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OPINIONS DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE EDITORIAL PAGE FEATURES THE DAILY TIMES. GAZETTE OSHAWA THE OSHAWA TIMES (Established 1871) THE WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (Established 1863) An independent newspaper published daify except Sunday by The ne Publishing Company of Oshawa, Limiten, Arthur R. Alloway, Presigen and Managing Director. Net Paid Circulation Average Per Issue 7 , 7 3 é APRIL, 1947 SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1947 . = Strike the Balance True Let us strike the balance true, Debit, credit, side by side; Give to each the rightful due, Strike a fair divide. What does Britain owe to us? What do. we to Britain owe? Work the sum out, minus, plus: Where do profits go? Not to Britain, save in honour; All for Freedom's cause she gave Now the lands pile debts upon her, Lands she helped to save! 1 J Not in dollars or in treasure, But in blood and tears and sweat, That's the true and rightful measure Of the British debt. When that fateful, hellish hail Smote her, did she cower or shirk? Who was it tipp'd the trembling scale For Freedom at Dunkirk? Count our cumulative cost: What to us is Freedom worth? What our wealth were Freedom lost Forever from the earth? Strike the balance true and fair: Grateful, gladly let us own, Bri paid in [ 7 ner share When she fought alone. --J. LEWIS MILLIGAN Fine Citizen Passes In the death early this morning of Mr. Duncan Campbell, Oshawa has lost an outstanding citizen who will be greatly missed by the people of this community. Mr. Campbell was a master artist in his Professiongs a photographer. His skill and artistry were widely recognized and his work won important awards and high commenda- tion on numerous occasions. He loved to photograph chil- dren and family groups and in doing so endeared himself to his clientele, who came to know him as a kindly personality as well as a pmofessional photographer of the highest rank. It is not easy to discern impulses and ambitions of any man, but one could say of Duncan Campbell that he was a man of deep convictions and generous spirit. He never sought to be in the limelight but was always willing to lend a helping hand to any good cause and to those who needed a friend. Those who knew him intimately would, we are sure, fully endorse this statement. The Times-Gazette extends deepest sympathy to mem- bers of the family and business associates of the late Mr. Campbell. A Worthy Appeal Victoria University is making an appeal to the public generally, and more particularly to its own constituency, for the sum of two million dollars to provide for an addition to its library, new women's residences and additional capital endowment. The University has a splendid standing and is presently meeting the educational needs of some 2,500 students in its Arts courses in addition to its work of training ministers, in Emmanuel College, for service in the United Church. Oshawa and district has shared in the benefits derived from young people attending this important centre of higher education. The amount of the objective is not unduly large. In fact, it might be regarded as a very modest sum in view of increased costs of building and the fact that the University has not undertaken any major expansion program for many years. Therefore, its needs have accumulated and at the same time its student body has greatly increased in numbers. Eastern Ontario residents are particularly interested in the fact that Victoria University started its career in the town of Cobourg 1:1 years ago. It was then known as Upper Canada Academy. In 1841 its name was changed to Victoria College and "University" was , substituted for "College" in 1884. Its removal to Toronto in 1892 was a natural develop- ment as it permitted affiliation with the University of Toronto with which it is now associated as one of the four colleges comprising the Faculty of Arts of the larger univer- sity. It is interesting to note that forty per cent of all students in Arts at the University of Toronto are enrolled at Victoria. While the campaign for funds will appeal particularly to members of the United Church of Canada which controls Victoria University, it will no doubt also meet with a gener- ous response from members of other communions who desire to encourage a sound and well managed educational institu- tion that is playing its part in improving the educational standards of our country and equipping young men and women for service in many fields of activity. ® 50 Years Ago The Vindicator warned that the Osawa Railway Company could prosecute owners of cattle who per= mit their stock to stray across the company's property to feed on the roadside south of Cedar Dale. The red," the Vindicator suggested. With the 34th Battalion band on A post office branch, two and a half miles east of Columbus to be known as- Beithville, was considered shown by the constituency's repre- sentative, Mr. Burnett, the project had been abandoned, the Vindicator said. First match at the Rifle Associa- tion's new range was scheduled af- ter 4wo practices assured the mem- The Eagle Has No Head bers that the new site was pt able, Rev. Percy Fletcher was to open the Whitby Townships Sunday School Association convention on June 1, All Sunday schools in both townships as well as Whitby and Ocha were incited to send dele- gates. ® A Bit of Verse THE BEATITUDES OF NATURE Blest be Dar woods of hemlock, maple, pine, Balsam and birch, dear Lord, our woods Thine! | and | Blest be their bubbling springs, their rippling lakes, Their ponds, and every laughing brook that makes Rainbows and foam and crystal homes for trout, Elest be the trails that wander in and t ou Among grey boulders drowned in soft green seas Of velvet mass! Oh, blest be all of these! Blest be jhe oods and they that dwell t The scolding squirrel and his gentler | kin | The friendly chipmunk and the timid har Blest be elie graceful the shambling bear, The beaver on his dam, the drumming grouse, The hawk that loves the sky, the white-foot mouse, The antlered buck that paces proud and tall With does and dappled fawn, blest be them all! mink, Lord loss Me woods for perfect love- For Dalia hat heals the soul in care and stress! Keep them forever fragrant, cool and From peel) Olt and flame, from gale and sleet, From avalanche, "from torrent, drought and blight, From ail that 1s unclean, from ruthless ht That nd, desolation to valley, glen And mountain side, God bless our wi Amen. --ARTHUR ® Other Editors THE NEXT PROBLEM (Peterborough Examiner) It is reported that before the end of this year we may know with cer- tainty whether life exists on other planets. If it does, of course, the next problem will be to get to one of them before life ceases to exist on this one. GUITERMAN. ONE-WAY TALKS (Kitchener Record) "It is now possible to talk to the dead," declares a spiritualist. Of course. It has always been possible to talk to the dead. But to date the result has always been a one- way conversation. FOR USE AS VOTE-CATCHERS ¢ (Kitchener Record) Public reaction to tax conces- sions in the budget has been 'only luke warm in its approval. There are a number of disappointments. One of them is the failure on the part of the government to remove the small nuisance taxes imposed during the war. They do not bring in much revenue and could easily be dropped without throwing the budget out of balance, One is clined to wondar whether Ottawa has purposely delayed ac- tion in dropping these irritating levies with a view to their using their removal as a vote catcher be- fore another budget day rolls around. We shall have to wait and see. 4 SY = Whistle WHILE YOU WORK! Relax! Stop worrying abolit that mortgage on your house. Occi- dental has a low-cost Mortgage Insurance Plan to make sure your family will have a home "without a mortgage" in. case you should die and that you'll have monthly income if you are disabled. This plan eliminates the possibility that you or they will ever be faced with an eviction order because the mongipe couldn t be paid off. Ask ate. Visit MB Agents' See the Community Man in Your Community E. Y. GREENE, 361 Buena Vista St. Phone 575 5 OCCIDENTAL LIFE Canadian Head Office LONDON, CANADA 7 Vicky in The News Chronicle (London) trace exactly the distribution of the phosphorus in the living plant by exposing it in the dark to a sen- sitive photographic plate. The phosphorus then acted almost the same as an X-ray, taking a photo- graph of he interior of the wheat stem. By this means and other experi- ments the scientist could deter mine how much phosphorus came from the fertilizer and how much from the soil, enabling a more ex- act determination of the plant's fertilizer needs. This research could be extended to other p'ants and other fertilizer mincrals, though Dr. Spinks emphasized pre- sent experiments had only been with wheat. A-Energy For Farm - Products Canadian Press Staff Writer Hamilton, May 17.--(CP)--A use of atomic energy products that may; mean a great saving to the Cana- dian farmer, because he will know better how to apply fertilizer to his plants were outlined here by Dr. J. W. T. Spinks of the University of Saskatchewan at McMaster Uni- versity conference on nuclear chemistry. He told in an interview of how he had applied radio' active phosphor- us to fertilizer and then sown it with wheat seeds. When the plant was fully 'grown, it was possible to "Look here--this le'ter says you are a typist. Why did you tell me you had been the chief's private se- cretary?" "Well, you said you needed a girl wit imagination." $2,000,000 Is Objective Of Victoria University, Campaign StartsMay 18 A $2,000,000 campaign to provide funds for expanding library facili- ties, mew women's residences and an addition of $750,000 to the en- dowment of Victoria University, Toronto, will begin on May 18, with special services in United Churches throughout Ontario. In an official statement, Dr. Walter T. Brown, President of the University, asked that all Cana- dians who felt that the general education of youth according to Christian principles was important give this campaign their whole- hearted support. "Education in a democratic country must be carried on according to those principles if we are to retain our democracy. Advanced education of youth is the greatest assurance we have for pro- gress. If we believe in a greater Canada we must be prepared to keep our education institutes strong. We must support those institutions that are working wholeheartedly toward this end," said Dr. Brown, Five hundred thousand dollars of this fund will be used to extend the present library and to provide ac- commodation for the archives of the United Church. The library was originally designed to meet the needs of 500 students, but the large enrollment in the college has forced more than 2,500 students to use these small facilities. It is ex- pected that the post-war enrollment in the college will remain at about 1,500, and the facilities of the lib- rary will have to accommodate this number. A The new library will pro- vide stafk rooms for books on the- ology and arts, and reading rooms for arts students. Victoria College pioneered wo- men's residences in Canada when Annesley Hall was built in 1903. In the past 40 years the number of women attending the University has increased from 70 to 972. Last year it was necessary to refuse accommo- dation to 50 out-of-town women students. A new women's residence is the only ,methad by which all out-of-town 'students can be accom- modated in a properly supervised college home. The building of such a home will require the expenditure of at least $750,000, Due to the rapid decline of in- terest rates in the last few years, the income from investment for the college has been seriously reduced, in spite of the fact that endowments have increased. A substantial in- crease in capital funds is the only method of restoring revenue to a point where the University can op- erate efficiently. Unlike many uni- versities, Victoria receives no gov- ernment grants of apy kind. Victoria University 'Is the official name of the institute which com- prises Victoria College for students studying for a degree in arts or commerce, and Emmanuel College, a seminary for students studying the ministry of the United Church of Canada, and for post-graduate work in Divinity. Victoria Univers- ity is federated with thesUniversity of Toronto. Emmanuel College is the largest United Church Theo- logical College in the Dominion, and one-third of the ministers in the United Church of Canada re- ceive their training there. Victoria College was originally founded in Cobourg in 1836 under the name of the Upper Canada Academy, by the first Royal Charter granted to a non-Anglican, Pro- testant, institution of higher learn- ing in the British Empire. The name, was changed to Victoria in 1841, when degree-conferring powers were given. Egerton Ryerson, who led a campaign for freedom of all religious sects in Canada, was the first president of the college. Victoria College is famous for its Alumni and Faculty. L. B. (Mike) Pearson, Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs, E. B. Jolliffe, leader of the Ontario CCF and Gor- don Graydon, former Progressive Conservative house leaders are graduates. E. J. Pratt, noted Cana- dian poet, J. D Robbins, author of =non-fictional Canadian literature, and Dr. Walter T. Brown, Professor of Ethics are members of the staff, New Crisis' Said on Way By Churchill Ayr, Scotland, May 17-- ters) --Stern warning of a new grisis for Britain--"of greater in ity and severity than any bef give en last night by Winston Churchill in a pep talk here to Scottish Con- servatives. DO NOT under-rate, I warn you, the gravity of the economic and financial distresses into which we are moving," the wartime Prime Minister said. "There is no country in the world that is being basketed to pie- ces in the way we are, and there is no country less capable of survive ing such a maltreatment." Turning to the $3,750,000,000 Unit ed States loan which, he said, is being spent with "improvidence," Churchill said: "Are the Socialist ministers going to the Capitalist 'free enterprise government of the United States to ask for another loan, while at the same time . . . . they continue to deride the American way .of life and industry and freely 'prophesy its early collapse?" In a brief reference to Palestine, Churchill said the British were "making fools of themselves" by keeping 100,000 troops there in the "most dismal of all quarrels into which' we have blundered." Judge: "Well, what is your ex- cuse for speeding fifty miles an hour?" Defendant: "I had just heard, your hcnor, that the ladies of my wife's church were giving a rum- mage sale and I was hurrying home to save my other pair of pants." Judge: Case dismissed!" HELP TRAIN TOMORROW'S LEADERS For the sake of the Canada your children will live in, you -- and every public- spirited citizen-- have this duty: to help to give the finest of our youth, the fullest opportunity for education. This is only possible by strengthening our free universities. Today Victoria University --a great educational centre with a proud record of more than 111 years of service to Canada -- needs your help to train tomorrow's . leaders. Victoria Urgently Needs: An addition to the library -- heart of dhe university -- costing. New Women's Residences -- essential to university life --to cost Additional vapital endowment -- to offset declining interest rates... $750,000 A TOTAL OF $2,000,000 Education for Christian Citizenship Victoria University is today training -- in Emmanuel College -- one third of all the ministers entering the United Church. In Victoria College, more than 2,500 students -- the leaders of tomorrow -- are now enrolled. Here they are receiving the broad cultural discipline essential to sane leadership and intelligent citizenship. Inadequate Library Stackrooms pro- duce crowding such as this. Reading rooms are also badly congested. An Appeal to You Victoria looks with confidence for the generous help of every Canadian. What. ever you can give will do its part . . . take your share now, in the training of tomorrow's leaders. Forilier Details from any Victoria graduate; minister of the United Church of Canada; or from Victoria University Campaign, Queen's Park, Toronto. RA. 2510. Women's Residences Are Overcrowded ~Situations like this will be relieved by proposed new residences -- giving students a proper place to study as well as more comfortable quarters. Victoria University GIVE GENEROUSLY! Campaign FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND ENDOWMENTS