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Morning Dolly (Founded In 1887i A thorlsod no Second Class Mull. Pool Olfleo Department. Ottawa. r " Ill! A. , Vice-i‘. "' Wm, B, BUM"; biﬁf-‘M-Treum. G. M. Burnett; Edit/or and Mliwslno Director. J. is. Burden; Associate Erumr.

. Frank Walker.

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than llie Weakest Ink."

DHRDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1947

lie Spoke For All 0t Their

While the Provincial Treasurer, Mr. Hughes, is getting the brunt of the criticism for retaining the special health tax as ordin- ary revenue, it should be remembered that this is a matter of Government policy and that every member of the Jones administration must accept his own shore of responsibility. Mr. Hughes was alone in stating this particular pol- icy Iost session, but that was because he was piloting the estimates through the House, and the inquiries were addressed to him. But the Premier and other Government colleagues were

t there; and while some of them expressed their

sympathy for the sick, all by their silence gave consent to Mr. Hughes’ final summing up. This is what was said:

Hon. Dr. MacMillan complained‘ that the Government had collected $60,000 and had spent only $l0,000 on extra murI tuberculosis treatment.

Hon. Mr. Hughes: "We don't recognize that the tax was collected specifically for that purpose.

Dr. MacMillan: "You are not dealing fair- ly with those helpless creatures." He cited the case of a man in Charlottetown with a family of eight children, who was receiving $30_or $35 a month. When family allowances were intro- duced they cut him 50 per cent.

Mr. Hughes said he did not case.

Dr. MacMillan: "Only l4 families with other occasions, and my hon. friend always makes the same reply. l claim that you are not dealing fairly with these people. Thirty or forty dollars a month is not sufficient." Ho went on to quote from the interim report of the Government's Advisory Reconstruction Commit- tee to this effect. The report at page 2B sug- gested graduated payments of $50 per month downwards. _

Hon. Mr. Barbour: "we only have about l4 families with children that we pay to in the whole Province, and about 68 single families."

Dr. MacMillan: "Only l4 families with children and you can't give them enough ‘to keep body and soul together. l would not like to say that new officials are being hired at the expense of these tuberculosis victims, but when you deprive these people of the chance of liv- iiig decently, and inadvertently creqte more tuberculosis which this Province has to look after, I say it is very poor policy."

Mr. R. R. Bell cited cases similar to the one mentioned by Dr. MacMillan, and suggest- ed "that if the Minister sees fit to exceed this $l6,000lestimate, and make it $30,000, there will be no criticism."

Hon. Mr. Stewart: "l am a memberof that committee and we have some very_ pitiful cases." He believed they should be given as much as possible.

Dr. MacMillan: "How is it that you never exceed the estimate?" _ _ n

Mr. Stewart: We will exceed it this lime-

Mr. Bell: "We have a tobacco tax_ and a liquor tax. We know that the liquor tax is going to be enhanced a hundred-fold. I would ask that the Minister consider this matter. When this tax was imposed the idea was to spend "II on health, not to put it into general revenue.

Hon. Mr. Hughes: "l cannot agree with that."

Dr. MacMillan: "Take the money ‘that comes in an your tobacco tax and use it on extra mural treatment." "

Mr. Hughes: "I cannot agree to earmark it for any particular service.’ l

That seems to have exhausted the subiect in the opinion of Government members, for they

said nothing more. ___________---—-

British Agriculture Bill

The British Labor Government's policy on agriculture, rcviewcd in a recent official publi- cation, includes the following controls which will be of interest to Canadian farmers:

(a) The prices and other market factors of whoat, barley, oats, rye, potatoes, and sitgar beets are fixed in the year before these craps are to be harvested. _

(b) The prices and other factors affecting fat stock, milk, and eggs are announced for a period of one year and also minimum prices and other conditions, including quantities, for a further period of two years. Consequently, the producer of fat stock, milk and eggs will know actual prices and other conditions of sale ~for one year ahead, and minimum prices and con- ditions (which include any'quantitative limita- tion) for two to four years ahead.

-But every rose has its thorn, and the Brit- ish Agriculture Bill has what is euphemistically called its "sanctions." Thesd are measures by which it is proposed to deol with farmers who "fail to co-oporate" under the new dispensation. .

Tho first step would be to ploco tho former‘ or landowner under "formal, supervision", after he has been givon an opportunity of stating his case. Onco tho Minister has done this, the County Agricultural Exocutivo Committee would tolio up tho sociind stop by issuing directions spocifylpg what is to bo dono. Again tho por- son so diroctod would have on opportunity of stating his coso. Tho third stop would bo dis- Ioslooslon; lf after I2 months an ownor or occu- zior foils to show "satisfactory improvement in

standard of oitoto manogomont ‘or hus- bo rv." Thoso powers of disposoossion could bo

recall the

applied earlier in cases where an owner or occu- pier has failcd to comply with a direction from the AgricuIturoLCommittee. In the case of an owner the land would be purchased compulsor- ily._ An owner-occupier might be required to let his land to an approved tenant. In the case of

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a tenant, the,tenoncy would be terminated. In all cases the person concerned has a right to make representations to the Minister and toap- peol to the Agricultural Land Tribunal.‘

- EDITORIAL warts -

Discovery of potash in South-em Saskatche- wan it is said will "revolutionize" Canadian agri- culture, which hitherto has imported $4,000,000 worth annually at an average cost of $40 for fertilization purposes.

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Councillor Rowe told Barking (Essex) Food Committee that a friend who asked for seven pounds of potatoes got four pounds of potatoes and three pounds of mud. he will get lull weight of clean Island spuds.

Labor Minister Mitchell disclosed turn tabled that the Government paid approx- imately. $125,000 to transport 2,876 Poles from Halifax to distribution centres in each prov- Transportation. from ltaly to Halifax was paid for by the British Government.

4r it i i

St. Matthias, the disciple selected by Bhe costing of lots for appointment to the apostle- iship in succession todudas. Some critics iden- tify him with Nathaniel; a qualification for el_ec- tion was association with the apostles from ‘the baptism of John till the Ascension.

So British Columbia also benefits consider- ably from Government aided grain freight rates. Agriculture Minister Gardiner, in a return tabled,

Perhaps next time

vimoaﬁloirl o1’ the atomic

is one mm, of .. . ._m. .. ..

as General Eisenhower pdntgd our the other day. Econanic isolation. ism i5 mother form r1 the Iﬂmg thine. seeking u> hide beiilnd irgu tariff Walls fNn-l the_ Qqgngmk FY9550": of less fortunate coun- lrla. —-Chrlsl|an Science Mammy,

An extremely unple [calm-g locomotive in recent years by Diesel und Qlﬂllflcﬁs the whistles with WhiCll the newer types are equipped. llllllks The New York Herald Trl- blllle- They give forth sounds such as never were an sea or land un. less made by some prclustorlc and earth-stinking ‘nternal disorder. Heard at close quarters, they fiilrly lift off the top of one’; head, and distance lends to lhein 11in the slightest encha-ziiimcrlt. The 91d. style steam locomotive whistle, ori the other hand, eiroept In It; more exc led moments. was e friendly sort of greeting. Its long-drawn- out salute heard L11 lh-g night, when 0116 “'85 lylllll In bed in a farm- house miles away from s railroad, was profoundly reassuring. And new it ls gratifying to lonow that at least one railroad has seen the error of its ways. The Baltimore <55 QhiIYs new streamllner Cin- cinnuiluzr llﬂs a whistle, so The Columbus Dspalch informs us, that “sounds the sonoroils note of a sieemboaz." well and good. As for us. We do not insist on- the authen- iic whistle of the Robert E. Lee or that of the Priscilla Qt the Igtg. lamented Fall River Line. we are quite willng to settle for the N- turn of the good old-fashioned l0c0m0live whistle, and the sooner

in a re-

of the displacement of the ste3m_

said the Government has paid more than SI,- 700,000 annually for the last three years for freight assistance on feed grains used in Brit- ish Columbia, viz., $1,428,211 in I943, $I,7l4,-

er to have painted dff on

the better.

Tourists ln Scotland are no lung. them

965 in I944, 725 in I946.

Thomas Bowdler, M.D., English literateur ‘and philanthropist, died this date I825; he en- ioyed a private fortune and devoted himself to literature, becoming famous as the editor of The Family Shakespeare in ten volumes pub- Iish_ed in IBIS, in which all words and expres- sions were omitted which might From his name is derived the

prudish sense. The only English lead-

phrase "to bowdlerize." i..g author to soy a good word for him was Swin- burne whose own Poems and Ballads, in spite of their lyrical power, aroused a storm of criticism on the score of immorality. i ~k i i

"When long ago as an excited schoolboy l was once taken by an elderly relative into the

$l,750,l92 in I945, and $1,859,-

iawdry- "Scottish" souvenirs mass- prodilced In other countries, That ls one of the objects of n national competition organized by the Ecol- tish Tourist Board. in association with lilo Scottish Committee 0f the Council of Industrial Design, which aims at dcvelopfng a pros- perous souvenir industry. II will rncouragc Scottish prcductive skill and protect. il against cliesp-_iack cxrllcilnlirin. -- Edinburgh Scots- man.

offend the

The plan of Lcrd Forrcoier to irirlg surplus hydroelectric power rum Sweden and Norway to Brit- sh indusirial cfilllres by undersea owr: cable; is inuz-li mung than nil engineering prcjrcl. Irv that nncl a feiv similar proposals for linking EuiWT-Deﬂn psivcr, fuel resources, end iraaisspol-t ~inm technological unitics we fird the most hopeful prospect that Europe may live better and

'in Peterborough and other Ontario cities.

public gallery of the British House of Commons y, (writes A. J. Cummings), what puzzled me great- ly was the easy, almost conversational, tone of the debate then in progress; the calm and friendly atmosphere in that dimly lighted chum-l o b-er. I had rejoiced in the mental pizture of a J seething mass of angry Conservative and Liberall, politicians, glaring at one another across fir?

know what pairii

$1.000 life

vr- iiriilloitt war". --Chicago Dally

N c- .\'s.

A conservative dresser wont: to remover lo use — Edmonton

n Christmas ﬁes.

ournnl.

Arr Afton, Iona. woman collcccd lnsurunre .C.'E‘.lll_\- by

floor of the Housepshouting bitter epithets o‘ living lo be 96 "as c; C3,.‘ “hm, denunciation, one side not on ,speaking term]: i5 the lifetime acccrding l0 in’ -

with the other. not a bit like that; and my disillusionment wqs

complete when l saw Joseph Chamberlain, a

To my disappointment it wqs "l" "wllﬂlilr! cxpcrls fly out

(alias. Insure

I illo age cf l0 your;

l alive of the ugc‘ of 95 rnd flare at

that time in his old age, leave his seat on t';e o6. Mrs. Gecrgc H3110! ALcn has Front Bench and walk over and sit down for a 0°” P‘*‘~““l “i” 95m blrlhd-“Y "j

quiet chat with a Liberal Member who had jqst n

been making a mild personal attack on him." i i i’ i c

C

When shall we bury them? asks Peterbpr- ough Post. "The Toronto Globe and Mail s ys n that there are 89,000 Wold-fashioned woollen b P°IE§ sticking up out of the strccts of the ° provincial capital; the Hydro owns 50,000 of‘ them, the Bell Telephone Company owns 23,000

1S one of a million who cuilhe the

icri nlii y table limit. Loiigcvlt y

seems lo run in the feminine stile

f Mrs. Hart's family as her mat.- r-u-al gfllldnlMllEl‘ llvcd to be 04.

I-Icr two soils and one daughter ore

ow ‘Tl. '75 and ‘l3 and have cele- rnted their 50th wedding ailrrriv- rsuries. -V-.i.iir-oiivcr bl-zrvs.

The caue of confining rrc p10- lly need; all ilie active El. l'L

and the Toronto street railway owns 7,000. Dur- ‘it can gcr. The question should

ing the past Z5 years another 25,000 poles have l’ been removed, and the wires put underground a by the Telephone Company. that it would cost a great deal of monei bury their wires. Nevertheless, they will have ‘- to be buried sometime, riot only in Toronto, butl

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The ~ poles themselves‘ are ugly, and the wcb of wires

which they carry is ugly, and the fact that the‘? poles can never be quite straight make them " unsightly, like a parade of drunken Calithump- ians lurching down the principal thoroughfares. It will be a long time before all wiring is car- ricd, underground in conduits, but that day is n coming. It would be as well toiremember that “ fact whenever our town planning makes it pos- sible to bury some wires while doing other noc-

cssory work." I I I Q

Saskatchewan holdings of Canadian Utilities r Limited, exclusive of the unit at Lloydminster hull? bee" Pllflillﬂied by the Saskatchewan Pow: er Commission at a price of $3,600,000, Th; purchase means with the exception of o private compan, and a few isolated units, the "electric power system of Saskatchewan is now under public ownership." Previously, the provincial‘ government purchased the Prairie Pow-er Com- pony for $1,462,000, and the common stock of the Dominion Electric Power Ltd., for $420,000. The purchase means an additional 419 miles of transmission and 217 miles of distribution lines t "for tho Saskatchewan Power Commission and in- l» cludes Zl-oil and three steam generating units, with a total of 11,147 ,riew consumers in 38 new electric unit communities. Operating revenue of Canadian Utilities holdings in I945 was $9.56,- l 497. Systems at Indian Head, Yorkton, and Prince Albert are included in the purchase, as

0

propel‘ ‘ ipenre C0ll1illiCll*

pioplo is n company lo operate at. a profit." Hi v" slill (ls-burning cf a lam lltfll mom is in llscll a ~o:‘n|

feeble oratory. many man in it who cannot make - themselves

much more delephone booth.

wooden legs or false teeih; should we give‘ them o voice? -Pelerbomugh,Exomlner.

o studied ticrc, ivltli a view la rtion by canimcrcin and trade i-gimlzniioiis. Thr \.lue~o_' UIl.(‘(l

The Hydw “Y5 States ("zpzirls l- l9'G ("me ‘n llczrt- to jly

ilic vrlrc d: if "IICEC ‘iiue uzidrr sir News.

000.000 rlriu‘ l2 f Imp '

Old Fruit (i mpcrs. America's rcur jnbor lrzirlri". ope said llltl. tho \\‘Jl":l. vrimo against ‘;:"ii:" witch fii

lllilrii, papi

‘ lids n5

flllli‘, -Ham1 al- Siicvillcl".

The Commons ls a Thai-e are for

home of too

heard lii any room l-ommodloiu than u 'I‘hcy have all peni money on election c0515 to

enable them ‘to go lo Oilawa, but they will not spend $50 on a few elocutloil lessons to cna-ble to be heard when ih-ay get. there, Why shaluld them wltli s costly gadget to am- pllfy their speeches? We are not.

them the nation provide them iwlbh

why false

icpcc ted lo ‘supply

lullono who ell-cereal wlldty u

their armies stabbed finance in

he book now tear and trornplo tie AmerlcanJlng tn Rollie be-

cause they don't like the Itollm mace freely, which States helped ently defeat ls not always chos- _

“United Ami!"-

the to frame.

enlng. —l"ort Wllllom Times-

Joumisl. .

Tho plontlng, of now trtes In

well as generating plants at Wilkie, Korrobert, Ifinderlsley and Rosotow", and their transmission lines genorol rate structure on electrical on- orgy as an indirect method of tox adiustnrent." "Serious study is being given monies in lieu of taxes, however," Mr. Phelps "It is anticipated that whatever pro- ‘igﬂgnllis modo will bo retrooctivo to January I,

itatod.

Brlialnu forests and -woodlends had to be reduced during the “form year" ended Seplenbcr, 1N6. to the lowest figure since‘ 1021. This fact Io disclosed In the onauol re- pol’! of the mresrry b ‘ '

ers. Just pilblLshod. Delplto con- siderable stocks of nursery ltllﬂll grown In anticipation of port-wu- Illltitlrll. only 6.510 acre; were sown or plontod irltli new troop-

to granting of

PUBLIC FORUM

Thll lolllnn ll open w tho dllouoolon u; carpoo- ’ o! - “ u! interest. Tho Charlottetown Guardian doeo not riooelor- lly ‘ tho ‘ ' ol correspondents

TUBEIICULOS l8 PDOBLEMS

Slr.-For RICH! public service in bringing lo the attention of the general public, urgent prob- lems concerning tuberculosis, there 1e much commendation due and being extended to Hon. Dr. W. J. P. MacMillan. Mr. CzR. MecQuaId. correspondents of letters ti: tllc press, und lo you for editorial support.

In common with a large nlujor- lty of our citizens. I wleli to add my SIIPDOFE. but all factors have been so cupobly and completely discussed and published that lllerc is little, if any. that. anxious sup- porters can add, except to sug- gest that. before the coming ses- sion of the legislature, a public meeting be called where citizens can gather and make a united demand. for their Government.

Interested individuals are agreed that the Executive of the T. l3. League should give leadership by calling such a meeting. ‘

I am, Slr. ctc.,

ANOTHER. CITIZEN.

action upon

Compizsi-t-e HigTEclicml In Victoria BL.

(Following is the text of an a4. ares; by Pmf. H. L Smith. M A.. principal of Victoria High School, Victoria. BC. Mr. smith u a fcrm- er Hlnce Edward Islander. a brother of Mrs. K.S Rogers, Cliar- lotietown, and has been prominent for some years in educational circles in the West. He was an outstanding athlete B5 vrcll as slu- dont in his younger days, ii-heri ho Played on the Abegwelt team).

Since many of the changes under discussion at this COIIIGYBIIPQ have already beau ln-iroduced llllo the high schools of British Columbia. ft is my intention to make some nitelnpt. to evaluate the l-csulir al- ready achieved. csprcially sliicc 1935. iwhcn a revieed programme qt studies was adopted by ihe Dr-pari- merit. of Education for the. second- ary sohooLs o! that Province. litany of the observations which I shall make have been related to my ex- perience as principal of Victoria High School. Victoria, British Col- umbia, a composite school of some twelve huti-dred students, offering Academic. Commercial and Tech. nlcal opilons- Grades IX to XII- a four-year course leading to High School Graduation, either ivilh or without University Eiltrance.

The special lopir- which I vi"i<h lcyemphasizc L; the mentlx. by which content imd method can be so differentiated as to meet the individual differences which exist among pupils cf such a "wide ixiiigc cf ability and interests a; coni- frlse 1h; siuriciii bxly of a llIdCiPill lzigh SCIICCI. In lllv opinion. these result; caai- best. be achieved iii u CCITIPCSIIQ high sr-licol rather than in spcsielizcd srliocls, for various lcrlsclis which will be apparent as I proceed. s

Pﬁrllﬁps no educiiiailul institu- tion of Olll‘ lizlllc-tlal life occupies so pre-elnlnelit n lliSlllOll n5 that of ihe modcril High School. Ill rc- ccnt. yczlrs iis importance ha; lJCC-fl further enhanced by all increase in its activities and an extrusion cf its range. From an institution under ulilvcrshy dCmllTYlllCH it has developed lls individuality until its vcnlprchcrtsivo rurrlculunl llcw uff- ,e:'5 irainmg for almost every l:glt- fimate ccmmuL-liy demand, ' | The slate, moreover, has came lo realize its obligation to all its [future citizens in the mailer of ‘education. not iiicrrfy- to the fav- cuzed few who arc superior" intrll- ‘ccluzilly. Um cl" ' §'i‘])(‘l'lll— tcll-cictlls rind p. 2Cl'€",ll ns crilrrl; for flllCi".'d.lllCC the llrbllily qt the siildciit to pro- fii l:_\- ihr- ugh school volir¢ as a socializing egrncjr.

e . ,-

' Because rlllcna: lllfllly fold in h" the |in:i ihirty

: ~, lllf‘ X3200 of ‘high schozl stud ti

has incvliotly

JllCt! cxunumiliaii tzisrri upon the aclrlenfc ability of pupils has removed nli obstacle to lilfclirl- ant-c of weaker siuﬁentg asodernlc-

ly. . This tremendous influx of pupils into our hlgh schools has created problems arising from varying ranges that did not eidsi ililriy years ago. This condition has b:- come more marked by n growing tendency to promctg pupils from grade to grade. not cnly by ihe criterion at intellectual capacity. but from Increasing serltlmenl which refuses "to deny to any pupil the opportunities of attending school in an environment made up or other children of his own age, ln- icrcats and maturity because of his Inability in tho elementary shoal to ochlev; certain standards." Con- sequently. for maximum effective- ness, provision must. be made to meet tho situation that. ls present- ed by Wldg variations in ability found among pupils grouped io- gcthor In the some ode lcr ln- structional purposes.

While theoretically. perhaps, slu- dorits-should proceed at that role of which they or; individually corp- oble without reﬂrcl to the lltnllq ltlom of other students. such theory must be conditioned by prac-tlcal consider-lion. Such consideration: not only preclude the formation of o~lor|e number cf oblllty groups. Sven in large schools. but require

2.710 ln Scoilund- ololnot 9.2! some (In previous your. Shortago

O-O-OOO-O-O

Uld Charlottetown} (And P-E-l.) E

looms nub WILDCATB From the Debates and Proceed-

‘l ﬁed‘

igreai ravages among flocks of sheep,

structlon. Very few persons want

lugs of the douse of Assembly. March 28. 1874:

others, inhabitants of lownshlps Nos. I0, 1l and 12. was presented Th9 lily uncloseo, to the House by Mr. Richards, and

the same wals received and read. 7°“ °ld 5M1" praying for the renewal‘ c; the Act. to establish is reward for the desirucfioin of Bears and Loup- cervlers.

Hon. Mr. Yeo sold that lt was a well-known fact that. lri the remote parts of the country, wild-cats were numerous and very destructive lo the smaller domestic mlmals. '_I‘he Indians had been induced, by the reward offered by the Government to destroy great numbers of them; but as the Blll providing for that reward had expired. there would no longer be any inducement. fr) the MICIIIBCS lo kill them. Hal; a down of them were sometimes seen at n time, and they frequently made

And young shoots

And flags flamed Now blurred and

The sedge-Warbler

Rose, chB-illéd. as

u-hlcli oausedu very serious loss Old hills greenly

to formers in newlyeeltled parts. _ Han. Mr. McEacher-xi was of op- inlon that a reward should be provided for the destruction of bears. as they were very destruct- ive at times, although not now very numerous. In his Dlsulci wild; cats were not. very numerous, but those parts of the country where they were very troublesome should ba protected from their ravages. and the best way to do this would be to offer a reward for their de-

Still opening osun

our to shoal bears and loop-cerv-

order to carry out the principle asked for In the petition". o direct

lers for amusement. And with "5 “'55

Hull. Mr. l-Iavlland sold that in

BAB-LOCK-HYTHE

A peililon from Richard Kerry, In the time of wlld roseg Jame; Kllibrlde, Wllllam Adams and As up ‘Iihrsmes we travelled Where ‘mid winter-weed; ravelled

A new bong was singing On old roots for ever. Dogdalslos were dancing 0r. the dark stream a lustre

A tall reed down-weighing

One sweet note he uttered, Then left it QOEB$WIYII1L

By the bank's sandy hollow My dip! oars wemt beating, And put our bows fleeting Blue-backed shone the swallow.

High woods, heron-haunted,

To meadows enchanted. i

A dream ever moulded Afresh for our wotnder,

For the stream many-folded; Tlll sunset was rimming The West. with pale flushes; Behind the black rushes

The lost light was dimming;

And the lonely stream, hldlng Shy birds, grew more lonely,

The noise o! our gliding

In cloud of gray weather The evening o'er darkened.

the rivet

were springing

ln cluster. now glancing.

fluttered;

we rounded mounded.

der

Professional cm

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Borrlxoor Sollcloo 5 Phillip- isdudiil; k‘ 1.11 Grafton st.

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J. A. M¢euis1ﬁ3fr_

NOTARY. ETC. BARBISTER. SOLICITOII CURRIE BUILDING

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MORRELL and COMPANY Chartered Aggountanu lootorn Trust Building

Phouo I447 - Bu; g“ Charlottetown

B. M. SEARSIQA, Resident Partner

only

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money grant was required, and all measures requiring such o. grant. should, according to the 25th rule of the House, emanate from the Goveinmnmt.

Mr. Speaker declined putting tho question. owing to its oonlllctlrig with the standing rules.

for maxllnum efficiency not more than three ranges of ability levels. Among factors that contribute to ihis resirlctlon are the following; The mechanical dlfflvllllb! 0f the time-table; rind The necessliy to pmvlde for interest grouping. u: for group electives required for certain oourees- e.g., University Hitrance.

o o 4 Although there are objections to ticmogeneous groupings. still, an tlio whole, when all oonsldo ration-s M‘? dllly weighed, experience has TYPOV- ed it lo be a desirable meihocl of grouping students. ‘Two, or at mast three. crlterl; rwll] be adequate for the purpose of dlstrlbullnl Pupil! according to ability levels. When all is said and done, probably the bcsl of these vrlll be the estimate of the student's ability to do the work as expressed by hls prevlvllﬁ record of scholarship. Intelligence quotients or melllel zigc reiiaiis should be used as ruod- iflerss o1". in the case of retarded pupils. should probnblyi be given ovrn nicrc consideration than past. acliievemenf, where the unit system of instruction is in use. Homoiell- calls gfilllpihg can be employed \vllh even greater success because of We adaptability of unit systems to lhe enrlchm-e-zl-I of subject matter for the accelerated student. and the provision for remedlalwork for re- tarded pupils. Nowadays, ninety-five percent of the Grade VIII pupils proceed to high 5611001 and remulzr there for longer than formerly. Perhaps the mosi. cogent reason for this high

local condition ls the fact that the present programme of Studies pro- vides ttlebverage and the mediocre student with something that llc needs. Formerly, discouragement and defeat faced such students as they attempted subject matter and presentation for which nature had not equipped them. A; a result a lnrgp proportion of ilioso who cil- rollcd did n-ol Yﬂtlﬂlll, This fact is attested by ihc gl-cal disparity which existed previously between the enrolment of preliminary and junior matriculation clpsses. us Ill? junior not: gzcnlm groups in Bri- llSll Columbia high schools used l0 be crllcd. .

The following com arnllve enrol- meiii. figure; token f om the V161‘ arln High School organization sheet fufl045-4G are illuminating or; n bi-lels of coiitriist:— Grndo IX-Mlit; Grade X-JIB; Grade XI--2B3; Orllrir- XII-Till. '

Much can be done by careful administrators and counsellors to reduce mortality in the student populgtlgn, paﬂlfilllufly ln tllo earl- ier grades of high school attend- ance. Of prime importance are the selection of curriculum and assign- menls to teachers who are fitted by nature to deal gmerously and in n humane manner with pupils of mediocre and inferior ability.

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The bright student needs very r clef consider-alien. m- the first. plzce he should receive instruction‘ from o teacher of his own ranBB of mentality. Boys and girls with‘ unusual native miithunatlcal abil- ity, for example, f. ‘ly never get the 10y from the subject of mathematics to which they are entitled. because ‘the ln-Ilrilcllon given, though excellent mo- tho

are their lmslhallon by virtue o!

percentage as applied to our own debt to Britain. and wlpe ft oﬂ’.

gifted studenis_ even though they e/re what might be termed road- cmlcelly-mfnded, to wurses with Ln-dusil-lal Arts and Commercial options, practical sub- jects which will be lilvnluablc to them ln llfc‘; inter experiences.

f-Xll gilldnnce and training

methods used musi- be adapted to

his capacity. The lnsirucior must cnrr more for the student than he

nfedlocre student. folio lo silmul- and

In th_e stillness we heorlcened; Our hearts sang together.

—Laui~cnce Blnyon.

Canada Should Pay Debt To Britain

(John Alkliis in ‘"1110 Scone")

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an lnoalculable debt on war ac- count. Our recognition of our responsibility t-o share Britain's losses has been iiiggardly and un- worthy of a notion committed to doing its share in world rehalbrlli- fistlon. Instead o! Great. Britain being in debt to us. because we refused toboar our share of we: losses. we mould meet a greater part. of our obligation.

The failure of Canada and the

fairer share of the total war losses, thus enabling world trade toaeoume ln time to avert much suffering, has driven Britain to an austerity too severe for people who nodded, above all also. a sur- cease from deprivation. The fn- cscapable residue of totalitarian- lsm of war must linger too long In many ways in Britain for the good of n people who cherish ln- rlividual frcedonf. Socialism may be a necessary form of govern- merit for n condition of austerity but it cannot‘ produce the abun- dance necessary to restore trade abroad and prosperity at home. The British Government appears to realize this. It ls refraining from socializing the secondary export Industries upon ivhlch lt must place its greater reliance for recovery.

The cheapest way for Canada and the United States to make their contribution to world rr-- covcry 1s to recognize the loan to Britain for whul. ft ls in equity. a

thus enabling Britain to wipe out the exchange and trade controls which are hampering hcr trade and ours.

enrich their

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In the some Way the slow slud- requlrea. perhaps, even more ihiin does o the bright one. The materials and

does for his own comfort or his leaching record. - ' o o u

Martel-n methods mid’ revised curriculum have done much, partl- cularly [or the slaw student. The si-lthdravral of competltlye exam- lnlstlons has removed an obstacle to progress, since Instructors can now devote their time to tile bent Intel-abs 0d the students, whoroal. formerly, often their teaching rc- putatlon depended on their ability to p555 such students by o process of cramming. Wlth ablllty group- ing. materials our be selected and methods adopted to the needs of varying groups.

With l-he smioval of the Depart- ment of Education. the Vlctorla lllgh Schdol tiu Ln recent. years been privileged to ofler to slow-learning students cartons modified co

to meet their special needs. In pro- viding for ibeee courses the great- est. can hos been exercised ‘In suiting tholtoocher to the student. As a oonsoquence the resilltr achiev- od hove been moot gratifying. For example we hove Home Economic: Saline. I wish to make special | ' o! o ‘ course offer-I

constant repetition ond over-mell- r-ulous elaboration of the obvious. This situation con be cmrooted only by the careful dlffeirarlnlothn of our students according to their several ability ranges.

In addition lo the enrichment

ed- loot. your lo home twenty otu-, dents, which, for wont of_ g bell name, we collod Biology (X). Th! ‘class was ploeod-m otiorgo o! o teacher of Biology. than whom f instructors onywhore hovo grout -

United Slates to pay Britain a »

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of the units as already nlmqosted. the British Oolnmblo programme cf studlel has mode special provis- lcn for the gifted student by pro- viding In the four-year high school course Sﬂtlnf Matriculation Options carrying university credit ln the special ooloinoel, otter it! has com-

splro till whlch was vru on umuo

Similarly,

cf manpower wos indicated n the chief reason for the ltarftdrlon at operations. -Idlnl1inh Bowman.

plotod the three years of genairslnnm" of oelencs roqulrod u s prerequisite. Au Wltﬂtunlty lo oloo lllﬂdll

adorns.‘ 1Q E0 Illill‘ n0!

This com- .e

cispobllltleo to stimulate and ti“

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proof-loll mathematics, woo oftsroa so o noisututo for gn- oral‘ oiotturnoi-lno:

sad ‘other mentioned, rriodl-

ooursoo. olloody fled and adopted to tho roman- slow-looralq pimllo.

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