The Daily Ubyssey Vol. XXX VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 5, 1948 No. 59 Dave Brousswii, Plant Victorious In Close AMS Election Contest -Daily Ubyssey Photo by Bill Wallace. SMILE OF VICTORY crossed the face of Dave Brousson Wednesday as a neck-and-neck political campaign brought him presidency of UBC Student Council. He is shown here receiving congratulations from defeated candidate Dave Williams. Heliocopter To Shower Campus With Propoganda Pamphlets, free tickets — and bodies will rain down onto the campus today at noon from a heliocopter as the latest stunt to advertise the forthcoming Farmer's Frolic. Jack Caplette, third year Aggie will Frosh Debating Trials Held Feb. 6 Tryouts for Frosh students wishing to take part in the debate between UBC and Victoria College are slated for Friday, February 6 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Double Committee Room of Brock Hall. The resolution for the tryout will be "Resolved that the capital of B.C. be moved from Victoria to Vancouver." Hopeful aspirants may support either side, according to their desires, and from the group four will be chosen to represent UBC. Two debaters will stay in Vancouver while two will journey to Victoria and attempt to wrest the cup from the Victoria team. The rules of the debate limit participation to Freshman students only. Any student who has taken Senior Matriculation and is now taking a second year course in considered eligible for the debating team. Next Thunderbird To Be 'Gigantic' Biggest issue yet is planned by The Thunderbird, undergraduate campus magazine, as a climax to Volume III, but speedy creative production by student authors is needed to make it possible, Editor John Wardroper said Monday. Scheduled for publicatioon March 16 is a 36-page issue, including a four- page illustrated section. "Now is the time for so far undiscovered writers to reveal themselves," Wardroper said. "In fact, they don't even have to do that. They can slip down to the north basement of the Brock and drop their contributions into our box." The magazine is open to a wide variety of work: short stories (preferably under 2,000 words), light ot learned essays, humorous sketches, light and serious poetry. Poetry entries are eligible for a $25 prize offered by a downtown bookseller, the winner to be decided by popular vote. Cartoons are sought from artist types, and the magazine will welcome other art ideas. ,Part of the space in the illustrated section is already allottted, but high- class photographs are sought from those who express themselves with a camera. All contributions must be accompanied by the author's name and address, and biographical Information should be supplied. Deadline is February 14. thwart the laws of gravity by leaping out of the 'copter at 5,000 feet and attempting to land on the lawn of the Arts building. He will be accompanied by a parachute. On the way down Caplette will pass pamphlets advertising the Aggie Dance and free tickets which will be tossed from the plane. After dumping its load the helicopter will also land on the Arts lawn for the inspection of curious students. While the campus is being bombarded from above, the show will be completed by a parade marching clown the Main Mall. Horses, tractors, farm wagons and the first year Aggie band will all take part in the extravaganza ot publicize Friday night's get-together at "Henry's Corner" (the Armory). —Daily Ubyssey Photo by Jack Law MARY LEITERMAN Mary Leiterman In Race For Junior Member Co-ed Mary Literman joined the race for Student Council junior member Wednesday, making the contest a three- cornered fight. She joins Bob Currie and Ian McKenzie in tlie election battle to be decided next week. As a freshette, Miss Leiterman took part in the Frosh debates with Victoria College and is at present a member of the Parliamentary Forum. In an executive capacity, she holds membership in the Arts Undergrad uate Society and the USC. In addition to the oratorial and desk work involved in these positions, she takes an active interest in sports, putting a life-saving class through their paces once a week. Soap Derby Turns Quad To 'Racetrack' Only One Entrant Finishes Joker Meet Pretty UBC co-eds unwary enough to be caught on the Quad Wednesday noon lifted the numerous folds of their "new look" skirts and ran for cover. The Joker's soap box derby was on. The Joker's Club latest innovation to publicize the forthcoming "Kiddies Bawl" turned the Brock Road, West Mall and the Quad into "a treacherous racing course" for the mud trackers. AGGIES COMPETE Lined up at the starting point were an assortment of converted wagons and mobilized soap cartons each with a driver and rear-engine "guaranteed at one man power". Interference of an Aggie sound truck delayed the starting gun, however, when the announcer urged spectators to retire to "Henry's Corner" (Armories) for the Aggie noon pepmeet. The race underway, students no longer needed urging as they made for cover, with the velocipedes in hot pursuit. A number of "engines" gave out a- they began ascending the quad toward the main mall. Mechanics claimed an impure mixture of alcoholic content caused the failure. EASY WIN Other more resourceful racers bent a line on the rear fender of race director Jim Clark's car and waved gaily to "the cheering throng" as they were speedily escorted over the course. Driver Dick Ellis and partner Al Beesley were unanimously voted winners. They were the only men to finish. The two will receive free tickets to the Jokers' Kiddy Bawl at the Commodore. Meanwhile Jokers plan a bigger and better Soap Box Derby next month. President DAVE BROUSSO* Treasurer Underhill Ejects Caf Card Players Caf manager Frank Underhill took the law into his own hands yesterday afternoon, when he ejected card players from four Greek tables in the caf. Underhill found it necessary to take action due to the overcrowded conditions. He said it was the job of the AMS Discipline Committee to see thai' the caf was not turned into a bridge club. He suggested that offenders be fined. PAUL PLANT Secretory NANCY DAVlD&o.. Coldwell Supports Marshall Plan Toronto, February 5— (CUP)— In an address to the University of Toronto's CCF club last week, M. J. Coldwell urged support of the Marshall Plan "provided there are no political strings attached." Calling for Canadian support of the plan Coldwell warned that any attempt to impose conditions which might affect the political structure of Western European countries would invite chaos. TABULATION SHOWS VOTE BY POLLING STATIONS Here is a poll-by-poll tablulation of how students voted in Wednesday's Student Council elections. B rousson Williams I Vlacdonald Plant Curran spoiled Poll No. 1 .... 228 547 251 318 195 2 Poll No. 2 ... 121 186 106 127 69 4 Poll No. 3 ... 742 1060 717 745 432 13 Poll No. 4 .... 957 379 512 502 316 22 Poll No. 5 ... 530 112 243 259 129 3 Advance Poll 2 5 Totals . 2580 2289 1831 1952 1140 Key to polls:l, law and commerce, Brock Hall; 2, agriculture; 3, second, third and fourth year arts, home economics ,nursing, teacher training and physical education, auditorium; 4, first year arts and first and second year applied science, armory; 5, science, all other years, science building. Nancy Davidson Declared Secretary By Acclamation Sauve, handsome David Morris Brousson cased into the presidency of UBC's student body Wednesday in a neck-and- neck election contest which gave the victorious Scienceman a majority of only 300 votes. His narrow victory over the lone competitor, Dave Williams, came as the result of an overwhelming majority in the solid voting Science faculty. In every poll except Science and first year arts, Williams led. But in balloting among Engineers and freshmen, Brousson picked up a landslide vote that pushed him to victory. Balloting for UBC student treasurer, held at the same time as the presidential race, proved upset for veteran council member Jerry Macdonald. Athlete and sports star Paul I Plant captured the post of treasurer by a narrow 120-vote margin. RECORD POLL The spirited election campaign drew the largest number of ballots ever cast in an Alma Mater Society election. Well over 50 percent of the student body exercised their franchise to bring the total number of votes to 4942. The vote was almost 1000 larger than in the 1946 campaign when 4022 ballots were cast in the election which brought Grant Livingstone into office. Wide-open campaigning in the William-Brousson contest also attracted a larger percentage t'o the polls than in any recent year. Totals of first choice votes in the preferential balloting were: Brousson, 2580; Williams, 2289. Plant, 1952; Macdonald, 1831; Curran, 1140. The victory for Plant, now treasurer of the Men's Athletic Directorate, unseated an oldtime campus legislator who came close to entering his third term on Student Council, Macdonald, for two years president of the literary and scientific executive, thus will have no seat on council next year, despite the fact he has already undertaken a number of important administrative tasks. ESCAPES VOTE He was named by council recently to head UBC's student planning board for "Open House" next year. Happiest candidate in the field was pretty Nancy Davidson, who captured the post of secretary without n fight. At the close of nominations late Wednesday, Miss Davidson was the sole contestant. She was to have faced the voters next Wednesday. Brousson's victory in the presidential race brought into office the first married student ever to head the Student Council. The energetic, forceful former army lieutenant is 27 and the father of two children. He is this year's vice-president of the Engineers'Un- dergraduate Society and a former vice-president of the campus Canadian Legion, In a message of congratulations to Brousson, Williams said: "I want to extend my sincere congratulations to Dave Brousson on his victory. It was a very clean, well-fought campaign throughout, free from personal animosities. I wish him every success in his term of office and hope that he will have the cooperation of every student." Sidelights: Engineer Wins But Real 'Red' Gets One Vote Joe Stalin got' one vote in Wednesday's Student Council electtions. An energetic student went to the trouble of manufacturing a facsimile ballot in order to give Stalin his vote lor president and Molotov his vote for treasurer. * * * There was only one case of election profiteering in the campaign. An agriculture student dropped 10 cents into his faculty ballot box. It went to Bill McKay, election scrutineer. * » * A tight little group gathered outside Student Council offices after the close of polls Wednesday to await the count of ballots. None of the presidential candidates seemed interested, however. They were no where in sight. * * « Applied Science led all faculties in percentage of students voting. Of 1745 enrolled in first, second, third and fourth year Applied Science. 1270 cast their ballot. The figures do not include architecture or forestry students and show that 72 percent of the Red Sweatermen used the franchise. Daily Ubyssey Photo by Mickey Jones PLEASURE BEFORE BUSINESS was the order at the CNR station Tuesday night when Student Council treasurer Bob Harwood left on a nation-wide tour of 22 Canadian universities. Farewell kiss for the newly-elected president of the National Federation of Canadian University Students came from his pretty wife, lone. PAGE 2 THE DAILY UBYSSEY Thursday, February 5, 1948 The Daily Ubyssey Member Canadian University Press Authorized as Second Class Mail,, Post Office Dept., Ottawa. Mail Subscriptions—$2.50 pw year Published throughout the university year by the Student Publications Board ot the Alma Mater Society of thc University of British Columbia « • * Editorial opinions expressed herein are those of the editorial staff of The Daily Ubyssey niri not necessarily those of the Alma Mater Society nor of the University • • • offices in Brock Hall. Phone: ALma 1624 For display adverti-m^ prion*. KErnsdale 1811 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - - - - DONALD FERGUSON MANAGING EDITOR - - - - LAURIE DYER GENERAL STAFF: Copy Editor, Ron Haggart; News Editor, Tore Larssen; Features Editor, Geo'ge Robertson. Photography Director, Bob Cave: Sports Editor, Dick Blockberger. CITY EDITOR THIS ISSUE: JOAN GRIMMETT ASSISTANT EDITORS: Cliris Crombie, Ted Peck OPEN SESAME One of the most worthwhile projects yet undertaken on the campu^ is planned for early March, when Ray Dewar and his committee open the University to upwards of 100 high school students from all points of the province. Dewar's ambitious program is designed to allow the youth of B.C. to shout "Open Sesame" before the gates which guard that mysterious and shrouded labyrinth of learning—the university. Any program which opens those gates so the rest of B.C. can have a good look-see out our way is, we feel, an undertaking of great value. The number of high school students who graduate with university entrance qualifications and yet never attend university has always been a source of irritation to high school authorities. These students lose the practical skills that a matriculation course offers and they lose also the advanced university training for which their high school studies have been only the groundwork. If they were encouraged to see what the university has to offer them and become acquainted with the direction their high school studies have been pointing it is almost certain a larger number would take advantage of the opportunity for a college education. Another and no less important aspect of Dewar's plan is in the field of public relation^! In the past few months great volumes of adverse publicity have been forced down the throats of the taxpayers by the downtown papers and if these high school students can carry back to their homes a clearer picture of what university life really is Dewar will have done UBC a great service. In lieu of the now defunct Open-House plan this seems to be the only opportunity the public who are paying the bills have to see something of where their money is going. It is hoped the plan will meet with the success it deserves. All that remains now is to clear up a few financial difficulties. Legion Letter By BOB ELLIOTT On The Wagon . . . with DON STAINSBY THE CAMPUS TODAY The first week of February, nineteen- hundred and forty eight . . . elections in the air . . . mud underfoot . . . petitions hurtling everywhere about the poor Japanese-Canadians . . . essays coming due . . . Engineers ball rounding the corner. Chattering greek types adding to the general litter of the Caf . . . Pubsters obnoxiously poking their noses everywhere to find news . . . Student Council concerned about the IUS . . . The Daily Ubyssey concerned about the IUS . . . The student body wondering just what is the IUS. Mad-cap candidates for student offices making fools of themselves even before they're elected . . . the incumbent council, or part of it ,engaged recently in witch-hunting . . . or not, depending on who's talking. The Mardi Gras a thing of the past, but still the best r-how in years . . . the Aggie ball in the offing . . . the COTC being one smart group and planning a stag . . . seems like everyone has to have his own special binge these days. The disillusion of Christmas marks wearing slowly off . . . or else drowned in the Georgian brew . . . the hopeless feeling approaching already out of the coming exams . . . may have something to do with the current rash of parties. The college student DOWNTOWN today ... a bunch of SEES US reluctant savants . . . burning their lives away with cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women . . . prime aim in life is the snake parade, ihe drunken 'invasion,' ihe great big cars, the neiely pa The e ;(!' I' a h' .ttdenl-velerans kIs livin beefing ■mnenla! .n man . 111 r hj ■i-dead nlraU'a . . a bunch of off the government . . . about the stnallneas of wind-out . , , Why, wlv. n Ion ottr laueJiter, Pudgy, v . . . can't be serious in knowledge of the 'oui- " dream-world fairyland . . . What's lo happen pn-s-P", in the future leaders el . Huh . . . Couldn't be wor-ie ■sent, ■ iitvly. of .si tidying, the slurlent today on a Mardi Gras, a diaper derby, ■'PC IP 'I'C a Farmer's Frolic ... he plays soccer, football, basketball . . . produces a play, an operetta, a student publication. But the unseen picture . . . studying late, five nights out of six . . . sitting through dry, oh so dry, lectures by the hour . . . painstakingly toying with lab equipment, sweating out an experiment. Scraping the coins together for next week's carfare , . . beating out an essay for 15 of 150 term marks . . . considering purity to save the tobacco money. Pardon our asking . . . but when is 'downtown' going to grow up? Freshman say that THAT TIME after two weeks they're OF YEAR no longer green . . . they know the ropes . . . all of them . . , they've been around . . . they've been thrown in the Lily Pond. But, alas, Freshmen are green, so very green, until they've finished their year . . . until they've felt the annual pinch of the shortage of cash . . . that pinch which is only starting . . . until they've sweated out the April exams . . . Christmas was nothing, kiddies, nothing Ever try to study, Frcshie, with the grass is green? . . . when spring is calling from the tree-tops . . . when Totie Coed is wearing her new spring frock? Ever tr yto study, Freshie, with Ihe seductive beach rippling at the bottom of yon hill? . . . Ever try to study, Freshie'? Ask. the Senior, Frcshie . . . he's been through it. If he looks sad now, believe him, there's a reason, Not only is the money low, but Ihe weather, Ihe bad sluff, is on its last legs ... Not .\o long now, Frcshie, till the good wealher combines wild tlip Mn'ioa beach and the greas and il . . , and the exam:; . . . no! so long now, Freshie, lil you !i wish you were de al. ]Tones! iy, Freshie, ihe Wagon's been driving around the campus UUC for quite a while now , . . it's seen spring .alter sprin" asrivo in the same I rusl ra! mg maimer . . . it's stuck it out . . it's studied . . . yes, dammit, st tidied . . , and nearly always passed. But this year it seems like loo much . . . you'll get the feeling, Freshie . , . and you'll join in asking: "Anyone here Georgia bound?" .rocKs and tlie lack of shekels SIGNBOARD K t E POLYPHASE SLIDERULE m BROWN ZIPPER, WALLET in llr> lilai'k case. Please turn in to AMS Library. Phone Greta at AL 0(501 -V. i.r phone Jaek Murphy BA. 8.V52-Y. LARGE FURNISHED TRAILER, re; CLASSES AXD PARKER PEN IN * * * I", own ease on !):2."> a.m. bus Tues. WEDDING RING -- Owner can have loarnims Finder please phone AL s;im,, U1„,n identification. Apply AMS sonable. No. 2 frailer camp. Acadia "iuPR 11 p.m. Ash for 'Mar.on. Urgent, 0ffjaa Phone Ralph at AL 0038. LOOSE PEARLS on Acadia Road. WOULD ANYONE who borrowed paint or glitter from the Mamook Phone Ross, Victor or Donald at AL ; clubroom please return these im- W58-Y. ' mediately" ROOM WITH BREAKFAST or breakfast and supper for male student. University Village. AL 1499-L. CLASSIFIED GENERAL MEETING A general meeting will be held in Physics 200 at 12:30 Tuesday, February 10th, » * » EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS Members are advised that February 10th will be the opening date for nominations to the 1948-49 Executive, and that in accordance wth Branch by-laws, nominations will case two weeks later. The Secretary has received a notice of motion in favour of Branch sponsorship of a public address by Stan- istaw Mikolhaczyk, War-time Premier of Poland. This motion will be discussed at tne nert general meeting. » • * PUBLICITY COMMITTEE A meeting of the Publicity Committee, and of any members of the Branch who may be interested in assisting in the publication of an issue of the "Legionette", will be held at the Legion Office at 12:30 on Friday, February 6th. • * * TEA DANCE The Tea Dance held in the Brock on Friday, January 30 proved very successful. Congratulations to Marion Smith and members of her hardworking Entertainment Committee. It is to be hoped that future functions will be equally satisfactory. • * * STENO FOOL Any stenographers who are willing to help with typing chores in the Legien Office are requested to leave their names with Bob Thorpe at the Office. • • • SPORTS Bill Gee, chairman of the Sports Committee, announces that swimmers and ski enthusiasts interested in taking part in the forthcoming Intramural events are required. Those interested are urged to leave their names at the Legion Office now. • » * LAST POST FUND This is on facility we hope you will f never have occasion to use. The Fund is an organization designed to cover (Continued on Page 3) LOST COMPLETE SET of History 202 notes somewhere on campus. Finder please return to Stan Weinfield, Fort Camp or AMS office. * * * KIRSTEN PIPE at Mardi Gras. Friday night. Sentimental value also useful to smoke tobacco out of. Please phone Stan Burke PA. 9321. >:< 'ii ►!' TUESDAY. ONE FRENCH 202 text 'Peregoridt'" in Auditorium or in car I hitch-hiked in. Please Phone 5968 or turn in to AMS. WANTED THREE RIDERS from Westminster or Surrey for 8:30's. See Vincent at North West Corner Brock Lounge at 11:30 Saturday, January 31. * * w TRANSPORTATION to East Coast after Exams. Someone intending to come back to UBC for summer school. Call KE. 2903-Y. TWO PASSENGERS from Denman and Pacific for 8:30's. Phone Stan Burke evenings PA. 0312. Canada's LARGEST Exclusive Ladies' Shoe Store At Illustrated in BROWN CALF College Coed, easygoing lows, so perfect for your active hours CLEVER DEPT 401 •RANVIILI IT. MWho said: 'Neither a borrower nor a lender be'?" "Me - after you used up my second pack of Sweet Caps!" SWEET CAPORAL CIGARETTES " The purest form in which tobacco can be smobjed" Thursday, February 5, 1948 THE DAILY UBYSSEY PAGE 3 For USC Chairman Cunliffe, Dewar Battle For USC Chairmanship Two candidates filed papers yesterday for office of chairman of the Undergraduate Societies Committee. They were Don Cunliffe and Ray Dewar. i' Both are ex-servicemen and arc active in various campus activities cunliffe served with tlie tank corps in ihe Army while Dewar is a veteian <-f Naval service. Program and music director cf Radsoc, Cunliffe is also chairman of NFCUS, president of the Judicial Panel, and on the executive u. the Acadia Council at Acadia Camp, and an cx-pubster. A third year Commerce student, Dewar is secretary of .the University Branch, Canadian Legion. He is a member of the War Memorial Gymnasium Committee, and the E'u.lding Planning Sub-Committee. He is also chairman of the AMS Transportation Committee. At present he is organizing a conference of B.C. high school students to be held at the university this spring. Job Chances Better, Commerce Men To Dine Says Labor Report W|A Bosses Qf F RAY DEWAR —Daily Ubyssey Photo by Jack Law DON CUNLIFFE U.S. College Gives Publishing Course College graduates interested in entering a publishing career will have an opportunity this summer to attend a course in publishing procedures at Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass. Under the direction of Helen Eever- itt, New York editor of Houghton Mifflin Co., visiting speakers will lecture and hold discussions on various phases of book, magazine and general publishing. Tuition for the course is $135. Room and board will be available in Radcliffe dormatory. Library Entrance / Displays Paintings An exhibition of drawings and Gouche paintings by "Patric," Mrs. Patric MacPhtrson are currently on display in the entrance of the library. The drawings In the present exhibit indicate how the material was collected. The sketches were made in various ways, out ot doors, from a model and on the spot. Later they were assembled to give the expression and essence of the idea which lay behind the painting. Painting is not a one sided experience, says Mrs. MacPherson. The onlooker has as much to give as the painting itself. She believes that painting can be for pleasure, but. if the artist wishes to accomplish anything worthwhile it is necessary to devote a god deal of time and labor to the subject. Informal Ball Helps First Aid Ski Patrol An infomal Benefit Ball will be held in the Mural room of the Veteran's Memorial Centre, corner of Georgia and Burrard, starting at 9 p.m. February 19. The entire proceeds of the dance will be donated to the First Aid Ski Patrol operating on tho north shore mountains-. Dancing will be to the music of Harry Isman's ten piece orchestra with tickets, at $1 per person, obtainable from Pete McLennan of the VOC or from George Sayce's Sport Shop at 10th and Sasamat. Included in the price of admission will be an adequate supply of soft drinks. Pretty Coed Lonely At Players Club Scenery Shop By CHRIS CROMBIE Blonde, friendly Marion Skelding, pretty UBC co-ed, is lonely—but it's not male companionship she craves. Marion is in charge of costumes* at the Player's Club scenery shop he- productions, Taylor remembers former hind the Armorv, and she's looking years when thc seLs were buUl on f,r i.!irls v. ho would like some first : tho auditorium s,;^- Apart from l.-nrl experience in costume design. LYnm^ quarters, the stage crow often found themselves at loggerheads SHE NEEDS HELP ... , .. 4. , , t with professors attempting to conduct ['Vain her costume room of the shop th" nihi'i' afternoon, a, hi' luid us thai leclurc-s. "Wo were constantly being thrown out,'' he said, ed In veoik. 'But I need in cue ,,„, ..Pa-a, t .,ai At prosenf, (he UE'C scenerv .shop t'ICHI. i;jesut<\s 1 .;ei L X: unique among universities west of L'n;vcrs!ty Toronto's Hart House. 'I'he shop was designed in 19IG by Taylor and two other UBC students, Fred Lipsott, past LSE president and I o 'n,. I'.iij!i rflclrl of the Player's Club. '-' liipleli-d last spring, it was used during the summer hy the Summer School of tha Theatre. Present plans ''all -or an addition, in thc near .'uluie. to ellou- for office space. IK',p. 'lie ai hintU i ver la ■■'■■ all by mvself." IT a I year Act.'. Marion alien! I \sl -am; ' behind I h. scenes a' "The di a ('nl' r lh" Tirs" where : he de.-eep.ed ond lilted coslumes, ('""-Car Taylor, et ige m -.nager, ia. e ■ tia'i len. biiyv nuvi-'ll leugl". • of cloth to ho liaod (■ r s Ol IS :e eTi'iavt; SCIEM'K.Ul'.N ; i a, ' he s lid. I leweyr, he wa -n't 1 X. a, led1 tie art men. 'It's just i. ' he a u,iueer;.. wi th their t raining id!. .,:-, ■,!„. lee-mcal work. Imhtm; F©f Dcfittl M O il II 1*0 i !1 fa' X.".tan.-e. more quickly," he ex- Tlu> VOC's annual Dam Downhill, ilmnod. quick route to fame or to Ike Vau- T i.i lor. in his final year in electrical concur General for keen skiers, will engineering took time to outline the be run off this Sunday. layout of ihe shop, built last spring. Generous prizes will be awarder: Complete stage settings art" eon- ,„ lh(, ,-„,., socond, and ,hird fas(ps( siructed on the "working floor" of .ski,,„s iu ,m,n's and VV()lnen's A| B| ILIII square feet, and with an overhead ; and c (.,ass A ho|jC(,ptci. vldv'( of 20 feet there is plenty of room for a .small price will probably he the manipulation. Work is supervised from ,.(nv;u,I fm. ,ho unUl(,kiest Adde(., the nu-/an,nc, where the costume in(Vnlivc for a fast sehuss this year storage and costume designing rooms is |ho comp)c1p .'Stainproof water- al'° located' ! proofing job offered to the fastest LOGGERHEADS : person between the Snow Pole and Stage manager for 44 "Green Room" , Whistler's Pass by Parker and Jonca Employment opportunities for 1948 graduates on the Pacific coast shoul;1 exceed those offered last year, according to a survey made by the federal Department of Labour. Firsts lists of permanent job opportunities have been received here from National Employment Service, it was ; nnounced Monday by Major J. F. McLean, director of the UBC Placement Bureau, The lists are compiled from rcplie, to letters sent by the Deputy Minister of Labour early in December to IT- 540 prospective employers in Canada including 800 firms in British Columbia and Alberta. The Department of Labour has indicated that opportunities in the Pacific region will "equal and probably exceed those offered in 1947." Opportunity to meet Vancouver businessmen will be afforded UBC Commerce students at a banquet to be held in the Ballroom of the Vancouver Hotel, Thursday, February 26. CUS President Bob Wilson announc-<$ ed plans for the banquet yesterday. He said that over 800 were expected and that priority for tickets would be given Junior and Senior Year students. He added that a limited number of reservations would be available for Sophomores. Committee working on arrangements for the annual banquet include Bill McKay, Art Botham and John Ross. NOTICE A general meeting of the VOC will be held at noon, Thursday, February 5, in Ap Sc 204. The Dam Downhill, coming club elections, and the sprung party will be discussed. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR RESEARCH Ontario Research Commission offers scholarships to students proficient in scientific study and research who wish to continue their work with the view of aiding the advance or application of science in industry. Applications for scholarships must be made by a British subject resident in Canada who is attending or once attended any university in Ontario. No applications will be accepted after March 1. , L-33ion Letter (Continued From Page 2) the funeral expenses of ex-service personnel whose next-of-kin are unable, through actual financial shortage, to meet the need. The Fund handles all details including the provision of the burial plot. One point, however: if you wish to take advantage of the service, it is imperative that you consult the Fund before making private arrangements as they will not return money spent in making those arrangements. Information is available at the Legion Office. ANNUAL DANCE We would like to remind you of the Dance at the Alma Academy Wednesday, February 18. Tickets are on sale at the Fort and Acadia Camp Canteens and the Legion Office. I/C f\OAf\ Complete Service IX E VAUV ,„ fl L^jy Home Refreshments - Flowers, Music 2011 W. 48th RAINBOW WEDDING HOME FASHION CENTRE WHERE YOUNG VANCOUVER SHOPS TELEPHONE PAcific 6211 leatffrf Deftly tailored slacks that go to tho country ot stay in town with equal grace. Take them uf Hollyburn for after-ski relaxing « • • wtar them biking ... studying in the den . •. walking along Spanish Banks on a brisk afternoon. They're slacks you'll "lire in",.. and they're at The BAY! Iniii'y Tailored Alpine . . . the one;' slim lino .sweeps cleanly from the neat waist to the knife-plea led eullless trouser. 14-18. (j,<)o Boldly Slated Plaid , . . tailoring shows its softer side with iron, lucks, generous pocket. Pseuuo- lartaus in every color on white or red -round. ki-LS. 5,95 Si)oitrfuL'iii\ Third i'jti,)!'. ^ttiufttft'BiiQ (tumjiftitQ. INCORPORATED 2?? MAY 1670 PAGE 4 Thursday, February 5, 1948 DICK BLOCKBERGER, Spurts hriitn. ASSOCIATE THIS ISSUE: Bruce Saunders chalk talk by Chick Turner GRID TAKES IT ON THE CHIN When the athletic moguls at UBC made the big jump from the farcial Western Canadian Intercollegiate setup to the Pacific Northwest Conference two years ago, perhaps they did not realize the full impact of their move. Since that step was take:), there has been a silent, but tense truce on the campus as to the wisdom and feasibility of the decision to "migrate to the south." The core of the argument has always rested on the 50 yard stripe of the gridiron. It was the Hardy Cup series against Alberta in 1945 that finally blew the lid off the Point Grey pot of patience ■ a financial hosing to the tune of some odd $2,000 convinced the MAD that athletic competition should be sought elsewhere), and it has been the American football bugbear which has plagued athletic officials here ever since. Oldtimers And Cynics Groan Indeed, it has been the grid game which has taken- the brunt of the verbal beating since UBC joined the PNIAC. Criticism on this score has originated from various sources and with various motives. Exponents of a mythical Canadian championship point to the fact that this western university is deserting her sisters in political union to seek the more lucrative competition from below the line. Oldtimers want the re-establishment of English Rugby on the plane it held a decade or so ago, and to hell with the American game. Cynics, and thr Georgia quarterbacks who perform most of their athletic feat on marbled-tiled floor under glass-piled tables, ridicule tht record of UBC on the gridiron in its first two seasons of play, and declare smugly that Varsity had better get back where it belongs. L'Affaire Kabat And The MAD The situation reached a climax during the past week whevi there were reports from the inner sanctum of the MAD that the contract between the athletic body and Mr. Greg Kabat, coach of the American grid entry, was slated to terminate this spring. The reason for the break was cagily stated to be that it was in keeping with the new "policy" that henceforth all coaches of university teams had to be members of the Physical Education staff,—a situation that would hit Mr. Kabat like a lead balloon. However the suggestion of clothing coaches in gowns was only a subtle pretext for avoiding the ticklish question of "Hard- rock's" salary for the coming year. For the past two years Greg has*been tendered the paltry sum of $800 for services received, ,a figure most coaches consider a reasonable outlay in supplying the press boys with crocks in return for adequate publicity during the season. Kabat is asking a higher salary of "undisclosed amount," and justifiably so. Not only has he risked his reputation as a football coach on a pitiful lack of material on this campus — and it would be putting it mildly to say that it has suffered during his tenure of office here — but he has most probably refused lucrative offers States side to remain in Vancouver. Rugger Fans To Crowd Stadium On Weekend Biggest crowd of the season is expected to jam the Stadium Saturday afternoon, when Victoria Crimson Tide engages the Thunderbirds in a sudden death McKechnie Cup Rugby game. It will be the second meeting this year between the two most powerful teams in the west. —Daily Ubyssey Photo by Bill Walla.o. TOUCHE — Hale Atkenson (right) is seen above going through a stiff sabre bout with Bob Simpson. FENCING CLUB SCHEDULED FOR TORRID SEASON Any Wednesday afternoon, between 4:30 and 6:30, HG4 suddenly resembles a scene drawn from the Middle Ages. Flashing foils and swinging sabres carry on in the best traditions of the Three Musketeers, for it is here that the UBC Fencing Club holds its weekly workouts. I Big Sport Needs Big Crowds On the other hand, there is very reasonable excuse in the MAD's apprehension about complying with Mr. Kabat's request. The Athletic Directorate must perforce operate on a limited budget whose resources are taxed by one of the most widely diversified sports programs on the continent, the greater portion of which consists of non-spectator sports - those requiring coniderable outlay and returning virtually no revenue to the coffers of the MAD. In order to break even on a year's operations, the MAD must rely on the three or four "major" sports to carry on an autonomous financial basis; in other words it is expected that American football, basketball, etc., will pay for themselves during any given season. There are two necessary pre-requisites (in the words of the university Calendar) for this happy situation: a minimum of operating expenses ;a maximum of revenue — big crowds. Take No Chances Hence the MAD's reluctance to renew the contract with Kabat with better financial returns to the latter. It is a refusal to gamble on the possibility of student support matching the increased oulay in salary. In order to assure American football of any decent student support it is reasonable to assume that the UBC entry capture its fair share of contests in the schedule next season. That seems highly improbable in any case, because of the horrible dearth of football talent out here, Kabat or no Kabat. But the fact remains, participation in the Pacific Northwest Conference demands competition on the gridiron, no matter how disastrous. Whether UBC will remain in thi.s ideal setur- depends on student support, which in turn is a direct offshoot of student spirit. And student spirit on this campus has reached a new low, a subject which might entertain the attention of thi' columnist at some future date. Last week, in an exhibition which was being staged for prospective members by the executive of the fencing Club, Dan Lambert met Hale Atkenson in a demonstration of the foil. The foil, incidentally, vas developed b ya 17th Century vlaitre d'Armes as a weapon to keep he art of fencing alive. It seems hat whichever Louis was King of France at the time was pe turbed no end at the loss of so mai.y of hi." more promising nobles, and outlawed luelling as too dangerous a sport. For those who like their men sliced nin, the sabre is an ideal weapon. \tkenson, who is mentor of tne Physical Training Fencing class, and Bob Simpson, vice-president of the JBC club, ably demonstrated the 'ethal nature of this weapon. It was e>nly after Atkenson called on experience gleaned in all parts of the worl that he was able to subdue the hard-fighting Simpson. UBC CLUB SHARP Last year, UBC entered the Vancouver City, Provincial, North-West, and Dominion Fencing Championships, members from the Point Grey campus placing in every competition. Today, the club has obtained enough equipment to enable tehm to offer an excellent opportunity to anyone interested in fencing. The executive has also managed to interest George Braund, one of Canada's finest fencers, in the campus organization, and E'raund has promised to attend the Wednesday afternoon workouts to supervise instruction. FUTURE PLANS At the present moment, the UBC aggregation is planning a home and home tournament with the University of Western Washington as well as a series of tournaments with the B.C. Fencing Association. Always a big gate puller, the annual classic usually draws several thousand fans to the campus arena. Intercity rivalry has reached an all-time high this year however, as a result of the defeat handed the Birds three weeks ago in* Victoria and the sarcastic jibes of Island newspapers. The many native Victorians who are si'udents on the campus, usually make up the redshirted cheering section, and the Cup struggle has a tendency to work up healthy campus friction. The weekend fight will see the two strongest squads battling on the campus since University of California Golden Bears played here a year ago. Victoria is currently on top of the McKechnie Cup standings by virtue of their Christmas win over the Vancouver All-stars, and their January 17 defeat of hte Blue and Gold, in Victoria. The Victoria tilt will be the first in a heavy series of games scheduled for the next Ave weeks as Thunder-1 birds are slated to meet Vancouver Reps, University of California, and the Australian Wallabies, on consecutive weekends. All games are scheduled for the Stadium. GET YOUR BLACK Basketball _ Boots Suction Sole $6-50 at CLAPP'S SHOE STORE 4442 W. 10th Ave. ALma 0408 Half Block from Sasamat Moyls Outlines Duties of MAD ED. NOTE - We approached Luke Moyls the other day with the suggestion that, for the benefit of th© newcomers on the campus, he write a short article explaining the composition and the workings of the MAD. The following is what the campus luminary has to say. What with all the student elections at this time, UBC's athletics return to political scene. And the centre of attraction will be the Men's Athletic Directorate as the campus kids choose a president and a treasurer for the Men's Athletic Association. For those who still wonder just what the MAD is, here is a brief sketch: The MAD is the body which directs and controls men's athletics at UBC. Members include the president, secretary, and treasurer of the MAA, the senior managers of major sports, a representative of minor sports, two fac'ltv representatives, the Director of Physiral Education, and an alumni rn'-rpsentative. "n^ >v'pt'ir1ent of the **\\ s'ts fis -Tin on the MAD and, through- '■-. -"'ilpv t:pc;c;ia.i .." . ,,.„ 1-1,. ' which this nlnns. directs, 1 the a'hlp+; -"v, •"" ■ "" - ■ nrer of British Columbia businessmen can now enlist the h« over 400 research departments in Great Britain, United States and Canada in solving their technical problems—' production, sales, accounting and general operation. This service is available, without cost, through the B.C. Electric's membership in Research Advisory Service. This group is financed and sponsored, (or the benefit of Western industry, by business-managed power companies operating in the Pacific Northwest. SKIERS MEET Coach Peter Vajda has called a special meeting for this Friday noon in Arts 103 to discuss the forthcoming trials to be held vhis Sunday to pick the B team to represent UBC clown at Martin Pass on February 13 and 14. NOTICE In future all groups desiring use of Physical Education Facilities on the campus over the weekend (Stadium, playing fields, Gymnasium, Field House, Hut G4) will be required to obtain a permit at the Physical Education office on cr before the Friday preceding the weekend. This permit must be shown to the University Patrol on request. R. F. Osborne, Director of P, E. an djoan an a Doris THEY ALL PHILIP MORRIS CIGARETTES A DISTINCTIVE CIGARETTE SO SMOOTH-SO MILD-SO COMPLETELY SATISFYING EB-1I7A