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with the volumes on the shelves of the Library.

"It was not always so. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was as familiar a figure in the Library as the libra.rians themselves, snatch- ing every opportunity to commune with the books he loved: Sir Robert Borden was

Preqideiil and Auucinto Editor, inn A Burnett.

Auueinln Editor. Frank Walker. , ' H , .a constant borrower of biography and his- URWLMWN ltory; Hugh Guthrie was an avid student "Cover: Prince Edward lsiiuid like the dew"

of all the source materials of the Civil War; Arthur Meighen, as a young member. divided his time between the Library and

-.,,-lthe Commons chamber; Ernest Lapointe c;uAiu.orTiiToivN, ruuRsi).u',ocr. 2,1952 .po,.ed daily Over Classics, essays and om,

"The Strongest Memory Is Weaker than the Weakest Ink".

good English. And there were others. ”Today, we are told on high authority, an M.P. in the Library is a rarity. Prime Ministers and party leaders, the prisoners of reports, vast correspondence, blue books, and economic graphs and charts, have no time for history and biography. much 1955 for poetry and pure literature, while pri- vate members seem content with the smok- ing and committee rooms. Only a few of the old timers, men like Mr. C. G. Power, keep up the old tradition. ”One result, inevitable, is that a literary Vallusion in a House of Commons speech It is well to remember that these trees today is all but unknown, Milton and were planted with loving hands by earlier Shakespeare and Burke have bowed out generations, in Arbor Day ceremonies inpto make way for the slatisticiansy which the Mayor, the COLlllClll0l'S and - -- - - -4mm-'-Ff other leading citizens took an active partl CDHURLAL NUIES along with the school children. Their handi- Congratulations are in order for the work is all about us today, and the leastisummcrside Air Cadet Squadron on win- we can do is to see that this heritage is ning, for the third time, the Group Captain

Should Be Supervised!

In a city fortunate in the possession of so many tree-lined streets and avenues as, Charlottetown, it is necessary that con-1 stant attention be given to keeping power and telephone lines clear of overhanging; branches. It is also desirable, however, that this work be done under proper supervision, much more so than has been the case in recent years. This is an obligation resting upon our City Council, as the trustees of a valuable asset to the beauty and attrac-, tiveness of our provincial capital. A

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preserved. The trimming and occasionalllsewis Trophy for general proliicency. cutting down of our ornamental trees has: ll ' ” now become a problem, but there is no? A welcome visitor to Charlottetown to- reason why it should not be undertaken,day is the Hon. R. H. Winters, Federal with the same care

and foresight as ouriMinister of Resources and Development.

predecessors showed in planting themlwho is personally known to many of our years. ago. citizens and as a Maritiniers is well versed

A good example comes to hand in thclin our particular problems. case of the city of Fredericton, N. B.. ' ' ”

where a number of old shade trees require to be removed, and where a Tree Commis- sion for this purpose has been set up. ”The Commission,” says the Fredericton Gleaner, "promises to be a real asset to the city. It was formed with little fanfare and has car- ried out its duties to date with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of efficiency." With the increasing popularity of their Some older citizens had expressed fears event the administrators of the South that the cutting of a considerable num-ishore Musical Festival are showing con- her of trees would harm the appear-lsideration to the public in instituting preli- ance of the beautiful New Brunswick cap- minary eliminations. When more than six, ital, but the programme as outlined in- often far more, repeated the same number sures that nothing will be done which is not at the festival the effect was apt to be a in the best interests of the city. "Fortun- bit overwhelming. ately,” the Gleaner adds, ”the Commission ' d "was formed in good time." Although Canada has thirty-six flying Let us hope that some action along this clubs which are authorized by Army Head- line will be taken in due time in Charlotte- I quarters to conduct refresher flying train. town, where the matter is surely of equalling, none are on Prince Edward Island. importance. lCanadian Army Active Force officers who --:--:----- lare qualified army light aircraft pilots but Electrification Plans hi N, 3, no longer on full-time flying duties may --- get as much as four hours flying time each Steps are now in progress towards dc-fmonth to keep up to scratch. velopment of more electric power in New ' ' ' Brunswick. The project, or rathei correlat- Mohandas Gandhi. "Mahatma" as the Pd projects adjudged feasible for producing E spiritual leader of the Indian national move- this added power supply are in the Upper ment, was born this date 1869. He gave up Saint John River border area and in the a lucrative law practice in Johannesburg State,of Maine. The particular sites in New: to devote his life to the repudiation of viol- Brunswick are at Beechwood, Morrell andl cncc and the exaltation of the individual Hawkshaw, while those in Maine are aticonscience. He frequently 'suffered im- Rankin Rapids and Masardis. According to? prisonment at the hands of the authorities 1 the Moncton Transcript, the L-nginceringland violence even from extremists on his work group of the International Joint own side. (Waterways) Commission has practicall,v: completed their study of these sites, report-. The warning of Mr. G. W. Boswall of ing the progress of their activities of thcllhc depletion of organic matter in the soil P351 .V0al' OF S0 10 R mccllllg 01 l'CD1'cscn- , is a matter of great concern. As agronom- 'i1llV9S Of Mimic. NPW B1'Ull5ll'lCk and Q'J0- l ist at the Experimental Station, Charlotte- hcc. as well as of the federal govcrnmcntsltown, he has learned at first hand the of United States and Canada, in Frederic-;seriousness of failing to replace organic ton last week. It was disclosed followingjmatter in the soil. The waste of lnanure. the nwetini: that the work group in ques- ', the burning of grass and similar extravag- tion will next. spring recommend to the lwances are beyond the means of this pm. .l. C. the immediate construction of the wince as an agricultural area. projects referred to. If authorization by the, 'l ' " International Joint Commission is forth-j Visitors to the Province are impressed mmlllg. 85 0XD0C1Cd. U10” lhe QUHNCII-C011-,l)y many points of interest, but two of lUI'.V dCV0l0Pm0lll' 10 C0St all estimated M2-'3,tlieni seem absolutely incongruous. One is million will get under way. Over 25 years such expenditure would be 1 tion given our aged and dependent citizens. at the rate of 345 million annually, but of the equal of which may not be found any- roursc. not all of it would be borne by where, and the other is the dilapidated. New BFlmSWlCk- Maine. HCC0l'dlnS 10 U10 overcrowded, and unprepossessing construc- 9l0C1FlCal energy Uxlcm 10 Which lls Fights tion of the Charlottetown Schools, the like in the boundary waters entitles the state, of which are also unequalled in any city would also contribute its share of construc- of similar size, Successive School Boards H0" C0StS- Fmm 8 F9P0Tled We million and City Councils have tossed the issue h01'S9-DOWGY Of 919Cl1"lCllY beillg Capable Of from one to the other with the result that development at the combined sites, New an entire generation has passed without the Brunswlck's estimated benefit is placed at shghiest action toward improvement. from 350,000 to 500.000 h.p.: wnlle it is to l" " ' be assumed the remainder would be avail- able to the State of Maine.

M. P.'s Reading Habits

It is expected to be a year before the Parliamentary Library, crippled byifire and water last August, will be available to M.P.'s and students, or be able to lend books. "But if what we have long heard he true,",com- ments the Ottawa Joumal, "this will oc- cuion little shock, or inconvenience to most of our M.P.'s reputedly more familiar with the reports of the Bureau of Statistics than

Charlottetown is acquiring a good name for refitting naval craft. The experience gained in preparing the ”Westmount" and ”Malpeque” for service will be invaluable in handling further defence orders when

forthcoming.

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The dairy industry faces competition for another of its products in addition to but- ter. which is fighting the inroads of mar- garine. The new products, says "Market- ing," is a vegetable fat made from cotton seed and masquerading more or less suc- cessfully as ice cream. The competition looks like ice cream, costs less, and comes in several'flavours. Sdveral of the large dairies in the States have experimented suc-

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This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondents.

1.-A-q LATIN IN THE SCHOOLS

Sir,-The writer of "Let's Talk ll; Over" seems to be very much op- posed to the study of Latin. lie said that not many read Latin for pleasure and that the years spent in learning it are a waste of time.

Following up this same argu- ment, 1 think the best English authors suffer much the same fate as the Latin ones. How many peo- ple today read anything but; the newspapers and magazines? As for Shakespeare, 1-tardy. Dickens, or even great modern writers such as Conrad, Shaw, Sainte-Exupery- they are probably neglected as much as the Latin writers.

Reading has become a lost art and the movies, picture magaz- ines, radlo-and now television- are taking its place, so that a book without pictures is an anticipated chore rather than a. pleasure. Many students complete High School English but that will be the last of good reading for most of them. In spite of the best efforts of teachers to awaken their interests. too" many seem to prefer flashy magazines. mediocre radio pro- grammes and melodramatic movies and avoid anything good as if it were the plague.

so it is not just. Latin that is not read today. The other school subjects are soon forgotten too.

How many ever use algebra. geometry. physics, chemistry or even Frcrich? Certainly our Eng-

lish-speaking studenui can't speak French nor do many read it for pleasure. What a pity this is in R. bl-lingual country such as Canada!

Indeed, if we looked at the re- sults of education from an entirely utilitarian viewpoint, we might be inclined to scrap many of the sub- jects taught. Our English professor at Dalhousle University mice told us of an engineer who wanted A student to work for him during the summer holidays. Quite surprising- ly. the engineer chose It student who was majoring in Greek. ''If he can do Greek he will have the ac- curacy and perseverance needed to tackle any job." The hard school- subjects, such as mathematics and languages, are an excellent train- ing-ground to prepare the student for many of the difficult. tasks in life. I think it is a mistake to water education down to it luke- warm easy thing to suit the stu- dent. of average or below average ability. Latin is not easy. but those who have mastered it have in. bet- ter understanding of our own

y ,language than those without. lt.' the remarkably fine care and accommoda-

(More than half of our words are of Latin derivation).

But there is another more im- portant side to education. An edu- cated person is one who knows how to distinguish the beat second-i-ate in as many things as possible-literature. art. music, politics, life, etc. If he has no yard- stick to measure the good from the bnd. he will find it all very dif- ficult. In school we should show the children what. men all down through the ages have consider cl to be of the highest value. Th they can get mainly from the study of the classics, religion. lit- erature and history.

;Let. us keep Latin and not be so puffed up with the materialistic achievements of our own century as to think anything of the put of

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The Age-old Story

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Thur um: the Lord what in- iquity have your fennel: found in me, that they are gone fan from men and have walked otter unity.

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MUSIC

The God-of Music dwelleth out of doors.

All seasons through his minstrelsy we meet,

Breathing by field and haunting-sweet: From organ-lofts in- forests old he

pours A solemn harmony; on leafy floors To smooth Autumnal pipes he moves his feet, Or with the tingling plectrum of the sleet In Winter keen beats out his thrill- ing scores. Leave me the reed unplucked be- side the stream. And he will stoop and hit it with the breeze; me the viol's frame secret trees, , Unwrought. and it shall make I druid theme: Leave me the whispering shell on Ncreld shores: The God of Music dwelleth out of doors.

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slight value. Two wars already and talk of another one do not speak too well for this age of ours. and perhaps the fault lies with educat- ion. Will future historians think we have contributed as much to civilization as the Romans have given us? It is unfortunate that our great scientific advancement has not been balanced by I proportionate cultural progress.

Sir Richard Livingstone. Chan- cellor of Oxford University and author of "Education in it World Adrift." says that the twentieth century is an age without firm standards to guide it and that we have neglected for too long in our schools the three great. contribut- ions made by the Bible, the Greeks land the Romans.

I am, Sir, etc. , ELAINE HARRISON Summersidc.

POTATO noaxo NEEDED

Sir.-I would like to know why the farmers should not have 3 Potato Marketing Board to market their potatoes. Do Mi-. Inman and Mr. Miller think the farmers are not smart. enough to handle their own business? I think they are. Why should they trust the dealers to market their potatoer The dealers dont work for noth- ing either or they wouldn't he complaining so loudly about the Potato Marketing Board.

The Potato Marketing Board MVCP Promised good prices to everyone all the time either. as Mr. Inman seems to think. They work for a fair share of the best possible prices for everyone all the

me.

The Potato Marketing Board M5 FBCGHNY Put a. floor price on potatoes. In all probability this will save the farmers of this Pro- vince far more than the 525,000 which would be collected in the proposed license fees. If there was no floor price what. would there! be to stop the dealers from buy- his potatoes at any price below "10 1100? Price and selling them to their own advantage?

The feed companies,” the fei-till. zer companies, the packing plants. the machinery oompeni, the merchants and many others, in. cludlnz the potato dealers. in a larger profits than the farmer 3:! at his expense. so will they al- ways until the farmer: know enough and have guinption enough to Itlck behind their Co-ope and Credit Union: and Ill their own organizations and learn to con- duct their own business in their own interest.

And so I any more power to the Potato Marketing Board, and 171010 money too. say them with good salary. and A lot of grati- tude from us whose interest: they-

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RAILWAY WAGES Provincial Legislature, March 6, 1881:

"Early in the session Dr. Mut- tart moved for A comparative statement of the salaries and wages paid employees of the In- tercolonilal and P. E. Island Rail- ways respectively. The following information has been tabled: "Intercclonial Railway: Pay- masters, 3100 per month; Track- masters, 5100 per month; Section Foremen, 51.25 to 81.50 per day: Section men, 90 ct.-.. to 31.10 per day.

"Prince Edward Island Railway: Paymasters, 3100 per month; Trackmasters, 583.33 per month; Section Foremen. 31.50 per day; Section Men, 31.10 per day.”

4 Advances In Heart Surgery '

(Hamilton Spectator)

A man who is described as hav- ing been a. hopeless and bed-rid- den victim of coronary heart dis- ease recently underwent an oper- ation at the Edgewater Hospital in Chicago which enabled him within a few days to walk briskly along a corridor and ascend two flights of stairs. He is the first person in that city on whom the operation was performed. Prior to September 3 he had been confined to bed for 11 months. Even is short walk would bring on an at.- tack of the painful malady.

The new treatment consists of eight teaspoons of powder, mixed with silicon, which are poured into the sac surrounding. the heart. As surgeons explain it. coronary heart disease is caused by smart- aize of blood to the heart because of constriction in the coronary arteries. The silicon powder Acts as D. tissue between the heart and the sac in which the heart is en- closed. This fills with blood ves-

' the prowl with a definite purpose g in' mind.

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It would not be correct to any that I look tcrwul to the open- ing of the hunting section just: as eagerly an I anticipate the first day of tuning in the spring. Just the same, Oct. let in one of the high days in my calendar. for it mean: the am of many days on

It past experiences of first days provide any clue to this year's prospects-and I expect they do- most of my pleasure, perhaps all of it, will be in happy anticipa- tion. Unless a miracle is unfold- ed, and of course that possibility cannot be altogether ruled out, Oct. 1st. will pass somewhat in this manner:

At. the break of dawn. while the heavy dew is still on the grass. 1 will be at some place where I know there are plenty of ducks. I will any to myself (and what bet. ter audience could I have?) "this is the day I will bag my limit", But something is sure to happen to shatter my hopes. Almost cer. tnlnly the birds will be too far from shore. Or, if I am fortunate enough to see a good looking flock in I. secluded creek, the breaking of 1 stick in the woods will betray me and. of course, the ducks will soar "into the azure blue" while still far out of range.

Around noon I will forget all about ducks for the time being and search diligently for buns. I will see one covey, but alas! they will see me long before I .see them. As A last. fling I will visit the spot where a family of beauti- ful pheuants have been enjoying theniselves all summer, only to discover that they deserted the place day before yesterday.

At approximately 5 o'clock I will Itart for home with nothing to brag about after I get there but the birds I "almost" shot. At any rate I will have had the exercise which, actually, is much better for me than wild duck or even part- ridge.

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The truth is I have never been eminently successful with a gun except on one occasion. That time I surprised one of the best shots in these parts. It was back in the early thirties just. after I had seen this Island for the first time. The time was mid-November an I windy, snowy day, just ideal for mallards. (I was not breaking the law, for the season was longer then.)

Captain Temple Gotcll of Georgetown, who then had. and still has for all I know, 3. reputa-, tion for never missing anything he aimed at, was my companion for the day. As good luck should have it (for us, that is, not for the ducks) we came across a family of nine, all happily and gracefully swimming in an out of the way creek. In those days a duck was a duck. as far as I was concerned, whether he happened to be flying. sitting, or even sleeping. I know better now. of course. but that was how I felt then. My friend. know- ing this weakness, told me to see what I could do. What he really expected was that the only effect of my blast would be to arouse the birds. Then he would wing at least one.

I shall never forget the look of astonishment and admiration on Temple's face when I slew the