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CANADIAN NEWS 



Mr. E. A. Howes of the Bowesville Public School has been ap- 

 pointed Principal of the Macdonald Consolidated School, Guelph. 

 Ontario, vice Mr. J. W, Hotson, M.A., resigned. 



Mr. Percy J. Shaw, B.A., Macdonald Travelling Instructor in 

 Nature-Study and School-Gardens for Nova Scotia, has received the 

 appointment of Professor of Biology in the Agricultural College, Truro, 

 N. S. He will, however, continue to supervise the school-garden 

 work. 



R. H. Cowley, M.A., Inspector of Public Schools for Carleton 

 Co., Ontario, has been made Inspector of Continuation Classes for 

 the Province. Mr. Cowley has clone much to introduce nature-study 

 into the rural schools of his county, and his appointment is taken as_ 

 evidence that the Education Department of Ontario is in hearty 

 sympathy with the movement to educate rural children for rural life. 



A strong effort is being made in the Province of Quebec to arouse 

 the interest of the people of the rural districts in educational matters. 

 A series of public mass meetings was held in August in about twelve 

 of the rural centres, and these meetings were addressed by some of 

 the most prominent public men of the Province. Consolidation of 

 schools, increase of salaries of teachers, and better preparation of 

 teachers were strongly urged by the speakers. It is likely that con- 

 siderable attention will be given to educational reforms at the next 

 meeting of the Legislature. 



The new Macdonald College, now in process of erection at Ste. 

 Annede Bellevue, near Montreal, will give much attention to the 

 training of teachers for the rural schools of Quebec. 



The Annual Educational Convention of the teachers of New Bruns- 

 wick was held in Chatham, June 27th-29th. The discussions that 

 took place during the sessions regarding the place of nature-study in 

 the course of studies, revealed the fact that many of the inspectors 

 are in hearty sympathy with the new movement, and have .introduced 

 school-gardens, etc.. as part and parcel of the school work. The 

 influence of the Macdonald Consolidated School and school-gardens 

 has been marked in New Brunswick. 



Professor S. B. McCready, Professor of Nature-Study in the Mac- 

 donald Institute, Guelph, Ontario, has become Professor of Botany 

 in the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. He will continue in 

 charge of the Nature- Study Department. 



Four additional Normal Schools for the training of teachers in 



