O’Leary High School students MacKenzie.

received their grade eleven dip- lomas at closing exercises in the

The salutation was delivered by Vance Griffin and Vale-

O’Leary Public Hall Wednesday dictorian was Nancy Campbell.

evening. The standings for the year were read to an overﬂow

Rev. Heber Kean addressed the graduates. A program of songs

audience by the principal Lewis by the classes was an entertain-

. havior that the Truth Himself

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_ THOUGHTS FOR OUR TIME

BY HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL MCGUIGAN

FREEDOM DEMANDS 'rnU'rn MUST BE HELD sAonEn

In this issue, we return once again to 1 topic whose impor- tance and significance is so vital that it merits repeated consid- eration on our part, viz that of Truth, which Christ Himself ident- ified with Himseif when He said: “I am the Truth.” So essential is respect for Truth tirhuman be-

said that our very freedom de- pends on our holding it sacred». “The Truth,” He said, “shall make you free.”

It is with a great ache in our hearts that we notice how the world today is manifesting a shametﬁul indifference to truth. Most observers of the modern scene will accept this statement without demonstration. To anyone who would question this, we would point to a few examples chosen at random: the convflicting reports appearing in the daily press, the promises and assurances of poli- ticians, the ex-aglgerations, if not positive ﬁalsehoocls, of modern advertising, etc. The common man, himself, seems to have lost the notion that lying is a sin, of a nature to disturb the con- science.

To what may we attribute the cause ot this degradation of truth?

bottom of it, though it may be diﬁﬁlcult to «analyse it. in his APOLOGIA Cardinal Newman charged Dr. Kingsley with poison- ing the wells. This met-alpvhor ad- miralbly describes the radical source of the unnatural attitude toward truth today. For four cen- turies the devious speculations of modern philosophy, doubtless tor the most part uubeknown to it- self, have been poison-in-g the wells of truth. And it is at these wells that the modern mind has drunk its fill.

NEED COMMON NOTl0N

It is no longer a worthwhile occupation to discuss the truth of one proposition or another. The possibility of such an engage- ment depends on a common ac- ceptance of the notion of truth. Before the adventures of modern philosophers into the field of critical analysis, a common no- tion of the meaning of truth was the basis of every argument. The medievalists may have disputed such questions as the number of angels who could occupy the same minute space; which may not have been such a waste of time as is commonly imagined. At least, it was not so fruitless as 9. Christian today attempting to argue with a materialist.

For the point is that the spring- board of medieval controversy was a common conception of truth, the attainment of which is the raison d’etre of every argu- ment. Though the modes of reach- ing truth were suhject to dispute. their common argument as to

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the essential properties of truth, its necessity, universality, im- m-utalb-ility, and its independence of the human intellect, made pos- sible the ultimate settlement of matters of disagreement.

Today, such a happy meeting ground no longer exists. Conse- quently the punishment for the ambitious attempt of modern philosophy to throw up a Tower ofBaJbeltopiercetheskyofall mystery is a confusion of the meaning of words. For the same reason, at the outset of all argu- ments with unbelievers one is ob- li-ged to meet his opponent with the. ancient question of Pilate: “What is Truth?”

For the modern mind, truth has lost its objective character. It is no longer an aspect of things, but of ‘the mind alone. Universality, necessity, permanence and staIb- ility no longer find a place in the notion of truth.

TRUTH IS MJANDFOLD

The objection is often made to the Church, that she believes that she alone possesses the truth. The implication here gives us an in- sight into the modern concep- tion of truth. What is it? it is that truth is manifold; if truth depends on the individual mind, then what difference does it make whether the reports of the same event conflict? What d-illference does it make if adsvertising con-

etc.?

There is also another aspect to this modern notion of truth.'In- stead of being limited to the in- dividual mind, truth today is in- deed sometimes given I. more universal character: it is made to participate in a semlblance of objectivity.

In the ideological theories of some modern ﬁonms of govern-

cems malte contradictory claims, ‘

ing feature of the evening under direction of music teacher Mrs. Roger:

The graduates (shown above) are left to right: SEATED: Har- riet Smith, Karol Bernard, Joan Hardy, Ann Livingstone, Betty

true for all its subjects and must be the object of their respect. The state thus usurps. the oﬁfice of the Divine Mind and orders all things to itself. When several states assume such authority, a vigorous campaign of propaganda becomes a prime necessity, in- volving insuvmeralble lies.

But the poisoned well is deeper; thsn appears at first sight, be- cause it touches the Divine. God is the centre of Truth. Things derive their truth from their con- formity with the Divine Mind; the human intellect, on the other hand, depends for its truth on its conﬁormity with" things. By an exigency of its nature, it must bow to the thing it knows. Ul- timately its obeisance is to God, Sulbsistent Truth, iirom Whom ﬂows all truth.

That is why truth is sacred. Modern idealistic philosophy h-as severed the roots of truth in the Divine. Truth has become secu- lar and does not call for rever- ence. It is here that the well of truth today reveals its most bit- ter poison.

Without judging which rejec- tion came first inlthe history of modern thought, we see the in. evitalble loss of both God and truth when the rejects the one or -the other. By reason of the identity of God and Truth, an age characterized by an in- difference to truth, is necessarily also characterized by atheism.

MARKS 75TH BIRTHDAY

QUEBEC (GP)——I~l‘enri G-axginoii, former president of Le Soleil and of The Canadian Press, Th-ursday celebrated his 75th birthday. Mr. Gasnon Jloialled Le Solezll‘ in. 1913 and was with the newspaper 41 years. He also was vice-pres ident of L'Ervenement-Journal. .

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Reveals Wide Variation In Cost Of Destroyers

OTTAWA (OP) Estimated cost of destroyers of the same type built in different Canadian shipyards varies by as much as $4,000,000 or more, Defence Min- ister Pearkes d.isc‘los~ed Thursday in the Commons estimates com- mittee.

He gave estimated cost figures for the Restigouche class de- stroyer, six of which are being built in five different shipyards. The seventh, the Restigovuche herself, was commissioned ear- lier this month.

Estimated cost of the Gvatinealu, being built at La-uzon, Que}, was $17,158,000 while the estimate for the Terra Nova, exactly the same type of ship, was $21,839,000. The Terra Nova is being built by Victoria Mlachinery Depot.

Estimates for the other five

w e r e: Restigouche, Canadian Vickers, Montreal, $18,398,000; Chaudiere, H a l ifax shipyards,

$19,403,000; St. Oroix, Marine in- dustries, Sorel, Que., $19,575,000; Kootenay, Burrard, North Van- couver, $20,540,000; and Colum- bia, B-urrard, North Vancouver, $20,657,000. N0 FIXED PRICES

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Mr. Pea-rkes added that the‘ . Second World War rrigates arelswpplememng “her Warship,

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gins. ' have the figures. stmyerS' T “That seems strange," said some members of the commit.

M'I‘- H3195» tee, now studying defence esti- Mr. Pearkes said destroyer mates, suggested that officials of

the defence production depart _ ment be summonedto testify.

EFFECTIVE AGAINST SUBS

Opposition L e a d e r Pearson asked whether Mr. Pearkes con- sidered Canada’s anti-submarine forces effective in light of the atomic submarine which co-uld fire missiles while submerged.

Mr. Pearkes said he is con-

contracts are not let by tender. They were allocated to the vari-_ ous sh-ipyrrds. This was consid- ered desirable to maintain a nu- cleus of trained shipbuilders if expansion was required as it had been in 1950.

Mr. Hales asked how the esti- mated cost compared with the actual cost in the case of the Res- tigouche.

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0'l'TAW-A (OP) —- Opposition members asked only a. single question of calbinet ministers as the Commons opened Thursday- G. Roy ll/ic-Willi-arm (L—North- umberland - Mir-am.ich.i) asked whether proposed layoﬂfs of gov- ernment employees at the citadel in Halifax might be delayed in view of unemployment conditions in the area. Acting lalbor minister Fvairclough replied she would look into the matter.

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