5",'1_!,"E'§.‘5'\.-.;¢' t=a.aaszea"-2 I". lifters- Ilrlhg (IIIIIM Ill!) .- 01,’ pa: year TIARITIME cox/us local ointemporar-y ems-uses conviction that the Duncan on of 1990 investigated ev- claim or grievance of the Mari- Provinces, and it now remains to make final assessment and ment of Maritime subsidy . This ls precisely what the l1 Commission which the Ben- _ n Government is appointing pur- te do-to implement, in short, wit the King Government falled to ‘ ough it had four years of what ms to have been unprecedented rlty, after the Duncan report ‘submitted, in which to do it. e attitude of the local Liberal towards the Duncan Commis- report is curiously at odds with theaa itude of the Liberal Premier ofiova Scotia and his supporting p in Hnlifaic. It is the conten- tio‘ of Liberals in that Province for some reason or other the Duliarr Commission fell down on the and did not make as com- pletddnfnvestigation into Nova Sco- tia claims as it should have done. Before going to Ottawa last week to atteid the Dominion-Provincial contain-c, Premier Macdonald an- nolmfifil the appointment of an Ec- 0110813? Inquiry Commission. to make omission of the Dimcan ccmflisslon, by holding an invest- igatig "into the position of Nova Scott‘ relation to the Dominion." To. onservatives, the Liberal 1h- fl Nova Scotia. has all the ear- martof a political gesture, aimed to disfiact attention from the assess- mentmf our subsidy claims which the Bennett Government commission ls nowsbout to make. We therefore agoe entirely with om- local contem- puiry that there is no reason for heading an academic inquiry such as eh; jacdonald Government hasfn- ‘sQ-ated, into matters already suf- fleienvly covered in the name! ihd ‘ ' Commission. mist is important is the riml as- sessment Ihich. the King Govern- ‘madt neQected to make in 1908. lid iwhidn the Bennett administration is how taking steps to accomplish- VDR-‘STANLETS omwzoiv Some of the faults of our Canad- ian educational system are analyzed by Dr. Carleton staruey. oresidmi of Dalhousle University, in remarks which are republished elsewhere on this page. It is a. truly scathing indictment,‘ and coming from one of canagjys leading educablonists ghoulfat least be given serious readii and attention. Inc-mentally it will be rocalled that fir. stanley attended the for- mal fisenlng, in February 1938, of Qur in Prince of Wales College. and §fter thoroughly inspecting the kfiitutlon, commended it in the hgheell terms. He _was particularly atruclcwith the economy which had been Exercised lrl constructing and oqulpfllg the building; the cost for the vQue received, he stated, being “remarkably low." it may be added, has been the oflnion expressed by every vis- ftlng qiucaticnist. Voiced by such a stern fifth: as Dr. Stanley. whose experigmce and reputation for say- ing isely what he means are widely:known, it was indeed a not- able compliment. ‘ GOLD PRODUCTION In the autumn of 1933, in its an- inual number, The Northern Miner made the forecast that the Can- adian mining industry would, as a result of the rise in the price oi’ gold, mako a ton-year Jump in 1934 ~in normal progiess. 'I‘ilis prediction has been borne out in full measure. rhe i934 annual number of this publication, just received, is equal- ly optimistic. - That Canadian gold production in 1934 will exceed $105,000,000 is the prophecy of The Nonhem Miner. Over eighty mills will be turning out a golden grist by the year end, more than doubling the number of a year ago. Scores of properties, from coast to coast, are preparing to enter the lists of pm- fftable producers. Old gold areas, neglected for s generation, have been revived flu-ough themagic of $35 gold. Nova Scotis, ontario, British. Columbia, Quebec and Manitoba share hon- ours in the energetic development of prospects old and new. Dividend payments for Canadian metal mines of all classifications will exceed $ 3,000,000 in 1934, close to a retold. The possibflity of ex- pansion in this direction is distinct- ly encouraging. Canada has improved, b11934. its status in the prcduclion of minerals Today it gtandg first in nickel, first Mn...“ w ,. semeup-ubqoliai. ma. l. - . - t . iii-WE“. on curt-L i ee u ) (in nlvnlcnlalladwm w.’ ma‘ IPIUISDAY. AUGUST I, ll“. and llahad linha. one‘ in second in cobalt. Can- m‘. standsthird in copper. fourth in lead and fourth in silver amongst the world‘ sproducere. For": people of 10,000,000 popu- lation the mineral production is re- markabie-snd growing rapidly. The value of metals produced per capita in 1N8 was $8.89: in the cluront year the figure may be 030-00. » EDITORIAL NOTES Then is still time to improve the waterfront. Many people are repaint‘ l; their dwellings and places of business. They will never regret it. Dollar wheat was reached at Winnipeg on Tuesday, the first time for more than a year. The closing price was 99 cents- Promier Ramsay MacDonald has gone to Newfoundland without vis- iting the most beautiful province in the Marltimes. We feel convinced that had he and his daughter landed here fliey would have re- mained for four or five weeks, leav- ing merely a week to looki. upon Newfoundlamfs rugged grandeur. It has been suggested that Upper Hillaboto. Sehod and Orlebar St. and Hlllorest Avenue should be permanently laid. as the traffic is foo heavy for gravel. If this be done, then, with Upper Prince each of the south, north streets mould be made one way-up Upper Prince, dons School, up Upper niilsboro, and down Crlebar. Otherwise than are- going to be traffic jams and trouble. "Hie Iimtunate end of the war can lmdar no circumstances be charged against him. It merely pas- sd jll@nsnt m the inabiltly of the politicians of that day." So said Hitler- st II-Iindenbursk fimeral. Wlbathopeiathero of peace-so long as this spirit ' tea the German people? ‘The ability“ o1 “the poli- ticians of some other da "—-"Der Tag" is evidently hwed and lmged for to revenge “the imfixtunate end. of the war." Mr. Gandhi must have been real- fling that s. quiet life m‘ not food for his prophetic soul, hence his plunge cnee more into the front page with a seven day fast propo- sition. A fast of that duration is not vory strenuous, many people observe ft for healiiha sake with- out making a fuss about it, but it is sufficiently extensive to Justify newmaper notice so far as Mr. Gandhi is concerned. It may be mentioned that lord willingdon, Governor-General, who previously put the Mahatma in his proper place, is‘ at present in England on vacation, and "when the cat's away the mice will play." Hon. H. H. Stevens has been get- Ones again a Canadian scientist relieved where it did not cure dia- betes; the anti-hormone may point the way to the more effective cure of “ ' goitre, Grave's disease and other illness caused by the ml!- functioruns of the siands - - - .flpr1noncg carry on what Sir Arthur Keith calls the postal service of the body. The nerves are the body's telegrfllih; they send messages to and from the brain to every part of the body. The hormones carry little packets from the glands along the blood stream to wherever they are needed. Like good postal servants they make no mistakes. ‘Ihc right package is always delivered at the right place-Hamilton spectator. Headed by Rear Admiral Kuble. the senior officers of the German cruisers Konigsberg and. Leipzig, visiting Portsmouth, paid a call at the British Admiralty last week. Their appearance in full dress uni- forms decorated with Iron Crosses attracted great attention in White- hall. The ofiicers spent the day in sightseeing, which was followed by a reception at the German Embassy. This is the first visit of German warships to England since before the war. OopeAPgus: It ls perhaps all to the. good. that hope springs‘ eternal in the international breast. Already rumors are current that the Econo- mic" Conference, which has been down for a long count of nine. is about to be resuscitated- America. is apparently prepared to administer the necessary artificial respiration and Senator King prophesied at least a world monetary conference within a year. In the same way Sir John Simon talked of reviving dis- armament discussion even before the present parleys have collapsed. It used. to be said that the severity of the world blizzard would drive the nations together under one roof. both economically and politically. The reverse has happened. Each has made for its own kraal and barred the gate. Victoria Colonist: Sir Josiah Stamp is a practical and successful manwhohaswonhiswayinlife through no extraneous influences. He went to work before he was six- teenyearsofageandthenratpay he got was four pence an hour. He recognized from the beginning the necessity for study and being pre- pared for whatever came along. In speaking of his experiences he says that many young fellows today think because they have passed oer- tain examinations they are quali- fied to fill important posts, but it's not as easy as all that. Sir Josiah believes that ability and patience are the chief factors in success. 1e Nouvellisie, Three Rivers: ‘It goes without saying that we have every interest in developing to the fullest possible extent our trade with the United Kingdom and the other British nations. But the re- suits achieved so far, remarkable though they are, must not blind us to the evolution which is beginning in intro-imperial commerce. If we want to save ourselves from disap- pointments. it is important that we should urgently take the necessary steps with a. view to diversifying our markets. Inndon Morning Post lCons.) : To disarm in the pursuit of peace has always seemed to us a foolish and a perilous proceeding. Our statesmen in the immediate past have even taken credit for "cour- age" in reducing the defences of their country beyond the point of prudence. ‘This sort of daring in defence is like "daring" in feminine attire: it is a temptation to attack and may lead to undoing. Industrial and economic turmoil in North America parallels the po- litical unrest in Europe. In the United States strikes are disrupting ting unexpected publicity by cir- culating his views on the Mass Buying inquiry before ills Commit- tee, now s. Royal Commisslml, has reported to the House of Commons. It appears that by request, Mr. Stevens, shortly before the House rose, addressed the Conservative Membe Study Club on the pro- gress of the inquiry, summarising and commenting on the evidence already submitted. For the conven- ience oi’ the members of the club he had his speech mimeographed and circulated, some copies finding their way also to friends and news- papers which Mr. Stevens consid- ered would show a friendly interest in his investigation. As might have been expected, copies also reached some of the firms being investigated and immediately actions for libel‘ were threatened, the contention being that only one side of the question had been investigated. Mr. Bennett, hearing of this, communi- orderly progress in Minneapolis. Philadelphia and New York, while in Stellarton, N.S.. the collieriee are tied up by a walkout which has been marked by some acts of viol- ence. Down in New Orleans the National Guard, under orders of Senator Huey Long, and local po- llce,.dlrected by Mayor Walmsley, are in danger of clashing over a po- litical feud resulting from the ap- pointment of a new police com- missioner by the state legislature. The first death in the United States from berl-beri in fifteen years was reported to the State Health Department recently. The death occurred in Buffalo and lhc one previous was in New York Cit)’ in 1919. Bcri-be-ri has caused four deaths up-State in the past twenty years. The disease is caused by u deficiency of vitamin B in the diet- It was a great scourge in the armies during the Russian-Japanese War in 1904-05. ' Christian Science Monitor: Mean- time, there L; no other group of men in the country who inspire confid- ence ln their power to form a. gov- ernment. The present administra- tion does not act as quickly as its cated with Mr. Stevens, who con- sented to the undistributed copies; being destroyed, and all others pos-F sible called in. ‘ 1- l Commenting upon the return ofi prosperity and showing the neces-i slty of nursing the progress lest it} get a set back, the Montreal Gas-l etie has this to asyi - “Mr. Scotty's QXPNIMOI! 0|’ 00n- fldence that the improvement will continue should be Justified lf there is not too much official meddling with the natural y "iii 1d 5 taking place. The so-callsd Stevens i inquiry is to be resumed shortly; ‘ the Marketing Act is to be put into operation, and the new Govemment ln ssbesws. first in platinum. sec- ~a4m sums. seems h III. I80’ inoutsrioisiauuagoteedu and remind-it critics would like it to do; it does not embrau imaginative schemes can pattern. All these things spell disturbance, involve interference. and, in the case of the Stevens in- qulry, make for distrust and uncer- tainty by giving to the public a. partial and over- phaslaed view of Cflmlflbffinl ' operations. ‘Ibis would be unfortunate at any time and is distinctly lnJurious at a mo- ment when, after a long period cf severe economic ‘ , on, a res- toration of public confidence might be expected. Rocking the boat at such a time is this, when so mueh depends upon a public sense of se- eds-w i.» i» were - ' I After insulin the anti-hormone! - has made a great discovery. 1nsulin_ firm: cualznorra hours r » ‘III-all’,- ANXIETY AS A CAUSE OF SLEEPLESSNESS While the use of a drug to iHduTé sleep is Justified in many cases, nevertheless taking "a drug regularly lto prevent sleeplessness is wrong. ' Now, while it is not known Just lwhat causes sleep, it is known that sleep should come naturally to all of us, and that if we can't sleep, there is something wrong. If we can't sleep something is ob- structing or preventing it, and we must find that obstruction. In most cases aleeplessness-in- sonlnia-is not clue to any disease of the body or mind but Just to a state or condition m’ the mind. , Naturally any pain will prevent sleep and if the cause of the pain cannot be found, or, if found cannot be prevented for the time being, then some sleeping drug may well be used. However most casts of sleepless- ness are due to anxiety or to having too much on the mind. With worries or anxieties on the mind or the planning of the next day's or the next week's work, naturally there is lacking the "calmness" that is nec- essary before sleep will come. You can thus see that the treat- ment of this form of sleeplessness is to try to get rid of what is caus- ing the anxiety or if this is not pos- sible try to reduce or lessen the im- portance of it in the patients mind. This means that the physician will have to discuss plainly and fully the matter that is causing the anxiety. It must be "brought out into the light of day", and shown not to be so important that sleep will be lost and the health injured. Many individuals can't sleep be- cause they are afraid they will not be able to sleep and they worry about the terrible results of sleep- lessness. They think they will go out of their mlnd-—bec0me insane- if they do not get a full night's sleep evfiy night. Thus they "try very hard to go to sleep". and this very trying so hard actually pre- vents sleep. 1n treating this anxiety type of aleeplessness the physician explains that while sleep is important, to health, there is no danger to the mind if the patient doesn't sleep, as Nature will step in arid bring sleep in due time. Further, if the. patient is inform- ed that if he lies quietly in bed, with knees and elbows slightly bent, and mind calm. he will slow down his heart, lower his blood pressure and get 80 per cent of the value of real sleep, it often happens that he stop, worrying about not getting oh‘ t0 sslleen. and drops ofl into a sound eep. of reconstruction; it does not evoke the least enthusiasm. But it seems safe. And irl these days of excit- able cries, sensational panaceas, and violence abroad, the British public, so long as the situation con- tinucs 1o improve, is inclined to plump for safe lf stolid leadership. Thus-all the indications would seem to prove that only on this earth are there human Joys and sorrows: revolutions and counter- revolutions; wedding bells and christenlrigs; auto horns and jazz; traffic cops and taxes; radios and telephones, and all the other things which go to characterize what is known as humanityn-Brantford Expositor. lxmdnn Dally Express (Ind): This day twenty years ago the King pasted in review outside the road- stead at Spithead 493 men-d-war. For three hours the line of ships steamed by, travelling at eleven knots. It was the greatest armada the world has ever seen. Britain has no fleets like that today. Nor, if she had, would she enjoy so sure a safeguard against invasion. The airplane has changed that. Yet Bri- tain is committed by her politicians to fight for the maintenance of Continental frontiers, Just a5 she was in 1914. The rivalries and fears of Europe are as great now as 1n that fateful July twenty years ago. The Grouping of the Powers is iden- U681. The clash is coming. Keep clear! Denounce the War Pacts! No odZilQoi/lwt ALMAE MATRES‘ St. Andrews by ihe Northern Sea. A haunted town it is to mel A little city worn and gray, The gray North Ocean girds it round, And o'er the rocks and up the bay, The long sea-rollers surge and sound. And still the thin and biting spray Drives down the melancholy street; And still endure and still decay Towers that salt winds vainly beat: Ghost-like and shadowy they stand, Dim-mirrored in the wet sea sand. A broken minster looking forth Beyond the bay, above the town, o winter of the kindly North. 0 college of the scarlet gown: And shining sands beside the sea. The stretch of links beyond the sand, Once more I watch you, and to me Itisasifltmiohcdhisblsid . . . . All thme hath Oxford; all are dear, But dearer far the little town, ‘Ihe drifting surge, the wintry year, The College of the scarlet gown. St. Andrews by the Northern Sea, That is s. haunted town to mel —~Andrew Lang. ‘Anskow IAng lied been a student fggdpws, 1809, and Ox- (Textusl quotation from ‘the an- nual report of Dr. Carleton Stan- Icy, President of Dalhousie Univer- sity; In many of our Onnadim uni- versities far the greater number .01’ students are struggling duringthlli’ first two years or s0. to 00111091186" for an inadequate schooling, and even at a later period they are more concerned with attending lectures. preparinglfor examinations and the getting of marks. than with fields of literature or scientific thouflhi- Meantime faddists. riusiliiifl" u educational authorities. filrthd Iii‘ with Jargon about culture. and technocrflcy. and rascal-chins for a Ph.D. degree. In the blind welter and din a blessed remnantof them do climb a peak and catch a vis- ion. Yet il a mmlssion. like one of the Royal commissions on Univer- sities which have sat in Britain during the past century, ever sat on Canadian universities, the find- H-ciw have students spent their time at school, before coming t0 Canadian universities? I open at random a book which is used in the high schools of Halifax in i934. for instruction in literature, I quote the entire page which falls under my eye: > A wlnrsin aorm (This song forms the ‘conclusion of Love's Labor's Loaf) In which Shakespeare calla to mind boyhood days in and around Stratford-on-Avcn. Which is the picture of the town in winter? When icicles bang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows bis nail. And Tom bears logs into the hall. and milk comes frozen home in pail. When blood is nipped and ways b: 0 I Then nightly slag: the staring owl, Til-whit: Tu-who s merry note. . While greasy Joan doth keel, lbs pot. Wbeu all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the sons saw, And birds alt brooding in tbs snow. And Mariano nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs, hiss in the howl, Then nightly sings the starting owl. Tu-whit: ‘Tu-who. a merry note. While ‘greasy Joan doth keel the p0 . par- Note: These fire songs are all so celebrated that you should memor- ise at least one of them. To mem- orlse any selection either prose er verse. proceed a; llows: (a) Ill:- rlersuind the messing thoroughly: (h) Read the whole selection twice rind fix in your mind the main divi- alnns: (c) Nola carefully the key words sud phrases: (d) Train the eye and esr to catch and bold the colour patterns and musical phrases for the writer puts in pictures and music to make his thoughts and emotions memorable. l. To con] the kettle by stirring and skiniinln _ 2. Crab apples were toasted. put hissing bot into the ale to make apple-teddy. What sort of instruction is this? Why does the editor, before allow- ing his readers to encounter Shake- speare, tell them in advance that this is a reminiscence of Shake- speare's days at Stratford? Bow does he khOW that Not one nude;- of Shakespeare in ten thousand would agree with him. And why does he distract his readers from Shakespeare by telling them in ad. vance, to look, as they read, for s "picture of the town in winter?" And when they do read the song where will they and such a. picture? Is this a practical poke? And what on earth, is a reader, young or old to make of the editor's note and his recipe for memorisatlon? what are "key words?" What. in the name of criticism or common sense, are “colour pattems?" What are "mus- 109-1 Phrases?" And what a lame and ludicrous analysis of poetic frcnzy and inspiration to say: "The writer puts in pictures and music to make his thoughts and emotions memorable. On another page of the same book Newman's hymn, "Lead Kindly Light". is followed with this exhor- tation ran almost incredible piece of blasphemy, after what a great critic called the only example of in- SPiff-‘d. 1131000108? in existence): READ A BOOK Rlllfffl’! of space: From Beacon liirv- to Radio, by W. K_ Towgrg Hnrper. Rr-mnilcr- ni‘ lug mcsssgel. Travellers nnr] Travelling by Evg. iYnrr-h T-inpnn, Henrik-dun, Mm. progress in send- ing would be stern and oomfortless._ n. The story of progrcs; in i. _ Sensational Criticism l, Of Educational Methods A I By Dal/music President you had? Few nuzcll “sugar do n your ea. 4. which toys do you like bests? To each of the above qilest on . ‘ five snsweiu are required- No one will suspect me. 1 Kim"- og trying to put the City of I-Iali-| Jinx especially in ‘the. DUJOTY- Tiiii mischief is as wlde as Canada There are text-books on Canadian history and on chemistry which iIi- | dieata an equally time-devouring ifrippery. There are even more fat- ! liOlig works on citizenship and econ- omics, but I hesitate to GROW 1mm them out of a. fear that nothing I ihsve recorded will be believed. When all has been said o this head, however, much less than l half the story has been mid. If the ‘eschers in our schools were them- selves educated, such text-books and such curricula would be laugh- ed out of existence in less than a day. Indeed, so far as literature. lmglish composition and history are concerned, no text-books would be needed. Book; not text-books. would be read by the students, and lthe authors of the books would not ‘ be Towers nor Taippans. It argues a complete lack of confidence in the teaching personnel that Depart- ments of Education have to con- cern themselves with the prescrip- tion of text-books at all. But if so many teachers in the secondary schools are illiterate, and have to be spoonfed by pretentious editors, whose fault is that? Are the univer- sities forever to be permuted to rail at the schools for sending them students who are dunces, without being reminded that these produc- era of dunces are in turn the pro- duct of the universities? _If the teacher-g of French in our second- ary schools cannot reod a sentence of French ‘so that a Frenchman would recognise the words, whose fault is that? Has it to do with the vicious importation of a certain kind of pedasogy. which says open- ly, blatantly and continuously, "it matters not whether teachers know what they teach so long as they lmow how to teach it?" Has it to do with a failure in the universities m seize upon such students as show aptitude for languages, and make of them genuine scholars -in those languages? Or will it do Just to dismiss the matter with a. shrug, as part of the "Cult of Incompet- ence" which marks a sprawling democracy? I am inclined to think that the Commission for the investigation of Canadian universities would find that it was the paramount duty of the university at least to take the lead in rectifying and reforming. NUI‘ IN1S The dlmcultles about refomia- tlon are great and almost universal. but I do not believe them lnsuper- able. It is said that almost any person can attain a Canadian col- lege degree, which is true; and that school commissioners do not know the dlflerence between one college degree and another, which is per- haps partly true. The universities, at least, have not helped the public to understand the matter by mul- tlplying their degrees, and by de- grading the good English phrases “Honour Degrees" so that it means almost nothing at all. An Honours Course means in England, and used to mean in Canada, a coherlrig group of studies not narrow nor ex- clusive, but catholic and liberal; so thorough and difficult as to require special preparation before college and carried on in college in small tutorial classes of selected stud- ents. working largely for themselves at assigned tasks. At the end of such a. course the student underwent a comprehensive examination on the field of human endeavour which he had been studying-mot a quiz on lectures attended, Ol.' texts read. or experiments made. From such an examination, conducted not by his own tutors, he emerged with First-Class Honours, or Second, or Third. With such a system in vo- gue it can be depended upon that there are some high school trustees who will strive to staff their schools with First-Class Honours graduates. and will be unwilling to engage any graduate lower than Second-Class. But. 1f there are no such Honours Courses, what is a trustee, charged with engaging a high school teach- er to do? Suppose he wants n teach- er who can teach mathematics, and the best B.A. graduate he can find is one who has taken a single class in mathematics, amid a. score of other subjects. Nay, suppose the B.A. graduate is one who has nev- I or studied any mathematics in coi- you take . vniiml. Arnunrl the Wnrlil i El bl D by Juli-a Verne. hi?» g y u!’ Phineas log; makes n wager, 588111. wrqt is one to think? Is the mind of the child to leap from the supreme leader of mankind, once fondly prayed w, to the boast that men are now "Masters of Space?" Is the wayward thought of youth to see puns on the Kindly Light of a dark-some world, in the Beacon Fires described by one W. K. Towers? I; there a pun in "Travellers" and “Eva. Much?" Once more. is the editor a practi- cal Joker. or is he unctuously using famous lines to puff the third-rate wares of book sellers? Even Jules Verne, the ever admirable. what has he to do with "head Kindly Light?" WIIIE AB CANADA Recently, while chatting with s thoughtful and sensible school teacher in Halifax. I was shown s text-book on English Grammar, which l3 used in three Consecutive grades of Halifax Schools, Grades VII. VIII. IX. The following is an exercise forced on boys year after Year. even until some of them are fifteen or sixteen years old: 1, Who! klml of pudding 1'11 you like heat? l. {lair} a? caisqats ‘maul; r 714i‘. p fete ration. 41th. Wilsilt‘; m? i i The Answer Boila ~ Pimples Skin Diseases Sallow Complexion Nervousness Loss of Muscular Tone Anaemia Impaired Appetite Run Down Condition Stomach Disorders lronized Yeast The 2 Macs DRUGSTORE 149 Great George Street FRIDAY and MIXED BISCUITS .. sons BISCUITS WHITE SUGAR nan nose TEA -. TOMATOES BULK cocoa P. AND c. soar BANANAS .._--_ Extra Special ‘Values for AUGUST 10th andv 11th. Clark's Tom. or Veg. SOUP . JELL-O POWDERS KELLOG’S CORN FLAKES .. 3 lbs. 25c SATURDAY .............. 2 lbs. 21¢ accuses-oboe 21b8, 25¢ ............ 10 lbs. 59¢ .... 2 lbs. 85c ....... .. 2lbs. 19c ... 3 for fie ... 2 lbs. 23c . 10 cakes 38c 6 for 25c SCRIBBLERS A full stock of ROBIN HOOD F 98 lbs. Bags SCHOOL SUPPLIES ‘Buy here before School opening Muscular M. Pads ...............-.. 2 for 15c Equal to 7 Bus. Oats for ............. 12 for 25c all School Books. ancy Cut Oatmeal ................... $2.98 Stock Royal Household FLOUR 98 lb. bags $2.35 CHOICE BLUE POTATOES 50c bus. HUNTER I’ it-szisv. If you are in need of binder twine, steel roofing, asphalt shingles, cedar shingles, cedar posts, matched lumber, cement or brick, get my prices before buying elsewhere. HORACE C U TCLIFFE RIVER lege at sill i most of Canada. today. And. 011B same is trueof classics. of ‘ languages, o! literature, of history, and of science. . Can any formula be found. an analogy, or some tihunder-atrikirfl phrase, that will make us all stand onourheadsandtakesneiwfresh 100k at the situation? A situation in which hardly any teacher of math- ematicg is more than one jump ahead of the pupils he is teaching in the matriculation grade; and. indeed i-n which many teachers are not even one Jump ahead: schools in which ao-called teachers of classics have had no Greek whatever, and hsrdw any Latin beyond school Latin. Are they not worse than blind leaders of the blind? Do they not indeed constitute s. vested interest of Ignorance? d Atleastanaslalogyca-nbefolm for that apotlleoeis of methodology: “It does rim matter whether you know what you teach so long as you know how to teach it." This is equivalent to claiming that it does not matter whether you know what tofeedababysclorlgasyou know how to feed it. Get the proper bottle and the proper nipple, and it does not matter whether you fill the bottle with cow's milk or ar- senic, especially if you have taken a course in nutritional psychology. It is. of course, the task of the universities to do many other things besides training teachers of acad- emies and high schools. But this is for obvious reasons, their first practical task, especially since, if they fail in that it is easy to de- monstrate that they fail in all oth- ere. “FAR Iiuwflid IT!" Let is not be tlwught that the establishment of Honour Courses would unravel the whole education- al tangle. Far from it. Thoughtful parents everywhere realise, that by much the most important pal-t of the educational process lies in that formative, plastic span of life be- tween the ages, roughly speaking, of six and eleven. In the case of some children it is seven to ten, or eight to twelve. This age is exposed the first part of elem ‘ ry school- ing. Even in the happiest places in Canada. and in the happiest de- cades of our history, this part of the educational process has been utterly scamped or stinted. Here music, rhythm. poetry should have their greatest sway. The great minds of the world, Plato to Goethe, have recognised the supreme im- portance of this part of life. Intel- llgent and imaginative mothers, whether read in educational theory or not, recognise this instinctively. Aside from one or two private schools (and these girls‘ schools, taught by Etngllshwomen) I have nowhere seen in Canada any recognition, so far as schools are concerned, of this all-important fact. In the families of the well-to-do a malaise concern- ing schools is reflected in private governess and tutors. But even these are half-paid and ill chum. The hardest of all teachers to procure, the one who needs the highest gifts and most education, is the teacher of the young. what in Canada is called the “primary teacher," the teacher who is thought to be of no importance. and who is worst paid. as she teaches only three hours a. day! Of sll the wrongs perpetrated by humanity against humanity, this is the worst, the most cruel wrong. Another thing must, in fairness, be remembereu by us. who are connected with the universities. In- deed we shall forget it only at great peril tigurselves. Bvrrible HQ» mil exactly the truth 0f the alteration in ' oouaivvhoot (‘Iolegraph Join-nab , ‘Wheat O1 Yddifiiddmi . Winnipeg a e, time selling aitiothst figure is the fgirst time dollar wheat ha‘ cheered wutern souls since July I last year, and at loam half a bilsbels sold ment slxoad. The Canadian followed an advance of time? mammal"; "as i‘ i‘ ~ erpoo , sa e cove English marlwt .0! a 1% r ing the last month or so. There prospect of reduced wheat s in many quarters. The oontin Eurvllean crop lssaidtobe down most 350.000.0170 bushels. The Uni‘ ted States yield is reported the smallest in the last forty years. Can‘ ads/s position has improved sin early summer, and the Irlterrlatiqu I Institute d Agriculture utimates 0. . last year, but still well below‘ the five-year average, 1928-3Q al fll.0il0.000 bushels. While the world carry-over fr ' ladyoarisstllllargmitisf ‘ that the consumption during the puosent season will reduce it sub! stantially, and a. more nearly coma.‘ condition of supply and demand w ensue. Because of large crops in during 199a world wheat ehiirmanil. were abnormally nnall. Quotas u} the international agreement wer bascdonil-Malofbwflmflmbush- els, while _Broomhall‘s estimate importers‘ requirements is placed 58,000,000 bushels. Canada's quoe ta was 200,000,000 and in the 1111! eleven months of the crop year, 180.- ooom binbeis had been slipped Her quota for 1934-36 is about 2650 000,000 while the new crop and the carry-over will total some 400.000.0004. While the United States and the Danubian area practically out of the export market, and with an acceler- ated demand from Europe, Canada can expect to see a. substantial re- m duction in her wheat surplus duriril the coming year. QUESTION AND ANswnn (ti. Questlmt-I; salmon a good fldll for the silver fox? Answer-Salmon, although ‘Wd have had no experience in fecdini: this to foxes, if fed fresh should make an ideal fish food for foxes. We do not recommend to feed fish more than twice or at the outside. three times each week. _______i. or late years in Scotland. the spread of bracken. particularly iii the west. has leached such dime!" alone that it has become a Milli" menace to hill fanning. The dice Alive never, so far as one can see from a study of hisi-OTY- been so loaded against the learners among children and youth. In no generation have there 0P0" such gtunnlllg distractions from study as those which we elder m6" have fortuitously or willingly. Pi’°' vided for the younger genereiidib And. of course, if it is harder in llesrn. it is harder to teach. 'I‘hfli fearful handicap, carried by 0i" school-teachers we must remember. Among our school-teachers thcrii are many who understand. Just e5 clearly as do any of us, the whole situation and it; difficulties. We teachers In college ought to be ally- ing ourselves with the teachers iii schools W eonght in be Wm" with them. inrielul of cumin! Ii their stroke For Full Strength and Fine Flavor se BRAHMIN ORANGE PEKOE TEA Ceylon Leaf BIIIQIIIIIIIQ, If. I;