Tl-‘IE GUARDIAN

‘Coven Prince Edward Inland I..lIe,the Dew‘

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Editor and Manager. Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor, l-‘rank Walker.

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"The strongest memory in WQIk_B:._I;l the weakest Ink."

School failure:

This Province is not the only one (‘Oll- cerned about the problem of scholastic fail- ure. The Quebec Royal Commission on constitution problems heard evidence that student failures. reaching as high as 70 per cent in high schools. cost the Province of Quebec more than $4,500,000 in 1941 - 52 The failure rate is low in the junior grades, 12 per cent of pupils repeating ele- mentary classes, but by the 7th grade the percentage jumps to 50. The failure rate in high school, as stated above, is no less than 70 per cent. These are students who must take the _vear over again if they are to continue their education.

It may well be that the education young- sters are getting today is superior to that of a few years ago. Methods are employed which experiment has proven to be effect- ive. The physical surroundings are in al- most every case far more conducive to study than in former days. The system, however, is now trying to cope with the education of all the youngsters whatever their interests or abilities.

take up occupations which held more in- tercst for them, so that the weeding-out process was more or less continuous. Even so, failure was by no means an unfamiliar school companion. The problem of giving interest and encouragement to all who would have left school under earlier condi- tions has resulted in the great move to make education “practical". It las value. of course. or the taxpayer wou!'d not hr‘ asked to't'oot the bill. At the same time. educationalists feel compelled to give warn- ing from time to time that real gducation must. not be altogether abandoned in favour of the practical exercises being used to keep non-students in school.

Talking Signals

Radioactivity is one of the ncw words brought. into usage by the development of atomic power; consequently, its social stand- ing is not too good. However, it can have good connotations as well as the other kind, as is evidenced by a report from London to the effect. that certain roads which had been dressed with phosphate slag are giv- ing out talking signals. Geologists say that the strange innovation’ is the direct result of radioactivity. Scientists are now work- ing on a plan for perfecting the signals and using them for traffic aids; they say that the detecting instruments suitable for use ,in automobiles and trucks can be manu- factured very cheaply.

Thus far the signals are effective only in steering drivers in a straight line of traf- fic; but. if past scientific achievements may hc takcn as proper criteria, it will not be long before they will replace road signs. highway numbers, and all the other para- phernalia of modern traffic. The driver on an out of the way road will no longer have to spend valuable time in consulting road maps and getting out in the dark to search for poorly written directions and numbers: he will simply press a button on the dash and the talking road will tell him just where hc is and. if he is interested, how far it is to the next turn. Now, if somc- one would only think up a way to make the road warn old and decrepit tires just how far it is to the next nail, lying in wait to do mischicf, radioactivity would be well on the way to social acceptance.

Unbalanced Moose

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Mentally unbalanced nioose pose .1 problem both strange and sad for Cana- dian wlldlife experts. Recently government biologists reported that half the moose in the Province of Nova Scotia seem out of their minds. the National Geographic So- ciety says. Their antics, briefly, are un- moosellke. They lose normal canniness and caution, and sometimes even the senses of eight and smell. They eat anything. Lop- ing crazily' through the forests, they crash . .bilndly into thickets or even fences, and '. then cannot extricate themselves. ' Tldoooe madness is known to occur in in- ’ flvlduli canola: the result of brain disease. , this can be traced to long-term V (» _ es. Gradual deprivation of fitidintmincrole and vitamins seems to be Nova Scotla. As the province’: ‘V grown warmer over past dec- hal changed somewhat u moose would merely move to maintain their usual wood-

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Daft mose—-or even moose in their right minds—are no animals to trifle with. Larg- est of the world's antlered creatures, the majestic, ungainly monarch of the woods can be both perverse and unpredictable. An Alaskan bull moose can weigh 1800 pounds, stand nearly eight feet high at the shoul- ders, and carry bulldozer-like antlers six feet across. The common or American moose. somewhat smaller, is nonetheless pug- nacious when on a rampage. Even normal moose behavior often seems adcllebrained to woodsmen. Moose rear up to eat the tops of trees and stand chin-deep in water to duck for water-lily roots. During mating season their bellows can be heard all over their domain: amorous bulls can be lured miles by hunters making cow-like blatting calls through birch-bark horns.

A few years ago in New York State. where moose had not been reported in 70

when one wandered into the suburbs. In 1933 a Royal Canadian Police boat rescued a giant bull moose several miles in the At- lantic off Labrador, bucking high waves and swimming straight toward Europe. All across northern Canada. moose regularly do battle with railroad locomotives, particular- -ly those with moose-like horns. Moose- burger is the usual result, although trains

forts to force them into the deep drifts, and continue to battle the railroad.

EDITORIAL NOTES

l’1'iil<-c of Wales College entrance ex- aminations are no more. For generations youthful scholars ha_ve looked towards “Entrance" as the great goal of their school career. Only the name has gone, however, and in its place today's youngsters must face “Provincial Examinations."

I O I

A high immigration rate and prosperity have almost always gone hand in hand. It is understandable that labour representa- tives should not want to share jobs with im- migrants when there are already unemploy- ed Canadians, but employment is not a rig- idly fixed quantity. The immigrants would create jobs as well as compete for them.

I I O

The city of Ottawa got out of an em- barrassing situation rather neatly but at the expense of would-be lottery speculators. The city neglected to collect a tax amount.- ing to $16,000 for the benefit of the civic hospital but broke even by making use of confiscated lottery ticket money.

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Forty countries have agreed to restrict oil pollution of the world's seas and beach- es. Under the rules adopted at a recent conference only emergencies will justify dumping oil at sea. To seabirds the decis- ion is literally a life-saver. To balhers it means that the water and seashore will not be covered with oil waste.

The concern expressed by Prime Min- ister St. Laurent at possible United State; tradc restrictions is shared by a great many people in this country. The policy of both Governments since the end of the Second World War has been to aim at the freeing of trade from fctters of all descriptions. in both countries, however, there are powerful advocates for the protection of their own particular interests.

0 D O

Sentiment usually plays the major role in selection of state birds, but it bowed to reality in a recent Rhode Island contest. The Rhode Island red hen, noted for its suc- culence and egg-laying ability, walked off with the honor in a statewide election. The commercially popular red hen polled 1,500 more votes than its closest rival, the bum- mingbird. The osprey. bobwhite and towhcc finished far behind. A total of 20,783 votes ‘was cast. '

I O O '

Albert Einstein, propounder of the the- ory of Relativityt was born at Ulm in Wurttemberg. this date 1879. ’_l‘he family moved to Munich and thin to Milan. Albert also moved about considerably. The pub- licatlon of a number of scientific papers brought him academic appointments at Zurich. Prague and Berlin. In 1933, to escape persecution because of his Jewish

years, the people of Troy were startled”

origin, he sought refuge in England. New- ton’: dynamics still suffice to a high de- gree of accuracy for practical work, but for ultimate physical concepts it seems that Newton‘: theory is superseded by Elmtein‘s.'

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PROGRESSIVE r.nl'CA1'l0N

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nut, progressivieta H and avowed), and self-si)’i¢d mid‘ die of the roadlats." End '1“ nondcscrlpns who have been snip- ing at. us from the shadows of their anonymmn Wm read the article on Progreuive Education in the Ma)’ 14th issue of Colller'e. The author of that article will take them into gchooln where they will see the motel-lalizailon of What» they "9 angling for in our schools.’

Where the proSTeS5iV€ dl-5P¢’“§3‘ tion has gained control. "bubbiml confusion" reigns supreme. The gm-as R25 play the inglorioua role of handmalda to such unlntellectual ..p,.°5.,cg,3~' .3 "building a market". “making applesauce". 0!‘ "8|‘00m‘“t-l a donkey". There are no recluifld courses of study. The pupils stud)’ what interests them, whether it. be canaaia. or the theory of football Needless to say that report cards are dropped and all competition is eliminated. That's the first.-step. the thin edge of the wedge. There- fore, when an official begins to agitate for the adoption of these pl-._-umlnary moves. he should be watched closely because he has the “progressive itch". It is -much the some as creeping l>araiy5l5» 0111)’ more oontaglous.

These are the shenanigans that some Island schoolmen have the temerlty to defend on the grounds that they bring the bluslnsfi 0! education to the common man and prepare pupils better for "real life." Such make-believe pedagogy doesn't. prepare for real life under the capitalistic system. it Real! youth for the classics Socialist State envisioned by the Marx- Lenln fraternity.

lf Progressive Education were not a subversive ideology in the academic world. better suited to turn out morons and nlncompoopo than educated citizens. it would be I very convenient systom for this climate. During the winter blizzards when the wee fry could not go to school. they could be notified via the radio to make applesauce nl. home. That would eliminate their having to go to school on Satur- days to make up for lost. time.

1 am. Sir, etc.. W. J. El\'RIGHT

POTATO MARKETING

Sir.-In your issue of May 7th there is it lettrr signed .1. L. Dewar Ln vlhlch he is pleased to refer to Free Enterprise as a Sacred Cow. and ridicules individual freedom. It seems he would have the farm- ers believe that marketing boards are the only eolution to the potato marketing problem. Now I do not wish to start controversy, but I would like to bring to Mr. Dewor's attention in few facts. I have been engaged in agriculture since a boy. and have spent over fifty years in close contact. with that. industry. and have now three eons engaged in the occupation. one of whom rpent. five years overseas to defend individual liberty. so perhaps Mr. Dewar will believe that what. lady in with the beat. intereata of farm- ers at heart. .

I have witneseed the transition from the cradle and the old reap- er and hand-bound grain, to that of the modern self-propelled com- bine, from the old two-wheeled tmck to the lo-wheeler. from‘ the old log stables with the hand- nplit shares to the modern louing barns and utilizing parlors, from one and two roomed cabins in the modern dweulngs with electric lights. running water. autos coat- lng more than the price of a good form. 1 would tell Mr. Dewar that those are not the revolt. of Mark- eting Boards. or coercion by any individual or group of individuals; that they are the reaulta of Iiimwiae. Individual enterprise may be a Sacred Cow. but it. in one ! on quite willing to accept rather than all my birthright fix any men of marketing boards.

Now an regards freedom undt tho.-e boards what nbouf 1-‘emits no far? ‘I'll-re is_a one now pun- lu3'IOl6l'O lfiq some in moral

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Court. there was a numerous as- semblage of jurors. barristers,‘elc.. but there being no Judge within the Island. no business could be

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requested to attend again tonior- mg row at twelve o'clock. ant Judge. it is expected. will be course

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| NOTES BY

Higher golf scores would result if players told the truth, the hole truth and nothing but the truth. —Saskatoon Star-Phoenix.

The world is in - pretty pickle and the fellow who planted the first cucumber is responsible. -- Moose Jaw Times-Herald.

Then there was the fellow who didn't buy his wife any nylons because he couldn't figure out how much 15' denier was in Canadian money—Stratford Beacon-Herald.

In many I case the person who yields tn the itch to write has u tough time scratching out a liv- lng.—Kitchcner-Waterloo Record.

A department store owner In the southern U. S. has been elected a judge. Speeding lines will now likely be $4.98 up.--llamillon Spec- tator.

An Ohio man of so plans his first automobile tour this summer. At least there's no mystery about how he lived to be B5.——l-iamilton Spectator.

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J lt‘s now a certainty that the

_. . , . r ‘ - (U.S.l rank of army corporal will i_ i virtually disappear next year. Un- der a new system of noncom rat-

. ings just approved. about ninety-

‘, 1,3 M4, eight per cent of ull corpornls

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class."—Newsweek.

The reason so many middle- aged men complain that modern food doesn't. taste as good as Mo-

Thc lie detector is no modern device. it seems evrr since man has lived on this earth he has been concerned about liars and how to

d0n¢- The 5”“ J‘”°" “ii” Now coarse. now ca.rven and dell- detect them. The ancients had waiting about two hours were dlr- c“e__wh°,13 of mm mm, mm}. remble [e5[5_ 1-h¢ mm“ i’Y "'3 D°i""~Y S“"“”' ""d stranded in space, deaf ears llat.en- orienlnls, for example, gave it

suspr-ct A handful of rice to chew. If he could spit it out. he was innocent. If it remained dry and he couldn't get it out. he was guilty. They reasoned that a guilty man would be afraid and this would dry up his flow of saliva. Solomon’: lie detection scheme. with two women claiming

thousand dollars damages. How many took their loss in silence we do not know, but this season the Press has carried great. deal of opposition. both from Canada and United States. It would also seem as though the pol- icy of those board: was to footer ill feelings between classes. Just why anyone should not be deeply concerned over the welfare of the potato producers. especially in P. E. 1.. I cannot. understand, and surely it must. be plain to all at. present, merchants. traders. lab- ourers, in fact. every one. Why try to belittle and suppress those who do not favour marketing boards? The Press carries many reports of that sort from other Provinces, in some cases people even being re- fused in hearing.

We who wish to continue under free enterprise feel that we have the right. to do 50. and until this marketing legislation handed over such drastic authority t/here was not anything to prevent those who believe that exporters and dealers are making an excess profit from starting in the business. The Co- ops are doing a large trade. Why try to drive the individual out? What percentage of the North American potato crop is produced on P. E. 1.? If we have too much interference we could lose our market. There have been some Oery dictatorial orders Lilla season. but the price of potatoes on the msrketa to which we must. sell cer- tainly will not be controlled by the P. E. 1. Marketing Board.

Mr. Dewar seems to feel that the fact that the Federal Govern- ment action in placing the P. E. I. Potato Pool under the lshrkettng -Act for Agricultural Products. re- flects great credit on the Market- ing Board. This Act. has been on the statutes for some years and A large sum of money was voted for that purpose. That. Act, 3 George VI. ciulp. 1ii,cec. 2, subsection 0 (111) read: as follows:

"For an initial payment to pri- mary producers of A percentage. not. exceeding eighty per centum. approved by the Governor in Council on the . " HM of the Minister. of the average whole- sale price for.an agricultural pro- duct. over the period of three years immediately , eceding the year of production;

“(in Initial payment. mesna the rum paid to the primary producer: at the time of delivery by than of any agricultural product. ptlnuant. to a cooperative plan."

Having regard to the prices paid to the preceding three years.

the Act? And should any met audit reflect upon the Board? we have experienced bad year: in the potato indiutry baton and un- doubtedly will sum. 1 man to bellow that it in neoeuary to no- rifioe individual control. and so- owt iqtalutatiol. or hut it will even flllualutoed 1 results: has been achieved under the old

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Actually there’: Just . mm difference between keeping yo‘ chin up, and sticking your "ecu: out——but it's worth knowln, 'Bowmanvilie Statesman. "

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again recommended II a 33' It whip the tobacco habit, bu. “.° still say that a real addict wow; last only so long belorg "Rm."

the El Latex and smoking lt.—Po-‘ Arthur News-Chronicle. “

Sterile Senate

(St. Catharine's Standard)

The Senate formerly perform“ a useful function in finding out facts and discrepancies y.»m“ would save the public money. No. the report is that it has throw in the towel. its finance comm.‘ tee, which wan adorned by u,” faithful and able Senator To Crenr, is out of business. Mulch: note to the effect that in the bug. get speech of Mr. Abbott. 1),. word "economy" was as comp,°_ non: for its absenu an the War. "compassion" would be in R d“ cree from the Kremlin in Mosco The Ottawa Journal comment.

A Senate finance commm‘ used to do an admirable 1'0: Headed by Senator Crerar, P.\[)pN fenced and wise, it was used . delve into expenditures. Siillilllt. heads of departments to expm“ why they asked for In nlilq. money. This committee. entire], non-partisan, neither prenchpd M, criticized; its Job wal ta prorluc;

have occasionally been derailed by a char - facts, 1.. m. 0 mg giant‘ g t1\l’l[e)rl‘hetllsecci°(t¢‘:ecllnak;$risfltlglarfi where we were-tzolri: "Il‘ilis‘kE:a“: The Alaska Railroad, troubled every _. ~x.- dun‘: rarch their tongues and $7.7...-.Sf,’.‘.‘..‘.'...§§‘.,"‘;’.§,,,.°°",;§‘,j';* winter by moose parked on the right-or f ~ ' A 1 ~ 'i‘;‘?;f‘1?.§’:..-§°f..ii‘.?..°.‘I.'l1’i‘i.§“§¥..§¥-PP-~n">= bu b°there'd «n "cal way. has spent thousands of dollars on de- D,-aw_H-_Y°urse|-f lng all day. ~ Peterborough Ex- "'1... ffiult, ft is charged, is w1u| vices to scare them off, including oscillating ammm ‘he 5°”‘" “‘°”' °‘' ‘‘ ‘L7 if no red-and-white headlights. rockets, flares, A survc-.v shows that wonlen nn|- 3.1:, ‘$2: °:xi:’;_‘,':;':: “:‘,‘1';:l 0: artificial wolf scent applied to the tracks, (he _ nm“,';f,:,"o",:,°.",,.e“:°';on::‘,fi "“:(‘°" "°"’ "iuliully llvgv It snowballs. steam hoses, and even electrical- PUBLIC FORUM oid Ci''3'i°“'°i'°W“ ' ‘v ed as other wit-1.-'5. They do not t,f,f,,°d,n‘:,“be1:,°e:z°y"°:‘,f:;';‘:\§:[V"1U¢li ly~charged "moose-movers” protruding out u-ld‘r. 1.1 , pm’ ;°°c‘a::::"“§.°h”"‘e' ,‘;“"I‘;‘°s:x;z:‘:',',‘;‘; Péfsci fconomles In zo\'eryn.‘..,,[,' ahead of the engines. Success has been “‘i' “°“""“ ", f’”°“0:::,e‘,:: their education is wasted if they i.-:.i1d“h:iii;" ptl‘}<])£\‘I:o,3 tfficfiltrpliliie slight. When the six-foot snows come, the gi”«:Ii:'e.ii)ffinl.’yof°fxiieesfi:-t. nf. N0 wuor. ON nu: anon ;1)t:°;IPt:tsi(l)lr:e itr lioffe tlrnei-r gm could be expected 1.70m“ moose find easy going along the plowed fi';";':";:,‘"‘:°°"h;‘°*‘,p'|';f:;'";} "rnn_ lieingh the day“ arlsgtintfig -rm broad beach. V education are Easscrll) nlongs to their m\i.!;f1",i $5" Coa‘bi:lt:Cndii:§E?ll5lxrp. h.aCks_ They look askance at an such nf_ corrupondcnu }b!_y;hl:yw up’:-mt‘ eotopihl. Esupreme 5£lWil;fiy:}ll'l:" the seas irregular chlldi-en.— ‘Vin sor ally tar. g::mmf¢l’l:'Cli:n:nD:].rtri,1jnK1-Lrriztefi