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f'Tha Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

CHARLOTTETOWN. TUESDAY. SEPT. 18. 1951

Back To Fundamentals

Despite all the new techniques in ed- ucation. it is the fundamentals that count: and it is interesting to note the increasing emphasis which is being placed by educa- tional leaders on this once self-evident fact. Now comes the Canadian Research Com- mittee on Practical Education, after a four-year study of Canadian schools, with a report tabled yesterday at the annual convention of the Canadian Ed- in Saskatoon. The highlight of the report is the need for greater emphasis on "the three R's" rather than on highly specialized vocational train- ing.

Throughout its report the committee stresses that the aim of education is to produce good citizens who are capable of clear and logical thinking. One method of achieving this is through a more thorough study of the basic subjects. oral and writ- ten expression and arithmetic. which "are essential in all jobs and in all activities of everyday life." However, these basic sub- jects should be taught in such a manner that will permit them a natural practical application in employment and every-day activities.

As a main part of its four year invest- igation of secondary schools the commit- tee surveyed 12.124 high school graduates and 14.219 who failed to complete their secondary education. The committee also received reports from many employers of these young people and from the young people themselves two years after they left school. The report notes two important findings from.the surveys which were as- sisted by committees in all Provinces ex- cept Newfoundland which was not part of Canada when the job was started. These are that 35 per cent of the pupils who enter Grade VII never graduate from

high school. and that the majority of-the;

young people are lacking in ability to ex- press themselves both orally and in writ- ing and in the fundamentals of arithmetic. That the student may benefit as much as possible from instruction in the basic sub- iects, specific training for the individual pupil for particular occupations should be deferred as long as possible.

For girls, the report recommends that "home economics be offered in all second- ary schools. and that more girls be en- couraged to enroll in these courses."

While the committee suggests a number of steps that might check the tendency of students to leave before completing high school, it recommends the legal school- leaving age. both urban and rural, be set at 16 years in all provinces. except in "cer- tain specified exemptions." But for those who do leave school before graduation. community institutes might be established to "provide vocational training courses as

K well as cultural and avocational subjects."

In this Province as elsewhere the fall- ing off in standards of English and kindred basic subjects has been noted with some concern. Evidently the trouble is Canada- wide. The Research Committee's recom- mendations will, it is to be hoped, effect some improvement in the future.

Stormy Debates Recalled

Great Britain's gift to Canada of two destroyers costing 538,000,000 recalls to the Ottawa Journal the stormy debates which occurred, just short of 40 years ago, when the Government of Sir Robert Bor- den proposed a gift by Canada of three dreadnoughts to the British Navy at a cost of 335,000,000.

The House in continuous round-the-clock session from March 3 to March 11: the great speeches of the old Gladstonlan Lib- eral, Dr. Michael Clark; the "dawn to dusk" speech (nearly five hours) of David La- Fortune; Sir I-lerbert'Ames appearing at a night sitting with dressing gown and night- cap: the memorable Pamell-like obstruction- ist tactics of William Pugsley; Lourler's pas- sionate speech (one of the greatest of his whole career) -In protest over his being temporarily "gagged" when a Government supporter resorted to the device of the "Previous question": the violent scenes sp- prosching flstlcuffs over the introduction of i'closure"; the final dramatic ending when the veteran Sir George W. Ross. speaking from I wheelchair, moved reject- lonofthcblillnthesenote-olimokeup the most vivid chapter in the whole of our

priiomlltlfr story. "IGINI 1&5 !Q' ,"lll!lil1

secondary i

the arguments which prevailed-by the grace of the Senate-against the gift of three dreadnoughts to Britain-we were going to abandon our autonomy and become the puppets of Downing. Street-what a change in the outlook of all of us these 40 years have brought! No one in Britain to- day will say that the Attlee Government, making a gift of two destroyers to us, is tampering with Britain's autonomy, becom- ing the puppet of Ottawa. And no one in

' Ottawa will believe it, either. In concepts

of autonomy. of sovereignty, most of us have grown up."

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Anti-Corn Law League was found- ed this date 1837. An agitation had been started in Manchester the previous year and Mr. Cobden and Mr. Bright were amongst the foremost advocates of Free grade.

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The Rural Youth Fair is itself young. This is its first year. To be young. how- ever. is to have something which can be exchanged for experience although the opposite is sadly untrue.

O O I

Western wheat growers are concerned about the problem of storage but compar- ed with the potato farmer facing the same problem they should be as carefree

as crickets. O O O

The stage activities of Little Theatre Guild members comes in for the greatest public notice but such work as promoting their current membership drive also con- tributes to the cause of theatre in the city.

Toronto citizens should object to their city's expenditure on entertainment accord- ing to the Ottawa Journal. The national capital itself seems to have forestalled any such criticism by treating the visiting Lord Mayor of London to kind words and little

else. 0

In the old days it used to be reported that the principal exports of Charlotte- town were bank clerks and printers. Now- adays nurses take the place of printers, and they make good every time. In a case like Miss Lea they set the pace.

An Aberdeen Angus bull was sold for the record price of ;'o57,000 Friday at a public auction at Red Bank. N. J. The Ralph L. Smith Farm of Chillicothe. Mo., made the purchase from Dr. Armand Ham- mer. There is money in live-stock breed- ing all right.

It did not take a Presbyterian minister at Ottawa long to dispel the demonstrators: who, Prime Minister St. Laurent declared,I were dupes of Communists and innocents who want a type of peace that would bring Canada under the heel of the Kremlin. ICanada, he said. neither wants nor intends to have that sort of peace.

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Highlanders are mindful of the land of their forbears. Mr. Murdo Macaulay, who died at Salisbury. Southern Rhodesia, about six months ago. has left almost the whole of his .ll300,000 fortune to the islanders of Lewis, where he was born 83 years ago. His will shows that except for a few minor legacies all his money goes to ”such charit- able. educational, and other purposes as the bank.may deem fit within the island of Lewis. especially the port of Ness." He directed that "deserving cases where death or misfortune may have been encountered" shall be helped.

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Transport Controller of the Hudson Bay Route Association has been instructed to apply for an extension of the shipping sea- son at Port Churchill. In a letter to the newly-appointed controller, S. N. MacEach- ern of Saskatoon, vice-president of the as- sociation, said it is not too late to arrange for the movement of a greater volume of wheat out of Churchill this year. So for 20 cargoes have been committed to Churchill. Mr. MacEachern suggested an extension of the shipping season from Oct. 10 to Oct. 20. Churchill could then load 40,000,000 bush- els of wheat by the end of the shipping sea- son.

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Mayor I-Ioude of Montreal proudly boasted at a dinner there that Montreal has doubled in population since 1939, there was plenty of employment there and no reason that he could see for anyone going to Tor- onto or elsewhere. "Why," he said, "in about six months we are going to have an employment problem here - not an un- employment problem, mind you, but a problem of where to find workers for our industries." Most of the questions con- cerned traffic problems and the mayor cheerfully but firmly insisted the solution lay as much in the hands of the public as of the City Council. He said that if the public spent as much energy in trying to obey the traffic laws as was spent on trying to fix traffic tickets a great deal of lfoubls would dlsoppgor,

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Y'S MEN'S SHOW Sir.4Plc-ase allow me space to express a word of appreciation and commendation to the Char- iottelown Y's Men's Club for the excellent show put on last. week in the Forum The zoo itself showing the wild animals in their natural surrollndinfls was well worth several times the price of admission. The extremely tasty lunches served by the ladies so reasonably will also be long re- membcred. but the fiddling and dancing contests being new to so many of us visitors to your love- ly Island were the highlights of a most delightful evening. If it is repeated next your I sincerely hope that I may he nhlc to make my visit coincidn with it.

While the last thing I would want to do is to inject a jarring note of criticism for such on ex- Celicnlly run affair, I might sug- gesi that shorter periods of time allowcd for each individual can- testnni in the finals would have made room for a longer demon- strnlion from the judge. from Nova Scolizi. It was evident that a large proportion of the crowd who waited until after midnight to hear him would have stayed much longer to listen in him. He is really an artist in his line. Thanking you for your space and the Y's Men for a wonderful evening. I am. Sir. etc. VISITOR FROM ll.S.A. IG. W. A. Ives)

Charlottetown. Sept. 17.

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TRADE WINDS In the harbour, in the island. in the Spanish Seas. Are the tiny While houses and the oramze-trees. And day-lonrz. nlsht.-lonz. the cool and pleasant. breeze Of the steady Trade Wind blow-

ing.

There is the red wine. the nutty Spanish sin.

The shuffle of the dancers. the old saltfs tale.

The squeaking fiddle. and soughlng in the sail Of the steady Trade Wind blow-

ing.

And at nights there's fireflies and yellow moon.

And in the ghost-ly pnlm-trees the sleepr tune

Of the quiet voice culling me, the long law croon

of the steady Trude Wind blow- ing.

the

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swelling to its inhabitants. what might be virtues are extolled. and the great- er the hardship or suffering place may have endured. the great- er is the pride of its people. Hence. if a man cannot claim that his home town is better. or bigger. or this or that in excess of someone else's. he may still be assured of is respectful hearing if he wants to argue that where he comes they had more bombs dropped on them in the war. or that they have more fuel cuts. or even that more people get murde .

0 We must. how

our quota of iliogicality in matter as in most. others. Football again through what is known as transfer system. This allows for a star player to be virtually sold by one team to another for n lnrlze sum of money. He may thus from one town another hundreds of miles away. It. follows. therefore. wealthy club can "buy" a team of

provides

transferred"

The llbrory of the United States submitting the rsngements for the protection the Constitution and other documents to careful scrutiny, be- cause recently a visitor drew to the attention of a guard it half an inch long - identified as that of s buffalo mom was "nibbling -t. leaf" containing signed by George transmitting the Constitution the continental flcisl of the library said that in- sects of various sorts had got in- to the exhibition case three times 1945. - London Times.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 1951

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1 Notes' By The Way. xii

The flock of recent 3, might. seem to suggest thnthhig: many inexperienced pilots are van. turing into the north mum, some of the searches have cogl hundreds of thousands of dollars Should not some restrictions be imposed on who may fly mm the

or- of rare

caterpillar

- Wlllcll lonely wilderness. especially ,0,

the parchment hunting and fishing? It mg, 5, the resolullon. mm. some prohibitions me 3...” WBShlllEl0ll- fled. Certainly only persons mu:

Iv” ed hoth ln fl.Vll18 Imd in living 1,.

C0l'lBl"955- All Mt the bush and only the best gqmpj

ped aircraft should make the trim north. and thentonly in good weather conditions. for the "3. son that in the event of troubla searches are so costly. The fllturg of unnecessary private flying in the northern wilderness should 'perhnps be reviewed. at least. umt; .bet.ter facilities for that living are Iavallable. -Calgary Albertsn.

cause of chest- Even termed negative

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Those space-flight scientist: who have been communuig with the future in London. Eng. are both pleased and a bit cost down by their conclusions. They're con. vim-cd that in 25 years rocket flights to the moon will be is real. lty. But rather sadly they concede that before those trips can begin an iritcrplanetary way station mus: be created shove the earth. for use as a base, and it will cost 33,. 000000.000. Perhaps because they are not. hard-headed business men, the scientists didn't say whether the project would cost. that sum in terms of today's prices. or by es- timates of what. prices will be in 1976. There's a big difference, It the vnluntion is based on today; prices. the base would cost unlold billions 25 years hence. who can be sure? But. if it will cost 53.000.- 000.000 in 1976. that might. only be

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5" 9-" V 1'?” - Wt” gvtmcemeexasva as-co-or equivalent of sass in the stuff the if Old Ch l H t N I F 5') ready-made stats? " mm can to scientists are carrying around to- !) ar 0 e own 6) 0 es rom - :::Cgem(;l':,. ivrihgddggan. aR;0l'cBIirZ;In3'lg1; day. Maybe met, best, bet, is in my 9- - l r i their rocket. association s plggv f (And P. E I.) 3 Another Island for the game. who cares? In an m W i L exmrne Case. Blmkmwn Raver! bank and start sav g. - indsor OLDTIME rmwixc. MATCH ll By "Anson" may field a team of men of wholin mill 5”"- "The Queen's County Suhscrlp- LONDON. Erl-g;i.:tl:- I'.II,th(III1Pdr::smbII:2 vIv1fhhi3l:nl:i)cl:iI3:. . tion Plowing liintcli. promoted by I,-Gotham about Much I had and nobody minds. Certainly not. . mgncommifssitlancrls filth: late Ex- Somsmmg ,0 534. -m my 135. the population of Blnnktown. to 3 l Of US '. Ci'ln'i6' .. n- - v v - H ”".l.: d ,5 lab IR,” L ' Notes. is to us something I for Vllmm Elly 9133” WI10 l""l"-in mi I: A ( 0 011 ll 5 -"ii "1 -llsll - 0 more mm, ,, gpnmng activity Blanktown colours is one of our I, In. 34' Seven plmmhs sinned "' "'0 For one thing it is an industry em.- boys. What's more. mellllflll Ol :' .'

a Howard, of Bcdfnrd. England. Three other ploughs of that make were used. and though in the hands of unprnctised men. there wasvlhal about their work which proved that for well cull-

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the cqulpmcnt. games are plnrcd.

ivalcd. level land. Ihny can hnl'd- employed by Iy be surpassed. The dynamo- metcr showed the draft of the

winners plough. turning a furrow 5 x 9. to be about 14 cwt.

"Several well-made Island plough: were in the ficid. Mr. Frederick Horne. Malpeque Road. the winner of the sccond prize. usecl one made by Stewart, of Southport. Donnld MacKinnon. Mnlpcque Road. winner of the third prize in the lads” class. used a very good iron plough, made by White, Maipcquc Rood. Don- ald MncMillan, Cove Heacl. scr- ond prize winner in the lads clnss.

the matches.

Chancellor of the

other from almost

Bui perhaps else football kccps local. as distinct

reporting the matches; with which

vast. numbers of clerks who the football

For another thin: source of great revenue for

collects taxes in one way or an-

the football industry. , . .

above

because it. is a manifestation

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the Exchequer. who

Historic --pools" sporting Trophies", exhibitions of n,m5' Checking the entries 01 mu- this and exhibitions of that could

the when there was to be held an ion of Exhibitions."

joumoiisls who make a living out.'l”l0llWl' llllll llll" sprunz Ill? like

apart mushrooms during the Festival of from those who work at making Britain months is quite too large me to be capable of detail. ltiztxhibltlon

f Architecture", Plate."

lions of folk who try each week to all he lllld9l'5l00d when 500T! win 3 mm. or H 109, by can-ccuy vcrtised. It. seemed. however. that

forecasting the results of some

it. was

ultimate had been

mcn's class. and four in the lads”. , . , . . , t i I. 1 m g 1 , 5-,tcx-Av

The judges wen, Messrsp John playing, directly or lndlrtectlg, In 8l;I”.;et:1r:0l;f'1l;a,;hol;llzh"e'c)our1::omtggr u -

Ferguson. East River, Alex. Mc- ""5 993' number . 0 peopa hiltlngibelow the belt Thou shalt not take the name

Benin. and George Scott, rt-fore:-. "99"" ll:l"a'lnIh: lllxarid mnxsgl; - - oh of the Lord thy God in vain: for "The plough used by the win- Fmr l W" - l the Inrd will not. hold him guilt-

ner of the first price. Mr. Donald and others cnsnsed in its g f':.':l:f' M, '"”'';'('1"'”'” um um tnketh his name in vain.

McDonald. of mp Stock Farm. was actual opcmlmn. thmk of the--"W 9l l 005 0 ""9 "ll "' ;;..m..,,,.,.., .1... ..m,.u. 4.,-, to

keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do nil thy work: but the seventh day In the uhhntb of the Lord thy God: in it. thou shalt not do any work. thou. nor thy son. nor thy daughter. thy mnnservant. nor thy mniclscrvant. nor thy cattle. nor the stronger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord mode heaven and earth. the lien. and all that in them In. and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day. and hollowed it

"Exhibition of "Exhibition of

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every branch of

PROFESSIONAL CARDS

everything its hold on us of

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used a 'composite plough, nlode by Robinson. Charlottetown. The draft of those two iron ploughs did not exceed l-Iownrdis. but they hardly ran ithe some depth and brencith in the trial furrow. "George Essory. Union

again won the first prize in

Road. the

lads' class. and made most excel- lent work: indeed. the judges Snoke most approvin::l,v of all

their performances. pnrticulnrly of the junior of them all. Robt. Gib- son. of Lot 34.

”We regret to see that many Drnmislng young ploughmen con. tinue to use lhe old-fashion;-d WOOIIFYI Plvlllzh. an excellent use- ful implement In its way. but nnt Just the thing for a ploughing match. VVe regret also to know that many really excellent work- men abslaln from trying their skill at piouzhlnlz matches from

want of confidence as to their success. . . "On the whole. we consider the

W0l'k Ol plnushlnz is very credit- Bhly performed in this Colony. and We l'l0Pe it will receive a wholesome stimulus after the next triennial Exhibition, if not soon. er. by inviting competition from the mainland: and we think pro- Vl3l0ll might very judiciously be made for the payment of the ex- Dcnses of representative plough- men and their teams. from the ndjoinlnz Provliices of Nova Sco-

tla and New Brunswick. iwho might feel disposed to try con-

pride: the sort of pride that makes us feel good if the tcnm hearing the name of our own home town brats Opposilion from mother part. of the country. and puts us temporarily down in the dumps if it suffers defeat.

This matter of local pride is very importmit. to us. How important has been proved statistically. by figures which have shown that when a football team docs well. factory production increases in the town of its origin, with the opposite effect when it. has a run

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M. Alban Former B. A-. LL. E. MONEY T0 LOAN Charlottetown. P.E.l.

A. Woltlien Guudef. LL. 3.

nnnmsrlm. soucrron. Ito. Phllllvl Building ill Gnnon Street

close to home, alongside men who spoke the some kind of dialect as

Money to Loop

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Palmer & Hoslcm A. J. HASLAM. B-A., LLB Bu-rlsier. me. link of Nova Scotlo dumber! Chulottetown. IE. I. MONEY T0 LOAN

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of ill-fortune. In even more stern times. during the war. the close MW” '” l'”"' C""”""' OPTOMETRQS; connection between local pride 129” Km" 8' and service morale was recognized PHONE "9 and acted upon by posting Army MHOIIIIM N0l'lll Am"'lC”' mm! recruits. after basic training. to regiments formed largely of men ch.” R' --, from the same part of the count- 3,; ry and often bearing the name of ' EARRETER soucrrou. J. Sp the very county or town from Nonuiy no "0 um. whence they came. ' " O In ' ' ' Eyes enminod, glance fitted A man might thus feel that be "W. 1,,” com" mm. . 9..., 51,; was fighting for something very om” "Io" "53g,n,,,,,. Ion

himself. Local honour was bound up with the nation's security. and tradition itself became not a neb- ulous link with an undefined past but. in strong link With one's own forefathers. who had borne the regimental colours in bottle through innumerable generations.

The same sentiments apply in times of peace. though with less bitter object. A county, a city,

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