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-CA:-ithTrl7ti7TsEi'ti7"i'iiTfiisiIli'i7cEFo7ti47J-' liepsrtnicnt, Ottawa. The island Glllrdiln Publishing (lo.

fjdltar and Managing Director. Isn A.-'Bur-neft. Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

(1lR(3L'l.A'I'ION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"The strongest memory is weukor than the wecikut ink”.

CHARLOTTETOWN, FRIDAY. JUNE I9 I953

cutting The Gordian Knot llresidellt Syngman Rhee of the RC- public of Korea is a great many things that the United Nations wish he were not. it is difficult. and enlbarrassing to fight for a small and weak nation against outside aggression and find that the government of the country you are defending is far from being ideal, according to any stand- ards.

The latest move of President Rhee, how- ever, provides a solution to the problem of Prisoners-of-ll'ar which has been handled with remarkable ineptitude by the United Nations forces and negotiators. The only pity is that those ulio did not wish to be repatriated were not turned loose a long time ago, before their names were hand- ed to the Communists by our negotiators.

That cannot now be remedied but the present release saves face all around. The, Conimiinists will feel that those who arei returned have come. voluntarily and their fate should be somewhat better than if it were assumed that they returned home at bayonet. poiilt.

It is to be hoped that the Communistsl take, a realistic view of the incident and do not delay the exchange of prisoners be- cause of Rhee's action. They could tech-. nically charge a breach of the exchangei agreement but it would seem to be in the' interest of all to disregard the escapes.

A Timely Warning

There will be plenty of backing for External Affairs Minister Pearson. predicts the Hamilton Spectator, in his sharp warn-V irig against "elevating fear into a civic? virtue and making denunciation thehest of!

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loyalty." An American audience, which in- cluded President Eisenhower,

lvolved in the diffusion of student effort lover the modern curricular offering.

One of the virtues of the old school

system, Mr. Campbell points out, was that. by reason of its high academic standards it demanded ”consistent and concentrated effort." When, however, public opinion in- 'sisted that schools be required to retain and "attempt to educate children of widely vary- ing levels of scholastic ability, the standards- tended to fall to the norm of the whole group, and the physical softness of moderil adult life began to be reflected in the class- room. ”The quality, techniques and tools of instruction improved, and at least the brighter children were not required to exert themselves to any degree in order to attain to the mediocre standards demanded for promotion." ' Educationists are now making pro- vision for individual differences in com- posite high school training. ”This is done by homogeneous grouping of students, by the provision of elective and alternative courses suited to the need and capacity of the groups; by enrichment of courses for bright students, and by a narrowing of the courses for the slow-learners."

But how if the student of superior in- tellect, ”the potential leader of the future,” , las Mr. Campbell calls him, prefers to en-i lroll for courses which will not challenge, his intellectual capacity? "I wish,” says Mr. l Campbell, "that every high school princi- pal and teacher could become convinced of the urgency of solving this problem through highly organized guidance services, which in this "case should not always accept the casually declared interests of the superior student as the sole criterion for his course selection. He should be persuaded and even forced to enroll for courses com- mensurate in difficulty with his ability."

How is this force to be applied, and how, if iipplied, would it differ from the old- fashioned "authoritarian" method which is now regarded as Iunning counter to demo- cratic ideas? The issue is by no means unimportant, for leadership training at the highest level is more necessary today titan

tcver. Mr. Campbell frankly concedes this

point, and poses the difficulty in a forth- right manner.

EDIIORIAL NOTES

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The C. C. F. are the first party to re-

lleafd ill-ivveal their platform for the federal election.

lFll9Sl r'iPllF'?li R1002 lhls llflP. and M11 P931"-i,Tliere will be, of course. a difference in

son didn't leave much doubt. about

ihl”i,Pn”lpilaSlS but it seems likely that the other lxvsterla monzers he was gunning for. ltlpat-ty platforms will ilot be drastically.

was another assault on what, for want of, different,

a better term, might,be called McCarthy-i ism, with its grave, and hurtful excessesi

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It is a common misapprehension that

i"i0191'3ll('P 9-""'l'l be 5UCf'9SSll1ii.V f0UE-(ht Willi 1 Britain draws revenue from colonial terri-

. . . I intolerance; to distort. democratic processes

tories. Last.'year, however, she spent no

in fighting the Red subveltsion is to FPO”-lless than 339,lloo.oli(l on colonial develop- sor a cure just about as had as the disease l ment and almost si9ii.lloo,oo0 over the past

itself. But. Mr. Pearson didn't just leave it all that. What he said between the lines was

1 seven years.

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As the weather becomes warmer the

that d9m0('F8('.V hfld i0 keep its head. We . attractions of getting out-of-doors and into

are fighting a cunning and resourceful enemy, one that can take his time and fully exploits his strategies. The curse of Mc-i

the sun becolne almost irresistible. There will be many words of caution to those who attempt to absorb too much sunshine

CaFlil.Vl5m is lilal ll lllPl.V Stir UP Sllfh Min a hurry. It is much better to be a bit resentment as to take our eyes compiete- bored by such repetition, however, than ly away from the greater threat of Com- L badly burned by tho sun.

niiiiiism, which is still very real and menu mine. The. Western democracies, Mix!

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A Governor-General for Great. Britain

Pearson emphasized. would have to be ml and not H Regency Council while Her the military alert against Communism for.Majesty is visiting Australia and Npw

years: Tile Russian ”peace

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0ll8llSlVP."i7.caland next winter is suggested by the

might bring opportunities, but "it also may l Calgary 1101-aid. After the first shock of bring new tests and even dangers which willl surprise at the idea jt can be seen that

call for steadiness and patience. force is only one weapon. . . . There are other weapons, less obvious but no powerful. which will be employed in the, hope of dividing ils." I

Luckily McCarthyism is not an ailmenti

Mllllalivi the suggestion has much to commend it,

particularly if an outstanding Canadian

lPSS , were chosen for the vice-regal role.

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Herbert Alfred Vaughan, English Cardi- nal, died this date I903. He was appoint-

Ol ill? lll?l.l0l'll.V Of ill? Allwlllfan D90Pif'- T0 ed Archbishop of Westminster in 1892, the find Mr. Pearson giving blunt. and healthy,

advice to an applauding group south of the

following year he received a cardinal's hat. He was the founder of St. Joseph's College

lift". is Fl bcarleiilnlz -'i.Vmh0l in ll-'4Pif Of ill at Mill Hill and in Jilly. 1894 started his

profound unity of free people. It would be foolish to ignore the threat of ”fear-ped-

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great. project of erecting a cathedral at Westminster, which he lived just long

rlling patriots." far more foolish to let thel enough to see completed, Reds themselves use our contempt of ex-l

cess as propaganda soil for their own ends. Alertness is still paramount. Commuilisni plays a long and patient. game. it can use the technique of soothing as adroitly as Hitler used it. But there is no evidence yet that it has relaxed or changed its ulti- mate goal.

curriculum Problem

Recent reference was made in these

columns to the interesting lectures on cur-,

riculum trends in Canadian education by it former Prince Edward Islander, Mr. H. L. Campbell, Deputy Superintendent of Edu- cation for British Columbia. (Mr. Camp- bell is a son of the late John M. Campbell, not Ernest Campbell, as stated previously. Ernest and Lt. Col. R. H. Campbeliwere his uncles.) Noteworthy particularly iii his lectures in the cautious note sounded in criticising oldtime teaching methods, and the frank recognition of the difficulties in-

It is now official that the R. C. A. F.

TI-IE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Cost Of Living's Up Again

A till

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- tly endorse the opinion 0' correspondents.

MB. COLDWELUS Sir.-Mr. .1. Caldwell in on an iconoclastic rampage. He wants to scrap the Senate to save the country 31,000,000 a. year Economy is praiseworthy. However there are brands of economy that are ex- pensive. The glamour of the re- cent. Coronation coat fl. lot. in dol- lar: and cents, but the buoyant surge, it gave the morale of the Empire could not be bought. for money. In these days of international stress, it is doubtful wisdom to precipitate radical changes the re- percussions of which might rock the country on its foundations. But. since Mr. Coldwell is rather prone to such explosive. iittcrances. it. in unlikely that much official

PROPOSAL

stock will be taken of his proposal.

I am, Sir, etr.. 'TR.ADI'I'IONALIST.

LEICESTER SHEEP

"The Central Agricultural Sri- ciety have just imported, per the harque 'Civility', from Bideford. twenty-eight first-rate Sllcft-l'l. chief- ly yearlingii. of the Leicester breed, in accordance with a vnlc of the House of Assembly passed by that body in the Session of 1842. These. animals have been planted with great. care by Mr. Christopher Cross, nf this town. a gentleman well qualified. from his practical experience in such matters, and front his ion! resi- dence on this Island, to make a judicious selection. Two or tliri-e of these animals, we iinderstiiiiil, obtained prizes at it rattle show in England, a short time since. The numbcr nriizlnally shipped was thirty, but. two unfortunately died on the passage. The remainder are in fine condition. and are to be disposed of by public. ailciion on the .'llst. inst."

-Colonial Herald. Mar 20. 184.1. In it subsequent issue the Herald reported the results of, the sale. which netted 1134 9d. The ani- mals were arranged and sold in pairs, to the foilowinx nurcha.s- era: Hon. W. W. Irving, Bon- sbaw; Charles Stewart. Ros:-hank: John R. Bourke, Seal River; Henry Lonizworth, George Beer. sr., Char- lottetown: Hon. D. Mardonalri, Glenaladale. William Hnrltzcs, Rustlco; George Coles, Charlotte- .Iown; Han. L. C. Worthy. Hills- homugh; John Shaw, Brackley Point: Peter Scott, Frenclifnrt; Charles I-Ialzard, BIiiPVliPI -lnniPS

Laird, New Glasgow; Francis An-

Station, Sunimerside is to lose the Centi'al,,,,-,,,,' Enm Rn...-,

Navigation School and No. 1 Air Naviga- tion School to Winnipeg and that the sta- tion will be used by the Maritime Opera- tional Training Unit and by No. 103 R. C. A. F. Rescue Unit. What the Island loses in being a world centre of air navigational instruction it may well gain in closer con- tacts with day-to-day operations. I O I

The Imperial War Graves Commission has announced that it wishes to complete the building of cemeteries for the dead of World War II by 1956. At the close of 1952, 108 of these cemeteries had been completed, 43 were under construction and 223 had still to be started. With the ex- ception of America, this Commission now has cemeteries in nearly every country in the world. Norway, Indonesia, New Guinea, Burma. Egypt, the Faroes. Libya and Tu- nisia, were all added in World War II.

Mam Niizn

,Msn'a need in fractional

In the flrmsment,al'lnteger He asks I trivial arc

Of the heart's geometer;

A winking spark

of In planetary fire;

A trickle of air

In the flooding atmosphere; The sparrows inch of sun in the hawk! aerial stadium.- The minnows pinch of pool In levlu.i.hsn': aquarium. Not the thundered word But the whispered syllable; Not the exalted number But the kneeling decimal.

--David Ross in "Pm-t'Il Gold."

(Ottawa

The Sea And Its Ships 1

In nine lines each seven miles Clong the ships assembled for the lRo,val review at Spithead, guy with iflags and the polished dress of iceremoiilal. Ships from Canada were there, and from many other lands, including Russia

The first review by I. king at gthls place was in 1415 when Henry ,V inspected the slight. forerunners ',of what. imaginative ages later cal- lied the Hearts of Oak. The passing lceiituries and the English love of !the sea, the industry and vision of men like Samuel Pepys who saw ships well built and well manned. land the stout courage of leaders tlikr. First Lord Winston Churchill inho in 1914 on his own responsi- lbillty kept the Fleet in commission Ifor the emergency that. to him lseemed probable and that did come. iThese are memories of this notable .occasion. I l Proiillly Canada has shared and Iiiiainlaineri the traditions of the sea. inherited from the Royal Navy and displayed in every act of good seamansbip and effective co-opeiw atlon down to this very hour when Royal Canadian Navy destroyers flit. about the Korean coast, biting the enemy wherever the cause or freedom can be aided.

Mastery of the sea. remains as vital today as when the Armada sailed up the English Channel to threaten the liberty and the insti- tutions of the land ruled by Queen Elizabeth 1. While Britain ruled the waves, the United States could fling wide her borders and con- centrate on the development of new acres and industry, safe from the interference of outside ria- tions and participation in foreign

Maintained The Traditions

tMontreal Gazelle)

Vliiieii civilized men fall into the ,hands of brutes, nothing dons more to keep their sense of val- ues alive than maintaining some ceremonial form that gives them ll life above and beyondg their surroundings.

There can be few more civililed people than the diplomats nf Vilestern Europe and few lower titan the kind of Korean once used by the. Japanese in run their concentration camps and from all reports still very mill-it in evi- dence in the treatment of pris- oners in North Korea.

Among the civilian prisoners. whose brutal treatment has been so vividly described by an Eng- lish correspondent. now released, it. was the French diplomats who showed the way.

When they heard of the birth of Princess Anne, they iilole some paper from it Korean guard and manufactured their own writing instruments in present Captain Vyvyan Holt, the British Minister who was also interned, with it card complimenting him, and through him, Her Majesty. It was written in the finest diplo- matic hand and the best diplo- mntic French.

It was a superbly French gesture -with a real touch of the An of Elegance about it. It. shows in in modern situation why it is that the French developed the

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wars. On tilie Atlantic and the Pacific, British ships stood guard over the territory of Canada; Brit- ish ships halted the slave trade. broke the pirates, imposed law on those who travelled the deep waters and brought Pax Britannica to the far islands and lonely beach- es. 0 . .

'f'riday, nl course, some can lit- ford tn sneer. "Send it cruiser!” has become an antiquated jest, and those who Jest. forget how often injustice and brutality were checked by the appearance of a British ship in far-off places.

Our thought, of Spilhead in II thought of gratitude for all that has been done for us by strong ships and strong men, how they have made it possible for us to build and preserve democracy, spread our trade and protect our prosperlt,v, grow our inland wheat and cut. our forest. trails.

The men n' war. nailed by Cana- dians and their friends. no less today are the guarantee of our peace and security and in mg Queen sailed by it bchooved us to raise a cheer of tliankfulness and admiration for a Sovereign and for the ships and sailors who serve her and guard us.

in H l xNotes Bx The wnxf, i ii

We observe a distinct chain a of we tn gomm view toward gold in top econ.omlc menei: onesii hnp.'3L'.f3l

in Kollern. issues. anti

circles. The idea that its price must. in particular by the periodic m eel.

remain fixed at 335 is weakening. Inga of oommonwaanh 'Ifnete:onomlc experts are begin- Lsten. These consumm

lung to see the dangers in the growing gold-shortage, and the de- prenion-hreeding possibilities that reside in the metalh low price. The ,Int.ern.at.ional Monetary Fund-for fall that The London Economist be- llievea it: is not "a very willing host," Ito the altered view- is experienc- llng it change of heart.-Northern lMiner.

The US. Navy demonstrated two of its experimental ty-pe'P'r boats recently by having them roar up and down New York harbour. The demonstration went. along spank- irigly until t..he Coast Guard inter- cepted the two vessels -- reported- ly the world's fastest naval surface 'c.rafit- off the shores of Staten

Island and told their occu-pants to

lthat they were York Times.

.speedlng.- New

, Dr. Arthur " ncheme. former lclerk of the Commons, has an- lnoulriced he will seek the Progres- lsive Conservative nomination in Ottawa East for the fort.h-coming election, At 77, Dr. Beauchesne is apparently ready to liew out ii. new career for himself. Mitch makes the retirement-at-65 rule look sill- ller than ever.-Ottawa Citizen.

Lolndnn-The conference of (inm- monweillth prime ministers which has just endedptook place in II par- ticularly happy atmosphere. It was held just after the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. A British spokes- man said of the conference that its keynote was unity in dlveraiiiy: and the same might equally b.-. said of the Coronation celebrations which united all the diverse peoples of the Commonwealth. In con- stltiitional terms, the Queen as head of the Commonwealth is the sulnrelme link beltlween the Common- weallllh countries. In political terms

prime min. un-lllI.v in "diversity"! them show ” Weilth attitude to ixliisice ::i:1mo"' in world affairs which is of mm” value to the world peace . Efirfai both 3 k C ”' Herald. I "' Ham” Chronicle

An official of Connectlc ' wny department who s6BnIiiig'i M h wizard has devised it rule 0,3;1':h'i open road thn-g calls on 3 d,.h,P te stay one car-lengtlh belhlnd rtho lvlailtoie ahead for each ten miles 3,: r of his own car':, speed H1 forrnula L1 this: "Divide your spool ;:ll?:nileI:Uil::r mm by "V5 Muilimll r by itself. Add in that your mead in miles per hon, A d We result is the sale distanceri feet at which to folilow the car .n head. Telephone poles may be mil estimate the distance l..l.'.. Veh1cle5' because they are clisiliniri arlly spaced, 125 feet alpart." it must be quite a trick to follow h inatructlions without. taking -mi: eyes off the road.-Kitcliclrwv. Waterloo Record. ' i

In the L'nIti-(I States, it n..,,,,,,, jet pilot recently flew tllili:;;z;. the sonic barrier and Slirpasrpd the speed of sound. This ,...,,.t have taken the kind of con) rm... and steady hand most unmnn ,., serve for the raising of Ciilifitrn -Ottawa Citizen. '

Authorities say that most of the serious bush fires it in-Al, are presently being haul.-,-l ,,.

Northern Canada were stay-ind by careless anglers. . . , x-,,, only are. careless Slirlllzmpn

causlns losses or untold tlilolisarrtn of dollars in timber. they are 3150 jeopardizing their own rpm, Th, Government is forced to pl," more and more rcstrtctlniis lipon bush travel, simply becaush nm,,;,, haven't enough common .V'l.5P in conduct. themselves properly winl,

tlhey are bound together by It con- stant process of consultletions be-

in idle woods, during dry poiaodhs. Brockvllle Recorder and 'ril'llP.l.

PROFESSIONAL CARDSW

Chas. R. McQuuid B.A. BAIIRISTER. S(iLI(lI'I'OII, NOTARY, Etc. Eastern Trust Building CHABLOTTETOWN Phona I'll!

Gaudet & Haszurd GILBERT A. GAUDET. B.A.. LLB Barristers and Solicitors Money On Loan Canadian Bank of Comma no Bid:

MucPiiee & Truiiior H. F. iilIr'PH'EE, B.A.. Q.C. E. SOMEBLED TBAINOR, B.A. barristers, Em

Palmer 8: Haslcim

A. J. HASLAM. B.A., LLB. Barrister, Etc. Bank of Nova Scotia Chamber: Charlottetown, P. E. L l MONEY To LOAN

OSLO. lC'Pl- Liquor sales in Nor- way for the first quarter of I953 were 5.8 per cent. lower than the same period of 1952. It was eati- njlaltd per caplta consumption or liquor and wine was 16-per-cent, lower than lsslt year.

Philip saith unto him, Lord. show us the Father. and It, my. flceth us. Jesus saith unto him. Have I been an long time win. you, and yet hut. thou not known me. Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how vlayesi; t-hoii then. Show mu the Father? Bellcvest: thou not that. I am in the Father, and the Father in me?

A. Wciltiien Guudet. LL.B.

BARRISTEII. SOLICITOI1, Eu. Phillips Jnllding 111 Grafton Street Money to Loan Collection

J. A. McGuigan

BARIIISTEII. SOLICITOB. Etc. NOTARY. Etlo. Currla Building

H. J. Mubon. R.O.

Optometrist

Montague. P. E. I. Phone 092

J. A. Currutiiers. ll.O.

OPTOMETBIST I28 Kent Street Phone 1377 (Next to Simpson's Agency)

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Property consisting of bungalow of four roms, bath, sun-porch and basement, three new cabins, garage and shop, one and a half acres of land. An ideal set-up for development by an Island operator as a pilot branch.