THE ” GUARDIAN Published every week-day mornilu It 116 Prince street ci...ri..tmmfa. PEJ. by the Thomson Company im.. 44 King st. W.. Turonlo. Montreal Office. 215 L'niverIiu' Tuwu Bldg. ""uien Pnnra Eduard Island Llll lha Dew" l-ldilur. Frank Walker Gem-ial Managua Ian A. Human Mi.-niber Canadian Daily txeyuplper - ' Association Member oi the Canadian Pu-II hlcniber Audit Bureau of Ciruulatiunl Blulllli otiice: at Summerside, Munlapue and -Uberfou A-vii:-:.Icd Is bi-('nni.I Class Mail by the Post Ollie: iwnartnieni, Ottawa. a:.'Il'l cinlnuu.-mun, suinun-isnir SI.) uo pm In- l-Zlsanhere III P. E. 1. 39.00 .mm Prouuu-I and l'. 5 Sl2.un per Iunum ny- Illni. - "The strongest memory is weaker than T the weakest Tlll'RSl)AY. SEPT. l. ifi.'i5 TT Teachers' Conventions This is the season for our school teachcrs' conventions. and it is pleasing to note that the opening district meetings at Souris and Mount Stewart this week were largely attended. '1lc.'u-liers now- adays are required to have a grasp of I wider variety of subjects than their predecessors ever dreamed of. They must keep abreast of thc times in social studies. in scicniilic Iidvancements. in national and in- ternational affairs, and with tho changes which are constantly bcing made in textbooks and methods oi" teaching gcncrally. They must do this without ignoring the basic sub- jects. the humanities so-called, which must be crowded in somehow if a balanced curriculum to be maintained. It is becoming harrlcr than ever for them to see the wood for the trees; yet this is all-import- ant in primary as well as in higher education. The new age into which we are moving calls for I synthesis of new and old techniques in the school room. and for I perspective which must first of all be obtained by the teacher if he is to impart it to his pupils. Everywhere. too. there are prob- lems involved in shortage of mod- ern school buildings and lack of silt- ficuant classroom space, coupled with rapidly rising enrolment in the lower grades and the lack of the requisite number of qualified teachers. The teacher shortage problem is perhaps the most serious one of all. We have It here. we have it all through Can- ada. and the United States seems to be no better off despite the compar- ativniy higher standards of emolu- ment. Our teachers cannot solve this problem themselves. but they are naturally keenly concerned about its consequences. At the Souris meeting this week. the transicncy of teachers was termed ”the cancer of our Federation and of our entire Pro- vincial educational system." The pull which the more highly paid profcs- sions exert is the chicf cause of this problem: and no one has yet come forward with any better solution than to raise the financial status of qualified teachers proportionately. Here we come up against the pro- vincial revenue problem. and the in- ability, under the present Dominion- Provincial setup. of the smaller Prov- inccs to meet thcir educational re- quiremcnts. There is strong public support for the campaign which the Teachers Fcricration has been waging for Fed- eral crlucational grants on a basis which will equalize opportunities for lmprovcmcnt. This is truly I nat- ional issue and there is no reason Wily it cannot be dealt with on a na- tional level. It is to be hoped that at the forthcoming Dominion - Provin- cial confcrcnce some consideration will be given to this proposal. in thc meantimc. ii is worth rcmcinherins: that all over the country our tc:ich- ers arc loyally holding thc linc. liv- ing up to their rcsponsibilitics anti the increasing demands on their scrv- ices in a manner which rcflccts the highcst crcdit upon their profession. is I , Nature In The Raw The storm gods of the North At- lantic have hatched,26l hurricanes in the last 68 years. Three madc weather history in 1955. Connie and Diane. the tropical tempcsts that swirled up from the. hurricane breed- big area around the Caribbean Sea and battcncd down the United States I- east coast. were preceded this year ' Alice. Alice. which swept across t e.Caribbean, was remarkable in one respect, says the National Geo- graphic Society. It was the first January hurricane marked on Uni- ted. Stains Weather Bureau books. . Very few have ever been reported; the first was noted by an earnest we ether observer. Christopher Col- in January: one in May: 11 in June; 13 in Julv: 62 in August: 109 in September; 3.". in October; cighl ill Novcinbcr; and one in Dcscmiicr. Most pct:-rcti out at sea. iVIIcn they hit this continent their target was most often south Florida or the west- ern Gulf coast. Along the Atlantic shore the frequency rate diminishes with the distance northward. The Iianics of this year's crop were pick- cd from a list'ot. previously accepted tcrms, all short and easily under- stood. As they occur, the storms take thcir tags in alphabetical order. Thus Alice came first, then Brenda, thcn Connie, then Diane and Edith. Next year names will start at the bcginning of the alphabet again. but there will be another set. There won't be any more Aliccs, or Bren- das, or Connies. Few if any hurricanes-macI- stroms of shattering wind and rain spluftitul like 8 top---have been more methodically tracked than 1933's. At least two flights a day----one by the Air Force and one by the Navy- kept a weather eye on the movements of Connie. When the fickle lady tlawdled 223 miles southeast of Myrtle Beach, S. (K, gyrating cra7.ily but making headway of only 23 miles in 10 hours, meteorologists were ablc to trace its evcry antic, thanks to radar-equipped planes. Hurricane winds still pack the same punch thcy always did. A big blow works up more energy than hundreds of atom bombs all explod- ing at once. in the form of water vapor it. lifts two billion tons of wat- er and dumps this titanic load as rain within 24 hours. Nature in the raw is seldom as impressive or as frightening. Even so. man has learn- ed to roll with the hurricanes punch. in 1928 before the day of 8 full- ficdgcd warning system. 8 wall of water killcd 1,836 persons. Twenty- one years later a similar hurricane ovcr virtually the same path left I toll of only two. Boarcl's Status Aliected? In I! statement released to the press yesterday, the Federation of Agriculture takes exception to the new setup of the Potato Marketing Board on the ground that the person- nel is now appointed by the Govern- ment, and not responsible for its actions to the growers. The objec- tions are set forth in detail, but of chief concern to the Federation is that the intent and purpose of the Board was to place control in the hands of bona fide producers, and that Federal support of the industry may be contingent upon this proviso. This is a matter which the Govern- ment should look into very thorough- ly. if it has not already done so. The Government. has no doubt stepped into the picture with the best intentions, and with a View to elim- inating difficulties which have arisen in the past. But the views of an organi7.ation such as the Federation of Agriculture are worthy of consid- eration, and no time should be lost in reaching an arrangement more satisfactory to all concerned. Chief- ly, however, the question of the status of the new Board, under the Federal legislation, should be very clearly ascertained. EDITORIAL NOTES Uicppc occupied by the Allies this (into, lit-14. By all reports. our Island con- tinucnt made an excellent showing at the Scouts Jamboree at Niagara. They participated actively in all the events and had the time of their lives on the camp grounds and at the Na- tional Exhibition in Toronto. I O I Angelo Casanova, 30 year old resident of Pinerolo, Italy. recently won a prize in I contest. He isn't bragging much about it, though, as the award was for "having the home- Iiest features in the valley." I O O ' Mr. T. C. Montgomeryls many friends in this Province will wish him every good fortune on his re- tiremr-nt as Superintendent of the lsland division, Canadian National Railways. Since coming here ten years ago he has fulfilled his re- sponsible duties capabiy and with the greatest courtesy and consider- ation to all concerned. Best wishes will also be extended to his succes- sor. Mr. G. R. Greenaugb. who ent- ers upon his duties immediately, re- placing Mr. Baker. who has carried on efficiently as Acting Superintend- cut during Mr. Montgomery's recent P . PUBLIC FORUM fhll column In Opll IO HI I Imn by I-urmginuuum or qua of internal. The GIIIIIAI I nacuurily Intlaru Ibo opinion It Iorresnondtnll. CAN.-il)l.-INS ALI. Su'.-- in the Monday. August 29 edition of The Guardian 1 saw an article curiously headed ”Aged (fhinaman found unconscious in square". 0n'hcginning the article my assumption was that B citizen of China visiting the city was the I unfortunate person involved. Ont reading the particulars of the in- dicent. however, I found to my dis- may that it concerned I local man, Mr. Charlie llum. who is I Can- adian and not I "Chinaman". 1 made sonic inquiries and found that Mr. Hum left China and came to Canada in 1903. What strange and distorted views do we have of nationality generally - and of Can- adianism in particular. - when. . after more than half I centuryis , residence in our country we will not permit a person to alter his nationality from ”ChinamIri" to "Canadian"? Had the victim been I Mr. Mc'l'avish. I resident of Canada for the past 52 years, would we have tcrmcd him In ”agcd Scotsman". What price Can- adian nalionalism? When do you ccasc being I hypenated C ”' and become I Canadian, pure and simple” This appaiing hang-over of smug colonialism is an excellent iliustratum of one of the principle forces militaiing against Canadian unity. While other countries wel- come and assimilate their immi- grants. Canadians are inclined to accept and hypenate thcm so that Canada. rather than I united na- tion tends to stagnaic as an imbro- glio of Frcnchscanadians. English-' C 8 n a d i a n s. Ukrainian-Canadians. etc.. etc. We are Ion willing to squander Ille- giance on an cthnlc group to the complclc ncgation of Canadianism. We sccm to forget that when I person takes up residence in Can- ada, by birth or by adoption, he ceases to be anything else but I Canadian Mr. llum is not I China- man. hc is a Canadian. Canadians too easily forgot the rich lcizncy of Canadian conscious- ncss pzisscrl on to thcm by the fath- crs of our nation - a legacy to winch they fall heir when they be- come Canadians Thcy foolishly. yet willingly. ignore the sacrifice and strugglc that has been freely given to the cause of 1' '" unity in lhc past. The founders of l our country forged the Canadian nation in the fires of an unrest kindled by Imperlalisilc infringe- ment upon national auienomy and the willingness of lhc colonial mind to ignorc the existence of I new nation -- Canada. All the archi- tects nf Canadian destiny have been religiously dedicated to the belief that no nation can exist so long as there is no national unity. and convinced of this they pledged their lives to the elimination of ethnic distinctions and prejudices among Canadians. It was senil- ments such as these - sentiment: that labelled ethnic distinctions and national sloth Is the two card- inal vices of the Canadians - thIt puompted Robert Borden's much discussed observations: "Canada refuses to be I mere adjunct to anything - not even to anything so great In the British Empire". We forget this rich legscy of Can- Scntch-Canadians. - Idlan .....sclousness when we fall , to recognize our fellow Canadians as Canadians. ' We tnrget that this legacy. our "eternal instinct for Iuienomy and solidarity" is I proud Ind noble 'Ict of Canadian history. the re- suit of I natural aspirations of societies to develop in the direc- , tion of independent existence Ind I unified nationalism. In permit of these Ispirptions CInIdI has be- come In 'intei-national person", "nut genoria, and we retrogreu la- la the darkness of colonialism when we act at variance with man. In our nItionIl retlcence Ind sloth - nattonnl characteristics which rloce such imprudent itmrnamg al Imienreil in the report mutin- ed Ibove - we lend to ignore such pregnant and tundamelhl facts of Canadianfsm. We are too eager to wspxn the brilliant (N y of national solidarity to the rouive oxide of divided Ill 1 .ul the devouring rust that eats away and destroys all vestiges of nations at unity. The division of Canadian loyalties between ethnic group and homeland is I remanent of Colonial days and is I body of inferiority which Canadians In the j past have rebelled, fought and died to remove forever from our na- tion's doublet. Only colonial minds V are anxious to activate the perni- cious paralysis of divided Illegi- ance and hypenated-C " ism - I paralysis which cripples and i kills the spirit of Canadian unity. Canadians should be every on their guard lest they be seduced by the sirens of this feeble and sickly colonialism which is indeed "sick unto death" but which "con- 3. Iumes much good time in its dy- ing". To forget that we are Can-I, Idians or to fail to recognize our I fellow countrymen as such is to, buffet Canada with, the basest in- l gratitude. for it is to ignore the- made for the past century It the altars of national unity. Our Ille- giance is to Canada alone and we , are nothing else but CInadiIns' whether by adoption or by birth.l on this we cannot be divided art the whole concept of Canadianl unity is reduced to empty political I eloquence. To think of I person who has been I citizen -of Canada for 52 years as I ”Chinaman" rather than I Canadian is I painful eminder of the progress which the cancer of hypenated Canadianism has made. and is I grim challenge to CIn-- adians to cease to think of them-I selves and their countrymen Is' .,. .. L F L L. I. j sacrifices which Canadians havep . Scotsman. Ukrainians - Ind ChlnI- 1 men - etc. Such thinking shouldg, lie buried beneath the rubble of I subservient imperialism. Canadal cannot continue to progress I! It nation so long Is she remains I, miscellany of unrelated pIrls. She must become and be . ' d as one free and Iutomous national loyalty to Canada unit. The weak Ind helpless bIbe of British North America has out- grown the cradle of subservience. He stands now free and ulf-sus- taining and he has, in these last few d ” d the " ' stature of I giant. Today, the Can- I Idian giant is no longer clothedi in the rags of colonial I cc. ' ”ignoble sloth and trust of great-; ness not his own". Today he stands resplendent in the brilliant mantle of national soverignty -- his feet spread from ocean to ocean across I whole continent. Ind he casts his shadow across the earth. Inl Mohawk Site .Rooted and leafed and upright. I ?oe&l' F 00113:; THE TABLL Foursquare and sound it stands as once it stood young tree Filtering sunlight in some shady lhay fever victims ton. Medically Speaking Herman N. Bundesen. M. D. AID FOR ASTIPIA VICTIMS Prevention of an asthmatic It- tack is the prime concern of all of you victims of pollen allergy. As 8 matter of fact, desensitiza- tion shots to combat hay fever are given, first. to prevent hay fever from developing into asthma. and secondly. to relieve the syfnpt oms. If you are subject in attacks of asthma. there are several things you should do to ward on future attacks. Regular and systcniatic deep breathing exercises are very im- portant. Every morning stand in front of an open window or door and inhale deeply. rising on your toes and raising your arms laterally. Then return to a resting position. Repeat this exercise 25 times each morning. Since many asthma victims are more liable to attacks when lying down, you should learn it) sleep with your head and shoulders raised on four or five pillows. KEEP HEAD RAISED Maybe tune or two telephone boo' under the head legs of your bed might help. One of those cots which fold into I "ll” shape might provide a przicticail and comfort- able mctliod of raising your head You could jack up the upper half to form a sort nf chaise tongue. You must realize that nervous . stress and anxiety may precipi- tctc an attack. Consequently. you must avoid any scvcrc emotional experiences if you possibly can. Mental as oil as pliysical rest is ixtrcmcly important. You should get at least ei;" hours sleep every night. in addition. during the poll- en season. try to rest for half an hour to I full hour after every meal. It's also very important that you do not overeat. Avoid hcavy meals in the evening since they are like- ly to provoke an attack by produc- ing gzistric distcntion. Don't drink carbonated bever- ages. And don't take long rides in the country. especially not in open cars during the pollen season. You'd better stay away from race tracks and her such places located in rural areas. That goes for you QUESTION ANI) ANSWER J.C.: is it wise to expose I child to diseases such as measles wood. A perch for bird and butterfly and bee. in ,The years have treated it. as well l they should. with due respect. it has no pedi- gree And yet one family has found it 80 - An ancient and valued employee. Children have played their games Ind read their books Resting their elbows on its ample '09. It has been belpmeet to in: one who cooks As to the one reiurning.f1'om his shop. And beling country bred it likes to ice The needful center of the evening ' meal. eFInny- DeGroot Hastings in the Christian Science Monitor. ill J. however. Canada must guard against the aftermath of colonialism. It must be evident that Canada has no place for any- one who sees himself or his fellow C ”' Is anything but CInId- ians. In this home which the adult Canada has provided let us re- member there in room only for those whose first loyalty is to Can- ada the nation, to her stormy past. her mIgni'lu:uv. present and her glorious future. It i only such of I. .. and .... that will beget the much desired national unity about which so much ink has been spilled. Then will I reference to an elderly fellow Canadian Is In "Aged Chinaman" be seen as the absurd ' uliy it is. I am Sir, etc.. D. F. ligsworth. Charlottetown. (There was. of course, no inten- tion of casting any slight upon Mr. Hum in our news report, nor do we think that any slight was con- veyed in designating his Chinese origin II I matter of interest. --Ed. G.) To Disappear Canadlui -Press. Montreal Part of the ancient Indian vii-p tinge of CIughnIwIgI I few miles southwest of Montreal will.-be flooded when the st. Lawrence seaway completed. ; One the most" colorful chap-l, ten in CInIdI'I early history was i the establlabment of this 3.01!)-l strong Indian reserve. home for the MohIwkI. one of the Ilx branch: of the Iroquois tribe. of whom Iny descendants Ire Ro- man Catholic speaking French Ind English II wailgu their Indian tongue. The village which changed site: five times Ilnco its inception. and 32:33. 2 1669 Ind 1696. firstly ton spot. op- posite Huron Island. and then to I place ear the rapids opposite Sault t. Iouis. The last. displacement happened in 1719 It KlllnIwIh&CliIglIl.'ll- wI I where the first church was but: in 1711, Ind where the pres- ent church dates back to 1345. The present church contains many historic relics such as the wny-of-the-crou which is inscribed in . ' . I cballce that bar: inscriptions from Innis XIV and the presence of In IrMIIl0I.lchlIfinPIrlIiIll34 for tboeomualioaofuuriux. iii? :3 El .: i7i-ii-3. ii I I Isl -2 gt. ,1 I I The Age Old Story. chicken pox. mumps and scarlet fever or delay his getting them as r is possible" A wer: It is not wise to expose the child to the contagious diseases. Every effort should be made to keep him from getting them. Atomic Era Unfold: (Sarnia Observer) The indications are that atomic energy will play an important part in the lives of Canadians before the end of the century. Reports from the Atomic For Peace Conference in Geneva indi- cate that we are indeed on the threshold of I new age in which energy from the atom will be I major source of power. Scientists also warn that there are dangers involved, both physic- al and psychological which place I grave responsibility on mankind. Judging from the past perform- ances of mankind when faced with the challenge of controlling I new source of power there is some rea- son for pessimism. TNT and gasoline. both revolu- tionary additions to men's tools for controlling his enviroment. were used promiscuously for the cause of destruction. if the much greater power of the atom is not reserved for peaceful uses man has in his hands the tool of his own destruction. . . . in I better- cup of tea! - engaged in such tame chores as Ieasure , NOTES BY The motorist. because he II he- hind the wheel of I 3.000 poundl car. should be Ilert It. all tlmu. At the same time the podut l... ia in no physical position to "Ir- 'gue" with I motor vehicle Ind! he should be ready to protect himse". If both pedestrian: and motorists would observe the basis rules of safety there would be fewer accidents on the highways today. The jay-walker should have no place on the road in this car of high speed and fast pick-up. Nanaimo Free Press” I Because I three-year-old girl was killed near Cbesley when run i over by I tractor driven by her five-year-old brother I coroner's jury at Owen Sound has urged provincial legislation setting all age limit for drivers of tractors. in recent years there have been numerous cases of young child- ren killed aud injured through driving tractors in Southwestern Ontario." There ought to be I legal age limit for drivers of tractors. No young child should be permitted to drive I tractor. London Free Press Here in Peierborougif where crime is seldom and it is usually minor, the police are ordinarily inspecting parking meters. watch- ing lnfringers of traffic regul- ations, and rounding up drunks. Their carrying of pistols seems I flaunting of the symbols of vio- lence in the face of the tran- quility nf the town. Pistols Ire dangerously inaccurate in the bands of anybody but an expert, and police authority should not be made to rely on them. The ques- tion is not why the police shouldn't carry guns. but why they should.-Peterbnrough Examiner , Aggressive we In not. but on I Summer day surely it is plea- sant to think that the hotter it is the more Canada will grow. At present Canada claims the land. not the ice and water. to the North Pole. This means that Canada legally ends It the tip of Ellesmere Land. Where this tip. this land's end, is located is not readily established because of the ice-shelf which covers it project- ing far northwards from the rugged rocks. Now from Mr. G. Hatter- SIEY-Smith of the Defence Re- search Board. writing in the mag- ' azine Arctic, comes word that the ice shelf Ilong the North and Northwest coast of Ellesmere is Bell. Matbeson & Fostor no Richmond st. J. Elmer Blanchard. DA. 135 Queen St. Phone 4282 M. A. Farmer, Q.C., LL.B. Bank of Conune us Bldg. PROFIESSIOIITLTETRTDST BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS. Etc. Page (The Gnu-dug, T THE WAY proinbly no older than the Chris- tian era. Ind continual mild sea- sons. like that of 1054. u-mu cIuIe tho. whole of the present mass of the ice-shelf to melt. in about eighty years. so sweat brothers. Iwenl You perspn-9 ,,,,' the greatness of Canada and that blazing sun takes us ever nearer the Pole.-Ottawa Journal Don la the Bay of Quinn, they have I new stunt lllVUIi'lng their fish. They are now able uu how fast the fish in .,.',',It waters move. For instance I pick, Irel travelled 1) miles overnigm from the time it was tagged um” the time it was c gbt.BIss, ton Ire being caught b net and vet: low plastic discs are being iied to the rear dorsal fin with living thread. The length of each fish is noted along with the date hf capture.-Owen Sound Sun rims MIMI:-Ge Ieral llockinghm commander of the First Canadian Infantry Division. sIld his lroops ”are quite capable of.umicrtait- in any Job the country mm-,1 give them.” His Itatempn. came after the division ipok pm in exercises It Camp Gagemwn NB. The corollary of his con: ftdence in his 12.000 men undoubt- edly is their confidence in mm Confidence becomes agreeablsl contagious wheh reason for it .5 inspired by character and perfor. mance. The reciprocal confidence of troops and the division com. m3"d"- lnslltres the confidence of the country. Canadians have I proper pride in I commanding officer Ind men capable of under taking any Job the country .mgi.. give them.-Sydney Post-Record II III: Become Almost common place to read daily during 3,, summer of poor swimmers failing to take essential precautions 1; the water. With this tragic pro blem in mind the Juhior cm. ber of Commerce and the Cam. dian Red Cross have drawn up I list of 10 rules for safety in the water. Learn to swim wen Do not take foolish chances. Use common sense in. one or around water. Swim only in guper.-md Ireas. Never Iwlm Ilone. If you can't swim, stay out of small, craft. Wood craft will not sink If swamped or clIpSiZEd-- hang on. Don't. swim too soon after eating. Avoid exhaustion when swimming. Obey the rules and regulations of the area where you swim-or boat. Gait Reporter. OPTOMETRISTS G. F. llutcheson & Son If. G. IIU'rcm:soN. no 8 Grafton SL Dial J. A. Can-others. R.0. st. 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