MARCH 1. 1952

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ieuts all contributing to an excit- '.1..- fashion. renaissance in fox mig season. Designers have taken fox, left it fluffy but fintterlnll and shaped it in new ways. zuflczlnt is the developmm" 01

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,,(;'nJy textured fbbrlcn. Color in- west, centers on the broad range ,,g ,.c.v. soft pastel dyes, including iyircs. blues and pinks. Alonlf - these, there are the varied , -..-ml shades such as Norwegian -0- g, pent-l platinum. white andso on, Add add up to a lively color , one that can be well co- ..a1ed with color themes in ;,. r sprllli; ready to wear.

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ll.c regret to -note that the pioneer Minnesota mink rancher. Dr st-th Osborne. died of a heart ,1:-n.ck at Waterville, Minna. last 'ilf'uli(. lie was20 years in the ranch llllllk field and part of that had been a stale veterinarian and prollllllellli breeder of cattle and other live stock. He did much ex- perimental work in the develop- ment of new color phases in mut- nnoi; mink and with the late Felix Kogm or Lampson. Fraser so llutb. prntiuccd the mink known as Blue Diamond. He was 1309111” with the fur ranchers and fur trade due in his willingness to co-operate in any of their problems. Many znxtchcrs in Canada bought breed- in: stock from the late Dr. 05- horr.o and we have nlways heard -nirndld reports of him.

wwnen's Wear Daily reporting the Hudson's Bay Company's sale in London. state that male ranch mink advanced 10 to 15 per cent and females were firm compared huh the recent Copenhagen sale. Most of the collection of white for was withdrawn. some of the low g:'.l(iCs going to the United .-'-mix Cross fox and red fox -czc ivztlidrawn.

AL the New York Auction Sale. lloyal Pastels continued in the role as leader in the .mink field. Tllv buyers showed most interest. ill the finest goods in the sale alld cv1u.lll,l' good interest ln.the bulk of the females. Surprise was ex- nrnsscrl by quite a number of mink men at the interest and price lev- ris ntiaincd. pointing out that the uizlrkri in general had not been oicrly nctivc in recent weeks. 01 :hr M764 Royal Pastels for the Mliifltloll Mink Breeders Associ- nlioll. 90 per rent were sold. They tlrscrzbcrl the mllection as a good

nvcracc auction. Males were re- wn:-trd about 5 per cent easier ltlrill mid-January sale levels.

ivh.le females were quoted as 11 per mil stronger. Top priced bundles ran from 556 to 566 for male: and 530 10 SK150 for females. In addit- ion to the top prices from Larry Moore's ranch the large collection 01 hostels from Associated Fur Famis. Wisconsin. sold well with a number of choice male bundles in the 550 and up category. Adolph I.an,:enfcld. head of the Associat- cti. said the offering was well re-

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Continuing an account of the above sale. interest was very keen in sapphiresmncl the highest price in more than a year-S200 a skin -was paid for a choice bundle of is Breath of Spring Sapphire males from the Larry Moore ranch, purchased for Hitter Bros. A few very choice bundles brought over sloo in seven lots. The regu- lar mule sapphires did not top 396. Most of the regularmale Sap- phire: sold. between 876 and :95 and a few lot: sold for less. Reg- ular females were mainly between 336 and 346 and up to 550. Breath of spring saipphlre females went to 364. Dealers from the largest cities of the United States were represented in the buying. Prom- inent It the sale was Barney wollman of B. wollman as Bros.. who was wearing his latest mink tie-a Sapphire one. This is the seventh mink tie Mr. Wollman has created for himself in addition to 3 number of customers. He now goes to mink auctions wearing either an Aleutian. Pastel. silver- blu, Standard, Wild or White mink tie depending on what is selling. We understand a gentleman in Charlottetown-we believe con- nected with Island Furriers-sports a mink lie. so Barney hasn't any- thing on us!

The Montreal division of the Fllll Trade Association of Canada held their 20th annual meeting in Montreal last week. The Honorary Ghainman, Michael Morris of A. Hollander 6.; Sons. Montreal. dis- persed some of the gloom which has pervaded fur business there in recent months. with his talk to the membership. He warned. however. that they can only be successful if they use proper discretion in deal- ing with credit sales produced only in keeping with the country's ability to absorb our products. Barry Rubin was in less optimistic vein and said that unless some means can be found to reduce prices the industry will continue to meet buyer resistance. Bank- ruptcics in Canadian fur industry during 1051 totalled nearly :2 mil- doll and about 5300.000 liabilities are outstanding in new fur trade failures. mostly in Montreal and Toronto.

Mr. Morris believes the fur in- dustry will enjoy a better year than 1951. He said that retailers are optimistic and are placing orders for capes. jackets and stoles. If taxes are reduced that will help but, he added. a better solution for the fur trade problem will be to place the incidence on the tax at the time of the sale by the manufacturer. not at the dressing and dyeing stage as is the case with the present 5 per cent excise tax. Inf the Minister of Nat- ional Revenue does decide to switch the point of incidence of the tax, then. said Mr. Morris, millions of dollars will remain in the industry in the form of cap- ital which can be used to finance the purchase of skins, labor and overhead.

The above was part of the re- marks made by those in attendance and the meeting showed from what others said that the manu- fucturers are certainly having ii tough time of it, particularly in collecting where they have been granting credits. For many years

they did have a very profitable business but no doubt the past two years have been far from

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'l-lf)UlIlS'l' REVENUE

HALIFAX-(GP) - Official re- ports just released here showed nearly 388.000 tourists visited Nova scotia in 1950, bringing an estim- ated revenue of 025300.000 to the province. The Department a! In- formatio estimated the tourists spent an average of 10 1-2 days in Nova scotia.

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on Tuesday evening. March 4th.. we are to have the President of Acadia University. Dr. Watson Kirk- connell. M.A. Ph.D.. 1.I...D. F.R.B.C.. etc., gave the annual Dr. Samuel Rob- ertson Memorlel Lecture in Prince of Wales College. It therefore may not be amiss to tell how Acadia came to be; give some information regarding her progress and brief sketches of some of the leaders who have directed Aca.dla”s devel- opment.

World Turmoil

Previous to the founding of Aca- dia many natlons were in a tur- moil. France was subdu-lng Mexico: Spain was in the midst of 11 civil war: a rebellion had been put down in Upper Canada. There was plague in Jamaica and the Maine border dispute was developing. In Nova Scotia. Roman Catholics could not hold public office. and only Anglican ministers could legally perform marriage ceremonies. The students at Klnes.Q0lleye at Wind- sor. N.S.. were prohibited from attending: Presbyterian. Baptist or Methodist meetings-

Queens College Founded

Many of the Lnvalisis who came. from New England wr-rc rlisscniers. There was It demand for f-ZIP”?-Pl” religious freedom. and Drf"E.A Crowley. H. Baptist with ll. domin- ating personality, founrlorl calm-ns C0llE'L'P. in 18311 on the hill at Hor- ton. He, was si.rcm1oIIslv nnposr-rl by the Governor. and Hon. Joseph Howe. who thought that the 0119 college. Dallvulsln. in Halifax was enough for the Provlntw and they succeederl in delaying the f!raI1fll'lU of a. charter to Queens (Acadia) vntil mm. The name was changed in Acadia. and when the college opened. students of any creed. any nationality and any colour were ac- cepted. Acadiajvns the first univ- ersity to confer degrees on schol- ars of the Maritime Provinces not evbscril-inn to the thiriv-nine ari- icles of the Established Church. The Maritime universities with the exception of Dalhousie. were establlshed by denominations and were Drivaicly endowed.

College Built Without Money

The founders of Acadia had very little of this world's goods, and no money for the college building nor for salaries. Isaac Chloman. a dyn- amic figure. and one of the two professors of Acadia in 1039 sug- gested that they build the college hall without money. He had been teaching two years. and had not been paid his salary. He said the college belonged to the people and they could support it. Professor Chlpman went abou the country asking for and acccp lug anything that the people provided. some donated lumber. others limo. nalnt. glass nails and labour. Chinmnn accepted from the women knitted socks. butter, eggs. annle pies and anything he could trade for build- lng supplies. By the spring of 184'! he had secured 22.000 feet of lum- ber. and the building was com- menced with donated labour. The women continued in make contrib- utlons of what they had. while the building. with its four Ionic

pillars was framed and finally completed in 1044. Development

Acadia started with two profes- sors. a few students and no money. By 1869 it had five professors. forty students and 330 000.00 endow- ment. In 1084. women were admit- ted as students and accomodatlon provided. The second university hall burned in 1920. Three success- ful Forward Movements had raised

. s475.000.00. Rhodes Hall. the Emer-

son Memorial Library. Willett Hall. the Memorial Gymnasium. the Ob- servatory and other colletre bulld- lnszs were completed by 1922.

Soon after that date another Forward Movement in raise 31.500.- 000.00 was undertaken. This was completed in 1929 and many new buildings including the New Un- iversity Hall were built and addi- lonal departments were addcd to the University.

Nine President)

It was not until 1848 that the first President, Dr. John Pryor (l846-Sll was appointed: he had been the second Principal of Hor- ton Academy. He was a man who had deep religious convictions. an

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The sccontl President. Dr. .1.M Cramp. was a keen student. a firm but considerate discipllnarian. a qualified teacher and a sound ad- ministrator. He was Prcsident for two period: (1851-3331 1858-69) and

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was so uuoce 'ul that he has been called "the second Founder of Act- din."

Dr. Edmund A. Crowley, the "un- crowncd king" so stirred the Bap- tists by the sea. in the interests of higher leumlng. that with Pro- fessor Isaac Chipmun, and others that they built 1 university: these men ”constructively advocated lib- erty; they set it as their goal and they achieved it in peace". Dr. Crawley provided the motivation that brought the University into being and for the first eight years enabled it to overcome every ob- stacle. The tragic death of Profes- sor Isaac Chlpman by drowning in Minas Basin was such a stunning blow to Acadia that Dr. Crawley, the chief founder of both Horton Academy and Acadia, was called back to meet the crisis as the third

” President (1853-56).

The fourth President. Dr. Art- emas W. Sawyer. first came to Acadia. as Professor of Classics in 1855. He was known among Acadia graduates as "the Prince of teach- ers". His record term of twenty eight years as President (1868-96) is known in Acadia's history as the "Age of Sawyer".

Dr. Thomas Trotter, President, (1897-1906) guided the University through a period of great changes. when the classical system of education yielded to in.- clude science courses. It might be called the Age of the New Acadia. when she prospered both in mater- ial gains and through the achieve- ments of.her graduates.

It. was during the term of the sixth President Dr. W.B. Hutchin- son. (1907-091 the first Alumnus to attain this office that Acadia'.s first Science Building was opened and accommodation for larger courses in Science and Theology was pro- vided.

The seventh President. Dr. George B. Cutten (1010-22) was also an Acadia graduate. He was .1 man of vision and action. The great development of Acadia so in- creased the work of administra- tion that he was the last President who was both teacher and admin- istrator. A great building program was carried through during his regime.

Dr. F.W. Patterson's presidency of twenty five years (1923-4111 is well known to many readers of this column. As eighth President. he saw registration double: the campus made into grounds of great beauty. many buildings construct- ed. the staff greatly increased and new departments added. It was truly the Patterson Age of Acadia.

The ninth President. Dr. Watson Kirkconnell, is one of Canada's outstanding men. a leading educa- tionist. author. soldier and a val- iant fighter against Communism. At his lnaugeration in 1948' Dr. F. W. Patterson. among other trib- utes said of him: "An outstanding champion of the fundamental free- doms and a warm disciple of that fundamental Christian faith. with- out which all freedoms are an il- lusion. his life has been marked by a pasion for and activity in the interest of the social good.”

Dr. Klrkconnell's working know- ledge of more than fifty languages enabled him to render outstanding service to Canada and her allies during the World War of 1939-45. The official soviet papers Pravda and Izvesila have both recognized him as one they fear.

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by this second club play. He could not afford to discard a spade. and it seemed risky in shorten his dia- mond holdlng. So East discarded his lowest heart. West took the trick with the club king but unfor- tunately. he did not stop to con- sider that the heart seven might be East's lowest expendable card. Reading it for a 'come-on." and nuite overlooking South's heart bid. East shifted to the heart three. That was virtually the end of the defgnse. South could not establish a second heart trick while he had a sure entry in clubs.

Obviously. West could have shifted to diamonds with good effect. but he could not bn sure of that course. and the logical play was simply to exit with the spade queen - giving the enemy what would be theirs in any case. Per- haps South would have worked out his problem anyway. but at least he would not have been handed the contract on the proverbial silver platter.

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SEALS GAIN FREEDOM

CI-ll-ZTICAMP. N. S . - (CP)- Two seals captured on the harbor loo did not stay long in captivity. one was released when it kept loc- al residents awake with its shriek-

Gobbler Escapes Christmas Ax

IIANOOB. 0019.. Feb. I - (AP) - Mrs. Glen 0. Thomas of llanooe reported Wednesday that one of her gobbleru went A.W.I... just before the Christmas holiday axe was due to full. The bird staggered out of a. hay pile just 58 days later. There wasn't much left except bones and feathers. The gobbler uulped up water by the can-full. Mrs. Thomas fed it by hand. It's on the road to turkey-trotting again.

Business Prospects

TORONTO. Feb. 39-The Bank of Nova scotia Monthly Review says: ,

From a. Canadian point of the two major expansive ences which are now in operation are of course defence expenditures and the very large development program. Defence outlays are in- creasing and there can be no doubt that they will be substantially larger in 1062 than in 1951, re- quiring the use of a 800d deal more man-power and materials. The program of economic develop- ment, as now envisaged and to a considerable extent under way, is so large that, despite an expected lower level of expenditure for housing and for investment in commercial building, in the con- sumer goods industries and in some -fields of governmental activ- ity, the total amount of new capi- tal investment will likely belclose to last year's remarkable record.

Moreover. there are two other potential influences which might make themselves felt sometime this year. The first is the possi- bility of a' significant increase in consumer spending. The rate of personal spending has. as the present troubles of many of the consumer goods industries testify, been comparatively low in rela- tion to current income levels since the end of the buying wave last spring. In part, however, this low- er rate of spending-or higher rate of personal saving-reflects the necessity of repaying debt in- curred during the earlier buying wave and it thus cannot be re- garded as an entirely voluntary decision on the part of the public. Meanwhile, incomes have continu- ed to rise. As the year wears on and payments are completed on goods bought in the latter part of 1950 and early 1951, additional in- come will become available for current expenditure. Though high- er incomes and repayment of debt will not necessarily result in an early increase in spending, the possibility that they may should certainly be kept. in mind. The other possibility, which at present seems more remote, is that busi- ness spending for current sup- plies may piok up. Many business- es are endeavouring to reduce their inventories and have thus curtailed their buying below nor- mal requirements. Though inven- torles are still heavy in some lines the trend appears to be downward and should consumer demand pick up business purchases might well increase.

These expansive and potentially expansive influences are not pe- cullar to Canada. ,what is of even greater importance from the standpoint of future price trends is that they apply in greater or lesser degree to the United States. Defence activity is relatively larg- er in that country though develop- mental expenditures are compara- tively smaller. It is also worthy of note that U. 5. Government purchases for stockpiling have not apparently been an important in- fluence in the commodity markets for some time and demand from this source might become a factor of some significance. Moreover. perhaps the most important un- derlying consldcration in the price outlook is that production of a number of primary commodities does not appear to have been keeping pace with the growth in world population and industrial- ization. Even before demand was abnormally stimulated by cvcnts in Korea, consumption of I num- ber of major commodities was in excess of current production. Last autumn's upturn in the market for cotton illustrates how rapidly an apparently easy supply situa- It still remains to be seen whether tion can become relatively tight. the supplies of many basic com- modities will turn out to be suf- ficient to meet the prospective demands upon them. r

These' comments are not meant to suzizest the possibility of anoth- er buying spree like that or a year ago. After the experience of the past nine months. businessmen and consumer: are not likely to rush into the market with quite the same eagerness. More than that, monetary and credit condi-

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lions are by no means as easy as they were earlier and credit is not

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Tito Weather Interfere:

The The recent

The recent storms have so in- terfered with travelling that it has been found necessary to con- alder changes in the series of Federation meetings planned to commence on March 4th. And for ihe present it has been decided to postpone until further notice, the six meetings that were planned for Tuesday. March 4th at Tignish. Alberton. O'Leary. Summe side. Elmira and Vernon River.

Farmers are asked to note these cancellations of the Tuesday meet- lngs.

Livestock and Diocese

The livestock farmer is con- stantly incurring losses caused by the numerous diseases and dis- orders to which domestic animals are prone. Most of such losses are caused by ordinary troubles which are accepted as a natural part of the business.

Diseases of an epidemic nature. while perhaps more newsworthy, are not in the total usually re- sponsible for the most serious losses. .

Foot. and mouth disease seems, nevertheless. to be in a class by itself and the recent outbreak is quite likely to have some for- rcaching effects on both the avail- able supply and the prices of meat in Canada.