QUORUM NEEDED BIG MEET TODAY The annual spring A.M.S. General meeting will be held at noon today in the Armouries. More than. 1,500 students, the required quorum, are expected to turn out to hear one of the most eontroversal agendas in years. On schedule: possible motion of censure against the Board of Governors, - accusing them of lack of leadership in the recent .fight against a fee-increase. Another possible motion calling for Greek fraternities to be thrown off campus as organizations promoting "conformity" and "bigotry." An Engineer -sponsored motion asking that 50 percent of their Faculty be considered an AMS General Meeting quorium. A constitutional change calling for the substitution of the going | Co-ordinator of Publications .> "2% for the Ubyssey editor on Council. ; A motion from the floor ask- ' ing that Student's Council members no longer be granted two free tickets to every AMS event. Other Constitutional changes that will be discussed include changes in the duties of the Treasurer and the Secretary. This year's Honorary Activity' Award winners and a 1946 winner, Tony Greer, will be introduced to students. Council President, Chuck Connaghan will make his annual report as will Treasurer, John Helliwell and M.A.D. Councillor, Don Shore. 1958-59 Council members will attend in full regalia to mark their last official appearance on campus. coming 1959-60 members will take over officially after the meeting. The Ubyssey editorial board are expected to attend in force to prove they are a family newspaper. . The Engineering Faculty are also' expected en mass. Engineers have a long record of supporting General Meetings. The Greek fraternities and sororities are expected to pack the meeting in an effort to prevent passing of the eontroversal "oust Greeks" motion from the floor. Most eontroversal motion of all is expected to be the one calling for the removal of the Ubys* sey editor from Council. Following . the meeting old Councillors are traditionally washed in the lily-pond by well- wishers. The bathing is carried out ritually. SMITH A GREAT MAN' - ANDREW "The death of Dr. Sidney Smith removes a great Canadian, a great educator and a great human being." ' Dean Geoffrey Andrew, deputy to the President, said Wednesday that Dr. Smith had "a great human capacity for friendship." Dr. Smith died suddenly Tuesday at 2:50 p.m. EST at his Ottawa apartment. He was 62. His death was apparently caused by a heart attack. He had been suffering from influenza last week. A coroner's report Wednesday stated that Dr. Smith had been "suffering from high blood pressure and had apparently been working under high stress and strain." "Canada has lost a great man and education a valued friend," Dean Andrew commented. jiidA state funeral has been planned for Thursday, Dr. Simp's body will be flown to his^native^AN'ova- Scotia and touriafl there^Friday. -/^ Di/j Smith enroled -at, 14 „in' Kingfc College'^: W&asor;, N.S. and earned four college degrees. There, at Dalhousie, and at Harvard Universities. During the first World War he served as a gunner at Vimy Ridge and as a cadet in the Royal Flying Corp. He practised law briefly after the war before becoming a teacher and at 32, Dean of Dalhousie Law School. Five* years later he became President of the University of Manitoba, the youngest University professor in Canada. From there he moved to the presidency of the University of Toronto and two years ago entered the Diefenbaker cabinet as External Affairs minister. As an educator he played a major role in developing the idea of a system of Commonwealth exchange scholarships. br. Smith had a flair for the salty and unusual phrase. He once descrbied the function of a university as that of producing "the man or woman wn^ has the capacity for dissent, who qets up a resistance to mass (Opniinued on Page 3) S& SMITH A GREAT ™ UBYSSEY Vol. XLI VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1959 No. 55 EDITORIAL BOARD APPLICATIONS DUE Applications for the following positions on the 1959-60 Ubyssey Editorial Board must be submitted to Barb Biely by 12:30 Monday, March 23. Managing Editor,' City Editor, Copy Editor, Sports Editor, Critics Editor, Features Editor, CUP Editor, Senior Editor, Chief Photographer, Cartoonist and Columnists. UBYSSEY PRAISED The Ubyssey lias received congratulatory telegrams from across the world following their record-breaking telephone booth triumph. "It is a pleasure to see students in a big squeeze," commented Premier Bennett in a wire received Wednesday. This is an indication of the strength of union which cannot be broken, stated a IWA official in a telephone interview. Premier Smallwood - stated that all of Canada rejoices in the B.C. triumph. The Ubyssey was unable to learn if he meant the new record or B.C.'s proposed labor legislation. Praise . was also received at home. "This sort of thing takes practice and UBC students have been practicing the techniques of over-crowding for years" stated one university official." Premier Manning announced that the well-known "Solidarity Forever" will be sung throughout Alberta Sunday in honor of Ubyssey's triumph. "Americans will long remember the Booth incident", said President Eisenhower. CONNAGHAN REJECTED Chuck Connaghan, retiring AMS president, has been refused entry before the Bar of the House to congratulate and criticize the provincial government. Connaghan had requested permission to speak before the Legislature' on the financial problems facing UBC students. He had also planned to congratulate the government for instigating "a money for,marks" program which will go into effect next year. He made formal application March 9 for a hearing. The Socred Cabinet rejected his request, stating that the matters Which would be discussed had been fully covered during regular house debates. "The government feels that, by virtue of the fact that this Session will likely prorogue this week, plus the fact that the major debates of the session have been concluded at which time the subject matter of your petition was thoroughly debated, your petition cannot be granted. «s The statement was contained in a letter from the provincial secretary, dated March 17. The letter said the office of the Minister of Education "is open to you at all times to make any presentations you may deem advisable." ". . . the Executive Council will be pleased to receive you should you desire such a meeting," the letter concluded. WILL EDITOR BE ON OR OFF A constitutional change will be presented today that could change a decades-old tradition. The AMS constitutional change calls for the substitution of the Co-ordinator of Publications for the Editor-in- Chief of The Ubyssey on Students' Council. The Ubyssey editor has been sitting on Council since the 1930's. ■ . The Co-ordinator of Publications is a new Council appointed position started last year. The present AMS constitutional clause states that the Editor-in-Chief is an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Students' Council. PAGE TWO THE UBYSSEY Thdrlrdsy, rMferch T», iWb TVff UBYSSEY MEMBER CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS •Authorized as second class mail by Post Office Department, Ottawa „. Published three times a. week throughout the University year iff Vancouver by the Publications Board of the Alma Mater Society, University of B,C. Editorial opinions expressed are those of the Eflithi'ial'Board of The Ubyssey arid not necessarily those of the Alma Mater Society or the University of B.C. -• Telephones: Editorial offices, AL. 4404; Locals 12, 13 and 14; Business offices, AL. 4404; Local 15. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, ALAN FORREST Managing Editor Judy Frain Shorts Editor Bob Bush Chief Photographer C. Landie Critics Editor David Bromige CUP Editor .7. Judy Harker Associate Editors .... Rupert Buchanan, Rosemary Kent-Barber sFight on agaiiist the fee hike at the General Meeting today. To Hell with" tne student councillor who feels this way I about sttiiient enthiMasm. sgivings Persist For Cottege Of Education By Prof. Malcolm F. McGregor (Part I) There is' no doubt that .the establishment of the College of Education on the campus of The University o f British Columbia was greeted with certain misgivings. It may be that here and there these misgivings persist. That they existed in the first instance can be explained quite simply. Many members of the Faculty of the University did graduate work or held teaching appointments at Universities in the United States, where, at least in the Faculties of Arts and Science, Teachers' Colleges on the whole do not enjoy a high repute. This has come about because so many of them have been slaves to progressive education, Have carried method (the jargon is "methodology") to excessive lengths in opposition to knowledge, have developed a special language ("pedagese") that is unintelligible to the educated, and have provided a haven for mediocre teachers, weak students and professional football- players. In a word, they earned the reputation of being anti- intellectual. These factors, I am convinced, explain the attitude of some members of the Faculty ouf our own College of Education. There were, and there are, others, who looked upon the appearance of the College of Education as a superlative opportunity to provide first-rate education and training for potential teachers of Canadian children, an education free from the charlatanry that is associated all too often with Teachers Colleges to the south. No sensible man denies that potential teachers of children need training as well as education; no sensible man denies that the course leading to the Bachelor of Education must therefore be Slighly different, frbm that leading to the' Bachelor of Arts. My own view is that the Col- . lege has made a splendid start. The curriculum of the future secondary teacher includes a large proportion of work that is acceptable for the B.A.; I continue to believe, on the other hand, that all such students should be required to study a foreign language, at least one foreign language, at the university - level, because this kind of study is one of the best broadening influences that I know. Ideals in the College of Education are high. The Dean, for example, constantly argues that the key to sound education is excellent teaching; efforjts are made, I am told, to divert the incompetent fro careers in teaching; and I know that our colleagues in Education are making a vigorous contribution to the current debate concerning the schools and education. It may be said that practice does not always conform to principle; it has been my observation, nevertheless, that high ideals are hotly pursued by practice. The higher the ideals, the more likely is the practice to be close behind. Teachersovithout ideals ought to leave the profession; students without ideals should never enter it. LITTLE MAN ON^CAMPUS '••IN ADPlTlON TO nmM TgACHfNS Airt today,' alolftg with this year'; Tony Greer, the president of 'the Legion Club in' 1946, and now a second-year law student, will foe honored with the award. Greer, a Kamloops resident, is now married and a father. He has been active in the Real -Estate business with his father. He and his wife are staying in "West Vancouver. Award winner will receive his s winners. ^Witrtesses Needed Witnesses of a motor-vehicle accident late Wednesday afternoon have been asked to contact one of the participants in an effort to settle insurance claims. The accident occured at 4:30 p.m. just outside the University gates at 10th and Blanca. No one was injured. Anyone witnessing a collision between a 1959 Chev four-door sedan and a 1951 green Buick four-door sedan is asked to call Jack Eliot at ALma 1724. CLASSIFIED ADS LOST — One briefcase containing two textbooks and a book of irreplaceable notes. Phone Fiji House, Alma 1724~ LOST — In bus stop cafe, English , riding coat. Please call Chris at AM. 6-8471. LOST — Black purse and pair of brown hornrimmed glasses. Anyone finding these please phone RE. 8-2586. LOST — Grey Parker 51 pen, inscribed 'K. Jang'. Reward. Please phone RE. 3-3285. LOST — Fri., Mar. 13, girl's gold ring with pearl and two diamonds. Phone Dianne AM. 1-8406. WANTED — Ride to Winnipeg after exams on April 28. Can help with gas costs. Phone AL. 0188-M. Students Should Be Paid To Learn "Universify students should not only be given a^free education, they should also be paid while attending," according to Michael Chartrend, leader of the Parti Social Democratique de Quebec (CCF). He spoke to UBC students, Wednesday in Buchanan 104. Hungarians Celebrate The Sopron Hungarian . students are holding special ceremonies tonight to celebrate 150 years of University forestry education in Hungary. The 8:15 Brock' Hall .ceremonies willsee speeches by Dean G. F. Curtis of Law,'Dean G. S. Allen, of Forestry, Mr. H. S. Foley, Board Chairman of the Powell River Company, and Dean K. J.' Roller, Dean of the Sopron division of the Forestry Faculty. Hungarian national.songs and dances will be presented by Sopron division students". Hungarian artists will present vdcal and musical selections. UBC'Sopron fencers will hold a tournament March 20 and' 21 at the Alma Auditorium, Broadway and Alma' in conjunction with tiie anniversary ~cel'e6r&- tions. SMITH A GREAT (Continued from Page 1) movements and mass ideas." "A University President," he once said, "must be a ball of fire by day. and a bag of gas by night." . . As an exponent of the liberal arts he criticized science faculties for producing "a nation of jobbers" and demanded that universities teach students to 'live and think" as well as earn a living. Observers in Ottawa felt that Smith was having trouble -in his early days as External Affairs Minister. But the Berlin crisis seemed to bring out clear qualities -of policy leadership from Dr. Smith. Smith felt that a compromise could be found for Berlin and stated that warfare could be no solution. Dr. Smith is survived by his widow, the former Harriet Rand of Canning, N.S. and three daughters, Shelia, Moyra and Heather. FILTER TIP CIGARETTES Youth Needed Mr. Chartrend believes that the youth' will have to build a new democratic society in Canada. "Experience is not needed," he continued, we just get weaker and more tolerent with age. "Youth has the necessary imagination and courage to see that new developments are made." For the first time the CCF is in power in Montreal's Mock Parliament he said. Lack Democracy Mr. Chartrend compares B.C. and Quebec. Neither of them have economic democracy he stated. The exclusion of Quebec bill No. 5, similar to our bill 43, caused much Controversy in his province but the labour unions marched in and took it back. Spoilage ' The inability'of students to go University bec'ause of a lack of money1 is, says" Mr. Chartrend spoilage of our best natural' resources. Chartrend also' criticized the government for their apparent lack of interest' in uheihploy- ment. Our unemployment he said, is the worst scandal and crime in Canada. He added that labour costs, of those who are employed, are de-. creasing in relation to other costs of production. ■ ' " ' '- '■■■' '- - -; - v' -■ -1- '- -. ARTSMAN ASKID TO GET ON THE STICK All Artsmen are requested to pick up free '.qofeSfionairs > at the AMS or AUS office today, they must be returned before W^8ne!*day. ALMA C A frS ALma 4422 Affiliated with YELLOW CAfc CO. LTD,' MU! 1-3311 "" : ®&X3S553®^^ m mmmmmmmmi William Caxton Device used by Caxton, T 1422-91, printer of the first book in English. duthie books 901 Robson Street Vancouver - MU. 4-2718" . . . math lecturer Jolly Numbers Dr: Vaclav Hlavaty, professor 0$ mathematics at the'Graduate Institute of Applied Mathematics at Indiana University, will, give the concluding lecture of the Vancouver Institute series Saturday at 8.15, Buch. i06. : "The structure of our space* or from-Euclid to Einstein" will be the1-subject of Address by the visiting mathematician who has spent five years working on Einstein's theory of relativity before producing the first solutions which proved the theory to be correct. At a joint meeting of the University mathematics and physics departments on Friday at 4.15 p.m. in Physics 201, Dr. Hlavaty will speak on "Einstein's unified field theory." The 64-year-old scholar, known as a "pure" mathematician who works With his mind rather than with numbers, fled his native Czechoslovakia to escape' death at the hands of 'Communists.' He became a citizen of the United States last year. 4375 West 10th Phone ALma 0345 HELDOVER — The picture everybody is talking about "Peyton Place" Starring LANA TURNER One complete show commencing at 7.30 —~5*r— Monday, March 23 The inimitable ' AtEC GUINNESS in "ALL AT SEA" plus "HELLDRIVERS" FOUR PAGEEIOiBP THE UBYSSEY Thursday, March 19, 195ft 'tween Glosses , . . here Monday Spender Speaks Stephen Spender; noted, English poet, political observer and professor will read from his own works in Brock Hall lounge at the University of BC Monday, at 12:30 p.m. v He comes to the campus under auspices of the Fine Arts and Special Events committees after lecturing for a semester at the University of California at Berkeley under the Mrs. William Beckman Professorship of English Language and Literature. Of mixed German, Jewish and English origins and the son of Harold Spender, well-known journalist, Stephen Spender was born near London in 1909. Finding university training foreign to his temperment he- traveled abroad before returning to Oxford" were he graduated from University College in 1931. Discussed Friday EL CIRCULO ■— A talk by Prof. Macdonald, head of UBC Spanish studies entitled "Canadians and Mexicans . — Some Odious Comparisons" will be given on Friday at noon in Bu. 217. STUDENT CHRISTIAN Movement — "What the Cross Means To Me", Dr. W. S. Taylor, Principal of Union College in Bu. 205, 12.30, Friday. * * * LUTHERAN STUDENT Association — Rev. Meyer will speak on "Albert Schweitzer: What does he mean?" Friday noon in HL-3. * * * INTERNATIONAL HOUSE— Demonstration of Japanese Dancing. Members free, others 50c, on Friday at 12.30. v v v CCF CLUB — Discussion meeting will be held Friday at noon in the^ clubroom, Brock Extension. Subject: Convention Resolutions. V 3r *TT PSYCHOLOGY CLUB presents Dr. W. G. Black, President of the B. C. Psychology Associa- tion, speaking on "Adjusting Problems of Newcomers" on Friday at 12.30 in HM-2. CAMERA CLUB—Mr. Campbell will speak on the Commercial approach W portraiture and wedding photography, on Friday at 12.30 in Bu. 203. UNIVERSITY BOOR STORE HOURS: - SATURDAY: 9 a.m. to 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 1959 Conducted Tour Sailings June 16, 19 and July 10 Ask for descriptive folder UNIVERSITY TRAVEL pc./d.nf: G. H.LUCAS 57 Blew Si. W., Toronto, WAInul 4-9291 CLUB LTD. For reservations on these STUDENT TOURS, contact TRAVEL HEADQUARTERS, 4576 West 10th Avenue, ALma 4511. PLAYERS CLUB — General meeting to elect next year's! executive on Friday at 12.30 in the Green Room. Sft »j* 2fi EAST ASIAN & NISEI Varsity Club — Tev. Ikuta will give a talk on "Buddhism and Existentialism" at 1?.30 Friday in Bu. 102, UNIVERSITY BAPTIST Club annual business meeting to elect officers and discuss plans for the coming year, Friday noon, in Phy. 302. *T» V •¥* • SATURDAY ACADIA CAMP UBC —. Fort Acadia present Sa.lt-Petre Panic, Brock Hall on Saturday at 8.30 to 12; 6-piece orchestra. Admission 50c each. T* *F_ "fi **• V •*• FRIDAY, APRIL 3 CLASSICS CLUB—The symposium scheduled for March 27 Speaking Cup Donated For Annual Debate Clips donated by the Journal of Commerce and " Eilers Jewellers will be given winners of the annual Commerce Public Speaking course contest. The contest is on Monday at 12.30 in Buchanan 106. Lawyers Jack Giles, Graham Morseley and Dave Edgar give the Commerce course which is compulsary for all second-year students. Approximately nine students will speak Monday on a variety of topics, Giles said. will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair-Sobell, 1795 Wesbrook Crescent, at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 3. After the election of new executive, Miss Mar- lene Hunt will read & paper entitled "From Ritual to Drama*." Sasamat Cabs — ALma 2400 — Affiliated with Black Top Cab (1958) Ltd. Phone M"U. 1-2181 Examiners hate Ball Point Pens Good writing brings good marks, so see TIKU in the University Bookstore Now J "Your Headquarters For Travel" A complete service for travellers. Relax — let us make all the arrangements. We represent all steamship companies, airlines, hotels and Greyhound buses. Book your passage at our coonvenient office, only two blocks from the University gates. 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