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FRIDAY, JANUARY l4, 1938

Dr. Slanleys Appeal

“‘.‘1'e think," wrote‘ lluzlilt a ci-iitury‘ 1130, "ill this age of reason and coilsumittzition of philos- 11p11y, because 111' k111.'\v 1101111113; twenty or thirty _\Clll‘s zigo, and 111-gun then to think for the first 111111- iii our li\c.~, that tlie rcst of 11111111111111 were ‘111 the some |11'1-1li1';11‘111'11t, 111111 111-11-1‘ knew any- thing till we 11111; 111111 the world h:11l _L','l'1t\\'ll old

111 >11,'_11 ;11111 11_~11111-;111c1'. had 1lr1-iinn out its long iliill1tl'll.\' 0f 1111- tl1<1us_ai11l v\'1‘Ill'\' in :1 ilozitig _\l11lC, 111111 that 11 first 1113141111 111 waki- 11111 11f it.» sin-p, lo rottsi- 11-1-11‘. and 1111111 111111111 it. startled by the l3glit 11f 11111‘ uni-xp-cctt-tl disctncrics 111111 1'1‘ 1111i - v1e 111.' ‘c 911111111 1111-111. Stixingi- crror 11f 11 '11‘ i1"; =11:1t1'1l ~<'lli-l'1‘\"-" '\\1 1111' 11-111111111-11 11f 1117-1-111111111-111 b} ytllll‘ ;1~1--1-',\ 1-" 11-1- 1110M“; i'1l1lil1l1‘lll'\\'l1l1‘ cmnp 11~ i1‘ l slt111l1'\ in 1111- lit-111 11f ‘ ~11. \'.1- 11ft“ [l"l‘.ll\'_'l'1l. in t111l.'1_\'~ “r1141 l1 11 lc-i 1:- 1111 this \'1llll\‘\'l by lit‘. tiiirlc- 1 11 -;-1' _;-11.111111111' l):-.llt1111~i1- l'11i\1-1‘-itv\. ‘ttract 1111111 :1 1‘1-1‘1'111 pru-

1 111 11 111 1l1'11t 11111111- 11!‘ 11111111111111 1 111111 :11:tl1111‘1t11-~ i-nuthasizc 1,1 _ . -i1~1-. 11f 111'_g!1'1‘ti11;_' thc Q11, 1.1: 1111- l11."11.' ~. tllc lll1'l'1'tllti'('~, thc phil- 1~~1-1E11-~ .111-i :11: i11~1i.11‘1'~'1|~ .1|' :1111‘i1-111 1ir1'1'1‘-.' z-n-l l-‘- 1111-, {111- ~1.'l1t1-ct~ 1-1'g:1r1l1-1l 11s 111-in}; 111111-1- 1"1~ l1 1'1‘1111'1l 111 1"1"'1~ 111111 |1l‘11l1l1-111sof the . 1111s, "the ivnrp- \\1-~11'1'11 1‘l\'lll/Jlllt*|l

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1- - 1~,;~1-11»1 11s tut-ans 111.11 1111' fz1l1ric 11f 11111- liic. 11111‘ ~1"1-nc1-. 11111" politics. our frct-doiti. 1111i‘ ; 11-111 111-1-111111- :1 fr:1_\1'1l Jill/l 11-1-11 ss rag." 111' \t‘1‘\ 1111- szqttl 11111lti;1l_'.111_'{ all :11‘11un1l its that thl- i- l1.'-1111».11'11-_' l11-;'111‘1' our \1-1‘_v 1'_\"~. \lt'<‘&l1l_\l in 1111' 1l-11-1- .\l.11'11ir11' l'r111i11c1-<. 11111-1- “ho 11111 1 1111' 111-1-1-1. l:111g11;1_ge c1111 ht- counted “on 111"

1;. 1.1’ 11111- 11:1111l' and witlrtht- zlisappeair- ' 111' teachers- 1t.-is- 311110 the fllsllllltvlll"

1t is hie-h ti1111- that those qualified to sticalv‘ {n ,t,,1,_11,.,~ 1,1‘ 1111- 1-141511-5 111-re coining fur-uvii-d. 1111 111,1 11111<1|11:11iti1-d. yet zipprcciative 0f 117-11. i classical culture means :111d worried at flit‘ ],1-1-.1'<11-11t efforts made to discredit it. have hail m 1111111 their peace. “livery man," as bu‘ 'l‘l11»111;1s lir11wn1- sagt-ly remarks, "is 11ot a pro- per 11141111111111 for truth, nor lit to take tip the gauiuli-t in 1111' k'1'lll.\(‘ 11f verirv." Leadership in

an i~~111- 11f this 1111111 rests with our higher edu- czitionius lllt'ilI\1'l\'('.s‘. Tihat they are beginning. in resprmsibh- qirirtcrs. to realize this is an eu~

c1111r.'1einu sign. 11:11‘ ll1ll\'('l'$ltl1‘s‘ reared and fed on 1111' 1111111111115. are now about the only bul- 1-..'11'11- - ninst 1111' ti1|e of utilltariatnism that is tl1r1-:1t1'11111u our whole educational system. lf

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us, the outlook 111111111

A Fictitious Surplus

ll11w 1111-:i11i11;_;l1-s.-. so far as the taxpayers are co11tt-1'111.'11, is a lrilaiici-tl budget on ordinary ac- count may be judged from the announcement i‘e- ccntly- made 11y the New Prunswiek Govern- 1111-111. .\ltl11111_411 actual expenditures exceeded esnnizut-s by 111111111 $711500, and there was add- ed to the net 111-ht of the Province during the year the staggering sum m’ $1).1.>5.oo0, the Gov- ernment claims a "surplus” of $19,000. lts (lob! increase this‘ year. says t-he independent Tele- gi-apli-journal, is "tl1e greatest in any year in tltg 11is111ry- of _\'1111- firtnisiviclt”, and brings the tiutstzm-ling 1il1ligziti11tis of the province to an 1111-111111: high mark 11f $11t,1.435.1i82. or practical- l_\ 1111111111- 1111' 111111111111 of tl11' net debt in I929.

“111 the face 111' gratlttzilly increasing revenues." says thi- Saint john paper, "it is to be seriously 11111-sti1..111ed why all this money must‘ be expend- ed and :11 1111- smite time the debt of the pro-

11111-1- i11c1‘1-:;~1-1l to the extent that it has. [I11- 11-,.~ :1 1111111- tnwzirtls :1 spend-as-yotrearn policy 1~ :1‘11pt1-d. 1111: net 111-bf 11f New Brunsivicl; will

l11'1_-111111- s11 great that the amount required to pay :11'1'r1-~t 111111 sinking (111111 charges will cut seri-

1111-11- 111111 lllt’ 1‘t'\'1*ll1l('> needed for other 111-ces- »1'1‘_v' 1|l'1>\il1t'llll st-rvici-s . . .\'11t until :1 bal- .1111'1-.l 1111-1-51-1 111-51-1111-1- 11itl1 :1 stihsttmtizil reduc- 111-11 in tl11- public debt hu- 111-1-11 achii-vc-d can

,\'1'\\ ll|‘1111s\\icl1‘ ft-cl that it is on the vcay to fin- ancial scctirity." l1 i- 1111' 1-111111-11ti1111 11f Finance .\lin1st1'r Dun-

111111; 411111 1111-1111 111 111111w—lh:1t tht-rt- is no r1-:il- itv about :1 l1.'1l:111c1-1l budget u-hich docs not in- Clttde capital :1< 111-ll as current account.

'l‘l11~ (1111111111-11 thn-t-rnment in this Province

i‘- 1111-1111-11 to bnlatict- its budget annually’. About :1 V\1-.'11‘:1g11. l’1‘c|1ti1-r (lfnttiphell explained that thi- 1111-11111 1111111‘ :1 balance 1111 11|‘1li11ar‘v account. 11111 tht- public i11t1-1-pr1-tcd it in a diffr-rent sense in the 1-l1'1-ti1m campaign. and will insist on so i11- tt-rprt-tiug it 1111111'1tl1st."1111li11g .\lr. CYimpbt-IIY- alibis. ’.\'(-\v flrt111~\\i1‘l-.'s “:11'l1ie\1'1111-11t" this‘ year in producing a fictitious surplus with a 11inc- :1n1l-:1-qua1't1-1' million dollar 111-ht r-ncrcasc. is not an example our lslauitl taxpayers \\'l.~ll to see follow 1'11.

M r. Hepburn's Offences

The 'l‘11r1111111 Still‘ (Liberal) no dotibt ex- presses Liberal opinion generally i11 llle follow- ing ctiustic r11111n1ent on its party leader, 1'11:- n1i1-r llcpliitrn:

"l1 is -1-l1l111n that a p1‘1-||1i1'1- 111-es so 11inch ground ~11 s111111 aiftt-i" an 1-l1-ctio11 as has‘ been lost 11_1 l‘r1-n1i1-i‘ llepburn 11f r1-1-1-nt trot-ks.

"l~~u:in1'e of the public accounts, which were 111-111 11:11-11 until 1111- campaign \\'.'|s 111-er, has e111!- {11-111111 1111- 11111j1-1-t11n- that 111111-11 11f his suppos- - l 111-lit11-11111-111111r1-pr1s1-11ts ~in1|1l_v :1 switchingnf ">111 11-11111 1111- pmviiicial tn 1111.- provinci:1li_v-

'J1|llf‘l'fl 1-1111111111. i "lsstitinet- 11f the liquor control board's report

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for the year ended last hlzirch-zilsu delayitd lili- til the election was u\'ci‘—jt.i>llfi¢§ 1116 ilhfivrlwll 111111 u; 111151 $73,000,000 was spent in Ontario for intoxicitiits in that year, and that the gallon- age of spirits consumed incri-aise1l 7i per cent. wine 3i per cent. and bccr '..'ll per cent, in the past three or four years.

"On the heels of this report has come a Christ- mas tlruiilteit driving record of startling propor- tions. with the government encourziging the purchase of iiitoxiczitits by extra hours of sale b11111 before Christmas and in the interval be- tween (jhristnnus and .\'e\v \'1~.11~'.'.

“The period since the election has also been marked by the signing of new contracts for Quebec power itlthuugh Mr. llepburn specific- ally stated (luring his campaign that his plat- form ivas ‘back to Niagaiwi.’

“l-‘urthcr. there has been tl11.- spectacle of .\lr. lli-plnirn ally-itig himsi-lf with the premier of Quebec. 111-ad of the Liuion Xationale, in an ef-

fort 111 array central (‘zinzitla zigainst tlu- (Yin- adiaii \\'1's1 and the |>f0\'ll11‘1's against the D11- 111i11i1111. in order 111 pr1-v1-11t the modernizing of the ll..\'..\. .-\ct.

“flit-re has her-n 111‘, llcpbttrifs crude and lillQ1'i1llt'Illil1ll_\‘ .'tttacl1' upon tl11' ft'1l(‘l'1'll premier. pziin-tllt-liiig 1-1|ttzill_v tlcfizint tilltfiftllltitis‘ 1111 the part

111' his Quebec :ill_'.'." 11f mint-e. it wa- 1111' attack on Prime Min- i~t1-r lying that 111st .\l1‘. ll1-11l1tlrn 1111' support

111' liberal 111'\\‘.~t1:1111'1‘<. llis rcr11rd as 1'1 1l1‘llltl;1' 1111111- \1‘.‘1s 1-v111>~1-1l time :1111l :1<_":-1'11 bcfor1- 1111' 11s! 1-11-1-111111 in lllllilflli. but it 1li1ln't scent 111 111111- '--1‘ 111 |1i~ s11|1|1111‘11-r- s11 111111;‘ 11s 111- carried 'l'.1 l."l11-1‘:1l 1-1|11r- 111 \i1-t11r1'. lf 111' \\'1‘1nld only 11-111-1- 111 ]Il'l\' 11:11! with .\lr. King‘, and kci-p frmi unthin-g 1lirtv 11.'-"1\ li111'11 i11 public. \v11t1l-l11't 111- :"':1'fn h1- l1:1il1'11 i1| r111- l.il11-r:1l |il‘t'>S as 11111- of L':1na1l.'t's lending 5'1. icsnicn?

J Editorial Notes J

ll.'tllt'_\'. the astrotloiiu-r, tlit-tl this datc, 17.1.3.

1s =1 >i< 11 'l‘h1'r1- is 1il11-1y 111 l1e :1 serious flare-up when parliann-iit 1111-1't.~. 1111111 agricultural and lilfllls" trial i11t1-r1-sts h:t\i- taken fright :11 .\l1

l\'i11',;'s pr1 1]i1|>1'1l tariff concessions to Uh. the “fat is in lllL‘ tLibt-ral) fire." I? * d‘ 1K

Both Earl Baldwin and President Roosevelt have come under the bztn 11f the German Nazis. Swiss Newspapers coittziining editorial discus- sions of Roosevelt's statements on foreign policy and quoting from B1llll\\'lI'ly\\‘Cl‘8 refused entry into (Qicrniany. These were rctitrnecl with the articles marked “undesirable literature.”

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Nothwithstanding I-lon. B. “l. LcPzige to the contrary, the people of England are sixrv-thrce- illKlil-tlllffl per ccnt better than they were 3o years zigo. Committals t0 prison in linglzintl have tI-illen in 30 years from 180.000 annually 111 li-ss than £10,000. Can we claim anything like this?

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Bell ringers in \-\"ey1notith, England, have been :irt1uscd over a proposal to introduce “can- ned" bell ringing at St. John's Church by iii- stalling a grumophoiie and amplifier in the belfry. .\ spokesman for the Guild of Bell Ringers, a11- notincing the imiovation would be (liscttssed by the guild, said: “Synthetic church music is an .\n1e1'ican iniport:1tio11—\ve cannot welcome it.” The vicar. Rev, F. E. Ccn-ytoii, declared, 110w- cver, “stime people were against the atttoinobilc. the airplane. and even the radio, but it is our duty to move with the titties." There are 3.000 hell ring-i-rs in England. In many cases their jobs are hereditary-J

>11 111 111 111

There are a good many politicians wise after the event. and Mr. Jeremiah T. Mahoney, the defeated Tammany candidate for the hlztyoralty of New York is one of them. Though he was supported by it in his heroic efforts to cite-cl: communism and OlllCl‘ evil forces that he dread- ed. now that the battle is long over he has (le- cidcd to relieve his mind. l-le says in effect that 'l‘an1m:tny must be destroyed. Piven its name, a symbol “for all that is crooked, slimy, itnpatriotic and sinistei‘ in politics and in any machine-ridden city,” must‘ perish from the earth. There must be no more Tammany Hall. Commenting on this the New Ynrk- Titties says: “\\’c all righti-ntis Democrats of hlaulmt- tan must slum the temple in l'i1ion Square. The rules must he changed. The hlailhztttan De- mocratic organization must be ‘modern and pro- gressive’ so that all members may have ‘an ac- tual voice in the affairs of the pat-fr.” 1\'1'ver again must there be ‘a rviwtiinical lmss.’ Mr. .\l.'il111ney forgets that there are no more bosses. ‘Leaders’ have supplanted 1111-111. Ile uses 1111- now ritual word ltimself. No district leader shall become the leader of ‘the Democracy of 1111' County of Nmv York.’ ,\lr. .\l.'ihr1ney's zeal is l11-rtutiful. but it would h1- mnre etlifying if it had been on display last Fall."

111 =11 111 =11

The Duchess of Rutland has discovered once more the truth of Rud_\'a1'd Kipling's assertion that “Piiddy (Yfirady- and tho Colonel's Lady" are all the same under the skin. or l11'fr1r1- Bri- tish law. $110 shopped on the offside line nl traffic, ivriiting for a chance to turn right intr FL T.'un1'-s's Etreet. A police cruistahle told 111-r to ‘drive straight ahead along Piccarlillv. (lwing 111 het- stop. only one line of cat's could proceed Slit‘ was ltolrling up those 111-hind her. l-ler Grace made this gracious reply: “l don't want to go that wnv. l am not going. I shall fight it in court. You :ire aim-t)’ 111.111. I will zislc 1111- nfflcei- over there.” The officer over there t11ld her she ntiisf go siraiirht ahead as directed. Slit- said she wouldn't. She would “fight it in court.‘ Then slle would be reported for :1 sum mons. "l am going that \\'.'1_v now. so you can" summon 1111'." she cried. The rduvlii-nt reht-l. lily-1- flt-title lane. 1livl as she was told. T11 court she. rotnplaincvl that the constable was "itnfair and t1nre.'1snnable" and that "put my back up." Elie thought constables’ were there tn help traffic. This one was "so verv nnlu-lnful and tmclvil." Y\'11 dottbt llil‘ contrast of the constable-k c0114 duct with lit-r own helnfiiltti-ss and civility als- tnnniletl 111-r. The imfeeling magistrate fined her i; shillinqs. 1’l penalty univorthv of so

. and Fascism.

nu. UHARLUTI'EJI\'WN UWAKUIH"

‘NOTES or n1: wiv

The world’: ‘ " of Japan has been clear and 11.1 but‘. unanimous .To this world-wide feel- ing the Japanese are patently sen- sitive and the plaudits of the tiny minority of mankind that believes in the ideology of aggression can do 1111.11 to fortify the Japanese against, the consciousness of being con- demned by an overwhelming major- iiy of their fellow men. This judg- ment of the world is like the spac- iousness of China; 1t. will tell against the Japanese with a cum- ulative effect the furvher they go and the longer they keep at 1t. China is faced with a tragedy. But. beneath all the mafftcking in Tokyo the wiser heads of Japan cannot contemplate without disquiet the endless vista of the difficulties to- wiird which their country is being thrust with such headlong precpi- fancy-London Economist.

ll. seems to ine that the world cannot endure its spilt. personaiity much longer. Either it will plump without flbfllllfl‘ reservations foi- force, unrestricted and ruthless. or it. will vum to sometlimg different. I would call it an even-money bet.

l ' PUBLIC FORUM

ni- ooluinn u opln on n1- dlloulnlon h! umlnudnh I! - u n.

Charlottetown Guard‘: don

THE EDUCATIONAL, ISSUE

Sin-May I suggesfto you that you give space in your columns to the following extract; fi‘om a. recent; pronounceme i1. by President. N. M. Butler, of Columbia University. For many years, President, Butler has been calling attention to this ques- tion. which he thinks of transcend- ent importance. I think so too; aind I am alarmed that, in spite of warnings by Chancellor C. C. Jones, of the University of New Brunswick, and one or two others, the question is being almost wholly overlooked in the Maritime Provinces:

“The greatly changed conditions affecting the academic position and influence of tlie study of the an- cient classics, which have been re- ferred to in several earlier annual reports, now require an attempt to forecast the future rather than to dwell upon the accomplishments of years that are past. Not only has

This year of 193B may see more bru- tality ttian 1937 gave us, or it may see a new 1 glit on the horizon. I have u hunch that what, we are now in 1s that darkest hour which comes just ‘ot-iore diiin. I have a hunch 111111 git-at filings-good oi- bad——im- pend. There are wars everywhere, and even 11:1 lands called peaceful time is little tie-ace. It. is a time that puts a strain on optimism. But. the forces of darkness do not have the world ,wl1o 1y to themselves. Qihci‘ forces are abroad and busy. Unorgaiiized and inartlculaie as yet, there seems to be a growing belief 111111 only by conscience con- we be savecL-Ch cago Dally News.

Lakclleld high school has produc- ed a situation the parallel of which has probably not been seen else- where. At. the annual commence- ment, exercises Principal J. F. Har- vey is presenting diplomas, 11n- iiouiieett that four children from the same family stood highest in four foi-nis of tlie school: Rose Wong, higiiestin the first form: Lily Wong, highest in the second: Mary Wong, h ghest in the thiirl, and George Wong, highest. in the fourth form. The average marks of each of the cihitti-en was well over 90 per cent. ——Pet,ei'borough Examiner.

It was high time that. somebody protested against the cheap and dis- honest use that is so frequently made throughout the whole demo- cratic WOfld——W8 are no exception- of these two terms of Communism They are both very

the long-continuing dominance of the ancient classics in the field of higher education been destroyed. but the study of the ‘anguages. the llterattircs, the philosophies and the fnst-‘ttitimts of ancient Greece and ancient Rome is being for the most; part wholly neglect-ed. The results are deplorable. The neglect of this field of study means that a gener- ation is growing up without any comprehension of the origins of the intellectual life of the western world or of its highest standards of accomplishment 1n the fields of philosophy, of Pteratiire and of the fine arts. The pressure upon time and attention of subjects which ap- pear more cioseiy related to the events and the problems of the mo- ment has completely displaced the study of anything lfki! the import- ant position tn the work of liberal education which they oectipied so 1on1: and with such remarkable re-

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“Because nf these fuels it 1s all the more important that as the older scholars in the f‘el1-| of classics pass out of the University's service, search be made for younger men who are not only sminct in classical scholarship but who have the per- sonality, tlie enthusiasm and. the zeal to make those subjects of ob- vious imd vital interest to the youth of today and tomorrow. This can be done if undertaken in the right spirit by personalities who realize their responsibility and their oppor- tunity. Whlle hereafter classical teaching will reach out. a small fraction of the stutter-it‘, body-nun

serious, very real and very danger- | ous entities 1n the world to-clay. They have each destroyed the lib- l

each promote theirl policies by the same despotic, bru-' 1111 111111 high-handed methods. They | are nothing to be laughed at or bandied about: as sham epithets for the diam-editing of movements which bear not the slightest re- semblance to either one of them. - Montreal Star.

Perhaps our sympathies are with China. Perhaps China has every reason to expect assistance from outside. but. not even hard-pressed China would expect Canada. to come to her assistance single-handed. This country has always made clear that we are ready to stand by our oblig- ations assumed under the League of Nations, or any other treaty. Should the clay come when collective action against Japan is contemplated, then we may have to consider shutting off the exports. But should this day ever come and should we refuse to sell to Japan, 1t will not represent an individual act, on the part: of a Domin'on. It will be all part. of a collective effort and for which other countries must assume their part of the responsibtlity.—wlndsor Star.

It ls being provan day by day that the lands of the north are adapt- able to the uses of man in ways that: are almost: astonishing. Wheat has been grown as far north as Dawson City. Today settlers are raising wheat in the north, where a few years ago anyone suggesting that: wheat: could be matured and harvested before the advent of k’ll- iug frost would have been laughed at. But it is 1i fact and a. much bet.- tci- crop than any of the more favor- ed parts of the country can show.- Chatam News.

The Free Tress. believes. ln cu- ODBTBUOII among Great: Britain, the British Empire and the United States. If Roosevelt had followed such a policy when he was first elected instead of pursuing a policy of isolation and of trying to drag the Republ c out of the depression mire by its own boot-straps, there‘ might be a different. story. Touay Roosevelt evldenty realizes his blunder and is proposing an Anglo- Amertcan trade treaty. 0n. principle we favor such a pact, but 11' ft means the loss of all the advantage of preferential tariffs in the British market then 11w ll be 1i serious mat- ter. The Empire preferences have done much to stabilize business in Canada. Any tariff changes mean the goring of somebody s ox. This Ls inevitable. But 1f the general prin- ciples of the prefercnoes can be re- tained then Canada should continue on the road to prosperity. There is no reason for being peas misfit: over the outlook for Canada. for 193B; there 1a every, reason, on the other hand, for opllmtsm-Londoxl Free Press.

1n the For Earl, the Soviets Ire expected to otler increasing mater- ial support to the Chinese. The

that; fraction poorly prepared, judg- ed by standaids which formerly ex- isted-it can be made abundant in instruction and in stimulus if un- dertaken in the right, spirit. It must be borne tn mind that, the study of the ancient classics is not a closed subject. Archauologicai ex- cavations nowf actively going for- ward 1n various parts of Asia. of Africa and of Europe, are constant- ly discovering new material to throw light on matters affecting ancient religion, ancient law and the beginnings of the natural sciences.

“Moreover, it must be insistently pointed out; that tlie contribution of ancient Greece and Rome to mod- ern civilization was not; made once and for all. It; is a continuing in- fluence amd one constantly mani- festing itself in new and unexpect- ed ways. Their languages are not; dead. That, splendid term, the hu- manities. is always and everywhere to be emphasized. for it is the hu- manitlas which had their begin- nings in those ancient civilizations and which have been inspired and guided by them from those days to this. The wisdom of the ancient philosophers was not limited by time or place. What Plato saw and what Aristotle taught, what Caesar and Cicero and Livy and Tacitus wrote, was done for all time.

“The question of the moment; is, where and how to stimulate com- petent younger scholars to become masters of some portion of this great: field and to present: it with lnv'ttng power and cleiu-ness to the youth of today. The quckest way to emphasize the importance of an- cient civilization is to make it clear that it. ts not ancient but everlast- ing. That word, ancient, means only a beginning and not a complete circle 1n the geometry of the his- tory of civilization."

All this is profoundly true. The warp-threads of our European oi- western civilization, all reach back to Greek civilization. To cut. these warp-thi-euds means that, the fabric of oui- life. our science. our politics, our freedom. and culture. will be- come a frayed and useless rag. And do not the signs ntultinly 111i round us that this is happening before our very eyes?

And yet, ‘n the 1111111 schools 1n our three provinces. those who can iGflffll the Greek 1 nzuaue can be nntinteri‘ on 111c- 111 s of one 11:11:11. It ls only very recently that. this ‘a- mentahle condition appeared. With the disappearance of Greek teach- ers has gone the dtsappeiu-nnm of teachers of mathematics which is n

horrors which are devastating the Far East today will not. tomorrow be the lot of Europes-Ncw Common- wealth.

At the funeral of thflvlllage ren- egade. a well-lntentioncd friend ventured the hesitant, tribute that "he was not. as bad all the time as he was some of the Ume." The words might. almost serve as an epitaph of the yeiir that. is ending.- The New Outlook.

United States ls expected to find some means of aiding Chino. in- directly. It may mean putting econ- omic pressure on Japan. The out- look for business in tits part. of the woi-Id is most uncertalm-Iondon Economist.

What. the world Inch today ll III- doubtedly the means of settling dia- putes peaceably-an Equity Tribun- al-coupled with the means of re- pressing aggrenslcll-n pnorsnnlmed and compiehenatve system of suic- ttnna supported by an International

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Greek subject. Cazmdtana 0118M l0 remember with shame that the first . Quebec bridge fell into the 8t. Low- ‘ rence, and that before the erection of the second one, which all“ stands, a mathematician was 1m- ported-frum Europe to supervise the work of Canadian engineers. Meantime our high schools are cluttered with alleged studies of po- iiticnl science, economics, though. as Dr. Ernest Barker, Pro- fessor of Political Science ln the University of Cambridge, has long pointed out, these studies are too difficult‘. for most undergraduates 1n university — to say nothing of youngsters at school. Real political science, and real economics, involve a long and arduous study of the leading principles of human thought and so far as Etiropeau and American thought ls concerned these leading principles in science, law, refgton. and politics. go con- tinuously ba_ck to the mathematic- inns. phlimophers, scientists statesmen of ancient Greece. But we. in the Maritime Provinces, wrapping ourselves in the specious excuse that "after all only a few in the community can be trained in such a difficult discipline” procled to neglect that discipline altogether. Six years ago, Dalliousie Univer- sity established a special Advanu Course fnGieek and Latin, amid n,

matics. and already a few students have graduated in these studies and are teaching in our Ifgh schor s. Laige scholarships are offered to induce two or three students, emii your. to enter on these studies. ‘t may seem a slow and iaborto-s method to spread the truth of which the wisest ll‘.°l'l of our time are seized. But it is in: cnry metyr. 0d. Il‘ we 60111.01. pass on this torch to oui- youth. tlie world is lost. I um. Sir. eta. CARLETON STANLEY, President Diilhoiisle Univers’ty Halifax, Jim. 11, 1938.

—--ii-__._ MR. W. S. STEWART'S WISDO.

S'i-,—In yesterday's Patriot M Stewart, has a veiy lengthy articl of advice to his fe low Conserva- tives re thelr need 0i’ a. better lead- er. He claims Mr. Bennett is al- most; a total failure. Why? Because he does not hold all his supportei-sl Now, what leader cVET did? Mac- dOIIBld lost them early in his car- eer. He could not hold for instance Cartwright; and others. And in 1813 he wrecked the whole Conservative Party for a. time. He tendered his res gnatlon but; Tupper stood 111m and the resignation was with- drawn. The Liberals having chosen Alex. McKenzie as their first ex- periment, he took office lri 1873 and held it for the full term of five years without reproach. And. a.‘- though beaten tin 1878 he held his own seat. The Liberals soon, how- ever, became restless and demand- ed another leader, and chose their Ontario Government lender, a very able man, Edward Blake. He wa: beaten 1n the election of 1882. bu continued as leader for some lilmr and then made way for Inurier.

Laurler failed In 1887, and 189i but was rapidly gaining in Quebec So Slr John himself, who is Mr Stewart's ideal leader, was rapidly losing in Quebec. In 1882 he liar? 48 supporters, in 1887, 33, tn 189i M, In 1882 the Liberals had 1'1, ii 1887, 32, in 1891, 35, 1n 1896 Laurie. had 49, against 16 a majority ir Quebec alone of 33, but in all Cim~ aria he had only a. majority of 28. S1- leaving out, the Quebec vote ‘Puppe. led by by five in the rest. of Can- ada. The Quebec vote swamped Tupper. In 1891 Sir John died and his cabinet disagreed over his suc- cessor. Insbeud of sending for Tup- per at once they tried three make- shifts, Abbott, Thompson and Bo- wel]. F‘nnl1_v, after losing ground for five years the cabinet of that day sent for Tupper to come from England and fight. out‘ battles. That cabinet deserved to lose and they did. They had too long a term of office, 18 years. anyway. but: Laurieris increased strength 1n Que- bec mode it a difficult fight, yes, an impossible one. ,1 To make the story of Lani-let's racial hold ln Quebec, the more re- markable hls grip there is governing Canada even today, and will for many more years to cdirie if the Liberals can retnin n leader who wit] so slavlshiy follow Laurierlsm as Mokerizle King does. Laurler,

however, made one grand mistake when he over-estimated his influ- ence in trying to carry all Canada with any old policy. as he did in 1911. He failed then, and probably would have failed worse in 1914, had he been tn power. Borden won in 1911 by Lani-lens blunder. We can- not well claim that‘. Borden's policy won him office tn 1911, as it was Laurtei-‘s blunder that won the clay for Borden. Even in Quebec Laurler lost: ground. In 1908 he had 53 eup- poi-ters against l1 Conservatives, and one Independent Liberal. a Lib- eral majority of 43. in. 1911 the L'b- crais had 38 and the Conservatives 2'7, a Liberal majority of 11, instead of 43 as in 1908.

The foregoing sketch will show

that. the qualities of leadership are difficult to value. - Mr. Stewart's idea of a leader is his capacity to smile and shake the glad haind. Briins are only of sec- ondary quality in his opinion. Then a long term in office is the best gouge of fitness in Mr. Stewart's opinion and if so Tupper stands at the bot-tom of the class, having held the premiership only 68 days; Ar- thur Melghen only 172 days.

'I‘li1s shows how tlie opinions of the wise differ. Some thoughtful well-read men would place Tupper at the top as the greatest. mind that. Canada has ever produced and Metghen second. However, Mr. Stewart has evdently missed his greatest opportunity of advising us. He should have begun in 1891 when he was youngenvsnd also in the writer's opinion, very much vrlaer.

In conclusion, not. wishing to un- dervalue Mr. Stewart's sense of fairness in dealing with Mr. Bun- nett, it will be found that. while his wndemnatlon covers twenty- thiee inches of single column space

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