PAGEFOUR C, THE GUARDIAN

Auuumuu :5 second can. run run omu - Depuhmll. Ottawa. The Island tiuudun Publishing Cc

President and Auoctnk Editor. Ian A Burnett, Auoolstn adltor. Inch Wslhu-.

- ' CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Itdwud Island like the dew"

flho Strongest Memory is Woolen than the Weakest ink".

cuanuorrarown,

'A Great Flying school

THURSDAY, JUNE 5. I862-

The outstanding importance of the R. C. A. F. Station, Summerside, is probably less apparent to Islanders than to those at a greater distance. We draw attention to the articles in the Ottawa Citizen, which we republished yesterday and today. Actual figures are, of course, not available for publication but the courses in advanced aer- ial navigation are not to be duplicated any- where else.

The United States, it seems, has noth- ing comparable and the nearest approach to its courses are those given by its op- posite number in the United Kingdom. The Island may well be proud to be the "home field” for the top-notch navigators of the Commonwealth and the Atlantic commun- ity.

Floor Prices, Etc.

We are living in a topsy-turvy econ- omic wbrld at present. Agitation is afoot both West and East to have a floor price for farm produce, and yet action is being taken to prevent manufacturers having a voluntary floor price for their produce. All major rubber manufacturers in Canada, located in Ontario and Quebec and some of them controlled by United States and Un- ited Kingdom capital, were named in the report laid over in Parliament resulting from an investigation initiated 4 U2 years ago by former Combines Commissioner F. A. McGregor. Mr. McGregor resigned in January, 1950, after alleged government de- lay in tabiing his flour-mill industry report.

The inquiry, sparked by federal com- plaints that tenders for rubber goods by several firms bore identical prices, spread into six divisions of the industry. In each of them Mr. MacDonald allegedly found agreements by manufacturers to fix prices and reduce competition.

Tcoronatlon costs

British Treasury officials are now won- dering how they can get back some of the expenses of next year's Coronation celebra- tions. This is because inflation has so in- creased costs since the Coronation of the late King in 1937. -

One way they may get some money back, says the London Daily Mail, is by the sale of the velvet chairs and stools on which the congregation sit at the Abbey (ceremony. These brought in nearly 1211,- 000 in 1937 and should realize more next year.

One of the biggest items of expenditure will be the stands along the route of the procession. In 1937 the. 570. miles of scaffolding used cost lI140,000. Since then the price of steel and timber has risen sharply. The 75,000 official seats were sold at 11 10s for those under cover, and '15s for those in the open. ' These prices did not cover the cost.

The rise in the cost of public occasions in the past 15 years may be gauged from the fact that arrangements for the funeral of the late King cost more than double those at the funeral of King George V.

Pandemnlun At Pannunlon

The pandemonium of Communist de- mands and accusations that has character- ized the cease-fire talks at Panmunjom ,make it well nigh impossible for the aver- :age Canadian to determine what, if any- ithing, is likely to come of the deliberations. Bed demands, on careful analysis, appear to Jrevolve about three main points. The first '0! these is that Soviet Russia must be re-

. gsrded as neutral in the Korean war and

'35 such qualified to "serve" on the inspec- tion teams to supervise an armistice. Such in claim is, on the face of it, preposterous.

3 Second is the demand that the Reds be

I

' "Allowed to proceed with the construction of

1 kn north of the 38th parallel during truce. Such a proposal would inevitably the United Nation to a risk which. in all prudence, it "would seem dangerous to take. - A Third demand of the Communists is -that all prisoners of the UN, regardless of (their wishes in the matter, beqepst:-lstcd.

. . -..- .,............................-....-.-...m.... --

lcadership was either supremely naive, or that human life itself stood for nothing in UN eyes. Under the circumstances, the only appropriate course of action is to stand firm, to concede nothing, and to be pre- pared to face the consequences.

The inconcluslveness of the negotiations and the interminable delay is undoubtedly tedious and demoralizing. Yet there can now be little doubt that the Red negotiators at Panmunjom are, in fact, representative not of the so-called Chinese Peoples” Gov- ernment at Peking, but rather of Soviet armed might. It is only the recognition lot this fact, and the dire consequences of precipitating World War III, that has saved the arrogant puppets of Mao from exterm- ination long since. ' - - -

EDITORIAL NOIES Tonight the Tom B. Rees evangelistic meeting in Saint Paul's Church. I I O The Little Theatre Gulld's presentation of "Cinderella" at the Empire Theatre

should prove an enjoyable one. I O O

This Province may be thankful it has no floods such as have isolated tourists in Quebec; or fires sacrificing the lives of numerous children.

0 O 0

An effort is being made at Ottawa to conclude business before July 1, a wise de- cision in the light of probable working con- ditions there at the height of the summer season.

I D 0

That one-million-one-hundred-and-forty- four thousand dollars have been loaned farmers here by the Federal Government with practically no loss is evidence that Is- land farmers do not find it insuperable to finance their undertaking.

O D O .

Premier Duplessis has followed the ad- vice of General Clark, President of the Law Society, and appointed his Liberal opponent in his riding, Mr. Philippe Bigure, record- er of Three Rivers. This, of course, gets rid of a rival as well.

I O O 0

The Aberdeen, Scotland, Town Council has about as much use for, and apprec- iation of, girl stunt pipers as had the Island Legionaires attending the recent convention at Montreal. Everything in its place, and a Legion parade is no place for a girl stunt pipe band.

0 ' 0 O

The competition for marketable lob- sters has at present resulted in increased financial returns for the fishermen, but it would be another story were the local can- ners to shut doors and allow the "foreign" competitors the run of the market-a penny-wise-and-pound-foolish policy.

0 O O

Constitutions and constitutional law are apt to be regarded as dry-as-dust theory but such lively. subjects as the American steel strike, South African electoral prac- tice and our own marketing schemes should show everyone that constitutional law is -really the most vital concern of every in- dividual.

O I 0

As previously announced under the In- ternational Farm Youth exchange pro- gramme, a numberof farms in Britain will entertain young farmers from Canada, the U. S. A. and Australia during the coming summer. While in Britain, the young vis- itors will share the daily work and social life of the farm families to which they are assigned. '

O O O

The thoroughness with which foot-and- mouth disease was wiped out in this coun- try reflects high credit. on the Federal Government's veterinary service. The fumbling in the early stages of the outbreak would seem to stem inipart at least from an aversion, common to many servants of the Crown, to taking the public-into their confidence.

Here is a case where a long distance telephone call cost the company s50,000. An 83-year-old man, who,said he suffered nervous disorders from an electric shock in a phone booth," was awarded 550,000 by the jury in a negligence action against the New York Telephone Company. Clarence Seeiey claimed he suffered permanent injuries to his nervous system when he.x-ecelved the shock during a long-distance call on Feb. 16, 1949. I

I O O

Lord Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall died this date1916'in the loss of the cruis- er "l-lsmpshin" while on a secret mission toliuuls. Hetookpertlnthesudsncsm- paign for the relief of Gen. (Chinese) Gor- don anddster overthrew the power of the Kllllifu. In

rm: ouannrahr. CHARLOTTETOWN '

Rescue "Work ,

.-.... . .. .........-

Just keep looking up!

puauc FORUM I '

...

This column is open to the discussion by correspondent: of " of ' ' .'l'ho Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of w. respondents.

......

HIGHWAYS AGAIN 2

Sir.-On April 10th I wrote a letter complaining rather bitterly about the conditions of the sum- merslde-Borden and Summexaide- Charlottctown main highways.

Today. May 31st, I feel obliged to congratulate the Minister and Deputy Minister of Public Works on the tremendous improvement over these two main highways. I noticed the Government trucks were out earlier this year, and double the number. Of course, the pavement surface is still terribly rough, but at least there are no more bad holes and the job of patching has been very well done indeed.

It certainly must be very dis- couraging to see the way these asphalt pavements are breaking up every spring. It would seem very obvious indeed that 'the' cement approaches to summer-side and into Borden are the only perman-

sue the oldest pavements in Province. What I don't know about paving highways would fill many volumes, but there is cer- tainly nothing wrong with my eye- sight, and it is really remarkable how v.-nnderfully well these two

' ' -- W-ve withstood the frost conditions over the put twenty-five years. And this, I be-

lieve, without nearly the some sub-grading and drainage prepared under the later asphalt pave- menu.

I presume that the specifications for the Trans-Canada highway are designed by the Dominion Covent- ment. Most of the other Provinces are lucky in that their rosdbeds mostly consist of rock nndnatursl gravel compared to our - " " ot loamy clay. I suppose we cant have everything. This loamy clay is the reason why we grow more

Good influence being faith: the pvovince, sags government repres- entstiin at Alcgholics Annongmous

convention here.

THE POE'.l"S SONG

The rain had -fallen, the Poet arose, -

He Pllfd by the town and out of the street, .

A light wind blew from the gates of the sun,

And waves of shadow went over

the wheat. And he sat him down in a lonely

place,

And chanted a melody loud and sweet,

That-made the wild-swan pause in her cloud.

And! the lurk drop down at his cc .

Themswsliow stopt as he hunted c

.

The snake slipt under I spray, i

The wild hawk stood with the down on his beak,

And stored, with his foot on the

DRY. And the nightingale thought. '1 have sung many songs, But never 1. one so gay, For he sings of what the world when the years have died awIy'.

-Lord Tennyson.

: of thirty or forty pu- pils, u a course in tropical garden- ing would bc to an Eskimo. A teacher with an average of less than five minutes to spend on each lesson hun't much time for dril- ling. That has to be done at home.

Parents should not be disillusion- ed by new methods tn use in some ungrsded schools. If children are not helped at home in the junior grades, their progress will be dis- appointing, to any the least.

We, in the country, want a teacher in every school; we want teachers who have an aptitude for tcsching: we want them to good workers and to have an ode- quata knowledge and i 'ng. We do not stress, perhaps through ignorance, the importance of ad-

. y L . J or . . "Y. with these nouns; in mind. it seems as if there are only two courses open:-Get this ideal school

Old Charlottetown (AMP. 3.1.) .-

.j.

NEW ZION OIGAN

"The opening of the handsome new organ in Zion Church last evening brought together a large audience. The choruses of the different Church choirs-in most cases difficult-were rendered in a manner which reflects credit on the respective directors. A duet, 'l'tuth and Naomi', was sung by R. T. Weeks and Miss MaeLeod in excellent voice. Mr. F. Her- bert Beer sang '0 Lord! How Ex- eellent'. with good effect, while Miu McFnrlane's singing of 'Con- alder the Liiiesl was admirable. Mr. Reed's solo, 'I-'lcs as A Bird' fully displayed, his magnificent bass voice. Mr. Earl by request performed the celebrated Hallelu- jah Chorus from Handel's Messiah. The sacred concert was conclud- ed by singing the Doxology, in which the audience joined. The organ is a beautiful lmtrument: it has a rich and mellow tone. and is of superior finish. It is a valuiblc addition to the choir, and an ornament to the interior of the Church."

-The Examiner, April 18, 1&.

a

The Age-illd Story

oOWO0'&0OWOO&GOWvvx

lo of good courage. and list no play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which secmeth him lood

ing of her executive, so promptly following her election. to map out I course of procedure before A normal summer recess intervenes, but whether or not, the action dis-

bc play: good sound common sense.

Undisclosed details under discus- sion at the meeting evidently led tnthc " " of"'” agen- ersl meeting later in the month. and on such an oc ion, even standing room should be It A prcmlum'n.nd active membership

The . Passing. Scene

By Observer

01' BIIAIIIPIAIUS CHAIACTIII

It hubcenutd thstcverymcn and woman

than of him or her self somewhere

Not only does he penetrate into motives. He goes also intothc motives for the mo- tives, deep into the heart of the "countries of the mind". -

Which are the more outstand- ing characters, for good' or evil, in Shakespeare's works? This is A question on which the experts have never been able to agree. Io

llvtngunsesnllsc-LV

Nature . anyone. This is not the ”;.f,,”,, of Itory that would make pamc. uiarly good reading in when. in

but would ht III! II

muninzleu. and nothing m llfothstisnotcruelsnd a'.lf.:”” It is a sad story, indeed. and . senseless one. but so is life, or ,0 it IPPGII1 to be at times. 0 C I In coming to women one mu, approach ll softly as one cant although Shakespeare himself trod with heavy foot. one expert says that "Shakespeare comprehended the not. (at woman with more an t"

the rest of us must be to form our own opinions, and it may be that one is as good as an-

other. For the purpose of this article I

have selected I few which in my no

opinion deserve special attention. At the some time, I am well aware that other students of the great man's works may not be disposed to include them at all. 0 C O

In one respect at least the plays of Shakespeare are like the book: of the Bible. Every time you look into them you see something you had not noticed before. "They are new every morning".

Prospero in "The Tempest" is, I would say, one of the greatest characters in the whole collection. some will say he is too good to be true. For all that. he becomes by sh-' e”: genius a nun we might expect to see by the sea- shore almost any day. With his former enemies at his mercy he cannot bring himself to think of revenge, though this was one case where revenge would have been not only sweet but also Just. "He was angry and sinned not." Some- how. one. feels A bit. happier about human life in general when one reads:

"Though with their high wrong: I Am struck to the quick, yet, with my nobler reason 'galnst my fury do I take part; The rarer action is in virtue than. vengeance".

. C 0

Marcus Brutus in "Julius Gus- nr". notwithstanding his faults of which he had many, must, I be- lieve, be given a good place. Much of the opprobrlum connected with his name is due to Marc Antony! eloquence than to personal wrong- doing. I-its killing of the Emperor wu, of course. I despicable act, but he was not at heart s man who delighted in brute force. Like many another essentially high- mlnded man, he was unfortunate in his friends who used his hatred of tyranny for their own ambit- ions and hue purposes)

In his heart Brutus was con- vinced that the death of Julius was essential to the good of the State. Even Antony himself, for all his biustcr, did not deny that. Witness his statement after Bru- tus died: "This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the con-

spirators, save only he, did what m

they did in envy of great Cseur; He only. in A general honest thought, and common good to all, made one of them."

Among the males portrayed in the plays, prizes for dishonour must go to Macbeth in that play and King Claudius in "Hamlet". Both were guilty of cold-blooded murder for the sake of gain but, of the two, Claudius is the worse, for he carries his murderous in- tent right to the end of the story. Macbeth, for all his evil heart, does now and then show some lit- tle trace of remorse and pity, and at least he fights it out when cor- nercd.

0 O I

There are no many tragic chu-

sctcrs that it. is difficult to pick

- than any other poet or dramatist an the history of literature". It can- not be denied that a large pro. portion of the women in his play. 9 - 9131318. ruthle and guilt-ridden. But there ff; othetl. too. who exhibit the finest attributes possible to our mm-9,

Lady Macbeth was even won. than her husband, A mere bunch. of superstition, hate, and wicked passion. If anyone over deserved to be called the Devil's daughter it was she. and I doubt if u..' devil himself would own 119;, Cleopatra was no angel, nor am the claim to be one, but there is nevertheless a trace of enchant. men: in her make-up and. with. Al. I bit of humour at which one can laugh while being led on 1,, tragedy. In Mscbethk wife there is nothing that is not the colour of blood

Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" is, by common cement. a child Vic. tin: of tragedy. With Romeo she certainly help: to put the dream of youth in living, tmpcrishabn poverty. One cannot but feel, however, that had the two famil- ies, Montague and Cnpulet, spcm, more time in looking after their children and less in foolish lquab. bllng amongst themselves. things would have been better all round. The deaths of the two youngster: appear to have healed the breach between the two houses, but it was I heavy price for youth to pay. But, then, life is sometimes like that. It was not the' only time in the human story that there have been "poor sacrifices of men's en- mlty."

One of the saddest women is Queen Constance in "King John". Her lamenting for her son Arthur must find a chord of response in every mother's heart. "My boy, my Arthur. my fair soni My life, my joy, my food. my all the world! My widow's comfort and my sor- row's cure!” when a priest seeks to silence her by saying: "You hold too. heinous in respect of grief". she replies: "He talks to me that never had a son". Any mother who has lost a son will be able to understand what she meant.

U 0 I

While Shakespeare portrayed every conceivable type of woman, was shxcwdienough. as s phy- wright and actor, to realize how necessary it was for a play to re- celve the approval of femnle theatre goers. if it were to be 1 success. In the Epilogue to "Henry Eighth" he clothes this knowledge in charming dress:

"All the expected good we're like to hear for this play at this time is only in the merciful con- struction of good women; if they smile and say 'twill do, I know, within awhile all the best man are ours: For 'tis ill hap. if they hold when their ladies bid them clap".

Is there any woman living who would not succumb to that kind of flattery?

And so, for my sketchy observa- tions on William Shakespeare, the poet and dramatist of humanity.

out one in particular and call him the most tragic. Perhaps King

let me say, Hero endeth the Les- son.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

enrollment

materially ltn

per acre and produce the best system, with more salaries and This th in th 1- . WWW in the W0r1d- Fm'thet- more education underway 1mmed1- um ih:ic::csn:volliIat iolwellwpldged Dr. W. R. Carson MICPIIOC & Tremor mo". 1 IIIPPOM the colt 0! flnnn- ntcly, or combine the normal with shot in the arm will do for a lag-

cins cement hizhways is out of one or two year academic. plus a ging tn organisation and it might c”"'”"'" ll. 1'. nucrnnp. lI.A., Q.c. reach inside our revenues. This is supplementary teacher training not g but idea, to administer P In. G d k