JOURNAL

OF

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EDUCATION

BEING THE SEMI-ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE REPORT OF
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATIONI FOR

Published by Order of the Legislature of Nova Scotia.

PRINTED BY WM. MACNAB AND SON, 7-9-11 Bedford Row, HALIFAX, N. s.

SECOND SERIES: OCTOBER, 1878, TO AUGUST, 1892; XII VOLS., 29 Nos. FIRST SERIES: SEPTEMBER, 1866, TO AUGUST, 1877; 73 Nos.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, APRIL, 1911.

OFFICIAL

I.-The JOURNAL OF EDUCATION shall be published semiannually, in the months of April and October respectively, and shall continue to be the medium of Official Notices in connection with the Department of Education.

II-The JOURNAL, which is the Semi-annual Supplement of the Education Report, will be furnished gratuitously, according to law, to each Inspector, Chairman of Commissioners, and Board of Trustees; and will be supplied to other parties wishing it at the rate of ten cents a copy.

III.-Each Secretary of Trustees is instructed and required to file and preserve the successive numbers of the JOURNAL for the benefit of his fellow Trustees and the Teacher or Teachers of his section, and their successors, and to inform his associates in office, and the Teacher or Teachers, of its receipt, so soon thereafter as may be convenient.

HON. G. H. MURRAY, K. C., LL. D., Premier and Provincial Secretary.
HON. A. K. MACLEAN, K. C., M. P. P., Attorney-General.

HON. C. P. CHISHOLM, M. P. P., Commissioner of Public Works

A. H. MACKAY, B. A., B. Sc., LL. D., F. R. S. C., Superintendent of Education and Secretary of Council of Public Instruction.

GEO. W. T. IRVING, Chief Clerk.

MISS E. E. ANDERSON, Stenographer.

INSPECTORIAL DIVISIONS, WITH NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
INSPECTORS.

Division No. 1, the City and County of Halifax-Graham Creighton, B. A, Halifax,
Division No. 2, the Counties of Lunenburg and Queens-H. H. MacIntos

Lunenburg.

Division No. 3, the Counties of Shelburne and Yarmouth-C. Stanley Bruce,
Shelburne.

Division No. 4, the Counties of Digby and Annapolis-Leander S. Morse, A. M.,
Digby.

Division No. 5, the Counties of Kings and Hants-Ernest W. Robinson,
B. A., Aylesford.

Division No. 6, the Counties of Antigonish and Guysboro-A. G. Macdonald,
A. M., Antigonish.

Division No. 7, the County of Richmond and the District of South Inverness—
M. J. T. Macneil, B. A., River Bourgeois, C. B.

Division No. 8, the County of Victoria and the District of North Inverness-
James MacKinnon, Whycocomagh, C. B.

Division No. 9, the County of Pictou-E. L. Armstrong, Pictou.

Division No. 10, the County of Cumberland-Inglis C. Craig, A. M., Amherst.
Division No. 11, the County of Cape Breton-T. M. Phelan, A. M., LL. B., North
Sydney.

Division No. 12, the County of Colchester-W. R. Campbell, M. A., Truro.

WILLIAM CAMERON, B. A., PICTOU, Chairman.
HOWARD MURRAY, LL. D., HALIFAX.

A. G. MACDONALD, M. A., ANTIGONISH.

W. F. KEMPTON, B. A., YARMOUTH.

E. J. LAY, ESQ.. AMHERST.

BURGESS MCKITTRICK, B. A., LUNENBURG, Secretary

NOVA SCOTIA NORMAL COLLEGE, TRURO.

REGULAR STAFF.

DAVID SOLOAN, B. A., LL. D., Principal, Principles of Pedagogy, Language, History, German.

JOHN B. CALKIN, A. M., LL. D., Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Pedagogy.

JAMES B. HALL, PH. D., Psychology, History of Education, Civics and Methods in Geography.

MISS OTTIE A. SMITH, Drawing and Calisthenics.

J. ALPHONSE BENOIT, B. A., Method in Mathematics and Physics, French. EDWARD W. CONNOLLY, B. A., Hygiene, Physiology, Math. Drawing, Commercial Branches.

LESLIE C. HARLOW, B. Sc., B. S. A., Method in Nature Study, Biology, Chemistry, Mineralogy.

MRS. EDNA C. HARPER, M. A., Elocution, English Literature, Music.

Affiliated Staff of Normal College.

F. G. MATTHEWS, Principal, Truro Mechanic Science School.
CHARLES W. FINCK, Truro Mechanic Science School.

MISS MYRTLE D. MCCALLUM, Principal, Truro School of Domestic Science.
MISS BESSIE M. SMITH, Truro School of Domestic Science.

MISS AGNES MACKENZIE, Principal, Truro Kindergarten.

D. G. DAVIS, M. A., Director of Teaching-practice in Truro Schools.
M. CUMMING, B. A., B. S. A., Principal, College of Agriculture, and staff.

REGULAR STAFF.

M. CUMMING, B. A., B. S. A., Principal and Lecturer in Animal Husbandry, Agriculture and Bacteriology.

H. W. SMITH, B. Sc., Professor of Biology.

P. J. SHAW, B. A., Professor of Horticulture and Nature Study.

E. S. ARCHIBALD, B. A., B. S. A., Professor of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, also Experimentalist.

J. STANDISH, V. S., Professor of Veterinary Science.

J. P. LANDRY, Manager and Lecturer in Poultry Department.

AFFILIATED.

L. C. HARLOW, B. S. A., B. Sc., (Member of Normal College Staff), Lecturer in Chemistry.

J. A. BENOIT, B. A., (Member of Normal College Staff), Lecturer in Physics. E. W. CONOLLY, B. A. (Member of Normal College Staff), Lecturer in

Mathematics.

W. R. CAMPBELL, M. A., (Inspector of Schools), Lecturer in English.
F. G. MATTHEWS, (Principal Truro Mechanic Science School), Lecturer in
Mechanical Drawing and Carpentering.

C. W. MCDOUGALL, (Dairy Superintendent, Province of New Brunswick),
Lecturer in Dairying.

MISS M. P. BLAIR, Secretary and Stenographer.

RURAL SCIENCE SCHOOL, TRURO.

M. CUMMING, B. A., B. S. A., Local Director.

C. L. MOORE, M. A., Principal.

(Staff; Professors of Normal and Agricultural Colleges and special instructors.)

TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

FREDERICK H. SEXTON, S. B., Director.

J. E. BARTEAUX, M. A., Inspector of Evening Technical Schools.

NOVA SCOTIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, HALIFAX.

F. H. SEXTON, S. B., Principal and Prof. of Mining and Metallurgy.
R. R. KEELY, M. E., E. E., M. M. E., Prof. of Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering.

T. S. HEWERDINE, A. B., S. B., Prof. of Civil Engineering.

E. A. HOLBROOK, S. B., Asst. Prof. of Mining and Metallurgy.

C. A. HODGE, S. B., Instructor in Mining and Metallurgy.

C. F. MURPHY, B. E., Instructor in Mining and Metallurgy.

H. PIERS, Librarian and Curator of Museum.

MISS M. J. MCCURDY, Secretary.

MISS M. E. DICKSON, Stenographer.

W. J. BUTLER, JR, Engineering.