are HERE Just the ones you have been waiting

for . . no holiday is complete with-

out them. OF DRILL $1-

Twilled d r i 1 1, good weight, navy or powder b 1 u 9 with matched I

2...: ' FLANNEL $2.95

These in s c f t flannel, brown or navy, very smart

. . . and the best. value we have ever been able to get for you.

Peace -At Any Price?

(An open letter to the author of

‘Soul of England"). 8249 Quadra 3t., Victoria, 3. 0., 12th MA)’. 1936.

My Dear 5cott,—I-1ere's a text for your Muse from this morning's l>Il>er——‘"Iien of this City's leading Youthful crators took part in the contest sponsored by the Victoria Branch of the League of Nations 3°'~‘lety in Canada.'':“Maintain- 111: that Canada should preserve “Peace at any price." Bernard En- Dlls was awarded the right. to rep- resent. Victoria at the Canadian Youth Congress in Ottawa from M13’ 9-3rd to 36th. for his speech V“ "The Duty of Canadian Youth."

some eighteen months ago you V917 kindly sent me (with permis- Wil to publish) your verses "Tc hlflland." beginning: "0 mighty soul of England rise in

r “Phoid the cause of justice and right."

will you not now (in view of the Vorld situation. with Italy. accord- ! to the Lealue, in wrongful and Il possession, and with Eng- declaring in absolute futility "Haile Selassie is still Ethio- ) write for us an

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P|REllIiY tXERBlSE8

WEST KENT SCHOOL

Arbor and Em ire De e Will be held at 34.... u’...t"‘i’a'.°r1‘T".a this morning commencing at 10 °'c1°0k Sharp. The chair will be cc- cupled by Mr. c. H. 3. Longworth. 856.. and a suitable program has NEH lmtllared. The public are cor- dially invited to be present

“O Canada," The School.

Remarks by Chairman. Mr. 0. n B. longworth. l3.Ec.

"I Love to Room in me Morn- inB"—8enior Girls.

Violin 8olo—Miss Jean Mocxay.

Exercise “Their Choioe"—Pupi1s of Grade 4. Jamie Fripps, Betty MaePherscn, Diiys Vvorth, phiup Hfifdli. Horace Rindriss.

“Golden alumhers", Juniorsrsdes.

Dance "Minuet." Barbara 3e]. cher. Joan Maclrityre.

Reading “Arbor Day." Miss Ruth Sinclair.

915108119 “SDring." girls of Grade 7. Barbara Belcher. Eleanor wil- liam. Jean Fripps, lvlargaret, 0.1. lllkhel‘. Katlferine Patton, Eleanor Maeleod. Ruth MacKenzie. Gerry Hlllion.

"Spring Song." the school.

Solo. Katherine McEechern.

Exerdse “Tom's Back-Yard." pup- ils of Grade 2. Dick Dumont, Don- ald McIntyre, Donnie McDonald. Archie Mcxlnnon. Joan Large, Frances Jenkins. mid Gill, Carol McDonald. Betty Currie, Aben Mc- Leod, Junior Flnlayaon.

Duet "Under the Greenwood Tree." Joan Gordon. Patricia Rit- chie.

Reading "Empire Day." Josephine

Piclrard. “The Br>endthnft." Junior Grades. Exercise "saluting the Flag,"

Pupils of Grades 6 and 7. Bill And- rew. Bill Large, Donald Seaman, Jackie l-‘fodgson. Junior Alien 000189 Anderson. Robert Clawson, Richard Burgess. Bill Brehaut. “Brave Old Oak." Intermediate and Senior Grades. God save the King.

PR.!N(!E STREET SCHOOL Junior Prograrnme—9.30 a. m.— Arbor my Chairman, His worship Mayor ’n1rner.

Opening chorus, Grades 1-2-3.

Chorus, Sleep Baby sleep. Grade 1

O Canada.

Recitation. Spring Flowers, Phyl- lis Comn.

Nursery Rhymes. Gradu 1.

Recitation. The Wind, Donald McLeod.

Chorus, Growing Up, Grades 1 and 2.

Recitation. The Little Brown Bug, Donnie Irving.

‘Chorus, The sendyman, Grades 2 and 3.

Dialogue. An Arbor Day Tree, Barbara Plckard, Betty King, Ruby Down.

Chorus, Lines and squares, Grades 2 and 8. Sailors’ Tap Dance. Beryl Mc-

Donald and Verna Vail. Chorus. May I Go Too? Grades

2 and 3.

Solo. The Christening. Jeanie Lowther.

Chorus, April. May, Robin Red- breast, Grades 1-2-3.

Violin solo, The Spring song, Beryl McDonald.

Chorus. It Mtlst Be Spring, Grades 2-8.

Dialogue. who Likes the Rain, Roger Chandler, Mildred Cudmore,

Carmen smith, Douglas Pierce. chorus. Johnny Jumps Up. Grades

3. Remarks, ms Worship Mayor Turner. God Save the King. senior and Intermediate

10:15 a. 111.

Opening Chorus, 0 Canada, School.

solo, A May Bong. Franklin Mc- Innis.

Dialogue. The Message of the P;1owc.\. pupils of Miss l..angill's c

as.

Two part Chonls, voices of the Mom, Grades 7 to 10.

Piano and vocal ensemble, Bing Robin Sing. Olive Keeping, Helen Stewart, Aletha. Saunders.

Recitation, The Tree, John stems.

Chorus. Derry Vale. Grades 4 to 10

Piano solo. wonderful Dream, Cynthia Kenda1L

song with instrumental accom- paniment, swlss Moonlight Lullaby, boys Gnde 6. His Worship Mayor

Chorus. Canada. Grades 4 to 6.

Recitation. British Freedom. Isa- bell Sinclair.

Chorus. The Minstrel Boy. ish Air). Grades 4 to 10.

Chorus. with descent, All Through the Night. Grades 4 to 10.

Reading. Facts About the un- pire. Stanley Thompson.

Chorus, The British Grenad' . Boys Grades 4 to d.

Chorus, Cradle song. Girls Grades 5 and 0.

Recitation. Children of the Em- pire. Beverle van Ideratine.

Chorus, 0 rlie is My Darling, (Scotch). Grades 4. B. 6.

Chorus. ‘Drink to Me only with Thine Eyes. (English) Grade 1 to 10.

Vocal duet. when at Nilht. Nora Downs, olive Partridge.

(Xi'-

., much he uired," and eon- Dialogue. Our nu. pupils grade with that Hebrew word . ‘ M’ 0. W t :.h: “Chorus, Jerunlem. Grades 7 to "W * l’rIeentation of I. o. o. 1:. prises. "mm vs; the 1 to face with Chorus. A shepherd Kept Sheep. deuntleu Grades '1 to lo. .4“ him adventure. all adversity.” Chorus. Ilandof not» and clow- .,°mr anal invnea : Grades 4 to 10. g ml of ‘ land! out em the mar “d that a late the war t v u h onifii 3,, “'2' W000-" e':‘ott:wa, and the ginnadlvt Del‘ Mn ihouibt. or qauoh to the world Youth con- ‘ Wfiflhmuvmumuidmtyti ' yr faithfully (if in sorrow) ~""‘P'|II.II|tI\'tv- ‘ ‘ “rttIastair.Mr..tf00ll- .1, _ - mt, Ocl. at m ‘P , . ‘Ina venerable M such an wm rnderlok deem . in. l R Archdeacon of Guam- Luhn’ ' . , , Qlllhfi. Ola eu._.NN- use me. (001. IroanushrotheroHlr- . lit: at up u an a. ct an-. at thh x ‘--— . .«~;-.- 4+; «—-~~-~ ----.-».- ---4.. '

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customed to. As already stated we believe the ptntlic are not sum- oiently informed as tothe service rendered by the Hospital and that this, to quite an extent,_accounts for the very limited support of a great many and the total lack of support from too many others.

First. then. as to what we have done in fifty-three years and what we are doing today. The first pg- tiept was admitted to the Hospl al on January 15th, 1884, and twenty. two patients were admitted from that time up to May 22nd. 1884, the date of the annual meeting. In 1893 we eqed for 10’! patients, in me two hundred and forty-three, in 1913 three hundred and twenty- three, in 1933 seven hundred and Weliie. in 1933 twelve hundred and fifty-six and last year seventeen hundred and sixteen. Last week we had at one time eighty-three pat. tents which is the record for the fifty-three years;

service Grutly Improved

one of the great objects of hos- pital service is to shorten the per- iod of illness thereby lessening suffering and minimizing expense. In 1895 the average length of time a patient remained in the Hospital was 25.6 days, last year it was only 10 2-3 days. You must surely see wha‘. a wonderful tribute this is to the advance in medical and surgi- cal skill and knowledge and to the very great improvement in hospital service and equipment.

Last year we treated 209 free pet- ientn at a cost to the Hospital of $15,146, figured at our cost per patient day of $3.05. or even at our wand rate of 81.60, $7,149.

The free work is almost equally divided between the City of Char- lottetown and Queens and Kings Counties outside of Charlottetown. From the local Government we re- ceive 83.000 per year and from the city of Charlottetown 81.500. to pay for hospitalization which costs us $15,146. In all other parts of Can- ada hospitals receive liberal grants from gow-rnments, cities and mun- icipalities—in some cases as high as-$3.00 per patient may but on the average around $2.00 per pat- ient tiay. If we received this aver- age of $2.00 per’ patient day we would. last year, have received in grants $36,568 instead of $4.500. Even with these more generous gran‘s we find nearly all hospitals throughout Canada have yearly deficits of varying amounts. our Hospital, however. has paid its way since 1923 and has never, in its fifty-three years of existence, re- fused treatment to any one seek- ing admission irrespective of wheiher they pay or not. The care and treatment and food given to a free patient is exactly the same as to the patient who is paying for a private room. we could fill pages giving you informa/tion as to what the Hospital is doing but we believe this is sumcient. If you want to verify it come in and be shown through the Hospital and as: our superintendent or some of the stuff for the information you require.

But what of the immediate fut- ure? surely with this record of fifty-three years you do not want 115 to stand still, or worse, go back. Improved equipment, a more mod- ern hospital, brings added and greater responsibitity, inspires us with greater ambition to extend our field of usefulness in the dir- ectlon of greater efforts to old sick and suffering humanity and to save or prolong life. The progress in medical and surgical skill has been very rapid in the last twenty years and hospital equipment has kept the pace. All this costs money but not more than can easily be pro- vided if every solid citizen will firs: satisfy himself or herself as to the needs 0' the Hospital and the good work being accomplished and then give to the full extent of their abil- ity withou‘. injury to themselves. Perhaps a little more personal sac- rifice might be required but that will only do us good.

Financial Campaign

To illustrate a lltt‘.e more plain- ly and pointedly what we mean: we are now making annual collec- ion; throughout City and country and we publish the list of contri- butors in full. The amount contri- buted in the last two years has been thankfully received and a very great help to us but we be- lieve these collections oou‘d easily he i. creased three or four hundred per cent if our people were made more hospital conscious. Subscriptions of 81.00 and under could just as easily be made $5.00 to 310.00 without the subscriber feeling the giving of this extra amount in the elighfut d9ill‘°°- 0“ the other hand we lmow many Who. giving us only from 25 to 50 cents. are making a real sacrifice and have a desire to give more if they could. in addition to larger sub- scriptions we must also have more in t taken in the affairs of the Hoepi by prominent men in each dbtrlot. men whose opinions can’! might end who realize their duty in dovthelr part in helping this in- et1'uticn. we want several good men in each district who will either make the annual collection ihlnselvea or see to it that com- petent couectcrs take charge of the work. Remember this M your Hos- pital. built by you in your wisdom. dug a house of refuge that or some of your family. me? most urgently need without warning; ahcllntowhlchyournayuoto have nffennr relieved and every effort made to save your life. And,

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them. are:

l—A deep therapy X-Ray mach- ine. when the hospital was erect- ed a room was completed to hold such machine but, unhapplly, we never had the money to purchase the Equipment. we have a very Complete X-Ray transformer for radlosraphy and fluorosoow but it is only fit for superficial therapy, while the need for deep treat- ment is increasing greatly, and we "0 Yet unable to carry on the treatmeri; of malignant diseases that are inoperable, or that require both X-Ray and operative treat- mt‘-nlb. We hope the‘. our people will give us the necessary assist- ance and we shall irnmediately get the equipment.

2—A Gas oxygen machine. The instrument we have been using for a number of years has become worn out and needs placement. We must get this a. the very earl. iest time we can. It. is cg great im- portance in the giving o anesthet- ics and we should not do without

3—0ur hydmiherapeutic depart- ment has never been completed be- cause the rooms were needed for other purposes. However, the rooms Will. we hope, be available before long and this important equipment for the treatment of nervous dLs- easea. etc.. should be installed at the earliest opportunity.

4-A modern suction and ether- izlng machine, to replace an old

’ the year amounted to uoa.loo and

worn out one, must be purchased without delay. as it is needed prac- tically daily in the operating room.

Apparatus of the nature above mentioned, you all probably know, will wear out and replacements must be made when required. There are several instruments used in the operating room that must also be ob ained.

The insiallation of this equip- ment will keep us in the front rank of modern hospitals and will mean a very great deal to the people of the whole Province inasmuch as they can get treatment here. with- out incurring the heavy expense of going to Montreal. To illustrate, one prominent citizen told one of our trustees a few days .30 that if our Hospital had been equipped with deep therapy it would have saved him $2,000 as he was obliged to go to Montreal remaining there for some time. Approximately 310.- 000 is required for the equipment we have specified.

Staff Inadequate

On account of ‘lie steady in- crease in the number of patients

ber of pupil nurses by at least six and possibly another one or two graduate nurses. our present staff is not large enough to give as much nursing care as the patients require and we admit to some genuine complaint on this score. But this means more expense. Give us the means and we will see you get the service.

Referring again to the matter of gcvernmen‘. and city grants. Those 0.‘ us who know the work the three hflsilitals are doing, who know what it costs to give service, cannot un- derstand why the Government should give $18,000 a. year to one instiiu‘.‘on which takes care of about 140 patients dealing with one disease. and only a total grant o.‘ 86.000 to the other three general hospitals which take care or over 4,500 patients yearly and suf- fering from all kinds of diseases. the general hospital requiring ex- pensive equipment not required in the institution taking care of the 140 paxients. We wish to say to the members of the local Govern- ment and to the Mayor and City councillors. "We can no longer take care of your wards, at a cost to us of $15,146 per year, for a total grunt of 94,500, viz., $3,000 from the Government and $1,500 from 'he City. we are prepared to do this work for you but you must pay for the service. If you do not wish to increase your grant to an amount in keeping wlh the cost to us, then we will be forced to do as they do in Fredericton. viz: charge We municipality the cost per pat- ient day and each case must be paid for promptly and no case ad- mitted wlthou‘. an order from the proper authoritim guaranteeing payment." It is not our wish that this plan may have to be adopted but the Hospital must not be ask- ed to do this work of caring for the w.:'d.s of the Government and the City without being furnished with the means to do so. we will furnish the accommodation bu: cannot. furnish the means.

Finances

The current financial statement, of the new building ac- count. the endowment fund and the loan account and also the stat- istical report with comparative fig- ures for the previous year have been printed for submission to this meeting. They tell their own story and little reference need be made to them here. In current account, at the beginning of the year, we had a balance on hand of 9415.15 and at the end of the year had a. balance on hand of $500.06 show- ing a surplus of $84.93 on the years business. in addition to $3.000 trans- ferred to the building account to- wards reduction of debt. It was possible also to apply the whole amount received from the annual collection from both city and counties, totalling 38.05531, to the Building Account towards reduction of debt. The sum of mas was re- ceived durlng the year in bequests from the estates of Mr. Jacob Scott. Miss Frances P. Cooke, Mrs. ‘Thomas Dutch and in memory of Mrs. Margaret Beairslo. This amount was placed in the endowment fund as was also the $5,000 pro- coeds of the sale of the old hos- pital with four acres of land. to the Provincial Department of Pub- lic Works. This transaction was completed in March and should be a source of general satisfaction throughout the Province. nominal‘ bonds outstanding at the end of

we owed the Royal Bank 010.030. a total of 3118.180. The investments held in our Elldowment Fund were

we must at once increase our num- _

purchased a‘. a coat of ammo

what in excess of that figure.

The present very excellent posi- tion of your hospital was not just arrived at by chance. It is the re- sult of the hearty cooperation of a generous public with our board of Trustees. very, very largely to the work of our excellent medical staff and the faithfulness. loyalty and ability of the staff of the Hospital. To the Ladies Aid must also go a large share of the credit. Since the organization of the Hospital fifty-three years ago, this organi- zation has looked after the furnish- ing of the rooms, kitchen, ctc., as well as making many special dona- tion of large value tram time to time. It is not an exaggeration to say that the very splendid condi- tion of the Hospital is largely due to the well organized efforts of the ladies Aid. We wish to congrat- ulate Mrs. J. A. Clark as President on her very successful year's work, and to her re-election to the offlce for another year.

During the year the Trustee Board suffered the loss of one of our valuable trustees and workers, Mr. James Paton. Mr. Paton car- ried to a successful conclusion the work he undertook and his services to the Hospital will be greatly miss ed. The vacancy on the board caused by Mr. Paton's death has been filled by the appointment of Mr. Geo. W. McLeod.

Staff Changes

During the year several changes and additions have been made to the Hospital staff. Mrs. Mary C. Pineo. laboratory technician, rc- signed and Miss Helen Ewing ap- pointed to take her place. Miss Ella Saint, chief operating nurse resigned and Miss Linnlc Platts, formerly supervisor, succeeds her. Miss Hattie Mclean has been pro- moted from night supervisor to sub- ervisor. Miss Mildred H. Thompson has been appointed night super- visor. Mise Louise McKenzie re<ign- ed as assistant opera‘ing room nurse and Miss Bessie Macxenzie

appointed in her place. H. H. Pierce, M.D., has been appointed to the medical staff.

Your Trustees wish to express

their very great apprwzinlion of the r-errlccg; rendered the Hospital by Mr. H. J. Gordon who has mainiainecl a continual audit of our books and given our Sec1'et:ir'y- Treasurer vn‘.u:lble assistance. The clergy have as usual maintained their regular attendallcc :11. the

, Hospital and their iriierc-st ‘s much

appreciated both by the pa‘ien'.s and the rnauageincut.

The Wohelo Club have increased their activities on behalf of the Hospital and the Trustees are much indebted to them for their assist- once.

The following nurzes graduated:

Bessie Jean McKenzie.

Ada. Dorothy Nicholson.

Anna Kathleen Bennett.

El‘.'1:a-beth Matthew MacDonald.

According to the by-laws the fol- lowing ‘Trustees retire :his year, all of whom are eligible for re-election: Mr. Robert L. cotton, Mr. George W. McLeod. Dr. H. D. Johnson.

Cundall Home For Nurses

The pages of the history of the Prince Edward Island Hospital have, been brightened by many wonderful gifts by public spirited citizens, notably the late F. Ratch- ford Starr, the late Ralph Bredzen

and Franklin and Mrs. Bovyer. Many others have contributed amounts of $5,000 and over and

some day the complete history of the Hospital should be writ on up to date and the assistance of these generous and public spirited citizens properly recognized. They made the present Hospital possible. To the Government of Prince Edward Is- land, which made it possib‘e for us to purchase the present splendid site, the Hospital must always be deeply indebted. And tonight we are happily able to make to you another announcement of the very greaest importance to the Hos- pital. Com’ng, as it does, at our time of greatest need for what it offers it may, we think, be classed as one of the greaiest. if not the grea.‘est event, in our history. We submit a copy of the passed by the ’I‘nlstees of the Cundall home which fully explains the situation. .