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E V E Nj N G I L L A T T E N D E I’) : i .’ CAMPUS CENTRE\ MODEL 3 William Straight Hall, Cornell University

What is a Campus Centre? What should we expect to find in a Campus Centre? This article is the first in a series to be presented--by the Campus Centre Committee on’the Unions or Centres at other universities. i

This week we are going to take. a look at Willard Straight Hall, the Union Building at Cornell Univer- sity in Ithaca, New York. The Straight, established in 1925, contains the Main lobby - the centre of activ- ity, information and the campus “lost and found”; the Browsing Library with over 25,000 volumes and more than 50 periodicals; the Memorial Room for ban- quets, balls, Saturday night dances, concerts ; the Music Room where regular recorded concerts are held; the Art Room where art displays include work done by Cor- nellians. The East Lounge and the Games Room are for “just relaxing” and the Bar- ber shop is open 4% days a week. There are Guest Rooms to be reserved in advance for parents, friends, guests and alumni. In the dining department there is the Ivy Room with two cafeteria lines and a I soda fountain. The Cafeteria with two lines for regular meals, and the Main Dining Room with table service available at all times. For those “shut- ter-bugs” in the crowd there is a Dark Room available and fully equipped for the use of all students. Many of these functions mentioned above are looked after and planned by the 250 students who help in running the Straight, which has its own Director and a full-time staff.

In the 1960-61 report of the director to the Board of Governors of Cornell, the following objectives were stated:

“1. To maintain a dignified,’ and well-appointed gathering place for the University.

2. To contribute to the intellectual and social growth of each student through our programme activities.

3. To provide conveniences

for students - dining ser- vices, lounges, restrooms, main desk services, chec*king facilities, barber shop.’

4. To create and maintain special interest facilities - games room, dark room, craft shop, library, music room.

5. To maximize the educa- tion potential of extra-cur- ricular activities by assisting student organizations through provision of ade- quate office facilities, equip- ment and meeting rooms; through offering guidance to these organizations when needed; and through stimu- lating co-operation between organizations for the best interests of the University.”

In this report the director reports that the Craftshop and radio station WVBR were the two most crowded areas of the Straight. Also, he reports that 250 students who worked on operating and planning the functions of the Straight in ‘60-61 pro- vided a well rounded pro- gram including assistance to some foreign national groups by sponsoring programs fea- turing these countries; spon- soring a series of Monday afternoon concerts in the Music Room; and sponsoring special interest programmes like the “Ski Bus Service, Bridge and Dance lessons, many lectures, discussions and gallery talks.” In con- nection with the 35th anni- versary of the Straight, a grant of $25,000 was obtain- ed towards the purchase of a permanent art collection for the Art Room. A new service added in 1961 was the Straight Secretarial Services - doing “all kinds of typing and mimeograph work” for the students and student organizations. -

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a Record ending Library, the Browsing Library, and the Art Lending Library for students to “rent pictures for their rooms.”

From -Willard Straight Hall of Cornell University we hope to help you see more of what to expect from a Campus Centre.

The Browsing Library . . .

NUTS TO “NO! TO NUCLEAR ARMS”

BY Gerald S. Mueller

In the February 22 issue of the Coryphaeus the associ- ate editor, Ted Rushton, wrote a sensible and unbiased editorial, proposing that the issue of Nuclear Arms for Canada should cease to be kicked about and that the only logical step would be to acquire nuclear weapons for our Canadian Bomarc de- livery system. In the follow- ing issue Paul Copeland had an article, biased, bigoted, and not based on fact, in which he personally insulted Mr. Rushton. I think it is time that Mr. Copeland ex- amined the facts ab.out nuc- lear armament instead of crying “Ban the Bomb” every time he hears the word “atom”.

Mr. Copeland writes, and I quote, “He (Mr. Rushton) does not understand that once atomic weapons are used in a local war, the side which is losing will launch greater nuclear attacks and the local war will mushroom into a world war.” I ask Mr. Copeland to examine the basic reason for war, the desire of a nation to gain more land, specifically living room and natural resources. It would be of no-use to a nation fighting a nuclear war to bomb their opponent into submission with large scale nuclear attacks for who can live on radioactive land and who can exploit the resources of a bombed out land. Therefore, in any local war, if nuclear weapons are used at all, they will be used on a very small scale.

Mr. Copeland then goes on to state that Canada does not need nuclear warheads for their Bomarc missiles be- cause they are not going to stop all the Russian bombers coming over the pole. That’s just like owning a rifle and not buying ammunition be- cause occasionally you are going to miss a shot. True, rifles are occasionally used for ornamental purposes, but I think that the administra- tion will have a tough time justifying $600 million orna- ments. What does Mr. Cope- land propose, since we’re only going to shoot down 59% of the Russian bombers, ‘let’s fold our hands and let the full 100% come through?’

As for the shot down bombers falling on Canadian soil, if Mr. Copeland would read up on Hydrogen and Atomic bomb construction he will find a rather strange fact. Nuclear bombs are bombs which will not explode on impact if they are not fused. In fact an unfused nuclear, pomb can be sliced in half and it still wouldn’t explode. And another strange thing. Most military experts will tell Mr. Copeland that

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” Not All Who Grieve” cast from Zeft to right: Cynthia Chapple, Robert Schiedel, Margbeth Boon, Douglas Macintosh, Sally Bennett, Anne Brubacher.

“Three for an Evening” was, on the whole, a highly entertaining programme - too bad the majority of people on campus did not attend. Granted, you were under no compunction to attend but the fact remains that the support given this venture was extremely poor. To have prepared such a programme demanded the time and effort of many people and it was a blow to them to see their hopes of a financial success thwarted by a campus full of indifferent boors.

Now that the steam has been let ‘off, can we look at the evening as an objective reviewer. ( ?)

“Not All Who Grieve,” the first of the three pre- sentations is a Canadian prize winning play and this in itself may explain why the Canadian theatre is so far behind everyone else. The choice of the play was p’oor, especially for a stage pre- sentation, because with in- experienced actors, heighten- ed emotions could not be transmitted to the audience. The casting seemed to be very well done but the only person who was really con- vincing was Marybeth Boon. The other players were good but there was that aura of inexperience, the sometimes stilted and too precise speech kept reminding one that

Louise Maggio and Terry Tones enjoy themselves in “The 5ast , Chapter.”

these were lines learned by rote. Miss Sally Bennett,

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that “fine figure of a woman” and Anne Brubacher, pro- vided merciful comic touches. In the final analysis, the players struggled admirably with a play which should have been shelved long ago.

The musical interlude had its high points but they were somewhat blunted at times. The Glee Club was vibrant and stimulating, the Univer- sity Chorus was restful, and the Barry Wills Trio should. be making records; perhaps in their case it was the com- plete change of pace and the professional polish of this group which makes one feel that they will go a long way. Despite a cold, Bruce Koe- pke’s rendering of ‘Trade Winds’ was highly enjoyable. Let it be said of the Under- grads that they perhaps over- reached themselves in striv- ing for authentic barbershop harmony . . . at‘least I hope that’s what they were striv- ing for.

To round out the evening, a prize-winning comedy, “The Last Chapter” showed that there is still definite hope for Canadian plays, in fact it was a very funny comedy and the cast did justice to it.

All the players were hum- orous, from the bombast of Jones to the naive, stupidity of Hunt. Terry Boyle, as the extroverted oaf was extreme- ly amusing and “Rabbiltl’ delivered all his lines with the aplomb of a veteran thespian. At the risk ‘of feeding.a monster ego, I must admit that Terry Jones was excellent as the frustrated writer who could never finish his book. Louise Maggio ’ shone as his harried wife who was the mother of a pair of offstage twins,’ and, who pulled her husband’s chest- * ’ nuts out of the fire.

The material differed peatly from the original Revue of last year, and the :hange was for the better. 3ne year has improved the technique of the actors and bhe skill of the Director. Keep climbing, Alvin, you still might make it.

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, / * >)c * *’ ! ‘I ‘i For Arts and Science Faculties the exams begin “in the ~ c week!after” April 13th. It was rumoured that the dead week ’ VC before exams has been dropped by the, Registrar. This dead

I, ,! / ’ “week” is ,not, a week in the true sense of the word but it r. ‘* , ‘did work out to ‘four or ‘five days before the first exam. , T It is the Registrar’s contention that by spreading e&&s 1 ‘, j t over a three week period, ‘all students will have ample time

\ ?:, to;study between exams. We feel that to sacrifice five con- ‘/ \, i’ secutive days .before exams, in favour of four or, five con- ‘1 i f secutive free ‘days during .exams is highly undesirable - j because these free days during exams are extremely tentative

* i, ‘and every student is left at the mercy of the Registrar’s ’ scheduling. Is there any guarantee that any student will

I’ t not have all his exams crammed’ into the first 6 or ,7 days? : ’ The ,Registrar ,assures us that precautions will be taken _* ,” against such crowdings but I am sure he cannot and will ’ I ’ not guarantee (1) fair scheduling of exams for everyone. I

We would rather have a definite dead week before I / 8 I : exams, even if it meant running them to the 7th or 8th of -. 8 I May. ’ ; . The Calendar makes no mention of such a rescheduling

i and we”fee1 somewhat naked in light of this drastic change. b % + . ’ We know of no other, concern which enters into a contract, II ’ and then changes that contract without notifying the parties

; t ~ /.’ concerned, We have been notified now - with just over t.’ , $ 30 days left. Thank you very much, A. P. Gordoh, and, with 5 all sarcasm aside, please do your best to give everyone a

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. held here this weekend. ’ ’ , *’ ,Irving Layton, “Canada’s 1. i D. H: Lawrence,” laced ,Dr. I., 1 Northop Frye in a panel on ,r> ’ the, Young Writer and the i Canadian Cultural Milieu. I

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:. < I Layton charged that Frye,’ ,i ?’ I co-director of the conference,

, “could ‘not write a single line - , i” ( of poetry or a short story if

his life ’ depended upon it.”

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Quoting Irish playwright, Brendan Behan, Layton con- tinued with “Frve is like a eunuch in a harem - he sees the trick done every night, but can’t do it himself.”

Lavton lashed out vitrioli- cally”at other academic crit- ics in general for teaching without creating.

In his opening address to the conference, Dr. Frye said ‘“The ‘writer who writes for himself is an honest man; the writer who writes for the public is a professional man; the man who writes for the critic is a’ damn fool.“’ \

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LETTER TO. 1 THE ~EDITOR

Dear Sir: ’ / Two weeks ago there ap=

peared in this paper, an article supporting the legal- izing of abortion., The need for abortive methods in many cases, stems from non pre- vention of conception; in

‘married as well as single relationships. Birth ‘control methods have initiated fur-

ious and heated controver- siesj but let us consider one of the reasons why these means have been ‘advocated. \ The need for a planned marriage is evident. j The union of male and female, under certain religious vows, resulting in re$roduction; should and will continue to ‘constitute marriage. How- ever, in many instances, this reproductivity exceeds pre- determined bounds. Gener- ally a couple anticipating marriage decide between themseives, the number of children they hope to have. Obviously too many trips to the maternity ward would constitute a continua1 d&in on the household budget and eventually reduce the worker to a pauper.

Everyone knows of at least one couple of moderate means yearly succumbing to the parental parade. Will they be able to adequately support this. faimiily when it reaches the double ‘figures? When will it end? After the change of life?

Actually man is an animal, given sexual desire and satis- faction, with child as the attached string. However, abstention breeds frustration which in turn could lead to marital disaster. Would it not be better for man and wife to live in complete harmony adequately caring and providing for the child- ren they wish to have?

Certain religious denomi- nations abhor the use of birth control methods. When confronted’ with the conse- quences of a population ex- plosion, they lapse into ra- tionalization and precedent as their justification. Refer- ence, of ‘-course, is made to the Bible,’ but the Bible is many centuries old and cir- cumstances today are in- evitably in the process .of change. 1 Fay be it from me to represent myself as an au- thority on theology, physi- ology or moral ethics, but it is my firm conviction that birth control should, be thought of, in the light of today. P. A. Delaney, 5A Chemical

Dear Sir: . ’ May I solicit space in your

columns to complain about the overcrowding in this Uni?versity? What with one brand-new- building and two not very old ones, it’s a shame the basements should be overcrowded already. The fault lies, if anywhere, with the architect who neglected to provide for a lundryroom where all that dirty linen could have been washed un- seen. As it is, we have to do our laundry out of doors.

As spokesman for the,small but I hope growing’ Hot Stove League here, I want to enlist the support of your paper for a ‘&ore adequate Arts Library - I mean, ,for more books in the one ‘iwe have. We know it takes time to build up a. library, but does it have to take as long as it’s going to take at the present pace? Three profes- sors in the past *week, have

E did not ‘expect to spend my life in the country in which I grew up. No thinking Canadian does. I Expansion, immigration, progress, these all bring a succession of new Canadas. This is an ever- evolving land, the Canadian journey has not yet ended. Canada : is never accomplish- ed, Canada is always still to build. Most of us can under- stand this. L .

Nevertheless, many Can- adians today are looking at their country in puzzlement. They expected change, but not the kind of change they see. They feel like dwellers. in a foreign land, with an anxious sense of loss, with an awareness. that the once bright future has come to futility. These are the Can- adians who knew the dream of the Twentieth Century belonging to Canadar

Canadians used to be con- fident, energetic, aspiring. Public business was their business, they had the- spirit of vigour that gave a con- stant impetus’to action. They were impatient, they worked eagerly for a better tomorrow, - This was their land and. their world, they were beam- ing with -optimism. Their literature‘ was filled with such phrases as “our rising power”, “our upward road’: and ‘four splendid destiny”.

Now many seem overcome with’ mental inertia, a ,sense of futility of everything. Our literature is full of nihilism and frustration. Canadian authors %do not want to be published in Canada. Every- where there is a flight from Canada;and Canadian prob- lems. There is a disinclination to do anything bonstruetive in the face of rising crime rates, rampant vandalism, and a steady surge of chal- len l ng problems. The gen-

$ era attitude repeated so monotonously and tediously is “What can you do about such things”; and so they plead “Leave us alone” like the Lotus Eaters of mythol- WY- *i

Canadians used to be dreamers of great dreams. This was to be Canada’s century. <Have ‘we lost faith , in ourselves, and in our future? Unconcern follows doubt. Indifference. Despair. There are grumblers,. but : they only complain and do not act. Most of us have forgotten the dreams that once were to be our nation’s future. They complain and eriticize the government, they mutter and grumble a chorus of discontent. The radicals even talk of voting against the government “next time” in way of pro- test. But if something more I

important comes up, a party or a picnic, then these grum- blers are too busy to vote, , even if thev do realize that it is election day.

Once ‘Canadians ‘used to take a fierce and ardent interest in our government, for only through good gov- ernment is a nation brought to greatness. *

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Have )the majority of us now settled for second best? ” Just yesterday we had a goal for Canada. We safiv a bi- lingual nation populated with people from the world over, whose united effort ’ would make this a land great in . strength and influence. Now 1 we talk of Separatism, and union with the United States. ’ ’ We refer to Canada as a mosaic of peoples, a, sym- phony of nations, and other such -pleasing but hazy and vague titles. Does everyone now expect that vigorous l new Canada to come with no exertion on (anybody’s part?

Canadians used to be pat- riotic. Now we’ve substituted . a vigorous active patriotism I for a raucous and annoying anti-Americanism. Is this to . 1 compensate for a secret con- viction that we will never reach the heights for which we once aspired?

Canadians used to be con- fident, sure of themselves. They were eager to’ prove , their worth. Now some peo- f ple want, others to assume. the responsibilities of, _ our defence. For four centufies Canadians have struggled to build this land from a colony> into a natioti;% now we would sell out all their sacrifices and all our heritage. This I acceptance of a neo-colonial- ist status for Canada would mystify and shock ‘the men . f who built this country with fire, zeal and independence. Have Canadians. not / yet learned that those who would sell their freedom for a scrap I of security really deserve * neither, and more often than not get neither security nor freedom?

Why are we now so full of ’ ’ doubt? Have the changes in the modern world been too swift for us? Do we feel so dwarfed by the superrpowers that we.have lost our cour- age? Has ,our’ material abun- dance made us fat and&lazy? 1 One could suggest a dozen ’ excuses for this spreading . stagnation. But what of the ’ 1 most important qtiestion, “Is it going to stop?” Will there someday be a return ‘of the old belief, an‘ upsurge of the old surety?

Canadians must work for this. We have once “attemp- ted ‘greatness.” It would be tragic if we did not “‘go on.” /

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intimated to. their classes that we ban’t be expected to do adequate work here be- cause we haven’t enough books. Is the Uni?versity going to print “Inadequate” in backets after our B.A.‘s? Or are the Faculties going to stop feuding Bmong them- selves and think about ‘us for p change? i

,, I’m not an English student - as yap might have guessed - and I don’t partiaularly ’ like having to take English, but I’m willing to admit that the heart of an- Arts Library is its books on English litera- ture. We never will have & large Arts enrolment - we may not ‘even keep all we’ve fiwt - including yours truly - unless we can assure pros- p&t*ive Frosh ,that they can

get a liberal education here. s Which they can’t right noti. I don’t know how much it costs to stock 8, library, ‘but I and my fellow Hot Stovers think that a hundred thou& and dollara should be clipped from other budgets 7 maybe professorial salaries - to buy the btiic works of literature and the related arts for our library. I

’ We also predict that it ’ ’ won’t be done. Why? Be- > cause the arts f&culties are willing to cut off our noses , . to ‘spite their faces. We are told that a University is for us; the students. If so, let’s see them prove it. Let’s get ,’ the dirty linen out of the “: basement and fill I up the , * spaces with books. L

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“TAKE IT 0 LEAVE IT” By G. WHIZ

A wise man once told me that a happy marriage is based on male dominance. Have at least a 60-40 relationship all the way down the line. These 50-50 partnerships will never survive. Get the upper hand and maintain the upper hand or life can become very, very miserable. Lose that battle of percentages and the whole war is lost - so says the wise man.

* * * * I’m looking forward to the fight between Patterson and

Liston - if they can ever come to terms regarding location and purses, etc. From the story in Life, Liston is a tough

1 “killer”, a brute of 30 some years, an ex-convict who has just risen from the ranks of the illiterate, a vicious fighter as ,well as an accomplished boxer. Floyd Patterson’s days as champion are definitely numbered. I

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Ever see a car stopped at the side of the highway during the winter and wonder what the story is? %I think it is most inconsiderate of the drivers of such vehicles not to put up signs - “Gone Hunting”, “No Gas”, “Mechanical Trouble”, “Making Out” or something - otherwise I am inclined to

’ worry. Where are the drivers now? How did they finally arrive at their destination?

* * * * I was pondering that recent plane crash in New York

which took the lives of 95 people. Such occurrences shake one’s faith - is it part of the Divine plan to snuff out 95

- lives in as many seconds? Is it part of the Divine plan that we should face each other with atomic weapons? Personally, I would like to be clued in on the aim of such a plan because as it’ stands we are using “Divine plan” to rationalize chronic chaos in every field of man’s endeavour, and we have been doing it for a very long time.

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Who is worse, The Truth Seeker, or those who attempt to supply him with the truth? The man has an insatiable appetite for the truth, but when someone attempts to tell him the truth, his rebuttal is a lengthy and usually meaning- less diatribe. His views are extremely vague and wants to know the truth. Everyone has seen the signs and I’m sure response has been negligible. Give up, T. S. In the Bible, chapter and verse can be found to counter or justify any argument. i

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NUTS TO “WO! TO NUCLEAR ARMS” ’ Cont’d; - nuclear bombs are carried unfused until just before the drop. This is to prevent> a bomb from being accident- ly triggered and wiping out the rest of the bomber stream - Hence any 1 bombs falling on Canada will most likely not explode.

After this Mr. Copeland makes a rather strange state- ment. “The Bomarc, with or without a nuclear warheads, as well as all the other active air defence paraphenalia of the North American Air Defenbe Command is useless and that for the simple and sufficient reason that there is no air defence against the H-bomb.” Why?

All people crying ‘Ban the Bomb’ make one mistake common to all idealists. They have a goal, but no idea on how to reach their goal. If instead of crying ‘Ban the Bomb’ they put forth some practical methods of arms control, they might be listen- ed to. Complete disarma- ment’ however nice a thought is simply not practical be- cause there are no adequate control techniques to insure that a country sta’ys dis- armed. Freezing armament at the present level will not work because both the East and West have enough weap- ons stock-piled to fight a war to annihilation. Another idea often proposed by the ideal- ists’ giving up weapons one for one fails because whoever has the larger stockpile even- tually dominates the world.

No, I am afraid Mr. Cope- land ‘Banning the Bomb’ is out. The only way to keep the peace is for each country to have sufficient nuclear arms to defend itself. This way a country will have to think twice about attacking for it will know that the other country can retaliate. I refer to the article by Oscar Morgenstern in the July, 1960, Fortune. In this article Mr. Morgenstern outlines a practical method of arms control. I highly suggest that Mr. Copeland read this ar- ticle’ and if possible think about it. This may stop him from shouting ‘Ban the Bomb’ quite so loudly and insultingly next time.

P.S.: Incidentally, I do read and am able to think. Also when persuaded by superior logic I am able to change my viewpoint. How about it, Mr. Copeland?

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At the beginning of the academic year, . there was a certain amount of indigna- tion among the students in Arts concerning a rather cruel rumour which, unfor- tunately’ turned out to be true. Doctor Thomas, head of the English Department and former acting Dean of Arts, the touchstone of every English major, had been shunted from his comfortable office in the administration wing, to a barren room, not unlike a bowling alley, on the third floor of the Engin- eering building - at the extreme far end - right in the very heart of the Phili- stine camp. Arts students were placated somewhat when they reasoned that an Arts professor, particularly this Arts professor, will re- main a gentleman and a scholar no matter how un- favourable his office location.

Doctor Thomas received his education in Toronto. He graduated from Humberside Collegiate in 1946 then at- tended University College at the U. of T. where he received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D - all in English. In 1956 he became a member of the Department of English at Acadia University in Wolf- ville, Nova Scotia but left during 1 the summer of 1960 to become head of the De- partment of English at Wat- erloo.

During the summer of 1957, he went to Britain for eight weeks in order that he might do some reading in the Library of the ‘British Museum. One should not say he journeyed in Suffolk and Worcestershire; rather, he made a pilgrimage through the countryside of George Crabbe, an English poet, physician and clergyman on whom Dr. Thomas wrote his Ph.D. thesis. George Crabbe has become somewhat of a private joke among the Arts students on campus. “How much can we rattle the bones of George Crabbe before the good Doctor becomes indig- nant and springs to old G.’ C.‘s defence?” Doctor Thomas takes all the jibes with aplomb and then we realize what he has known all along, we are far below him on that big ladder and still have to make the climb.

Drl Thomas is the type of man whom you would not like to disappoint. You feel that he has confidence in your ability to succeed, and to justify that _confidence, you are prepared to make that extra effort for him. He is the type of man you will remember for a long time - with respect and with grati- tude.

There are only two profes- sors on this campus who wear gowns. to lectures. On the subject of wearing his gown Doctor Thomas has this toI say, “It serves as a visible reminder that we are all members of a larger universityi the universal body academic. The modern buildings of this campus fit the motif -of the twentieth century and in these modern surroundings, the gown/ re- minds us that today’s uni- versities are based on hun- dreds I of years of scholarship and tradition which should not be cast aside lightly.” When asked what he felt was the purpose of a university education he replied, “One should carry with him from

university, the ability to think critically, to analyse, evaluate and synthesize. It is a matter of examining any situation, breaking it down into small parts in order to see the good and the bad, then the bad should be left out and the good put back. This is education, it can be gained in any subject and applied to any field of study. Job training takes place on the job.”

The Dr. Thomas of the classroom is an amiable and very competent person. There are very few pertinent questions to which h,e cannot give a correct and satisfying answer. In every class there are always a few .students who, in order to inform everyone that they are pre- sent’ ask this type of ques- ti;;n “Sir, do you not think

- etc.? Obviously such pedantic bores must be stopped, so after such a question, Doctor Thomas is inclined to say one of two things, “Quite” or “In large part” - nothing more. Di- plomacy must be the key- stone of his being because he possesses the happy faculty of being able to show some signs of amusement even at the poorest attempts at hum- our, to which he is constantly being subjected. There are very few things which annoy him, but he does suggest that everyone at university should be able to speed write and that “you could easily pick up the technique in two or three weeks during the summer.”

Besides majoring in Eng- lish’ Dr. Thomas is married and has majored in boys because he has three, aged seven, five and “alm,ost a year.” We wouldn’t be at all surprised if the youngest is proficient at speed writing already, and the oldest is a regular contributor to P.M.L.A.

STUDERTS COUNCIL ELECTIONS!

The ofices of President and Vice-President of the Students Council for the 1962-63 academic year are to be filled by means of a General Election of the un- dergraduate student body.

Nominations will be re- ceived between March 2 and March 9. Voting by those students now on campus will take place on March 16. The fall-spring engineering stu- - dents will vote at the,end of l their first week back on campus - April 6.

An outline of the nominat- ing system and an explana- tion of election procedure will be posted shortly on the bulletin boards.

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LLOUIT” of Campus POP lation Explosions

By Canadian University Press Canadian universities fac-

ed with ever larger enrol- ments, are starting to take steps to check their popula- tion growth.

In a cross-country survey, Canadian University Press has learned that at approxi- mately 15 universities, ad- mission standards are about to be, or already have been raised. Some universities say that their standards are not being raised primarily to cut down on numbers, but to improve the calibre of stu- dents attending. The effect is still the same, despite the reason.

Few institutes of higher learning have reached the stage where they will have to rent space away from the campus in order to accom- modate the new loads of students, but there is still the possibility this will occur. Wherever possible, the uni- versities and colleges are mixing mortar and bricks and throwing up new build- ings on their own land.

As well, changes in the curricula and timetables are being made. These, as well as dissuading some students from attending the institu- tions, will offset the large lecture classes now encoun- tered on many campuses at the first year level.

What the new .academic year will bring in actual changes is being kept under wraps by most administra- tions for the time being, but many admit that changes will be made in present organizational set-ups.

Construction on the cam- pus is proceeding apace. At some universities, the build- s . mgs now going up are ex- pected to handle the increas- ed enrolments of the sixties, but at others, plans for more and larger buildings are now being made.

At the 21 institutions sur- veyed, there are now 43 buildings under construction.

These include student resi- dences as well as academic halls.

Projected construction due to start within the next two years at any of the univer- sities, sees 67 new structures rising on various Canadian campuses. McGill university reports it has plans for 10 new buildings in the next decade. At the University of Alberta (both Edmonton and Calgary campuses) another 10 structures will rise from the prairie lands in the near future.

Almost all Canadian uni- versities expect to have an increased freshman enrol- ment this year, although some frankly admit that their present and projected space won’t be able to ac- commodate all needs of the increased enrolment.

Three universities, Univer- sity of New Brunswick, Mount Allison University, and Waterloo Lutheran Col- lege, indicate that they will not have as many freshmen for 1962-63 as they did this year. McGill, which last fall announced it was going to stand firm at its present enrolment level this year, says it will have the same number of freshmen next year as it did this year: 1850.

McGill expects to have a total enrolment of 10,400 for the coming year. This year (1961-62) there were 9,532 student.s at the Montreal university.

Carleton University in Ot- tawa is expecting a jump of approximately 500 students for the coming year to bring its enrolment to the 2,OOO- student level. Of that num- ber 900 are expected to be in their first year.

At the Calgary campus of the University of Alberta, another large increase in enrolment is expected. This year there were about 1,500 students registered; next year it will be close to 1,900.

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BATON ROUGE, LA. (CUP/UPS) - The field secretary for the Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee (SNCC) was ar- rested early last month just ‘before he was to address students at the nation’s larg- est all-Negro University.

Dion Diamond, invited to speak by student body presi- dent Murphy Jackson at Southern University here, was charged with trespassing, vagrancy, and disorderly conduct. He has remained in jail under $4,000 bond since his arrest February 1.

Jackson had refused to let Diamond speak at a campus rally, but when 1,800 stu-

dents left the meeting in protest, Diamond was re- invited to speak to the students. When Diamond re- turned the next morning, he was arrested.

Reporting from the city jail to the Atlanta SNCC office, Diamond asserted that Southern University officials were “working hand in hand with local segregationists.”

TO-DAY - [S- “NATIONAL STUDENT DAY"

OTTAWA (CUP) - The National Federation of Can- idian University Students las declared March 8 to be gational Student Day.

The decision was made tartly on the grounds that ;his day falls during the Canadian Conference on Ed- Ication dates, and more pub- ic attention will be focussed In the educational commun- tY.

In making the statement ‘or student day, the federa- ion has also issued a De- tlaration of beliefs for the lay.

“We, the students of Can- Ida, heirs to the tradition of ;he university in Western ivilization, conscious of our besponsibilities to scholarship knd the freedom of the academic community . . .” )egins the document, as it s addressed to the Canadain jeople.

It resolves that “Canadian unity is and must be based lpon the existence of two :ultures and two languages, ve call on the people of Canada to accept in full this jrinciple and its implica- ions.”

we maintain that it s the responsibility of society :o guarantee access to higher education for all its mem- lers . . . ” forms another )art of the resolution.

The t.hird major resolution xrges the federal and pro- rincial governments to re- nove the constitutional di- emma which “has prevented ligher education from being Ilaced within the reach of 111 who are qualified . . . ”

Ottawa (CUP)- The qational Federation of Can- ldian University Students ias taken part in a joint appeal to Iranian authorities, jrotesting the recent arrest If hundreds of students and uppression of student de- nonstrations in Teheran by Iranian police.

Joining NFCUS in this betion were these other nat- onal unions of students: JGEMA, Algerie; UNEF, France; NUSAS, South Af- liea; USNSA, United States.

The joint message, to other Lational unions, calls for )rotests against these inci- lents to be sent to Iranian ‘rime Minister Ali Amini, nd U.N. Secretary General J Thant, and messages to be ent to the Confederation of ranian Students.

The joint appeal sates that he signatories “strongly pro- est Iranian Government’s bloody suppression demon- tration . government 3rces invaded university rounds, breaking agreement letween university and gov- rnment that police not vio- ite traditional sanctity uni- rersity . . .’ we urge all Lational unions protest . . . ”

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t Jniversity of Waterloo Judo Club Examination in judo proficiency was recently held at

he University judo club, by the Chief Instructor, Mr. ohn Hatashita (3rd degree Black Belt). Judo players are raded in proficiency by a system of coloured belts, running *om white (novices), through yellow, orange, green, blue, rown, and black. The following players, or judokas, were warded the Yellow Belt:

J Gary Nigh, Art Harris, Eric Manning, Arthur Dawson,

uri Silmberg, Bob Currie, and Frank Ricciuto. Bill van Loon recently won the Orange Belt by defeating

wo consecutive opponents, at the monthly tournament in ‘oronto.

Club activities are now suspended for Engineering Exams, but will resume early in the Spring Quarter. E

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,thletic Banquet to be Highlight of Year’s porting Events on Campus:

The athletic banquet this year will be held next Tuesday, larch 13, at the Breslau Hotel, at 6.30 p.m. This promises 1 be the biggest event of the sporting year, and it’s open 3 everyone - male,’ female, athlete, non-athlete, friends or therwise. Tickets are only $1.00 and they are availalbe morn Bob Pando, Don Demko or at the athletic department fice. There will be presentations galore . . . the Fryer .ward for the team with the highest number of points in le Intramural standings, the Hagey-Seigfried Trophy to le most valuable Basketball player, school letters for the -arsity players plus many more exciting features. So, urry, hurry, hurry and get your ticket before it’s too late.

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Climbing down from the soap box now we’ll take a look I t the sports events around recently. In an invitation ‘olleyball tournament, Saturday, March 3, at Seagram kym, the U of W team triumphed over four others who tood (in order) Hamilton Teacher’s College, St. Jerome’s :ollege, and Waterloo Lutheran University.

In the OTCC basketball tournament held the previous reekend, the St. Jerome’s team beat the U of W Pioneers 3 win the championship. In the first round, W L U beat Vaterloo Staffers, the Pioneers beat Royal Military College, t. Jerome’s beat London Teacher’s College and NFCUS Jationals beat Laurentian University. In the semi-final Dund, St. Jerome’s downed NFCUS Nationals and the ‘ioneers won over the Hawks. The Most Valuable Player ward was won by Brian McCormick of St. Jerome’s. The llstar team was composed of Frank Cornelius (L.T.C.), lerv Boulton (W.L.U.), Lloyd Niziol (NFCUS), Don bon Demko (U of W) and Dean Given (U of W).

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HALIFAX (CUP) - The - m.. . . !ement of arbitrariness in lanada’s Immigration regu- Itions, and the lack of ublic discussion over . the scent changes in the Act ?cently came under fire ere. Professor D. J. Heasman,

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discussion during the World University Service of Can- ada - International Student Association (WUSC - ISA) regional seminar at Dal- housie University, said that in the modern state there “has to be a good deal of delegated authority,” but added that this was full of dangers.

Speaking of the new Im- migration regulations, Pro- fessor Heasman said: “These new regulations do not con- stitute a new Act, but a change in the regulations. One danger is that there is likely to be rather less dis- cussion than if a new Act were to be passed.”

He added that Canada “suffers a. great deal in not having sufficient public dis- sention.”

The Dalhousie professor of political science said that the delegation of authority was usually justified by the explanation that only experts understood such intricate topics. However, he suggest- ed that there might be an- other reason - the avoid- ance by the government of public discussion.

He took as an example, the practice of Immigrat,ion authorities of asking each prospective immigrant his or her religion, “but no figure is ever published” on the excuse that this would cause dissention.

From this, he said, one could only surmise “that government in Canada is only possible if people are kept ignorant.”