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Originally, the town was known as Green’s Shore, and remained that until it stole St. Eleanor’s thunder, and became the capital of Prince County. The name was taken from an inn then known as Summerside House, and it was incorporated as a town in 1875. Since then its history has been concerned principally with the establishing and improving of its buildings.

The most interesting buildings are the stores. The story of their growth from humble beginnings to their present impressive structures is a story fraught with ambition. In truth, they make the town—not only in appearance but also in salaries to the hundreds of employees who work in the various concerns.

Prince Edward Island has the highest literacy rate in Canada. I mentioned that fact to a Summersideon- ian, and, as appears usual in this town, he started on the subject of the Academy versus Prince of Wales College. It appears that at the Academy a student can take Grade XI in one year, whereas at Prince of Wales it requires two years, though a student may in that time also acquire a Teacher’s License.

“ It’s ridiculous, ” stormed my companion. “Imagine it! A student can be a teacher before he has finished high school, and can teach as high as Third Form, or Grade X work. By the time he has merely finished high-school work, he is then a First Class teacher—the highest class on the Island. Ridiculous! Do you realize that it is possible for a student to leave Grade X, take one year at Prince of Wales College, and return to his school that year, and teach in that school the pupils he played with the year before?”

The reformer was now getting into his stride. He saw several other things which needed to be changed. He drifted on . . . Boundaries were all wrong.