materialism now where no one ever sug- gests that learning anything for its own sake is of-anyipossible interest to anyone,"

:55-E "THE GUARDIAN

-Authorized as Second Clul Mall Post Offico Department. Ottawa. The island Guardian Publishing Co.

Editor and lllnnulrig Director. In A. Burnett. Anocillo Editor. Funk Wllkel:

, CIRCULATION "Cover: Prince Edward Island like tho dew”

"Tho strongest memory is woakcv than the weakest ink”.

CHABl.0T'l'E'l'0WN THURSDAY. wt. 1, 195: Speed And Speed

This is a speed-conscious age. A con-, siderable number of people are ceaselessly engaged in producing means of travelling faster by air and land and sea. Even more are engaged in trying to get the last mile- per-hour out of the equipment that is avail- able. It makes quite an impression when airmen succeed in exceeding the speed of sound and ”break through the sound bar- rier”. That speed, however, is consider- ably less than eight hundred miles per hour. The highest known velocity of a star is in the movements of a double stai' dis- covered in 1952 nfthe constellation of Cyg- nus. The two stars in this system which are about eleven million miles apart, ra- volve about their combined centre of grav- ity at a speed of one and one-half million miles per hour.

That speed on earth would mean cir- cling the equator in exactly one minute.

There is, of course, no practical com- parison between the speeds of heavenly bodies moving in space and terrestial bodies being propelled through the earth's at- mosphere. but it becomes obvious that when man begins to navigate space he will have to think and operate in terms which bear little relation to the problems hereto- fore encountered.

It is curious that present methods ofl attaining high speeds were first conceived. not by scientists but by poets. The vessel of Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, for in- stance, was propelled by the air opening UP in fi'ont and closing in behind. not a bad: forecast of the principle of 1'61 DI'0DU1Si0ll-'

Now it's Lobster

When is a crayfish not a crayfish? When it is a rock lobster, according to the South African Parliament which recently approved legislation allowing for the change in name. These small crustacea. notes an exchange, apparently had been erroneously dubbed crayfish by early South African settlers, but because the crayfish is not held in as high regard as the lobster, the name was changed in the hopes of coni- manding a wider market.

The rock lobster is a gourmet's dish and for the past .30 years or so has been exported to England and France. Latter- ly, a market for it has been developed in the United States, which earns for the Cape Peninsula some b5.600,000 annually.

But in the United States the crayfish and fresh-water crab are considered one and the same, while France looks on the crayfish as a shrimp-sized fresh-water crustacean. Now. under the more dignified name of rock lobster, it is expected to earn- niaiiy more dollars for South Africa. it is unlikely, hcwcvcr. that it will offer any serious competition to the genuine product, such as our Island lobster fishermen have to offer.

it is noted as a matter of interest that one of the earliest crayfish canitcries was established in the wrecked hulk of the schooner Robert Morrow, a Nova Scotian sailing vessel which was driven onto the rocks ncar Capetown during ii gale in 1900.

IA Scientist's Warning

Far-seeing educators have been warning for some time against the inroads of util- itarianism in higher education. The swing,- of the pendulum away from academic training has. they believe, gone too far. it is interesting to note that this danger is becoming evident even in such practical fields as that of scientific research. The latesticommcnt on the subject comes from Dr. E. W. R. Steachie, President of the National Research Council. Addressing the Scientific and Industrial Research Con- ference at Toronto a few weeks ago, Dr. Steachie distinguished between two func- tions of pure research, the first being the fundamental basis of the applied research which follows. Of prime importance, he emphasized, wasthe getting of knowledge for its own sake. '

"We have, I think, reached a stage of

said Dr. Steachie. "In fact, the universi- ties are tinder pressure to do more prac- tical things. I think there is nothing that cnnbesvorsafor lndintry than trying to pernpudu tbcgunlvcultyvfto do botnotliing that-H mortal.” Allwui In rally-doing is

ii-its GUAKUlADl. g(.3.s.Ri.oi FETOWN

Schoolbag In The Window

on to point out that ”valuable discoveries are always the things that are of no im-- mediate interest." He recalled that as late as 1937, some very distinguished nuclear physicists were maintaining atomic energy to be an impossibility. Pure research in this field received little encouragement? from scientific planners. ”The result of this is that I think we have to watch this planning tendency,” Dr. Steachie added. "We have to realize that when we get to long-term research, the more you organ-i ize, the worse it will be; that nobody is in- telligent enough to guess what is going to be needed forty or fifty years from now. The one hope is the university, where one can expect that research will be done fori its own sake, that neglected areas will be covered and that short-sighted planningl wonlt restrict things." If this applies to scientific research, how much more does it apply to the broadcrl field of the humanities? 3 This thought may have been in the? mind of Dr. Sidney Smith, President of, Toronto University, in warning university: students recently against the danger of developing a "frontier mentality", and measuring the growing wealth and strength of Canada in bushels, gallons and tons, in shares traded and dividends declared. "I have asked Toronto audiences," he said,l-5 "which they regarded as of more endur-i, ing worth-the T.S.E. (Toronto Stock Ex-! ' change) or the T.S.O. (Toronto Symphonyi

,Oi'chestra). Which do you think the more

iimportant-the first Canadian subway or

the first Stratford Festival? Who is the better citizen-Canada's greatest football player, or Canada's greatest composer. If universities do not give thought to these questions-if university men and women accept with complacency those praises of material development, one must ask very reverently, in national as well as individual terms, the haunting question: tWhat prof- itetli it a nation, if it shall gain the whole world and lose its own soul?"

ED-ITORIAL NOTES

TWO SPARROWS Two sparroivjfeedlng heard I thrush sing to the dawn.

The first said, "rushl

Cold water or any water takes away some of the chicken flavour from chicken. the American Chemical Society was told

In all my life I never heard 8. more affected singing-bird!

i day.

z Notes By

Crank: ire for starting curl - nat driving them. - Sault. Ste. Marie Star.

An old street car in Calgary is being used as ii. church. Give the conductor a batch and he can di- rect the choir. -St. Thomas Times- Journal.

Prince Edwnrd Island Iii one til the safest. places in the world to- It is one of the last area; on earth that would ever be the tar-

tbo seedlings." .

recently. We may expect a bitter con- troversy in the kitchens of the land be- tween abiutionists and gourmets. I O I The 27th Canadian Brigade in Germany has been receiving a number of bouquets recently after some earlier brickbats. The latest comes from German General Ernst Hensinger who has recently been called back into service. The general rates the 27th Brigade .as first class. 0

Britain's Labour Party seems to be, not a two-headed hydra, but a double body with a single head. At Margate party branch delegates put leftist officers on the executive but middle-of-the-road trade un- ion representatives swamped them with their much larger number of Linion men on the executive.

A glance at the map of Canada shows the tremendous extent of Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific coastline which is involved in any system of air raid warning. For this reason the ”McGill Fence", which is re- ported to provide a warning at compara- tively low cost, is a most important de- velopment indeed.

Long and faithful service in the inter- est of those children who particularly stand in need of societyls interest was recognized on the occasion of the retirement of Mr. W. J. Brawders as Director of Child Wel- fare. The really worthwhile reward for such service as his, however, is in having helped those youngsters who might ,other- wise have started off on the wrong foot.

9 I C

Benjamin Jowett, English scholar and theologian, died this date 1893. He was one of, the greatest moral teachers of his day. His personal influence at Oxford Uni- versity was very great. although his views met with no little hostility. His pwn fath- er had been a failure and Jowett made ii fetlsli of turning out successful students. He was incomparably the greatest educator of able young men his country had ever known. -

O I 0

Trees that grow ten feet in one year have been produced by the Research Divis- ion of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests at its Southern Research Sta- tion at Maple, near Toronto. The trees, crosses of aspen- with silver poplar, are ex- pected to be available some day for re- forestation purposes in the province. The Reforestation Division is seeking to develop

wood color, rapid growth and disease re- sistont, suitable for planting in Southern Ontu-lo,,where the climate is unsuited to aspen. A number of natural hybrids have buufound. "Thin crown is being requested Ichitlfically on I rather large scale". the Roan-cb”men shy. "to find still better by-

The second said, 'It's you and me, who slave to keep the likes of he."

'And if we ca.red'

anaspen-poplar hybrid of good form and,

both sparrow: sol... 'we'd do that singing f on our head!

The thrush peeked sldeiiars. and wu dumb.

'M1d nDW'. they screamed. 'hc's pinched our crumb.'

-Humbert Wolfe:

Old Charlottetown (And r. I. I.)

THE ANDERSON ROAD

"In the year 1833-34 the new Bedeque Road. or as it was after- wards called for many years, the Anderson Road-named after Hon. Alexander Anderson, of Bedequc. who surveyed the line-was opened, from McNeilis. North River, to- wards North Wlltshlre. which was then an unbroken forest. thence to Scotch Settlement (Stratlialbyni,

get for either an atomic or hydro- .gen bomb. There would be little strategic value in blowing up the .island. because there are no indus- ltrlal or power plants there that fig- ure ln the natlonalntmr production. It's A nice place to live, too. The only catch is everyone cannot: live there. because there is work to do in other places. - (W. L. Clark in

iwincisor Star).

Jacqueline Auriol. IlI.u(lit.er-ln-

law of the President of France.

niother of two sons. test pilot by trade and breaker of world air speci records by avocation. thinks wom- en should be allowed to fly fighter aircraft in war-time and claims they would do just as well as men. It is an intriguing-and also n .12- batable-proposal. Many women have proved that they can fly very well in peace-time -ad acme, es- pecially ln Britain. have proved they can serve usefully in the air in war-time ferrylng even heavy bombers from factories and to and from repair dc-pots. But flying on ,opcratlons is a. different proposi- ytion altogether, and it is a question .whctlicr any but. A gny minority of women would be suited for it.

- Hamilton Spectator.

Golf courses. like people. differ

thence through to what. is now call- ed Southwest, to Bcdequc.

”The opening of the new road was a. great boon to the settlers, as it not only gave them means of communication with the outer world, but also afforded them an r.-p;.)i.uiiity ct replenlsliiiig Lhclr exhausted excliequers, by earning imoiizy at i'o:ic'-Liulldiiig. About this ltiinc. some of them had so far ad- vanced iii material prosperity as to hath; a nurse or a yoke of oxen.

the nearest. mills. Previous to this time, querns-or hand-mills. taken from the Old Country. were used by some to convert. their grain into meal. In u. very short time some of them had become expert shingle makers. and' others became arlepts at sawing boards with R whip saw "The lucky owner of I horse, a cart or s wood-sleigh, became rt freighter and charged five shitl- ings. or eighty cents for bringing a load of shingles, boards or any other commodity to Charlottetown In Addition to the eighty cent: he was to have three treat; of rum or whiskey e on arriving in the Town. the oond on leav- ing, and the third on the way home. -but very often these terms were not lttlctly adhered to by some of the more generous curlers. no they would draw on the five shllliriu so much that they returned home an empty bonded on they hld lsf

"Their fuming implements were chiefly made up of the following articles: 1. good Rogers” or Wen- therbiu narrow no, I. hoe, I rup- lng-hook. Lnubbin: hoe. I flail, I. from and I. spoke-above. After a few youa In yoke for the ox. I straw collar and wooden homes for the horse. I. pair of cart whack. wood sleigh and slide car; A V-shaped hnrrow with wooden teeth. 3 hand take and 3. big pot for the double purpose of making loan and boiling Illlpll. Wen add-

”-'-nm on Man: biuon A; 3. uuluuic at no ltrnthnlgyu uioinuon. July 9. mo.

v T, &c.. (Cb)-council K -V ' i H ( "-i 11 or fauna: mm is amp!-mat G ' C iuum u...'3Ait”'" um um - . ' pu1lollIIU&,, path gg.u.A"c ,c M. V ' pun cu-:.uu P.0.IoI M1 "4 UMW "W ' urn emu-mutt Anus" ' '-P''-''- W""'"' M i I vol. to not i -r A - 0 MA 1-. uurn In. CA. n J. mllums. ca. ' -. on you nyronrrl ovI,:,iImhIr.i roim , pm union '1 . . no om-..4i..i.-m. -n--0-u-wt otimiio. - ' I ' Iunvun. In A aluuw. new uroonur

with which to haul. their grist toi

yin appearance. butteach one has its ,own special charm. One is remem- ,bered for its rugged beauty, a rocky coast line and sea. spray; another lfor sunset skies and the fluff and scent. of Balm of Cvlleati trees: jwhlle a third bnlngs a vision cf jvlolets, hundreds of purple violets ,growing in the grass. There were ,Geoi-gin pine trees on the Florida lshore course, the kind that. are tapped for turpentine. Ind Splin- ish moss hung from their boughs. American bald eagles were there and mocking birds and white eg- ,ret.s and vultures. watching over- ihcad. Funny little fiddler crabs scuttled across the marshy creek ibed and huge porpoises fioundered in the bay close by. The rough was unexplored. "Don't go in there. lady." the caddy had warned. A jungle of cactus, pnlmettos and tropical vines held ro .i i for him. In sharp contrut the Manitoba Ridge stretched out against a northern sky. It was set. on a. hill. wind-swept slopes met. the View and shifting clouds ran by. Dense

The Waxn

scrub oakbmarked the fairways. Wild plums. cherries and masks- toons bloomed profusely in the springtime and later their fruit hung over the tees. Hem the player lingered; migrating birds came to feed and the partridge brought her brood. -Marlon Sanford in Chris- tian science Monitor

Hlglibrown who pride themselves on their exclusive and cultured reading tastes should take note of the fact that the cheap Penguin edition of The Odyssey has sold 410.000 copies at last report.-and is still going strong. The figure sug- gests either that there are many more highbrow: in the world than is generally believed. or that at good book - any good book-will find a big wide market if the price is right. The Iliad. in the same edi- tion, has sold 160,000 copies and is moving off the counters steadily. i survey of reprint libraries publish- ed in the London Times proves l 2 wlde good reading habits have be- come. Four famous series of popu- lar classics have. in 50 years, sold 130 million copies. Dickens. Jane Austen and the Erontes sell stead- ily. Jane Eyre was published as No. 1 in the World's Classics in 1901. and sold fourth-best in Collins in 1952. David Copperfield stood first in Collins' sales from 1908 to 1929. In 1952 it stood second to Pride and Prejudice. But. Carlyle and Ruskin, which sold well half a century ago. new command only a very small public. -Montreal Star.

We shall hear much more, in the next few years about those pure- blooded Canadians know" an Ea- klmos. The primary reason is the low price of fur: which mean: that other means of livelihood must be found. It. so happens that these people are dependable. quick to learn. natural mcclicnlcs, and they

11. Specialist training will be at

influences, October to merry. Wh- fldent, and glad. It. shows its own pictures. It whispers its own con- fldences.

low wrote:

1 would say. unduly conservative in his language. There are many hues Ibmdes ruuet: in this month's apparel. Indeed. it in 1. coat of many colours that adorns the in- terim of splendour between the softness of Summer and the cold whiteness of Winter. Give the busy agents of Nature another week or so and the wood- ed hillsides and the tree-lined country roads wlu be brilliant be- yond description. It is a little early yet but: even now. especially on sunny afternoons, I can” see from my study window a mile- squnre picture of such loveliness that no artist. however sensitive And however skillful. could ever put on canvas. i 0 0 And each day there is something new. It is at miracle just as won- derful u the spring ruurreotlon itself how the many colours-the purples and greens. the scarlet; and blues. the yellow and blacks. sprays of silver and scales of gold -blend together at the call of the autumn sun and winds. One hesitate to argue with I poet of nature, but there does not appear to be much that partic- ularly sober about October: ways. The mountains are skipping like rams and the little hills like young sheep. The tree of the field clap their huids and even the streams and pools dance merrily amid the fairy-like scene that will be on the stage for such 1. little time. Unlike Spring, which has plenty of time on its hands, Autumn must. do things hurriedly. for tomorrow or next day or next week it will have to surrender its position at the command. of Winter's heralds which do not wait. overmuch on ceremony. The "frigid Scorpion on which October rides" is at best un- predictable; at times it. is down- right boortsh in manner and cav- alier in cotton. 0 0 Today the "dreamy air may be full of tender memories of the summertide"; tomorrow. it may be. "the North wind will blow and we shall have snow". But. Within the limits imposed upon it by other

It sings its own miss.

Concerning October Mr. stel-

"My omamentic are frultl; my garments leaves.

Woven like cloth of I015 "id

The l3'asisi.ng Scene

By Observer

i0CTOBl3-- 1.9- 1953

r

can or MANY oopouns

Tho poet who wrote of "brown October in sober russot clul" wu.

tuna and aeuom. It looks back "lid with I 30011 memory and mm”-rd with 1. Coed resolution. Uhlffald. it sets its face towards whatever may be-in store "of bar- renneu or mirth".

An orchard in October is an ex. cellent Place for meditation. There and then the philosopher and the Poet. yes, and any sensitive man or woman can realize the truth of Emerson's observation that "one of the best moments of life is when we witness the reverential withdrawing of Nature before its God".

It is an orderly withdrawal. And, even when the harsh winds blow, it. is done with certain dignity. There we may see some of the sac- red emblem. Even a fallen apple has its significance and its influ- ence. Incidentally. this has been a hard year for the apple trees. Much of their fruit has been shed untimely. The wind: hove been unkind. But one cannot survey the apparent confusion without feeling that beyond it there is purpose and there is meaning.

. . .

October is the month of fare- wells. The few hardy flowers that still hold their head: high are pre- paring to so their silent, mysteri- ous ways. Before the month is out hardly I. trace of summer adorn- ment will remain. It is sad to see them go. The good they have done md..tho cheer they have distrib- uted are things which cannot. be gauged. They are numbercdsmonz the lniponderables of the mystery we call llfe. Tlicre is consolation,

however. in the thought that no- thing is lost. not even the faint. scent of 3 wild road-side weed.

The birds have made their plan:

and charted their courses. some have already gone; others are say- ing last. farewells to the places and

things they love.

I And be entered into I ship. and pound over. and came into his own city. And. behold. they brought to him I. man lick of the palsy. lying on I bed: and Jesus uelnl their faith. Inld unto the sick of the puny: Son. be of good cheer: (by sin: be forgiven thee.

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crimson dyed); h u 1 t, be t. 1: e uvea II! o - g I :?..23.., " Have Your uoiiiu Oler orchards and o'er vineyards I preside". . DRY C O 0 Yes. October writes the 6131105"? PRESSED ONLY to the story written jointly by all the months from May to Beptem- It ber. It. supplies the tgfdddeniltta. atrium; tl that has een . uiielne things W" hi” bwlmlnd RITE-WAY it i me inkling of the t. 11:5 thzftvghalsf come to Pink While it CLEANERS has its own distinctive glory it DIAL 7381 share: also in the glory of other

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as Churchill. One young Eskimo chCS. R. MCCUCH cnudlm mnk M comma.-u, mag, is taking a. radio operator's course. B.A. -------m---Z-m"'m' and when trained the Transport ammlsq-E3. 5m,mrro3, MQfIIie5OI'l & Department will place him at a N01-Any, um. i F.

northern station. Understandnbly. zuum 'n-nu uullrun; 5'97

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