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G. E. FOOD MIXERS i

Portable electric food mixers with powerful motor for blending and mixing. All metal

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face. Easy to read.

Copper finish. . . . . . .

CUTLERY SETS PLAN A

25-piece stainless steel set by ”Glo.HilH'. A ' each of serrated-edged table knives. forks.

tea-spoons. dessert spoons, in 10'

gift box. Stein and rust proof.

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It SIZF 335 ea.

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SPONGE MOPS

Self.n ringing. adjustable mops witii ALUMINUM mounting, large cellulose sponge. . .,. ,, , , , , , .

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PRESSURE COOKERS

Heavy cast ALUMINUM Presto cookcr with bakebte handle. and cooking guide. Pressure gauge and over- prcssure plug. 3V: qt. size. . . . . . . . . ..

MODERN KITCHEN T H E S E

FOOD CHOPPERS

'l'ahle-model food choppers fitted with extra shred, chop. Bright finish all-metal with wooden grip-type handle. This in the large family and in

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cuttcr bladcs to mince.

size chopper made in England. vcry easy to operate. An

value.

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CAN OPENERS

Famous "Swing!-II-vH.ii i-mmpcner that Motlcrn that

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' IRONING BOARDS

Compact folding.

admstnhlc ironing board: with well-made perforated top and re-inforced legs. rubber.tipped to pro Standard 54" site C-

Imelled in white with green trim.

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ifage I2 The Guardian Monday. Mair. 4. 1957

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and other: in various tests.

The concluding session of a week- ciiii Leadership Training course.Si'oiitcrs John Richard, Don Mar- their own Scoutmaster in their took place Saturday afternoon at uni: Bud llichlurtry, Frank Costello. own Troop after which each suc- the Baptist Church Troop ilall. itliirdon Gay. Ernest (lallant. liar- 'l'liis course was (icsiuiictl to leach l H') liacliinnun and Dr. Geo. C. older Scouts how to train recruits Fislicr heatlcd by Don ll ldcn.

Saturday's sessions were led by

Assistant Distict Commissio cr.

SCOUT LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSE

Each Scout will he examined by the

ccssful Scout will be awarded the Bronze Arrowhead which is the symbol of this training.

This course will be followed by

Silver Arrowhead Couru which will be a five day camp this Summer.

Sessions closed with the usual council fire and closing ccrcnimiy conducted by Frank Costello and Dr. Geo C. Fisher.

Contributed for "Educational Horizons." At the request of the Prince Edward island Teacher's Federation by Dr. Frank MncKIn- non. Principal of Prince of Wales College.

inflation is a curious phenomen- on to be carefully watched in busi- ness because a little of it. which is beneficial, tends to become too much. which is disastrous. The term is applied, of course. to a disproportionate increase in the quantity of money and credit in relation to the real assets on which thcy are based. Its effect is seen when the purchasing value on a dollar goes down, when prices be- come too high. when too much activity is hascd on credit, and. iii- tiniatcly. when an economy lives

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beyond its means to the point where a major depression occurs. Wc have to realize that the value of a dollar is not what we say it is or what we want it to be. but. rather. what that dollar will buy.

inflation and its characteristics are present in education as well as in business. The quantity of courses and facilities like money and credit. must be carefully ar- ran 0' in proportion to real as- sets. A certificate or degrce. like a dollar or promissory note. has no value in itself; it must repre- sent some real asset or it is worth- less. Similarly. the health oi an educational system. like that of an eco i one. depends. not on size and activltiy, but on the value of the floods and services on which it is based. Moreover depressions follow ini11tion In education as they do in husincss. and depres- sions in education are even more disastrous to a nation than are oth- er kinds. REAL ASSETS

What are ”rcal assets" in criti- cation? We are inclined to think of them in terms of curricula, courses, buildings. and tho num- ber of teachers and pupils. Ac- tually these are secondary factors. The primary ones are the actual quality of fh. teaching done by teachers and of the learning done by pupils. The fact. for instance, that five thousand pupils in a guy. en area took history for five years is just a statistic. More significlnt is what these pupils teamed in relation to the time and energy

nt.

A course in very like a dollar. franc. pound. or other medium of exchange in that its value fluctu- ates with the amount of "real as. sets." A pupil can take a-course and get absolutely nothing from

not

useless-

cstlon? B1 "mlllttlytng "MARR- ricola. hiildlllll. and the

ercr way you look at it. any com- lmunity which hires a poor teach- er is watering down the education it is providing its pupils. For in-

little or no niatlii-uiatics simply cannot teach mzithcniatlcs to oth- lers. Nevertheless. two recent sur- :veys indicate that two thirds oi Canadian and American teachers who teach mathematics are in this category. The rcsull is a shor- tage of trained personnel in the technical fields which is already a national cmcrgcncy. WORKS COUNTS in the second plticc school au- tlioritics tend to emphasize facil- ities ralhcr tliiui personnel. A fine st'llf)0l building with elaborate a- quipmcnt appears to represent a rcal advance in education. In Stlllle instances it is. often. how- ever. the building is constructed at enormous cost and there's no money left to pay the teachers. so that it is a regression rather than an advance. Make no mistake a- bout it. a badly-apid. in-adequate ly qualified teacher or a lazy in- different pupil can do a poor job in a beautiful classroom. Moreov- cr a school with a fine building and poor standards cannot be com- pared with even the drabcst little red school house with an excel- lent teacher. The work of staff and pupils is infineitcly more im- porant than the building which gives them shelter. in the third place the attendance of children in school is not an auto- matic assurance that they will get an education. Despite great tidcas of "education for all." edu- .cation depends. Just as it always lhas depended. on the effort of the individual pupil. Every pupil .who want study is dcbasing his 'own certificate land other Pupilsi toot: he will set out of school ex- actly what he puts into it. BENEFIT DECLINES The difficulty here is that moun- ling evidence indicates that the large increase of pupils in schools has been accompanied by a PE duction in the amount of work which pupils put into the school A further sign of inflation. The process is familiar as more chil- dren must be accommodated: A a class becomes overcrowded and the per-pupil benefit declines: able children. it is everywhere admit- ted. are being held back to an av- erage which gets lower as larger numbers are handled: children who are not, interested in school - roughly calculated at about one thlrd of all pupils above grade

eight - an to remain when they might more training and experience In employment;

with all these lflflstlonsry ten- dencies. one Item remains in perpetual ion - the a my of . Pin buildings are

islance a girl who hcrsclf knowsl

EWIDENING EDUCATIONAL HORIZONS

chcrs while the lowest salary in the community is being offered. The bright young high school grad- uate can get a better starting sal- ary and more regular increases as a junior in a bank. a waiter in a restaurant. or a clerk in a store. ,than he can in a school. The uni- vcrsity graduates requires a strong sense of dedication to re-

TEACITERS SALARIES

tThe average is much

Actually the shortage of teach- ers is not caused by a scarcity of people entering the profession. but by the large number leaving it. Tcaclicr training institutions are providing enough ” D, but the schools are not keeping thcm. The national turnover is about eight per cent; in Prince Ed- ward island the annual turnover is about twenty per oent. Again. this situation is a sign of ions- tion: investment of services. like investment of capital, depends on the amount of risk and the rate of return.

lnnalion is also apparent in the achievements of pupils. Larger and larger numbers are being sc- lconimo'ated in schools. But fail- ure rates are rising everywhere. and approximately two thirds of those leaving high school are pas- sing with third-class standing or less. Considering the time. money and effort spent. a general third- class level is scarcely a compli- ment to the educational system. REMEMDY

How can educational Inflation be halted? The remedy is the same as that for inflation in busi- ness - keep the real assets In Proper porportlon to scttvitles. Let school authorities expand their system. but let them first get the teacherl. Ply them well. and leave them alone. Let the teach- ing staff he fully satisfactory and Iilequately paid before buildings

Vaiicouvcr 3.300 5 Hill- Calgary 2.370 6.39! Winnipeg . . 2.450 5.756 Windsor. Piibllo 2.700 6.900 Toronto . . . . . . . . . liliil 5-300 Otkawa . . . . 2.iitlfi 7.000 Montreal. Protestant 2.1.30 6.3-V7 Montreal. Catholic 2.l30 5.300 llalifax . . . . . . . . . . 1.900 5-555 Saint John. N. 3. 2.250 4-395 Charlottetown . . . . . . . . . 1.525 3.575 St. John's. Newfoundland . 4-W

2.004 carer -the low than the high)

sist other opportunities and en ter teaching. Young people see more of the teaching profession than they do of any other occupa- tion and they are not encouraged by what they see.

Consider. for instance. the fol- lowing table which appeared in the House of Commons Dchatcs this year. and compare it willi the scale of salaries in any othcr oc- cupation. Thcse figures are for lll ban teachers; the lot of tlio l'lll'll teacher is. of course. much xiorsc

IN CANADIAN CITIES Law that

are constituted and course: and facilities are added.

Let schois admit all children. But let them first be adCQllli9lY staffed. Over-crowded classroom! and new classroom: with W?” teachers are only makeshI"5- And let It be known that number! bers of pupils will not be an ex- cuse for lowering the red!!!" ments. The school can avtlliinf give its pupils nothing but nliP0"' tunify; they must grasp the Ollllmt tunlty and get the education lhrmi selves. '

Inflation is as hard to SW "' education as it is in hiisiiirss Everyone likes to see 5'11!" " activity. but few stop to tlniik it it-1' the activity really mcaiis 3" what it might lead to. Thc -v'w"' certificate and the dollar bill art merely slips of paper: it It ll 3' they represent that counts. Th; dollar is now worth half as "W9 as it was in I939; so is the WW certificate. Small wonder. tilt” fore, that many educationist-' 3" joining business leaders in int"-l' irg about the results of lil('ll' rtaf ticular kind of inflation.

This department is conri1ll'i"i hy the Prince Edward Island T” chers' Federation. C0fIli'li')Ull9:: are welcomed and should be at to the General 8ecretIrY- Poof” Bowness. I Prince St.. Ch!” town.

KENTVILLE. H3. (CF) -Com- mlsaioner John A. Walker. Hall-

” lax barrister. will finish public

lmrtlss here ted the prob- lems facln ., M

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