City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . 82 CITY OF LONDON, who continued his mastership of the schoolafter its amalgamation with the senior divi-sion of the Central School, and finally asprincipal of the new Collegiate Institute,until the day of his death. From the halls of the old Grammar Schoolwere turned out matriculants who have sinceachieved high place—not alone locally, but inthe eye of the country. Professional andcommercial men who have risen to the top — Ottawa. Hereafter London will be the edu-cational headquarters of the whole ofWestern Ontario. M
City of London, Ontaro, CanadaThe pioneer period and the London of to-day . 82 CITY OF LONDON, who continued his mastership of the schoolafter its amalgamation with the senior divi-sion of the Central School, and finally asprincipal of the new Collegiate Institute,until the day of his death. From the halls of the old Grammar Schoolwere turned out matriculants who have sinceachieved high place—not alone locally, but inthe eye of the country. Professional andcommercial men who have risen to the top — Ottawa. Hereafter London will be the edu-cational headquarters of the whole ofWestern Ontario. Mr. F. W. Merchant, prin-cipal of the London Collegiate Institute, hasbeen appointed principal of the new NormalSchool, and Mr. John I. Dearness, East Middle-sex Public School Inspector, assistant pretty ceremony has of late years beenintroduced in connection with the celebrationof Confederation Day, 1st July. It is known. jurists who ornanaent the bench — men inevery walk of life—recall with affection theiralma mater, the old Grammar School. The Western Ontario Normal School is astriking edifice that adds one more to thearchitectural beauties of London. The build-ing was begun in the fall of 1898. It islocated on the south-east corner of theWortley Road and Elmwood Avenue, andis fitted up in a modern fashion, with allrequirements so far known in institutions ofits kind. Heretofore Normal School studentsfrom the West had to go to Toronto or as The Hoisting of the Flag, and consists ofthe school children assembling on the park,and there, after some simple ceremonies, thehalyards are grasped by the scholars and theUnion Jack is, amid the cheers of the multi-tude, run up to the peak of the staff.* * Let me here quote a few sentences culled from anotable paper written by General Harrison, ex-Presi-dent of the United States, apropos of Queen VictoriasJubilee: There is a love in English hearts, and a resp
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