one in Grade X and the X French paper in Grade XI, provided a 60 or 50 per cent mark is made respectively for a high or low pass in each case. But the substitution of a lower grade work for that of a higher will be allowed under no other conditions than specified above. The candidate should state this fact in his application for examination as well as in his final examination declaration so as to allow of its verification.

[On the unanimous recommendation of the Advisory Board, Section 118 will be repealed at the end of the present school year.]

119. Teachers are required to make themselves acquainted with the probable future requirements of pupils by consultation with them and their parents or guardians, before advising the selection of the optional subjects. Those who are likely to attend the universities, etc., should select the subjects required for matriculation. The same policy will apply to others.

"High School students who look forward to teaching and who have in view their professional preparation at the Normal College should, as far as possible prepare themselves in the mathematics and natural science of the high school grades. Postponement of the study of these branches till the Normal College period places a candidate at a serious disadvantage not only in seeking the diploma of the Normal College, but later, as a teacher in the public school.

Introductory Courses in Gaelic, Grades I to VIII.

Gaelic Readers for the Common School Course: An Treoraiche (Child's Primer). An Comh-threoraiche (Second Primer). Companach na Cloinne. The teacher should give elementary instruction in Gaelic Grammar, such as gender, tenses of verbs and the conjugation of the verb “bi”.

A careful drill in the pnonetics of the language should be carried out, including such double consonants as bh, mh, th, etc. Text recommended, Elementary Course of Gaelic, by Duncan Reid, in hands of teacher.

Grade IX.

Elementary Course of Gaelic, by Duncan Reid, to beginning of treatment of Verbal Noun. Translation of easy Gaelic sentences into English and of easy English sentences into Gaelic. Dictation of easy Gaelic sentences.

Grade X.

Elementary Course of Gaelic, by Duncan Reid, completed. Watson's Rosg Gaidhlig to page 132. Continuation of oral translation and of writing from dictation.

Grade XI.

Watson's Bardachd Ghaidhlig with notes to page 154. Elementary Gaelic Grammar, by H. C. Gillies, parts 1 and 2.

Grade XII.

Rosg Gaidhlig and Bardachd Ghaidhlig both completed. Gillies' Grammar completed. Special attention should be given to composition in this Grade.

While this prescription for Gaelic in the public schools authorizes it as a school subject, it is not at present proposed to accept it as a substitute for any other language. It is desirable that an opportunity should be given to the numerous people who speak and love this ancient tongue to have their children learn it grammatically as French is authorized for those whose mother tongue it is. The good sense of the speakers of Gaelic makes them ready to accept the badly spelled English language of today, because it is the most effective instrument of intercommunication for business purposes. They will be leaders in the movement to make written English eventually as phonetically regular as Gaelic or Italian. And the English descendants of those who gave up Anglo-Saxon for Norman English, and Norman English for many of our present Dutch designed drolleries will be ready to move one stage further on into scientific, sensible, simple spelling with a standarized pronunciation over all the world. The old Scottish educational authorities are just now taking up our New Scotland spelling movement, and the Official Imperial Conference of the Education Departments of the Empire to meet in London during the Summer of 1923 has English spelling and pronunciation already named for its agenda.

NEW REGULATIONS GOVERNING ENTRANCE TO THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA, KINGSTON, ONTARIO.

1. (a) To be qualified for admission to the Royal Military College, a candidate must have attained a "pass" standard in the examination laid down by the Province from which he comes for Junior Matriculation in the Faculties of Arts or Science, within the year of joining the College. In the case of Resident Schools, candidates may write on the Matriculation Examination of the Province in which the School is situated, but their results or standard reached will be taken and considered as if they had written on the Matriculation Examination of the Province in which they are domiciled.

Nova Scotia High School Certificate of Grade XI, showing a "pass" of 50 per cent in each subject specified in paragraph 2 (a), or an average of 60 per

cent.

New Brunswick: Provincial Junior Matriculation Examination.

Prince Edward Island: Second year certificate of the Prince of Wales' College.

Quebec: For English speaking candidates the Junior Matriculation of McGill University; for French-speaking candidates the Junior Matriculation of Laval University, or of the University of Montreal.

Ontario: Provincial Junior Matriculation Examination in Arts.

Manitoba: Provincial Junior Matriculation Examination.

Saskatchewan: Provincial Junior Matriculation Examination including French, in Science.

Alberta: Grade XI Diploma.

British Columbia: Provincial Junior Matriculation Examination in Arts.

(b) If sufficient candidates do not qualify under paragraph 1 (a), to fill the vacancies allotted to a Province, the Board of selection may select candidates, otherwise eligible under the Regulations, who have passed any Canadian Junior Matriculation Examination in Arts or Science.

2.

(a) The subjects in which a candidate has passed in the examinations laid down in paragraph 1 must include:

(b) Altho French is shown as a obligatory subject, candidates who, without taking it, have passed an examination qualifying them for entrance under paragraph 1, may be admitted. They are, however, warned that it is an obligatory subject at the College, and candidates without a knowledge of it at the commencement of their course will find themselves severely handicapped.

(c) Latin is not an obligatory subject for entrance, nor is it taught at the College; but candidates who propose, upon leaving the R. M. C., to study for professions requiring a knowledge of it, such as medicine or law, are advised to study Latin before entering the R. M. C.

3. (a) Vacancies at the College will be allotted to the Provinces in proportion to population. In the event of any vacancies not being filled by a Province, they will be distributed to the other provinces in proportion to population. The allotment of vacancies to the Province of Quebec will be sub-divided for English speaking and French speaking candidates in proportion to the English and French population.

(b) Two vacancies a year will be served for Canadians living abroad or in other parts of Canada.

4. Except admissions under paragraph 3(b), candidates will only be eligible for admission thru the Province in which they have their permanent residence.

5. Candidates must not be under 16, or over 19 years of age on the 1st of January of the year in which they will enter the College.

6. Before being accepted for admission, candidates must pass a physical examination, the general requirements of which are laid down by the Director General of Medical Services.

7. Candidates for admission, up to the number of vacancies allotted will be selected in each Province in the order of merit obtained in the examinations laid down for the Province in paragraph 1, provided they satisfy in all other respects the regulations laid down for admission.

8. Only candidates who have qualified in all the subjects required will be considered by the Selection Board, i. e., those who require to take any one or more subject over again will not be eligible for admittance.

9. (a) There shall be a General Board of Selection, consisting of a Chairman and four members. The Chairman and two of the members shall be nominated by the Commandant of the Royal Military College; the remaining two members shall be Officers selected, one from the Adjutant General's Branch and the other from the Branch of the Chief of the General Staff, Militia Headquarters.

(b) An Officer of the Adjutant General's Branch will be detailed to act as Secretary.

10. Applications for Entrance to the College will be made in writing to The Secretary, Militia Council, Militia Headquarters, Ottawa, Ont., not later than the 1st April.

11. The Department of Militia and Defence will supply full information as to the regulations to be complied with, and the time and place of medical examination of candidates. This examination will be performed by Boards of military medical Officers appointed for that purpose at convenient centers.

182. TEXT BOOKS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

In performing the duty of selecting and prescribing text books for the Public Schools, the Council of Public Instruction has availed itself as fully as possible of the knowledge and experience of those who are engaged in the practical work of education.

Instructors and teachers are reminded

(1) That the course of study for common schools encourages an economical expenditure for the text books by providing a system of oral instruction for junior classes. Too many teachers try to satisfy themselves in respect to their more youthful pupils by placing in their hands text books not needed in any case, and worse than useless when unaccompanied by proper oral exposition. A text book should not be required for a child until he is prepared to use it intelligently.

(2) That the regulation which makes it illegal and improper for a teacher to introduce unauthorized texts, by no means hinders him from giving his pupils the benefit of other treatises to whose explanations he may attach importance. The progressive teacher will always have such aids within reach, and will so use them as to impart variety and interest to his instructions.

Under no circumstances, however, should the teacher order the pupils to purchase these other books which are not

prescribed. The prescribed text book, on any subject, is the only one the pupils are expected to purchase.

(3) Under Section 72 (e) of the Education Act, school sections can vote money for the purchase of prescribed school books, and school trustees are free to arrange to distribute them at cost, at reduced price, or free to all pupils of their schools, or to pupils who cannot afford to buy them.

(4) The School Trustees or school boards are the proper parties to take charge of the supply of books for they are in continual and close touch with the school. They can allow those who desire to own their books to do so; and the deserving indigent can be supplied free. Both oversight and economy can be easily maintained under the management of the local trustees. This scheme may be put into practise with very little effort on the part of the trustees or members of the school board; and a section which once voted the money for school books could have it recouped annually and so with very little more cost year by year could continue to supply its pupils indefinitely.

The list of text books, together with the grades in which each book is used, prescribed for the public schools of Nova Scotia during the school year 1 August, 1921 to 31 July, 1922, may be found in the April, 1921, Journal.

The prices of the texts are to be found in the Price List as published by the N. S. School Book Bureau. Each list is effective from date printed until new list is published. The latest list is to be found in the April, 1921, Journal; or may be had on application to the School Book Bureau, Halifax, N. S.

186. THE NOVA SCOTIA SCHOOL BOOK BUREAU.

The Nova Scotia School Book Bureau has been established by the Government in connexion with the Department of Education and is under the regulations of the Council of Public Instruction. The aim of the Bureau will be to provide the people of the Province with the prescribed school books, not only at as low prices as possible, but at prices which will be uniform thruout the Province.

All books prescribed for both the common and high school grades, as well as the books necessary for the the M. P. Q. examinations, are kept in stock at the wareroom of the Bureau,