"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-23"@en . "1931-01-13"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0123981/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " . c,\n:\u00E2\u0080\u00A2' b\nIssued Twice Weekly by the Students' Publication* Board of The University of British Columbia.\nvol. xin.\nVANCOUVER, B.C., JANUARY 13th, 1931\nNo. 19\nAlma Mater Meeting Called\nTo Discuss Drive For Funds\nFACULTY FUND SUFFICIENT TO COVER INITIAL COST\nTHE President of the Alma Mater Society announces that an\nAlma Mater meeting will be held in the Auditorium at noon\non Friday, January 16. The meeting is called at the request of the Students' Council to discuss what the undergraduate\nbody will do to supplement the $5,800 given by the Faculty and\nBoard of Governors for work on playing fields this winter.\nThe letter from the Faculty Association, announcing its action, reads as follows:\nGovernors Kill Two Birds With One Stone\nAt a time when citizens of Vancouver were making voluntary contributions towards the relief of unemployment, members\nof the Faculty Association felt that they too should contribute.\nThey have done their best to find a way of providing work for\nunskilled labour by which something worth while can be accomplished for the University. The most urgent need of the\nUniversity which could be met, in part at least, by the employment of casual labour lay in the preparation of the site for playing fields, or for a stadium. However, even the simplest plans\nfor fields on which major games could be played involved the expenditure of sums which were large, relatively to those which the\nAssociation could hope to raise from its members. Much of the\nwork was not of a character to give employment for unskilled\nlabour. It would be very discouraging to begin work which could\nnot be carried to completion within a reasonable time. The end\nof examination week was not a time at which the Student Body\ncould be consulted and its co-operation assured. But in spite of\nthese considerations the Faculty Association, at a well attended\nmeeting, unanimously decided to undertake the venture and make\na start in providing playing fields, relying on the co-operation of\nother bodies to carry the worlc to completion.\nFaculty to Expend Sum on Unskilled Labor\nBy voluntary contributions, spread in most cases over the\nwhole of 1931, members of the Association hav.e raised n f\".nd of\nover $2,500. The Board of Governors has very generously cooperated in two ways, both essential to the execution of the plan.\nThe Governors have agreed to administer the work and to spend\nthe sum subscribed at once, and to collect the money by monthly\ninstalments from those members who wish to make their contributions in this way. And they have provided from University\nfunds enough money to make it possible to begin work at once\nwith the assurance that unemployment relief will be provided to\nat least the full amount of the contributions made by members\nof the Association. This means that the cost of materials and of\nsuch part of the work as is done mainly by machinery will be\ndefrayed from the funds furnished by the University. ' In order\nto make this arrangement practicable work is being undertaken\non the University Mall where unskilled labour can conveniently\nbe employed in intervals during which it is not required on the\nsite of the playing fields,\nIn this way a beginning has been made with an urgent task,\nbut this beginning will be almost useless unless others are ready\nto carry on the work. It is often the first step which is the most\ndifficult to take. The Faculty Association felt that it could take\nthis first step but only by prompt and vigorous action, which\ncould be justified only by faith in the ability of the Student Body\nto take full advantage of the opportunity created. The Association is confident that its faith will be justified. But its task ends\nhere, the initiative now lies with the Student Body, and on their\nefforts wil depend whether next winter's games can be played\non the University grounds.\nH. F. ANGUS,\nChairman of Committee of the Faculty Association\nTo Debate Alberta Team\nVISITING ARTISTS\nTO GIVE RECITAL\nAccording to Mr. Williams several\nsmall roles in the cast of the opera\n\"The Pirates of Penzance\" have still\nto be filled before the entire list of\nprincipals can be named. Try-outs\nfor these parts, which are the characters of Isobel (soprano), the Sergeant of Police (basso), and Samuel\n(tenor), will take place Wednesday\nnoon on the stage. No applications\nneed be made.\nAll members of the Society are\nasked to watch the notice boards\ncarefully for rehearsal notices, and to\nbe present at every rehearsal in\nwhich they are included.\nFeaturing several prominent city\nartists, the Musical Society of the\nuniversity will present its first noon-\nhour recital of the Spring term in the\nAuditorium, Thursday at 12.10.\nAmong the artists to be presented\nwill be Charlie Shaw, violinist, and\nIra Swartz, pianist. Both of these\nmen are well-known to the students,\nhaving appeared in several previous\nperformances at U.B.C. Another artist of note wil] be Mrs. Hodgeson, contralto, of North Vancouver.\nSeveral excerpts from the Spring\nproduction of the Musical Society,\n\"The Pirates of Penzance,\" will be\nrendered by members of the Society,\nunder the direction of C. Haydn Williams.\nJunior Officers\nPlan Class Hop\nArrangements for the annual class\nparty formed the chief topic of discussion at an Arts '32 executive meeting held Thursday.\nThe general opinion expressed at\nthe meeting was that application be\nsent to the Students' Council immediately for the evening of Friday,\nFebruary 20. It was felt that the\nAlma Academy including Len Chamberlain's Orchestra would be most\nsuitable for the evening.\nIt was suggested that the party\nthis year take the form of a novelty\ndance. Definite plans will be announced at the earliest possible date.\nAll members of Arts '32, who have\nnot paid their fees are reminded that\nFebruary 16, the date set for the\nclass draw, is positively the last day\nfor payment of fees. No member\nwill be admitted to the class party\nunless fees are paid.\nIn connection with the fees, a definite drive is now being conducted,\ncommencing Monday, January 12.\nTables will be placed In the halls after\nthe above date and fees are payable\nto any member of the executive.\nMeeting of Arts '31 in Arts 100\ntoday for election of a combined\nexecutive and for an announcement\nof the Senior Ball.\nJack Sargent and Jordan Guy who will uphold the University of B. C.'s\nforensic reputation when they encounter the University of Alberta in the\n\"away\" contest of the Western Intercollegiate Debating Union, January 16.\nSargent and Guy will argue on the negative side of the resolution \"That\nDominion status be granted to India immediately.\" Both men have taken\nSart in inter-class debates and are prominent members of Varsity's Debat-\ntg Union. Earl Vance and William Whiemster will meet the University of\nManitoba in U. B. C.'s \"home\" debate and will defend the affirmative side\nUBYSSEY STAFF\nVISITS SUN PLANT\nA luncheon at the Hudson's Bay\nstore concluded a tour of the newspaper plant of the Vancouver Sun\nmade by twenty members of the\nPublications Board during the noon\nhour yesterday. The student journalists were the guests of Mr. R. J.\nCromie, publisher of the \"Sun.\"\nDividing into two groups, the\nvisitors were conducted through the\nvarious departments, and the steps\nin the process of getting out a daily\npaper were explained to them. At\none point Dr. Sedgewick was seen being subjected to a pressure of about\n1,200 pounds per square inch, and at\nanother, with some trepidation, a\ntrip in an elevator was made.\nAndy Lytle, Bob Bouchette and\nothers whose writings are familiar\nto many, were met in the flesh, and\nthe editorial writers extended a welcome.\nFollowing the inspection of the offices and plant, Mr. Cromie presided\nat a luncheon in one of Hudson's Bay's\nprivate dining rooms. Addressing\nthe gathering, he suggested that the\n(Continued on page 3)\nPRAIRIE DEBATE\nTO OPEN SERIES\nDebating at the University will\ncome to life with vigor in the next\nfew weeks when the Union, starting\noff with the the Western Intercollegiate contests, January 16, will branch\nout in a series of inter-class debates.\nThe teams chosen to represent Varsity against the prairie teams are\ncomposed of Earl Vance and William\nWhimster who will battle forensi-\ncally against the University of Saskatchewan and Jack Sargent and\nJordan Guy who will meet the University of Alberta at Edmonton.\nThe subject that will be argued on\nby both teams is \"Resolved that Dominion status be given to India immediately.\" Varsity's away debaters\nwill uphold the negative while the\nhome team will battle on the affirmative side. Vance has had previous\nintercollegiate experience and is also\na prominent member of the U. B. C.\nDebating Union. Whimster has entered several inter-class meets and\nhas shown sufficient promise to be\nchosen for the contest with Saskatchewan.\n(Continued on page 3)\nA Gift Prom The Gods\nCommittee Advises Campaign\nTo Complete Stadium Plan\nDETAILS OF ORGANIZATION OUTLINED IN REPORT\nTHAT the student body conduct an organized campaign to\nraise a fund for university stadium facilities is the recommendation of the committee appointed by the Students'\nCouncil to consider what action might be taken to supplement\nthe $5,800 given by the Faculty Association and the Board of\nGovernors for the development of playing fields.\nThe committee, composed of Don Hutchison, President of\nthe Alma Mater Society, Charles Shultz, President of Men's\nAthletics, and Ronald Grantham, Editor-in-Chief of the Publications Board, drew up a detailed report which will be presented\nto the Students' Council on Wednesday night. The Council has\ncalled an Alma Mater meeting, to be held at noon on Friday in\nthe Auditorium, at which the matter will be placed before the\nstudents.\nImmediate Undertaking Declared Desirable\nThe committee's report declares that the immediate undertaking of the project is desirable in order that it may provide\na measure of unemployment relief. In this way students of the\nUniversity of British Columbia can take part in the task of providing work for the thousands who are unemployed this winter.\nRecommending that an objective be set and raised by voluntary subscription, the report goes on to suggest an organization\nfor the campaign. The drive for funds would be directed by a\nlarge committee composed of the President and Vice-President of\nMen's Athletics, the President and Vice-President of Women's\nAthletics, the Editor-in-Chief of the Publications Board, the\nPresidents and Vice-Presidents of all Arts classes, the Presidents\nof all other classes, one representative each from the affiliated\nTheological Colleges and from Education, and representatives of\nboth men and women doing post-graduate work.\nAccording to the plan, class executives would undertake the\nwork of collecting contributions from class members. It is hoped\nthat in raising their voluntary quotas the various classes would\nnrv* confine their efforts to the student body.\nCampaign Would Be on Competive Basis\nIt is recommended that the whole campaign be on a competitive basis as between classes and faculties. The campaign would\nstart on Thursday, January 22, and close on February 5. Each\nday the totals of classes and faculties would be written on a blackboard, which would be placed in the quad, and comparisons would\nbe made by the percentages of the respective quotas collected.\nThe suggestion is made that a committee consisting of representatives from Arts, Science and Agriculture be formed to\nrouse student interest by means of snake parades and a pep\nmeeting. Another committee might be appointed to canvass the\ncity, another one to approach the Alumni, and a third group to\npromote campus publicity by means of placards.\nAs a further method of raising funds, it is recommended\nthat a tax be levied on major social functions this term. The\npossibly a smaller tax might be placed on other affairs. The\nCouncil is asked to pass a budget of $25.00 for advertising material.\nThe committee's report calls for a campaign of fifteen days\nfor the purpose of raising enough money to complete permanent\nfield and track facilities and to erect bleachers to accomodate\nspectators for home games.\nMichigan \"Daily\"\nHas New Home\n\"The Epsilog,\" a college publishers'\nmagazine received at the \"Ubyssey\"\noffice, recently carried a story announcing that a new $25,000 home\nfor student publications is being\nerected at the University of Michigan.\nIt will be two stories high with makeup and press-room department, and a\ncrew of trained men will print the\n\"Daily.\" The monthly magazine and\nthe Annual will have separate offices,\nfurnished with easy chairs, davenports, tables, and benches for round\ntable discussions. Business and editorial offices of the \"Daily\" will be included in a single large room with\npanelled walls and an arched plaster\nceiling.\nComing Events\nTO-DAY,\nTrack Club meeting, A. 108.\nnoon.\nArts '31 meeting, A. 100,\nnoon.\nWEDNESDAY, JAN. 14\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nWomen's Undergrad. meeting, A. 100, noon.\nTHURSDAY.JAN. 15\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nWomen's Gym Class, 4 to 5\no'clock.\nNoon Hour Recital, Aud..\n12:10.\nFRIDAY. JAN. 16\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nWestern Intercollegiate Debate contest.\nLast day for \"Totem\" write\nups.\nFRIDAY, JAN. 23\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAgriculture Ball.\nSATURDAY, Jan. 24\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nHi-Jinx, Gym., 7:30-10.\nFORTY PLAYERS\nVIE FOR PARTS\nPreliminary tryouts for the Spring\nplay of the Players' Club were held\non Wednesday, January 7. The play\nchosen this year is \"Mary, Mary,\nQuite Contrary,\" a vivacious comedy\nby St. John Ervine, whose \"Second\nMrs. Fraser\" has just finished an\neighteen months' run in London and\na year's run in New York. \"Mary,\nMary\" also had successful runs in\nNew York and London several seasons\nago.\nAn enlarged board of judges listened Wednesday while some forty members of the Players' Club tried out\nfor seven of the ten parts in the play.\nTwo or three are left in the running\nfor each part. The leading part is\n\"Mary Westlake\" herself, a flighty\nbut charming actress, who spends a\nsomewhat disturbing week-end at the\nhome of a country vicar. Those who\nhave been watching the results of the\ntryouts have been speculating with\ninterest on the possibilities of such\nexperienced and brilliant workers as\nAnn Ferguson, who has been in more\nthan one Spring play, and Alice\nMorrow, whose delightful comedy has\namused many at Christmas performances. But the interest centres on\nDorothy McKelvie, Arts '34, whose\nperformance at the tryout was pronounced outstanding.\nAs other parts, those still in the\nrunning for Canon Considine are R.\nI. Knight and H. Full; for Mrs. Con-\nsindine, Mary Darnbrough, Betty\nBuckland, and Ruth Bostock; for\n(Continued on page 3)\nNominations for treasurer of the\nAlma Mater Society must be in the\nhands of the Secretary by Friday,\nJanuary 16th. 2\nTHE UBYSSEY\nJanuary 13,1931\nta\nftye Wltymv\n(Mstnbsr of Psolflc Intsr-Collsg-Uts Press Astostotion)\nIssued \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00ABrr Tussdsy and Friday by ths Student PubliMtlons Board of ths\nUniversity of British Columbia, Wait Point Gray.\nPhoaa, Point Gray 111\nMall Subaerlptlom rata: IS par year. Advertising rata* on application.\nEDITOR-IN-CHIEF\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ronald Grantham\nftaitorlal Staff\nSanlor Editon: Basil* Robartaon and Edgar Brown\nAssoeltte Editors: Margaret Craolman, Malrl Dingwall, Kay Murray and Nick Mussallam.\nAssistant Editors! Mollle Jordan, R. Harcourt, Art MeKanila and Cecil Brennan\nFeature Editor: Bunny Pound. Exchange Editor: Kay Murray.\nLiterary Editor: Frances Lucas. Assistant Literary Editor: Michael Freeman.\nSport Editor: Malcolm McGregor\nAssoelaU Sport Editors: Olive Selfe, Guthrie Hamlin and J. Wilfred Lee.\n' Cartoonist: W. Tavendcr.\nNews Manager: Himle Koshevay.\nReporters: Phil. Gelln, Norman Hacking. Dick Locke, Don Davidson, R. L. Malkln,\nDay Washington, B. Jackson, J. I. MoDougall, Kay Greenwood, Morton Wilson\nJeanne Butorac, J. Millar, J. A. Spragge, St. John Madeley, Edith Mcintosh,\nYvonne Brown and E. Cottain.\nBaslnsss Staff\nBusiness Manager: John W. Fox.\nAdvertising Manager: Jack Turvey. Circulation Manager: Reg. Price.\nAdvertising Assistants: A. C. Lake and A. Kennedy.\nBusiness Assistants: Alf. Allen, C. Cole, M. Alexander and J. Bardsley.\nEdlters-for-the-IesB*\nSenior: Bessie Robertson\nAssociates: Margaret Creelman, Kay Murray ' Assistants: Bob Harcourt, Art MeKentie\nSports: Olive Selfe, M. McGregor\nA CHALLENGE\nThe foagnanimous contribution of the Faculty Association\nand the Board of Governors toward the development of playing\nfields and the relief of unemployment revives the plan for con\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0tructlng stadium facilities on the campus this winter. The let\ntor announcing this action, reprinted in to-day's \"Ubyssey,\" is a\nchallenge to the students to do their share. By carrying out the\nproject this term, the students will not only secure the needed\nathletic accomodation, but will provide a further measure of unemployment relief. There Is every reason to expect that quick\naction will be taken, and that the student body will respond to\nthe challenge that has been made.\nA preliminary report on ways and means of raising money\nIs published in this issue, and it is hoped that it will serve as a\nbasis for discussion. It is not yet definitely known what sum the\nCouncil will suggest to the Alma Mater Society as an objective,\nbut $20,000 seems a fairly close estimate of the cost of completion of the whole project. If anyone thinks that this figure is\ntoo great, let him show that the work could be done for less. As\na permanent stadium is not being considered at present, let us\nunderstand what we are going to do: If there is to be a campaign\nfor playing fields only, there is no question of \"stadium facilities,\"\nand a lower objective would be sufficient; if bleachers are desired,\nthen a greater effort must be made. Before any campaign is\nstarted, It should be made clear exactly what it is hoped to achieve.\nThe success of the campaign depends on the enthusiasm of\nthe student body. If everyone will get behind it and do his utmost to raise money, university games can be played on the\ncampus .before university audiences next fall. The Faculty and\nBoard of Governors have done their part in furthering the project and in relieving unemployment. It is up to the students to\nfollow the lead that has been given.\nLines Addressed to 1851 Reporters\nWith its increased size, the \"Ubyssey\" hopes to give a more\nextensive service to its readers, but as well as being representative of campus life, news should be accurate and timely. All\nthese aims the \"Ubyssey\" will strive to achieve, but it must be\nremembered that those on the staff can give only their spare\ntime to the work. Greater co-operation from the student body\nat large would be appreciated. Reports and announcements that\nare turned in by other than regular reporters should be legibly\nwritten, and correct and sufficient in their content, so that the\neditors will not have to re-write them or to make investigations.\nAny student is at liberty to turn in an item of interest that might\nnot otherwise be covered. Difficulty is often found in getting facts\nand details from individuals who are interviewed. Those who\nare approached for information are therefore asked to give all\nthe assistance they can.\nLet the Facts Be Known\nAn uncontradicted or unconfirmed report of any significance\nis not only a reflection on the efficiency of the press, but is an undesirable and potentially harmful thing in intself. If it is a matter of an unpleasant nature, there are always some who want\nit \"hushed up.\" \"Hushing up\" news is a policy that the \"Ubyssey\" has refused to adopt, believing that all news within its\nprovince, if of sufficient importance, should be published\u00E2\u0080\u0094even\nif it is unfavorable to individuals, organizations, or to the university. It is the \"Ubyssey's\" duty to place the facts before the\nstudent body as accurately and as quickly as possible, in order\nto prevent the circulation of rumors\u00E2\u0080\u0094which usually become\nstrangely twisted.\nThe \"Ubyssey's\" attitude toward the censorship of news is\nwell expressed in an article in a recent issue of the \"Epsilog,\"\na magazine for college publishers. It declares that real news\ncannot be suppressed. \"A good story that is fit to print is going\nto get into print sooner or later.\" As far as outside newspapers\nare concerned, the chances are nine out of ten that they will\ngive a much bigger play to a story if they know that an institution has been trying to suppress it. \"Moreover, as one newspaper editorial writer recently pointed out, an unfavorable news\nstory published 'does not do one iota as much harm to an institution as does the whispered word passing from mouth to mouth\nand becoming distorted with each telling . . . Rumors are bound\nto be exaggerated and they do much greater injury than facts\nplaced in cold type where all may read'.\"\nOff on the Wrong Foot\nIn cancelling the basketball dance that was an endeavor to\ngain university support for the senior team, Council again set off\nin the right direction but on the wrong foot. The members of\nthe Basketball Club were engaged in a worthy endeavor to retain\nthe use of the Varsity gymnasium for home games by means of providing double entertainment, games and a dance afterwards but\nthe councillors in stepping into the affair with their decree of\nless social activities have thwarted the club's hopes.\nIt appears a foolish move in that it destroys the very ideal\nthat former councils have worked for, that is, a gymnasium where\nthe university might hold its home games. City authorities in\nbasketball have issued the ultimatum that unless the attendance\nincreases at the U. B. C. gymnasium the games now played on\nthe campus will be held in downtown gymnasiums.\nCorretfponbtnce\nDEBATING DEFENDED\nThe Editor,\n\"The Ubyssey\"\nDear Sir:\nThe somewhat insulting and acrid\ncriticism, by E.N.B., of the U.B.C.\nrepresentatives in the British debate,\ncries aloud for comment.\nThroughout his article E.N.B. persistently accuses the Varsity team of\ncomplete ignorance of the technique\nand etiquette of debating. In so doing, he merely betrays his own abys-\nsmal lack of knowledge in this field,\nmuch to the amusement of the readers\nof the Ubyssey, and doubtless to the\nmembers of the British team to whom\nI am sending a copy of this superlative gem of the critic's pen.\nIt Is apparent that E.N.B. believes\nall that he hears in the course of a\ndebate, and that because Mr. Mitchell\nclaimed that I insulted the Prime\nMinister of Great Britain (never\nknown as the \"Premier,\" by the way)\nand Mr. King, our poor deluded friend\nbelieved it. Alas that he should be\nso unaware of the shafts of irony\nand the defamatory remarks to which\nparliamentary debaters are accustomed to listen. I can quite understand of course, that my remarks\nwould irritate the susceptibilities of\nthe Liberal cohorts within the walls\nof the University, but even then a\nreporter should have no personal bias.\nAll that I said about Mr. MacDonald\nI am fully prepared to substantiate,\nplus a great deal more very startling\ninformation about the gentleman concerned.\nE.N.B. complains about the lack of\nSolish of our debaters. Presumably\ne means by \"polish,\" the frothy, piquant humor characteristic of British\nteams, supported by a sprinkling of\nSoints. Having debated against three\niritish teams, I am fully aware of\nthis characteristic. May I point out\nthat these purely stylistic differences\nare not as important as E.N.B. would\nhave us believe, and they are the outcome of totally different systems of\ndebating? Our team had, I consider,\nas much, or more actual material\nthan our opponents, we had figures\nwhich they were unable to controvert,\nin spite of our limitations in the obtaining of material.\nThe adroitness with which Messrs.\nMitchell and Lloyd handled their matter, may to a considerable extent be\nascribed to the frequency with which\nthey had debated this subject before\narriving in Vancouver. Thus they\nwere enabled to obtain a clearer vision\nof the subject than their opponents.\nLet it be understood that I am in\nno way derogating from the brilliance\nof the British team, but am merely\ncasting aspersions on the critical ability of E.N.B. insofar as forensic\nmatters are concerned. A little experience would doubtless broaden his\noutlook. As a worthy beginning to\nthis end, might I suggest that he read\nthe \"Art of Controversy,\" by Schopenhauer?\nYours truly,\nR. E. M. Yerburgh.\nCHIEF WARNS SPEEDERS\nThe following letter has been received by the Chancellor regarding\nspeeding:\nDecember 10th, 1930.\nThe Chancellor,\nUniversity of B. C.\nVancouver, B.C.\nDear Sir:\nI would like to draw your attention\nto the danger of the Students speeding to and from the University and\nwould ask if you will give us every\nassistance possible in preventing this\nspeeding as much as possible.\nSeveral serious accidents have already occurred in the vicinity of 10th\nAve. and 12th Ave., West of Alma\nRoad, in which University Students\nhave been involved.\nYour co-operation in this matter\nwill be very greatly appreciated.\nThanking you in anticipation, I am,\nFaithfully yours,\nW. J. Bingham,\nChief Constable.\nL/Alouette\nThe next meeting of L'Alouette will\nbe held to-night (Tuesday) at 8 p.m.\nat the home of Marion McLellan, 1266\n11th Averue West.\nArts '33 Class Party\nThe Arts '33 class party will be held\non February 6, from 8.30 to 12. The\ndraw will take place the week before\nthe dance and will include the Students* Council. Music for the dance\nwill be supplied by \"Billy Reeves and\nhis Music Masters.\"\nPhysics Club\nAn open meeting of the Physics\nClub will be held on Wednesday at\n3.00 p.m. in Science 200.\nPORT DEVELOPMENT\nSUBJECT OF ADDRESS\nVancouver is fortunate in possessing one of the most remarkable ports\nin the world, stated Major W. G.\nSwan, Consulting Engineer to the\nVancouver Harbour Commissioners, at\nthe regular meeting of the E.A.C.\nThe harbour is 49 square miles in\narea, and has 100 miles of shoreline\nthe western boundary being a line\nioining Point Grey to Point Atkinson.\ni\"or a hundred years after its discovery by Captain George Vancouver,\nin 1792, there was no development\nwhatever of the port. The year of\n1885 witnessed the construction of the\nPort Moody sawmill and the coming\nof the C.P.R. In 1920 all classes of\nshipping amounted to 4,000.000 tons,\nin 1926, 8,000,000 tons, and in 1929,\n20,000,000 tons. The first shipment\nof grain was made via the Panama\ncanal in 1920 and amounted to 800,000\nbu. In 1924 the grain export trade\nreached the 66,000,000 bu. mark, although the elevator capacity at that\ntime was only 1,250,000 bu.\nMajor Swan gave some interesting\nfacts on deep-sea pier construction.\nHe compared different types of piers\nas existing in Vancouver harbour. The\nC.P.R. pier B.C. is built on untreated\nconcrete piles, the Ballantyne pier on\nconcrete cylinders, and La Point pier\non a fill of sand and gravel with a\nsurrounding timber crib with protective concrete coating. Although creo-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0oted timber piles are cheaper in\nfirst cost Major Swan showed that on\nthe basis of annual cost they are\nactually more expensive than concrete piles. Concrete piles impregnated with asphalt have a life of 60\nyears and eliminate the objections a-\ngainst the plain concrete pile.\nInter-Class Debates\nSponsored by Juniors\nAll Juniors interested in Inter-class\ndebates are asked to get in touch with\nBob Ward through the Arts letter\nrack as soon as possible, in order that\nArts '32 may be represented in the\nforthcoming contest.\nThe literary committee of Arts '32\nasks that all Juniors co-operate with\nthem in making the Oratorical contest a bigger success than it was\nlast year. The tryouts will take\nplace on Wednesday, January 21, for\nwhich the speeches must not exceed\nthree minutes. The finals will be\nheld on Wednesday. January 28, when\nseven minutes will be allowed for\neach speech.\nAll those wishing to enter are asked\nto give their names to either Isobel\nBescoby or Bob Ward. The judges\nwill be chosen later and as usual two\nprizes will be awarded at the class\nparty. \"\nCLASS AND CLUB NOTES\nMr. J. W. Kelly, representative of\nthe Portland Cement Association, is in\nthe city to speak before the Vancouver Engineering Societies on \"Concrete.\" He will address the students\nof Applied Science at the regular\nmeeting of the E.I.C. on Wednesday\nnoon, in Applied Science 100. The\nsubject of nls address will be \"Research.\"\nChemistry Society\nA closed meeting of the Chemistry\nSociety will be held Wednesday evening, 8.00 p.m., at 692-6th Avenue W.\nPapers will be read and important\nbusiness will be discussed. All members are urged to attend.\nVocational Address\nThe next noon hour talk on choosing a profession will be \"The Life\nand Work of the Mining Engineer,\"\ngiven by Professor J. M. Turnbull on\nTuesday, January 13 at 12.26 noon\nin Applied Science 102.\nSkating Club\nThe Skating Club will meet Wednesday evening rather than Thursday\nevening for this one week. Clubroom\ntickets, 26c. can be obtained at the\nuniversity clubroom in the Arena.\nClassics Club\nThe first meeting of the Classics\nClub for the term will be held at the\nhome of Prof. H. T. Logan, McGill\nRoad, Wednesday evening. Speakers\nfor the evening are Dave Ellis and\nMalcolm McGregor who will read\nshort papers on \"Cicero and Callius\"\nand \"Cicero and Tiro.\"\nThe Council is correct in its attitude of curtailing extra-curricular functions but has started its campaign on an activity that\nneeds all the possible aid that can be given. The apparent reason\nforthis ukase is that the amount of time that students apportion to\ndances lessens the time devoted to studies, but it is obvious in\nthis case that no student attending a basketball game spends the\nrest of an interrupted evening with his studies. This action of\nthe Council, while superficially aiming at a remedy for excessive\nsocial affairs, is in reality a direct blow at the basketball team's\nappeal for student support. Dances should be allowed after games\nso that the club can create an attendance that will create a following for this one of the many neglected university sports.\niiistiifciiiiifc\nHERE'S SOMETHING\nYOU MUST TRY IN\nWINIFRED'S\nTODDY\nOh Boy! It's Real Hot\nSjyMySMp^WSMHSMBJWSMMBJITMSM^MHF\nTYPING DONE, by MODBtUTS RATM\nK. E. Patterson, B.A.\n44TM\u00C2\u00ABth AVI. WIST\nPublic Stenographer Popular Leading Library\n\"Ms** \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Oort iMty Better\"\nMIMEOGRAPHING P. O. VI\nTHt\nANVIL\nThe Firat Number of\nTHE \"ANVIL\"\nA New Magaiine\nContaining Poetry* Drama\nFiction and Articles\nIs Now on Sale at\nThe University Bookstore\nPublished in Vancouver Price 20c\nEditors:\nVernon Van Sickle and\nFrank Pilkington\nALMA SHOE REPAIR\nReasonable. 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Services\nfoi eight or twelve covers, if\nyod prefer.\nAT YOUR JEWELERS Januaey 18,1981\nTHE UBYSSEV\n8\nUniversity Book Store\nHours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.\nLoose-Leaf Note Books, Exercise Books and Scribblers\nat Reduced Prices\nGraphic and Engineering Paper, Biology Paper.\nLoose-Leaf Refills, Fountain Pens and Ink.\nPencil and Drawing Instruments.\nCrepe Paper for Masquerades, etc\nALL YOUR BOOK SUPPLIES SOLD HERE\nof\nJBritttft Columbia\nInformation\nto\nStudents\n2nd TERM FEES\nNOW DUE\nAll cheques must be certified and made payable to\n'The University of British Columbia\"\nArts and Science $50.00\nSocial Service Course $50.00\nApplied Science $75.00\nAgriculture $50.00\nNursing $50.00\nTeacher Training Course $30.00\nLast Day for Payment\nJanuary 19th\nF. DALLAS, Bursar\nRadio Club\nA meeting of the Radio Club will\nbe held to-day (Tuesday) at 12.16,\nin App. Sc. 202.\nWife: Well dear, have you found a\njob yet.\nHubby: Yea, dear, you go to work\ntomorrow.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ex.\nMr. Wadd: \"Do you want a large\nor a small picture?\"\nArt '31: \"A small one.\"\nMr. Wadd: \"Then close your mouth,\nplease.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ex.\nHarris (In Chem. 1 Lab.): \"Say\nwhat's that smell?\"\nFreshman: \"Fresh air. Someone\nopened a window.\" \u00E2\u0080\u0094Ex.\n\"For the University\"\nA short article under the above title\nappeared recently in one of the Vancouver dailies\u00E2\u0080\u0094a reprint from the\nLondon Spectator. It is interesting\nas a statement of the ideas, redolent\nof moth-balls, which certain senile\nminds seem to entertain about the\nyounger generation.\nThe particular learned gentleman\nwho perpetrated this is almost tearful on the subject of our delinquencies;\nwe are, it seems, \"woefully lacking in\nhistoric interest.\" Somewhat grudgingly he admits that, \"They may have\ntheir own interests, political or technical; they love sport and whatever\ncan give them a stronger sense of\nactual realities, but ol\n>\n)\n>\nI\n)\n>\nBARGAIN MATINEE >\n11 to 1 25 cents j\nI\n>\n>\n\"Hell's\nJ Angels*\nWITH\nJEAN HARLOW\nBEN LYON\nJAMES HALL\nStrand\nA Sorbonne Classroom\nAs Seen By a Grad\nIn a way the room is like any college\nclassroom anywhere: rows of bare\nseats sloping down to a sort of counter, or barrier to protect the front\nrow of students from sudden attacks\nof wild professors. The seats are in\nfiairs, and the desks are even cruder\nhan ours. The other chief differences\nare: tiny windows hermetically sealed,\nfor the French dread \"currents or\nair;\" and above the small blackboard\na picture of a female figure dressed in\na wreath of mist, which is coming off*\nand a male figure dressed in a tablecloth observing her with interest. This\nis supposed to be a painting of \"La\nGrece se devoilant a l'Archeolgie.\"\nThe audience is about ninety per\ncent, girls and ex-girls, all talking\nexcept five, one of whom has a sore\nthroat: the four others are Chinese.\nSuddenly the professor comes up from\nbehind the counter, and everybody\napplauds. Instead of a gown to give\nhtm dignity, he has a decoration in\nhis buttonhole and a long black beard.\nHe begins to address the class in English, as this is a lecture on Burns.\nHe, however, isn't going to lecture;\none of his students is to read a paper.\nShe takes her seat beside him. She\nis a small creature with large glasses\nand a conscientious air. First she\nreads Burns in a small voice and then\nshe translates him. Qod bless thee,\nBurns! At first I can't follow her\nat all, for during the first fifteen\nminutes about one-quarter of the audience decide they know enough about\nBurns for their immediate needs and\nwalk up the creaking stairs to the\ndoor at the back. The janitor, however, has locked the door on the outside to ensure that the audience will\nbe properly inoculated with Burns.\nDoes this bring the outward bound\nback to their seats? It does not.\nThey rattle the door till you can't\nhear yourself think. Half the audience hiss at them; the other half gig-\n?rle. The student continues her read-\nng, and the professor chips in every\nso often, in the rude way professors\nhave.\nSuddenly the janitor opens the door,\nand the outward bound fall all over\nhim. He tells them what he thinks\nof them; they respond in suitable\nterms, while from beyond him and\nthem there floats a conversational\nroar from the main hall. Bright\nidea comes to janitor: he shuts door\nagain, this time not locking it.\nAttention reverts to the student,\nwho is still expounding Burns. She\nis approaching a risque passage. I\nlisten attentively, but she mistranslates so that it sounds quite innocent.\nThe professor wags his head in a way\nthat might mean anything.\nGetting near the end of the hour:\nclick of caps screwed on fountain\npens, snap of handbags being closed.\nClock strikes on the wall; another\nstrikes in the courtyard outside. Student stops expounding and looks at\nfrofessor with inviting modesty. Pro-\nessor, regardless of the fidgety crowd,\ncongratulates her, and then has one\nword more, that last slow distillation\nof the academic brain-cells.\nBut I am too busy trying to get out\npast the inrushing gleaners of the\nnext hour's wisdom.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Geoffrey Riddehough, Arts '24.\nNotices\nand\nNews Briefs\nThe floral decorations that flank the\n\"Sportorial\" heading have been warmly approved of by aesthetic athletes.\n* \u00E2\u0099\u00A6 *\nTho \"Totem\" file in the Library is\nminus a copy of the 1928-29 annual,\nand would be willing to negotiate with\nanybody who can provide the missing\nbook.\n* * *\nIt is announced by the Literary and\nScientific Executive that the Washington Glee Club Concert,scheduled\nfor this term, has been cancelled.\nThe University of British Columbia\nhad signed its contract, but not enough\nengagements could be arranged to\nmake a tour desirable this winter.\n* * *\nPreparation of bound volumes of\nthe \"Ubyssey\" at the end of the year\nwill be made difficult by a scarcity\nof copies of the first two issues. Those\nwho want bound volumes and can\nsupply the first two issues are asked\nto get in touch with the Editor as\nsoon as possible.\nTen Years Ago\nFrom the Ubyssey of January\n20, 1981.\nOwing to a printers' strike\nthe Ubyssey of this date was\nthe first issue published this\nyear.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 * *\nThe big drive for the Leroy\nMemorial Scholarship, in memory of the nearly one hundred\nstudents of this University\nwho gave their lives for their\nCountry in the Great War, is\nslated to get under way with\na bang this week. The sum\nof $10,000.00 is needed, of this\nsum, returned men have already\ncontributed $3,000 and the students are expected to contribute another $3,000, while the\nFaculty Association has promised to make up the total if\nthe students do their share.\n* * \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nProf. Wood and the Advisory Board of the Players'\nClub have chosen Sweet Lavender for the society's Sixth\nAnnual Spring Play. Mr. Art\nLord is chosen as the \"Murad-\nsmoking\" bachelor around\nwhich the story of the play\ncentres. Already the Club has\nreceived invitations from Chil-\nliwack, Victoria and New Westminster to convulse the local\naudiences with their antics.\nThe Christmas Day Rugby\nfame against the Stanford\nUniversity's crack team, has\ngone down in history as one of\nthe highest acheivments of our\nlocal \"soiled-shirted\" lads.\nLou Hunter drop-kicked the\nstudents way to a 12-0 win, not\nhowever, without the support of\nthe whole team and some eight\nhundred students roaring approval to every play from the\nstands.\nAcademic Credits Given\nTo Campus Journalists\nThe publication of college newspapers has come to be a real business throughout North America.\nThere are more than four hundred college papers published at\nleast once a week, with an average\nof some twenty-five students working on each paper. There are\nthirty-two colleges dailies in the\ncountry, about half of which use the\nservice of some international news\ngathering organization.\nAbout thirty-five college papers are\npublished either twice or three times\na week while more than three hundred colleges have weekly newspapers,\nthe system that is adopted at Dal-\nhousie. Nearly a hundred more small\ncolleges have papers coming out less\noften than once a week but more than\nmonthly.\nAcademic credit for work on college papers is the exception rather\nthan the rule. Twenty-four out of\ntwenty-five dailies report financial\ncompensation for the editor and business manager, while seven divide the\nprofits derived from the publication\namong the members of the entire\nstaff.\nStudent publications are playing a\nmore important part in University\nlife every year and the above figures compiled show that every educational institution of any consequence throughout the continent has its\nstudent news organ.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Dalhousie \"Gazette.\"\nBOARD AND ROOM\nNEW HOME\nIDEAL LIVING CONDITIONS\n4526-8th Ave. W.\nElliott 1555-L\nNo Varsity-Washington\nRowing Meet This Year\nCompetition with outside crews and\nwithin the club was the chief business\ndiscussed at a meeting of the University Boat Club, Wednesday noon.\nOwing to the lack of finances, the\nSenior VIII. will be unable to race\nagainst crews of the University of\nWashington in Seattle as has been\nthe custom of past years.\nG. Buckland, president, is trying to\nmake arrangements with the J.B.A.A.\nfo have two or three of the University\nIV.'s race in Victoria in March. The\n "Newspapers"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "LH3.B7 U4"@en . "LH3_B7_U4_1931_01_13"@en . "10.14288/1.0123981"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Vancouver : Students' Publications Board of the University of British Columbia"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from The Ubyssey: http://ubyssey.ca/"@en . "Original Format: University of British Columbia. Archives"@en . "University of British Columbia"@en . "The Ubyssey"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .