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AX DEO-GHREINE.
t-saoghal air an doigh chùl-air-bheulaibh sin,
cha'n fhios domh. cha d' èisd mi ri tuillidh ;
spàrr mi mo chorragan am chluasan air eagal
's gu'n truailleadh e mo bheusan a bhi 'g eisd-
each ri leithid de sglèo. Dh' èisd ise ris an
sgeul g'a enrich : sùil, bcul, is cluas, fosgailte
's a' deoghal suas a h-uile facal dheth.
A* beachd-smuainteachadh air an iarrtas a
th' aig cuid air a bhi cluinntinn rabhdaireachd
de'n t-seòrsa sin, agus an t-saothair a tha cuid
eile gabhail a chum an iarrtais so a shasuchadh,
le bhi tional aims gach cèarn gach sgeula
spleadhach, eachdraidh aunasacli. gràiteannas
is deanadas an duine anns na linntean a dh'
flialbh, 's gach ni eile bhuineas do na laithean
's an robh an saoghal òg a reir ar beachd-ne ;
tha mi deanamh dheth gu'm faoidte leigeil
leis an t-seann-duine bhochd a chuibhrionn
fein a chur ri stòr na bòilich ; tha e cheart cho
creideasach ris an dreamasgal a thainig a nuas
oirnn o linntean cèin. Linntean, a reir coltais,
anns nach robh an duine na b' fhirinniche na
tha e'n diugh, ma mheasar e a rèir nàdur nan
rò-sgeul a dheilbh e'sa leig e nuas le sruth
nam bliadhna g'ar n-ionnsaidh-ne. Nach mi-
chiatach dhomhsa, mata, nach creid mo bhean
fein na naigheachdan firinneach a bhios mi 'g
mnseadh do m' luchd-tathaich, 's gu'n creid i
h-uile facal a thainig a nuas bho na h-amanna
dorcha sin anns nach b' fhearr an duine a
bheag na fiadh-bheathach an fhàsaich. Nam
bu sgeulachdan toinisgeil sin, ach ruais cho
làn de ghnothaichean mi-nàdurra agus ao-
comasach 's nach èisdeadh neach 'sam bitli
riu aig am biodh làn spàinne de thuigse ;
ach sin agaibh a' cheart sèorsa ris an èisd na
mnathan.
A bhàrr air a bhi tional nan sgeulachdan
sin air uachdar gruinnd, nach aim a tha sinn
a' caitheadh nam miltean punnd Sasunach,
bliadhn' an deigh bliadhna, a' cladhach 's a'
bùrach am measg làraichean slieana bhailtean-
mora 'n t-saoghail, dh' fheuch ciod a dh'
fhaodar fhòghlum mu thimchioll nan daoine
a thog 's a dh' àitich iad, no, ciod a' ghnè
oilein a bha dol nam measg. Tha sinn cho
dian air toir fiosrachaidh de'n nàdur so 's nach
d' fhàg sinn cladh no cill air an d' fhuair sinn
sgeul, gun ruamhar. Shlaod sinn Pharaoh an
deigh Pharaoh a mach as an uaighean, an
earalas gu'm faodadh iad a bhi ceiitinn dad
oirnn air am bu choir dhuinn fios a bhi againn.
Theagamh gu'm bheil so ionmholta air dòigh,
ach air dhòigh file, saoilidh mi gu'm bheil e
nàrach. Clio fhad 's is leir dhòmhsa, ilia 'n
t-eòlas a bhuidhinn sinn leis na nieadhonan
sin, a 'dol a dhearbhadh an ni a thuirt mi
cheana, gu'n robh seann daoine nan linntean
sin a cheart cho labhar ri seann daoin' ar latha
fein, agus neo-air-thaing cho breugach. Na
sgeulachdan a bha cumail am fadail dhiubh,
a cheart cho spleadhach ris an fheadhainn a
thainig a nuas g'ar n-ionnsaidh fein ; cho aibh-
iseach riu fein.
A' cur sud is so ri cheile, tha mi 'deanamh
dheth gur e an t-aon ni a tha cèarr air mo
naigheachdan-sa nach 'eil iad breugach gu
leòir, 's gur aim air an aobhar sin a thàtar 'g
an cur an suaraicheas. Ma 's ann mar sin a tha,
cha chuireadh e mise bheag as mo ghabhadh
ged a bheirinn tomhas tialaidh seachad. Ciod
a bhacainn airson dà, no tri, throidhean eile
chur ri earball a bhradain, agus an latha geal
Samhraidh a shineadh a mach gu latha 's
bliadhna. Saoilidh mi gu'n toir sin air bean
an tighe a cluas aomadh, 's a suilean fhosgladh.
Cha d' rinn mi suas m' inntinn fathast mu
dheighinn na taibeist, ach mur dean mi uile-
bheisteireachdail dheth fàgaibh mise breugach!
'S coma learn fein muinntir a shiolaidheas
a' niheanbh-chuileag 's a shluigeas an càmhal.
ONLY A MEDLEY.
While there may not be a consensus of opinion
regarding the righteousness of legislation by
departmental minute, there can be no question
that the Amended Regulations for the Training of
Teachers, presented to Parliament by the Scotch
Education Department on Tuesday the 12th June,
is an earnest and honest attempt to cope with a
very difficult subject. When the Regulations were
first issued in draft form they evoked much hostile
criticism, chiefly on the grounds that the pupil-
leacher system was to be abolished, that candidates
on probation for the teaching profession were to
be selected at too tender an age, and that the
condition on which monetary assistance was to
be given to certain students during their course of
training, savoured too much of eleemosynary
treatment. The terms of the amended Regulations
indicate that its framers have, during the past few
months, kept a watchful eye on intelligent public
criticism, and that they have embodied some of its
results in their minute. The section dealing with
Candidates on Probation having been omitted from
this minute, the future teacher will have to pass
through two stages only — that of junior student
and that of student in full training. Reasonable
provision is to be made for ensuring that those
nominated for junior studentships will have the
necessary qualifications as well as the fitness for
their future profession. Nomination for junior
studentship will be made, in the case of counties,
by the County Committee on Secondary Education;
the Burgh Committee will nominate pupils from
the voluntary and endowed schools only ; while
the School Hoards in large burghs will nominate
their own candidates. It is enjoined that com-
mittees who nominate such candidates make
provision, by means of bursaries or otherwise, for
their preliminary instruction. When they become
junior students 'the Education Department will
give a grant of £& per annum for each, but the
onus of their maintenance will depend largely on