A PAGEJTOUR THE GUARDIAN

Department, Ottawa. The Inland Guru-dlnn Publishing Co.

I and Auociuta Editor. llll A. Burnett.

Prenldeu i Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

ClR.CUl.ATl0N "Coven Prince lidward Island like the dew"

f'lho Strongest Memory is Wgako: limit the Weakest Ink".

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An.ImportantAconvention

The 40th National Safety Congress and Exposition opened in Chicago on Oct. 20, with 12,000 delegates scheduled to be in at- tendance. Six hundred speakers and panrl participants will appear on the program, and a staff of 300 persons, all members ofi the National Safety Council's lit-adquarters' staff, will be required to run the proceed- ings. This is an American convention, but it is of prime interest to Canadians as well, for the problems to be discusse;l are inter-g national in scope, and of vital importanc-jg in this fast moving age. i

When the first National Safety Congress met forty years ago, transportation sessions were devoted solely to railroad safety. This year they will cover automobile, truck, transit and air transport, as well as railway and steamship safety. In forty years, it is claimed that the organized national safety movement has saved 500,000 lives. From

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1900 to 1913, an average of almost 75 per-,

sons 21 year were killed in accidents-a rate of 85 deaths per 100,000 population. If that same rate had prevailed in each of the forty years, the roll of dead would have swelled by half a million more victims.

A national movement of this kind is badly needed in this Dominion. We do not need to go farther than Prince Edward Is-

land to note the alarming increase in high-

way fatalities in recent years. Some un- iform system of combating this problem, based on nation-wide publicity or the neces- sity for rigid enforcement of traffic laws and efficiency tests for drivers of motor vehicles, could at least be formulated.

Pension Repercussions

In the Manitoba constituency of Spring- field the other day the sitting Federal mem- ber, Mr. John S. Sinnott, again came be- fore the Liberal Party convention for re- nomination. But he found the majority of delegates were not favorable to continuing him as the standard-bearer and a newcom- er was chosen as the next candidate for Ottawa. The main point on which Mr. Sin- nott was rejected had to do with,tbe pens- ions bill for House of Commons members presented by the Government at last ses- sion and passed with the support of all parties except four Conservative members who opposed the legislation. Mr. Sinnottls response, according to press reports, was his immediate declaration that he would contest the election as an Independent Lib- eral. Moreover, he is reputed to have aver- red that he would sponsor a bill at the next Commons session seeking repeal of the pension legislation. Since then Mr. Sinnott has been reported by Ottawa parliamentary correspondents as being in the capital dis- cussing the problem with Liberal Party leaders, including Prime Minister St. Laur- ent. But nothing more has been revealed concerning the outcome of the discussions. There is an expectation though, that the Springfield eruption may have repercus- sions at this month's quintcnnial convention of the National Liberal Federation in Ot- tawa. . "What transpired at this Manitoba Lib- eral Party nominating convention,” says the Moncton Times, "reveals a feeling not alone common to the one area but which is ex- istent in many other parts of Canada as

well-that the lawmakers at Ottawa are prone to be much too prodigal with the tax- payers' money. Most persons nowadays be-

lieve in the principle of security through

pensions for long and efficient service de- votedly rendered, but the majority of Cana-

dians are not yet in the enjoyment of such security."

An lrrenlaceahicliulde

The New York Times recalls that just seventy years ago, in an article discussing literature and science, Matthew Arnold pre- dicted that humane letters were in little danger ofbeing "thrust out from their lead- ing place in education." Today the hu- manitles must fight to obtain any place in

the curriculum, and sometimes the figrt is

in The engineering sciences have an- sconced themselves in "the leading place in

educutlon;"' Ind there seems little likelihood of an eviction in the near future.

'fTho twentieth century, concept of edu- says the i. Times, -"lays greatest One does not en- a broad back- wrf cultural and scientific, Ltrlde. To-

y

on utllltsri unmntty

,who will make our laws and change our

decide the next if he wishes to take pre- law, pre-medicine or pre-engineering. No matter which he chooses, it is certain that his only traffic with belles-lettres will come in a general literature course designed to familiarize him with the great names in letters from the time of Homer to the pre- sent.

”What, then, is the future and func- tion of the humanities in this era of tech- nological specialization? It seems clear that there will always be men, no matter how small their number, who will be interestezl in the best that has been thought and said in recorded history. These are the men

statutes as changes become necessary. These are the men who will not lose sight of the fundamental social, eeonomic'and spiritual problems which increase in importance with the rapid advance of science. Humane let- ters may never again attain that position of pre-eminence which Matthew Arnold rashly predicted they could maintain in- definitely, but as long as men must live to- gether and work together the experience and wisdom of the past will remain the ir- replaceable guide to actions in the present and future.”

EDI IURIAL NUIES Ex-president Herbert Hoover has come lout in favour of Eisenhower as President. Truman came out for Stevenson. In both

cases, however, the championing has its

drawbacks as well as advantages. C 0

Governor General Vincent Massey told Irecently what he considered the aspects jwhich are characteristic of the Canadian outlook. His Excellency listed them as: a ldcep-rooted individualism; the complete but rather quiet and unemotional acceptance of the fact of our national existence: and that every Canadian, because he is a Canadian,

is also an internationalist. H C O

The admonition to build a better mouse trap certainly has its points. The remark- ably high quality of Island Yorkshire hogs has caused interest amongst breeders all over the continent. Not to be despised, however, is publicity of any and every kind including such write-ups as appeared in the official magazine of the Canadian Swine

Breeders Association.

Trafalgar Day. This date 1805 Cape Trafalgar, on the south coast of Spain, was the scene of the gfeat naval victory of the tEI'lgllSh fleet under Lord Nelson over the combined fleets of France and Spain un- der Villeneuve. Early in the engagement Nelson hoisted his famous signal. Nelson was killed but Napoleon's sea power was destroyed.

Maritime patrons of department stores led all Canada in boosting the increase in such. sales registered during the month of September. The estimated Dominion-wide rise was 17.1 per cent, but regionally the Maritimes showed a jump of 42.1 per cent over the figures for the corresponding

month of last year. 9

Aircraft have taken over much high grade traffic because of their speed. From time to time 'other modes of transportation attempt to meet or better air service and various types of mono-rail trains seem to offer the greatest possibilities. A recent German type is claimed to have as high speed as aircraft, to be "absolutely safe” and of course can have stations well inside a city rather than being relegated to a distant airfield.

Leaders in education in this Province, striving toward improvement in our insti- tutions of learning, are handicapped in that funds are not made available to them for the carrying out of their recommendations. It might be noted that other Provinces make good use of their educational institu- tions as means of honouring worthy cit- izens and benefactors. To be named as Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor or to receive an appointment to the Board of Governors of Prince of Wales College would indeed be an honour, and may yet be the equivalent of that bestowed upon financiers and in- dustrialists who have invested heavily spir- itually and materially in other Provinces.

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Next. summer will be an important one 'for descendants of Scottish pioneers. The liargest group of Highland immigrants, the Selkirk settlers landed from the "Polly", ”Dykes" and ”Ougbten" 150 years ago, August 7, 9 and 27, 1803. The same year a handful of Gordons and McLarens landed

the date is uncertain.

fort in July. 1772, a good year before "Hector" reached Plctou.

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at Brudenell, probably in October, although Descendants propose to celebrate, as they did the 100th annivers- ary, on the date of a receipt for passage money, July 9. The earliest Scottish settlers in Canada, however, were probably those wrecked in the "Annabella" at Malpeque, followed by 210 Catholic Highlanders un- der Capt. Macdonald, Laird-of Glenadale, who landed in the "Alexander" at Scotch-

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LEGISLIATIVE REFORM

House ofAssembly, March 7,1881:

into consideration the expediency of a bill to abolish the House of Assembly and Legislative Council of the Province. and to provide for the constitution of a body to be designated "the Legislative As- sembly of Prince Edward Island." He recalled that on the first ses- sion of the present Legislature a bill was submitted by the Govern- ment, having for its object the abolition of the Legislative Coun- cil. "That. bill was passed in this House," he said, "but I need not tell you how it. was received and treated in the other Branch. it was met in the Legislative Coun- eil by another bill which set forth that each branch of the Legisla- ture as at. present constituted, should be reduced by one-half so that. the total number of members to be established would be twenty- iwo; that. fifteen of these mem- bers should be elected on the same qualification and by the same franchise as the hon. members of this House are now elected: that the remalnlni: seven should be elected on the same qualification and by the same franchise as Legislative Councillors are now elected, and that each of these should be supposed to represent on the floor of the Legislature. the particular interest on behalf of which each was elected. This House did not think it. advisable In accept the proposal of the Lee-

prevlously submitted. It was sup- posed by them that. some of the hon. members of the Legislative Council, having in the meantime consultcd their constituents, would be prepared to support the meas- ure which they had before op- posed. But unfortunately, though there was is strong expression of opinion favorable to the Govern- ment measure. -hon. members of the Upper House did not appar- ently feel justified in giving it their support. The bill was again thrown out, and we are now in practically the same position as we were at the outset."

Mr. Sullivan said it was now proposed to abolish both branches, so that-both could be piared on terms of equality, and that the Legislature to be constituted in their place be composed of twenty- two members, fifteen to be elected in the several. districts now re- turning members to the House of Assembly, and seven members for the respective districts now repre- sented in the Legislative Council. The qualifications of nil the mem- bers would be equnllzcrl on the basis now existing for members of the Lower House. All the elect- ors would also be required to have the same qualification, name- ly, that which entitled them to vote for members in this House. It. was further proposed to reduce the number of members of the

Executive Council from nine to five. By these means, Mr. Sullivan

and save about 510,000 a year.

the proposed lines, but it blocked, like the Upper House, as were later oncs framed along the some lines. It: was not until 1892 that a com- promise between the two chambers was reached. and a. bill was passed by both Houses providing for lhelr abolition and for the creation of in new Legislative Aueinbly. Even then it was held up for A year by Governor Carvell. who was not sure of its constitutional- ity. and it did not receive royal auent until 1893. The new Act. created the General Assembly. we have today, with fifteen, electoral districts, each electing one mem-

hclievcd, it would be possible to reduce the legislative and execu- llve machinery by about one-half,

(A bill was .rliily.allopterl along was its predecessor, by

'f.Notes Bx The Waxc

The first substantiated case of "bacterioloxicui" warfare has come to light in Germany, where 3

Hon. Mr. Sullivan moved the hotel proprietor was convicted of House into committee of the employing his nephew to register whole. for the purpose of taking at rival hotels and turn loose

hordes of bedbugs in them. -sault Daily star.

At the Communist party con- gress in Moscow, leaders were ex- tremely critical of corrupt prac- tices, infiltrations of undesirables. and slothfulness in Russia's rul- ing circles. It almost sounded like the Republicans lambasting the Democrats. Maybe there's hope for a two-party system in Russia after all. -Ottawa Citizen.

It. isn't. unusual for I. TV addict to be bombarded with five com- mercial: within 3. period. of about two minutes. its programs change. He's sure to get. a commercial the last: thing on the program going off the air. Likely there will be a 20-second film ad before the sta- tion announcement, which may give the time on a specific make of watch. Then another 20-sec-

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FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL

The first. week is the hardest; you

islailve Council, and the matter Mm

were mslcdt The summer still upon them like "Last session ihe Government They melrlzindaibove their desks but

again introduced the bill they one can ten '

How they still move across the flowering land mountains, rivers, sunny skies,

And hours spent beside some see- ret. stream:

Summer is still the shadow in their

To seashore,

z EYES: They have not yet relinquished its last dream.

Now day by day the look will dis- appear,

The glow of summer fade, dream i-ecede

As time moves on with the relent- less year-

the

singing need Is still upon them, in their every look;

like ai book.

New York Herald Tribune.

scmbly.)

and blurb may,follow extolling a fourth product. before the new Program comes on-B quick plug for still another sponsor, L. wan Street Journal.

A great percentage of tho nu"- papers in the United states are supporting Eisenhower for presi- dent. The men who write for the newspapers think differently than their bosses. only seven out; 0: 3q writers traveling with the Republi. can candidate in his meander- ings about the United states are 51lDl30rtlnK him for president. The rest are for Stevenson. Of the re- porters trsveling with the Demo. craiic candidate, about the ggme pfftportion exists. A very small minority admit support for Elsen. bower. Is this standing of the re. porters significant? There are n 10” 01 P801110 who would say that the ordinary reporter is often times a better judge of public opmfon than the man higher up on tho newspaper. -- Lethbrldge Herald,

PUBLIC FORUM

This column I: open to tho IV i by wnrcspondcntl of questions of interest. The Guardian does not

- likely the partridge will say any-

- lncalculsble benefit to ones phil-

' was to ponder on the unseen nat-

OCTOBER 21. 1952

Yesterday ufhemoon I wentlfo: I walk in the woods. I took my

nowledgment. of the open season on upland game. As usual it served no practical -purpose although I did get. into is little altercation with xi partridge. How it ended I don't feel like telling and it. isn't

thing about it. He was probably so delighted with the way things went that by now he has forgot- ten all about the incident. A part- rldge's life is so full of exciting diversions that in little impetuos- tt.y on,the part of a hunter must appear trivial and of no real con- sequence. .

The afternoon was not. by any means wasted, however. Indeed. I feel very strongly that everyone who can possibly afford the time should journey forth into the thick woods at least once a week. It is good for one'a physical well-being and, more important Blalll, it is of

osophlcal vision.

Yesterday's stroll was in a local- ity where I had walked many times in the past. I sat. on the some fallen. tree on which I had rested just 3 year ago. Perhaps one well trained in forestry could tell how old it was. what direct cause had brought about its down- fall, and approximately how much longer it. would be able to ward off final and absolute decomposi- tion. Being unskilled in such matters, the only thing I could do

ural forces that carry on their functions unhindered and, indeed. uninfluenced, by the hand or mind of man. 0 O 0

Compared with the inevitable, elentleas movements of the woods .nd forests. man's pre-occupation. with mechanical things is not so wonderful after all. Human in- genuity can carve a. thing of beauty from ti. piece of wood, but the fundamental force that sets a tiny rootlet. on its destined way to become 1. giant tree is some- thing about which even the wisest among us can only guess. And when a tree fails it hides within itself the answers to all the pet- plexing question of the why and now which men have been asking since the down of reason.

Standing nearby was a. little flower in full yellow bloom. Whe- ther I. late comer or a. summer resident reluctant to say farewell I had no way of knowing but, in any case, it. seemed to be there

............-L.L..-.a- nesu of him. and cried, saying, This was lug of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me In preferred before me: for he was before me. And of his mines: have all we rehlved, and (non for (race. For the low was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ . . . The next day John secth Jesus comng unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God. which takclh away the sin of the world . . . And John bare record. saying. I new the Spirit. descending from heaven like I dove. and It abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent sent me to baptize with water. , the some said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt sea the Spirit descending. and . inslulng on him. the nine in he which. bsptlzelh with the. Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bore re-

A The Passing Scene By Obzerver ' l A WALK IN THE WOOD!

gun along as B sort of formal ack-4

for I purpose.

The withering branches of the once majestic tree had almost ob. scured the" little thing, but no, quite. I thought of that famous line in Gray's Elegy: "Full many in. flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on th, desert air". It is. of course, ex. 4111131303 poetry but. Dersonally, 1 cannot allow myself to believe that any good thing is ever vvasi,en Even in the desert there must b,' something that is the better for the fragrance of a flower. Una, fulness may not always be appar- ent. or definable. But. life would be ,9. lot. less interesting than it is if appearances and matter of lac: definitions were all we had to help us in our search for the ultimam,

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As I watched the October tints playing on the trees I wondered how it in intellectually possible for any man to say there is no God, Here I must confess that I am not. as ready as I once was to at. tempt any explanation of the Di. vine nature and attributes. The older I get. the more aware I be. come of the utter inadequacy or human language to interpret; that which is outside our limited hu. man experiences. The Pantheistio doctrine that. God is simply the sum total of all causes and effects. known and unknown, does not impress me, although I do not see how any one can fail to observe the lmmnnence of God in nature or walk abroad in spacious plan: without crying in his heart: "The earth is the Lords and the ful- ness thereof".

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Accustomed as we are to tho artiflclalitlcs of modern civiliza- tion, it. is a kind of spiritual do- llgbt to be able to look on natural things just. as they were intended to be. And when physical or men- tal labour makes the soul weary there is nothing more exhilarat- ing than to seek out. basic and absolute order in places where beauty comes unsought.

"The problem of phllooophv." said Plate, "is for all that exist: conditionally to find a ground un- conditional and absolute".

In the calm of the wood: man see: himself more cleuly than 11 possible in the hurry and rush of his day by day activities. He is somehow made to feel that many of the things he is apt to regard as essential are actually cumber- some and unnecessary and, in some cases, construct impediments in the way of good living.

He who enters nature's "pulse: of eternity" in a state of humility will find much about his relation- ship wich both spirt. and matter that science is unable to reveal. He will see something of himself in the elusive colour of the leaves and in the contours of hill and valley. The quiet. rustling of tho trees will find some echo in his restless, moving spirit.

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Wrote George Herbert. the din- tlngulshed hymn writer of the 11th century.-

"For us tho winds do blow, The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountain flow; Nothing we see but means our

good, As our delight or M our tren-

ure: The whole is either our cup- board of food

cord that this is the Son of God.

Or cabinet of pleasure".

PROFESSIONAL

CARDS

ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

Mom: 1Nron'nH'F1oN WANTED

sir.-It appears to me that after twenty dnyS' time. Mr. Charles Yeo, President Federation of Agri- culture. cannot answer my letter why he and his delegation voted against. the farmers when a group tried to better our trade condit- ions to Newfoundland.

Perhaps Mr. Roland C MacDon- ald, Southport, could give his rea- sons for this refusal of support. as he attended this meeting as I director of the Federation Many farmers wish to know why the Federation worked against the starting of II public killing plant for Prince Edward Island. I am led to believe Mr. MacDonald la intending to enter politics, and if so perhaps he would like the op- portunlty to answer.

And summer spreads before them

I-Mae Winkler Goodman in the

I am. Bli-,.etc., WOODROW WHEA'I'LEY,

But oh the first week, when the East R0Y&1tY-

roawi ii”-,mco:9:-ooQhe0m-Got

llhe Age-Old story i

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And the Word :1: made flesh, and dwelt among us. (and we be-

on the franchise which had prc- held his story. tha story In or the vnilcd in the old House of As- only besotlen of the Father.) full

of grace and truth. John hue wit-

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