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Kenneth Smith, history department head at Agincourt Secondary School, points out in an accompanying letter that every province in Canada except Ontario has a core of compulsory subjects
Kenneth Smith, history department head at Agincourt Secondary School, points out in an accompanying letter that every province in Canada except Ontario has a core of compulsory subjects

Kenneth Smith, history department head at Agincourt Secondary School, points out in an accompanying letter that every province in Canada except Ontario has a core of compulsory subjects

Date2/20/1973
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No! Says Tim Rutledge, a board of education trustee, Why would anyone want to make French a compulsory subject in high school?
No! Says Tim Rutledge, a board of education trustee, Why would anyone want to make French a compulsory subject in high school?
4/21/1978
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
Futures trading in currencies and commodities has paid off handsomely for fomer Windsor high school teacher Jim Carroll, who parlayed $750 into more than $150,000. His new wealth, he says, means he might just play chess for a year in 1974. Here he is enjoying a game with wife Mary Pat. Worldwide shortages have made commodity futures a fertile area for speculation, Carroll points out.
12/21/1973
Far from undistinguished entertainer, Singer Anne Murray has gained worldwide respect and recognition, reader points out in letter below, and should b(...)
Far from undistinguished entertainer, Singer Anne Murray has gained worldwide respect and recognition, reader points out in letter below, and should b(...)
9/2/1981
Peter Clutterbuck, assistant program director with the mental health association, who has travelled across Canada collecting research for the study in the past year, points out that reconstructing historical employment patterns also will allow working
Peter Clutterbuck, assistant program director with the mental health association, who has travelled across Canada collecting research for the study in the past year, points out that reconstructing historical employment patterns also will allow working
9/22/1984
Don Crowder: Counselling department head at Clarkson Secondary School.
Don Crowder: Counselling department head at Clarkson Secondary School.
11/21/1989
Guy's general school question book : in which each question, in a regular series, is followed by its appropriate answer; not only in ancient and modern history, in which the whole is arranged in chronological order, but also in biography, geography, astronomy, heathen mythology, classical phraseology, and a great and interesting variety of miscellaneous subjects: the whole tending to enlarge the boundaries of juvenile knowledge by increasing its stores; and thus, by blending such a course of general information with sound classical or liberal learning, to raise a better superstructure of school education
Guy's general school question book : in which each question, in a regular series, is followed by its appropriate answer; not only in ancient and modern history, in which the whole is arranged in chronological order, but also in biography, geography, astronomy, heathen mythology, classical phraseology, and a great and interesting variety of miscellaneous subjects: the whole tending to enlarge the boundaries of juvenile knowledge by increasing its stores; and thus, by blending such a course of general information with sound classical or liberal learning, to raise a better superstructure of school education
1830
Letters on several subjects : from a preceptress to her pupils who have left school ; addressed chiefly to real characters, and designed for the use of young ladies from sixteen to twenty years of age
Letters on several subjects : from a preceptress to her pupils who have left school ; addressed chiefly to real characters, and designed for the use of young ladies from sixteen to twenty years of age
1797
A swimming certificate for every public school graduate should be compulsory, says famous swimming coach Gus Ryder shown here teaching 4-year old Kim Chapman to swim the breast stroke
A swimming certificate for every public school graduate should be compulsory, says famous swimming coach Gus Ryder shown here teaching 4-year old Kim Chapman to swim the breast stroke
7/22/1970
New harness: Gary Barwick of Agincourt has developed new systems of shoulder-lap and shoulder-between-the-leg belts, being tried on by 4-year-old Fiona Daunt, that prevent children from lunging forward and banging their heads.
New harness: Gary Barwick of Agincourt has developed new systems of shoulder-lap and shoulder-between-the-leg belts, being tried on by 4-year-old Fiona Daunt, that prevent children from lunging forward and banging their heads.
9/9/1985
The brothers, or, Consequences : a story of what happens every day : with a short account of savings banks, and other essays, upon various subjects
The brothers, or, Consequences : a story of what happens every day : with a short account of savings banks, and other essays, upon various subjects
1820
Dissertations upon various subjects worth the attention of every Christian and of real service to the sincere inquirer after true religion
Dissertations upon various subjects worth the attention of every Christian and of real service to the sincere inquirer after true religion
1819
An exemplary student, his principal wrote in a summer-job reference for Steven Cook after one year at Vermont school for the learning-disabled Steven jumped three grades in some subjects.
An exemplary student, his principal wrote in a summer-job reference for Steven Cook after one year at Vermont school for the learning-disabled Steven jumped three grades in some subjects.
8/8/1978