PAGE TWO The Central Guardian

fills column la raerved for nun cl local interest, but advertising of a newsy nature may be Inserted at 5 cent: a word. strictly pay- allle in advance.

A SHIPMENT of ladies’ dresses just arrived at Kennedy's. 154 Great George Street. L-734-l-9-3i.

COOK'S FOR Easter Photo- IPBDIB. L-562-4-2-10l.

CONFEDEBA TION LIFE INSUR- ‘CE. L478!

FINED FOR ILLEGAL POSSES- SION 0F LIQUOR-Two men an- nealed in police court yesterday morning charged with illegal posses- sion of liouor. One was fined $50 and costs or 60 clays. the other $25 and costs or 30 days. A drunk waa nlven 60 days suspended sentence.

REGULAR DANCE HELD - There was another large crowd of army. navy and alrforce men pres- ent at the regular Tilesday night (lance of ille Canadian Legion War Services last night. The dance was held in the Legion Recreation Rooms. Music was supplied by Bill Iforcsidcs Orchestra. Tile dance was under the direction of Mr. Ar- ihur G. Bruce.

_ .\ SIIIPNIENI‘ of ladies‘ dresses _iil.i. arrived at Kennedy's. 154 Great George Street. L-734-4-9-2i.

LAID T0 REST - The funeral of the late Bertha E. Carter was lirld from the re-idcnce cf tier pal-- ("its Mr. anti hfrs. Isaac Carter, l} i1 Rozid, yesterday afternoon. Scrilccs at the house and ‘grave ivcrc conducted by Rev. Hugh Mil- lcr and Rev. Donald Boothroyd. In- irrnlclit was in the Pecplcs Ccme-' t":'y. Pail bcarcrs ivcrc: Messrs S!iil'¢1v' Hardy Hairy Hardy. G. F‘. l-iizi lc-cn, GCOYKQ J. 'I‘\\'cedy, Mal- colm Irivin and E. T’. Higgs,

FUNERAL YESTERDAY — The fill: 'il c! til/.- latc fiedcrick Wise- ncz" l.o;k place from the MacLcan l-‘ilii_‘al Home yeetcrdzrv afternoon. Scrvcr-j were conducted by Ravi ‘Hugh Mill?!’ and Rev, Donald Booth- rcvd. Interment People's Cemetery, R . Donald BTOQIICYG officlatlngat the grave. Pallbearers w Ye: Messrs. VCTIlGIl Burke. Gsorge Tweedy, Frank Bell. D. L. McKinncn.

v FURVIEW OPENS SERVICE. - ._/\il“l' tiio riavs of battling harbor he the fcrrv Falrview opened the channel to Rocky Point yesterday. lflfllllllfililllt! the summer service on llic same dav as a year ago. Mon- rriv Cnniniu Jerrv Doiicette drove his brat tn within a. tciv feet of the Foch-r Point wharf. but was unable n (incl; ivrausr- of inc. ‘vr-stcrdnv. lirn-xrinr. ho ricroninlishoi-i thecrcss- inc. The sewn-e ivili be irregular vhilo i» i-rmalns in the harbor. it ‘was learned.

T0 OBSERVE ST. GEORGES IHY -— At a meeting of the ex- i‘"llill'f‘ of the Charlottetown l?" lich oi‘ the Canadian Legion yes- ivrrlny afternoon a committee was iippointrd to see what steps will iv; taken in connection with the prcatol- observance this y'all: of St. Goorcr-‘s Day- April 23. In Ontario nllrl in other parts of Canada as '\\f‘ii as the United States. special cbscrvnnces are being held this '_\‘(‘€\l' as a tribute to the people of Ihiciand in their rrrcat fight for li9l1li‘(‘l'flC_\'. It. is understood the Province of Ontario is making pos- Nhlfl tho i-irciilntion in schools of fir Dominion of a. paper (iealing with St. Cmorges Day_ and its spec- lal sizilificaiicc this vear.

IRISIITOWTV SUHOOL llcivri of Irblilown School for UH‘ ilYliill of March:

(‘wade- X--l Doris Johnston, 2 EVPCII Campbell, 3 Emma Camp- ir‘l.

Grade IX-l Enid McLeod. 2 l-nvton Profltt.

Grlidc VIII-l Lenlan Davison 2 Fifi!‘ Ctiniphel.

Grade V1I—l Clair Campbell. 2 Aime Campbell. 3 George McLeod.

Grade VI-l Gladys Mann. 2 El- izabeth Johnston. 3 Jes=ie Profltt.

(lrrlrlc V--1 David Clmpbell, 2

d S1llll1l0llS. lfio Ill-l lcth Mann.

( ad.- II-1 Lloyd Mann. 2 Leona. L mpbcil. 3 Francis Campbell.

(ii-ado I-—No examinations.

lliglmcst average: Letth Mann 93, Duns. Jchnstcn 86.

Pcziccl. attendance: Gladys Mann mid Aliiricl Reeves.

With-vi’ m‘DEATH’S

HOWARD-At 36 Upper I-lillsboro Street. on April 8. 194i. Mrs. Georg.- Hoii-ai-d agod 99 years. Funeral ilotlce ‘later.

li1l'l‘('llEl.L-At Village Green on l\'liil'(‘il 8. 1041. MFS- John P- Mlicllcil. aged 86 years. funeral from her late residence Thursday, April 10th. service starting at 2 p. an. at thc home. Interment Pow- lial (Jcmetcry.

GAY — At the Prince Edward Is- land Hospital. A rll B, i941, Wil- liam A. E. Gay n his 81st 1'65!‘- Tlie remains are resting at. the clliCiiilf‘. Funeral Home until‘ noon today. ticn at the home of his sis- tcr, Mrs. Adelln Barrett, l8 Fellini: Street. Funeral Thursday, April 10. service starting at 1 p. m. Remains will then he forwarded by train to Mount Stewart for interment.

In Memo riam .

ln loving memory of Hugh B. ‘Mai-Kay. who entered Into reel. April l), inst).

In our hearts your

gers Swrclly. tender, fond and true There ls not a day Dear Father That we do not think of you. Lnvingly remembered by the

family.

Carril Of Thanks

Mr. l-fuizh John Mclvor of Klnllora udshcs to thank frie b0ltrS for their manv kindnesses and cxnresslcils of sympathy in his rec- ent snd bereavement.

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UNDERTAKER EMBALMER

Charlottetown and North Wlltshlre Phone 149

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The following ls a com lete re- fiort of the President's mtg-ass de- veled by Mr. G. Edison McDonal at the afternoon session of the P. E. I. ‘Poachers Federation yesterday

afternoon.

Once more we have met in An- nual Convention to discuss our o- gress in the past, and make pans for the future. It is my cgi-ivilege at this time to report the ef ac- tivities of your executive during the past. year.

You will probabl remember that

at our last convent on we submitted “to you for your approval a Salary Brief which we intended to present to the Government at a later date, This Brief was presented to the Government and some q" the points emphasized were as follows: That the recommendations of the 1929 Royal Commission re sliding scale of salaries for teachers should be adopted. This report advocated an initial increase of approximately fifty dollars with subsequent in- creases of varying amounts at the end of three. six,‘ ten. and fifteen years respectively. We pointed out that, if the need was urgent ten years ago. it is cvcn more urgent today. Supplements have been dras- tically reduced and increased de- mands are being made upon our teachers. We reminded the Government that a preceding Government had promised that, when additional sub- Sidy was received from Ottawa, the teachers would receive first consid- eration. The additional subsidy was obtained, but the teachers up to the present have received none of their share.

Hardly A Profession

We stated that we believed that teaching could hardly be rated a: a profession in Prince Edward Is- land until a graduated scale of sal- aries was adopted. Persons begin- ning teaching could then look for- ward to teaching as their life work knowing that they would eventual- ly be able to earn a decent liveli- hood. The Government received us courteously enough. but we have not. as yet, received any tangible proof of their cooperation. One tiling, however. they did do for which we should convnciid them They have made ll. necessary 101' B student. to attend Prince of Wales College two years before they can obtain a Teachers License. This step will tend to make teaching a rcal profession on Prince Edward Island.

Another matter which engaged the interest of your executive was the revival of the Educational Hori- zon. We believed that through this column valuable assistance could be given to the teachers and to the public ln general. Accordingly we appointed a committee consist- ing of Miss Mary Callaghan and Messrs. Ernest Reid, H. N. Murphy. and Ralph Machean. Mr. Lawton. who had recently been mpolnied Director of the Personal Service De- partment. was also to take charge of the Educational Horizon. During the month oi‘ June there were ls- sues each Saturday until Entrance. At that time we stressed particular- ly Entrance work as we felt most of the teachers would be keenly in- terested in such matters in June.

Educational Horizon

With the coming of the New Year the Educational Horizon a- gain became a weekly feature. Ad- ditions were made to the commit- tee in the persons of Miss Zllpha Llnklettcr, Mr. Miller MacFadyen, and Mr. Daniel MacDonald. Much valuable assistance was given also by Mr. Stewart Williams. I have not time in this report to mention all the important matters taken up in the Educational Horizon. I shall, however, mention a few which may awaken your interest in this column if you are not already familiar with it. A summary of the Last of the Mohlcans ls being giv- en for the benefit of both teachers and pupils who have already read the book. An excellent column on Current Events is run almost every week. Corres ndence which has been receiv the Director of the Personal Service Department is often answeredtlirough the med- lum of the Horizon when it is felt that. the answers would be of in- terest to teachers ln_ general. Mod- el answers to previous Entrance questions are being given up to the present. I believe. most of the ans- wers have been to the English pap- ers, particularly, .n Aiaiysis How- ever. there ls no reason why Model Answers to all subjects cannot be given. Besides these mattcrs which are of particular interest to teach- er; many other subjects of gen- eral education are also taken up. In short, as the Chief Superin- tendent remarked to me what we are really doing is giving a Cor- respondence Course to the 1160919 of Prince Edward Island. We are very grateful to M. Lawton. and those who have co-Operflibd Wit-h him for the very fine job which they are doing. I know that it has meant a very great sacrifice of time and energy on their Part, but I think that they must eel that the effort, lg well worthwhile.

In the latter part, of June, I sent out a letter to all the local secre- taries urging them to imrrw “P00 the ratepayers the necess ty 0f 1115- lng the district supplements. It was pointed out that the raising of supplements was now a very 1m- portant mattcr because manytench- era were leaving schools for more remuneratlve positions.

The letter had at least one unex- pected rmult. I had replies from some districts asking the Federa- tion to collect the supplement. I . pointed out that on the teacher's re- quest, we could sue only the district and not the individual ratepayers of the district. The party to collect from them is the School Corpora- tion through its secretary. One acc- retary sent me what he called a “list of shortage" wanting me to collect from the parents who had kept their children home, and had thus caused a. deduction in the teacher's salary. However, I sup-

it was a thing that the ettel- was rea by someone. and 1 hope that it was read at. most of the Annual Meetings. and that it did some good.

Attend C. T. P. Conference

During the month of August it was thoprlvilcp of Mr. Daniel Mao-

REJ.‘ Teacihlers’ Federation Head ' Reviewi

Year .

Arthur, Mr. Reginald MacDonald. and myself to aticnd the nineteenth moo of the Canadian Teachers’ Pedera. on at Hamilton. The meet- ings began on Monday. August 12, and continued until Friday of the same week. We were able to get some insight into the workir * of the Canadian Teachers’ Pedc I ll. and to t some idea u $o_ ..niit that y is attempting to do. P am sorry that Mr. MacArthur ll no longer a member of the teach- ing profemion-he has entered ti» military. I had hoped that he would be able to give you a detail- ed report of the Conference. The other two representatives, Mr. Mac- Donald and myself are already booked for lengthy reports, and we don't want to be reporting to vou all the time. However, I may say that the C. T. F‘. has a. very great interest in your welfare and is working for equality of education- al opportunity throughout the Dom- inion. As you know, their publicity department is sending out bulle- tins continually which hclp to give us some idea of the problems con- fronting Canadian citizens today I trust that you have read the bulle- tins which have been sent to you. It was my privilege to have sever- al chats with B. Battle Axe. and I wish that you. too. would get some idea of the group which he and other leaders of the C. T. F. have. of our problems and the sym- pathetic Hfldefsialldifl’! with which hey are considering them.

Since the Conference the C. T. F. has been carrying out a program destined to benefit all parts of Can- ada. arid the poorer provinces in particular. One of their projects was the presentation of a Brief to the recent Dominion-Provincial Conference. I am not going into this in detail. but will just mention the first point of their argument as an example of the whole. "The present system of financial support for‘ education in Canada is such that onlv two provinces (Ontario and British Columbia) can take rank in the upper half of ‘he km- erican states in per-pupil expendi- ture. while four provinces (Nova Scotla. Saskatchewan. Prince Ed- ward Island. and New Brunswick» must. rank in the lowest quartile of the American stairs.

One resilli. cf this is that about 49 prrr cent of all Canadian teach- ers receive less than $770 per rm- num. without provision for incre- ment. In other British countries. $770. is the typical (or average) iii- ilial salary of women teachers. from which they advance by reali- lar annual increments. In i938 over 32 per cent d? Canadian teachers were paid less than $600. per year.

“The Essential Evil"

The essential evil. however, of existing conditions is that tens of thousands of children are half-edu- cated in mean surroundings with less than minimum equipment by discouraged or disillusioned instruc- tors hired for less than laborers’ wages.

We can easily see that the aims of the National organization close- ly coincide with our own and. that. we can best achieve our ends by ‘working ln close co-operation with

At our Convention last. year a resolution was passed to the effect that the Constitution and By-laws of the P. E. I. T. F‘. be revised and made to suit changed conditions and present day needs. A commit-

search the minutes of the past thir- teen years and find out what changes had been suggested in the Constitution and Bv-Laws. The Chairman of this Committee. Mr. Millar MacFadycn. will report the findings later on in the Conven- on

Education Week was observed in this province and throu bout. the Dominion from Nov. 10 Nov. l6 The theme for Educatlm Week last year was “Education or Democra- cv in War and in Peace". Miss El- eanor Anderson, the president of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, spoke on Monday night. and could be heal-d by listeners in this pro- vlnce over CBA. The next four nights following four local speak- ers: Rev. I. J. bevy, Rev. J. P. O‘- I-Ianley, Mr. Albert Dennis and Mr. William Reddin spoke over CFCY A more detailed account of Educa- tion Week will be given later by Mr. Leo Callaghan.

The general scheme for Education Week this year is “In De- fence of Democracy“ and the slig- nested sub-topics are: learning the Ways of Democracy. The Flgnt fol a Democratic World Order, Strengthening Canadian Solidarity. The Place of the School in a Dem~ ocracy, Building Physical Fitness Enriching Family Life. Education for a Post-War World. Amohg the recommendations ls one that I think would be worth adopth-g viz. that a National Committee for Education Week that would include all organizations interested in Ed- ucation and all National magazines should be organized. This would make it easier for Provincial Com- mlttccs. to get the co-operatlol-i of the local groups and magazines. The theme, daily items. and recom. mendations are submitted for dir- cusslon and revision. if necessary, or for approval. ~

You may recall that among thou mentioned as speakers on Educat- ion Week was Mr. William Reildin. You may also remember that one of the Resolutions passed at our Convention last year began as fol- lows: "Resolved that it la the op- lnlon of this Convention that the ‘Education Committee’ appointed last year (1939) be continued for the ensuing year. And be it flir- ther resolved that the following constitute the membership for the year 1940-41: William Reddln, Chnlrman...." Yes. Mr. Reddln

Too Late To Clasify

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THE CI-“QRLOTTEFOWN GUARDIAN

spoke on the work of the Education Commitee. and listed some of lu aims and. u lie is going w speak to you later on this aftcrnoon. I need not go into the details of the achievements of the Education Com- mittee. I must, however. wmmend Mr. Reddln for the very fine be- glruifng which he has made. He has organized tho committee into a number of sub-committees under

Larger Administrative 4. Course of Studies and Uniformity of- Textbooks: 5. Educational Pub-

til Education Committee under til: capable chairmanship of Mr. Reddin can do much to awaken Zn- figest in Education in

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Rc Spitfire Fund

Late in the fall I received a let- ter from the Secretary-Treasurer of the C. T. P. which contalne‘ il silggestlon from the Nova Scotia. Teachers’ Federation that the teachersoig Cangdgflsitaaul raise mcmey uy a p re mane as a Christmas present for the Right Honorable Winston Churchill. I consulted the local executive, and ‘they were in favour of the drive. iliowever, there were suggestions -from some of the other provinces

that the money should be used for ‘relief purposes rather than for the ‘purchase of a Spitfire plane. ‘ Ir.

fact most of the provinces decid- ed in favour of the relief plan. Mr iwoodworth. however. not. waiting

for endorsement from the C. T. H.

had organized a Spitfire campaign

in Nova Scotia. I wired Mr. Lrurch- ifleld and Mr. Wcodworth . see if i! could get the matter strarzhtcned tout and finally did. The C.T.P. de-

ided to have two funds, one for the Spitfire purchase, and the other for relief purposes. Each pro- vince could decide for itself into which fund its contributions should be put. (Your executive favored lne Relief Fund.)

In the meantime. we in this 9P0’ vince had organized a committee consisting of Mr. McCi-lllum. Mr. Lawton, Mr. MacLean. and myself. to carry on the campaign.

We sent. individual letters to each teacher and advertised in the pres! We wish to thank the press for their cooperation ln this matter. I admit it was a bad time of veal‘ to put on a drive, and considering this fact, the drive might. be count- ed a success in this province.

The last information which I received on the subject was in February. The contributions up to that. time werelas follows:

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Nova Srolia . $439900 Quebec . . . . . . .. . . . 1591-60 Individual Silbs. 1.00 $5892.60 RELIEF OF SUFFERERS

Saskatchewan 8 10135 500.00

Prince Edward Island Ontario

Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . Individual Subs. . . . ...

Since that time we have sent in $25.00. I might say here that money for the fund will be received until the end of June, and. if there is any teacher who wishes to make a contribution now, he or she may still pass in the money to the lo- cal Secretary-Treasurer. I might add further that. the local execu- tive bore all the expenses of the campaign so that every dollar re- ceived was passed over to the Ccn- tral Fund. Contributions from the general public were not humelous but we received one contribution of $100. On the whole the teachers co- operated tel-y well, and I wish to thank them for the splendid con- tributions which many of them made. :

The next important matter which engaged the attention of your ex- ecutive was the preparation of an- other (supplementary) salarybrlei to be presented to the provincial government. As we didn't know what would be the outcome of the Dom- inion Provincial Conference, we de- cided to wait until after that meet- ing had taken place. You all know what was the outcome of the Con- ference. We shall have to depend upon our own resources for some time to come.

Salary Committee

The Salary Committee consisting of Miss Jacqueline Macdonald. Mr. Murphy. Mr. Re aid Macdonald. and myself met t'e Government on Thursday. I believe was March 13, at 12.45 p. m. and en- deavoured tc impress them with the seriousness of the present situa- tion ln Prince Edward Island. We pointed out that most of our best qualified and experienced teachers were leaving the teaching protes- slon for positions in which they might ho . to obtain a livciihood whether n the army. navy. 81F force, or in industry. We told them that since the first of the school year over sixty teachers who had signed up for the present term had left, and we showed that most of these sixty had left during the months of January and Pebruurv thus presaging a still greater exodus in the very near future ff some- thing is no‘. done immediately to stay, the tide.