PACE FOUR

THE. GUARDIAN

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Associate Editor. Frank Wal

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Eton silver Anniversary.

intellectual and moral powers, to acquire good taste and critical judgment, to appre- hend those things wliicll mankind in its striving for enlightenment and wisdom has found to be good, beautiful and true. It is a process not without pain. "I am thor oughly ill favour of making dull things in- teresting,” Dr. Smith states, ”but I ques- tion whether it is really a kindness to make difficult things easy. There are difficult things that must be done, whether we lik: it or not, and schooldays are a poor pre- paration for life if our pupils are not taught to face a problem courageously, whetller it

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UNIFOEMITY IN THOUGH'l".'

In a recent speech an American sociologist of note remarked that one of the very real dangers igc. lng the Democratic world in 1953 is the increasing demand in some responsible circles for uniformity in thought. He finds the situation all the more alarming, he says, because of the fact that Ameri- cans seem to be taking the lead in the dangerous trend.

If it be true that there is any significant trend towards arbitrary C0mDElling of intellectual uniform- ity, it is possible that we are in

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or incidental that the D . ideal was built. These al'ee?iloDLC11aric uries to be taken or left Elaulhih They are the absolute CSS(YIlfl:il-: for living as frcg men wmmln them there can be no 11 i tegmy. Do tlcal ln. iThe only final l-1 authority that pill-En Degbfgigise knows anything about is the Illly coerced Judgment of individuals: ludzment. it should be said out has been arrived at through dlt cussion of botll agreements and differences, not through the gipl-l.

The Charlottetown Brailch of the Call- - t ' f the British Em ire Service far greater peril from that lhlm Adia” Legion O 5 p from any other potential danger. Iiideedc if thought control under Diiy guise or in any form or by reason of any conceivable crisis were necess 'y and sdvlsable,what would be e sense of opposing eliner Communism or Fascism? Either of these tyrannles is pos- Slble (Jilly when men surrender their right to independent thought. Iii fact. that is the base on which each of these evil systems rests, 0 I 0

be interesting or not; to persevere in it lmagile is celebrating its 25th anniversary Smgdtfasnyikwhftbter it b,e E:,lgLu(i:xS::li'll:::t1f

Q . . . -' iOSleflliS',' . this evening. which is also the same anlll- Zue eS:1gNJC1hea:in'g Srncgpyingn - icrsarv of the Provincial Command. Our 5 .' , ' ,'

- . i th t l ' h Id be war Veterans were Organized fnr some usefhkllhli;agIn:ffh1gal'g:es fhllartntfespssil has )'PElllS, of course, before merging with the g ' ' , 1 , f 1 1, ' Vw g -V mug Organization and ho”, a right to an education tlat is use Ll oi, fufdl H iiix 1:38.! iidermfying themselves living a life, ilot merely a schooling that lS lc ore a ' - . . . .

. . k 1 . Th ,how- with the Legion the Branch has followed a E325”! ifggtggi lnfbjictlit) 1:g to Zgigiituting policy of enlightened pairlotlsrii and broth- ' , f e d t, d .t must bi erlv concern for fellow seiwlcenicii andischoolmg 01 9' ucamni an I1 ,t is

- - -' - -' s , ri oeso thmi fmmhes iihbeiodttgfgdtelit So(liti)cL:ln::isilos()opliy gljnder 11 has not pm ummrans. benemsn on an an oli archic fogm of government it is unduly high plane. It is insisted. of course, 10 icalgto reserve the best educatfon for mat other mmgs being equal a Yeteran tlige rulill classes and scllool the rest to be should always be given preference lll gov- emcient gworkerg Em in a democracv crllillcllt PilllllO.Vll1Cllt over a non-veteran. lt where all have a ivoice in their Own gowns)- has never asked that veterans be chosen e t an the e0 19 need the education for posts for which they are not qualified. ma: imlers meg eiserywhcre The essencwl Tho Logionk Vigilance in -Seeing that Wt. of democracy is to be found ill the free coni- rirans gel the break to which they are ell-l , ' , , hi V y t r eo P . I "Om. 1-3,. towards mm-mg mam, petition of ideas. f we wan ice L n Hum 1&5 5 petition of ideas. it must be our endeavour n

ill approxinlately as good a position in life . . , e it .1, t g . , - . ll - . to give out youtll the widest oppoi uni 3 o . as N they had steadily pulsued mm mm formulate, develop, and express ideas, and -Afgrxm 4 i i ?oe&l' Gmm

fioatlon of the one and the slip. pression of the other. 0 C i

It is safe to say that truth rill never be legislated. though .l.,.,l,', less there are titties and occasion when legislation that has beclsi thoughtfully conceived can help lg 8:0ng1- As long ago as the middle 0 e 17th century the dlstilu. ulshed English philosopher Jollll Locke saw this clearly. "The u-ll”, certainly would do well enough" h0 WWW. "if she were once left in

No reasonable person will deny shift for herself. She seldom ii that in times of national peril the received and I fear never will -u government of ally country has a, ceive much assistance from lllp. moral right and a clear duty to do power of great men. She is nw everything possible to safeguard taught by laws nor has she M. its security from any act of dis. need of force to lJi'ocura'her 1:?) loyalty overt or covert. Fifth col- trance into the minds of men" 1. umns are more and more becom- Locke is saying in effect tlllll iii! Sources of grave danger. Even men who allow others to do thclli loyalty boards aild loyalty tests thinking for them are not free not "WY be 1iCCCSS8itl'- even if other men's thinking slioulll

But when standard political be- turn out. as it well might to ill- llefs are converted into evidences superior to their own The mo. Of loyalty and are in practice made ment. any individual loses or su I the first qualification for govern. renders his "iilallcliabley ylghl, ment jobs of one kind and another do his own tliinklnsz-not necessar- lt is time to recoilsider the xoun- ily unaided-lie loses his llllegrilv deltlons on which democratic in- mid becomes a tool, 8. nlachjne . stltutlons were built in the first bond-servant. ' ' place. The idea. that in democratic - lands everybody ought to think pretty much alike or, if they differ at all. their differences should be manifested only in trivial things, is actually one of the most un- democratic ideas possible,

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"HAPPY '5 vii? DAY wHE;v A l-loksxs Gtrs ills PAY--..

Our faith in Democracy can rs. mam 3- 1iViii3.. working force olllv 59 ions as it 15 the faith of indl. vldual men and women living ill. getllcr in communities that ale both united and free; uniuscl ll. purpose. free in thought and un. derstanding.

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-v - ' ' i ' than lVlll(' ll years to the . , (MPH la hm g F D this means, not only schooling, but critica-

. . ., I iDlTlCt" of their Cfillllil). l , V ' A ons of democracy . , V g . . B. .1 . tion. Ideas, the we p . rm long. the Chailotteton ll lallti was must be forged by thought and tempered

W0 I?! impressed by 5 stars temptation. But don't do it im-

We cannot with good grace hold

also mg 5019 branch in the Provincial Com- . ' .- whlch appeared memlv m 3 ms Wu have kept m good h 8. belief in political and inwllectual Common agreements in thought mand but mday the”. 31-9 thirty others ily experience-e Qne Cafmot ploduce them more wmdow in South 'Camlma: ical tcondmon throughout map list flrgecgom if in practice we deny it. arrived at in the democratic way. keeping alive the Spirit of Comradeshlp and 'ln vacuo. It is impossible to teach people THE BLIND "Try Our Easy Payment rian.;or the )car.- Owen Sound Sun- Co,';n:3n?;;cLg; itk:,e,1ai:,”f:'xi121'if;i:,';: 3': I2)? fgitffggiedllay 1”1'b”"i,'Yl”."i- . ' . - i think without nrovidin something to --s 100 1,”"C5iii- DOW” N0” Fiiiiiic Tim05- ll, ll . g .' - P” 50” iii- iiifl ideal (if 59”” Mitch has bee” me tfm k about and developini qomething to His darkness held no colour and Wgmes hhgliil ,P3-V"""”5- 4”” -"an cafiepgfgldlonrijli tlkf:eF::;iliiwlsatg;- Se:cl:e!dlieerhLcsylsbg:kel1()lsacffrefliieelfilihtr Legi0n's reason for being. We salute the, '1 . .. i V no beauty; 91 W0”! Mjlilfi , The B':”!h iimib", Wfketv '3 ing to combat that sort of thing est moral value. There is Ilotlgling . . think with. M haimonles or green-no chang- h e i , l0D9ii 385 ii- Biit Bitmlin, 15 buimif with all the resources. human and in the world that can properly be Legion. , - ' mg 533; ' Yet anot or.wr ttl-'. n a Wonldiisllargely from Scandinavian scrur- material, at, its command substituted ml. "me hmmw worm ,, .. .-.,....-.-s,s-... , mmn-nmr no moon shone in his night liow- m”g”i”e Edits” 3”” W ia9Cm'lC95 H01 5mm C8Ii8K38- Why? It would be one of the great and dignity of the illdi'd l -i

' F t I N , ever lovely M9 men h-V bcm-S Food 1i5”3”91'5v 5C?iiid1iiRVi3n Prices ME 10W6f tragedies of history if in the pro- H UR soul '

600d Health RECON ores ry n "W33 s it slionc on Galilee. but We Cuiiiisvl iiiir roiiiis fcniiilclihan Canadian. As expected and cos of showing the fallacy of -mm-e ta ycatciers iigaliist tins 13136 05” 5tC”Wpredict.ed when labor iepeaietlly totalitarian methods and prac- ,3g.,g3 .,K8(

,. . . . - M. i . , . . , V perhaps his soul crled out ,0. Iove, or ure. . is lus. as e ec lve pushed up wages in British Col- tiees, Democratic communities on I T” l N” "””&nCi WQN4 P1311195 C0mDi16d by Di'- LOUIS 1- Dubhnil '1-'01 Odegald OM93” Consul foil ' to feed it man plenlifullr and eie-lumbla during the last two years, whatever level were to use the i

same methodseand practices they profess to despise. There can be a common purpose without common agreement in all things that make up that purpose. Unthinking, regi- mented acceptance of any kind of political philosophy. good or bad. is one of the first steps to tyranny.

3l1'Canadlan lumber costs have got iim9- m Peierboroutih EXiim- out of line. Now we find ourselves Iolitpriced on world markets. Can- .ada is not the only country in the

The Man Man revolt, llllpIEaS3IltXwQg1d whlch has lumber to 5e11, ol- 'r18 it 15- is Only 3 Pa-ii 01 the SW31 grains, or metals or foods. Reopen- wave sweeping the dark continentlmg or the British 0, any omel-

izallily, talking your head off the iller.

liness

Grolaing along the Joyless. lonely years.

But who was there to heed a poor man's need

01' dry a poor man's tears? -

flhe Men-0- Norway in Ontario, has outlined some of 1-pyeal the prillciples of forestry practice ill his llative land. All the forests in Norway have been cut through hundreds of times, and some effort to control cutting has been

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vice-president and statistician o pniiian Life lnsurance Company. that the death rate ill Calladaefrom all causes in 1952 was approximately 8.8 per thousand population-a new low for this

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('0untry-or about three per cent less thariiiii VOEUB Since the 16th century. These He tlf1f::51r"ffS';&e and 1,5 egfnfrgggtC::yihf':n'2;:::t”ge:;g3:t':g tail;iica'k:;di5Cai;10;df:1iE;i8uI:-?es:i9':l3e C3; The mnmpulamn of thought in teacher of lies, the maker of hit in "1051. The estimate is based upon 0f- haye gradually evolved from loosely-elr the plea Named mlshadow-i The Will"? "W1 1"iSicompete.For in country as de- ”"lfl,."1.w”ei whmwim by 3'” 'i:I?)::t?hb:'ll'l)nrrill'l 'l?l,, "IW (ma, l,Nm,ds Im. Dam of the 3-Ca,-V 5upp1e.'forced royal orders to strict control now Th” flffjoe-:5, mid 1'9-echoes from pggmnciidentel CXl:0T):i:oBv iifmtwj l,;'”,,y,,ft3U,?;,””;fL,:,i,,g?:”;"I;l;,?f saith to the H'.V0(r, X'3.Xl... found..- mented by the more up-lo-date figures forlifi practice. --on l.0r(l,pihat I may see!" nations. But responsible or not. he ;”rcierosI'lltzr0 tinanciiiilsrosl. x ' K::,1,O,tn'?p”m”” ”” me ”'"”' i” ',l;'2'l?.:)l,l?t?;"l',Al:'lff'0'f,,fh:i1h”;fm the two and a half million policy-holders, It is the custom for authorities to mark gum, Gmmde Cmkmlfsici '33;nighggiiegtihtiaglelgaifgfgfg mekmms gri: their mum It was on the solid foundations iiititllililiWr- and there is; no breath in Canada. tree to be cut. These not any - - lo :f.."":y .l.ll.?;lS:;”l..”ll3llJ?1”:.?& i...::. .1"..:".:.:l:::. l:.:.'.;..?:':.':i:

world. To oppose the change would emphasis' on "pure clover” and um Mml km." Bnpmm hvmm mm

opinion on any issue. fundamental

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the tltllslaiidlilg feature oftbe a certain size. but must be felled ill a

Apparently l . . . 1 , . A - , . . he TEtiOg'C&lV8 in purpose and started to alk about such mun- the fight agallisl diseases was the progressiSP'3C1f19d malmei 10 3V01d damage 10 3dlii- loll”, mm”) lmpelosls in prospect. - Viclorlaidane tllilhlgs as ”Pasttui'ized The death rate cent trees. Besides, about 20 healthy ma- ' :Tim95- While" Oil 50"” Such desllnmoni

. The tPl'm may be applicable

Co?::C0::;ryMofdA Coelacamii 0” um - lmilk but we don't think thlt the hit 1. ,1 3 agflsjcaru 1993115 W9 New efforts will be made in the nppeal of "pasteurized" or ”whiie" t 95 0 . ”5” wilds 50 P091113? House of Commons. ii is an-iis sufficient. to stop us when puss- among science fiction writers and nounccd. to persuade the G”V””'lililz the honey shelves in the (Iro-

made against tuberculosis. from the disease in 1952 is ll iv-lmv 2H per lilt,l.U00 population, or a ten

kely 10 break ture trees per acre must be left to provide

lfor natural reseeding. There are rules

Dr. W. R. Carson Morheson. Paulie &

i - ' - we lent over the l-evioustabout leaving low stumps, six inches lll"ll. . - pm .mm lmplm n- v I f? . !.glT1-ee-t0 S are .u d 1 b t." d D d m()”9 m3keF5- Cefthiiily. it is as merit to rcinove the income taxlccry stores. For what it is worth. C5117-OPRACTOR Nlcholson minimum recorded in 1901. Oily H9 393 I .9 5 P9059 0 9 llmme 8" astounding as the finding of a "floor" on medical expenses. wllel-e- we would suggest that the bee- Palm" Gildulie .

losis was left 1y"-lg flat on the ground, 5” they will live dinosaur would be, In 1933, by the taxpayer may deduct onlylkcepers stop thinking about such CHARLOTTETOWN A. W. MATHESON. Q.O.

the death rate. from tubercu . and in 1932 it waslabsorb moisture and rot quicker, as well as

indicative of; being less of a fire hazard. If there should lo con- be an outbreak of fire, all able-bodied men ' district must fight it.

Phone 1012 201 Prince St

M. Albun Former. 9.C. B.A., LL.B.

- Barrister and Solicitat- Bank of Commerce Building Charlottetown Money to Loan

ago rlnllblc that of last year. (our lililos as high. which is the progress that is being made in ii lrol and abolition of what used to of the chief killers. In the fight against;

the amount in excess of four per-linings as "pasteurization" of pure cent. of net. income. The Goverll-'lioney as a selling point, and coil- menl. actually collects income tax sider the appealing names of on sums applied to medical ex-lwhlte clover, red clover, basswood penses up to four percent. of lie-Lblossoms. garden flowers or buck- income. and of course on any ex-iwlieat. Canadian honey is the best penditure in excess of the speci-iln the world, but you calinot fled maximum. A Goverilmclit so blame the shopper for passing up concerned about the public health something labelled like 5, bottle of

when a similar discovery was made and London notified. scientists re- fused to bc trapped-into what. they considered it lloax and for some days they did nothing about it. when they did decide to examine the fish, its body had decomposed. Fortunately the same skepticism

A. H. PICAKE. H.A.. I.I..B.

JOHN P. NICH()l.SON. LL."

Barristers. Etc. Collections m Money To Loan 90 Great George Street e. Charlottetown

be oneiln 21 Norway does not depend on wood re-

lllllel-clllosis one of the most effective SOUFCGS much more than Canada does but was not shown this time. and the . . . . .?-s.......-.m-..s S I e I e 4. d.. nmiql the big difference R th 1. N ' . , 'e e present Coelaramh is M least path as to contemplate national health milk.-isudbuiy StBl.l J A M G . Macphee & TI-uinor unapons is ihc 0-'iil.i ("W Will ME - i-l n - 3- ON?!) RIOVH allv ,,,.wm.d insuranee is nio-git iiiesicgii in de- ---e----e . - C lllgdll H F MHWHEE BA QC , , i . - . , ' ., . . yiig ax re le w ere y peope ' t ' ' " llld ilflfiiilwllir lthem as they am used" That day Is not rm) factors ime H" mm special iiloulld easily Care for their own: BAnRls1lWE:TAi(ifI:lgf::0R. Em E” SOMERLED TnAlN0R' B'Al

value. From the study of fossils, scientists believe t.lie coclacanth .. was Ft missing link between fish ymml. mm; had hppehls and mammals. That is. it was one from mp Koolgnays gm. govern; M 3 ”0”p ma" devcmiwd the Wd1'rment action in end pernianently

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MAIL FROM ENGLAND

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Mortality 3lfllOllL' both motlicrs and in-lyei close enough to allow accurate forc- l lanis also showed improvement. but stillecast, but Canada's woods will need Scan- i lmlvcs room for lldyanco, The infant nl0i'-ldinavlail-style care sooner or later.

ale fell below 10 per 1,000 births last

Currie Building

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i3liilV l' I "”"'D-"TTTi&T' illfflits of legs and an alli bladder the Iurmn . . . - e ' 1 . L ', v - g threat of leneviedl gg )'rial'. WlilCll llllllougll about half the lat”-' LDITORIAL NOTLS 311:g;::sOX;?m,:;::”;;I3:rdgzgifmghaiViolence by the Ililifltlc Sons oil ..we hm HT p,m,,,,, 0, mm, 3-nkcggrfgmngcnoii; giifjimn lmnlly, ll...” of 20 vcars ago can be improved and offers g . ,1. n i ' ” . Freedom. The alarm or recent! mutummg om. madam mu MONEY Toi L'UAN Eastern Trust Bulldlnl I 1'1 , ll (1 i luel1l:1hl,E ?l.ff””,'2,d.".?,f,1fi,'l” ”;”?S,”? m””" F”ed”'"”e dem”d3”o"” tilroulzll the exertions of His Ex- --ms--m--m-ms - CHABIOTTFTOWN ;l via (in"c 0 :1 C()llCClTlC . g a' . . . is 5 V - '5 3' X 0- d 1, K L Y -11- -- '. , . . ' ' 5 d” ' s i h ionic and communi- hhn held Debleu” foundm GI Debug” E wcms has 5i”V””d ””'0”gh 90'” fgzgieissd til: Assgioclfirigd B(Il:l'frsaIJI Conan” the If'e””".m" Gavemmj AIIISDII M. GIIIIS. LLB. rhone nil in all ibcdbcx C i Ipggfagev was born 200 years ago todav. 0; lune. and ,; ,,,5l,,.,,mcm5 fully Trade 0! BC 15 we” mmded- aseparate Mailaag is from hence . ----.- - - vzlblc the record showed improvement, bull He published fifteen editions of hi; npeem Capablenof expioigisdliie ddcepks5:'Near1y all lhe 2,500 pl-eedomjies gfgcletfnbgngizgg ;'opr ixughleslfxfgi BARBISTER. SOLICITOR. Eta. Byfbll J. GT:'ll!I'. OD- . - - - .-- . i t i ocean oo's c l e i . . . -i i nrcidciii iii0i'lf111i.V "ldicai-Cd 3 We aim ”" age". the first in 1802 before his death in ”lost vl-orllis" filly ebe izillilelaw 3 mm med up mhgmusl-V.” "T9" and it is most earnestly tobe W1-9h- 130 nichmiiiid 59- - C'W"0"-"0"" 0l''l'05fF-T!i-lST ' - ' ed . i ' '0 efforts ale . ' ' - 1950 pledge tn renal" fmm Im' ed that the House of Assembly will Phone 590 126 KP-nt Street Phone 5" xcaled that contlnu in enslx 1892 HP l bl h d H ..B . f The coeiacanth existed 290 mii- leme ll llc ml, Governmenl llel . . .. "ll 1 d i d the toll of pl'cvonl'il)l-i H ' K a so pu ls e m amnage 0 10" Veils 330 bl” l"3”1i"1 its ed lneinistart a new life A it: "Ir, Smously take the man” mm con. Dr A L MCCISCCC TT”T"T”T”TT"'T'(c" nave” note” all nce(e o re uce . i ” ,l'-Jngland" in 1808 and edited the "British lilgl at it i d el t d - - i ' W 3 'lsldel-atlon, and further the designs . . . . T” llnllllls fmm this cause. , impel-la) Calendal-3' lilg "inc 5J:::ss(ic pal.-V.-lo?ip."'l"f3 niiil- ;':ji';fg?”3if5,,23.f,,,,T2f?lgfn' ' me of the parent Government. by de- DENT," Fl'CBdel'lC A6 I-CTQ9v Q-C- i ion to 155 nlillloll years ago. This my ivislng some plan for the sure and Dem" X-gm, arrlster, Solicitor, Nolliry