PAGE. FOUR THE GUARDIAN

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Editor and Managing Director. In: A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Funk Walker.

CIBCULATION "Covers Prince Edward illnnd like the dour"

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

l2llARLOTTE'!;0WN FRIDAY. AUG. 28. 1958

Selection llot censorship

The Canadian Library Associationis as interested as any group in improving the -reading habits of Canadians and young Canadians in particular. When that body, therefore, speaks out against the imposi- tion of censorship on books and even on comic books their arguments warrant carc- fLll consideration. They do not criticize the present provisions of the Criminal Code which provide for the punishment of

penditures at a reduced rate, has revised its, investment plans upward, and now antici-I pates spending slightly more than in 1952.

Overall changes from the original estimates

for 1953 result partly from the initiation 01

new projects upon which information was

not available at the earlier date, and partly

because better estimates can be made as

work has advanced on a number of pro-

jects." '

Exactly how much the Canadian people will save this year it is impossible to say in advance but the Bureau of Statistics has lately measured the savings madei'last year. It says: ”Gross national saving, which in addition to personal saving, includes undis- tributed corporation profits", depreciation al- lowances and the consolidated government surplus, dropped to 34,461 millions in 1952', from fl;4,941 millions in 1951, as a large de- cline took place in the consolidated surplus of municipal, provincial and federal govern-' ments." 1

That is to say, there was little saving: through the budgets of the llation, the prov-

THE GUARDIAN." CHARLOTTETOWN

How Far Is There To G07,

- Vancouver sun.

lstic of natural switch from language to language in their daily work and think noth- ing of it. it recalls a remark made by a famous astronomer who was taken aback because he could not read Russian "What," he asked, "ls a poor

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planet liisintegrntcs it. and ii. fraglr.ellts showcr down upon Oi. heads. Fortunately, the cal,,,.,,:' phe is not exactly what one would call imminent; it is scheduled 1., about i00.000,000.0c0 years not now. Also, some astronomers

Although harness nccs owe their survival to the homey atmosphere of the country fall fair. where they stul flourish. they have came to enjoy a much wider popularity. There is nothing surprising in this. as the sport is one ofthe most ex-

citing contests imaginable. and have that long in i' one of the most exacting. 000 A. D. the sun Ev.-iilec.i,',?.;'ff,”'”,fE't - Toronto Globe and Mail. nny subsequent mlsbehavicul-i lid. ---- the moon,will be purely Made -4 A British author. Ernest Wat- - Edmonton Journal. mm

kins. after a brief visit to Canada, has come to the conclusion that this country will carry "the torch lit by Europe" farther than any other country. He means the cul- tural and spiritual torch and to hear this from an outsider is mighty yncouraging. -

The people of Greenland, l 1).," 15" C0l0lll'. volcd today my Inf, first time ill their history. Abort 9.000 voters are to pick two yrs-nl. bers of Dcnmn:'k's first unlciill- r-ral Parliament, provided fo--A in the new Constitution mloptcui 1” MM" SEW" Gui 01' Clkht Cilllilldlilpg 3'98 m'.l'-'e Grcelliandcl-s, -1-nu eighth is it Danish woman damn. Because of the long distances and slolv communications, it may be 3 week lrc all returns are in. G”ll- crnl elections for the new Pm-lm. mglll. are to take place in Dcnmalk next month.

- Associated Press,

A linguistic agility is character- scientists who

scientific papers.

as-

The Waxx.

inces and the municipalities. The period of

tlonomer to do when he can only

A man who had been spending

AUGUST 23. 1953

persons distributing obscene literature. They Government revenue sup. ' speak English, French, Spanish, some time in the country dropped

do. however, object to the imposition of rellsorship. which, of course, implies the appointment of censors with authority to decide what shall or shall not be pub- llshod.

The objection is a. vital one to the lllljective of It mature and flourishing liter- ature. Well meaning persons, seeing the lurid covets of many of the cheap publica- tions, are apt to agree precipitately that censorship should be applied. It should not

large Federal pluses passed in.the last fiscal year when the Federal surplus was only 324 millions. says, there may be a deficit to set against the private savings of the people.

Though total savings last year were somewhat below those of 1951, they were still large. "The Canadian people were set- ting aside, instead of spending it on con- stlmer goods, about a fifth of their total production of goods and services. It was by

And in the current year, as Mr. Abbott i

Italian. German and Dutch?" -- Christian science Monitor.

opinion before that there is an element. in the student - or pros- pective student-body that is not known They are not in the scholarship winning category, good students in that their efforts are sincere. -both men and getting by financially through do- ing odd jobs and baby sitting. But

in'- his office for a couple or how, the other day and thereby chec,.,.(', up it lzrvnt many people illl'0'Jgh. out the world. The man was Wm- stoll Churchill, and his office 1,, located at Downing Street, Lon. don. That Sir Winston should make news merely by going to H", Office reflects, of course. the um. versal concern that has been Ipli, for him during his recent illness, it. also reflects the eagerness mill which people far beyond the boy. dam of his own country look to him for guidance and leadersllip.

We have often expressed the

for academic brilliance.

but they are

Some of these people -may be

many average high school grad-

- New York Herald Tribune.

be lorwlxlhat already-have laws and this means mainly that they fumed 8 -- - .:':::;..:.?.::.::..il.r:s...;';L”:;:.:t .. 1.. . . . . . . . . e mi y report on the u-x (GUNS Whlm 319 designed to P1eV9l'lt the huge capital expansion which continues, at ey and cannot win rcholarships. habits of Anmymn women ,5 W abuse of liberty as. well as to protect the an even higher rate in the current year PUBLIL FURUM t 1 t - Saint John Telesralvh--loumal ed on interviews by the Kinsey nil v ' gyg. T subject in his proper exercise of his rights. It seems unlikely may any nation in the t O a No hum need wmm chm ltI;::;sul05:ns;;t:l1ings0rn:e 5.94i1it.nf . . l i . . TCH '. 1” this p1'0V”lCe the Preselll law has world, onl a basis of comparable popula-i (Globe and Mail) "W"-"91V95 W lemes ""1 ”l""' population of these two Coulliriie:

proved adequate to meet the situation. Action by the Attorney-General in stating what publications he considered violated

tion, will exceed or even equal Canada'sl present rate of investment.

discussion by corre

Guardian does not H: endorse wlrespondents.

the opinion oi

This column in open to the

sponiients

of questions of interest. The

IIECCIII P-

thc common school system is a problem of the first magnitude. school system compelled by law

The place of the bright child in clever children in classes arouses lparcntal cnvles and has been found A to encourage an undesirable snob- tolbery among the segregated pupils.

the school

themselves under galloping race- horses to prove that they, too, have rights. A sensible l'l..uhLlCle on wom- en's rights appears to have been taken bypthe Associaied- Country Women of the World. in session

on equally "scientific" and nuihor- itative report on Crlnad" could be estoblished on interviews with 500 women, a mixed bag of those wllling to talk with . stranger on these matters of extreme tlltinlzlry

the Criminal Code resulted in their being withdrawn from sale without the necessity of prosecutions. ,That is a very different thing, however, from anyone having the authority to ”ban" publications. He mere-

zlcccpt all educable children gardless of capacity, must of neces- sity apply avcrage standards. By his very nature and intelligence, a bright child is not average. Where. then, does he fit in, and how should he be treated?

re-,The organization of r': d ' . th t l i i l”3Z.E?&.ll2n.,"”..i?i"lo” ..52.l.?.';'l2” iaminatlons. also hinder progress. Scholastic excellence of itself does not. of course. guarantee it lat- cr life of socially valuable leader-

at Toronto. when this organization rejected a, motion that it should work for "economic equality for women to c pleie their citizen- ship." The rejection was not be- cause they were not prepared to: explore "the infinite implicnttrms"i

And who in his right mind would maintain that what. these 500 would report, which might Di” might not be true even of the flvn llundrcd. would be true of file other millions nf their sex?

- Ottawa Journal.

GRAMMAR A.lNTl;-LITERATURE

Sir,-Education is ever opening up new vistas. Let us hope this one may be a surprising revelation to the few grammarlans who are

Pigs By Plane

Pigs are the latest air passengers to be given the very best in travel comforts in.

the United Kingdom. When eighty-four

!n "A

ly expresses an opinion and anyone who thinks he is wrong and acts accordingly nlusi answer, not to the Attorney-General,

llllyislding formallsts.

The problem is mllnosi its old ns'shlp. But the-odds are more favor-

of the suggestion at present.

pigs were air-lifted across the North Sea last week they were the first to use an

Former Tcacllerts" ter of August 22nd in The Guar- dian he remarks that the ques-

interesting 1ei- public education. and has the subject of endless

among teachers and parents, but

becn'oble to an elite of intelligence and dlscusslollieblllty than the lottery chances of the uneducated to reach the

- Ottawa Journal.

top.

u

COMPLETE VISUAL

but to the Courts, entirely new System of aerial pig pens' The 110" 01 bel-WT Ellkn-"ll 13 Nailing without solutions generally acccpt- Ill a world of increasing complex- A ""1" 3"l'm"'l Vie" 0' "Ni new pens, approved by the National Pig -lvely discussion "perhaps in even able to the philosophy of the times. ity and infinitely graver weight of astronomical future ls presented mi;FRAcT1();; AND '"T'-TTC-'--"TG B. dewv A 01 t- n . degio, Kyd to h,,, Canadla" PmVmC9"- Th” is 50? It is gratifying, nevertheless, that: responsibility, we need the most by 137- Alb?" 0- Wllso" 0! mil, 199 L S5 C a '0 ' am i 3' g r and Mt only in Canada but ma1'k- an official of the Ontario Depart-highly developed leadership it is Mount Palomar observatory in ANALYs1s

California. In addition to speculat-

98Cil DOFk9l' 3 1'00m in the air Of his 0Wll- "Hy l" the Umled 5l3'e5- Eve” ment of Education, Mr. Stanley possible to obtain. We have been

No Pie In The Sky

The Country Guide, a western farm journal, draws a timely distinction between justifiable Government measures designed to stabilize the country's economy, 'or to prepare in advance for emergencies or un- expected catastrophies, and to the loose and muddled thinking which perpetuates the idea that governments can draw on a sup-

pens for slightly smaller pigs. mals averaged 272 lbs. each.

The first load of pigs-twenty-eight at a time-arrived at Cambridge airport in a specially adapted Bristol Freiglltcr aircraft. In the front section of the cargo hold were eight large pens for pigs weighing over 300 lbs., and behind them were twenty The ani- A member

in England. the staid mother of our language, a movement in this direction is awakening. There are also appearing important revisions such as that which has been made of the Bible: but that is a matter mostly of etymology.

A startling statement attributed to Stanley E. Read. professor of English at the University of Brit- Lwh Columbia, is going the roundsi of the press. He maintains ”lhr.t 65 per cent of high school grad-

cmma.

Watson. should have matter before a group of principals and teachers attending a course in school administration at Kingston, Ontario. He offered no specific proposals. but in

to provide an answer to the

great wastage of talent and at

smothering of potential capacity

raised the so bemused by the all men were created the facts of reality have been dis- regarded. There is no place where mediocrity can safely be effect challenged authority - in government. the teaching profession of 0ntarlo'cation. the professions or in indus- dll-'try and commerce.

icrying it would appear that there is ail-low is it to be provided?

iscllool system with parallel streams

ing on the porslbility of the earth crashing into an asteroid in the wrong traffic lane - he estimates, this may happen once every 2,000.- 000 years or so - Dr. Wilson has grave doubts as to the perman- ence of the moon. He calculates that in the course of Hme it will draw closer and closer to the earth. until finally the. gravity of our

delusion that equal that

allowed edu-

The world is

for adequate leadership.

one solution would be a multiple

G. F. HUTCHESON

& SON Optometrists 53 Grafton Street

PROFESSIONAL

Dr. W. R. Carson

CARDS

” Byron J. Grant. Oil.

branching out from the foundation classes of elementary learning. The cost of such a system would un- doubtedly be much greater than

of the crew acted as flying swineherd. Eachl pen was covered with strong netting to pre- vent adventurous pigs peering out

for leadership in educational pro-. grams designed to meet the needs of those of average ability. Rigid grades, age groups. segregated

males who go to university can- not read, write or think pl'cp3rl.v" Yet never before were so many

posedly inexhaustible fund in support of idealistic but impractical ideas. In the

P100955 0f changing our attitude toward gh gg grfimmlmnl mom” iaugm mime learning capacity and the various the present type of general schools. CHIROPRACTOB iii? functions of government, we have dP- T-C--n; - ivcedotiiztagdslii?eif0'1:3:i'1,?,:,J;ac;: other elements of a svstematlzedurhere could be no question but :;IAi:IE31(Fl1EIdulIaN 0l"l'0ME'l'BiST . ,,- . - ' , ' 0 V 't 'ld rthtthi t t'ldbwt.h C mow i2tlif,t1 c - 7t Hqopcduad fjylginng ffondness for what is EDIIL,RIAL NO! gfgiinlz? ';:::5 tamed ichmg illciaigtszilaryrniilcthxticwhiililcu sCilCi'!li)Epe8i'Siil.a Illei.i1fl31v::ExSr;:lri. 8:301: ofe o::-r- Dial M32 201 Prince SL ifhlppisiif Revere Hlilizllie 8 now ca 9 t e we; are state," r it . ,, "l 0 to work at all. The bright child is'taxation, it is unlikely it could be . . . It was not magic or financial mgerdemain , -. , . , ' 3:4,, d,i,',',i"3,,e,,,3','g1.f "" handicapped by all the machinery.iput. into effect. iAnothe1rd sokhgtiogl. ABi!;SnOglT M- Gl"l5- I-I--I D" A' I" Mada”; mat made ossible th e t , f Z1 The 25 pel cent lnclease in Income Tax one may mm hmm I mug It, is claimed that only the cxccp-lcven more drastic, czzouy o no N I li:.sE0Ll(l:l'(IIIl.t Etc. DENTIST g . 1') e. X enslon 0 socla Collections in this province from 1951 to mm to the problem. As a science iional surmountvtlife syistenl Igoparbagdon the1ef ort ducgtllifoln elgerrz chmnnmmn.-n& or at etown Den". Ln" benefits in Canada during the last thirty . - F - - . ,,d,.,m,m H bewmes lens under. an to the relative lee cm 0 gl-lc a max mum e s A mg GLORIA BUILDING r 1902-33 is not, itself, anything to cheer t er education with their capacities revert to the older system of cdu- TT'””TT”-' -T "9 G " SL ,1" years. These have resulted from a fortu- about but the increased incom x, men it Snmdableb M egerigzni exceat 1"” undlmlni-uh-d Icsting only those adolescents who Dr. K. A, Mqcguchgm a (mg. .gg..Lho".”..'.. . . . . L" s mem-er o a pnrcua: 't' -l, . Pate Coglbmadnon of mcgeased populatmnl represents is very satisfactory indeed. 5”””;”fi Bh"e," '” "'””d '”""' m'eIi1hi:rea.priIar:efrlgel:n"eTl:i3'lm:lfl?Frgf lilies: 'fh:,eeii(ii'gtht"I?lruswerpem1:tJ.spIl nzwnsr J' A' cu""""rs' R'o' increase pro uctlvlty. an increased knowl- 59803 M on 11 yet smaller en- ' d , d , , b ,' 1,, nonfat x-ny tOP'Il0ME'l'BiS'll page or the technique; of tpangferrin. ' ' ' ,m'”' s”e"t,m”..;”'”"hb” i1ti:etco:hr:ep:0!bl:tfilldyhf etzgneclevegltvllighdthce yrhznovigrldwxitilds M 3”" g:"'l'l'"'""" Cl;"ll:”4w "3 Kent Street Phone 33" I l i i 5 n a ma” mwn y 8 th were conducted lfted eople and it is treason "”" ' ' (Nut '0 5'milWll'l AK"lCl'l wealth fronl the nlost favored to the least. Congratulations are ill order for In- 3l0"ll&l"- Till-l W35 succinctly ext ch”d' when c.y 1 , lg p H d t m1 m. i ' V ' 1. V, I ' . . g messed by cm 0, me U. , within the general schoo sys eliiwagalnst man n o s c any . faxoled f.,lOllpS, without damage to thelspectol W. H. C. Nevin on being appolnt- Mayo bmmm when . m,' "M numerous piiactlclaki dlrilcultlgs cklitulli:1ill:al1t0i:&Yre9AI:aP;o3I-revel; t 133:: MCDONALD. CURRIE 3: CO. economy. ed an.a1de.de.camp to His Excelyency the "Science is learning more about mile ”W""' 9 W"? "3 5 0 3 ll 1 oualrrllnsn ACCOUNTANTS the less". . elected to constitute the present Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa. Toronto. saint -liilul. Sherhrooki-. Vulcnnver.

G0Vernor'GeneraL Previously one R' Ct M' H, 'u L n ' Board of Directors: Charles Palm- Kirkland Lake, Moncton. Hamilton. Charlottetown, Edmonton-

”Most farmers," says our western con- temporary. "belong to one or more co- operative organizations. Governments in some respects are not unlike co-operatives. which exist usefully when they enable a group of persons to achieve, together, some- thing of which they all approve, but which 'hcy could not achieve as individuals. Their ustification is a readily discernible need. lheir growth and achievement depend pri- .larily upon the education and loyalty of heir members. They operate on the prin- iple of 'one man, one vote.' and benefits

acter.

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of government, notes the graphic Society.

ernor General.

P. officer was customarily so honoured. The appointment of ten emphasizes the military aspect of the force and its national char-

The Ullion of South Africa has a sep- arate capital for each of its three branches National Geo- Pretoria is the admin- istrative capital and residence of the Gov- Cape Town is the seat of

You have only to examine that Government chart, that insurance policy or any legal document, to see what the effort to get the exact shape and sense of things can do to a language. You know its not a sport page you're read- ing because in that case every- thing would be "terrific" and all superiatlvcs would be "stupend- ous". In the long run you go to a lawyer to find out what it is all about. Well, I similar situation would prevail in lltersly language if ollr analytical grnmmarians had their sweet "say-so". Give them the pilot's sent, where would they lsndcusf Not at I banquet of the

Old Charlottetow ulul l-. m. x.)

MEETING

UNION BANK

"A general meeting nf the stock- holders of the contemplated Union Bank of Prince Edward Island took place. pursuant to advertise- ment, at the Colonial Building on Thursday last, the llih inst. The meeting was largely attended both by Town and country stockhold- ers. A serles of carefully prepar- ed by-laws. rules and regulations

l'oe&l'Qma2

....... v , slma r. llllIcI'Hl'llt80N. ca 7 o , other omm st miliu. Moncton.

er, chairman, Holi. W. W. Lord, Currie Bidg.. Charlottetown. Dial K134

llenry Haszard. George Davies, o '”

Hon George Beer, Owen Con- H. R. &

nolly. W. E. Dawson. Ema-" CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

-The Islander. Feb. 19,1864. us Great George st. oimiuueimvn

------ Phone 054': - 0543 p, 0, Box to

RANDOLPH W. MANNING. C.A.

KEVIN J. McKENNA. (LA-

st. John's. Amherst. Du-tmnuiil Kentviile. Liverpool. New Glasgow. Truro and Corner Brook-

THE COW IN APPLE-TIMI

NOTICE 0

the legislature, while Bloemfontein is the

immortals

in creative art; and sure-

for the management of the affairs

at the Corpormon were pump something inspire the only cow of late

and the meeting proceeded to the election, by ballot, of a Board of Directors who will hold office un- til the regulsr annual meetinif

-.'e derived generally in proportion to the headquarters of the national judiciary. vlergy and understanding of their mem-

Mrs. All of this is more or less true of

ly when we spend is quiet night at home we need something better than I tote-A-tote with I text-book.

RE HIGHWAY TllAFFl0 ACT

Mr. P. W. Barlow, Motor Vehicle License Ii.x'unl'

To make no more of I. well than an

open gate, The three new scholarships being made And think no more of WI-l-l-builder!

.governments, the benefits from which are . . The truth of the rm tel: is one than tools 1 '11 be '1 b1 ' so available by the I, O, D, E, as a memonal shuupun mu ul 1 e many takes place in the first Tuesday H I u u R.” u,h , d H813. Wl BVBJ8 e by appointment for the puFD0- secured in very much the same way." to service in the second, world .war are me, hem, mm W,” blwuuy In Arrlltrrlizxts-ubilcrlcbllelli " ffge drofu " W'”' '” of giving Motor Vehicle driving examinations. at the