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ho remember the novel. will recall the interest gm, centred in the chariot race. That vivid description was once a opuiu recitation, and rarely have 3,. heard anything from the plat- form that could compared with of equa interest in the preparation for the "ce...f,hg and care with which the hero trained his team. He found that the speed of the mm was determined by the speed of the slowest horse. The team had to be kept together if it hoped to win. and therefore the drivers task was to quicken the pace of me slowest and to slow down the others so that they might move ,5 , unit, particularly in the final effort of the race.

New here is a principle far- reaching in its application, and there is much to be said both for and against it. How far should the effort of the ablest be toned down so as to keep pace with the ability of the weakest? To what extent should society be deprived of the special services which only first-rank ability can give in or- der that he may keep step with the second rank and third rar.k worker in the group to which he belongs? And. to what extent should real genius be kept back from the exceptional qualifica- tions which he alone can acquire and the distinction- and reward which he alone can win?

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In His parable of the Talents, Jesus drew a parallel between the man entrusted with live talents and the man entrusted with two talents. The two-talent man was commended because he had made two talents more, and the five- talcnt man was commended for having made five talents more. But the five-talent man would not have been ommended if he had made only two talents more, be- cause, as Jesus said in another connection: "Everyone to whom much is given, of him will much he required: and of him to whom men commit much they will de- mand the more."

For example, in the professions such as law. medicine and the ministry the bulk .of the work will always be done by the two- taient men--that is, the men of ordinary ,abillties who make an extraordinary use of them-but always exceptional need calls for the service of the exceptional man. and progress in the profession de- pends on his discoveries and ach-

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On the other hand consideration for the weaker is required wher- ever men must act together. Aii army is drilled to move as one man; the initiative of the individ- ual soldier may on occasion save a situation, but if it carries him away beyond his comrades he will lose his life and they will be de- prived of his leadership. It will always be a problem hard to solve how far men must be held to- gether and in what situations the individual is expected to develop and use his powers to the utmost.

An English educationist recently criticized our educational system on the ground that the pupils are promoted in classes. The brilliant student, who is able to move for- ward much more rapidly than his fellows, is thereby denied the op- portunity to advance as rapidly as he can and is held back from the full development for which his character and ability qualify him. The daily papers told us recently of a high-school student who led the Province this year, and who found. every time he entered his class in mathematics, that he was 100 pages ahead of them in his work. We shall have to leave our educationists to decide about the merits of the system; evidently it did not prevent that student from real attainment: but the principle that each man is required by every law of God and man to cultivate his powers to the utmost and to Prepare himself for the highest

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and Life

Ce Pld eon, D.D., LL;D. United hurch of Canada

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service possible in his line is clear and cannot be too strongly em- phasize O 0

Labor unions sometimes decide the amount of work each man is allowed to do in a day. They pro- test against the tendency of em- ployers to judge what is to be ex- pected of the average man by what the exceptional worker can do, and so they set the standard at a point which all can reach easily. It is up to the unions to justify their own regulations and we refrain here from Judgment. At the same time no such regula- tion cin abrogate the divifie law that determines each man's duty by his ability. Modern science has harnessed Nature's forces for the service of man; the first result, of their use must be the easing of the burden laid on the taller. At the some time, the obligation of the talented in any sphere of ser- vice, to give his generation the best service of which he is capable is rooted in the will of God who made us what we are. "My ut- most for His highest", is Ohrilt'I law of life.

Church courts are now in ses- sion and in every forward move- ment proposed, consideration has to be given to thosd who feel un- able to advance with the speed of the majority. For example, in discussions of Church Union and in all moral and social reforms eager spirits are pressing forward toward the fulfillment of God's will for His people, but are held back by their brethren. It is al- ways a matter of grave practical importance how far such minori- ties should be allowed to block deep spiritual movements, and while the patient and charity which Christ inspires is always necessary, His call to advance must be obeyed when it comes.

THE CENTRAL GUARDIAN

THE GUARDIAN.

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LITTLE THEATRE STUDIO NIGHT. Tuesday, November 4th, Empire Theatre, 8.15. Membership available at door.

THREE FLIGHTS WEEKLY to Magdalen islands. P. Q. Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday. Phone Mari- time Central Airways 2061 or 540

SCHEDULED FLIGHTS daily to Bummersido and Monctcn Phone Maritime Central Airways Limited, 2061 or 540.

scams ALUMNI MEETING Tuesday evening, November 4, 8.30 in Charlottetown Baptist Hall.

Speaker Dr. F. W. Patterson. All Acadia friends welcome. fast as the company could put

them up, and sometimes cutting of! continental messages.

Now- that the bison have gone the Canadian National Telegraph Company officials are scratching their heads trying to cope with an army of rabbits that are chow- ing their telephones to shreds along the Alaska Highway. Maybe its something about the chemic- ally treated posts that attracts the rabbit tribe. If so the prob- lem is to offer the little beasts a different kind of diet in a less ex- pensive form and at least be elim- inated from the preservation or replacement poles. "It wouldn't take long" they point out, "for a pair of rabbits and their progeny

to eat their way through the com- pany's entire budget in tele- phones!"

Strange But True

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Two hundred pounds of ice from Mendenhall glacier, were shipped

club.

ice. .

Looking for a big gold strike for the past fifty-two years-and not finding the rainbow's end and the pot of geld-was the experience of David Ryan and Ernest Corps. so last December the pair threw in the sponge and returned to civili- zation.

Corps, an Englishman, hiked the thousand miles of mountain and bad lands from Edmonton to Dawson in '98. Ryan, an Aust- ralian covered the same trail in the same manner. The pair met for the first time in 1907 and to- gether prospect d the Yukon coun- try for 43 years.

They sold their and boarded a. Canadian Pacino Airliner for Vancouver. 3.0., where they now live in peace, and no doubt often dream of the Big strike they never. rriade.

Soon after the bur seal pup is born it swims away and is not seen again for two yes.rs. Then it comes back to the place of its birth every year during its life- time. Where they migrate to no- body hss yet discovered. and strange but true, the bur seal touches land nowhere in the world except on the Pribilo'sl

In Bethel, Alaska, you can see a movie for a fish. The theatre ac- cepts-fish and fur pelts in place of money.

Most of us can recall stories about the bison of the Western plains scratching t mselves against the telegraph p I. and knocking them down almost as

My wash,1s always sunshine white,

For a sweet clean house

and less work too...'

to New York City last year tolasted until the Canadian Gov- chill the cocktails served at thcernment. banned it less than '60 annual banquet of the Explorers years ago.

The dense blue glacier ice What was the Cannibal Society? is longer lasting than ordinary What function did it perform?

claims last year heavy timbers on them while they

M It - the perfect drink for peop e of destination.

ICE causes the delicious solu- tion of the dessert problem.

THE LIFE YOU SAVE may be your own. Be a blood donor today.

oarrzav AND nnnornic RADIOS. Batteries. Bryenton and Maoxay.

EXTRA SPECIAL at LoPage's Bargain Basementli Women's heavy overshoes fur trim and gen- uine sheep-lined flight boots for only 56.99. only agfew pair at this sacrifice price. ( Today's price 312.95).

Long-Time W.M.S. Member Honoured on 75th Birthday

On Monday evening. October 27. Mrs. John Bertram was guest of honour at ,a surprise party held at the home of Mrs. N'.A. Cutclitfe, Fredericton, the occasion being the celebration of her seventy- fifth birthday.

The party was arranged by the members of the Pleasant Valley

reside in Fredericton. She was also a. former member when she resided in Pleasant Valley several

signs for Canada and A. 0. Stan-

Ladies Aid and Auxiliary of W. M. s.. of which Mrs. Bertram has been 16y for the United States as the a faithful member since coming to International Joint Commission

PROJECT APPROVED - Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton. (seated left)

approves an order authorizing the two countries to launch a 3450.000, 000 St. Lawrence river hydro pro- ject. The two are co-chairman of the Commission, which met in

The pellets, when examined, tell the tale of what the occupant has

Montreal. Standing. left to right are: commissioners Eugene Webber, U. 3-: George Spence, Canada; Robert B. Mcwhorter, U. 3., and J. Lucien Dansereau, Canada. top Photo)

Grade I (a)-l. Donnie John- ston; 2. Arnold Lannon.

BULLETINS robin BIRDLAND

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years ago.

Mrs. Bertram joined the Auxil- iary of the W. M. S. in I-lighfield sixty-three years ago and has been a continuous membe since that time. This is a record of which few or possibly none on P. E. I. can equal.

When all the guests arrived Mr. Leslie Weekssspoke briefly. Mrs. Harry Weeks read an address and Mrs. FEW. Cutcliffe presented Mrs. Bertram with a lovely purse. Mrs. Bertram thanked everyone in hei- usual friendly manner, then all joined in singing iFor She's A Jolly Good Fellow".

Miss Amy I-lowatt then enter- tained everyone by rendering sev- eral piano solos. Mr. Leslie Weeks

VWINTER iiousci.

Is it not significant that birds which make open nests of grass,

0 O 0 There are lo active volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands.

We read of curious customs and strange religious rites in far-away lands yet fail to realize that right here in Canada the Chilkoois and other Indian tribes of our North- land were so fierce that they were greatly feared by the early white settlers. Their cannibal society

And who were its members?

The "Cannibal Society” was a hangover from the days when hu- mans were sacrificed and eaten. In later years, however, members of the society merely went through the pretence of eating human flesh, the-meat being mostly rein- deer or bears. The function of this strange society was to put the fear of the Great Spirit into the hearts of their enemies. Its mem- bers were sworn to capture alive certain of the enemy for use as slaves and to place under the pil- lars of their community houses. They made the slaves get into the post holes, and then dropped the

were still living.

Locks of the slaves' hair were cut off to decorate their dance sticks as proof of the superiority of their tribe.

These Canadian Indians living along Lynn Canal also believed that a shaman or priest, could exercise his spirit power to make a patient well or sent him pack- ing to the spirit world!

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The Alopex fox found near the Bering sea. changes his bluish- brown coat each fall to a luxuri- ous pure white. Farther south along the Bering sea this change of color does not occur and Alo- pex is there known as the blue fox.

GREAT PRINTER.

William Caxton printed the first book in England in 1477.

twigs,-and so on are mostly ones that migrate, while those that bring up families in cavities are more likely to winter. with us? Because of our severe winters, those that remain here sometimes like to retain the houses they had for nesting purposes early in the season. Hairy woodpeckers con- tinue to use the holes they ox- cavated at breeding time. taking shelter there when the cold is in- tense. Occasionally they even gouge out new winter homes.

The English Sparrows, which are always permanent residents, and those of the starlings that stay throughout the year try to find ledges, however narrow, on our buildings where they can make a few bits of dead grass or rubbish remain in place. There they snug- gle up during the worst weather. Rufied Grouse dig tunnels in the snow and crouch in them during a storm. Although Chickadees oc- cupy hollcws in trees or posts during the nesting period, in win- ter they may seek out the old, well-protected nests of Crows or Phoebes, or even a chink,in some building. Our Flickers are a species of Woodpecker that migrates. some of them, however, do not go far enough south to entirely es- cape cold weather. We are told that these. to avoid the frost, fre- quently bore holes in vacant sum- mer cottages in the northern states and take refuge there. Others have been known to seek shelter in church steeples.

Screech Owls, themselves no good at house building, are al- ways entirely dependent on holes left vacant by competent work- men, or cavities they are able to find in old, decayed trees. Wood- peckera are wonderful carpenters, and turn out exactly what Owls need. So the Screech Owls, which spend the entire year where they were born, often bring up their families in wooden structures chis- elled out by woodpeckers, and afterwards keep them as living quarters, They are not averse also to taking possession of a cranny in one of our buildings from Oc- tober until eariy. spring. There in winter they rest in daytime and come out at dusk to forage.

For several years, now, this habit of roosting in a shelter by day has been found useful to the bird watcher. In a section of On- tario bounded by London, Toronto, Oshawa, and Chalk River barrels have been fastened to trees in localities known to be favoured by Screech Owls. ,These birds have taken a fancy to the man-made shelters. All Owls swallow their prey whole. and afterwards dis- gorge in the form of pellets the remains that cannot be digested.

sang a very appropriate song.toMr. and Mrs. Bertram. ”Growing Old Together". Then a sing-song fol- lowed, accompanied by Mrs. W. E. Stevenson at the piano. A three- tier birthday cake baked by Mrs. P. W. Cutcliife and decorated with candles was then presented to Mrs. Bertram. The cake was cut by Mrs. Bertram and Mrs. Hyatt I-laslam. A delicious lunch was served by the ladies and this very enjoyable evening brought to a close by singing "Blest Be The Tie That Binds".

IN MEMORIAM

GARET MACSWAIN

MRS. MAR

There passed peacefully away to her eternal rest, at St. Peter's Bay September 8th, 1952, after an ill- ness of four months, Margaret Macswain. in her 90th year,widow of the late Norman MacSwain.Mt. Hope. .

Mrs. Macswain will long be re- membered by her family and friends. She lived an active and useful life of service and was noted for her warm hospitality, broad sympathy and love which expressed her truly religious char- acter.

She is survived by three daugh- ters, Hattie (Mrs. G. H. Perry. who came from her home in Alberta to visit her mother in August); Plo- rence (Mrs. W. W. Anderson) of St. Peter's Bay, and Mary (Mrs. L. 8. Cox), Mcrell, and two sons. Sterling of Marie and Sheldon on the homestead in Mt. Hope.

Left to mourn also are two sis- ters, Sarah Harriet and Mary Macdonald of Allston, Mass., and twenty grandchildren. five great grandchildren, whose lives were enriched by "Grandma's" unselfish devotion.

Her husband. one daughter, Margaret (Mrs. E. H. Anderson), a brother, Allan J., and a sister, Florence (Mrs. A. R. Maroin) pm- decessed her.

"Blessed be Thy name, Oh Lord, for the love of all these years, and ”' r' be Thy name that with tender loving kindness, Thou has opened to her a world of broader love".

We have seen the chamber of failing strength, the fountain of the sweetest influences, and quiet- ness and pain, having a singular privilege of access to the eternal- and there is no fearhor gloom in this last summons. only a glad deliverance, only the going down of the sun, sure to rise on the marrow.

"Saviour in Thy tender keeping we have left our mother sleeping.

TTIG NETgTIbOi'S By George Clark

Grade I ib)-l. Anne Misencr; 2. Calvin Chappell.

Highest average in senior grades -Harry Kiclly, 91.195; highegt, gv- erage in junior grades, Audrey Douglas, 74.393.

Teacher-Lorraine Morrisscy.

been eating. Do Loons migrate?

IN MEMORIAM

MRS. HARRY C. STUBBS

The deatha of Mrs. Harry C Stubbs, formerly Marjorie White, of North River. occurred at Ai- lirigton, Mass, on October 27th.

Mrs. Stubbs was, some years ago, well known in Charlottetown, where she was a member of tlie

HISTORIC VESSELS -Columbus discovered America with three tiny vessels-the Santa Maria of lilo tons, Pinta, 50 tons, and Nina, 40 tons.

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Mourners are her husband, Mr. Harry G. Stubbs of Arlington; a daughter, Mrs. William C. Allen. of Arlington; a. son. Captain Harry G. Stubbs of the U. 3. Air Force, at present stationed in Alberque- que, New Mexico; and four sisters. Mrs. Samuel Stewart of Brookline; Mrs. Melvin McLeod of New Glas-

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Miss Frances E. Johnston, rscen

gow, P.E.I.; and Mrs. Fred Mc- Laren and Mrs. Wesley Bell of North River.

The funeral was held from

Christ Episcopal Church in Cam- bridge. Services at the church and at Mt. Auburn Cemetery were

The Prince Edward Island at-in and Crafts Guild-

.RoIe Of Museums In Education

"Lionel Seminar. "The Role of Museums in Education", sponsored by the United Nations Educational. scientific and cultural organ- ization, will tell about the Seminar at an open meeting in the Art Centre, 2nd floor of the, Market Building on Wednesday, November 5th at 8:15 p.m. Everyone interested will be welcome.

meeting on the .

tly returned from the interns-

conducted by the Rector of Christ Church, the Rev. Gardiner M. Day.

srannors (.;Tl(;)l.

The following is the honour roll in examinations held during the

month f September t St h

s,,,o,,,.8 ' B" 096 ENGLISH FINE Grade X-l. Harry Kill ; I. -

Edith Misener. E y CUPS AND

Grade VIII-l. Lois Maccalium

Grade VII-1. Hilda Cliappell; 2. Barbara MacMilian; 3. Laura Misener.