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ntly(llieliiCO,111 jui*u * Inspectors.er as enthu a wriTO AID RURAL SCHOOLSUewed bf Itlner or bo thatauld for; ent.' ays. ; inn-1 gov-per- iDR. H. II. SINCLAIR WILL STUDY CONDITIONS IX ONTARIO.ireimpslias tgn-1IPS lHead of School for Tear hers at .Macdonald College Is an Expert on education and Has Taken High Honors In His Specialty — Is Author of Three Well-Known Works for School Teachers.the r the ( ployp hold1 wall slgnll inevl whlcl Inin a fra Ing o Ifshalt;AJOHI*was i he mry Inn-iver-bllc, thea wiitor osay,aide’1the cNevetractlar-ly te ntonl annaDr. S. B. Sinclair, who is relieved from the headship of the school for ,teachers of Macdonald College tospend a year In Investigating problems relating to rural schools Is one of Canada's leading educationists.He holds a B. A. degree from Victoria with lirst-class honors In mathematics and gold medal standing In mental and moral philosophy, an M. A. degree from ToroDto University and a Ph.D. degree cum laude from Chicago University, in 1901, tary Ills major subject being education. , . .( ()f At Chicago he obtained the highest ' .na fellowship of $520 and was super- j.visor of mathematics In the unlver- t(,rm slty elementary school. He has made . an extended observation and study of schools In Europe and Is the author ‘ . of three well-known works: First . ■Year at School, The Possibility of a . Science of Education and Introduc- j ' tory Educational Psychology. rattliDr. Sinclair lias had wide experl- . heir ence In the teaching profession, hav- j .I Ing been mathematical master of 1 . you Ridgetown Collegiate Instl'ute, prin- .J. „s dl- cipal of Hamilton Central School and .i by the liau, you, ites, your t In for-areIr. S. R. SINCLAIR. bu'Hamilton Teachers’ Training School , ret and for fourteen years was vice- on principal of the Provincial Normal School at Ottawa, where he had | charge of the departments of education, mathematics and natural bcI-ence. . ,He is past president of the Ottawa . Education Association and vice-president of the Quebec Protestant “ Teachers’ Association. He is a mem- 2“’ her of the Central Board of Exam- ,„ Iners and ex-officio a member of the Teachers 'Training Committee and corporation of McGill University. ,Dr. Sinclair is not retiring from * |ht to wt,rk, hut U taking a year for re- ,j search that he may bo better cjuali- dra tied to teach the subjects in which he | is most interested, which Is the rural Kpaischool work. He has spent a nuni- ((y! her of years on his own farm and took a post-graduate rourse in forest- al|LEOry at Toronto. Hefrorhope 1 o die nil a n' ras During the four years he has been at reme Macdonald College he has not only ®‘‘,' ’ m increased the attendance, hut has , j stirred up great enthusiasm among the students. His attitude towardsIs the author of liie lecture on forestry in the Kick- ,j.ten gavlt;of 1 ban! ,bjj the other schools at Macdonald has1 . J mmi always been sympathetic and his in- .‘ i fluenoe na tended to maintain a feel-n, ,‘vjtng of good will and co-operation ; '' ' among all the schools since he has,been appointed dean. | . .The subject of rural education ‘s sun recognized by public men to be one b of the most essential In the develop- ‘ ment of the Dominion. The rural ^school is the key to the farm situation. In the country Bcbool principles of agriculture may be taught which will result In country boys attaining a love for and a skill in farming operations that will result In their own usefulness to the country and in profit to themselves.te in rney given ly of w It-took uunc-i last■ Jus day’s • two t the and litlng ; hadandofth:inobuPolitics a Disease.1Sentioi
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New Westminster News
New Westminster, British Columbia, CA
Mon, Apr 13, 1914
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