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CIRCULATION ”Covcn Prince Edward island likes the dew"

"Tho strongest memory is weaker than tho wacikolt Ink".

CHABLOTTETOWN TUESDAY. SEPT. 29, 1953

A composite Illgli School

Reading a description of Charlottetbwn's lunior composite high school which ap- peared yesterday gives a fairly clear idea of the difference between a modern com- posite high school and the austere collec- tion of classrooms and an assembly hall which have characterized primary and in- termediate education in this city and prov- ince.

There are the classrooms and audi- torium, of course, but the auditorium is also a gymnasium and theatre. The luncii room and kitchen are presumably made necessary because the students of the two high school years will be drawn from all parts of the city, many of them travelling at considerable distance to attend.

The real difference, however, lies in the provision of such facilities as a sheet metal shop, carpentry shop, science labora- tory, household arts department. including cooking and sewing rooms, and a library, with an adjoining office which can also be used for visual education or as a music room.

There are those who deplore the sub- stitution of mass-production for craftman- ship in material things and there will equal- ly be those who will deplore the adoption of techniques for mass education in place of the encouragement of intensive scholar- ship on the part of a highly-qualified few. The trend of the times, however, is to widen the base of the educational system to provide a certain amount of education for all rather than concentrate on the gifted scholars.

That this is not the complete answer will be obvious to even the.most enthusi- astic backers of the composite school. One thing at a time, however, is a good rule and once every student is provided with a chance to get a little more education it may be possible to give consideration to the en- couragement of outstanding schokirship.

close check on lnsectlclilcs

Vegetarians do not have to worry need- lessly about getting too much dichlor-di- phenyl-trichlorethane in their systems. Med- ical authorities seem to be in general agree- ment that the amount of DDT used in in- secticides sprayed on vegetables is not suf- ficient to be harmful to humans, especially after the repeated washings by rain and careful cooks before the vegetables reach the table. Canadian food and agricultural authorities keep a special check on! the toxicity of insecticides and set down rigid and uses of DDT and other bug-killers. The check is maintained in the knowledge that more toxic insecticides become necessary as bugs build up immunity to new chemicals. It has already been reported by agricultur- ists that "immunized" generations of bugs have built up resistance to present DDT tconcentrates, with the result that research is directed to more effective-bug-killers that are still harmless to other forms of life.

Greenland in Transition

This is a red-letter month for the world's largest island, Greenland, which has now dropped its colonial status and be- come instead a part of the Danish king- rlom, with the right to send representatives to the Danish parliament. This remark-

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ference. The Greenlanders are of mixed stocks, as a result of two centuries of inter- marriage of Eskimos and Danes and also Norwegians. There is practically no illiter- acy in the country, and students may go to Denmark for advanced education.

The picture however is not entirely a rosy one. The rapid transition from a primitive to a somewhat more diverse economy has brought problems in a land poor in natural resources. Changes in diet have caused some concern in the field of health. Most buildings and facilities are antiquated, but to provide better ones requires capital which in large measure must come from the new fishing industry --and the methods of this industry are still relatively primitive. Yet there can be no question of Greenland's political, econ- omic and cultural advances in recent years.

Stubborn Fanatics

When the Doukhobors came to Canada to escape persecution under the Czars, an order-in-council in 1898 granted them ex- emption from military service. In British Columbia they were denied the provincial and consequently the federal vote. They number 20,000, of whom more than half now live in B. C. The Community and In- dependent Doukhobors no longer cause trouble, but the small Sons of Freedom sect protests periodically against organized society. V

The Sons of Freedom, notes an ex- change, are the hard core of a problem that is being slowly solved as the majority of Doukhobors learn to live in good rela- tions with other Canadians. They suffer from ignorance, bad leadership, and a group psychology as warped as it was in the days of persecution. Emigration and relocation have been proposed, without re- sult so far. Persuasion has failed. But imprisonment, however necessary it may appear when laws are defied and property is destroyed, seemingly tends only to .strengthen the fanaticism of these stub- born people. A successful method of deal- ing with this strange sect has yet to be found.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Michaelmas Day. 0

The North Atlantic played its part in making Exercise Mariner a real exercise in keeping the seas. In two world wars it was demonstrated that seamanship and sea-keeping qualities are as important as speed and gun power.

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Lower costs of home construction are aimed at by the Maritime Retail Lumber Dealers Association. It is proposed that the highly desirable result be attained in part by a standardization of mill work.

The new regime in the U. S. S. R. is paying more attention to agriculture than has been the case to date. It is all to the good if competition between Communism and Democracy becomes a contest to raise the standard of living in their respective areas.

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The agreement on 250,000-strong "se- curity forces" for Japan and 20-year "aid- for-bases" agreement between the United States and Spain would have seemed sur- prising indeed a few years ago but the long drawn out cold war with Russia and her satellites has effectively "changed the water on the beans".

Dr. Charles Kettering, long chief of General Motors research, says he doesn't want experienced men in his laboratory. because experienced men are always tel- ling him things can't be done. He prefers youngsters who don't know things can't be done; they go ahead and do them. As he says, man's greatest fault is his auto-

able stride toward political maturity. notesv matic resistance to Changey

an exchange, has been accomplished after A period of transition lasting only a few years. Before the war, Greenland was completely the ward of a paternalistic home government. Its economy operated In a vacuum; the 22,000 inhabitants of pre- dominately Eskimo stock were protected from competition and other disturbing out-

y side influences.

Then, in the spring of 1940, the Nazis marched into the, homeland, and the Green- lnnders found themselves pretty much. on their own. An emergency administration under Governor Eske Brun, who rose to the occasion,,carried on until the libei-- ntloh of Denmark. Economic changes oc- curred: to an "increasing extent cod fish- mg and sheep farming replaced primitive sealing and hunting (the seal population wuydwlndling), and eryollte mining be- came important. Cryollte and salt. cod I ts provided the Greenlanders with 0' Hgj-gdlQ'-Iwlth which to buy food, fuel

goods from abroad. jouuiinid'n.reoent development is of ' mtujt ito neighboring Canada, . up I -Lon, Eskimo populationi . ..-5,” yislli-ab. many points of dif-

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Horatio, Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte, Englandls grcatesty admiral, was born this date 1758. He came of a family of elergymen. He joined the navy at twelve, sailing with his uncle. At the age of 15 he went on a voyage of-discovery to the Arctic, followed by visits to every part of t.he West Indies. By the age of 20 he had received his first command, 2. brig, and six months later commanded a French prize on an expedition against Grenada.

Paris has it head start in the develop- ment of television by possession of the famous Eiffel Tower but by the same token she may well lose the distinction which the unique structure has given for -the past sixty-four years. Such towers will soon become an architectural feature wher- ever they can be afforded and where equivalent skyscrapers are not an econ- omic proposition. The Island Radio Broad- casting Company Iii to be congratulated on commencing construction of ti tower which,

if notlso pretentious, will still be an Im- pressive 150 feet high: I '

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BREVITY AND CLARITY

Sir,-In the play '-ium'l"et". through the medium of simple old Polonius, Shakespeare tells us that ”Brevit.y is the Soul of Wit. (Wis- dom)", but goes on to prove later, that Brevity can also be the souls of catastrophic confusion. The too brief "Help! Help!" of Claudlusl queen precipitated the untimely death of old Polonius, due to mis- understanding-a. disaster that started an avalanche of succeeding disasters, as the story continues. The question arises, when is "Brevlty of the soul of Wit? when is it the soul of catastrophic con- fusion? What is the difference, and upon what does it depend? Let us take n "close at. hand" example, the brief. artistic quota- tion from one of our school Read- ers: "Gentlemen, when the bar- rage lifts". Most readers will rec- ogiilze this as an epitaph on one of the World War soldlcrs' monu- ments. It surely is an example of "bi-evlty" as the soul of wit. Now, we may call together A number of teachers and students- none under Grade XII-and ask each to explain what the .poet. meant by this five-word sentence- this brief, meaningful passage that touches our hearts and sets up a reverberation of stimulated thought, by its beauty. force and pregnancy. I have n premonition that the answers will be hesitant, some blank, and all different. When my turn comes, I shall say at once, "I do, not. known exactly". I have no hesitimcy in this reply, because I believe that. it is impossible for any person except. the poet himself, to tell exactly what. he had in mind when he wrote that passage. He gave us only the embryo of his thought, "The reward of well do- ing", and left. his readers to com- plete the story. why did he write thus?-Why? To stimulate thought in other minds. He had no inten- tion of telling us "his own” thoughts: he wished only to start us thinking for ourselves, and if you will change the query from "What did the poet mean?" to "What do you 'thlnk' the poet meant?" I shall readily explain that. for me, these five simple WOITIS embody the story of man from the miracle of birth, through the vicissitudes of life, the mystery of death, to the glory of the resur- rectlon of one who has made the supreme sacrifice for others. Jesus tells the same story in "nineteen" clear, simple words, "Greater love hath no man than this, that.a man lay down his life for his friend." v I have not waited ,for answers

few. of this degree of culture, would attempt to do anything ex- cept express, as I have done, their owp Interpretations of the thought.

However, is it not interesting to consider that "this same story" ex- pressed by "one" artist. in "five touching words". occupies volumes, upon volumesf upon .olumes, in out but libraries, as works of art, Including the clusiu of the ages, covering thousands 'of years?- Whnt: is the ui5wei-?- ?

"Art for the sake of art" is 8 discordant expression as I read it. The poet artist. writes, not. for hlmself, but for others. The poet. who nuccecds in putting his mea- nxo over. has the artist's precon- ception of the minds of bin, Iver- uot readers--the people to whom he opens and who he wishes to reach. no is not ely exhaust- ing nu-plus artistic mom. He known the reading public to be of widely varied receptivity and cul- tural ability. Brovlty has its place. Irovity and iclulty no twin daughters of Art, and may now- bo upontod except It the oarpuue of at fluff. Clarity is the con- stant; bruit! in the portable: and that. moreover. may never chants

from the group. for I feel sure, (

Old Charlotleto (And I. I. I.)

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From The Examiner, October M, 18 '

A large fleet of sailing vessel: arrived in this harbour today to land produce. The fleet. consisted of twenty-eight call of oonstwlse vessels and one sail of foreign tonnage. They all commenced loading on arrival.

Senator I-Iaythqrne writes in re- fercnce to Exhibitions. I-Ie advo- cates, firstly, the erection of per- manent Exhlbltlon Buildings, and secondly, the formation of 9. So- ciety to encourage and control ex- hibitions. The Senators remarks on these points are well worthy of consideration.

E. Burris, Charlottetown. ad- vertises the opening of Te.rphls- chore Hall on Thursday, the 30th inst. "During the present term in- struction at his fashionable es- tablishment will be given in all the latest styles of dancing, ac- cording to Prof. Danielle's 'unique and rapid sy.stem' including the Grand Anihzonian March with its music, well suited for the Ska.- tiiig Rink or other parties, and Danielle Quadrllle, andvmuslc, to- gether with thc Belle Canadian, Queen's Own Lancers, Lorne Quadrille, Highland Fling, etc., all of which have lately become so popular throughout the Dominion. A Juvenile Class will bcopened on the afternoon of the same day, should a sufficient number offer, in which all the Department Ex- ercises will be carefully taught.” Ci. W. DeB1ols Esq., Water Street, sole agent. for P. E. Island-for the Albion Min, Plotou, advertises clack coal for sale It 31.50 per ton. round coal, 52.00.

Colonel ' Duvar, Inspector of Fisheries, is preparing E lengthy treatise on on lobsters. He will deal at length with their habits and the -bestgmeans of fostering and propagating that valuable species of shell fish.

We were shown today by John Bracken, Esq, is large potato, of the McIntyre variety, raised by Charles I-Iynd. Esq, Brighton. It weighs 2'3: lbc., IL! girth being 11 inches, and round its length it measured 24',': inches. It was rais- ed, we are informed, on land man- ui-ed with gypsum.

COVENTRY, England, (OP)- Vandais who chip pieces from 1 5500 mosaic at n subway. entruwc here may be halted in future by an "electric eye.” The ncwly-in- stalled device will photograph my- one getting too close to the mosaic.

lain its cent, while brevity varies with the cultural degrees of the divers minded reading public. as well as, with the plan and purpose of the artist.

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SIIADOWS '

Are they shadows that we see? And can shadows pleasure give? Pleasures only shadows be.

Cut by bodied we conceive,

And are made the things we deem In those figures which they seem.

But these pleasures vanish fast, which by shadows are expressed: Pleasures are not. if they last; In their passing in their best. Glory is most. bright and gay

In a flash and so away.

Feed space, then, greedy eyes

On the wonder you behold;

Take it sudden as it flies,

Though you take it not to hold. when your eyes have done their part,

Thought must length it in the heart.

-Samuel Daniel (1563-I610).

Id Story

Brethren. I count not myself to have pprchended: but this one thing I do, forgetting thou thing! which are 'r ” " and . ” forth unto those things which are before, I pi-cu toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God In Christ Jesus.

10-YEAR SENTENCE

MONTREAL, (OP) Norman Cvoudreau. 27. was sentenced Mon- day to 10 years in penitentiary after pleading guilty to armed-rob- bery Aug. 14 from a mid,-town branch of the Provincial Bahk of Canada. Goudreau 'pleaded guilty on arraignment last week.

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.'si-:PTi:MBE3 29, 1953

In grant

as saying that "the story book.

that has influenced and

for 1 frankness will be rewarded, partl- nlly at least, by the many expres-

cartiilnly come his way. It is hard to understand why it should be so. but there does seem to be an almost. universal bin to- wards the fictlonal, sometimes as against the factual and sometimes in nlliance with it. Truth may be stranger than Action; it. cannot be denied that often it isn't. as inter- esting or exciting.

O I 0 A distinguished preacher once put the following quastion to an equally distinguished actor: "How is it that you players. who deal only with things, imaginary, affect your auditors as if they were real; while we preachers, who deal only with things real, affect our audit.- ors as if they were imaginary?" "It is,” replied the actor, "be- cause we players speak of things imaginary as if they were real, while you preachers speak of things real as if they were imaginary". I believe the history text books in use nowadays are somewhat better than they used to be. Cer- tainly they couldn't be any worse md still retain a respectable meuure of recdablencss. The old ones (usually beginning with the coming of the Romans to Britain, although some in common use, wont buck I bit further) were no formal in their approach and to statistical in their intention that any pictures they may have con- veyed to young minds (or to older ones, for that matter) were neces- sarily no feeble u to be virtually meaningless. At. the came time the posts were able to take "airy nothings", breathe into them the breath of life and clothe them with living flesh. Romance is much easier to remember than history, and for some reason which psychology has not: yet been able to explain it is often accepted as being more cred- lble.

not the history text, is the thing ntinucs to influence mankind". This must have been a difficult admission historian to make, but his

sions of approval that will almost

too often pa

The Passing Scene

By Observer

VEBSU B HIBTOIII

A well known historian is quoted

in his own castle when Duncan was a luest. In very ti-um, the claim of Macbeth to the tm-on, acoordlngto the rules of Scottish. succession, was better than that 01. Duncan".-

But. who remembers" or cares to remember the Macbeth of history. He has been dethroned and exiled by the Macbeth o'f fiction, aided and abetted by genius. Again, in. historical record says nothing aim. Banquo. Shakespeare was obliged to invent him, for how- could there be a Bnnquoh ghost without Ban. quo himself? And without the ghost. it. is doubtful that the play would -ave survlyedf on such flimsy, ethereal things does fame often reatl , .

o y 0 What was it that made Tchm-. son great? Well, I suppose '3, could be said that almost cls-rv. thing he wrote helped him toua;'il.q renown, but there seems to 1;. general agreement that his spag. modically written ”Idylls of mg King" was the one work above mi others that brought hlni elli1lll'lllg' fume. And yet there can be scarre- ly one fact. of authentic history In any of the sections of that great

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There is even some doubt that such I king as Arthur ever existent, although I believe most lilstmiaiis are of the opinion that a tribiil chief of that name lived in Bill- I.ln's early history. Even allowing for that, which has never been positively established, practically everything in the "Idylls" may be considered fictional. The wlm.e work was obviously an attempt ru ,find I. satisfactory issue in tho eternal conflict between good and evil and to restore romance to a generation that was unacquainied with its grace and charm.

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There were probably never such knights as the "ldvll-s" i)ortrar-- "Ail sworn to van

0! utter hardlhood, utur gen-

tleness,

And loving. utter faithfulness And uttermost obedience".

But: there was much need as there is much need now, for the magnificent ideals they represent. King Arthur," as 9. historical per- sonage, may be but a shadow on

We might take, for one instance, Shakespeareb Macbeth. Every stu- dent of English literature is funin llu, or at least acquainted, with, this character whom Shakespeare pictures as an over-ambitious, cal- lous scoundrel, with fusl; enough moral compunotlon to dlstingtilsh him from the bout of the jungle. I-Ils slaying of Duncan is held up as at most. despicable act of cow-' ardlce and treachery. According to the play he had no right: whatso- ever to the Scottish throne and

could claim it only by turning

the face of time. Nevertlielcss. as one critic points out, "because of

,the Idylls and the hopes that

nourish, his name is carved in- dellbly upon the cornerstone of our civilization".

SHIRTS Lauuoniucn ro PERFECTION

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