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P. W.C. Convocation
The Prince of Wales College, con- vocation this morning marks another milestone for this now venerable in- stitution, and is a reminder of the zeal for education which was felt by earlier citizens of this Province and of the sacrifices they made to pro- vide worthily for teacher training. This, primarily, is what the College was intended for, and it has served
this purpose through the years and -
broadened its activities as well. Note- worthy masters have contributed labours to its tradition, and distinction has been won in many fields by students who have passed through its doors.
On this occasion, when so much is being said and written about educa- tion, it may be worth recalling the views of a former student of Prince of Wales, who later won outstanding place in English letters, but whose works, to the shame and disgrace of this Province and of Canada, are for the most part unavailable to readers of today. We refer to the late Sir Andrew Macphail. We have seen no edition of his masterpiece, “The Master’s Wife,” except the one pri- vately printed years ago. Many of his finest essays have never appeared in book form, while others—handsome- ly published in the 1900’s in London and Cambridge under the titles” “Essays in Puritanism,” “The Vine
of Sibmah,” “Essays—in~ Politics,”
and “Essays in Fallacy”—have long been cut of print. Sir Andrew had much to say about
education. We cannot do justice to
him here, but some seed thoughts may be of value. The subject, he warns, is rich in paradox. Those who seek it will not find it. The boy who is taught to snatch his piece and run, who -contrives-his-work-that-it-may produce the most effect and make the best show, who chooses the thing which serves his immediate purpose visibly, becomes unconsciously insin- cere and unwittingly selfish. The essence of education is unconscious- ness. The pursuit of culture ends in pedantry or pretence, as the pursuit of happiness ends in cynicism or mis- ery, as the pursuit of office makes of
’ a man a politician. Nothing that is
sought is worth the having when it is found. “Seek and ye shall find” is a favourite inscription for display in a school-room. Rather would one write, ““Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not.”
Sir Andrew reasons here from the theological distinction between an act and a work. Education is not an act or a series of acts, but a work of slow accomplishment, which ends in
leaving a man different, and better
than he was before. It involves no disagreement between science and the classics, because all education is one. Science merely aims at estab- lishing the .qrderly continuity and development .Of created things, the classics the continuity of the intel- lect and of the emotions; it becomes thereby a part of science itself.
To confuse learning with education is to mistake the wrappings for the kernel. This is well set forth in the history of that poor man, as related by Aristophanes, who mistook the fish-hook for the fish. It was appar- ant to Plato when he declared that he had sen in the Courts men keen, ana 4nrewd, and skilled im the use of words, with dwarfed and grovel- ling souls, deprived of mental en- larzement, uprightness, and _inde- pencence.
We have space for only one more quoiation, which can be traced to its source in Sir Andrew’s works by the student himself from the shelves of the College or public library, and read profitably in its full context:
- “T am far from pretending that there is a magical effitacy\in the
classics, apart from the enviranment of masters and scholars, and the tra- dition of the schools in which they
are taught, or that ignorance.of sci- ence, history, and geography is itself a virtue. Yet that man alone is edu- eated who is competent to entef in- to the heritage of all the ages, by living over again and integrating in himself the—intellectual life of the
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school as a little child in the child- hood of the ¥ate, and use the classics
‘as his book; but the two streams of
classics and science must eventually unite, if the accumulated experience of the past and the present would be adequately transmitted to the gen- erations which are to come.”
Not The Same, Surely
In announcing the appointment of the Royal. Commission on railway problems, Prime Minister Diefen- baker indicated that it would have an onerous and difficult job on its
| hands. It would inquire into such
things as inequities in the freight rate structure, how these affect var- ious regions and how they may be
- corrected; the extent to which the -
railways’ non-rail earnings should be a factor in setting freight rates, also ways and means whereby the rail- ways can operate with greater econ- omy and efficiency, etc.
Since the Atlantic Provinces have suffered from freight rate inequities
. for many years, it would seem that
this inquiry is precisely what we want. But we were somewhat chilled
_by a statement of Hon. Mr. Chevrier,
former Liberal Transport Minister, who spoke immediately after the Prime Minister had made his gratify- ing announcement. According to Mr. Chevrier, similar investigations were made by “the former. administra-
. tion” in years past. Under P.C. 1487 there -was-conducted—“‘a-complete-and—|—Notices—of-Motions. This is the
thorough investigation of the freight rate structure.” The Board of Trans- port Commissioners has handed
down three reports in- that-connec-—
tion. Then there was the Turgeon Royal Commission which followed and which made a number of import- ant recommendations “all of which, so far as the freight rate structure
of this country is concerned,were—|-
implemented by the former admin- istration by way of legislation.”
If this be the case, then the new Commission will be of precious little value in rectifying the gross inequit- ies of the past. For despite all these Liberal inquiries, the Transport Commissioners went right on impos- ing horizontal rate boosts and cut- ting more and more into the con- cessions we had ‘gained through the Maritime Freight Rates Act. want action this time of a kind quite different from what we received un- der Liberal rule; and that, we hope, is what Mr. Chevrier and his party will insist on if it is not forthcoming from the Diefenbaker Government.
EDITORIAL NOTES
This from a Minnesota exchange, on a subject of much general inter- est: “Some of our rural complainants say that daylight saving time came about when an old Indian chopped off one end of his blanket and sewed it on the other to make it longer.”
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“We Americans have a penchant for believing that sufficient’ inputs of ‘energy and dollars can solve any problem. We rush, in where angels fear to tread and frequerfily we profit; but sometimes we learn why the-angels, in their greater wis- dom, have not joined us and prefer- ed to stay aloft.”—Adlai E. Steven- son. ’
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be commended on the two-way trans- portation link it has provided, by the M.V. Brion, with St. Lawrence ports. As emphasized by Hon. Doug- ald MacKinnon, the first trips are by way of experiments and it \is for our dealers to insure their con-
Kinnon is hopeful that this will result in a great increase, both in exports
and imports.
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People of all religious faiths will welcome the news that Jerusalem’s unique antiquities are being care- fully preserved. In the Arab section, which holds many of the world’s most sacred shrines, the city council must pass upon all improvements. No structure may be changed with- out written permission, and an ord- inance forbids the etection of any building near the 16th-century walls that still encircle the Holy City. ©
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ON PARLIAMENT HILL
The Question Period
By Heath Macquarrie, M.P.
A regular feature of sittings of the House of Commons is the Question Period. The House has a daily routine of business. the first of which is the presenta- tion of. reports by Standing and Special Committees. The next is Motions, followed by Introduction of Bills. First Reading of Sen- ate Public Bills and Government
customary agenda. On most days it is followed by the govern- ment Order of the Day—that is, the item of business which the
cussed. 'On Private Members’ Days, of which there are six per session, bills put forward by private members take preced- ence over government business. Just before taking up the Or- ders of the Day, members dir- ect questions to the ministry. Sometimes the Question Period goes on for an hour or more. Frequently, the mémber will ‘send to the Minister a’ copy of the question which he intends to ask. However, he, or another mem- ber, may ask a supplementary question after the Minister gives his reply, and at times there are several supplementary ques- tions thrown at the Minister. Questions are designed to obtain information of a somewhat ur- gent and pressing nature. If they are in search of detailed informa- tion, they are generally printed in the Order Paper, as is the answer at a later date. _ MANY QUESTIONS
Yesterday, ‘May 13), the ques- tions ranged over a broad field. Mr. Pearson asked one on trade with Russia, Mr. Hellyer asked about the transportation to Lon- don of Air Commodore Fauquier who was reported as not being able to finance his way to the
| British Capital to attend a cere-
mony before the Queen Mother. there were two questions on.
| banking opérations and the alleg-
ed curtailment of gedit. There were several questions on the St. Lawrence Seaway operation. Mr. Spencer asked one on the manu- facture of small cars. The Hon. Mr. Pearkes was queried about statements made about North Am- erican defence by General Par- tridge before a subcommittee of the United States Congress.
A question on the use of sea- planes on Vancouver came from Mr. Tasior. The Hon.
| Paul Martin asked about the}
floor price for sugar beets and
| soybeans. Mr. Chevrier asked a-
bout a possible wall-out in the
| Canadian Broadcasting Corpora-
tion. There were other questions about demurrage on grain cars, retaining walls in the Province of Quebec, contracts for aircraft in- terceptors in Fort William and
Sno p | export of gas into the United The Provincial Government is to | | HUMOR AT TIMES
States.
Considerable humor surround- ed the question which Mr. Denis of Montreal put to the Postmas- ter General concerning the new stamp honoring the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada. Mr. Denis asked Mr. Hamilton to explain the meaning of the de*
: |. sign which seemed Yo represent tinuance by their patronage. Mr. Mac- |
“g rather fully dress woman sit- ting on her heels picking a ban- ana from its stem”, Mr. Hamil- ton replied that it was the first Canadian. stamp ever designed
| by a womaf, and that it was
much appreciated by the Fedet- ated Women’s Institutes of Can- ada. He said that it represented a symbolic woman attending & plant on which is superimposed a globe of the world, indicating the internatiorel aspects of the organization which originated in Canada. He declared that it had appeared to he abundantly clear to almost everyone who had seen it
Mr. Pickersgill asked. a sup- plementary quéstién when he called upon the Postmaster Gen- eral to tell the ory, what a symbolic woman was, At that moment, the Speaker, who is &
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man of very sharp wit, declared that he did not think he should allow a Minister to run that risk. ROYAL COMMISSION
The House listened with great interest to the Prime* Minister's announcement concerning the ap- pointment of a’ Royal Commus- sion to inquire into railway pro- blems in Canada. He intima- ted that the commission would study the freight rate problem, including situation in the long haul provinces in the West and in the Atlantic region. The wide 'terms of reference include @ study of the following:
(a) Inequities in the freight rate structure, their incidence upon the various regions of Can- ada, and the legislative and oth- er changes that can and should be made in furtherance of na- tional economic policy to remove or alleviate such inequities;
(b) The obligations and limita- tions imposed upon the railweys by law for reasons of public pol- icy, and what can and should be done to ensure a more equitable distribution of any burden which
y be found to result there-
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(ce) The possibilities of achiev- ing more economical and ef- ficient railway transportation;
(d) Whether and to what ex- tent the Railway Act should spe- cify what assets and earnings of railway companies in businesses and investments other than rail- ways should be taken into ac- count in establishing freigm rates and .
(e) Such other related mat-
| ters as the commissioners con-
sider pertinent or relevant to the specific or general scope of the inquiry.
ABLE PRRSONNEL
The Commission will be under the chairmanship of the Hon. C. P. McTague, who is a man of great ability and wide exper - ience. It ¢ontains other highly qualified men, one of whom is Mr. Howard Mann of Moncton, who is the secretary of the Mar- itime Transportation Commission I have heard Mr. Mann on more than one occasion discussing the intricate and involved problems of railway freight rates, and I am much impressed with his knowledge of the subject.
The Prime Minister underlined the importance of this subject and declared that it was the de- sire of the government that the commissioners should proceed with their inquiry with all reas- onable dispatch so that a report may be made as soon as it is possible to assemble and con- sider all the information and an- alyses that it is necessary have. Mr. Chevrier referred to the magnitude of the task —
ell the ccuiiehatinn could do its job in a short time. Mr. Herridge declared that he would have lik- ed all aspects of transportation —including air and road—includ- ed in the commission's terms of reference. VITAL TO MARITIMES There is no constituency repre- sented in the House of Commons in which freight rate structure is not a matter of considerable im- portance. For those of us from the Maritime region, it is @ vi- tal matter and we all look for- ward to an improvement of this question which has created such difficulty and, a deterrent in the ic development of the Maritime area. There is, course, no easy or simple solu- tion to the problems confronting Canada’s vast transportation sys- tem. : Many: mistakes in the past still t e us, and some of the ua- c ventures in railway building have proven to be cost- ‘ly luxuries. Canada is a country of great distances with centres of population clustered in areas widely separated. Over the years there has developed a patchwork of ad hoc arrangements to iron out some of the inequities which
PUBLIC FORUM
PLEDGES AND PROMISES Sir,—The Guardian of May 13th
present Federal Government's record is one of pledges redeem- arid | promises fulfilled. He | spoke of the Agriculture Prices
ray Rt tay as the first time in *s History when produc- ers knew t the price support on their) will be.”
This .,, statement re- minds ye speech delivered
ide and Charlottetown
told the farmers. that potatoes by his Support Le- gislation. they would re- ceive eighty per cent of the aver- age price over the previous ten years.
The four Conservative candi-
They got in the vicinity for their next then they found way, that potatoes not included in the list of
Now, I do not like long letters— T prefer several short ones—and besides it would require a whole page of The Guardian to cite all the unfulfilled pledges and broken promises of this already discre- dited Diefenbaker Government.
Their former supporters are ashamed of them. For example, last evening I listened to a tele- vision panel consisting of four newsvaver men. one of whom was a well known Conservative com- mentator, and he admitted, with some humility, that Diefenbaker, since assuming power has been a great disapvointment. He said in effect that Diefenbaker, has failed during the two years which he has been Prime Minister to exhibit the same energv and ner- suasiveness as he displayed dur- ing the last two election cam- peigns. * z F
Of course he knew although ¥ supvose he would not care fo go so far. that the real cause of Mr. Diefenbaker’s subdued attitude is the abject failure of his vartv and himself. to redeem their hundreds of pre-election pledges and promides z I am. Sir, etc..
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mitigate against certain regions and communities.
To bring. out of this confused condition a workable plan that will ensure justice and equality for all parts of the country is a major challenge. All Canadians will wish the new commissioners well in their task for we will re- cognize that it is a formidable one but an essential one. ENJOYABLE DINNER
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Drinking water also contains sodium. If you are on a mild sodium-restricted diet, you prob- ably don’t have to worry about this and can drink regular wat- er wherever you travel.
If you are on a more strict sodium diet, it’s best to check with the local heart association or | health department. If the water | contains more than five milli- grams of sodium per each eight ounces {one cup) you had better drink distilled water. QUESTION AND ANSWER......
E. B.: Are there any vitamins, patent medicines or prescriptions which would prevent or stop hair from turning ‘gray?
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OUR YESTERDAYS
(Frem the Guardian Files)
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
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| The Charlottetown Male Chorus gave its third concert of the sea- son last night in Prince of Wales College Hall. The delightful mus- ical event, which was heard by a larze audience, was held under the patronage of Lt. Gov. De- Blois; Premier, Hon. W.J.P. !ac-
Kennedy.
The four - act comedy crama, “Let the Dragon Roar” was suc- cessfully presented in Murray Ri- ver on Friday night and.in Mur- ray Harbour on Saturday night by the Young People's Society of the Montague United Church. un- der the direction of Miss Fran- ces Coffin. ©
TEN YEARS AGO (May 21, 1949) A general service rate for pri-
summer season was submitted by the Maritime Electric Company to the Public Utilities Board, Judge C. St. Clair ‘Trainor pre- siding, at a meeting yesterday in the offices of the Board. Mr. K. M. Martin, counsel for the Inn- keepers’ Association, an@ Mr. Aiban Farmer, representing a pri- vate consumer, were present.
Excavating operations for the
were begun yesterday at the rear of the present Sunday School hall, Rev. E.J. Barrass said yester- day that the new hall would be 44 by 72 feet, two storey struc- ture with the Masonic Hall loca- ted in the upper portion and the ground floor to be used as an auditorium.
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promenades, manent pavilions and outdoor theaters in which, presumably, he entertained Romans in the cruel taste of the times. ‘
Poets Corner
PLANTING TIME vercne hand I hold a garden These small brown seeds J gathered with such care
From last year’s bloom, have waited through the gloom
Of winter's cold, for just this day; the mellow gold -
Of sunlight, and the earth turned, vich and new:
A few will scatter with the wind,
I know not where,
But with them beauty travels; I shall care
For those I plant in their ap pointed place,
Se by the grace of God they'll beautify the land,— These tiny seeds I hold withis
my hand. D. D. Clif in the Toronto Daily Star
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would like to see memorialized in a great national historical museum, Mr. Edinburgh failed to mention the Maritime Prov- inces. For this he was taken to task by the Hon. George Now- lan, who made a brief speech later.. Mr. Nowlan expressed his surprise that anyone could com- ment on Canadian Confedera- tion without taking into account the Maritime area where it all began. : CITIZENSHIP PROJECT
This citizenship project. which is now an annual one, is a most splendid undertaking and one which cannot but inspire a deep sense of Canadianism in the young people who participate in it. There is no danger of one be- coming discouraged about the future when he'sees such a splen- did group of intelligent young Canadians as we saw before us
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