Year's Activities Afr P.W.C. Reviewed By Dr. MacKinnon.

1-uilloivliig is the test of the ad- tlll'” tlelivercil by Dr. l"i-ank 3: fKllIIlUIl. Principal of Prince of ttzwlcs College. at the annual con- tu-iz-tion of the College yesterday tiinrtiittgt '

It is my pleasure llllCC again In extend a cordial welcome to me parents and friends of our students who are today receiving- tlic tokens of their year's work; ."t'!lVOL'all0l1 is an important milnv uonc in studenis' lives. for it- .n.ti-lis, not only the coinpletion at certain phases of their work. hut also the tztking up of furtlier I-iv;-llenges in this or in other in- ;IlllItIlln5 or in employment It is gitpl't'lI'lTIBlE that so many visitors -ti-It-id share this day with them. I am sure. too, that I speak for ,.l: our staff and students in wel- roniiiv; His Honour the Lieuten- ant Governor and other official gucsts and our convocation speak- v. Monsignor ltlurpliy. an o'd. llltllfl and former member of thcj stuff of Prince of Wales and dis-l llll”,LllSlI9d educatlonist and pre- talc. '

The College year has been ai mo--i successful one from all .i.tll(lD0lIlIS. The work and behav- umr of the students has been !tl)flVE even the usual high stand- ard Mztny have done very well in their work and they deserve murli credit. Somc have not done so u'f'll and It is hoped that their rj.llt”I'i9lIt'ES will form lllf! basis for vmreascd effort and more stic- rr - in thc futurc. The ciirric- ulum is arranged according to the rcuuirements of employers, other lll!-IIIUIIUIIS, and of useful living. and 1 am confident that both the xtrcngths and weaknesses which own up here are the same ones iiltlrll will show up later.

xnr is it only a matter of sub- lrrls. for other factors such as uitrlleciiial honesty. curiosity. im- actuation. common sense. pat- trtivr. and the ability to work are lost as important in studies. em- ployment and cvcrY'd-'I.V lifc 85 in accomplishment in subjects. TIIPSD things or the lack of them. arc obvious in the work of stud- HIIS. and they should be practiced In that those who have them will inc them and those who haven't llwnl will do their best to develop lltflll. indeed the results of stud- in in which we are so interested initay come from these personal lail()l'S just as much as from ab- ility in the subjects.

ill-1I.l.-ROUNDED ACTIVITIEE

it is important to realize that one does not 891 I Weuiml-'"ded 4-tlucation through b00k5 ,3,1”"e- For extra-curricular activities. ulicn entered upon with discret- Inn and discrimination. provide qtlciidid opportunities for broad; I-ning knowledge and mixing W"-ll IIIIIOFS. The College offers these nitpnl'tlII1lIICS and asks only that uluilctits participate in them In the rxtcnt that reasonable attention I0 ill--tr studies will allow. We d0 not like students to fill from one Iluur: to another without doing aiiytlilng properly And l5 that ll" -.nmi-tiling to be learned for lat-81' lIl(' when citizens have to mlx In lf'.”lt'?Il proportion their work and lllp many activities of modern so-

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The aililetic activities were a rrctiil to the members of the var- ious teams and their coaches and mt-cu.-tors. and it is always good to note. not only the benefits of Ills! physical training involved. hill also the encouragement of fill? Play. team-work. and 300d l'3"W'1' ship. This applies to lnforma iiames on the t.IYm"35l"m "9" 3.5 well as to organized lntercollcsh Rip competitions. for as malty SW; ctr-his as possible. lftivlardle-55 ” their athletic abilities. should low. the opportunity of letting the cxercise which they can all M ,.,,u.,. nested and the fellow- .t.i,. which thy cannot afford to miss.

DRAMA AND MUSIC

Dramatics and music. too are of great importance. for Bn 59' nreclatlon of the arts is valuable in any citizen. There is noihinf-'. hcttor than the play as 3 m9t'"""' lnr xclf expression and 50" con- lulcnee. or an a means for study- ing liiimau bcliaviour. I am sure. for example. tliatllils N98? 5 IP39” -r training N355 m''"' ha” f".""d tho gxperience which they Rillled in their commendable Pl'0d"('"”" I splendid preparation for teaching career which they will he following and that they wlh nu.-.5 on their experience throufl tlir school plays in which they lull be involved later on. A

-.l,.,hmR 3. prince of Wales "1 tmmy ycarr. lio.-: illu.-lratctl '-0 W0" the great potential ahiliitcs of -tmlpnlg as did the production -of Cilbcil and SUIIIVIRIPS "The M'k' ..i..-' They studied and vrarlwll the music. characters. and lincsi and the results were a joy to 3 who heard them and an exvelhr lcnce and appreclatlouwhlcll Wit remain with them for the rest 0 tlipir lives, In this connection ill? College and the cast owe an "Ir ngmnus debt at iiralttudc to Misti V Lillian Mackenzie wh'. lg dtrcrlnr. devoted her '5l'"Od"", rxporience to making tho pr Vlvlrl-1 ion such a success. Prlncc of tile as is proud of Miss MI&K9l,Re and of the entire ell!

Mikldoi was fortunate W3

Th College ytlreln having the Samuel R0

crt.-inn Memorial Lecture dellV9l'r -cl hy stir Ernest Macfllillan. Can- lrlais best known musician :1” one at her leading citizens I ""'lr! itself is Worth ""'" ii.,-1;; for many of the PWICIPI”

Whirh IPPIS 91' m'""-' m ms i to business. polit- lcnsiiu rlia:gPpgtntlon. IN "um

fields in exactly the urn! WW- It was also I reminder. Whlch '9 often need. that no nation of people can neglect their culture and their art. for these OWN" or highest aims mt lhoutlhul 0' -ach succeeding. Il'fiFl"'""" "d are far more ocrmnn-no in hist- my um; 31'; most other activities

000!) T!-ACHII3 I u Dam on not I. day: V0

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Taachtn h fundamentally I Pl'0'

'3 of and ahovlllll

work what to do, and because

W-who tans Idling ULIIII1 can

to do. too niaity accept that drcad-' ful fallacy that "aiiyone can. teach". Actually the number of. good teachers in the profession is tnticli smaller than most people care to admit.

' doubt if many Prince Edward islanders were aware of the sign- illcanco of the brief obituary of Dr. Lemuel Robertson of Van- couver which appeared in our loc- al newspapers last week. Yet he was one of the greatest notlvcsi of this Province and one of the ablc-..'t tcaclicrs in Caiiada. This Island is justly proud of what we call ”succrx-sltii l"-lenders" abroad but it is distiirhittr: to note how often or confuse ll0l(lllll.'. office. makiivz money. or receiving hoii- ours Willi native greatness. atid neglect completely the merits of those whose tome is heralded elsewhere because of their work. Consequently son-c ”:.:reat Islami- ers abroad" are remembered only

here. and some really great ones: are famous everywhere else. but

here. A GREAT SCHOLAR Dr. Robertson was born in

lllarshficld and he received his early training at Prince of Wales. After graditaiing as gold medal- ist from McGill. he went West and pioneered in the developing of the University of British Colum- bia. He was known from coast to coast as one of the great scholars of his gt-iteration. and Ills stud- ents. many of them men of dis- tinction themselves. regarded him as I dominant influence in their lives. This province should be proud of Dr. Robertson. for he was one of its finest contributions to Canada in this century. and I tltiiik it is appropriate that this institution should pay tribute on this occasion to one of its most distinguished graduates.

The second recent occasion for considering good teachers. is the retirement of one of our own staff. Miss Dorothy Auld. '1' his event. is, of course. a joyous one, and Miss Auld is receiving many good wishes on her approaching marriage. Nevertheless Prince of Wales loses one of its ablest teach- ers. for comparatively few teach- er.-; in the history of the College have served it so faithfully atid well as she has over the last elev- en years. She will always be re- membered here with respect and affection. and her good work will continue to be appreciated by the many students who were fortun- ate ctiougli to study under her.

Also retiring. after comparative- ly short stays at the College. are Mr. James lbbott and Mrs. Gail Livingstone. I know their many friends here join in extending to them both our slltcercst good wish- es for the future.

CONVOCATION

To the many members of the College staff who have worked faithfully and hard during the year I extend the sincere thanks of one who appreciates all they have done. I am sure. and I think they are too. that their large in- vcstmenl of time. work. and pat- ience will he amply rewarded in the future efforts of their students. , Convocation day is alwavs a good time to ask what is involved in the receiving of diplomas and certificates. Actually those papers indicate that the recipients are entering upon an HDI'lT('llllF(Wl1llI and that they are worlliy of being acccplcd.--nnt as masters of a craft-.but as learners who have completed certain elementary tests. Unfortunately the certific- ate is too often regarded as evid- ence of a complete education. as if a cut-and-dried collection of facts and principles arranged in a curriculum of courses and ”i-ov- ercd" could provide an educat- ion. Actually the knowledge iiivnl- ved In any subject is elusive. and It cannot be neatly slassified so as to be readily accessible.

For instance. it is easy to study a language for several years and still not know it. to cover courses in history without grasping even its most elementary principles. to "take" carpentry and still be on- able to saw a board correctly. or in "pass" home economics and yet be unable to cook or run a house properly. The demands of a subject and of knowledge itself are far more involved than (mt- ventlonal teaching and study methods allow. and half-knnw- ledge or even ignorance can read- lly pass for competence. Conseq- ucntly a certificate and. later on. a degree. is merely evidence that a beginning has been made. What will count is what the graduate

will do hoticelortll. Everyone Itumvs this who plans in hm-omc an athlete. tint-ician. or riflr

shooter; but. iinfnrtimately. few recognize the need for conttniions practice and study in most other subjects.

STUDIES CONTINUED '

It is always a source of wonder for most people to observe the varied careers of promising school and college graduates and to con- Ildcr why some are succesizfiil and some are not There are its- uallv several reasons. but tlir one characteristic which is common in all really sucrcssfiil people. whatever their occupation. is the extent to which they continue to study after graduation. Knowled- ge is changing and Increasing rapidly In all fields and anyone who doesn't keep up with it is soon left behind. Moreover the hrain forgets. and those who don't retresti themselves from v rlous sources of knowledge suf from steadily decreasing abtlltl i.

with flip routine and distract- ions of the work-aday world. it is easy to convince oneself that one is busy. important. and India- pcnsablc and neglect the need for gtudy and thinking about what one In really doing or where one in really going. Those who are noon starting out on their careers. and Indeed all of Ill. should Moder

Un.ortunately. however. many people associate education merely with getting a job or am. erlng a profession "no more learning. no more books." they sing at graduation as they settle down comfortably into a rut. then their work rapidly loses its value and proceeds at half speed or slower. no matter how busy or important they become. At the other end of the scale. is the teacher who studies as much as he teaches so that he'll know what he is talking about. the rar- penter who studies houses. fumi- tui'e and the like so as to develop his skill. the politician who stud. ies politics and history so as to know what heft-I doing, the clergy- man who studies his calling as well as practices it. and those others. all too few at times, who

too-

devote a suitable proportion of their efforts to continuing and maintaining their own education, If one thinks one is too important to study. one should remember the advice. which one of, th e greatest of Canadians. the late Dr. H.A. Innis. used to give: "A live mouse is always more im- portant than a dead lion".

SERIOUS CRITICISM

There is a lesson in this for alli who are concerned with education generally in this modern world. For. whether we like it or not. many careful students of our tim- es have warned that this genera- tion has the least education in re- lation to its environment than any in the history of man. that our school system. particularly during the last twenty years. has proved inadequate to modern responsib- ilities. and that. with so many mass media. the modern democ- ratic eltizen has lost the art oil thinking for himself. We boast that illiteracy has practically dis- appeared. but at the same time we are told that only it small pro- portion of our people read. and that the bulk oof our reading is concerned with scandal and mur- der. We are told that the short- age of skilled workers in both the piofessions and the trades is reaching the status of a national emergency because there are too many people leaving schools and colleges with diplomas but with- out competence. Mathematicians.

'l'lll-2.N"ll().'x - Wiiii: Commander G. A. Fi)Iltiti.'.. t'hicI Training Ol- ficcr at 'I'i-rniun. who presented the gmiliintitig ccrlilii-ates. con-

are taking place all ovcr the con- tinent. liislcarl of thinking of work done. we should think of work just started. lnstc.-iii of the feeling that one has got on cilnciition. there should b- the thought that one has only glimpsed a hit of it.--l hat one llits only ltnrl ;i ..iuiplc. Grad- uates slioulrl realize that they should not m('rri.V llllll society flnfl export in live iiicrclv by rutiiitu:

for instance. are so scarce that

mdustry 15 lhmalcned and ”l"'liiirlivi(iital cnntrilnitlniis In make

national production suffers."

Many educational theories have been based on education for liv- ing. but it has become evident that people are finding it harder to fill in their leisure time pro- fitably. Children are remaining in school longer yet the number of youngsters under eighteen who were arrested in the Unites States has jumped 430 per cent in the last five years. And versatility is diminishing: the number of peo- ple who can do more than one job is decreasing rapidly despite all the activities open to them.

We can fly around the world iii a few hours. but we know very little about the peoples of other lands. We have many means of communication through literature. the press. radio and television. and we can kccp up with all the sports and learn the details of every plane crash and movie star wedding. But few periods of hist- ory have specialized so much in the censorship of philosophy. the suppression of political. economic. religious. and social discussion. ."l(l the limiting of the interplay of ideas: and the scope for free- dom of thought is becoming in- creasingly narrow. Yet. despite all these difficulties. we are tak- ing on the enormous problems of atomic energy. and are even con- templating communication with the moon and other planets.

SOBER CHALLENGE

Somehow all this doesn't make sense. and indicates that man will have to do some serious thinking and study pretty soon or he won't be around very long to do it. Moreoher it is often suggested that we should help matters by featuring the individual more and stopping our preoccupation w it h groups. for study. invention and leadership seems to come from in- individuals rather than from groups. Many of the great liberal thinkers of the nineteenth cent- ury warned that well-developed societies depended on welI-devel- oped individuals. and that too much emphasis on societies and groups resulted in limiting the sta- tus. significance. and happiness of Individuals. And they urged. lfgn man is it joiner and subordinates his thoughts. his rights. and his en- ergies to being pnpiilnr and now- erful. he soon ceases to bc able to live with himself (”.oiiseqiicnt.- ly. society Itself suffers. for it can- not bc run on the principle that everyone should mind everyone else: business and neglect his own.

JUST STARTED The answer lies right VIlCl'P. In. the convocation: which this montht

EXAMIN Grades X

supplementary examlna

12th.

of examination desired birth, and the centre at as to write.

the advice given a succeu.ful 3- Time TEN95 will b' ma so :i".i.”'..i?”iZ-.'i”'i'a.E;'.i.k2'-' 4 cm. at who-. exam

"Dui1lgftlv,e success you are having and will. I hope. have yet more lbllldlfltly. aver let you can from have can so many not on laur- el: and

then fall by the wayside wing youth begin: to flde-the perpetual student mu cvd D much land!"

Ttgnlah. 0”l.AIry. 11:. and Montague.

1. Flixst and Second Yea r g g wales College and any others who desire to write

course for Grades XI and X11 should HPDIV l0 W? . Department, of Education not later than June '

viuli the herd. 'rtim'- have their

and they ran serve their time and gciicratioii best in" mnkin: most of tliclr aliilitics and doing their work while ilnilcrstanzlintz what they are doing and why they are doing it.

For the rest of II'- who attend convocations. there should be the clear iiiiilcrstaiiding that young graduates are the most ioliialilc and promising assets in the cotiti-; try. We should cii(-ourat.'P lllilnl not to accept blindly our iinrroiv routine and prcjudiccs. hut devel- op their own fresh ideas and abil- ltics and pill these to not-ti in nilr tired civilization. (tur generation hasnil made It VNIV zonrl job of things, and ivr are not handing much on to tlicsc young people except the challenge in tin hctter with mir heritage than we did. The next decade is to he an r-xtrcmcl.V dangerous one and it will ncccl all the faith. intelligence and lend- crslilp we can cnnimatirl to pass it safely. V

To you parent: anti iixitiirs. it say that he have in this group of young ncoplc tierc torlay. sonic of the best minds ill this province who. wltlt cncouragcmcnt. and with continued effort on tltcir nivn part. will he cminciitly qiialtticd for professional Icarlcrstiip in the years to conic. or who, if llicy have the citation. can brunt: '" lttlllr Il(' life. ivhat Alfrrvl Nortli Willie- head says public life on:-rl-z moat. tallied and informed intolIliZPtlf'P rather titan mate liilrlligriirc And we havc hr-re alsti. as The hliliiflflv clearly utrlicatcri. tint nulr pro- spective l'lPFlnflYlPI"- ulin with training may one day iiiakc the professional stage. but taiciitcil singers and actors who. if tlicy continue their intcrcsta, will be able to rnlikr or apprcriatc thrir own tastes and laiciits In both i-iil-

tilrc anti riitcrttiltitiiriit. l'-'1lllPt' than nirrcly -it lilac uiitlitoliiiic automatons rrt-civin: lllt('rIllP5tll) and iina',ti'cciatii'cli' the vartcrl hut lctmmrary stiiiiuli of radio and I(!l0VlSifttl Ami there are oth er talents of all kind.-. I titcrclorr bespcai for Illl these young peo-

ple the fullest tiii(lci'stniniim!. sup- port. and encouragement. to live.

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gratulates AWI .Ioyi-c Ntorkr-r. daughter of Mr. and Airs, V. Stocker of Stouglitnn. Rusk Also

graduating are AWI Myrna

Births

TAYLOR;-At the P. I'll lluspititl May 18. 1956, to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor, City. a f'lHllt.,'lllt'l'. I

FITZPATRICK-Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Fitzpatrick inrc Myrtle Goddard. on May tiith. I956. at. the Colchestcr County; Hospital. Truro. a son. Stephen Michael. weighing 6 pounds. 2 ounces.

nAi.'roN- Born at the r. it lltir. pital. Summerside. on May 7'll.l I956. to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley .l. Dalton, (nee Ethel Sharhellt, a son. 7 lbs. 5 ozs.

man.

MORRlS- To Mr. and Mrs. .l.l Robert Morris. Charlot.tetown,i P.E.l.. May 20th. I956. a son. 7 "or... III ozs.

FORSYTHE--At. the P.l-1.I ii...- pital on May 18th. 1956. to Mr.. and Mrs. Alan M. Forsytho tnee

Phyllis Murray) I daiighlcr. Norma Louisc. STETSON - At the Colrhester

Hospital. Truro. N.S.. on Maxi I7. 1956, to Mr, and Mrs. l.f'llIl Stetson incc .loan lieairslnt a son. weight. 8 lbs. 2 075. I

MURNAGI-IAN At the iiltarloltc- t.own Hospital. on lliay 2"”!- l!l.')f'v. in Mr. and Mrs Joseph. Murnaghan. ll son. I

BIRT-Al. the P. IC. T. IItlSDllal' on May Itlth. I956. to Mr. and Mrs. John Birt. I long

ORR.-At thc P.F..l. llosnital on May I9. 1956. to Mr anrl nir- Elbert Orr. New Glasgow in" Shirley Maeliayl a dausthtvr. Nancy Kayo. ll lbs. R n1.s. .

McNElI.I.--At the ('harloltelovi'nl Hospital on May 15. I936. to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene McNcili. a daughter.

Mac-DONALD--At the City HM- pital on Thitrsday. April 25th. to Mr. and Mrs. ('lat'rii('e Mar- Donald. Maple llill. it flallihlrllhi

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will bring you the 'taIi"-fartinn r-I. wnrli u'('ll nlonp and of life lircri with fullncss and lrccrloni. with happiness and with honour. I

JOHN DEERE

PARTS

In Stock A. PICKARD FARM

not the kind of lives vic think they should live. bill the kind of tiles winch. after lluyv Iinvr li:iri Iiirtli . or optinrtuitity for Ktllfll and rx 2 I1PI'li"l!P". they are riiiilr l'illi-Will” of living IIIEIIISPIVB5 TIll'-. I lllllll-.l is llic main lcsznn of convocation"? ceremonies. , To the gradiintiniz rims I am- tsure I can extend the coiigrattila-l tions and good wishes of all thr- faculty and students of Prince of Wnlcs. We shall follow your fut- ure with interest and with hop". and on trust that vnIu' can-rr: