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The, D5,? or is. gxroalrlee tXI stin- -Wgm-u,;o first year work" at not Wales College was ex- Leglslature Yester- by Hon. Keir of Education as

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. inister of Education Pihgv trgnczha student passes 5”leG'mrle X examinations as pre- ihe. d by the Department that Ember has reached a level that ""d”,:; enable him to fit into the mu mine of the next grade pros” namely Grade X1 or First a of Wales College.

.1 am not satisfied that this . r3l,l0n is as satisfactory as it megid he and if a gap exists it mu he rrialive not only to the may M at work 5 student has ”m?,J-mi but also to the differ- c::,, 1,, methods of teaching as lgemenr schools and College. I ,0 to this problem the Commit- ;N on jgriucation will give par- -, -, ntion.'

m'i?illl::l tiidister then analyzed the '.gultsL0i the studnet's work as I'(f.ed'1n the report for Prince of Walt; Coiicge and the Normal iihooi in 1953. This Milo” riudcnls in Fourth ii'iiV Ins-,t-ii and two condition- ,.1.." pashftl for a tuiiy raised trccninge of 88. In Third Year avork 37,1: of the students fully

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Win so-'mid Year academic work our M ii! students, 15 received teriili.-ntcs and I9 full)? P1155011

showed that of .30 Year work, 24

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A'iiiEiseT htvixi.-.-it the King's Memorial Hospital on February Zitli. 19:3-i. to Mr. and Mrs. Axel

irving, a son, Allan Laird, weight iilhs, 10 l 2 ozs.

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liar:-ii lilth. 1954, to Mr. and Mrs. .l:.nirs Palmer (nce Blll'iJClll Quigirzi R (laughter.

llncl(.iY - At the Prince County Hnspildi mi lvlrircii 7th, to Ml'. llllti Mr.-. Hui:is Macxay. French River, li son. ii lbs.

iliiln-At the Prince County Hos- pital on Wednesday, March 10. i954. to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reid iticc Noriiia Humphrey, R.N.). of iiiadlown, a son. Donald Andrew. Wczizlit 8 lbs, 11 ozs.

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PAH.-DARRACH - On Saturday, i"CDl”llArl' 20th, 1954 at Hampton in my R. Baxter, Ina Irene Priui, Bonshaw. to John 1-icctor Dirrarir, New Argyle.

, 7 nnanls ii'i)1lIisiuE- At Charlottetown. lirrh it). 1954. George E. Wood- ”l", T” 1'” 34th year. Remains "iii": at Davlsoii'a Funeral l”I"""- Kensinston. funeral notice 197'.

"ii-Tl-At Kcnsingtoii, March ll, 19.14. Alexander Iiiltz in his 78th rear. iuncrnl from Presbyterian iT1ill'Fii Kcnsington, Friday at it" rm. interment Gcddie Mc- moriai Cemetery.

llai-FAm'r:N - suddenly at the Regent Hotel on Wednesday March 10- 1934. Donald A. MacFadyen of Alikiisline Cove in his 11st year, ;'""”-A NSUHK at the Macbear. llllkn;-'nI Home. Funeral notice

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for a fully parsed percentage of an. The fully passed percentage in First Year work waii 34. Out of 186 students 49 received certifi- cates and 14 fully passed.

The total for the year showed a fully passed percentage of 39.5 and a failure percentage of 60.3.

He then compared these figures with those of the three year per- iod from 1945 to 1948. in the year 1945-46 out of a total of 602 students. 365 fully passed for in fully passed percentage of 80.6. The following year 418 students fully passed out of 650 for a per- centage of 64 and in 1947-48, 348 fully passed out of 624 for a per- centage of 56.

The three year average for this period was 60.2 fully passed. "Over 50 percent more students fully passed during the above three year period,'' he stated.

The Minister compared the P. W. C. pass list with the Matricu- l'ition examinations in the other Maritime Provinces and with the PET. students who wrote the Maritime Board Grade XI exam- inations last June.

Thirty percent of the students at P.W.C. fully passed matricula- tion examinations and received matriculation standing.

60.1 per cent of the P. E. T. students writing Maritime Board examinations fully passed.

57.9 per cent of Nova Scotia students writing Maritime Boar-l Grade XI examinations fully pused and 77.9 per cent of New

Brunswick stu dents writing Grade XII examinations fully passed.

The Minister of Education quot- ed the Director of School Ser- vices in New Brunswick as say- ing, "We do think that our per- centage of passes is reaching a reasonable figure although we do hope to have the fzgurc up to 307a as our twelve year program becomes firmly established."

"1 may say." said the Minister, "That we too expect our matri- culation pass figure from the stu- dents writing Maritime Board Examinations to improve sub- stantially. as it should do with a twelve year course.

"These are some of the fig- urei; which I would like the spe- cial Committee on Education to examine so that a solution might be formulated or direction given to correct as far as possible any deficiencies which may be found anywhere in our Provincial sys- tem ol education." he concluded.

"Ari Book Night" featured Al Ari Society Meeting

An "Art Book Night." something new in the way of progra.m, was a much enjoyed feature of the March of the Art Society of Prince Edward Island, held at the home of Col. and Mrs, L. T. Lowther on Tuesday evening.

Each member brought several of his or her favourite books and then enjoyed an evening of select- ing and browsing. A brief talk on art publishing by Rev. Adrian Arsenault opened the reading per- iod. vice-president R. H. Rogers presided.

A "H8.I'l'i5 Night" wu planned for the April meeting. the chair- man for the business period, Soc- iety president. Vic Runtz announ- ced. This will take the form of a public meeting in the Harris Mem- orial Gallery when Mr. R. H. Biog- ers wiu deliver an address on some phases of the life of the late fam- ous Island son. the artist Robert Harris, A few paintings by the art- ist will be sought for the occasion from private owners in the city. These will be displayed along with a selection oi those at present in the Gallery. Miss Norah Long- worth and Mrs. George D. De- Blois comprise a committee to sec- ure them. .

Other appointees to committee work were: Program, Mrs. D. M. Bass and Mrsfta. B. Jones: inter- mission program, Mrs. Mark Ma- lone. 'Mi-a, J. L. Curran and Mr. John S. Taylor: and meeting places. Mrs L. H. Simmons. i

The evening concluded with light refieshmeiiis being served by tiie hostess. assisted by some of the members.

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a. distance that a person would obtain o more fair trial than he would in his own locality."

J. Watson Mocrlougltt, Liberal member for Prince. interposed:

"I did not hear all that the honorable member said, but Imust go on record as opposing any sug- gestion that a person does not get a fair trial in Prince Edward Is- land".

"I can assure my honorable friend." rejoined Mr. Nediitt, "that any ouch inference was farthest from my mind. I was giorely say- ing thst in a snail territorial area. it would be possible for the public to get worked up. I made no reference to any per lities in Prince lldwsrd Island. I assure you."

Asked by Justice Minister Oar- son if he proposed to ,. life for a change of venue from one Peo- vince to another. Mr. Nesbitt said that was his intention.

Mr. Garcon said that he did not recall of any such necessity ever- having srioen and he felt that un- til at least one instance brose. it

might be better to let the low stand as it is. "I would be glad to take the

matter under consideration." Mr. Carson said. "Perhaps I could write to the Attorney-General of Prince Edward island. I think my friend wiu agree that most of the other Provinces an sufficiently large. and therefore that caution does not arise. Do. if I rosy. I

an Attorney-General of Prince founded by royal mm: in im. JEWELLERS FOR FOUR GENERATIONS Idwsrd Island to get his views on from a seminary established in n'IIttAf'." 153. g i a

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HERE l'0I CONSULTATION- Mr. J W. Lucas from the Test- ing boristory Division. Federal Department of Public Works. Ot- tawa. arrived in the city last eve- ning to consult with Mr. Clive W. Currie, acting District En- gineer on routine matters of mu- tual interest, which can best be handled by discussion: on a local basis. Mr. Lucas has already met with the Departi-nei1'tai Engineers and Architects at Saint John, N. B and Halifax as part of his visit to the Maritime area offices.

DINNER. 'rornoiir-Lrhe In- nual dinner of me R.CA1'. Asso- ciation 201 (Confederation) Wing will be held at the Clover Oiub this evening under the chairman- ship of J. A. Cu-ruthors, president of the Association. A musical pm gram hu also been arranged for. This yearly event brings the mem- bers wgother in an enjoyable event. and agreeable to the usual custom the dinner will be followed by a dance at the Clnib Rooms.

ST. PAUL'S A.Y.P.A. MEETING -The regular weekly meeting of St. Paul's A.Y.P. A. was held last evening in the Parish Hall. Fol- lowing the business meeting an interesting and informal talk was given by Dr. George C. Fisher. en- titled ”Whs.t Can We Do?" After a period of games. lunch was served. The meeting closed with "Auld Lang Sync" snd the Ben- ediction.

FUNERAL YESTERDAY -The funeral of Miss Mary E. Curran was held yesterday morning from the I sidence of her sister. Mrs. Guy Scott, 66 Great George St., to St. Dunstan's Basillce where Requiem High .,Mas.-i was cele- brated by Rt. Rev. Monsignor Patrick McMahon who also offi- ciated at the grave. Pail bearers were, Hon. Eugene Cullen. Harry Corcoran, William Grimes. Frank Murray, Harry Hermans and Ad- rian Keenan. Interment was in the Catholic Cemetery

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which China was directly involv- cd and which could be settled without co-operation from the Chinese government in control of that country. it seenicd clear we would have to deal with that

"That. concluded the Prime Minister, was merely common at-nse and did not mean in any way the acceptance of respon- sibility for or the giving of en- dorsation to the actions or views of any particular regime."

Mr.. St. Laurent hail been quoted in the Far East as mak- ing these statements:

Accuncy Unqueltioned Manila: "We have got to be

realistic. Sooner or later we would be bound to recognize the

government that the people want." Seoul: ''I do feel that some

day we are going to have to be realistic. We are going to have to admit the present government of China is the government the poo- pie -want."

After Mr. Pearson's formal statement on the Seoul press conference. Mr. Drew attacked the Manila quotation that "We would be bound to recognize ihv governmcnt that the people want."

"Those words are a travesty of the facts.” Mr. Drew said.

Mr. Pearson replied he is not ouestioriing the accuracy of the Manila report.

But on the point of whether the Chinese people want the ppg. sent regime, he said:

"Of Course. we do not know whether the people of China now have the government they want. because it is a Communist gov- ernment, and a Communist gov- ernment, or indeed any totalitar- lln lovernment, does not give the people an opportunity to express their views freely on the form of government they have.”

ilpposition Attack (in ii. I. Budget

, (GP)-The Lib. eral party's financial critic said in the legislature Wednesday New Brunswick) Progressive Conserv- otlvo govvernmuit will find it has "fooled itself instead of the People" in increasing the gasoline tax by two cents.

J. 1:. Connolly (Gloucester). opened the opposition stuck on the budget lrouuht dawn Tiieoday. He mediated the increase to in cents 901' (011011. effective April 1, will result in considonble loss of revenue.

Mr. Connolly said the govern. moi-ii will hear more criticism of this increase than praise for re- duclng the four per cent sales tax to three per cent. The latter

dsy.

He said the gasoline tax boost would seriously affect the tourist trade as visitors would fill their tanks Just before enhring the province with snoush suoiiiio to take them out of New lrunowick before re-filling.

It was "penny wise and pound foolish"-to raise the tax and at the some time lacrosse the Ip- propriotion for tourist promotion by eeo.ooo.

IIITOIIO UNIVIBIITY Laval University at Quebec was

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A delightful evening was enjoyed by those who heard the program presented last evening by the Charlottetown Chorale at Prince of Wales College.

This, the first full program pre- sonted by the group, was an un- qualined success, reflecting great ciulit on its director, Mr, William Rogers, and all who took part. No dull duty this. but obviously music performed for the sheer joy of it, md the spirit shown by the singers added much to the enjoy- ment of the program. Mr. Rogers himself conducted the group, and since the effectiveness of choral music is always dependent upon clarity mid perfect" unison, his leadership was it great asset to the performance.

The program. which included two groups of choral selections by the Chorale. was rounded out by several piano selcctiom by Mr. Rogers, and solos by three indiv- idual members.

Opening the evening was a group of familiar songs, several of them well known folk tunes-"The Aah Grove" and a hunting ng from the Welsh, "Turn Ye To , e" and the whimsical "The Wge Cooper of Fyfe", Scottish, and e. southern folk song, "Billy Boy". Others were "As Torrents in Summer" by Sir Edward Elgar, Noble Cain's "Flow Gently Sweet Afton" Ind "Come to the Fair", a gay and rollicking song by East- hopo Martin.

Mr. Rogers opened 1. group of six piano selections with three Chopin compositions. the Etudes in A flat and F. and the Ballade inA flat. Mr. Rogers displayed not only his usual precision and brilliance. but also e. warmth indicative of growing sensitivity of interpreta- tion. Three modern pieces com- pleted the group-Impromptu in F minor by Gabriel Faure. Debussy: familiar "Clair de Lune" and "Ti-laiia" by Isaac Albenlz. Called back for an encore. he played Jacques I-lc-bert's descriptive "The Little White Donkey".

Miss Nancy Macivevin, whose

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Delightful Program By Charlottetown Chorale

Thought Like Music" by Brahms. and in a lighter vein, "When I was Seventeen". a Swedish folk song, with "The New Umbrella" by Maurice Besley as an encore.

Mr. Jack Haystead. formerly of Halifax, who is fast becoming a favourite in musical circles here. performed two songs by Sigmund Riomberg, "Stout Hearted Men" and "Lover Come Back To Me". Possibly the favourite single sel- ection of the evening was alight- hearted song. "Captain Mac" by Wilfred Sanderson, sung by Mr. Haystead.

The spirit of the evening was weu expressed by it composition by Albert Mallinaon performed by Miss Barbara Rogers, the joyful "Sing, Break Into Song". She also sang a. charming song entitled "The Little French Clock", by Richard Kount. and Schubert's lovely "Wild Rose".

Every selection in the last group of ohorsl numbers was received with great enthusiasm by the and- ience, but for popularity songs from Rodgers end Hammerstein's Oklahoma still top the list. Two were sung, "Oh, What A Beautiful Morning", and as an encore, the title song. other selections in- cluded another operetto hit dating farther back, "Because Youlre You", by Victor Herbert, the Bar- caroile from 0f!e.nbe.ch's "Tiilics of Hoffman", I. beautiful Czech folk song of pastoral life. "Morning Now Beckons", two Negro spirit- uais, "There is a Balm in Gil-

iead" and "Ainls That Good News", and an American folk song, "Skip To My Lou”.

Although the Chorale, whose executive is headed by Mr. Derriil M.acGuigan, has appeared on pre- vious occasions, and has brought enjoyment during the Christinas season by its carol singing activi- ties, this is the first occasion on which it full scale concert has been undertaken. and it is to be hoped there will be many more such appearances. Mrs. Edwin Johnstone was the very capable and sympathetic accompanist last

voice is well known among Char- lotteown music lovers. sang "A

evening,

A large and appreciative audi- ence greeted the schoizirs of Spring Park School in their concert ap- pearance last evening at spring Park Hall with Mr. J. A, Arsenauli acting as master of ceremonies.

The well balanced program was produced under the direction of the teachers and Mr. Roy Mug- fnrd and reflected great credit on all cmcnriied.

The 0')DllinZ number was a chorus "Fairies in the Moonlight" by pupils of grades 1.2.3 and 4., fol- lowed by n.- dance The Shoemak- cr" by grade 1. The piaylett. "Three Bears" came next by grade :1 Carol Anne Graham followed with a piano solo and the dance "A Hunting wee will go" continued the program. Gale Norrie sang "Pleasant Dav" and grmle 5 gave a choral reading titled "Don Dirk of Dowdeei A Princess who never laughed" was drninatized by grade Ii with Ronnie M:-llish as narra- tor.

”Clisin;:insz Pziriiit-rs" was hung by Janet Smith followed by Tom and Heather Burke in a step- dancing number. John Burhoe rendered as a piano solo "Three Blind Mice". Janet Mellish as a piano solo played "The Yellow Bullfrog". Grade 2 appeared in a Rythm Bnnri number followed by Grades 5. 6. and 7 in the chorus 'The Ciiltno". Elizabeth Haywood appeared in a Scottish dance num- ber and Sylvia Phillips folowed with it Vocal solo "My Kittens tongue."

”Tommies Dream" w-is present- ed as a play:-tt by the pupils of grade 4, Debbie Pleich sang 'Plca- snnt Day" and Jane Camnbcli followed with a recitation "Let- tla Guiseppina" and Ilene Norrie siing "ohl Mcin Papa",

A keenly contested square danc- ing cmnpr-titioii then took place bctwoen grades 5, 6. and 7.

The concert concluded with "All through the niizlii" as a chorus number by pupils of grades 8, 9 and 10. Costumes were by Shirley Burke. The performance closed with The Quennl

Large Audience Attends Concert At Spring" Park '

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Observes 80iii Birth Anniversary

Mrs. Elijah Saunders of South- port, P.E.I., formerly of Winsloe, was the guest of honour at the home of her granddaughter. Mrs Vic Runiz, on Tuesday 9V6nln8- The occasion was Mrs. Saunders 80th birthday.

Masters Ralph Runtz and Gor- don Lane presented her with ii bouquet of flowers and gifts from the guests. Five of her seven children with their husbarids. wives, some grandchildren and great-grandchildren and friends were present.

A late buffet supper was served with the guest of honour cutting her birthday cake. All wished her a. happy birthday with many more to come and joined in singing "For She's A Jolly Good Fellow".

Mrs. Everett Saunders assisted the hostess in serving.

iionaidston Lino Quitting Pacific

LONDON, (AP)-The Doliaitisoii Line. one of Scotland's biggest shipping firms, announced Wed- nesday lt is withdrawing from the Pacific freight trade and trans- ferring its three ships on this run to the Blue Star Line.

Deputy chairman of the line. Fred Donaldson, said these ships were getting old and not earning enough. There was not enough business in the area to make it worthwhile buying new ships. Blue Star already runs a Pacific trad- ing service.

Donaldson said the loss or the Pacific area commitments wouidi enable ihe Donaldson line in con- centrate on its Atlantic services to Canada and possibly to reintroduce regular freight services to the Argentine.

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Three Traffic . Accidents in City

Heavy going and poor visibility at times. resulted in three oar sc- cidenis on the city streets yester day.

At 11:15 a.m. a car going North on Weymouth St., was in collision with a car going East on Dorche.s- tar resulting in damage to the front bumper and the right front door of the former ear and to the right front fender and right rear fender of the latter.