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PAGE 4 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1962. Ambitious Planning

There is something breath-tak- tng about the plans outlined in the “Feasibility Study on a New Pro- vincial Office Building” tabled in the Legislature on Monday. The site ehosen—wisely, we think—is the entire civic block on which the pres- ent West Kent School building stands. Envisaged also is the acquis- {tion of the Charlottetown Armories as a possible future site for a new Court House and the securing, by eption, of the Cundal Home for future expansion.

The building project would be

dealt with in three phases, as out- ined in yesterday’s Guardian, Taken im conjunction with the nation-wide project for a Fathers of Confedera- tion Building, or rather group of buildings, on Queen Square—and it fs recommended that the same architects be invited to take the Provincial Office Building project im hand—this represents by far the most ambitious job of face-lifting ever embarked upon in the commun- ity. There is no question as to the transformation it would create in the appearance of the city, or in the menifold facilities it would provide for government activities. THE COST FACTOR—The Leg- ature now will have an opportun- of discussing this building scheme in all its ramifications, and we may expect both praise and condemnation. Of chief concern, of course, will be the financing of such an undertaking. On the face of it, it would appear to be a staggering burden to assume. However, we shall leave this question in abey- ance until more light is thrown upon it in the House. One thing that suggests itself, meanwhile, is that at no time in our hisory have building achievements worthy of the name been launched without considerable eost, sacrifice—and criticism.

Ht is interesting in this eon- nection to recall that our grand old Colonial Building and Cradle of Confederation, of which we are now #0 proud, was for years regarded as ‘an almost criminal piece of ex- travagance on the part of its build- ers. Here, for example, is what The Islander newspaper of Oct. 11, 1844, had to say when it was still under

‘ion:

“Every tax imposed upon the Jand, and consequently upon agri- eulture, unless it is to be expended in their improvement, is founded in folly ; and if an illustration be want- ing, let anyone walk into Queen’s Square and there may he seen an useless expenditure of thousands, ex- tracted from the land, which might have been more usefully applied in the construction of limekilns, or any other analogous purpose... To lav- fish money on public buildings may be complacent, as it is ostentatious; to turn every resource into that course of expenditure which will lead to increased wealth, would be &. better exercise of senatorial wis-

THE OTHER EXTREME—Per. haps it was through fear of incur- ring similar criticism that later pub- lie buidings were constructed with Jess care to architectural adornmeat and more to utility. But did that win public approval? Far from it. The Post Office, the Market House, St. Patrick’s School, the Wesleyan Academy—these and other buildings were described in the press as rep- resenting “steps in the descending scale of plainness, or even ugliness.” “Se seems,” said the Weekly Ex. amiher of Jan. 11, 1878, “as though the bigger they get the uglier they

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grow—the dreary lines of brick un- relieved by a single break, and with long rows of cotton-factory windows, are wearying to behold .. .”

This blast was directed particu- larly at West Kent School, then in its planning stage. “Four long, high red walls, four dreary rows of windows, a standing monument to the taste of Charlottetown in this year of grace!.. . Since we must put our hands in our pockets, and pay some $20,000 or $30,000 for a New School House at the West End of the town, do let us have something that will not be a perpetual eve- sore. Since we must pay, better to pay a little more, and not have a horrible brick and mortar monster dominating over all that part of the town ... We do not want to be un- charitable, but we hope that the chairman and every member of the School Board may not know a quiet night’s rest, but may groan and struggle under hideous brick and mortar nightmares until they change their plan...” And there was much more to the same effect.

So it would seem that economy has its pitfalls as well as extrava- gance, and that between the two it is difficult to steer a sound course, We leave these two respective com- ments, as typical of public opinion of their time, for our legislators to mull over in their meditations on the “Feasibility Study” of the new project now before them.

Educational Brief

Following the example of the Federation of Agriculture, other provincial organizations are adopt- ing the practise of presenting briefa to the Legislature, outlining desir- able objectives in which they are concerned, Within reasonable limits, this practice should prove helpful and stimulating to our legislators, and to the public generally. This at any rate should be the 2ase with re- gard to a presentation made yester- day, for the first time, by the Home and School Association, represent- ing forty local groups active throughout the Province, with a combined membership of over 2,000 people, and forming part of a na- tional body whose total membership is well over 300,000.

As indicated in the summary of the brief in today’s issue, the As- sociation is particularly concerned with the inadequacy of our present teacher-training program, which it believes should combine acadamic and professional studies and be ex- tended to two years following com- pletion of junior matriculation at Grade 12. Concern was also ex- pressed at the depletion in the num- ber of rural superintendents, and strong emphasis was placed on the need for greatly extending the field of adult education. Constructive comments were also made with re- gard to public health services. libraries and vocational guidance.

The brief recognizes the fact that in most of the problems dealt with, “the usual lack of finances and of trained personnel play a large part in the inadequacies which are apparent to the interested obser- ver.” It proposes progress by graduated steps, and pledges sup- port of the organization members in the reforms advocated.

Unfortunately, with regard to increased expenditures in educa- tion, these cannot be financed on « joint federal-provincial basis as is the case with technical and vocation- al training. Our little province is un- duly handicapped in this respect, and will continue to be until the old bogey of “provincial status” is re- moved, and the federal government assumes its proper responsibilities in the educational field.

This is no excuse, of course, for failure in doing what we can to improve educational standards with- in the limits of our taxing potential ; and it is in this light that the Home and School Association brief should receive careful study.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Senator Pouliot has effectively vindicated the diligence if not the usefulness of the Upper Chamber in our parliamentary system. “I have taken the trouble to check the attendance list on the front of the Minutes of Proceedings, for every sitting day,” he said recently, “and I find that the average attendance

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THE IDES OF MARCH OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson

The Geneva Confere nce Of Grave Import

‘The Foreign Ministers of eigh- teen nations are meeting in Ge- neva today, to open a disarma- ment conference which may have decisive effects upon the future of mankind

The purpose of this conference 1s to attempt to attain general | and complete disarmament. It’s starting point is the ‘Statement | of Principles of Disarmament” | which was agreed upon between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. last sum- mer, and was subsequently en- thusiastically endorsed by the General Assembly of the United Nations

‘The nations forming the con- ference consist of five Western Powers—U.S.A., Britain, Italy, Canada and France (who has in- dicated that she will refrain from attending); five Communist powers consisting of Russia and four of her European satellites;

and eight “neutral’ nations of | Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. |

The failure of this conference would leave the way open for that global nuclear, war which would kill, maim or malform | hundreds of millions of human | beings, including many not yet

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THE PROMISED LAND Success, on the other hand,

would give Man a new

fidence in his attempt to build better world, More, it would re- lease an avalanche of manpow- er from present wasteful de- fence objectives, and permit that great force and wealth to be con- verted to the task of creating @ better way of life for all man-

| kind.

The Geneva Conference not merely deserves but demands our prayers for its success.

But it is meeting under the cloud of the threat of further nu- clear testing by U.S.A.

‘The Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament agen- cy conceded last month that the Russian nuclear test series last fall did not make enough pro- gress to overtake the huge U.S. Tead in nuclear capability. The purpose of the new series of U.S. tests, due to start on Christmas Island in the Pacific late next month, is to restore the previous margin of U.S. superiority. NEW SOVIET WEAPONS

‘This doctrine implies a U.S. objective of permanent military supremacy in an overwhelming degree; this itself would seem to indicate the impossibility of at- taining agreement on disarma- ment, which necessarily implies military parity.

‘On these grounds, the “Ban the Bomb” clubs have a talking

30 Years Of Frustration

By Alan

Harvey

Canadian Press Staff Writer

tries gather in Geneva for talks on disarmament opening Wed- | nesday, the prevailing mood | seems set in a low key. A 30- | year record of frustration has conditioned the West to expect little from disarmament confer-

As the ministers of 17 pen

ences,

The feeling appears wide- | spread that the great powers are approaching the point of no return in the armaments race, and that there is little prospect of halting their headlong course in the few weeks remaining be- fore the United States resumes | nuclear tests. |

The restrained approach te | the Geneva conference is re

@ recent quotation

from the Earl of Home, British foreign secretary:

“The post-war world is lit- tered With failed disarmament conferences, but that is no ex- cuse for not trying and going on trying.”

“Pessimism rings up the cur tain at Geneva,

fean approach to disarmament, |

and partly by indications of an |

able gap in Bast - West |

LING BLOCK

The big stumbling block so | side

far between Russia on one

and the Western powers on the other has been the question of international inspection, or in the present jargon of disarma- ment experts. “verification The West considers some kind of inspection essential; Russia is obsessively suspicious of any intrusion on her territory that international eontroal posts might involve. the Western side, the United States in its approach to any ban on nuclear testing is concerned by the problem of de- tecting secret preparations for a resumption of tests. British ministers, less worried, never- understat

nobody importance of the Geneva talks. A United Nations il econo mists, issued during the week-

year on arms, a sum to at least two-thirds of the in- come of the

countries.

Some 85 per cent of the arms outlay is concentrated among seven countries. These big spenders are Russia, Red China, the United States, Britain, France, and West Ger- many.

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That is not quite the whole story. The recent Russian tests did yield them one technical ad-

| vantage, which was a giant step forward in antimissile defence. We saw hints of their achieve- ments in this field in the sugges- tion that they brought di wers’ U-2 spy plane with’a roc ket achieving a near-miss at the incredible height of 68,000 feet. If in fact the Russians now pos- sess anti - missile missiles which could prevent major damage in Russia from S. A. nuciear- headed rockets, then the balance of the U.S.A. deterrent is des- troyed and nuclear war may be much closer, Thus if the new U.S.A. tests are intended to per- fect their own anti - missile mis-

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reported are exaggerated,

Drugs that affect mood and | behavior usually are crutches that offer only temporary relief, 80 long as the real cause is not corrected. The effects are like- ly to be of value when the com- pounds are used to soothe an anxiety state in a person whose personality was sound before the onset.

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It is a common of criticism that in. this province French schools teach English and English schools French as if these were dead languages. This is one of the) sired objectives unless reasons why, in a province leg- | properly applied, and not every-

to be an idea that educa can do this. But neither the franchise nor education will achieve de-

But the response is not so successful when the individual |

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siles, they are entirely justified |

on grounds of the essential de- fence of the Western Wor!

But we may all hope that such progress will be made at Geneva that all nuclear weapons ai other killers will be outlawed from the face of the earth.

| OUR YESTERDAYS

From the Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Mar, 14, 1987)

Report on the Works Pro- gram submitted by the Provin- | cial Department of Public Wort

would be received by the Prince | Edward Island government the end of the month,” Hon. T. W_L Prowse, clerk of the council, said Saturday after re-

from Ottawa, where he interviewed Minister of Labor, Hon Norman McL. Rogers.

Miss Martha Poole, Mone- ton, NB., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Poole, Lower Mon-

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Instances, anxiety is helped by |

the medication, but not the de- Pression, and vice versa. Drugs alone seldom are the answer to

| anxiety; the cure must come from within.

(Dr, Van Dellen will answer |

| questions on medical topics if stamped, self-addressed envel- ope accompanies request.)

REACTION TO EXCITEMENT E. F. writes: When playing

| bingo and waiting for my num- ber, my heart begins pounding. |

I never want to speak in public for the same reason. Can I get a heart attack? | REPLY |

Yes, but not necessarily be-

cause you react in this way. Some people are more high. | strung than others. They react more quickly —‘often to the point of being uncomfortable- to stress and excitement. If you can't calm down, even with a tranquilizer, s‘op playing bin- go and drop back a notch or two in your activities. |

THEY DON’T SHOW ~ |

J. C. H. writes: You say that diverticula are common in later | life. Is this the same as a paunch? |

REPLY

No. Diverticua are pockets in the wall of th testine. Many persons with hun: dreds of these ballooned = out| areas are never bothered. On| the other hand, they cause con- siderable abdominal distress when infected.

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STUNTED GROWTH M. F. writes: What is meant by dwarfism on an endocrine a

bi REPLY There are various causes of dwarfism including a disturb. ance of the endocrine glands such as the pituitary, sex, or | parathyroids. This is in con- trast to the nonendocrine causes of dwarfism in which growth is affected by a disturbance in the bone structure or in metabolism or by genetic factors.

PET SQUIRREL

E. V. 8. writes: Is it neces-

sary to take shots after being

bitten by # pet squirrel we have

had since he was a few old?

REPLY

No, provided the squirrel has not been in contact with other animals. As a rule, there is no need for en a pet bites a person, especially if the animal was teased or provoked into doing so.

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than in the schools, It is a cause The Aae Old Story of shame on the part of both | sought the Lord, and he communities that this should be heard me, and delivered me so. — Montreal Star. from all my fears.

About The Weather

National Geographic Society

WASHINGTON — Climatolog- from clouds and earth. Most of ists are working toward the | the remainder is absorbed and day when they can do some- | later returned to space in long ther. waves emitted by the surface,

atmosphere, and clouds.

time, the incoming and outgoing

radiation balance, but local im-

balances provide the energy

for wind and weather systems.

To modify this radiation, a

| climatologists recently suggest- | ed touching off nuclear explos jons in the Arctic, The I~

ly, the massive tee clouds would

prevent ground radiation from

escaping into space and reflect

it downward, ra‘sing the tem-

perature. Like a giant green-

| house, the clouds would allow incoming solar radiation to pass

through. ‘The results, however, would | be costly, temporary, and what unpredictable. iments

posisble to change the trend of weather in limited areas, or “microclimates,” the National Geographic Society

says. Small, but measurable, ef- fects on climate are induced by creating new lakes, changing river courses, ptanting forests. and artificially —_ suppressing evaporation.

Cities are among the great- est man-made influences on microclimates. The downtown area of a city and near-by tural areas often have startling differences in weather. RAINS MORE IN CITY Compared its neighbors, a city has 5 Percent more clouds and

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