CeO Geode ater ero enrbes yt 1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEW An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding 1S ATE ty NER TE SP RT MWe ete a wa Gy CT gh ows ve of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. A member of The Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation — Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited JOHN F, MAGOR ' J. R. AYRES Editor President G. P, WOODSIDE General Manager Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1958 Big challenge faces graduating class TONIGHT is a big night in the lives of 52 members of the Booth Mem- orial High school graduating class. Four members of the Annunciation school graduating class have already experienced their beak moment when exercises were held at the church au- ditorium Wednesday afternoon. ' The Commencement exercises mark in a symbolic way, as Booth high school principal R. F. Lucas has already stat- ed, the completion of 12 years of school. To some members of the Class of 1958, it is a stepping stone to higher education and a fuller life. The par- ents of the students and the girls and boys themselves should ensure that to- night’s exercises, the reception, dance and tomorrow night’s banquet remain _ a glowing memory of everything good and inspirational. To many it will be a first and last opportunity to take part in such dignified and impressive ceremonies, . ‘To those who in June are casting themselves on the world of trade and commerce we wish speedy employment he start of a sound future. To ). to 32 students who yet have to junior matriculation examina- ions we wish an average of more than Oper cent and success in their chosen ‘fields. It is to be hoped that out of the score that leave the city to start uni- versity this fall the same number will complete their university courses and obtain their degrees, It swill’ be re-. warding to themselves, their parents eee feROM England, source of SO many "odd and bright bits of ecclesiastical | news, comes word that the women of St. Mary’s Parish at Hitchin have told church authorities the wooden “kneel- ers” in the church are wearing out their nylons. They are petitioning for va more humane system of kneeling.” Possibly this issue may be settled by ector who may or may not order “the ‘kneeling benches padded. More” likely, so grave a matter will be placed in the hands of My Lord Bishop. This is no petty question of the Nylons and kneelers and their teachers. University of British Columbia records show that only nine students registered from Prince Rupert have obtained their de- grees since 1953... less than two a year, Yet every year we list a dozen or more students going off to univer- sity and it is seldom we hear of them again, academically. Why this is we will not ponder at the moment al- though it must be a matter of great concern to District 52 School Board, to teachers and to parents of children yet to attend high school. ‘The village of Salmon Arni, population 1,832 had six - of its students graduate from -UBC this year as did Sidney, Vancouver Is- land which boasts 1,274 yresidents. Chilliwack had seven, Kamloops nine, Nelson five, Port Alberni four, Dunc- an five, Kelowna 12, Nanaimo 10, Pen- ticton seven and Trail 18. Comparisons are odious and fig- ures can lie, soit is said. But they are . indicative, Therefore it is with the ut- most sincerity that we wish members of this year’s graduating class “the very best in their future efforts. To those who plan to continue their edu- cation we express the heartfelt wish that four years from now their rames will be listed along with their degrees in far greater numbers than have ever been reported before and that they can look back upon the grounding they received’ at Booth Memorial High school with pride and gratitude. We are confident they will: meet the chal- lenge. ~~ ae high prices of nylons or the pain of aching knees. It strikes deep to ‘the root of doctrine. A kindly padre might be ready to compromise with his fair penitents. One of harsher mold would insist that the hard, bareslabs of wood must remain as they are. Do they. not make for mortification of the flesh so important in the dogmas of belief? It may well be that the women of St. Mary’s Hitchin have lit the fuse of the great church controversy of the year, —Ottawa Journal. . couveu's fortune. INTERPRETING THE NEWS Optimism, confusion sweeping Algiers By DAVID MASON Associated Press Staff Writer Optimism is sweeping through the streets of Algiers, “Algeria is saving France,” claim splashy posters along the palm-lined avenues. The desperate slogans of the 3%-year fight against Arab nationalists, such as “Algeria must remain French,” are virtually lost In the flood of events since the stunning defiance of Paris here nine days ago. . * 4 BY a _ The quick success of the bid for power by disgruntled generals and French settlers has fiven thelr leaders a heady sense of mission: to shock France {nto wiping ot ita bickering political system and again make Jt .o vigorous world power. Students of the complex Algerian question find It difficult to see where it all will’ end. Confusion heaped upon paradox obscures the - immediate future, Some pressing questions have emerged from what now is being ‘called “the revolliticy of Mi 13." That was the day civilians rloted agninst the possibility that the new French premier, Plerre Pfilimlin, might seek nego lations ib ahd the Algerian war. Tho riots led to patablish- ment of tnititary-etvilian juntas throughout gerne, which seized governmental au In defiance of Paris. ™ Wert we a we * The questions are: 1, If Algiers cannot force political changes on Paris, will Algeria secede frqm Proved?” _The answer appears to be nd" Ono big reason Ja the torritory's strong economle da- pendence on the homeland. Anothor ds the cloge Personal and cultural tics beatween ‘Al- Rarin and France, And Franco's conscript army in Alggria probably would mutiny before it Would Aeht do protect gn Indepandant Algeria. . # What. his Happened tothe Arab robollion? The Algfors committee of public Bafoty, which Ja irtnning the show in thé capital, claims fighting has virtually stoped and the robels aro rallying to it, Independent tnforma- tion seems to confirm at least the first part of this. A high-ranking officer in eastern Algeria says rebel troops are retiring into the interior, apparently to await new orders, ‘3. What about the startling and apparently spontancous show of unity between Arabs and French which hag occurred since May 13? Wundreds of Arabs have been turning.up for the nightly speeches by unta leaders in down- town Algiers, No one appears to know why— not even the Arabs themselves, They obviously have been caught up in the general excitement which has alectrified the population, No one knows for sure the position of Gen, Reould Salan, French commander-in-chief and provisional dictator of Algeria. Pflimlin pro- fesses falth In him, although the general has given no public Indication that he supports the government in Parts, Js statoments to the nightly crowds echo the insurrection committee's enthuslasm for Gen, Charles de Gaulle to take over the French Hov~ ernment, But there is some belief that Shian may bo just talking that way publicly td keep the mab in cheok, " Election cards From (fhe Winnipeg Tribune Let's slop plastering trees and poled with PJection posters whiah make p jitter Hfter the contest Js over, Cards In store and ahop win- dawa would be juat qa effective and shop ownars would seo that the posters word “tamoyed tis ygon na the election was over.