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Province Makes Educatililiial Progress During Past Year

By Dr. L.

W. Shaw

Deputy Minister of Education

The most. significant develop- ment in the field of education during the year now ending was the establishment of a uniform nuriiimum Grade XI course throughout the Province. Since 1932 when a Grade XI was added to the programme of Svummerside High School. this Province has had two different courses above the Grade X level leading to the snmrietion of high scll0ol-- name- ly that followed in Prince of Wales College and in the High School department of st. Dun- t-.in's College. and that followed in other schools offering work be- yond Grade X The fundamental difference lay in the fact that in Prince of Wales and St. Duristan's two years study beyond the grade X of the public schools was re- quired for high school graduation of matriculation in the univers- itv. while in other schools the vcmrpletinn of the high school course. based on the Nova Scotia prognmme of studies. was at- tempted in one year (Grade XIL

Two such hiszh school courses differing fundamentally as they did inevitably lead to confusion Apart altogether from the con- fusion, however, experience. not only in this Province but through-

(out. Canada and the United States. has demonstrated that. two ycars' study beyond the Grade X of our ititbllc schools produce far better results than the hurried attempt to complete the work in (me year. The success of students from Prince of Wales College when they enter other institutions after com- pleting Second Year nit the Col- legc bears testinioiiy to this. Apart from the acadeniic stanciiutt. too. the greater matui-ity of young people at the and of a four yen?

high school programme ennblrs them to adjust more r e a d ll y either to the entirely different

conditions in the iinlvcrsitv or to the crciinistancos in which fiucv will find lrhcrnselves in business, industry or agriculture.

May Broaden Programme

After careful and mature con- sideration of this whole matter, rapecialiy in the light of the ever growing need for high school ed-

course would become tive throughout the Province. For the

present this course is based on college preparatory requirements Later developments might well

load to a broader programme of- fering alternative courses. The work as it is now being done in Grade XI will be carefully eval- uated with a View to determining future developments in respect to additional high school centres and extension of the programme to the Grade XII level.

In addition to Prince of Wales College. the Grade XI course is now being offered in the follow- ing schools operating under the direction of the Departmait of education: Snunmerside Grade (XII also). Montague. Suuris, Klnkors. Tignish. Stella Maris. O'Leary and Kensington. Private closes on the Grade XI level are offered in St. Dunstan's College, Notre Dame Academy, Rochford Square, MlSCOUChe and St. Augustine.

For a number of years individual Home and school Associations have been active in several com- munities throughout the Province. A distinct forward step was made during the year 1953 through the organization of a Provincial As- sociation under the Presidency of Mrs. Gordon MacDonald of Char- lottetown. This Association in- clucles 23 local branches within its organization. While the Depart- ment of Educaton is not direct- ly concerned with the Home and school it welcomes this forwerd step as evidence of the fact that a stronger partnership is being forged between two of the most important agencies having to do with the education of children- namely the Home and Sshool, We hope that many more local as- sociations may be formed.

Essential Step

Undoubtedly the larger unit of school administration is the es- sential first step towards the soiiition of many of the prob- lems inherent in a rural com- munity such as ours. We are. therefore. recording with satis- faction the organization of an ad- ditional Larger Unit in the Fort. Augustus area as indicative of

ucatlon for fill young people. the Minister of Education that beginning in September. l!)3:'.l a uniform minimum Grade Xll l M.

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gradually increasing interest in improving school facilities through improved local administration.

There is no evidence that in- forest is diminishing in the mm- ter of improving school property. New schools were completed dur- ing the year in the following com- mimltles: Montague. Newton. Kin- kora. Bear River North, Lower Mpntague. Fredericton. Lower Newton. Peter's Road West. War- Cross. Stan- hnpe. st. Ignatius. Hermitage, Miscouche. Urbainville and E4- mont Bay. Additional rooms have been added to Kensington, Pal- mer Road South and O'Lcary. Ev- tensive remodelling has been done in connection with Marshfield. st. Gilbert. Augustine Cove. Brackley Point. Johnston's River. New Ha- Ven, south Melville. Glen Valley York Point. Springton. Argyle Shore, Upper Montague, Sinnoit's Road. Red Point. Bridgetown. St Georges. Little Pond. Poplar Point Anriandaie. Roseneath and Cent- ral Royalty illnlt No. 1).

A new three-room school is now under construction at Carle-

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ton. and a splendid new junior high school is being provided for Charlottetown.

The installation of indoor san- itary equipment is proceeding rap idly and satisfactorily. May the day soon come when the old type of outdoor toilets will be a. thing of the past.

Brigadier Reid, Director in the Physical Fitness Divlsoln. report) greatly increased interest on the part of rural schools in securing play equipment. Play is an im- portant part. of a young person? education and the Division has been of great assistance to teach era in selecting. purchasing and indeed constructing much needed equipment.

In the Library Division it is interesting to note that new li- brary bulldings were constructed and opened at Murray Harbour Murray River and Bradalbanr Ml". Chandler reports a new high in library c'lrculatiori-- 300.000 vol umea. We note, too. with satis- faction that approximately 3.000 parcels and boxes were distributed to the schools of-the Province dur- ing the year.

There are now operating: in the Province 18 film councils. The new ones orgiiliizcd during the year were Eastern Kings. Souris Georgetown, Emerald - Springfield ireetown and Wellington. The

ilm Library reports that film! were shown to approximately l50. 000 persons during the year.

Adult Education

In the field of general Adult Education. the Adult Education Division cooperated with the Farm Forum Organization in coiiductinz seven one-day courses dealing with community organization gen- erally.

The various courses offered in the Vocational School. including evening classes. have continued to

If Thereis No Snow There Is Always Water Skiing

As it does sometimes. winter took a quick about face over the week- end and temperature: which had touched as low as five degrees in

some parts of Eastern Canada soared into the 40's. The sudden change in the weather spelled

disaster for many skiers for the long-awaited snow disappeared be- fore they had time to don their

hickcries. However. at Hockley Valley. in Orangevilie. things weren't quite "so sad" for the

skiers. such as John Mcwhlnnie. seen left, with his mother, who found new snow-making machine much to their liking. Then there: those who do their skiing on Lake Ontario. such In Eric Crane. top left. and Jack Gilmore. who hope to keep it up until Christmas. The two water skiers from St, Cathar- ines have been at it every Sunday since last May and hope to be do- in; it on Christmas Day-after they've eaten their Christmas din- non.

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00MPLl.TIil VISUAL

BEFRA(;'1'l01l AND ANALYSIS

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to the farthest space and deliver The operation is so mechanized it

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lPi,g(-.,()..1'iyhw,(,)lei lps Solve Parking Problem

Up on a lift goes the car until I spot is

parking garage in downtown Lcs Angcles. Calif.. may be I partial solution to the city's vexing parking problem.

a 60-by-90 foot. area. When and shuts raullc lift slides under the car and

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lifts it to a space just large enough to accommodate the auto. it takes 45 seconds for the lift. to make a round trip from the entry way

the car to the waiting customer. requires only one attendant.

Janels Says

LONDON, (AP)-Jane's "All the World's Aircraft." unofficial but authoritative annual publication. said Russia has developed a rocket-driven fighter plane to de- fend vitssl targets from fast. high altitude bombers.

Jane's also said the soviet alr- craft. industiy now has about 380 factories at its command. plus fac- tories in some of its satellite coun- tries.

The publication said the new Sov- iet. interceptor is a single-seat moncplanc powered by an improved version of the Walther rocket motor produced in German-y during the Second World War. It is ob- viously aimed at a chief defence against strategic bombers which could attack key Russian centre! with atomic bombs such as the U. S. air force's B-47s and the new B-5k.

,JfIlle'8 said the interceptor "is now being supplied in some num- bars” to the Rusian air force. De- tails of its performance. or even

Rocket.-Driven Fighter

its name. have not leaked out from behind the Soviet security curtain. However. it is believed to have been inspired by the Mescerschmiti in which Germany turned out near the end of the Second World War.

Previous reports on the Menu- schmiti: have said it could climb about 60,000 feet in from one in three minutes.

Jane's said that Russia's big air- craft production potential includes 85 factories turning out air frames. 30 plane engines, and the remain- ing 215 producing other aircraft componeiita. The publication ad- ded.

”Russia is also taking advantage of the aircraft industries of some of the satellite countries. includ- ing Czcchoslovakia. and Poland."

Jane's substantiated previous re- ports that the Russians are pro- ducing a long-range bomber big enough to carry atomic bombs. The publication said the plane has a range of 7.650 miles and a speed of 415 miles an hour.

he very popular. Unfortunate-l.v v-xpaiislon in this field is now limited” by the size of oiii' building. In ii. number of courses there are now waiting lists of students for which accommodation cannot be provided. The School has estab- lished itself as an integral part of the education system of this Province.

The. payment of family allow- ances combined with the work of the Attendance Officer has result- ed in gradual and steady improve- ment in school attendance. For the school year ending June .10. 1933. the percentage of attendance reached an all time high of 83.56 for the whole Province. an in- crease of l.fi1',"n over that of the previous year.

In common with the other pro- vinces of Canada the problem of securing a sufficient supply of qualified teachers for our schools cnntinues to be ii major one. All schools in the Province having a sufficient number of pupils to operate arc staffed. Unfortunately. however, it is still necessary for tiustces tn engage young people who are not fully qualified pro- fcsslonally for tho inportant work they are to undertake. The enroll-

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merit in the Teacher Training lclzisses at Prince of Wales College- Itices not indicate that we may 'look for much improvement in gtliis connection in the near future. EThe problem of recruiting and re- itaining teachers in the profession. then. is one that offers a chal- lenge not only to the Dcpari.ment but to all who are conct-mc(l with the welfare of our schools.

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the club queen. laid down the spzule jack to draw South's lnsl. ,trump, and returned the club jack. when East got in again with the club teii he led his last. heart, and South wfis helpless.

The club finesse was superficially zittractive, but it was by no means the best play. With six tricks home. South should have cashed the top diamonds and led a third round. Nothing could keep him from ruf- fing this trick with his otherwise worthless trump. and then he would need only the club we to round out the contract.

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.. ed to him that he just must see those eyes again. When he could stand it no longer, he went over to where those eyes had been peep- ing out. There was no one under the snow-covered boughs of those little trees. The place was empty. but there was a. scent there that told Too-Smart that the owner of those eyes was the same one whom he had tried so hard to catch up with a few days before.

Now he wanted to catch up more than ever. He went in under those boughe. He found where the soft- cyed stranger had gone out. He started to follow. then saw those eyes again. This time they were peeping from around an old stump. The young fox stopped. He didn't. dare move. He Cllultl see now the full face of pretty Miss Soft-Eyes. for this was a lady fox. He was sure that she was the prettiest fox in all the Great World. You see. Too-Smart had fallen in love. Yes. sir. he had fallen in love. The one thing he feared now was that pretty Miss Soft-Eyes wouldn't stay. He made up his mind right then and there that if she didn't stay he would follow her. such it love.

Bedeque. Notes

-Recent visitors to Beilcque were Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Callbeck, summersldc. guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Afflcck.

Mr. Harold LNll'd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hector Lcard. Lower Bedcquc, and Mr. Arthur Craig. son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Craig. Middleton. will attend the Boys' Parliament. at Sackviile. from Dec- cinbcr 26 to the (list. They are delegates. appointed at the Older Bcys' confer-ciice, which met at Margaie, a short time two.

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Afflcck were visitors to Charlottetown. Decem- ber if. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. William Callback, lCrr.pauti, and Mr. and Mrs. William Sciitncr. of Saskatoon. Sllsk. While in the city they caiicil on several irlciiils. They also visited Mr. Scntnerla .stcr Mr.:. Moore. Hunter River, whom he had not seen for forty years. They called too on Mr. Seiiliiers liiccc. Mrs. Higgins in Dcsablc.

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In mu-kcd contrast with the present season is the following ac- coun-t. of the big gal: of 1008 when three sailing vauell and numerous other craft were wrecked on the North shore of the Island.

For the first seventeen days of the month. there were fifteen days of heavy rain when it was estiznated that eight inches tall. The first vessel to be wrecked was the "'I'u.rret Bell". a steamer of 2,210 tons. she was 297. ft. long with a beam of 40 net. built at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1894. The ship was owned by the Inverm-as Railway and Coal Company and was in ballast from Montreal to

Port Hastings. She carried a crew of 22. On November 1st.. the "Tur-

ret Beli" ran into a gale and fierce rainstorrns and at five o'clock. on the morning of the 2nd.. was hard and fast ashore. about 200 yards from land. near Cable Heed. Two days later an exceptionally high tide and a northwest wind drove her further ashore. until she fl- nally rested on the bottom only 3) yards from the cliff.

The captain came ashore that day and reported the crew all well. The following day they were brought to land by means of I boatswaizfs chair. Lloyd's agent. Mr. Pope Walsh. with Captain Brown of the "Stanley" and Cap- tain Taylor made a. survey which indicated that although the ship was standing upright, she had five feet of water in her hold. so was condemned as a total loss The next Vessel to end her career was the schooner "Orpheus" of st John's. Newfoundland, bound for Halifax with a load of dry fish. When first struck by the storm, she anchored off st. Pe- ter's. but both anchor chains broke and she finally drifted ashcrc off Priest's Pond. about a mile west of Campbell's Cove breakwater Men in the vicinity quickly gather- ed on shore. Several of them tried to get to the ship with a dory but were unsuccessful. Fi- nally a line was got ashore and the crew was landed safely. The ship struck her side and part of the cargo was damaged by sand and the sea.

The next ship reported last was the barquc "Olga". an iron ship. in ballast from South Africa to Campbellton, N.B.. where she was to have taken on a cargo of lum- bcr. she was caught. in the storm and went ashore at Black Bush. about 5 a.m. on November 5th. At one time she was almost over on her beam end. A large crowd gathered on the shore and at three o'clock a cask was floated ashore a-nd attempts made to rig a boatswaiira chair. The line could not be made fast. however. and the crew of nine and two passengers were finally brought ashore by life-boat. The vessel was condemned as a total ins and later sold at a public auction tr Mr. Andrew MacNair of Bruce Stewart and Co.

. . . serious as were the foregoing losses. they were overshadowed by the greatest catastrophe that had occured in many years along the Island shore. This was the loss of thc four-master iron barquc "Sovlntc" 1615 ton. built in England and when lost was owned in Finland.

Bhe had left Campbelltcii on Friday, November 2nd.. and called at Dalhausie on the same day where she took on seven of the crew and provisions. she let: Dslhousie on Sunday. Nov. 4th. and that evening was caught by the storm off Miscoucho Point Light. The giic heightened and she lost her tcpsaiis. The heavy st-as shifted the dock load and part. of the ship's railing was washed away The seas were running high.weat.h- or was thick and the wind increasing to gals proportions. The master fearing he was close to the Mag- clrilen Islands. Changed his course and let her run with the wind. All her top sails were gone. l-Ii-set his course by North hoping he

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About 9 pm, breakers were sighted and' the crew started to man the life boats. Al the portlife- r boat was being launched, it was smashed by the heavy sea and carried away. All hand: went to the starboard side of the ship but since the ship had listed heavily and the masts and the rigging were breaking. they were muster- ed aft. where they remained (m- the rest of the night. Next morn. . lng the ship had broken in two on the rocky coast, only 200 yam, from shore. when roll call was taken. four of the crew were nus. sing but it was found that three were on the forward part of the ship; the fourth had been washed overboard and had reached shore. safely.

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On Thursday morning a llrgc crowd had gathered on shore but they were unable to help. The crew decided to launch a lifeboat. About two minutes after the boat was launched. it upset, throwing all into the water. some clung to the boat, while others caught flout. ing planks. Two of the ci-ew' caught the tackle and clambei-ed aboard again. After floating in the water, some of them managed 1., reach share but seven were drawn- ed during the night. Of the” seven. three were on the fare part of the ship. On Thursday. the 0th. two men in a dory rescued two men from the after part of the ship. while the third man jumped over board and swam ashore. on Friday morning the forward part of the ship broke in two leaving in: ship lying in three parts in Priest'i Pond. about twelve miles from East Point. Total casualties were ten drowned.