HE UPYSSEYVOL . LXVII
VANCOUVER, B .C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1959
No. 13
No Quorum AtGeneral Meetin g
REAC HFOR
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The Fall General Meeting once again failed for lack of quorum .
The meeting was adjourned without completing the agenda when the quorum was charlenged by AMS Treasurer Dave Edgar.
By the constitution, the Fall General Meeting is required to have in attendance at least1560 members in good standing of the AMS. even with the aid of three-quarters of the Engi-neering Faculty, a handful of Aggies and a sheep, the meeting failed by_a wide margin to pro-duce the required number.
OThe meeting did enact , a few
of the routine functions still re-maining within its ambit ofauthority .
Two constitutional amend-ments were approved. The firs tprovided that the record of the
Pictured here is Dr. N. A. M. MacKenzie, President of theUniversity, shortly after delivering his annual address to thestudent body. —Photo by Roger McAfee.
President's SpeechStresses Freedom
that most of the best and ables tyoung Canadians -stay in Can-ada" .
The first few minutes of hisaddress were spent restating theconcern over the migration ofyoung and well-educated Cana-dians to the United States .
RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRE DPresident MacKenzie dealt
secondly with the need for thefurthering of individual free-dom; freedom to develop one' sown potentialities to the maxi-mum and to live the kind oflife he or she wants to live . Theexercising of personal freedomin speech and action must, h estates, be tempered and directed ,however, by a realization of one' sresponsibility to all other mem-bers of his society—preferabl ya self - accepted responsibilit yand a self-imposed discipline, no tenforced or arising from exter-nal pressure .
He also emphasized the neces-sity for social organization —the organization of human be-ings, without resort to violence ,to achieve the satisfaction oftheir needs and to attempt toovercome wasteful, conflict be-tween competing groups .
University, President MacKen-
More than 1,000 parents offirst year students will attendUniversity Day on campus Sat-urday .
The visitors, coming frompoints all over B.C., will attendassembly speeches, a campustour, a buffet lunch and the foot -ball game .
Students will not see parents .Peter Meekison, AMS Presi-
dent, stated, "We would like theparents of the new students t obecome familiar with the Uni-versity,̀ its role in the commu-nity, its facilities and some ofits activities . "
The University film, "Thu mEst" , will be the first item onthe program at the 9 :30 a .m.assembly .
Speakers will be Dr . NormanMacKenzie, Dean Walter Gage ,Col . John McLean and PeterMeekison .
Some of the subjects to bediscussed by members of facultyand staff are University- housing,career planning and counselling ,scholarships and bursaries, costof attending U .B .C., student gov-ernment and activities, Univer-sity Health Service and studen temployment .
Student guides will conduc ttours of the campus at 11 :1 5a .m. Three or four main tour swill be arranged .
A buffet lunch in the Brockwill be held at 12;30 p .m., fol-lowed by the football game a t2 :00 p.m .
Ubyssey WinsCensor fight
A resolution calling for cen-sorship of the Ubyssey's con -tents was roundly defeated onThursday, at a student's forum .
Speaking for the resolutio n"that censorship of the Ubysse yis desirable" was D'Arcy Reddy-koff; against was Len Gettis .
The meeting, chaired by Lor-raine Gordon, had the participa-tion of some twenty students ,
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decisions of the Student Courtbe made public ; the second tha tthe honorariums of the Manag-ing and City Editors of the Ubys-sey be paid in two equal install-ments through the year .
Meekison refused to open theissue of abolishing the Fall Gen-eral Meeting .to the floor. He saidthat in view of the small attend-ance, it would be unfair to mak eany decision on so important a nissue .
Meekison expressed his ex-treme disappointment with th esize of the attendance but aske dthat the meeting continue in a ninformal capacity .PROGRESS REPORT S
As an assembly, the meetinghad no constitutional powers ,but provided a forum for manyof the reports of progress whic hmust be received from subsidiaryorganizations .
There was an introduction ofthe World University ServiceExchange Scholars who arespending this year at UBC ontravel grants from WUSC. Theyare Elaine Barrett, Klaus' Grell ,Taizo Nishimuro, and HarwigShuldt . WUSC Chairman, Nor-man Gish, also gave a' short re-port of the national . .. seminar
NursesBled Best .
The annual fall Blood Drivehas again fallen far short of it s
objective.The Commerce Faculty brought
the Red Cross on campus withhopes of getting 2500 pints ofblood for the Blood TransfusionService .
Only 1744 pints were donated ;1645 in the five days of the drive ,and 99 in a special serum dona-tion on Wednesday of this week .
In last year's drive, 1523 pintswere donated .
The . nurses out-bled everyone ,meeting 137 percent of thei rquota. They were followed b ythe Aggies who bled to 135 per -cent .
The quota consisted of one-quarter of the number of mem-bers of the individual faculty .
The faculties of Agriculture ,Forestry and Engineering fin-ished in that order in their inter -faculty competition .
This means that the Aggie swill have the privilege of soak-ing the presidents of the Forestryand Engineering under-grad so-cieties in the lily pond .
Foresters met 90 percent oftheir quota, while the anaemicEngineers bled to only 56 per -cent .,
given last summer in Jamaica .Meekison disclosed tentative
plans of NFCUS to hold a 100 0student assembly-seminar nex tyear . He also told of a proposedbrief to the federal governmentregarding - reduced rates of in-come tax for students .
Lorne Boldman gave a reporton the NFCUS National Assem-bly, held last week in Saskatoon.AGENDA CLOSE D
With the re-entry of the Engi-neering faculty, complete Wit hsheep, Meekison moved the min-utes of the previous meeting heldlast spring, and asked for thevote to close the agenda .
The agenda closed, and theauditors were appointed upon amotion by Edgar .
Shortly thereafter, the quoru mwas challenged, forcing Meeki-son to adjourn the meeting .
About 800 students were inattendance .
'tween classes
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There will be an organizational 'meeting at Bu 212 on Mondaynoon hour . All interested mayapply for membership .
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Canada will be in danger of placing her natural resources i nsubservience to U.S. industry unless Canadians find opportunitieshere .
n In particular reference to thePresident MacKenzie, in his
annual address to the students, zie advocated the furtherance ofre-emphasized the need for Ca- student responsibility in the con-nadian university students to I trol of their own affairs, and ofconsider and seriously explore I the freedom of the teaching staff"ways and means of ensuring , to investigate and enquire, and
to speak what they believe to bethe truth .
Here he mentioned the "goon "edition of the student newspaperlast year as an example of tha ttype of freedom which does notgive consideration to the feel-ings and interests of other citi-zens, and is therefore discour-aged. The individual, he main-tained, must be willing to acceptresponsibility for the conduct o fhis affairs .EXPANSION CITE D
The final topic in the mai nbody of the speech concerned theproblems arising presently ou tof the rapid expansion of theUniversity . More than 10,500students are enrolled this year ,800 more than last year . In con -sequence, 80 additinal teachersand assistants have been em-ployed .
Because of this growth, inter-est has arisen in some decentrali -zation of higher education i nB.C. and in restriction on regi-stration through higher entranc estandards .
The President believes tha tB.C. is not wealthy enough tosupport unnecessary duplicationof expensive educational service
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V .O.C. `Football Dance, Brock Hall,
9 :00-12 :00 . Tickets $1 .25 couples,75c single . Music by _ John Freiderickson's Orchestra .
* * *W .A .A. INTRAMURALS _
Intramural (women's) Man-agers please have your volley-ball entries in today . Practicegames may be held Oct . 19-23in Women's Gym .
* * * 4WRITER'S WORKSHO P
Meeting Monday, Oct . 19, at8:15 p .m . Suite 9, 1976 W. 3rd.Don't forget to pick up manu-script to be discussed .
* * *VARSITY CHRISTIANFELLOWSHIP
is presenting Dr. James For-rester, Vice-President of Whit-worth College, Washington, whowill speak at noon on Tuesday,Oct . 20, Bu 104 .
* * *SOCCER TEAM S
Soccer players check teamlists in Gym and Stadium forSunday's game .
* * *UNDERGRAD WRITER'SWORKSHOP
There will be a meeting of theWriters' Workshop on Monday,
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THE UBYSSEY
Friday, October 16, 195 9
rHS UBYSSEY ON STUDENT INCOM E£uthori'zed as second class mail by Post Office Department, Ottawa
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Telephones : Editorial offices, AL. 4404; Locals 12, 13 and 14;Business offices, AL. 4404; Local 15 .
EDITORIAL BOARD FOR 1959-1960Editor-in-Chief : R. Kerry Whit e
Associate Editor . .____Elaine BissettManaging Editor Michael SoneActing News Editor Bob HendricksonC.U.P. Editor Irene FrazerClub's Editor Wendy BarrFeatures Editor Sandra Scot tHead Photographer Colin LandieSenior Editor Allan Cherno v
Reporters and Desk :
Ed Lavelle, Diane Greenall, Farrida Sewell, Derek Allen ,Art Powell, Al LaCroix, Allen Graves, Ian Brown .
Fascism !When Professor T. H. Qualter of Saskatchewan said tha t
N:F .C .U .S. was pussy-footed, and that Canadian university student sshould drop the "silly idea that 'politics are immoral", he let hi saudience off more lightly than he might well have done . For healight have gone on to point out the dangers inherent in this pre-vailing attitude of our "future leaders", and excoriated them fo rfiat introducing to the various campuses across the country thenotion that for students to ignore politics is downright dangerous .
The most tranquil of us would not -deny that ignorance i sa very dangerous thing, but by ignoring what we ought to b every -much alive to, and deliberately ignoring it, what is more,we are laying ourselves open to, not communism, which is a nalien 'creed to most American students, but to fascism, which i s'belch :closer to Name, and much more likely to become the domi-nant American political philosophy, complete with its bastar dracial and religious graftings . For what is fascism? Is it not thecreation of a strongly nationalistic political and economic move-ment, magnifying the rights of the State over those of the indi -+wisdual, in which both industry, though -remaining 'largely unde rprivate ownership, and all administrative political units, arecontrolled by a strong central ,government? And does not this ,in practice, tend to throw up anti-racial doctrines, of which wehave all already seen too many ?
But •Why should we, as students, be held at all to blame i fthis should happen? Surety, because if it does tome about, itwill occur when we are in positions of sufficient responsibility tostop it, Should we en refire : Sot I do not think that at the presentmany of us would 'desire to psevent such a movement . For we
are prone to .. seek the comforts of "civilized" living, and this con-tentment with the state of our stomachs will let the fascists, wh opromise these comforts, in through the already open door .
I do not think that anyone wild deny that in Adrien Arcand'sNational Unity Party, we already have a Canadian fascist party .And Arcand's blackshirts have openly demonstrated their wil-lingness to become the sympathizers of any respectable minorit ygroup, in order to further their own ends of crime and corruption .:40 Calgary, for instance, they marched behind the Hungaria nsympathizers in 1956 . And they themselves reported that as aNational-Socialist party they were in business .
-But the real encouragement to -fascism is the carelessnes sof we students in ignoring the implications of our deliberateeeriness — our own laziness . For fascism is not one of the thing s4bat just -happens . It is inflicted upon us by_ interested peopl ewho take advantage of our ignorance to further the ends tha ttheir twisted minds suggest to them to be the most profitable .And when they do seize power, through carelessness, ignorance ,ar what you will, they are devilish hard to get rid of .
— M.P.S .
s A Ghos tHow long are we going to be forced to live with a ghost ?The Fall General Meeting in failing to draw even a half o f
"he students required to constitute it officially in session, prove dfor the fourth consecutive year that it has no significance in ourpresent system of student government .
And yet we are faced with the anomaly of having as a n,q ficial part of our government this body which, presuming t o- omnipotent, has in fact insufficient •power -to eliminate itself .
By perennially failing to attract .a quorum, the meeting i sprobably the only institution of government anywhere that i skept alive by apathy.
"The Fall General Meeting is dead .tCar+'t we dispose of the body?
—B .C .
The request sent this monthto the federal government byan influential national women'sorganization should give ne whope to everyone in Canadawho seeks to provide himsel fwith a university educatio nthrough the proceeds of hi sown labor .
The organization is the Ca-tholic Women's League and itsrequest is that the governmen tdo something to lighten theburden it imposes on such stu-dents by demanding full in-come tax on all earnings theymust make to meet the high
LETTER SEditor,The UbysseyDear Sir :Thank heavens somebody hasfinally done something aboutproviding a little intellectua lstimulation on the campus !There has been a lot of talkabout student apathy but noone has ever before come u pwith anything like a real rea-son for it . How can there beanything like a real reason forit . How can there be anythingbut apathy when there is Fl oplace where students can goregularly to express their opin-ions . -
$ritish universities, and con- -tinental universites n general ,don't seem to suffer fro mapathy. One possble reason fo rthis is that they have a lon gtradition of student debatin gbehind them. University de-bating is one way of airingcontroversial issues, particu-larly when it is organized inthe form of a regular studen tforum .
It seems to me that debatin ghas always assumed a role ofminor importance at U . B. C .and t omy knowledge, U . B. C .has never had a StudentForum .
Congratulations to the Deba-ting Union for organizing aStudent Forum at i B . C. Iknow that I will certainly sup-port it and I am sure that therest of the student body will b ejust as enthusiastic as I am .
Yours sincerely ,Valerie Dill — Arts III
The Editor ,The Ubyssey,
Dear Sir,Although Mr . Kitchings let-
ter (Oct. 15) made me pleas-antly aware of the spiritua lqualities of my .blood donation,I feel that his criticism of mas spersuasion methods used un-derscores THE reason forwhich we bleed—namely, th edesperate need for blood . Sogreat is this need that givingblood has almost become theduty of every physically cap-able individual toward his com-munity .In sponsoring a blood drive,we are not primarily concern-ed with the moral uplift of th egiver, but rather with the lifehis donation may save . As wewell know, left to make up ourown minds the "objective con-siderations" of by far the ma-jority of students leads to the"personal conviction" that th eneedle is too damn big; and i fpersuasive methods, fair orfoul, cause one more student b'overcome these conviction sthen these methods have beenamply justified .
Yours -truly,John Greenhouse — Arts IV
and rising cost of a universit ycareer . Specifically the Leagueasks that earnings of studentsup to $1,500 a year be mad etax free .
There is special reason thisyear to welcome such a signof public awareness of this pa-tently unjust imposition.
Those students who, despitejob problems created by th eIWA strike, will be able to putin the extra work needed t omeet the fee increase and othernew obligations can expect, asa result, to receive an evenlarger tax assessment tha nusual come Spring.
For those unfamiliar withthis problem—if any such stu-dents exist—a simple exampl ewill suffice :
For the privilege of earning$2,500—surely 'the very leaston which he can maintain him-self for 12 months and meethis minimum university ex-penses—the single student mus tpay in income tax $240 .
For making $100 extra tomeet the fee increase alone, thegovernment assesses him an-other $16.
In other words, the harderthe student works for his edu-cation, the itchier becomes thegovernmental palm .
Doubless there are - those whowill point for justification tosources of government assist-ance anailable now to students.Certainly the working studentcontributes to these throughhis taxes, but can it also besaid that they solve his wor-ries ?
There are scholarships .If he works through the win-
ter—as he surely must if heis to be self-supporting - -th eworking student obviouslystands at a disadvantage incompeting for scholarships. Ifhe decides to spread his stu-dies around the year, usin gsummer school, correspondencecourses or night classes, he isdisqualified altogether .' There are bursaries .
But here again the workin gstudent may be unable to gainthe required record of achieve-ment, in scholastic or other ac-tivities, because of his constanttime shortage. In any event, h emust plead inability to earnenough to meet his obligationsbefore he is even eligible .
There are loans .The new "learn-now-pay-
later" plan is, of course, mosthelpful of all to those who can-not make ends meet . Yet astudent should not be blamed—and surely ought not to bepenalized—for doing all in hispower to pay now and laterface the hazards of early pro-fessional life free of interest -bearing debt and resulting cre-dit barriers .
Helpful as they most certain-ly are to some, these forms o fgovernment assistance can atbest answer only a small partof the working student's prob-lem.
He must be brilliant indeedwho gets back from govern-ments in September, throughscholarship or bursary, morethan half of what he had t opay through income tax inMarch. He will be lucky ,too ,who raises in government-backed loans more than one-sixth of his total needs duringa university career .
Certainly these schemes pro-vide no justification whateverfor imposition of taxes on themoney a man must earn to meethis university expenses, inpart or whole . The true issu eis whether his contribution tohis own education can con-tinue today to be regarded asa luxury outlay .
Can it possible be main-tained that a man's need to goto a naturopath, therapeutist orchiropodist is more importantto the state than his need togo to school ?
Can it reasonably be shownthat an individual's investmen tin his own education mattersless than his investment incommon stock? Or that a uni-versity is less important to astudent than a housekeeper toa clergyman, conventions to abusinessman or manure to afarmer?
This is what the governmentclearly says, for these are allareas in which income tax con-cessions are allowed .
Surely fairness and sanity,the professed beliefs of our so-ciety and the predicament ofour civilization all demand theabolition of this penalty onthose who try to educate them-selves. Perhaps, indeed, withpublic opinion already aroused,some action now by studen tbodies might secure such achange in the very next budget.
—Martin Taylor (Law I )
Special Events &Fine ArtsANNUAL SPECIAL EVENT WEEK
October 22 to October 3 0OCTOBER 19—Peter Swann : Illustrated lecture on " A
Survey of Chinese Art ". Based on theimportant objects in the Museum o f
- Eastern Art, Oxford . 12:30. Bu 102.
OCTOBER 22—Ambassador Guillaume Georges Picot .Permanent French Delegate to the U .N ."The French Revolution of May 1958 andthe new Constitution " .
OCTOBER 23—D. Wagoner & C . -Kizer : "CelebratedPoets". Have contributed to Prism, Ca-nadian Review, etc .
OCTOBER 27—Ray De La Torre, celebrated -Cuba nguitarist .
OCTOBER 29—Vancouver Symphony Orchestra .OCTOBER 30--wan McColl and Peggy Seeger . Famed
English folk singers .
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OCTOBER .16—Inbal Dance Theatre of Israel'OCTOBER .17--Saturday: Gay Nineties Revue -OCTOBER 19---Monday : Obernkerchin ,Children's Choir
PrMay, October 16, 1959
THE UBYSSEY
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GREEKS GET PLEDGES(continued from page 1 )
and facilities . He further recom-mends that "one representativ eand informed body be given theresponsibility for administratio n(of higher education in B .C .)" .Also, he advocated the financialsupport of all but the essentia leducational facilities by thecommunity developing them .
This ended the actual address .In closing, the President ex -pressed his belief in the needfor the university student and ofhis university to further the no-bility and the dignity of modernman. The university student re-presents the limited portion ofour western civilization whichis allowed complete freedom t odevelop himself, and the univer-sity, as apart from the rest ofits community, is a testingground for this freedom . Non-conformism and hete r o d o x yshould govern the policies ofr, auniversity, but here again thereis the need for the willingnes sto accept responsibility for one' sactions or words, and to conside rand bear the brunt of publicopinion .
CLASSIFIE DSTUDENT working in Library
Mon., Tues ., Wed. eveningsuntil 10 p .m . urgently need sride home along Broadwayregularly. Please phone Pennyat TR 4-8654, eves .
FOUND—on Frosh-Hazing Day ,lfwrist watch . Owner come toL'US office in Engineeringbuilding .
LOST — 150 Baptist StudentsPlease return to Phy 302 o nFri . at 12 :30 .
MEN'S Dark Horn-rimmedGlasses in red moroco case .Lost between M22 and Boo kstore Cafe.
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Tuesday was pledge day forthe campus's seventeen Gree kLetter Fraternities . Here is theway they went :
ALPHA DELTA PHI (17 )Bob Atkinson, Bill Berardino ,
Ken Boyce, Don Celle, Ian Dav-idson, Geoff Feilding, PeterHoward, Paul Joyce, Jim Mc -Gibbon, Ted Owen, Roger Per-cival, Dave Pete, George Puolos ,Bob Stewart, Tom Woodside ,Flip Wooten, Harold Wright .ALPHA TAU OMEGA (8 )
Randle Abernathy, Paul Axel -son, Ross Carling, Gary Grif-fiths, Chuck Grodzicki, Ed Haus -chka, Peter Popham, Mike Sulli-van .
DELTA KAPPA EPSILON (4 )Ron Fallis, Phil Paslawski ,
Bob Squires, Neil Vickers .BETA THETA PI (27 )
Bill Addison, Bill Anderson ,Tom Annandale, Dave Back-strom, Mac Brown, David Cam-eron, Bob Connochie, Bria nEvans, Doug Helmer, RobertHoye, Phil Lower, Bas Meikle ,Barry Miller, Brant Mitchell ,Don North, Bill Ouellet, DickPatterson, Bob Perkins, GeorgePeter, Eric Ricker, Rocke Rob-ertson, Lorne Ross, Roger Smith ,John Stigant, Al Tait, Mike Tay-lor, Terry Wales .DELTA UPSILON (19 )
Bill Adams, John Barberie ,Brian Barron, Chet Bell, ChuckDunn, Don Esselmont, SteveHawryluk, John Hemmingsen ,Ed Hepner, Paul Hunt, JohnHunter,' Doran Jacobson, RogerMcKay, Al McLennan, Ron Mar-cinko, Charles Mendleman, Pau l
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KAPPA SIGMA (12)Dave Duff, Steve Hagemoen ,
Hugh Ladner, Duke McElroy ,Allan Miller, Gordon Papke, JimPoyner, Duane Sander, DennisSelder, Ken Tierney, Fred Wein-man, Walter Litven .
LAMBDA CHI ALPHA (2 )Bert Davies, Owen Whiteside .
PHI DELTA THETA (17 )Bob Andrew, John Bain, Lauch
Farris, Al Foster, Doug Fraser;Mike Hughes, Mike Kembie ,Murray Leith, Graham Leslie ,Barry McBride, Murray Mac -Kenzie, George Megaw, Gordo nSmith, Eddy Stewart, Bob Suth-erland, Terry Warren, Bob Wil-son .PHI GAMMA DELTA (34 )
Mike Akerly, Les Ashbaugh ,Bryan Bird, George Brazier ,John Brighton, Peter Browne ,Mel Bryan, Ted Bryan, Ro nCook, Kit Cagg, John Dalton ,Jim Dodd, Jack Ferguson, Pa tGlenn, Tony Green, Quinn Hal-ford, Mike Hanson, Barry Hems-worth, Leigh Hirst, Roger. Rol-lick, Don Krogseth, John Lecky ,David McDonald, Peter McIn-tosh, Ian Matheson, Mik eO'Keefe, Mike Overholt, Brya nReynolds, Tom Sharp, Bob Som-erville, Bob Stuart, Ray Towers .Jon Tollestrup, John Trimble .PHI KAPPA PI (5 )
Mike Barley, Robin Daliel ,Ted Liebich, Peter Popoff, andFrank Rowe .PHI KAPPA SIGMA (19 )
Gordon Aalhus, Ken Benson ,Bill Biggin, Bill Bradley, Chris
Davies, Bill Gum, Bent ,Jensen ,Roger Kearns, Andy Kennedy ,Bob Krieger, Ralph Moyle, Bar tReemeyer, Art Stafford, Brya nStovell, Bayne Vance, Bill Wed-ley, Darryl Wheatcroft, Bo bChristie, Ron Graham .
PHI EPSILON (7 )Tom D'Aquion, Bob DeLeen-
her, Dale Emery, Brian Flana-gan, Bob Foulis, Laurie Frisby ,Jim Hutchison .
SIGMA ALPHA MU (1 )Dave Hammer.
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ZETA BETA TAU (14 )Sid Belzberg, Art Camerman ,
Norm Camerman, Barrie Cohen ;Bruce Cohen, Ken Fox, LarryIzen, Earl magna, Martin Kag-noff, Paul Katz, Sandy Martin ,Steve Simon, Gerry Sklar, LouisZucker .ZETA PSI (14 )
Charles Bawlf, Doug Cherring-ton, John Cutler, Fraser Evens,Rich Freer, Gordon Hall, CharlesHon, Eugene Killam, John Lun-dell, Brian McDermott, Mal-colm McLean, Neil McLeod ,Dewy Millar, Ray Zanar .
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To the western .traveller ,Hungary presents an interest-ing mixture. The pattern o flife, with its many decidedlyeastern elements, may misleadthe outsider, but anyone wellaquainted with the culturalfoundations knows that ideo-logically and culturally Hun-gary belongs to the westernworld . Lack of space stops mefrom enlarging on the histor-ical evidence in proof of thi sstatement. I simply wish tostress the fact that with themomentous decision of the firstking to join the block of west-ern 'Christianity, she success-fully repulsed any attempt tobe' drawn into the eastern orbit .It caused her tremendous lossof blood, often brought her tothe verge of extinction, but a sshe rose, literally from th eashes at times, she again em-erged as the cultural partne rof the west.
Her whole literature is deep-ly rooted in that ideology .From a linguistic point of viewshe is cut off from the mainblock. Whereas all other lang -uages in Europe are more orless spoken all over the Contin-ent, the Hungarian languag eremained acurious past-timefor the very few. Translations.can never give a true idea ofthe original; the' best have de-fied interpretation and, un-fortunately, the great bulk oftranslated works are of the
that have in- ,merit
are' the
als, there is nothing to regre tabout the fact that they arefirst and foremost known t oHungarians. The loss for thi sisolation is a loss not to Hun-gary, but to the west becausealthough it may sound presum-tuous, it is the truth that thebest in Hungarian literatureequals and at times surpasses .the achievement of those whohave been hailed as the great.'est for the whole of Europe .
It is a wonderful opportun-ity for me to lead the outsiderpast outstanding personalitie sin Hungarian literature . I shal l'consciously omit, or simplymention in passing, those wh oachieved outstanding work ina lesser sense . They may be atreasured heritage for Hungar-ians because luckily enoughHungarians possess a keen fac-ulty for creative writing, but Ishall try my best to aquaintthe readers with names andworks that could and woul dhave been those of universalinterest had they been writte noutside the Hungarian border .
8F ~F ~FThe general pattern of liter-
ary development in Europe hasa parallel line in Hungary ,even if a few steps behind intime, or with - greater gap sowing to devastating events inHungarian history. There areexamples of more or less hist-orical folk-lore, there are rep-resentative pieces of ecclesia-stical writing both in proseand poetry, there are the trou -
. badours, singing of heroicdeeds, or expressing the emo-
ing out of the depth of theirown spiritual experiences ,thereby laying down the found-ations of Hungarian prosody .Hungarians still sing the Psal-mas in Albert Szenczi Molnar' srendering.
I wish to stress these poet-ical beginnings because of al lthe field of literature, Hungar-ians achieved the greatestheights in poetry .
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Balint Balassa in the 16thcentury poured his deep emo-tions into his love lyrics inbetween fierce battles with th eTurks, who in that centuryoverran the greater part o fHungary. He himself regardedfighting as his main field ofactivity ; he died as a soldierand, if at all, he would valuedonly his religious poems, sothat his lovelyrics were onlydiscovered by accident decade slater, but Hungarian literarycriticism places him as the firs tand foremost of love poets . Hewas the creator of a peculia rtechnical version which wasimitated by many after him.He handled the Hungarian lan-guage with a lightness un-known before, never sacrific-ing depth of feeling for ease o fexpression .
• At AtIn the 17th century there
appeared an outstanding per-son: Miklos Zrinyi . He is deep-ly rooted in the history of thenation. The power of'the Turkswas waining. But the west wasimmune to the challenge toliberate Hungary from foreign
of an ancient family, an im-portant political personage,saw the chance for freedom .He had the means to organiz earmies for the liberation ofHungary and recognizd the in-tricacies of power politics tha tblocked his way. A grandsonof one of the heroes of Hung-ary's resistance against theTurkish rule, he was in an ex-cellent position to voice hisopinions. He was one of thos euniversal minds who couldachieve only outstanding re-sults which ever field of act-ivity he turned to . He spen this life in fierce battle againstthe enemy but he also foundtime to write eminent politica land military tracts, all in thebest of Hungarian prose, urg-ing the necessity of a fina lshow-down with the Turks . Herealised that the Hungariancause had no true understand-ing outside the border . Hung-arians stood alone , , but, he wasconfident, they had the strengthin themselves to achieve liber-ation . It is interesting to not ethat the theme of one of hi stracts inspired Zoltan Kodaly ,a contemporary musician to th ewriting of a choral-orchestra lwork which for the similar-ity of situation and experiencewas played to a deeply symp-athetic and responsive aud-ience about two years ago .
But Miklos Zrinyi will liv eas one oft he greatest of Hun-garian poets both as a lyricistand even more so as the creato rof the epic : SZIGETI VESZE-DELEM; The latter relates theheroic self-sacrifice of his
grandfather at the Fortress o fSziget . The incident is raisedout of local significance by pre-senting it as the victory of'Christianity over the heathenrule . It has often been likenedto Tasso's similar work .
Mihaly Csokonay Vitez live din the baroque era . A true rep-resentative of that literaryfashion he was, always keep-ing in mind that what he wrote
• was . not only finely chiselle din form but was the proof ofdeep, personal experience. Hewould have been a first classlyricist and a treasured heri-tage for all Europe, had bu this poetry been mown to therest of the world . He was ascapable of rendering deepphilosophical thought in vers ejust as perfectly (ODE TO THEECHO AT TIHANY) as of writ-ing light hearted songs abou this appreciation of the "bottle"or expressing his raptured lov etoward his lady in poetry thatto the visual mind would pre-sent itself as a fine piece oflace. It is but natural thatsome of his poems have beenset to music and are widelysung all over Hungary .
Some of his near contempor-aries were overshadowed bythe absolute greatness of thi sone person but would deserveMention as very good poet sanywhere . The Kisfaludy bro-thers tried their hands both atpoetry and drama, Karoly ach-ieving great merit in the latte rfield . They both enriched theHungarian literary languagewith new turns of expressionadding variety to Hungarian
prosody .At At oit
One of the greatest eras i nHungarian literature, however ,appeared in the 19th century .It could be called a veritableGolden Age, just as was theElizabethan period in England .In both cases a happy nation -al consciousness was the basisfor the great upsurge in creat-ive writing. The historicalbackground in Hungary was ,however, entirely different .Hungary emerged from 15 0years of Turkish rule to lif ebut not to complete nationalindependence . The Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy, thoughit could have been beneficial bya more enlightened rule, ha soften met a life and deathstruggle for national existenceand cultural independence.One had to be a very true pat-riot to wave aside the definit eadventages of conforming tothe Austrian influence . To-wards the beginning of the 1 9century it could be of greateruse for a Hungarian to regardhimself as an Austrian subjectthan a .Hungarian national .That national consciousnes sand belief in the possibility o fthe Hungarian language as asuitable medium for cultur epersisted are partly due to thegreat service of a group o fwriters in the previous cent-ury centering round the per-sonality of Ferene Kazinczy .He was a great literary organ-iser, a wonderful leader anda prolific writer. . His aestheti ctaste and ability of leadershi pnot only raised the Hungarianlanguage from rusty oblivion
but prepared it for the com-ing era . He and his friends havedone a great service and Hun-garians revere their memory .However, I am not doin gjustice to him if I do not dwel llonger on his activities .By the middle of the 19th cen-tury the Reform era ha ddawned all over Europe . Hun-garians could rightly hopefor some understanding of theirnational aspirations agains ttraditional Austrian politics ,which would react violently toanything that might distur bthe seemingly calm unity ofAustrian domination. Just asevery reform movement i sbrought about by young intel-lectuals, the writers becam ethe flag-bearers for politicalrights . We may dispense withthe political angle, however.These writers were Hungarianpatriots . They were proud o ftheir national heritage, lovedtheir language and insisted o nthe fact that Hungary shoul dhave a Hungarian culture root-ed in their own language andnot fed from the Germanic pat-tern. Their heroic fight wa sbacked up by the Hungaria ntheatre group . They often suf-fered privation against thewell patronized German the-atre but they won the battle i nthe long run and are duly re-garded as part of the Hungar-ian literary movement . Theyproved by the power of th espoken word that Hungarianwas a beautiful languageworth fighting for . Like Kaz-inezy before, Mihaly Voros-marty became the central fig-
ure of the movement. He as-tonished even his friends bythe sonorous beauty of his epicpoem, ZALAN FUTASA (Zal-an's Flight) . Surely a Ianguagethat could create such a workwas worthy of recognition.Vorosmarty is a poet of philosophical calibre . Something-lik eDante—truly lyrical but extremely deep in thought . HisHymn became the national an -them of the Hungarians. Hewas capable of depth andheight of emotion and occas-ionally showed ability formirth, but on the whole he wildremain the serious mindedpoet His sensative nature i struly revealed in his fate .When the Hungarians even-tually rose to fight for thei rfreedom and the battle waslost, not against the Austria nforces but against the mightyarmy of the Russian Czar,whom the Austrian Emperorcalled in to quell the rising ,Vorosmarty suffered a com-plete breakdown from whichhe never recovered in spite ofthe devoted love and care ofhis family. It is due to Voros-marty's ability as a literar ycritic that soon a most talentedgroup of younger writers wer eswarming around him. Thereis no time to mention them allbut we cannot by-pass SandorPetofi . He is perhaps the onl yone whose name at least might-be known outside his owncountry. He was the son of aninnkeeper, and as such wa scompletely at home with th esimple people . He himself wasa genius. During his schoolinghe read everything that couldbe read in several languages,and in spite of a turbulent car-eer as a student, he assimilated.more culture than his profes-sors were capable of renderin g—but he never forgot his roots .He started a new literary tradi-tion by speaking as naturally -in his poems as anyone in thestreet . In spirit he was a Hun-garian Shelley. Freedom washis idol. Universal freedomtook the shape of national frees,dom for Hungary, as he identi-fied himself with the nationalstruggle. He was barely 2 6years old when he fell in thefighting . By that time he cuta completely new path intothe inroads of Hungarian liter-ature, and left a heritage that ,no matter how vaguely, trans-cended even the national boun-dary. His songs of freedomfight and his beautiful lov epoems are cherished treasuresnot only to Hungarians,. butshould rightly rank with the--greatest of all nations .
His best friend, and on th esurface a complete anthithesi sof him, was Janos Arany . Onlyon the surface though. Axanyis best remembered by his epicpoem, the TOLDY TRILOGY,expressing the essence of Hun-arian personality in the life of e.a Hungarian hero of old timesbut Arany's lyrical poemsthough different — are equiv-alent in depth and value toPetofi's. As a man of quiettemperrpent he stood some-_what in the background duringthe freedom fight but he wasjust as ardent a patriot as Pet-ofi and his nearly masochisticself-reproach for the simplefact that he, lived throughwhile Petofi died, show tha the identified himself completely with the cause, and for sometime after its loss he saw noth-ing worth living for . While. .Petofi wrote poetry as a birdsings, Arany took meticulouscare over every line . He fol-lowed Petofi's-course in expres-sing himself naturally and simply. By his heritage as themeson of the people and by. his . :
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A Survey Of Hungarian Literaturetions of the heart toward the domination . Zrinyi, as the headchosen lady . There are the gaysongs of drinking parties . Outof the great bulk of more orless anonymous writing ther eemerge a few who achievedpersonal merit .
Just as most of the nationa lliteratures of Europe shook of fthe shakles of the universalLatin language round about thetinge of the Renaissance andReformation with the greatTranslation of the bible irrt otheir national languages, Hun-gary also looks back with prideto the rendering of the Bibleinto Hungarian. Many greatHungarian poets have beendeeply affected by the phras-eology and prophetic qualityof that Book . The Bible, as i nother languages, has been re -translated and modernized sev -eral times since its first appear -ance, but just as the AuthorizedVersion remains the cherishedheritage of all English speak-ing peoples, the first transla-tion in Hungary is still themost widely used. During theturbulent times of Catholic-Protestant controversy, thefigure of Peter Bazmanyappears head over shouldersabove anyone else . His formid -able theological powers joine dto an outstanding ability to ex-press himself in clearest Hun-garian prose, provide a greatdelight even to the moder nreader, whether or not heagrees or disagrees with thetenets of the tracts: At - the -same time Protestant preach-
spokesmen of their own group; erg, imbued with poetica l
with the peculiar problems grid spirit ; compiled the first hym n
interests of their own nation- books, translating and creat-
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sious care he achievedgreatness that nearly two
rations passed till anyoneI assert himself as a poetis own right not only awer of Arany .
le feels guilty in omittin gt, other great names but Io remain true to my deci-to mention only writers ofnational calibre .everywhere else, the 19t h
try was the cradle of novelng. There were very goodfinings earlier, (Jozsef Eat-Zgigmond Kemeny), but i t'om here that the non-ng stream of novelists be -The- outstanding pros e
o this great period wa sJokai, who, though faultyinstruction at times, wa sguiling narrator . With hisof the wonderful past he
.gthened the Hungarianstheir- aspirations for th e•e . He, in many ways ,i be 'likened to Sir Walter: . Both his interests an dechnigue show similaritie shis literary appeal is veryi the same . No young Hun-In fails to find endless de-in his stories, and when ,a life's struggle, we be-
;o be weary of/reality, weback to writing that
's up everywhere in greatf . My old father wouldr read anything else any
but Jokai'snovels . Oncedens this book, according t otestimony of the family ,?resent ceases to exist fo r
lore . we emerge into thecentury, I must honour
great dramatists. One i s?.f Ketone. His tragedy,
BAN has never beenhe Hungarian stage . Apart
its inherent greatnes sas literature and theatre ,
'y and prosody, it has al-had a symbolic signifi-
e for Hungarian audiences .a tragedy, it depicts theact of Bank (ban was theoffice of a noble beside
king) as a human beingas a representative of the
in his absence. Deeplyiged by the alien Queen ,human being he takes re-e and stabs the Queen t o1 . In a sense, he was right .Queen has done great in-se, not to him only but tovhole nation, whose spoke-
he was ; ; her death wasEied--but :as ".ban" he wa slisted to be the protectorfie royal house in the ab -
the king, and as suc hailed. His punishment iss own soul .e tragedy lives as one of;cry's greatest operas asset to music by Feren c
1 . But its unfailing histor-nessage to Hungarians wil lys be the heroic fightfist alien authority. Withbed teeth, the censor letiss during the retributiond' after the fight for free-a hundred years ago —still one of the drama s
commands- a full house ,► ever it is staged .e other work would rank
Browning's or Goethe's .pry achievement, exceptit is infinitely more theat-than Browning's, but justleeply poetic, and witht It bears a resemblanc ee theme, but only to th erficial viewer. Faust i sraged), of one type of man,Madach's TRAGEDY OF
'KIND is definitely the in-de riddle of life As therei excellent translation inish, I shall dwell upon i tshortly, The tragedy leadsthrough history, prophet-
ically enough including a scen eof the future which is , verymuch a present in totalitaria nstates. It even goes further,showing man the futility of allstruggle by taking him to a nimaginary period when lifeceases to exist on this planet,even beyond, out to the inhu-man Universe. The tragedy 1 s
Adam's dream all through his-tory. In every scene he appearsas an actual historical person-age: a pharaoh, Miltiades, aKnight of the Cross, a revolu-tionary of the French rebellion ,a disillusioned nonentity, aworker of a totally organizedstate reduced to a mere num-ber, etc. At the end, he comesto the only possible conclusion—it is not worth it . His oneway, out is blocked by God—at the same time faith andtrust is instilled into him thatenable him to carry on .
Madach was a greater philos-opher than a poet but by alucky coincidence in Hungar-ian literary history, his workwas gently and understand-ingly revised by one of th egreatest, Janos Arany, so that ,as it stands now it is poetry,philosophy and theatre com-bined at the fullest . It oftendefies production on a conven-tional stage but I have seen itas an open air performance .Given the breadth, height anddepth, it is perfect theatre .However, as most poetic dram -as, it renders complete enjoy-ment by simply reading. it .
It is always the . most dif-ficult to view one's own cen-tury . I also have to admit thatI have a very scanty know-ledge of 'what has happenedsince the last war . I am utterlysuspicious of merit being dole dout for political services so Icannot take the view of con -temporary critics at home . Ihave samples of literature ofthe present but I lack a globa lview. Rather than to do in -justice to really good writersor praise those who are no tworthy I shall stop my surveyround the first quarter of thi scentury .
Arany with his tremendousowed or overdazzled literaturefor half a century. There weremany good poets, even grea tpoets, shortly after him, bu tnone could achieve his heights .The rebellion came with Endr eAdy. His career was a volcaniceruption. The battle raged(and is still raging in the mind sof many) as to his merit . Onething every reader was forcedto recognize: he was utterlydifferent : His poetry was com-plete revolt in form and con-tent . No more chiselled word-ing, no more well balancedsentences . He lived in the er aof impressionism and hispoetry reflected it. He spokein big blotches of symboli cwording instead of depictingevery shade of his meaning tothe last syllable. His first read-ers thought he was mad. Manylaughed . Others scorned himbecause he did .not flatter Hun -garian self-respect . The restlistened. By listening longenough they understood himjust as Matisse can be easilyunderstood once one gets used
his technique. Moreover,they understood that when h eflogged Hungarians for seriou sshortcomings, he did that fro ma deep love of his people . Hewas one of them . He travelledfar, he was enchanted by newviewpoints in Paris, and on re-turning he saw discrepenciesin sharp relief. But he cam eback all the same—and stayed—in spite of the fact that hi swas a bitter lot . A few whounderstood his message stood
by him. Those who wereagainst him were set to silencehint'. At the same time he wasstruggling with an incurabledisease that eventually kille dhim. In the new forms and ex-pressions that he brought ,were extravagancies The epi-gons made a sorry mess of it .His mode of expression can-not be divorced from his mes-sage but it is his message tha twill remain . It also marks himas a Hungarian poet only eventhough equal in poetical cal-ibre to the greatest in Europ-ean literature. Both for hismode of expression and mes-sage, he completely defies suc-cessful rendering into foreignlanguage . His poetry has mean-ing . for Hungarians only .Noone expressed with bitteranger and at the same timewith such heart-rendering sym-pathy the essentially tragi ccharacter of being a Hungar-ian:buffeted, pushed about b yforces outside, completely al-ien to Hungarian interests ,not even aware of the agonythey cause to Hungarians —also, buffeted and pushe dabout by inherent nationalfailings. Like symolists com-bining many colours in on egreat mass, he could depict th eforces of contrasting power sin one commanding symbolicpicture. Forces of good andevil tore at the core of his per-sonal life . He knew he was agenius encased in a rottingframe, for the decay of whic hhe alone was responsible . Re-bellion against the establishe dpowers and a childish humilit yin face of chiding goodness gohand in hand in his great lyri-cal utterances . One cannotread Ady without being utterlymoved. Hailed for a long timeas the greatest blasphemer, h eis also acknowledged as thetruest religious poet in beingable to render the utter depre-dation of sinfulness in its fullmeaning Moralists may chas-tize him for his wasted life —it made him the poet, he was .
He had the same binding in-fluence on Hungarian poetryas Arany in the previous cen-tury. If anyone wished toappear new, they tried to writ elike him, but none could . Theyimitated his outside shell with-out the content, and the re-sult was pitiful . It took sometime till the mesmerising effectof his poetic personality le tothers run their own course .And again, there were several .Kosztolanyi, Juhasz, Toth ,Scabs) were all great poets .'There are contemporary writ-erss who will stand the siftin gof the age. But adhering to m yprincipal I can only mentionthem in passing . Kosztolanyi ,Juhasz and Toth were essent-ially urban intellectuals . Theygave masterful rendering of th eemotions of people living i na big city . They were mastersof the language, they wrote asif they were playing a harp .The musical quality of theirpoetry will never be forgotten .Illyes, a young intellectual o fthe agrar proeltariat presentedthe suffering, injustices andclaims of his own class He be-came the central figure afte rthe war, but he proved a great-er poet and a truer human be-ing than to barter his spiritmost shattering expressions offor political gain . One of histhe totalitarian spirit overhuman freedom appeared dur-ing the rising though it wa swritten long before . After therising he was imprisoned andhad a complete breakdown .Very little is known about hi spresent fate. Attila Jozsef ap-peared as the champion of the
proletariat . Decidedly .great asa poet he broke under thedouble weight of political cen-sorship, both from the groupwhom he antagonised by hismessage but even more by thecensorship of his own politica lgroup . Distracted in mind, hecommitted suicide beore h ereached poetic maturity . Lor-inc Szabo whose greatness hasnot yet been fully evaluated ,died barely a year ago . Emer-ging from, a left wing group ,he soared to the height of intel-lectual loneliness that is hardl ybearable. His search for th eultimate truth alienated himfrom every group, and he stoo dand died alone, understood b ya few only. His own poeticgenius was equalled by master-ful renderings of foreign poets .His translations of Shakes-speare's TEMPEST and A SYOU LIKE IT rank with th eoriginal in terseness of expres-sion and musicality of lang-uage. He translated in terse-ness of expresion and musical-ity of language . He translate dthe best of German, French an dEnglish Literature . He was averitable wizard 'with words ,and no difficulty of techniqu eor faithful rendering of con -
tent existed for him. Shakes-peare's sonnets have beentranslated by others and the yare good renderings, but stil lI wish to read them either i nthe original or in his interpre-tation .
Now let me turn back onestep and finish my survey withbowing to the greatness ofMihaly Babits . In many way she is the Hungarian T. S.Elliot but more universallyacceptable even though defin-itely for readers who are will-ing to work their understand-ing to his heights . Like Kazin-czy, Vorosmarty, Arany, hewas the central authority onliterature at the turn of theFirst War, almost the time ofhis death during the SecondGreat War . He was very broad-minded, even though definitelyserving a political view-pointcontrary to the accepted at thetime. His first and foremost in-terest lay in revmg literature .As the editor of the best Liter-ary Magazine, THE-WEST, he
encouraged young writers notonly to write, but to read . Hehelped them, but criticizedthem mercilessly . His ownpoetry is mainly lyrico-philoso- _phical, betraying an almostmorbidly sensitive spirit, agreat thirst for the perfect ,a scrutinizing interest in th eworking of the soul which nat-urally led ' him to a more andmore complete profession of'Christian faith, though neve rdogmatic even if peacefullyresting in Catholic idealogy .His quest for- perfection isequally represented in the nat-ural ease but critical contro lof 'his expressions. He experi-mented with various forms, en-riching Hungarian prosody t oa very great extent . He is theHungarian translator of Dante' sDIVINE COMEDY, an equa lrendering of the original, the .writer of the best survey of
• European literature till pres-ent times, a successful trans-lator of poetry and drama frommany European languages . Hisnovels recall the kind that waswidely practiced in Englan dwith Virginia Wolf in th ecenter, but he is definitely apoet and essayist . His experi-ments in novels will remain
experiments . On his death bed ,while the sanatorium where h elay was shattered by the in-vading army's barage, in thelast grips of cancer of thethroat, utterly incapable ofspeech, without a murmur ofcomplaint both for his own suf-fering and for the total collaps eof organised ljfe round him ,he finished his last great epi cpoem about Jonah . In it heprofessed his utter faith inGod's omnipotence over hum -an aspirations .
His message is so completelyalien to the present trend thatthere is very little chance toextract any political advant-age from his literary achieve-ments that even though hi sgreatness is riot denied, he i splaced very much in the bac kground. In the minds of thosewho caii . criticise literary ach -ieverr ent by its own standards ,he will remain, not only as on eof the greatest of Hungaria npoets, but a shining beacon ofthe whole European heritage .
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A UBC professor has made animportant archaelogical discov-ery in a Fraser Valley midden .
Dr . Charles Borden, leader ofan expedition which spent th esummer excavating in the Fras-er Canyon, north of Yale, hasunearthed - crude stone imple-ments said to be the oldestknown evidence of human habi -
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"This particular piece of ob-sidian is clear rather thanopaque," explained Dr . Borden ."The closest known deposits ofclear obsidian are in southernOregon, which suggests that lo-
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Pits of choke cherries, whichmature in August or September ,were found in the ashes .
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Dr. Borden :eels he is in-volved in a "race against pro-gress" in his investigations o fancient middens . Governmentaction is necessary to save prehis-toric sites from destruction, lik ethat in the Tweedsmuir Park re-gion after the Nechako dam pro-ject .
"We need an act with teeth init," Dr . Borden says, "before oldsites are ruined . "
Last summer's expedition wassupported by 'grants from theuniversity's committee on re-search, the Leon and-rhea Koer-ner Foundation.
The archaeoiog:st plans to re-turn next summer for furthe rwork .
A local resit-tent who notice dIndian artifacts nearby calledthe doctor's attention to the sitethree years ago .
It is situated about 60 feetabove the present high wate rmark of the Fraser, which ha sdeepened its channel by cuttingthrough solid rock.
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who presented 'their views onthe subject.
One student felt that censor-ship was necessary to protectthe "innocent" and those wit han "immature mind" .
It was stated that it was th eduty of the paper to satiricallyexpose the bad aspects of th euniversity even if it did shocksome people .WHO SHALL DECIDE ?
The question was raised as t owho was fair minded and broadminded enough to qualify for thejob of censoring the paper .
In his rebuttal Mr . Reddykoffstated that "If a man picks up apaper he can put it down, like-wise he can pick up a scorpionand put it down. By then itmight be too late . "
He said that if the circulationof the Ubyssey was limited tostudents, the problem would notarise .
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He stated that to "sacrifice myideas merely for my sensibilitiesor someone else's sensibilities i sridiculous ."INSIPID ARTICLES
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Frosh-Engineers CheerIn Halftime ContestOne of the largest football crowds at UBC this season is
expected to welcome the champion Thunderbirds hack fromtheir victorious prairie trip .
Here to take part in celebrations tomorrow will be th epowerful Pacific Lutheran College from south of the border .
BIG TESTThe exhibition meeting will b e
the Birds' biggest test of theseason .
Except for the first-placeclinching contest in Edmontonlast week, Frank Gnup's cre whas coasted through a relativelyeasy schedule, undefeated .
Last time the Birds met th ewell-groomed horses from Paci-fic Lutheran, the visitors cam eout on top .READY FOR FINAL ?
The game tomorrow afternooncould be Coach Frank Gnup' smost suitable yardstick yet, t odetermine where his teamstands as compared with last year—and also, how ready they areto meet the eastern Canadia nchampion in Toronto next month .
Game time tomorrow is 2 :0 0p .m .
Thunderbirds are healthy, andup for the contest. The walkingwounded, which included Hen-wood, Gordie Olafson and Ra yTowers, are flying again .
All will be dressed and seeaction .WORKING HAR D
The club has been workingout every night since Tuesday .
* One of the highlights of thegame tomorrow afternoon . willbe the annual Frosh-Engineerscheering contest, won last yearby the Frosh .
The contest takes place athalf-time .
GULFAll girls interested in playing
golf (whether you were on theWCIAU team or not) meet i nthe Women's Gym Monday a t12 :30 .
* * *TRACK AND FIEL D
Track practice today at noon .Meet in the Women's Gym first .
* * *BIG BLOC K
Meeting Friday at 12 :30 in theWomen's Gym .
Uoll~dwa~ea O~see.o!We are happy to announce the addition to our staff
of an OUTSTANDING
VOLKSWAGEN MECHANI CHe has been trained in Germany on this model. You may
safely trust your car to us for expert servicing and repairs .
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Gerry McGavin leads rugby'Birds against Ex-Brits on week-end .
SPORTSSHORTS
TENNISFirst practice for the women ' s
tennis team will be at the FieldHouse Monday at 5 :30 . All girlswishing to get instruction areurged to attend .
* *GIRLS' : RULESBASKETBALL
First practice of the Girls'Rules Basketball team will b eheld on Tuesday, October 20 ,from 4 :30-5 :30 in the Women' sGym .
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Rowers StartTraining
UBC's championship rowingcrew has elected Bill McKerlic kas Captain. Walter D'Hont i sVice-Captain .
Plans for this year includethe Olympics. For the next twoweeks calisthenics will be hel dat the Field House at 4 :30 andthe Gym at 12:30 every week -day .
Alice Genge 'leads P.E.entry in backstroke event of Intramural Swimming Meet .
Intramural Swi mCrowns To Zeta, P.E.
Zetas won four out 'of fiveevents in the men 's intramuralswimming competition yester-day to rack up- 38 points andfirst place .
Physical Education toppedthe women's events .
Zeta Psi's Pete Pellatt broketwo records in winning the Free -style and Individual Medley .
Bill McKerlick of Phi Delt aset a new mark in the men' sbackstroke .
ALICE SPARKS WI NIndividual standout for Phys
Ed was Alice Genge, who wonevery event in which. . she wa sentered .
Second place team in men'scompetition was the Engineer' screw. Phi Delta Theta were thirdwith 14 points behind Engineers '20 .
Other teams- were Forestry ,Ramblers, Delta Upsilon, Ph iGamma, St . Andrew's and BetaTheta, who finished in that or -der .
TIE FOR SECON DIn the women's events, wo-
men's residences and Gamma
Football DameSaturday Night
Social event after the PacificLutheran Football game is theV.O.C. sponsored Football Dance.at Brock-Hall, from 9 to; 12 p .m .
All students are invited todance to John Frederickson'sOrchestra . Couples $1.25 andstag .75 .
Come one, come all to th eFootball ball .
Phi tied for second spot with13 points each .
The winning Phys Ed tea mpicked up a total of 33 .5 points,chiefly on Miss Genge's perform-ance .
Fresh placed third with 1 2
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points, Alpha Delta Pi werefourth. Other teams finishing
were Education, Alpha Gamma, ;Delta Gamma, Acadia and Nur-ses, in that order .
FINAL RESULTS
Men's 55 yard breaststroke—John Phillips (Forestry), 41 .2 ;Women's 55 yard breaststroke —Alice Genge <PE), 45 .8 ; Men's 55yard backstroke — Bill McKer-lick (Phi Delta), 36.8 ; Women' s55 yard backstroke.—Alice Genge(PE), 42 .5; Men's 55 yard free -style — Pete Pellatt (Zeta Psi) ,30 .0 ; Women's 55 yard freestyle—Alice Genge (PE), 33 .7 ; Men'sindividual medley—Pete Pellatt -(Zeta Psi), 2 :21 .5; Women's modley relay—P.E., 2 :14 ;0;' Men'smedley relay—Zeta Psi, 2 :00 .8 ;Women's freestyle relay --- Wo-men's Residences; 2 :48 .8 ; Men's,freestyle relay—Zeta Psi, 2 :15 .7.
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THE UBYSSEY
Friday, October 16, 1959
Wtween classes (continued from page 1 )Oct. 19, in Mr. Friedson's Apt .Apt. 9, 1976 W. 3rd, Vancouver .Please get copies of stories to b ediscussed from Hut M-II on Fri-day afternoon .
x x. *V.O.C .
Football Dance, Brock Hall ,9 :00-12 :00 . Tickets, $1 .25 couple ,75c single .
* * *
LIBERAL CLUBHear B .C. Liberal Leader . Ray
Perrault, on "Provincial Affairs"today at noon in Bu 104.
* * *HAMSOC
All members of Hamsoc ar erequested to attend the GeneralMeeting to be held at 12 :30 to -
"y in Phsics 391 .* . .* *
LIBRARYFind the book you want! Lib-
rary lectures will be given Mon .
Oct . 19 to Fri . Oct . 23, inclusivein Room 852 of the Library at
WANTEDDANCERS -_ SINGERS
ACTORSfor
the Dance Club Show
"Wot A Life"Auditions Today 12 :30-1 :30
MEET ATDANCE CLUB ROOM
9:30 to 11 :30 a .m., 1 :30-3:30 p .m .
BIOLOGY CLUBThe Biology Club_is presentin g
its first guest speaker of the yea ron Friday, Oct . 16, at 12 :30 inB 2000 . Professor G . T. Spencerwill speak on "Of Lice and Men" .Come early to get a good seat !
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C.C.F.C .C .F . presents "The ImmoraI-
ity of Capitalism", the first ofa series of discussion groups o nthe Winnipeg Declaration. Poli-tical Club Room 352, Brock Ex-tension, Fri ., Oct . 16, at 12 :30 .All members are invited to a ttend .
* *
CURLING (Women )All girls wishing to try out
for a University Curling Teammust be registered by Wed ., Oct .21 . Meeting Oct. 15, 12:30, inWomen's Gym, or contact Rut hAnn Senz, AL 9877 .
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COMMONWEALTH CLUBBlack and White in South
Africa, plus speaker, Friday, 1 6Oct ., at 12 :30 in Bu 100 . Admis-sion Free .
UNIV. BAPTIST CLUBUniversity Baptist Club meet s
today at 12 :30 in Phy . 302. Rev .Standerwick, speaker .
* * *
PRE-SOCIAL WORK SOCIET YMeeting Monday at 12 :30 . Bu
214. Miss McCubbin will spea kon Social Work in Mental Health .
* * *
GERMAN CLU BMeeting today in Brock Ex -
tension, Rm . 363 . Party tonight ,particulars at meeting .
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BAPTIST STUDENT UNIO NDevotional meeting, Bu 227 ,
12 :30 . Bring your lunch .
Come to the
BROMOBALL
Tonight at 9 p .m .in BROCK HALL
Orchestra - PrizesFree Samples
Sponsored by P.H.U.S.
L . S . A.Panel discussion, "Students'
Place in the Church", Monday,12 :30 . Bu 216. Social evenin gthis Saturday evening . PhoneFA 5-6115.
* * *NEWMAN CLUB
Hard Times Party, Friday ,Oct . 16 . Dance Club Lounge, 8 :0 0p .m .
SOCCERUBC soccer teams see league
action on two fronts Sunda yafternoon .
W. A . D .Meeting today, Bu 223, 12:30 ,
for all interested in forming aUBC bowling team to competein a downtown league .
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SOCIAL CREDIT CLUBTea with the MLA's Sunday.
Phone YU 7-8269, ask of "Einar" .* * *
CIVIL LIVERTIES UNIO NOrganizational meeting, Bu
224. Dr. Stuart Jamieson, gues tspeaker .
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