The second award was the result of an examination of our exhibit by an International Committee of five gentlemen, appointed by the Centennial Commission to make reports on collective and national exhibits. Immediately on the appointment of this Committee, in October, I addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Canadian Commission, requesting him to bring our Ontario Educational Exhibit under their notice. I subsequently, while in Philadelphia, presented to the Committee a summary report on the character of our exhibit, and explained to the members of the Committee several matters connected with the working of our Educational system. (These letters and report will be found in the Appendix.) The results of the examination and report of the Committee on our collective exhibit are embodied in the following copy of an award which was made to the Department by the United States Centennial Commission :— INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, PHILADELPHIA, 1876. The United States Centennial Commission has examined the Report of the Judges, and accepted the following reasons, and decreed an award in conformity therewith. PHILADELPHIA, December 16th, 1876. 2. REPORT ON AWARDS-COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS. The undersigned, having examined the product herein described, respectfully recommends the same to the United States Centennial Commission for the following reasons, viz : For a very extensive and attractive collection, illustrative of the growth and extent of the educational system of Ontario, including a great variety of apparatus, maps, charts, models of school-houses, photographs of school buildings, and reports. Given by authority of the United States Centennial Commission, The third Award was that of a Gold Medal, which was made by a Committee of British Judges, appointed by the Ontario Commission to examine and report upon the various Canadian collections. 4. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE JAPANESE COMMISSION. In addition to these satisfactory official testimonies as to the great excellence and practical value of the Ontario Educational Exhibit, it was gratifying to know that in acknowledgment of "many courtesies received by the Vice-Minister of Education, Em"pire of Japan, and the Japanese Commissioners, from the officers of the Education "Department of Ontario," the Commissioners have presented to the Museum of the Education Department, a very handsome "pair of bronze flower vases, valued at $480 "American currency." The Honourable Fugimaro Tanaka, Vice-Minister of Education, also presented the Department with an interesting collection of Object Lessons and School Text Books. The following is the official list of exhibitors in the Department of Practical Education and Science, and of those who received medals and awards :— PART VIII. LIST OF CANADIAN EXHIBITORS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE. (From the Official Catalogue of Canadian Exhibitors at the International Exhibition, Philadelphia.) Elementary Instruction, Public Schools. EXHIBITOR: THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, TORONTO, CANADA. NOTE. From the Official Catalogue: "This is a Department of State of the Province of Ontario, presided over by a member of the Executive Council, who is directly responsible to the Legislature. Minister of Education Deputy Minister Secretary Hon. Adam Crooks, LL.D., Q.C. "The educational system of Ontario is set forth in a pamphlet prepared by the Minister for circulation at the Exhibition. (This information will be found on page 44.) University, Laval University and fourteen other education Institutions in Quebec. 303. Institution for the Blind, Deaf, Dumb and Feeble-minded. (NOTE―Three awards by the U. S. Commission were made in this class.) 17. Exhibitors from Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswich AWARDS BY THE BRITISH JUDGES OF MEDALS OFFERED BY THE CANADIAN COMMISSION FOR SPECIAL COMPETITION AMONG CANADIAN EXHIBITORS. CLASS 14. Educational and Philosophical Apparatus. Education Department of Ontario, Gold Medal. Hearn & Hamilton, Montreal, Surveying Instruments, Silver Medal. AWARDS TO CANADIAN EXHIBITORS BY THE UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMISSION.INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. CLASS 28.-Education and Science. Bronze medal to the Department of Public Instruction, Province of Ontario, Canada.Maps, Charts, Models, Text Books, etc. Lovell Printing and Publishing Co., Montreal, Quebec.--School and other Books. Nelson Loverin, M.D., Montreal.-Loverin's Historical Centograph. Canadian School Manufacturing Co., Toronto.-Laboratory and other apparatus. S. P. May, M.D., Toronto, Ontario.-Collection of Stuffed Animals for Teaching Zoology. Young Men's Christian Associations of America and Canada.-Chart showing the location of Agencies and Branches, etc. PART IX. EXCURSION OF INSPECTORS, TEACHERS AND FRIENDS OF EDUCATION IN ONTARIO TO THE EXHIBITION. In addition to the many thousands of Canadians who visited the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, it was thought desirable to afford an opportunity to the School Inspectors and Teachers of the Province to spend a week there, in order to study the Exhibition as a whole, and those details of it which might be of special interest. The Minister of Education made the following recommendation to the Lieutenant-Governor on the subject : "The undersigned considers that the Educational interests of the Province will be promoted by teachers and others visiting the exhibition, and in this view would respectfully recommend that His Honour in Council may be pleased to authorize that, in cases where teachers may obtain the requisite permission from the respective Boards of Trustees to visit Philadelphia, on the occasion referred to in the communication of the Committee of the Provincial Association on the 14th of August, and in consequence of which any school may not be open, the days on which such school is so necessarily closed, may be deemed by the Education Department as meeting days, under the General Regulations in that behalf." This recommendation has been approved; an excursion of the Inspectors, Teachers and other friends of Education took place on the 18th of September, under the direction of Dr. May. The following account of the excursion is thus given by a correspondent of the Toronto Telegram. |