. Canada : a descriptive text book . he High Schools, whilemany take a University course and fit themselves for one of the pro-fessions. The great majority of the students at the Universities arethe sons and daughters of farmers. And it is becoming more and morecommon for the sons of well-to-do farmers to take a university courseand then go back to farm life. 24 CANADA. The basis of all education in Canada is the public or common the people in any section reach a certain number, the lawenacts that they must have a school. The government of the provincesupplies part of the funds
. Canada : a descriptive text book . he High Schools, whilemany take a University course and fit themselves for one of the pro-fessions. The great majority of the students at the Universities arethe sons and daughters of farmers. And it is becoming more and morecommon for the sons of well-to-do farmers to take a university courseand then go back to farm life. 24 CANADA. The basis of all education in Canada is the public or common the people in any section reach a certain number, the lawenacts that they must have a school. The government of the provincesupplies part of the funds from the general taxes, and the people ofthe section contribute the rest. In the new parts of the country thegovernment grant is larger, as the settlers are neither numerous norwealthy. A school-house is built and a teacher engaged, to give thepupils a good general knowledge of reading, arithmetic, writing,geography, British and Canadian history, with literature and gram-mar. The school-house is much used also as a hall for evening. Public or Common School Building. gatherings. In many sections a singing school is formed in the winterby some local musician, and meets one night a week. The youngpeople of both sexes attend, perhaps more for the fun and the jollydrives home together, than for the music. At the end of the course, aconcert is given, and the hall is packed with the farmers and theirfamilies. The programme of songs, readings, and dialogues is not veryelaborate, but it gives more pleasure than many a first night perform-ance at a great London theatre. In the towns and cities there aresimilar schools for all children, but on a much more extensive the buildings are large and instead of a single teacher for the CANADA. 25 whole school, there is one for each grade. In many of the townskindergartens have been introduced for the very young children andare proving wonderfully successful. The public schools are absolutelyfree to all children and are attended by ric
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