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Sa AEE Eprrors-tn-Citer-—Edwin’b. Doyle '16; P. Russel Smith 16; Raymond J. Brown '16. Associate Epirors—Lewis McDonald "16 Richard St. John "16 Wilfred Curley ‘17 James Rooney 117 Everard McLellan ‘17 Business Manacer—William Monaghan, ‘16 AssISTANT Business MANAGERS—Alex. McIntyre '16; John Creamer ‘17, Francis McDonald ‘16.

Vol. Vil, Charlottetown, PEL, April, 1916. No, 2

eye ‘ Zz ditorial.

SINCE the last appearance of our magazine a number of our fellow students have manifested their patriotism by offering their services in behalf of their king and country. In all, eight of our number have en- listed since Christmas in one unit or another while others are eager to join the Battery reported as about to be recruited. Of those who have gone we feel proud and we wish them godspeed. They have done their duty. They have showed the stuff of which they are made. They have set an example for the guidance of those who have not yet offered their services. Their action reflects credit on the-institution in which they re- ceived their training and we feel assured that their con- duct on reaching the scene of activity will be no dis- credit to Old St. Dunstan’s. We may say here, out of fairness to our heroes, that those who have volunteered were the best types of manhood amongst us: We feel confident that they will acquit themselves with the val- or peculiar to Canadians and we hope that when the final order ‘' Onto Berlin” they will be among those who will have survived the fight so that

is given,

they may see triumphant the cause for which they vol-

unteered their services.

THE struggle for the mastery of Verdun which has.

raged so furiously for the past month now seems near its close, and as the smoke of battle rolls away from the scene of action we are able to discern more clearly the effect of this bloody contest Verdun though battered and stands firm and impregnable. The garrison, thinned

: 4 - ° 2 “,veeterie by the repeated onslaughts, are prepared and confident.

shell-strewn — still

Chey have withstood the most determined attacks of the Kaiser's grand army and now feel assured that any at- tempt which that army, depleted and broken as it IS, may henceforth make, must, at its best, be but a feeble one.

ts of this struggle extend far beyond

But the ef the garrison. Every soldier the world over —yes and every civilian too—has watched this contest with daily increasing interest, and varied indeed were the emotions that stirred each breast as they beheld the losses and gains of either side. The soldier of the Allies wondered if Verdun could withstand the shock of that grand army and sad was he as he thought of the outcome should Verdun fall to the enemy. Yet he was confident The guns of Verdun were the most powerful in the French army ; and a Frenchman was never known as a coward.

“The German soldier was sanguine in his expecta- tions of success. No fortification, he thought, built by man or nature could withstand those monster German guns. The time had arrived for the final drive and he could picture the German army sacking not only \ er- dun but also Paris, Calais and London. But now his hopes are shattered. He has seen onslaught after on- slaught repelled by the valiant defenders, whilst night

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after night he has heard the incessant roar of trains as

they bore the wounded and dying beyond the range of

the French guns. And on the hillsides and valleys that

front the fortress what does he

behold ?

ix¢ht sicken the heart of even the Kaiser.

a sight that

Here lhe

tier upon tier of mangled human forms; here lie the

flower of the Kaiser's yrand

army.

So great was the

loss sustained by the enemy that it is estimated that not

thousands but

hundreds of thousands lie

Where they

have fallen before these mercilyss French guns.

Let us hope that t we believe it may be calles

may expect du

inhge the Coming summer.

he victory of Verdun, for such a : :

»ts but a forecast of what we

Hf the courage

and ability displayed by the defenders of Verdun. is manifested to the same depree in all the armies of the Allies, we feel confident that the destruction of German Kulture shall be an accomplished fact ere another year

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But Leighton said, in prin- ciple, congruency was a worthy goal.

Garneau said the congru- ency debate in Ontario revolved around losing OFS members who were opposed to CFS.

“Philosophically, ideolog-

ically, congruency is an excellent idea,” she said. “But in practice, it’s something we can only con- sider as a long term goal.”

Grim Future

Delegates from CFS’s 75 member associations are meeting this week in Ottawa, and among

other things, they will be consid- ering the B.C. rebate proposal.

Frache said there would be serious repercussions in the Pa- cific region if the plan wasn’t ac- cepted.

“It serves as a metaphor for the frustration that people in B.C. have been feeling with (CFS),” B.C. national executive Paul Keet said.

Frache said if the October na- tional executive was an indica- tion, the general meeting this week doesn’t look too promising. With many provinces opposed to the rebate, Frache said it may mark the beginning of the end of congruency for the Pacific.

“I’m not sure people in B.C. are interested in putting money into other parts of the country that have no respect for us and what we’re doing,” she said.

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