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CORD SURVEYSTUDENTS LEAD A DOG'S LIFE—SIXTY

PER CENT WOULDN'T LIVE IT OVER

Compiled by Terry Halle

In answer to the question "Would youwant to live your whole life over", 60%of the student body replied in the neg-ative. It is interesting to note that only2 of the women would want to live theirlife over again.

Favorite Movie: Robe 38%. Otherswere: Here to Eternity 13%, MartinLuther 12%, Moon Is Blue 9%, JuliusCaesar 6%, Shane 5%, Roman Holiday3%, others (including ones not in therunning this year, like Moulin Rouge)14%.

Favorite actor: James Mason 10%.Runners up: Alex Guinness, GregoryPeck, Jose Ferrer, James Stewart. Girls'favorite was James Mason, then BobWagner. Favorite Actress: Doris Day 7%.Runners up: Jean Simmons, BarbaraStanwyck, Susan Hayward, Audrey Hep-burn, Liz Taylor, Jane Wyman. Boys'favorite was Doris Day, girls' was JeanSimmons.

Cocktail bars in Kitchener: Yes —44%, No—34%, No opinion 22%.

Attitude towards McCarthy: Favor —8%, Disfavor—ss%. No girl favoredhim. "Ideas can never be controlled"—student.

Why are you going to college:To get balanced liberal education 35%Eearn more money when I graduate 26%To be better citizen 10%To be better Christian 12%Don't want to work yet ~ 4%

Apparently no one is being forced togo here by his parents. '"r> . ~y

Attitude towards the 'CORD: Disfavor:15%, Favor—72% That makes us

happy. ■:

ATTITUDE towards News Weekly:Appears dull 27%Covers little of news 14%

Don't bother to read it 4%Total 45%

Covers all the news 7%Appears interesting 42%

Total 49%. . . Not as safe a margin as that of

the Cord!If you had children of college age

would you send them to this school? Yes:62%, No;, 29%.

What do you expect your income to beten years after you graduate?

Under $6,000 — 57% c, 6-10,00 —18%, 10-15,000 — 11%, over $15,000— 6 % .

One girl states that she doesn't expectto be earning an income then.

What would you do with $3,500.00?Buy a car—14%. Save it for marriage—33%. Other (such as get married,charity, save it, travel, further educa-tion, buy house, retire) 53%.

75% think college life should be bal-anced. 24% think that it should entailmore work and less fun. One girl thinksthat it should be mostly fun.

Attitude towards athletics:Want them to win 62%Interested 24%Don't care, don't follow it 14%

Politics:Progressive Conservative: 34%Liberal: 29%None (vote for best man) 17%CC.F. 5%)Social Credit 3%Don't follow politics 12%

What is your attitude towards MarilynMonroe? Favor: 36%. Disfavor: 31%.

Comment: Not worth an opinion. Gooddog meat. Abusing God's gift. I met her;Sex machine. She has her points. Haveseen better. Most of the girls neitherfavored nor disfavored her.

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CORD STAFFVol. 29, No. 3 Ferbuary 1954

Editor-in-chief Anne Neuwelt '54Assistant Editors Brenda Coombs '55

Mike Wagner '54EDITORIAL ASSOCIATESLiterary Nayda Schultz '54Sports Ayrton Kipp '55Static Glenn O'Connor '55Art and Photography ... Alan Rayburn '56External Affairs Ken Jaggs '54BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONBusiness Manager Terry Haller '56Circulation Manager, Frank Gillespie '54Layout Lauri Kangas '54Faculty Advisor Mr. G. Adams

Published by students ofWaterloo CollegeWaterloo, Ontario

"Authorized as second class mail, PostOffice Department, Ottawa"

"Would you mind bringing cannedapple sauce until I get my new falseteeth?"

EDITOR'S NOTES

ON THE COVERThis month's cover shows Waterloo's

attractive Campus Queen, drawn by ourArt and Photography editor, Alan Ray-burn. Barbara Joan Uffleman was chosenat the annual Junior Prom held in De-cember. We are happy to feature thischarming co-ed on our cover.

CORD SURVEYWe would like to take this opportunity

to thank the student body for their co-operation in answering the questionairecirculated last month. The results werecompiled by Terry Haller, Cord BusinessManager, and are presented to the stu-dent body in this issue. In connectionwith this, Terry received a letter fromthe Publicity Manager of 20th CenturyFox, Harry Brand, which is reproducedon page 1 8.

SEMINARYDue to a slight confusion regarding the

deadline for Cord material, no Seminarynotes appear in this issue. However, theboys have promised an interesting articlefor the next issue, so watch for it!

POLICYDue to a feeling that the Cord ma-

terial in the last two issues has beenmore suitable for the News Weekly, thefuture articles will be of a more perman-ent and not so occasional nature. TheCord will definitely adhere to its policyof being a student publication.

MASSEY REPORTA petition advocating immediate ac-

tion on the Massey Report has been cir-culated on the campus. This has beensent together with similar petitionsfrom other universities to the govern-ment. We would like to congratulateN.F.C.U.S. on fighting for so worthwhilea cause. Watch the News Weekly forfurther developments.

PURPLE AND GOLDThe Purple and Gold Show is definite-ly on for next year, possibly in Novem-ber. Best of luck!

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StaticA 24-Carat Push, or a Hill

of SmorgasbordCURLING

Curling is in full swing again, and thenew crowd is sloshing rocks down theice like crazy. My first time out pro-duced another blister, naturally, butaside from that everything's fine. I'mon a terrific team, and am vice-skip,whatever that is. Anyhow, there's nowork attached to the post that I'm awareof, so naturally that's for me. We usu-ally wind up a few men short, however,and I don't think it's too late even nowto slide in. Anyone for ice?

OUR ALMA'S MOTHERSunday afternoon, Steve and I went

over to the new school to see what wascooking, and not much was. The truth is,it was colder than Helen of Troy's horse;but we stuck it out to the bitter end.

We staggered up-stairs and down, andreally cased the joint. There are severaltremendous-sized rooms facing Dearbornwhich we figured will hold thousands ofpeople; maybe even hundreds. We alsofound three or four tiny rooms on thecorridor, which provoked some very pro-found discussion. We decided they wereone of three things—maybe. Rest rooms—if you don't mind standing; built-intelephone booths; or just holes in thewall. Whatever they are, they're wellmade.

The furnace room, which is quite asize, was warm. The iron monster wasoperating, to our surprise, and there arepipes heading in all directions.

In our travels we noticed that someof the walls and ceilings already havemasonite in place, in preparation for theplasterers'; and the staircasees at eitherend of the structure ore awaiting thefinal touches. We also discovered a mon-

strous room on the second floor, situat-ed over the lobby and entrances, whichwe made into a library. All we have todo now is wait until September to seehow we made out.

SHOW BUSINESSThe Purple and Gold efforts of the

past are being outshone this year underthe capable hands of John Hauser. He'sbeen working overtime on the projectwith his whole heart and soul. The Ad-ministration — pardon my language —has been most encouraging, and it cer-tainly puts a little hope into the wholeaffair, making John's duties a little morepleasant — he said. This is a genuine24-carat push; but without your help itwon't amount to a hill of smorgasbord,so jump in and get your feet wet, eh?You're going to hear a lot about thisshow, and since it's ours let's make it agood one.

HMPF!Did I tell you what I got for Christ-

mas? A desk calendar! Jim Breithaupthas already torn one of the leaves outof it. I have promised myself, that if Ithink of this the next time I see him,I'm going to tear one of his arms out ofits socket and beat him over the headwith the sticky end. Anyhow, I'm gladI got the calendar, I was afraid it wouldbe a set of those books — "The SlobbsieTwins." I don't go for that classicalstuff.

CHOKE ITThe motorcycle has a new owner! This

owner and a friend went downtown on it;it gagging, coughing and spluttering allthe way, from what I hear. They wereorf their way to find out what was mak-;

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The PipeD. B. Armstrong (1950)

He walks among wet leaves in rough

tweed coatand stout-soled oak-hued brogues. A

dark-haired girlhangs on his arm enchanted by the wisps

of fragrant smoke escaping from the pipe

clenched in his teeth. At night he sits

besidea'roaring fire and talks of war and four

foot putts he's missed: of mist-faced men

without their arms and legs who guardthe cup

against the pock marked sphere. Thegirl

curls in his lap like some devoted kittengazing at his smoke-like thought-elusivescent which circles aimlessly abovethe brier bowl . . . then vanishes in

flames.

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To all of you, who are so accustom-ed to the sight of milling traffic, to thesound of blaring horns, the island of Ber-muda, would, five years ago, have seem-ed a strange place indeed. At this time,only the whir of bicycle wheels and theclatter of horses' hooves broke the still-ness of the exotic island air.

Then came the Americans, who, withthe construction of Kindley Air Base, in-troduced the "mighty" automobile.Mighty? Well, perhaps. The Bermudangovernment has restricted the islandvehicles to small English models and withthe exception of the governor's car andthe airport limousine, these ore the onlytype operated throughout the nineteensquare miles of coral reef. Horsepower,which was once only ten has now beenraised to a roaring fourteen, and citi-zens sometimes find it difficult to staywithin the speed limit of twenty milesper hour in open areas, and fifteen inrestricted ones.

However, to consider this speed ridic-ulously slow is a gross error. On thetreacherous narrow roads with their con-tinuous hairpin curves, make a fasterspeed almost certain suicide. Driving inBermuda, as in England, is on the lefthand side of the road, and the numberof cars on the island has already reach-ed the amazing number of three thou-sand.

Only a resident of Bermuda can ownan automobile, and only one car is al-lowed perhousehold. The age limit fordrivers is eighteen, and safety is kept ata maximum by forbidding any second-hand car sales. In addition, all autosmust be thoroughly inspected on a year-ly basis.

Cars, however, are not the only mech-cnical means of transportation for theBermudian population. Motorbikes are

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SPORTS

B-Ball Playoffs begin as Teamhas Record of 12 out of 17 Wins

BASKETBALL—MULESThe large crowd at the last boys' bas-

ketball game (Mules vs. Guelph) was in-deed a turn for the better as far as at-tendance was concerned. I'm afraid thatall the fans in the stands, cheering andhollering, (which was appreciated by theplayers), stunned the boys; they neverseemed to hit their stride as they lost toGuelph. I am not suggesting that you stu-dents, faculty members and alumni stayaway from our games; I sincerely hopethat the turn-outs at future games, es-pecially the forthcoming playoffs, will beas favourable.

Out of seventeen starts the Mules havewon twelve games, a very commendablerecord. This puts them in a tied posi-tion for second place. First string centre,James (The Hook) Cotter, the high scoreron our team, stands third in the inter-mediate league's individual scoring race.

The playoffs start the first week inFebruary. Because the schedule has notbeen completed, I am unable at thistime to give you the definite home-and-home dates. Even so, I feel that themembers of the student body and thealumni should show enough interest inour team to look at the bulletin boardsm the college or in our local newspaperfor these dates.

BASKETBALL—MULETTESThe Mulettes have played but threegames in the inter-city girls' basketballleague, of which they have won oneAttendance at the Mulette's games has

been of a non-existant proportion. Partof the fault lies with the girls themselves.If they have a basketball schedule, theyshould post it on the bulletin board forthe rest of the students to see. We wishthe girls all kinds of luck in their futuregames.

BASKETBALL—CITY LEAGUE

Our city league team this year, whichis tied for first place, has won sevengames and lost one. Clyde Biederman, amember of this team, is high scorer inthe league. Good luck, fellas.

HOCKEY—MULESOur team has played three games in

its home-and-home series with Westernand Ryerson. The boys have put up afine fight and shown a great deal of im-provement, even though losing all threegames. The enthusiasm of the studentbody should prove to be great encour-agement to the boys. Wally Klym hasbeen the most consistent goal-getter onthe team. Here's hoping Wally keepsup his good work and the team keeps inthere fighting.

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MEL WEBERSPORTING GOODS

38 Queen St. S. Kitchener"Your Sport is Our Business" '

FOR PASSING -ATAVERN ON A

BUS LINE

A bit of advice to Freshmen and a lotof advice to older students is containedin the following column. If you havesuccessfully passed every course that youhave ever taken at the University, thenthere is no point in reading any further;but for the majority, it wouldn't hurt toperuse the following lines.

First of all, do not be afraid to askthe occasional question in classes. If youhave newer asked a question, you willbe surprised how it helps wake you upa bit when you are dozing off to sleep.Of course the only disadvantage to thismethod is that it often, but not always,requires that you wake up first in orderto be able to ask an intelligent ques-tion.

Secondly, try to get to your classes ontime. Although you will rarely missmuch by missing the first five minutes ofthe class, it does have a terrific psycho-logical effect on the professor when itcomes to marking the exams. The prob-lem of coming late is usually resolvedin a very direct way; by not going toclass at ail. In order to see this in prac-tice, check the cafeteria at 9:15 a.m.and 10:15 a.m. etc. Being late is alsovery bad manners; but that doesn't both-er the students, so don't worry about it.

Very important to good scholasticstanding is regualr attendance. Now weall know that it doesnt do any good fora lot of students to attend classes; butonce again we run into the psychologicalfactor which is quite evident when it isrealized that some professors are even

sneaky enough to keep a regular attend-ance. Although students try to confusethe attendance or attendance-keeping byrefusing to give their correct names,wearing disguises or frequently changingtheir seat, it usually doesn't work be-cause the professors ore pretty well edu-cated themselves and are therefore upto the trick.

The fourth thing to remember is thatit is not true that exams are marked bythrowing them off the Arts Building andgiving the highest mark to the first pa-per to hit the ground. Unfortunately,most exams are marked on ability, andthe percentage of correct answers. It ishoped that someday knowledge will notbe needed to pass exams; but, in themeantime, acquiring knowledge is rec-ognized as the best way to get throughcollege.

The fifth point concerns male stu-dents only. It is this: be sure to pickout a respectable tavern early in theyear; preferably one that is frequentedby students and professors. Untold timecan be wasted by trying all the taverns;go to the good one and then stay therefor the rest of the year: in lieu of atavern patronized by scholars, try to findone that is on a bus line. Buses are muchcheaper in the long run, than taxis orpatrol cars.

Finally, don't be afraid to study, ithas been known to have results, andthe reward is worth working for.

DALHOUSIE GAZETTE.

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Editorial

YOUNG SECRETARIES TO-BE

AND A PRIME MOTIVE

HERE COME THE GIRLS!

"More girls!" has been the cry of theWaterloo College male for years. Theobvious deficiency of females attendingthe college has been somewhat remed-ied by the attendance of the nursesfrom the K-W Hospital; but, since theyare only part-time students, this is noto completely satisfactory solution. Be-sides, it is a long walk down to thehospital, particularly in winter. Now akind providence has seen fit to take pityon the male sex. We hear that a Sec-retarial Science course may be introduc-ed into the curriculum of the college,>vhich would mean an abundance oflovely young secretaries-to-be. Thisshould at last remedy the lack of girls atthe college, and no doubt will make theboys very, very happy.

The new course will not only have anelectrifying effect on the males, it alsowill mark a step forward in the develop-ment of the college. It is an encouragingsign, and gives us hope that soon othercourses may be expanded.

LET'S KEEP THEM HEREEach year the college loses many good

students who must go to Western tocomplete their courses, particularly theEusiness Administration students. If thewhole course were available at Waterloo,many would avail themselves of the op-portunity to remain at the college. Aftertwo years here, they have just begun to

be active within the life of Waterloo,when circumstances force them to besnatched rudely away. Perhaps with theenicrged laboratory facilities in the newbuilding,, the science and pre-med cours-es could also be enlarged. And undertha able direction of Dr. Cross, perhapsthe honours Spanish courses will be ad-vanced.

Let us hope that with the wonderfulexpansion of the college, the true pur-pose of higher learning will not be over-looked.

WHY ARE YOU HERE?Students are continually confronted

with the question — why do you go tocollege? What exactly is the purpose ofa university education? Doubtless manysages have tried to answer this ques-tion, and have found it very difficult todo so. There is an element of the in-tangible in the institution called a uni-versity which is very hard to put intowords.

On the other hand, let us be realisticand admit that one reason why we goto college is to acquire training for jobswhich will give a good income, highersocial standing, and prestige in the com-munity. These desires are almost in-herent in our society. Nevertheless, theyshould not be the prime motives for auniversity education.

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FROM THE STUDENTS -UNPUBLICIZED BLOOD

Approximately 70 Waterloo Collegestudents rallied behind the current RedCross drive for blood.

This blood will be processed to ex-tract gamma globulin, an agent used inthe fight against polio. Naturally, weare proud of those who so unselfishlygave of their services. However, thiswriter feels that, had this drive beencoupled with publicity, the numberswould have greatly increased.

Next year, the S.L.E. ought to backthis project and make it an annual af-fair at the college. The possibilities ofcompeting for the "Corpuscle cup"against other universities should be look-ed into. This would certainly be on add-ed incentive to work for in the eventof an annual drive for blood to "savea life."

—End.

MARION HARVEY, MARY JO MEYER AND DONORS

from a smile and a pint of blood

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CINEMAAnd what do you think about Cinema-

scope? Since the recent local showing of"The Robe," I have been confrontedwith this question by numerous peopleduring informal discussions on the newmotion picture medium. Usually they arepraising it to the skies, piously declar-ing that as far as red-blooded entertain-ment is concerned there has not beenanything like it since Beatty "Bubbles"Brady caused a riot with her last showat the Palace back in '24. Not wishingto be a spoil-sport, I meekly agree thatit is quite wonderful.

Without detracting one little bit fromeither "The Robe" or the amazing careerof Miss Brady I make it clear that myonly beef is against Cinemascope. As Isaid I usually follow the herd in theirloud applause of the new medium. Yetwhenever I find myself doing it I can-not help feeling like the people musthave felt in the old fairy tale in whichthe king got a new cloak which was sup-posed to be a judge of his subjects' in-telligence. If you could see the cloak, youwere smart; if you couldn't, you werepretty stupid. Of course everyone sawit or said they did, in spite of the factthat there was no cloak to begin with.I attribute my qualms of conscience tothe fact that when I saw "The Robe,"I saw no appreciable difference aside

from the wide screen, between its pres-entation and that of several good ord-inary everyday colour pictures I haveseen lately such as "Shane." Like thepeople who couldn't see the king's cloak,I couldn't see the difference in Cinema-scope.

As for the wide screen, I think it isvery effective for landscapes, seascapesand similar scenes. However for close-ups it gives the viewer the impressionthat he is watching the action throughan extremely elongated letter box. Whenyou consider that 85% of the averagemotion picture is made up of close-ups,the demerits of the wide screen becomeimpressive.

However these are only the opinions ofone who probably couldn't have seen theking's cloak even if there had beenone. You go and see the next Cinema-scope production "How To Marry A Mil-lionaire," starring "You Know Who." Youcan form your own opinions. Oh yes, andas you watch take special note of theintricate science of the camerawork in-volved in bringing out more clearly theperformers' features.

Extremely educational!!!

J. HUMMEL.

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SCOPEIt would be a good guess to say that

nearly everyone at Waterloo has seen"The Robe," bringing that newest ex-periment of Hollywood — Cinemascope.From the very favourable commentsheard among the students, it would with-out a doubt win the award of beingthe motion picture a Waterlooan wouldmost like to cut classes for — if therewere such on award!

Without detracting too much from thestory, a large part of "The Robe's" pop-ularity lies in the realism made possibleby the exciting new process of Cinema-scope. Most of the technical processesinvolved in Cinemascope are beyond me,but as a viewer, you can readily enjoy theimpression of breathtaking realism. Un-like the 3-D pictures which require spe-cial gadgets and polaroid glass, Cinema-

scope, with its very wide screen andstereophonic sound creates a depthwhich is so natural that the viewer findshimself in the middle of a desert oramid a turbulent crowd.

Cinemascope is certainly no fad! Itis the greatest single discovery made bythe movie industry in the past half cen-tury. That is why thousands of dollarsare currently being spent in reconvert-ing theatres to equip them with hugecurved screens, new sound equipment,and special Cinemascope lenses. That isalso the reason why one of the greatestmovie industries in the world today, 20thCentury Fox, has converted its entireproduction to Cinemascope. For theirmoney and mine, Cinemascope is hereto stay!

S.S.

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AN M.A. AND A PH.D.Dr. Jean CrossMiss Alice Metzger

Miss Metzger is a native of Hanover,where she attended Hanover High School-after graduation she studied HonorsMathematics and Physics at Western,graduating with her B.A. in 1951. Aftera year of study at Queen's, she obtainedher M.A. and then proceeded to England,to teach Mathematics at St. Mary's Con-vent, Ascot. Miss Metzger has beenteaching Maths at Waterloo since the be-ginning of the semester, and we hope shewill enjoy her stay.

Dr. Cross was born in Elmira, and laterresided in Guelph and London. On gradu-ation from Guelph Collegiate and Voca-tional Institute, she studied at McGill,where she was granted her B.A. in Hon-ors French and English in 1945, and inthe following year attended Radcliffe(Harvard), obtaining her M. A. in HonorsFrench and Spanish. Dr. Cross taught atAlma College from 1946 to 1948, andat Western from 1951 to 1952. Return-ing to her study, she registered with theUniversity of Madrid, and was grantedher Doctorate in Spanish in 1953. Shecame to Waterloo in November to supplyfor Prof. Evans during his absence, andsince January 18th, has been supplyingfor Mrs. Stewart. We are glad to haveyou with us, Dr. Cross, and hope you en-joy your work here.

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SEWING . . .Betty Groff, popular editor of this

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AND PAINTING . . .it was during his high school days at

the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate, thatJack Hagey first became interested inpainting as a hobby. In grade nine at thetime, Jack began taking art lessons fromthe well known, Twin City district artist,Mr. M. F. Kousal and continued for ap-proximately one year. Since that time, hehas followed painting as a hobby only,and has produced some very fine work.Jack is a Business Administration stu-dent and throughout his career in thebusiness world, plans to use his naturaltalent to continue with the hobby, atwhich, even now, he excels.

MARILYN NICHOLSON.

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SCEPTICISM AND PROGRESSThe acquisition of further knowledge

at the university should make the stu-

dent think and question. A philosopheronce said, "doubt is the beginning ofwisdom," and this should be the effectof college. University graduates oftenbecome the leaders of the community;to assume this position they must beadequately equipped. The student whopasses through college, and emerges ex-actly the same person who entered, hasmissed the whole point of his education.

Lectures, research papers, discussions,extra-curricular activities and the dailyassociation with other students, shouldall make a definite impression. The stu-dent's ideas should be broadened, andnew ones acquired. Most important ofall, the university student should be ableto think clearly, see other's views andyet not be unduly influenced by them,and not follow blindly everything hehears or reads. A certain amount ofscepticism is necessary to progress —this has been shown repeatedly through-out the history of the world. The studentwho has learned humility through know-ledge, and has acquired the ability toreason clearly and accurately, will be bestequipped to serve his community wise-ly.

A. N.

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Literary

THE STUDENTThe Moon shone on the Campus, brightAnd clear the night did seem.The only spark, a man-made lightQuite high above was seen,And in that light,—a student—LOOK!!!That back-bent figure at his book.

The hours passed by, the Dawn aroseFrom out the Eastern sky.The Student slowly raised his noseAnd blinked each blood-shot eye,Then to his bed, with lead-filled feetHe dragged himself, to get some sleep.

An hour or so—then—up once moreThe Student rose, that heMight go to Lectures. As beforeThe back-bent figure, see.No time to rest—No time to play,The same routine through every day.

PHIL HARRIS

Two Gems of Thought1. No virtue lies in purity

Unless there is a choice;The man who lives in vanityHas only heard one voice.

—Anon.

2. A life for a lifeCame his last breath;

In this earthly strifeA death for a death.

—Anon.

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4 years and accept their B.A. withouthaving to go to school. 90% seriouslythink that there is some value in attend-ing lectures, etc.

Comments on the Survey: Good survey.Enjoyed it. Drop dead. Questions poorlychosen. Silly questions. Juvenile quiz.How did Monroe get into the picture?Well chosen questions. Excellent idea.Will give good cross-section of studentthinking.

Comments on the News Weekly: Edi-torials written in such a way and onsuch subjects that they cannot be check-ed by the readers.

Just a sheet. Can take it or leave it.Not enough original thought. Does notseem open to criticism and attack. Evi-dence that administration has the lastsay. Good editorials.

Suggestions for improvement of theschool: (in order of demand by students):

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From 20th Century's Publicity

Manager, a Letter to The Cord

IMM tap***STUDIOS

BEVERLY HILLS. CALIFORNIAJanuary 20, 195M-

Dear Mr. Haller:Thanks for sending us the

results of the Cord survey.

We 1 re all happy to know thatthe students of Waterloo College have selectedTHE ROBE by a 3 to 1 margin as the best pictureof 1953•

Kindest wishes.

Sincerely,

Library and large silent reading room.(11%.

Gymnasium and general athletic build-ing. (8%).

Better cafeteria service, better food.(8%).

Have permanent director of athletics,thus better sports. (6%).

Activities during noon hour (discus-sions, etc). (4%).

Improve administration in variousways. (8%).

More heat in class rooms. (4%).Unify school body.Devotion prior to assemblies.More events involving both students

and teachers to keep big happy family.Increased choice of courses.More teachers.More movies.More seminars and open discussions.No smoking in cafeteria.Move college to Kitchener.Drop church control on all but semin-

ary.Fewer plans for future, more done

about the present.Brighter boys' common room.No lectures cancelled.Improve dorm facilities.More women in college.Better intellectual atmosphere.More school spirit; "this place is

dead."Raise academic standards of incom-

ing students.More dances, sports nights, etc.Less noise in class.Get best professors and teachers.

More coat space in boys' locker room.Have exams spaced farther apart, not

4 or 5 in one week.Have better leagues in girls sports to

foster school spirit.Ash trays in girls' common room, less

heat there.Better appreciation of what is here,

less grumbling about what is not.More stress on education, less on ad-

vertising.Utilization of students natural ability,

dramo, etc.Spread extra-curricular work around

more.Better sports to keep name of school

before prospective students.What happened to intramural sports?

They would advance school spirit."School spirit is not something that cansimply be worked up internally but mustarise from a feeling of prestige or be-longing to a recognized organization."

Have more publicity.Less cursing.Keep expenses down; don't go all out

for crazy things like cheer leaders.More culture and education, better

taste.Attitude towards professors:

Favor: 83%Disfavor: 2%

From this survey it would appear thatthe students are not entirely happy withtheir lives and with several things aroundthe school, although they do like theirteachers. It also indicates that they cando serious thinking.

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As there is no major industry in Ber-muda and agriculture is limited to sucha confined area, the island depends sole-ly upon the tourist trade for survival. Thepeople of Bermuda are warm and gra-cious hosts. Their friendship is evidentthroughout the island; a vacation in sucha spot is all that could be desired bythe most demanding tourist. Whereveryou go you will hear the words whichare uttered so frequently by the people,and which are the first you hear as youstep from your airplane, "Bermuda Wel-comes You."

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I went on a forced route-march thismonth, distributing advertising for theWagner College Choir, appearing in St.Matthew's February Ist. Carl Goos as-sisted me, thank goodness. We had tostrangle a few people before they sawthings our way, but we eventually gotrid of the goodies. As far as I'm concern-ed, salesmanship is for the birds.YOUR FUTURE

Probably by the time you read this,the report cards will have been out. Ican envision the rush, grabbing the tid-ings in hot little hands, and racing out-side to bury them before they explode.At times like these, I'm glad I don'twear a hat.

Well chillun', remember this, keepyour noses to the grind-stone, and whenyou grow old, you may not have a for-tune, but you will have a very shortnose.

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