「 three months of its presentation, and signed by the clergyman or minister of the religious persuasion with which they are connected. 2. They must be able, for entrance into the junior division, to read with ease and fluency; parse a common prose sentence according to any recognized authority; write legibly, readily, and correctly; give the definitions of geography; have a general knowledge of the relative position of the principal countries with their capitals, the oceans, seas, rivers, and islands of the world; be acquainted with the fundamental rules of arithmetic, common or vulgar fractions, and simple proportion. They must sign a declaration of their intention to devote themselves to the profession of school-teaching, and state that their object in coming to the normal school is to qualify themselves better for the important duties of that profession. IL Upon these conditions, candidates for school-teaching will be admitted to 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. III. Teachers-in-training must board and lodge in the city, in such houses and under such regulations as are approved of by the council of public instruction. IV. A sum at the rate of one dollar per week (payable at the end of the session,) will be allowed to each teacher-in-training who, at the end of the first or second session, shall be entitled to either a first or second class provincial certificate; but no teacher-in-training shall be entitled to receive aid for a period exceeding one session, and no resident of Toronto shall be entitled to receive aid. V. The continuance in the school of the teachers-in-training is conditional upon their diligence, progress, and observance of the general regulations prescribed. Each session to be concluded by an examination conducted by means of written questions and answers. Course of Instruction for Second Class Certificate in Junior Division. ENGLISH-Read prose with correct emphasis, intelligence, and inflection of voice. Rules of Spelling (spelling-book superseded.) General principles of the philosophy of Grammar. Analyze and parse any prose sentence. Principal Greek and Latin Roots, Prefixes and Affixes. Prose Composition on any simple subject, with correct punctuation, &c. WRITING. To write a bold rapid running hand. GEOGRAPHY.-The relative positions of all the countries of the world, with their principal cities and physical features; the Islands; Hodgins' Geography of Canada; Mathematical and Physical Geography, as taught in Sullivan's "Geography Generalized." HISTORY.-General History of the World, from the Creation to the present time, as sketched in fifth book of lessons. Chronological Chart. ART OF TEACHING.-The general principles of the science of EducationGeneral plan of School organization-Practice of teaching as exemplified in Junior divisions of the Model School. MUSIC.-Hullah's System. BOOK-KEEPING.-The Rudiments. Additional Qualifications for honor First Class Provincial Certificate. I. Each candidate to have held an ordinary First Class Certificate for one year. II. To give evidence of having been a successful teacher. III. To stand an examination in the following subjects, in addition to those necessary for an ordinary First Class Certificate, viz. :— 1. English History and Literature. 2. Canadian History and Geography. 3. Outlines of Ancient and Modern History and Geography. 4. Latin Grammar; and Books IV, V, and VI, of Cæsar's Commentaries. 5. Outlines of Geography and Astronomy. 6. Science of Teaching, School Organization, Management, &c. 7, Logic, and Mental and Moral Philosophy (Whately and Stewart.) 8. Algebra-General Theory of Equations, Imaginary Quantities. 0. Trigonometry, as far as Solution of Plane Triangles (Colenso.) 11. Inorganic Chemistry (Gregory's Hand-Book.) 12. The principles of Book-Keeping, Music, and Drawing. III. SUPERANNUATED OR WORN OUT TEACHERS' FUND. The Legislature in 1854, established a Fund in aid of superannuated and worn out Common School Teachers, by appropriating £4,000 a year for this purpose. Regulations adopted by the Council of Public Instruction, April 28, 1854. Every teacher engaged in teaching since 1854, in order to be entitled, when he shall have become superannuated, to share in this fund, must contribute towards it at the rate of five dollars per annum, commencing with 1854, and at the rate of four dollars per annum for the current year; and no teacher now engaged in teaching shall be entitled to share in this fund who shall not thus contribute to it annually. But the amount of the annual subscriptions for the years during which such teacher may have taught before the first day of January, 1854, and for which he may hereafter claim as a superannuated teacher, may be deducted from the first year's pension to which such teacher may be entitled. 2. Should any teacher, having a wife and children, subscribe to this fund, and die without deriving any benefit from it, the amount of his subscriptions, and whatever may accumulate thereon, shall be paid to his widow or children, as soon as satisfactory proofs of his decease, and the relationship of the claimant or claimants to him, shall have been adduced. 3. No teacher shall be eligible to receive a pension from this fund who shali not have been disabled from further service while teaching a Common School, or who shall not have been worn out in the work of a Common School Teacher. 4. All applications, according to the prescribed form, accompanied by the requisite certificates and proofs, must be made before the first of April, in order to entitle the applicants to share in the fund for such year. 5. In case the fund shall at any time not be sufficient to pay the several claimants the highest sum permitted by law, the fund shall be equitably divided among the several claimants, according to their respective periods of service. 6. The amounts of all subscriptions to this fund, and of any unexpended balances of Legislative Grants made to it, may be invested, from time to time, under the direction of this Council; and the interest accruing thereon shall be expended in aid of Superannuated Teachers of Common Schools in Upper Canada, according to these regulations. All annual subscriptions to this fund must be made before the end of the year for which they are intended; and all7. Communications and Subscriptions in connection with this fund, must be made to the Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada. (Subscriptions to be sent in as early in the year as possible. |