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WEDNESDAY. MAY 25. 155!

Education And Democracy

Today the electors of this Province are exercising one of their most cherished democratic rights. The free and secret franchise is possible only under democracy, and democracy-as Dr. Whitton pointed out in her Samuel Robertson Memorial lecture at Prince of Wales College recent- ly-is essentially I spiritual force. main- tainable only through the reaffirmation of spiritual values. Essential also to an in- formed democracy is education, for. as the speaker on that occasion pointed out, "one cannot think with hopes and fears and ignorance, but only with a well-train- ed and well-filled mind."

Yesterday we published in full another inspiring address on the subject of Christ- ian democracy and education, as delivered ivy His Excellency the Bishop of Charlot- tetown to the graduating class of St. Dun- stIn'I University. . We trust that all our readers have perused this address and, Itudied in message and implications, fol" it in of vital importance.

Education, His Excellency stressed re- peatediy, is valueless unless it is used for the benefit of mankind. 1-Ioarded know- loche Ind hoarded riches have very much in oommon - both are essentially sterile. If is the giving forth to others that counts. "There in nothing more like the creative work of God Himself than the production of knowledge in the minds of others, for, even as the Almighty creates new beings without any decrease in His Own Being, so does the teacher. without In-y detriment to his own knowledge. produce new intel- lectual entities in the minds of his pupils." And our modern world urgently needs men and women of this calibre-"it needs gen- erosity in I bad way.” Too long have people had the false notion that the only purpose of college education is to enable the graduate to make I better living at the expense of others less favoured. ”The graduates of today must see that the man of tomorrow possesses the truth-not the ohadow of knowledge or half-truths, but the real substance; he must combat the olicheo of the pseudo-scientist as well as the rantings of the agitator of false social and economic reform."

The urgent. challenge of today is for true social and economic reform along Christian lines. "The mases in both the East and the West are now on the march; their dev.elopment is inevitable. and dan- ger to themselves and to the world lurks at every corner along the route." Each Itep must be Christianlzed. But first. the "festering ailments” must be removed from our own civilization, and along with them the godless materialism that goes under the name of "security", but the true name of which in greed. The chal- lenge is to revolutionary action on a high- or plane. "It may well be.” His Excel-' lency shrewdly noted. "that the Christian-i ization of our advanced civilization is a far more difficult task than the conversion of nations in the first place." Herein lies the basic challenge to our democracy. if It is to be anything more than I matter of numerical superiority in which the men- tality of the common man is allowed to be dominated by passion and blind instinct. These are factors which Communism is

exploiting today; and it lies not in ourl

stars but in ourselves if we allow them to overwhelm us.

,Mr. Truman And The U.N.

Speaking before I joint session of the State Legislature in his home state of Missouri. Mr. Harry S. Truman. "private dtiun". as he likes to call himself, stated that the United States should give no con- dvderation to withdrawal from the United Nations. It is, of course. only natural that the former President should, think highly of the world organization, Ilnoe he was one of the prime moven in its creation. But, apart from that, he has shown in many, many ways that he takes I world view on the problems that confront hum- Inlty in these troublous times. The Mar- liall plan itself, which started I war-torn world back to some measure of recovery, was II much his personal idea as that of the man whose name it heart. There would have been no American aid to Europe or to any MUG?-IIQ if Mr. 'rnInon had per- h lIlDNI'1l.It put-war," problems 'In'f'- Incidentally. the i who In now advocating

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IOIM of Rum. indeed. were definitely ep- poced to it.

It is well known that one of Mr. Tru- man's "hobbies" is the study of history. He has gone about it with such-diligence and patience that some competent critics say t.hat he might be considered In auth- ority in many phases of historical re- search. He would be the last man in the world to make any such claim; for, what- ever his faults and limitations as I states man, no one has ever charged him with over-rating his intellectual attainments. In any event, he recalls?-as the present President has recalled on more than one occasionethat if was American indiffer- ence to world problems following the First Great War that rendered the charter of the League of Nations (whose chief archi- tect was President Wilson) null and void and that led to the destruction of the organization just at the time it was most urgently needed. Fortunately, the Eisen- hower Administration, like its immediate predecessor, is committed to I world view. At the same time, there is still much isolationist sentiment among powerful segments of the Republican Party.

Mr. Truman does not suggest that the U. N. O. has proved to be a cure-all for the world's ills. The marvel is not that it

,has been ineffective in many ways but that

it has accomplished anything at all worth while, considering the divided counsels and turbulent distractions that have fea- tured its ten years of life. What he does suggest is that so long as it can keep going on the hard road to international under- standing, even if it does not make any

at least I chance that the alternative to world unity, namely, will be avoided.

A Fitting Tribute

The Governor General visited Winnipeg recently, and the Winnipeg Free Press took occasion to pay tribute to this dis- tinguished Canadian in words which will be indorsed by many of our citizens from coast to coast.

"A Governor General." says the Free Press, flalwaya has to work in the glare of publicity. That is the nature of his func- tions as the representative of the throne. But. in addition, Mr. Massey has had, most regrettably, to perform his official func- Ulons in an atmosphere of small-minded critical comment, of a kind such as noneof his predecessors had to endure. 'I'hat is the penalty of his pioneering as Canada's first native-born Governor-General. But today, three years after Mr. Masseyls ap- pointment, it can be said without possibil- ity of contradiction that he has emerged from his ordeal with dignity and distinc- tion. Indeed when he was intemperately and unjustifiably criticized I few months ago, it was noticeable that those who sprang to his defence included people who had originally disliked the idea of I native- born Governor-General. And their motive was not only dislike for the prejudice and ipettiness of the criticism; it was also a real affection for Mr. Massey that has, by his conduct of his office, been added to the respect due to the office itself."

EDITORIAL NOTES

A small American college is setting up machinery for a survey of Western civil- ization and its possible course in the fu- ture. It is good to know tihat there still are intelligent people who believe that our hard pressed culture is good for I while yet, A and H bombs notwithstanding. O O C

The official view of the Eisenhower Administration is that Hawaii, which usually goes Republican, is ready for statehood, and that Alaska. which almost always goes Democratic, is not. The Re- publicans are saying that all this is I mere coincidence. The Democrats, how- ever, have another name. for it.

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A Chinese restaurant proprietor has donated in 52000 annual scholarship for students of Chinese origin attending an American college. The purpose behind the gift is I logical one: ' to enable the fortun- ate student to take courses in food ad- ministration in the vocational department of the college. Now, there's I sensible -idea in education and no frills about it.

The sceptic may laugh at those persons who believe in ghosts, goblins. hobgoblins, and the like. Nevertheless, there are savants who think the world of apparitions is worth studying. some of them, includ- ing I number of distinguished psycholo- gists, are meeting for a week this Iummer It I no less important place than Cam- bridge University for I full dress research into what they call "spontaneous phen- omena". They are even planning to visit I few haunted homes, just to find out, if they can, what the visiting ghosts are up to, and why. Pei-hops they had better ulna along I few broomntlcka for peace- offerinp. in out I few angry witcheo turn

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spectacular advance in our time, there is,

world destruction,- 3 the Dionne quintuplets will ob-

Get into .Sfeip-Exiercisue Yc-iur Fkanchise!

The Dionnes Al Twenty-f

By C. M.

Fellnian

(Copyrighted by The Associated Press)

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nerve their Zllt birthday on May 28 and ulfaneously come into In estate of nearly 81.000.- 000. The. following story was written by the managing editor of the North Bay Ontario Dally Nugget, who helped break the Itory of their birth and MI fol- ..lowed their development ever . since.)

It was just another Monday mor- ning. I quiet. sunny May morning. We were down to work a bit early that morning. but that was only becuse. it was I publishing date. In those days we published Just three times I week.

But somel".ng happened that morning to make it. a clay of days as far as the newspaper was con- cerned: something that in time did much to transform us from I iri- wcekly paper to I daily, increase our circulation by 7.000. and up the population of North Bay by 5.000 persons.

That ”something" was the birth of five baby girls to Elzire and Eliva Dionne in I farmhouse mid- way between the tiny villages of Callander Ind Corbcil, about 14 miles southeast of North Bay. Mon- day, May 28. 1934. Never before in recorded history had five babies. been born at the same time. and survixed.

A junior reporter then. I remem- ber flie day vividly.

A few minutes before 8 am. our kindly editor, the late E.H. (Eddie) Bunyan, received I phone call from Leon Dionne. I garage oper- ator al Callander. Leon had Just learned he had become an uncle of five girls and he jokingly inquired of the editor whether I birth notice for five babies would cost more than the price of the usual insertion. Bunyan was in- credulous and he hanicred with Dionne about the story.

AMAZING IIULLETIN

Finally, however, the editor became convinced it was no lake and after announcing the event to the staff in rather matter-of-fact tones. he proceeded to pound out

I 50-word bulletin to The Canadian t

I bulletin which broke it; o

Press. the world the amazing story the Dionne quintuplets.

While he was tapping out his historic message. Bunyan dis- patched scnior reporter W. H. (Bill) Dumsday and I Ll photographer. the 132 Richard Ralllon, to the rustic tonne farm- house. There they found the five whimpering bits of humanity tthe combined weight of the quints after six days was only 10 pounds 14 ounces). the mother pale and weak and the father flahbergasted and shaken.

The Nuggt-t's representatives oh- talned the first interview with the parents and I picture of the mother and five babies together in bed. the only such picture ever taken. it remains one of the most famous news pictures in the world.

Fifteen min tea Ificr Leon Dionne'n mess: e the late Dr.

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start. He has always trusted me and down through the years has taken me into his confidence many times.

To the best of my knowledge he has kept only one important secret from me. Many times since Emilie's death last August people have asked me if previously I had known she suffered from epileptic seizures. The answer is no. It was aware Emilie wu not well, but I did not know the nature of her disability.

Oliva Dionne is an enigma to most people. and many things have been written about him. some of them not very complimentary. He is probably the most misunder- stood man in the public eye today: if people understood him, they would like him.

made mistakes. to be sure. but all things considered. this man. who was an obscure farmer in 1934. has handled himself very well.

Contrary to the opinion of some. he was not I pauper It the time the quints were born. He was never on relief; he owned his own car and his own farm and that was something for I farmer in this district during the difficult 19305.

INCREASED WEALTH

Oliva Dionne has developed poise and I vocabulary that would be a credit to I highly-educated per- son. He can hold his own in con- versation on almost any subject.

Nobody will deny that he has made I aucc out of administer- ing the business Iffairs of the quints since an act of the Ontario legislature in 1944 made him their sole guardian. Their wealth has increased since the father assumed control until it is slightly under I million dollars. Now held in trust. it will be theirs on MI 28.

Dr. Dafoe was legal gua dian of the girls during the early years of their life. A fund was estab- lished in their name through gifts. appearances and permitting use of their name with manufactured pro-' ducts. Dr. Dafoe and the father me involved in court litiga- tion ovcr the guardianship in the late 19305. Dr. Dafoe died in 1943.

Outside of his family, Oliva Dionne has few close friends. In fact, you might almost say he is I lonely man. Because he takes

at his responsibilities very seriously.

he finds it hard to relax. His one great diversion is going into the bush to hunt for fish.

The mother remains the least changed member of the family. She is I quiet figure in the back- ground who Ieldom ventures into public unless it's absolutely neces- sary. Her home and. her family

PROFESSIO

The father of the quintuplets hast

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YOUTH WHOSE HOPE IS HIGH

0 Youth whose hope is high, Who dost to truth aspire, Whether thou live or die, 0 look not back nor tire.

Thou that art bold to fly Through tempest. flood and fire. Nor dost not shrink to try

Thy heart in torments dire.

If thou canst Death defy. 1f4thy faith is entire.

Press onward. for thine eye shall see thy hearts desire.

Beauty and love are nigh. And Wlfh their deatliless quire Soon shall thine eager cry Be numbered and expire.

-Robert Bridges.

consume her. time. Her great love for her family is evident in her every action.

Her great courage and efficiency were never more evident than when Emilie died last August. She kept her grief under complete con- trol. performing her duties with admirable competence as many hundreds of persons came to the house to pay their respects.

PERFECT MANNERS

Nobody. of course. knows what the future holds for the four re- maiuing quints, but it is my guegg that each of them will get man-igd and raise I family.

The quints are not beautiful and they are not brilliant. But they are attractive and of Ibove-Iver- Igc intelligence. They have always

Medically Speaking, -

IeruiIIN.IIIdoIoI.hl.I). DO you INEIZI A 1.0!?

Do you Ineeao Ill yearlong? is your nose frequently stuffed up? Doea it Ieem tint you've got bay fevu the year round?

If fbla la your trouble. you've probably got perennial rhinitis, In allergy very Iimllar to lay fever. However. the Iymptoma are mild- er. and youlauffer during all 12 months instead of just in the summer and fall.

If you've got perennial rhinitis. you may be sensitive to I variety of things: house dust; dunder from cats. dogs and other animals; certdln foods; pollen from plants. Again, the source of the trouble may be found in your Job. Fre- quently, vaporo Ind dusts in var- ious manufacturing plIut.s Ire res- ponsiblj for allergy.

Whit In g may be the only sign of -the disease, the nose is usually stuffed up and has I thin watery discharge.

Skin Tesla

In many cases it is difficult. if not impossible, to determine what you are sensitive to: but skin tests will usually show the source of your trouble. '

Simply avoiding the substance to which you are allergic will bring quick relief in most instanc- es. or ordinarily, if your trouble is caused by certain foods or ani- mals, it will be easy to remedy; but it's another matter if your Ii- lergy is something you can't very well escape, like pollen: or dusts. Then, your best bet is desensltI- tiou shuts.

Cortisone, the hormone which has been used in treating arthritis, will also help sufferers of peren- nial rhinitis. and there are I num- ber of other drugs. Nose drops. containing ephedrine and similar preparations, usually are effect- ve.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

J. K.: 1 have cramps in my legs nightly. Is there anything that might be of help?

Answer: Night cramps usually can be controlled very well by the use of quinine. However. this drug should be taken only under fl: direction of I physician.

310.000 FIREWORKS DAMAGE

TORONTO (CF)-Victoria Day weekend fireworks were blamed Tuesday for causing damage to-' falling more than 310.000 in the To- ronto metropolitan area. Scores of children were treated for burns. Firemen were kept busy answer- ing calls to burning homes. garages. vacant lots and schools.

day celebration. but there is noth- inf! definite about it.

Marie. incidentally. has regained her health. She looks well and seems happy Igaiu now that she It home. She sometimes come: up to North Bay to take in an afternoon movie.

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Men may have their little fall- itnu, but they novoi-arid up the Imlly'I departure I potty wlulcotlicy teicpliono their friend:

hate.-Winnipeg Tribune.

What to tho Ipocklod troutfl tremendoua action? Probably its beauty Ind some qualities. The flash is delicious. Home fish In Imbcr. pink or red. while others. taken from the Iamc waters. may have white flub. Juat why. no one has been able to determine In yet. The coloration of the adult tron II variable but can usually be identified without trouble. The back is greenish to dark brown Ind occasionally Ilmoat black. Heavy dark wavy lines extend on to the dorsal and caudal fun. on the side: are small. well-defined red spots bordered by I bluish halo. The leading edge of each lower fin has I milk-white border. Breeding males are pIrtlculIrly colorful. The trout in widely dis- tributed in Eastern Canada Ind found from the Great Lakes north- ward in Ontario to Itrcama enter- ing Hudson Bay and James Bay. -North Bay Nuggett. -

A Fifth Avenue. New York tailor has inaugurated I new method of selling Barmudo shorts to the hesitant male. An extra pair of pants with I suit has long been I successful offer by meifsi clothiers. This tailor is using a new slant. Marketing Magazine reports. He offers one and I half pairs of pants with each made-to-mc" nrc stilt. The "half" is I pair of Bon- muda sliorts. He contends that most. men would like to wear shorts in hot weather but fear of spoofing holds them back. He claims his offer overcome: healt- Incy and he expects to see shorts for men become popular business wear next Iummcr.-Fort William Times-Journal.

HIVO you paid your boby-litter tax? If you bIve not, you can con- gratulateyouraelf on the fact. that you live 111 Canada. where no such tax iI'imp0lcd. In the United States it appears that anyone who employs I baby-sitter must file I social security return and pay a two per cent in on the baby- sitter's wIges. Further. the em- ployer iI required to withhold two per cent from the baby-litter": pIy and.turu it in to the government -this making In Iggregate pay- ment to the latter. by the em; player and baby-sitter. of four per cent. In actual practice. the baby- sitters generally have taken strong objection to the deduction; so that employers have usually paid the entire four) per cent out of their own pockets. If. in due course. the baby-sitter": social Iccuriu card comes in without the taxes rec- orded, the employer is Iubiect not merely to tax , ymcnt but to in- terest and heavy penalties. With Finance Minister Walter Harris setting the laudable precedent. in his first budget, of reducing faxes. we Ire hopeful that he will refrain from imitating our neighbor: to the south, and will leave the bI'by'IIi- ter and her - or his -emolu- ments untouched. - C I: I t I! I In