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ml; GUARDIAN, ' UHARLOTTETOWN ,

THE GUARD'lAh-I

Authorised In Second Club MIII Post office Department, otuwu. ' The Island Gunrdlon Publishing Co. i

CIRCUIATION 1'otII .Clty Zone .... .. 3.70.5 Belail Trading Zono' 8.457 All Others ....s 821 Tom Net Paid 18.040

President Ind Auocilk Editor, In A. Burnett: Auoclltc Editor. Funk Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

CHARLOTTE-JTOWN. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1. 1951 Examinations

Much has been said and written against examinations, both by those who must take them and those who set them, but examin- ations are still with us. The reason, of course, is that they are a very useful in- strument. i

They are crude and arbitrary no doubt. but so is the division of knowledge into the various subjects of the curriculum. and no one would try to teach a whole generation of youngsters on the basis that all knowl- edge is one and that they must simply plunge into the midst of it.

Educational standards are useful and necessary. They do not, of course, provide a true picture of each candidate for ad- vancement or a position but they work rea- sonably well in establishing basic qualifica- tions. ,

The function of the Atlantic Provinces Common Examining Board is to improve the effectiveness of examinations so that results are readily comparable, to make it as easy to place students from any of these Provinces as if they had gone through the same school.

church And charity Bequests on

Canada Trust Co. reports that only one will in five -now makes any provisions for religion. charity or education. People with small estates feel that succession duties. in- come tax. depreciated dollar and low in- terest rates make it necessary for them to leave everything to their dependents. Peo- ple with large estates feel that succession duties and taxes on their estates will be heavy enough to remove any obligations they might otherwise feel towards pro- viding for charity. .

The regrettable fact is, says the Letter Review, that Canadians are losing their in- terest in charity, partly because exorbitant taxes take so much of the money they would normally use for this purpose; part- ly because governments, largely for po'iit- ical reasons, are taking over more and more of this field. 0

Canadians are also puzzled as to why public and private welfare agencies should require so much money for charitable pur- poses at a time of full employment and high prosperity. '

Community Chest drives are running into trouble on this account. Toronto drive, as this Letter is written, has only just passed 50 per cent mark. Campaign objective 053,121,930) will not be reached by November 7 deadline.

Historic Mission

Until this year, notes the Ottawa Cit- izen. the peacetime departure of 'Canadian troops for non-combat" duty abroad would have been considered a sensational event indeed. It is a measure of how far' Cana- dians have come in their international out- look that they now take such a movement of troops almost as much for granted as the shipment of wheat or lumber. Except for Quebec City newspapers. and some in Mont- real where essentially the embarkation was a local story. the embarkation of the first contingent of the 27th Brigade for Ger- many has not been treated as an unusual occurrence, nor has the public considered it as such.

This the Ottawa paper cites as evidence that the public now accepts Canada's ob- ligation to help prevent war by assisting, among other measures, in building up armed strength abroad. The public ac- cepts as a fact, also: that Canadals first line of defence lies overseas, rather than on the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines, and in the country's northern reaches. The quiet, almost routine manner in which these first Canadian troops are leaving for peacetime service is a mark of how far the country

' has emerged from isolationlsm.

The troops themselves are not expected to fight, but to help' buttress the miiltary section of the measures being taken to pre- vent I war. Yet while they may not en- gays in physical conflict, there is much that they might do on the ideological level; for except in Korea, the war today is be- ing fought for men's minds. By their com-

portttlont, by the respect they show for the

maple among whom they move, the men dfhe27thBrlgsdecanbe'Ifactol'in that war. They are bound on I historic mlsst

of infinite importance to the maintenance of peace in the world. Canada wishes them

EDI I ORIAI. NOIES

Two more days and we shall. see the

. Princess and the Royal Duke.

An acclamation for Mayor would not be inappropriate, to be followed by a con- test in February.

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Humanity will have attained perfection when a clergyman can own a parrot with- out fear that his neighbours will lead the innocent bird into habits of profanity.

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British "austerity" is to be continued under Mr. Churchill. He has begun by docking his ministers' salaries by 53,000 per annum, and his own by b9,000. '

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Sensational peace moves by the United States are predicted for today and are be- ing awaited, no doubt, with hope on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

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T The winter's first Maritime death from carbon monoxide has been recorded. The poison gives no warning of its presence. It is never. safe to remain in a closed car or garage when an engine is running.-

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Ottawa's entomologists are on the point of winning the battle againstthe spruce sawfiy with the assistance of a virus. Now if only they could do something about birch die-back before it is too late.

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The horse plough did the trick. Win- ner of the 11th annual ploughing match of the Royal Forest Agricultural Association at Winkfieid, Berkshire, England, recently, was the only competitor to plough with a horse team. The other entrants-21 of them-all used tractor ploughs.

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The first number of the London Ga- zette, official organ of the state for Eng- land and Wales, was published this date 1665. For that first year it was known as the Oxford Gazette because the court of Charles II had been driven there by the plague.

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University students on the move. Two Toronto University graduates, 23- year-old Warren Wilkins, and his brother Douglas 21, of Toronto, have reached the U. K. on a round-the-world trip in a Brit- ish car-a Land-Rover. They plan to cover between 40,000 and 50,000 miles in a year.

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After studying the compulsory educa- tion laws of 48 nations, UNESCO an- nounced that British and Tasmanian chil- dren are required to spend more time in school (ten years) than any others. Next: U. S. children, who in most states spend nine. Last in line: Indonesian children, who don't have to go to school at all.

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Hotel keepers should note that members of the British Hotels and Restaurants' As- sociation, at their annual luncheon in Lon- don, cheered a suggestion of Lord Lyle of Westbourne that every hotel should be al- lowed to keep pigs. They could, he said, be fed upon the hotel's pig-swiil and thus provide meat for the guests.

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A resolution urging the Federal Gov- ernment to adopt a program for the de- centralization of Canadian industry will likely split both major parties if it reaches the floor of the Commons at this session. The resolution is sponsored by Ciarie Gillls (CCF-Cape Breton South). The measure's on the order paper but may not reach the debate stage) because of the pressure of Government business.

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How not to do it. A friend of the Montreal Gazette told a story which it thinks represents the alltime low in sales- manship. She went into a store in Lachine one day to. buy shoes and the clerk greeted her with, "I can tell by your flee you've been suffering with your feet for 15 years." She let that, pass. but when, a short time later, she questioned the high price of a certain pair of shoes, he offered, "If you spent as much on your shoes as on your'lipstick, you'd be better off." With that she rose. told the clerk she came to buy shoes not to have her, personal appear- ance dlscusscd and left the store.

Too much political poyver in the free nations still lies in the hands of people who are unwilling to admit that Communism and Fascism are identical. danger to the world because the present Tsar is I little rougher with his own sub- jects than his Romanoff predecessors were, but because the present Tsar is even more of a troublemsker in international Iffcinl than his forerunners. F1-cc natlops used

imperial Government against more immed- iate military dangers. In just the some way, the free nation: should be quite able to co-operate with both YugoslIviI and Spain in international affairs, without making insulting remarks about either of the Governments.

Russlaisnotau

to be "able to co-operate with the Russian 'f M"

Farming: our specialty -

i llolng What liosioellaturally . .' '

PUBLIC FORUM

This column II open to the discysslon by wrrespondcull of questions of Interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of I.vI'fQlP0ndChlS.

FERTILIZING INTELLIGENTLY Sir.-l was interested in reading Dr. J. A. Clark's contribution to your agricultural column in Sat- urdsy's Guardian, Oct. 27. on the use of fertilizers in farm produc- tion; perhaps the more so as for the past couple of years or longer. I have been making a sort of lone wolf, unofficial study of fertilizer and fertilizing practices ill con- nection with farm economics. Dr. Clark wrote from personal exper- ience and observation as well as that of others with whom he has been associated in his long period of service to the country and his pronouncement will. to that ex- tent, carry the weight of author- ity. It. is more difficult. for I lay- man to get a hearing but never- theless facts gleaned from official experiment should be accorded at least a measure of consideration. The most noteworthy observation from Dr. Clark's remarks, on the dev 'opment of the use of com- mercial fertilizer is that original oi earlier conclusions arrived It. made way for later discoveries reached by way of further experi- ment. This It once bring: for- ward the suggestion that we may not yet have attained to the maximum knowledge of fertilizer usefulness. It would. therefore. be unwise to refute as impracticable. claims advanced by any well es- tubllshed laboratory. Just because such claims were not shared in by similar establishments doing other good work elsewhere. The value of chemical fertilizers Is I potent influence towards greater agricultural production at lower cost, is restricted to the ex. tent of our experience in its use, perhaps more so. as its application in most instances is little better than guess work. Few farmers are well enough acquainted with the soil they are cultivating to deter- mlne what. chemical nutrlei-.t.s it lacks or requires. For this reason. fertilizers can be wasted. Soil that already contains sufficient quant- ity of any ingredient required in the growth of seed being sowed, will not respond with more prolific growth by an additional IppllcI- tlon of this some ingredient. It in a waste of time, and energy, in addition to its orlglnnl commerclnl cost. , Pei-hops therein llu the Iocrct. of "expensive fertilisers" Ind I clue to its solution. "Know Your soll" is I slogan tint Ihould oc- cupy I prominent place in the mind of every fmnsr. This know- ledge can be attuned only by In efficient system of Ion .InIlyIlI, Wt Nllllolllly into pi-Ict.lc.Il oper- ation before fertilisers Ito even bought. In this I” incc mony thcuunds of , dollIrI might be loved by Idopting such I proced- In

Farmers might Ilso profitably give would to I choice of rnet.hodI -now used in applying for- tilloon to plant growth. It should be remembered that chcmioIl in- gredients used in ordinory form fertilisers might better be i-geog.

pllootlon II crozf feeding. lumin- lstcrcd II I plant bolonbuf melon. The ldco hu Ilrudy developed thIt plInt growing Ir food trcctmmt to that of In- imIll.ifll'owthiI to bl It in but Ind ptonublo. This convic- tion is firm. when Iutborltotlvc

for-mtlofootory thfromtho ground: much of It ll uabu InditmIyborOId-

becomes Itomunt or limit

is show. um many plants obtun II high Is any pet-

nisod II plInI: food. Ind their Ip-'

mm.

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If Notes By

II will take Cslgny. the Sun- shine City of the Foothills. 3. long time to get. over the embarrass- ment caused by the weather here

urlng the Royal 'vlslt. Seldom had there ever been an October day more cold and miserable. Calgary Albertsn.

Britons visiting United States industrial establishments are surprised at the tendency among all grades of workers in that country to take off their costs while toiling. But that's only be- cause an American takes work seriously. as a. Briton takes Jokes, and a Canadian, fishing. -- Otta- wa. Citizen.

Male nurses, through their di- vision of the American Nurses” Association. have complained of discrimination against vthem by the armed forces. They say that they have to serve in the enlisted ranks, while th female coun- terparts, doing the some wbrk, are eligible for commissions. Ah- hai The equal rights shoe is on the other foot. Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The Dominion Bureau of Sin- tistlcs has Just announced Fic- gino's population as 89,928. This figure may come as a bit of I shock to Reglnlans who for the past five years have credited themselves with the nice round figure of 70.000. Regina's cham- ber of commerce. based on Post Office surveys, puts the popula- tion at 'T2.500. The question comes up. What have the census-takers done with 2.572 Regimens? Regina. Lender-Post.

In III 101 yesn of incorporI- lion Pcterborough has never had I woman councillor. It is time it did. The women of Petsrborough are playing an increasingly im- poi-tsnt. part in the civic life of the community. They have spec- lsl interests. and I woman repre- sentative of those interests would have I special capacity to deal with them. Even in the general sphere of civic admlnhtrstion, the point of view which I woman Il- derman could bring to the Coun- cll Ind its committees would'hIve I valid oogency. - Petcrborough nmnlner.

The contrast between how the U. S. tackles the problem of civil defence Ind what: is being done in Could: is evident to Iny visi- tor motoring south of the border- As one Ipprosches major Ameri- can cities. huge highway signs warn thIt, in the event of enemy It.t.Ick, those thoroughfuos will be closed to civilian ti-Iftlc. When the visitor checks into I hotel, he's given I corditclling him how to protect himself if on In-iIl It.- tuck occurs whllo,he is in the building. If he goes out on the street. he use signs indicating where public shelters In ' t d Ind how many people they will hold. Visitors to conodo no such information. Nor do Inc- dlam xcnex-Iliy hove, Iny. which country fl Hahn Arc the Ameri-

can: or even more, of their nour- lshlncnt through wbIt is now recognised II foliuc feeding. And why should this method be doubt- ed? Noxious woods Ito being-

Ipnycd wit?! poisonous solution to I50 ponnooon

destroy their

anal!

.thus be directed todcumy thru-

zomgchduzogd. why cola: punt. foo: growth? both methods of pro! nourishment. should find room for thought on I modern feeding IgcndI. '

Thus In further obocrntlops on this Iubioct '1 'would like us Idvonco. but roam nun prolong todors dtoouulon to In embarra- Ilng length. I will defer further comment It th limo. but with your it will return Igsln to the subject.

I I IIII. lit. ow.

J. A. annals.

The Way x i 9. cans overly excited? Are Cana-

dians slow? - Toronto Financial Post.

Windsor police are to crack down on jaloples. that automotive vehicle of ancient vintage and in- different mechanical condition. They also will mal:-e I drive against. impatient drivers, and re- new their campaign against speeders. This merits public support. Jaloples. unless kept in good mechanical condition, are a menace to the safety of the public, and also to those who ride ln them. Impatient drivers and speeders contribute greatly to the accident rate. Public safety is the primary consideration. But these factors also are an influ- ence on our high insurance rates. The Windsor area has the highest rates in Ontario. (They are not the highest in Canada. as some believe. Montreal's rate is much greater.) - Windsor Star.

Names give individuality to houses. and a house cannot have too much individuality. Nobody likes to think that his home-his castle-ls exactly like somebody eise's; be it ever so humble, he wa.nt.s it to be like no other place on earth. He does not plant his garden with exactly the some flowers and shrubs as his neigh- bor; his wife takes pains to make her curtains and furnishings I re- flection of her own taste. This is all admirable and as it should be in democracy, where it is every- body's right to possess individual- ity. Why not a name for the house. then? -Peterborough Eso- aminer. . '

Restoring The University -Seats

(New York Times service)

LONDON - LcgIlly Winston Churchill could use his slender majority to increase his party's strength in the House of Com- mons by about 12 seats. Politic- ally. however. it. may not. appear wise to him to do I0.

In their election. campaign the Conservatives pledged themselves to rutore the lzutlnlverslty Beats abolished by the Labor Govern- ment in 1948. Most-if not Ill of these cuts would certainly be conservative. Had the Conserva- tives won the election by I big majority they could" have reinstat- ed the University franchise with- out leuvln, themselves open to the ch of attempting to "pnck the House" Is Franklin D. Rococ- vell: wIs Iccuscd of Ittclnptlng to puck the Supreme Court.

Wlt.h only I nu-row victory over Lobor, however, mIny Gon- urvIt,ivu now fen time if chur- chill con-ion out his monlfesm pledge he would be Icouled of It- tcmpting to bolstcr his pIrty'I Puiltfllentcry strength by un- democratic methods.

Up to the lat election of !'ob- ruuy. 1050, the Untvcnlty frui- chiss won I distinctive fcs of the British IleotorIl.IyItom. Ac- cording to this, Ill university n-IouItcI were Illawcd two vow. one in the constituency in which they lived Ind one for the 1! re- pruontltlvel of seven universities.

two roprcumntt-'sIcIobto tbs , ofoommouo. uta-other vorltics obtained I IImllIr - Iodibymfthcnumbor ofunlvsrslty-Isohwol tn- 'Of&Hd'IlIII the but: of tho fnnobin Iuod.'

i no Ago-oli 'w.m .

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NOVEMBER, 7, 1,, :

Lessons From Etiropei : In Community Progress

ny Loo r.”'MoIuu ' Part One (concluded) (Au lllghil Ilcurvcd)

IIOMI. i SWEET HOME!

We said goodbye to England. to Europe Ind mIny new friends. The tug boots took our ship in tow and we squeezed out through the pic: gates Ind were on our own. It wu midnight when we struck the Irlu Sea, Ind the propellers rolled. By this time, we had lost sight of the crowds on the docks who had been wsving Ind shouting farewell to their friends Iboord: many of them had been in tears. believing they had seen their children or rolotlvcs for the last time.

There were many lmmlgl-Into aboard, mlny people who hId said goodbye to homo and were coming out to this vast. new land of op- portunlty, Canada. We become very well Icqualnted with several of them on the way across. There were two doctors, who were "fed up" for personal reasons with the British hoolth scheme.

There were ' 5 coming out; there were farmers from Hol- land; there were several young women with small children com- ing out to join their husband who had previously emigrated Ind found work in our country. But they were all headed for Ontarlp. or Alberto or the industrial sec- tions. None of them had heard that there were any possibilities or opportunities in the Maritime Provinces. They all wanted to get "into the swing of things." but were heading for I ride on "the trapeze that was now flying". They were not interested in exploring a new area or undertaking an em- pire-buildlng job. like their fore- fathers.

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This immigration indicates zthe fact that Canada is a coming land; people all over the world are looking to Canada. They re- allu, better than we do. the vast resources and wealth that are here. either to be developed or exploited in the.next couple of generations. 1'. is possible. in fact probable. that the population of Canada will double within the next. ten years. This will change the possibilities of our Maritime people tremend- ously. There wlll be I market for our farm products and our fish at home; Canada will not. be depend- ing so much on exports. "What. are we. in the Msritlmes, doing ourselves. so that we too can por- tlclpate in this tremendous devel- opment that is now gaining mo- mcntunf in our country?" This question was foremost in my mind.

As we plowed around the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. we saw the fishing fleets out wIllowlng in the waves Incl the hardy fisher- men. young Ind old. lighting the cold Ind pulling in their nets. This brought up other questions. People have-beam doing this for years. for generations, on the Grand Banks. Great. stories. songs and poems hIve been written about it, Ind. Although. perhaps. those fishermen have eked out I bare existence. hII'thelr standard of life improved in accordance with the amount of work. risk- and drudgery they hove put into their industry:

The ship pulled into the bcIut.l- fill land-locked harbor of St. John's and was tied up. We had a two-day stop-over here and went for I tour around the Avalon Pen- insuls. It is not the most beauti- ful or the cleanest city in the world, but it irked me to hear the blunt and sincere remark of one English lady. who sold. "I have just Wr.lt.t.en'home. bud said. 'wc hIve Ii-rived in st. John's, New- foundland. Whot I dump! If this is In example of OInIdI, I shall be back on the next boIt.l'" The Newfoundland guide sIld. "This to Canada. This is home, Ind we Ire fond of it. and glad it is now part. of Canada." Someone else had I more abrupt Inswer, uying: "This

mIy be I dump to you. but it is I i

typical example of the results of British domination for generations Ind of the capitalist system given I free hand." Silence Ind I heavy atmosphere were tlct.-Ibls until we Irrtved book It the pier. 1 I 0

As we Iatled out the hurbor Ind ploughed thrcugh the fog off NewfoundlInd and Ilong the coIIt-line of Nave scot.lI into I-lIlifIx hIi-bor. the fragrance in the It: told us we were home. It wu I wonderful feeling. stepping on to the docks It I-lIllfIx Ind winding Ito J the cracked roId tn Osribou. i

Aboord the ferry II we come within sight of the Wood IIlIndI

in spite of Ill tho w.....i..

in the rust of the world1.ulI:iiim:131 the riches of the industrial cen ters. home is home. It is 3 won. dcrful place to come my to -,u' it is! This is the feeling of '.,.,,,' thousands of islondei-I, our brochi . era Ind sisters. who have .,,,,,,l1 away to work I use their mum; . to develop other II-cI.I. Frequently ii they come book to relax I but and to see and enjoy the refreshing . atmosphere of their old home.

It 1! UP 90 III. the Benet-otlon of today, to suns the pqulbmu" and mnke our Islond Home no; only I wonderful place to com. bIck to. but I place that will by wonderful. from all points of view for ourselves Ind for our children to stay. This is our challenge um!

I chIllengc that cunnot be meg with tolk Ilonc, nor can it be postponed. It will hire study, . action and determination.

Now. let us take I brief look It what has hnppcncd in other part; i of the world, where other peoples i have met to work on these um, problems for their "home lI.nds". Perhaps by studying carefully thali- experiences, their determination, their successes and their failures, and Ipprnlslng present trends and conditions It home. we can draw I blueprint or outline I plan. where. by we. each of us, with I clear-cut picture in his mind may work to- gether snd make Prince Edward Island. not only 3 "vacatlonlsnd", but truly I "homeland".

Editor's Note: Tomorrow's in- stallment will constitute the begin- ning of Part Two of Mr. Mclsasck "Lessons From Europe" and will comprise reviews of European. in- tematlonal and local conditions. The opening chapter. "European Review". will deal with consumer

and agricultural co-operation, farm organizations. c it and tin- ance. women's urganl ions. edu-

cation techniques and facilities. general economic policies, and flshcrmen's policies.

1-09-jfrkib Txtwtj -CH'.&-Cf. Old Charlottetown ulna P. I 1.)

DTORMY CROSSING

"The Courier, with the mails from Halifax. ac, had no chance of crossing until Mon Iy lut, in consequence of stormy wcsther. They made In Ittempt on that day, uld Iftcr' getting Ibout half way across. were obliged to return. after-being out seven hours. ow- ing to the bod.st.It.e of the ice. on Tuesday they 'IgItn tried it. and succeeded; and returned, on the following day. bringing with them In English. and the Colonial Ind American mulls. The nulls from HIllfIx did not reach Cape Tor- mentlne until MondIy night. Pu- sengers-Prancls Lnngworth and James Yco, Esqs."

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FROM "THE FAEKII QUEEN" RI there'. does now enjoy ctornd r I v

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And happy use. which thou dost wont Ind cnve

And further from it L dolly wIu-

dercst;

what if some llttlo min the pn- sage have.

Thu make: full flesh to fear the

. bitter wave?

II not short psln well borne. thst brings long case,

And lIys the soul to sleep in quiet gt-Ive? ,

Sleep Iftcr toll, port Iftcr storm!

59 . none .172. wor. deot-h Iftcr ills doth greatly pleuc.

-Edmond Spenser: 1562-99-

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