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Editor and Manager. Ian A. Burnett.

Per-

T H E G U A R D I A N more coffee and more and more cake: for,

once altruism is set in motion, there is no limit to the demand made upon it. maps by that time his opponent on the oth-. er ticket will have caught on to the idea,

in which case that particular New Jersey‘

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THE GUARDIAN. An Island Champion Passes

CHARLO’l"i'ETOW_N

“Give your work the best. you have and it has little chance of

J.‘ Notes By The ways?

walks. in t .1 force us re:g:ert:efsull‘}'n to 1en¢M:!.1:v°ia

Associate Editor. Funk W-linen i Mn th bu

. CKBWIATION District will be in for exciting times in-{ :5” 5."; am: °‘ ¥°“' — 5ud- ;:el::!.erlainf:r:om: of the worst on. “(Iovera Prince Edward Island like the dew" deed_ “lhen the smoke of battle of’ rath-: | seem to he ti'o"’;:'“:e°l;l9- TUB! '— A unexplained meteor the slurrlng and gum? ‘E:

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

’c'nA'ui.'o"rTnfiiWii'."riivusosr. APRIL 1. 1954'

Tina Late Senator Jones

The suddcfi passing of Senator J. Walter Jones at Ottawa yesterday came as a shoci:

another thrilling chapter will added to the saga of free men.

er, the aroma of coffee, has cleared away, have been

Joint Urban Services

The point was made at the Charlotte-; town branch of the Community Planning;

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may indicate that a bunch of idiots on another planet are fool- inn; with the hydrogen bomb. — ! Hamilton spectator,

1 Moscow Radio has boomed a program to British which includ- ed -skirlinr bagpipes and Scottish 501115. 511118 in English by Rus- sians, Maybe. now that the Ru. sians have beaten Canada at hockey. they're getting ready for

words and for the tt.¢ in syntax to fall where sicta miyzz A0; idea that careful speech is “stuck UP" and undemocratic; I belie] that sloppy speech makes iii. Sneaker sound tough. Both an utterly wrong. The World judgej an individual perforce by the out- W-‘Td 818118. by what it sees and hears. for it cannot look into his heart. Therefore it can only." terpret slovenly speech as the on

'0 3” °‘"' Citizens’ and M“ be ""°°“’."" Association that providing water. sewerage‘ an even tougher asslflnmentx To ward i it ~ throughout Canada \vith more than ordin- . . - . l recite Burns in the rli l ' "ti 35" ° " “°"°""' mm‘ “ and othei SelVl_CeS for the Charlottetown 0 ans. wt 1 and, to boot, of an ill-mannered

an Ayrshire accent. — Ottawa Cit- dggposmon slovehly mm‘: ‘M

ary regret. For

ward Islander who became Premier

three successive terms. was prominent in many other spheres of activity. i.otably as livestocl: breeder of international standing. Although in his sixties before taking over the leader-

a scientific agriculturist and

this doughty Prince Ed-

area is a job for a for

‘. ties.

combined

authority rather than the three separate municipali- In the past there have been more or less half-hearted attempts to extend the City's boundaries but nothing came of it. Instead the built-up area surrounding Char- lottetown sought incorporation as the vil-

izen.

There is a further problem con- Cerninu humor. to which actors and other public performers will attest with deep sadness. Not only do people often laugh at the wrong times. it is generally difficult to decide whether they are laughing with the speaker or at him. This

bad manners are not the proper foundation for democracy. —- hot] an editorial for young peoplg‘ Hamilton Spectator.

A United states firm is reported to be planning to start produds tlon this year in motorized ms- volving doors, thus bringing on step nearer the complete musculsfl

ship ‘of his party and Government in ‘this’! lages of Parkdale and spI,ing_Pa,_k_ is why humor is not popular WM] “"0 h of modem P"°"‘"°°v he Showed ex“'a°"d'”“'y “gml The problem of overall planning of ““°“'-°"- The!’ 03" “V” be sure wheglsy of industry w$"L'o..nu ‘ and initiative, and seemed thoroughly tosewices remains however and mm” a, if it's on their side. — Montreal to ,,,v,,,.,,,’ but now Lheywm,"°1, ’ ' g G“°"'°‘ to draw the employee into them

enjoy the gruelling round of public duties

and responsibilities. On many occasions

storm-centre of public controversy, he took

the

unification of the area into a single munici- pality some other solution must be sought. There might well be a series of joint boards‘

What may prove to he a life sentence against driving a motor car has-been imposed on a reck- less young fellow of ninety-five.

orbit, as well as revolving to k him busy while he is there. An while it is a common ‘ - spenk of man as a cog in the nine chine even-today, the phrase will

criticism in his stride and won admiratimilm, committees re ‘ t. h h_ _,

_ _ __ piesen mg t e i lee mu . _ I

"9" "'0'" “'5 °PP°"°"‘5 ‘°" “‘°' ‘°”‘“"g"“nicipaiiues and charged with supplying a1 .’§..f'°i’r‘3.“g'i‘.‘.‘.u."‘§i"y.."iE‘.‘.f.§..‘;‘l$'$§- :§f.°.‘.”°..i‘.2.°¥.";“ ..Z..'.§‘.§.‘§.' 2"".'§i son, ninety-five, was convicted of

attitude and resiliency under attack.

A man of warm personal feelings as well‘ a: convictions. his human side was perhaps

what the public appreciated most. l-le been called

more often bluntly, but always to

“our unpredictable Premier’ because he could usually be depended uponlrangement to speak his mind, sometimes humorously.:ing the joint authority a fair. price for in_‘ stallations already owned by the several

had jurisdiction.

the‘

,i It would still be necessary to come to lan equitable and practical financial ar- That might be done by charg-

divided

particular service to the whole area. Thati would overcome the difficulty of

PUBLIC FORUM

spite of that fact. that they are at P.W.C. Abraham Lincoln got along with 9. bit of board and a hunk of charcoal and Thomas

driving his motorcycle without due care and attention after he collided with a car while trying to retrieve a bottle of llauor slip- ping out of his pocket. The court ordered him not to drive for three years." —- St. Catharlncs Stand- ard.

’|()(MI(H)(urIussunuugejenoeuuuve

‘Tile Age Old Story

In a speech here the other day Mr. Robertson Davies. editor of

which meshes neatly into a sece tion of a revolving door. to la smoothly and efficiently wsfte forward to his place at the bone or the ‘desk. — Halifax Chronicle.

The value of a comma In th proper place——or what the lack

one will do—was amply demons striated last week by the l-lu-ristorl Review. That paper has a ploturq of a station wagon used. to convest

.

oint. This mode of rocedure was as re-’ - - .- - ,

{fin I. t th FD e "om. as it waslmunicipal authoiities. No new money need mwn add“ (0 to whoa], The the Peter-borough Examiner and pup“; ,0 the d,_.m..c._ hm, ‘wool.

Iesimfz 0 6 ave as be found for the purpose because the agreed rm. column is open to the exceptional need not cause us we ---------------—---H ‘“‘° ‘ ‘°““"i~' *“"‘°'”>',, °" W The description said: "This vehicle theatre. said Canada is it nation Wm ‘eat W“ pup“, and the dm,‘

perplexing to his opponents and embarras- sing, at times. to his associates. Mr. Jones lilniself was apparently unaware of the pre-

cedents he created in this respect; at

rate he was indifferent to them when ques- tions of any momert were at stake. Usually he saw farther into matters of policy than thc imniedifitc issues raised by his critics.l

l the municipality. any,

Youthful Ambassadors

lprice could immediately be advanced to the ‘joint authority in the form of a loan by}

An‘ Sallit-Germain-en-Laye, France. 400

and time has justified many of his mostlcliildren from kindergarten to seventh grade

controversial

the heart. and

decisions. He made errors. too. but they were of the head rather than

tare receiving practical instruction in inter- l .

t

. Presentation on Education

national relations as well as the usual in-l

could certainly never be struction that goes with a school curricu-ill-‘ PW“! ‘*5 We ‘M105’ W3 W4’ . _ _ ,5 ..

Flum. The school. the only one of its kinrl~

discussion by correspondents of questions of Interest. The Guardian does not necesnn fly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS

Macxinnon in his (Guar- dian March 25f d'lsagtree.s with those who criticize the one-room country school. "If it has a good teacher it can and does do agresit work and it can do Just as well by

s'i?,'—— Di’.

chool.

much concern. My plea. is for the average child who has s right to enough of s teachers time to in- sure at least an average educa- tion. As long as we jam ten grades into one room we won't get it. There was s time when a com- munity was proud of its one-room school. There was a time when the kerosene lamp lit our vmrld. There was s. time when the horse and buggy played an important part in our lives. Now we want something better. I am. air. et.c..

MR5. E. 1". GOP‘? R.R. l. Cardigan.

you?

sight,

son of David.

Have mercy on us. 0 Lord, thou And Jesus stood still. and called them. ind said, what will ya that I shall do unto They say unto him, Lord, that our: eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on than, and touched their eyes: mediately their '

eyes and they followed him.

agricultural organization u mug. duced and successively extended in the interest of rural emancipation, following the 1912 awakening. The results obtained are impressively, though disappointingly,

and Im- received

disclosed

of slovenlv speakers." The voices

has a reinforced frame. heavy-dut

we hear daily on buses and side-

aro credited with having increas- sd 13095: implements and other equipment 850% and depleted live- stock herds by over 200%.

This gross increase value runs over 80 million dollars or 2 million dollars per year. It does seem strange that inventories of any declining industry should increase in value so phenomenally. Then there was the annual expenditure for chemical fertilizer and supple- mentary llvestock feeds, aggregat- ing more than i 1-2 millions year-

ti es. 120 hp motor. Mrs, Charlott man is the capable driver."--t Fergus News-Record. 4

According to the results of

s y, as quoted by Dr. Lee Steev of oalhousie University, the arduous work in modern society done. not by the tired busineanan. not by the manual laborer. nor cveix by the harassed intellectual. bul by the housewife. Apparently "female of the species" is not mere) "more deadly." but also more hard»: working than the male. Even sq ll pure matter of physical move< merit. women in the course of theft"

charged to indecision or timiditvf 1 do my know me average en. . . ' .. . . . . wiirriiizn AGRI ULTURE? ' t . . Those who were intimate with Mr. Jonesl in the world, is for the families of S0ldlei‘S.“?1lm°“"f °‘ W9 .?;x‘°‘l'1°°’“ “.°];‘°°" 1 — —C Il:lut)l1e’;I?":iT"I°:skln1”h‘l:d Ezritfllltgil iy‘ that mu"o M" be'{‘“t""‘;".‘,°°‘ daily chores probably walk as nine . . _ . ‘ . . . . . ow 0 one wj pup; ' on¢ , . _ , rom BOIYIE 5 UPC! ore 9113 d C _ 3 were in a better position than othcis to sallois. airmen. and diplomatic officials, mm 30 md one Wm, 15_ The" sir.—-The most oul.!t.andlIi¢ fea review covering a forty year period. ,p,,,;_ The who], ,ep.,,, requms “:3flle°‘mn°1:n‘;‘:l{‘el_’&’;,y‘h:;f°°'1“y’:"l;.

t i l i th i f It ' ure arsng rom e ser es 0 may be interesting to reproduce cm.m,_.,mon 1,, mm, to "move “Mob '0 ml his any, a woman,‘ day‘

measure the full stature of the man,i\vho are stationed at the Supreme Head~ may be some smaller. some larger. . - - y _ , , _ . . agricultural meetings held in this some extracts from that report _ his dynamic energy and conscientious- quarters, Allied Power, Europe, commonly 3;‘Loffieisfulfigeigeagggzfifemfyam: City during recent weeks, was for the benefit of those who may .nth;h1§:n,".u:%$“?ep§1s:f:”'C“ {)’;‘::Ef,‘;:1:‘a"fl;'°::°u_n‘:

ness. Widely travelled. broadly he was also first and son of this Province,

its soil and to its interests at home and children but. forreasons of their own, they l':iilr:.lg:‘é1]s:l;lLe1z)"752§chf):{1agemxfiz Gunman of ,.-,.,.-.my 27, A1. period covered, mm population declined the invitation. French is the Of- It though details covered only the decreased 8.623 or 15%; occupied

abroad. To many other parts of Canada and the States. he typified our sturdy pioneer

tues; and this impression was fully justified. it was. indeed. due to the very same trails of character that our early settlers succeed-

ed in turning this forested wilderness in

- ' Garden Province. leaving a tradition which

we venerate today as our finest possession. relin- quished lhe Government leadership for his

Nor did his zeal slacken when he

educated, foremost a native intensely devoted to

thousands of people in United

vir-

ton

of

known as SHAPE. Altoget.her 12 nationali- ties are represented; the Russian diplomats in the area were also invited to send their

ficial language of the school and, accord- ing to reports, the youngsters lands are taking to it readily; this seems to lend credence to the view held by most educators that the earlier a child is intro-‘ duced to a foreign language the more eas- ily he will become proficient in it. nationalism of each child is not forgotten, however; every week a certain number of hours are devoted to the language, history,

other

The

‘lure, Grammar and Composition.

all the grades from i to X inclus- lvc. They may have pupils who range from an intelligence quoti- ent of '75 to an I.Q. of no or

at 9:30 and dismisses 3:30. There is one hour for lunch and two ten minute periods for recess. The teaching time is two hundred eighty minutcs or four hours and forty minutes.

Here are the examination sub- jects of Grade X—Eiigli.sii Litera-

Canaclian History, British History. Geography. French. Arithmetic, Algebra. Geometry, science. and Hygiene. Duplicate that for Grade IX. Drop French, Algebra, Geom- etry and add spelling for Grade VIII. Duplicate VIII for Grades

probably. an address delivered by the Deputy Minister of Agricul- ture before the Agricultural Coun- cil of Prince Edward Island and subsequently ‘reproduced in The

first and last year of a forty year period. presumably the intention was that it should indicate the‘ general trend of the lnterveningl years. The report is copious and evidently entailed much effort in’ assembling the information given, but the fact that production values were omitted. hinders fairer com- parisons and makes deductions more difficult.

The story is a depressing one and will in no way tend to en- courage boys to remain on the farm or adopt farming as a voca-

have failed to give it more than the superficial om-e—ovcr reading, and even those who may have

I am, Sir. etc-.,

J. A. GILLIES

Charlottetown.

as psychiatric counsellor to s. teen-4 ago daughter-—Ilaiifax Chronicleu

passed it up. It may be noted that during the

farms decreased 3,976 or 28%; farm acreage decreased 107,050 acres; improved land decreased 123,395 acres: land under crops decreased 63,734 acres or 13%; woodland lil- creased 38.127 arres—a sort of back. to nature movement.

Gross grain production decreas- ed nearly one and one half mil- lion bushels or 18%: hay crops de- creased 59,000 tons or 23% and yield per acre 16%; potato acreage increased 27%, in volume 18.5 but decreased in yield per acre 11.5%; cattle holdings decreased 16.000

Herald. :4 CARDS

Barristers. Sollclto ..

Mutlileson &

Foster Etc.

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FOSTER. LLB.

[Anna on City and Farm

Properties

iso Blchmond Street Charlottetown. P.E.l.

LLB.

A. Woltlien Guudct.

% J. S. Tovlor. R.O. OPTOMETBIST

Eyes Examined, Glasses Fittedl Corner Kent and Queen Ste. , Office Phone 9l.'i3—House I750

_Mat|iesoo. Peaks &~

Nicholson A. W. IIIATIIIBON. 0.0. A. n. ranks. as. nun. somu r. NICHOLSON. i.r.u. Barristers. Etc. Collections - Money To Lo|||\ I76 Grafton street 1

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Senate appointment. His presence at 0t- and geography. of each group. .,n_ v._ V, A, W... ,.,,,, ,,,, tion. The failure in agricultural head or 16%; horses 17.000 or me; assaisrsa. souciron. cu. lawn had yet to be felt, but there 15 no All in all this experiment should help Grade; 1v_ m, 11, and 1.... but ptrmotionheifort in all me 1113!: Hiseefeggbm or2263%; hoes ihcreas- Phll(l}ip:m5nil:ti'I_Is‘ —*—‘m-—-—-—" . . . . . . s w n no rec in e , .: Ill ee - question but that he would. have prover. in building up and promoting a friendly °°g,“‘;'c‘,‘(Y 31:’: ifs‘:5"caE'e’r‘:l‘:l°y,I‘ ,,,’....',‘.‘.‘. meg... Dyan)‘ 191: the De- drop in ihzerstoci? holding: :gVe;:,l.] s_1o_r.sy tn hosrn n Collection M‘ Alb“:AF'L'::.'I himself an outspoken champion of our ln- atmosphere among people of various nation- Approx];-ngtg partmcfit 0! Asricuhure consisted 00‘; head or 25%. '—“fi w R cu'_s°‘n" ‘ 3"mm*"m swam icrcsls. alities sometliin which is ver necessar number of a Commissioner with office he poultry industry record - ' ' Bani: of Co ‘ , g ‘ g y y g,., 1,, ¢..,'h¢ staff sufficient only to make nota- makes a more palatable story, with CIIIBOPBACTOB ' '""'"c° B""'“"‘ Prince l‘.(l\varfl Island has suffered at these days. These youngsters from 12 na- Grad,‘ 5ul,_m.l, ,,,',.h ,1" tions, transcribe and file data. In an aincrease of 239 thousand birds Palmer Graduate ’2:InIei-;ottf:tohv‘v,1.i- E great loss in the death of Senator Jones tions, which are knit together for common X 12 6 "‘°‘" °‘ ‘“"‘°°“°“‘ ‘'°d“°°d 9"‘ °’ 1%‘ °“‘““”"""wN . . , ,' .. 7 xx 12 5 ductlon and persistently decreu- The wool clip decreased 160.000 Dial us: Mi Prince St N" ”_ '5 “3““‘3”.V ll‘ his Mme “’h9i‘¢‘ ihisldefence and 59CU“l.V: may 3CtUa”3’ be Cal‘ V11; 10 5 ing achievement under much more ii». or 60% but the fleece weight '**'—:‘—"“"“ PCIMGP at Huslom loss will be felt most grieviously, The Guar- led ambassadors. In the class-room and on VII in o ilavourable tBDD°l"lm¢:‘dlJ“d1l3°le1' Eviilitilifsiza 02:1! 3 ggngeatper unit. not- ' H. J. MIIDOII. R.°. A. s. nAsLAl/i.‘o.A.. LLI. ' dian joins with all our citizens in tendering the playground they will have much to $1 3 3:21:03“ ‘gnb.n(?i’:e‘:e sna larrrllreri of this nindlugstry i.'..o'3.° p§§'.'li'$l'i';‘ “,,¢.,,,., ophmamn r. s. I. sank of ?:l::A"§:‘.‘(ttIEl‘cCI1|mb| SlllC(‘l‘f‘ sympathy to Mrs. Jones and fam- teach their elders about the necessity f0l‘i iv 5.m.....,..,m) 4 to wjliciilth was Hezitelniilzd leafll1er:l:‘lp,g§i;§lne!<i to‘ pure bred breeders and 12...... m ciniriom-town, r. it. i. 9 Hr. In the n; I i’ _ v ' ' .' 1 - - Iii 4 4 "9 W‘ Y 9“ '5 °°“‘ ° ‘*1 P “n”‘‘- T-:—*——‘T’—‘“ MONEY 1'0 I-DAN- min Wm hp°°n:°“ '°t"_‘ “hf°dh "me _‘."” m” "M '°l°”"'°° and f°‘b°‘”a"°”' n 4 4 lion upon their -itainmem Em“ fhetgie recessions occurred dea- Muefliee & Troinor -----—~—*———-,9 nd 3” d ;‘il.V] ieaslurle l:Tl8l’l10l ies, ——————— 1 3 3 admittedly adverse oppor un- :u:ner: fgfflt thatnxfihnovgnfimto 3, g, p|.r-113151;. n.a.. 0.0. J. Elfllflf Blflfldlflfdg" " 19 i‘<’<‘0i‘ 0 R Ont’. i9 W0 Spent in - » “ T ‘ - 3 somruunn ruamou. us. as I . . , ~ < t l ti f h i If till t - ' ‘ - . -.~,~w-;; lgnd to his commun-5 “"'°""‘L “W” D, , M °° M *1 M ..;?;§.::.:§..“:.::5::;: ------- =- :. l_v is rovince am is country ‘ — "i 9 mini! 8 among mn ra n s m sure up eava was used cos c crop pro- - NO'I‘ARY_ me, u ' ‘ All 1-0015‘ D;._v_ lf‘S50l’lS. 5': minutes for each les— occurred In the Department of ductlon and a slightly lesser valu- ‘,0 A- Mcemgun 165 Queen st. - Pinon. 4* ___________ —%—o:—— snn. Who can touch anything in Agriculture. The Commissioner be- ntlon spent for supplementary live. IIAIIIBTEB. SOLlCl'i‘0R- Eh -——-—-———...__é__.a. 0 it 5'-: miuutcs? I came a "Minister"; a secretary of stock feeding purposes. NOTARY. Eta. Gang” & Haszafd 1. Coffee FM‘ Votes C .d _ b] 1. h h b V I The city 8011001 with One grade Agriculture was secured. who even- _ These quotations will prove Currie Building GHBFBT A 3- _.__. °"5' 913 9 '3 t as 99” L-‘st Cm he in A mom can iiive 30 £0 45 min- tually became a Deputy Minister; mocking to farmers and others B‘_"|_.¥r‘Il".""f"E:;l.'c’.'t"‘;-LL? 6

cducational situation in the Province as a

utcs to it lesson. Can a lesson be

a general fieldmsn was brought from the Province of Ontario: an

who have been basking in the assumption that agricultural pro-

.‘-rederi: A. Large. QC.

Money to Loan 7'

’l'lici'c are more ways than one to Wllll mu - _ - f .« _ , . glit in 5!; minutes as it can be . nommafim, “S a political Candida”. Miiesult of the work of the select commit. taught in 30 to 45 minutes? nddmmu Eeldmu, Wu mused " 3,,” W" hem! made In the Pmv_ M:I:'rrlnu:::. fiolglnrél ants}: ,. B.“ 0' P nl ‘cast that is what A man down in New )0" tee of the House. Such an enquiry serves. . I don} suppose muons actually Livestock uuperlntendent. and as lace. The incredulous may even re- ch.,|°“.1.,wn_ p_ gr, 1, , . ' amon st other H in t bl be 00M W 10 leach fliillrhinf in 5 6 time went by. and need arose. ad- fuse to believe. but the quotations um“ on cu, um nu. l 54')’ b€llC\'PS and he is going to do his best g ] gs’ 0 ena e mam rs '“l“"l°5‘ -3"‘ ‘W39 WW5 H9 031)’ ditionul assistants were recruited. are from departmental statistics, frgpeflleg , 'yl'OlI J. Gfflfif. ,0 prove "_ N0, rm, him enemh c0nSum_ and others to learn the facts, always a 5'». minutes for a certain lesson. -pechmm upgm nu brought, furnished by . mp levgl omen, m..mMm..,,., ;-._-A ,~ ~' minutee must be borrowed 11'0"! from abroad under whom were of long association with. and ree- H. ‘em 5"“. ml]