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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

THURSDAY JANUARY Z, 1947

About Education

Sir Richard Livingstone, vice-chancellor of Oxford University and one of the most forward- looking authorities on education, has some words of caution about modern education that are worth taking to heart.

Writing in the Atlantic Monthly, Sir Rich- ard expresses the view that present-day educa- tion, in its usually accepted meaning, is guar- anteed to bore children unmercifully. He is equally frank about: th-e half-educated "who have learned enough to express an opinion on subjects which they do not really know, but have never learned to be aware of their ignorance. Such people are familiar pests in every department of life, and a main duty of education is to diminish their number."

It has become almost a consecrated truism among speakers at school conventions to praise "social studies." This new method of teaching history and geography and the problems of citi- zenship, together with other vast themes, is sup- posed to be a great improvement over the meth- ads followed years ago. Sir Richard does not share this enthusiasm. He says that a major weakness of the social studies curriculum is that it spreads itself over a number of complex sub- jects, contents itself with a "cursory view," and never really probes any one of them.

The only way to benefit from education, he contends, is to master a subject worth knowing and to discipline oneself by studies that make demands upon one's faculties of research and judgment and sensibility. This is not an easy doctrine but it is a true one. There are no short cuts to culture.

Sir Richard's views, says the Winnipeg Free Press, will be particularly impressive to many Canadians who met him at Oxford during the courses arranged by the Canadian Army. They will remember him as a scholar who encouraged soldiers to believe that it is never too late to begin the arduous adventure of self-education and who insisted, indeed, that university stu- dents would get more out of their courses if they had to knock about the world for a time before entering college. Here is no academic dreamer but a leader of men; His advice deserves at-

tention.

Wishful Thinking

Prime Minister King, rejoicing at the Lib- eral by-election victory in Richelieu-Vercheres, declares that it spoke "emphatically of the place which the Liberal Party of Canada con- tinues to hold in the Province of Quebec.”

Sober reflection must tell Mr. King, com-

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i947 (Nineteen Hundred and Forty Seven)’

_ _ l Prllhle who grow up into g nurmgl Joy cometh Ill the morning after the night m°'i"fl1l'- "h" If“!!! a mimicry of “hm Jhe problem and Possibilities or _ life. are usually those who have

been early imbued with a love 0g The good old custom of New Year calls books and the habit of reading them, seemed more in evidence yesterday than for a The hi)" ‘Where basil: Bro pert of

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l" of years past. The return of veterans "m °°"““°“ m‘ h“ “"1" B W1-

to civil life has given it an impetus. ‘ml-k "M P m"! which “m” Wm u .. . .

At the end of the current month Parlia-

throes of a fight for a return to democratic gov-, ernment. y I i Q i

Yes, it was a good year, and will-not soon be forgotten; but the prospects for the present and next succeeding five years are even better. Hope everyone has been reading the able reviews of the year and prospects we have been publishing recently. A well informed mind is a valuable asset in business and in going through life. '

At the beginning of this new year if every- one would follew the Pauline advice ta "magni- fy their office" noP themselves in the eyes of others, we would be correspondingly as much ahead of 1946 as last year was ahead of i945- which is saying a good deal.

All retail storekeepers should see that they have in stock what is currently advertised in the local daily newspaper because tests conducted by the Canadian Daily Newspapers Association have shown that many national advertising cam- paigns are thwarted in their purpose by the ab- sence in retail stores of stock which is not in short supply.

son why we should not further develop this ad- vantage to a much greater extent in the year we have just entered. in addition, we could- Iflflkf this the house of call for tourists en route Io Newfoundland, which is bent on developing that

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"The British Government has not made it definitely clear to every man, woman, and child that social schemes have to be poid for, not by the State but by the people themselves." So says Mr. W. Turner Ewing, Master of Edinburgh Merchant Company.

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People who grow up into a normal matur- ity, who attain a mastery of the problems and possibilities of life, are usually those who have been early imbued with a love of books and the habit of reading them, says the Globe and Mail. The home where books are part of the com- mon life has created a bulwark and a bond which time will not dissolve.’

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Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, British Naval Commander, died this date 1841; he fought a single ship duel in the Shannon against the Chesapea'e, which he boarded and captured, Jan. 1, 1813; his name was subsequently given ta the destroyer leader Broke (Captain Edward

ments the Globe and Mail, that he would have been closer to the truth had he confined his remarks to that particular constituency. His implication that most of the people of Quebec feel the some way must be weighed against the successive Liberal defeats in Pontiac and those

Provincial by-elections which were fought on Federal issues.

Only wishful thinking could give rise to the belief that the Richelieu-Vercheres vote

marked a sudden reversal in a very definite trend in public thinking. The electorate in that riding had been in the habit of voting Liberal for the past fifty years. From the late Hon. P. J. A. Cardin, who represented it for thirty-five years, the Liberal candidate (Mr. Cardin's law partner) inherited o powerful political organiza- tIan. Party headquarters had sufficient confi- dence in it that Federal Cabinet Ministers did not appear in the constituency until the last moment. Even then their participation in the campaign was minor in nature. When they did speak, they stressed the merits of the candidate, rothcr than the policies he is expected to sup- port in the House of Commons.

This prompts the query as to when Mr. King proposes to tackle the Halifax by-election. Last word about Halifax was that the by-election there was being postponed on account of the weather. Considering that Richelieu-Vercheres’ farmers had to drive ta the polls‘through snow- drifts this solicitude for the natives of _Hal|fax, where presumably they plow the streets, is extra- ordinary - unless it's the political weather Mr. King was thinking of.

The Future of Russia

When the council of foreign ministers meets in March at Moscow one of the questions it will have to solve is how best to reduce the power of Prussia.

As the Manchester Guardian points out, this problem is vary different from what it is popu- larly supposed to be, for in a sense Prussia al- ready is off the map. "Poland has the eastern provinces up to Oder. Berlin and Hamburg have become ‘Lander,’ Hanover and lruriswick have Lt?! with Oldenburg to form the ‘Land’ of

' r Saxony, Westphalia forms another ‘Land’ with the northern half of the Rhine province, and Hesse-Nassau another with Hesse.“

Iayond this temporary solution lies the basic problem of finding a way to curb Prus- sin’: evil genius without shackling Germany, and to devise a fa uia for artitlonlng Prussia-if » partition is to be the utimate policy-without arousing a new spirit of passionate Gormgn pha- o a canny; a spirit, once awakened, to which it will my difficult ta fix‘ limits.

Anyone who thinks this is an easy policy

Evans) which, along with the Swift fought and defeated d German flotilla of destroyers in the English Channel, April 20-21, 1917. His name thus liveth.

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The renting of the provincial tax revenues by the Federal Government has become like other renting procedures that are taking place these days, says the Gazette. if the Federal Government finds the provincial landlord re- luctant, it offers to buy the furniture or the doorkey. "Divide and rule" was the classic principle of imperious government. But it seems strange to introduce this principle into the sys- tem of Canadian Confederation, and to divide from one another in the name of national unity.

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Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet, died yes- terday's date 1861; was a friend of Matthew and Thomas Arnold, the former of whom wrote his Thyrsis in his memory; he was a Fellow of Oriel, Oxford, but resigned because of religious diffi- culties. Though born in Liverpool, his early years were spent in South Carolina, U. S. A.; his chief poem is called The Bothie of Tober-na Vuolich, being an account of a students’ read- ing party in the Scottish Highlands: "Grace is given of God, but knowledge is bought in the market". "That out of sight is out of mind is true of most ‘Ewe leaye behind."

Latest advices are to the effect that six of Britain's best thoroughbred stallions have landed on‘ will shortly do so, at Halifax, to be used to improve the breeding of race horses and hunt- ers in Canada. Five Clydesdale stallions from Scotland will be in the same group, but they will be placed on the Dominion Government Experi- mental Stations which are now breeding Clydes- dales. All the horses were purchased this fall by the Dominion Department of Agriculture. They were selected by Mr. J. M. McCallum, assist- ant director of the production services branch of the department.

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For the first time in the history lof the United States, in either 'war or peace, money in circulation crossed the $Z9,000,000,000 mark last oak. Assuming a population of i40,000,- 000 persons, this is equal to $207, in round fig- urns, for every man, woman, and child. From evsry quarter came abundant evidence that this record total of $29,0l9,000,000 was being turned over at a rapid clip. A final tally shaw- ed most of the country's crop were the best and biggest in history; vacuum cleaner sales reach- ed the highest levels since records have been kept; two-pants suits were restored to the male wardrobe; commodity prices began levelling off; automobile production was close to the post-war high and the country/s army of workers was near- ly Mly employed. The stock market respond- ed to the week's favorable dml rnents by add- ing a little more than $I,OW,%,OW to the

tn strangely indifferent to the

quoted value of shares listed, thus bolstering time for the traditional year-and rally.

I W Last year we were practically the farmi Province of Newfoundland, as Mr. Ag- new's revied indicated, and there is no rea-

trade from Canada and U. S. A. j

not dissolve. The love of books lei

E treasure beyond prlcc. and a oflwse more to be valued than any

Moll.

The MoDonalds near Klnflflfdhjg are so numerous that they create P 800d deal of confusion. Glen- Furry, which has even more of hem. seems to have mastered that problem with its special labels like "Red Jack" and "Dirty John". — Brockvllle Recorder and Times.

The Ottawa Journal. which often

‘e5 “WW from new words, now games forward with "squaiterism". n Australia “Squ-attocracy" was in use a century ago to describe com- munities of rich squatters; also vsqniatterarcby". And “Squgllgr; dorm" described the collective body pf squatters. In some part5 o: Am. Prim. a squatters cabin was n, "Squatteree." But "squatter-ism" seems to be new. —Torronito Star.

Another tragic r. suit of the death f the late President Franklin D. evelt is ill: fact that he is pot here to silence his Srllll who p-ppears to be bent 0n uridolng so rnuch of the good work his father miplished in bringing about. grid understanding and peace, _ 'en Sound Sun-Times, The boy who 19b into trouble Vecause he ls high spirited and resi- css, or because he is led astray, pr because he knows no better, ls worth reclaiming. He should have g secon-d chance or whatever num- iser qt chances he may need, and lety should see that he gets them. gbeciety i5 guilty of n misdemeanor too reprehensible for words when it sends a. boy who might lce re- lplalmed to a college of crime from which he can only gra-dulite into a career of degradation and misc . --Va-Iiio9uve'l' Province.

Oni- of the defects cf All industry's being organized ln small uni-ts ls that individual businesses are im- able to finance research into the use of new marteriaLs or methods of production. and while many of the virtues of the long-established family business survive, these qual- ities carry with them n ccnrervat- ism ‘in outlook. In the bigger con- cems mcchanlzazion is possibleand has beep curried out. although both here and in the layout of faciorles something can be learned from the best American practice where there is a, higher average output per main. Something can be learned too from Switzerland. At Z-urlch there ls o. University for the arts and lech- ri-Eoal crafts which the Working Party feel might serve as a model for a national College in this coun- try. —Glasgciw Herald.

A grey squirrel lately took to °°mmulifl8 across our lawn at 7.10 each moirnlmg. It. was shot and skinned; and its bcdy hung ln the larder while I sought to confirm, by hasty inquiry c! friends and in official quarters, an impression that I had read 0,! grey squirrels e4 excellent eating. This I found surprisingly difficult. Finally, re- assured by a neighbor whose clogs enjoyed grey squirrel trolled, I had ours served up in a casserole. My household and I agreed in finding in it not merely a harmless but on appetlzlng dish of good while mean, at once more dellmte and more in- teresting than rabbit. —Slr Stephen Tallents in London Times.

Army medical officer-u may now be accepted for post-graduate courses in medicine nt several cast- em Canadian universities, The courses have been made available through negotiations with Univer- sities in Toronto, Kingston. Mont- real and Quebec, and it is thought that many Army medical men will welcome the opportunity of further- lng their studies. Where possible the ccurses will be nneriged so as not. to interfere with the duties cf medical officers serving in military hospitals, --l"redezlct0n Gleaner.

In ilic old duye watches were rare among the farmers and wrist watch- (5 had not bern built. Th: family time was kept by the tall c‘.d clock on the- kltchen wall. The clcrl: might be incorrect anyvtticre from min- utes to half an hour, but. It served

prior to tekln ifarrn homes d.l not have a bell. be heard Ln remote fields and which served the purpose as well as n bell. Others again ran up n white flag cm a tall pole which could

by bell. by ham or by 11W il- dld

farm work to sharpen the appetite.

ed for the bell or horn long before the normed signal was heard and ayes were trained on the top of the aqpoie roi- the first nsht of the fluttering white cloth. -Fort Will- lnm Times-Journal.

Innslnthoottloeolsaraallllt frantically busy new htgtand fue- my talking to itu-youthful-looklm iormerqrlofisi ‘Phomle Usurrln writer in Owonet. On his aaols the Photo- fllpll of n grlmilvfflfl. llIhM-Irll Yankee elated from a simple ft-sme. "n that your Dad?" 1 iiutulugls ismtlrod, otlllhg far time. “No, it lift.” the some man rqtllsd. "In

_y ___' THE _g CHARLOTTETOWN ___‘G_llARDIAN___,

PUBLIC FORUM

This column fl open so the dlnaunlon by eon-Q-

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. ’ of *“ of interest. The Charlottetown Guardian doea as neoconse- ily endorse the opinion ol correspondent

THE SOUTHPOIT FOX Slrw-Rfaders of the Guardian

WW9 Very much amused at the epi- sode of the Soubhport fox u writ-

ment- will resume, and then we will be in the “J1” Bm- -T°">m° Gibbs Bndnen by the editor of Hunter's 00r-

ner in Saturday's issue, zl 111s always laushs best. who laughs as . Thl8 10x ended hi; dnyu in mg laws of a steel trap aided by some Pellets from an Ithaca double-bar- rclled shot-gun He died beside the one he loved 50 deEI-Tll’. rm old Plymouth Rock rooster. I-t was quite fitting. as he lived all surruner on chicken, that one should be the cause of his de- pal-lure. He was a beautiful specimen. and even Hawk-eye mlglht well be envious that it was not hi; privilege to behold him in life. Several Southport ladies are trying to de- cide who will wear his cape, but.

‘ "dlvfl are only of average dimensions, he "would only serve to hide their beautiful nylons, And so hL; owner has decided to send him to the fat lady 1n the circus. when next she vlslta town, I llcllc the editor of Hunter's Corner‘ and l-Iawkeye will be there to be- hold her as she gally dis rts the cape which was formerly the Southport fox.

I em. Sir. etc. OLD TIMER

CHILDREN'S ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE

Sin-The proposed plan to estab- lish g children's Community Art Centre ln Charlottetown has caus- ed many people to ask the question "What ls an Art Centre?"

"Art" has become a very broad term, Mr. J. E. Barton of London, England, has defined it as "that. vital essence of genuine civiliza- tton whlbh shows itself in every admirable human thing from the achievements of the greatest poet. painter, architect, ta the work of the man who gives you: shoes what he calls s. "first-class shine."

This idea of Art as anything ad- mirably and beautifully done might be a starting-point. from which to answer the above question. All young children show marked cre- ative power not as a thing apart but as a factor in their everyday life-in their play. They scribble and draw on anything and every- Lhlng-on books, on wallpaper, an dusty surfaces. The modern edu- catlanallst sets o-ut to use these qualities which he calls “creative Pxllresslan" and to encourage the child to express himself freely according to his own bent. Toward this end there must be supplied to the child the proper environ- ment and the necessary materials with which to work and perfect freedom to use eyes and hands as he chooses-always under the guidance of well-trained and ex- p-erlenced teachers.

For children of school age there ls no conflict, between this cre- ative eicpresslon and their regular school work. Quite the contrary. ‘The one complements the other. The admittedly inadequate educa- tional system c-f today which seems primarily an attempt to stuff knowledge into our children. would be infinitely more complete if there were embraced in it this idea of drawing out the creative in- stlnct a! every child.

This is the main idea of a child- rens’ Art Centre-to give all child- ren the chance to do creative work along the lines they like best- Its nlm is to provide thereby for in- dividual growth in the use of the imagination-to develop initiative and resourcefulness -to sharpen observation and to encourage work in‘ co-aperntion with others and to reveal to children a deeper undo-r- siandlng of the world about them. It ls to develop critical and sen- sitive individuals who have learn-

‘IIIE TRUTH

Friend. thotfli. thy soul should bum thee, yet be still. ‘rhoiuhts were not, meant for strife, nor tongues for swords. lie that sees clear is gentlest of his

words. And that's not truth that hath ma heart to kill. ‘llhe whole world's thoughts shall not one truth fulfil.

Dull 1n our age. and passionate in our youth,

No mind of man hath found the perfect truth,

Watch and be still, no: hearken to tihe fool.

The babbler of consistency and

rule: wisest is he. who. never quite sec-

um.

Chances his thoughts for better day by day:

Tomorrow sortie new light will shine, be sure.

And thou shalt see thy thousht an- other wisy.

-—Arclilbnld Lampman.

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ALBERTON AND TIGNISII

1n 1842 a scheme was started to establish a, fishing industry at Onsoiunpec. It went. so far that some twelve log houses for the fish- ermen were built u-t. different points. Some three or four were placed at the "Cross Roads," as the place near the railway station where Alberton stands was at that time called. but the enterprise never matured. Yet being Ln is central position and on the direct road between the east and Tlgnish, a store was opened. a school house erected and from this Atberion de-

eloped.

At Tignlsh. after the first Arcad- lims arrived in 1799. is few settlers from Ireland arrived. This was ln 1811. About the year 1846 Frank Arsenault opened a store at Nail Pond on the shore a few miles West of where Tlgrnlsh now stands. His merchandise was obtained at Port l-Illl and at. Charlottetown, and that from Port Hill at least was hauled by horse and cart. These goods he exchanged with the farmers and fishermen for their products. A fews years later Thomas J. Cale began trading. In 1850 W.B. Dean also began and with Capt. Hub- bard, who came from near Char- lottetown, dld a large trading and fishing business. Their place of business; was about midway between the present ‘rlgnlsh and whflt is known as “The Run." the latter being the erttrance from the Gulf to Tlginish Pond. In 1858 Mcssrs. Hall and Myriok began a similar buslnees at. The Rrun. Both these gentlemen were "Americans" as citizens of the United States were and are yet, called. This was the foundation of the business qf J H MyTlck and Company. About 1859 a Roman Oathollc brick church was built at where, in later years, the northwestern end of the railway terminated. This spot got. to be called “Tignlshfl the word being, lt is said, a contraction cf the Indian name Malagunwhlc. meaning “paddlefi ,——P.E I. Past and P11!- sent.