race more, ____ ‘__ THE GUARDIAN,

- Morning Dolly (Founded in 1881'». " Authorized no Second Clue Moll. Post. Office Department. Ottawa.

President. Inn A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. R-

luruett; SCCL-TICEL. G. M. Barnett; Editor and

thnaglng Director. J. B. Burnett: Associate Editor. Frnhk WalkerJ '

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest fnlr."

CHAALUTJTETOWN, FRIDAY, MARCH l2, 1918

The Scientific Approach

Many of the annual reports tabled in the Legislature are now of less public interest than formerly, before the changeover from Dec. 3i to March 3i in the fiscal year took place. The reports now are post history. Nevertheless they contain much valuable information to those who patiently go through them. Reference was made in this connection recently to the report on _san- itary Eonditions in suburban areas by the Deport- ment of Reconstruction. Another example is provided by the report of Dr. J. H. Show, director of the laboratories division, which is contained in the Public Health Department report tabled this week in the Legislature.

In the early months of i946, as construction neared completion in the new wing of the Pro- vincial Sonotorium, Dr. Show explains, space gradually became available for the new site for the Division of Laboratories. In the planning for reorganization it was decided that broader sor- vices would be made available to further assist in the control of communicable diseases; in other words a laboratory of hygiene and sani- tation, providing services similar to those obtain- able in the other Provinces. It was further de- cided, that as an aid to the hospitals and to medical practitioners in general, laboratory assistance in clinical diagnostic problems should be made available. A third feature of this divis- ion was to provide assistance to the Attorney General’s department in medico-legal problems in the investigation of crime. Also a provincial analyst for the purpose of investigating contra- band seized by the Prohibition enforcement branch was required.

These five laboratories were to be estab- lished, each with distinct types and methods of investigation but all administered by one central office. Early in the year, and before the space became available, equipment was ordered and plans made for operation. Although priority was granted by the supply houses for the greater part of the equipment, long delays in the arrival of these necessary supplies prevented the full oper- ation of some of the laboratories during the entire year.

Another problem which impeded progress was difficuly in finding adequately trained person- nel. As no school for the training of laboratory personnel had been previously established in this Province, it was decided that such a school be brought into being. Application was made to the Canadian Society of Laboratory Technolog- lsts, an affiliate of the Canadian Medical Assoc- iation, for the establishment of such a school. Permission was granted and trainees are now receiving courses in training which extend over a period of one year.

One of the first of the five laboratories to Institute routine work was the serological labor- atory, the main function of which is the exam- ination of specimens of blood and cerebrospinol fluid for indications of syphilitic infection. Con- siderable work was also done in the bacteriolog- ical laboratory where examinations were mode in investigating cases of tuberculosis, typhoid fever, diphtheria, gonorrhoea, undulent fever, 9ft:

_Emphasized in the report is the importance of sanitary problems involving all of the milk sup- ply, together with recommendations for their solution, which were made by a group of trained sanitation: from the National Department of Health and Welfare. This report, tabled last year in the Legislature, has clarified any sani- tary problems which may exist regarding our milk supply. The enactment and enforcement of regulations, of course, is another matter, with which this report does not attempt to deal. But in itself it is an inspiring record of achievement, and one hlglily [creditable to the Health Depart- ment and to its capable laboratories division dircstor, Dr. Shaw,

flee Prices Prohlen

Worth more than o casual thought are the following excerpts from the reported testimony of_Mr. K. W. Taylor, chairman of the Wartime ‘Prices and TradeBoard, before Special Parlia- mentary Ccmmittee investigating price increases;

l. High prices today are not confined to one country. They are a world-wide phenomenon.

2. TshO fact that some articles have doubled in price does not necessarily mean that they are being sold at excessive prices,

3. There is o world-wide scarcity of many

"commodities but present shortages and high prices could turn very quickly into surpluses and falling prices.

4. Money, of the internal domestic var- lllY. is about the only thing of which no coun- try in the world is short. The abundance of

ti" llimr "PPlY is merely the obverse of the

iljollortsngew of goods. l‘

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illthen the availablflgoods the solutioyi is, dnpsyll

~ ponsicn of production. i=1‘

.1 6. Had ‘tho government continujd its price

fillies retinal-i full effect o eonbfdoroblq rise

in prices would lievo hod to. be permitted.

- ‘ ‘7¢1n!,l~'","l|tll Ill“ Mfehi- in which prices

.. , "W"? flglilvlljoccordliig to up-

_y dhddlflfld ls es essential portot tho soc. “on which Ceiledlonrplooo so mach store.

-- fiDllURlAl NOTES - One cause of inflation not generally recog- nized is the great debt reduction program _ the United States which has cut Federal in- debtedness by 25 thousond million dollars since i946.

Amherst is going about its anti-mosquito drive the wrong way. The offer of a $5 reward for the first child to bring in a mosquito,»"deod or alive" is more likely to encourage some of the youngsters to start breeding the pestswoth- er than exterminotiiig ihem. '

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Island formers have long realized the ad- vantage of quality as against mere quantity. Our fishermen and packers are taking o lcuf out of their book on how to supply the demand, not for standard fish products, hut for high quality "lux-

ury" lines.

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The members of the Diocesan Society and the Women's Auxiliary of the Church of Eng- land hove not had very pleasant weather to spend at their annual gathering in the City, but they have attended in large numbers, and thor- oughly appreciate their visit with happy reunions.

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Construction of o marine slip here would be a decided advantage to the city and to ship- ping men. To be of benefit the slip must have repair facilities and it would seem that the most straightforward approach is to have it near the present plant of Bruce Stewart and Co. Ltd. so that men and equipment can be used for general work when the slip is unoccupied. '

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The call to the Rev. R. D. McLean, B.A., Montague,by the church at Huntingdon, Quebec, will create the first vacancy in the Presbytery of Prince Edward Island in the current year, all parishes having been reported supplied at a recent meeting of that ecclesiastical body. Mr. McLean will be a great loss not only to Mon- tague but to the Presbytery, of which he is Mad- erator for the present‘ yegr.

An American mission to Germany hos re- vealed vast quontitics of scrap steel available in that country and recommends measures to acquire a portion of it for use of American mills which are still desperately short of scrap. The German owners, howcvcr, are reluctant to part with the metal as they regard it as one of Germany's few real assets.

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Most housewives get their ideas on what to eot by reading the newspaper, Miss Jean Hend- arson, public health official at Washington, told the Dominion-Provincial Health Conference. Chief of the United States Olficp of Health Information, Miss Henderson reviewed a report prepared by market research experts of the United States Agriculture Department and based on o survey of Richmond, Va., housewives. Ask- ed their greotest source of information on foods, 56 per cent replied newspapers, and maga- zines for ideas on new dishes to serve the fam- ily ond advice on nutrition.

Politicians may change, but their ways seem to remain unaltercible. lt may be recalled on a memorable occasion in tlic Legislature, when Senator McIntyre, then Minister of Public Works, was asked to table all correspondence regarding the ordering of $100,000 worth of road machinery, his reply was "There was no corre- spondence, the order was given by telephone." Now history repeats itself. Premier Jones on- nounces there is no correspondence to table in connection with the taking over of the Canada Packers plant and business, everything being transacted by word of mouth. There is there- fore no record for filing in view of any subse- quent legal proceedings.

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The League of Nations collapsed (says Mr. Sumner Wells, former U. S. Under-Secretary of State) because the major powers then members of the League supported the League only when it suited their own cnds. They failed to sup- port the League when it seemed that their selfish interests might be prejudiced. We are seeing exactly the some trend. The Palestine question is a test cose. Should the United States persist in its present blind inaction it will be preparing the way for the failure of‘ the new international organization. And if the United Nations fails, the oyne hope humanity today possesses for the rule of law rothcr than the rule of force, for the freedom and progress of mon- kind, and for the establishment of a peaceful world order will vanish with it.

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Sun-Yat-Sen, or Sun Wen, Chinese states- man, born i867 ‘and died this date i825. Hu- manly speaking, the present situation in Chino and Japan is largely the outcome of his states- manship. After practising medicine for o short time he become o member of the Young Chino party and on active revolutionary whose main ob- iect was to drive out foreigners and have Chins for the Chinese. He took a prominent part in the revolution of l9ll, and was elected provis- ionol president of the new Republic, resigning the following year in favour of Yuan Shih-Kai. But he headed another revolt within a year, and to escape arrest fled to Japan, which was fol- lowed by trouble in Manchurio and .,Korea. Dur- ing tho troubles of I917, Sun-Yot-Sen returned to China and set up a military government at Canton, declaring n state of war between North and South which is still proceeding, notwith- standing friendly foreign advice urging e basis of settlement. For convenience sake, and slde is declared Rod or Communist, and the'other Nationalist or pro-Christian, but actually there is little or any difference. between them except politically. According to Time "the Reds’ suc- cess has been dazzling. In a few months they would be able to go wherever they wanted north

of the Yangtze, end oven South Chine was rostlve."

We like what. Io laid to be the shortest sermon on record. It was preached by Dean swift. The text. was "He that hath pity upon tlie poor leiideth unto the Lord; and that. which lie hatli- given will llc Pa)’ lllm liilslnf’ Tlie sermon pon- sisbed 0f flwelve words: "Now, my brethren, if you like the security: clown with your money." -C:iuad- laii Churchman,

J. Natallcio Gonzales rnn for the presidency of Paraguay. He was the Government candidate. The bullet form. Prepared by the Gov- ernment, carried only one name - lils. Nu space was provided to wrlze in e competing candidates name Names appearing in other than the proper spaces automatically voided a ballot. J. Natallclo Gonzalez was electrl. Thus triumphed democra- Cy PHYRZ-Zuiunll style. -_ Victoria Times. _

"urine the um few u", the notional flags of Estonia and Lith. uanla. have flown from The Free Pres-i bulldlllk- one course, os the proper oecolon, the flag of Latvia will Join Lliem. These flags are bolus flown as n tribute to three small nations which are a: much the victims of aggression as were the countries over-run by Hitler and hls Nazis during the war. They lost. their independence as s result. of the infamous deal betrween Stalin and Hitler in 1939. -Winnlpeg Men Press.

The birthday of Abraham Lin- coln. recently observed in the United States, brought, out a short. list of important. events in the life of the famous man, which in themselves tell o powerful story. Here they are:

IBM-Failed in business.

mill-Defeated for Legislature,

lead-Failed In business agolu. l835—Sweettiesrt died. l836—Nervous breakdown.

IBM-Defeated for elector.

1840--Defeated for land office.

low-Defeated for Congress.

INS-Defeated for Senate.

l855—Defeat.ed for vlce-pfiesldeiit.

1360—Elected president of Urill- cd States. _ Fort. William Times- Journal.

There is a tendency to regard even reasonably pure speech as an affeetatlon. Another difficulty i: the herd instinct which provides calcliwords, usually senseless, and always transient —not the change: which come to ovlniiguage contin- ually ln a state of flux, but omply. more or less meaningless, phrases. which for a time are on every tongue. There seems to‘be no read,

cure for this condition, unless ii. lies in teaching o respect: for the mother tongue, and n (lesirc u.

kccip ll. us far as possible, airs. without. descending bo Sbllbtrdlitu in its pristine purity. Tlic funda- mentals are fairly well taught 1.. the lower grades of school. P - liaps ll. ls ii problem with wing, the high schools and Ilia collcgts must deal. — (lllflbllflm tloixs.

A dentist. lias urged lilo col- leagues lo use commercial sale; technicians as a. method of encour- aging patients to ziccepl; tic-iv mrlcutlflc advances. Instead of hulking to patients about demure: (false teethr In technical terms, ‘re said, dentists should refer to tliem

as "svrlnkle gciriovcrs" or "an lrl- vesbmenl: in youllifulncss" of “bloodless facellftiiig." Porcelain

jackets could be the “purchase of is glamorous smile," lie wld the mlciivinter meeting of the Chicago Dental society. The dentist, Dr Cecil H. Bliss of Sioux City, lows, said the hardest 10b today ln den- tistry is to get patients to ncee,t. some of the newer developments in the field. Tire fault, lie lnslsl- ed, lies with the schools, failure t; teach the dentist salesmanship. - From Chicago Tribune.

Nero fancied n sort of sires-bet, made of snow, honey and ffllll pulp. Marco Polo returned from the court of Kublal Khan wlili u recipe for fruit Ices that. included milk, which Catherine de Mldlil later introduced iiilu France, and from which French cooks develop- ed something like lcc cream. Cniir- lcs I of England tried to keep lil- cookhs formula for ice crcnm is royal secret, but less than ii cor‘.- tury lutcr Gav. Blsdeii of Mar‘,- land, served teem-cam uud stiiiiv- berries in his guests. Gen. Georgi. Washington had pcivtcr ice creari. Puts at. Mount. Vernon, bought. liini- self "a cream mnclilne for making ice" in Philadelphia, and, wlici. living in New York as pTESldCflb, ln tlir, summer of I790. lie bought himself about $200 worth of ice cream from one denier. The ice cream industry nus graduated lllld the billion-dollar class and the American people consumed, 1.". i046. three billion quarts of it. - Saturdny Evening Pool.

It costs £1,000 n year to run l cor for u senior minister or offic- ial. Whitehall is full of such ve.- hloles today, whereas in 1089 the; were very rare. It is notorious trial. some members of the present Gov- ernment move everywhere, even to lunch in largo motor-cars. Sinus January 1, 1047. the Government have bought, 1.355 cars al, o cart of £406,000. They have another 1.390 on order, to cost. £824,000. rlic new curs are not for mfnlrpers but. for Government officials. Bo rnucti for the facts. Our first. comment is that the dignity and well-being of ministers must be maintained. Also the sum involved ls small i: relation to notlonsl ox disuse. But there ls I point at which dig- nlty becomes arrogance and com fort becomes opulence. Our rulers have displayed both of o time when Britain can afford neither. ~lon

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ruauc Accounts

Sir, -- Interest on bonds in 5.1". is n credit to the interest account and a charge to cash when the cash" ls received, directly or Indir- eclly by coupon, and New Brune- wiclc that, sold the bond to P.E.'I. when it. pays for coupons will charge interest and credit cash.

Oh, but. that. W55 a PJS-I. bond o!‘ debenture in the slriklnz fund- A5 above, coupon or interest is a ci-edll. to the interest (revenue) account. and a charge to cash if the coupon is handed over to someone and cash received. Then "someone" looks at. that coupon and says, What, ls to be done with it? "Some- one" goes to the treasury and gels his money for the couipon and the treasury says that ll expenditure, for interest. The coupon ls pBld for. Cash credited and interest (esc- penditliel is charged. The Jollrhfl-T entries would be cash to interest (revenue). Interest (expenditure) to cash. Now Just, leave cash out o! ll. and what have you?

Interest, (expenditure) to inter- est (revenue). Oh, that's all right, just make one transaction of it. put the coupon in the fire and nslc yourself what. was done financially. For bonds put out. or: sold, we are

' liable for interest. (on expenditure).

The coupons that we took from the 5F. are interest (revenue) and credited to interest (revenue). Oh. what e headache! This Sinking Fund ls p, nuisance. If we ere mak- ing B per cent. on some o; the bonds therein we are paying 6 per cent on tlie same bonds. When-bonds come due and are to be paid for, money cannot be got- ten from 3.11‘, easier tlmn from other places. Issue new bonds or debentures when and for whet needed. That Sinking Fund is only a snake-believe, a nuisance, Throw it: overboard. I don't assert that in- terest on Sinking Fund is neither o. debit or a credit. How does "An- onymous" know that. bankers and chartered accountants know differ- ently from my conief-ilions? - I don't, flunk that. the members of the Government dictated or are responsible for the manner in which the accounts are put. up. We llvc in a beautiful democratic country and the great aim of our rulers is the welfare of the people. We respect and love our rulers when we cmrpni-e our conditions with the Cammuiiistic liell o1 eastern Etirope, and if this accountancy ls thrrshczi out to a solution the gov- ci-rment will be only too glad to make some (HIZIHQCS, I zm, Sir eta, ACCOUNTANT

HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM

$ll',——~/\D'r1l.lly in n changing ivorlil is fatal to progress nnti present‘. conditions rlu not, justify com- placency over the past. recently stated Co]. L. '1'. lsowitlier, Princi- pal of Prime Street. School.

‘hvo ncvv factors, he pointed ou‘... confront, us lu the field of modern education: (l) a highly complex environment. This demands more training for good citizenship than we arc providing. Today the ac- cepted standard for applicants io business or industry ls n high school education.

(2) Science has entered into our dolly lives to such an extent that without some scientific training is boy or girl is greatly handicapped throughout llfe.

Our school system caters only to those who are academically mind- ed and allows others gradually L0 drop out. of school. This needs in be adjusted as people vary lti their interests and aptiludes. Rather than pointing with pride to the few successes of the past, ll. b:- hooves us to consider the many who fell by the way and hail to g0 through life untrained end par- tially undeveloped.

0n every hand the evidence is piling up to demonstrate the need for a more varied high school curriculum -- one possible only ‘ii the regional c-om-poslte lilgh school recommended.

During the war ll. bccurne pain- fully apparent. that the product of our Island schools could not take the courses lu qualify for proniov lions to Wlllllll their natural liuall- tics of leadership entitled them.

Industrial leaders iiaw tell uu that. our mm i-aiiiiot. be trained for positions available right hero in Charlottetown because their educational background is lnadc- quiite.

Our agricultural experts are tell- ing us that. soil management. has been faulty in the past. and that the fertility of our forms ls threat- ened. Does this not; suggest a necrl for some training In scientific agri- culture? -

This ldee of broadening .t.lie high school curriculum is not a turning away from the traditional emphasis on the humanities u the best basis for the dev ‘opmeui. of culture and morality. It sim- ply means that. for those who have not the interest in, nor the apti- tude for s classical education, some more practical courses must be added in order to maintain thclr interest in school and provide them with the scientific basis fo: the technical training they will lai- er require.

Finally, this school is not for those who seek to do owoy wttu discipline and hard work, (for no .new type of school, no better- trolned tea ‘ . no broader cur- riculum will mske the ‘acquisition of on education on easy or rnpla business) but thoee who are learn- fng the leuon that. any worth

while thing in life must. be psia f0!‘ ll OD! II)’ OI‘ llfilvhll‘.

Tithe grout austerity of our boys and girls m willing to poy one