for the children of this province that we have such able and 
     
     dedicated Home and Schoolers, ”The price of good educators is 
     
     eternal vigilance.” 
     
    
   
   
    
     MRS. J. P. LANTZ 
     
     1955—1957 
     
    
   
   
    
     My term as President of the Prince 
     
     Edward Island Home and School 
     
     Federation followed a successful in- 
     
     auguration term of the movement in 
     
    
   
   
    
     1953 to 1955. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The officers in the next two 
     
     year term were acutely conscious that 
     
     1 our educational system needed a com- 
     
     9,“ plete overhauling, that meagre spend— 
     
     ” 0‘ w :1 ing on education was an underlying 
     
     3 w ,‘ :1. weakness and that enough qualified 
     
    
   
   
    
     teachers would mean good schools. 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     Hence, we hammered away at the need for a Royal 
     
     Commission on Education for the province, we publicized the 
     
     Lazerte Report on Educational Finance, and we addressed high 
     
     school pupils to influence graduates to enter the teaching 
     
     profession. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Underlying these three objectives was the promotion of the 
     
     Home and School movement which sought to combat the 
     
     lethargy, lack of direction and disagreements on remedies for our 
     
     educational ills. The committee work following the National 
     
     pattern went forward, gradually becoming a base for an ongoing 
     
     Home and School movement. 
     
    
   
   
    
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