HUSTLE TO THE THE UBYSSEY TEACUP TUSSLE VOL. XLI VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1958 No. 26 Textbook Prices Too High? Student To Probe Bookstore IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU GOT that counts, professional model Eileen Henne (fourth from left) tells campus cuties at the "School of Charm and Modelling" being held at UBC. Some observers feel the course is making UBC "bigger and better than ever." —Photo by Geoff Farmer "Does Campus Tory Victory Foretell Socred Defeat?" This is the first in a series of Ubyssey debates on current campus issues. Today's question: "Is the Conservative victory in the campus Mock Parliament election indicative of B.C. political opinion" is debated by Social Credit club president. Kenneth Benson; LPP club president, Jim MacFarlan; Conservative, Brian Smith; Liberal, Richard Sonley, and Lyle Kristiansen of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation. Moderator is Ubyssey News Editor, Al Forrest. Moderator Forrest: "Does the Conservative Mock Parliament victory indicate that Conservatives will win the next provincial election?" Kristiansen (CCF) "No. They have no MLA's in the House. It is extremely unlikely they will win enough seats to form either the government or the official opposition." Sonley (Lib,): "Even if they had a personality like Diefenbaker to lead them in B.C. it is unlikely they could win." MacFarlan (LPP): 'There i.s a real possibility ol electing a labor-farmer government. Bul unless the CCF, LPP, trade unions and fanners come together, the danger of electing a Tory government always exists." Benson (SC): "Conservatives win? Impossible! Social Credit will stay in for many years." Smith (Cons.): "A Conservative victory is quite possible. There is no reason for the federal Conservative tide to stop." Forrest: "Did the Mock Parliament election indicate any shift in BC's political thinking?" Kristiansen (CCF): "There was a swing toward the left on the campus and I think we will see a swing to the left in the ne t provincial election." Smith (Cons.): "Socialists are always looking for trends at the slightest flutter of the political eyebrow." Benson (SC): "The campus election didn't prove anything at all. The voters didn't consider the real issues involved." MacFarlan (LPP): "The campus election showed increasing support tor labor and the left wing. It also showed dissatisfaction with the corrupt Socreds and the two old line parties. Sonley (Lib.): "I think the Mock Parliament election indicates federal political thinking— not provincial." Forrest: "Richard, what p.irty do you think will win the next provincial election?" Sonley (Lib.): "I don't know. It will be a contest between the past popularity of the Socreds and the growing popularity of the'CCF." Forrest: "What do you a.s a Liberal think will be the reall , really big issue in the next \,*.-:•- vincial election'.'" Sonley (Lib.): "The corruption of the Socred government," Forrest: "What do you think will be the big issue, Jim'.'" MacFarlan (LPP): "Corruption in government and the Social Credit sellout of our natural i resources," ' Forrest: "What party will i win?" MacFarlan: i don't know. I | hope a united labour-farmer par- j ty will form the next govern- J ment. The campus election result shows that it's possible." | Forrest: "Who do you think ; will win, Lyle?" Kristiansen (CCF): "We will. There is a great deal of enthusiasm at trade union-CCF conferences and the attitude of the farmers is favorable." Forrest: "What will be the big s issue for the CCF'.'" Kristiansen: "The alienation of our natural resources resulting in the disinheritance of the ! people of B.C." Benson (SC): "The big issue will be the actual accomplishments of the Social Credit government over the past six years compared with the former administration." Smith (Com;.): "There; is a lack of confidence in the Social Credit government because of corruption and because of slipping provincial revenue," "TEA CUP" FOOTBALL GAME NOON TODA Y LN THE STADIUM "Tea Cup" football game between Nurses and Home Ec will be played toda> at noon in the Stadium. A silver collection will be taken at half-time and the money will go to tire Crippled Children's Hospital. Tween Closses WUS Topic Yugoslavia WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE—"Inside Yugoslavia" is the topic of a panel to be held today in Bu. 106. Speakers will be Paul Termansen & Gordon Armstrong & Ivan Mozer. Slides will be shown. Evereyone welcome. ff. **.■ * U i At a time when the provincial government of British Columbia is under fire for the policies of its power commission, it is strange that little interest in the matter seems to be beinfg taken by the usually rabid anti-Social Credit faction at UBC. The UBC Social Credit Club either has brought or will bring every cabinet minister out to campus during this session, and students should now be planning intelligent and revealing questions to ask the next government speaker about the statements of Mr. H. Lee Briggs. (Tentatively, the next cabinet minister to appear at UBC will be Lands and Forests Minister, the Honourable Ray Williston, on December 2. The Ubyssey will publish full details of this appearance when it is confirmed). Another worthwhile activity politically-minded students could be engaging in at this time is to negotiate to bring Mr. Briggs himself to speak here, Mr. Briggs, after all, is the instigator of recent controversy over the power commission. He has offered, publicly, to make appearances ail over the province to put forward his views on the power commission. Are there no students on this campus who have questions they would like to ask Mr. Briggs about his recent and widely-publicized statements? We students are often touted as the most critical of citizens. Let's take an active interest in this Briggs-Power Commission matter and preserve that reputation. Free Love Editor. The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: This is my first year at UBC and also my first year in North America, I enjoy life very much here, but am sad because there is something missing. This "something" is lhe free Jove societies which are so popular in my native land of Sweden. Many were the happy weekends I spent with my friends. Here, thing's are different, and life seems very dull by comparison. I am surprised that a country so technically advanced as Canada is so backward socially. If University students knew what they were missing. T am certain they would form a free love society of their own, Yours sincerely, SIG OLAFSON, Arts II. How About It Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: NOTTINGHAM, En-land. (CD—Girl students at Nottingham University, where men outnumber women r,y Iwo to one are being asked to "go Dutch" or pay their own way, on dates. In a message to new girls from "all the boys" the students' newspaper says: "We love you all and adore your company, but don't forget our grants aren't any bigger than yours." How about it girls? PETER KEBB, Comm. II. English 100 Notes Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: This letter is in reply to Miss Wendy Amor's letter to the editor which appeared under the by-line "Frosh Exploited" in the last issue of Ubyssey. Miss Amor begins her letter by stating that since first year students have yet to face a university exam they will pounce on any "sure-fire" crutch that is offered to them. She intimates that the persons selling the set of notes in question offer them as "sure fire". This is not true. When being offered the notes, the student is explicitly warned that the notes are not a summary or synopsis of the material; and, that they supplement rather than supplant their lecturer's notes. There is no high pressure sales talk; the student is given plenty of time to read them over and decide. She goes on to point out that the notes are only ten pages long and that this fact is unnoticed. Aside from the questionable value of using the physical length as criteria, she blithely uses a very vague physical measure: "ten pages," she says. Now ten pages can contain anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 words depending on the size of type, the spacing, etc. This set of notes could have been deliberately expanded to 15 pages had they been typed with standard size type and standard spacing. Furthermore, padding could have been resorted to. Then, by Miss Amor's criteria, the notes would be worthwhile. Further, most first year students can count up to ten and they do notice this fact before buying, Along the same lines, she suggests that the student can not judge the value of his purchase since he has never taken this English course, nor written an exam here before. Notwithstanding thc many students unfortunate enough to be taking this course the second time who have bought a set of these notes, she underates the mental capacity of first year students. One could, by the same argument, question the value of anything being sold for the first time to anyone. The very fact that hundreds of students have bought these notes indicates that they do help in overcoming their "little experience . . . with all the uncomfortable abstracts." The fact that the notes have sold well indicates that their overall reputation is good. Have you heard of a "lemon" that has continuously sold itself despite its poor reputation',' Miss Amor switches from distorting the facts (consciously or unconsciously) and slates an outright falsehood: she asks how can "Death of a Salesman," "The Glass Menagerie" and "Pygmalion" be condensed into less than a page. Firstly, the notes are not a condensation but an analysis. Secondly, these plays are treated on three pages, not one, She questions why the English Department does not produce its own edition. Well, which of the dozens of different versions of members of the English Department would be picked and who would personally devote the time to seeing it through? I don't believe that the first year student is as stupid and naive as you make him out to be, Miss Amor. On this very campus, hundreds of students in second and third year courses (including English 200) have bought similar notes for many years. Do you classify them as ignorant and inexperienced? How about yourself: did you buy a set of English 200 notes? Yours truly, LORNE BRYCE Vive lo Difference Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: May I, through your paper, invite C. B. Meeres Esq. to pack up his blue blazer, gray flannels, white shirt and plain blue tie and go back to where this attire is the recognized uniform, or else here to do as the Romans do. His statement that "the different forms of male attire seen on the campus range from the hideous to the amusing" has two faults: firstly, he insults every decently dressed male faculty member and student; and secondly, he includes himself in the hideous to amazing range by excluding only the lawyers while he is in Arts IV. Against the suggestion of C. B. Meeres Esq. that the authorities issue a ruling on this matter, I offer several arguments. First, individual freedom is a treasured feature of University life; second, it is rather inconvenient for people who work in labs or change quickly for P.E. to wear a coat and tie; third, it is more expensive to have suits and coats dry cleaned than to maintain neat sweaters and cardigans, it may even be that the sweaters are cleaner than the coats. C. B. Meeres Esq. docs not specify what exactly he terms appalling, hideous, dreadful and billious. My reference to sweaters and cardigans stems from mv third year of observation of the most common sartorial phenomena on the campus which I cannot find more objectionable than the drably uniform crumpled gray flannels of some English institutions. If uniformity and regimentation is what he wants, then I can only say "Vive la difference!" I am not an educational psychologist; still I object to having any bloody Limey tell me what to wear at UBC. Yours truly, P. II., Commerce II. Abolish the Totem Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: Last year, at this time, a campus-wide controversy was raging over the issue of whether or not: to include undergraduate pictures in the Totem (UBC's official yearbook). This year, such an argument was avoided because il was generally accepted that undergraduate pictures would not be included. Many students, including myself, are of the opinion that an Yearbook without, these pictures is not really an Yearbook in the truest sense of the word. This belief was substantiated this year when Totem subscription sales took a drastic nosedive. No doubt this drop can also be accredited partly to the 'extreme' style of the book, but the exclusion of the undergrad pictures, I believe, was the biggest *i;igle factor responsible. The argument that the Totem Editorial Board falls back on is that the mechanical job of sorting and laying out pages upon pages of head-shots is dull and thankless. This is certainly true. Secondly, it is felt that since the campus population is growing by leaps and bounds annually, it is impractical now and will become even more so as the size of the student body increases. There is but one solution in sight. This solution is within easy grasping distance. And that is to abolish the Totem and have them replaced by the Yearbooks of the various undergraduate societies. Arts and Science is planning to have its own annual in the very near future. The Engineers, of course, have their Slipstick, and the Foresters and the Commercemen also publish annual records. And they are not averse at all to printing pictures of the undergrads as well as of their grads. It is both natural and desirable that, as the University grows, the job of putting out an annual be divided amongst the various faculties. Now it remains for ASUS to make the next move towards publication of their Yearbook. The subsequent move is obvious. Abolish the Totem. It has outlived its usefulness. — INSCRUTABLE Despicoble Egoism Editc*, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: Friday's noon meeting with Mr. J. Graham Parsons of the U.S. State Department revealed some fine things and some very unpleasant things about UBC's "select" student body. On the positive side of the ledger, the good attendance seemed to indicate a healthy interest in the world affairs and more specifically, an interest in the foreign policy of a country which concerns us most directly. On the other hand, some very unpleasant truths were revealed about our "elite" students. I am referring to the behaviour of some students during the question period, which followed Mr. Parson's address. There were a few students present who were so inflated with a good opinion of their owTi knowledge of foreign affairs that they had become mere bloated facsimiles of a well-informed student. Their despicable egoism necessitated their drawing attention to themselves continually by ill- timecl interruptions of the speaker. Intelligent questions were in order, and Mr Parsons demonstrated his ability and willingness to answer these. The "experts" on foreign affairs failed to realize that by their assinine remarks they were revealing the utter vacuity of their own minds. Irregardless of our own view en any subject, courtesy demands that we allow a visitor to express himself freely, and answer questions fully. Surely a man like Mr. Parsons, with adequate background in and knowledge of foreign affairs knows more about the foreign policy of his country than some of our dear student whose minds thrive on vapidity. Yours truly, LAWRENCE FAST Thursday, November 20, 1958 THE UBYSSEY PAGE THREE Research On Cancer Cure Without Surgery ! Scientists feel it will be possible to cure cancer without surgery, They don't know when the successful cure, or cures, will be found, but they are working on it. So said Dr. Sidney Zbarsky of the Department of Biochemistry, noon Tuesday. Scientists feel it will be pos- —- VISITING RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS flanking Dean G. C. Andrew are Dr. Z. Filatova, second from left, biologist from Moscow, and Dr. N. Sysoev, fourth from left, leader of the Russian oceanographic research expedition. The Russians toured UBC Wednesday and exchanged ideas with Dr. H. B. Hachey, left, from the Joint Committee on Oceanography and G. L. Pickard, right, Director of the UBC Institute of Oceanography. — Photo by Hal Brochmann Win Says Colombo Plan Molds World Spiritual Co-operation By ALLAN CHERNOV The Colombo Plan has been, and still is, a molding force in the development of spiritual co-operation amongst the nations of the world. This is the view expressed by U. Win, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Burma to the United States and Canada, in a speech Tuesday noon. He said as well, that needy member nations derive from the pia n a sense of participation and thus an increased sense of responsibility. In his talk, Win outlined the I her are ea,™arketl separately, The Colombo Plan was orig,- function of the plan in its ad- j and not as cominS fro™ the "ally designated for a six year ministration of economic and! Central Agency. However, the! fer'0<*' >>ut "" S1"ce b*en e*< .,.,.,,.. , ',,,,. , . tended to 1961. According to technical aid to the needy na- actual rallying point of the plan WJ u win babJ be extend. tions of South and Southeast is the concentrated interna-|ed even further because of its ' ., . . . ., s tional effort of the 17 other I proven role as a molding force In the eight years since its ... . ,. „ ., , . . :r „ , , participants. in Southeast Asia. inception, the Colombo plan; _ L _______ has provided over four billion dollars in aid, as well as invaluable technical assistance of expert advisors, he said. SPECIAL AID Canada has supplied special NFCUS National Pres. Visits UBC This Week sible to cure cancer without surgery. They don't know when the successful cure, or cures, will be found, but they are working on it. So said Dr. Sidney Zbarsky of the Department of Biochemistry noon Tuesday. In a talk to the Pre-Med Society Dr. Zbarsky pointed out that although treatment by surgery is now the most successful means of curing cancer, it is hoped that satisfactory chemical means will be found. ONE APPROACH One approach in chemical research is to find chemicals which will stop the metabolism of the malignant tissue, and thereby wipe it out. Unfortunately, those chemicals which have so far been produced do not differentiate between malignant and healthy, and destroy healthy tissue as well. Another solution is to develop a chemical which will stop the metabolism of the tissue, but will allow the normal tissue to regrow. Again there is the problem of differentiation by the chemical between malignant and healthy tissue. PROGRESS Dr. Zbarsky would not say at what time in the future satisfactory chemical cures would be forthcoming, but he did note that excellent progress has been made in this field ia the last tw1o years. Dr. Zbarsky also pointed out the difficulties and very high cost of research of this type, Criticism Of BCE Prices B.C. L.P.P. leader Nigel Morgan will tell "What Is Behind The Power Scandal" Friday noon in Buchanan 106. He will criticize the prices charged by the B.C. Electric for power and the profit the company makes, according to campus L.P.P. club president Jim MacFarlan. Mr. Morgan has led the B.C. L.P.P. party for twelve years. Viewpoint Of Social Work Mental illness should be looked at from a social viewpoint, according to Crease Clinic social work instructor Miss F. McCubbin. She told students Wednesday that the social worker's job is to build on the healthy part of the personality. Miss McCubbin also pointed ! out that now all patients are I given continued treatment even | if their case is considered hope- ! less. SHIRTS Professionally Laundered aid in the form of medical equipment and assistance, aerial survey equipment, logging and fishing techniques, and assistance in highway planning and administration. Win pointed out that the existence of the Colombo Plan has helped greatly to deter Communist influence in Southeast Asia by lessening' poverty and increasing technical knowledge. He also pointed out that the assistance now given represents only a fraction of the needs of the countries of that area, and that growth of the plan is not only desired, but necessary. FUTURE PLANS At the Seattle conference, which Win attended, plans were discussed for the coming year. All hough the U.S. is a full member, all contributions from Should NFCUS campaign for than University students? This question will be put to Mr. Mortimer Bistrisky, national president of t h c National federation of Canadian University Students when he visits this campus November 2f and 22. An open discussion period on the organization and purposes of NFCUS will be held Friday at 12:30 noon in Bu, 221. All sludents are invited to attend and pose their questions on NFCUS to Mr. Bistrisky. PROBLEMS DISCUSSED Mr. Bistrisky will be prepared to answer a n d discuss .such problems as should NFCUS supporl the rights ol overseas studenls who are being deprived of their ri,i;hls to education as in Algeria'.' s with expensive chemicals, mil- iree education lor all Cana- j ;ious of specimen3, and untold I man-hours now being used. 3*r59 Wn DIXIELAND all nighl, every night imported talent swinging music and swinging food along with our new policy come if you're over 18 J(sm aHok'A. HARLEM CABARET 343 EAST HASTINGS Students of UBC, Granville Credit Clothiers offer you the opportunity to establish Credit with us. We know your budget is limited, so why not come in and open an Account — YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD. PAY AS YOU WEAR MEN'S SUITS WE HAVE HUNDREDS TO CHOOSE FROM .FINE, ALL WOOL ENGLISH WORSTEDS, OQ 95 FRENCH GABARDINES, TWISTS, from FREE TOPCOAT 4995 59-85 SPORT JACKET FREE FREE With Any TOPCOAT SPORT JACKETS FINE, ALL WOOL, TWEED SPORT JACKETS in stripes, checks, solids, CA M ff A 2 and 3 button, from up Open All Day Wednesday and Every Friday Night to .9 p.m. G C RANVILLE CREDIT V* LOTH I ERS Phone MU. 1-4041 855 Granville (next to Paradise Theatre) C PAGE FOUR THE UBYSSEY Thursday, November 20, 1958 Anovilhs The Lark A U.B.C. student nas the lead for the first time in a Vancouver Little Theatre production. The play is "The Lark," by Jean Anouilh, and Beverley Simons, a fourth year Theatre student, has the role of Joan Beverley, who is married to Low Undergraduate Society President Sid Simons, came to Vancouver irorn McGill University this year. At McGill, where she was in Honours English, she acted, and wrote and produced two experimental plays. U.B.C. students have many of the other roles in the play. David Bromige plays the double role of M. de la Tremouille and Captain La Hire. Toby Old- field, a lecturer in the English department, is one of the priests who sits in judgment on Joan. Pamela Rutiedge plays the Young Queen. Ken Mclntyre plays Robert de Beaudicourt; and Walter Shynkaryk is t h e Scribe. "The Lark" is a more modern version of the story of Joan of Arc than Shaw's. It begins at the time of the trial and jumps from point to point in time. Director Ian Thorne is employing a "plastic" space set in which the various actors and groups are singled out by spotlights while the rest of the set remains dark, "The Lark" starts tonight and runs till next Saturday night at the York Theatre on Commercial Drive. This is the Little Theatre's second production of the year. Its first was "Inherit the Wind." There will be another production after Christmas. CRITICISM Gigi Efferv Gigi, played by Leslie Caron, is the story of an eighteen year old girl in Paris at the turn of the century. Louis Jordan, the most talked about aristocrat in Paris, tires of his shallow surroundings and becomes friends with Gigi. Gigi is apparently the only member of the entire- cast who remains untainted by the superficiality of the prevailing upper French Society. Jordan is at first amused, later interested, and finally totally infatuated with this child who is so shockingly sincere. The entire screen play is a parody of the effectation and vanity known to the French aristocracy of that period. The setting never once leaves the drawing room, and every acted with the single exce of Gigi herself is a protJ of this French upper class] background and costum* signs capture the vivid gance and rococo ornar tion of the drawing room| fectly. One of the most inten aspects of the film was| tainly the mock heroic ment of the characters, little things, such as a ci tea, were greatly maj Whereas the important tl such as a person's feel were not considered at alll The score was writtej Lerner and Loewe of "My| Lady" fame, but the mus Pasternak's from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari. Collins & Harvill Press, $4.50. 464 pages. BEVERLEY SIMONS, fourth-year Theatre student, is Joan of Arc in the Vancouver Little Theatre's "The Lark" starting tonight at the York. Miller Looks Back Radsoc has acquired a two- hour recorded interview with Henry Miller and will play it over the campus network tomorrow (Friday) at 2 p.m. Miller, who once shocked North American readers with his graphic description of the sexual aspect of life in Paris in "Tropic of Cancer" and "Tropic of Capricorn," i.s now sixty-seven and lives in an artists' refuge hy the sea at Big Sur, California. In the interview Miller speaks, of writing, of Paris, and of the necessity of living brightly in the machine age, talking on and on colourfully, zestfully, giving t h e unmistakable impression that he holds not a trace of regret for his wild youth. lie was born in Manhattan's east side in 1891, the son of a tailor of German descent. In 1928 he went to Paris for the first time and returned to spend many years there. Although he arrived later than the first bunch of Americans, Miller's paean of expatriate joys was one of the best. He writes like someone talking, and on hearing him talk, one discovers that he talks much as he writes. There is a persistent enthusiasm in this learned grandparent of the Beat Generation. —R.A.B. I don't really want to write this review. I persuaded the editor to let me have "Doctor Zhivago" because I wanted to read it, and of course, I got the book on the grounds that I comment on it; which means 1 must write a review. Most of the timp when a critic falls upon a modern book, unless that critic writes for the pay of someone interested in pushing the kind of literature the book represents, the critic must rate the book as inferior. He does not rate it as inferior in comparison with others of its time; he rates it inferior in comparison with the accepted standards of quality. It is difficult to bc as good as Shakespeare, or Milton, or Tolstoi—therefore, if a writer is not as good, he is inferior. Once the critic has spotted the inferiority, and the cause of it, he is on his way. About Hemingway he can say, "Good stuff, but not great because E. H. is not concerned with t h e mass of the people or the weight of history"; about Eliot he can say, "Magnificently learned, but singularly without compassion." The critics's standards are always—or should always be—- the highest, and part of his task is to point out where and why the modern writers do not meet this standard. If he works at his trade hard enough, the critics soon becomes quite adept at this. He has fellow critics from whose writings he can borrow, and he has the infalli bility of the highest star He builds up a large iJ standing of what "great" sj be, and an often magnii arsenal of weapons for a\ ing thc less than great! thrives, often quite poeti| as a disciplinarian. This has been the criticl sition since the death of ens and Tolstoi, and pe| Mark Twain, Hardy, Cc Hemingway, Faulkner, Fi| aid, Eliot et al. no matter! learned, skilled or incisive fodder for these discipline aware that talent is no sj tute for love. The critic is of the mastery of these I over the writers of the tirn^ place, but they are as ec aware that these men failed to master history, in the case of Fitzgerald,) failed to master themselvd With this awareness, Jobs For All Means • ON STAGE • DlA*Y fRA**K DEC 8-13 (ieorgia Auditorium TICKETS: College Shop or MODERN MUSIC 53fi Seymour St. What is the main consideration in the choice of the Players' Club Fall Plays? The greatest happiness for the greatest number, apparently. To be more- precise, a play which has parts for sixteen new members will be considered superior to one which has only three- parts. Obviously the number of good one-act plays having such large easts is limited, and therefore this policy is hound to lead to the presentation of interior material. Various expedients have been resorted to in the past in an e:;Kort to combine interesting drama and the Club's "jobs- for-ali" programme; most ol' them aesthetically indefensible, e.g., the cutting of Synge's three-act "Riders lo the Sea" until its running time was a miserable thirty-five minutes. This caused Barrie Hale to complain in this column last year that "there is a dearth of good one-act plays." He should have said, "good one-act plays with large casts"; want of space prevents a comprehensive list of suitable one-actors here, but let us suppose that the Club had presented this year, in addition to "The Lesson", Ionesco's "Chairs" and Strindberg's "Miss Julie." There are enough competent actors on campus lo fill the ten parts in these three plays, a n d a double purpose would have been fulfilled by their performance: the Provincial University Drama group would have- provided the kind of stimulation one expects from a Club which should always have before il the intention of raising intellectual standards, and the audience present would have formed the nucleus of lhe steady public necessary if the Club is io recover from the financial anaemia caused by its own careless diet as well as by the insufficient transfusion of funds from au unsympathetic A.M.S. Give us more plays like "The Lesson", shed this mock- democratic ideal of a role for each recruit, (the logical conclusion of which i.s a cast of one hundred playing to an empty Auditorium), a n d we will once again be able to honour a Players' Club which is pulling its weight in tho provincial theatre, "Enough competent actors." This i.s a Universily: Club members are lor should be) more concerned with English 201) I h a n achieving professional standards in their acting. There may be some members who will enter the theatre in a full-time capacity after graduation, but, for the present, we will expect mon? than the raw material rather than the finished product. Even so, we will be more often disappointed than pleased. This is why a performance such as Arthur Marguet's in "The Lesson" is all the more satisfy ing, His characterization oJ| Professor was almost hu. It was all there: the salary| pedanticism, the fussiness paradoxically and perfect lievable within the incre| frame of the plot. His co-phi Penny Gaston as the Pu|)ll| Aileen Barker a.s the also conveyed a lavourabkl pression to the audience! I hough Penny Gaston's formance owed more la ce| RECORDED POETi The first of a weekly s| of extracts from recorrfiiH poets and writers dating as far as sixty years was li| Sunday over CBU. Lord r.yson, Ruclyard Kipling Hi| Boloc and Robert W. Se: were heard. The lime is Su| evenings from l.():l,"i lo p.m. "The Bolshoi Ballet" com| The Varsitv this week. Thursday, November 20, 1958 THE UBYSSEY PAGE FIVE REVIEWS rPERT BUCHANAN it tuneful and the lyrics bt as clever. However the | was often effective, be- the music was unfamiliar, |y heightening the off- ffect that lends this musi- jch of its charm. If one Is to witness Miss Caron's Ig ability, he will be dis- |ted, because unfortunate- does little dancing. Jummary, Gigi is a thor- enjoyable movie if one his imagination to run Iwith him, for it has the Jella touch as do so many )f Leslie Caron's pictures, and commerce types be well advised to stay —.BRUCE BUCKLEY Far Out Films BENA SHUSTER plays the fourteen year-old Jewish girl hiding with her family from the Naiis in a warehouse attic in Amsterdam, in the Barnstormers' production of "The Diary of Anne Frank." directed by Dorothy Davies, in lhe Georgia Auditorium December 8 to 13. Three films of unusual interest will be shown at noon today in the Auditorium. The feature, Carl Dreyer's "Vam- pyr" is a horror classic; of the short subjects "Le Chien Anda- lou" is the shocking surrealist cry of Louis Bunuel and Salvador Dali, and "Lot in Sodom" is a recent American depiction of Lot's trial in the wicked, city, replete with almost every sexual symbol Freud thought of. "Vampyr" ls considered as inferior to Dreyer's two great films, "The Passion of Joan of Arc" and "Day of Wrath," but superior to the horror films which were popular in America at the time (1932). The plot of "Vampyr" is subordinate to the effect of horror achieved by images, suggestions, and almost surrealistic lighting and photographic methods. "Le Chien Andalou" (1929) is surrealistic. Familiar things are thrown together in altogether new and illogical patterns, and things happen for no discoverable reason. Director Brunei has warned that those who seek to explain everything in the film do so in vain. And British film authority Roger Manvell says, "It is unlikely this film will ever be explained rationally. It is a bitter protest by a man who is Zhivago' - Timeless [he critic acquires a fine In-trade, a playful me- je of a chiding vocabu- land an outlook that he [tic, having refused to ad- ie defeat taught by the named, is somehow su- then an unheard of ftor, poet and peaceful farmer writes "Doctor £o." A quiet old man with •gy face and a strong born a Jew and converted (Orthodox Church because fed too hard; a lover of Russia, of Christ and whole world, standing in his bare study. a book that could mean lor banishment from the la I fed him. In the midst fe lies and chicanery than found in a Little Rock board, or a Madison le boardroom, a brave old man ties himself to the slow cornet of truth and writes as great a book as has ever been written. Now you see why I didn't want to do this review. It's easy to toss bricks at someone readable but not magnificent. Unaffected by the work of the Fitzgerald who wrote all but The Great Gatsby, you remain ♦detached, alert, often mildly amused. But when you become enmeshed, seduced by an act of love as great as "Zhivago" you can emerge only incoherent, tripping over your feet; a n d like Peter after the third denial, recognize your master in a gasp of revelation that reduces intellectual admiration to emotional revelation. You are made to storm at cruelty, laugh at the blindness of small minds, cry vvith com passion at man's pitiful attempts to find freedom through the acts of his body: and at the end, as the old Doctor has died, and his friends leaf through his few notes and poems, you want to fly because Pasternak says that even all this has not been in vain. You see? These are not the kind of thoughts you have about the writing of the first half of the twentieth century. Your thinking years have been spent in critical admiration. When something like "Doe- tor Zhivago" comes along, you are ill prepared to offer an evaluation. You had been hitting dinky curves f o r years, and then someone wheels n fastball at you. Yeah, man, it's great, even if Time thinks so too. Not just because it tells so clearly the fate of a people subjected to a ys For None lit qualities which suited li, than to her actual in- lation. Here, she often |wn; "mugged" too much tooth-ache, thereby dis- atlention from the I actors' lines, and her Inn of "I've got a looth- iKmanio monotonous when I'd ot lhe variety of in- u'hich was necessary to |in inlerest and lo proper- in Arthur Marguet. Ail- lirkor's Maid was excci- Irlone within the limits particular charaeteriza- |h ich brings us to the dit'- my ways, I am convinced (■id was the best of the directors for Ihis play: |l seen il. done at the Ro.v- "i in London earlier this |mcl she h a s a ta len Led .el.v imagination which particularly requires proper interpretation. Ihave two adverse criti cisms to offer. One. that the Maid should surely have been played as a woman of the people, rough and earthy, but witli enough warmth to make her molhcrliness of the final five minutes acceptable; in thoevenl, we saw a zombie-—chilling, no doubt, but incapable of the final transition alter the girl's murder. Two, and more important. the pace should have been twice as lasl; t h e Professor- Pupil exchanges need the speed of n Wimbledon Men's Final lo achieve their full effect, and the exchange- immediately preceding the rape-killing was lot) slow lo sustain the suspense. Peter Mannering's direction achieved some good effects with "Blue Duck's Feather and Eagle Down". The lighting was impressive, the leg-breaking suitably shocking; and Ken Kramer struggled against a piece of mis- easting for which, as anyone will who has ever attended a Players' Club Fall Play audition will know, Mr. Mannering was hardly to blame. When Ken was dragging himself across thi- stage, one could almost believe he was the Old Whaler on his isolate beach, b ii t his voice1 did not have the necessary age. His inflections, also, were too conversational t o r either the part or the verse. He could have used some of tlu- dignity Fioma Ragona possessed a.s the Prophetess. When Michael Rolheray was landed vvith t h e direction of "Gammer Gurton's Needle", lie must have thrown up his hands in despair. J don't blame him. When (.sailed u p o n to review the same play, 1 feel like throwing in the sponge. What profiled actors, director, or audience by the resurrection of this mouldered farce'.' When the Club disinters pieces like this, if i.s digging its own grave. —DAVID BROMIGE. tyranny—no matter how benevolent its insane leaders think it might be; or because it proves that a Christian Society, no matter how bumbling, is always superior to a totalitarian; not just because you are left knowing that in time the Christian spirit of Russia will rise- again and push the communists into limbo; but because at thc same time as you know all this, you know that the old doctor has been a person as real as ever walked through the pages of a book. You know that his experiences have been yours, that the people he lived vvith are real llesh and blood, You will find them not only in Russia but also down the street. The magnificent "other woman," of Zhivago's illicit but magnificent love affair; his idealistic uncle Nikolai; the butchering leaders of both Whites and partisans; and always the innocent people; they are the people who appear in the truest of books. Zhivago is a timeless figure. He has lived in other times, in other place-.;, his soul subjected to other- tyr- ranies. The question has been raised: Would "Doctor Zhivago" have been, considered such a great book had it not been written in such circumstances? Yes. "Zhivago" would have heen great had il been written by a Book of the Month club hack in a New Hampshire writers' colony. — KEN LAMB Glass Menagerie Tin- Players' Club will present a reading of Tennessee Williams' "Tin- Glass Menagerie" a I 12:30 and IhHO on December 4. Richard Irwin i.s directing a cast consisting of Mike Matthews (Tom), Caroline Purves (Amanda), Penny Gaston (Laura and Dennis Howarlh (Jim). claustrophobically wrapped in the head robes of the past, and who suffers from passions which his upbringing somehow forces him, to suppress. "The famous scene of the man held back from the woman by the ropes which attach him to tw(o priests, two pianos and two dead donkeys may well symbolize this, if it may be said to symbolize anything but the repulsion it miust excite in the spectator. "Bunuel's later and more im* portant film, "L'Age D'Or," amplified the hatred he revealed in "Le Chien Andalou," and showed him to be the most courageous and single-minded of the surrealist film-makers. For him film-making was no experimental exercise, no game with images and montage. It was a rebellion which threw its angers in the face of the audience that they might understand more fully the mask of their so-called culture." "Lot in Sodom" is an application of the techniques used in the most twisted. Godless of European movies to the Biblical story of the good man in the sinful city. Perhaps t h e reason for its inferior force is that with the European films, technique wras often inseparable from t h e conviction of those who made the films; whereas in "Lot in Sodom" the Biblical story merely provides an opportunity, a framework, for exercising said lurid techniques and Freudian imagery. —R.A.B. VARSITY THEATRE 4375 West 10th AL. 0343 STARTING Nov. 20, 21, 22- KATHERINE HEPBURN BURT LANCASTER and in — 'The Rainmaker' An absorbing and touching; motion piclure Monday, Nov. 24 - The Brilliant and Renowned "Bolshoi Ballet" Slarrins ULANOVA PAGE SIX THE UBYSSEY Thursday, November 20, 1958 No Religion For Young Yugoslav ^5ffK%*'#HW¥:KW-!Wfi:M' YUGOSLAVIA — THE OLD . . ELIZABETHAN AGE TO BE CELEBRATED Shakespeare scholar, Arnold Edinborough, editor of the Kingston Whig-Standard and Saturday Night, will visit the University of British Columbia next week to take part in a week-long festival commemorating the 400th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne of England. A noon hour lecture will be Politics must eliminate religion in the mind of any young Yugoslav who wants to get ahead, Gordo n Armstrong, W,U.S. delegate to Yugoslavia said Wednesday. "Freedom of religion exists theoretically," he said. "But only the very old dare- go to church. Social pressure demands loo high a price." Armstrong will bo one ol three panelists on "Inside Yugoslavia" tu be held in Buchanan 106 noon today. He will discuss the religious and political aspects of life in Yugoslavia. Fellow panelist Paul Ter- mansen and Ivan Mozer will deal with the economic and industrial aspects. Both have toured Yugoslavia. Termansen saw several experiments in Socialism. Management has been "turned over to the working class," Termansen said. Workers' councils run factories. Communism is "tempered with respect for the individual" in Yugoslavia. . . AND THE NEW entitled "Elizabeth t h e Fairy Queen and her Court." Second lecture at 8:15 p.m. will be entitled "Shakespeare the Showman." Festival, entitled "The Golden Age of Elizabeth," will begin at 12:30 p.m. Monday at 8:15 a symposium on various aspects of Elizabethan life will be held in room 201 of the engineering building. Among the speakers will be Dr. John Norris, of UBC's history Monday with a performance of department, on history and the farce "Gammer Gurton's politics and Dr. Marion Smith Needle," in the UBC auditorium on Elizabethan literature. Grads Win Fellowships Three UBC post-graduate students are the recipients of Canadian Industries Limited fellowships for advanced study in the field of wild life management. Dr. Anthony Erskine, William Holsworth, and Alan Stiven are recipients of the $1,500 annual awards which are part of a wildlife conservation program inaugurated four years ago by the ammunition division of C.I.L. Mardi Gras Raffles Away For Child Rehabilitation Valuable prizes, including a fur stole, will be won by lucky ticket holders in the Mardi Gras Raffle. The tickets are on sale now from any fraternity or sorority member for 25 cents. be held at the Commodore Friday, January 23 and Saturday, Proceeds from lhe ticket sale January 24 will go to the Children's Foundation, a group devoted to the rehabilitation of emotionally disturbed children. Theme of this year's Mardi Gras is "International." It will The fraternities that sell the most raffle tickets will be given first choice of which night they want to attend. Mardi Gras Queen will be crowned Saturday night. EATON'S VANCOUVER and NEW WESTMINSTER j 'TWEEN CLASSES j (Continued from Page 1) ! STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVE ! MENT—"Science and the Christian Faith" Vince Goring. Bu, 204 Thursday at 12:30. >(. * * PEP BAND—will play Thursday 20 Nov. for Engineers at lhe "Tea Cup Bowl" 12:30 at the Stadium. Friday if. -k * UBC RADIO—presents a two- hour interview vvith Henry Miller, author of "Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn" and "Black Spring" from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. November 21. it's Christmas Time ot EATON'S and the Camera Shop suggests a Kodak Brownie Flash Outfit Taking holiday pictures will be such fun . . . this Brownie Bull's-Eye Camera is so simple to operate. Just set the Distance Selector lo insure focus, then press the bullnn. Snap! and it's all done. This Brownie Flash Oull'il consists of camera, midget. I'hi'sh, flash bulbs, two batteries and two Kodak films. Colour films are a.s sue- cesful as black smd while. Here's a subtle 11inl for your own Ssutla Claus. For a variety of Christmas e.ii'i ideas be sure to visit FATuX'S CAMFHA SHOP. Matz and Wozny 518 Howe St. MU.3-4715 Custom Tailored Suits for Ladies and Gentlemen Gowns and Hoods Uniforms Double breasted suits modernized in the new single breasted styles. Special Student Rates UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CLUB —Friday at 12:30 in PHY 302. Mr. F. Hadley on "The Blessed Man." ! sf. * * 1 MUSSOC—Auditions for dra- | matic parts in "The Boy | Friend" will be held m the clubroom Friday 21 Now at 7:00 p.m. Clubroom is in Hut B-3 behind the Brock. Anyone , interested in trying out is welcome. if. k -k U.B.C. DANCE CLUB—Attend our monthly dance on Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the dance clubroom. Everyone to attend: members members 35c. if. * * LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION — Regular meeting Friday noon in Hut L-3, Rev. A. Vinge, hospital chaplain for Greater Vancouver will present first topic on "Conscience". All welcome. is invited. 25c, non- ROOM AND BOARD for Girl Student, $6:5.00, Telephone BA. 6436 Brownie Bull's-Eye Flash Outfit 23.95 CAMERAS Main Floor Call MU. 5-7112 iffi <4~> where NEWS is HOT! whereMUSICisCOOL! EVERY DAY LISTEN TO UBC RADIO L***! Thursday, November 20, 1958 THE UBYSSEY PAGE SEVEN Treasurer Attends I club notes McGill Conference "Existentialism" Talk At Noon By JOHN HELLIWELL (AMS Treasurer. John Helliwell was one of two UBC delegates to the McGill Conference on'World'Affairs, held November 12 to 15 in Montreal. Here he presents his impressions of the conference. Issues raised and problems discussed at the conference will be des U rith more specifically in a later article by the second t if gate, Brian Smith). "The United fates must stop The Philosophy Club is sponsoring the fifth in its series of lectures on Thursday, November 20, at 12.30 in Buchanan 104. The topic is "Merleau-Ponty's Existentialism" and the lecture is being given by Dr. K. | Weinberg. treating Canada like the girl next door — ley have been pulling our pigt ,:s, stealing our candy, and '^pletely disregarding our ? t is for long enough. We are .veil enough de- v.id students during the four days of the conference. The discussion at times lacked the energy and emphasis it might have had it was because of the excessive" consideration shown by all veloped now t.> merit some con-!the delegates for the feelings of slderation and '. cspect. Our delegation has been subjected to enough abuse — we shall not stand for a^y more." These altei nations were hurled, accompa- 'f0, by several ver- the students from the other country. Controversial issues were occasionally skimmed over in order to preserve the friendly tone of discussion. Disagreement was bal barrages, u nng the closing i largely confined to academic points and past mistakes were generally ignored. If our two nations showed as much consideration for each other as the student delegates did, Canadian- American relations would be as controversial as the Happy Gang. session of ?\1.'.'. 'A (pronounced Mikwah by th* knowledgeable members of tu»- organizational superstructure). Fear of a complete break-off diplomatic ties between t' .ivo nations is somewhat l?s,« :ud by the fact that the inter allegation missiles above were launched on behalf of Canada b> indents of Columbia bound 0 in woollen scarves and pi-: ;ey accents. HELD IN MOV riiEAL WELL PLANNED The Conference was extremely well planned and highly organized by a vast committee of McGill students with a structure adequate to cope with the logis Delegates and observers from t ticai problems of a major inva- 24 Canadian md 11 United jsion The cost of the conference, States -mive. =it'es attended the about five thousand dollars, wa* second McC:! Conference on I provided generoi,sly but largely ! unknowingly by the McGill student body, s Hon. Frank World Affaii held November 12th to 15th i! Montreal. The purpose and nj.^Jt of the conference were to -jvate an awareness amongst hyh Canadian and American stud, ■■us of the sources of friction s.n ■: »:.Yist in the relations betwec our two countries. Governmens "by the people" such as suppi..'. ily exists in both Canada and rie United States relies for it« -ivength upon informed pubh . o.-'nion. If public opinion affects government decisions to any extent at all it i.s necessary 'hat the people know what svy are talking about. The cumber ome, slow-moving machinery < ■ democratic government becm' ■.■es a senseless ■ if the decision populace ignor- ifications of their M. Coffin, member of the Foreign Affairs Corn- See TREASURER ATTENDS (Continued on Page 8) waste of eft", is referred to ant of the reactions. The McGir instituted Vj Canadians ar.. ly to studer i- problems far . day. Conference was help explain to more particular- the international ;, our nation to- COLE FACTS About.. . \NFCU5 LIFE First Year Students Deadline Dec. 31 To purchase up to $10,000 NFCUS LIFE Insurance without complete medical questionaire — merely use Form "A". RELATIONS STUDIED U.S.-Canad-' a relations were studied in guup and panel discussions by ".nthors, educators, politicians, -i< li'iers, journalists, SupfiX glut. 2550 S.E. MARINE DRIVE South Burnaby _ .•—. » CATERIr-T. Banque-.) and Private Partis. I DANCl-m Friday vad Saturday. _....• — Pharv LA. 2-5635 CHARLES W. TUTE one of our representatives, well qualified to give you personalized service and advice on your insurance and estate programme plans. CANADIAN PREMIER LIFE 1779 W. 9th EX.2924 S. K. COLE, CLU Branch Manager In addition to its lecture series, the Philosophy Club is holding two discussion groups a week, one at 1:30 on Thursdays, and one at 12:30 on Fridays. All these discussion groups speaks the trade union and and Triumphant", a very suc- management language, on Fri-: cessful book which has been day, November 21, in Buchan-s Published in the United States, an 102, at 12:30. Britain and Australia. Gowland has spent eighteen j life STORY years relating the Church to [ He has also broadcast on the industry by speaking in overjB.B.C, and last year the story are held in the Club Room, 3'000 factories in Great Bri- j of his iife was televised in an No. 155, Brock Extension. PARTY SATURDAY Philosophy Club is also planning an informal party for Saturday, November 22. This party will be held at 3577 West 31st. Avenue, starting at 8:30» A<|hission will be $.50 per couple, and each couple is asked to bring its own refreshments. Anyone wanting more information is asked to come to the regular meeting of the club, on Thursday noon, in Buchanan 104, just before the lecture. S.C.M, The SCM is sponsoring. Wil- li»m Gowlsmd, a man who 'au1- hour's documentary by one of EXPERIMENT Britain's best known television At present he is the Warden j writers. of Methodism's first Industrial j Gowland will also be inter- College at Luton, in the Lon-[ viewed on CKWX on Saturday, don District in England. This j November 22, at 7:50. experiment is aimed at training j Undergrad Writer* ministers and laymen to face | On Monday, November 24, at the problems of the Church j 8:15 p.m., in Arts 101, the Un- and industry, trade unionism, I dergraduate Writers Workshop and management. ' will present two hours of tape During his eighteen years of recordings of the poets of the pioneering in industry he has been in over three thousand factories, and has visited many colleges and schools and public houses. He is the author of "Militant "Beat Generation" who will be reading their own works. These tapes were collected recently in San Francisco by See CLUB NOTES (Continued on Page 8) SPECIAL OFFER - FREE: One U.B.C. Ball Point Pen With Every SWEATER PURCHASED FACULTY - U. B. C. - SK! TENNIS GYM SUPPLIES • SHORTS • T-SHIRTS • WOMEN'S T-SHIRTS • SWEAT CLOTHES SWEAT SOCKS LOST & FOUND DEPARTMENT Location: Brock Extension Hours: 11:30-2:30 OWNED &OPERATED BY AMS PAGE EIGHT THE UBYSSEY Thursday, November 20, 1958 CLUB NOTES (Continued from Page 7) CBC man, Bob Patchel, for a local fifteen minute radio show. POETRY DISCUSSION It will begin with a general discussion of Beat Generation poetry by poet Kenneth Ren- roth. Then such poets as Ren- roth, Getty and Alan Ginsberg will read their own poetry and comment on its various aspects. Everyone interested in contemporary is welcome, especially members of the faculty, Students in creative writing courses, and members of the Workshop. Conservative The Conservative Club is sponsoring a discussion group on Sunday. November 23, at 8:00 p.m. at 5290 Angus Drive, the home of Barb Sanderson. The discussion will be led by Leon Ladner Q.C., and Allan Ainsworth. TORY PRINCIPLES The topic will be conserva-! five principles as they apply to \ conditions in the world today.! The discussion will also include | a short history of the party and i show in what way the Tories | differ from the Liberals and the CCF. It is particularly important that newt members of the club should attend this discussion, as the talk will give a clear idea of the fundamentals of Conservatism. 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