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It con- tains this frank and somewhat ter- rifying statement: “A third world war fought with conventional wea- pons would completely destroy 115"- If this statement. represents of- ficial Western ihini<ing—and it Prob- ably does——what is the significance of it? Well, obviously, it means, for pons the West would be powerless against Russian military might in the event of war. It means, too, that the West has no intention of aban- doning nuclear weapons, even if the Russians were to render ineffective every hydrogen bomb and ‘every missile in their arsenals.’ It is clear that Britain and the United States are depending on the nuclear “deterrent” to keep the Russians from starting a war. But what would happen if, despite the deterrent, the Russians were to move towards Western Europe in “con- ventiorial" style, without making use of any nuclear weapons‘? U.S. Secretary of State Dulles used .to ‘ talk a lot about “massive retalia- tion" in the event of Russian ag- gression. It’s never mentioned in Washington nowadays; and- the, as- ' sumption is that the policy has been modified. But if Mr. Lloyd is cor- rect’ in saying that “a conventional war would destroy us", it must be assumed that Britain and the Unit- ed States would use nuclear wea- pons in any large scale war. What else could they do,’ in the light of Mr. Lloyd's statement, if they ~hop- ed to win? If that _is indeed the situ- ation, what point is there in discus- sing a ban on nuclear weapons, at a summit meeting or elsewhere? “The Sterile Days" Oldtime educational methods have come in for some hard knocks in recent years." A refreshingly dif- ferent viewpoint is given in a letter in the Globe and Mailfrom a lady who is evidently herself an old- timer—and proud of it. She writes in part: “Surprising as it may seem, many of us who attended school in the sterile days before progressive educ- ation, can think, can evaluate ideas and can face reality’. We agree that our children have an inalienable right to the pursuit of knowledge, but are critical of theorists who try to mix it with the pursuit of hap- piness. Knowledge can be pursued; happiness can't. “When we went to school there was no big stick. There was a strap for those who deserved it, and there still is. There were examinations, democratic and exact, and it was the teacher’s job to see that her class was ‘able to pass them. The slow learner was given extra attention and the extra work that he need- ed. If he then failed, he was not passed on to the next grade; neither was the class held back to his lev- el. Subjects were made interesting, .and still are, by inspired teaching, but effort and discipline -were de- manded for those subjects which re- quired them. We drew few pictures; we were required, rather, to put our thoughts into words, properly ex-" pressed in more than one paragraph. Remedial English courses at univer- Slty level did not exist . . . ' -“V.Ve_ question the wisdom of iglnpolilfiying lihe ‘courses of’ study by" in ordef ‘go alteilsckclortitslidered difficult At the other end of tthciloezalriupthse gifted child is now causing a Qt}, in educational circles; apparently it is considered that he, and he alone has 3 right to be challenged, to bé made to realize his full potential. A Se“i°r 5911001 Principal in Toronto has said that the beautiful craft rooms in his school are particular- ly useful because the brighter pupils who finish a week’s work quickly are given extra time in them as a reward (for what?l- while the slow- one thing, that without nuclear wea- r or students, who have difficulty in finishing a we-el<'s work, are given extra time in them as an emotional solace. “Progressive theorists stress the importance of keeping Children happy. Children in general accept what is offered and are neither more nor less happy in doing so. We can keep them entertained at the ex- pense of our money and their time. Unfortunately, they have little time.” When Parliament Meets There has been no official word as to who the Speaker in the next House of Commons ‘is going to be. The Prime Minister is right in say- ing that this is for the House‘ to decide when it meets on May 12; but with its overwhelming majority there is no reason to expect that the vote will go contrary to the Gov- ernment’s wishes. There have been hints from observers of the political scene that the same members who acted in -the last Parliament will be nominated—-Hon. D. Roland Miche- ner in the Commons and Senator Mark Drouin in the Red Chamber—- -both of whom, by general agreement, have served efficiently and impar- tially. Such a step would involve a break with what many people re- gard as a tradition of alternating the occupants of the Speakers’ chairs between representatives of the two dominant races making up the pop- ulation of Canada. Yet the records show that. this practice has not been followed rigidly in the past. When members show themselves compet- ent to handle their assignments as chairmen with dignity and distinc-- tion, Commons and Senate should not bedeprived of services and ex- perience which can be put’ to good use through another term. Sugges- tions for a permanent Speaker have much to commend them, but it _seems unlikely that this innovation will be adopted in the immediate future. n ’ v EDITORIAL l\lOTES ~ The Bank of Montreal says that the “oscillating" dollar is a major question mark in Canadian business operations. For some of us the big question is how to stretch it a little . further than it is willing to go 9 O 1 A university professor says that “the task of. preparing an examin- ation paper is often more difficult than the task of ‘-the student who must write “it”. Students are going to appreciate that greatly! In In , 9 V The United States Congress has been told that'many small juke box -firms would be put out of business if they had to pay fees or royalties to composers of records. There will be difference of opinion as to wheth- er this is bad news or good. A t 1 9 ., So far, the Federal Cabinet has “declined /to comment” on the pos- sibility of a strike by (1P.R. firemen. No doubt," it is under study; I and, the quicker remedial action is ta-‘ ken——if Federal action is necessary ——the better it will be for all con- cerned. -A 0 o Fishing for “salmon in various parts of the Maritimes, including P.E.I., will commence on May 15th, 20 days earlier than usual. This doesn't mean much as far as this Province is concerned, especially to anglers; for, for some reason, salmon don't come here in any quantity. A - ‘O 1 I There isn’t much that local‘ potato growers can do about the gambling in potatoes on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It’s a different story, however, across the border. Maine growers are support- ing a billl which would prohibit “fu- tures” trading. If they are success- ful, our growers will share in the benefits. . 9 Q 0 Now it's the turn of Nova Scotia legislators to vote themselves a sal- ary boost.iA bill introduced by Pre- mier Stanfield this week will raise sessional pay by $1,200 each, bring. lng each member’s indemnities and allowances to $4,800. The bill will also increase the Speaker’s emolu- mants to $7,800, thevDeputy Speak. fiiasdet? $6,800, and the. Opposition no bcfossttion $1(l),890. Whlle‘ there-is isters the Szillnlies 0’f cabinet mm- creasé fog’ ‘Kiln te)nef1t from the in. the present bifinf ers generally. If doubts that it is-paSSed‘a‘?d.“’h° Will be?——m1n1sters would get $14,800 and the Pre- mier $16,800. . as-battle weary as soldiers. \ rm/4rrE,vr /LL ANOTHER SUMMIT MEETING UNITED KINGDOM OPINION A Bribains railroads are attrac- ting a" lot of attention right now. _On the large scale, there is a brewing-up of trouble and three- tened strikes from the engineers and lesser grades working Bri- ta.in’s nationalized rail transport system, with the latest move discussions at Prime Minister lev- el. Prime Minister Macmillan has promised to “unfreeze" money so that the $4050 million modern- lzation scheme put in hand a few years back could be hasten- ed, so that greater efficiency could go hand-in-hand with a sav- ing of manpower and waves. But this is a long-term solution. ‘The trouble. is basic. During the war years Britaln’s railroads car- ried huge loads — loads of men and war material not only for her »own troops but for the Common- wealth and foreign forces that us- ed these islands as a jumping-off ground for the Continent "and oth- er war theatres. JUST ~TIRED ‘ ‘ Overburdened, with ,old rolling “stock, Britaln’s railroad m e n plugged along and did a good job. And when the war finished the railroads were just plain tired - It was some years before the British decided that to keep their railroads running more than just odd patching - up was needed. What was required was a huge modernization programme. To-day you can see some of the results of that programme along the country's crowded -rail routes. Although some of Britain's ex- press trains are still pretty-inditfi ferent, when they are good they are very, very good. Example: the non-stop daily express from i London to Sco’.'1and’s Edinburgh. The distance is 400 miles. The time is 400 minutes. And throughout the country rail work is going on with almost as much energy, in some parts, as there was when Britain went into the railroad business 150 years ago. In large numbers, for instance, _the Irish are back. The energy ’-that built the first railroads a- cross Britain, then across the New World, is being supplied a- gain by the Paddies and the Micks. Being supplied, of course, at good rates of pay — and dou- blc-time on Sundays. WAGES ‘ On top of all this railwaymen want more money. Especially, the men who drive the locomotives want more money. It is easy to extend sympathy ' to them, anyhow. A loco engineer over here has to out in long hours -to pull in well under $48.00 a week His basic rate, without overtime, is in the region of $30.00. On the other hand, a porter at one of ’ London's main-line stations can ‘pick up more than an engineer with his base vuage and his scores I Six men who have left their -marks on politics, education, bus- ' iness and journalistic art will be ‘honoured by the University of New Brunswick on May 15. The Provincial institution’s Encaeniax evokes wide interest every spring. People come from far and near not only to scc their young rela- tives and friends climax their ed- ucational efforts, but also to see and listen to those whom the uni- versity acclaims by awarding them honorary“ degrees. Again this year, UNB has chos- en well. The achievements of the growth of Canada, to t-he progress of the Atlantic Provinces, to our relationships with Britain and the United States. Premier Stanfield of Nova Sco- tla. Premier Matheson of Prince Edward Island and P r e m i e r Smallwocd of Newfoundland will be accorded honorary doctorates six it honours is testimony to the‘ in law. Their presence in Freder- Eyes On The RcIi|rOcIOl By “Onlooker” Thomson Newspapers, London, England, Bureau of tips. And. the only responsibil- ity he has to shoulder is making sure that he can get a cab for his customer, which are always lined up at station entrances. ONE ENGINEER ' What has helped to strengthen public sympathy for the loco en- gineers at any rate is the way one of them —- they are called driv- ers over here — has sprung into the public limelight. The one driver is a veteran just three years off retiring age with a lifetime of footplate wor be- hind him. His name is William Trew. Back before‘ last Christmas, Trew was driving a train out of London towards En-gland’s South Coast. The fog was thick —- a real traditional “pca souper." And TI-ew’s train ploughed into the back of a stationary train, push- ing it up against a viaductoon which there was also a crowded. passenger train. It \ I 3 just after office hours, when thousands were "making their way homewards. Ninety people died. Trew was: taken to a nearby hospital, then released the same night after -treatment. He was found wandering through the ~ streets later that night. He was taken to a police station and the next morning went home. THE BEGINNING That was the geginning. Since then, Trew has been put on trial for manslaughter of one of the dead travellers. He went through official inquiries, through an in- quest at London’s County Hall, through the preliminary hearing at a local Magistra-te’s court, and he has just finished his trial. But got him the echoes of that night are not yet over. The jury at his trial. could not reach a verdict. So Driver William Trew went home, and there he waits, until his new trial on May 6. LITTLE RELIEF For the Londoner, anyhow, there is little relief in the enter- tainment field right now from the sombre thought of having rail strikes (and a possible work stop- page by London‘s busmen) on their hands. War is the theme of most of the new film ax'rivals.. It is all pretty sombre stuff. I've yet to take in one gleam on the horizon —- a new musical, English-built, called “Espresso Bongo” which the usually staid ‘Times" de- clares is better than “Pal Joey.” What is “espresso?” It is one of the latest’ cults over here — Italian coffee houses in a variety of shapes and sizes where all- types of people meet to talk over an expensive cup of coffee. Apart from that ray of hope in the offing most of the other stuff in London's theatres right now is pretty "think-making.” It is 0.K. if you want your inten- ect exercised, but good comedy - and humour is at a premium. , Honoured By UNB Fredericton Gleaner the greatest movements of ou-r time -— the periodic conferences of Atlantic Premiers at which the essential unity of this region is emphasized and measures taken to cement it. LONDON VISIT Later in May, with New Brun- swlck's Premier Flemming, they will attend in a body the opening of Atlantic H o u s e in Britain. There is a distinct possibility that another Atlantic Conference will be held in London at that time, with increased trade between Bri- tain and the Marltimcs the prime objective. ’ Turning to the field of ed-uca- tion in which UNB plays a maj- or role in Canada, the university will confer an honorary doctor cf science degree on Dr. James S. Coles, president of Bowdoin Col- lege, Brunswick, Maine. A scien- tist of note, Dr. Coles serves on important community and scien- tific committces and is a mem- icton will remind us of one ofl ber of the United States National PUBLIC FORUM This column ls open to the discus- sion by correspondents of question of interest. The Guardian does not noses- sarily endorse the opinion of corres- poudents. Work Important , By Herman N. Bundesen. M-D- I can picture many of you 533’- ing these very words as V011 Open your mail a few days after 37°“ have returned home from the hospital and an ol>_eI‘3t1°“~ oh, you gripe a little about the 1 hospital bill and the surg<?0n5 fees, but you realize that you got i good service for your morale)’-1 And hospital and medical bills. as I have already pointed out sev- I, eral times, have not gone up_ as fast, or as high, as have W995 on most other services and goods. . PROVERBIAL STRAW But then you open a letter from the anesthetist who served you during your operation. And that seems like the proverbial straw which broke the camel's back. Why. you might wonder. sh0_U1d you be charged by an anesthetist. ‘a person you probably never even saw? Although the fPP'g_?"-“ erally is a mctlcst UIIL, you might still wonder about it. So let's see what you got for your money. In the past quarter century, a valuable new specialized field has developed in medicine-—anesthes- Ia. LONG TININING The anesthetist who attends you during surgery is a qualified doc- tor or nurse. If he is a doctor, he has spent four years in medical school, taken his internship and then has followed this with two more years of training in anes- thesia. Nurses also take specialized training to become competent an- esthetists, and are invaluable. The anesthetist takes consider- able burden from the surgeon and permits him to devote his full attention to the actual surgery. With a thoroughly trained anes- thetist at hand,-the surgeon does not have to concentrate on check- ing the pulse and blood pressure, watching the patient’s color and breathing and numerous other de- tails which the anesthetist now handles. PREPARED IN ADVANCE The anesthetist has been ap- praised of your condition and Anesth etist’s‘ ii“ your medical history long before you enter the operating room. MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS Sir.—In glancing over the P.‘ E. Island School Report for the year ending 1957, I notice that nearly a whole page of it is devoted to a discussion on the value of music, alike to the in- dividual and the community. One item in this discussion attracted my particular attention and ap- proval, namely a suggestion that a tonic-sol-fab modulator should be hung on the wall in every schoolroom of our Province. This is certainly a timely sug- gestion,-_ for it must surely be painfully well-known to every musically - interested observer that the art of reading and sing- ing music by note has almost ceased to exist in this Province. and especially so in the rural communities; and the main way to restore the lost art should ap- pear naturally to be by means of a good and efficient system of sight reading and singing of music in our public schools. New to my mind, there is one, and only one, good and efficient system,for teaching sight sing- ing of/ music. and that is the time-honored system of combin- ing the tonic-sol-fah syllables with the staff notation; and if this system was sufficiently taught to prospective teachers at P. W. C. there should then be no good reason why it should not be taught more or less general- ly throughout the .schools of our Province. I say taught more or less gen- erally, for I do not think it would be advisable to make singing compulsory in every school, for there are always a few good teachers who can’t sing —- or perhaps rather, who think they can’t. Bu.t it is a very rare teacher indeed on Prince Edward Island who can't sing enough to sing correctly over the common diatonic scale with the use of the tonic-sol-fah syllables, doh, re. me, fah, sol, la, ti, doh, and give effective drill with these syllables on the tonic-sol-fah modulator. and show how they apply to the lines and spaces of the staff notation. The general use of a tonic-sol- fah modulator in the public schools of our Province might therefore, indeed, effect a won- derful improvement in the art of intelligent singing, not only in the rural schools of our Pro- vince, but generally throughout the communities as well, and especially in the congregations of our rural churches. I repeat the words “intelligent singing,” Committee for the International Geophysical Year. He is another in a long list of Americans who have been similarly honoured by UNB. An honorary doctorate in science will be awarded Mr. J. Herbert Smith, a 1933 graduate of r the University. Mr. Smith has gone a long way in the business and industrial world since then —- he is new president of the Ca- nadian General Electric Com- pany. His visit to this city will be of particular interest in that he is a Fredericton native. CARTOONIST HONORED In awarding its sixth honorary degree this year, UNB makes a departure, but a departure which will receive general approval. David Low, the world's outstand- ing political cartoonist and cari- caturist, will be here to receive an honorary doctor of laws de- gree. Internationally known for his bitter provocative cartoons in British newspapers, lie was once officially listed for “liquidation” by Hitler’s Nazi regime. Mr. Low, who will give the Encaenia ad- dress, thus will become holder of a degree from the University of which his former boss, Lord Bea- Verbrock, is Chancellor. The University‘s choise is ex- cellent. With thousands of New Brunswickers, other Canadians, Britons and Americans. we look forward to an outstanding date -- May 15. ' ‘ ’ ‘ ' ' And he is prepared for any ev- entuality. ' So_ you see, you get a lot of service and protection for those few dollars which might be ‘ad- d_ed to your regular medical bill. Think it over; you’ll realize it's certainly well worth it. QUESTIONAND ANSWER ‘B.J.: My child has been get- ting frequent colds. Is there any way she can be immunized against them? Answer: There is no known sire- cessful vaccine for colds. The Lord preserveth the sim- Dlei I was brought low, and he helped me. OUR YESTERDAYS (From The Guardian Files) (From The Guardian Files) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (May 3, 1933) 71 with a deficit of $9,630.97 was _anticipated in th e estimates brought down by Councillor Ken- nedy for the City of Charlotte- town for the year 1933, at a spec. ial meeting oftthe City Council last evening.-The budget was an ilxéggease of $525.45 over that of It hasbeen dssaied that the new P.E.I. Hospifgl at Brighton Will be formally 0;-)ened'~in the £01‘ Singing. properly‘ taught, e m o t i o n al expression, but a as well. , I‘ I am. Sir, etc.. M. MacKENZIE Argyle Shore. ' THE MARKET BUILDING Sir,—The City of Oharlotte. town this week has certainly been struck a heavy blow by having the historic Market Build- mg go up in flames. The Farm- ers’ Market held twice’ weekly throughout the year is something each ‘generation of our people have always been greatly inter- ested in. Visitors to our shores often remarked that market days in Charlottetown reminded them In many ways of market days in the British Isles. It is very much to be hoped that Mayor John. stone and his Councillors will find ways and means of restor- ing the farmers’ Market‘Build- mg on the old site. I am, Sir, etc., KENNETH BRUCE STEWART Bedeque, P.E.I. 74- l émm ?] A TOUCH OF THE DEVIL Like Faust — Who sought at any cost A youth and happiness forlorn. The artist Seeks to recreate A world lost in him But for his expression of it. And pays the price for playing at God. - Creator —— man who dares as. .sume the role Losing his soul perhaps who knows, — Spending his soul, at any rate, And soon or late ‘ Bedevelled for it. So Faust, so I, Daring Divinity Find facing us the Dcvll. -Then, it is not God that we oppose We must suppose that God is with us And salvation granted Even to Faust and me. _ ——C.M. Schmid In the New York Herald-Tribune, The Age Old Story . A total expenditure of $264,854.. A , first week of July. This will give- : the trustees and staff sufficient ‘ should be not simply a mere Z Splendid exercise of the intellect 5 NOTES BY THE WAY Cooking was designated a trade in Alberta under the Provincial Apprenticeship Act last October, and now 15 subject to apprentice training. The g0V€T“~m9“t be‘ lievcs it may take 15 ycars, but eventually all chefs and cooks in the province will have to possess journeymen’s papers W"hen W°rk' lug in restaurants. ———Tourist Bul- letin Tiny music boxes are popping- up in all sorts of new places — in clocks, cigarette lighters, cv- en in telephone receivers —- and exports of these devices are earn- ing around $5. 00,000 8 Veal‘ 501‘ Japan. The newest wrinkle in the music box industry is the “re- ci.t-able,” a product of Japanese technical ingenuity. This tiny in- strument is attached to a tele- plu3Z‘.E receiver, so that when a person on the other end of the line is kept waiting, he will hear a pleasant tune to calm his im- patlence.—-Japan News time to make the necessary ar- rangements and transfer with the least possible inconvenience to everyone concerned.‘ TEN YEARS AGO (May 3, 1948) Mayor B. Earle MacDonald said last night that the building p roje ct in Charlottetown for which the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation has called tenders, will cost the City about $18,000. Should the Corporation proceed to build the 29 apart- ments on Orlebar Street, the City would have to supply streets, lights, water and sewerage, the Mayor said. 0 Captain G. C. Milligan, Geolo- gist of Dalhousie University, has been named as the Provincial Go- vernment's representative for the Geological survey of P.E.I. this summer. The program will in- clude searches for road building materials, limestone, copper and peat bogs. ' In declining to show Sir win. ston Churchil1’s paintings in ii. halls, was the Chicago Art Instl. tute following the old "Big Bill" Thompson line, “Keep King George Out of Chicago?"--otta. we Journal A lot of people who have been eyeing those electronic brain: with apprehension can relax. when an English butcher recelv. ed a monthly gas bill for £999_.‘ 999 19s lld. from the llortheul, Area Gas Board it became up. parent that the computers are not infallible. For the butcher in qua‘. tlon hadn’t even used any gas :91- the period covered by the blll_... Saint John Telegraph Journal An American biologist advano es the theory that man and all animals have evolved from brown seawood, which in turn had :13, veloped from a still slnipier lit: form, blue algae. What we do ll the next 500 years could make the brown seaweed swell with pride, or on the other hand.lI could make the ancestral blue algae blush a deep red.-Victor. ia Times A tax official found an unu. sual way to quell an irate won}. an taxpayer in California. His explanation of why her taxes had been increased by $19 didn't quiet the woman so the official emp. tied his wallet of $7 and said; “Our hands are tied, but if you don't believe us you can have this." “I’ll take it,” she said and did, and departed. Things have reached a pretty pass when a civil servant has to subdue a tax. payer from out of his ownpocket, but apparently he believed it was worth seven bucks of his own money to be rid of her.—Cape ‘ Breton Post MAXIMS One man likes to say what he knows, another what he thinks. have cement foors. brooder houses and 2 she1t,ers_ Situated in one of the best farming communities in H19 Prqfi‘ ince it is one mile from churches, school, hall, store and grist ‘"1 ‘E Fire protection is supplied by the Kensington Fire Department- Thcre are two houses, bathroom in each, Electric lights connect up all the buildings by undeI‘ET°“” cables. Water supplied to buidings by 600 gallon per hour 19"-P“mp' Banked barn 30’ by 93‘. 20 stanchions, 5 box stalls, water bowls... Pen Barn 35’ by 52’ overhead doors, cement floors. cleaned ,, with manure loader, no hand work. Holds 30 steers and loft r00 sufficient for hay and straw for a full season. - Pen shed 20’ by 30' cement walls, water and light He“ 1.10:5 capacity 400 hens. 2 machine sheds, 2 pig houses. 2 8I‘3n3“e’ ' For further particulars contact‘ WM. E. JOHNSTON Long River. ”" FARM FOR SALE , AT LONG RIVER .’ G C: On account of illness and scarcity,of help I offer_ for S8'9 '1'’ I'll farm consisting of 319 acres, 229 acres are clear the balance young soft and hardwood, some lumber. All buildings and fences are in excellent condition. (1 All buildings except granaries are on cement foundation 3“. I 25'