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and the Girls' High School, the high character and efficiency of which 

 he maintained and increased. He also taught in the Albert School and 

 in 1881 was made l*]nglish master of the Grammar School. When Mrs. 

 Carr (afterward Mrs. deSoyres) resigned the principalship of the Girls' 

 High School, he became principal, when however the School Board 

 decided to amalgamate the Girls' and Boys' High Schools, Dr. Hay re- 

 signed from the teaching staff and retired from the profession in 1897. 



In 1876 Dr. Hay had married Frances Annetta Hartt, daughter of 

 the late Jarvis W. Hartt, and sister of the late Prof. Charles F. Hartt, 

 one of the founders of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 

 and later known as an eminent geologist in the United States and Brazil. 

 Dr. Hay's widow survives him. 



Dr. Hay's activities were by no means confined to his work in teach- 

 ing: he was a member of the Provincial Teacher's Institute of New 

 Brunswick from its formation, contributing papers to its meetings and 

 otherwise taking an active part in its proceedings. He also took a pro- 

 minent part in organizing the Dominion Educational Association, in 

 which he was on the first board of Directors. He also served on the 

 Dominion History Committee on Manuscripts from 1894 to 189G. 



In 1886 he was chosen editor of the New Brunswick Journal of 

 Education, with Inspector Carter as associate editor. At the end of a 

 year this publication was merged into the Educational Review, with 

 Dr. A. H. Mackay as editor for Nova Scotia, and Principal Anderson 

 editor for Prince Edward Island. Dr. Hay's retirement from the teach- 

 ing profession thus did not diminish his interest in educational matters, 

 for he continued the publication of the Educational Review, and gave 

 full attention to the editorial department, increasing the scope and pur- 

 pose of the magazine. He had entire control of its business and editorial 

 management from the date of its foundation in 1887, and devoted him- 

 self Completel}^ to it from 1897. He may be said to have been the 

 founder of Educational Journalism in the Maritime provinces. 



In addition to his work on the Journal he entered the literary field 

 with several writings of historical import; in 1898 he Ijegan the publica- 

 tion of a series of quarterly leaflets on "Canadian History", which he 

 continued for a number of years. Among other writings may be men- 

 tioned a School History of Canada (used in the New Brunswick schools), 

 a small histor}?^ of Canada, with several sketches of incidents in Canadian 

 history. These brought him recognition in the literary field; but it is 

 in connection with the study of the Natural History of his own province 

 of New Brunswick that he is best known, and in this also his work is of 

 permanent value. In the Botany of New Brunswick he has long been 

 considered an authority and has left valuable I'ecords, notably the 

 lists and notes on various orders and classes of plants which he has con- 



