ughly trained by the system I
introduced.

When my appointment was made in the fall, 1887, there was no gymnasium,
and the Board of Education the following summer built a very fine one.
It was equipped the same as the Oxford University gymnasium, and the
system was that used by Professor McLaren. The High School Inspectors,
Messrs. Seath and Hodgson, agreed with me that it was the best. Their
reports were always satisfactory, and often special mention was made of
the progress and development of the pupils.

I was always an enthusiastic lover of physical training, and it was
good to me to meet or see my pupils on the street, in the parks or
public places of the city, not forgetting their dignity, graceful
bearing, elastic and uniform step and perfect carriage, which was
always noticeable then. I don't think they will ever forget it. The
Board was always willing to do anything in its power for this
department. At the age of sixty, through ill health, I was obliged to
resign.

In the same year (1887), I was appointed sergeant-major of the 57th
Peterboro' Rangers, and for several years performed the duties of
instructor; but in consequence of increasing classes at the school
and private engagements, was obliged to resign. There are some of
my old pupils holding commissions in the regiment at present.
Lieutenant-Colonel Miller, the present commanding officer, is very
popular among all ranks. The reputation of this fine corps is of the
very best; in fact, it is a model regiment, and I was delighted in
reading the last report to see the Rangers leading the so-called crack
regiments of the Dominion. It cannot be otherwise, because the
energetic and painstaking Adjutant-Captain Duncan Walker, and the
whole of the officers and N.C.O. are splendid workers, and they never
fail in keeping that military enthusiasm and _esprit de corps_ among
the men, whose physique is second to none, and which, I may add, is a
very important factor in the Dominion army. I hope some day to see the
battalion on parade again.

In 1902, with my family, I moved to Toronto, and Mr. James L. Hughes,
Inspector of Public Schools, who was my pupil in the Military School
forty years ago, introduced me to the general manager of the T. Eaton
Co., and I was given employment in the stock room of the whitewear
department in the factory. Following this my three sons were taken into
the factory and learned their trades; the two eldest are machinists and
the thir