Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
PRIDE IN SCHOOLS
Dominant Feeling Among Settlers
in Western Canada.
Despite "Newnes, o. the Country,
There Are No Better Institutions
Of Learning Anyvvhere.

There Is frequently hesitation ex-
pressed by those whose minds are
almost made up to move to the agri-
cultural lands of Western Canada,
that the children will not enjoy the
school privileges afforded them In
their present surroundings. This is a
reasonable doubt. The country is new.
1t Is within the memory of many who
will read this that the bison roaIned
these prairies at will. that there were
no railroads, no settlements beyond |
that of some Of the Hudson Bay posts, |
few courageous ranchmen and In |
dians- 1t was country Of unknown |
quantity. 1t is different today, and 1t |
has been made different in that short
| time because Of the latent stores of
wealth hidden in the land, which has
been made to yield bountifully through
the daring enterprise of the pioneer
and the railways that had the courage
to extend their enterprislng lines OF
steel throughout Its length and great
portion of its breadth. Villages and
hamlets have developed into towns and
towns into cities, supported and main
tanned by those who, coming pract-
cally from all parts of the world, and
many, yes, thousands, from the neigh
boring states to the SOUTH have taken
up land that cost them but trife as
compared with what they were able
to dispose of the holdings upon which
they had been living for years. These
people brought with them a method
in life that electrified and changed the
entire Canadian West. Today things
are different, and a trip to Western
Canada i'll show a country new hut
Old. New because cham cs have been
wrought that give to the newcomer
the opportunity to become part OF a
growing and developing country-it
, gives the chance to say what shall he
made of it old because there has been
brought into its life those things
that have proven useful in older coun
tries while there has been eliminated
everything that would tend to n back
ward stage. A writer, dealing WITH
social matters, treats of the schools
and says:
Everywhere the school follows the
y
: were represented by scattered shack,
are proud today Of their school build
ings. The web of education is benl
i spread over the prairie. Lately
however a new policy has been adopt
:, ed. Instead of many rural schools
n big central schools are being eStae
/. lished, each serving an area of tift,
square miles or so, and children VIII
: live mile and Il hnlf away are con
= veyed thither in well-warmed motto
cars. In the summer. of course, the
7 come on bikes" or ponies.
And the young idea is taught t
shoot in many directions. The inStrut
tion is not limited 10 the three r.
II but nature study and manual craft
> are taught, in order that the futur
J. agriculturist may have his education
l. al foundation laid Many rural schon
u have pleasant gardens attached, wit
IS flower and vegetable beds, and II
le visitor to one such school deep in Il
y country says she will never forget Il
v pride with which II little lad shove
ei her the patch of onions in his Pic
Thrift is also taught in the schoo
Id by means of the dime bank.
r "Following the primary schools the
rs are secondary schools where trainir
IS Is free. This Includes classics. mohe
es languages. science. mathematics. a
yanced English, and often agriculture
ce commercial, and technical subject
ed and-hut this concerns the girls
IS. household economics. For three yea
ST This lasts and then comes matriCui
tion into the university, matricui
of tion which admits direct to the NJ
rd or science degree or the educati
re may be completed by Il course in sor
,ic special subject at Il technical inS
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