- for correction, hoy 4

- Willis, Superintendant’ of Education,

" of the -new department, a staff of edu-

and correspondence: pupily uve simi-

‘sonal development and general culture.
‘The options extended to subjects as

lowest possible cost, . the books. “that!

meen say ar

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"REMEMBER THE DATE:

Thursday — bee

August 2 20th

A High School

Correspondence Provided —
By Minister of Education

British Columbia's educational ad-
vantages’ are being ‘extended “to, ‘the

boy and girk of high school age ‘and
qualifications on: the :frontlers of pro-
vincial settelments. When the schol-
astie term opens next month through-
out British Columbia there will be in-
iugurated, for the-first time in Canada
a complete high school course by cor-
respondence course. Announcement to
effect ig made by Hon, Joshua Hinch-
cliffe, Minister of Education, .

Under- the direction - of Dr. 8. Ji
and Mr. a W. Gibson, officer in charge

cational ‘experts, worked during ' the
Summer holidays preparing ‘the ‘les:
song ‘Gorering the entire circulation of
high school Studies. These ‘Tessons
have heen completed nnd machinery
for the operation. of iistruction, by
correspondence. hans been Bet. up,” The
first student has been enrolled in ‘the
betson of a young girl at Carlin. ‘
In all respects the courses ‘are sim-
ilar to those of the regular high school

lar options ‘and objectives. ' They. may
choose to study’ in’ preparation’ for jun-
jor matriculation ; -éntrance to’ Normal
School; commercial course, or for per-'

in regularly established uchools,. nm
The Department supplies the ‘asual
‘free textbooks, and provides, ‘ate “the:

students dn’ ‘elty, high, schools: must buy;
No fees. are “charged” and the only. ad-.
ditional cost to! correspondence pupils
is for the postage on. lessons sent in

Fore number of’ years ‘the Depart [an
ment. ot. Hducation ° lias’ conducted cor-

tuntbenkig eainps and“in emote ham-

ay. Tiloneer’s who. are. doing 80. much to

Course by

Sehool work. So successful ‘has been
the ‘results that it, was décided to ex-
tend the courses to cover, High. School
subjects. ae ha a

rst

Scores of letters on the Department
files bear testimony to the manner in
which parents regard the worth of the
school courses. -Qne father writing to
Mr. J. Hargreaves, officer in charge
of the elementary _ courses, last week
snid, in part: ’-
_ “Due to the carefully selected stud-
‘ies and the patient manner in which
her faults were detected and corrected
I am fairly, convinced that our -daugh-

‘PLAN NATION-WIDE. BROAD:
CASTS BY CANADIAN NAT-
IONAL SYSTEM.

ing in Canada that has ever taken
place sin¢e‘ the commencement of the
art a few years ago,” is the predle-

Canadian National Railways, in whose
department radio is included. “Two
major factors will bring this “about”
continued Mr. Robb, “The extension
of regular weekly schedule of network
brondeasting on a national scale, and
a marked improvement in programme

more opportunity’ fur
hear outstundlug tatent from
own country.

-“T can only speak ‘for the Cauadian
National Railways, but as the nation’s
grentest broadcaster,

their,

ter got far more educational value
from this course than ‘she would hare
received in school—Annie says she
had no difficulty in passing her Ent-
raace Nxams. and. ranked well up tn
her, “class.” *
Various systems of advanced schoul
correspondence courses including that
of Australia, were minutely examined
and the best features were adapted to
the requirements of British Columbia
The experience gained in the suecess-
ful operation of the ‘provincial ele-
mentary courses Tided~ in eompil-
ing a plan of instrnetion that will, it
is beltevéd, prove to, be: Righty Satis-
factory,"

“We felt” snid Hon, Mr frineneltete
in announcing the new courses,“that
shuilar opportunities should be made
ayailable: to’ ‘the Hons * “and - daughters
the. nen’ ‘and’ women who are poln-| °
eentng dil thié: Jond;ih small mining ond

2

lets along, the coast.as are accorded to
Boys’ and iis in. the clties, The atur-i

6 British Columbia will no long

develops
per‘be. compelled to send thelr

Atlantic to the-Pacific, -

broadcasts should go: ‘far. to create. a
better .mutual understanding . among
the. Provinces, unite--more closely the
many. elements .and. interests -within
our country : ‘and - remove he : ‘Tealing of
isolation felt: in the: communtiies." ”

ges.in the provincial police, force in the
north. Corpl.. -Bervice goes to Prince
George and Cons, Andy Fairbairn ‘will
take ‘charge: at Smithers. Cons. Har-
rison of Hazelton: has gone to Burns
Lake. This arrangement, is only for
the time being. while: ‘men on: are: thelr
holidays, ‘although | some of ‘the. above

thirteen stations and owning the only
system of wires adapted for -broad-
casting under one direction stretching
from Coast to Coast, we are planning
to institute marked improvements otr-
delves and to co-operate in every way
possible to assist other ‘brondéasters in
doing similarly. Commencing in Oc-
tober-we are planing to extend our

from the Maritimes to the Rocky
Mountains, and. pnce or twice. from:|

“These. regular ‘weekly .. ational

There have. been..a number of chon-

“Phat the next twelve months will |
see the greatest advance In broadcast-

ction of W. D. Robb, Vice-President,

generally, ‘and especially by providing o
Canadiuns to!

now operating :

National networks three times weekly _

; or. Paes ofS

ab dey

| Everybody decries the frequency .
of the. Forest. Fire----even the
people who cause them. Too -
much time is spent in bewailing

~ the effect, not. enough in analy-_

sing the cause: PLAIN CARE-.
LESSNESS was the catise of
Righty Per Cent. of our Fire"

~ Losses last year ehea

BRITISH COLUMBIA A FOREST SERVICE

u ho, ot oa ye

coming 10 and. 20. miles ‘from thelr
homes to see. the programme, Ce
' Seven _, thousand feet: ‘of, tlh

“he Forestry Lecture * Car, of the
Canadian Forestry : Association, which
during the present month ig: travelling |_
throiigh the notthern ‘interior ‘of B. 6.|8
ov thejline of the Canadian. Natioal, |!
makiltig 26: atop : at points: along ‘the fi
me

reapondened “eolurnes, in* 1 Elementary He

Ene: ‘awily’ from | ‘home or” deny
them' the Mdvantage, ‘of a Hen. School

changes: may, be i permanent cs

jlnege and ental enatense

¢ at" each" meéetiné, :
‘, sent the. ‘ ‘a