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Legislative Assembly","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2016-06-24","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"[1878]","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0059966\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" 41 Vic. Correspondence\u2014Cache Creek School. 439\nRETURN\nTo an Address of the Legislative Assembly for copies of all telegrams, petitions,\nand correspondence between the Trustees of the Cache Creek School and the\nGovernment, since 1st February, 1876.\nBy Command.\nA. C. Elliott,\nProvincial Secretary.\nProvincial Secretary's Office,\n23rd February, 1878.\n[Telegrams.]\nCache Creek, May 6th, 1877.\nTo A. C. Elliott, Esq..\u2014\nSir,\u2014When you relieve us of our duties as Trustees does it relieve us of the liabilities of the school ?   Blease answer.\n(Signed) C. A. Semlin,\nJ. C. Barnes,\nW. H. Sanford.\nVictoria, 6th May, 1877.\nTo C. A. Semlin:\u2014\nWill answer by mail.\n(Signed) A. C. Elliott.\nCache Creek, May 6th, 1877.\nTo Provincial Secretary:\u2014\nSir,\u2014Please instruct Mr. Clemitson to continue boarding school a few days until\nyou hear from people here.\n(Signed) J. C. Barnes,\nfor Board of Trustees.\nVictoria, 6th May, 1877.\nTo R. M. Clemitson:\u2014\nContinue hoarding school until further advised.\n(Signed) A. C. Elliott.\nCache Creek, May 7th, 1877.\nTo the Hon. the Provincial Secretary:\u2014\nMr. Leduc, the present teacher, informs me that there are twenty-five children in\nattendance at the Cache Creek School. Will the Government suspend the order of\nclosing it as a boarding school until the Trustees get a fair and impartial hearing ?\nPlease answer.\n(Signed) Philip Parke. 440 Correspondence\u2014Cache Creek School. 1878\nMemorial of Messrs. Philip Parke, W. H. Sanford, C. A. Semlin, and J. C. Barnes.\nTo the Hon. A. C. Elliott :--\nSir,\u2014We, the undersigned, beg to memorialize your Government of our opinions in\nregard to the conduct of the Cache Creek Boarding School, and of certain charges made\nagainst the Board of Trustees by the Deputy Superintendent of Education, in a letter\nto the Superintendent of Education dated March 20th, 1877, and published in the British\nColonist of April 18th, 1877. In regard to the conduct of the school during the past\nwinter, Mr. Clemitson urges that he was as much in fault as the teacher and matron.\nIn this he may be right, inasmuch as when he applied to be admitted as a boarder at\nthe school he promised the Board of Trustees that he would be very observing of the\nconduct of the school, and he thought it would be all the better for the school if ho\nboarded at the institution. His letter, as well as that of the teacher, is calculated to\nmislead those who look upon those letters for a fair statement of the ease. First, in\nregard to locking the girls'dormitory: Mr. Irwin found when he took charge of the\ninstitution that it was the custom to turn the key in this door when the matron retired\nat night, and he continued the custom for some time. He then, it seems, discontinued\nthe practice without informing the trustees, and eventually resumed the practice without reference to the trustees\u2014thus showing that the fear of fire was not a governing\nidea with him. When interrogated by the board in reference to his neglect in this particular, he asserted that he discontinued locking the door after consulting with the then\nmatron, who agreed with him about the undesirability of locking the door. When this\nlady was asked to explain she said that she had never advised omitting- the precaution,\nbut, on the contrary, had at different times urged upon the parties in charge the desirability of adopting every precaution. Mr. Clemitson says, had any accident occurred by\nfire, the trustees would have been the first to have blamed the teacher. Now, this is\nwholly a gratuitous assertion on his part, and for which he has no evidence whatever;\nand if it needed any argument to convince anyone that they did not believe it themselves, then that argument can be found in the fact that, without any reference to the\ntrustees, he resumed the practice of locking the door just about the time the building\nhad a slight fire. In regard to the time that elapsed between the time the teacher\nknew of the immoral practices and the time the trustees were informed of the state of\naffairs by public rumor, Mr. Clemitson and the teacher, in their correspondence with\nMr. Jessop, do not agree. Mr. Irwin would lead you to believe that onky a week or ten\ndays elapsed, while Mr. Clemitson comes nearer the time, making it about three weeks.\nMr. Irwin would have you believe that he had no opportunity of informing the trustees,\nand that their having to first hear the news from the public was no fault of his. Now,\nwhat are the facts ? During the three weeks that these people were nursing their\nknowledge in secret the time for the regular monthly meeting arrived, and two members of the board attended. What hindered the teacher from letting these know of the\nirregularities ? Again, during the week following this meeting one of the board visited\nthe school on business, and in conversation with the Deputy Superintendent and matron\nwas asked why certain children had been withdrawn from school, and informed them\nthat the parent in question considered that the girls were not sufficiently looked after.\nHere two opportunities were brought home to them of informing the board or members\nof it, and what reason had they for withholding the information ? In regard to the\nreason Mr. Clemitson assigned for his resignation to the Board of Trustees, they were\nthat he could not again meet those people to whom he had been praising the school,\nand that if the teacher and matron were to blame he considered he was just as much in\nfault. Now, to Mr. Jessop he says that he refuses to be further connected with the\nBoard of Trustees, on account of their social standing and their want of knowledge and\ndiscretion. Now, when does he make this discovery ? He had already made one\nreport in which he spoke in terms of praise of the board ; he had visited different parts\nof the country, praising the school and advising parents to send their children to it; he\nhad just returned from the Nicola, where he said he had heard the best reports of the\nschool, and all under this same Board of Trustees ; and this brings us up to the time\nwhen he discovered we possessed all the faults he enumerates in his correspondence to\nMr. Jessop, viz.: to the time when we found from public rumour that we must meet and\ninvestigate the charges brought against the school, and when, in our opinion, a change\nin the supervision was eminently necessary.   Mr. Clemitson held a different view and 41 Vic. Correspondence\u2014Cache Creek School. 441\nmaintained that with the warning this had been to those in charge we need not fear a\nrepetition of the offence. We considered that our duty to the school was to make as\nthorough a change in the supervision as our powers would allow us to effect. Here,\nwe think, was the first time there had been a difference on the board. Mr. Clemitson\naccuses us of expediency, while we claim that the course he proposed was a course of\nexpediency, viz.: to retain people in a responsible position who had proved themselves\nwholly unable to maintain an efficient control of the school, no matter from what cause,\nwhether from inexperience, indifference, or indolence. We preferred the principle of\nholding those in charge answerable for the success with which they administered the\naffairs of the school, and that the retention of their position depended wholly upon this.\nWe did not wish the school to come down to this fact: that because the teacher was a\nfavourite of the Deputy Superintendent, that we should overlook such grave remissness\nas we claim was exhibited. In conclusion, Mr. Clemitson advises that the power should\nbe vested in the teacher and Deputy Superintendent, that theyT should have full control\nof the school. Now, will Mr. Clemitson deny that this is just what the teacher and\ndeputy have had all winter?\u2014full control; that trustees met to discuss financial matters, procuring wood, &c, but that the internal management was wholly left to the\nteacher and deputy; so that the whole sum of our offences as a board was accepting\nthe resignation of the teacher and matron. In reference to the future of the school, we\nare of tho opinion that it can be conducted as a mixed school without the occurrences\nof the past being repeated ; and we beg earnestly to impress upon you that, owing to\nthe isolated position of tho settlers in this part of the Province, many of the residents\nwill be wholly unable to avail themselves of a day school, and if this institution is\nclosed will be compelled to raise their children in ignorance. We therefore earnestly\nbeg that our only means of education be allowed to remain a boarding school.\nWhatever decision  your Government arrive at, please inform us at your earliest\nconvenience, before the children be distributed to their several homes.\n(Signed) Philip Parke,\nW. H. Sanford,\nC. A. Semlin,\nCache Creek, May hth, 1877, J. C. Barnes.\nPetition of J. C. Barnes and others.\nTo the Honourable A. C. Elliott, Esq.:\u2014-\nSir,\u2014We, the undersigned parents and guardians having children at the Cache\nCreek Boarding School, beg respectfully to request that you will continue the present\nteacher and matron in tho position they now occupy, viz.: Mr. Leduo as teacher, and\nMrs. Schubert as matron\u2014as those parties have our full confidence and, we feel assured,\nwill conduct the school in the interest of the public.\nAnd we will, as in duty bound, ever pray, &c, &c.\n(Signed) J. C. Barnes, Elijah Brink,\nW. H. Sanford, Frank Perault,\nThomas Dunn, E. G. Perry,\nJohn Wilson, James H. Orr.\nHon. A. C. Elliott to Messrs. Barnes, Sanford, and others.\nProvince of British Columbia.\nVictoria, 19th July, 1877.\nGentlemen,\u2014In reply to your letter, without date, received by me on the 14th\ninst., I have the honour to acquaint you that the Superintendent of Education will, by\nthis mail, convey to the manager of the Cache Creek Boarding School the determination\narrived at by tho Government on the subject of your communication.\nI have, etc.,\n(Signed) A. C. Elliott. 442 Correspondence\u2014Cache Creek School. 1878\nSuperintendent of Education to Mr. Leduc\nEducation Office,\nVictoria, 19th July, 1877.\nDear Sir,\u2014I have the honour to inform you that it has been decided by the\nGovernmemt that the Cache Creek Boarding School shall be continued, so long as its\npresent self-sustaining character is maintained, for girls of school age ; but that boys,\nin the future, shall not be admitted over ten years of age. Boys over ten years of age\nwho may bo already in the school are not to be dismissed for the present.\nDetails with reference to management will be forwarded at an early date.\nYours, etc.,\n(Signed) John Jessop.\nCache Creek Boarding School.\nThis establishment, having been placed on an entirely new footing, is respectfully\nrecommended to the consideration of parents who may be desirous of securing for their\nchildren the benefits of a good practical English education at the lowest possible cost.\nIt is confidently expected that, under the improved arrangements, and with the constant\nsupervision of the thoroughly qualified teacher in charge, the school will in all respects\nmerit a high place in public esteem, and fill its intended position as a means of educating\nthe youth brought within the range of its influence.\nThe school is open to girls of school age and to boys under ten, whose continuance\nin the institution will be dependent on good behaviour.\nFees are payable in advance, fractions of a month being charged as a full month.\nThe rates, which are regulated on a sliding scale, are given below. Washing is included\nin the fixed monthly charge, but books and other school room requisites will be supplied\nas extras.\nOne pupil    $10 00 per month.\nTwo pupils (members of the same family)    18 00      \u201e\nThree pupils       \u201e ,,      24 00\nFour pupils \u201e \u201e      30 00      \u201e\nThe school term extends from the middle of August? to the end of June, during\nwhich time pupils must remain at the school, except in cases of severe or protracted\nillness. Relatives of the pupils are allowed to visit the school during proper hours, to\nexamine the condition and appearance of the pupils.\nThe only vacation is one of six weeks at midsummer, when pupils must return to\ntheir respective homes.    Half the ordinary fees will be charged during vacation.\nEach pupil, on entering the school, must bring 4 sheets, 4 pillow slips, 2 pair of\nblankets, and such clothing as may be deemed necessary by the matron. When two\nmembers of a family are of the same sex, one set of bed clothing will be sufficient for\nboth.\nThe kitchen is under the management of an experienced female cook, and female\npupils are expected to take turns in assisting in this department, and also in house-\ncleaning, mending, &c.; while the boys are required to aid in cutting wood, carrying\nwater, &c.\nEvery attention will be paid to the personal comfort and well-being of the pupils ;\nout-door amusements, in separate play-grounds, having been provided in the shape of\ncroquet, cricket, and other games.\nParents or guardians desirous of obtaining further information, or of entering\nchildren in the school, will please address their communications to\u2014\nR. M. Clemitson,\nSecretary and Treasurer,\nBoarding School, Cache Creek.\nCaclyz Creek, Or, Thomas Leduc, Teacher.\nr19th September, 1877.","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Legislative proceedings","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"J110.L5 S7","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1878_26_439_442","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0059966","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Victoria, BC : Government Printer","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. 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