THE

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GUARDIAN

Auiiorisod no Second Clusunlnll Post Omco

- Department, P The Thonnon Co. Ltd.

Editor and Manager, Inn A. Burnett. Aluioclntc Editor. Frank Wllkor.

CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"Tho strongest memory is wookor than the wcakesl ink".

'EmuLb'i'TErowN. wsninzsnn. run. 24. 1954.

Wily All Tito Secrecy?

Because of the keen interest shown by the public in recent months in all matters connected with education and in particular Prince of Wales College, the Legislature

: appointed a committee of the House to in-

quire into the matter. The committee com- prises Hon. Keir Clark, Minister of Educa- tion. Dr. W. .l. P. MacMillan, Dr. Lorne Bonliell, Messrs. J. W. D. Campbell, .1. Wil- frid Arsenault, Lorne H. MacFAIlane and John A. MacDonald. It was understood that public sessions would be held and those interested given an opportunity of presenting their views and of hearing the views of others.

Interest continued after the appointnient

cf the committee and was enhanced, if any- tliiiig. by the criticisms voiced on the floor,

of the House. which were of such a nature as to call for an official reply which has so far not been forthcoming. However, the committee advertised that delegations or individuals wishing to appear before it as witnesses should make arrangements not later than March 23rd. This gave, perhaps quite innocently, the impression that the hearings would open on that date. it now appears that the committee has been hold- ing a series of private meetings and has al- ready taken statements from Dr. L. W. Shaw. Deputy Minister and Director of Ed- ucation: Mr. Malcolm MacKenzie, Assistant

Director: Mr. William A. MacPhee, Direc-.

tor of Teacher Training: Miss Helen Yeo, of the Teacher Training Department, P. W. C.: Mr. James B. Brow, Vice Principal of the College, and Mr. H. Bramwell Chandler. Superintendent of Libraries and Director of the Audio-Visual Branch. It is stood that a brief is to be presented by Dr. Frank MacKinnon. Principal of Prince of Wales, at today's committee meeting which is scheduled to open at 10.30 am.

Yesterday the question was raised in the Legislature as to the authority of the com- mittee to hold its meetings privately and Mr. Speaker read the rule that strangers "are permitted to be present during sitting; of a committee but that they may be ex- cluded at any time and are to withdraw when the committee is discussing a par- ticular point of order or deliberating on its report.

The authority of the conimittee to ex- clude the public from its inquiry, however. is of less importance than the fact that it has done so without any apparent legiti- mate reason. Set up by the Legislature for the purpose of throwing light on a subject which intimately affects every family on the island. and about which there has been the liveliest controversy both in the Press and in the House, it surely cannot plead public indifference. It may be that secrecy was considered desirable, but Just what

tlpurpose it was intended to serve is difficult

to understand. important as education un- doubtedly is. it is not generally thought of as being in the same class as military in-

gtelligencc.

The committee will be well advised if it throws today's meeting, and all subsequent. hearings, open to the fullest public scru- tiny.

lleservo Armed Forces

under-3

requirements. little can be done. I

The opinion has often been expressedi that a large pool of men and women is available froni the ranks of veterans andi

Services for one 1'eas0n or another. Those relying on this source of reserves may fail' to realize that equipment and training methods change rapidly under existing con- ditions of progress and development. Furth- ermore. people still grow old, and but ai few years need go by before many experi- enced people from the ranks have advanced to age groups no longer acceptable for .service. Hence the importance to the na- tional safety of the Reserve Armed Forces. Certainly,the services themselyes cannot afford to overlook the importance and po- tential effectiveness of their reserves. iPr0per steps should be taken to ensure .'complete efficiency and effectiveness to bring them up to strength. 1

"co-uieratlon" In iledwilhlna l

Recent reports from llong Kong indi- cate that Red China is making every ef- ifort to develop socialized agriculture among the great masses of peasants. The ,latter are being urged to give up the rprivate, small-scale farming they are used to and are being encouraged to "socialize", iby the argument that the remolding of agri-r ,culture to socialism means that they will be remunerated according to labor and not, ithat they will be forced to eat from the: isame pot. i l Propaganda is thorough and used to lecture the peasants on how much they can gain under socialism and ”how, much faster China can industrialize if they sell their grain to the State.” The young

the family, and the peasants are being taken to the cities to look at the factories which their grain can produce. .

Production co-operatives are being en-J couraged, not only to use tools, livestock, and labor co-operatively, but to pool theiri land as well. There are said to be about 14,000 producer co-operatives in existence, but the Communist party is repcrted lo, have decided last December to expand the total to more than 55,000 this year and to 800,000 by 1957.

Other reports from Hong Kong indi-

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especially in the interior of China. The harvest of 1953 is believed to have been less than that of .1952. Reports suggest that inferior grades of rice are being solely in the country districts and that cooking. oil used everywhere is in short supply. China, which imported grains before the war. must rely on substantial exports of ,grain to make payments for the imported lindustrial equipment, arranged from Rus- sia.

EDITORIAL The Nova Scotia Barristers Society is holding "bedside" legal aid instruction. At. ileast more than 100 lawyers attended a legal aid "clinic" and propose to make it

an annual event. I I 0

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The Canadian National Railways show- ed a profit of 35,244,017 in 1953, a modest amount indeed in proportion to its scale of operations. but the fact. that it makes a iprofit at all must astonisli the older gen- ieration. '

O D O

The Government. cut off family allow- ance payments to 7,066 children in the ten months since April 1 because of non-attend- ance at school. in effect every parent is made truant. officer for his or her own ,family, and loses the job unless results are

The vital importance of the Reservershown. Armed Forces to the defense of Canada is l o o 0

perhaps not. fully realized by our citizens

.nt large. The subject is highlighted in a bulletin published by the Canadian In- dustrial Preparedness Association. which mints out that if this country. or this con-

tinent: should again be plunged into a de-

fensive war. speed and mobility will be the assets on which our chances of survival must depend. We must be swift in mobil- izing resources in manpower and material

to withstand the first onslaught; only int

this way would it be possible to seize the initiative for early counterbiows and event- ual victory.

' ” Insofar as the Armed Services are con- cerned, the prime foundations on which Jfapid and effective mobilization can be achieved. are the Reserve forces. Without fefficlently organized and trained reserves, The active units would have no hacking and no pool of trained personnel from which, to draw replacements. In addition, the train- ingofncruits wouldrcquirethcoervlcooof ioocotlal officers. N.C.0.'o and men who might well be needed for fighting duties.

-fhcoboorptionof tiierecrutto into the

Arm!!! Baobab tlepolldont on two things: ftI'Itlv..t.in ovdiohtltv 09 ldlnlnktnttve Cu” ,' ' and secondly, the

, U00. clothing can

Although the assistance proposed by Ol- tawa and provisionally approved by Province for granting assistance to the dis- abled is spoken of as pensions, the essential feature of the plan is the aim of rehabilita- tion. It would be a very great pity indeed to allow the emphasis to swing towards mere government supportf

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While the drop in highway fatalities to 13 from 25 in 1952 is gratifying, there is nothing to be complacent about in the fact that there was actually an increase in the number of persons injured on the highway. The R.C.M.P. are to be congratulated on identifying no less than 26 of the 29 hit- and-run drivers. Of all offenders these are "the most contemptible.

Bertel Thorwaldsen. Danish sculptor, died this date 1844. Son of a poor wood carver. he studied sculpture at his birth- place and later in Italy, remaining there 23 years. The statue of Bymn at Trinity Col- lege. Cambridge, in his work, as is the Lion

others who have been released from the-

inlense. ' iPosters, photographs, statistical charts ale-

iare being used to persuade the elders of.

.world that need warming up. My -friend

lcate that food is in considerable SllOl'iaRC,iC1m1'1l9

ltlng in and poor Charlie was al-

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Erna GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN ' Shall We,Take Him On Permanently?

Talk about crede..ta.ts.!I

PUBLIC FURUM

This column in open to the discussion by correspondent: of questions of interest. The tiuarilian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

Ll(iH'l'lNG FIRES IN COLD ROOMS

Sir.--Lnrd Gray in paying A tribute to his father said. he spent. his life in lighting fires in cold roc.ins. He could not. have said 5.. kinder thing about his father. There are iiinny cold rooms in this

Charlie began courting Becky. a very fine young lady who lived not. far from my home. but the father was not pleased with and one viint.er's night. Charlie came to visit and Becky let him in at the front door into the parlour where there was no fire. Becky was quite I while get.-

irost frozen stiff before Becky got back. A fire in that room might have got her a good hus- band.

There are many cold rooms in

this world. I have heard of churches that are cold. where one may attend l'or a month and never lget. a handshake or it word in wet- lcome. A little boy went. to a church in another part of the city and when asked why he went there. he replied "because then they are very friendly". I remember one late fall Sunday I went. to preach in -.t big church. The stove had not been put up. I kept my over- il-oat on. but before tzhe service was over I was quite warm and ithe people sremecl to be comfort.- :nble. I hope the sermon warmed -them up. The sermon has A good ideal to do in keeping up the tem- perature of a church.

What will keep the home fires

burning? It is that. old-fashioned ,gi-ace, love. the mothers and the llathers. I was brought. up in o. lpoor home. but. there was no place llike it. because my parents love was there.

How better can one spend his .life than lighting fires in co jroonis? Away from the warmth of

the gospel homes are cold. The whole heathen world is cold. One has only to step out. of it into I. 'Chi-lstian service to feel the warmth of Christian love. I have come into such a service very tired. and listened to their hearty and tune- llul sinzing. "Jesus Lover Of My .soul". "Rock Of Ages" and A half- 'dn7.cn others without book or note. i'rhe choir was made up of cath- olics, Anglicans and Presbyter- plans. How it rested me! y When Jesus came upon I-its dis- lclples on their way to Emmott! their llbiiril burned within them win He opened up to them the lucrlptiires. Wherever Jesus comes lpeople are wormed and cheered land life becomes happy. I I am, Sir. etc. W. I. GREEN.

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lstnnlcy Bridge.

1.; odd to read that "they're fine.

(Hamilton Spectator)

The suggestion by a member -of the British House that Admiral Lord Nelson would' not have been admitted as a rd- dct to the modern Royal Navy because he did not "speak with an Oxford or B. B. C. accent" should be treated as n jest. Mod- crn servicc' life is littered with impediments that Nelson never knew, but this is not one of them.

Nelson could not have reached heroic heights in a modern navy, there would have been far too many rules, and regulations. if Nelson. who had lost an eye and an arm and had suffered other injuries on active service. had lived in these days he would have been hustled before 8 medical board and discharged from the service with R disability pension. There would have been no Battle of Trafalgar, no Abbey burial, no glorious tradition. only a file cov- e: with forms made out in quin- tuplicate. properly endorsed and stamped.

Genius may be adaptable, but. it suffers from as many disabilities. today as ever it did. General James Wolfe. the victor of Quebec and the hero of many generations of Canadian and British children. would never have been allowed to join a modern army. The ill health from which he suffered wuul'l have stopped him before the ink on his attestation papers was dr-c. Even if the medical board llil'l suffered an aberration and passed him. Wolfe's distressing melan- cholio would soon have brought him to the psychiatrlst's couch foam which he would have talked his own way out of the army.

Plural Porridge

(Kingston Whlgstandardi

A letter was published recently in The Ottawa Citizen in which the writer. J. J. Garvey, took the news- paper to task gently for using the word porridge "as though it. were In singular noun." Mr. Garvey said he understood it was used in Scot- land as s plural noun. and be quoted from Robert Louis ste- venson and A. J. Cronin to sup- port his contention. We found it

halesome food. parrttch," and "Those porridge areycold," but we thought that. Stevenson and Dr. Cronin must have known what they were writing about.

so we looked up the word in the shorter Oxford dictionary, and they were right. as is Mr. Garvey. to the extent that. porridge may be a plural noun. It. can also be a singular noun, which we find a little reasuri-ihgp since we had balked at. the thought. of saying tfporrldge are" any time we wanted to refer to the dish. The porridge with which most. people in this country are familiar is still singu- lar. as long as people want. it. to be. and we don't imagine there will be any rush to adopt. the style

of Commons i '

(AndP.lI.)

SETTLERS mom im:i.ANu "The Brig 'Lady Anne'. of New- castle, James Sims, master, having on board forty-eight passengers from the County of Monaghan. lrelund. sailed from Belfast on the filth of May, bound for Wallace. Nova Scotin, where she arrived on the 28th June. The destination of the greater part of the pas- stngcrs being Prince Edward Is- lzind. a sloop was hired by Capt. Sims. for the purpose of convey- ing them to Charlottetown, where tliirly-five of them were landed in good health on Saturday evening. The passengers speak in greatful trrms of the kindness and atten- tion they experienced from Capt. Sims during the passage." --Royal Gazette. July 4. 1837.

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-The Age Old Story gftffffflft

0 Lord. the hope of Isrncl. nil um forsake than shall be unam- ed. and they that depart. from nu-. shall be written in the earth, because they hsvo forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living wot- crs. Heal me. 0 Lord. and I Ihnll

be healed; save me. and I shall be saved: for thou in my praise.

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npput'ent!y in an alteration of the Biblical word "potions." and the first definition of "porridge" given is ttpottage or soup made by stew- ing vegetables. herbs and meat. of- ten thickened with pot. barley." This. of course. is nothing but I stew. and it may be that the mul- tlpliclty of ingredients led Scot.- tlsh and British people to regard it as plural. Whether that is so or not, certainly a. better cue can be made out. for making it collective plural out of ii stew than making one of at simple bowl of cooked oatmeal.

But We do not. think 1 time will come when "the slew are ready" will be accepted usage in this country. A stew may become one of the most collective dishes con- cocted in a kitchen. but. we feel safe in predicting it. will remain a singular noun.

1-niss-rs is ons;Aci.s

ROME, (AP) - Premier Mai-to scelbo said Monday that. failure to solve the Trieste issue remniri: an obstacle to Italian participation in western defense. Bcelbo hinted that favorable notion toward in Trieste solution by the west would serve to speed up approval of the European Defence Community.

-A-NCIENT ISLE!

quoted by Mr. Garvey. We also learned from the dic-

othor kind of porridge. The world

' Tho bounty prooonfly

MERLIN

0. Merlin in your crystal cave Deep in the diamond of the day. will there ever be 0 singer Whosc music will nnooth owly The furrow drawn by Aduwo linur -Across the meadow and the wave? or A runner who1l outrun Mints long shadow driving on. Burst. uirouch the utoo of history, And hang the smile on tho trot? Will your sorcery not show

The sleeping bride ilut in nor

bower,

And the day wreohhod In its mound of mo .

of Lucerne. Examples of his monumental oculpturo may be seen in buildings and in churclics oil over Europe. His art is dom- lnltcd by classical Greek and Roman in- msneo with-put mu.

w And This locked in his tour? -ldwin Ilulr.

GREAT PIIAIIID The great pyramid of Cheap: in

Egypt covers an area of more than 11

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The five largest. Islands of the Hebrides. off the Scottish cont.

tlonlry. however. thnt there! 111- have been inhabited since ancient

times.

NOTICE ' J

lung paid on -skunks.

FOXES and RACCOON. and duo to oxplro on

March 3131. but been 1954.

extended to May IS.

The bounty on FOXIS and IACCOON lino boon increased from 32.00 to 33.00 ouch olfac-

fivo lib dun.

NOUOIlf1WubOpCldIHIfMCy15.l954, Dbpunnontoflnduotryll Natural Iooourcos

cimionuow-. Prince ldword nun. nmii swim.

1; Notes By

A sleeping person is nldlonmvc about every 20 minutes. If you snore, move Just once - to an- other room. - Bsskntoori sm- Phoenix.

1' You have a keen sense of humor. Persons who amuse you most are those who take them- selves seriously. -- Kitchener. Waterloo Record.

Scottish cr-often by Pengnnd Firth are awaiting the revolution B. new electrical-producing atom plant will bring to lonely farms. One place where they'll get. the risht kind of bang out of it. - Hiimtlton spectator.

Al the prudent. time than are toll roads operating in nine of the United States. There are 900 miles of toll roads in operation: four other projects totalling 1.000 miles are under construction. An- other 477 miles have been au- thorized. -- "Road and Wheel."

A Imuil Hamilton firm de- decided there were too many minor accident in their plant so they appointed a Junior executive to head a safety patrol in post. saf- ety notices. His first tour of in- spection came to an abrupt end when he broke an arm tacking on his first poster. Lacking a step- ladder, he had balanced a nail keg on top of ll packing case. -4 Mac- lean's.

A state department official was telling a British friend that he had just. bought his wife a new snow shovel. "I paid an extra sixty cents to getan aluminum one because it would be lighter for her to handle." the state depart- ment man said. "'I'hat.'5 the tron-

hle with you Americans," the Englishman said. "You're always coddllng your women." -- Phila- delphia. Inquirer.

What Is one to call this time of the year, when snow and cro- cuses. sunshine, sleet. and the thi-u.sh's voice come upon one "all mixed up like chocolates in a box," as the song used to say? Sprinter. perhaps. since this brief period is one which is neither winter nor spring. Not that the name mat-

ters: what matters is that. these March days are equally com- pounded of the satisfaction of witnessing winter's retreat and the Joy of welcoming the ad- vance of :4 gentler season. - bon- doh Times.

Pimples

If ugly disfiguring blemishes. Pin-iplu, lcuinn. ncliln . no? skin. Psoriuls. Arno, Blnckhu r or A News Poet worry you, Hg NIXODIRM tonight. Works fut.

o help ring you 1 closnor. softer. smooth- Ir skin. I. Curbs itchinpburnlnx. In-inrtln:

MARCH 24, 1954

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The ,VVax.4 g

Tinted wlndshle

to safety in nlght”c.irl:Ilr.ig.ac"z:lt::. his to a Toronto eye gpgcium: "5 '3” the sreen-tinted 1

cuts down vision at night seems no reason to doubtdt. pf): drivcrs who want the daytime cooling benefits of the coloured wlndshllda. he recommended

C0i0U"3d Elissa screen that. can ti: shifted out of the way after .1": ;:..:s.2'.'.':::.. -

Too often. scouring a meal in 1:. restaurant is an exercise in pan. once on both sides. Nothing set... the operations off on the wrong 100” more surely than for tho customer to persue the menu as l: he were a lawyer trying to (whom the traps in the fine print under ihe main type of a contract. If you are sailing in the.uQue,n Mary" where the bill of fare is 1. yard long and you have a week to make up your mind. there is going Point tn heavy deliberations am a choice between Beef Strogan. off and I-Iommard L'Armoi-lcglng. Playing the gourmet in lesser cir. cumstances is cheap showman. ship. The place isn't staffed with the prodtgallty of a government; -bureau. Other hungry customers 5”? Wnlttns while the dltherer makes up his vacant mind, and no wonder the waitress becomes something less than an amtablq blonde.- Brzuitford Expositor,

EXPORTS SATISFACTORY

EDMONTON. (CP) - Canzidals international wheat trade will be smaller this year than in 1953. A Canadian wheat. board official said here Saturday. But exports will still be higher than the average of any 10-year period. W. E. Robert- son of Winnipeg said that Cana- dian wheat ”is moving into import- ing countries at what. we think is a satisfactory rate."

T. CARTARINES, Ont.. (CP)e- Tvilns Thomas Freurc of Welland- port and Samuel Freure of Beams- ville Wednesday celebrated, their 90th birthday. They were guests of honor when 30 of their 40 de- scendants occupied one long tabla ut. the annual spring turkey sup- per at Wellandport United Chirrch near here. Both men are in good health.

Have Your Clothes

DRY CLEANED

PRESSED ONLY nt

RITE - WAY CLEANERS

Dial 7387

the skin. Ask drugztrt for NIXO BRM. Gltlafletion or money back.

PROFESSIONAL

T CARDS

Goudet & Hoszord Gn..BElI'I A. GAUDET. B.A.. LLB Burilfen and solicitor:

Money to loan i Bank of Commerce Bldu

J. S. Taylor. R.O. OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined. Glnuo Fitted Corner Kent and Queen 81:. Office Phone D133-Houu 4156

Matlieson. Make &-a

. Nicholson A. W. MATIILSON. Q.C.

- A. ll. PEAKE. B.A.. LLB. JOHN P. NIUIIOLSUN. LLB. Burrlltcrl. Etc. Collections - Money To Loon I15” Grafton street

loll. Mutiiioson 8:-SS

Foster

Barristers. Solicitors. Etc. Br 8. I-:Ll.. Q.(;. 6. It FOSTER. LLB. Loans on City and Form Properties 150 Richmond Street Charlottetown. l'.l5.l.

A. Wulthen Gouda: LLB.

IAIIISTISI. BOLICITOII. mu-. Phillips Jnlldlng Ill Grafton Street

Money to noon Collection

-Clans. R. McQuoid l.A.

IABRIBTEB. NOTAII lluurn Trust Building

CIIAIl.0'l'PI9T( DWN

Allison M. Gillis. LI..B.

IIAIIIIIII. NOLICITOB. Ito. I-I Ilohnlogd CL - (-hurlotutown rbono no

Dr. A. L. Mocloooc

DINTIIT Donut K-In ULOIIA BUILDING HI Grafton St. Phone it

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Dr. K. A. Mociocliorn ”

Dllf'l'll'I' nonlnl K-fl! Abovo Charlottetown Clinic III Quin 8L 4- but out

H. J. Mobon. R.O.

Optometrist

M-mt:-rue. P. I. I.

Phone I02

MdcPliee 8: Troinor Ii. F. MIPPHEE. B.A.. Q.C.

E s()lllP.'llLED PBAKNOII. B.A. borrlotcrn, on

J. A. Met-iuigun

BABEIISTER. SOLICITOB. Em. NOTARY. Etc.

Currie Building

'T Frederic A. Large. 0.6. Barrister. Solicitor. Notary 303:! Bank of Clllllfl Bulldlnx t Charlottetown. P. E. I. Loans on City and Farm Properties

ifziiban Former. o.c.

. B.A.. LLB. Barrister Ind solicitor Brink of (2 .-cu Building (lhnrlottctawn Money to Loon

Palmer & Hnsldin

A. J. HASLAM. B.A.. LLIL ' Barrister. Etc. Conic nl Novn iicottn Chamber- Cltsrlottctown. P. E. I. JIONEY T0 LOAN

J. Elmer Blanchard. ILA.

BARRISTER. SOLICITOR. NOTARY. Etc. 165 Queen St. Phone 4231

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no iienc Street Didi am iopuosttp Iuivero noun

Gordon E. Mcctdiilon.

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Dr. W. I. Canon

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