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»‘ Editor 3:111 Manager. Ian A. Ilurrieti. Anociete Editor, Frank Walker.

(‘IBCULATION “Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew”

time as palace guards and at Royal reviews and in wartime are thrown into the thick {of the fighting and give an account of themselves that justifies the judgment “first in peace and first in war.” i The creation of a Canadian Guards Regiment should do a good deal to focus public attention on the army. Perhaps it is not so necessary in this country where the emphasis has long been on the land {forces although now perhaps more on the air. In the Old Country it was the Royal lNavy that everyone thought of as the most vital as well as being the senior service. The I-"‘l-3l~"l“““"’ is n‘“'‘' “eafing me last' The splendid reputation of the Guards went lap of its activities for the present SeSSl0ll,|a iong way io“.ai.dS balancing iiie scaies Qi- and may he expected to prorogue well be-‘ piibiic eS,eem_ - fore Easter. On the whole, while controver- sial matters have been to the fore. there‘ has been coniparatively little partisan bick- ering and the oldtime practice of speakeri Recaiiiiig that a senaie Committee under 3”" ~‘l“‘“kl"i1 9‘’m”3 "P l” "l’°‘“‘d lh°.Senator T. A. Crerar concluded in 1951 bliiebooks and damn his opponents" hasiihai uappivxiiiiaieiy Om,_ihii.d of ihe nei pretty well (llsappcai'ed. For one reason, the national income of an Canadians wiii bi, blucbooks are now, with the change in the’ paid to their Goi,ei.nmeni in inxesvn the fiscal _\'car from l)ecember 31 to March 31. Winnipeg Free press is of the Opinion ma: somewhat out of date and there are so ihe mnciusion is siiii a(.cui.ai(._ many matters of current interest to discuss‘ Am. Canadian “fluid be hOi.i.ii-ied, Dir that there is no time for thre.~.hing old}c0ui.Se' if a consolidated demand were straw. .\'l:ii‘nthon speeches no longer attractimade upon him by municipality‘ province §2.'lllt'.‘l'_\' audiences and the Ministr‘.»rs, for the and the Nation to Stump up in Cash a third. most part, content tlicnisclves with factual of his income. it is me measure of the per_ slatoincnts dealing with the work of tliei1‘ii-action to which me science of governmeni dcpartmrjnts. The Budget itself has lostiias been brought that the Same sum can "‘”“l‘ “I "9 ‘"‘‘'‘'‘'°‘'‘‘’'-“l‘‘l appeal h-‘' 0” m‘ be collected from him with practically no creasing rlcpcnrlcnce on Ottawa for pay- pa-m_ mcnts undcr the tax rental agreement. ii is inieimiiiig io Speculaiev neVei.iik._ geared to gross national production over iessi what wouid be the effect Diva reaiiy “1‘l‘l“"°l““'°"° °°"“‘°l' ‘drastic cut in government finances. It Th"““ l-" ““ ‘l"“S‘l°" 1"” "'5" 0m‘ f" would mean, of course, that the individual‘ nancial situation has been greatly impi'o\'~l“.0iiid not have,’ pfliiapsi R ihii.d more in_ ed and this year's presentation of the Bud- come but say 13 Oi. iwcniv Pei. get by the l’ro\'incial Treasurer, Mr. Dai'by,l“.ouid aiso mean that out 0} that increase deser\‘cdl_\' ranks as the most importaiitihe wouid have to provide for i.eiii.emem_ feature of the session. It is not necessaril_\"and accideiiiai incapaciiyy pi.0vid,_, R iargei. immune to crlticisni, so far as L-.\'penditui‘e‘_‘;hai.(, oi: medicai cosis and bear directly of tlic rcvcniics is concerned. but in its! raising a iamiiy. He would

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

CHARl.()T'l‘ET(ll\ .\'.—§A_Tl'RDAl'. APRIL 3. 1954

The Legislative Session

3

one Tlilrd In Taxes

i _ .tlie costs of c1a“.t‘\.‘ Cm.“prslhelmvenoss and absence .°fl also have to contribute more generously to pamlsgm “"5 lt “mks as 3 mmlel °f its charitable organizations for the benefit of

kind’ . , ‘those who were unable to make their own Anionic inl~:usui-cs of il'Fil-lPllt‘llll1.E lm- pi,m,iSi0n_ po1'iancc ;ii‘c ihe half-million dollar -"WW With all those added costs it is still no'.|

propriation to be made for assistance in the uniikeiv that out of the uraisevi which such est:-iblislimcnt of industrial plants and thela drasiic tax cut wouid give him he would l’r°"l‘Qi"”S rm financing‘ Over ‘1 fi"e‘-Veal“ have something left over to spend or save period, the extension of rural electrifica-‘as ihe Spirit moved him_ tion. llotli parties are in agreenu‘nt on the value of tliesc policies though there are dif-l ferences of opinion as to the details. lflducntion has been much in the lime-i light; but as pointed out _vestcr(i'.i_v the re- port of the select committee on this sub- ject. as prcscntccl by the chairman, does not indicate umuiimily but rather an

“am:il:am:itioii of all opinions" of the c0ni- . . , . . school children an opportunity IO take part 1llllI(‘(‘ incnibcrs; and under pa;'liamcntai'y . . . . ‘in patriotic exercises rather that: pass over

rules onlv n maiorilv report can properlxw . . ‘ ' ' ' . . . l . ‘ la‘ . be lwouszlit before the House. The repoitthc wagon as mmg memly am“ 1 holiday

has l1(‘f‘l1 sli‘on:l_v criticized on its merit.-: ,. by the Opposition leader, in that it ap- It is the most soft hearted people who pm.-.s m.m- like an indictment of Prince of bring about the enactment of harsh laws. \\‘.'ilcs (‘nllcr:c administi'ation than a dis-ilOver the years there has been a restrict- passinmlv i‘."vicw of mir educational probing of the death penalty but emotional ap- loms. l‘.uI the ch:xirni:m’s statement leaves; peals like that of Senator Nancy Hodges the \'.'."._\' opm for committee membcr.:.:would soon result in a long list of offences tlimii.<<~1\.-es to dis-own parts of the report tolfor which the penalty would be death. Par- wbicli tlioy inziy not linve. Stll)SCl'lb(‘d. mak- i ticipation in lhfi‘ dl'Ufl l1"r1mC Sl10Uld be PUN- im: it vmiivly irrcgiilnr so far as its pres. ‘ ished but it would be harder to secure Coll- cnlnlion bcl'orc the House. is concerned. Vlctions if the penalty were death. Tlivrc bus been considerable controversy ' " ‘ also with rczurrl to the Wood Islands ferry, The bill providing the 0\\'llCl of land a i't‘solvil§oii. _\'o _i:cnci‘:\l ar:reement could be royalty of four per cent on any oil, nat- l‘0;iFlir‘(l, and the issue was not put to alural gas or minerals extracted is a partial volc. This leaves the Governnient's hands; return of property rights of all owners of frcc in dcnlins: with any propos'-..l from thciland \vliich were cxpropriated and vested in - . . . l -

I-‘orlcrnl :vullioritics for improving: the ser\‘-: the Crown in 19-13. Most of the original ice. 'i'lic nialntcmuice of existing iruck‘gi'ants in this Province, l‘l0\\'€".'('l'. had al-

EDITORHIAL NOTES

May 21, the Friday before the combined iVictoria Day and the Queen's Birthday, lwill be celebrated as Citizenship Day it has been announced by Immigration Min- ister Harris. The celebration will give

rates will have an important it-caring oniready rescr\'ed coal, gold, silver and some this lll‘rl"ll‘l'. as it is :-ipparently the onl_v‘othcr minerals. point on whicli all the rnenriirrs are inf ' ' '

"<“‘“'"l- l Although it is disappointing that the The llousc was :-nrldencd by the sudden pollen count jn(_-1-eased 135; year at most of death of its former vctcran leadci, Scnatoi ilghe Conectjng Stations in the province’ iii... .lhnr~s. v.-lio.~-c presence seemed still so reali {act that it “‘(\n[ do“... in Ci._ai.i0ti,_.iown in tlic ('ll:!l‘.lll(‘l' \"llll(‘ condolences were be-1“-imm eradication work was imderiaken l

ing \'nic:~rl by members on boili sides. This shows the jnipoimim. of acuw. measures i ,. .. . .

rcniindcr of the frail tenure of our hUlTlall‘F0p[una[p]_V own the high” mums are ‘’-‘‘'~*'‘‘“‘‘‘‘ lllls l'?ll"‘l.V (‘0m“- 90 fl"8m€1llClil"still rated as good to excellent from the l.\' l" llll‘ I-“QM-1l\lI‘<‘. and 5l10U3d P€I‘h8P5 point of view of the sufferer from hay

Rf‘l‘\'r‘ to place in truer perspective its dc- {gym-_

liherntions on more contentious themes. 0

Regiment of Canadian tliialrils

Hans Christian Andci'son. Driiisli writer and one of the greatest children's story- tellers, was born this date 1805. On his father‘: early death Hans built himself a toy theatre. He aspired to be an opera singer but was severely rebuffed. 'He then became ii dancing pupil and attracted the attention of the king. who had him educat- ed. At 25 he published his first volume of poems, followed by a literary satire. In spite of adverse criticism he persisted and

finally won almost universal recognition. 0 I I

l:lrit:iin's famous Brigade of Guards consists of five regiments, Grenadier. Cold- stream, Scots, Irish and Welsh. Canada has long had two reserve regiments of Foot Guards. tho Governor-Geneial's Foot Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards of Montreal. but only since October 16, 1953. has this country had an active Guards regiment. the Canadian Guards.

The Canadian Press reports that the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Guards will be formed from the 3rd Battalion. Royal Canadian Regiment, when It returns from Korea next month; the 2nd. diawn from the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patrlclas. is at Petawawa. Oni.; the 3rd is at Valcartler. Que, and the 4th on its way to Korea. The 3rd and 4th were to from the let and 3nd Canadian Infumy"“‘Bettelloni;.

Tomorrow is the 3th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. Purely defensive in character, it has done wonders in offsetting the almost over- whelming superiority of Russian military manpower as compared with any other in- dividual nation. Although it came into be-I lng as lin answer to Soviet military and political expansion, on April 1st Russia as- ‘ . The tradition of Guards regiments is tonlshed the world by proposing to join‘

‘flgt they make ii splendid show in pace the_Nortli AUmtk> , - - — l

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THE GUARDIAN. Cl-KARL "f‘f:'i‘OWN

New Twist To An Old Tale ‘

72... man Kola /66:: A/s .54‘ - - ..

.L'ni~af‘ra.fd will drtnkus out of house and home.’

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the diaeuulon by coi-responder- of questions of interact. The Guardian does not necenm ily endorse the opinion of -uuenpondenin.

REPORT ON EDl.‘('ATION

| Sir,-—The one hopeful feature of 'lhe report of the (Innimitlce on Education that was submitted to the Provincial House. on Thursday is contained in the statement that "this is submittel as an em- nlgamation of all opinions, rather than the unanimous opinion of all. But. for this qualifying re- mark. the fact that a group of legislators. to whose whims wc ere all.subject. would endorse the statements contained in the re- .port would have ht-cn discourag- ing for ¢n_\‘one intending to pass his da_\s in this Province. While impressive in length and appear- ance. the report is anything but impressive in content. some state- mcnts merely reflect the petul- -r-ce of the Committee members. others are narrow and short- sighted. vtliile others are simply r tllculous.

It was my unrlerslanrllng. and ‘hope, that llie primary purpose. of ltliis Committee was in consider ‘the state of education In the ‘Province. rather than to air per- sonal differences willi respect to the administration of Prince of wales College. Press rcports of these sessions open to the Press indicated that the Principal made an excellent defence of his posi- tion. under trying CllCllnl5.l.HnL‘M, end an able prcsenlttion of his case for it Board of Governors for the College. Apparently his inppearances before the Committee. ‘did not make any impression on the members of that group, for they failed to indicate in the report any viidcrstnnrling ‘of the points he made in his de-

if.-nce. We assume the Deputy . Minister. ln his closed session. in as more successful. The dolor-

r-iinatinn of the Coninilttcc to slap down Dr. Mnckiiinon seems lM.I|').’ll‘('l’|l. in the wording of sev- eial recommendations of the re-

port.

What will be accomplished by ithe recommendation that "the po- sition of Principal of Prince of iwales College should not include ioxtra curricular (sic) aclivitics [outside the Province beyond the .n;gular holidays of public ser- ivar.ts'.‘" Why was it not nlso re- .comm1-ndcil that the course In Political Science be rlrnpperl? Sifl(‘e I presume this recommend- nlion applies only to the present Principal. «who sccins to have urouscd considerable antagonism h_v shrewd bargaining in the mat- ler of salary.) Dr. l\i..cl\'innon rs now to be placed in a unique [position among educators in this or any country. We e.-icourage. our I<.achers to go to other Provinces tc attend short courses in the snmmer. but wc are not willing to send the PI"In(‘l[.)Hl of our tuir-hers‘ college to help conduct them.

I am sure that the report will reuse many of your regular cor- rupondents to activity. In I will not ask space to consider its ex- haustively. but I would like to comment on two additional points. The Minister of Education. sitting in Judgment on the work of his own Department, would be ex- pected tn credit the teacher short- age to the rigors of the lengthy training period. I. in turn. wonder why doctors. nurses, engineers, §c‘entlstl, clergymen. and others, are not also dlrcoureged from the were nf study required of them. To support my belief that the length of the teacher training course is not the. Thai reason for the shortage. I have I statement by A member of the teacher train- in; stuff at P. W. C that noth- ing has been no harmful to the morale of student teachers in re- cent years In the much-heralded unnoiincn-merit of the $50.00 in- ciuinc In teachers’ uilm-Inn.

The Committee unrlpr-plnyetl. in i‘: report. the reason "usually IIVCII" for the high failure tale r.t P. W. C., and than listed the fcllowlng as contributing factors: sudden change to the university xmthod of teaching; tendency to

7:. ; Iffded"

RAINY SEASON

There's much afoot in heaven and earth this year;

The winds hunt up the run, hunt up the moon.

Trouble the dubious dawn, hasten the drear

lfleight of I threatening noon.

No breath of bouxhr. no bruth of leaves. of fronds linger or grow warm: trees are loud:

The forest. rooted. losses in her

bonds. And strains against the cloud.

May the

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No scents may peuu within the garden-fold; The rifled flowers are cold an ocean- shells; Bees. humming in the norm, carry their cold wild honey to cold cells. —Allce Meynell (1547-1022).

expect too much in the High School grades from pupils so

young; lack of supervision of new teachers; heavy load of the curri- culum; outside student interests and activities sponsored by the College, yet not connected with studies. (I presume the latter includes such things as the P. W. C. Concert Series, Samuel Robertson Memorial Lectures. clC.. hut not such nudent.-orgain lzed events as ll.lll€:l.lt: activities. dances. etc.) It II I recognized {act that the failure rate at St. Dunstan‘: College High School is much lower. yet the conditions listed above generally prevail out. trere. They cannot be taken very seriously.

If the legislators in question would stop trying to fool them- selves in the interest of placat- ing the parents of the failing students. they would see that the chief reason for the high failure

studying at night. n:it.tce be rcellstic and sensible The students can only be excused :4‘) much. as can the parents who arc responsible for their lack of self-dlsclpllne. It is I simple fact that the students who are failing are for the greater part the stu- dt-nts who are not studying on their own time. Should Dr. Mee- Kinnan and his staff follow them home? Parents are too prone to excuse their students and blame P. W. C. Need we ask. then, where the politicians stand? What would the late Senator Jones siiv. with his annoying habit of fell- lnl the truth?

In closlnz may i Add that I am Lot. in teacher. I did not attend Prince of Wales College. I am neither a friend nor an lcqugln. tance of Dr. Maclfinnon. nor am I particularly Interested in de- Icndinit any of the above. I am interested in the defense of good reuse. which seems to have got- ler e kicking Around. May the local House gather its wits about it by next Tuesday and not only inject the report but llso spank the Committee for not doing its homework hatter.

I Am. Slr. e’tc..

TAXPAYE . Charlottetown. R MMDONALD LAKI

5lr.—-In a Q: lane of ‘me Guardian I noticed I. letter aimed by John 8. Horton in reference to the leasing of the Meebonsld Lake in Mei-mold. In-. Horton in his letter claim: to have represented the people of lethal in I delega- tion that waited on the Govern- ment. some time no. 1 would mg to uk Mr. Horton who appointed hm in ropreunt. the people of «the! at.t.hls particular meeting. if such a muting our took place. I have talked with quite a. num- ber of the lemon in this dlltrict and I have been unable to find anyone who ll ooneofliod about the water level in thlajertlculu lake. which n no fuiunu for lie gmt comic balm; uid they no one In! DO

'0 IO!!! If‘). I am. .312. etc. ., A Jenni-r. DRIGCOLL

rate is that the rtudcnt: are not. . Let the Com- .

Old Char use I. I. 155-.

From the Royal Gazette. Aug. 1, 1837.

A fine bark was launched on Thursday last. from Meurs. A. at T. Owen’: shipyard. Cardigan. 630 tons old measurement. she in called the ‘Thomas Bold.’ and fl pronounced by competent judges to be a. fine specimen of nautical architecture.

James scantlebury. wheelwrlaht. begs leave to inform the ln.ha.blt.- ante of Charlottetown and this In- lnnd in general. that he has oom- menced business on his own ac- count, in the premises formerkv occupied by his father. on Kent street. nearly opposite the Attor- ney Generals. where he will be happy to receive orders. Wagons and gigs neatly made and repair- ed.

William Forgan, attorney-at-law. announces that 1,930 acres of val- uable land in Township No 3. the property of Edward Banks, 15511., of Birmingham. England. will be sold by private contract, in lots to suit purchasers. Also advertis- ed for private sale by Mesrs. Cun- dall and Compton are 500 acres in Township No. 19, within half I mile of the road leading from Vernon to Pisquld River. compris- lng good soil covered with a fine growth of mixed hard and soft. wood. Another sale of 500 acres is advertlaed by Mr. John Large, on Township 67. fronting the Prlncetown Road. "the whole well watered. and about four acres of one farm under cultivation. and three acres chopped down. On the land is it. good farm house, 32 by 24 feet. neatly finished outside. and the windows are glued. the floors are laid. and there is double stone chimney put. up."

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The Age Old story; ' fifiQQOLxw m: For as miiny iui are led by the Spirit of God. they are the clone of God. . . . The Spirit Itself

helrefh witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.

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IPSDEN_ England (GP) -—Dou|z~ liie Burnett. was fined 50 shillings for driving away from his wed- ding in this Oxrordshlre town with 14 passengers in his six-sealer automobile. '

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will be open all day SUNDAY. APRIL “ll Dial 4219. We Deliver

Next week we'll be holding the Great Rex- nll lc sale. Watch this paper for details.

T IIEFIIIGEBATIBII

.llou|ehoId. also meet counters, walk-In coolers. dairy cues. etc.

We service and repair‘ any make of electrical ro- ffigention equipment.

Villillifi z G0ll'I'|liii3'|'0ll3

collect II for any wiring Job from installing a Iwiteh to wiring your home.

Mohrl. Woollen and An- pliance: — we repair fli-I

- Storey Electric

PHONE am 175 Grafton It:-set

APRIL 2. 1954

So many "peace of mind" book: have come from the presses in re- cent years that one which has for in theme the acquisition, exten- sion, and sharing of knowledge is especially welcome. After all. the mind’; chief function is not a. nega- tive one. that of the avoidance of worry and depression, but a very positive one. that of thinking things out.

A little book by Mr. Gilbert Hlghet. I thinker of note. under the title "Manta Unconquei-able Mind" is not. I book of recipes for solving all the problems of the day: it in Just a gulde—o fairly reliable one, I should say— for any- one who is inclined to do 1 little thinking of his own.

Mr. 1-llghet apparently believes that most of the troubles which confront civilization today are in; tellectusl ones: "essential history." he writes "la the story of thinking". One recalls e. passage in the Bib- lical Proverbs: "As in men thlnketli in his heart, so is he".

Undoubtedly the great. tiriigedy-— at least one of the great tragedies —of Communle mor any other totalitarian form of rule in that it reserves the prlvledge of thought to I comparatively few people who make up the elite. From ii purely administrative angle this, of course. is an advantage; regimen‘. people who do not think than those who do. After A few generations this discouragement of thought. produces human beings who have no deelre to think; they thus become mere machines which A , ‘ readily and eutometlcelli’ to whoever for the time being is their official pokeemen.

Nothing remains then but re- course to revolution and even that, should it come. would be mere pressure of phyelcal strength without intellectual balance to give it. direction; unless, as often happens. the smell thinking nu- cleus (scientists. philosophers, er- tlste. etc), heretofore in the cm- ploy and under the direction of the rulers. should join in the re- actionary movement.