» The Guardinw | Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew W. J. Hancox, Publisher ~ Wallace Ward Frank Walker Managing Editor _ Editor Published every week day morning (except Sun- day and statutory holidays) at 165 Prince Street, “> Charlottetown, P.E.1., b» Thomson Newspapers Ltd. Branch_offices at Summerside, Montague, Alberton and. Souris Represented nationally by Thomson Newspapers Advertising Services: Toronto 425 University Ave. % Empire 3-8894; Montreal 640 Cathrart Street Uni- ’ versity 65942; Western Office 1030 West Georgie - Street Vancouver MA. 7037. Member Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Assotiation and The Canadian Press. The Canadian Press is exclusively entitled to the. use for repub- lication of all news dispatches in this credited to it or to the Associated Press or Reuters and also the Jocal news published herein. All right or republication of specialedismatches here- -in -elso reserved. Subscription rate: j Not over 40c per week by carrier. ‘ + not serviced by carrier $15.00 @ year off Island and U.K. $20.00 per year in U.S. and elsewhere outside British Com monwealth. Nor cver 7s siagle copy. Meinber Aud't Bureau of Circulation. | PAGE 4 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1966. <100 ener emees « Down To Business Some unkind critic said that if our MPs were paid on a piecework basis : for legislation passed, they'd have acm ohne o engmee paper | $12.00-a year by mail on rural routes and areas | gone home for their Easter holidays’ ‘nearly broke. But they are back to “work now, after an adjournment ‘since April.6, and the hope is that . they will get down to business on the i government's legislative program, ‘ which constitutes the real meat of the ' session. - But first | the House will be tied down briefly on previous commit- -ments. There are the reports of the independent commissions redrawing i ‘the constituency boundaries, for in- - Stance, which were tabled on March - 19. The redistribution law said there “should be a 15-day, period. during * “which objections to ‘the new - bound- aries could be filed. But it will be re- “called that the government had to get its 1965-66 estimates passed or be plunged into financial crisis. The re- sult was an all-party agreement. early this session to amend the redistribu- tion law providing for 45 days instead be up May 4; and it is intended, now vote five of those remaining days to winding up. the budget debate, and the other seven to hearing redistribu- tion: protests. After that, the members are expect- new stream-lined rules adopted by the House last session. The rules narrow the scope for idle talk and opposition filibuster, and increase by nearly_50- per. cent the time available for gov- ernment business. Some 65 items are listed in the Throne speech that will require their attention, and there won’t be any time for unproductive wrangling. *Finland’s Problem Finland is the most recent country to: get into the bilingual problem picture. It’s difficulty is, not so much to find a solution as to finance that solution without unduly burdening the taxpayers. At least, that’s what’s worrying the Helsinki government, which is reportedly spending millions of marks annually to maintain the two-language administration it’s legis- lation demands. In addition, still fur- ther millions are spent on double- | of 15 for objections. The 45 days will- that Parliament has resumed, to de- ed-to-really_get-to-work, aided by the _ language street signs, translation and: typing of official documents and similar items. : The first Swedes arrived in Finland about 500 A.D. Permanent..Swedish settlement developed in the 13th cen- | tury. The-descendants of these _ invaders are still thére. At one time it was the burning desire of every Finnish youth to speak Swedish. The development of industry, though, re- duced the Swedish-ianguage inhabi- tants, so that now there are only some 350,000, Swedish-Finns, representing about 8 per cent of the total popula- “aa A Jaw enacted in 1919, when, after World War I, Finland became fully self-governing states that Swedish and - Finnish are the republic’s | official languages,.and clearly requires that when the minority language is spoken bv more than 10 per cent of a com- munity’s total population, that com- | munity must fall within the “double- language’ category. : The language status of communities is décided every tenth year. To escape fluctuation, communities first apply- ing for double-language status must have a minority of at. least, 12 per cent. Per contra, those seeking to be classified in the single-language cate- gory must have a minority group of less than’8 per cent on their first ap- plication. The-law also originally stipulated that the major cities, Helsinki- Aabo and. Vasa- should. be regarded as double-language communities even if the minority fell below 8 per. cent. This proviso was tater wiped ,out, ae the Swedish Peoples’ Party, with 14 seats in parliament, have urged that it be required. The law also requires that. people applying for civil service jobs must be able ta speak both languages. The Swedish-Finns are largely con- | centrated in Finland’s northweste: _ and southern coastal areas, and th | numbers are slowly declining.sPhe double-language standard doesn’t | seem to have done much to check this decline, and it is questionable what the future has in store for it. | ~ Still Unexplained In referring to the Victor Spencer case in the House of Commons on | Feb. 23, Prime Minister Pearson stat- ed that the surveillance being exercis- ed over this man “‘in his own interest as well as in the pubic interest,” had been “adapted tothe require- ménts of: this particular case.” Jus- tice Minister Cardin supplemented would be subject to a 24-hour tail by | ‘the RCMP. It was understandable, A eretore. | that when Spencer was found in his home in Vancouver-on-Aprit-9-after— he had been dead for three or four days, Canadians were strongly critical its “surveillance” of the 61-year-old spy suspect. Mr. Pearson himself was quoted as stating, when queried as to - | whether the surveillance had been withdrawn prior to the _ suspect’s death, that he was unaware of any such order having been issued. Yet the government, it has now been revealed, called off the RCMP in the wake of strong protests in Par- liament and by the public. The order whom the RCMP _is- administered. RCMP’s responsibility when .Ottawa flashed word to Vancouver to stop shadowing the former postal clerk. speaking terms with his own Solicitor ~General-and should have been-inform-. éd of this order immediately. Certain- ly he should not have been placed in the position of having to make the statement he did. He should at least have had the knowledge immediately after Spencer’s body was found, and the public generally should have been so informed. It was an oversight for which it is hard to account, and which the Mounties, no doubt, will: find difficult to forget. Out In Alberta Like all self-employed Canadians, farmers must pay the full shot of the Canada Pension Plan: They-have-also to make an additional payment for their hired men, and to’ deduct the latter’s share of the premiums. Out in Alberta, resentment over these pro- visions has been growing and several southern Alberta locals of the Farm- | ers’ Union have already held angry protest. meetings. Perhaps it is too late to do anything about it, but at a_big rally near Red Deer recently, attended by top officials of the potent and militant Western Stockgrowers Association, a campaign for the priv- ilege of “opting out’’ of the deal was” discussed. It is argued that big buistheas: with its electronic and punchcard book- keeping machines, can adjust itself | to the red tape involved in. the pen- ' sion plan, but for the farmer the multiplicity of forms to be filled and records to be kept adds up both to frustration and burdensone costs. Businessmen have learned to cope with such problems and pass on most of the cost to their customers. Those who fail to do so wind up in the bank- ruptcy court. But for the farmer—the © western farmer particularly—there | is no way in which he is going to be | able to pass on any of his extra costs. He is the last. iri liné, it is claimed; and that is what is causing all the up- roar. i | | Nor is this all. The farmers insist | that they are caught both ways. They are ‘the ultimate consumers, so they have to pay for whatever the manu- facturers, wholesalers, retailers and transporters add to their cost as a result of social security. Thus when the bakers recently added two cents a loaf to the price of bread, the far- | mers have to pay the increase for the" | bread they buy but are in fact getting less for the wheat that goes, into the bread—which is sold by the Wheat Board in the open market—-than they | did last year EDITORIAL NOTE “Ontario residents.” comments the Ottawa Journal. “might complain more about increases in taxes if their per-capita personal incomes weren't 33 per-cent higher than the average for the other nine provinces.” That will be a good thought to take to the | next federal-provincial conference. a this assurance by stating that Spencer—}— of the RCMP for the inefficiency of | [es is reported to have been issued by Solicitor. nera ell, under Spencer, therefore, was no longer the — BUT IS _BUTIS IT ART? ~ the taste of a modern art con- est in jigsaw puzzles. Placid landscapes cut up into Surely-the—Prime—Minister_is_on | simple pieces are out. Instead, artist. Jackson Poolock’s ‘*Con- vergence” is divided into 340 perplexing squiggles, swirls, and | _blotches. This is the ultimate in a form of intellectual exercise |~ invented by the ancient Chinese. Assembling the intricate net- | work of colorful splatters creat- | ed by the late pioneer of ‘‘ac- | tion” painting has its rewards. “"You understand a Jackson Pol- | | lock better after you have’ made the puzzle.”’ said-.an art student. The Pollock painting is called the world’s most . difficult jig- | PUBLIC FORUM “This—column-is~-open. te the discussion. by correspondents ef questions of in- terest. The Guardian does not neces- sarily endorse the opinion of corres. pondents. All letters published are sub- ject te editing and condensation where mecessary. The Guardian is unable to enter into any e regard- ing letters submitted. A HAPPY AUGURY Sir,—Recently I was invited to tn hall when Father Wood was honored by his parishioners in recognition: of the 25th anniver- sary. of his ordination to the priesthood .and in anticipation of his trip abroad when he will vis- it the Holy Land and the Holy Father. I did not feel uncomfort- erend fathers and sisters, but my imagination took flight and I began to muse upon the won- ders of this modern age. -I had a vision of a young Am- erican and a young Russian fly- ing their kites in circles around er in their flirfations with Ve- nus. Then the scene changes and I envisaged myself driving my car across the Northumberland Strait high up above the drifting ice and dashing spray thrown up by a northeast gale. A sensation like flying in an airplane and Then with a swoop I felt myself ;—diving down _— down into the— and the ice flow. Now with a zoom I come up and behold! I have crossed the stormy sea by a miracle. I think I’ shall quote to my- self, as I make my first cross- ing, from the 139th Psalm. and remember ‘how the Psalmist felt assured that whether he ascen- ded into the heavens or descend- _ed into hell, his God was with him. More exciting still came a vis- ion more apropos my invitation to Father Wood’s banquet. I re- called how in the beginning of the Christian community the re- mark was often made by those | not of their group: ‘‘How those | Christians love one another!'” Sadly the Devil soon: got in his dirty work and the Church was “by schisms rent asunder, by heresies distressed.’’ Came _ in- *quisitions, persecutions, martyr- doms. Chapters. of Church: his- tory were written that may pro- fitably be forgotten. Now in our’ 3 ee = a ae 8 ® @,) < z > fea oS = | - @} wi 4 S a af phere, as though the Spirit. of God has gained a fresh grip upon the conscience and _intelli- _ gence of those who acknowledge Him to be God. The word “ecumenicity” is written in large letters in the vo- | ecabulary of Christian conversa: | tion and activity. Witness my in- | Vitation to a Roman Catholic | banquet. My imagination —be- | comes excited with the ‘vision of | a return to that happy when again, the remark may be heard: ‘‘How those Christians | love one another!’ I thank God for my imagina: tion. a I am, ‘Sir, etc., R.H BANTER | West Covebead. a banquet in St. Eugene’s Par- | ablein the company of the rev- | Mars and vying with one anoth- | dJooking. down = on the clouds! | day comes a ~Chattged atmos- | estate: LYNDON BRIDGE that_a team of four or five pa- tient people work on it at once. basement and attempted to as- semble the Pollock puzzle | alone. He emerged after a full; day’s effort muttering. “tt-can't | be done, ‘it can’t be done.” CORNERS ‘ARE - CUT® “Convergence"-at— sek: Sas 2 conventional rectangular shape. | Manv of the new jigsaw puzzles |are round. These deny the jig- | saw fan the comforting straight | border to join together first as a framework for the rest of the pieces. Among the new circular puzzl- les are reproductions of ‘‘Adora- | tion of the Magi. ae by Fra Angel- —~and Andrea della Tobbia’s “The Vir- | gin and St. John Adoring Christ.’ It takes more than 500 _tiny interlocking pieces to re- | |produce — these [Special dies are. used to stamp ; out the segments. Some round puzzles are prinf- ‘ed in.a solid color with no de- {sign at all. These include ‘‘Lit- | tle Red Riding Hood’s~ Hood’; (all red), ‘Close-up of the Three Bears’’ (all brown), and | “Snow White Without the! | Dwarfs’**taltwhite). One of the most elaborate | modern puzzles is an original | painting in oils‘on gold leaf of | | the life and times of Richard IT. | Done on wood in medieval .style, masterpieces. - ——Fhe-Latesttn Jiosaw Puzzles: ‘National Geographic. News Bulletin | “It takes the-patience-of Job and. the 1,250- plece puzzle measures 123 by 31 inches. It costs about > noisseur to put together the lat- One man shut himself up in his na . The first known jigsaw puzzle | was_ancient China’s ch’i ch’iao tu, or “ingenious seven- piece plan;**-eonsisting of a square cut into five triangles, a square, and a rhomboid. Early in-the--19th--century, -the -Chinese-puzzle-became—a—fad-in- | western countries. In exile, Na- |poleon supposedly whiled away many hours with a: set. Called tangrams, the seven. ingenious Shapes still are made today. They an be manipulated to create hundreds of, figures, and are useful in teaching geometry. ‘ The first Fnglish puzzles were | Published in the 18th century and were _known as. ‘‘Dissected Maps."’. Toys and games of | those days were designed to be | edifving as_well as entertaining; one jigsaw puzzle was inscrib- ed, “MAP of the Various | PATHS-OF LIFE, 1794." _ | A pamphlet accompanying the , puzzle was subtitled ‘‘A Lesson | | for Youth." The dissected map showed the ‘various routes by which ax traveler—starting from _| | Parental . are Hall could event- | ually arrive either at Happy Old Age Hall or fall into the Bottom- less Pit. One special pit a modern jig- | saw addict faces is the rabbit | hole in a 500- piece puzzle repro- [aucea from manuscript pages of | Alice in Wonderland. Strikes Resoonsive Chords Ottawa Each person has his favorite sign of spring. Some judge by the pussy willows, some by the rising of the sap, and. some_by ithe return of the ‘wild geese. But spring arrives for many on that | ~day when they hear the first | earols behind the barn. There is |a heartiness.in the clear song— |an optimism that strikes a re- | sponsive chord in the heart. Our robin is not a robin. The true robin redbreast is a native of the Old World, a-——bird about the size of a bluebird. This |is the robin one meets so fre- quently “in -European--literature. Our robin is a thrush, but the English pioneers named it the robin in remembrance of the bird that was common on the English countryside. Probably robin ,redbreast is the best known of all our birds. It is a bird that prefers an en- | vironment around homes and farmsteads. Most of them go south in winter but it is not un- Journal common-for_them to. spend—the | cold period in the northland, feeding on berries and weed | seeds. The nest has a—base of mud, | lined with grass. The eggs are-a-}- ~pale bluish green. One of the appealing sights on the lawn is to watch a mother, followed_by. three or four awkward, fluffy- feathered young, hoping for the worm that the mother pulls from the soil. : Through sunny-days the rob- ins sound their clear, far-carry- \ing carols. Sugar snows may . | vision. e ° Cirrhosis And Vision By Dr. Theodore R» Van Dellen | Cirrhosis of the liver is-an in- triguing disease. It is brought about by drinking too much, eat- | ing too“littlé;-or~both. Some peo- | ~ple abuse the organ for years and for some. unknown reason, escape without—a-scratch: - Physicians from a Santiago, Chile, hospital found that the .color blind. were more suscep- tible to cirrhosis of the liver than persons with normal color A similar correlation could not be made with other hepatic disorders. This may be significant because cvlor blind- ness is hereditary. A sex- linked ‘}gene also may contribute to a form of weakness that makes, the liver more vulnerable to the toxic effects of alcohol-and_mal- nutrition. Last year we wrote about a ing the heart. Chronic alcohol- ics, with cirrhosis of the liver. were less likely to develop heart attacks than heavy drinkers -| without liver trouble. Our only comment was that drinkers with cirrhosis do not live long enough to develop coronary thrombosis. |. This is only part of the story. ‘|The liver manufactures substan- ces that help the blood to clot | ~Pandwhen~this~process-~is-~-mal--! functioning, thrombosis is less likely to occur. In this regard, an ailing liver is a” buiit-in-anti- coagulant machine that prevents | clot formation in the coronary ‘ factures estrogen hormones that protect against atherosclerosis. Several years- ago we wrote | about another study in which‘ similar statistical study involv- | No Marked By Arch Mac _ Canadian Press WASHINGTON (CP) — The unyielding nature of the United States government's basic atti- tude to China has been under-* lined in congressional testi- | |mony by State Secretary Dean | | Rusk. 4 Every time the U.S. makes a | | pYoposal-for —better--relations— exchanges of journalists, stu- dents, scientists or whatever— | communist-ruled China rushes | to broadcast its scorn. Time alone seems capable of ment in relations, Rusk said in his -testimony, published Satur- y. Observers feel all that has | changed, despite domestic | claims the U.S. has shifted its line, is public awareness of the problem of getting along with the Asian giant of 700,000,000 people. «| ernment has broadened its pro- posals for helping begin a thaw —proposals made as early as 1957 to China and brusquely | rejected then as now. The essence of Rusk's views run this way: “It. is. just. as essential to ‘contain’ Communist aggression | |in Asia as it was, and is, to~ | in Europe. ob creating any marked improve- | In recent weeks, the U.S. gov- | “Ar “the same™tinte;—-we—must—lies.”’ Im mprovement Staff, Washington continue to make it plain’ that | if Peking abandons its beliefs , that force is the best way to. resolvé dispufes. and gives tp” its violent strategy of ann revolution, we would welcome an era of good relations." +NO EASY WAY | But Rusk could not predict | quick changes in China. . . “Peking’s present state of mind is a combination of aggressive arrogance and obsessions of its ~ 'own making.” His points emphasized the heart of the bitter mutual. jso}a- |tion between the US> and. China: Formosa, home of the Chinese Nationalists and holder /of a United Nations Security Council permanent seat. The U.S. will continue to help defend Formosa, Rusk said, and attempt ‘to make sure Formosa remains in the UN. “When it can be done without | jeopardizing other US. inter. |ests, we should continue to en. | large the possibilities for unofft. cial contact (with Chipa),"’ Rusk | said. ‘But that is an academic exer- cise- now, he suggested, in say... ing that the present Chinese leaders “seem immune to -agreement—or-_persuasion._by anyone, Including their own al- pottetesetnceseeepeandnsenhonsnoubats “Rights Can Be a Milwaukee Journal arteries. The organ also manu- | | You ean't, the argument goes, | legislate: civil rights. However, consider Alabama. In 1960 there | someone noted that most men | were 66,000 Negroes registered with cirrhosis have very little | to vote in that state. By vigor- hair on thé chest. Very little has ous effort the figure was breught been added to this concept. The | to 111,966 before enactment of alcoholic destined to develop cir- rhosis has other: tell-tale find-’ | ings that are difficult to explain. These include redness of the palms and nose, spider veins on the face and upper abdomen, Dupuytren’s contractures of the hands, and enlarged breasts in men. DISEASES OF THE TROPICS Mrs. K. writes: What are the | Symptoms ‘of tropical disease? REPLY . “Books have been written to answer this question. There are hundreds. of —tropical__diseases ‘and each requires \treatment. Malaria, African | sleeping sickness, yaws, and yel- +low: fever are only~a-few of: the- ‘better known ~tropical-diseases:- GASTRIC FREEZING P. O. S. writes: I have heard | about a frozen treatment to- el- iminate the pain of a stomach ulcer. I got an ulcer- eight mon- ths ago. Is this an acceptable procedure? REPLY Acceptable perhaps, but the results after six months to -a year are not good enough to warrant recommendation. EGG SIPPING J. O. writes: Is there any ad- vance in sipping one raw egg | [REPLY There is no advantage to us but animal and bird nest rob- | +bers-like-their-eggs this way. An ‘egg is an egg and boiling, poa- | ching, frying, or ‘scrambling | does not detract from its nutri- | tional valle. | APOPLEXY T. F. ‘writes: Are secon | hemorrhage and stroke the same thing? : EPLY Yes, although in many strokes a clot rather than a hemorrhage develops in a blood vessel and | the brain is damaged by lack of blood in contrast to a hemor- | rhage in which the clot presses | on. the sensitive brain tissue. | | ty release. (NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen, co Chicago Trib- une, Chicago, Illinois.) “Our Yesterdays: (From The Guardian Files) TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO (April 20, 1941) whiten the land and rough winds bludgeon the fields and hillsides, -_but-the_robins take it in stride. Soon nest building will begin, | but for an interlude the red- breasts spend time making mus- ic while they hunt for food when the carols sound in the warming air, the countryman knows that tia: spring cannot be far be- | | hin “The three Bs? Bach, Beeth- ‘oven, and Brahms, I presume.”’ “What century you livin’ in, mister? We mean the three Bs —the Beatles. Bond, and B at- man! Yeah! Zowie!”’ In our infrequent encounters with the younger generation, we rediscover just how much times have changed. And we can’t help: noticing how much the | younger set (enthusiastically supported by a sizable number of their elders’. has had going for it these days Radio? The Beatles and’ their friends have it pretty well sewed up. Television” world. The movies? James Bond's whipping across practic- It's a batman’'s’” ATTACKS WORD LOANS MADRID ‘AP) Spanish writer - diplomat’ Salvador ‘de Madariaga complained in the Catholic ‘daily Ya that infusions of Endlish wotds are ‘“‘colbniz- ing’ the Spanish language. He cited ‘living, often spelt. ‘4i- bin,”’ instead of ‘sala’ for a living room, and the adoption of such words as’ romance, motor and gas. . The Three Bs Christian Science Monitor “ally every drive-in we drive by. | The toy and novelty manufac- | turers appear to be taking it all in stride. (Translation: They’re | reported to be turning cart- wheels and that-sort of thing.) But, we have observed, these matters sometimes have a way | of getting slightly out of hand. The other day, for instance, we read that six-year-old Prince Andrew of the British Royal Family wil: be given an $11,000 , Midget model of James Bond’s gadget-happy sports car. Don’t get us wrong. We’re the kind whe believe that children and toys go together. It’s just that we have a ‘feeling that it's sometimes the simple things in life that make a child happy and contribute in a constructive way .| to its upbringing. And, we have a notion this might hold: frue even when the child happens to be a prince Occ We realize that ina Beatles. Bond fast A incindinig, of course, the Beatles. Rond, and Batman). But we wonder if the transition’ from Goldilocks (and the three Bs) at age four. to Goldfinger at age six isn*t pushing it just a lit--| tle? Batman era things move , King George II of Greece in the dual. rule of monarch “and | premier called upon all Greeks to defend their nation | very end” as British and Greek | | troops fell back before the mass- | ed charges of German men.’ » A portion of the Japanese. | press said that “‘it no longer is a | | crazy dream to expect a_ great | war with Japan, Germany, Italy ~ and Soviet Russia on one side and the United States, Britain and China on the other.” TEN YEARS AGO (April 20, 1956) |The Earl of. Bessborough left $348,000 in his will. The former | governor-general who had_ died | month previous- left all -his | property to. his son, the present jearl, a merchant banker with | film and radio interests. Gordon. Daniel MacBeth of Forest Hill, P.E.I., fourth year student of PWC, was awarded an ‘‘Estari Scholarship’, valu- ed at $100, provided by the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star of N.S. and P.E.1. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mac- Beth of Forest Hill. | SET UP ‘SEVEN DAYS’ FUND | TORONTO (CP) Stephen “Patrick, staff co-ordinator of the newly formed Committee to Save Seven Days and the In- tegrity of the CBC said Tuesday that the committee is accepting $1 contributions for a ‘‘defence ‘fund’®. to save the television program. Mr. Patrick, a Tor- onto University student, said | committee. chapters have been ee up in most Canadian cities “help pay the cost of of f fighting © this battle.” individ ual | a.d4y? “rf TODAY’S HEALTH HINT—__| Wringers should have a safe- | ay “to the | “blitz- | | the voting rights act last Au- | | gust. Today, with the help™%f- | that act, there are 227,000. Ne- | groes registered in Alabama— more than one-fourth of the total voter registration. This means that the candidat- es in this fall’s election must ‘reckon with the Negro. voter. So far no major candidate” has mentioned segregation,. the subject that -used_to be so popu- | lar with politicians: Grading in Ontario city schools is less than 100 years. old. England- never—completely— | scuttled ungraded schools which, | all over-the -woéfld from the time | of Plato to Einstein’s school- |days, were effective because they allowed a pupil to proceed according to his abilities, not in | others. There was some justification for grading when Ontario pupils | had-to-write-exams—at—the end | of each. year, set by a central | authority (as aecheck..on teach- ers’ competence as much as on | external exams | pupils). “These | disappeared long ago. One of the--worst--features—of | grading is the threat of failure to be promoted that it invokes. It’s |ridiculous and damaging that a. _child—should—be—labelled—a—fail- | ure at the age of eight’ or 10. | Anyway, a pupil doesn’t war- | rant. being kept back a _ whole year; he may be behind only ‘two-months, or lagging couple of subjects. . One phony aspect is that grad- |es don’t mean the same throu- ghout. In some schools a Grade seven may be a year and:a half | behind a Grade seven in others | —even in the same city. Large school boards tario already have ‘in On- schools a lock-step platoon with 35 or 40 [ ina The Negro vote {s expected to— | count heavily in the Democratic 'primary next month— and against Mrs. George Wallace, | who is running for-her husband's | job. Atty. Gen. Richmond Flow-’ | ers, who has frequently -been critical of Gov. Wallace, is ex- pected to get the Negro vote. If Mrs. Wallace wins, the Negro vote could contribute to the elec- | tion of a Republican in Noveimb- er. The point here is that legisla- | tion has given the right of the | vote to thousands who did not have it..This, in turn, has meant that Alabama politicians must | take the Negro citizens into con- _sideration and seek their favor | as equals. The Threat Of Failure Toronto—Globe- and_Mail - ; where pupils at the primary level.(Grades one to three) are ungraded, and taught in groups, shifting from one to another, and to another classroom, as they individually develop: | A completely ungraded school system will require changes in , the-authorized curriculum and prescription of texts which are | laid down by grades. But these changes can be made— as is be- ing done for a new maths course for Grades one to six (by which i teachers will take their pupils | through progressive stages not | marked off by years or grades). But. the key to sucess or fail- ure of the ungraded schools is the ability of the teacher: “Allowing an incompetent tea- |cher to choose what he shall teach, and to advance or retard pupils by guesswork, could pro- duce chaos. This-is-an- argument for better academic and profes- sion preparation of teachers— another of Mr. Davis’ reforms that is on the way. 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