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Among the complaints made against the Komosols-as members of the League are called-are lack of political interest.

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"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink." .

bad manners in schools and factories, and excessive fondness for jazz. ”These faults",

WEDNESDAY. JUNE. 8. i955

stated one official, "are serious ones, but

Expectations

The "perfect days" which, by tradi- tion and poetic authority, belong to June, are appearing in very tardy fashion this Nevertheless, the enchantment of great expectations is in the air; "whether we look or whether we listen, we hear life This is one time of year--there are others-when it is wise and, indeed, necessary, to follow the poet's advice ”to go forth under the open sky and list to Nature's teachings. while from all around comes a still voice, I voice of gladness and an eloquence of

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murmur or see it glisten."

beauty.”

If .Iune did nothing else but raise up roses and apple blossoms, it would still be worthy to be numbered among the mir- And, not only the roses and blossoms that live out their days in well These may have grams which their wild cousins do but, on balance, and taking one thing with anoth- er, one group is as appealing as the other to the searcher after unspoiled beauty. No doubt, the adjectives "wild" and "tame" have I certain usefulness to those whose office it is to make tabulations and charts Essentially, they are but relative terms to denote relative distinc-

acles of time. kept gardens and orchards.

not give evidence of possessing;

and the like.

tions. The softest, most thoroughly do- mesticated flower or plant is not entirely free of its original wildness, even after many years of careful nurturing by fond and skilled gardeners; nor is the wild rose. that appears tio go its way in irresponsible abandon, entirely lacking in the gentleness and culture of ordered and discipled life. There seems to be no fixed law governing such matters. And I good thing it is, too.

The liGreal Books"

Since the Great Books movement be- gan about ten years ago under the guid- ance of r. Robert I-lutchins of the Uni- versity of Chicago the idea has taken an important place in the United States edu- national syystem. At the present time

they can be corrected by proper dis- cipline'." The one thing, above all, that is bothering the bureaucrats who are re- sponsible for the Komosols is ”renewed in- terest in religion, which cannot be toler- ated.” Surely, nothing more shocking than this has come out of the Soviet Union in many a day. It is to be observed that this official condemnation of religious in- terest among young people is not directed against any particular religious or ecclesi- astical institution. It is directed against religion itself which the Communist lead- ers believe-probably rightly-to be the chief hindrance to the effectual propaga- tion of their own diabolical concept of the individual's place in society: absolute and unconditional submission to an out,- right, state-magnified materialistic phil- osophy.

How can there be any easing of inter- national tensions in the face of such glar- ing contempt for that influence which,

the free world believes is necessary to the growth and salvation of any civilization? In view of this rabid anti-religious obses- sion, what chance is there for a diplomatic policy of "peaceful co-existence" to suc- ceed?

Mr. Hutchison's Tribute

A glowing tribute to Prince Edward Island is paid by Mr. Bruce I-Iutchison, distinguished editor of the Victoria, B. C. "Pimes". in an article to his paper which we republish today. Mr. l-lutchison is one of Canada's top-ranking journalists and author of the biography of the late Mr. Mackenzie King, "The Incredible Cana- dian”, which attracted continent-wide in- terest. He is widely travelled, but appar- ently he has seen nothing in all his travels to compare with our ”lovely fragment of democracy." He has devoted his talent to coining some magnificent phrases in which to express his enthusiasm and apprecia- tion. Mr. Hulchison visited us during the recent election campaign. apwirently for the first time. Certainly one gets the im-

there are ab0uti1500 discussion g,.oupg.pression that this will not. be his last visit,

scattered around the country, many of them centered in the universities and col- leges. Only one college, however, has bas- ed its entire academic curriculum on "Great Books". That is St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. the third oldest in the republic. A few other subjects are given places, but only so far as they can be tied in with the literary seminars.

This. briefly, is howASt. John's has gone about the experiment. Each stu- dent is given a certain assignment from one of the selected books-about 130 in all are in use during the school term. A number of students meet with their tutors two evenings a week and discuss their im- prr-ssions. There is no formal lecturing; and there are no ”right" answers to ques- tions that arise. The idea is to encourage open discussion and to develop critical thought. One rigid requirement is that the hook to be read and discussed at any time must be a little above the ability that might normally be expccted of the student whose assignment it is. This goes on for four vcars until graduation.

Now, after several years of Books" emphasis. the President of Si. .lohn's has issued a rcmrt in which he drwlares that the experiment has bccn well worth while and will be continued. I-ic told an interviewer: far as educate men and women to think. to ex- press idcas clearly, to analyse problems. and to make rational and intclligent decis- ions. we are confident that we are meeting

. squarely the challenge to higher educa- tion." ing the entire academic course on classical literature. "Great Books" enthusiasts have carried a fundamentally sound idea a bit too far. Be that as it may. there is little

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doubt that in our haste to make educa-l

lion more and more a matter of utilitarian service we have tended to M2100? The cultural sources of our inherited-and, let us hope, maturing-civilization.

Shocking

The Young Communist League. the only youth organization permitted to func- tion in the Soviet. Union, is reported have a membership of approximately; eighteen million. Officials appointed by the Government to supervise its program- nu-s and activities recently anno inced that the number would have to be reduc- ed considerably in order to bring it into the Com- salt which comprises about

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Some critics maintain that by has-S

'0 lotlier until R Cathedral stands in front of

FHHIIIOII. "Ila this Ind "America's most lovable writer".

1 To say that the Fathers of Confedera- tion ”builded better than they knew” is perhaps to do them an injustice. Insofar -l-as population is concerned it is their desccndaiiis who have failed to build up to specifications. Mr. John Diefcnbakcr re-l nccntly informed the House of Commons that he had been reading "the Year Book ,for i868. in which the Fathers of Confed- Qeration estimated that by 1940, under nor- , imal circumstances, the population of Can-l ada would be in excess of 41 million." (an- lada's 1940 population was, in fact. ll.-1

Imillion. inf

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After studying the question for eight years two University of California astronw

omers have reported an ”exciling" fiiid-ll(,,.S. ing. to wit: the great bunches of stars cal- ' Sneakers

lcd ”r-xira-galactic nchttlac" are not scal- lcred about at random. as previously hadi been thought. but are laid out in an order- red system. Now that that matter has been settled we can all get back to our

jwork with renewed interest and energy. I O I

Another distinguished man pf letters is celebrating his 80th birthday anniversary .this week. He is Thomas Mann, novelist iland essayist. Born in Lubeck, Germany. 'he came to the United States as a refugee Hfrom Nazism in 1934. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929 and ifhc Cardinal Newman award in 1937. In lan article in a recent issue of the Saturday .Rcvicw his daughter Monica, herself a 'creative writer of note, says of him: "lie iis a sportsman of the spirit, tenacious and 'courageous. lie is also a child who plays

with blocks and puts one on top of the

him. Work is his saintly friend from whom he will never part. Since I have known him there has hardly been a day "hat he did nor work. His work consists of linking life which he experiences with that which he does not experience, so that it produces art." Perhaps this explains in art why Mr. Mann has been called

Only those whose ”p')liiical reliabil-

despite many inconsistencies in practice,,

lpcople were gathered

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Bruce Huichison in

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.l.-The iilemi-paradise called Prince Ed- iward Island (after Queen Vic- toria's father. who apparently nev- Ler bothered to visit it) is, geo- igraphically the Vancouver of the Atlantic. But there is no resembl- ance between them. To begin with. our Pacific Island is I forest and its counterpart is I garden. All the writers of tourist publicity have tried to describe this place. everybody had read about it but no one can have any idea of it ex- cept Ihrouzh his own eyes.

Combine the Cotswolds of Eng- land. the red cliffs of the Channel I touch of the Laurentians and the deepest blue of the Mediter- ranean and you may have some vague idea of this gem. set fast in the mighty Gulf of St. Law- rence.

On our island man has every- where left the scars of his raven- ous passage. Here there is no scar. no misplaced house. barn or tree. Something over a hundred miles of length, and a maximum breadth of forty-five have been tilled. pampered. tonsured and manicured into perfection. And about I hundred thousand Island- ers live. perhaps withom realizing it. in Arcady.

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fand that he will have more to say about- jhis impressions of the Garden of the Gulf.

EDITORIAL NOTES

l 1 Evidence that official Ottawa still be-

ilieves in the old adage that the pen is lrnightier than the sword, is evident in the lavish 3i3l4,0i)t),t)0i) Government Printing iBureau rising from the river from in Hull. l

iQuebec.

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At the moment of my visit they were cunducting an election cam- paign. a kind of miniature ex- crcisc in democracy, the results of which at the polls will be known when you read this.

I have no idea whether the gov- ernment will be elected or turned out but. in the hope that no Is- landers will read such a heresy, I am inclined to think that the vote doesn't matter much. No govern-

lmcnt since the eighteenth century Ihas damagedllhe island

in the least and none ever will. For this is the only place in Canada which remains changcless. immortal and perfect.

Still they take their politics with earnestness and spirit. The Char- loitetown Guardian. which guar- antees on its front page to 'cover the Island like the dew” ushered in lhc cainpnign with a scholarly

lcdilorinl urging the candidates to

speak their minds like men, to ”lay on lllacduff. and damned be

him that first cries. 'Hold. enmiL'li!' " Wt-ll. none of them was damned

for that reason at the meeting in North Rusiico where I went last night with Premier Zllathcson. a saiulx-linii'c(l giant of six fccl six. who is fighting his first election as lcndrr of the government and ap- parently enjoying every moment it.

in the new community hall the from all the neighboring Vlllagcs. many of them French by descent. the offspring of the original 200 soft- antl thcv listened to the with I hard. skeptical look

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'l'his. it appears. is traditional Conservative territory and hostile to the Liberal administration but, as the chairman said. it was only fair to give the Premier an at- lcntivc hearing. The chairman added what I thought was a clas- sic dictum for all chairmen: "I dnn't know much about this here but I want to conduct myself c- cordinz." He did.

To a stranger the speeches meant nothing-all about the con- dltlon of the roads. the need of I new bridge over some creek. the finances of the government (about 38 millions I year) and the needs of the farmers. There was no sign in this crowded, silent hall, of the revolution which is sweeping the world. no dispute of ideology. no whisper of Social Credit, and not enough socialism to justify the nomination of any CCF candidate on the Island.

it remains I kingdom of its own, with I population about the size of Victoria. yet I Province of Can- ada with the provincial sovere- ignty nf all others-in short, I miniscule exampl of the Canadian

system. a lovely fragment democracy.

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would be called provincial. tui all Canadians are in greater or lesser degree. Their world is bounded by the ragged perimeter of their Is- land and the blue wsters of the Gulf. Their life is simple. their political affairs uncomplicated and their mind more content. probably. than the mind of any people in

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the Victoria Times

1' No wonder they are content with such I blessed retreat, where the storms of the world come only in faint echoes and nature is kind. But we should never forget that Canada was really born here in Charlottetown.

Its birthplace, as every school boy should know, is a fine old Georgian room in the parliament buildings where twenty-six dele- gates sat down in 1864 and agreed to form a nation. Each of the twenty-six chairs is preserved, un- used and sacred. The huge walnut table where Macdnnald and the others wrote the first draft of our constitution is carefully preserved and polished and nearby, in the visitor's book. is the signature of the first prime minister. Macdon- aid, returning here for a holiday in 1890. signed his name and gave his'occupation Is ”Cabinet Mak- er.'

Buying Silence

iHamiltnn Spectator)

Innkeepers in Bavaria, we are informed in a bulletin on German affairs, have had ”silE-nce records" installed in their juke boxes. The is not, we believe, I new idea, but it is I gesture of which we highly approve. Apparently, one inserts 20 pfennigs-about one nickel-and I record plays off noiselessly.

It is a and reflection on these times that silence has ”ecome I marketable commodity, that one can only eat in peace if one is prepared to pay for the privilege. otherwise one may have to listen to I cacophony or, at best, selec- tions of dubious musical value.

It is becoming quite common for I person who likes tranquility to be regarded as anti-social, or. perhaps, moody and in need of "cheering up". Even if this were so-and frequently it is not-the remedy is much worse than the malady. it is a relief to know that the blessing of peace is still pro- curable--even at I price.

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RAIN MUSIC AT NIGHT

lf petals slowly opening were sound

And chose I dusky hour in which to bloom.

They could not be more fragile on the ground,

”l'hey could not scent more haunt-

ingly my room.

"Than does the steady rain this April night.

If rain were flowers, it could not be more cool.

()r touch of leaves. breeze-quiver

E ing. be more light.

lThis night is like a woodland with l

the shape still beyond grape. a vc . Like silver music in I silver grove.

Monitor.

3 P0 . A stand of misty poplars near I pon Just barely deep enough to hold Each raindrop makes when all is And April dark is colored like .

I hear the rain around me and

-Jane Morrison in the Christian

Inquiring Scots (Ottawa Citizen)

Edinburgh. seat. of learning and culture, seems the logical place to house an organization known as the Scots Ancestry Research Soc- iety. This group, which is mark- ing its tenth birthday soon. II de- dicated to the service of Scots It home and abroad-to Scots. that is. who would like to find out who their forebears were. Most of the necessary records, if they have been preserved. at all, are dom- iclled in Edinburgh.

The society has handled more than 11,000 inquiries during the past decade from Canadians, Americans and others. all curious about past ties with Scotland.

This is I laudable enterprise. for many people from time to time no doubt wonder about their family trees. whether they be descended from Scots. Irish, Poles or Arabs. Yet it carries its occasional risks. Suppose the inquii-er learns that his ancestors were notorious sheep- stealers? or course, any stigma might depend upon from whom the sheep were stolen; if from the " '- the inter ” well be an added source of pride. But suppose I man calling him- self MacDonald discovers that he is in reality I Campbell?

King Herod's Palace

(Richard Williams h London Calling)

With the discovery of what is believed to be the Palace of King Herod another chapter has been added to the records of the anci- was made by Israeli archaeologists at Masada. I great rocky mound near the western shores of the Dead Sea. The site is 1,500 feet below sea-level.

It has been known for I long time that there were ruins of great antiquity It Masada - German expedition visited the site in l932 -but it has never been systematic- ally exploded untll now. The new expedition was undertaken with the help of the Israeli Army. which established I base for the twenty- five archaeologists and students at the foot of the rock. The party then began the steep climb along the ancient serpent path to the summit 900 feet up, where an op- erational camp was established. The ascent took an hour, and sup- plies were brought up by mulo.

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After debris lying in places I yard deep had been cleared it was found that the construction of the northern end of the rock was built in three tiers. The topmost structure was I dwelling house in the Hellenistic style. dating back perhaps to the time of the Mac- cabees. It consisted of three small rooms surrounded by I corridor and flanked by six larger rooms which were paved with black-and white mosaic in geometric de- signs. These are the earliest

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Medically” Speaking

Herman N. luldeson. MD.

A TRIO OF NEW DRUGS TREAT A8 MANY ILIS

in our monthly review of medi- cine. we find three new.drII8I3 one gives relief from ulcer Dain- another clean up man! conser- tion and I third will help the mentally ill.

Pathllon Tridihaxethlde SW0! prompt relief from spasm pain in persons afflicted with peptic ul- cers. according to Dr. Julian M. Ruffin, professor of medicine at Duke University. .

Blocks Nerve Impulse:

The drug works by blocking nerve impulses along sections of the nervous system that control the smooth muscle lining of the stomach and intestine. By reliev- ing the spasms. the drug inhibits the secretion of gastric juices. thus eliminating I primary source of ulcer irritation.

Tyzine. I new nasal spray. 13 reported to be an effective treat- ment for congestion accompany- ing the common cold. allergic rhinitis. vasomotor rhinitis, acute sinusitis and i " coml1l8lDf8-

Four Iloui-s' Relief

Dr. Harold C. Menger of Brook- lyn, New York, reports that he found the solution superior to many other sprays and nose drops now in use. The majority of patients taking the solution in I test, he writes in a recent issue of the New York State Journal of Medicine. got up to four hours' relief. Treatments It bedtime lasted through the night. Dr. Men- ger says. .

Reserpine, I pure alkaloid from the juices of the snakeroot. is re- ported effective in the treatment of mental patients. Dr. Dean Tasher. psychiatrist It the State Hospital at Manteno. Illinois. says It help: calm and quiet patients.