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“Coven Prince Edward Island Like the Dew‘
Published every week-day morning a: 136 Princc Street. Charlottetown. P. I-2. I. by The Thomson Company Limited.
Editor Ind Manager. Inn A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frlnk Walker.
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“The strongest memoryflrwedker lhlll the weakest link."
In
convocation
That a school and its graduates form an enduring entity is recalled cacti vcar when colleges and universities hold their closing exercises undcr such names as convocation or commencement. The graduate is always an integral part of the school, college university in which he shared the pursuitl of learning with fellow students, some of whom were also teachers.
It was an Island scnator who proposed that the univcrsities of Canada should have it say in S(‘.‘iL‘(‘lIllE( some members of the Upper I-Iousc. lie meant. of course, that university graduates are as much a coin- munity ;is any electoral district. In Bri- tain until rccent years the lllli\’i.‘l‘Sli.i€S rc- tiimcd scvcral members to the House of Commons. A senator, of coi.irse, could hardly make a proposition for changing the constitution of the Commons and in any case fifl_v years ago as today it is the Senate that stood in need of reform.
Educational institutions shape the lives and characters of those who attend them and the institutions themselves are to a very considerable extent moulded by the undergraduates who swarm to those halls of learning. Anyone who was in close touch with college life before and immed- iately after the war will understand the impact that the type and character of its students has on the institution.
Graduates, although their influence is lcss direct. also serve to fix the character of the College. As a tree is known by its fruit, so in large measure is a college known by its graduates.
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Ontario Fruit Belt Threatened
The old conflict between industry and agriculture is being dramatized today in the fruit belt of the Niagara Peninsula. One of the best fruit-growing localities in Canada, the land comprises only 54,600 acres. and is mostly located alongthe lake and below the Escarpment. This small area accounts for considerably over half of the fruit production of Ontario, which i.i turn is about half of the value of the fruit production of the whole country. It has been estimated, however, that since the war about a fifth of the arca thcn dcvoted to fruit. has bccn absorbcd by industry and housing. This process is continuing at an accelerating rate. ,
“It. is obvious," comments the Globe and Mail, “that if the fruits grown in this area. particularly peaches and 2I'.RD€‘S. \\'9l‘0 to be climinatcd from the market, public demand would have to be met. by imported fruits. incvitably more .cxpcnsivc. ‘This would not be in thc public intcicst, eithc: now or in the futurc. It is a fallacy to assume that factorics are more importan‘ in the nation's economy than farms. If the host food-producting lands are remov- ad from llicir natural uscs. thc higher cost of food will be rcflectcd in the prices of manufactured goods. with H f‘-Onsefllmili handicap to external and internal trade."
It is not generally known that Ontario's clcarcd farmland amounts to only ‘H.360.- ()()0 acres. or slightly under three acre: per person. It is generally assumed that it. rcquircs about. two and a half acres to .-upply adcquatc nulritioii to ooc pcrso-i. I‘lius. thc Province is approncliintl lhf‘ mm‘- gin of safety. It has, indeed, alrcady bo- gun to import food.
"The. restriction of land use for farm- ing." says the Toronto P3901‘. "Will 11"‘ doubtcdly require certain forms of coin- pensation. or protection lrqm the full weight. of taxation based on property val- ues. There are R number of ways of handling these problems. There is plenty of"Iand in Ontario for industrial use. But it should be land which is not. suitable for food prothiction. The bigger our cities get fund the more important manufacturing be- ;comes in the country's economy, the more Ciirgent it becomes to protect our food pro-
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,_ Mr. Sterling Cole, chairman of the Uni- '.ted States Congressional Joint Committee -‘on Atomic Energy, has demonstrated with fsome chilling facts the wisdom of continu- __:lng defense expenditures at a high level. iiispeaking with all the information avail- Eible to the United States Government, Mr. ‘Cole lays that the Soviet Union not only has nuclear weapons. one of which could
ity of our critical target areas. "\Vhether," he adds. “the Soviets could now mount an attack of such intensity and scope that our ability to retaliate would be elimin- ated may be open to debate.”
Still more sobering is Mr. Cole's state- ment that a single plane, on a single mis- sion, “can carry more destructive cargo than the total carried by the combined air forces of all the Allies and all the Axis nations through all the six years of World War II." When a single hydrogen bomb delivered on a target can spell the death of (fir largest American city no real secur- ity can be found in a continental defence system intercepting only one bomber i.i ten. Yet, with radar, the interceptor craft and anti-aircraft of World War II a great- er measure of success was impossible.”
However, since 1950, Mr. Cole says. scientists have made a series of discoveries which promise to revolutionize the science of military defence as much as nuclear bombs have revolutionized offensive war- fare. Many of these discoveries are still secret but Mr. Cole referred to the develop- ment of ground-to-air missiles, the use of jet interceplors armed with rockets and great advances in the detection of aircraft. Science, Mr. Cole thinks, will be “our great- est helper in defending ourselves."
EDITORIAL NOTIES
Mount Everest conquered this date
i953. O I I Tomorrow, the Sunday after Ascension Day. O I 0 Beginning Monday the House of Coni- nioiis will sit morning, afternoon and night in an effort to wind up business by July 1. It would seem that the members cannot win. If it is not the heat it's the pressure. 0 O 0 It is encouraging that. the Federal Gov- crnment is at least seeking means of saving Canada's merchant shipping. Transport Minister Chevrier does not know how it will be accomplished as yet but where there is a will it should not be inipossiblc to find a way. 0 O O Canada is the 25th state to sign the Rome Convention of 1952 wiiicn specifies the rules and limits liability in the case of aircraft causing death or personal injury or damage to property in a foreign coun- try. The convention, which has not yet come into effect, is intended to facilitate the expansion of international air transport. 0 O 0
The final round trip of the R.C.A.F.‘s milk run to Korea starts today from Mont- real. The implication of the service slang is that the job amounts to dull routine. It is highly to the credit of Canada's airmen, however, that for four years it has been possible to provide rcgular communication by air across the Pacific without loss of life or cargo.
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Even people who collect dolls are coii- ccrncd about. the terminology of their hobby. In the United States collectors call tliennelves “d0llists" but in Britain the hobby is known as Plangonology and its addicts as Plangonologists, from the Greek for the study of dolls. It. seems evident that there are local fashions in terniin- ology as there are in dolls and clothes.
Govci‘niiir—siil loans will be obtiiiiiabic up to 50 per cent of-the cost of establisiiing both tourist facilities and secondary to- dustries bascd'on agricultural and fisher- ics products. The result should be that those who have sufficient confidence to put their own money into such enterprises will be in line to receive substantial help to make their plans become reiilities.
An upturn in business in the final quar- tcr of this year that will carry at least through the first half of next year was predicted at the annual meeting of the Walsh Advertising Company Limited. A halt to rising interest rates. high individual incomes, and the need of replenishing low invcntories are given as some of me reasons for the prediction.
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John Lolhrcxi Motley, American histor- ian, died this date 1817. He had been a fellow student. of Bismark and later a warm friend. He held diplomatic posts in Rus- sia, Great Britain, Austria and spent much time in the Netherlands. During and be- tween official appointments he did a great deal of historical research. An outstanding product was his "History of the Rise of the Dutch Republic."
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Some simple Moslems say the people of the West have “stolen David’: secret”. The secret they refer to, says the Morocco Newsletter, is the engine which drives ships. planes. trains and automobiles. and it is their way of explaining the technical superiority of the West. There is, perhaps. truth In the saying for David certainly made use of a rotating machine and it
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BIRDS ARE BRAVE
Birds with no single note of gricl Sing through the season of the leaf Not once as if they were‘ aware Of their own brevity in air.
Nothing within their sum of 50118
Says life Ls little. death is long.
They build. breed those they can not save
From the sudden menace. Birds are bl'nVc'.
subtle. Birds wider words. Insist. in their incemant. song. That. life is right, that death L: wrong.
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—-Carlelon Drewcr_v in New Yoit: Herald Tribune.
The Mysterious Crater
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The mysterious crater lake rim- med with rock in the wilderness of northern Labrador will belthe object of R scientific expedition this summcr, and the findimzs of the party arc certain to be n\\.'iit- ad with intcrcst by the world of science and mctcorolngy. 'I'ht‘i'(‘ are a number of things about the huge cratcr that raise interesting questions in the minds of layin. . es wcll as the scientists. Accord- ing to reports based on iicriiil views and observations, the cratcr is perfectly round. havinll 8 did‘ meter of about I75 yards; and is of strange green white othcr lakes in the region are blue. when scan from the air.
It is a popular thcory in scion-
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Canada And The U. N.
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It would be unrealistic to sug- gcst that the United Nations is a perfect instrument. Like all things contrived by humans, its Ch.-irter must be examined periodically to see whether it is capable of im-
provcmcnt. There is no doiibl. that the Charter requirement calling for
consideration of this question in 1955 will cause the record of the United Nations in the first. too years of its existence to comc in for careful examination. Serious study of the Charter and of the record of the United Nations cannot. of itself. reduce international tensions, but it is bound to have a beneficial effect in deepening public understand- issues with which the United Nations is grappling and public appreciation of what the United Nations has accomplished. At the same time. it should be remembered that no amend- ment to the Charter can be of- fcctcd without the unanimous sup- port. of the five. major powers. in other words. the veto can ap- ply to any proposed revisions of the Charter. It should be remem- hercd. also. that we cannot. know at this early date what the inter- national climate will he in 1956- thc cai'lic.<t. year in which it is at all likcly that a conference. to rc- vicw the Charter would be held. 0 O O f‘X£l|'I1lIlCS the re- United Nations. it is cosy to sce the failurcs, the frustrations, and the tutilitics: it is. unfortunately. just as easy to overlook the successes, the solid acliicvemcnts. the positive iiccomplishmciits of the United Nations. li. sliuuld not be forgot-
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title circles that the. crater was caused by a meteorite \\'lllt'il| crashcd into the cartli probablyl thousands. if not millions of ycars. ago and punched a hole in lhcl cai‘th's surface. If that is a fact‘ it must have bccn quite a mctcor. indeed. While there is nothing ncw about meteorites falling to thc carth. they are usually so rcduccd in size by the limo tlicy rcach here that the piirticlcs arc very small. if not rcduted to dust.
There are on record a numbcr of showers of meteorites one of the most remarkable having oc- curred in France about 1.30 ycars ago. On that occasion tictwccn 2,- 000 iind 3.000 mclcoric stones were scattered over nn area about ninc miles by three. But they were all small in size. These mclcoritcs are bclieved to have come from rcnintc parts of the solar systcm. or from bcyond its borders. or cvcn from thc region of the stars. This Ilicory hns been provcrl by the scientists from the vclocilics. observed on many occasions. with which they cncountcr the earth. lntcnscly heated by impact with the air as thcy enter the carth's ntmosphcrc. thcy arc partially consumed bcfnre rc.-iching thc ground. friigmcnts are thrown off and explosions break them into small or tiny picccs.
One of the most famous metr- oritcs recorded was the so-callcfl stone of Ego:-Potamns \vliich foil in Trace in 466 B. (7. and which was described as equalling two millstoncs in size. Plutnrcii speaks of it in his life of Lysandcr. But all these strange mctcorlties are dwarfed into inslgnlficancc by the size of the one that created the Labrador crater -— if it was ll meteorite that caused the big dent in the earth's surface.
The scientific party of the Na- tional Geographtc Society of Washington. DC. and the Ont.-ii.. Museum nf Geology and Min eralogy may be expected to set lie this question no well as the kind and quality of the minerals deposited there. Their dlacovcric: could be of great importance to Canada.
WANT! FIREWORKS BAN
TORONTO. (GP) —'fbronl.o rm chief Joseph Waterman Tuesday urged I Inn on the sale of fire- works in my form to children fol- lowing a record of 200 city fire c:_\lls over the long holiday wack- flld. Most. of the fires were caused by cnreleal use of fueworu.
tcn that, while this bold adven- lurc in united world action is only cight years old, the massive pro- blcms with which the U. N. must (‘nnll'\ to grips are iilniosl. as old zis liuninn lifc.
Setting aside extravagant and llll\\'al'l‘i‘ll‘ltCd expectations. there rcmaiiis a solid core of accom- plishment in the present and a l‘(‘£li possibility of progress in thc futurc.
Tho organi7.atinn has not yet fulfilled all of its potcntialitics and it will be a long time before it does so. But the adaptability it has shown during these difficult yours is one of the surest guar- zintccn of its capacity for further development.
The Canadian attitude towards the United Nations continues to fit thc description given by Prime Minister St. Laurent:
“In these few years the Uni- tcd Nations can be proud of its nchlcvcnienfs. The inlervcntion of thc Unltcd Nations in Korcn. wc are justified in bclicving, has had a salutary cffcct on would- be nggrcssors.
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_ world rluring ti‘lf‘S€‘ seven years this Uniicd Nations has been effective
in bringing armed hostilities to an end. The member states of the United Nations are engaged in great co-operative undertakings to promote social progress and raise the standard of living throughout thc world.
if those are but small begin- nings in comparison with the magnitude of the task. they no nevertheless of importance and significance. To men of past gen. Erflllnns. these ..chlevemento would not have seemed pouible. The soldiers who have laid down their arms. the sick who have been treated the hungry who have been fed and the struggling
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countries whose economies are being assisted through interna- tional co-opcration are witnesses to the fact that the aims and purposes of the United Nations are worthy of all our efforts. What the United Nations has al- ready achieved is evidence that international co-operation is not an unattainable dream but a goal. that. with God’: help. will be reached some day."
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ELECTION POLLS
House of Assembly, April 25. 1828: The House being in committee on a bill for the better regulation of Elections, Mr. Campbell propos- ed that the poll for Queens County elections be held at Cluirlottetown. Mr. Dockendorff saw no reason for the election for the County being held at. Charlottetoivii .where so le\v of the voters resided.
'I’ne Attorney General (Hon. Wil- liiim Jnhnstoiiei thought if Char- lottetown could be avoided alto- gether. the coiiscquenccs would. be beneficial. as it was the very centre ulld focus of corruption at elections. We all know the powerful agency of Rum. and how freely it was ad- ministered on such occasions. At such places as New London it was not. to be had. unless it was put»- ipoaely carried there, whereas at. Charlottetown no such difficulty existed. There were, however. many reasons in favour of its being one of the stations. Many people from distant parts of the country had frequently occasion to come to town on business. and if obliged to leave their homes on occasion of election. would avail themselves of the opportunity to pul'cI‘lllse neces- sarica for their families, etc.
New London was removed beyond the lnflueiice of Rum. There was no scarlcty of it at Chlney Point at. the late election. but not at. his cxpeiise. He would be glad to see the use of it on such occasions at- together prohibited.
It was then agreed that the Poll for Queens County should be open- ed at Campblcton, New London, and from thence adjourned. at the request of any of the candidates, to the following places, in the order of which they are set. down: Cove Head. West River (McAu- la_v'sl. Charlottetown. Acorn‘: Mill. Lot. 49, Plnette Mill. The Poll for Prince County to open at }-Iill'.s Town. And from thence, if rcquired. to be adjourned. in succession. to St. Elcanor'.=. Prlncetnwn. Lot 26, near the Baptist Chapel. Tryon. The Poll for Kings County to open at or near Thomas clowe‘n, Lot 63, and from thence. if required, to be adjourned in succession to the fol. lowing places: Georgetown, Bay Fni-tune. Surveyors Inlet. St. Peter's, The Poll for the Counties to be kept. open at. each place for two diiys.
Qualification of the Elected — T0 be in Possession of I Freehold estate of the value of Elm. or a Leasehold of the value of £150. for three years respectively.
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Saturday. my 29. 1954
A young friend just. out of col- ieze writes to uk if I would help him to make up his mind nbout. I career. It seems that for a while he toyed with the idea of studying for the ministry of the denomina- tion in which he was brought up but nbandonecl it because of what he calls the “complaining wnya" of most coiigrentlom.
While I appreciate the young man’: confidence I am at B. loss to ‘mow what to suggest in the way of n complaint-free profession; nnd thnt, apparently. in what he in mind. In another world t ere may be something like that around; but here, on this terres- trial globe. I am afraid that one would seek it in vain.
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so for as the ministry is con- cerned my young friend shows more perception that is usual for one of his years. In view of his dislike of criticism, he is quite right in Ieaving that particular work alone, for, once in it. he would be up to his neck in all sorts of complaints. It is a well known fact that almost. any lay- msm can give any minister sound and expert advice on how to run the business and ecclesiastical af- fairs. especially the latter, of I congregation.
The complaints are many and varied. Here are I few of the more common ones as related to me by men with first hand experience: If the minister read.» his sermons he is called a "dull" preacher; if he preaches without. notes. at least some of his parishioners are bound to any that his sermons lack depth: they haven't been well thought out. If he is studious and Wild 01' 800d relding he 1.: A poor mixer; if he tried to be friendly with everybody he is too easy. going. If he preaches long sermons he is tiresome; if he preaches short one: he Ls lazy.
If he doesn't visit every family once a week or so he is not hire;-. e-steed in his people; if he does. he is in the way. If he happens to be Young. which most ministers are to begin with. he lacks experience: if he is middle-aged (there are no old ntlnlaters any more). he is out of sympathy with youth. If he likes to keep watch on the con. negation‘: financial affairs. ha Ls a busy-body: if he do 't, he lacks an essciitlal quality 1 lead. eralilp. If he never speaks about money from the pulpit he is not a good administrator; if he speaks about it often, he is money-crazy.
There are plenty of good reasons Why 3 Y0ung man, with leanings in that diiection, should be en- couraged to take up ministerial work: certainly. fear of criticism should be enough to keep him away from it.
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If my young friend had express- ed interest in the economic side of ii profession, I would suggest law. for, according to statistics, lawyers make more money. on the average, than any other professional group. But. again. his horror of carping
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plans (if. indeed. lawyer: can be sold to belong in thin species; pg;-. lollllly, I believe they do. but sum, My otherwise) has to put up “-uh more mallgnlty and innuendo. Jim to mention one zliirlnz example of this most urifiilr popular aim...“ the lawyer who goes into poliuc; to generally conslderedto be up ,0 no good: the one who‘doe.ui‘t cm for political life is said to luck I sense of social responsibility, 1; L, hardly an exaggeration to say um in the popular view, it. is almogfi impossible for any lawyer to go .0 Heaven or even to have a clear consclenc on this earth. 0 C 0
As for medicine. that, too_ 1, out of bounds for anyone who cram popularity. Nothing tau than ma ability to perform miracles and to keep on performing them is enough to keep any doctor safe from ad. verse criticism. This is especially true of the general practitioner in small towns. (City specialists me subjected to just. as much laun. finding but. thanks to their bl glass doors. they don't hear .5 much about it.)
In most. areas I doctor is ex. pected to have the patience of . Job, the charity of a St. Ffalltu the sartorial correctness of A Bag]; Bnimmel, the eloquence of I say. onarola. the physical stamina of . machine. and the ability to da without sleep for weeks at a time- all these in addition to great skill. not to mention genius. Even wheii he does possess all these charm he is not safe I om the complain: or. for there iialvvays 3, -'bm.,..» doctor somewh e along the wgy_
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There was A time when I might have advised my young friend to take up teaching. That. was back when about the only Complum about teacher: was that they were either too strict with their pupil, or too soft. (I knew one man who got around that partially by being as hard as nails the first half yen and as soft. as velvet the othu half; that way he had only one group of complalners to worry about at. any given time)
The way things are now. teach. ing is for too critical for £1 serial. tlvo person. Looking kindly .3 “progressivlsm". he will be ham. mered unmercifully by the tradn. ioimilsts: clinging fondly to on. fashioned rules. he will be scorned by the progressivlstaz if he say to himself. ‘Twill take up a position somewhere in the middle", he will be derided by both aldu.
And so it goes. For the life of me I can‘t see any direction, Dolntlng to it complaint-free way of life. There Just doesn't serm to be any.
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