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Board, and academic work carried on with all the students as had been done previously in the Prince of Wales College, and teacher training work, properly belonging to the Normal School, should be given to those students only who wished to prepare as teachers for the public schools. In all other respects the students were undistinguished. Fees should be paid as formerly, but candi- dates for license should be exempt. There should be two scholarships for each county, of the value thereafter of eighty dollars for each of two years, and for the pupils of the schools of the city of Charlottetown, who were excluded from the competition for the county scholarships, two scholarships of no monetary value but giving exemption from fees to their holders, as did all scholarships. At midsummer, 1879, the Normal School as a separate institution ceased to exist. The members of its staff, Mr. Harper, Mr. Mc- Swain and Miss Montgomery, the latter having been an assistant since the beginning of 1878, were transferred to the larger in- stitution. From the staff of the college Mr. Alexander and Mr. Lepage resigned on Au- gust 3lst. The Prince of \Vales College and Provincial Normal School began work on September 3, 1879, with Mr. Alexander Anderson as principal, and Mr. John Har— per, Mr. John Caven. Mr. John McSwain and Miss Annie Montgomery as members of the academic staff. After a year's work Mr. Harper, Mr. McSwain and Miss Mont- gomery resigned, and their duties were per- formed by Mr. T. A. LePage, who had re- - turned on January I, 1880, and by Mr. D. J. McLeod, who began work on Septem- ber Ist, of the same year. A large body of students attended the new institution. Ladies now formed a large and important element in the enrollment. It be-

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came possible to raise the standards for en- trance requirements. By reason of the un- organized school system, admission to the College and to the Normal School had large— ly been secured by the asking, but in the lat- ter part of 1880 the Board of Education felt justified in passing regulations restricting admission to the institution and prescribing an entrance examination of some preten- sions. The college thereby became an in- tegral part of the educational system, and did the advanced work for all the school districts of the province.

The public schools were working with will and enthusiasm. The teachers were impressed with the importance of their work and with a sense of their part in'the com- munity. A Provincial Educational Asso- ciation was formed in 1880 which has since held annual meetings and served an im- portant purpose in bringing together the teachers of the province for counsel and in- spiration. Mr. Donald Montgomery, for- merly of the Normal School, had on Octo- ber 1, 1879 succeeded Mr. Manning as su- perintendent of schools. He did much at the beginning of his term to bring the pub- lic school system into good working order. Mr. P. Curran, inspector for the East, after a period of faithfulness, resigned on Octo- ber 31, 1884, and Mr. Murray’s ofiice became vacant on November 27th of the same year. Mr. William Cain and Mr. John Arbuckle were their successors, beginning their ofli- cial work at the first of the year 1885.

The story of education after this period is uneventful, and is but the working out of a system with but little change except that of the workmen. In the College. the death of Mr. T. A. LePage on October 3, 1889, at the age of thirty-two, terminated a life of great promise and usefulness. His place