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Prt-llsh-itl Lh-ul. Col. \\'. (‘ln-ntn-r S. Ill-Luna Ylvr Prrnlllollt J. II. IiuI-nv-ll l’. J. l. Editor 11ml \| 111111113 Ull‘\"‘l"f 1 111-1-1-1-1111; 1.1.111. c111. n. A Aptnlwltlll" 1111111.“ 11111111 \\‘11111 blll>l lfll"l'I0.\ ILYFES $5.1m 111-r )'l'\\l' t n 1111111111-1-1 ili-liwn-u n1 tny 54,110 p” 31m- 1111 11111 u) 11111111-11 111 l’. l-L. Inlnlld “A” p“. “an tl|1 uiluuu-v) uuulrtl n1 (‘11111111 11ml b. El. Alt-tuber» Alldll Hun-111: qt (lreululltutu.

onnxv, J1\.'\'l..'.-\I{\' :11. 11131-1 ‘_

"T he Slrultgest Jlemm-y is Mia/vet‘ than (he l1 eukest Ink.”

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HTU. §. Tariff c11.11'1g€?

A" ;,pp,-,.,\,,,,,.,.1_. 1.1.... 1.1‘ 1-‘11111 1111 lnite-l States is 11111-11 11- 1-ir1-1 111-ant. 1'11 1111- nay 111 a new 11.1110 1r- .111 is p111» i11 1111 h~‘. 11111111- l-ulilic :11 \\.1..I1111-.:11111 111-1 1-‘1111 1-‘Q1I- l11" list, it 1s i111-,111‘1'1111 111 1-1111. -s1-'1111---1 11-1‘ l11" purpose 111' 1111111111; \11-1-. 111-1 -11111l'._ll_11\l1ll'1‘l'*- l':11‘111 :1111l 1111111‘ 1-1‘1-1l-11‘11‘~ ‘11 '11 11111“ “l1, '1' i111‘ 111‘ .1;_-.11t1~'. 1'1‘1 p1‘1-;»-1s-1l~. 1.1111 -‘. 1~ 1x111 111.01‘ |,._,11li1- 1.1111111- .- E1111; 1-11-11-11-11 111 1111s n11) ll111t 1111111 111-1:~.~-11 s 111-111‘ 11s 111-l11 0111101“ ,5“, 11,1- -{.111-.1- -' l-11p1-11111l1111111‘. .\~

stated i11 .\':11111-1i.1-.'. 11 1. 1'.---1-1- 11111 11c 1111 gnne<p~1:1i-11-~ 11v pnl-J- - 111' 1111- l\i-.1-_-_ 11111-- ..,-.,.,-H.\,_. ,,. .'_, .11-. 11-1 111111-11 1.-111;11111 11. 1-11i..1~..1 - ‘ --1-=11--~~---1-~ 1-- 111--

l'11i‘.0-.1 .\i.‘-~ 1\.1- li:111.1-1:1 11.111 1.111111‘ 1.11111 1'..1-..- cur-111» 11-1. 111-1 1l11-11---11-.~ 111 1111- t1‘1-.‘1t\- are 111111-1-1110-11. p _

(1111-11-11-11. 1'1-1.- ~-- 1-111 ‘--111‘<1--~ 1' “"1"” 11-1111111-111- 1-‘1 H111‘ l-t-‘c 1-.-.-1-11‘--1‘\ .1\ “""‘l‘-'1l"“'- 111111 tl-i-ii- 1-1111.111-.;;111\ 1-11 :".1- 1111111111-1-1111 Ru 111111110 [11-1711-1- 1111- 11-1~:1-1.- 1s 1-1-11-11111111-111-11 ever)‘ .\1111‘-1- -.'111 1111.111 -' 111:1 l--.\1- 111111 ..11 1-|1p111‘t1111u\‘ 11f 51111111 ."1~ - 1'11 1'-1'-- <‘-1\l1“~".1' 111“ 11111111s1 se-‘i ‘-"--‘ *"‘ll""“""l5 11"" (}ove1-11:1111111~ . e111.

It will 111-111-1111 111:1‘ 1-1 1.11111» 111.111. i1-x furs rirfl inclntled in 1‘--- 11-111:-1'.'11- li-t 111 1'. 9a tirilf t-1,n;@,<in11<_ lln- s1 1l 1--t.1111 11,11-1‘..-1 tziult-r thf‘ i-xisténg n-_-1-1-11111-11t 111-111- 1.-'1 s this 11 11‘. N’ llrunsvvi - sltiinv-rs 111-l -._--'-1.1'1-1‘~ 111-1- pits‘ for t(1t:-.l 1-111111111111-4‘ '-" 1111‘ ‘1-"1 l“""-1" l1‘ {hi5 i< 11111, g1‘.-11111--l. :11 l--.'1~1 i111‘ l11-111

Gm-ernmt-nt ~'--111l1l i11-i11 1-11 1- 1‘--‘1-1<l<" -‘-‘ F‘- teitsion of 1111- tpu-ta, 111‘ a »111i-1:.1-11-1-_\- 11:11 1111-- reduction.

Siniil;H-l_\r_ 1111-11» l: n11 1‘1-11~111.1 11111- :1 suh stantiril rcd111:1i1111 111 the p1-1-1-11t 1-\-11‘1-11:111t H1’-

valoreiu dutv on sil11-1- fox 111-11- rlllllllll 111-t l11.- itisislr-d 1111. lilne 11f 1111: -\-r1-.'111-~1 1l1~.-111p1-i11111u-uts to Rlaritinie prodtirei-s 1111s the 11111111-1- 111' the King (;11\~.1|-n,n.-111 m 0111:1111 some 1---111-1-~.~'11n n:

this r1-;_n11‘d i11 1113:. 1111011 ti1-- pr1-~-n- 1111111‘ was gig-nod at \\'11-l1i11g11111. .\'-1 111-11- 1.111111‘. involv-

ing further c11111‘1-~~i1111s 1'1‘1-111 (:111'.1i.:1 -i11111l-l l11- p1111sidc1-1-d \1i1l1-1111 :1 1111111 pt-1 -111-- 1'1"‘ '11" fox l‘1'lll\'ll<‘l‘=1.

U111- of the ll1‘!l'l'~ li-=tr‘1l for 1'-.n‘1l1-.-1‘ tariff re- duction is 11‘l1i~1.1-\-. 31-11-01)- 11111‘ 1':111I1 1-‘1-1 -11\- tillers were s111'1'i0'i1-111.l_\‘ p1‘11\-i1l1-<1 1111‘ l1_\' 111‘. l\'11‘1e‘ 1-111-11 l11‘ 11l11.-1i111--l :1 311 |-1-:‘ 1-1-111 11-11110111-11‘. 1111111-1- 1111- l11‘1~1-l11 11-1-:.1_-.-. 1111-11-1- 11111-1-1 11111011 more impoi-tatit t1. 111i. 01.111111‘); are 1lcs1-r1i11g

of consideration -.1t this 1111112. Business Prospects

‘There is 11411-11 1'1--~1l {111- tli-aiuht i11 1l1<-cr1111- prt-ln-nsive rt-purls s1-.111111l‘.11l l1_1.- _‘\l1-~s1.~. _|_ .\. A/lacLL-od and ll. 1'. l':1t1.1-1‘s1111. l1l‘1'~l( 111 and general manager 1-1-.p1-1-1-1-1~l_1-.111' 1111- n1. o1 Nova Srolia, :1‘. tilt- 11111111111 tneetitig 111' 1110

$111111; sl1.‘11‘1-'l111i1‘.1-:-~ l.-;s1 1111-11‘. "11-’ W111“

strongly 0111111111-1/1-11 l1_\-- _\lr. .\l:11-l.1-1111 is 111.11 the 111111101111111- 11111111111; i11 11111-11111 hititp-s- prin- cipally upon th1- 111-ogre“ 11f e-vtnt- in the lfnit- ed Sléllta. .-\ 1-1-1111111111111 111' retjovt-r)‘ to 1111- south oi the i11t1.1‘11:1ti1-11.‘1l l1-111111l'11‘_1- lint- \1'1‘1ul1l save this 1-11111111-1- 1111111 11111: 111:11-l.1-t 1‘1-t1.-s'~i1111 in httsiitt-ss :10ti\‘i1_\-. l'r11111 11 l11nu1-1‘-t1-1‘n1 st.'1111l~ p.1i111_ tho- p1-11.1.1-1-1< 111v tI-nxadian l)1l\lll1‘~\ must 111-pend 11111111 1111-111-1-1-111111111111 111' 11111-111 11‘:11l1-.-111tl t1p11i1tl11- settle-mun of 11111-11111111111111 p1111‘1ic:1l (liffictilties.

.\lr. Patterson. \1-l-.11 reported a satisfactory- year in l1:111l\‘ n0ti\‘i1i1-.~_ 011111-11 1111011111111 to the present l11-.‘1\-_v 1111111011 of taxation 1111 1110 husi~ ness structure 111' tl11- 1-11111111-1‘. llnring 1111- last f1-\v \‘1:111‘s al11111t (1111- 1111f 11f e-.‘1-1‘_\- 1'i\1- dollars r1f tlit‘ nalioltnl i111‘11111t‘ 1111s 1101-11 11l1~111‘l11-11 l1_\‘ taxation. 111111 111' 1111-111-11111‘ paid i11 l(l\‘t'$_ unigli-

1y 40 p11‘ 01-111 ha». 1101-11 l'\‘/lllll'|‘ll 1111‘ i11\1-1‘1--t 1111 the pttldit- 110111. 'l'l| “e is. l11‘ ;1111i0ip.‘u0~‘. 111111‘ immediate pi‘11~|,11~1-t 1-t' a 141-111-1111 11-11111-11-111 i11 rates 111' t.--. 1111-11. :1. 1111- 111-0-1111 1‘1-\1-11111-~ are s0:11‘11-l\- s11f1ir11-111 11- 0-11-1-1‘ 1111111 gr1u-r11111c11t ere p1-111li111r1-s i111-l111‘1':11-_- 1l1-l1t ~1-:-1i1-1-.

The \Vnlr;r_f:r1nltuissinn

(hi1- 111' thr- 111114 ..-11'~1'111‘!111‘),- r1‘14|l'1> .--11h- nnip-d at last 111-1 ‘Q,- ( 11y (011110-1 nu-el-nig \\.1~ the annual report of 1111- ('11111n1i--~ 11-111-13- of $011--

ers and \\'.‘11<-r 511111111‘. 'l'i11- 1111- 1-11111: \l1l‘l‘l1l§ “p; 1h.» L-tvqest 11-1 pat-l 1111-1- 111 1111- 0111; 11111011 indicates- tl‘.-‘ 0r111ti11 l y '_-'-11'l1\"' ‘1i' 11"‘ (“"1" llll.~'~i11llt'l': i11 1:11:1111‘i11g tins \1-t‘_v 11111-111‘t:111t utility.

l-‘ur ,<11-,1,- tinu- 111-l 111111-1-111111 1111s l11-111 l.‘1l\‘1-11 bv the ll1t.111-:1 .-1.111l11-11‘i1i1-s 111 1111- 111111-1‘ ~1lY1l-l_\. \1'l11-tl10r or 11 1t 111-1-1- .-11‘-- grounds for 111%. 1-11111- 11l11i1tt—.‘1-:1l tl.1- 1-1-1-11-‘1 o1 the ('l1i1-t' 111111111 111'- fict-r i11-l:1.-:111< 111-1- 11-1-1-1- :11-e—1l11- ('11111111i~~i1111- gr,- h,1\'c 11 61111-11 11. i11-tall cltl11i-iiizilors. :1111l 11-1-

‘uili nu-t-t 11-1111 I111‘ .‘111p1‘11\:1l 111- r1111s15-111 of llll‘ pin-i11 1.; [-111 itlip-irtitllt to l11‘ li-ft

believe tl.'< 11111- nl all oar 1.“‘/-‘- of our 1 --

“Marshollk Bull"

The appointmetit of l-lun, Dutican Alarshall to the Senate recalls to a 'l‘11r0nt0 exchange a1 humorous cp ode i11 the career of this notable

Lil -r11l politictzui. During ltis recent term as M111 ler of Agriculture in Unuirio Mr. blurs-hall

coitccivc-d the idea of having some millionaire farmer frit-tuls chip i11 and lJll_\' a bull in Scut- l:111d and present it to the Agricultural Collegt of ‘kiuelph. Alan-shall approved of the 21111111111 hut l:1ter an .-\1neric:1u judge did not and plac- ed it fourth in the sI1o1v. .-\s a reporter of live- stock shun-s on a Uontreal farm paper, Mr. 1\l11rsl1:1ll criticized the judge's decision but sev- eral aektiou-lt-dgcd Cain-Khan authorities defend~ ed it. The hull entered the last October elec- tion i11 Ontario. figuratively at least. Denials 111-vei- cutie-ht up \1-itl1 the story that Dunrait had chosen the l1t1ll. the Province had paid for it :1111l'tl1.'1t it was only a fourth rate auitnal Ill llll_\' C11‘? .

l11 the pt-iu-ineial election last fall Mr. .\l:11- shall lost his seat in Pet-l h_v 30o voles. l11 .-.l.~11 111st a nniuitiation to he Lieuteitant-Gtn-cr- 11111- 111' 11111111111 11-111-11 .\l1‘. ll1-phurn’s suggestion that 111- I111 :1ppni|1t1-1l starter] a rnar 111' disap- provztl \\l11cl1 echoed across the Dominion.

1 Editorial Notes I

The Young 'Pl’€te11<ler died this date, 1788.

* i N‘ 1K The Big Guns \\'lll he lteard at Ottawa today. 96 >l< i

\\'e fail 111 grasp the conception of "cmcr- g0110_v" which called for an tn1her.'1l1le1l special 11101-11111;- 11|' the ('11)- Council :1t 1) :1.n1.on Decem- l-er 311111:1111l11-1‘ize 1110 oi-dering of 11 $3.000 snou plottgli for the smiwless streets.

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lncrezist- i11 exports from Cltnarla suitahle fut- use in uar during the past year u-erc 11s follows.- voppei‘ 7.11 increase, lllChCl :1\'._;. lead 13.1. 2111c. 4.5, steel. 35.7, iron 32.3. \\';1r pays all right— for :1 time.

n- 111. 111 Cl1z11'l11t11~1o1\-r1 policemen who chase fi1‘e- 1111-11 arc not the 011ly officers who 11111110 ntis- t.‘1l11"s. .-\t l-Ivanstou. Ill., Police Chief \\"illi:1n1 t). l"l'l‘t"lllill'l called traffic squads into his of- fice recently for a pep tall; on how t0 arrest 111111c11-ists 11-1111 hatl not purchased city licenses for 193.‘. “l have given them two days‘ grace," he said. “'l‘h.'1t is enough. (in out and zirresl them". llut Fri-email soon called off the drive "until the City Cutmcil get 1938 licenses fur the squad cars." x 111 n1 a1

l\|1-. lailc_v, stiperitttendetit of the Fredericton .\‘.ll. l-lxperin1e11t:1l Station told a conference of farmers that n1.-u1_v ut' the imported draft ani- nials are of low grade, when hetter could he produced at- hoine. To support this point. he said that the foundation for the present \\'es- tern strain was shipped from Ontario and Que- hec about 25 years zigo. l\l:111_v of these animals were subject to hereditary heaves. but tl1e dry at111r1spl1e1-e of‘ Alberta and the \\'estcr11 Pro- vinces corrected tltc ailment for the time. \Vhe11 1111- dt-sceutlziuts of these ltorscs return to this

climate. the hereditary failure often returns. thus -

the d satisfaction found in nuich of the import- ed stock. 1\lr. Bailey pointed out. =11 >11 >1< >11

Taking the initiative to prevent speculative short selling of securities on the Stock lix- clmnges i11 a (lcclinitig market, the Securities and l-Ixchange Commission at Washington has ruled. that beginning Feb. 8, no person, for his 111111 account or fur the account of a customer. shall effect :1 short sale of any security-on the Exchanges at or below the price at which the last sale of the same security was effected, Some exceptions were provided. the most 11111101111111 heing odd lot transactions. L'11<ler the rule, the short-seller would have to malt-e his offer to sell at a price ahove the n-iarket price. where the chances of execution would be negligihle. The term short sale was defined by the comtnission as any sale of a security which the seller does not 1111-11, or which is consummated by the de- livery of a security burrowed by 0r foi- the ac- count of the seller.

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“\\'ith six provinces (this is‘ reduced to five h)‘ the ziction of Premier llephuru) having al- ready given the federal inuiranet- project their tinresei-vetl approval in principle, an :1pp1‘0v.-1l which will extend. no doubt. to the text of the draft amendment, the. government it said to he inclined to proceed with the passage of an pd- dress to the imperial Parliaitient _vs the .\l11n- treal tiazette. In the Gazette's opinion "this \\-11uld he tuuvise and dangerous. lrlithttr we have ;1 c1111fcde111tio11 of all the provinces or we have nothing. ()f the six provinces that haw 01111s011t1-(l, four 1vere not represented in the 111114111111 pact. Qtv-hec was and New l.11‘t111s\vicl< was 1111: former constituting part of the Can- ada of that (lay. Tfhis may not be a iveighty tmnsidet-ation at tltis time. hut is perhaps worth 1-e1111-111l101-ing. The real point is whether any group 111' provinces can override the objections 11f :11111th1-r group and provide the Canadian and l111p1-1-i.'1l parlntitteuts with an zluthority‘ to auiettd a Collslllllllnll which is of vital concern to all the pr111-111c0s."

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.\lr. 111110111111 1\|11rley. a-ljutlicator of thr- hlaritiine Drama Festi s told the Saint john p1-11pl1- that: "'l'l11- Catiarlian play I saw in Char» 1111101111111. l"1111l:s Playroom. h_1- Harry l5. Fos- 11-r. 1.111s very ingenious. All the characters were from pl.-1_ving cards and the dialogue was clever.

fly in view of the fact that. we have

llutve laid special stress upon um-

I [ threatened catastrophes have been i 1

f uarently find no better reason for

THE CHARLUFTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

Democrat-y ls an Ideal which wlll never be flfflllln-‘tl unul every cntren is willmg and able to understand political issues and vote tutelag- ently upon them. H This Ls 11 large order. but the difllculty of attain- imz 11 should not deter constant ef- forts 1n that dn-ectlon. The area of political uneonseiuustiess 1n um- ada ls shamefully large, particular-

hud democratic government. for several generations at least. and

- versat education-Canadian Union- 1st.

The market, sitting in its gloom, apparently forgets that. the dang- ers WlllCh it feats are no new de- velopment. 11nd that for years

skillfully averted. and that. time is on the side of an ultimate solu- tion. The pess-fmlsts who predict an enrly end to trade activity c111 up-

tlie contention than a vague belief that. it._ too good t0 last. While it. is possible to appreciate investment disct-imittatfon under existing con- ditions. there seems little justific- 1111011 tor the market as a whole indulszlng its nerves lo the extent it. has done recentl)-.—Glasgow Her-

Blessed are the ltappiness makers! Blessed arc- tliey that remove fric- tion. that make the course of life smooth. and the lntercotit-ses of men gentler-Henry Ward Beecher.

The Canadian Chartered Ae- eouutunt, the olltcial organ‘ of the DOlllllll0ll Asociauon of Chartered Accountants. makes a strong plea editorially 111 its January issue for ‘ a closer chem-k on mutilcipal ae- eounts. lt protests against. the slov- enly 11111111101- nntny rural municip- alities audzt their books. Recalling the instances in recent y-r-tu-s of de- faleutioti i-esutlnu in heavy loss. the bubllr-atiolt impresses upon Town and County Councils- the need of engaging uuduots vrno have speelztllzed tralmng and a lugh de- Klee of specialized sloth-London Free Press.

Abraham Lincoln was once asked how he had managed to keep his talk and his habits so clean in the

rough AUClt-ly 1n Wlllffll he had j-spetu 111s youth. "Well. replied M1‘.

Lincoln. "the fact is—~1 have as-

sociated with tlie people who lived [around me only part of the tune; . but I have never snapped associa- j tint! 11:11.11 mvse and with Wash-

ington 11nd C111 vith Shakespeare and BLll‘llS——-\\'ll.ll Defoe and Scott.- ano‘ Blanks-tone. O11 the whole I have been 111 pretty good com- puny."

Most people are pnxious to pay then‘ rlebts and willing to do so when they ltrtve the means to meet. their obligations. The experiences of money-lendnut lnstittites in the r province of Albena during the p351,

few months have demonstrated this. In the face- of_ the moratorium and other debt legislation passed by the “social credit" government, ninety- 1 seven Der c0111 0t their farmer deb- - tors have refused to take advantage

of this legislatiuti, according to a -su1-vey of the operations of nine

large mortgage companies. These -far1_ners have undertaken t0 meet their liabilities in whole 01- in part. —Cal1zury Hei-

With Britain and the United States both engaged in real-ma- ‘ ment programmes. one of the fea- tures of naval construction is the return of the battleship. For a 1 time lt. was argued that the advent. of the airplane and the development; of the submarine had made bat- tleships too vulnerable and that they were a thing of Llie 13801.. But the battleship is back-at a cost of $60,000,000 t1p1eee.—-Saul1. Star.

Onee when Jane Addams was

‘ questioned about her opinion ol all

the young girls who were bobbing

their ham-she replied, "I 11m not

,- eoncertmetl with the uniformity of

- the outside of the hawk-the ltalr

‘ drcss-it is only when there ls u11i-

. lormity inside that I become wor-

ried." From “It's Up to You," by Ernest Holmes.

What. it sums up lo is this: that if we can manage to stabilize our debts, can keen them from grow- ing-. the while continuing to l11- crease the 111111011111 income at any- thirnz like t-lle rate at WlllCll it‘. has been growing, then. over s. period 0t years. the debts over which we lament. so mite-h many not. seem so impossible. The Journal isn't. argu- lug that debt is not important: that, we‘ c1111 2o on spendlttg. It ls simply Domtinsz out that ln the matter of debt as in all other matters, it. is well to keep some sense of propor- tlons-Ottawa Journal.

Sir Walter Scott in lemlltig a. book one day to 11 friend cautioned him ‘10 be punctual in returning it. "'1‘hls ls really necessary," added the poet in apology-“fot- though many o1 my friends are bad arith- metlelu11s-I observe almost all of them to be Rood boolotaeepers.

A declining and an ageing popu-

U. S. are fllled by graduates “who

and that this testifies to the “value

ttlon. Further.- exccptlottal P901119

PUBLIC FORUM

Thll column ll open for ihn slhruuulon by eurrenpundontu u1 qualtlonn ol huh-rout. The Churlollnlnyrn Kluiu-dlun door not neemmurlly undersea the nplulonl ol correspondent“.

LATIN AGAIN

Slrg-In the Guardian of Jan- ugry 2s, M. M. N.. wtsltes to hold fast to the present system of ed- ucation. He polnts out that 111101"- tant. positions ln Canada and the

had the foundation of their suc- cess lald ln our Common Schools",

and sultableness of our education- al curriculum." That the Island may well be proud of its many lllustrlous son-.- uud daughters We gladly concede, b11t that their suc- cess. "testifies to the value and sultableness of our educational curriculum“ does not at. all follow. These men nmd women) form a ‘=mal1 part of the entire popula-

ure a law (educationally speaking) unto themselves. _'I‘l1ey overcome handicaps that crtppe the rest oft us, They are found among the’

1

most; highly educated and anxong

those who received almost. no ed-

ucation tin the sense of school-l ing). They are indeed largely self- I educated. Everytlung- 111193’ 59e-

rtmd, experience is used tort-ard- thelr usually one abmrbmg 511191“, est in life. We have space only 1°; merltlon t1 few Cutuidians, 80m?

Islanders. C. Dunnuuz. one of 111v

greats-st orators ln Catiatla. M1_n-. ister of Finance and rcl11'i‘-‘l’"1'¢\1“'°

of Queen's County. left school at

the age of l2 to wot-k 1n r111 11-011

foundry. 0n the other lmnd, S11 1 Andrew‘ Mncphull of P. E. I.. 0111‘

of the forommst men at McGlll

Unlvc-t-sityx is of course r1 lllll\'€‘l”-

‘ity grtidtiat-e. The late_Si1- Henry

Stavert. a- great. ftnaitcier. was a

graduate of the Common 51-110015

of this Province, Lord Atholstnn.

of Montreal. who CllPd the other

day. financier. puldlsl-ter. philan-

Llirrryalst, lt-ft the farm at the arm

of fifteen after n11 elementary ed»

ucation. And Franklin Smith. 11011‘ fiylng in Eflglflllfl. the inVt-utOr of ; a torpedo silencer (luring the war. 1 and inventor ofynetv processes of

converting flax into 1111011. \vns_t1

graduate bf St. Peter's 311111191. )1)

Charlottetown. Any list. o1 dis-

tinguished men wlll show the same

dlver=ity of educational back-

ground.

\Ve must Jurlizt- a sy-stt-m of ed- eucatlon by u-hat it. does for the average man and woman. And here I hasten to any that I hnve been here too short a time to dare esti- mate this. As I said when I began to write in favor of clmntrltig the present curriculum ‘.11 the Coin- mon Schools. I did so nt. the r1-- quest of friends and neighbor's. They believe. often mistakenly. that I can more clearly voice 111011‘ discontent. Nor do I consider n11!- self the authority that the Run‘- Nleholson sets me up for. Hr- \\'1ld- 1y exnggemtns the importance both of my degree and teaching‘ experience. M. A. degrees are RS thick In New York 11s lhr- 111-and blue-berries l11 season (he should know. he has one tom and even Ph. D's.. (Doctors of Philosophy) jostle each other on the campus! There are men. at C0lllll1bl811 W111! every possible degree from every great; Ultiversity of the \VO‘.'l(l. who are stlll prtins-lakltnzly- teacl-ttitzt.’ studying. extx-rimentinc, l11 the hopes of solving that 1110.11 baffling prob1e1n-1vh11t 511519111 05 "WC?" tion is the best for :1 free coun- try (Dlctatorshins 51111111.)’ CF11") down the 1180131125’ throats 1111111- they wish them to learn). Thus it is not frfse moclc-st- but 1111111. that‘. cluim1 for m) .-»1-lf. __111st a hi1 more training and (‘Xpcrlellcb than those who 11111111 I can 1111-11-11!- thelr case more effectively. have had ln education. \

Now back to M M. N.. and the study of Latin which many flue. people think ls for the b1-_-l l11- erests of the boys and 2111-“ 1" the Common Schools. I11 thr- last- pm-agmph of this. letter of Jan- nary 28. I am dlrectly challenged. Szys M. M. N.. “She. 11110111111‘! me) appears to think that 51-11-11- tlflc subjects such as at£1‘1t‘l\ll\l1'0. botany. music. nature studies. st . elm. <'.-‘ 71 511011111 be taken 111 plnce of Geometry and Lptln._ I think these studi .- c1111 be studied much more successfully bv_ knmv- ing the language of_lhe Latins. For example we have 111 botany 5W1) words as polygammts, dlcotylcdons. gndoggns, coitifr-i-s and many’ sesqtilpeclallans to deal with."

will my readers and M. M. N. pleaseexcuse me for an extremely undlgnlfit-d gldgle! For. bCllEVP 1t or not. (as they say l11 the staff-111 even a. thousand years of Latin could not help 11m- man. 11111111111 or child to know the mcanitig of three of the five words 1111-1-11- b-cause pol-vgamotts, r-lrleotyletlonfi. and endogct are purely Greek! Only that tr-rrlble lonkino; la-t. one Ls Latin. while conifers 1:. part- Latln and part Greek. Poor 111-mi- ment for the sbtidv of Lntln 1f lt

lntion would product- an enormous dlfference in the political 11nd ec- . onomlc condition of the iaeotile; but the forms which the changes would take are largely unin-edlctuble and 1 would be lnlltteticed to l1 great de- gree b_v contemporaiv changes, of

where. The first pieparatlon forl what. ls to come is know-lodge of the 1 facts of to-day. Though researchl must lead L0 action and must. n0t1 become the excuse fur lnactioml policies cannot be launched wltl-t anv confidence untll the bnsls of information ls sufficient. Public opmion, too. can only be rallied by the ascertained facts of the case to demand and support. whatever! political tiled-sures may be required to vtuiv or counter-act tendencies thouttlit to socially or nation- ully lnjurlous. Just. because thel zrowth or dt-ellnc of population ls 15111111111 m the possibility of great devastations) reltulvely slow. the duty of looklmz iiliend and prepar- lllll aceordlnlzly ls. even now, r-rtt- lcullv ltnportantr- The Times, London.

1 For some drivers conditions an '

helps to finrl the derivation of one and ahalf words out of’ five. whlle it. utlefy mistakes the derivation (and thus the meaning) of throt- and 11 half words out of five! l Really M. M. N. that is as bad as

a similar or dissimilar tutture. 0150-1581-1113. I quote you. “Only 11105? of llfe and 1110111111 EFOWUI.

whose I. Q. rates above 50 per (‘e111

would I recommend for l11-ther- odtlcatlon.“ Thi- taet of that I. Q.‘ bmlness (Intelll-ztt-net- quotient) b0-

lng that according to man. authot-lty on thr- subteefl attyone with nu l’.

would not l-mve so llllflfllflilllfly brought that l11 except that. I Wltsll‘

to make a vt-ty strontz point ht-rci hlstory; Brock,

--that books of reference and thr-

dlctloniu-y are stlll the create-st’ Chancellor N. Bax-wash:-

aid to check up on our memory“! dld not Luis-l; my years of Lntm

to trace the derivation of those Bacon, Ruskin, Scott, Washington, Irving. -

five words (nor my memory l11 the matter of the I. Q). but. went straight, to thr- dirtlonarv F01‘ more valuable. than the little Latin. to the boys 11nd 111-l. of P. E. 1..

the ha-blt. of using dictionaries and reference b00lfi§-~~P<‘l‘l‘\fll7$ Wh-‘n

L- M- T91" - Johnson, Iortm Donne. - 0119's“ U111" lues ln real lite: Nelson. Got-don.

70 ls definitely f0 bT-millfllal! 1 Garibaldi and Florence Nightin- tznle

xpeare, Tennyson. Gray.

positions: The Meslah. The Re- would be the nbllltv to use. and dgmpfloyL

There was a wise Spear-woman

Lived in a shoe '

For her many small children She knew. what to do She made them most happy-ofor all lt kept them in trim‘ At a cost veryflsmall!

. I Alloy! keep Wrigley’: Spurint n

'11l§1f'@='_'-. ' 1

1W i l» . Ch

a '1'1'.°?-'Z'..l°.'.'.'.;"11‘.°. .°l11l1'§'°.1'1;..15.‘.'. —- lleldiu the nerves. ..‘.1-11:..t::-...-.‘-.- 1»- Wflylllhlr- _ I» 1935

h. . can get a. deep and abiding joy by donning his mother's shawl and thus draped ln a perfectly satis- factory toga, asklitg his class- mates for a “lout1" of their ears— ‘Frlends. Romans and Country- men, 1end_me your eat-s”-whlle prostrate lies a somewhat too llve- ly Caesar. He wlll et more joy,

‘I think, and more kuowiedge too.

of the onrtoms. 11m wars, the achievements. of the Ron-tans, by studying and dramatizlttg (by all means dran-tatlzlttg) Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, than by studying through "Robinson and Cat-ruth- 1-.r's G0 Ira-sons (Latin Curriculum for grade 9). I believe that; more beauty and wtstltittt, can be l11-ought i11to his life by pranelng

‘around as Put-k ln a ix-nked paper

cup, and intouing. "Shall we their fond pageant. see? Lord what. fools these mortals be!"—tnore beauty by reciting sitch speeches as Ober- on‘s (lvfidstimmer Night's Dream) “I know a bank where the wild t-hytne bloyvs, lvltet-e ox-lips and the nodding violet grow-z" than tn Robertson and Carrutherls to the end of lesson 80, 11nd the con- jugation only of fero. volo. 11010, male, e0. flo (Currivulum in Latin. grade 101.

If they had the time to ex- p‘o1-e the snleticlor to be found in their own English tongue. and also study Latin lone etiouzh to sing with Virgil-but as lt is. the island boys and girls miss both, I fear.

One of these days I shall an- swer the question. “But doesn't Latin contribute to the pupil's study of English?" I shall overlook M. M. N..'s slip. and say that, the snmt- result. is brought about in most school sy-tems by "word- sludy". Vr‘1_‘.v soon ln his school cnreer. a child nmy be taught that "trans" is the Latin for across (the child ‘earns that the Roman Empire covered, at one time what ls Ettglzmd. and that many Eng- lish wm-tls are thus of Latin de- rivation). The child finds words llke trans-Atlantic ‘trans-Comin- etttal-t-aeh year he atlds to the preflxex. suffixes. and stems-some of Latin talso many of Greek de- ttivntlon-fottttd in the dictionary) Thus- without Latin. he knows that "trans." means across, "poi-tn". Latin in carry-transport.tocart-y tlt-1'1'1.=S——Sl)tl(‘!’ forbids me to give more examples.

Not against Latin. do we argue, but ngzaitist Latin in place of more —m11eh more Eugltsh for our boys and girls who never go beyond the Common Schools.

I am. Sir. etc. RlllIAMAl-I SClll-IINFELD FRANK.

Personal Preferences

(Several years ago the follow- ing “replies by pronnnent Can- ndtnns to queries settt out to