The Western Guardian

ssiui-ii’-iss April 10. 1954

«BUYING l'0Wli and chicken '

Duly. Rex. Dawson, Albany.

..DON’T POIGET the Annual master Tea and Bazaar. St. Mark‘s gall, Kensington, April nut.

_lAYll0ND GIANT, 0.D.. op tometrist. will be in his O'].4egry office each Saturday. For appoint. ments contact Pate it Co.

_'1'lAVll..l.ERs BEST SEED cleaning plant now in operation at George Carr's for cleaning ‘rim- othy seed, cleaning and treating grain.

—'I‘H.E UNITED Church of Can- aca. Kenlinkton. Palm Sunday services. Sunday school 10.00 g.m.; morning worship 11:00 a.m.; eve. ning, warship 7:30 p.m.; Summer- field 2:30 p.m. Rev. Lewis M. Murray. B.A., B.D., Minister.

-sznnsus HOSPITAL —. M.-.. John P. Beer of Montague was admitted to the Prince County Hospital yesterday. Mrs. Beer is the mother of Dr. J. K. Beer of Summeralde, who is presently in Chicago for a few weeks on post- graduate work.

Personals

——Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kelly, Borden, were visitors to Chas. lottetown last week on business.

—Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wood of Borden. spent the last week-end at their residence in Millvlew.

’—ildrs Don MacPherson has re- turned to her home in Summer- side after being a patient in Prince County ‘Hospital for sev- eral weeks. 5

—John L. Meorarlane. Alfred Groom. and Bob Bowness, students at Rotheeay Collegiate, N. B., are spending the Easter vacation at their homes. 5.

—Mrs. Joseph B. Arsenauit. of Howlan, and Mrs. Elmer Pineau. of summer-side, return from a vidt to Boston, where rs. Arsen- ault underwent an operation. 5

Choir To Present Easier Music

A 40-voice choir unda the di- rection of Dr. Peter MacDonald. of Crapaud. will present an “Eas- ter Music Hour" tomorrow in the Tryon Presbyterian Church at 2 pm. and again in the Tl-you U- nited Church at 8:30 p.nx

This mass choir is composed of choir members from United, Bap- tist, Anglican and Presbyterian Churches in the districts of Cra- paud. Albany. 'nyon and Cape 'I‘i-averse.

This Eastern program will be piesented in three parts. First. “His Life Among Men”. which will include the anthem “Praise Ye The Father“; a male octette "Glorious Tiiings of Thee Are spoken"; and a duet "The Psalms."

The second part is entitled "His suffering And Death" — excerpts from Strainers Crucifixion.

The third part portrays "His Resurrection and Excitation", and includes a bass solo "The Trum- pet Bhsll Sound" and two an- thems “Angels Roll The stone Away".nhd “King Of Kings."

The closing feature of the hour wiil be an instrumental duet "The Hallelujah Chorus" from the Mis- siah. with Mrs. Allison Lea at the piano. and Dr. Peter MacDonald at the Hammond organ.-8

Forster Islander llean At llalhoilsie

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Bsalail. Stewart. above mentioned. education on

, iitlfls. was awarded the _ ‘ Medal for highest standing in h cill. llpllowlns his Induction. he became a member of dis Nslirsai iuaeareii couni~,il'a Annotate ttss on Medical Rllfilln

MIR’ with the lC.A.P. ll Wilt Commander during World War II; or. Itewart Joined the Ylcul : medicine of Dalhousle Univ in file. following a year of lists siaidy at Johns Hop University on a Rocke-

fells! fellowship. during which time

he ved the dune of Nestor of P" . Health. to taking further posi-

Irsdilste study at Johns Hopklnl in fill. Dr. Stewart conducted re- "‘4?¢h -In the public health needs offlovatcotiaudlrcntotofilie Health lung

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The Guardian Pogo 15

—L1.lANING GIAIN and tins. cthy seed for the rest of the sea- son. Elmer MacDonald, crapsud,

—nuclnNo uoos rrsisi xiii- |‘°l’I. Middlfton. Newton. Bade- qlle. Clrleton. Fernwood, and En’:-in. every Tuesday for ‘Canada . Telephone Borden 55-12. Maurice Larsen.

—8CHO0L HOCKEY‘ Bedsque rink tonight, Saturday. Boys and girls teams will be playing from 171.9%?-OWII. Albany and Bedeque. Skate after if ice is fit. Admis- sion 15 and 25 cents.

—cau.nn HOME-—Mr. usynionn Mac’l‘avish of Montreal, and his brother Gordon. of Gaspe. P. Q., were called home this week. be- cause of the serious illness of their mother. Mrs. Thomas D. MacTav- ish, of Borden. who passed away in Prince County Hospital last evening. 3.

CHURCH — Services for the New

April 11th. Rector, Rev. W. Eric Ingraham. St. Thomas’. French

5‘ River. Holy ‘Communon ll a.m.;

St. Stephen's, Burlington, Evening Prayer 2:30; St. Mark's. Kenslng- tori. Sunday School 6:30. and Even- ing Prayer 7230. A Cordial Wel- come to All."

Continued from page 1 Report or of the College irom pupils so young and as a consequence teaching may be over their heads.

(2) The lack of supervision of the work of new teachers enter- ing the College with the conse- quent l£lCl( of uniformity among those teaching the same subject.

(3) Lack of guidance, personal direction and after-class help so much needed by young and im- mature students.

sudden change in teaching methods between school and College, the heavy load of the curriculum and too many outside student inter- est; and activities were contribut- ing factors towards the failure rate. The reference to outside in- terests, sponsored by the College and not connected with studies. which was made in the original re- port, was struck out.

I Deleted

l The following paragraph was also deleted: "The Committee has given some thought to the mat- ter of uniform external examina- tions ln Grades XI and XII. It

plan in that such examinations

competition between the on the one hand and rural high

also give s fair idea of the rela- tive merits and teaching ability of each."

that

paragraph suggesting

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the corridors and locker-rooms. Premier A. W. Matheson, Hon.

Keir Clark, Minister of Education;

Dr. W. J. P. Macmillan, Hon. W.

Mr. George Saville and Mr. Frank Myers spoke on the report. In his remarks the Premier

to have a report on any committee unless there was an amalgamation of ideas in the report.

He stated that he wanted to as- sure the teachers at P.W.C. that there was nothing for them to worry about as far as their ap- poin‘ ts or positions at the Col- legs were concerned as long as they were fulfilling their duties. He prefixed these remarks by say- ing he had heard. without any de- gree of foundation, that a. few of the teachers were worried on ac- count of the discussions.

The Premier then spoke on each section of the report. suggesting

ed and what retained. His sug- gestions were followed to the let- to!’

He stated that he was very pleased with many of the sug- gestions but there were others he did not agree with.

1-Ion. W. E. Darby. Attomey- General. concurred with the Pre- miier that these sections should be struck out.-

Dr. W. J. P. Macmillan. a mem- ber of the Education committee. spoke briefly while the “clause dealing with the salary of the P.W.C. Principal was being con- sidered. He stated that he had some knowledge of educational matters, having taught school for six and a half years. being Presi- dent of the P.l:.I. Teachers Ped- eration for one year. He said that

. he had tazght First Aid and lied 1014 and had been on,

the City school Board for to years.

"I don't claim to have any ape- clal ignorance in this committee." he stated. “I don't make stats- ments for foolim ‘purposes and I don't make statements to retract them. It would be a good policy for some other members of this House to do the same think and I don't refer to the Premier. It would keep them out of trouble."

“The Leader of the Opposition said It would be a desperate thins to welsh on this section (ths‘salsry clause). Well the Government can do as it pleases but in our oping ion no one man should be placed In a special cl 1-"

In conclusion I). Macmillan re- ferred to a decision which his Government was Premier establishing Grades xrand xn in aummsrsfde. He stated that the next Government wllahsd on the lmlltoaitlou. He was pointing this out. he _atated. as the House might how, such a thing was not new to Provincial circles.

Mr. R. E. Dell obiected tn wr- oni sections in the report as the

nod out

upon wafhlllj

—CHUItCH or ENGLAND , London Parish on Palm Sunday.

The Legislature agreed that the.

sees certain advantages lxl this termed

would tend to’ promote healthy, college

The Legislature struck out the all ‘era of the staff be respon- sible for the general discipline of

E. Darby. Attorney-General, Mr. R. E. Bell, Leader of the Opposition,

pointed out that it was Impossible,

what to his mind should be delet- i

had made while he_

points to which he objected were removed.

Mr- George ssviiie stated that he could not see what the coin- mitwe had to do with Prince of Wile! Counts. and Ms. Prank Myers reported that he was a mem- bar of the Building Committee which had gone through Prince of Wales College, without any DIO- vious warning to the Principal, and they had found evarytliinii in or- der. "Aftsr twenty years there was nothing out of order whatsoever." he stated.

Mr. Clark's Statement

Hon. Keir Clark, Minister of Education and chairman of title Education Committee who spoke at length on the,matters stated:

spoken on this debate I must point out that the members of the Com- mittee were given a job to do by this House. The Committee met on ten occasions and long hours were spent examining our educational system.

“It is not surprising to me that members of this House differ in opinions. For a number of months long letters have appeared in the press, pro and con, on educational matters generally. including Prince ‘of Wales College. These cor- respondents. including the principal of the Collwe. differed in opinion and arguments still continue. I, therefore. agree with the observa- tion credlted to an old Indian who said that it was a good thing that all men did not see as he saw be- cause if they did—they would all want his squaw. Therefore. perhaps difference of opinion may be de- slrable. I am not concerned at all. therefore, as to the ultimate dis- position of this report. There is. however, no ‘hands washing’ of this report, as far as I am concerned, and I trust the Committee feels the same way. I signed the report and i I will stick with it.

with

i "I am concerned, however. the implication made by the Hon- ourable Leader of the Opposition when he stated that ‘the Minister iof Education has apparently taken ‘on himself the chairmanship of ‘the Committee.’ I have, as the ‘Premier pointed out. followed the custom of this House l.rl accepting the chalmmnship of this Commit- tee appointed by this House. I was first named on this Committee by this House and the custom has al- ‘ways been that the first named has been chairman. I, therefore. resent the insihunllon that I look upon myself the chairmanship of the Committee, i shail bi piii"iul .ii matters of procedure in this House by the Honourable the Leader of .the Government. I believe he is ' familiar with procedure and that he has more practical knowledge of the new advisor to the Leader of -the Opposition. At any rate. I shall follow the header of the Govern-

ment. "Now. Mr.

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Speaker, there is a strong suggestion that all this Committee did was what was ‘investigate’ Prince of Iwales College. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

"On the opening day. as chair- man. I made reference to the sp-

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schools on the other and would pomgmem 0; the oomi-nmee and

informed the membe s that any matter which they wished to dis- cuss would receive due consider- ation. The Honourable senior mem- .ber from Charlottetown. our first Minister of Education in this Prov- ince, the man who built Prince of Wales College. pointed out. and I quote from the minutes: ‘The fore- most concern of this committee was to do all in its power to help the Teacher Training Department at Prince of Wales college to the end that more and better trained teachers would be available for our schools.‘

“From the minutes of March loth. the second meeting, I quote: ‘At the commencement of the meeting the chairman passed out to the membe sample copies of the Correspondence study Course, the Course of Studies for Grades I to X. the new uniform Grade XI course and a copy of the Royal Commission on Education which was headed by the late Honourable Cyrus MecMill.ari'. This I merely mention to show the basic ground- work of the committee.

Discussion With Dr. Shaw

"Dr. L. W. Shaw. the Deputy Minister of Education was present during this second meeting ard ii very extensive discussion took place concerning our teacher training program and the shortage of teach- ers in the Province.

“During the third meeting which was held March 15. Mr. Malcolm Mackenzie. the Director of Cur- riculurn,Iwa.s present for the first half hour and dismissed at length the Grade XI course and changes necessitated in text books. The next half hour of this meeting was taken up with Dr. Parker. the aup-- erintendent of City schools. He referred to the over crowded con- ditions of the city schools and cited the need which existed for the new high school as well as citing the findings of the Matthew report.

“During the fourth meeting, Mr. W. A. MacPhee and Miss Helen Yeo from the Teacher Training De- partrnent of Prince of Wales Col- lege was present and discussion centered on the normal school work.

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' g the fifth meeting Mr. H. 3. Chandler. vsuperinterident of Libraries and Director of Adult Education was present for the first half hour and Mr. J. D. Brow, Vlcc~Princlpal of Prince of Wales College. for the second half hour. Mr. Brow attributed the failure rate at Prince of Wales college to two things: lack of preparation and the tremendous " activity which prevails among the student

body.

"Up to this time as you can see most of the witnesses were each allottsd one half hour. According to this plan it would have been our pleasure to have had Dr. Mackin- norn, the last witness before us for the same length ‘of time.

.lessestsd Public Hearing

‘for. Macxinnon wrote me an urgent letter i questing a public hearing to which I did not reply. Age]! he also wrote the Pumlr’ as W . .

"The next step in this unfolding pattern was when the Ludo: of the oppcdtlim urged public hearings on ihefloorofthls Housoso Dr. Kao- Klnnon might be heard. This re- quest was granted. And It was here-

oommittao to

ggiaiftll‘ the

"In replying to those who have '

The above photograp shows

morning. Flames can be seen

vented from spreading.

Two‘ Have Narrow E

height of the fire which quickly destroyed the house

the ho a of Mr. and Mrs.

billowing out the end of

dows fanned by a. strong north west wind. Fortunately the from other nearby houses otherwise it is doubtful if the fire could have been pre-

scape As Dwelling

Al Alberlon Razed By Fire Yesterday

—'I'he home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Shaw. Alberton. was burned to the ground yesterday mornilng in a spectacular blaze as a strong north west wind drove the flames throughout the interior of

blow torch. Mrs. Shaw became aware of the me when she noticed the downstairs part of the house rapidly filling with smoke and had barely time torush upstairs and rescue their eleven months old baby and fifteen-year—old Goldie. a victim of polio. The baby was un- conscious from the heavy smoke and the older girl suffered minor burns‘ to one foot while being as- sisted downstairs. Three other children. Sandra 5, Joyce 4 and _Brenclia 2 were playing downstairs and were quickly taken outside. Gloria 12, Gail 8 and Vance 11

this so-called investigation of Prince of Wales College.

"I am inclined to agree to a cer- tain extent with those who said this part of the proceedings was a waste of time. Why? You know what happened when the curtain rose. The Principal of the College spoke for nearly two and one half hours and it took 28 legal size pages to record his initial speech as well as all the following day to clarify his remarks and statements by questions from the committee. If anyone was responsible for all of this it was the Honourable Leader of the Opposition for re- questlrig the open hearing for the final witness so Dr. Macxirinon could answer, not the questions of the committee but so he might speak at great length to answer re- marks made on the floor of this House and in the press. for the past several years. which is a horse of an entirely different colour.

"Twenty-five years ago I was a student of Prince of Wales College. I am too old to have retalnd the College Spirit and too young to be- come sentimental. so far as the ad- ministration of my department is concerned. I shall not be guided by my feelings for the past. but will deal with conditio as I find them at present and look forward to bet- ter thlngs for the future, for the boys and girls that have still to rit- tend the schools and colleges of this Province.

"In closing. Mr. Speaker. regard- ing one of the remarks made about me. permit me to quote from Shakespeare:

"'When that the poor have cried. Cease: hath wept:

Ambition shouldbemade of sterner stuff”

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Olly ‘lax

Hon. Keir Clark, Minister of ma. ucat-ion. suited that be noticed this poll tax was now being camou. flaged as an Education Tax and he objected to this change.

He stated that he was opposed both to the $30.00 tax on men and $15.00 tax on women. “Thiit. is a ridiculous tax on the ladies of the City." he stated.

Mr. T. B. Cullen stated that the

i the The Aiberton Fire Department was building with the intensity of a called but nothing could be done

were in school at the time.

All household goods. clothing and furniture, with the exception of a gasolene washer which Mrs. Shaw carried outside unaided, was lost.

to save the house which was a raging inferno when they arrived.

The loss is a particularly serious one for Mr. Shaw as he suffered a similar fire two years ago and as far as can be learned will not benefit from insurance. He is em- ploved at Matthews Turkey Farm. | Various organizaions in the i; . ._.e meeting last night to n~..;.._~ plans to assist the family and rlxzatlons oi money. clothing. etc. are being accepted at Noon- ....s store. Alberton and wllkie's store. Elmsdale.

proposed tax for both men 'and_ women was too high and he sug-l gested that the figures be loweredi somewhat.

Mr. George Saville stated that it seemed to him the whole mat- ter of the High School must have been rushed into without proper consideration as the building was in a very poor location. He stated that the idea of a middle aged woman or a young girl who had Just npished school paying such a tax was an outrage.

Premier Mathescn stated that the bill should have gone before the private bills committee so that people could be interviewd on the matter and amendments added to it.

Belated Introduction

He pointed out that it was an unfortunate thing that the City of Charlottetown introduced its bills to the House on the last day of the session as it was then im; aibie to give the bills full dress consideration in private commit- tee

“Imagine brlrlglng in bills on the last day of the House. It's a horrible way of procedure." stated Mr. Darby. "If it happens again

Spectacular Firs At Allierton

i..s' ~

Gus Shaw, Alberton, at the

and all its contents yesterday the building and through the win-

gaie was blowing away

making a living in the City should pay their share."

A bill entitled the Prince of Prince of Wales College Act was also given a second reading. Fol- lowing is the text of the bill:

The Lieuterlant-Gove.rnor-ln- Council may appoint for the said College ai principal. first vlce-prln- cipal. a second vice-principal. a registrar. a director of teacher training. and such other officers and teachers as may be required, and shall fix the salaries payable to all employees and the terms of their employment.

The principal. the vlce-princlp- sis, the registrar, the director oi teacher training. and such other officers and teachers as may from time to time be named by the Board shall constitute a commit- tee of adminilstration for the Col- lege; which committee shall be subject to the regulations and di- rections of the Board.

The Board of Trustees shall con- sist of the Direcior of Education.

ORAPAUII RINK

TONIGHT Married Men vs. ‘Single Men Game time 8 o'clock

Final game. final skate

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Come order your chicks, from the Penclleton Hatch- ery. Whatever breed you wish, the very best, of all R.O.P. sired.