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'Operation Pinetree, a U.S.-Canadian ven- ture with the United States shouldering two-thirds of the installation costs and op- erated jointly by the air forces of the two countries - is expected to be completed g within a few months. The Pinetree radar um, lstations are of the conventional type. The cost of these conventional installa- -- tions, writes Mr. Gerald Waring, the Ot- itawa correspondent for the New York Her- pp i ald Tribune, was bearable for close-in cover- iage of the skies but "unthinkable" for cov- 1ering the vast empty spaces of the Arctic. m Hence the supplementary warning system afforded by the less-expensive MeGlll Fence will be a definite asset in guarding our northern frontiers - and thereby the con- It is all too easy to fall into the erroritinent -- against any surprise air attack of treating the symptoms rathei than the,from this sector. disease and that is what a great many ad- ----i--A-. vocates of Senate reform are inclined to do,! those at any rate who do not advocat' abolishing the Upper House aiiogeiiieiii In a recent issue of a journal devoted Tim Sympiiims aiiiil iii cOiiiiSe' aiemaiikabiii to scientific research Dr. Lawrence Kubie inactivity and too great subservleiice to the of Yale vmmrsitv Npresscs grave Concern iiioiise Oi Comiiioiisi . . over the trainingi of research students. Ills Liioiiiiig ai iiie piieiioiiiiiiiiiiiiii. .iiibeiiiiilci:itic-isni is directed not at the academic iiiakeiiip iii iiiii piiiiseni SeiiaiC' Ciiiiics iiiiisclside of their training, which he considers iiiii iiiiy iiiiii iiiipoiiiiiiioiiis siioiiiii be i"a.dCii() be adequate, but at what he calls ”the from. all parties, from the ranks of dis-lack or proper emoiionai prepmiaiionf, He iiiigiiisiieii Ciiiiiiiiiiiiis iii iiiiiiiiii. iiiii iiiiii Ciiiiii feels that students are not being warned and buSiiiii5S' iiii iiiiii Piioviiiciiii Limieiiiii with sufficient emphasis that a scientific ments should share in the making of ap-lcmiemi does not usuaiiy bring great rewards liiiiiiiiiieiiisi . . in either monev or fame. This, in Dr. Those iiiiiii iiimsiiieii iiiiii iiie beiiiiie:Kiibie's opinion: leads to disillusionment and siioiiid do ii giiiiiii. iieiii iiioiie wiiiiii ioii. iiiei weariness which are serious impediments to Qiiiiay iiivoiveii iii iis Coiiiiiiiiaiice sonieiinicsi those whose business it is to search for new want additional specific tasks laid on its im1ih' iiiiiiiiidem The iiiiia being iiiai ii. ii iiiiiii Ifiit does nothing else. this criticism by not CaliPfLllly'l'0l'lSG proposed lOglSlailOll,ia man who has been Hihmugh the ropes” mieiiiiaiii Siiciioiis iii the Siaiiiie book oiiiwill serve as a reminder that the research- siudy piiiiiic qiiesiioiis iiieii ii Siiiiuid .bc'er in anv field requires many qualifications given other work to. do like adniinistei'ingibeSidGs ' a good academic background. iiiiiiiiiiii Acilg Oi piiiiiiiiiiiciiii . Among these additional requirements are a The basic fault with the Senate is that deep Sense Oi. vocaiioni almost endiesq ii possesses iiii ioii iiiiicii powiiiif poweii iiiai patience, caution and boldness in about ii. iiaiie not use for fear of being abolished equal measure, and the ability to rise abovr I nlike the Holusciof Lords the Senate canldisappoinimenii Obscurity. and i-aiium. This iiiiiii doiiin iegisiiiiioii piiiipiised by iiie Comillatter is perhaps the most important of all. mons without any restriction whatever. No for to the one Sciemisi whose name makes iiiw can be pasSed.w.iiii0iii iis appii0Viii' ii the headlines there are thousands whose that power. were limited to a year or tw'oitham iabom, passes unnoticed. liieaiis biiiiiiiiiiis woiiiii iiiei iaii more iieiiiivi The laboratory is a place of honour: it to exercise it because the C0flllTl0liS.W(')Lll'fliiS aim a ioneiy place where oniy men and iiiiow that ii Coiuidieveiiiiiaiiy piieviiii ii iiiwomen of strong and cheerful personality wished and iiieiie iiioiiiii be no ciiy ii.) iiaiie can hope to retain the hopeful view, so the Senate abolished. The alternative liijecessarv to research in any form. for the Senate to remain quiescent until at i question comes up on which it feels obliged to stake its life.

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Editor iind Muiiagiiig Director. Ian A. Bur Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

-'('TlllCl'LATn . "(men l'riIi:'e Etlwilrti lslnnti like the dew"

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink". l

it I! A R1 .0'liT l'ZTOH' N

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Fill il'RSI)Ai..A.TAh 1954

Senate Return

A Lonely Place

EDITORIAL NOTES

Mr.- Stewart's Assignment

It is really refreshing to have a dia- . , , mond-smuggling ring uncovered in Mont- 1 'Mi'. William A. Stewart, Canadian Press; reaii pm. Some time now Smuggieis haw iuieau chief at Montreal, has been honour-i been deaiing in Such piebeian goods as Gig. ed by being chosen to report for Canadiaiilareiies and poiaioesl newspapers Prime Minister St. Laurent's journey in Asia in February and March. In his earlier days Mr. Stewart was Cana- dian Press correspondent in Charlottetown and is well and favorably known here. He served brilliantly as war correspondent in liurope during the last World War, and

The abandonment of butierfat content as the basis of milk prices may help dairy farmers solve the problem presented by the over-supply of butter, says ”Marketing." A research project aimed at breeding dairy cows which will produce milk high in

later in the Far East. some Criticism has been pointed at the nutrients other than butterfat is under way at an agricultural college. At. least two

Prime Minister and his advisers for takingi years of study are contemplated before an

but one Canadian newsman on a journey. of such potential impoi-lam-9, The dim, actual breeding programme will be under- taken.

Puliy, however. is obvious. As the ottawa Citizen points out, a world-wide trip bv air poses special problems which, in the final analysis, boil down to the prohibitive ex. iiensc of chartering a special plane, On tiieifirinie Minister's own aircraft, space is obviously limited. To admit. say, three

Pierre Loti (Louis Marie Julicn Viaud), captain in the French Navy and novelist. was born this date 1850. After distinguish- ed service in the Navy he devoted his time to literature. He was the very antithesis

corrcspnntlents would be unfair to others, bet to admit. none at all would be to de- pi-ive the Canadian public of any direct news coverage of an event about which they arc entitled to be kept informed. these circumstances. the decision to lake ,, representative of The Canadian Press, and no one else, is appropriate. For CP jg A "0-0D0F8lWt" Organization. truly national in scope, and its reports are available to Viflu-'lll.V PVNTV newspaper reader.

L ons0

So successful have been operational tests of the robot electronic device, the Me- Gill Fence, that Canada reportedly is now developing production plans and surveying installation sites for this aircraft warning equipment. Canadian jet pilots have beeh unable to slip undetected through the "fence" - ll simplified radar device -- and "ii 9mPl0yment. as a supplement to the radar screens in the north appears to he assured.

Developed at the electronics laboratory of MeGlll University, the "fence" is able to supply the essential information needed for the early warning of approaching an-. craft: it detects planes and indicates both their direction and speed. Compared with conventional radar stations, each of which cost! several million dollars and requires a staff of 300 to operate it on it 24.houi- basis (thus necessitating the establishment of a small town at each site). the robot "fence" is an inexpensive project, both in terms of money and personnel.

In,

l death penalty.

7 i

,the most popular

of Zola and his works marked a revival of romanticism in French literature. He was elected to the Academy and a monument was erected to him in Tahiti in 1934. His works include ”Le Mariage dc, Loti" and. of all his writings. ”Pecheur d'Islande", a tale of fisher folk.

While C. C. F. speakers in Parliament are advocating that the death penalty be abolished other members of that party in a committee of the Ontario Legislature are pressing for more severe penalties including corporal punishment and greater use of the It is not surprising that it. should be so. Every party must have a similar variety of opinion and even in- dividuals are swayed between a desire to punish effectively and to make a useful citi- zen of the offender.

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"Experience of the past few years has shown that even the sort of fish can be identified by echo-sounders to a consider- able degree of accuracy by means of the sort of echo produced." reports C. L. Boltv. talking in the BBC's European Service about modern methods of fishing. "Her- ring in British waters usually produce' smudges with diffused edges like the mark of a dirty thumb. Cod produce a char- acteristic crowd of specks. Pilchards in shoals produce continuous shaded patches, but. with the edges more sharply marked than when a similar echo is produced by herring. These are examples of a new sort

THE GUARDIAN.

Hoary Story. Dept.

A CORRESPONDEN : RECENTIX NoTED-- "--'l11ereareio1:s ofvezyaid " 1e .....a.-.. M532?

more, I believe, than in any o-titer part

or Canada"!

V (S! cil99f8;:.sr

Nico Lute; 'w7S,r NOUl.0Y

ciiesmurs?

CHARDOJTETOWN

JANUARY”; 14. 1954

WHITHER

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For a long time the German nation has been the pride and delpalr of Europe. In learning. technical skill, economic stabllitry, it has had no superior: and few equals. On the other hand, .3 Germans have had, up to the pres- ent, at any rate, had fortune in their political affairs and have shown little wisdom in their po- littcaljudgments. This has led twice in at generation to devastatiiig wais and .of course. at the end of each war they have had to start all over again to revise a shatter- ed economy and. wiliat. was even more serious. at shattered nation- al consciousness.

It. has always been the view of students of European history that if the Germans could only get. rid of their historic dreams of cor.- quest. and put. their ma.ny talents to work for the common good they could dominate European economy and culture by peaceful means without. incurring the hat.- ;red and resentment of other peo-

ples. This view is supported by l the fact, which will be attested

by anyone who has travelled a-

mong them, that the average Ger-

man '15 a friendly, social. hospit-

.vblr.- person. Their chief weakness

has been a readiness. almost nn

cigeirness, to come under the in-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This rtilunin is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The liuurdhui does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of l correspondents.

S(”il()0l.S AND STORMS

i e -w I V Sir.-Perliaps one treads on clan-i grrous giound in offering crlticisnil of thn City School authorities. However, the writer feels sure that he has the following of a large number of city parents in protest- ing the apparent lack of policy in regard to snow storms and the cancellation of school sessions, es- pecially for the very young pupils.

Last Tiicsday's storm had all thei

marks of an old fashioned blow at 8.00 am. and the weather fore- casters insisted it would intensify.

Many parents in the city are still wondering why a prompt. decision to cancel classes could not have been reached at that. hour and the word passed via the local radio station.

The decision to have classes as usual not only exposed the child- ren to the hardship of trudging through the storm but also to the real danger of being struck by A car or truck w hen vcry daiigerpus driving conditions existed.

The writer doubts very much

that I missed session from Gradei

I would have had a serious effect. on the ultimate education of his six-year-old son.

It is suggested that in future those in authority act quickly and cancel classes for the little ones espe.cia'..,r, when wcatlier eonilltions similar to last. Tuesday prevail.

I am, Sir. etc CONCERNED

5 INFLUENCE

TARENT

PROF.

Sir.-Dr. Neatby's book "So Lit- tle for the Mind” ilrew mixed rc- aclions from inc diffcrcnl. sectors of Canntla's pedagogical worlfl. is scathing in its condemnation Dewey": teaching theories.

Dewey was a disciple of Spencer. And towards the close of his day, Spencer szlltlt "I have passed my hie beating the iur." Had John Dewey spent his iillolted span in as innocuous ilil occupation as "heating the air”, it is unlikely

of

ill” kill” Ne"”b-V lloum have givm nstrous advertiser mid can be gross-T but Mr. Pnrrv had the rinvioiis

him even R. passing mention. But he was the spark p.uR in what nmountcd to a revolution in educa- tion.

After about 50 years of this suc- cessful revolulion, this is what Mr. Mortimer Smith has to say about Aincriczin cilucatlon, in ”And Madly Teach": "The educator llic pilsi. was apt to be it scholar, usually ill the field of classics, who moved in an era of lntellectunllty and mnrnl precepts. Your modern rducntnr is anti-intellectual and

anti-cullurril, practical and narrow-

ly'sclt-ntiflc. Though he has been f'XD05Efl to cursory training in the Liberal Arts, he iii usually A spe- cialist. in some narrow field: ven- tlliition, physical training, voca- tional guidance, agriculture, psy- chology, finance or home econo- mics."

Obsessed witl-i w-lint. Walter Lipp- mim calls the acids of modernity, Dewey held that there were no absolute values; that everythllv, is caught. up in il fsihlistlc round of cause and effect; that humans are such stuff RH machliies are made of and our little life is rounded off just. as it in wound up.

Professor Henry Brooks Adams wrote: "Nothing in education is so astounding ml the amount of ignor- ance lt. accumulates in the form of inert. facts.” This statement qual- ifies the new education. What good are facts unless they are usable? How can they be used unless one knows their relation one to im- other? How can the value of data be measured if we have no mental yardstick. such all philosophy and religion to determine the worth of facts? Plllng up mere fact! will not guide anybody Along the right

of technology gradually being "learned by

The present radar-warning program -ithe modern fishermen."

path. Man is more than an umbllng filing cabinet. Modem education tries to explain everything lion:

flammatory influence of political

dcmagogues. This has been thclr

rndolng, Whether or not lAhl'V

.,.gio& lrve at last. learned their lesson

when &5l(Qd haw ff b by will not be known for some years. lrhwzgn Methuselah Na-yewe” E H; years old, hSaEivy'en'lLllf'Y have. otlieis .-n.V 'a-ifipiddieaydiifis this Isiahd urepiggiclfilfiriu Fit& The one thing. 'il;oVe all others i --bu? Pahas been feel!-"i lbllui. the Germans that puzzles 3 3-feet: the experts and ordinary pcnplc

l

illke is the inexplicable way they rave of recovcvring quickly and lie- lrisively from disaster. When the First Great War ended they were a broken people. economically, mil- iltnrily, and socially, or so it seem- lcd. Irnmcdiatel-y they started to irebulld and almost before anyone twas aware of it. -only iM'Clll.jI . . lvears from their defeat-tliey were , hf" "ml iakt ""19 Mill Put lt.nn more control than we liavcisti'oiige1' llllan ever before. In it-lllr Docket like a watch. It. is over the colour of our eyes. It hast It is difficult. to compare the ".0””"55 that can be keln 01' PW” to bc developed. A surprising num- present situation with that of the dictcd, ll0:tl'(lPCl or counted Hi). It bcr of people have to fight for it" middle 20's for. nf course. eiit'-rclv do” "Pi "WV? 10 Dill" d"SiI'PS. but in fact to realize Just how inaiiyltliffcrent conditions nre lnvol.'c:l. Mi '0 '5 nlmeiulif. I1l9Viti1bl.l'. We do have to overcome a sense of chief of which is the partition he- know that and mourn it. But we inferiority should ciicotiruge those" tween the Eastern and Western shouldn't. We are not. the vlctlmiiwho feel it acutely, basically it is zones. But as far as West: Ger- of-llmesi changes, but the belle-Ifcar.-fe;ir of trying 10 do some. many is concerned, economic re- :ficlzi:;v. Since time can not be kept. imng in-cause we might, make fools cnverv is proceeding with even each moment is therefore new. II of niirselrcs in the attempt ”scli- greater momentum tihiin that is up to us what. we make of it. gonfiiigncpi" as Snnqupl Jinhnson iwhich riirnrlsrd the world alto.- mB05l0" H”li"1(l- put it, "is the first requisite to "13 1lF5'-W-"- ;great undertakings." few of us try Figures l'9C""”.V' Pllbuslwd 51"” igfeai. ventures, and genius is a rare llilliv WP” G9m'l3n'.V M5 ”C9'-idea lplant. But most of us at. times fnce 1933 levels 1" nmmnai lncomt ,gi'e:it. challenges in our personal mndniimcluiiiieid l"1"9duc)i;-emeig:10ii;ii:;' l-- . - - :4 ever in PS0 e rcportcdly plnnnliig to send an uii-iiiiiiiigiicigiiiiiuiixiaiigiimicaigi Tlioiciiiiiig niiiiim-p i(,1'(In::lil1 which thus far miiiiiieii iioCiiii.i iii dii ii iiliiiiiiih the luiige even when rcatl '”35 bcie" dfnkid u"im' R is in” rcconnaissnnce' of the moon. The iehpio do' .i oi,” iiis K auy.ii.iai tJ1erP has been somc outside iociici woiiiii .bii equipped wiiii ii first real seiiisc of :81?-::tlfii:1s8nC:'al"id but Recording in me iigiiies' icamemi lake "'5 pictures aml ”" - i i ' this has never ainoiinterl to morn ilurn with them. The rocket, says icpcaieii .iiu'e"'pl5 10' conquer a mm 5,; "f we mmi mmomi in. tor" John G' Pimfcr M L9'"l'J”-'f:ii:fv,iii,,,iiif,ii?3”f,ii,,i;i',;id ii.iii.i::inbEisi.i mine. The fact is tint at this

at

I.Notes By The Wayl.

i Man may soon have an opportun- ,ity to get. it better look at. this ."inooii-men bridge” ior sciciice is

The Passing Scene

By Observer

GERMANY?

man Army will rise to its former -8198311955: it is hoped that it will not rise to its former nrrocaiice and desire for conquest. And, somehow, with or without. outside help, German unity will be re- stored. It is unthinkable that the incidental cloud of Communism which has descended on the East- ern section will be mble to hide for ever that passion for nattoiiai solidarity which always ha; cm,-. acterized the Teutonic races,

It is becoming more and more apparent that, without a strong, free, and united Germany Europe would have little chance. at uni- vation in the event of a deter- mined Russian assault, And, with- out German co-operation the economic unity of Western Europe, so long hoped for, could not pus- sibly come to pass.

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There are plenty of wise people in the world who maintain that a resurrected Germany of strength means danger and plenty of it. It a question which we may be sure is being pondered in many fairelgm offices at. the present time. Chancellor Adcnauer says that his hart of the country has been freed from 'it.he taint of I-fitlei-tam." Wonderful. if true. It would be even more wonderful if it should turn out that the Eastern part of the couiitry has not been tainted bcyoiid cleansing by .1 philosophy just as evil or more so - Com- munism.

It. may be that at long last tilio German people have learned for themselves hhat political good sense is just as important to .1 nntion"s greatness as is economic and technical strength. If so, Europe has nnthln-;: to fear from a powerful West Germany or. if Unliy can be brought about, from Germany as it whole.

OLD AGE

The seas are quiet. when the wind gives o'er;

so ca.lirn are we when passions are no more:

For then we know how vain it was to boast

Of fleeting things so certain to be lost

Clouds of affection from your - younger eyes Conceal that. emptiness which we deecrics.

The souls dark cottage, battered and decayed.

Lets in new light, through chinlu that time hath made: Stronger by wenlmeu, wiser men

become

As they draw near to their eter- nal home:

Leaving the Old. both worlds at

nnce they view Who stand upon the threshold of the New.

iwho made the flllll0Ul'lCCl1l('lli. . . . w pi ('9.-m,nv is the iwouid imve in manmin a Speemcditorlal for young people; Hamil- ecocgnmiicu ("Hg in wesicm lof 25,000 miles an hour for iiveim” Specmlm" Europe: it is still advancing with days to make the trip. This givcsii ''''''''''' ”””m ,iz,.eai,i. mpidiiy than gm: of any some idea of the advances that stilli , . n mn lag its neighbors, This is part.l:I ihave to. be made before man can .. lg to doubt, to the wise and i-think of making space voyages Oltl Charlottetown ci,iie,;i1,i:. lpadership of Clmnccll0l' himself, The day when he will Admnuer, and partly to tihe facl'i

mini Pi Ei ii) that there has heen no bu-den

inf military build-up and lllfIlnf'”.l'l-ii l

'. .seems a long way off when such g ilprintary requirements are consider-

ed-s-MONW1 GMW9 HARROWING r.xrEmr.Ncr.' lance .- , . ----- I 3 "T" l-'ruin The Royal Gnzcllr. .lnn.l 1' if dflllli-lulillrg Hill i”"Yl:ld-Viiqlxlil, . . . . 12, RT: ': ' nm in o ices n out. .i , Lulvater traps. as we liau alunysi wirlhmmil of Hm WW"! m'div(,i;;innEt;mL or mm my Wm:

iknown them. arc llVlElP of wood. . , H . iNmi., aim. ions Keiicmiioiis Di me his dnugliicr. eight years of iIiZt',lNi0!COWl scltouslv believes ..m.

l . . .. isnilcd from Cliarlottetown in lllci Gcrmanv can be kept mtich lm'lE'31' use of wooden tiaps, the old coil- ,, , i '

iv(,niiomi.. in” may be repinced byi (.ndnius, ion the 27th Novcmbei-.! from in having amstyoiiip niiltiggy imps Oi siepi rods. AL Ottawnii::iilriigllL'i:iIf1lR flhfliuliillt-P Gulf i.llIrEl'Pyffl3.:?ltllSllInCrlni1,i 0; 11'2"” Cmppmccl those attending the nnnual mcet- ! imifii ii',.m-iiii :3.-flozwrtiilicytiiiiiisiiiiil honil lirnihlgiiziiiiiciiii mecuienis m,.,m li'.l'.'- 1:12 of the Fisheries Research Board .m.i,S"ii (,'m,I,iimi l':mm,. l' i l i