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iticians on—this point. Human na- ture being what it is, who can re- frain—in politics—from pointing inconsistency in an opponent’s statements, especially if the opponent happens to have won his election on a policy on which he or his party is now hedging, or has changed it out of all recognition into something different? Consistency may be—as Emer- gon said—“the hobgoblin of little but he was referring to phiJosophical ideas, not political pledges. A politician should something more on the ball than the ability to quote interminably from past records, but the fact remains

faith of men in:public life. They can- not hope to escape from them, and there is no good reason why they should.

» Making Potatoes Pay

_ Here is something for Prince Ed- ward Island potato growers to pon- der. We quote it in full from the Fredericton Gleaner, bearing out, as it does, the comments. offered in these columns yesterday: °

_ “New Brunswick, potato growers are being urged in paid advertise-

‘pull up stakes’ and. to take their skilled knowledge of potato raising. to northern, Ontario. So once again we have the insidious suggestion

region are insoluble, that, as indivi- duals, our only chance to better our- selves is to move to Central Canada.

“Unfortunately, the report of the Commission. gave pseudo-official status to this. pessi- mistic doctrine ‘that the: Atlantic Provinces exist principally to produce and export citizens to other parts of the country. It is particularly galling to have it intimated that peo- ple skilled in potato;growing must move to Ontario to make.a decent living at it.

“Unpleasant though they may be, these advertisements do bring us face to face with a tough problem. We have the soil and the skill to pro- duce one of mankind’s most import- ant. and nourishing staple foods. Why then can this not be done con- sistently except at mere, subsistence

produce this food?

“Part of the answer must come from new national policies so devis- ed as to give the produce of the. At- lantic Provinces a fair chance ‘ to compete in the. markets of. the rest of the country. Another part of the answer, suggested in the New Brunswick Legislature by Mr. Leon B. Rideout, member for Victoria, is the dev~'--- “ =etato by-pro- ducts, and-the diversion of more of each annua. .-_, to this use. Potato flakes and potato soup were two such by-products suggested by Mr. Rideuot. Others are potato chips an industrial alcohol. ~ *

“Still another avénue of approa fs in. the development of. new types of | g for potatoes, with. which some \New Brunswick grow-

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doing so, -we make an important con- tribution ‘to the prosperity of a

_we invest in our own health.” Commendable Policy

Washington has announced that it will make available to other coun- tries all weather data gained by its weather satellites, the first of which is now orbiting the earth. At present of course, this will “have limited valye in weather forecasting, the present satellite’s batteries being éx- pected, to last only a few Weeks. But succeeding experiments should make use of solar batteries and the hat-size atomic generator recently perfected. Orbiting instruments so powered might be expected to previde weath- er information indefinitely. And electric ‘computers should be able to process their reports quickly enough to furnish vast aid in weather fore- casting, of benefit to all mankind.

But there is still a question to be resolved. Satellites can spy out more than weather. With infrared “eyes” they can even pierce darkness. They could be especially useful for the . gathering of military intelligence, which is guarded more jealously be- hind the Iron Curtain than in other countries. Agreements may be re- quired to insure unjamimed radio channels for reports from satellites. The’Soviet Union may be so _inter- ested in jamming such reports that it will not cooperate in allocating wave lengths, even-for weather re- ‘porting. This remains to be seen. The United States has made an. excellent gesture in offering free use of afl data thus gathered. It is a construc- tive policy that. will commend itself more and more to other. countries as. the data increases in value.

EDITORIAL NOTES

‘“Mr. ‘ Mikoyan, Soviet Deputy. Premier, complains that Prime Min- ister Macmillan took a “tough line’ in talks with Premier Khrushchev on the German question. Right in the Kremlin, too, with his host furs- ing a toothache. The idea of him browbeating poor Mr. Khrushchev in that manner! ; aL

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The “Wood. Field and Stream” columnist of the New York Times stated in a recent article that he understood that “heavy shipments of stripers” (striped bass) were being sent from Prince Edward Island to the American. market. It’s news to us. We didn’t' even know that strip- ed_bass visited our shores in any quantity. ;

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Prime Minister Macmillan's visit to Russia has had at least one good result. Shortly after he arrived in -Moscow a Russian General broad- cast a speech in which he praised British, American and-French sold- iers “for their part in defeating Hit- ler Gérmany”. Usually, Soviet of- ficials talk as though they. won the war with little or no help from any- one. : =

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A ‘longer. school day, a longer “school year and more homework. These are among the “musts” listed in an article by Dr. Lawrence G. Derthick, U.S. Commissioner of Education, published in Parents’ magazine. Dr. Derthick believes children néed more time in school be- cause there is sq. much more to learn in many fields than there was 25 years ago. He bases his recommenda- tion for more homework on a. survey of more than 1,000 high school prin- cipals. —

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A master shoemaker of the old School, the late Mr. Frank S. Currie made an outstanding success. of his shoe repair business in, whieb his son, Mr. Vernon Currie, has been associated in recent years. The Cur- Tie Block on Queen Styeet is a sub- standial.memorial to a lifetinie of ‘industry and enterprise, * pursued without fanfare but with - integrity, thrift and fair dealing. The World has been trying hard t@ find sub- stitutes for these’ 6Mifashioned vir- hallmark

achievement.

major industry and, at the same time, -

The Diecfenbaker Government has a friendly eye on a little com- mercial ‘‘vision’’ which could turn--our northern development into a ‘VISION’ spek with a dollar sign.

The big gamble of the hunt for oil and natural gas in our Arctic Islands is going to set our northland afire, (and some of our aviation companies might well have had a little vision there themselves, to create ‘‘work- horse*’ planes for use in our Arc- tie, instead of beliy-acifing be- cause the guardians of our tax dollars called a halt to the con- struction of an obsolescent war plane.) :

But the prospect of huge new oilfields and gas wells, especial- ly at a time when we already have gas coming out of ofr ears further south, has also . raised the question: “Who will buy our gas?"

That in turn depends upon the answer to the question:

“How will we deliver our gas?”

And the answer to that one should come easily to any Cana- dian, for it is, simply “‘by freez- ing it.” ;

TRIAL SHIPMENT

It hag been discovered that na- tural gas, when cooled te two Sundred and fifty degrees below zero, turns into liquid form and Shrinks to one six-hundredth of ite normal gaseous volume. This appears to be the way in which we can deliver our gas to any market anywhere in the world.

A trial shipment of this super- cooled liquefied gas, or methane, has been despatched from a U.S. ‘port to London, England. It can be extracted from the earth, pro-- cessed and to England for something less than 30 cents per thousand cubic feet. That is

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‘GRADE X° EXAMINATIONS

Keys te Success and Redsons

for Failure

Sir,—As we are all aware, we are again in the month of March, the month in ‘which we seriously consider the .problems of educa- tion, and in which we set aside a’week which is called Education Week. This is a splendid idea, but if, by any chance, ll the en- deavours of those who faithfully work on the various projects of this particular week are quickly forgotten and set aside, then I think the value of Educa- tion Week has been lost.

Be that as it may, | have been asked to write on a very interesting, and perhaps, at tim- @s, a very controversial subject, namely: The Key to Success in Preparing Pupils for the Pro- vincial Grade X «Examinations, and Reasons for the High Failure Rate. I do not expect unanimous agreement on my observations and suggestions, but I shall hon- @estly express myself as I feel I should. I shail deal with the topic in two sections: firstly, some keys to success, and sec- ondiy, some reasons for failur-

* _ f As to the key oo success in pre- paring pupils for their grade X examinations, (or Entrance, as’ those. examinations are still call- ed by most people), I want to \ make i very plain that I: do not possess any such key. I will try, however, to convince my_readers that there: are cértain things which I stress, and without which I would not expect my pupils to The first thing that should be established is whether the pupil7 has the desire to pass, or if he or she. -is just coming —to schogl because mom and dad in- sist on his coming. Someone may say, “Well, that is not the tea- cher’s responsibility.’ Perhaps not but very often, a_friendly talk

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Gas Export Prospects

By Patrick Nicholson

approximately one-third of the cost of artificial gas currently available in England. And it is slightly less than the 5% cents per thousand cubic feet which large industries would pay for Alberta natural gas supplied by TransCanada Pipe Line.

Thus it appears that our abun- dant natural fuel can be deiiver- ed almost anywhere in the world at a truly competitive price.

Some idea of what this might mean to our economy can be gleaned from the estimate that Japan, whose presem popu- lation is 90,000,000 souls, might quickly build up to:a consump- tion of 900 billion cubic feet of gas per year. -That is four tim- es Canada's current consumption; it ks sixty times our total exports of gas piped to the United Mat- es during 1957.

That export to the U.S. earn ed us a paltry $2,000,000. In con- trast, the export of gas to satisfy Japan's estimated demand would yield about $450,000,000 to Can- ada’s gas fields and pipelines and shippers.

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And that raises another very attractive side to this picture. Special ships would probably be built to transport gas in ite chill- ed form. Just as thee big Greek shipping interests recently had the world’s largest oil tanker built in Jappan's shipyards, so we would hope that whoever_under- took the shipment of Canada's natural gas overseas, would place orders for the special gas tankers in Canadian shipyards. ‘Bearing im mind the _ likely source of much of our exportable gas - namely deep inside our Arc- tie Circle - another exciting pic- ture is conjured up.

Last summer, during a visit in-

that pupil a desire to gather him- self up and really- make a suc- cess of himself..

My second thought ig that there is no substitute for hard work, and that goes for both teacher and pupil. This may sound old-

‘fashioned, but I think, most of

our. educators are coming to see that; if our teen-agers are, going to have so many outside activities (and I agree that they should have some), then those same teen- have to bud- get their t making gure that first things come first. I ad- mire the boy or git? who can play a good’ game of hockey and come to schoo] the next day with his. lessons well prepared, - and an eagerness to learn. Sometimes I wonder if the de-

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not much of azn accomplishment, unless a pupil is a victim of cir- cumstances, over which he has not control. A pupil who has a good chance should make more than 50 percent if he expects to do well in Grades XI and Xi. I feel that .a good foundation in the work of IX and X is the sec-

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side our Acrtic Circle, I heard our government shipping § ex- perts talking about atomic- fuelled icebreakers and atomic submarine tankers. Such ‘‘Jules Vertie’’ fantasy - for so it seem- ed at the time - did not make sense to my 1958 mind: But now its 1950, and big international companies are ready to spend millions of dollars looking for gas in our Arctic; so it must make sense for them to spend millions of dollars to get it out of our arctic too. And that leads us straight to the reality of atom- ic - powered submarines towing strings _ of submarine barges in the only navigable waters in our Arctic, namely the waters be- neath the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean, where navigation is cheaper and easier than on the surface of any ice-free ocean.

Well, that is the dream. And the idea of Canadian natural gas being sold in Europe and Asia and Africa - to our great finan- cial benefit - does not seem too crazy to some of the imaginative trade and shipping officials in our Government. Such develop- mem is no more than part of “The Vision,’ which did not seem too crazy to millions of Canadian voters a year ago.

punctuation marks,. capitalization, imeorrett agreements, are all Checked, and marks ded accordingly. By the time ils go to write their Grade X exam- inations, they will not be expect- ‘ing high marks, unless they have attained a degree of excellence. Try to teach pupils to write their examinations in an 0 man- ner, What reader of examinations doesn’t appreciate an orderly paper? I must \confess, that in some cases, I have utterly fail- ed in this endeavour; in the maj- ority of cases, however, pupils do respond to teaching. s

Another factor which plays a big part in success, in’any olass- room, is good discipline. By thig I do not mean a domineer- ing sort of discipline, or corporal punishment. We all know that pupils have great respect for a teacher who can maintain discip- line and do it in such a way as to make a happy atmosphere in the. classroom. Under those con- ditions a teacher does her best teaching, and the pupils receive ‘the benefit. ~

Lastly, but by ‘no means the Iéast factor which contributes to stccess isc the close co-operation between parents, pupils and tea- cher. My most successful pupils have always come _from homes where the teacher was held if high respect, and where) parents were deeply interested the welfare of their children. The pupils, too, who like their teach-

-|er will respond with their best . | efforts. The natural thing hap-

pens. The teacher has been given the incentive to rise to his or her best, and the result of this three-

second part of my letter be summed up in a few per- 1 ideas as to some of the failures in Provin- cial Grade X (Entrance) .exam- inations. There may be caus- es of which I am totally unaware, but I will cite some that are quite

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have a fair knowledge of a sub- ject yet find great difficulty in getting that knowledge down on paper? As we know, this training begins in Grades II and Til, and I, admire the teacher who in- sists on good English (spelling, punctuation, capital letters, etc.) right up through the grades. - Then, as I mentioned in the first section of my letter, too high marks tend to mislead both pupils and parents. It is a known fact, that some parents just can- not understand why their child failed his-Grade X when his per- centage throughout the year was approximately 40 per cent. It would be difficult to understand. Let us be honest with ourselves and with our pupils. Let the par- ents know by marks or otherw:sc, just where their children stand; then perhaps we car point to one of the major causes for failures, that most of our teachers have too much Let us take a roomed school, wit from one to ten in it. a teacher accomplish or \she would like to much work. staring him or inthe face each morning? I\tried it, and I know what it is like. Not one day did I do all the work I should have done, even though I worked after. school with Grade X. It is impossible to do justice to the teaching pro- ‘fession under such conditions. Our Department of Education ig not only willing, but anxious to remedy this situation, by as- sisting in. every way possible, the removal of Grades IX and X from these schools. Certainly this would be a wonderful help, both to the one-roomed school teacher and the senior pupils. Might I be allowed to make a suggestion here? Knowing that a teacher with eight grades ill not have time to do justice to all subjects, would it not be a good idea to put more emphasis. on English Literature, and English Language, along with,a good grounding in the fundamentals of arithmetic? It must be very frus- trating when a pupil goes to a farger school where children have had a better chance to find. that he or she is not quite ready for High School subjects. We must realize, too, that new sur- roundings do not ‘help matters any If closing this article, may I say, - lest I have led a2zwone astray, that all my Grade X pupils do not pass their Grade X examinations. I hav? merely out- lined some of the things I try to accomplish but, as everyone knows, evea a teacher’s best is ant quite good encugh ts. cope

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KENNETH BRUCE Charlottetown.

OUR YESTERDAYS (From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY—FIVE YEARS AGO (March 8, 1934)

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A decided improvement in bu

iness conditionss in Cha

ve ewe the past few months,

g-to an increase over last year of from 10 to 25 pere cem, with prospects of still fur- ther betterment as weather. con- ditions modify and money cir culates more freely between city

and country, is reported.by a —

number of ing business and financial fi this week.

Potato shipments this winter have been much larger than in other years, when the movement of seed did not begin until March, — it was officiially stated yester- day. Considerable demand is .an- ticipated fr the United States, particularly’ from Maine, Where they waht the Island potatoes for foundation stock.

TEN YEARS AGO

- (March 3, 1949) Mr. R. C. Parent, Superinten- dent of the Charlottetown Experi- mental Farm, leaves this. mor- ning for. Fredericton, N.B., to take part in the Citizens Forum. Mr. Parent will also attend a meeting of the Agricultural In-

stitute and will probably visit\

the Experimental Farm -at Fred- ericton: He hopes to return te the Province Monday next.

At a meeting of the berry grow- ere of Prince County held in the Town Hell, Summerside, a Prince County Berry Growers Aw. sociation was formed. The office — ers are President, George Smith;

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retary-treasurer, Allison Mae

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