■*r 7-r THERE'S A GOLDMINE THE UBYSSEY IN THE SKY VOL. XLI VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1958 No. 9 Salary Boost Studied HOW UBC SALARIES RATE COMPARED ACROSS CANADA University Professor Assoc. Prof. Asst. Prof. Lecturer UBC (present) * $9,000 $7,500 $5,800 $4,500 UBC (proposed) 12,000 9,000 7,000 5,500 Alberta 9,000 7,500 6,000 * * Saskatchewan $8,800 and 10,000 7,100 5,500 Manitoba 8,800 7,200 5,700 W. Ontario 9,000 7,500 6,500 5,000 McMaster 9,000 7,200 5,700 4,500 Toronto (present) 11,200 8,500 6,600 5,100 Toronto (1959^ 12,000 9,000 7,000 5,500 Queen's 9,000 7,000 5,500 4,000 Carleton 9,000 8,000 6,000 3,500 Ottawa 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 McGill 8,000 6,500 5,000 3,500 UNB 6,500 5,700 4,500 3,500 Dalhousie 8,000 6,000 5,000 3,500 * All figures are salaries per year. * * No fixed range. All figures for the above table are taken from the brief being presented today to the Faculty Association. Op Letter To Ihe Faculty (EDITORIAL) The Faculty Association will hold a meeting today to consider, approve, amend, or reject a brief to be presented to the University Board of Governors concerning raises in salaries totalling $1,034,100. We are in full agreement with the principle of the Association's brief, and the state of faculty salaries has been a source of concern among students for the past few- years. In briefs presented to the Provincial Cabinet and to the Board of Governors, succeeding Presidents of the AMS and editors of the Ubyssey have supported the proposition that faculty salaries at UBC should be second to no other campus in Canada, There has always been an important qualification, however, that in previous years was recognized by the • Faculty Association; Students fees should be increased only when all other sources of University revenue have been exhausted. It is surprising, in the light of past cooperation, to find this issue passed over so lightly in this year's proposed brief. The brief states: "If public funds sufficient to meet these increased costs are not forthcoming, it may be necessary to incur a deficit which in turn may have to be liquidated through raising fees. "But the disadvantage of these courses of action are, in the opinion of the Association, less serious than the risk of attrition of academic standards through failure to attain parity with the highest university salary scales in Canada." We must ask the Faculty Association whom they mean to help by accepting (along with so many others) the inevitability of a fee increase. Students have been working on a scholarship and bursary plan for years. It finally looks as though it may be implemented. The HVm .Sidney Smith promised it would be in operation by this academic year, and there is reason to believe it may yet come, since his other promise, the increased operating grant to universities, has already been fulfilled by the Diefenbaker government. But this federal money, intended for scholarships and bursaries, can be used by a provincial government as a substitute for provincial funds in the University operating (Continued on Page 2) — See OPEN LETTER Faculty Association Votes Today On $1 Million Plan UBC Faculty Association will be asked today to approve, amend or reject a brief rec- comeending increases in faculty salaries ttotailing more than one million dollars. If the Faculty Association approves the brief, it will be submitted to the University Board of Governors. The proposed salary increases would put UBC teaching salaries on a par with those presently in effect at University of Toronto. Clubs May Be Ousted Several University of B.C. clubs may be ousted from their club rooms today according to Jim Horsman, Brock Management Committee chairman. Clubs who have not submitted briefs to the committee for allocation of club space in the Brock extension are in danger of losing the space they had last year. "As far as I can see clubs which have not submitted briefs by now are not interested in having club space in the Brock area," said Horsman. The deadline for briefs was Sept. 31. Each club received a letter from the Brock Committee dated Sept. 18. The committee as yet has received no replies. "They do not seem too interested at all right now — but a huge cry will go up when they lose their space," commented Horsman. In order to give delinquent clubs an opportunity to save their club rooms, a meeting will be held today for club representatives.. All groups interested in either maintaining present space or obtaining new space should meet with the Brock Management Committee at 1 p.m. today, in the Board Room, Brock Hall. Horsman stated Wednesday that clubs who do not attend the meeting will lose their space. He said few club executives pick up their mail regularly and this could account for the apparent lack of interest. "I sent three letters in one and this probably was not a good idea," Horseman said. "It might have been thrown out by the executive who opened the letter because it looked like too much to read," he said. University of Toronto now has the highest academic salaries of any Canadian university. (Comparison of minimum teching salaries at UBC and at other major Canadian universities and of the proposed UBC Increased minimum salaries is contained in a table on page one of The Ubyssey today). The brief will be submitted to the Faculty Association at a special meeting at 1 p.m. today. Main reason stated in the brief for proposing salary increases is to maintain high academic standards, It is felt that as UBC salaries fall farther behind other leading universities, the quality of teaching personnel at UBC will decline in proportion, and academic standards will fall. The brief suggests that if public funds to cover the proposed salary increases are not forthcoming, the deficit will have to be made up by an increase in fees. Total annual cost of the re- comended increases in salaries, pensions and disability insurance is $1,034,100, according to the brief. UBC President Norman A. M. MacKenzie has already indicated that there will be an increase in student fees by the 1959-60 session. Dr. MacKenzie said in his annual address to the students that students will have to begin paying a higher proportion of the university's costs. The present student fees provide 17.2% of UBC funds. COMMITTEE CURIOUS ABOUT INSURANCE Leadership conference finance committee delegates expressed a "great deal of curiosity" about the amount of coverage given by the student accident benefit fund. According to chairman John Helliwell, no one knew the coverage of the fund policy, which is wider than the majority think it. Hill, Tompkins For New Board Tween Classes Sports Car Club To Show Mille Miglii UBC SPORTS CAR CLUB — First General Meeting in Eng. 201 today at 12.30, to be follow ed by colour film of the 1957 Mille Miglia. Non-members 25c. * * * MUSSOC — Important Gea- eral Meeting today at 12.30 in H. G. 14. Everybody out! U.N. CLUB — Panel discussion on "De Gaulle and the Ml* Republic" with Dr. Laponce, Dr. Mark. Eastman. At 12.30 \*h day in Buchanan 100. * * * U.B.C, CREW — Recruiting Drive 8.00 p.m. tonight in Brock Lounge. Talk on activities, slides, refreshments. All men on Campus welcome. (Continued on Page 6) See 'TWEEN CLASSES Don Hill and Michael Tompkins have been chosen to com- j plete the AMS finance commit- ! tee, stated John Helliwell, chairman of the committee. Other committee members are Councillors Wendy Amor and Brad Crawford. Purpose of the committee is; sible for to facilitate the financial operation of the AMS. It will act as, como a major field in both gov- a guide for club treasurers. J eminent and industry. The committee will handle! Professor Blackett is head of requests for extraordinary! tiie department of physics at grants and supplementary bud- J the Imperial College of Science gets by student organizations and Technology, South Kensing- as well as examining the AMS ; (Continued on Page 6) annual budget. See TO LECTURE Physicist To Lecture Professor P. M. S. Blackett, a distinguished experimental physicist, will give a lecture to students Friday at noon, in the Auditorium. The subject of Dr. Blacketfs address will be "Nuclear Weapons and East-West Relations". In his book, "Military and Political Consequences of Atomic Energy," Professor Blackett strongly criticised the American Foreign policy, for not reaching any arrangement with the Rus« sians to stop the use of atomic weapson in warefare. He said that the Russians, by stalling off any agreement with the U.S., are gaining prestige. A winner of the Nobel Prize in 1048, for his work in cosmic rays and the discovery of the positron Dr. Blackett has recently been working in the physics of fundamental particles, in cosmology and in rock magnetism. During World War II, Dr. Blackett, was primarily respon- Britain's "Operation Research", which has since be« PAGE TWO THE UBYSSEY Thursday, October 9, 1S58 THE UBYSSEY MEMBER CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Student subscriptions $1.20 per year (included in AMS fees). Mail subscript'ons $2.50 per year. Published three times a week in Vancouver throughout the University year by the Student Publications Board of the Alma Mater Society, University of Britisn Columbia. Editorial opinions expressed herein are those of the editorial staff of the Ubyssey, and not necessarily those of the Alma Mater Society or the University. Letters to the Editor shou.u not be more than 150 words. The Ubyssey reserves the righ-- to cut letters, and cannot guarantee publication of all letters recfjved. *^*m**jm**A EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, DAVE ROBERTSON Managing Editor, Barrie Cook City Editor, Barbara Bourne Chief Photographer, Mike Sone Features Editor, Mary Wilkins Editor, Special Editions -—Rosemary Kent-Barber Assistant City Editor, Kerry Feltham SENIOR EDITOR, WAYNE LAMB Reporters and Desk:—Kerry White, Judy Frain, Shawn Harold, Judy Coppithorn, Helen Sturdy and Oleg Wurm. lsdhMu, jlosl q&L ktt&JiA. Apathy Apathy, the bane of the well-rounded student, has reared its ugly head in a very strange place. That place is the UBC club association, whose mem' bers are usually in the front lines of the battle against the monster apathy. Apathy, that is, towards extra-curricular activity. We learn from the AMS Co-ordinator of Activities, Mr. Jim Horsman, that UBC clubs have been one week delinquent in responding to communications from him. These are important communications, from the clubs' point of view, as they deal with allotments for clubroom space in the Brock Extension. The clubs, states Mr. Horsman, are in peril of losing their space should they not quickly make known to him their needs. "Then," says Mr. Horsman, "a huge cry will go up," No doubt. m§< Mr. Horsman tells us also that clubs and societies have lately often neglected to make bookings for rooms and auditoria through him. the result of this being much const'rm ion. Mr. Horsm-in adds that clubs have been delinquent also in picking up their mail. This, he believes, may be in part the reason for their delinquency in answering it. The Ubyssey clucks its tongue at all these goings on. We trust that apathy has not taken root in the last stronghold of school spirit, the clubroom. We would hate to think that the 45 inches we guarantee every day to clubs for their publicity has been to no avail. Crushed Bodies Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: Monday noon, before and during Jose Iturbi's concert in the Auditorium, the south door to the gallery was locked. It could be opened neither from the inside nor the outside, At the north door, people were piled six and seven deep. Perhaps the officials wanted to prevent overcrowding, but what would have happened in case of fire or other panic- causing emergency? The fire chief is so concerned about this possibility that he has prohibited smoking anywhere in the upper part of the building. You can imagine for yourself the heap of crushed bodies in that one, narrow doorway, growing higher and higher and finally blocking all means of escape for the hundred-odd people left. Perhaps the other people in the gallery would prefer roasting to overcrowding; personally, I prefer to do any necessary roasting in the hereafter. Yours sincerely, BEVERLY GREEN, Arts III Damn Proud Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: I am a Freshman, and damn proud of it. I was dunked on Hazing Day, and thrown out of the jeep, too. What's more, I've got the bruises to prove it. But I was under the mistaken impression that the Hazing Day hatchet had been buried. That is, until what to my wondering eyes did appear, but a snide, back-stabbing report of Freshman apathy on tho day in question. Mr. Lamb's account must have been written from a rooftop hi,i>h above the campus and far from any mud. harsh facts, or ••sportsmanlike" Freshmen. I say ■•botrer!" to both Mr. Lamb and his opinions. Your senior editor suggests that the Frosh lacked spunk on Hazing Day. Tell that to Recognition Of Red China Does Not Imply Support Editor, The Ubyssey Dear Sir: I should like to answer the somewhat confused arguments against the recognition of Reel China which appeared in a letter on your October 7 issue. The letter to which I refer had been prompted by its author's reading of the SCM's resolution for recognition of Red China. The letter stater! that "we are passing a resolution M our government nqpport mc the al lacker in the name ot peace." Now this i« not; exactly true. The resolution does not "support" Red China but only wishes to recognize the existence of the state and to give her an official position, among th* united nations of the world. The letter asked "whether it would be rightful to expel the representative of a country, which was fighting for us, from the Security Council and put an aggressor in it instead of him." I should like to know how th author of that letter reached the conclusion that admission of Red China fo the UN would necessarily expel Nationalist China from the- Security Council. Also, does he ivit realize that the Chinese Communists buried their differences with the Nationalists during the war to fight side by side against the Japanese "for us"? The letter further asked "may a government represent a nation wihich oppresses it?' , . . I will counter with the following: Should we refuse to recognize a government that controls the lives and fates of millions simply because the millions have not elected that government? I believe that Communist China cannot be ignored on the grounds that it does not represent, the wishes of the ■Chinese people. I believe that it must be recognized as the nutj.or power it is and be admitted to the UN. Until I hear some more logical arguments to the contrary in.-iu u.oko presented in the referred letter, I shall continue to hold this belief. WAYNE R. TAYLOR Arts II. the grounps of ten to twelve Engineers needed to drag one lonely Frosh to the dunk; tell it to the motley mass of Redshirts and Aggies who had to make a special trip to the Buchanan Building to recover their Frosh-stolen greased pole and other necessities. Tell it to the few upperclassmen that unaccountably were separated from the mob and almost pulled to pieces by Frosh; and tell it to some ot the "muddy", bedraggled, shivering" Engineers who were dragged through the same mud as the Frosh. When you have digested that, consider that hazing was limited to only one day this year. 1400 strangers had one day to organize and prepare for the onslaught of the rest of the campus. I make no excuse for those "great unwashed" who did not dress in full regalia, but for those gallant few, those unsung heroes of the great haze who fought so bravely and well against overwhelming odds, I take off my beanie. Hazily yours, PAT GLENN Frosh Spirit Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: After seeing the game on Saturday, we (some freshettes) feel there are several matters that should be cleared up. First: — With better advertising, we would have a better crowd. So thc Pep Club could meet a couple of days before the game and distribute handbills or posters. Until the Friday edition of The Ubyssey, few knew the details of Saturday's game. Perhaps this information should have been published Thursday to get results—but why blame the frosh for lack of spirit? There were as many Frosh a I lhe game as Upperclassmen and vve were certainly cheering as hard as anybody! And another thing — why don't we sing our campus song: "Hail UBC". instead of clapping our hands to the music of our Pep Band'1 Maybe we could get some fans to go to lhe '-away" games at Victoria? Or have a contest for some new "yells" or ? The Thunderbirds played exceptionally well, considering what they were up against, and we've got a good team, Now we need supporters, and we can only get them if the games are advertised in advance! We were out there rooting for out- team — let's get others out! The Ubyssey should continue to print thumbnail sketches of our team as in Friday's edition. Also — where are the papers distributed around the campus? Yours for more spirit, Gay Spencer, 1st Educ. Anne Wallace, 1st Arts Samuel Bernard, Arts 1 Anne Mather, Arts 1 (Ed. Note: —The Ubysseys distribution points are: Quad. Brock (south side), Library, Bus Stop, Buchanan Bldg. (main mall door), Wesbrook, Commerce Huts, Education Bldg. and Gym). Deplorable Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: The Leadership Conference Committee wishes to protest the poor and inaccurate coverage of the Conference in October 7th edition of The Ubyssey. To begin with the students at the conference did not endorse in its entirety the form of student government as reported in The Ubyssey. What they did approve was the theory contained in the idea of representative government. The delegates were in favor of a change, not necessarily to the entirety of the "Brawner eport." Whether this change would be for Representative government or Responsible government was definitely not a cut and dried conclusion This topic was chosen for the conference on the grounds that it would provide an opportunity for the student body to express their views on any change of student government in lieu of a proposed change at the spring general meeting. The coverage of the remainder of the Conference was deplorable! It is indeed imfm-- tunate that the only mention of the conference apart from representative government ar.:! thc Frosh retreat was a caption under a picture on pace 5 that was written on a grade school level. The commiltee felt that 'he topics discussed were of major importance to the campus and that the students should have had (he opportunity to rer.d the full scope and conclusions arrived at in each topic. All in all we feel that the importance of the conference was greatly neglected. Yours truly, PETER MEEKISON, Conference Chairman P.S.—The gong mentioned in the -Bird Watcher's column cannot be "patched up" — IT must be replaced. OPEN LETTER — (Continued from Page 1) grant by the simple procedure of withholding or cutting back a necessary increase in the operating grant, so that the University must turn to the students for more bread- and-butter moneey. In the meantime, years of student work, and much • f the impact of the Massey Commission's recommendation.-, and all of the work in the NFCUS brief falls by the wi,y~ side. Let's not be misunderstood. We want the best that can be had tor our facully. Wo want high academic standards, We want our degree;- to mean something. But we do not want the raising of fees to bo passml over so lightly when a strong stand by students, faculty, administration, and the board of governors may yet place the responsibility for the operating grant where it should lie most heavily—in the lap of the provincial government. Thursday, October 9, 1958 THE UBYSSEY PAGE THREE QUEBEC STUDENTS GIVEN AUDIENCE MONTREAL — The wildcat University Action League is on the move here. After one triumph over the elected student presidents of the province's six universities, the League is reportedly trying to set up organizations on all campuses in the province. The triumph came when the League was invited by Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis to discuss the province's educational problems at a private audience. The Quebec Association of Universities — made up of six student presidents — had tried for eight months to gain a similar interview. The Association had prepar- \ not mention anything about ed a detailed brief outlining the | statutory grants — which were financial problems of the universities. They had asked since January for an interview with the Premier to discuss the findings and recommendations of the brief. They were virtually ignored. PREMIER REFUSED Refusal by the Premier to recommended by the elected student leaders. The Association said the existing grant system was irregular and erratic and inadequate. Two weeks after the League's brief to the Premier had been sent. League members announced the Premier had asked to see them — even though they had not asked for an inter- see the elected presidents touch ed off a one-day boycott of j view. classes in five of the province's! VIGOROUS PROTEST six universities the League should meet the Premier. The League did not attend the meeting. They were unable to raise a quorum — precentage of their number necessary before any decision could be reached. SOLIDIFY POSITION Reports here indicate the League is now trying to solidify their position on campuses across the province. In August there were only tical party. That many of their members are connected with the Duplessis Union Nationale is "not important" they said. Said McGill Student Union President Nick Asimakopulos: "We may quite readily infer a singular sympathy between the Union Nationale and the University Action League." FOR POLITICIANS Said Sir George Williams' Marvin Jay: "That's a question for the politicans, but it would 80 League members — 50 of i be a pity lf this sort of th ing Three University of Montreal I The Association protested them from the University of had any bearing on the educa- students went to Quebec City to ! "8°™^ aSainst the Premier's Montreal. They said they would j tional poJicies of the province." protest in person. Thev tried to | action' Xt charged there was col- send a representative from ev- The Duplessis—University see the Premier. He did not luslon between the League and; ery faculty in the university Action League interview was acknowledge their presence. Duplessis's Union Nationale. ; to meet the Premier. These pro-, the final straw for many As- They stayed in Quebec for The Association pointed out mised delegates were not pre- socjatjon members. eight weeks, calling at Duples- that the brother oi one Cabinet sent at the meeting. j Their battle to try to solve sis's office every morning. I Mlnlster- the brother-in-law of; The Association charged the i the universities' problems has The Premier called them "ill-' anotlier Minister, and thc Union , League was in no way repre-; been an uphm struggle. Duples- Nationale organizer in Bagot; senlalive of the student bodies, ■ sis took more than a month to mannered children." Last spring following failure of the student presidents tomake headway in their campaign, a group sprang up calling themselves the University Action League. IMPROVE CONDITIONS They said in their manifesto they were anxious 'to improve student conditions with respect to the rights and duties of each and every one." The newly-formed League drew up a brief on education which members of the Association claimed closely followed were among League members. • that it had no right to meet League president Ca mille on the students' behalf. Moreau, they charged, was an Until a few days before the Duplessis-party organizer in Ba- Duplessis meeting, it was charg- got and also a regional presi-' ed, the League president had answer their requests for an interview. He said he would study the brief. He would not have time to grant the interview, however, dent of Jeunesse de l'Union Na- never heard of Sir George Wil- because 0f -parliamentary du- tionale — a party youth group. > Hams College in Montreal. PROMISED AID NOT ELECTED Despite protests the Premier ties" and heavy duties "in the administration of our immense province." Further requests for an inter- The League at no time claim saw the group. He promised a j ed to be elected student repre loan system for students, but j sentatives. They identified view failed and the one-day miade no promise of increased j themselves as a "social club" i boycott of classes was held, scholarships recommended in j trying to help students. j Association members were the brief. j There was no reason the; "astonished" to learn of the Before the Duplessis inter-1 premier shouldn't see them, j proposed meeting between the view, Association secretary they said. They had just as much j League and Duplessis. that submitted originally by the Bruno Meloche, invited the Lea- right to see the Premier as any , Before it took place they pre- presidents last January, < gue to attend a meeting of tiie other group. dieted some concessions would The League brief however did Association to discuss whether. The League charter does not (Continued on Page 6) - -- -■■■■ -- - - - align members with any poli- See QUEBEC STUDENTS P*?ft*# thi MILDEST BEST-TASTING cigarbttb UNIVERSITY BOOR STORE HOURS: - SATURDAY: 9 a.m. lo 5 p.m. • 9 a.m. to Noon LOOSE LEAF NOTE BOOKS EXERCISE BOOKS and SCRIBBLERS GRAPHIC ENGINEERING PAPER, BIOLOGY PAPER, LOOSE LEAF REFILLS, FOUNTAIN PENS and INK, DRAWING PAPER Owned and Operated by . . . THE UNIVERSITY OF B.C. THE U.B.C. FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS . . . MARLENE DIETRICH in Josef von Sternberg's THE BLUE ANGEL TODAY at 12.30 in the AUDITORIUM Admission: 35c NOTE:—-We are still cutting red tape on the NAZI PROPAGANDA FILMS originally scheduled for next Tuesday noon, They will now be shown Tuesday noon, November 18. No show Oct. 14. NEXT WEEK — The greatest of all films . . . THE BIRTH OF A NATION . . . THURSDAY and FRIDAY 2 I I I ■ 1 I Ed. Note:—The following is printed to give UBC students a clearer understanding of the situation studenis face in Quebec. A.M.S. president, Chuck Connaghan, is at present in Ottawa and has asked all Canadian universities to support the French students in their bid for autonomy). Diefenbaker Campaign Blasted Carl Hamilton, National Secretary of the CCF spoke to an audience of over a hundred in Buchanan 104 on Tuesday. He discussed two aspects of the current political situation. One he found encouraging, the other "downright frightening." He viewed the willingness of the Canadian voters to discard "rock-ribbed traditionalists" as an encouraging sign. However, their acceptance of "a political party that is willing to use mass media as a weapon . . . not to clarify issues but to blow up one individual'' wa3 to him a frightening situation. The alignment of the CCF party with the CLC Hamilton thought was "the first major step in the re-alignment in the political scene since the establishment of the CCF party" in the thirties. 'We finally have a concentration of votes on the right," he said, referring to their union with the CLC. "With their fi- nancial support" both labor and farm interests "will be served.' Hamilton is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan and completed his master's degree in Queen's University, He spoke on the campus last January under the sponsorship of the CCF club. VARSITY THEATRE AL. 0345 Thurs. Fri. Sat. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER ALEC GUINNESS "The Bridge on the River Kwoi" One Complete Performance Commencing at 7,30 p.m. Coming' Soon The Year's Mi ml Ilunoured Picture "The Cranes Are Flying" PAGE FOUR THE UBYSSEY Thursday, October 9, 1958 Damn Yankees Colourful Damn Yankees, now playing downtown, can be aptly compared with George Abbott's earlier success of both stage and screen, Pajama Game. Once again Abbott is assisted by Stanley Donen as director, and once again he has utilized almost the entire Broadway cast — at least so far as the speaking parts are concerned. He has even gotten away with using Tab Hunter in a lead role, and Tab gives a notable performance, in fact, a movie "first" — first actor- cum-ball player who knows how a baseball bat is swung. I think that we can also assume that Abbott has with his traditional fast pace and split- second timing captured, in Damn Yankees as in Pajama Game, much of the verve and bounce of the original stage production. Unfortunately both of these filmed plays are in a horrible "natural" color process which gives everyone yellow and purple skin. Now if you take a normally sallow redhead like Gwen Verdon and give her yellow and purple tones to boot — well, it's just not very pleasant to look at. They are calling this process Techniclor, but they don't fool me. It's Ansc- chrome. Damn Yankees is encumbered with two or three of the I'jaggiest ballads extant, but it also boasts choreography by Bob Fosse and this adds immeasurably to the appeal of songs such as "Whatever Lola Wants" and "Shoeless Joe" and "Two Lost Souls", which was, for me, an enjoyable but unfathomable production number. Fosse also dances "Who's Got COLE FACTS About-. . . NFCUS LIFE Q.—Do I have to accept a non participating policy? A.—No! On conversion you may select either a partici paling or non-participating permanent plan. MANSE SCHMIDT me of our representatives, is Iwell qualified to give you personalized service and ad (vice on your insurance and |eslale programme plans. CANADIAN PREMIER LIFE 779 W. 9th EX. 2924 S. K. COLE, CLU Branch Manager The Pain" with Gwen Verdon and this alone is, to use one of the most disgusting of all cliches, worth the price of admission. For sheer talent and gusto, this team makes Astaire- Rogers, Kelly-Charisse, the Champions etc., look sick. But the stellar attraction (my but aren't we inventive today!) is Ray Walston slithering and sneering his way through the part of Applegate-Satan. He plays it twenty different ways, but all evil and funny, and takes full advantage of the superb gagwriting of Abbott and Douglas Wallopp, from whose novel "The Year The Yankees Lost The Pennant" the show was adapted. So go see it. If you can sit through five minutes of the ear- splitting and tedious song that gave that slimy little Eddy Fisher his start, you'll enjoy the movie. — M. M. CRITICISM EDITOR, Helping, along with "Damn Yankees," to break this fall's dearth of good movies in Vancouver, are "Orders to Kill" and "The Last Bridge," both starting this week. "Orders To Kill" was the British entry in the Cannes 1958 Festival and was shown in Canada's two film festivals — Stratford and Vancouver — this summer. A Canadian, Paul Massie, has the lead. "The Last Bridge" is a European war movie with a strong anti-war message. Marie Schell plays a nurse torn between opposing forces. Albert Camus: C A Man And A Donkey "Platero and I" is a small, incomparable book which comes as a surprise, and a very welcome one, to one raised in the American literary stream of violence and disillusionment. It was written in Spanish about thirty years ago by Juan Ramon Jimenez. Although an English translation was made shortly afterwards it was not until this year, after its author had won the Nobel Prize and thereby attracted some attention here, that it was published in North America. The Platero of "Platero and I" is a small donkey, soft and hairy, with large black eyes. The story is told by his friend, his "owner," wiho says of Platero: "Oh you, so intellectual, friend of old men and children, of brook and butterfly, of the sun, of the dog, of the flower and the moon; patient, thoughtful, loving, Marcus Aurelius of the meadows ..." The donkey and his friend share experiences which are recounted in a series of vignettes and mood pieces. There are many things which the man loves — brooks, trees, meadows — and some he hates — priests and cock-fights. Incidents such as that of a consumptive girl being given a ride into the country by Platero and how happy she becomes for a while are things which American writers avoid as banal, and which some Canadian writers should avoid but don't, Although the danger is there, Jimenez is never banal or sentimental. This is due to the newness and ardour of his images, and the deep realism which underlies his romanticism. Rather than carefully avoiding unpleasant things, Jimenez includes and transcends them. One day children throw a ring of bellflowers around Platero's neck and dancing lead him to the old man; another day children cause a horse to die by stoning it as it lies in a street. Of such strands is made this poem of love. — RUPERT BUCHANAN Raven There is still time to submit stories, poems or articles to The Raven. Deadline for the Christmas issue is October 20, Stories, etc., should be left at the office of the Co-ordinator of Publications in Brock Hall some time before then. Several studies of the work of Albert Camus have appeared since he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. "Albert Camus: The Invincible Summer," by Albert Maquet, translated by Herma Briffault, begins with the words: "The work of Albert Camus is of the kind that requires us to be worthy of it," Thus giving warning that what is to follow will be a high- flown, uncritical account of Camus' writings. And so it turns out to be. On the other hand "Albert Camus; A Study of His Work" by Philip Thody, assistant lecturer in French at Queen's, University of Belfast, is a sober, critical and extremely perceptive appraisal. It makes a perfect introduction to the forty- three-year-old French writer who had made little impression in North America before the Nobel Committee recognized him. Camus sprang into European prominence in 1941 with a treatise called "The Myth of Sisyphus" and its dramatic companion-piece, a short novel, or re- cit, "The Stranger," about a man whose life is untouched by love or hate and who displays none of the expected reactions or emotions. The aim of "The Myth of Sisyphus" was, as Camus said, to explain the feeling of absurdity "which prevailed in the world." ("The world" did not of course include North America, where people, secure in their industrial musculature and their stock faiths, scarcely thought about what is known as "the human predicament." Where t o d a y "philosopers" like Mortimer Adler angrily pound te lectern over, of all things, his particular definition of the phrase "lei ure time," and where even tH Great Depression producel nothing more in the way of i| tellectual self-examination ths a mass leaping of intellectual into the arms of Communism.) Camus worked for the Frenc Resistance during the War. did not, could not, ignore tl feeling of deep, underlying al surdity that troubled him, bj he spent his efforts combattir mian-made, unmetaphysical al surdities. This brought him inl| contact with new problems, deal with in a novel, "The PlagueJ and a treatise, "The Rebel." His next recit, "The Fall," il 1956, concerned a lawyer haunj ed by a pervasive, largely irratio nal feeling of guilt. Critics wer| hard put to decide whethe Camus was making fun of thi protagonist, or whether hi had in fact come to a convictioj of original sin. This year Cami published six short stories ur Poetrl "Poetry is character, not or nament". Perhaps that is thd key to the art of Mariann* Moore. She stressed that hei poetry is for the milkman tJ be confronted with as he del livers your bottles at your doo^ , . . that it is part of life, anc not a diversion from it, P< CAMBIE Broadway at Ash EM. 9515 Doors 6.30 Two Shows: 7 and 9 Painless absorbtion of learning until Oct. 1,1. The Sir Alexander Korcla production of The Private Life of Henry VIII Starring CHARLIE LAUGHTON (no slouch he!) in the lead. Heads of egg, hairs of long, players club, English students are alerted. No Engineers need apply Disney's Melody Time FOR ADDED ENJOYMENT French Theatre Top theatre on tour comes to the campus October 22, and 23, when Montreal's "Theatre de Nouveau Monde" or just TNM plays Moliere's "Le Malade Imaginaire" and Canadian Marcel Dube's "The time of the Lilges" in the auditorium, This group, which had the audacity lo play Moliere to Paris audiences last year, made a hit with them, as with au dienees in Belgium, and New York. In I'),ifi, the players were al Stratford festival, where- again Ihey impressed audiences with their imaginative and rollicking interprelation of Moliere, although many spectators did not understand a word of French. For the company will produce "Le Malade Imaginaire" in French (en francais), although their program will have a detailed and succinct outline of the plot of this famous comedy. "The Time of the Lilies" is a French Canadian play, and has been praised as "a play that goes far into analysis of solitude", and as a play which emanates at times, a Tchekov- ian perfume." It will be Thursday's presentation and will be done in English, Many of Ihe cast of these plays have been seen as regulars of the Plouffe family of television fame. Fans will be able to see their favourites again, and those others of us will be ahle lo see these- actors on a perhaps less controversial basis. The group will be sponsored by the Universily Special Events Committee and lhe Fine Arls Commiltee combined. Tickets can be had at University Theatre reservations. "La Malade Imaginaire" will, be played Wednesday night, October 22, and "The Time of the Lilacs" on Thursday night, October 23. Other theatre fare for the fall season are the Players' Club's three plays in November, and a production of Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession.'' ; ,: ,."V i*.-. And Wednesday gave Marianne Moore a chance lo prove her point, for all during her reading and discussion of her work at noon in the auditorium, warring automobiles ( or per-l haps they were aeroplanes) went[ round and round the auditorium, honking horns, squealing tires, and emitting rabid ilesh-hun- rsday, October 9, 1958 THE UBYSSEY five PAGE Warm, Witty Canadian Novel BUCHANAN ientious Atheist |e title "Exile and The •m." lp Thody's explanation of fall" is that it is purposely (ous, which strikes me as Camus wanted to correct ^gianism in his earlier In "The Rebel" he had (the impression that men porrupted by false ideas than by anything inher- |vil in themselves; he had blame for the horrors of htury on Hegal, Nietzsche Irx, And in "The Plague" pi that the man-without- |ro is represented as fight- Jtinst is very much exter- |t at the same time Camus to suggest in "The Fall" ie "I'm guilty, you're I we're all filthy sinners" kpation can drag man (providing him a certain |e satisfaction and ration- inaction. also points out that stands almost alone among the giants of literature in this century in that he champions democratic liberalism in the realm of politics. Thus it is that the Roman Catholic Church, always alert to tick off "bad" writers, has smiled with favor on Camus, the troubled atheist. Camus does not attack religion. For him, the death of God is something taken for granted, as it is by his contemporaries Andre Malraux and Jean-Paul Sartre. (It is perhaps something more than coincidence that these three writers have all been struck by a feeling of absurdity, even though they maintain that the feeling is something much more complicated and sophisticated than simply being ill at ease in a neutral universe). At any rate the Church likes him because it can be sure that he will always come up with, despite exciting Godless gyrations, the good old truths of freedom and neighbourly love. — RUPERT BUCHANAN "A Mixture of Frailties," by Robertson Davies, must be one of the most delightful books of the Canadian publishing year. It is a book crowded with shrewd glances at our human frailties, our absurdities and self-deceptions. Much like Max Shulman's "Rally 'Round the Flag," this book has most of the penetrating, keen style, although perhaps lacking the fast pace and some of the "niceness" of Shulman. But it has much more to offer than has "Rally 'Round the Flag." There is a depth here, and a much richer character sense. One can watch the devel- omes To Life ;ineer cries. iMoore, in the middle of »t the heart of a phrase, lifted her head, seem- |take in the noise, and have arrived." | "Here is a new develop- fe've had poetry to jazz; honking horns." selections were from ii Id and new. "What are I, one of her more fam- Hcs, she read carefully, | out that hen- she was earnest. read enthusiastically, [ing and explaining the L'es, her new poem about lisk-ox ventyre of Ver mont's John Teale. She stressed again that she is an eclectic poet, taking wshole phrases from things she is reading, and yet stressing that in doing so she adds her personal rhythm and interpretation to these quotations, thus making them net- own. Criticism, she explained, has been of a great service to her, but not the almost esoteric driticism of many University publications. Are you busy? she was asked. Busy! At seventy-two, this remarkable woman of letters is just finishing a translation of the fables of Lafontaine from the French, new poems, a John Hopkins lecture, and keeping up a voluminous corespondence with literary figures, campus magazine editors, and hopeful authors. And she has time lo follow the fortunes of the Dodgers. Why do no two of your poems have the same rhythm? she has been asked. Because- no iwo times does she say the same thing. The words, the sense, the rhythm, all belong together. You cannot impose words upon a form, or form upon words. She wants the reader to do his reading. Poetry should not say bluntly, unsublly what, it has lo say. The reader should be able lo read, discover the meanings he can find there. Miss Moore remarked thai she is probably the most often misunderstood poetess alive. The future? Alter two more University engagements, she will return lo her Brooklyn home to pick up all the work that wiill have piled up during her absence, One student quite unsubtly bul. truthfully remarked, that Marianne Moore is an inspiration to anyone reading or writing or even listening today, ,., , ~r SHAWN HAROLD opment of Monica, in her amusing journey from soprano in the Heart and Hope Gospel (every Sunday, friends, gather 'round your radio an' feel it heal) to a fairly cosmopolitan opera singer, via a love affair in the shape of a voice instructor who appears naked for the first lesson. The other characters in this book are all as human and as frail as in Monica, Their vanities and idiosyncracies are neatly and painlessly punctured by Mr, Davies in such a manner that one may espy an acquaintance of his own in this book. (Usually one with whom one has had a faintly unpleasant experience.) The episodes of Monica's rise offer Mr, Davies many opportunities for humour, and he makes the best of them. Although his characters are pompous, greedy, or mildly bloated with conceit, Mr. Davies does not lack kindliness toward them. Nor will the reader. The end result of this combination of wit, knowledge of the world of music and its environs is a truly humorous absorbing novel, alternately moving and shrewdly witty. — KERRY FELTHAM how he judged a film, was reputed to say, "On how hard the seat becomes." Dublin's Wild Life "THE GINGER MAN," a novel by J. P. Donleovy. Neville Spearman. (292 pages). One film critic, when asked He lives in a haunted house his past, he becomes penniless with his unloved English wife and possessionless. Yet as he and child, and down a ladder of lives by Lady Luck she does not drunks and seductions he slips desert him. I have been trying for some into complete degradation. His time to work out a formula as attitude of don't careism is simple and as conclusive for complete down to wanting no- judging a book. I thought I had thing but "quids" for drunks, one, based on the amount of He doesn't search for women, cigarettes I smoked and the he just takes those that fall for amount of noise I could ignore, the complete charm that is pos- money as well. There with but Mr. Donleavy's, "The Gin- sessed by all rogues that live ^^ who *oins him he Prepares ger Man" tore my theory to live by chance. His friends are to wait for twenty years till shreds. But did I enjoy the Kenneth O'Keefe and the dowm book? I found it fascinating. and outs of Dublin. "Comic, dirty and delightful," Kenneth who is obsessed by is how the Listener described his years of virginity, and the the book, and how I envy the others who like Dangerfield, man who could describe the dream of a wealthy future and reading is Mr. Donleavy's great book so perfectly, so concisely, do no more towards attaining ability as a story teller. His The Ginger Man is an Irish that future than hockinS everV "l^' ab™Pt (sentences ,that American who is studying law thing possible even down to the change without warning from ' lavatory in a rented house that third to first Person have the they rap in a blanket disguis- ability to create in the mind a He runs across Mary, who falls under his spell and gives him £15 to go to London. There he finds friends who not only welcome him but give him the money, that is left to him in his father's will, comes into his control. There is no real plot to the story, but what makes it worth at Trinity College, Dublin, under the G.I, Bill. His name is Sebastian Dangerfield. the most nuamerican of Americans, even those speaking with a British accent. His attitude to life is lhat of youth thrown into a strange world without rhyme or reason, youth that has no ability and even no desire to find a reason. ed with a pink transport to the in a baby carriage ribbon and pawnbrokers Dangerfield. of whose pasl we know little more than that he is from a wealthy family in the States, is left by his wife and child, for they have become no more than an interlude in vivid and strong picture. The theme could said to be sex and to some may be considered revolting, but then maybe Mr. Donleavy wishes to open the eyes of those who are like the 67 "'i of Ireland, and have never been completely undressed. — TONY SHERIDAN MENS SUITS WE HAVE HUNDREDS TO CHOOSE FROM. FINE, ALL WOOL ENGLISH WORSTEDS, %€\f\ 05 FRENCH GABARDINES, TWISTS, from *tl«F#i. up FREE FREE FREE A Second Article FREE with every purchase. FREE Topcoat with any Suit. 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Hastings Street, Vancouver. A monthly allowance of 20,- 000 yen ($60) will be paid, as well as exemption from tuition, matriculation and examination fees. * * * I Applicants must have been TOTEM — Meeting at noon born on or after April x< 1924 today for all interested in work-1 and mist be University Grading on the annual — this meet- Liates ing is important. OUT FOR BLOOD are thousands of nurses just as winsome^as these in the■ Amjoury^today and Friday. UBC is far behind its blood-donations quota and students have only these two days to catch up. _____ -——— Anaemic Frosh Trailing In Bloodless Blood Drive At the close of the blood sports car club paraded over the ; without any appreciable results, drive's third clay, Wednesday, campus in an effort to raise po- : according to one official. officials staled that UBC is go- tential donors, j (Continued on Page 8) They made a lot of noise, but ' See ANAEMIC FROSH Conference: We Need Frosh Orientation ing to fall far behind the quota "unless something drastic happens." The quota for 1958 is 3,000 pints. To date only 864 pints have been donated. The quota for cacli day is 600 pints. Monday yielded a bare 258 pints. Tuesday 336 pints, and Wednesday 270 pints. This leaves a total of 2136 pints to be donated by Friday. Up until Wednesday, forestry led the pack vvith 126^ , followed by theology with 95rJ , and the nursing with 70%. All remaining faculties were far behind with tho frosh bringing up •the rear. Wednesday noon, the nurses along with members of the The main problem of student apathy is lack of frosh orientation, according to a leader-; ship conference apathy study group general opinion. Apathy, which was defined as "a lack of participation in UCC and USC, could be elim-1 inated by a large-scale orientation programme, they felt. Education in the fields of clubs and student government hierarchy was deemed partieu- lary necessary. General opinion was the once the frosh got the knowledge of these valuable adjuncts to "university life", they would participate. Clubs themselves were held partly responsible for the lack of participation. It was felt they should set up individual orientation programmes in order to get new members to participate fully, Campus Problems Aired At Leadership Conference Leadership conference study groups on campus problem-; suggested that immediate actiou be taken lo increase parking area on campus, and appointed a committee to investigate lhe parking problem. <■'."'"*' "r "'" »»■»<-■ ;'-s,,|,,,Ia,:;|,,imsni,Iilllli ;,s umll as mmsi ai,d"'°£ the term was fell lo be avoid- shin io the name "bursars ! , . , ,. ,, ,| wages, able bs- the group. Liason bo- was -mggestd ior most ol the >4ov< rnmeiil granls. More allraclive garbage can-; tween professors and bookstore !•'" id sei'viees eommilleo pnl- wore suggested to alleviate the was fell lo be a good idea, ies sss.s also questioned by lhe litter problem. Library lighting and noise is group. A recommendation that r>, ,-,,.i.,. ,i; .i,ii,„i„fi ii,,i,i;,-,< m, . • ,, ,. , I\).oil,\ cit.-.It ibufod lighting on undesirable, the grout) thought. hie vv. leteria be let open cur- ,„,,,,,,,, .,.„■.,,., ,i s„ ,m i f com pus ss as castigated. plKh,.,, ,.m.:..., is,,. ,,,,:,,i ,,.,-,,.,, uu'use dinner hour was passed, toMets. asking lot quiet ueto Poor quality of food, services Homecoming queen should be thought to he an effective way sf'Hicl was questioned. Some dele- "'wnocl at the dance, accord- [0 cut down noise. "ales 1hou«'h! that lhe problem in£ l:o general opinion of the c , ...an s iti(iiiniii ittai uu pioou.m Studv halls tn all new build- lay in Ihe fact that the com-, 8«>iip. , .^ ^^ lvcommonded unani.. mil.ee had o pay for building Textbook scarcity at the first mously by the committee. * * * PHYSICS SOCIETY — First meeting today — P. 201 at 12,30. * * * DANCE CLUB — Advanced ballroom instruction begins in the Clubroom Thursday, October 9th at 7.30 p.m. * * * FINE ARTS GALLERY — Louis Kahn (Professor of Advanced Design, Yale) on "The Role of Advanced Structural Techniques in the Forms of Contemporary Architecture", 12.30 noon, Thursday, 9th October in Buchanan 102. * * * BIOLOGY CLUB — Dr, W. F, Bendell to introduce film "World in a Marsh" (in colour) and discuss Ecology. Bio. Sci. Building Room 100 Thursday, 9th October at 12.30. ■k *k *k INTERNATIONAL HOUSE CLUB — General Meeting in Arts 100 at 12.30 toclav. All members must attend. ' *k *k *k NEWMAN CLUB - | General Meeting at 12.40 in St. Mark's College. All Catholics are urged to attend. i *k *k *k ! BADMINTON CLUB — General Meeting tonight at 8.30 in Men's Gym. Election of officers and passing of constitution. •k *k *k ! NISEI VARSITY CLUB — will hold first General Meeting i at 12.30 today in Buchanan 203. All members, especially Frosh, j invited to attend. i * * * UNDERGRADUATE WRIT- \ ERS' WORKSHOP — Organizational meeting today at 12.30 ! in Buchanan 212. Members and others interested in creative ; writing are urged to attend. : UBC MENS' GRASSHOCKEY J CLUB — Practice 12.30 today, all players turn out, (Continued on Page 7) See 'TWEEN CLASSES TO LECTURE (Continued from Page 1) Ion, London, England; and is speaking lo universily groups in Canada, under lhe auspices <>(' the oval SRociely in Britain, Ilis appearance al UBC is jointly sponsored by the UBC Fine Arts Commiltee and the Studenls' Special Events Corn- mil lee. Professor Blackello will also give a technical lecture, on "Fundamental 1'arteiles of Nature", Friday, in Physics 200 \ from 4-5 p.m. Students may do research in any field, but preference will be given to those studying Japanese culture and science. Students must speak and write Japanese or take language lessons. I Applicants can give preference but the University at s which the student studies will be chosen by the Japanese government. The student will pay his own travelling expenses. Faculty To Advise Leadership conference faculty- student committee suggested last weekend that each member of the faculty be an advisor for 10-20 frosh each year. The group felt that students in first and second years are reluctant to take their problems to advisors they way the system now works, and, in consequence, left the university. Student advisory committee First *° *'ie Acuity regarding foods committee was also discussed. QUEBEC STUDENTS (Continued from Page 3) be granted by Duplessis. Granting the League's fewer requests would allow Duplessis to "take the easy way out," they said. BOWING TO OPINION His action is asking the League to Quebec was "bowing to public opinion to give help to universities." Failure to concede statutory grants would still allow the government to keep firm control of university finances, the student presidents said privately. Exact details of the loan system to students promised by the Premier is not known. It will be part of the government's legislation litis fall, it is believed. the League's plans to may mean is also not One source said they were trying to set up branches on every campus. II is also believed League members may try to set up a student paper. The existing student- papers in Iho province are not I'smorable lo Duplessis or t he Union Nationale. What expand known. BED-SITTING ROOM with kite hen privileges near UBC ga es for quiet, male studenl, AL ma 1746-M. Thursday, October 9, 1958 THE UBYSSEY PAGE SEVEN Ubyssey Evaluated Dull But Adequate The Ubyssey has been termed "dull but adequate" by the majority of a leadership conference Communications and Publicity study group. There was disagreement, but no final opinion on the function of a student newspaper. Half the group thought the paper should be a bulletin ;•;•& ■ flbf " ■ ■Twb. 1 •> j^| ; ' ?;■ &3k *V4^H Wjk '"^H^l ■ ' mH !HjPL<1| wm ■ vflii * * S^H V TBI ; *n Wk 1 m m L * %, Jl r. '':■ '.&