Public opinion raged across the province usually criticizing Premier Jones for his words against the education system. The Premier resigned shortly afterwards. For the teachers who were working for a lifetime commitment, the wages began to increase. The Teachers’ Federation did gain one important issue. In 1949 teachers were granted 15 sick days per year, without penalty, and a substitute was to be paid by the Provincial Government the sum of $3.25 per day.

The Premier’s speech remained in the minds of many people for years and older residents espe- cially, were inclined to agree with his statements. For the many hundreds of parents on the Island, who still had children to educate, their demands for better working conditions and more qualified teachers for all classrooms across the Island were being heard by the Government offi—

cials.

The struggle for a better education system has persisted since the first schoolhouse was con— structed. All schools are now moving into the technological age at a rapid rate. The informa- tion highway has brought the farthest corner of the world to our doorstep. It seems as though no matter how hard one tries, a person cannot gather all the information that is available. Any student can ‘go to the moon and back’ in the matter of seconds and visually understand exactly what is on the ‘star’. Education is now available for all mankind!

TEACHERS 1850-1976 Reports are incomplete from 1850 to 1877

1850- St. Anne’s or Fyffe’s Ferry Road. (sp.) Teacher - Edmund Roache , # students - 42 1851- Sr. Anne‘s - Edmund Roache, students - 50 1852— Mill River ~ Edmund Roache, students — 40 1852—1855- Vacant 1855— Mill River - Ephraim B. Smith, students — 40 1856— St. Anne’s or Fyffe’s Ferry Road Teacher - William Sullivan, students » 34 1857— N/A 1858- St. Anne’s - William Sullivan, students - 31 1859-1860 N/A 1864- William McIntosh

Teachers of Stanley Bridge

1877-1878— Coffin, Fulton 1878-1879— MacLean, Donald Cavanaugh,, 1879—1880- MacLean, Donald Martin, James 1880-1881— Martin, James Stewart, Allan 1881—1882— Stewart, Allan Henderson, 1882-1883— Stewart, Allan MacLeod, Norman 1883-1885— MacLeod, Norman Cairns, Helen 1885—1886- Beers, Donald McDonald, Isobel 1886-1889~ Stewart, Allan McLeod, Mary 1889—1890- Kielly, Charles McLeod, Mary 1890-1892~ Kielly, Charles MacEwen, Helen L. 1892-1893— Kielly, Charles Higgs, Katie Smith, Margaret 1893»1894~ Kielly, Charles MacEwen, Mary Smith, Margaret 1894—1895- Kielly, Charles McNeil, Elsie Smith, Margaret 1895-1896— Kielly, Charles Fyfe, Annie Simpson, Rebecca 1896-1897- McCoubrey, Wellington Ross, Margaret Fyfe, Annie 1897—1898— McCoubrey, Wellington Ross, Margaret MacKay, Winnie 1898—1899— McCoubrey, Wellington MacKay, Winnie MacKay, E.W. 1899—1900— McCoubrey, Wellington MacKay, Winnie Simpson, Rebecca 1900-1901— Sellar, Morley/Johnson, Montague

Fyfe, Alice Murphy, Leeming 1901—1902— Wright, Horace Fyfe, Alice

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