rw---

"t N llilf XX?-f WALKER

-4 v.tl'i Iii" confng iisit --e of On--gii Elizabeth and -- of Ediiiburgli ins-airm --iiriittiiiuz fashions at -r- "Vs opening today.

I." Win said he drew his in- cp.: ion from ”a season of royal uc" "runs and royal visits."

iii; "rne".'il line harks back to iflI'3, unlit tum:-rd shoulder scams and hluiirc '--ivcr tuns giving a hol- Inn ttIl('s'l('.'l llI0l'. uiiile pitidy tucks and curved seams lend a Grecian nrii slirinc to the hips.

Crepes nnd drapes flit: ili(ifIfIK I?XI'l'IN9II'IC OI"! FITS

.-iirczidy iiuted for such luxuries as a ilnui--sueepiiig mink coat sev- eral sen-ruin ago. Balmain must have been liard-pressed to pass his nld triumphs. But he managed it with an ample triangular cape in erni'ur-. bordered with while fox and ending in a train on the

continued

Rc"o' Visit Already lnhuences Paris Fashion

ground. Other unii':ely fttllilblna. tions were lynx borders on a pink linen suit. big I'ur cuffs on chit. ion, and a fu.r-trimmcd lace suit.

A heart-shaped neckline bares a lot, but on suits is filled in tum. so tly draped chiffon blouses. Stem-slim long formals have little pointed trains.

Besides being hobbled to the tniest step. mannequins had the e ded hazard of having to give the train a sharp kick to make a turn.

Balmaln still likes stiffened red- ingotes, or princess-flared skirts. His suit jackets are short and liigb waisted in front. dipping

coasts are voluminous-half-coat half-cape-with sleeve cuffs nf.'l. in at elbow height. and some are bmk-pleated. Egg-head hats vie with big-brimmed ”pianters" hats. .Siiks and chiffons are printed with llife-size roses.

ELEANOR ROSS Homemaker

By ELEANOR ROSS

once upon a time. a woman kept one good scrub brush handy to make her housework easier. Just that - one good scrub brush!

it sounds amazing to most pres- ent-day housekeepers. doesn't it? imagine using one brush for all household jobs Today. for easier. quicker running of the home. I uliole line-up of brushes is con- sidered essential.

N'aturaiiy. you wouldn't dream of preparing vegetables without a i(".IOI8blC brush! You wouldn't try to suds out bottles without a lmitle brush! You use a little but- ter hrush to lightly grease a skil- lei or pan, while another little brush does the job of spreadnlg melted butter or egg white on the pastry or rolls.

For general dlshwashing, there is a useful long - handled brush illlll bristles artfully designed to gel into every corner of a square pan. to clean each line of a fork. FOR FLOORS

Then, there's a sponge yarn brush (which actually is a mop) in suds-mnp floors or spread wax evently.

To take care of dustinfl and washing Venetian blinds. there's in long, slender brush that does an efficient job. Special brushes are designed to keep tables and work surfaces clean.

The hcauty of most brushes is

Now Needs

A Variety Of Brushes

all of them are easy to keep clean and in good condition for their specific tasks.

Nylon bristles. or other plastic or synthetic bristles. shed soil so quickly. it'a so easy to make sure they're clean all the way through.

down to an egg-shaped back. Hisl

WIDENING EDUCATIONAL HORlZONS2May Court Club Presnts Comedy And Chorus Line

EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN P.E.I.

What. another article on the pre- vailing teacher shortage in our Province? Haven't we heard about it many times before? The lquestions are to be expected from readers of this column and the answer is "Yes" to both. Then. why again? For the simple runn- . that the shortage is becoming more acute and there in little evi-

dence of concrete and practical.

lmeasures being considered to cope with the gravity of the situation. Sometimes frequent repetition of an unpleasant fact in life goada someone into action before too big ;s price is paid for indifference ;and neglect.

It is quite right that satisfaction he expressed on the substantial physical developments which have taken place in many school din- itricts during the past few years. ,lndividual schools have been built. iremodelled. enlarged and better equipped by generous help from the Department of Education. How- ever. is it possible that we have put the cart before the horse? important and essential as the physical environment may be. it will always be secondary to the role of a properly qualified teacher in the classroom.

Precisely what is the situation? During the past few years the average enrollment of new student .teac-hers at the Normal School at iP.W.C. has been well under 60. .The average number of new ice- lchers required each year to re- place those who leave the pro- fession for many reasons is in the vicinity of 150. The resultant gap

guaranteed at the end of two yearal lure. . ll ill! Youllg person has the neces-l There is no indication whatso- llflfgttuaiiiicauons. The same boy' ever that the Federal Governmentl 01' Rlrl who considered f '” g is ready to give serious consider- would have to take another year ation in subsidizing the Provinc- of teacher training and would be! iaieducational effort. it won't until fortunate to start at 31,500.00-and: it is politically expedient to do so. lull”! llliiolated to an urbany. This does not mean that con- school.could teach the rest of her; tinuous and constant pressure line without any hope of reachingi should not be applied from Pro- 33.400-00- So why give teaching alvlncial Organizations to bring about further though? itbis fair and necessgry yet. There is a third factor which lsiognition of our rights in Confed- one of th major reasons why sol eration - otherwise the goal of many teachers in this province equal educational opportunity for only stay in the profession just all Candian children is nothing but long enought to get out of it. it ill 8 tragic myth. because local supplement; 3 gal if then it is a fact that no sub-

The capital's May Court Club!

Friday night dusted off Canadian history with dancing girls and cat- as chy tunes enough to intrigue the beauties pursued by red-coated most disinterested scholar. l

Governor-General Massey and-

more than 1.000 guests attending the annual May Court Charity Ball got a look at comedy and chorus line ”Canzidiana" as a cab-

rrret cast of 55 presented a gentle- spouf of history.

Backed by an orchestra. the club nljiniher-entertainers poked fun at the nation's "Muscle" buil-

ture and presented Canada's north

riers. Canadian politics and cut- land of white-clad dancing

mounties.

Diplomats and dignitaries chuckled while four "Voyageurs" their heads.

The four were Netherlands Am- bassado A. H. J. Lovink and Unit- ed States Minister Tyler Thomp- son. Frank Deiaute and Eric Morse, who have made annual canoe trips along Canada's old explorers' trails.

statutory allowances are largely. alanllal monies are lmmediateiyl static. Outside of the urban areali 3VallBl1le from Provincial and there are very few school districts Federal Sources. does it mean which pay a supplement based on "ll-3l lllefe is n0 have ltlr an im- the all important factors of qunll- movement or a solution of our fications and experience. And de- iiressms problem? By no meansu partrnental increases for higher Ifjthej taxpayer in the local dis- ucgme, and years of service an trict is convinced that his child- so email as to be pmcgicajly ".35., ren are worthy objects for in- ugly); .. . (actor in eneoumgingy creased tax rates, even though it a teacher to improve her profes-p Qollld liell mean lemP0T8Tlf Sicil- aionsl status. What possible incen-1 "995 l" ""195 Ol emergency. must live is there for . teacher to take l PPl'EnlS do not hesitate to sacri- wmme, school courses 0,. . yam-' fice for sickness. accident. and on for gum," umemic study if even material things considered there is no prospect of a reason- "W-'9553l'Y '0 mtilnllaln I reason- able ralse in salary? Little wonder. 3519 Slandam Of lIVlnR. ll Would that there is evidence of frustra-i 599'" W9 3"? Wllll"8 10 mike EVCW tion. disappointment and low mor- l 9””! '9 K99!) UP With the Jmleses lie "nous. our teachem lexcept in the matter of education. 11-0 lg ltlre most important factor of all. Let us examine a little more POSSIBLE CHANGE-5 closely the environmental factor Ill U5 Cflnsldef Slime Ol ill? as it pertains to the emmoymem changes which could be given can- of our teachers. 31 per cam of sidcration without putting an in- Bchooll in mi, province "e um... tolerable burden on the taxpayer room schools, in which a teacherl"5"'lE 705007505 lmmedllilely I-

mly M -Sked to teach I" grade! val'iili&Fl;l.e.A thorough revision of the

Just wash them after each using has been filled largely from two in hot soap or detergent suds. sources - former teachers whtrare This way they're always ready for now married but willing to serve the next tour of duty. their community rather than see Look around in the houseware their local school closed, and the department of your favorite store employment of teachers partially and see what's new in brushes. qualified. both academic "y and Chances are you may find still professionally. another brush that you justl To the latter group permit shouldn't be without and thaillicenses are issued with the under- you'il soon find to be vital. 'standing that additional courses at TO REMOVE LINT Summer School. correspondence While looking around our favor- schools. etc.. must be undertaken ite houscware section. we clmeibefore their licenses can be made UPON I 1001! lubstllule tor a cl0lll- permanent However. not too many lnz brush. especltillt excellent for find it economically feasible to do removing lint from such materials ithis in View of the pathetically 8.! Iliede. tell OF C0Tdlll'0Y- ll ls illow salary received during the hand-size and made of foam rub- lyear. And it must be obvious that

her. l A: pretty as they are practical. these pads are backed with gaily printed or polka-dotted vinyl plas- tic. Each ls equipped with a wide plastic atrip for easy holding. These foam rubber brushes. which are easily carried in purse or the car's glove compartment. pick up and bold pesky lint and dust. You can wash them clean in soap or detergent suds and they'll be dry and ready to use five min-

they are so reasonably priced and

uter later.

Canada's U. N.

By LLOYD Mt-DONALD f':n:'id'i'in Press Staff Writer UVITI-Ii) NATIONS. N.Y. tCP)

A Fnnmliaii mother of three who iuis carved out a career in politics has been working in a United NI- iiuns committee to try to reach a world agreement on protection of mothers and children.

ilrs. M. A. Shiplcy of Kirkland Lake. t)nt., Liberal member of Parliament for Timlskamlng. in Canada's representative at this UN assembly session on the coin- mittee which has long been do- hating a covenant on economic. social and cultural rights.

The committee's work usually in on-itshadnwcd by the major crisel uhivh come before the UN. but its members feel that a covenant for the fiiture on these human rights is one of the world body's major lung-term objectives.

IIAS REEVE

Mrs. Shipley. first elected to Parliament in 1953 after a ton! term as reeve of the Northern On- lnrio gold-mining centre. has taken it big part in the committee's work in this second half of the assembly W!-'slnfI. She is a member of a working group which also includes the Russian delegate.

Recently she touched on one of 'l1e many factors which make till -ummittee's work such a ll)!!!- rrm project the differences iliruughuut varying world moieties not only on the status but lht meaning of the terms involved.

HEM NOTES

Delegate ls

Concerned With Human Rights

"One of the difficulties which many delegations have raised." she said. "relates to the words motherhood' and maternity."

Saudi Arabia. for example. had proposed an amendment which would drop the word motherhood and "thus avoid the difficulty of interpreting what is meant by the idea that the state or condition of motherhood should be specially protected.

PROBLEM REMAINS

This. however. did not clear up the difficulties remaining in the use of the word maternity.

Mrs. Shipley's answer to that was that it might be simpler and clearer to describe the status. un- der tenor of the UN article. in this way:

"Special protection should be ac- corded to mothers during reason- able periods before and after child- birth and while they are respon- sible for the care of dependent children."

Another snag came up on the question of child labor. which un- (tor a new draft of the article shouid be made "legally action- able."

What Mra. Shipiey is attempt- ing. abs toidpthc committee. "la to demonstrate that it might be possible to rcdraft (the article) or some parts of it in such a way that difficulties and ambiguities might be removed without sacrif- icing any of the essential elements of the original draft."

That just about sums up what many observers have long hoped the committee win eventually no conrplisb.

GIRL GUIDE COLUMN

11'l'll CITY BROWN!!!

At a recent meeting of the nth Charlottetown Brownie Pack there was an enrolment. But first of all. the Brownies formed a Fairy Ring. with all the little Twseniae

the gifts wre exchanged. each

the number of married teachers who can leave their established .homcs to remain permanently in the teaching profession is becom- ing smaller and smaller. MALE TEACHERS

Another serious trend is the in- adequate number of male teachers who are entering the teaching pro- fession. Present salary scales of- fer little inducement to bright young men to consider teaching as a career when a reasonable measure of economic security must be provided for his wife and children. it is one of the unfortu- nate characteristics of the teach- ing profession that the major- ity of the young ladies entering do not contemplate teaching as a pLFI'II8l'IOIlI career. To the great majority it is only a stop-gap for a few years. either for marriage or another profession. Hence the increasing importance of retaining the services of the male teacher who. with his family. becomes an

integral part of the community which he gerves. The reason that our island

young people are not entering the teaching profession in adequate numbers is not hard to find. Two constant factors are always pre sent when ii vocation is being con- sidered-conditions of employment and the financial return or salary. Both of these are generally so in- adequate and unattractive in P.E. i. that there should be little sur- prise at the failure to obtain tea- cher recruits. y COMPETITION

it must be kept in mind that itliere is the strongest of competi- tion for the servies of our beat youngpeople from a iiost of pro- fessions. For example, banking In stitutions will start a young grad- uate right out of High School. with no required training. at Si.ii00.00. Further. a salary of 82,400.00 in

into the ompietim. of thin. llao for doing it all so quickly. I an solve that there are not many pa- trols in Canada that have finish- ed this ahead of lst and 3rd. We also are very pleased to see that J0 out of 24 Guides. in this com- pany are now receiving the month- ly publication "The Guide". KENSINGTON GUIDE Co

We are very happy to welcome ist Kensington Co. back. after

Mrs. Keit Kennedy writes "I have been Guldcr here since Oe- tober. and things are now becom- ing a little clearer to me. We have a very enthusiastic group- sevemi are ready to pass tender- fooi. and two are ready to pan their second class". This aoundl very fine. and we wish them the best of luck. I81 SOURIS BIIOWNIIY

It was nice hearing from Muriel

the meetings are being held once again. as due to the weather. they had to postpone aome meetings. The pack held a nice Clrriltnlal party. games were played

i.

ate drawing a name out of a The Brown ea good deed was ac): and wrap up gift boxes lttle Brownie friends who one unable to be present. TRAINING

of -companies in Queens and counties greatly beamed what their Patrol leaders

to them the which was held in Ch recently. This was truly a grand day. andagrandlotofgiriapre- in-t"' "ilFr':tt'.r'r"'. h I II POW - Head of Training, Ilsa Klan. lllu Ila:-In harry

if

being lnacive for several yearI.. g

from 1 to 10.

Admittedly this province owes much to the work done in the one room school in the past decades when frequently instruction was given by a dedicated ' L who was an institution in her own right in the community. However. we are living in 1957 and not 1887. 1900 or even 1937. Any young per- son trained in a Normal School to- day. knows that it will be physical- ly impossible to teach competently and successfully to grades in one room.

NEW PATTERN

The vast muiation of know- ledge in the past few decades has changed the whole pattern of life and the child in the classroom has to receive the kind of education which will enable him to cope with the life of his generation not that of his grandfather's. Then there are the added factors of rural isolation during the winter months lack of social contracts absence of the so-called bright lights of the urban centres and so on.

What can be done about it? A great deal if ways and means can be found to convince a sufficient numbe of our citizens that some- thing has to be done about it; and that immediately if the long- range results are not to be cal- amitous for the way of life we cherish. based on Christian and national standards. Let it be re- peated. mediocre f L a create medioc :7 pupils. mediocre pupils make mediocre citizens and medi- ocre citizens develop a media c society.

It is an axiom of our demo- cratic system that a party govern- ment will not readily initiate re- form or change in policy unless there is concrete evidence of pub- lic opinion. Perhaps it can be said that up to the present. the past and present governments of this island have not had too much evi- dence that there is an aroused pub- iic concern on the gravity of the educational altutation. Aa citizens ask for.

FUNDS LACKING

At the same time we must be realiatiic about the economic situ- ation in our province with its sharply limited resources. it is a waste of time to be talking about raising educational standards with more and more money coming from the Provincial Treasury. It simply isn't there in large a- nrounta.

That doesn't mean that the sub- stantial funds now being allocated might not be more effectively distributed to cope with the pre- sent emergency. And it is equally

futile to expect monies from Fed- eral grants in the immediate in-

I

less-sassy to

'0

Moot Ila lrfnmrfa! i...;mun... h aerviea today, this "Whiaparhg (jm onriouuuuiyaismfluenllnua. 5 Canton. too. the Drirannfe la a ring h aircraft design-providiaglunryaeretgg thebhg ':2'.'7-reclining "lliuetha")

17172.9 .......i.:.ll.;l.:i

Du:-rib-upqnre-qr!-trropa.u

' tar-rnirorsnsaaa arardrr CORPORATION UIIIIIIO

basis of assessment is called for. Local tax rates vary in the ratio of 6 to l, with the vast proportion being paid by the farmer and fisherman. those whose cash in- comes are most subject to com- mercial conditions beyond their control. is the non land-owner. such as the local storekeeper. civil servant and government em- ployee, those of the professions. medical and law. paying taxes in proportion to the farmer?

Second. Wide-spread adoption of the principal of the larger school unit of administration. No single

ge could contribute so effect- ively to a betterment of our school situation and at no financial cost. it can be stated as an incontrover- tihle fact that up to the present no other satisfactory solution has been found applicable for rural school administration.

Eight provinces in Canada and most States in the United States. to say nothing of European count- ries, have J i ' t ., . . and without exception. with bene- flcial results to goth teachers and pupils. Why are we so slow and hesitant to use the experience of others? We quickly change our methods in agriculture, fishing, and business when the evidence is presented . otherwise competi- tion would soon put us out of the running. is it because too many citizens in the small school dis- trict do not want to give up that little bit of authority and prestige which goes with the election of a local trustee? if so, this province is paying a terrific price for such psucdo-independence.

MISCONCEPTION There seems to be a common misconception that the larger

school admlnistrtion means the immediate building of a regional school. Such is not the case although it could well be the end result. The first step is for a few adjoining districts to agree to have their schools administered by one elected Board. This Board would employ teachers. set the supple- ment scale. tnx rate and so on. Elsewhere this has always result- ed in improved teaching services and instruction. more effective ad- ministration all along the line. r Third. A planned program for taking out Grades 9 and 10 from one-room schools and having those grades taught in a room built on to one of the existing schools in I central position. The Department of Education has al- ready adopted this procedure as a policy and with considerable financial assistance to the districts concerned. Unfortunately. only two