Excerpt from Proceedings of the Fortieth Annual Convention of the Ontario Educational Association Held in TorontoMr. F.F. Manley, M.A., Toronto, gave the following notice of motion: That it be an instruction to the Executive Committee that the gathering on the tirst evening of next year assume the character of a conversazione, and that the Minister of Education be respectfully requested to allow the building of St. James Square to be utilized for that purpose on that evening.Mr. J.H. Putman, of Ottawa, gave notice that he would, on to-morrow evening, move the following resolution: That in the opinion of this Association it would be in the interests of the teachers of Ontario to have established some scheme of superannuation under the control of the Department of Education. The meeting adjourned.Second Day - Evening Session.Wednesday, April 10th.The Convention assembled in the Public Hall of the Education Department, at eight o'clock, the President in the chair.Rev. William McKee, of Barrie, conducted the devotional exercises.Professor J.W. Robertson, of Ottawa, addressed the Association on "Manual Training."Mr. R.H. Knowles, of Hespeler, spoke on "Reminiscences."Moved by Mr. J.Dearness, of London, seconded by Mr. James McBrien, of Prince Albert, that the thanks of this meeting be tendered to Professor Robertson for his able and interesting address. Carried.The election of officers resulted as follows:President, - John Henderson, M.A., St. Catharines.Secretary, - Robert W.Doan, Toronto.Treasurer, - W.J. Hendry, Toronto.Mr. J.H. Putman, of Ottawa, moved, seconded by Mr. E.T. Young, of Hamilton, that in the opinion of this Association it would be in the interests of the teachers of Ontario to have established some scheme of superannuation under the control of the Education Department. Carried.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.