TEACHERS' AGENCIES achers." It is a legitimate and helpful business. Some of the very best and most successful educators in public consult the reports of the Education Departments for the various Provinces of Canada and make some correction of the item referred to. Yours faithfully, A. M. SCOTT, Superintendent of Schools, Calgary, Alberta Editor PRIMARY EDUCATION: I beg to draw your attention to some statements in your last issue concerning THE EDUCATORS EXCHANGE 101, 9th Floor, TREMONT STREET, BOSTON Send this "ad" with your registration and we will return_the It pays to pay-to get -more pay. Register Now! education in Canada. First it was stated THE TEACHER'S EXCHANGE that the pupil teacher plan is followed in Canada. Are you sure of this? Please make inquiries. It is not in vogue in this part of Canada, I should like to know where it obtains. Then you speak of the teachers not! having normal training. I should like to know in what provinces of Canada we are Of Boston, 120 Boylston St. RECOMMENDS TEACHERS, TUTORS AND SCHOOLS. WE allowed to teach without normal training. TEACHERS It is necessary before we can obtain a license WANT TEACHERS wanted for Rural, Graded and High Schools, Colleges and Universities in the Central to teach. But I do know of young ladies WESTERN TEACHERS ACENCY P.Wendell Murray, Mgr. in your country who are not Normal trained and are teaching in the public schools. True, you say, we poor individuals have some intelligence. How kind! Let me tell you we are mighty proud of our fine school system in this country and I know from personal observation that our schools compare very favorably with American schools, in fact in many ways we do better work. I have visited some of your schools and I know from the testimony of Canadians who teach in your country. Great Falls, Montana Agencies are a recognized factor in the educational world of today. The Schermerhorn Teachers' Agency Our information regarding vacancies comes direct from School Authorities to whom we PERSONALLY Let me remark that it is time Americans became a little better informed about their neighbors to the north. I could fill a volume with the erroneous ideas many educated (?) Americans entertain concerning Canada and Canadians. These people may be NEW NO. 623 S. WABASH AVENUE educated, but they certainly are not informed. But no doubt some of your ideas are a bit askew since the 21st of September last. They ought to be, and let me recommend you all from President Taft down, to stop It is always wise to have “a friend at the Court of Cæsar." Register Now! THE FISK TEACHERS' AGENCIES. making such foolish and injudicious state-24 Park Street, Boston. NESSIE FERGUSON, -The Spirit of Winter is with us, making its presence known in many different ways sometimes by cheery sunshine and glistening snows, and sometimes by driving winds and blinding storms. To many people 39 Jackson Blvd., Chicago. FAIRBANKS' HOME 611 Swetlana Bldg. Portland. GEOGRAPHY Cloth 236 pages Price, 60 cents It is written by a person who has studied children and knows their seems to take a delight in making bad mental aptitude and abilities. He would have them learn to observe first, things worse; for rheumatism twists harder, read and talk, and, later on, study. This is common sense, and founded on twinges sharper, catarrh becomes more an noying, and the many symptoms of scrofula psychological and physiological laws of growth. 1912 A GOOD START 1912 At the Opening of School Will Make the Future Journey Easy No trouble will be found in interesting children if you select the right assistants. Small booklets have a peculiar charm for Little People. They seem to appeal to the child mind as no large book ever can. Try these Favorite Children's Classics |ONCE, and you will never afterwards be without a supply. First Grade No. 2. ESOP'S FABLES. Adapted for primary grades. Large type. Fox and the Lion, Fox and the Grapes, The Cock-a-Doodle and the Piece of Gold, the Wolf and the Goat, The Lazy Grasshopper, The Wolf and the Crane, The Kid and the Wolf, The Fox and the Crow, The Stag at the Lake. No. 3. ESOP'S FABLES. Same as above. The Hawk and the Nightingale, The Snake's Eggs, The Fox and the Crab, The Ant and the Dove. The Dog and the Shadow, The Cat and the Birds, The Fox and the Well, The Fox and the Stork. No. 73. BUDS, STEMS AND ROOTS. A little Nature Reader about the various kinds of buds. Illustrated. No. 74. WHAT ANNIE SAW. Nature Stories, telling of a Snail, Blackbird, Beetle, a Kitty, Mrs. Mouse, Rabbits, and other familiar animals. 1 No. 77. FLOWER FRIENDS. I. Another delightful Nature Reader, telling about the early spring flowers, in simple language. Second Grade No. 7. LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. The story of Little Red Riding Hood told in simple form. Illustrated, large type. No. 8. JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. Always interesting to children, told in simple form. Nature Stories for second grade. Large, clear type. No. 76. BIRD FRIENDS. Stories about the Woodpecker, Flicker, Purple Being the story of the Sleeping Beauty, English man version. No. 189. CHILDREN OF HISTORY. I. The Story of the Life of Washington, Franklin, Fulton, S. F. B. Morse, Eli Whitney, Edison, told in simple language. Large, clear type. No. 190. CHILDREN OF HISTORY. II. The Story of Irving, Cooper, Audubon, Webster, Third Grade No. 45. STORY OF THE PILGRIMS. In simple form, the Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, A story in simple form, by Mrs. S. E. Dawes, of Old, yet always of interest to boys and girls is the tale of Puss in Boots. No. 95. STORIES OF REVOLUTION. I. Story of Lexington and Concord in simple form. No. 101. STORIES OF REVOLUTION. III. "There was tumult in the City, In the quaint old Quaker town." Each number contains 32 pages of Choice Illustrated Literature, bound in strong manila covers. Price, 60 cents per dozen. Single copies, 6 cents TRY THEM AND YOU WILL BE CONVINCED It is a commonplace to-day that children are interested in action above all else. They Action, are at imitation and they are Imitation in search of opportunities to indulge their passion for play and fun. It is a happy idea to have a series of readers based on these great fundamental interests-Action, Imitation, and Fun. This is what Mara L. Pratt (now Mrs. Pratt-Chadwick) has recently done in a series published by the Educational Publishing Company. There are at least ten volumes in the series, and each volume works out one or more of the Classic myths, fables, or Mother Goose tales. Young readers-in the second or third school year-are delighted with the treatment of the stories, which are presented according to latest psychological thought regarding method in the teaching of reading. and Fun Primers I The Little People's Sound Primer II The Little Red Hen III The Three Pigs IV The Three Bears One of the strongest points in favor of these Advanced Primers books is that they appeal to the child's sense of humor. Most books neglect this sense entirely, which is nothing less than a misfortune. Happily we are growing away from the notion that we must present to children only I Three Little Kittens-Chicken Little that which attempts to teach them to be First Readers "good" or "gentle" or "kind" or "obedient." The writer ventures the opinion that one can influence a child for good more readily by making him laugh over good wholesome fun than by preaching at him in a dull, moralizing way. PROF. M. V. 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