PAGE TWO The Daily News PRINCE RUPKKT - nP.lTISH COLUMUIA PuUIi.thetl Every Afternoon, except Sumlay, by Prlnre Rupert Dally Newg, Limited, ThffcJ Avenue. H. F. PUI.LRN - - .- Managing Editor. Advertising and Circulation Telephone Lditnr and Reporter Telephone hfJFT86 3letntr of Audit Bureau of Circulations.1 t DAILY EDITION 'W waar w . .,' ? DOUlrTS A1JOUT DEMOCRACY Leriltltfey in a recent address in Knpland ahedn norne doubt cfn the sucf? of democracy and yet (irey has been one of Knjrland's jjrtsatest democrats. The lndoh Time says that Lord Grey now leea that fill hrpe built upon drtnwcracy were ao high that they were certain to be disappointed, and he admits that in great meas ure mey nave been disappointed, lie refers to the collapse of par liamentary government in Italy he might have added its failure in other countries nd the growth of the Minority Movement as symptoms of the doubts of the old panacea which lrave arisen in different quarters, and he examines some of the current criticisms made upon it. One criticism is that democracy does not produce Chathams or Pitts or Cannings, or even Peels. The question may be left in suspense. Our democracy may hide such men in its bosom, as the democracy of the United States hid a Lincoln, but Lord Grey gives some reasons why the unchecked rule of the many does not favor their advent. Is it the fact, as he asserts, that our ablest public men are now "guiding rather than shaping," that they are engaged in "gauging correctly currents of public opinion which they have not set in motion," and in "becqming the practical instruments of forces that they hare not inspired and which they cannot control?" Is it true, as he suggests, that "this may be the best in which statesmanship can attain"? It is intimated in; another passage that in a democracy an instinct prompting to dislike of genius may be "not altogether unsound," and agai:i that "the statesmanship which dees not plan or foresee, which takes no account of theories, but of faeU," if not the highest, may yet be very serviceable. If this be so, then Statesmen of the Chatham stamp are not likely to arise. WHOLE NATION MUST RE WISE Again, democracy, he urges, demands too much of ministers and too much of parliament. No statesmanship Of theirs can compensate for the lack of statesmanship in trade unions and in employers' federations a lack so plentifully exhibited last year. Lord Grey thinks that a people fit for democracy will learn their sphere and its limits in othsr fields as in that of polities, but, like all thinkers, he sees that the fitness implies a very high standard, not necessarily of acquired knowledgebut of practical wisdem. He re-lies on the national virtues, the love of Individual liberty-and the love of order, which have served and saved us in the past. Democracy, he truly remarks, must "necessarily" depend on average men and women." Are average men and women, armed with absolute and irresponsible power, .possessed of these civic virtues in the degree required? Are theg professional wire-pullers of the party machines, who in practice and under, ordinary conditions manipulate and direct the party votes, endowed with them or likely to cultivate them? The wider the franchise, the greater the power of the professionals and the feebler and the less responsible the vote of the individual man or woman. Lord Grey has nothing to say about the "machine," either in politics or in the trade unions and federa tions wnere its control is still more conspicuously predominant. Rut he thinks that democracy Is likely to be stable because it is the '.y)L. 9f tne manl'- Historjsal precedents are but imperfectly applic-ablebecause the circumstances in' which they occurred differ wholly irom mone in wnicn we live, but stability has not been the distinctive feature of democracies in the past. The United States have in deed been stable with the interlude of a fierce civil war but under a written constitution with many checks and balances and the ultimate .authority of the Supreme Court as its interpreter and exponent, while the democracy which has been developed differs fundamentally from the democracy which the constitution was framed to' protect. KNOWLE1MJE NOT EVERYTHING Will education in the sense in which it is commonly understood fit people for democracy? Many persons speak as though it were "the supreme and decisive element" in fitting future generations for self-government. Lord Grey does not agree. Education which "leads to strength and. stability of character," and to consideration of the opinions of others, may do much to support de-mocracywas, indeed, it may to support any reasonably just form of government. Rut of the effect of education as the mere acquisition of knowledge upon national character there is ro(n for doubts. Knowledge, Lord Grey truly says, is "a factor, but not a decisive factor, in influencing a conduct." It certainly is not. The national virtues in which Lord Grey puts his trust were conspicuous for generations before 1870; it may be questioned whether they have become more pronounced since tren, and it is at least arguable that the people of Europe with small acquired learning are not the most dangerous to their neighbors, as he thinks an ignorant nation would be. Lord Grey's wide experience has taught him that, in many cases, "men of great knowledge are not the most valuable in practical affair," and he warns us not to expect mere knowledge to create the character and qualities that make democracy succeed." The warning is by no means suierfluous; some people seem to think that the acquisition of knowledge, or at best the education of the intellect, is the essential and all-sufficient preparation for the duties of life and of citizenship. There can be no graver error. It is upon moral training that the development of the moral qualities depends, and in alj forms of government, but chief in a democracy, these qualities are the sure foundation and the lasting bulwark of good citizenship. See Our Windows! Otic for Phone 9 H. S. WALLACE CO., LTD. TRUSTEES MEET WITH TEACHERS Interesting and Timely Addresses on Educational Matters at Federation Meeting 1 ssaTssai OIUMjlKl Wednesday, Nov. 10 ,1927 () EXAMINATIONS Tedcljruay IJerorevTrustees Professional Point of View on Debatable Subjects The regular amntfetjr scsttag of the Prince Rupert Tsachers' i tottk place last evening when taw tuti eet at th paper was UaoltS Prs terns In Education ' la sdsllllon to a ig turn out of isssssr than were preeeat wy invitatlsa Ocafft Btassrt. 8, D. Jonston and W QUehrsst, bmi of the Board of School Truatis. H. . Rciscer wss peeves id Of hs Hon and T UcUiislii sy bssanrn fro at attaadtag. Tbe president J. 6. WUaoo. tbs visitor on bctiall of tike and saM It waa only by UM complies co -operation or trustees, parents, child ren aad teachers that tbe oattoe of e) cation could be advaaesa. The ontsrnon Interest of all waa Uss satuoav tlon of tbe chile) aad It was oaty by discussion of tbe van-tout problem from all points of view that UUa obisetrv could be Attained Oe are stocks of the fitch School stall gave the fust paper eaa -UaartM reata" aad toad of the iliiwUpiimt of this branch of aaoatrn aduottaan. tt dealt with the question of InUiHHlhW vnat it Is aad how It may ha measured. It la rettetjle and the re mits of the teats are of practtatvl vat to the teacher, the pupils and the business world. Step m th f dealing with sub-normal. inal and the mental and aaoral delin quents were indicated by these teats anodern prngisss was utlltttag these results towards dealing with these KATIMl AMI PROMOTIONS II. C. O'Neill dealt with tag. Showing that th avast method of raMng t eschew was judgf by results M speaker referred to Impossibility of doing so fairly unices aosm was taken of the intelligent capacity f the puptls first He want on to sanaa state the many ejualtttea that go to soaks up tbe successful teacher aad submitted a plan for Miss Mercer's subject was promoUoo. Mechanical grading waa not soajaM: Oradlnt by subjects was step in tbs- rtght direction. Examination la tas old sense of the word .were a thing of the past afod a relic of tbe dark $. KiucatMoisu ana psycnojogist wets unanimous in their denouncement of this Iniquitous system. If wm not fair to the pupil, tbe parrots asr the I carrier and H swa a (natter of a short time till they would be done away with. SCHOOL CIRIIIClUt Miss Rothwell dealt with the curricula of tbe modern school. Inasmuch aa research has shown that there are definite stages in the developrafeit of the child there should be oorrespoodliig -itages in the educational systems. The period of cblMbood covered the ages of six to twelve years, then the period of early adolescence from 12 to IS aad the period of later adolescence from 15 to 18. .The schools should have a cor responding arrangement. Public schools would deal with subjects suitable to the childhood period. An intermediate school would .meet the needs of the early adolescent pupiu and the High Ssehool thoff of later adolescence. TMs would mean aa extra year at High School but the general complaint is that the work In jthe High School at present Is too heavy for the average pupil. In dealing with the Unsolved Prob lem of Discipline, Mlsa Oarnett spoke of the big change In tbe modern conception of this necessary aspect of school and public life. Children were to be shown the necessity for order in sonduct, arrangement in Hie and or- csn!BWon in thought These were the underlying principles that were the object of discipline. The teachers tried to keep the children orrupled and Interested and so take away the desire and the time for getting into mischief. THANKED IIY. TIUWTEK On behalf of the Trustees Major Johnston thanked the teacher for the invitation and saM they appreciated the compliment of being asked to the meeting. Following refreshments, badminton games were played and while in tbe first game the teachers represented by Miss Mitchell and J. 8. Wilson won over the trustees represented by George Bryant and S. Johnston, the latter solved the problem' of the unusual court conditions and won over the teachers In two well contested games. . Man in the Moon :M THE Mayor of Hole-ln-the-Wall n. Clares he likes cold weather because it makes him feel peppy. IF you woul be contr-aiad with your lot. build a home on It. WHEN a boy call a girl an angel he knows no more what It means than I he does when he casually remarks t. the clergyman "I will." JAKE says they dp not call girls angels now a days. They simply remark "Oh you kid!" THE DAILY NEWS at 4 ghvtAeamily a NcV Orthophonic Victrola for B Christmas I C. They try to assassinate Mussolini yet allow the author of "Sweet Adeline" to live. SO this is snow I IT sticks to the feet It is worse than rain or sleet, For it covers all the land Which Is white on every hand. Advertise In The Dally New y - in Fit Ci Sfaowc rt How Different BncVlrr's ltixtnre 1 qniU talis oldtrl cooih irrupt. It' a KfentiAe ernnbinstion of proven medicinr. Very pleasant t Ukr, ret literally art lik flanh in relieving: Cough. Cold, Bron-rhlti. Lacrippe, "Flu" and other daSftrm dtrclepment. Tk Brat do (tops a eouthiac ipun -nd ther arc 40 dota in a Tt-rent iwttl. At all drofrict's aad irtttit W. K. 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Bitted to vote at the frtht4n. federal election. In the next Victory Loan campaign, Prince Rupert will be headquarters for the district between Prince George and the Queen Oharlotte Islands and from Ocean flail to the northern boundary -1 the province. Work of clearing the track which was Mocked by the slide at t. . cannery yesterday morning la proceeding apace and it is hoped that the train, wbk should hare left h-re yesterday morning, will get away today. Bishop r. H Duvernet. i B lotytt to thj Dal News, stresses the fcthat! th purehase of victory bonds i8 pstrlotlc out, rather than an investment designed to brinu a profit. Halibut vessels landin,. vWMUVe nCTD (today are a, follows Republic. 70.000 (pounds; Vaiieee. 10.000 Seattle, 8J.000 jAlten. 7500 J P Totl(1 3 000 I ice paid wst 16c. 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