Student wife doesn't qualify for Acadia housing By SHARON BOYLAN A family of four was evicted last week from the married housing quarters in Acadia Park. Technically the expulsion occurred because second year science student Liv Beck, mother of two, does not qualify as a "student" under housing administration rules. Basically though, the family was kicked out because Liv is a woman. She first signed a three-year lease with housing on May 15, 1968, as single parent of year-old twins. A year later she and George Beck married and housing transferred the lease to her husband's name. George was then a student. George began teaching this year for $200 a month. Rent of $125 a month, including heat, was too high, so the Becks applied to transfer to one of the married students' huts on campus. Rent plus heat there would be about $70 to $80 per month. Housing then discovered that George was no longer a student. It is clear from housing regulations that the husband is technically considered 'head of the family' under all circumstances. "The husband's student status (graduate or undergraduate) will determine the couple's category for family housing," the housing ruling states. On Sept. 8, housing replied to the Becks' request for transfer to a campus hut. The Becks were asked to give notice and be out of Acadia Park by the end of October. The family left last Wednesday, however, and their new place costs almost $200 a month. They are able to pay this only because George's parents have agreed to chip in some of the money. Liv has tried twice to see administration housing head Les Rohringer, but has only been allowed to see his assistant, Ken Hutton. Hutton told her she could stay in campus housing if she and George got a legal separation, Liv says. Les Rohringer supported the housing policy in an interview with The Ubyssey: "1 could send my wife to take a few courses and move in and save money on it," he said. This still leaves Liv wondering about the basis of the ruling. "Do they (housing authorities) assume that women can't possibly earn as much money as men and so married men students need housing more than I do?" she said. "Or don't they care because obviously the man is more important? "I think they should determine UBC housing on the basis of financial need." Bruce Yorke, organizer of the Vancouver Tenants' Association and COPE aldermanic candidate said the university would find it hard to evict the Becks if they refused to move. Liv could fight the eviction on the basis of sexual discrimination, Yorke said. 7 Vol. Lll, No. 7 VANCOUVER, B.C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1970 228-2305 ''' '* -"' "'t.Y1*:-', \ V —darryl tan photo FORESTRY FREAKS do homework Thursday in Empire Pool. Two students practise skills taught in Log Rolling 100 class by competing in Forestry Week's log rolling competition. This may not be the way to get to the top of MacMillan Bloedel, but could J. V. Clyne do as much? Page 3: New national student union proposed. Page 3: Smolensky quits course evaluation cor Page 8: Arts I experiment still ;;live. People are dying' in Jerico hostel By GINNY GALT A young man, sobbing hysterically, wants to kill himself. He isn't freaking out on drugs or booze. He just can't take this kind of existence any longer. Young people are shuffling around aimlessly in bare feet, coughing. A boy is sitting and staring through dope-red eyes, stroking a cat. He looks about 16, but it's hard to tell people's ages when they're run down. A few people are sweeping the floors. That was Jericho hostel Monday, three days after the official closing date. There were still 180 residents. "No, it isn't adequate. People are dying here - mentally, if not physically," said staff member Marty Smith. Doctors have found widespread throat and chest ailments among Jericho residents. Germs spread quickly when you have so many people living together. But are the alternatives any better? Smith doesn't think so. "There are no long-range alternatives at all - just temporary stop-gap measures," he said. Staffer Valerie Angell said people were afraid to leave the hostel if it meant just another two or three weeks of shelter. "It could be that in two week's time, most of the original 350 Jericho residents are out on the streets again," Angell said. Smith said hostel residents couldn't expect any help from the city welfare department. "They won't even give out food vouchers. They tell us to go to the other hostel to get food." He said food facilities at Alexandra House and the Pacific hostel were inadequate, "so we have to rely on the Inner City feed-ins. And how much longer can they last?" Angell said some of the residents would stay and fight for Jericho, "poor as it is." But local justice department official T. E. Jackson, acting for the secretary of state - who is responsible for the hostel - said the residents are living "on borrowed time now." Jackson said he expected that Jericho would come to a peaceful end, "but if it comes to the point of people simply refusing to go, they might have to be ejected." Only 22 of UBC's 21,000 students offered displaced Jericho residents a place to stay. "People are afraid to help these kids. They do some pretty weird things — self-destructive things," Smith said. Best blood-let yet A total of 2,149 people left pints of their blood in SUB last week. It was the biggest turnout in many years, said a spokesman for the civil engineering club, sponsors of the five-day Red Cross blood drive. About 400 bleeders showed up on the first four days and more than 500 turned out last Friday. There will be another blood drive Oct. 29 for those who missed last week's action, the spokesman said. Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, October 6, 1970 TAs form association to protect own interests UBC teaching assistants have formed a union-like association to protect their interests. About 40 TAs met last week to form the assocation for TAs, lab assistants and sessional lecturers. The major aim of the association is to get from the administration a clear-cut policy of hiring, firing, grievance procedures, wages and working conditions. Said Dr. Ian Cowan, dean of graduate studies: AMS commits itself The Alma Mater Society has committed itself to supporting course unions. The AMS council last week passed a motion in favor of the unions, which act as student lobbies for changes in curriculum. Students wishing to start such unions will now be able to apply to the AMS for financial aid. There will be a meeting for all students interested in forming course unions in arts courses Thursday in the Buchanan Lounge at 7:30 p.m., arts undergrad society president Don Palmer said. He said plans arc already underway for course unions in English, sociology, anthropology, history and political science. Candidates meeting re-scheduled today The Alma Mater Society vice-presidential all-candidates meeting advertised for Monday will be held today at noon in SUB conversation pit. The meeting was postponed because of candidate Kelvin Beckett's failure to appear Monday, and because of technical difficulties with the sound equipment, AMS secretary Anne Clarkson said. Candidates for vice-president' are Kelvin Beckett, arts 4 and John Mitchell, education 4. The Ubyssey regrets somewhat its inability to print statements of candidates for AMS vice-president. However, The Ubyssey also points out that the printing of such statements would be greatly facilitated if they were to be turned in. VICE-PRESIDENT John Mitchell is a fourth year education student, majoring in counselling and guidance. In the position of vice-president he plans to co-ordinate academic activites such as senate liaison with the AMS executive, course evaluation and content, and to promote among other things, accredited student involvment in the community (learning by doing). John has been active in various community programs; working with NOW and Crisis Centre, managing Youth Employment Services, and working as a youth counsellor for the Vancouver Board of Parks and Public Recreation. On campus he was one of the initial co-ordinators for Speak-easy for 1970. He is also serving on the Educational Undergraduate Society, the Inter-Professional Education Student Council, and the Thunderbirds Rugby executive. From all these activities both off and on campus, he hopes to bring a practical, objective viewpoint to the job of organizing the office of the vice-president. John plans to make extensive use of student backing for different representatives, such as those in the senate to gather information and prepare research for the three specific projects of the vice-president's office. John's idea of student government is based on student participation. Seconder Kerry Bysouth. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CHESTER-ANGUS RAMSGOOD A Van-Made 16mm Color Feature TODAY and ALL THIS WEEK 12:30, 3:30, 7:30, 9:00 SUB AUDITORIUM "We regard these people as apprentice scholars and are keenly interested in doing everything possible to help them. "I would be very unhappy if it was called a union." Peter Beyer, an English TA said the association is presently compiling grievances and standards from various departments. Beyer said TAs from all faculties are urged to attend ■ a meeting noon today in Bu. 202 to form a steering committee, a constitution, and to see what immediate action can be taken on grievances. 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BRITISH COLUMBIA tfl tfl Tuesday, October 6, 1970 THE UBYSSEY Page 3 Smolensky quits AMS course evaluation committee Art Smolensky has resigned as chairman of the Alma Mater Society's course evaluation committee and recommended a full-time employee be hired. In a letter to AMS president Tony Hodge, Smolensky said he has been forced to resign, effective Oct. 9, because of other academic and non-academic committments. He said a full-time paid employee should be hired to co-ordinate all facets of the —kevin perrins photo ROLLER SKATING will take place every noon hour this week in the Fine Arts Gallery in the library basement. Students are invited to bring skates and head downstairs from the Fine Arts division, west library entrance. A demonstrator from a local roller rink will give a hand to students looking for a free lunch-time activity. Dope Day changed National Dope Day has been postponed from Oct. 15 to Oct. 28. Alma Mater Society acting vice-president Christine Krawczyk said the date is being switched due to "lack of time" to organize the event. On National Dope Day universities across Canada will hold a referendum asking students to vote 'yes' or n0' in favor of the legalization of cannabis. The results of the referendums will be sent to UBC. All results are expected to be in by mid-November. If Canadian students vote in favor of the legalization of cannabis, said Krawczyk, a letter will be sent to Health Minister John Monro and Justice Minister John Turner asking them to initiate a moratorium on convictions for cannabis and hashish under the Criminal Code. evaluation — which will culminate next spring in the publication of a campus-wide course evaluation pamphlet. At the very least, a part-time employee should be hired to co-ordinate the necessary student surveys, Smolensky said in the letter. "We're very concerned that this is not just a one-shot affair," Smolensky said in an interview. He said Hodge is currently considering replacements for the position of chairman of the committee. Saanich mayor Hugh Curtis was not asked to comment on Smolensky's resignation. It is understood Curtis is not interested in the position. He said it currently appears that most of the assistance for the technical handling of the surveys will come from the administration's academic planning office, which has offered its services. The six-member, all-student committee met periodically throughout the summer and sent out 200 questionnaires asking students what form the course evaluation shouL take. The publication will be distributed free to students and faculty. About 150 questionnaires have been returned, but not yet processed by the committee. "We found that making questionnaires is very difficult," Smolensky said. The committee is currently planning to evaluate all courses on campus, but more questionnaires have to be developed before the actual form of the evaluation scheme can be decided, he said. "When considering the philosophy of how a course is taught for example, it is just impossible to evaluate English on the same level as applied science or chemistry. "This disciplines are just too different and different criteria will have to be used to evaluate each one accordingly," Smolensky said. The committee is placing an emphasis on individual profs rather than on courses in general, because, he said, each prof cannot help but differ in his individual interpretations of material covered. He said the final questionnaires will be collected through undergraduate societies to relieve the pressures of handing an unfavorable evaluation to a professor. "Canadian content of a course will also be a major concern," he said. Several course evaluations are now being formulated by various departments and faculties, and will continue on their own unless those involved wish to join the campus-wide scheme. Financial help will be sought by the committee of all sectors of the university community, Smolensky said. "Students, administration, and the general public should be interested in the kinds of courses and methods of teaching them at UBC," he said. But the first job of the committee will be to create an "aura of credibility" around the entire evaluation. "If students cannot take this thing seriously then we might as well not even begin," Smolensky said. Student union proposed WINNIPEG (CUP) - The establishment of a new national student union will be one of the topics under discussion when student union presidents meet in a special caucus meeting in Winnipeg, beginning Oct. 30. The caucus is being arranged by Israel Lyon, president of the University of Manitoba students' union, prior to the annual meeting of the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada on Nov. 2. Lyon sent invitations to the student union presidents of all Canadian universities two weeks ago. Among the topics he suggested for discussion were employment, tuition fees, the role of student unions, drug laws, and tactics for the AUCC meeting. The travel expenses for the presidents would be paid by their university administrations because they would be coming as delegates or observers to the AUCC meeting. "We are interested in the idea of a political union," Lyon said. "We want the whole thing discussed." Lyon also said that some student unions in the western provinces had already expressed their interest in re-establishing such a union. The unions which have already indicated their intention to attend the caucus at the University of Manitoba are: Queens, University of Saskatchewan at Regina, Waterloo, Lutheran, University of Western Ontario, St. Thomas University, Acadia, Trent, and Glendon College. UBC student president Tony Hodge said Monday he would represent the AMS at the caucus. However, he said he does not feel a national student union is necessary and that he would oppose the formation of one. "It's a bunch of crap," he said. "I don't think an organization witli a bureaucracy and a central office would solve anything," Hodge said. He said a loose coalition of student unions meeting annually would be more feasible. Power study series begins Who controls the university? Does it exist for the benefit of us or for the benefit of the corporation? The relationship of the educational system to the B.C. power structure is examined Wednesday noon in the SUB ballroom and 7 p.m. in the club's lounge. The presentation is the first in a series on the B.C. power structure and is presented by the community education and research centre in co-operation with the Alma Mater Society. The program will examine the backgrounds of the men who hold power over the educational system as well as the economy — H. R. MacMillan, John Liersch and others — and determine to what extent education is used to further corporate values. For example, Liersch, now chairman of the UBC board of governors, was a member of the Chant commission on education several years ago. The commission stated that competition encourages effective learning and "should be accepted as a normal feature of the society in which we live." Says the education and research centre: "Competition is a market place value and the men of the Chant report are industrialists and controllers of the B.C. economy. "The values of the market place and the control of the men of the market place make education in B.C. what it is today." Joni, Phil to sing Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, and Chilliwack will be giving a concert Friday, Oct. 16 in the Pacific Coliseum. Proceeds from the concert will go towards the purchase of a ship to sail to Amchitka, September 1971, to protest the planned nuclear test explosion in the area. The Don't Make a Wave Committee that is sponsoring the Amchitka excursion hopes to raise $20,000 to $25,000 from ticket sales. Jerry Stanleigh, Law 3, said the committee plans to sail a ship full of students and reporters into the test area off Amchitka, to force the U.S. to cancel the test. Tickets for the benefit concert are on sale at $3 each at the Vancouver Ticket Centre and the AMS business office. Apology to EdUS pres The Ubyssey regrets any embarrassment Friday's front page story may have caused Education Undergraduate Society president Rod Gulmans, who was incorrectly named as responsible for herding education students out of their lounge last Tuesday. The man responsible for the action was not Gulmans, but an unknown student who identified himself to our reporter as Rod Gulmans. Sorry Rod, but it wasn't our fault. Page 4 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, October 6, 1970 THE UBYSStY Published Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the university year by the Alma Mater Society of the University of B.C. Editorial opinions are those of the writer and not of the AMS or the university administration. Member, Canadian University Press. Founding member. Pacific Student Press. The Ubyssey publishes Page Friday, a weekly commentary and review. The Ubyssey's editorial offices are located in room 241K of the Student Union Building. Editor, 228-2301; city editor, 228-2305; news editor, 228-2307; Page Friday, 228-2309; sports, 228-2308; advertising, 228-3977. OCTOBER 6, 1970 ywmjmo^— dk3 iMejl —r\. JJR-L sJ^ ^ywuwn^HRC- Charity carnival It's United Appeal time again. Yes, folks, it's time for the annual carnival that parades the poor like sideshow freaks and provides many others with the opportunity to indulge in a little painless paternalism. For the next few weeks, the downtown newspapers fill be filled with tear-jerking stories about how the United Appeal supplies the money to keep little Mary's iron lung working. We'll be treated to almost daily bulletins about which corporation has "loaned" what rising junior executive to the big fund drive. There will even be scorecards or graphs or clever drawings by which we can watch the appeal climb toward its appointed goal. It doesn't matter that a large chunk of the money collected goes to various administrative and public relations cost. It doesn't matter that the appeal's $4.3 million target, even if reached, will come nowhere near meeting the needs of the myriad organizations that maKe up United Community Services, or that many other worthwhile organizations won't receive a dime. For most of the people behind the appeal, the whole thing becomes a game. "Let's really push this year and beat our goal. Then we'll really be able to show up those Toronto guys at the next Chamber of Commerce convention." It gives the corporate types a chance to fill their "community service" requirement (which is reported to be mandatory for admission to the Vancouver Club and can be fulfilled either by working for the United Appeal or becoming a director of the Pacific National Exhibition). Unfortunately, it also cons thousands of well-meaning contributors into thinking they are really helping to do something about serious social problems. It attempts to treat the symptoms by throwing a few crumbs to the poor, but never concerns itself with the causes of poverty. (The latter course would probably be cheaper in the long run, but of course would be much harder work and certainly isn't the kind of thing you can hold cocktail parties for.) It raises money for the sick, but not nearly enough, and in its partial effort gives the government an excuse to ignore its own responsibility. Finally, it perpetuates charity in its worst nineteenth century style. People deprived by social or physical circumstances over which they have no control are reduced to beggars, robbed of their remaining self respect and forced to depend on the benevolence of the rich. The United Appeal does not provide the poor with jobs or with the slightest opportunity to live meaningful lives. It only strengthens the chains of the charity-welfare trap and helps ensure that there will be a reason for another United Appeal next year. Sorry, fellas, we gave at the office. Editor: Nate Smith News - Maurice Bridge City John Gibbs Wire John Andersen Sports Scott McCloy Associate John Twigg Ass't City Robin Burgess Ginny Gait Ass't News Jennifer Jordan Leslie Plommer Managing Bruce Curtis Page Friday Tim Wilson Perhaps it was Maurice's typewriter who most eloquently summed up the blorg's frustration and disappointment. Only hours Into the press day, the spirit of ol' Underwood — he's been dead a full week now— hung along the ceiling and shat on the entire newsroom like a runaway laxative ad. Slipping and sliding in his prose, but trying their best, were: Jan O'Brien, Sandy Kass, Josephine Margolis, Tom Harrison, Bruce Dubblestyne, Phil Barkworth, Jinny Ladner, Mike McCaffery, Elaine Tarzwell, Sharon Boylan, Caroline Woodward, and the suction-shoed Steve Lucas and Shane McCune. Ginny Gait fought illness with one hand and shovelled lucidity with the other into the bowels of the slimy rag where laboured: David Bowerman, Dave Enns, Kevin Perrin, Darryl Tan, Thorn Wescott and Maureen Gans. And then there was Don Gardner and Bob Wicks. Also wallowing in the septic tank were Maurice's 20th birthday (last Saturday), Andersen's desire to swim (doomed), Mike Finlay's attempt at toilet paper (not good enough), and Quigley's belly button (worse yet). -v>. The tortoise and the hare DAVIES RAVIES UBC. BY JIM DAVIES Messing around in AMS Because of the decidedly relevant nature of the Alma Mater Society, an interview with some of the council heavies seemed appropriate. So . . . Monday, I set out to the carpeted region in SUB where I suddenly encountered what looked like a melted fudgsicle flanked by two jelly beans. A second look assured me that it was indeed AMS president Tony Podge with his two trusted members of the flying circus — treasurer Stuart Juice and internal-affairs officer Sue Henpecky. I was just about to start asking them some meaningful questions when they burst into a heated discussion. followed this unfortunate statement. Juice: "Listen, Podge, 1 don't like the way you let your porridge dribble down your leg while you eat." Podge: "Big deal, I know you drink your ovaltine through a flavor straw." Juice: "So? You put silicone in your malteds to make your breasts harder." Podge: "If that's English Leather cologne you're wearing, it's off Lord Beaverbrook's saddle at the Battle of Aragon." This last insult was just too much for either lad, and they both broke into tears. "Why don't you boys kiss and make up," said Henpecky. "You're right," said Podge. "I'm dreadfully sorry," said Juice. Podge: "Could I fluff your pillow or rub your tummy with liniment, Stu baby?" Juice: "Sure Tone. By the way have I ever told you that you have a nicely turned pair of ankles and lovely ears." Podge: "Yes, you have, and don't neglect my nubile shoulders. Oh, by the way, Stu, shouldn't we go out and have some fun so we can forget our cumbersome duties?" Juice: "Right Tone, let's go out and roll a crippled newsboy." Podge: "Great idea Stu. Then Treasurer "I have a new idea for our council policy," Podge was saying. "Let's take the best ingredients from The Guiding Light, Amos and Andy and Hollywood Squares and combine them with the over-riding tone of Spiro Agnew's moratorium speech." Podge was immediately censured by Juice. "We've already tried that, Tony," he said. "May a green beret drive a half-track over your soft white underbelly," retorted Tony, obviously not pleased by Stuart's rebuke. A wild series of insults President go mount some fig we can newtons "You guys are a bit much," said Henpecky. Podge: "Thut-up!" Juice: "Ya, whadyathinkya are?" Podge: Lithten Thue, How would you like Thtuart and me to grab you by the ankleth and make a with?" Juice: "Ya! And don't forget we know you worked in Planet of The Apes. Podge: "And for peanuts!" Juice: "And you could tell the world that you go both ways with your pushmi-pullyu!" With that, Stu and Tone trotted off together arm-in-arm singing 4-H cookie baking songs. . . . and I missed another relevant meaningful AMS interview. Janis and Jimi When people warned Janis Joplin that her intense, grinding blues voice would be gone in a few years if she didn't take it easy, she used to tell them that she'd be dead in a few years anyway, so why not give it all she had? We don't know, but we guess Jimi Hendrix would have used the same words to describe his commitment to his art. And the deaths of Janis and JJmi scarcely a week apart, at the zeniths of their careers, can only remind us of the essentially destructive nature of culture in a decaying society. Janis and Jimi went the same way as Billie Holliday, Bessie Smith, John Coltrane, Brian Jones and other prophets of the alienated in an earlier time. As artists, they sought a way of life free from alienation in a modern technological society. But as objects of profit, in the world of entertainment, the only response was the total negation of self that led to their untimely deaths. -Paul Knox Tuesday, October 6, 1970 THE UBYSSEY Page 5 fixin1 to By THOM WESCOTT PART THREE A sense of humor is your only defense against the boot camp system of brainwashing. Perhaps a better term would be a sense of the ridiculous, as there is very little in the military that is genuinely humorous but quite a lot that is ridiculous. The first hint you get of this is when you pick up your first uniform. As you step up to each station in the line you are supposed to yell out "sir!" and give your size, then sir again. Working your way down the line you discover that every item except the shoes is already on the counter and invariably the wrong size. However, if you just reach out to take it, the animal behind the counter pulls it back and screams "What size, puke?" A classic example is the ritual of personnel assignment. This is done on the basis of a series of intelligence and aptitude tests given during the first week of boot camp. Apparently the idea is something like this. If the tests show that you're so dumb you'll probably end up shooting yourself they give you a nice simple job like pay clerk or intelligence analyst. I'll never forget Yaw, the big, lovable Arizonan in our platoon. The first time I noticed him was when were sitting around writing home and he came - out with, "Hey fellers, how d'ya spell 'was'?" He stayed perfectly in character for the next two months. Everyone in our hut was approached at least once, "Say, Ah got a letter from mah gurl. . Kin ya read it fur me?" *s. By the time the assignments came out we were in the classroom pretty well used to the stupid things the Marine Corps was doing but none of us was quite ready to find out he was assigned to radio repair school. One of the all-time greats of military cartoons deals with this subject. It shows two assignment clerks sitting at a table with a multi-million dollar computer in the background. One is saying to the! other, "I forget, which cooking school do we send electronic engineering graduates to?" It is funny if you don't get hung up trying to figure out out how many of your electronic engineering friends could tell the difference between an oven and a sink. Every morning in boot camp you spend the half hour just before breakfast walking around picking up scraps of paper, cigarette butts or anything else lounging loose on the ground. When you get a handful you drop it in the huge enclosed garbage bins called "dipsy dumpsters." You never quite get used to finding six guys crammed in there sneaking a smoke. Speaking of smoke: two weeks in the middle of boot camp are devoted to range where they teach you how to shoot a gun. To do it anywhere near accurately you have to do certain things to your back sight so that the sights will point to where the bullet is going to hit. This particular ritual is called putting on your dope. Our drill instructors got pretty upset when they found out that half way through the course a quarter of us were still trying to shoot without doing it. That night they took us all out and had us running, pushing up and crawling through the dirt chanting, "Sir, we are the no dope platoon, aye, aye sir!" Until they came over and stomped on my fingers I was having a good laugh at the thought of anyone trying to score some smoke in boot camp. But if any one thing stood out as being ridiculous it was a discussion I overheard one night while I lay exhausted in my bunk. Two of the fellows were seriously debating whether the cooks really put saltpeter in the mashed potatoes. But then they were probably just too tired to think about sex. Crayola graffiti rocks physics 115 By LESLIE PLOMMER There's nothing like a physics class on centrifugal acceleration to heat up students to fever-pitch emotion on Monday and Thursday mornings at 11:30 in Hebb theatre. Associate physics prof Dr. J. • McMillan teaches just such a class to well over 200 students in section two of physics 115. The course includes two lecture hours and one tutorial hour per week. Some comments from three students in McMillan's class: Ubyssey: What's this profs -name? Student: I don't know his name. Really. Ubyssey: Is this prof any good? Student: I don't know. He goes off the track of lot of the time. Ubyssey: How much do you get from tutorials? Student; Tutorials are pretty good. You learn more there than you do here (Hebb lectures). Here you just take notes. In tutorials you learn how to use them. McMillan, whose voice sometimes dropped too low to hear over the high noise level in the class, announced "today we're gonna talk about a car on a race ■ track. A banked race track." McMillan proceeded to analyze the forces at work on the car as it barreled around the track, using ~an overhead projector to show calculations and diagrams. People who draw diagrams of problems aren't "sissies," McMillan said. The second problem under consideration was calculating the speed and period of an earth satellite moving in a circular orbit. McMillan established a mathematical expression for relating periods and radii of different projectiles in orbit. "This is a beautiful relationship. Great," he said. On the projector screen he wrote "great!" General titter amongst students. "If I could digress for a moment," he said.. "Digression," he wrote on the screen. Titter. No questions were asked in the class and we are left to conclude that either all questioning takes place in tutorials, or students are intimidated by class size, or McMillan handles many callers in his office, or that Physics 115 students understand everything in the course. MEET ME AT The Hotel Georgia Oct. 19 10 EAT IN • TAKE OUT • DELIVERY. 3261 W. Broadway 736-7788 Weekdays to 1 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 3 a.m. Film Society presents an English Department Course Film: Ben Jonson's VOLPONE Thurs., Oct. 8 12:30 & 6:30 Old Aud 100 mins. ORIENT ROUND TRIP S.F. - TOKYO $385 S.F. - TAIPEI $385 S.F. - HONG KONG $407 Jet Charters f385l connecting flights to Si ngapore, Manila, Bangkok, Seoul and Calcutta. FOR INFORMATION CALL OR WRltE Flight Committee P.O. Box 2549 Stanford, Calif. 94305 Tel. (415) 968-2571 NAME ADRESS One Way Flights are Available PUNJAB RESTAURANT Open 7 Days -5 P.M. to 11:30 P. M. Finest Foods of India — Full Facilities Complete Curry Dinner $3 — Non-Vegetarian - $2 — Vegetarian 796 Main St. Near Georgia Viaduct 688-5236 OVERSEAS STUDENTS AND WIVES who would like FREE ENGLISH COACHING should come to International House any weekday from 9-4 p.m. to register for assistance. There are still a number of Canadians who have volunteered to coach and now we need overseas students! KEV'S AUTOMOTIVE WE SPECIALIZE IN IMPORTS #y% TWO FULLY LICENCED MECHANICS COMBINING 25 YEARS OF BRITISH AND EUROPEAN SPORTS CAR EXPERIENCE TRY OUR FRIENDLY SERVICE 16th & Macdonald Ph. 732-6212 BIRD CALLS The UBC Student Telephone Directory AVAILABLE END OF THIS WEEK Last Chance To Save 25* Buy Your Pre-Sale Ticket TODAY Only 75* AT THE BOOKSTORE AND SUB THE UBC's "WHO'S WHO" BIRD CALLS Page 6 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, October 6, 1970 TUESDAY SAILING CLUB General meeting and slide show in Buch. 104 at noon. DANCE CLUB Relax, eat your lunch, and learn to dance in SUB party room during the noon hour. UBC LIBERAL CLUB Meeting in SUB 209 at noon. UBC ANTI-WAR COMMITTEE Zane Boyd on "The Canadian Anti- War Movement." SUB 211 at noon. GERMAN CLUB Free coffee and doughnuts for everyone in Int. House 400 at noon. PRE-MED CLUB Dean McCreary speaks at meeting in Wesb. 201 at noon. New members welcome. THE UBC NON-FACULTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION A very important organizational meeting in Buch. 202 at noon. All eligible are urged to attend. UBC PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES Meeting in SUB 207 at noon. UBC-NDP Executive meeting for all members in SUB 212A at noon. CANOE CLUB General meeting and planning for a trip in SUB 125 at noon. WEDNESDAY UBC MOTORCYCLE CLUB New members welcome to meeting in SUB 105A at noon. UBC CYCLING TEAM Meeting to determine eligibility and purpose of the club at noon in Mem. Gym 211. Newcomers welcome. 'tween classes PBC TEAM CLUB The Electors Action Movement. New members are welcome to hear Aid. Walter Hardwick speak in SUB 215 at noon. PRE-LAW SOCIETY Organizational meeting in Ang. 414 at noon. PSYCHOLOGY CLUB Aquarium whale trainer Klaus Michaelis speaks in Ang. 24 at noon. CUSO Meeting in SUB 207 at noon. PHYSICS DEPT. Anthroposophical lecture at the Rudolf Steiner Center at 3201 W. 4th Ave. at 8:00 p.m. EXPERIMENTAL COLLEGE Karl Burau and Tony Hodge on Student Government and Natural Law. All welcome in SUB 213 at noon. THURSDAY V.O.C. New members welcome to meeting in Hebb theatre at noon. THUNDERBIRD WARGAMERS Organizational meeting in SUB 115 at noon. ANGLICAN-UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRY Discussion on "Religious Experience" and dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the Lutheran Campus Centre. UBC LIBERAL CLUB Meeting and speaker in SUB 209 at noon. VARSITY ROD AND GUN CLUB General meeting in SUB 105B for all interested persons. N.V.C. First general meeting in SUB 207 at noon. FRIDAY PRE-SOCIAL WORK CLUB All welcome to hear Chief Probation Officer Richardson speak in SUB 105B at noon. FOLK SOC. Hear the sound of the Saturday Afternoon Matinee at noon in the SUB Ballroom. Admission only 25 cents. MISCELLANEOUS L'ALLIANCE FRANCAISE French conversation and free coffee every Fri. at noon in Int. House. Hike on Sun., Oct. 18. HOCKEY Graduate students interested in playing intramural or recreational hockey can come to practices at the UBC Arena every Wed. at 10:45 p.m. LEGAL AID Every Mon., Wed., and Fri. at noon in SUB 228 and 232. SIMS Room for meditation at International House room 406. Monday to Friday, 8-11 a.m. Tues., Wed., Fri., 3-6 p.m. Thursday, 4-6 p.m. THUNDERBIRD SKI CLUB Dry land ski conditioning program for all university skiers every Tues. and Thurs. evening at 6:30 and Sat. at 1:00 p.m. Apparatus room, bottom floor of War Memorial gym. EAST ASIA SOCIETY Two films on Japan, "Art of the Swordsmith" and "Expo "70". Buchanan 104, Thursday noon 12:30. CHARBROILED STEAKS Oysters — Shrimps Mike Burgers - Chopped Beef STUDENT'S SPECIAL LUNCHEON STEAK SANDWICH BAKED POTATO - SALAD Between 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with Presentation of Student Card 4489 W. 10th at Sasamat ENGLISH 100 MOVES TO The Hotel Georgia Oct. 19 Math 100 MOVES TO The Hotel Georgia Oct. 19 Ye Olde Alma Mater Society PUBLIC NOTICE ELECTIONS: Did you know we're going to have a new AMS Vice-President? We know you want to vote so we're making it just a little bit easier for you by giving you a list of times and places. Advance polls will be held from 11:30 - 3:30 Wednesday October 7th in S.U.B. and the first floor Education building. Residence polling will run from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on the same day. Voting day polls will be held from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Thursday, October 8th in all of the following locations: 1. Barn 6. 2. Buchanan 7. 3. Bus Stop 8. 4. Education 9. 5. Engineering 10. Woodward Library All it takes is five minutes to cast your ballot. Do It! Main Library Sedgewick Library S.U.B. 1 S.U.B. 2 APPOINTMENTS: There is a position open for Cultural Programme Co-Ordinator. (1) To co-ordinate the activities of the: S.U.B. Art Committee Special Events Committee Fine Arts Gallery Brock Art Collection and other "culturally oriented" groups on campus in developing a comprehensive cultural programme of activities centered in the Student Union Building but encompassing the whole University community. (2) To appoint an assistant to work closely with the participating party and Building Manager in physically setting up the "displays". All applications should be given in writing to Anne Clarkson, AMS Secretary, S.U.B. 248 by Friday, October 16. Hanson Lau needs you! Three Deputy — Co-ordinators are needed to assist the Co-ordinator; of Activities in executing devious Chinese tactics. See Hanson (S.U.B. Information Desk) for further information and apply for the positions through Anne Clarkson, AMS Secretary, S.U.B. 249. Nominations close Friday, October 16th. SENATE ELECTIONS: Are you willing to accept the challenge of a position on the U.B.C. Senate? If so, it will be your duty to participate fully in the research, discussion, and decisions of the senate and its committees, taking into account the interest of the student body and the university community as a whole. Nominations are now open for the following positions: I. Senators-at-large — 2 positions open II. Constituency Senators a) Education —1 position open b) Applied Science —1 position open c) Arts —1 position open d) Graduate Studies —1 position open Nomination forms can be obtained from Anne Clarkson, AMS Secretary in S.U.B. 248. The closing date for nominations is Thursday, October 15th at 12:30 p.m. The election will take place Thursday, October 29th. S.U.B. Management Committee: Two of the 4 vital members-at-large positions are open — vital because the other 5 positions are filled by Council nominees. This is your chance to help establish the Student Union Building policy to protect your SUB furniture and help allocate SUB management funds which are 50c per student per year. Help handle the money and the problem. Nominations close Friday, October 9th at 12:30 p.m. Please apply in writing through the AMS Secretary SUB 248 to Hanson Lau, Chairman, SUB Management Committee. CLASSIFIED Rates: Students, Faculty & CTub-3 Lines, 1 day $1.00; 2 days $1.75. Commercial-3 lines, 1 day $1.25; additional lines 30c; 4 days price of 3. Classified ads are not accepted by telephone and are payable in advance. Closing Deadline is 11:30 a.m.. the day before publication. Publications Office, STUDENT UNION BLDG., Univ. of B.C., Vancouver 8, B.C. ANNOUNCEMENTS Dances 11 AUTUMN DANCE: SAT. OCT. 10th, International House. 8:00 p.m.-l:00 a.m. Twin bands. Girls 75c, Boys $1.50. Tickets at l.H. or dr. Drinks. Greetings 12 TO SHARE A PERSONAL INSPIR- ation or problem tune in Radio CJOR 600, Sundays 9:15-10:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.-l:00. Or drop in and chat with Sunday Line Moderator Chaplain Bernice Gerard Wednesdays at the Lutheran Student Center, Tuesdays — Chaplain's Office, S.U.B. For appointment call 266-9275. Lost & Found 13 LOST WALTHAM WATCH NEAR J.O. Pavilion, Oct. 3, during field hockey. Ph. 224-9768, Rm. 650, was gift, reward. Rides 8c Car Pools 14 STUDENT NEEDS RIDE TO KEL- owna Oct. 9, share expenses. 224- 9031, Room 9. NEED RIDE PROM S E A F A I R area, Richmond, every day, phone Bernd, 277-4707. Special Notices 15 REMINDER— CANADA STUDENT Loans. To maintain interest free status on previous loans, Confirmation of Enrolment, Schedule 2 must be completed and delivered to the Bank prior to 30th November 1970. Not required if you have already obtained a new loan. Courtesy, Bank of Montreal, SUB. JOIN THE MUSIC RESOURCE group in contemporary music of worship and celebration every Thursday, 4:30 p.m. Union College, Room 105. Singing and playing. Bring your instrument. REDUCED PRICES ON HAIR- shaping and jetstyling at U.B.C. Barbers (In the Village}. Travel Opportunities 16 SAN FRANCISCO. OCTOBER 10-17, bus transportation and accommodations for only $55 return. Miss only 4 days of lectures, 228-4628 or 987-4625 and mention the 'Field Trip'. CHARTERS U.K., CONTINENT, Africa, other distinations, 1-ways. Mick, 687-2855 or 224-0087. 106-709 Dunsmuir St. Mon. - Sat., 9-9. LONDON RETURN $199 also other destinations — 1-ways. 687-1244 224-0087 Wanted—Miscellaneous 18 Automobiles For Sale 21 '67 VOLKS 1500 DELUX SUNROOF AM/FM radio, overhauled, rear defogger, ex. cond. Offers, ph. 261- 7713. AUTOMOTIVE Automobiles—Wanted 22 Automobiles—Parts 23 Automobiles—Repairs 24 CAR REPAIRS TO VOLVO, MERCEDES PORSCHE, VOLKSWAGEN • Factory trained mechanics • Fully Guaranteed Work • Reasonable Rates Motorcycles 25 BUSINESS SERVICES Art Services 31 CREATIVE GRAPHICS — UNIQUE poster and display artwork; precision publication and scientific graphics; photography. John, 224- 4146. SCIENTIFIC GRAPHICS — HIGH fidelity graphs maps, text-book illustrations, formulations and advertising. Phone 980-2928. Scandals 37 HOMOSEXUAL GIRLS AND guys: free 9000 word essay on Vancouver gay life from graduate student 22, Box 8969, Station H, Vancouver 5. Phone 683-4864. Over 750 copies sent already. Sewing 8c Alterations 38 Typewriters & Repairs 39 Typing 40 EFFICIENT ELECTRIC TYPING my home: essays, theses, etc. Neat accurate work. Reasonable rates. Phone 263-5317 ON-CAMPUS TYPING, FAST, Accurate, all types of theses, texts, essays, IBM selectric, 224-9183. FAST~ ACCURATE TYPING, electric typewriter, my home. 325-2934. EXPERIENCED ELECTRIC HOME typing. Essays, theses, etc. Neat, accurate work, reasonable rates. Mrs. Troche — 437-1355. EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted 51 GUITARIST WANTED: ELECTRIC, own equipment and willing to work at joining present group. Lee or Al, 872-7301 FRIENDLY OUTGOING GIRDS TO sell flowers evenings. Can choose hours. Commission. $10.00 to $20.00 for evening. Phone now, 684-2618. Car is asset but not necessary. TOPLESS DANCERS NEEDED Two References Required One on Each Side GULF CLUB 48 E. Hastings Interviews from 10:30 p.m. 684-3838 INSTRUCTION 8c SCHOOLS Instruction Wanted 61 Music Instruction 62 LESSONS IN PIANO, CLARINET, Recorder, Helena Sandler (B.Mus.) McGill in your home. Call 684-3587. THE MEDITERRANEAN GUITAR SHOP instruments * lessons repairs * fine imported strings hand built Spanish guitars (10% discount with AMS card) 77 Powell St., right in Gastown 687-2328 Special Classes 63 CHILDREN'S CREATIVE ART class. 9-12 years. Thursdays 3:30- 5:00 p.m. Child Art Centre, Acadia Road South. $8.00 fee, materials supplied. Information and registration, ph. Mrs. Henshaw, 228-2J.41. Special Classes (Cont.) 63 SPANISH CONVERSATION, THE shorter way to speak. Prof. Pareja (Colombia, Argentina & UBC) will tutor $3 hr., individual, no groups, M to S, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. 12 hours minimum paid in advance. Limited number. 1405 Cypress (nr. Cornwall) 738-5692. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 71 BIRD CALLS Your Student Telephone Directory PRE-SALE TICKETS - 75c at the Bookstore and AMS Publication! Office TWO ELECTRIC RAZORS, ONE car radio, one TV, heavy duty shock absorbers-fit any car, call 731-0725 after 6:30. ROSSIGNOL STRAWS 210 G.S. Used 1 season. $100. Also many pairs of Toni Sailer Comps., all sizes. 926-4789, after 6:30. QUALITY USED CLOTHING, very reasonable prices. Sonia's Dry Cleaning, 957 Denman, near Stanley Park, 688-5814. SONY 350 3-HD TAPE DECK $140; AM/FM component stereo phono & speakers, $140. 738-0994. PRAKTICA NOVA CAMERA FOR sale. Just overhauled Kits Cameras. Lens 2.8, Auto Tessar $75. 224-0670 9-11 p.m. SKIS: 1 PAIR ALLAIS MAJOR 215 cm Nevada binding 1 yr. old. $130; 1 pair Fischer metals 195 cm Solomon binding $75; Men's double breasted leather coat. Size 38. $60. 224-0942 or 926-4789. E FLAT CLARINET $50. SKI boots, press size 11. $55. Ski poles, $10. Alt excellent quality and condition. See at old Extension Annex. Room B3. RENTALS It REAL ESTATE Rooms 81 •ELEGANT"—UBC AREA—GIRLS sharing—Point Grey Estate. P.O. Box 4234, Station D, Vancouver 9. COUPDE(S) OR GUYS. ALL house facilities. Kits. Quiet and roomy. Doubles. Phone 738-0784. Please ask for Paul. ONE ROOM—MADE STUDENT $45. Share bathroom. Private entrance. Phone. Breakfast extra. 3945 Puget 733-0462. Room & Board 82 WANTED ROOM, BOARD — Mother, two year old. Exchange for babysiting evenings plus $30.00. Preferably near Byng School. Have babysitter. 261-7603 after 6. Ask for Marsha. MEN Room & Board avail, at the D.U. House! Convenient, reasonable, and the best food on CampuB! Phone the house manager at 224-9841 or drop by at 5780 Toronto Rd. Furnished Apts. 83 FURN. STUDIO UTILITIES. ALL appliances. Priv. ent. Kits. Phone 738-2622 after 3 p.m. Singles only please. WANTED MALE STUDENT TO share furnished apt. $50 month. Call 731-0205 after 4:00. Unfurnished Apts. 84 Houses—Furn. 8c Unfurn. 86 Tuesday, October 6, 1970 THE UBYSSEY Page 7 Football Birds have honor of 0-4 record By DON GARDNER The UBC football Thunderbirds now have a win/loss record of 0-4 and have the dubious distinction of being the only club to have lost a game to every other team in the WCIAA. This is rather ironic as the Birds deserted the conference several years ago because the competition wasn't tough enough. The other teams are glad to have them back as the Birds have assumed the role of the patsy. It's not so much that the Birds have gone downhill. It's just that the other teams have made noteworthy improvements. One bright spot for the Birds this season has been the play of fullback Dave Corcoran. This has been mentioned many times before and sounds redundant, but after all he's been about the only bright spot. Coach Frank Gnup calls Corcoran "the best football player I've ever had." Corcoran is not only an excellent running back but is also a ferocious blocker. In the last game he flattened at least four Manitoba defenders. One defensive lineman for the Bisons looked like he spent the whole second half trying to stay out of Corcoran's way. This summer Corcoran has a tryout with the San Francisco 49ers. But the 49ers are loaded with talented running backs and with a total of 55 rookies in camp, the odds were definitely against him. After receiving his release, he was given a look by the B.C. Lions but, as Corcoran says, "I just stood around holding my helmet 80 per cent of the time." Corcoran, who can run the 40 Rugby men post second win in as many starts The Thunderbird Rugby team managed their second win of the season in as many starts over Vancouver Rowing Club Saturday at Brockton Oval. Rowers obviously feared the speed of the Bird backs and concentrated on a spoiling game in the first half. Ray Banks began the scoring for UBC with a penalty goal early in the match. Outside-centre Barry Legh added a try minutes later on a good individual move. Banks converted giving the Birds a 8-0 half-time lead. Rowers changed tactics as the second half got under way and relying on their strong, experienced scrum notched a penalty goal and drop goal to narrow the score 8-6. A lapse by the UBC three-quarterline resulted in a converted try and Rowers took the lead 11-8. Good team play provided several opportunities for UBC to retaliate, but carelessness nullified these until winger John Mitchell showed fine rugby play with a high downfield kick which he gathered ip himself to score untouched, tying the game. The convert was missed and the score remained at 11 all. Pre-season conditioning seemed the margin of victory as continued hustle by the Bird fowards made for a loose^ scrum on Rowers goal line setting up Mitchell's second try. With the pressure off, Banks converted the try and finished the scoring, UBC over Rowing Club, 16-11. UBC's second team, the Braves, provided the promise of good rugby in out-hustling the sluggish Rowing Club 2nds, 1-3. Again giving away weight and experience the young pack demonstrated excellent handling to set up a first-half try and scrum-half Dennis Quigley caught the Rowers napping with a 40 yard sprint to notch another in the second half. D. Williams converted both and widened the gap with three penalty goals for a fine personal afternoon. Both teams put their undefeated records on the line at Wolfson fields this Saturday against the league champion Vancouver Kats. Game time, 1:15 and 2:30. in 4.8, has the speed to play pro football and will probably be given another shot with the Lions next year. His chances of making the team will be enhanced by the fact that he will be with them from the start of training camp. Dave Corcoran will probably trample over some more people this Saturday in a bid to help the team end their losing streak when they host the University of Saskatchewan at Thunderbird Stadium. Fine Arts 125 MOVES TO The Hotel Georgia Oct. 19 Film Society presents an English Department Course Film: Ben Jonson's VOLPONE Thurs., Oct. 8 12:30 & 6:30 Old Aud 100 mins. HONG KONG CHINESE FOODS Just One Block from Campus in the Village WE SERVE AUTHENTIC CHINESE FOOD AT REASONABLE PRICES Eat In — Take Out We Now Have Delivery Service Open Every Day 4:30-11:00 p.m. 5732 University Blvd. 224-6121 EL-SID CLEANERS AND DRESSMAKING EXPERT ALTERATIONS - INVISIBLE MENDING- DRYCLEANING - LAUNDRY Free Pickup and Delivery Family Business Lc " Over' qyls Better Prices 4370 West 10th 224-6822 ATTENTION CURLERS UBC Curling Club has openings until Fri., Oct. 9 in the following leagues: - Tuesday (9:30)/Wed. (6:15) Mixed Alternating Days, Curl Once Per Week - Thurs. (9:30) Mens - Enter individually or as a Team For Further Information and Entry Phone 266-6624 after 6. ATHLETIC NOTICES Intramurals: In case you haven't heard men's intramurals is sponsoring a cross country race and awarding Thanksgiving turkeys. Remember, anyone can win as UBC track team members are ineligible. Lady Golfers: Whatever qualifications, whatever handicap, the women's golf team is interested. For further information phone Holly Botham at 224-871 or leave your name at the women's athletic office. EAT IN .TAKE OUT • DELIVERY- 3261 W. Broadway 736-7788 Weekdays to 1 a.m. Fri. & Sat. 3 a.m. Film Society presents an English Department Course Film: Ben Jonson's VOLPONE Thurs., Oct. 8 12:30 & 6:30 Old Aud 100 mins. PROFESSOR FRED HOYLE. One of the world's outstanding astronomers and a central figure in the continuing debate on the origin of the universe, will visit the University of B.C. to give two Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures on October 13 and October 14. Prof. Hoyle will speak in Totem Park Residences at 8:15 P.M. on Tuesday, October 13, on "Stonehenge,"the prehistoric monument in England which is now. thought to be a primitive astronomical observatory and computer. On Wednesday, Oct. 14, Prof. Hoyle will speak in the Frederic Wood Theatre at 12:30 P.M., on "The Present State of Cosmology," the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin of the universe. Admission to both lectures is free. Alma Mater Society OFFICIAL NOTICES - to all members of the 1970-71 Grad Class GRAD CLASS GENERAL MEETING The first meeting of the Grad Class will be held on Friday, October 9th in SUB room 125 (back of cafeteria) at 12:30. The purpose of this meeting is to elect the executive for the coming year, which includes the following positions: (A) President (B) Vice-President (C) Treasurer (D) Secretary (E) Social Convenor (F) Public Relations Officer The executive take responsibility for all major grad class activities including such things as: — Baccalaureate Service — Congregation Ceremony — Graduation Ball — Allottment of grad Fees (Come on Arts. Don't let the Engineers rule again!) INDOOR TENNIS IN THE ARMOURY Students and members of faculty are invited to join the University Open Tennis Club. A membership fee of $2.00 for the academic year 1970-71 entitles the individual to reserve a court for one hour periods by telephoning 228-4452 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday. Membership cards may be obtained from Mr. Howard Tyndall, Room 101, in the Physical Education Building in Thunderbird Park (South Campus). THE HOURS FOR OPEN PLAY ARE AS FOLLOWS: MONDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY &:30p.m. to 11:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Page 8 THE UBYSSEY Tuesday, October 6, 1970 UBC Experiment... Arts I, II. "Modern universities, at least in North America, seem to fail most spectacularly with their freshman students." That is the opening sentence of a booklet written by one Ian Ross in January, 1967, Its purpose was to outline an experimental program, called New Arts I, to combat this failure. If you are, or have ever been, like most first-year students, you are probably familiar with the problems Ross describes: "... the alienation of the students; the flight from first-year courses of experienced instructors; a course structure which . . . bewilders students and fragments their view of the world . . . and a teaching program By Shane McCune and Steve Lucas -photos by thorn wescott consisting of a stultifying round of lectures, perfunctory conferences, and statutory examinations which unnerve students rather than prepare them for intellectual advancement." If you are among the adventurous arts students who have taken the new Arts I course in the past three years, however, you might well have a more pleasant outlook on your first year at UBC. Although the program us it exists was founded largely by Ross, an associate professor of English, and philosophy professor Bob Rowan, it owes much of its origin to various deans and administration heads dating back to a committee appointed by former administration president John Macdonald in 1962. Its format is largely derived from a similar program conducted at Berkeley by Joseph Tussman. Rowan, who chaired the New Arts I last year, is a "graduate" of this experiment. The basic outline of the system consists of three lecture sections, each of which is subdivided into five or six seminar groups. The course is the equivalent of nine units of first-year arts, but is conducted thematically rather than subject by subject. The themes for each "large group", as the lecture sections are called, vary from group to group and from year to year. Each large group meets once a week for a two-hour lecture session, and each smaller seminar group meets twice weekly for one and a half-hour sessions. In addition there are individual tutorials to discuss the experiences they are used to being told what to do." He also remarked that the staff at first had difficulty getting organized and planning the course. "Just the sheer joy of working in such an informal setting, and getting to know your students," were his principle commendations of the course. Ian Slater is a second-year student who took Arts I last year and liked it enough to take Arts II this year. Slater is annoyed at the "misconception that Arts I is a nine-unit course that is just like one course, only with a degree of liberty that equals a licence to do whatever one pleases." "As far as an intellectual discipline is concerned, Arts II has the most to offer." But he admitted that it was far from perfect. "Loafers have been a"ble to find haven here in the past," he said. "And if you take a disliking to your professor, it hampers discussion in the seminars." However, in the view of Slater and most other students who have taken Arts I, the people who have decided to work in the experimental system are extremely dedicated and for the most part amiable. He praised the cohesive Arts I approach to "separate" fields of study. "Perhaps the outstanding virtue of the Arts I and Arts II programs is that they develop your ability to express yourself," he added. But there are those who are less enthusiastic about Arts I than Ross and Slater. "Arts I is an unsound basis for a student who wishes to continue his education." This is the opinion of Dr. Malcolm McGregor, head of the Classic:; department, a harsh critic of the program. "I do not believe in creating courses of instruction out of the contemporary issues in a faculty of arts." "I'm suspicious of Arts I because it seems to me that the subjects studied are invented on the spur of the moment annually and that they do not deal with a systematic body of knowledge as a faculty of arts ought to." "I think the reading lists are drawn up haphazardly and the instructional staff, itself, is gathered haphazardly." (i.e. they volunteer). He also criticized the use of "non-professional" lecturers. "The beginnings of a good education must include a where students, quite properly, devote the bulk of their energy to the major or honours programs," he said. He said that the low enrolment (about 70) into Arts II this year is due partly to poor publicity and partly to student apprehension about possible difficulty entering third-year courses. Arts II was not approved by the senate until last spring, after classes had ended. Most students had already registered before they even heard about Arts II, and many still haven't heard of it. informal Arts II lecture in Blue Room of Arts I building is opened by Bob Rowan, who is also head of the Arts II program. frequent essay assignments (there are no exams), and one or more weekend symposia on specific topics. There are generally 100 to 120 students in each large group, and 20 or less in the seminars. To keep "fresh blood" in the program, it is customary for teachers to spend two years in Arts 1 and then return to their regular departments. A few exceptions such as Mary Eliot, Rowan and Ross have spent three years in Arts I or its second-year equivalent, New Arts II. Ross, who has now returned to the English department, admitted that the first year of the program "was a little rocky." "Students are sometimes slow to develop a commitment," he said. "From their high school good lecturer, a specialist in his field, to supply you with the facts." He concludes: "Arts I is missing academic discipline." Bob Rowan, who is chairing this first year of the Arts II program, disagrees. "Many people have a dim view or critical outlook toward the whole program because of its non-disciplinary character, but it seems to me that non-disciplined does not mean without discipline. "Arts I and II try, and succeed, in being disciplined. We deal with serious intellectual matters with rigour, critical faculties and appreciation. "No one in Arts II has any argument at all with disciplines, but we believe that they can best play their central role in education in the third and fourth years ADRIAN MARRIAGE and BOB ROWAN ■ • ■ seminar leaders for Arts II program The faculty of arts and the senate will soon decide whether Arts I will become a permanent fixture at UBC. Said Rowan: "I'm very optimistic of approval of Arts I on a permanent basis, and that approval will indicate that the faculty of arts believes that in addition to normal offerings available to first-year students, that a program of this sort, with a somewhat different structure and curriculum, provides a healthy educational alternative. "The future of Arts II is less clear. This is the first year we've conducted the program and we do not yet know how successful it will be." Mary Eliot, whose background is in classics, has been with the program for three years and is now Arts I . co-ordinator. With regard for the criticism of Arts I as a "non-disciplinary", "slack" faculty, she points out: "Easiness and laziness are connected with enjoyment. If you enjoy what your doing, you usually don't feel you are working hard." This is the case with many Arts I students, she said. "I've found Arts I has deepened my interest in my own subject, has made it more "relevant", and made me more competent to teach Greek and Latin literature." "Students learn more about learning, teachers learn more about teaching." There are faculty meetings every week to discuss each book as it comes up in the course of study, seminar groups of four or five and each student meets with his discussion leader "several' times throughout the year to review each essay as it is completed. In response to Malcolm McGregor's statement concerning the "non-professional" quality of Arts I Eliot argues: "With first year students if you're practised at your material, you tend to pick up the ball and run away with it. "But in Arts I the students are exposed to senior members of many departments of the arts faculty regularly." This opportunity to hear and speak with "specialists of various fields" simply does not exist for the majority of first year arts students in regularly scheduled classes. Two professors or a professor and teaching assistant may share the lecture and seminar duties but the variety is hardly comparable with that which exists in Arts I. Norman Epstein - who has a doctorate in chemical engineering but is currently teaching Arts I course on social conflict - agrees in part with Malcolm McGregor's criticisms. "The whole Arts I program is based on a non-professional approach. In the traditional sense, it is not an acamdemic discipline," he said. But, unlike McGregor, he believes it is "nonetheless, a meaningful intellectual experience that cannot be wedged into a category." The whole new Arts I and II program is controversial, expensive (it costs more per student than lectures), and an organizational thorn in the faculty of arts. Why bother? In the words of Ian Ross: "It is necessary at a university of this size to develop new approaches to teaching and learning. "Institutions that commit themselves to orthodoxy in educational programs will decay."