The Chief Superintendent of Education being present, reported that, since the last Meeting of the Council, Six hundred and fifty pounds. (£650,) had been paid to the Contractors for erecting the Normal and Model Schools and Education Offices, and Seventeen pounds, ten shillings (£17.10.0,) to the Architects, but no extras. The subject of laying the Corner Stone of the new Normal and Model Schools, and Edueation Offices, having been considered, it was, Ordered, That the Ceremony take place on Wednesday, the 2nd of July next, at noon; that the Stone be laid by His Excellency Lord Elgin, the Governor General, in state, and that the Cabinet Ministers and the various Public Bodies be respectfully invited to be present and take part in the Ceremony. June 23rd, 1851.-The preparation of the Inscription plate and the Programme of the Procession at the Ceremony for laying the Corner Stone of the Normal and Model Schools, and Education Offices, having been considered, it was, Ordered, That the Reverend Henry J. Grassett, Mr. Hugh Scobie, the Reverend John Jennings, and Mr. Frederick Cumberland, (Architect,) be a Committee for preparing the Inscription and Programme, and for superintending the arrangements for the Ceremony of laying the Corner Stone, and that Circulars, etcetera, be prepared and printed, to be sent to the parties named in the Programme, requesting their attendance and to accompany the procession from the Houses of Parliament. June 27th, 1851.-The Committee appointed at the last Meeting to draft a Programme and Inscription plate to be deposited in the cavity of the Corner Stone of the Normal and Model Schools and Education Offices, reported both. After some discussion and modification of the same, they were each adopted. PROGRAMME OF PROCEEDINGS to be observed at the Ceremony of laying the Corner Stone of the new Normal and Model Schools, and Education Offices, for Upper Canada, by His Excellency the Governor General, on Wednesday, July the Second, One Thousand Eight hundred and Fifty-one : NOTE. -No formal Procession is to take place; but the parties invited to witness the ceremony are requested to take up the positions assigned them, on reaching the Site. I. Reception of His Excellency the Governor General by the Members and Officers of the Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada,-the Band of the 71st Highlanders playing the National Anthem. II. Prayer to be offered up by the Reverend Henry James Grasett, M.A., a Member of the Council. III. Address to the Governor General by the Reverend Doctor Egerton Ryerson, Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada. IV. Reply by His Excellency the Governor General. V. Silver Trowel to be presented by the Right Reverend Doctor Armand François Marie de Charbonell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto, on behalf of the Council of Public Instruction. VI. Inscription on the plate to be read by Mr. Joseph Curran Morrison, Member of the Provincial Parliament, and a Member of the Council. VII. The Bottle containing Parchment, Coins, Documents, etcetera, to be presented to His Excellency by Mr. Hugh Scobie, a Member of the Council. VIII. The Bottle, Inscription Plate, etcetera, to be placed by the Architect in the cavity of the Stone prepared for them; and the Stone to be lowered to its bed. IX. Presentation of the Square and Mallet to His Excellency by Mr. James Metcalfe of the firm of Messieurs Metcalfe, Wilson and Forbes, Contractors for the erection of the Building. X. Corner Stone to be laid by His Excellency the Governor General,-the Band of the 71st Highlanders playing the National Anthem. Ordered, That a Silver Trowel be presented to His Excellency the Governor General on the occasion of his laying the Corner Stone of the new Normal and Model Schools and Education Offices, and that there be a record of the presentation, etcetera, inscribed on the Trowel - Ordered, That the Chief Superintendent of Education be authorized to procure and have engraved the Silver Trowel referred to in the foregoing Order. Ordered, That the Reverend Henry James Grasett, M. A. be requested to offer up prayer on commencing the Ceremony and that, the Right Reverend Doctor Armand Francois Marie de Charbonell, be requested to present the Silver Trowel to His Excellency the Governor General on behalf of the Council, and that the Chief Superintendent of Education be requested to deliver an Address to the Governor General on the occasion. Ordered, That the necessary steps be taken to procure the attendance of the Band and Guard of Honour of the 71st Highlanders at the Site of the Building for the Reception of His Excellency, the Governor General. July 1st, 1851.-The Chief Superintendent of Education reported that he had waited upon His Excellency Lord Elgin, the Governor General, in regard to the arrangements of the approaching Ceremony, and that His Excellency had been pleased to approve of the same; he had also waited upon Sir Hew Dalrymple, Baronet, and had received his concurrence in the arrangements of the Council in regard to the Guard of Honour and the Band of the 71st Highlanders. Ordered, That the Chief Superintendent of Education be authorized to employ a Special Reporter to attend at the Ceremony of laying the Corner Stone, and to report His Excellency's Speech and the General Proceedings of the day, with a view to obtain a printed record of the Proceedings of the Day for preservation in the Education Office. July 23rd, 1851. The contents of the Bottle deposited in the cavity of the Corner Stone of the new building were reported, to the Council and approved. The Chief Superintendent of Education, reported that he had, since the last Meeting of the Council, paid to the Contractors Five hundred pounds, (£500,) and to the Architects Twenty-five pounds, (£25,); also to the Contractors Three Hundred pounds, (£300,), and to the Architects Seventeen pounds ten shillings, (£17.10.0); but no extras. The case of Mr. Archibald McCallum, in regard to his teaching Book-keeping in the Normal School for the past year having been considered it was, Ordered, That he be allowed Twelve pounds, ten shillings, (£12.10.0,) for that service. July 31st, 1851. The Chief Superintendent of Education. having revised the Terms of Admission into the Normal School, submitted them, and they were adopted as follows: REVISED TERMS OF ADMISSION INTO THE NORMAL SCHOOL, 1851. The Council of Public Instruction, anxious to adopt such measures as appear best calculated to render the training of Teachers in the Normal School as thorough as possible, and to diffuse its advantages over every County in Upper Canada, as equally, and as widely as possible, adopts the following Regulations in regard to the duration of the future Sessions of the Normal School, and the mode and terms of admitting and faciliating the attendance of Students at that Institution; It is, therefore, Ordered, I. That the next Session of the Normal School commence on the 19th day of August next, and terminate on the 15th day of April. 1852; and that hereafter, the semi-annual Sessions of the Normal School shall commence on the 15th day of May and the 15th day of November of each year, [and, if these days fall upon Sunday, on the day following, ] and be continued for a period of five months each,-to be concluded by a Public Examination, and followed by a Vacation of one month in each case. II. That no male Student shall be admitted under eighteen years of age, nor a female Student under the age of sixteen years. [2], Those admitted must produce a Certificate of Good Moral Character, signed by the Clergyman, or Minister, of the Religious Persuasion, with which they are connected; 3, they must be able to read and write intelligibly, and be acquainted with the simple Rules of Arithmetic, and with the Elements of Geography and English Grammar; [4], they must sign a declaration of their intention to devote themselves to the profession of School Teaching, and that their object in coming to the Normal School is to qualify themselves better for the important duties of that profession. III. Upon these conditions, Candidates for School Teaching shall be admitted to all the advantages of the Institution without any charge, either for tuition, the use of the Library, or for the Books which they may be required to use in the School. Other professional Students may be admitted upon paying a fee of One pound, five shillings (£1: 5: 0) for attendance at an entire course of Lectures during one Session. IV. The Teachers-in-training shall lodge and board in the city in such houses, and under such Regulations, as are approved of by the Council of Public Instruction. V. A sum not exceeding Five shillings per week, towards defraying the expenses of board and lodging, shall be allowed, for the present, to Teachers-in-training, requiring assistance, on condition that they will engage to remain for a period of not less than one Session in attendance at the Normal School. VI. That all Candidates for admission into the Normal School must present themselves during the first week of the Session, otherwise they cannot be admitted; and their continuance in the School is conditional upon their diligence, progress, and observance of the General Regulations prescribed by the Council.' VII. That all communications on the subject be addressed to the Reverend Doctor Ryerson, Chief Superintendent of Education, Toronto. August 12th 1851.-The Chief Superintendent of Education reported that since the commencement of the contract for erecting the Normal and Model Schools and Education Offices, he had paid to the Contractors, Messieurs Metcalfe, Wilson and Forbes, and the Architects, the following sums: Total paid of the £15,000 for erecting Normal School up to this date £3,658 8 7 The Chief Superintendent of Education, having reported the expiration of the term during which the Temperance Hall was occupied by the Normal School, it was, Ordered, That he be requested to renew the engagement for such portion of the approaching Session, and on such terms as he can effect. The Recording Clerk of the Council having laid on the Table a copy of all the Standing Rules and Orders of the late Board of Education for Upper Canada, and Time Tables of the Masters of the Normal School with the Course of Study in that Institution, it was, Ordered,-That they be referred to the Chief Superintendent of Education, with a view to their examination, revision, and report, with power, however, to prepare any Rules for the approaching Session of the Normal School as he may deem expedient and useful. October 1st, 1851.-The Chief Superintendent of Education submitted the following statement of the funds for procuring a Site and erecting Buildings for the Normal and Model Schools, and Education Offices, namely: October 14th, 1851. –The Chief Superintendent of Education submitted the following Statement of the Special Fund for procuring a Site and erecting the Normal and Model Schools, and Education Offices, namely: The Council having had under review Mr. Henry Y. Hinds' copy of his "Lectures on the Elements of the Science of Agriculture," and his request for its sanction, with a view to its introduction into the Common Schools, it was, Ordered, That the Lectures be referred to a Committee for Examination, with power to confer with such authorities as will enable the Committee to arrive at a correct judgment, as to their fitness for the object proposed; and that the Chief Superintendent of Education, the Honourable Samuel Bealy Harrison and Mr. James Scott Howard, be that Committee. October 24th, 1851.-No business of public interest was transacted. November 14th, 1851.-The following communication was laid before the Council: From Mr. Henry Y. Hind, Mathematical Master and Lecturer in Chemistry and Natural Philosophy in the Normal School, resigning his situation at the close of the Summer Session in October, 1852. The Chief Superintendent reported the following payments to the Contractors and Architects since the last Meeting of the Council; in connection with a Memorandum of the state of the Special Grant Funds, namely: The Letter of Mr. H. Y. Hind of the 12th instant, signifying that he had withdrawn his application for the vacant Chair of Agriculture in the Provincial University, and notifying the Council of his intention to accept the appointment to the Chair of Chemistry in Trinity College, Toronto, at the close of the next Summer Session of the Normal School,-at the same time requesting the permission of the Council to deliver Lectures for one hour in each day during five days of each week, to a class of Students connected with the Medical Faculty of Trinity College, having engaged the attention of the Council, and the Chief Superintendent of Education having reported that the proposed engagement of Mr. Hind's time in Trinity College for that limited time would not interfere with his duties to the Normal School, it was, Ordered, That the application of Mr. Hind be acceded to for the limited period specified in his Letter. The Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada, having been applied to by Mr. Thomas J. Robertson, Head Master of the Provincial Normal School, Toronto, for the sanc tion of the Council to present himself as a Candidate for the Professorship of History and English Literature in the University of Toronto, and to be furnished with such a testimonial as his services may be deemed deserving of: The Council cheerfully grant the permission solicited by Mr. Robertson and have much pleasure in recording their most favourable opinion of his qualifications and abilities, as practically illustrated during the four years he has been connected with the Provincial Normal School in the Departments especially under his charge, embracing History, Grammar, Logic, Popular Education, etcetera. The Chief Superintendent of Education, having reported the sum of Six Thousand, three hundred and sixty-six pounds, seven shillings and four pence halfpenny, (£6.366.7.44) paid to the Contractors towards the erection of the Normal and Model Schools and Education Offices, on the Architects' Certificates, and it appearing to the Council quite disproportionate to the amount of the Contract and the extras, as well as to the work actually performed, it was, Ordered, That the attention of the Architects be specially called to the subject, and also to the unsafe condition of the Building at this advanced period of the season. November 24th, 1851.-The Chief Superintendent of Education reported the following memorandum of the state of the Special Grant Funds up to this date, namely: (NOTE This was the last Meeting held by the Council of Public Instruction for Upper Canada in 1851.) CHAPTER III. SCHOOL REPORT OF THE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE YEAR 1851. TO HIS EXCELLENCY, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES, EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, K.T., GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA. As required by law, I have the honour to submit a Report of the state of the Normal, Model and Common Schools of Upper Canada for 1851; the first entire year of the operations of the present School Act, as it did not pass the Legislature until July, 1850. |