CORRESPONDENCE.

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CORRESPONDENCE.

do. not hold ourselves; ia any w&y; respon« wble for" the opinidns and'sentiments' sxf pressed by correspondents. " ■" • Alii, communications must be accompanied by the correct name and address of tbe not necessarily Tor publication, but -as a guarantee of good faith.

(To the Editor of tKe Mottnt li>a Chbonicie.) Sib,—"Will you alloW.mein your Saturday's issue to correct a few mistakes tliat have occurred in the published report of the proceedings at the late election of the school committee. lam reported to have said, in speaking on the nomination of the Bev. E. Royer, " A line must be drawn somewhere. He thought such a nomination would be taken as m insult. He supposed it would not'fee pressed." This is vague and liable to be misconstrued. - What I did say waslas follows : "A line must -_be drawn.somewhere. We are getting too clerieal by half; and as Father Hoyer is the of another school, holding views on education antagonistic to ours, he is more likely to look on this nomination as an iiisult rather than as an honor. lam further of opinion that neither of the revdv gentlemen proposed, should be elected, as I consider they would be more useful .outside the committee' than on it; and' I believethe chairman holds the same opinion." I may also state that the amount received by "the schbolinistress (Government subsidy) is £75, not £SO. "

In an article on " Election of School Committees," the late Naseby Committee are charged with screening their shortcomings behind the back of Mr. Petrie. This I deny. The statement was clear enough —no examination. The reason equally so. We expected Mr. Petrie, who stated on his last visit that in twelve months, if not before, he would again inspect the school, and so be then in a position;' from note's taken,' to express an opinion of tie progress made by the scholars. The late committee could easily have held an examination, and filled two or three columns of your paper with a list of prizetakers, and high encomiums on the teachers ; but of what value would such be against the approval or disapproval of a qualified Inspector like Mr. Petrie, who, from notes taken, would be in a position to judge of the real progress made ? No doubt, when he comes, the examination will be a public one, and his opinion of the school made public. Then will be the proper time for the committee to provide prizis for the children, who will, then prize them the more, as no charge of favoritism could be brought against the examiner.— I am &c., John Beemkbb, Late Hon. Sec., Naseby School. Dec. 16, 1875.