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Evaluation Program

A pilot project for the evaluation of Schools of Nursing in Canada is about to get under way, according to word from the Canadian Nurses As- sociation. 25 schools in the 10 Pro- vinces will be surveyed in the next year “to determine the quality of their educational programs and pos- sibly set new goals for improvement."

Miss Helen Mussallem, who has been appointed director of the pro- gram, calls it “fundamentally, an ed- ucational program which aims to help the schools to help themselves.” The 25 schools were selected by a special committee on the basis of size, con- trol, type of program and geographi- cal location.

The project is the result of a re- solution passed at the annual meeting of the C.N.A. in 1956 which outlin- ed the aims of the undertaking as fol- lows: (1) To determine whether Can- adian Schools of Nursing are ready for a program of accreditation and if it is feasible at this time to initiate such a program; (2) To determine the basis on which schools can be ac- credited; (3) To determine the per- sonal and other resources needed to carry out a national program; (4) To explore procedure in carrying out an accreditation program.

The Director of the program will visit the schools of nursing in each area, accompanied by a regional vis- itor. They will examine “the phil- osophy and objectives of each school, its organization and_ administration, curriculum and evaluation, library, physical facilities, etc."

When the National Hospital In- surance Plan becomes operative in all the Provinces there will be a greater nced than ever for properly trained personnel. Thﬁ means, of course, that increased training facilities will have to be provided. This is one of the many problems facing hospital ad.- ministrations as the nation enters a . new phase in public health service.

I Excellent Work

“News of Red Cross”, at little leaf- let published periodically by the Can- adian Red Cross, reports that the Canadian Junior Red Cross is at work in 17 nations. A year-end survey places the value of this assistance for “international help and understand- ing” at more than $56,000. The funds to carry out the program were rais- ed by the children themselves by means of various projects and con- _ tributions to their classroom branch- es.

The Canadian Junior Red Cross has 1,272,070 members enrolled in 39,406 elementary and high schools in every Province. This in itself is a remarkable record.

With respect to the various as- sistance projects we quote from the leaflet: “Grants totalling $22,241 were given to Junior Red Cross sec- tions in Austria, Yugoslavia, Ger- many, Ceylon, Korea and Poland to assist various self-help projects es- tablished by the Canadian Junior Red Cross in those nations. One of these is at Castle Wolfsgarten near Frank- fort, Germany. Every year a portion of the estate is turned over to. the German Junior Red‘ Cross for three months to provide three-week vaca- tions for crippled and handicapped children. The Canadian grant pro- vides for the teaching of occupational therapy to the children. An album showing the work accomplished by. the children last summer is now on a tour of Canada.‘ “Another self-help grant is a special adoption project of the high school councils of Brantford, Regina, Toronto, Montreal and St. John’s. A grflnt 0f $5000 for Korea purchased m1°_1'°SC0DeS and other laboratory ma- t?1'1a1-A Special project of the Mon- treal mteT‘Hlgh School Council was the provision of sewing machines and - carpentry tools for youth in Ceylon. Gift shipments were sent’ to Austria, ‘CGYIOH. Cyprus, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Gaza, Haiti, Hungary, Korea and a number of other countries. The ship- ments contained health kits, miscel- Ianeous health supplies, school sup- DIl€S_,:(;l_1ildren’s garments, baby gar- ans, quilts and toys. All of rticles were produced and

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packed by members of the Junior Red Cross.”

This is, indeed, : impressive list of good works. The 1 Tram deserves the widest possible s.. port and en- couragement. It is not only a help to the beneficiaries but excellent train- ing in good citizenship for the young people themselves.

A Dubious Remecly

Some economists are favoring a. “buying splurge” as the best remedy for the current economic recession. This, in fact, is advocated by Presi- dent Eisenhower’s economic advisers, as a trial method before resorting to large scale tax reductions and expen- ditures on public works. It has also been suggested by Prime Minister Diefenbaker, howbeit a little more cautiously. The idea, of course, is that the more money people spend on goods, the more goods will be needed and, consequently, the greater stimu- lation will be given to business and to employment. ,

In theory, no doubt, this is a sound proposal. But is it practical, once it it taken out of the textbooks? The people who are out of work can hard- ly be expected to go in for a lot of indiscriminate buying; while thous- ands of the employed are, naturally, trying to put_ aside a little for a. “rainy day” which they fear-—per- haps needlessly—-may descend upon them at any time. This used to be known as “thrift” and regarded as a

virtue. In fact, it is less than twelve -

months ago that governments and economists were urging people to save in order to counter the pres- sures of inflation! . ’

It is pointed out from time to time that savings, despite the reces- sion—-or whatever the right name for it is—are as high as they have ever been. Doubtless, if all those savings were put into the normal channels of commerce at a given time, the result- ing buslnes stimulation would bene- fit the general economy. But people don't act en masse in matters of this kind; and, taking one thing with an- other, it is perhaps a good thing that they don't.

Surely, there must still be room for the saving habit in a free—or partially free-economy.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The new Commissioner of the Newfoundland Division of the Can- adian Red Cross Society is Mr. La-

mont Parsons, a native of Harbour ..

Grace who served as a fighter pilot in the Second World War and who, since then, has been active in business and community affairs in St. John’s. He replaces Mr. David Decker who re-

‘ signed to contest a seat in the Feder-

al election. ' f 0 9 ‘As announced from Ottawa yes- terday, federal survey activities this summer will include an intensive

study of present tidal characteristics\

in Northumberland Strait.‘ thus per- mitting evaluation of changes that _

might result from a causeway to

Prince Edward Isla_nd. This. of course should go hand in hand with the full- scale engineering survey of the cause- way’s possibilities, for which money has already been provided. It is to be hoped that official progress reports will be released on these activities from time to time. It is a matter of

_too much importance to permit of ' any unnecessary secrecy.

§ 1 O An unusual number of prominent persons will be visitings Canada this year. Heading the list is H.R.H. the

Princess Margaret who will be in the

country during July and August in connection with the B.C. centennial celebrations. Next, in order of pro- tocol, are President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles who will be coming July 8. Others are Field Marshal Lord Montgomery (May 13-15) ; Paul- Henri Spaak, Secretary-General of NATO (May 28-30) ; President Theo- dor Heuss of West Germany (June 1-4) and Prime Minister Nkruhma of Ghana, who comes toward the end of July. Prince Bernhard of the Nether- lands-is already touring the country. * 1 w

Formed from the old Innkeepers Association, the new P. E. Island Tourist Association is making mark- ed headway in enlisting public sup- port in its tourist promotion activi- ties. Working in conjunction with our civic councils, boards of trade and Travel Bureau, it can be of great service in furthering the interests of this important industry. This even. mg, at the semi-annual meeting of the organization, the guest speaker W111 be Mr. John Fisher. executive director of the Canadian Tourist As-

‘ 50535011, Who is also widely known as

a. radio and TV commentator and 9

who has been heard here in inspiring

addresses on other occasions.

HARBOUR SCENE

OTTAWA REPORT.

Inflationary Démcmcls

By Patrick Nicholson I

Speclab Correspondent for The Guardian

Ottawa: Contract agreements between the Canadian National Railway and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers expired

last Thursday. Two months ear- lier, the union had served notice on the C.N.R. that it wished to negotiate new agreements, pro- viding for an increase in pay, and also making many changes in the working conditions of the 3,600 engineers. '

The locomotive operators are, in skill and in pay‘, the elite of the 180,000 workers employed by our two large railway systems. They are of course heavily out- numbered by the huge group of less skilled "non-operating em- ployees,” numbering 127,000, who include freight and office work- ers. as well as sleeping car and dining car attendants. But, as workers with a recognised skill, the engineers can be expected to show the highest sense of respon- sibility towards 'the industry which provides their specialised jobs.

Nevertheless, th e i r demands, and the similar demands by their fellow rail-workers, ‘have appar- ently raised anxiety in the minds of many of their 17,000,000 fellow- Canadian-s, because these de-

-mands are inﬂationary, and jeo-

pardise a public utility which is already a money-loser. . T h e Engineer Brotherhood’ presentation for the new agree- ment sought a 21 per cent in- crease in pay, together with 48 other specific demands relating to their remuneration and work- ing conditions. It included the warning that their proposals were “not necessarily” limited to those

.48 specified in their first demands. _

These fringe benefits covered such diverse points as the pro- vision of car-parking facilities free of charge — “but a nominal charge would be acceptable where block heaters are provided;”, and paid annual vacations amounting to 6, 12, 18 or 24 days after 1, 2, 10 or 15 years employment re- spectively.

OTHER DEMANDS SIMILAR

The Brotherhood of Railroad

Trainmen have followed this

same pattern, seeking a new con- tract with higher wages and fringe benefits. The wage boost asked amounts to 25 per cent. The fringe benefits range from the provision "of electric lights and oil burners in cabooses, to com- pany -pald repair and cleaning of workers’ watches.

The non-operating employees are asking a wage‘ increase aver- aging 35 cents an hour; increas- ed health and welfare benefits worth 5 cents an hour, more paid vacations and statutory holidays costing 3 cents; and the introduc- tion of severance pay costing 4 cents. These demands total to_a pay increase of over 29 per cent. Their total cost, according to‘ the railway companies, would aver- age out to more than $1,000 a! year per employee. '

‘CAN THEY BE MET?

These union demands are sub- stantial raises to seek from an industry which is already in the financial doldrums. They appear to go far beyond what would be necessary to maintain the pur- chasing power of wages against an inflation which has been av- eraging less than 4 per cent per year. - '

Worse, these demands set a pat-

tern which, say economists here,.

But Is It Art? A 9

New York Herald Tribune

In the mercurial world of art, we can always count on one thing — disagreement. One man's Ma- tisse is another man's Poussin, and in no field are opinions so stubbornly held. Last week alone, two events have turned loose the hornets of discontent.

In London the president of the Royal Academy, Sir Charles Wheeler, derided a wall panel that Pablo Picasso has painted for Unesco headquarters in Paris. Though he admitted that many people find it a great work of art, ” Sir Charles called it “800 feet of absurdity." If even Picas- so cannot escape the slings and arrows at this late date, no ar- tist is safe.

-Meanwhile Sir Winston Church- ill is roillng the art lovers of A- merica. Sir Winsto-n’s canvases recently broke all records at the Metropolitan ‘Museum of Art here —- 148,000 people saw them in twenty-four days - but they have been rejected by museums in various other cities, which found them inferior. N-ow Daniel Cation Rich, who raised a storm by barring the Churchill paintings from the Chicago Art Institute has resigned as director to head the more tranquil museum in Worcester, Mass.

Mr. Rich was not alone in his stand. Some people in New York

felt that the Churchill exhibit had

no place in the hallowed “Met," no matter how many visitors it drew to the museum. Probably the most outspoken critic was Sir Winston’s eminent countryman, Alistair Cooke, reporting the ex- hibit in his usual corner in “The Manchester ' Guardian.” Point- ing out that,to reach Churchill it was necessary to walk through two halls of stunning antiquities, he added:

' “The sudden confrontation with the glory that was Greece re- minds the visitor that he is in one of the world’s super-b treas- ure houses of art of the last fifty centuries, a gallery that has never

dards, no matter how dashingly a President, a soldier or a Prime Minister wields a beginner's brush . . . For Sir Winston and the'Bri- tish services in this country it will be in the end an embarrassment."

So the» old question — what be- longs in a museum?—is with us_ again. Directors will ccntin-ue to weigh, according to their con- science, the relative values of art‘ and popularity. For there is al- ways the chance that a visitor, once he has seen the paintings of a famous amateur, will stop on his way out to ponder an Attic

va_se and discover for himself the glory that was Greece.

23rd Psalm In Broad Scots’

The Edinburgh Scotsman

A number of rea-ders have re- sponded to the request of J .F. of Ottawa, for the version of the 23rd Psalm that was rendered in- to Scots by‘ the late Rev. T. T. Alexander. Here it is:

E'en as a shepherd tents his sheep,

The Lordfor me doth fend:

He mak’s me rest, whaur pas- ture’s best,

And wimplin’ waters wend.

Sood my soul all, He mak’s it hale

And arts my feet to gang,

For His name's sake, the bonny gait,

Whaur's nochl 0‘ ill or wrang.

When I am boon to travel doon

'I‘l1c mirky Glen 0’ Daith,

Nae droid I bruik, His staff and crook

Sal haud me free 0' skalih.

Wi’ ample fare Thou dost pre-

pare

My board \\'IllIC faemcn glou"r.

Wi e'mmcnt. fine my held dis’ shine.

I My bickers skailin‘ owre.

Guidness and mercy a’ my days Are siccar at my side; And in God’s hame, I’l-l~be fu‘ fain For evermair to hide.

The Age Old Story

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.

DIES OF BROKEN HEART

GREAT YARMOUTH, England (Reuters) — Shirley Blythe, 20, died o-f a broken heart, a coroner suggested to doctors unable to de- cide what caused her death.

: ping perhaps 20 cents off the pur-

until today compromised its stan- '

n

if pursued by every one of Can- ada's 5,500,000 workers of all classes, would turn our small but. worrying inﬂation into a gallop- ing and crippling inflation strip-

chasing power of our dollar with- in a year.

Such inﬂation would mean noth- ing to pay packets which can be compensated annually or every, two years by enforced union de- ' mands. But this inﬂation would bring misery to the pay packets of all self-employed workers such as farmers and fishermen, and to all other non-union workers. It would reduce jobs in our export industries. And it would slash one-fifth off the savings of every Canadian who -holds life insur- ance or bonds or savings bank de- posits. It would make life a liv- lug death to pensioners.

There are symptoms that the public generally is getting very uneasy about our wage-price in- flationary spiral. There are signs that the_ government is‘p1anning steps to hold the line against in- flation. Most Canadians_ would welcome this, though it is doubt- ful if public opinion would yet accept freezes on wages and pric- es. such as the Liberal Govern-

dopted in this country. 1

Helpful Only

In Moderation \

By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D. ‘J In many European C0lII1‘Ll'leS,l

As a matter of fact, reliable ‘ surveys indicate that about 65 per cent of our population dri-nvk alco- holic beverages of one sort of ano- ther.

MODERATE DRINKING

And an est.ima.ted 80 per cent of our physicians take a drink occasionally, many regarding H10- derate drinking as beneficial in certain conditions. ..

A cocktail, a drink of whiskey, 1 wine such as sherry or-a sP_ll”ll like cognac oftens helps to stim- ulate the appetite. This is espec- ially true for many elderly per- sons who are sometimes troubled with a poor appetite. _

Very often these beverages will eliminate that feeling of fullness that prematurely reduces the ap- petite, thereby cutting down in the quantity of food consumed.

AIDS DIGESTION

A glass of an alcoholic bever- age before or with a meal may aid the digestive process. When taken in moderation, alcohol mildly sti- mulates digestion by helping the gastric glands to secrete free hy- drochloric acid. Also, small doses of alcohol may stimulate secre- tion of pancreatic juice.

HIGH IN CALORIES

However, the calorie content of beverage alcohol might be a pro- blem for those of you who must watch your weight. Dr. Harold H. Lefft of New York reported recently in an article ap- pearing in thé International Rec- ord of Medicine that the caloric content of spirits is roughly equi- valent to the proof. Therefore, a spirit of 86 proof can be expected to contain approximately 86 cal- orles per ounce. \ _i

From all this evidence, it ;np- pears that a drink before or with a meal may be a definite aid to appetite and digestion when judi- cially taken. QUESTION AND ANSWER.

T.M.: I have had asthma for a number of years. Would air travel be harmful in my case

Answer: Unless there is accom- panying heart fallure, I see no reason why air travel should prove harmful or bring on an at- tack of' asthma.

MAXIMS

Nothing is particularly hard if

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THE WAY T‘

The authorities of Missoulml

Wine 3“d'°" brﬁildy alle consiflergl Montana have devised a treat» ed a part of e main mea o I the day, and it seems as though, I ‘ this practice is being widely 8-| Wlllch d°5e1V"5 general appmval‘

mcnt for juvenile delinquents

In that city, young people caught an] convicted for committing of- fences face a salutary form of cor- rection. They will be made to work. Jo-bs range from washing and polishing city-owned cars and fire trucks to patching streets and performing janitorial services in public bu-ildLngs.—Victoria Times

Freeholder: ' Apparently no world capital has a corner on gobbledegook. A recent announce- ment under the British National Health Contribution Act, 1957, reads: "A person over penslo-n- able age, not being an insured person, shall be treated as an- employed person if he would be an insured person were he under pensionable age and would be an employed person were he an in- sured person.” Then the air min- istry crashes through with this classic: “The end opposite to the front of an engine shall be called the rear."—«Cornwall Standard

A Swissair Dakota plane com- ing from Naples with thirty-four greyhounds aboard recently land- ed on the Intercontinental Airport of Zurich-Kloten. The dogs had been participating in a greyhound race in Egypt and were later a- bandoned to an uncertain future in Naples, for reasons of “unprof- itableness.” The International As- sociation of Greyhound Clubs, which has its headquarters in Zurich, will-take care of the wre- tched animals; _offers of support from far more than 100 dog keep- ers, most of them Swiss, have al- ready poured in.-Swiss Bulle- tin

ENIGMAS

‘We seek‘a fourth dimension

Who have as yet to read With simple comprehension The secret of the seed.

We guess at suns by billions, . Propound a galaxy, -

And still -the firefly’s brilliance Retains llght’s mystery.

‘———u

some months ago Bell and am ell, U.S. manufacturers of cum eras and photographic equlpmem startled a government OOIHIDIHQ. at Washington by arguing am, against tariff increases on its pro, ducts. If it couldn't make cam, « eras as cheaply as foreign ¢,m_ ‘ petitors, a company spokegmmg, stated, then it shouldn't. be in nu‘.- field.-—Financial Post

In Moscow, the red car-pg: M’ i been rolled out for Egyptian P;-".5; ident Nasser. By shrewd and gunk

obtained arms from Russia, econ,“ omic aid from the United stage‘; and territory from Syria ~ mean recordln Arab eyes. thereyis his control of Sue; to, boot.--Ottawa Journal .~ OUR YESTERDAY5

(From The Guardian‘ Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARs‘AG§.-1: (May 3, 1933) Annauncementwas made at monthly meeting of the City 05%,, oil last evening that due to 1.3 of funds the Clty would no longer grant relief to th~ unemployed The mayor explained that thé [Bank would give credit only for the purpose cf ordinary mums expenses, so that funds for the Pgfpose of relief were unavail. a re.

The fine farm dwelling of M,’ J a m e s MacLaughlin, Stanhopé’ was burned to the ground on San, unday afternoon. «The loss total. I over $2,000. The fire apparently originated from a spark on 1],‘ -_ roof. The household effects on I the ground floor were saved but

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TEN YEARS AGO (May 8, 1948)

president of the Canadian Nation. a1 Railways, announced yester. day that the first two of 18 dig. sel locomotives of 650 horsepow. ' or each have been delivered to

Edward Island. Two other diesel; of 380~horsepower are now being _'

Murray Hanbour.

Approximately 60,000 Red and White Pine seedlings-have. been received from Ontario by the Pro- vincial Forest Nursery at South-‘ port and planted in the nursery‘ beds. Among the seedlings plant- ed last year and in vigorous con- ' dirlon are Red Pine, Scotch Pine, Australian Pine, G 1' e en Ash, White Ash, Rock Maple. Elm and

-—.Georgie Starbuck Galbraith

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