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THE GUARDIAN.

Morning Dally (Foundpd in 1881.. Authorized u Second Claus Mall, Poet Office Department, Ottawa. neddent. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. R. Burnett; Seep-Irena. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director. J. It. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk."

EiTAicToTrisrowlvmonnnY. l-‘alsliulinv i6. 194s . 0n Education

In Toronto recently the famous head of the University of Chicago, Dr. Hutchins, spoke on education, an its existing dangerous tendencies, its need for reform. He declared: "lt is littlv siiort of a tragedy that Americans today, ignor- ing the rapidity and inevitability of change, re- gard education as eksentiailly a vocational train- ing program, teaching children an machines al- ready obsolete and held by the fallacious belief that education in "some way contributes to voce- tional oiid financial gain."

Let not Canadians imagine that these word‘. of Dr. Hutchins apply to Americans alone, says the Ottawa Journal. For here in Canada, too, there is growing tendency to confuse education wirir vocational training, to think of education in terms of financial and social success, to over- crowd our universities with young people because (as we imagine with snabbishness) it is "the thing to do." lt was against this danger that Mr. Vincent Massey warned some months ago.

Dr. Hutchins went on to say: "The prob- lem of preserving our civilization is a moral problem. Our difficulty is not ta get more knowledge or more goods, but haw to do the right" thing with them when we get them. Civilization appears to be doomed unless the hearts and minds of men con be changed, and this is the task of education. The change re- quired is moral, intelleflual and spiritual revo- lution, throughout the world. This must be the airn of education today." ~

The Journal goes on to quote one of the great scientists of this continent, Dr. M. A. Tuve, director af the Department of Terrestrial Mag- netism in the Carnegie Institution of Washing- ton, to the following effect:

"The humanities are the key to a restora- tion of balance in our livesy the things of the spirit are important, and we need a vigorous awareness and a fresh and free and honest ap- proach to these things to balance the tremend- ous emphasis on physical things which is now dominating our lives . . there is no security ex- cept an inn-er security, based on understanding and awareness."

And finally:

"A hundred years ago the secondary schools gave vigorous emphasis to the humanities. A student could not prepare himself for a post- tion of importance in the professional world or in the world of public affairs without being re- quired to know something of the glorious record of the past, the serious literature which is the record of thinking men, the record of their evaluations of what was worth doing and why, and the great influences which their thoughts have had in the affairs of men. Today our sec- andary schools are not to be relied an to give our children that brood and illuminating per- sonal experience."

Here, suggests the Journal, is a challenge for all of us-—the challenge of the need for lead- ership in the humanities.

Why llot More Fish‘!

"Why," asks the current number of the Journal of the American Medical Association, ."do we send w cat as a most important article of diet to the hungry people we are trying to help?" The Journal then proceeds to give the reasons, dilating on the high food value of wheat, its ease of handling, its storage quali- ties, and the general demand among oll people for wheat and its milled products.

Yet, comments the Halifax Chronicle, in these days when so many countries are produc- ing food surpluses, why should we_not try ta spread the strain o little to other foods than wheat? Already some dehydrated foods ore be- ing sent to Europe, but not in significant quan- tities. We send meat, too, especially to Britain. But the excessive production of animal-convert- ed foods, especially top quality meats which re- quire extra groin for fattening, is a waste of food calories during a world food crisis.

lt certainly should not escape Maritimers in particular that fish are not grain-fad. They breed, grow and nourish themselves without the expenditure of a penny from ourselves. To- gether with what potatoes ond other vegetables the countries of Europe can grow themselves, fish forms almost the perfect diet. To relative- ly starving peoples an adequate: and‘regular sup- ply of fish would be o godsend. Processed and presented in o variety of forms, fish could, at least for a considerable time, provide a staple diet. Yet it appears, from a statement by the Deputy Minister of Fisheries at the recent East Coast Fisheries Conference, that‘ the outlook for disposing of'our fish products among Europe's starving millions is unpromising. Why cannot the Dominion Government do something about this situation?

Too Little or Too Much.

' ln a recent speech in the House of Commons, Mi. King, moving for a parliamentary committee on prices, spoke of "mean, greedy, selfish in- dividuals" who were forcing up the cost of liv- ing.

"Who," asks the Ottawa Journal, "are these indiyiduals? if Mr. King knows who they are and where they are, why isn't his Government

cling withthern? its has a low with which to o lt-nat merely his‘ anti-Combines Act, which It's himself-placed on the statute books, but b

he talking a bit loosely for a Prime Minister? In government, there is such a thing as saying too' little or too much. -

"One thing is sure. If there is prafiteer- ing, and Mr. King's Government knows about it and yet refuses to act, there is no hope that anything will result from this parliamentary in- quiry. The committee, to begin with, has no power to act. lt can only talk."

That, precisely, is what it is doing at th present time.

— EDIIURIAL NUHIS -

The Aid to European children is off to a good stcirt.

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Scout-Guide Week-all across the country Scouts and Guides, Cubs and Brownies are in the limelight. Climax of the week will be Baden-Powell's birthday Sunday the 22nd.

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- The mail man was taking no chancss. A letter posted in one Sydney suburb to an address in another nearby was returned undelivered with the explanation an the envelope: "Savage Alsatian off chain. Return to sender."

The Knights of Pythias are staging at the Prince Edward next Monday and Tuesday the popular picture "How Grcca Was My Valley", in aid of needy ducal families and the Children of Europe Fund. The Pythians are devoted to good works ond deserve support.

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The i948 grasshopper forecast for Sask- atchewan gives possible indication that this year will be the worst since i940. Prepared by the Dominion en-tomological laboratory, the fore- cast shows grasshopper eggs present in I70 municipalities extending southward from North Battlefard to the U. S. border and eastward to Wynyord, Regina ond Estevan.

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The wheel of progress has made the full circle in the matter of paper making. The first paper was made of papyrus and now Harold Wil- son, president of the British Board of Trade an- nounces that investigations are being made into the use of Sudan papyrus and grosses for pro- duction of pulp and paper.

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Canada is not likely to follow the example of France and call in all the ten dollar and larger bills, but we are up against much the some con- ditions. Press reports that currency in circula- tion has increased five times above that of i939 indicates that private individuals ore hoarding currency. ln normal times almost the whole of the note circulation passes through the hands of the banks daily but now people seem to be loath tn deposit their cash.

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Formation at a lead supply co operative by fur breeders was unanimously approved by more than 50 fur ranchers attending a recent fur form short course in Regina. Decision to form such a co-operative was the outcome of a fur breed- ers’ meeting last November. A three-man com- mittee was appointed to deal with preliminary details of organization of the co-operative as a

solution for the problems of rising costs and scarcity of feed for fur animals. i I I i The Winnipeg Free Press criticized the

Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba for discussing a political question in public, its contention be- ing that it is unconstitutional for the Lieutenant- Governor to criticize the policy of his govern- ment. The strictly constitutional rule is some- what different. The Premier and his govern- ment must accept responsibility for the acts and words of the Governor or else resign and let him find a Premier who will assume that responsi- bility. That means in practice, that the Gav- ernor should not express his own but his mipister's opinion. I I I I

Postmaster-General Bertrand assured again a bill would be introduced at this session to pro- vide further supplementary payments for rural mail carriers. He was replying to a question by W. Chester S. McLure (PC-Queen's), who asked if a special committee of the House would be set up to study the rural couriers’ problems and take action to provide ‘them a "living wage." Mr. Bertrand said no committee would be set up, and he repeated an earlier announcement that supplementary payments would "be authorized in a bill.

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When we read of conditions elsewhere we begin to realize how well off we are. A bride and her bridesmaid had to fight their way through hordes of grasshoppers as they walked from their car to the threshold of Yomba homestead, in Gunnedah district, New South Wales, for the wedding ceremony. The bride was Miss Maude Kelly, of Yomba Station, Emerald Hill. Miss Kelly had spent most of her wedding eve with her father, both using stirrup pumps in an ef- fort to keep the swarms back from the home- stead garden. Guests at the wedding ceremony put in most of the time trying to keep the grass- hoppers cleor of their faces. The grasshoppers even ate the veiling from the hat of one of the guests.

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This date was a heavy day in war in i943. After determined attack ond fierce street fight- lng, the Red Army recaptured the city of Khar- kov, routing several crack German divisions. Enemy offensive in Tunisia made progress and Americans evacuated the "airfields. U. S. bombers, with loss of six, raided submarine in- stallations at St. Nazaire in daylight. ln night air raids on English south west towns, four enemy bombers were destroyed. R. A. F. bombe a made dnother concentrated attack an Lorient; while U. S. Naval Department stated that in the week in thofiolamon; area i5 Japanese ships were sunk or domogedbnd 60 airplanes were destroy- ed, and the Americans lost the heavy cruiser Chicago, three motor torpedo boats and 22 alr-

laterordor-ln-oettnell. If Mr. King doesn't know who mt Individuals IN, or where they are, isn't

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Windsor ll talking about rat control. which reminds us that

Windsor ls one of Canada's cen- tres of Communist activity. Broekville Recorder and Times.

It would seem that there ai- WZUS has been a. preponderance of troublemakers in the human race who create problems much faster than wise men can solve them. - Kingston Wlilg-S-tandard.

Ilerr-‘s a definition of winter clipped from an exchange: Winter is llle season of the year when we l!‘_\' lo keep the house as hu- fis it was in summer \\hen we (‘f1!l1|)lfllll(‘fl about the heat. — Fart \\'lll!'.l‘\1 Times-Journal.

.\ hig, new. flood-prevention svirenie for Llle Fens “as initiated in Bu" in several weeks hack. l‘. 1* designed La protect this fertll" ntlrl inn-lying agricultural area l.‘ Enizlunrl from a recurrence of Ln: <,r'\t‘t‘t muntlnlians suffered. inst. tear. ll is the biggest plan of llb kind to bc undertaken in the Fen, sznee they acre first scientifically drained 300 years ago. When lt l.- completed a new river '31 ntiles

long \\ill have been area-ted to earl-v off spring rains into the Nari ll Sea. The vast is estimated

lo be $26,000,000 and the time re- quired for completion, seven years. —\‘lagnl-a Falls Review.

l! lite average householder has found Llus n rugged winter. ivnat about the mailman. the milknlan. the filel truck driver and otbcrs who must vnll regillarly at our homes? flow they have managed Lo fight Sll0\\ drifts. eranil up ice- cooled steps. manipulate heavy trucks~and keep a semblance o! good nature-is baffling. Ordinar- ily. we take them for granted 'l'llis winter has taxed their c.1- erizy and capacity for good ser- \lll‘. They have come thraugn with flying colors. -- Boston Post. trinity. Britain now appears lu be poised at the dawn of a net.- Elizabcthan Age. From it ls not. evpeeted another Shakespeare. But. it. ls reasonable to hope that. the intense activity in another sphere will pFQdflPQ a scientist of earn- pnrztble stature. whose gift to tile viarlcl may contribute» to the cause of universal peace through the velirf of those human wants lvhivh breed disorder and strife. The enn- ditioxls are propitious. And ln that brotherhood of ' the spirit which could encourage that. mose desirable development.» Victoria ‘Firnea.

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Almost 800 United Silk! citi- ‘rcns urrn klllrcl during the Hill" ivlille fighting as members of ‘one R.C.A.F. and the Canadian army. Many of these were among the thousands \\‘l\0 crossed the bot-um, n: Windsor, to join Canadian for- ces uhile their own country “as sLill at. peace. These were uclven Lilraus young men, and women. who answered the call to arms before they were under any com- pulsion other than that. of their own feelings and beliefs. They were welcomed to Canadian for- ces, and assimilated well with tne battalions or squadrons to which they were allocated. The death loll of those who fell with the Call-

~ ndian forces would have been greater had n large number of them not taken opportunity to

transfer to the forces of their own country after it ivent. to war. The,‘ lmd already received their train- lng in Canadian units. People of Windsor have a sharp recollection of these keen-eyed young men and women who joined their Ca- nadian brolhers-ln-arms. - Wind- sor Star.

Standing in the iporirait gallery of ills country nlnnslotl, Altiwni. near Great. Brlngtorl. Northanzp- tonsllire. the seventh Bari Spencer explained ivhy he had exhumed the remains of lilS ancestors from the family vault and had them at‘. cremated. "There ls nothing mo:- biti or sinister about what I have done," he said. "The family Ylllli ls full. It has not been used for a bout 100 years since my grand- father vvas placed tihere. "Tilt". vault. was very untidy and I :1:- rided it. ivas time the place “as cleared up n bit." A Home Office orrler was granted to allow tile evllumatians to take place. Thlrt, of the coffins held men and wom- en of the Spencer fnmlly, fnelua- lllg two prime ministers and l first lord of the admiralty. ‘I'll: bodies were cremated and the ashes returned wlthea special corn- mlttal service to the Spencer tomb All the coffins were of lead and had name-plates with dates back to the beginning of the slxteentn century. -- London Dally Mall.

"For the lengthening of the "l0 span medical research and good public health services must. be thanked. but; it, is likely the for- mer deserves most of the erealt. The importance of pure water. uncontaminated food and sanitary surroundings was generally recog- nized 30 or 40 years ago and mu- nicipalities were active in bring- ing them about. They contributed n great. deal to longevity. Merm- time medic l science has been m. the mlsrc against diseases not eommunlta-ble and not. attrlbulrible to lmpurltles in the diet. The lengthening of llfe ln the past lb years ls undoubtedly chiefly at- trlbutable to the work done by patient, perseverlng explorers ir the realms of medical science. m! experiments of men like Banting and Best. in the treatment of dia- lirtcs are now bearing fruit. The fitrltt. ngnlml. infant. mortality and maternal deaths has been impor- tant. The sulfa drugs and penzcll- lln have conquered pneumonia once looked on by medical practit- ioners no n captain nf death.- ) iii-um! Telegram.

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Lenten Meditations (Frat-n The Tlmu)

O UB- RESPONSIBILITY

lt. ls well that. ln these anxious 1133's U19 individual should face afresh his own share of responsi- bulty for the condition at the world. and few who do face the facts with frankness and honesty feel able to deny their own faults both of omission and commission. And lvhlle this should lead them to an act, of genuine penitence, it would be unreal so to stress corp- oratewesponsiblllty as to suggest

that all individuals are equally blnmvworthy.

"The value of days of remem- brance lie not so much in the

blcklvard as tlle forward look. It is after all the future Lo which ruenis concentrated nLterlLlon must be_given. 'l"o remember. in the sense of learning (he lessons which Dist events may leach. so lhn‘. past. mistakes may be avoided in Lilo future is to rise on the step- pin: stones of these mistakes to higher things. flrnue lrll’. should bf days of dedication. for dedica- tion always looks forivnrd; i: al- ways has a specific purpose, .1 future reference. it envisages something to br done.

The Christan dedicates ll"nl- self first and foremost to God but, even this is not rm rncl in il- self. that is, ils purpose 2s not ml‘1'0ll' 10 enable llim to achieve his own spiritual wail-being. but rather that, he may beecme an in-

strument of God's purpose; that hi! "IBY Work with Ged for a wot-id order which is the veflee.

tion of his ivill for man.

‘ There is nlwavs the danger that. lll process of t‘rr.e. the repeated observance of s! .al dzivs may be. come a’ fnvmaliti’. and therefore D!'_Of!1'csslve!_v fall sllorl. of lhn orlfnal intention. The ermditien of the world tadnv, standing as ‘l. Still does on the brink of catas- iYODhe. is a elnmrnl. call lo every man of eonFl will. nurl mo"e cs- nrelnllv lo the Christian --wllo br- lieves that the world can be saved rial? as ll. accepts Christ's way of llfe lo eonseerate his gift rmtl OlJDPFlUIllllCS la the great. and Seemingly impossible their or (‘llfiflillllg f-‘he face of llhlman life. That it. can be

changed is thr- Christian oortvictfian. The faith from which such a dedication

Eiorlnrs will make possible the im- possible. for it. links man's effort. however inadequate it mriy 5911931‘ lo be. with the almighty power of God.

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DESISION Take sides: upwind o~ down With the swift lvlnrl floulng; There is no Shearing flight With the gale gusts blowing Across this chaotic night. To a roost. north knowing.

Tallvvixld or lleadwind now . . . Will‘: the whole flioak flying. Swept down the common course , _ Or with the eagle trying

As s. valiant skylng.

The wind. and without rurnorse.

Take sides in these windy times With llhe cyclone blowing;

There is no hanging still

As the gull glides. slowing . . . Till-rile where hurricanes will. Or alone fight knowing

The Wind's coming and the wind’:

going.

~HaroLd Zlotnlk, in New YOIK I lorald-Trlblule. -

%RRKK\‘SC\ZR.KRSIUYRT\R‘ Old Charlottetown lAnd P. l‘. I.)

JIOIJES 0F

‘There are two main entrances Lo Charlottetown; Maipeque Road and St. Peters Rood. There is another main road called the Try" 0n Road which terminates at, Bedcque. To reach Georgetown "on cross the f-llllsboroilgh River o," means of n steam ferry lately pa‘. an by '1'. B. Ttemaln lnto ivlilut. you drive your horse and carriage. You have your choice of modes oi‘ travelling. The mall carriers arc furnished with covered American wagons which hold six inside lilJ will take you to 5t. Eleonora. 40 miles, on the one aide and George- town. 30 miles, on the other fa: on English crown ($1.20). Prom either places you can take your chance with the mall carrier 5,14 go to Tlznlsh. 9t miles from Chu- lottetown, and to East. Point, to miles from Georgetown and so miles from Charlottetown. when you have been from one extremity of the Island to the other.

“If, however. you prefer you may call on Mr. Mark Butcher, or Ml. John Cole: or Mr. Cairns who wll flt you out. in any kind of a rig, from a coach and four to a one- horse fly; lf you take my advice. you will order a stout horse, or two lt you can afford it, and one of the light Island-made wagons which are at g ce easy rldlng -- havlne good l springs - and commadlous. For this. you will pay for two horses l0 shillings aterlllu ($2.40) per day and for one horse r1: as and 5d (11.60) per day. Ilwh additional horse will be J-s 4d (m) p91‘ day.