonK thi* f-rf-nlrli'lll'' ^ of HnKN'-b at the illninif table. ino.-l Iii'i'i'onr' kn()\v , I Hiipiio e, that ilu' b>'i'i in [■.illfd bt'i't fiot. c'nn ifar h I.'* cnu Hour, conitd b.-i-f lor a imthnlar rut of HI 1.* ra ill I -.^llviT-Mide-" nf beef." and napklnc ar.- .•e!vle:t s If lu .1 ahop I Hay, "I want ;i i ap.-r of phix,' lln' rli'ik J'flVM. 'TbP.T'k you. A (Treat many Aiiitilran« In London now. aitn't then',' 'ith. y---'.' I ^ay. "I m an; a packet of pins.' To a-k fi r a spool of cotli'ii i» to )>ot a I l.'i'k to staring at ynu, nn 1 to 3^p(>ak of a biby rar- il.iKe U to ,-piak of the unknown, bc- cauHQ opoolH iif iiilton o ■ !-lik ace called rei'ln and baby rarria :(■>* are known as pfT imb ila'o ■<— nhait.n (l lo 'prams' In th« speech of inllllons." Such a ill c S'lon wo ild mi'^'nest ' ' u» what a mat-vlloii.* ihlnii »ar Kiu llfib tntimi" I'', an 1 Rhiw u'" oiy-l.-ib- in it of whii'h w. had n d du-imt. Our mi »: (Milvatc 1 hoine-^ maj- thu^ diMlv.' piiifl!. for It niiifil be rr mpniheii'l Ihil R 'o 1 ■foe -ch Ih not al- ways he e lltary an! that surround>^u an we are by ihe lan-jua^c nf th'- street, by ihn slang thit sn-'^etlmc'^ lakes poi-KPssliin of th- newspaper, an 1 by tmccufac'e-* of ItuKuaKt' that at.' In the very air. our boys and ftlrl-i arr subject tt Inihienrc'i that we musi meet and check If thoy are to be un- injured by them. • HVllM |.H(»U\ HI IIiHM. .\ri(;M»ANri; "rt thin I iiiuHi mil ■■ .1 irs*- |r ,m n. i •I'-tIt Itlllt If UIJI vt riMlC . .MIHIHIIIII> 1» I.I l"> tilt.-. I I»I IMukltHi III.. III'.ML „t llh iif ■ ..wry . til;. i>i.i.> iMu>t I,, rut. ( 1.. .. )Hii ir ihU IN iiiD tusf. Th.- r-uihi' riuiloi.H "t l..r.l AuA ».,-ir li..*.- iu-.»., .,«..» Illi.lltdl li.i,..M ..I (I iii.ij l.r H,...|. iti .ft.ilii .m..i...|(.. Witli ihU LlftM vv,- ul any ,al.- Ii..^. ,„. ,,j n.i. .ili.v , Tl,.. -l.il.' h..w a i-lulii ,ii,<| ,111, V t . tliu "^*■r■> rhUil v\iitilii 11^ i.-M,|.-i« n,.- . «-"m1 |.itt,,.ti4-.ii ..Ui.ai .\i".U'i'.uii.i'; Avh i'Ai.\MrAKiNif»ii..uiii .- i.r.i|>.ilv .lui KriKllMh l.ituu,.. If iji,. iiy„, II, ,,,.. t.'aihfi- In thU ivm.,.. i |„. .Lu .tm.-.. li'vv Kii.iu IN ihiit (Ui hii,-:4i< : ■rjiiiik 1.1 ii lt'i4..-li..i- oniUufllnB 'i ' la«.H iin.l [M.i- •*<>iilinr Ih.- fill aiiJ iii'iii,,!! •! ■' lMii>( with the .\iii-r|...i.i'i,ii:,,(l.iiiiMii, ,, "lilt-h I imvc liL.oii Hp.Mh «, ..r iiylii^ i>> liMi-h roiiiml j(i'iiiiiiti;r 111 iinliilim all tin. i.M.tiiiiK l»y III.- of 111.. :ui- i'l.lJKT lullllS il.-nrrll..', ,,. Ml UxlliK iMrilKii |jnmuru.iiiil*>ri, ..c tti-'i'-ly in- r>»irfi.t itriinuiii'lcilini nl ..ur r.imriiMii KngllHh wui-Jm. or harbai oui i>n.|iitn- 'lailon ur ihf pia,.. nam..H ..r ,niv t anuJlan »tf«l ! It In ii.M.I-ialilr : Hut niilliy ;l l..;uh«M-, ubli t . :i\>.nW thf luiiKuaK"' ful.Tiibly Ht-U. tall* In iithur it.Mpe..is, (hlflly tn.iii 1h( k ..I •I'lv, A L-lilKi Mhoui'l ii.n.r inak.- a inlsiakf-ri iinmurn.lutiini In ..hi;...* wilh- imt havlnif ifie inimuke ii.)lni.' 1 oui. Thla InviWvi-s ti.iubk' but H w.uili "hilt-, Tlit-re la the initter of HjiMlUnn. Tiii-i alm,.j*i eniliL'ly di'l-«-nUH uii th, tliunmghn.-xf. wiLh which th.- t aih.-r to'at'hea the first and aet^jnd buoks ut Ihe courie. It every child Li drlllt-d i-. klluiV v\t;iy W.ild itlld hiiW tJ Mltfll it In th'-jfe bookH the .titti* iilty ..f si>.-lliiirf is ovenonif. If thin ih.in.uKhiitsH i... not swupt-d then there Ih a vt'iy ?(*■;■- liiu« dantser in tht? use Mf ihf I'iMiiir nit-thoj In v>isue in ouv sch.n'l.s. Th ■ danger of this method la In Ihi- Inai-- tuiatt* L'xpre.ssion of the tlnal k-ltfi- or fyllabli' of the word. This »ysit'in bad- ly tausht will bt' the basis of muuh bad apL'llinK. If It be said that tht- Ipachtr ha'* n..t time (.J give to this minute I'.nd pat- ient and thopouffh work with all ihe initial classes in the school, then I maintain that time must W h.i.i. :r (til nr- .'in^'rti ...ir p-i.-p'r "■ '"" ^■"'*'"'' '"""'" "> I |.r.**^ Bir-iii-t ir»v ii«.iin, ,. .,f ihi. I.I..J.-,- ,.f ij„. i„.^„m.M- fuv ,1... ^.,k.- "I th..-.- i..^ip,« <(,.■ ■,.i.,Ml,-' .,,,.1 .,th. ■1 - II. I ..r !(,.. htirli.r KT.i.l.^, ThI* -a. niri, ,H -i.l.-l.l.il f.,r ..ui- i..h-».,l-, I pi..l-^i iiii„,n^i any ptlmary »..;,.,ol ^Mih l.ui ..„.. .i.M.li,.,. 1,,.,,,,^ ,,;^,^^«| <„ «u.. in-iru.ni..n in -nd ..r :ir.i .1.,., :,■'■""','''■■ ^^"'■'^ *" ''■ '•* "111 r-iilii III- u..,.,!,. M,„-k. -in.i It u but a ...,n. '■•"I^'n I.. Ih- Ml.- I ,r .,,i,l,,r|.„, ,f a t lh.> . 1). .i-;illiin[ ally hitfini.'.llii l>. inWtti'l ti Klto III < < laiM .1 i-nt|.-,t,. n. |. I'l- •.,ll,.nL«,. inKiiu.. Th ■ l.,iM.ii rt,„k ... I'.im:)!-!! i.KiBi, an. I .aiv. .in, I i 'in II nd I'. II Iti -Jn.t rimi iH f..r »H'lt.' ih.'lr l't..p,.p H ih..[iK .mi' nii»o[ h.iv.. jjtii.-. r our .\'>uii« Man. up 1.) Hp.aK aixl KuaK. .*.ir.-. ily. 'If KJiKli-h. A iM.i, i.r ..I Hiiiain-r ni-.ni.-nt, y.-t of ''■•ill.' iMipxi'laiiie. .Ls ^h- .l/m^ ,,r (.,''.■<■. 1 -in ina.|.> fn.iii ..111- Knu Nil .■law-i.--. r»r Ihf piiri^w.. of ,4iMy in -ur M..li...|it a^Md .-..U.-M-a. All inuat hav.- n..l,i,....l :h- pi.-i,. 1,-11,.,. n^ivcn lo p>.-tiy. N..w all alinlt th.- \aliu- nf | liy for thv purjMM.- of i-..UHinH w,-nUin.iit and .■ulilvu»LinK a I.V.' ..f iiK- l...au:!rut. \\\iM H.ul.l llttrealiwv. or lir.- rjih.-r [»'• W'llhiut lia i^.i-iry ■■ itm i, ,^ ,,; \i'- l-iii. iiiIj- I.- I ihai In f .riM p...iiy U Ihf na. 111. d iH,..i, .IMpLlial. Iiu.-il.-l. tlKiir.uiv.' 1 anhai.- and fni; ,.r f..m-.l.- al- n. Whll.. a.-'nIiMl,;.. r „■ ii.s ,,^vn I' '""■. it is qufrttionibi.' rth.-thw II .■< as K'h'd a intvMum f.>r rulllvaLlTlg ■>uj- lanKuatci' an ih.- plain. dWri t. and niaittr-iJl-faii luo-t- whi. h mtjclit be u.t.iL iloid f*-h- tii.n* fuiiii oui- (freal r.r.-... wrlt.T^, aw.ldlnir th.Mf wlil.h aiv *-»tp.-flally ilt-tirliMi, wouM pii.b- ■ihly n>r\f b^ttf for th.- puipo.-,. in HuiiKS AXP NKWWI'Al'KIlM Aflt-r all the (f.-n.-ral way of r-nifdy- inn th.- gr. ase-t i-eu'cis of IialnlnK and tultutv are L.i.- f.--.' b- iibly the ffieaiest Jny uii-i profit. I can Sim remember the Joy cau.-'.'d by c.m- Ing as a boy on a paper covertid copy of Macaulay'.s t-s-ay on "Warren Hasl- inga." and leading it wKh w.,nderinK excUenu'nt. The public litn-iiry Is the I'ompk'mt-iit io t!u- huriie llbrarv. and it wo citii but iiMit(L-t thit yuuiiH fioiii the (leluKe ol" (Ictl.m whloli the pupuiar lasle strems to demanil U wi.l be in tht; futurt,' as It haa bet n tu many in the past the ineaTiM of tultivatliiB ac- quiilntancL' iind gaining a p.actkal knijvvleUgii ol our moihf/ lonsue. A library ol' Wfll selected book.H in every Hchool wituUl be an *fni»rnious help in rultlvatlnn a taste fur reading, and ihus Kivt> Lading and guldiim-e in iht- use of our language'. It Is a melan- choly thing to conlfss. I)UI I have boUi In Manitoba and dniariK been In well to do settlements and In alltli':! where it waa ImpiA^Blbie to flnil a copy of Tennyaon or Lnn^feil iw. Th- growth of the travelling library st't-ms to carry with it foa.tures of promisf. Magazines and newspapers an- of great valup In the .study of English, both as supplying models to copy and also in »omo cases frightful exampl-s to be avoliied. If the newspaper eoiild be prepa pd in a m^re leiaurely man- ner. If better writers could be s&cur'.-rl. and the exajigeratlons of high llown language could !)■? restrained, the newapai'er frum its wide circula- tion might be of grcatejit value in pro- moting the study of Knglish. A» ihingH are, Iht; book of .standard value Is the great iigency for promoting the tiiudy and use i>i a pure and "Itecliv,- Kngli^ih style. froNfU'sroN. The dilllculty of teaching and leai'ii- ing our Knglish tongue has been Vi some extent brought before you. To every i»-r8evering pupil or student - notwithstanding his or her early di-i- ttdvantages— time and application may give a fair working knowledge of tlie sjielling. grammar, and composition of our English language. The ditliculties \)t teaching Knglish, under ordinary lonJltlons are veiy great. In the hlKii- er rhetorical realms of our languagi- and literature the dlfHcultlea are still greater. As Wendell, ot Harvard, has said : "The question is not whether a given word or sentence l.s eternally rig-ht or wrong; but rather how accut- ately it expresses what the writer ha^ to say— whiether the language we use may not afford a different and per- haps a better means of phrasing lii.t idea. The truth is that In rhebnrlo. as d:stingui-shed from grammar, by f;ir the greater part of the questions til it arise i.ini'rn not right or wrong, but better or worse. Practical Training in Education November Sth, lUOl. Manitoba collegi' upeTU'J itH cliiHSfs un November 10. ISTl. and to Jaj' t-uiii- VWU'd the thirtieth yt-jir i)f its himui v .i.s a iL'ai^'hing in^tiUiUon, It haw Uv.;(i ii generation ! Wha: niinKleJ £t-v.>!iiiK.- risi.- as \v^; ioyk back ovt;!- thai perio.l : 1 Jut \->.-i lolleffc at Klldonaii : Th« wuuilt-ii •v tht- Alanjuis ut Lome ! The enlurKed coll.'ge oE t*»-.lay wkh Us turrets twain anil twain ! The tirst claaa ot nine in 1.S71 haj- been replaced by the SLudents In arts and theology to the nuniher .i£ one hundred and aevenli-fivL- In liidl, The staff of one in ISTl has lj..i_'n Collowfd by a faculty ot eight in llt'H. Not a lady studeii't in 1S71, but twenty-seven now on the way to bi-^ girl graduates. No past 111 Stan in l.Sd, tw.i liundred and eighty-nine graduates In arts and one hundred and iwenty-threit in theology to be proud ot in llttij. The distreR.-* has hem said : "liad taken exercise in the Tiivium like a squirrel in it.s t made no proBreM. As tor Inform?,. Ion hen. ,va, little to b.- had." y^t ihi- I'harlsecij said, wc have llxod il.' true element, of ednentlonf "" ,ha re„,,l,^ these aa the only ■'.nlnl, and anise and cummin of culture ■■ Hear Oirlylo as he make.^ Teufels- drockh rail against the l^harlsces 1. What are your axioms, and ont»- Korl.M, and systems, and aphorisms •■ «or,s. words 1 Hlgh-alr castles are ;v';n"h"','j.'"'!" "' >"'"•'"• »><• "orl" « ell-bedded a.so In good loglc-mortnr wherr-on however no knowl,.dge will . om* o lodge. ••The whole Is greater Ihan Its parf; how exceedingly tru~ • -.Nature ablvirs a vacuum"- lin\ ,.v* a;,'»i'„"^!?'w ,,.'"'"' """^ <^«i»mitou, ; Again. Nothing can act but where It i» : with all my heart, only, wheiv 1» 11 ! Ue not the slave ot words Hope also satirizes the Formallsts- • -fliy iiiiglity sdHilliist. whn-ii. Iiaiiis Made ll.iriice iliill anil hiniilili i*trii !«.■».■• Id il Mlltoa't Even science suffers from the I'harl- sees. •■Some years ago," says a writ- er. I was assured by a graduate i,r ih ■ llnlverslty of London, who had pas«J m chemistry, that as far as he knew he had never seen a chemical In hi..; lue; he had got all his knowledge fmin books." The Pharisee contends, ••giv ■ nv linowledgs; that Is everything" We "•Ply. "knowledge Is of no avail wll'i- I'Ut Intelligence.^' THB SAIIDI'CEE. The Sadduccij In education Is at w.ir with the past altogether. He Is an conoclast. The past Is ot no valu?. It Is only worthy to be blotted out. Our verdict on the Sadduc<.e Is that he Is mad. All the wisdom of the an- cients to be destroyed ! All 'he p.ist to become a blank I Certainly not. Jean Jacques Rousseau was an intel- lectual Nihilist. He was brilliant, keen, on many points right, but he was a deBtroy...r. Though a trained scholar he says, "teaching about words is to disappear and the young are not to learn by books or about books Th- subjects to bj studied are only mathe- matics and science..' i^uch Is the Sadducee— a general diiubter-usually a piesslmlst. He flnds fault with every system, every me- thod, every teacher, and evjry man He Is with us In that the method to te adopted is not the didactic, but the nuethod of pelf-teaching: but he Is against us In refusing, "to test all things, and to hold the good whether in books or nature." 10 TIIK K.XI'KRIMKXTAMST. an1;''«,?ll'' "•"."'""•mes '.f Pharisee and Sadducee alike, the true educalor » the experimentalist. H.e linds a rian h- "a simr Iv""""""'""-" """ «"- """ n is simply a muss of knowledge without Inuillgence-a lltierarrgroveT- ler carng tor nothing but t.) burrow almlej.ly and gi^eedUy. The experi- mentalist laibels him as u.-le-s- so f" a» being ot use In the world. Zero. Th- experiirientaiiat finds men pissessed of book learning^'— w.'il versed in many subject.-. Urighter they a.v than the bookworm, but they arc unpractical - mere knowledge-gluttons, who devour but cannot assimilate. The ..xperlmenter finds others "book- ish --not so conliimed in form ami loutlne as those ot their kin already n-.entIon u The ■pauser iea»on." ihf wlli'r-' of body. mind. soul, and spirit to grow slrong and In proper balance (it for lHl>a needs; whatev" the powers may be-whelhir strons or "eak. whether brleht or dull, to take them and by judicious mean.^ {rah. and Improve them so that they may be at their best for llfo'a work The Pharisee, when for the sake of llie past, he tries to bind on mens .shoulders burdens they are not able to tiear. and worse -than this when lie would cramp, and crush, and close ud the faculties— must be r.'slsted. H,. en uT" '.M-,"""' '"■"™'' "' developing L;.?„ "■'". ''""-"y all hope and the dls- po.sltlon toward effort, he will weave over his subject a shroud of dulness and mental decay. The i3adducee too la an unsafe sulde w,v''Ji "°' "f. "'"""■e'i- He will take bm?t*^i, ■'■ '°S'' }'"' ">oi-he will wm ., a bread and water dlet-he narrow and contracted mould— he will frnw;, V^l '°. "" """ scientific and Industrial pigmies. IROKBEL AND THE KINDERUARTEX. To the Kreat p.vljs educator. Pcta- (.^zl. the world owes a debt of gratl- lue nnir.i 't em nvr repay. He was f„'„t1? "PfUmentallsl. He knew "■lat It was to fall— to fall most sign- ally in educattonal experiments, but deflaS" '■'■""'""' "^ "■' """'"' "•^'"> He was an enemy of the Pharisees. . J . .i°'°T needed." he said, -Is not that the school coach should be better horsed but that It should the turned right round and started on a new track. ln»lruc Teachers as well a.s .ioctors need a piNilejslonal IraJnlnK. lb) llln,,r ..lu, ali.u should be given to wijmeii as well as to men. (c> The body must be educated a.s well as the mind. (d) Kuh and poor alike must be taught to use ..heir eyes and .i.i.n.lH These expcTlmeiilallsts liad liai.d bat- tles to hgnt. but tJley held >m their way. l.:hlld study Is to u.s to-day the true besinning ,.r eduea..l,in. ■p.j Pi.oebel it was as great a thing as Sir Isaac .\le». ., , .lidcv.-ry of the law of gravitation. He set l.ljn.5elf i.,, triin thesenaeaof the child: especially thow- ■If SIgJU. Healing, and touch. What LiOrd llaiMn did for .ihe world, Foebel did fj.- Ihe child-he declared war against dead knowledge— against Pharisaism. The cMld was trained th'iviugh its •self-activity." "The ac- tivity .of children is not to he checked .)ut rather pciperly directed, a.nd Iti this lies the secret of good training. Pr\>ebel would have the c*lla spend »>me hours of the day In a coram.on ure and in a well-arrainged common >ecupatIon." Whit gLoiy gathers round the name of the humble German experimenter ' Hiis deductions have revolutionized ed- ucation. His aim was to teach "not what to »>und educa- tional ptiinclple. viz.. tha.t our primary schools should be general Jn their teaching and not .techTilcai. The prim- I:; apy Hcho-jl we ii'^Ui should be limited to the (tphere .of pn-panlng for all occupa- tl..ma and n^j one particular trade or tailing. The great service done to * ihutulx lin this eonnertian hy th.- iren- T* « '*'/'■" ;'^ .?"■ \VilIlam Macdonald. ..f M^.ntn-al. Wl'nnlpeff belnB one of ihfl eblef rei-Ipients. Is heln^ more an<\ in->n. i.ppret-iated .by us. A lecture hJ i' ..''.'. . \^'i"f'lr>.'ff I:^.«.t winter .hJ '"f^ ''^'^7'»Jn. of Ottawa, showed thoroughly .the value of this indus- til;il training. He m^iintalned that the habus of ,'xactn.«.. mre. system: .liMKmfnt, conM-nlratiun and R-rwid dls- clpltne Mpcurrd by thfa tralnln»r Kive a incnti-l, and he went «o far as to say fven a niorai tralnlntr to b(jy>t who reef'ive It. Th.' abi-ent-mindednexH of scholiiw and bookworms, the helph'SHness " of many oducat.-il men and v^xmian in th ■ ordinary thinps nf life, tht- iatk ..f r<*- "fourre notorious amonn nv.'mberx ,,f the learned piofessions. would all lio avoided by an early trainini,' of the sen*.!':! aiToi-dinff to a Hy.-Jtt'inatl.- me- ihol. Think of the learned Dr. Law- son, of Selkirk. >^t(,Oand. IMa wifp rld- inir on horsfliack, on u pad. at th-^ ■ ustom wa;*. allRhted to make a .all' The doctor Kolnj; on slowly, inirl.^d In thoujrht. reat-hed home, and called for ii servant to com.- out and help his mistress nlT. There are soire-s of similar instances of men of learnin;? ;ind Kenlus being p.'rferflv helpless in .ommon thlnns. Judi- ious. practical training early in life \\,.uld have cured that. DOMKSTIC Kt.'IKNOK. Hie trainins of girls in domestic ■*ci.ence is the correlative of manunl traininK lor boys, u too is on a fun edurati.,,nal basis. Its pun^Kse is n.>t to make girls eooks. Hut with th-- thoniuifh principle of adaptation which (■haract;-iize3 ail true education th" hard w.irk with toi>ls in manual traln- inp: IS r.'placfd by th..' use of the dl-!^ the kfttle. the pr)eesse.s of cookinjj and th'.- needle, it inde-^'d invr-.tv^s tnany .if th^- proce.ssea of the cht-mical laboratory, and woman's more deli- cate touch and numipulation ai" iraln- i-d by the cnur.st} in ilomestic ■-.■','n.' ■ Habits of careful nesvs, tleinlints/ neatness, ord'-r. system, skilful hanl- ling. resource and practhability arc cultivated by ihls excellent sv.->[eni, It Is plea-sant to know that a lady >»f Toronto ha.s ..uTered th..' fniver.Miy of Manitoba the sum of $:i,r>iMi to be- Kln a course of domestic science, for women student.^* of the University tm.i Normal school in this city. Her plan haa in vtow the inatrucii.n of youns women of intelilKenec who may -^.-rvv as Inliueniial I'^adi-ra In the a.jvoi-icv of domestic science, and in s.-in- ca = .'; as Instructors in this department which Is lik"ly t:» beoime along w.ith natural training a feature of public school Instruction. WHAT iH "THi: I'liAcrrrAL V" Th*.' kindergarten, manual training and domestic science, are all dev-lop- menta of a true education. They ar." m.ihods teaching u« how to lU, eerlaiii Important and wcessary things in dally life. They are undoubtedly de- velopments of modern science. We should rcrnemU'r, huwever. that they are only a small part of -'the practi- cal of every day life. I have said that a scientific man may be as thorough a Pharisee aa the classical or phMo- fwphic dievotee. The chances are some- what In favor of the sclentllic man. u^ the experimental Is necessary in hi* case to slve him any title to th- nam.' of Rcl>"nti.st. Hut to say that a piop. r and systeniaiic training of the sensL ■< IS the .*!um total of education is slmplv a new fonti of Pharisaism. "The prae- Ilcal" must cover the whole nature of man— higher as wi.^ll as lower, and it is a dun«er i.i education when the .scien- tist Conies tr) the narrow-mlnde 1 » jh- cluslon that the cosmos Is ixmnded by the four walls of his laboiatorv. To my mind the ti.^st man will be r..' who is trained on a literary, philo- sophic and scientific basis, all belnir enveloped In a religious and aesth^-tlc atmosphere. H-^nce every kind .f knowledge may bi' utilized as an in- strument of I raining', and that course of study is best which makes a judici- ous selection— itephaps a. varied se- h-etion In dliT-rent case.s~of subjec's most fitted to bring out dilYerent sides of the natuit,-. having in view. It i» true, the difference In time and rapac- ity of the student, and the limitations impoised by these in an attempt to fa i' universal kn'jwledge. The Trlvium and Quadrivium with their seven liberal arts are In our day replaced by th.^ dazzling multiplicity of subjects of modern research But whatever th.' subject chosen, I >e used as a try^ in- stTument of cdu cumpare It with languafa or Us nwn tamlly. to (--uiurast It with lansuasta ot anothfr tainlly, t„ Kain ratility by actual i*a«lfe In exprusa- Ing tbjudJ.t In It, t>, iraln the i-nr by ih,- prjpcr prrnunclattton. to isain ox- arln..-ss of st:„:e,n..iit, to see the Kreat huuBhls ..s|,r,.,„i.,| j„ It, a„j i„ ^.jj.j ihu IniairlnaUon .let on Are by Ita ron- I'lU-ill lb au art- valuable features ii'J'"';" .,,";''"''5' ""<' "■•■•' "J human- IzmK In thvir flteits that wt do not »..nd.-r ut their being f.j.™.-;-ly t-alled the humanitiiea. These are (jood. only that we ob- I'i-i ','■1'' ''''•"■'wes niakilnu ■ihem all. We abjeat to cramming a boy.s niind . "i'l 1 II 111 '-iMhlecn with :.,Mii,' (Jreek ana Latin aelectlons. to make hJni live or ot degeneraite iioiiic 'an/ to^'haje -111 ..11 •■M.'i-l In the gi-oKraphy of 'inhale ..r Troja and ^iKnf^.int of ■;"",',■""' "'■ •'»'iin'll'l>a. to bull.l him up in the artlflelallsm K,! the , tlr.s ,,t Athe..i and the wars ot Home, and wlihou sympathy In the seelhlnR. strU(5irMnK, develaplng world . .t his '0"n time. "A llvlns duir Is better ilian a dead lion." * " • '" ""^^""^ 1 IIII.OSOI'HV. To study mental pi-otes»es In an in- telilgent and piuper «ay ought to be a means of the hlBhc-t training. The I/.-acWeal Sc.itlas,b mind has a peeullar ■oent iw phlij.s<,phy. And yet no .-tudy has more lent itself to useU-ss dlsijulsltions and line spu'n theories of no value more wllilngiy than phlLos- ophy has d...ne. The reixird of the logomachies of the schoolmen of the .Vaddie Ages, great as sume of these men were, is a barren desert In the wide terrane of human thought. it was of their empty discussions that (arly.e spoke ..« bKterly. And to- day In the '.-lass-room where the time la often sient In learning definitions, cramming te.w books, fliling voiumj- nous notebouks with material to be ••otnmltted to memory for exainl latilnn. t la not a whit better than the emp- ty struggles „r the Norainalls!s and Kealilsts. I trust we have none of tin- Inseliectuai Pharisees, who defend such a course, in ManltoM college. Lately I read with keenest Interest the btography of that distinguished Phll.>a„phw. ihe late I'rotessor Calder- 1 ' L "K '" ',"""" '" '■'" ""'on ti.iek ,f his predeces.-ors. C.ilderwood introdu.ed practical tra.nlns In phiios- himself wItJi remarkable seal to the wi1h'«", ,';'.""'"l!'i' ""I physiology "Ith 1- r «i„. Turner and l-..jle»»o- Uuti, ,.•!,„■ 1 he alruck out In ^ew neihois. ii.-iiig a „„^,.| o( ,1,,, human " '■ nuiiier.ius diagrams of the m'r- \iius .system of iiKiji ami tile lower aniliia.a. and In l.^Tll published his llr'.i,,''." the •■Itelath.ns of .Mind and "lain wliik* soon van tliiough a ."ec.md editioa. He showed the close lelat; 10 ■.; m.-.:-aI phi:.»s.,pby ivitli nie.l- ico-paychokigy, as well as with law ■II I lliie.ijiy. an.l his class r.ioni lie- eanie a -:h<'rjugh training selvn-l f.ir [■li;l,.s.ijil;,ieal reseatrtih. SCIU.NCE. lei,. ha Ide been the great 1 111 eiiij.li:isiz;iig tile necessity of ileal trii.lnlns. -N'ol only in natural seiwue proper hut al,., in the mathe- m.iiiaal .-eieii.es his great i>,vgreas been nude. The old .lujdilvlaiii con- tained a m.a.:!ieniatleal subject, but It was tauglit by rule and i'.i..e. wlih.iut appeal to I...lnil|.les. .\,iw by the coinlimati.in wltih physics mathematics nas become a new science. Practical ileili.)n.str:i.i,,ns have taken the place of mere book work dealt with memo riter. The practical method is i.. convince the student of the truth of Pi'opo.siiil.ons by abundanit concrete 1'- lustratl.ins and examiiles. In-tead of being allowed to accept them as empirical conclusions, or to found them on de.-nonstrations that lack rigor." While .some lingeiiing examples ar.- still found of teachecs of natural s. i enee who are too Indolent to experi- ment, and w-ho still drill on dellnitions dry as dust, yet when means .are pro- vided for this very expensilve depart- ment, practical -training In science is entirely superseding the di lactic meth ods formerly in vogue. The laboratory, the dissecting table, muspv 1 coltec 1 1 ins— biological, geological i mln- eraloglcal. are all now l> .Is hv which actual dealing will. . facts of nature Is secured. Field .cork In geology and biology is generally In- sisted on and reports of summer "work are required of students on their re- turn to college. Xo success wdthout pains— and no real education without personal intimate acquaintance wUh the forces and facts of nature is the motto of present day, practical scien- tific training. MEDICINE. Medicine la rapidly being reclaimed from the shallow empiricism of a for- iner gi'iieiatlim. The uak uI the mluro- ftC-Upl- ;illll Ihf L'UIJMt'l|lli'tll (lklt(.'UVt.Tlell In bluloKV huve wutiiii uur memory revulutloiiiZ'::ii tlie tlifury aixl piurtiie ur inudU'lUe. liiHLt;uJ ul being u KyHLtriii tm cllnkul trailnlng Itl the UUL(-(»lllt> 111' the i^rluIltJlIc 111 tlueiKe whirl! ptovcii ho pu^vii-rfiil u t'ai.-t 111 pI'iiK'eSfi til Lhe laxt geiiellltioil oC thy niiRti-'eiith et'iuury. The hospi- tal, th^* bt.>i).-4iae, the biuloKk-al uiid rheinli-al labuiatitrii's and the dltif'ti't- Ing I'uoin ate the i-hl>'f tralnlnfr iigen- ileM in nieilirlii-? and not the inei\.' flaws luuin disiiuixiUuiis ha In thi' hiys koii ' '■y- TlJArillNG. The piaelkal traliiiiiK of leach"-:; !- I'liiiiiiin;; ever iiioie and more atten- tion. Time was when U was Hupp^i.-tei] that the teai-her, like tlie poet, is burn, not inude. While undoubudly g.'nlu^ In teaching may HomelinieM be round, yet th" neeei-sity fur u leffular and svMtem itie tiaiiilii^ of teaehei-.^ la now geneiaUv < oueeded. Thj loss to the |iuplli4 i>i' alluvvliiK inexpei'ieneed. and untrained leathers ut opciaae upon them Is very gieat. The normal school Ih desisn?d to meet the ease, ji dea's with methods, s^is the teaeher to woi k in the schools, supervlt^e.s the 'teaching, lorrectrt iniHi.ikes, suggests Iniprnve- inents, and gives the building t..^aelier an Intrudui'tiun to the mysteries of his Iirof.^sslon, The only question is whi'lhei- time enough is allowed for the tralidiig reiiuirt-d. Time Is an element in all training. The few weeks often avallalile for this purpose is plainly msuHlcient. There is no cabalisiit: art in training. There ^ no shaking the [ledagogical handkerehief and presto ! appe. .s the fully trained teai'her 1 (H.ler s>. es of society than outps find a year or two ()f practical itralnlng necessary. We, too, will thus develop as the years rtjll on. TlU'MlAniY. Theology Is the queen of the sciences. and th'j nt eil of training in dealing with the eternal iny.sterles Is very pressing. H in the approach oi' the in- experienced and the un>trained to the other branches of learning there is temerity, in this uiere is the added wrong of irreverence. And yet in the development of religious opinion there has been the frenuent exhibition of empiricism— of religious quackeiy. In Manitoba college, along with ithe sister theological colleges of the church, we have endeavored, in so far aa we have been able, In intilst on time and thotougnness • Bjry for giving a m the length r Hiud y neci training' WUi'tiiei- We have iii.ide this u*i inuc- Ileal at I'l out; lit to be is a iiueatlun open for ci.i'sl.ie.alloii. The pr..ctiealily of our tiainlng Is tiii real lest of our woik. The iiteseniaiimi oi truth tu the jteople is our good woik. I're.tchllig an,) we n fuw lo all.... old iii-as coining from a Ies3 exacting M.,lle of sorlely Hi rUlc US ? T^.-• people uf Manitoba dearly lov in their preachers, not xnly go >d thought, but also a natural manner, fervid delivery, lively address, cK-ir enunciation, prop r modulation, a con- slderaltle spice uf argument, and tii- direct apjueal. Listen to some of the complaints sent to nil- by long sulTcrlng pesjple us to preachers who visit them : ■'We couldn't h"-'ar Mr. A. lie is in other depart- ments. A student wrote me this very week fi^'om McCormIck Seminary, Chicago: "I am well pleased heri'. There are three professors wiiose whole time is devoted to practical tn-alrang of the students." We say: "Undoubtedly if we are to meet the reriuirements KAI,. Thv cii.-my uf t'!Ilrieni-y N linr»U-ni.. anil Hi>]r-*;Ult«riictiion. It 1h a law of nattin- t(i lii-olniy the fff^e and Ih.- uMi'ltrts. The piiiaHli.. will surely de- ml rht't trlcal b,-Kun tu k< ■If that hv hiiM attaJneil. haw al: uown. Ih thei rPHiiy 111 bf Kalneil. whvre a niati may j"y Jil.-* aiTiimr'llithPil taHk'.' No. The »(T.'ati-*l r.ai* li man uf actlv.- minil >»b(Mil(| !iavi' in lest h^' may hpii»nif ■ttfn-.ty|.t.,|, .Pbfuccatfcl, I'harii*if.-. I'l-nfrc-fH IH man'B true .'rKj, If etern.i! vigilance be thf prlfe of Iib