z-‘f-‘zlili I " TIIE I. “A ‘r-u I till Una! Morning Dally (Founded In I881) . ___---_.Vs____._.._______._ President: Lleut. Col W Cheater S. McLIrI Vice-President; J. ll. Burnett, F. J. I. Secretary: Lleut. Col. D. A. Maclflnniin, 0.8.0. Irlitor and Managing Director: .|. B. Burnett. FJ-L Associate Editors; Frank IValker and Llent. Inn A. Burnett, R.C.N.V.R. iOn Active Service) ‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." rntmv. DECEMBBRwI,“19M_ Quoting Col. Ralslon Mr. Brackcirs review of the conscription issue. as broadcast ovci" the national network on “cdiic-"darv night, was couched in iiiotlcratr laiiguagi- but ivzis none the less effective. lt [Jlaccil fairly and squarely" on the shoulders of Printc .\liiii~"tci" Klarkcnzic King the onus of ri-spon ili iy for the disunity’ now so evident in l‘;i iiciit and llll'()ll_‘.1ll(\lll the coitntiy 0:i ihi< i|i:t-~ii~it. Tilt“ (\~it<i-i"\":iti\"<- leader's task iii proiiiig his" cast- was a coiiiltartitively" easy one. lt was only nt-ccs-aiy for liiiit to quote chapter and verse front the iiidictiticiit already delivered h .\lr. King's foriiter .\linis"ter of Nail-vial lh-it- , (Ill. habitat. Political his- ti-r\ , :1» with Ctlwtr of lll"‘ll\'lll_l_' with their loaders on issues of ltiszh policy" which they could not endorse. but there is no parallel record of a (‘ztiiadiaii l‘ritiie .\liii- istci" reodviiig .-'.lL‘lI a castigatioii front a forni- (T colleague. cspcciallv one who has alivirvs" been zealous" iii obscrviitg party loyalty. 1 Col. Rzil-itni laarl cxltosetl his former lcailvrK‘ ralcihut-tl attcaipts to garble reports iiizulv to hi l. ti» flllllllc-s and distort l\'llf)\\'ll facts. anil to t‘<i!l‘.i‘_\‘ llli.-l(‘.'l(llllg inipressiitits to l‘; taut.’ atztl tht- coui» ._ son's" phrases. such as "the l"rinic Kliiiister at- ituviiiire this statement, "the I tciutiicil to °" tt- .\li:>i~ti~i- was itot ipiitv accurate iii §Olll'_‘ (ti the s‘:it(‘t ants that ltv itiztdr." and "iiiv own g lllt‘lll‘-l'_\' :.- at cuiiigi _ iwn for overseas service t was not lll(‘llfltlllt‘(l at that time" (as the l'riitic hliiii-lcr had alleged it. was) constituted direct ] challenge to the personal veracity of the Printe 1 hliiiistci‘. .\llfl what can be said of the pitialtlc pcttiiicss of .\lr. Kings innucittlo that Col. Ralstoit had sinned grievotisly in (lisclosiitg cabinet ~.-, ~ V-llvll the latter had been itiercly in the (Ethnic: iiiiicfi .\lr. liing himself had 1 inside in a broadcast a few days previously. liipizilly" revealing was (fol. Ralstoifs exposure of th<~ liollowiiess" of .\lr. l\'ittg's story that he hail iiifricl to resign iii favor of any of his CfillCilfllCr. ll; C‘ l. Ralsfttirs account, .\lr. King scale demobilization of \\icns was attticiltzttcd itt the near future. this dale I003; his philosoplrv is hascd on evolu- _ tioii, which hc tic-fines powerful ministers ter and coitgtttttitqm (jj ing which matter passes froitt an indefinite in- coherent ltetcrogettcity. while the retained nio- ‘tion goes tltrottgh a parallel ll'£Ill$li0I'llliIllOll§ his works are vcry voluminous: "\\'e have uituiis- tzikablc proof that throughout all past time, there the strong." A ‘ w Zombie issue very clearly when in 1303 (luring >111“? 0f 101- bfil" the Ainericatt Civil tarisiti is the ituprittciltletl dodge 0f cowardly corn of the itatiitit. This coitsuiiicd tlic young, social and political elements of the Republic and kind." _ ‘ _ _ for war supplies, as well as reinforcements iii trinig to ziiiswcr allcgztii-tiis about (lISCLISSIOIIS the tion, has left Paris for London and Washing- ton, seeking shipping space for 3,500,000 tons of goods ivhich he termed vital to France's eco- nomy through the ivinter and spring. This toti- ltis own profession, but, in prevention, at least fifty per cent of the responsibility rests with the public. It might be well if some organiza- tion, as for itistaitce the Red Cross iii coit- junction with each municipality and with pro- vincial lteztltlt departnietits, worked out a def- inite system, blue-printing the Community, for instant use if an emergency should arise. 'l‘ltc general education for (lay by day itiectiiig of health problems is going forward, though if ttiiglit well be accelerated in tnedical schools. nursing schools, and among the neighbors. EDI IURIAI. NU I I15 It is ittaity years since we have had s. Nov- ember aiid December with less frost than this year. at w e at 4 The \VI'€HS are game to tltc last. LL-Citidr. hvelyn M. “ills of Ottawa, director of the _\\ oitteii_'s Royal Czuiadiait Naval Services, said in an interview in Winnipeg Canadian Wrens were keenly interested itt the possibility of serving itt the Pacific area. $hc said no large i ii I U Herbert Spencer. English pliilosoplter, died ait integration of mat- "ipatioit of motion, diir- ias been a ceaseless devouring of the weak by i i l‘ IF Abraham Lincoln outlined his views 0n the \\'zir lie stated: "Volun- toliticiaiis. It has ground tip the choicest seed he generous, the patriotic, ilic intelligent and he brave, and it has wasted the best moral. eft the cowards. the sltirkers and the itioiiey- 11a 'ci's to stay at liome and procreate their 1i ll 1i It‘ There is to be a heavy demand for shipping immediate future. .\lr. Jean .\lOl'IIlCl, ‘irenclt COITIIIIISSIOIIEI‘ for relief and rehabilita- piiscil a hypothetical stiiiictliing like ‘l\l\'~.l to {ilk l fcrcd my resiquzri-tn zitid ll) ‘Q. liver. iiizc-t ' ‘ iiv ( id. iltllllll".‘t, I" llii; .\lr. i:"_ _ ta t ‘y the iriiprv t lie made a firm offer. .\lr. iclcctt iiiil ii-i: all i‘ii- t iticnt. itow iuip/ to FCC"! integrity. tvi~i'iiiii"-(i<‘iiei'al tonight and of- rucomntencled you would. viii accept?" and when . lcIlllOll of resigning. to the country ‘tare time lo dcal \\"it‘.i i:i cut, llzilstwirs indict» s revelations with any respect for the Prime Klinisters veracity or Communicable Disease Control _, llr. .\'cil l" .\lcl\ the School of Hyiiciic, [infirm itv of ilTOlllfi, in the current niiiiiltci‘ of the "(timitfiuvi llusftifol," writes frankly‘ wt the vtltyttt of ciiiitiutmicaltle dis- case coin‘; ~ on the lack of such cott- trol. He diaus t:.i.i~"t of his illustrations front the niil' b" .ll(‘ adds that civilian cotttrol is little or no h t i- it, fut‘ lllwiIlllCL‘, that the mai- 0i'it.v of cacti lilC yoiingci" citlistcd personnel ltave riot had diphtheria ti. Ad although it has been available for iii-ally twcitty yccirs, and that a liiglt propitrtlritt have not bt-cti vaccinated against Slllllllllfijt. ' have to contend with C 'l‘hv .~(‘l'\'lCI'ri this allllllllitil Ztinl also with the coitiition acute coniiiiitiiicable disc s to the extent that these account for front itve to to per cent of all their hospital adiiii ions. llc goes on to add that "complications seldom seen in civil life rtccur iii a lzirgvi" proportion of cases." Di". .\lcl\'iiinuii gut-s on to observe that in civil lifc rccitrds shot‘; that SHIYlg-l ievcr. muinps.l lll(‘.'l~lf’$ and wh-wipiiig cough l1 l would be to bring new industries to‘ the city. . .. . . , and Supply, announces that as a result of dis- cussions between representatives of the govcrit- iiiciit and of Canadian Yickcrs LllllllCtl, it has been decided to separate the shipbuilding and aircraft operations of Canadian Viclters Lini- iied by transferring the operations of the gov- CfI1lllEIlIf-O\\’fl€(l aircraft plant located at St. Latirent, Quebec, heretofore opcratcd by that itself exclusively to the production of aircraft. The new company, to be known as Cattzttlziir Limited, will be under the managenietit of .\lr. Benjamin \V. Franklin, formerly" iii charge aircraft production for (fcinatliait Yickcrs Lini- ited. latioit to livestock llllllll)('l‘5 is adequate to itiziin- taiii a coittiiiucd high level of production of z pcirlS. itage would be comprised Ill(lSll_V of food. wool, cotton, fertilizer, raw itiateriztls for industry, and materials for putting battered ports, rztilwavs, and factories back info fitll opcratioit, he said. a- u: n: k Saint john possesses the largest (ll\'CI'>ll_\' ol industries in the Xlaritiitirs and is visuaiziiig great possibilities for the lilllCS ahead iii indus- trial dcvelopnietit, iticludiitg a laboratory for the’ proiitotion of the labor-nizuiagciiieiit movement in llaritiiitc iiidttslry. Appoiiititieitt of 1i civic industrial commission. mcinhcrs of which arc outstanding figures iii Saint John's and Cuti- ada’s business and industrial life, was itiadc at a recent meeting of the Commons Council. Tiltcre was no discussion at the titeetiiig rcgztrd- iug this coitimissioit other than that its anti titan Hort. C. .D. Howe, Minister of Munitiotis onipaity to a new company which will devote I 1i I it The supply of feed grains in Cziitada in re- icats, dairy products" and eggs in the crop year 944-45, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics rc- Tlte supply of high protein stippletttciits n~ they were. 5t) _\i.i..-. zigo. that the aticirliii; l)ll_\\l\'.§ill iitorc cirarly in his ll aid lpread of these di-ca ' .\s for the gzistiwt-iittcstizial ittfectioits these - CZISICYII ittcrczisc wilt the spread of coniitittiial fcctlittg, t} a sv-tciii which of courst- iii the services, and as wt-ll tun-tug citiliaiis. has lllCFCZIhCfl rapidly in h “ilffilllc, and which lll.'l'\‘ well hold tttticlt 0f its C ground iii pi-acc. Strum of the (langers are due to the processing of the food, as for instance ’ tiiirtltciicrl cheese, ll‘lll'llllll'(l pcrsuititcl. flllfl lilfli l] of competent supcrvisiuii in the liaittlliiig of the food, "'l'ltc itliiquitous carrier" comes in for fClllilrh, Di". .\lcl\'iniit>it aihliiig “conipcteitt stip- eiyi-iioii is" an :ili-'oliiti- ('.\.‘Clllll\l, as is the con- trol of flies Illl(l other \'('l'llllll, a problctit flint deserves inticli lll')l'C iiieilictil attctttioit than if receives." lt is probable that sotitcwltere in the back of overt-title's" itiiiid is fhz- thought of the iii- flitt-iiza luiiiilriiiii" which fitllowrvl lltc First (itfllt \\':ir. lli". llrkiimon lliiiilvs that any tall: of the I‘L'CIII'I‘L‘II\‘(‘ of such a catastrophe >llUIIl(l bc tltrottlcd. atlding that with the sulphas and peni- cillin tltc ill-fence may he better organized to meet it. llc gives" ittorc attention to the ini- pgflftllfltl of ‘iIIiPFllUIIS through returning scr- yicc personnel. “espcciallyi malaria and dysen- ggriog," The Liaiiadiaii climate, he feels. can deal with the first of these although in his Opinion the tncdical |il‘t)fC.<<lf)tl should acquaint itself with its itiaiiy" forms so that relapsed cases may be rcrogitirctl. Dr. McKinnon addresses ltiniself mainly to d tl has increased by 32 per cent. er crops of that ycar. again in the current crop year. r x n- u to bity. to rim and to itiaiiitaiit," designed f0 carry five tints of cargo at 130-140 itiilcs an hour for some 20 cents per ton mile will be ready to challenge tlic world for air cargo after the ticxt summer according to Mr. _l. Baird of Brit- ish Aeroplane Engines, Ltd. added. Al» bald." also zippcurs fairly tidequatc. llay stipplics in Canada arc less satisfactory. Tititztl stipplics of feed grains available in Canada dur- ing the current crop year total 14,500,000 tons, which is 80 per cent higher than available sup- plies during the 1936-40 period. At the saute time te number of grain-cottsuiiting animal units Since i942 we ave been drawing itpoti the substatitizil carry- ver of oats and barley provided by the bump- Doittestic utilization, lIlS exports of oats and ltarlcy, cxccctlril pro- uctioii in 1943-44, and are expected to do so A i4-ton special Bristol freighter, “cheap "'l'l1is is one oi ic first llritish lllilllfifi-QYCI‘ to he built from ie ground up for ltcavy cargo work," Mr. Baird might be Put-m- mflsctnlm, or gem- "Designers have shied away from the thine-Evelyn. for instance. idca of adapting war transports for post-ivar work because operation costs heavy. would Instead this special Bristol collections of syllables likc Cherhyl are exotic names drawn from obscure flowers be too or precious stones. _ _ frelghwr EIIDe-Diiy Jones" was i1 re- alms at ltcitig cheap to buy, to run and to ittaiit- cent. and horrible exnmple._tcal- iain. It has lteeti found that l'('.)Cl\'-l)(lli()llI econ- 55"’ Alberta") oiny comes with a cniisiitg speed of 120450 miles an hour, and the freighter will fly \vitli- in that range. Speedy loading and unloading will be possible tliroizggh big floors ivhich open to raise and lower cargo and ittiivc it easily tivitliin A fund has been launched to re- rtsrt- the ancient church Julian drslrcvcd by enemy action tqo years iizn. Mather Julian, a a charge $700. ceiling is Star.) Instance, attackl ODDO-sed their would so frighten g lessen materially the mm; “ppm Glltllemnla have been exiled to Mexlm r°ll°lvlng the latest revolti- "o"; the, Svwnd this year. BT11; dont. write Guatemala on ns 4t military power. ‘They've 5m] pmb. “my 20f. the private nnct a couple of eorpo l. _ News.) ras (Chicago Dallp 51f“ "WISDOM were so ntiiny ship- Dlriit services so ineptly cottcelved <11‘ $0 vxveiislvely and lnexpertly operated us ln the twenty years 1919-39. The criminals were lii- VFKFIIIbIY ilovernments. Foremost in this process Were the Americans, ttlto cattle out of the war owning, for Dllfell’ "lllltfiry reasons a large block of ocean-going ships. They Droceeded to trade them at the expense of the state and ln com- petition with foreign professional operators. The same policy on a smaller scale was pursued by the flolfefflmf-‘niS 0f Australia, South Africa and Cuttacla. All were equal fallures-(London Observed) A Sheffield soldier was wounded the brain and spinal cord on AIIZlO beachltead and is a helpless Crlllblc. He was brought by snip to Glasgow rind thence was taken to it hospital 1n the Highlands. He learned to be near Sheffield. Hls brother wrote to Mr. Marshall. The member for Brighton pressed llte plea on tlie Ministry of Realm in letter after letter from June ti. September. In the end he sue. needed. The wounded man was brought home front Killearn to Sheffield by special aeroplane last month and ls now visited by his brother and his frleuds-(Sheflleld Telegraph.) llumanllarians will approve the attnouncemcnt that the Minister of Municipal Affairs will recom- mend to the Ontario Government the abolition of country Jails and their replacement by o. system of provinriitl jail farms. Tltc exlstini; type of jail is as obsolete as the stone pile and the dark hole. It belongs to the ittid-Victuriatt era. A surv v of Ontario would show that tic all of the county jails are more than 50 years olrl. and that they iirc entirrl lllflflUfl S0 far as providing iiiciit. instruction. ivo t rorirs and the llki‘ is cit (Toronto Globe and Mall. Another of those moronic “l vaslon from Mars" b ' cast - fcrttrrl on the s-Iln!‘ one that spread l Yorkatrca itt I93 d itiuclt t‘i-2 siimc result in Ct The com- mercialized sound waves are tip- able of producing enough of jit- ters under ordinary condiiionsaxtd this global war ls sufficiently grim, without, the dangerous embroldt-ry of "Invasions" from net. Moreover, tnankinrl is a1 d!’ close enough to the lunatic fIlIlHG and requires no additional needllng in the form of flctloual horror.- (Hamilton Spectator.) 0f the flrsi 20.000 Australlatt casualties in New Gitincn. 17,000 were caused by malaria. so erill Sir Thomas Blamey, Com- mander-ln-Chlef of the Australian Military Forces, according to Aus- tralian News Letter. Malaria has been beaten by the Australlait Army Mrdicnl authorities" and it has lacs-n proved that itcan beheld down by good discipline. One bat- tallan in New Guinea had hardly any casualties because It applied anti-malarial measures rigorously. Apparently the Gcmirins are ln prrpetiial motion and perpetual comntotlon,——(Brandon Sun.) 2 ,. nic i:i (ltr l».’~i.v ‘<1 m O r.» I Mob violence has once more been proved to be an ugly outbreak of malice which nothing can _liis- tlfy. The Government Commission of Inquiry nt Rome, which lrivcs- tfgated the mob murder of Donate Ctirretta, who was murdered there 0n September l8. has vindicated his character. It found that, as the Fascist vlce-dlrector of Regina Coell Prison, he took personal rlsks ditrlng the German occupation lo [telp Italian political prisoners. Mnny cruel Wrongs were (lone lu Itnlp under Fascism. but inc weight of evidence adduced by this inquiry laid none of these crimes to Cai-retta. It ls all the more tin- fnrtutmbe, therefore. that; Italian nlvflfans who made tip this mob should have abused their liberty by descending to the some level of some of their more ruthless op- prcssors.-(Hamllton Spectator.) A few day; ago the rector of Burton-ori-Trent was approached by a proud couple who wished to ltnvc uielr baby chrlstcned. They had selected a name for the in- fant-Cherhyl Dlitne. The rector refused to perform the ceremony. I-Ie said the name was mcanlnS- less. and he insisted they choose another one. The prospective "Cherhl Diane” will probably be izratefu to lilm as long as she llves. The rectot-‘s action should be widely imitated. One of the sllllest fads of recent years has been the custom of saddllng children with ridiculous names. Tltesc take var- Inus forms. There are ll‘.".’ll'1ll1fllE‘5! or Elnii. There are names which ‘There foreign names, and Worn of all. topical" names. of lwnuiw obit-environ NORWICH, Norfolk. - (OP) - of St. A Tflflmifl man was arrested on °f 55'1"": his wlfc for “'11s a scoundrelly thing w d° "he". 51$ everyone knows. the $ot0.— (Sudbury Dally Someoneflasks what h mung by various letters on educational mat- llie term lnflglttlng." This means ters appearing in your columns. figutlng in close quarters-us, for Th "K fit! lust f ur eple gorléreakfast nook-ialfiif-iiilfeenélri Re]: tletoitgli): t?) out? gchools and teaci- ln flu earl d: o ters should aurel Our DumbAnlfnalsyzelaltesfalTtlitiii-fg: slderable Interest? From them all the well known Fromm statesman, we gather that; there ls a very congmmtlm; 1n pronounced “feeling" that, to say. Frmtce on the ground that they 1119 least. he cows as i0 schools and our Fifteen generals of the army 01 rify the situation. Never in the whole history of for _ .... 4111i (‘BABIQITETOWN ovum/w Notes By The Way' That cry of wlld alarm would b, Old D00 Goebbels again, warning PUBLIC FORUM Illuollnnlbopenbfl nhounleniyownepunlnlail EDUCATION AND TEACH- ERS’ SALARIES Sin-For the past many readers have enjoyed the few weeks ese letters show that a few at still give a ers. Whether we agree or not with opinions expressed, these let.- -awaken con- ull ls not well with our teaching. What tlien ls the trouble? Perhaps the following facts may help to cla- On the \vhole, it is generally a- greccl that. we usually get. what; we pay for. If we wish to offer an cqual educational opportunity to all the boys and girls ln our schools, more money will have to be spent on education. More moti- cy is needed for better bulldlngs. for proper equipment, but. chiefly teachers’ salaries. Thevalue any educational actlvlty de- pends ltrlntarily upon the calibre of the teacher. "As ls the teacher. so Ls the school” ls an adage ac- cepted by everybody. And the calibre of the teacher attracted to the profession ls chiefly deter- mined by the salary offered. In Prince Edward Island the salaries are the lowest in Canada, there- fore we have, its everybody knows, the most; immature teachers, the least trained teachers, and the least experienced teachers, In the Dom- inion. . Three years ago (and no great material change lias slnce taken placei more that. half of our teach- ers recelved less than $485 a year. With very few exceptions these teachers’ education, both academ- lc and professional. was just one year in itdvaitce of the Grade 10 work given in tlte public schools of the Province What can be expected from sucli a. situation‘! Just what we get and just ivltat; we are going to get un- til the problem ls faced In earnest and tlte simple and self-evident remedy is applied. Talking about curricula, composite lgh Schools. Central Schools, etc" un- til we're blue iu the face, will be entirely beside tlic point unless we attend to the great fundamental basis of the whole system: the teachers In conclusion, as proof of some of tltc statements in tlti: a- bove. let us examine tlie follow- lng figures: Three years ago the sum spent for elementary educat- loii in Toronto. per pupil. per year, was $100; in Calgary. $00; in Witt- itipcg, $88. in Kings Cottnty Prince Etlivarzl Island. only $15.60. Arc the boys and girls of Toronto and Wiitnipig so mucli more val- uable to Caitarln than those of Kings Cottntv. that SUClI dlscrl- mutation should bc jitstifierl? Let its not forjrv‘. either out. cimry War . i'i',_v drive to a far cnt than either Toron- to or Winnipeg The IIIOIIPV ls ltcre. no rlouht about that ,Wltat flblllll our cliildrctt. Ilic fitture cit- l.'.f‘l‘lS cl our Piuvlnrc‘! Will it be mart- mot-try invested or l)(‘l.l£‘l‘ cil- united children? The choice is ours I am, Sir, etc. P. E. l. ENGLISH \r'0('.-\BULARY——AND A SHORT DIGRESSION Sli".-—M_v sincere thanks to K. MacDonald iiricl to “M." who ai- ford me tLte opportunity of mak- ing a (more or less graceful) re- entry wltli mv discussion of Com- mun School Latin and the English vocabulary. Nov: Mr. K. MacDonald. un- doitbtcdly an intelligent person who has probably lmrl more than Common School Latin. ln making the point that knowledge of Latin helps iii understanding the true meaning of n word. unfortunately relics on his Latin-and llls mem- ory ln stating that. the origin of the word "education" ls edncere— to lead out, to draw out. He wrong and "M." who probably did consult the dictionary, is right m sitying that education comes from cducare. to bring up. to Instruct. How do I know? 1 consulted a dictionary. nay. several dictionar- les. imd found not merely the fact in question, but; many interesting aspects of the word that: even a correct. remembrance of the Latin root, could not. have given me. It. ls true (scientific tests have shown. and common sense would lend one to believe) that. where Latin ls well taught, and the rela- llsli stressed, there is some addi- tlon to the vocabulary of words of Latin orlgln. Whether It. ls s0 taught, I leave my tenders tto an- swcr. Buy, if it Were so, since we are told that. three fourths of the words ln everyday use areofAnglo- Saxon origin, many Greek, many of French. many from other than Latin sources, and a. great many nttd increasing numbers newly coined from recent. scientific and other developments. why I15- tlfy Latin in an ald no EH81 h? Why not turn to a dictionary when ln doubt. There the orlgln of the word, as well as synonyms, use In sentences and other interesting and helpful information can be found But ADOVI all, and beyond all. what, better way to enrich and en- large the pupil's vocabulary (any- one‘s 1n fact) than to give hlm practice in writing and speaking English. and an acquaintance with the best ln our own English liter- ature? Do we really need to de- pend upon the study of Latin for a few extra words. when we have a Shakespeare, a Milton, a Burns. Dickens, Thackeray and no many other; who make words llve and glow? Nor need We sllpltt other litera- tures. (This Ls a digression. but. I ahnll, with the reader's permis- sion, allow myself too, a blt of’ lotltudeL- Of course translations are not, u fine ns originals. But shall we leave unread. as one wrlm- suggested. that which we can only rend in the admittedly less beautiful trmtslatlon? Assum- ing that large numbers of Island- ers. through their study of Latin. read the classics in the original, wlint about Greck classics thatare conceded to cotttitln for more of beauty imd wisdom’! t. English‘ mystic. lived 4o years P?‘ call a urn church. tlorishlp between Latin and Eng- ls bri l Tunnielling For Hydro-Electric Power ._.__ I! Sm WILLIAM IIALCROW l’ Broidcut In the BB C Oversea: Short Wave Service. 1.11118 IIBQIOI mentioned roads, refuges, houses, temples, water Matty tunnels for this monz them, world and the longest ln the Brl fish Empire. aluminium factory. through flfteen miles of wlde. There are many smal stream crossing above of the tunnel. and streams are tapped and the tunnel through vertlca hundreds of feet. deep. I I O from two ends . bv élrlvlng horizontally So the Ben Nevis driven from tvteitty-two simultaneously every driven frcm a shaft must, meet the ls of great importance. are many faulty alignment of tlte tunnel driving. Sometimes made an error of Sometimes Instead the leading ends never met) Howeirer, at the prcsem tltne, a corner or be straight. any possible error. It was accurately ncl comprises three the face. and thirdly, removing the spoil slve, iinrl after blasting was hand loaded into been IX gt superseded by fitment because we cannot Hebrew? My father. a thought contained in “Isuiah" un- less I studied it in Hebrew. Yet grandeur and beauty have inspir- ed me and millions of others through the ages! If we had ten times our present span of life, and peace and plenty reigned, how wonderful to study Greek and Hebrew and Chinese imd so many other languages as well as Latin. and rend all lts treasures ln the original! But time ef, and very soon (we hope) post-war problems will press upon our young people. Which will ltelp them more to understand the rllf- flcult and complex ivorld about them-Latin or English? Can ivc continue to tench Latin without. neglecting ltglish-mglfah both ll the key tn knowledge and to beauty? Can we keep Latin and have Science also In the Common Schools? Which is the better key to the understanding of this urg- ent new world? We cannot have both-we must choose. I close with full awareness that this is but touching the fringe of our educational problems. 1 am, Sir, etc, RUIIAMAII SUIIEINFELD FRANK P.S.: I liked the sonnet, so much, K. MncDonald.—R.S.F. MAMMOTH WREBTLERS Wrestlers in Japan Igh 300-350 poundr. sometimes ihnznvrsei SHE cnuzn IT I. |in| lulu II— lnln] friends-alto never III m! any n_no—llweyp'l Ilnoutli: Inn n: In! yo, the film of her blood, that needed attention. \ Delay nun! dongs. Sh: bah Dodil’: <- PM; q n“, The lrnprond action ollm lid-toy: IlOIpltI b In: blootfi adds. liuilae j of curly. diapered. | Shall we leave the New Teete- ment. unread iconic In alnd imiaaxian-yriiii I . WW...“ i“ ‘m’ "m '“' “"“" . I’ use w ey n a . the wuitmei In the world. The M“ dark "m" "“'°°" ‘M '1'“ tunuells are many and varled among the earliest may be swre- ' ‘i . tombs. aquedum‘ And 231v‘ 53m burn into the inc fmm the river or- the re- servols to the generatlng station, P1137059 00 Y. have been built ln Great Britain A long while since. and by Home as well as in other countries. A- ihe Ben Nevis Tun- Waikiki, 1918. nel, about. wlth I propose too speak today. Is om of the largest. ln'the 1 ThtEOBcin govt fillilxliel WIIB bullt o‘ n l9 . n te no em part of drms L; 1n gdvatwg Scotland on the west. coast. near a as; 303g rams; of gpol], |0 that. town called! Fort William. . It. llgetuls the water rorn the Loch Tre to u; of rogreaa. the power generating station of an emny govern‘ me m p It. was driven rock in the mounfaitt range. The cross sec- tion ts of horse-shoe shape about fifteen feet high and fifteen feet. obtained from an auxiliary hydro- the line ln order to 1 an was nuke use 01 all these waters, the tried and the Scraper O er itt into shafts. A short tunnel is usually driven gut 11 m But a tunnel scraped on w a hinged 5 c u fifteen miles long driven from the ends would take a very long time to drive. so whenever we can, we “is b m“; attach It from a number of points m" cubic y windy into the face of the hill on the llne of the tunnel or we sink a shaft, from the f g surface and izet at. lt. in that. way. w” about one hundred a p" tunnel ‘:2: was lined throughout tunnell “T” . . . other one accurately so that pre- cise setting out of tlte tunnel line Urhere stories fold about. the ancllettt "BY reature several feet from rock, dust. high temp of one single tunnel. two tunnels were built as although a funnel may go around 0!‘ I10 up I‘. fl n hflll or down liill, modem science men‘ However‘ l“ we wnsnw 311 o tunnel engineering enables the H toubles and engineers Vto calculate where the oiiionie w carer“; tunnels will meet within n fraction " of an luch. Iii the alignment of covering used to reduce smoke and yumeg, Ben Nevis tunnel. an extended Lrla itgitln Led siu-vcy seventy-five square miles was made. Precise instruments and methods of calculation Werg used and great care was taken zigaltist very successful and all the tunnels met Almost the initiate. length of the w“ tunlgtel T131215 (lrlven through hard roc . e drvng of g rcck trun- ovcratlons: M. FARME First: tltereks the drilling of holes In n91 is l‘ hundred h” below the Secondly, riitin-z the 51mm’ °f m“ holes wltli explosives and blasting. mmle In the old method. the holes were blfijlfljqflfi”? “hi; hand driven with hummer and bar. a" n, l’ {if bu“; 1w! very little black powder was used its explo- NM“ ° ' I the spoil wagons and hauled by man or animal pow- 5mm‘ ""95 "f we Pmhslon mm“ er. In ma.» days hand drilling has Sm“ ‘mbbm pneumatic For drilling. I-Ilgh explosive or ..gnlte or llquld air ls used in- readilt iriicirbEiiiifioi-"the Old Tens: lielii" talked :' d I-Iebiiéiw wiii platv an Imnvrtant am is scholar, assured me that I could —-———?- have no conception of the glory of the language, the bublfmlty of even in the Eflllllslt translatlomfts WAIKIKI Warm fumes like a breath from l viii: and tree i Drift down the dn-rkneu. Plan-i ! ' gent. hidden frflm 0W8“ ' Somewhlere an ukulele thril andl CI‘ C brown savnlery; to me Gkfllrlwlllh? acxllsggiln’! 3"."- “rwm out. and lel. and mines, M the present. time w“ 15-- tunnella are used for canals rall- 0'" éigflmmgmumu l ways. sewtlars, goods trfittzpotitg I t| water aBPPY mains and r ra , u orle shelters. As hydro-electric en- And aggecfn’ 1°" It m l gfneeiring became widely developed And 5m] remember, ; “l; I have it was found that. l tunnel was hem-d, or known, often the safest. and moi; ctn- An empty tale, of idleneu and pninl nomlcal conduit. to take the power o; two that. loved-or did not lovwancl one Whose DerDIBXQd M9“ d“ ‘m’, f llshl other sen. _flupfl'l Brooke: stead o! black powder, The "W o! drilling that. can be “MW the rate of its twnoval MW 89ml For largg tunnels, meclumlflfl-ll plant for clearing the 59°51 L? us}; m me driving of the Ben N? tunnel, air comprwo W" "W1 for rock drills and the 170V" W" l t, . emu“; power plant. Several W6! of mechanical loading devices were found the most; successful. This consists of a. bottomless scraper pullai by a. cable In somewhat similar manner _ l drag-line excavator. ‘Iho m0" ll or apron which film be tipped W dlgchzlrge into a wagon below. If: was thus loaded lrito wazml-B 6°: by electric battery IOCOYIIOU"! °n a two-foot, gauge track. The We?" age progress of the tunnel drlvlfll week, M emu face, and the tunnel with 0on- Tunnelllng ls not. an Troubles and dangers have alwflyl been present In the early dim. tic-at. luck of air and fumes 1mm locomotives led to the SUUOCBUW of worlmien. Bad air. riesultlnl! and the brieaitlalntz of men and horses and the fitntes from ex- plosives. caused disease. Some "Y" expected falls oi’ rock or the sud- den coming of flood water 0m?" pndflntm- the lives of the wot-k- of the Ben NEW-s dangers were stud)‘ 0f @110 geological formation fl’ the BTW“! and properly deslizriecl eaulivlncfll- Electric battery Momwm W" . good ventilation syswln W68 Zdonted w supply fresh all" w "t" workers and a cast Iron lining was used to 2mm! against any unex- nected fnlls of rock where the ground was bid- An exceptional engineering 108$ accomplished in oonnectintl the enrt of the Ben Nevis tunnel with the loch which forms e r!!- sevolr The luncttfm of the tun- waler and It was by driving the tunnel close m the bed of the loch and then offmt on the surface of the water BPCHIISG of its vreait depth all the m) m the burfaw in mvrlflds 9! There was a neat 1179a v/hlte with bubbles buf- i116 actual waves were not b18119!’ tlwn imv ordinal-v table ltfrmv ltvrlro-elecbrfic schemes are about. PS post-war dt-vc-lnrments In which tiinnellin! ll. -I. 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