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     medals annually to the students having the highest standing 
     
     in the three public schools of Charlottetown, and in the 
     
     high schools at Summerside, Alberton, Tignish, Souris and 
     
     Georgetown. 
     
    
   
   
    
     RECENT ADVANCES IN EDUCATION 
     
    
   
   
    
     Benefactions of Sir William C. Macdonald—Manual 
     
     training was inaugurated in 1900, and after three years was 
     
     continued by the provincial government and by the school 
     
     boards of Charlottetown and Summerside, at which places, 
     
     as well as at the Prince of Wales College, there are well- 
     
     equipped departments. 
     
    

    
     The Macdonald Consolidated School was opened in 1905. 
     
     It is situated near Hillsborough Station on the Murray Har- 
     
     bour Railway, and provides, among other things, for nature 
     
     study, with school garden, manual training and household 
     
     science. This school is to be maintained by the benefactor 
     
     for three years. A smaller consolidated school, with school 
     
     garden, has been established at Tryon. The consolidation 
     
     movement is making progress, and many similar schools are 
     
     being looked forward to. 
     
    

    
     Macdonald Rural Schools. the chief feature in connection 
     
     with which is the school gardens, were established in 1903 
     
     at Central Bedeque, Searletown, Tryon, Emerald and Ken- 
     
     sington. They will be maintained by the benefactor for 
     
     three years. 
     
    

    
     The establishment of departments for nature study, etc., 
     
     at the Prince of Wales College—a Macdonald gift—is referred 
     
     to elsewhere. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rhodes Scholarship—One of the Rhodes scholarships 
     
     was allotted to Prince Edward Island in 1903, and each year 
     
    
   
   
    
     a candidate has been selected and sent to the University of 
     
     Oxford. 
     
    
   
   
    
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