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THE GUARDIAN

Authorized as Second Class Mail Poet Office l)epart.ment. Ottawa. The Thomson Co. Ltd.

Editor and Manager. Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

(iiBCL'LA'l'i0N "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

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

MONDAY, FEB. 15. IBM

CHARLOTTETOVVN.

Mobile columns :0: civil Defence

Prince Edward Island is mt regarded 'concern in Norway. This is the completion:

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The Inchcape Light's present home is al

less striking structure: a square. red and white building. Yet every summer hun-i dreds of motorists travel the new Cabo: Highway to Cape Bonavista to see the transplanted beacon that faithfully flashes red-and-white every 90 seconds over the Atlantic toward Scotland.

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What is regarded as an industrial de-l velopment of major significance has been announced by a leading electro-chemical

'5 3 Wtential ""3" area Md wnsequenuy of a pilot plant for the extraction of potas-

there has been little emphasis on the organ- Slum ferllllzer from Sea water. -I-hls sounds . The main w"5id'w almost as fantastic as the attempt to ex- iiratio" has hem '0 make use 0; facimiesi tract sunshine from cucumbers. recorded in here to take care of those whom it may be ucuuivervs Travels", but it differs, appar- necessaigv to evacuate from other centres. emly, lh being on a thoroughly practicable

ization of civil defence.

The experience of the United Kingdom, however, indicates that this Province could " ' wcll play a much more important role in overall civil defence planning. Hard ex- perience during the Second World War iauglit. Britain the need to have properly Jrganized bodies of men and women train- ed and ready to mitigate the effects of enemy air attacks on the civil population. As pointed out in an article by Michael Reynolds. civil defence is at present organ- l ized mainly on a local basis; but plans are

” i being worked out to provide regional re- ' serves in the form of mobile columns which could be sent at short notice to the as- sistancc of any hard-pressed locality. Such

combat the flying bomb attacks of 19-14. An cxpcrimeiital mobile column formed at Epsom, in Surrey, last

the same means.

units, with

training. consisting of three comprising six rescue vehicles

section and an administrative echelon, in- cluding mobile kitchens and repair shops. These mobile columns are not intended

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but to supplement it at whatever point the need is greatest. This Province might well be the headquarters of a mobile col- umn which could be available in case of ., , attacks on centres of population anywhere -V; 5.; in the Maritimes.

The lnclicape Light

A storied Scottish lighthouse lamp that emigrated to Newfoundland has achieved

ed its warning from the tower of the Inch- cape or Bell Rock Lighthouse 12 miles off

shipping lanes off Forth. it marked a hazard immortalized in Robert Soulhcy's ballad, "The Inchcapc Rock". In 1842 the beacon was replaced. and the old light sent. to Newfoundland. There on Cape Bonavisla it guard: the fish- ing and scaling flccts that skirt the coasts of England's oldcst colony, now Canada's newest province. The bcacon's New World home is almost as famous as its Scottish . one. Cape Bonavista, a rocky finger thrust

and Bonavista Bays. is. been siglitcd

tween Trinity ' thought by some to have

l North American land Cabot in 1407.

The Iiichcapc Light's gleaming reflectors were made in Birmingham. England. in 1816. the Inchcapc Rock. where the first light- house was begun in 1807 and lighted in 1811. stone. covered by water at high tide and surrounded by shoals. H been wrecked there. The tradition under- E lying Southcy's poem tells that a warning

”'bell was cut down by a spiteful pirate to plague the Abbott of Abei;brothock," who 2 placed it there. The pirate, Sir Ralph

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foundered on the rock and

'2 . .-&en in his dying fear

One dreadful sound could hear-

the Rover

- ' rock's fame in engineering annals l-rivals that inbelladry. Its lighthouse. built by Robert Stevemon. grandfather of nov- Douls Sulzvenson. ranks among ' -- .11 lo eerywaveewept masonry Nlh . ll on the foundations poe- "I H9 tiles. and withreacb of ' . dovetailed to Interlock - ',tln,117-fool: light- .,a.

into the Atlantic north of St. John's be-.

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mobile columns were first formed in 19421plele fertilizers, with and demchmmts Came m Lmdm to helpl phosphorous. Potassium nitrate, the chem-' ical extracted from sea water under the. was new process. contains two key plant nutri- . yea” 1- ents-potassium and nitrogen-and is thus using army personnel and staff because oflsuperlor to potassium chloride and polasll the time required to conduct the necessaryl slum sulphate as raw materlal for ferlllgi cxpcrimcnts. The column gave many dem- lzersi onstrations all over the country, culminat-l ing in an exercise at Greenwich involvingpwho ploheered the process began to studyl the movement in river craft of rescue andlmethods or extracting polasslum nitrate first-and detachments with their equip- from sea water many years aga To test mom. and the evacuation of casualties by his findings the Norwegian company bum! ' i

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They replaced an earlier light on

The rock is a mass of red sand-'

basis. Production will be based on a new process developed by Dutch and Norwegian industrial scientists. evaluation of the results are required be- fore a decision can be reached on com- mcrcial exploitation of the invention. Mean- while. patents on the revolutionary method have been filed in nearly all countries. The initial output of the pilot plant, located at ljmuiden, near Amsterdam, Hol-

land, will be 1,600 tons a year. Eventually, i

separate plants will be built in Norway and Other countries may also be licensed to use the patented process. By

then. the parent company will be able to'

produce all ingredients required for com- the exception

Jacob Klelland. the Norwegian engineer

an experimental plant on Heroya in the late

A secmd exp"i'”m'm Comm" is '2l1930is. However. this plant was blown up 9” : in a bombing raid during World War II. At

, aithe end of the war. independent research team of eight men and attendant motor- on the Same problem was Started by

cl.-clists. There is a mobile headquarterslnutch nitrate concern, and eventually Mot

joint organization, .-Vs Norduco, was set up in Oslo to develop the Kielland process. The result of the combined efforts is cal-

to replace local civil defence organizationlled me Norduco process

EDITORIAL NOTES

One aspect-of the great controversy over progressive education must be disquiet- ing to those who imagine that new ideas are plentiful. This new idea has aroused great interest but the implication is that it is not only new but rare.

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The dairy industry takes exception to

New World as well as Old World renownul the term afresh churhedn as applied to a This beacon is thellnchcape Light. SENS the: certain brand of margarine. The objection Rrpo... of the Del,,...tmg..t 0; Ed... National Geographic Society. Once it flash- seems to be well taken. whalever lhe mgr.

its of the product, it has a quite different origin from that of butter and because of

Scotland's east coast. Standing amid thej the use or preservatives the question all me Firms of Tay and. freshness hardlv arises. N

The Community Concert Association is an excellent demonstration of the effective- ness of the co-operative approach. Com- mercial entertainment provides. by far the greater part of our public amusement but the members are able to add to that fare artistic performances which would normal- ly be available only in much larger centres.

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The increased interest of Ottawa in vo- cational training. as evidenced by amend- ments before Parliament. should be most valuable in providing the trained man- power that it growing industrial nation re- quires and also in opening up opportunities for our own people. Training of the dis- abled and of former seamen, for example, helps to solve many difficult problems.

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Singapore fell this date 1942, having been preceded by Hong Kong and Manila. Few troops could be evacuated and most of the newly arrived reinforcements were made prisoner. After the Japanese had fought their way 'down the Malay Peninsula

they could have reduced the island by air

and artillery bombardment in a few weeks.

l , lliover. received just punishment for his.'I'hey combined such bombardment. how- lwickedness when his own loot-laden vcssellever. with direct assault. causing the sur-

British troops.

render of some 75,000 0 O

A signal honour has been bestowed upon Mr. Walter R. Shaw. M.B.E., retiring Dc-

A sound as if, with the Inclicam Bell. fputy Minister of Agriculture for this Prov- The Devil below was ringing his lmell."7 irice. in his election to the office of presi-

dency of the Horticultural Council of Can- ada. Mr. Shaw. who is also chairman of the Potato Committee of the Council, presided at the annual meetings of the organization lntweek at Ottawa. Long familiar with tiie work of the Council, be has taken a prominent part In its activities for several years and his qualifications for the posi- tiontowhlcliheliunowbeen chosenare recognised throughout Canada.-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondent.- of questions of rest..,'rhe Guardian does not. neceuah Iiy endorse the opinion of uuresponilenta. HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY sir,-It is my candid opinion that every motor vehicle using the highways of the Province and lca-rryinz; a van. stake body. szravel lbox or load which prol1ibits.t,hc operator of such vehicle giving the usual directional signals with the left arm. should be required ,by law to be equipped with direc- tion lights and thc people educated through the medium of the press! their significance. As a matter lof fact. all motor vehicles should the equipped with direction lights. ll would also urge that the Pro- vincial Government paint and keep maintained the white line in the centre of all liard-surfaced roads in the Province. with the usual designations for hills. corners. etc. I am. Sir. etc. L. B J

. summerslrle, P. E. I. I EDUCATION STAND.-UIDS Sir.-In view of the controversy ircgardtn-3 teachlniz and education- nl standarils at Prince of Wales .Collcze and c:pecially since there was reference to standards in oth- er Provinces. I became curious to find out soniethlng about. Junior Matriculation standards in my in- tive Province of New Brunswick. I procured a copy of the Annual

cation for 1952 and en page 30 found the following statement. by the Deputy Minister regarding Junior Matriculation examination results in June, 1952. "A5 729 caiiti-irlatcs out of it ltotal 999 who wrote or ccinpleted la. full set of cxzimiiiatioiis suc- Eceeded in passing. the improve- rnent. in the psrccntagc of candid- ataes passing is very encouraging in former years the number pass- ing had dropp-ed to about 60'9- lThis year the number is 7Ii,':.". 1 It was thouizht that this item lmiglit be of interest to readers as lviell as to the parents who talked 'nbcut the problem to me. I am. Sir, ctr.. i FOR.MiER N B. RESIDENT. Charlottetown.

l l Sir.-The recent controversy on teducation in the Public Forum is in very ivholesoznc sign iiidicatlnz an increased lntrrcrt. in PduC.'lil'Ill.

As Home and School nicmbera we

applaud this tendency as one of

our chief objectives is to promote . more public interest in education. i "City Teacher" may have over- stated the CRSP when he said "Whrt.hcr wn teach:-rs like to ad- mit it or not the parents are the final Judges of what is to be taught in the schools and how it is taught." But. this does drew our attention to the fact. that one of the most imr.n:'t,ant. aspects of our Home and School programme is Parent E.-Eucntion. The main con- com of Parent Education is to give aervice to the home by train- ing for parenthood and home- nisklng. Parenthood is a skill which all have to develop, We are not born ivltli it. In our Parent Education efforts we try to give service to the school by adding parent power to school power. Moreover. Home and school am- phaslzea the necessity for fathers as well in mothers to take an active interest in the education of th-lr children.

Another important part of -up; work is that cf School Education in which our Home and school rnenmere study the school nnd its rv.-eds. Cnneequentlv. pwrents will b: enabled to en-oncratie more in- telliqently with their children's teachers. It is most. essential that thn parents and general public be I'll" informed on education. It. is they as citizens. who In the lust rnalysis are r"-")0l'.!lb'.e for the kind and quality of rchcol edu- cation which we will have in the community. Thcy must be midv

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The Age old story

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The former the have I made. 0 Theophilua. of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. until the day in which he use taken up. after that be through the Holy Ghost had giv- en commandments unto the apos- tles whom he had ehoeen: to whom also he chewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs. being seen of them forty days. and speaking

the things pertaining to the ” gdom of God: end, being ae- sembled together with them. oom- mended them that they should not depart from Jerusalem. but

heard of me. For John truly bap- tized with wetter; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not: mam; days hence.

schools. with the teacher being the key factor in our schools we. too. are vitally interacted in securing adequate nlu-lee and the highest professional status for our teachers. ,

In tomorrow's paper I will con- tinue this discussion on Home and school and attempt to show how it encourages educational progress.

I am. Sir. etc. HELEN M?-icDONALD.

Home and school 4!. Fitzroy Street Charlottetown. P.E.I.

DB. NEATITS CIUTICISMS

Sir.-One reviewer of the much- discussed book ”So Little For The Mind" seciiaes Dr. Nestby of cruelty to (rational) animals. He words his charge thus: "Not con- tent with plnklng an opponent she has n. distinct relish for lmpallng her victim." Even if that were evident to the open-minded read- er. he would still have grounds for uspectlng that. Miss Neethy erred on the side of leniency, consider- in; H1: faults the was excorlstlnz in the "pi'ogre.sslvl.sts."

What are some of these faults? In the first place. they an-ogated to theniselves the right. to fence off the field of education for thelr exclusive preserves and to hoist. the fine trespassing" sign against. the general public. They constituted themselves the sole srblters of what was to be taught as wall as how it was to be taught.

Of course, it would have been impolltic on their part to alienati- the sympathy of the children's

.parents with a blunt. "mind your

own business." Therefore. they resorted to the ingenious expedient of stating the "slum" of education in pedantic but enigmatic lsnguur such as this: "(xi the basis that the currlcullim should be a pro- gression of lntereetlng and pur- poseful child activities and experi- ences the clueroom and the school programme must provide children with many omoi-t.unit.ise to engage in enterprises of distinct educational value." That. to whet lthe French ciill: "payer de belles paroles." In plain English it means making verbiage a smoke screen for vacuity.

secondly. "prograeivlsls" the term "science" in an unscien-

the verification had been made ec- cording to the Second law of Thermooynunloe. What they so- vocste and practice stems more from phi ”' ' assumption then

Boyd H. Bode leylz not equipped to determine educa- tional aims." shall know than." lien sample of the fruit: at an edu- cational conference held in Van-

censdlan school system nnersliy admitted that from half to three-

flrst year of college were incom-

petent lln grammar. lyntss, and analysis of thought.

vocal endorsement from ropumve

in d::nr-V. 9---N--7. a-1 psv fo- a high quality of education in the

ecltntiete.

'President, P. E. I. Federation of'

use ttflo way when they bout. of their

"sclentiflcsuy proven methods." To hear them talk. you would think

from scientific demonstration. "science in

"By their fruits ye to e couvcr last. summer. leaders of the

quarters of their students in the

were their methoa as selznuflq as "pron-esstvl.sto" would like us to believe. they would receive more

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harlottetown (And 1. s. 1.)

EXHIBITION GROUNDS

!'romTheExiimlner.Oct.9,18&:

”A very enthusiastic and suc- ccsslul meeting of subscribers to the stock of the Charlottetown Driving Park and Provincial Ex- hibition Association was held last evening at J. D. MacLeod's hall, Fifty-five gentlemen, comprising those who are leaders in mercan- tile, stnck raising and other en- terprises. were present. Patrick Blake. Esq.. l)f.P.P.. was called to the chair. and J. M. Sutherland, Esq.. M.P.P.. was appointed lec- rotary.

wall; for the promise of the "R' R" F”Z3"a1d' Em" Hm" Father which saith he ye have "V wmmm" ”pp”i"l”d 3' ” ' ' ' ' ' .previous meeting. reported that

the Beazley Estate. at Kensington. adjoining the city, comprising eighty-two acres. had been pur- chased for the sum of 59,000. . C. Gardiner. Esq.. reported that. stock had been taken In the sum of Siti.500-no person being per- mitted to take more than 3200.

"Gentlemen at the meeting then came forward and at once increas- ed the amount of the subscriptions to 819.000-leaving only 51.000 to he addcd in order to make up the sum which had been proposed as the capital stock of the company.

"It was moved by A. B. War- hurton, seconded by R. R. Fitz- ncrald. that the purchase. of the Bcazlcy property at 59.000 be con- firmed. Carried unanimously. it was moved by C. C. Gardiner and srconded by Archibald Kennedy that the name of the Company be "The Charlottetown Driving Park and Provincial Exhibition Associa- tlnn.' Carried unanimously.

"The following resolution was moved by A. B. Wnrburton. and cnrrletl unanimously: 'That A Provincial Committee. of seven be appointed to complete the pur- chase of the Konslngtnn property. and until letters patent are grant- ed to this Association to nssumo the full management and control of its affairs. and to lake the necessary steps to procure letters of incorporation under the P. E. Island Joint Stock Companies Act.'

"The meeting then proceeded to the election of A Provincial Board of Directors which resulted as fol-

lows: C. C. Gardinrr. P. Blake. R. R. Fitzgerald, J. M. Sulhcr- land. 3. Rogers. A. N. Largo,

John J. Davies."

"Faith And The Scientist." pub- lished in The Atlantic (Dec. 1953), George R. Harrison says: "One of the great defects of modern edu- cation. especlally of progressive education. is its dlffuscrness. It lacks insistence that the student learn to focus his attention in trains of thought. which produce sharp. clear patterns in the brain. in- stead of a chaotic opening and closing of mental switches at. ran- dom, governed by the feelings of the moment. Much of this fault comes from our methods of teacher training: the poorest education for an educator. it seems. is the study of education. He should first have interest in a specific discipline with which he can deeply engrave his own mental circuits."

Finally. Mine Neatbya descrip- tions of modem Weslem society were qualified so "cliches of soph- omorlo cynicism" unworthy of I scholar. other scholars share her view. Dr. Bernard Iddlnga Bell. Consultant. on Education to the Episcopal Bishop of Chicago. save in "(Briefs in Education": "The atete of thine! no they are today in every country of importance Is largely subhun-isn. Those who control our universities and col- lnes do not seem to realize that things) are so basically out. of Joint. that we have no time left. for slow and gradual betterment. . . . We are in the midst of e revolu- tion. . . . It is e revolution which cannot safely be left. to develop

some sins are far more serious than others-particularly those the other fellow is guilty of.-(Kltch- ener-Waterloo Record.)