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In the Matter of a Royal Commission to Inquire Into the Administration, Management and Welfare of the Ontario School for the Blind - Couverture rigide
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To Col. His Honour, Sir John Hendrie, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., Lieutenant-G overnor of the Province of Ontario. Sir, In pursuance of your two Commissions directed to me and bearing date the 26th day of A pril, 1916, and the 9th day of May following (the later revoking and replacing the earlier) to enquire into certain complaints made to the Department of Education of the Province, against the internal discipline and management of the Ontario School for the Blind, Brantford, and to report upon the same, as well as the general administration, conduct and welfare thereof, and any other matters or questions arising thereout, or in the course of the inquiry, I have now the honour to report as follows: The complaints above referred to were, in the first instance, contained in two letters dated March 11th, 1916, and A pril 3rd, following, addressed to the Department of Education, and signed by some forty-two male students of the School, the first of these being short and of a general nature and the second setting out at considerable length the grievances complained of. On May 2nd, following, I visited the School and interviewed Mr. H. F. Gardiner, the Principal, and showed him the letters referred to, as also my authority for proceeding with an investigation, and discussed at length these complaints, as well as the general management and conduct of the School, and at my request he arranged a meeting for me in the Assembly Hall, of the male students, whose names appear as signatories to these letters. At the interview with the students following, all these boys were present, except two, unavoidably absent. I read the letters to them and enquired as to how and by whom these letters had been prepared, and was satisfied as to the authorization of all their signatures. Owing to tha general and somewhat indefinite nature of the second letter to the Department, I requested them
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