"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-24"@en . "1958-01-16"@en . "Aggie edition: \"The Moobyssey\"."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0124684/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " MOOBYSSEY\nFarmers Frolic Friday\nIf you think this is wild \u00E2\u0080\u0094 wait 'till you get to the Farmers' Frolic.\nBack To The Fig Question\n<\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Splendid Things, Figs\nEDITOR'S NOTE: \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Those\nreaders who have good memories will recall that last year's\nMoobyssey also contained a\ndiscussion on figs. At the risk\nof appearing repetitious, we\nhave included a further article\non the subject, since it was felt\nthat the whole problem of figs\nis of such basic importance to\nus all, that it is our humble\nobligation lo keep our readers\nup to date on the issue.\nHave you ever seen a fig leaf\ntwitch? A fig-leaf-twitch is a\nkind of insect that lives on fig\nleaves. In fig leaves we should\nsay in due deference to thc entomologists. (Actually it tunnels in them, eating masses of\nchlorophyl),\nHave you ever seen the magic of fig-blossoms? Neither\nhave wc. Figs have tiny, quite\ninsipid flowers which incite\nnegligible joy. No the peasants have never been known\nto go into three day ecstasies\nat fig blossom time.\nIt is believed that a certain\nsort of wasp investigates the\nlittle blooms just to see that\nthe right sort of thing happens,\nwhich is, for obvious reasons,\nthe figs own business. But. now\nquite breathlessly we shall\nhave to tell the story about the\nfig wasps.\nNATIVE OF NUBIA\nThe fig wasp is a native of\nNubia, where it pollinates the\nworld famous Nude Nubian\nFig tree, an ancient cumbersome assemblage of rotting\nsticks and groping octopoicl\narms that seem to reflect the\nageless grittiness of the desert.\nThe tree is by now, and is as\ngnarled as the knees of the Pro\nphet. More than this we cannot say, of course, until Nasser\nshifts his feet a bit. Hate to\nstir up the Internationals situation, just for the sake of a\nfew wasps.\nBut back to the fig in question. There it stands\u00E2\u0080\u0094a puny\nsapling, wilting before the\nvery eyes of the tree surgeon\nwho has just finished bandaging it or something.\nBut if you avert your eyes\nyou know that he'll merely\nswear, and if you aren't quick,\nattack it with a hatchet or\nmerely kick it over with his\nhuge, hobnailed boot. Odd\nblighters these tree surgeons!\nAny way so there it stood.\nWhat did it die, my lords, of?\nIt was only three hundred\nyears old and seemed to be\ndoing rather well \u00E2\u0080\u0094 it had its\nfirst two leaves (al least the\nparts of them the twitches\ncouldn't eat).\nBut what's this? Bark beetle\ndust pouring out of little holes\nin the wretched thing. So do\nbark beetles \u00E2\u0080\u0094 they're leaving\nfor the next nearest figtree,\nsome three hundred miles to\nthe south east. You can hear\nflight after flight of them taking off and stretching out horizon wards in split-T formation, still retracting their landing gear.\nIt's an awesome sight, but\nscarcely one for our most\ntrembling eyes. Yes, by York-\nminster, back to the autopsy!\nDid it, could it die then of\nstinking stem? (This i.s a bit\nlike pink toothbrush for fig-\ntrees). Brown pith, another'\ndread killer of figs may have\nseared its ugly demeanor, but\nworst of all . . ,\nSIR GEORGE\n\"Yes, yes, of course you may\nSir George . . .\"\n\"Ahem \u00E2\u0080\u0094 It died, gad, both\nleaves simultaneously NOT,\"\nhe roared in all his sortorial\nsplendor, \"of St. Vitus dance,\nbut of (he coughed discreetly)\nof the dread fig killer, Simpering Leafeurl!\"\nAt that, two hundred eyes\nrolled, glazed, heavenward; a\nhundred jaws dropped open\nbefore resuming their characteristic swinging motion; a\nhundred wads of chewing gum\nshuddered, and then began\nagain rythmically expanding\nand contracting under thc\nclench and crunch of clanging\nmolars.\nSlowly the world returned\nto an even keel. (What with\ndentists and chewing gum, thc\nrhinoccrous birds were finding\nNorth America just a little disappointing, and now they had\nbeen deprived of a place to sit\nin their long and dreadful wait\nfor sustenance).\nMORE FIGS\nBut once more about figs.\nThey're beastly little green\nthings for about six months of\nthe year. Then, overnight, they\nburst into color, fall, dewey\ngolden on to the dust, and\npresto \u00E2\u0080\u0094 rotten!\nPerhaps you have only met\nfigs as the glutinous, greyish\nthings that your spinster aunts\noffer you at Christmas, at\nwhich you make small helpless\nattempts to swallow and then\ncough vvrackingly and whisper\" - or no, Aunty Druisoph-\nla the seeds \u00E2\u0080\u0094 my operation\" or something, and back\noff, feeling distinctly jaundiced alsaut the whole thing.\nSplendid things, figs. Must\nremember to begin on my second sometime.\nAggies Dance\nModern Style\n0 Only $2 per couple.\n0 From 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. in Armouries.\n% Tickets at AMS office or any Aggie.\n# Music by famous CKWX Rhythm Pals.\n0 Half time entertainmtne by Coeds.\n# Theme \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \"Doin' What Comes Naturally.\"\n0 Door and costume prizes.\n# A real ball!!\nThe Farmers' Frolic for this\nyear will be bigger and better\nthan ever.\nIn keeping with tradition the\nadmission price is kept at a minimum to make ir\u00C2\u00BB possible for\neveryone to attend. At the same\ntime, again in keeping with tradition highest quality entertainment is maintained.\nContrary to the beliefs of\nmany people, the Frolic is not\ncomposed entirely of old time\nand western music. In fact, the\nmusic will be mainly modern\nwith only a minimum of square\ndance and such. Since the\nCKWX Rhythm Pals, who played at last year's Frolic, were so\nwell accepted, they w ill be providing the musk for this year's\nFrolic again.\nA group of girls known as the\n\"Coeds\" will be providing the\nhalf-time entertainment for this\nyear's Frolic. Again the AUS\nbrings you something new, as\nthis is the first year which entertainment of this type has\nbeen provided for your enjoyment. Four girls by the names\nof Nancy Clark, Mary Nelles,\nMarilyn Pearson, and Judy\nKerr, make up the charming\nand talented group. Although\nthey are not too well known on\ncampus, they are without a\ndoubt \u00E2\u0080\u0094 the best!\nBEN TREVINO\nMr. Ben Trevino has kindly\nconsented to present the costume and door prizes. Since the\ntheme of this year's Frolic is\n\"Doin' What Comes Naturally\",\nprizes will be awarded for the\nmost original costumes. Now's\nyour chance to lose all those\ninner inhibitions and express\nthem in your garb!\nTo sum it up \u00E2\u0080\u0094 you are guaranteed the best bash of the year!\nSituation\nIn Swine\nOver the years many things\nhave been following definite\ntrends. The cost of living, the\ninternational situation, the weather, and even pigs are always\nin a state of dynamic change.\nAlready, many learned words\nhave been set to print on the\nfirst three subjects; however,\nimportant as it is, the fourth\ntrend has somehow been rather\nneglected. The purpose of this\nopus is therefore to enlighten the\nreader with regard to the true\nsituation in swine.\nConsider first of all the short\npig. In the. days before the vegetable oil and nlyon toothbrush\nbristle industries had developed\nto their present extent, pigs on\nthis continent, were the source\nof cooking fat, football covers,\npigs feet, and bristles. Also some\nof the pork and bacon eaten at\nthat time eame from pigs Obviously, such a diversity of uses\nrequired rather a diversified pig\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 a sort of jack-of-all-trades\nsort of animal.\nThe result was a prevalence cf\nthe short pig. The short pig,\nWhich was usually a fat pig, had\nas its most salient features, a\nrather overall length and a\nrather large girth, which set it\ndistinctly apart from the long\nslim pig which will be discussed\nlater. For a while, the short\nswine flourished.\nHowever, changing times and\ntastes required a changing pig,\nand as in modern science the\ntrend was one from diversity to\nspecialization. Vegetable oils became more popular than larcl\nas shortening, causing a fall-off\nin the demand for fat (short)\npigs. Also it was discovered that\nit was not necessary to have a\nshort pig in order to produce\nfootball covers and pig bristles\n(and in any case, the advent of\nplastics made at least the last\nof these two products relatively\n! non-essential).\nThis left only pork and bacon\n] as the main useful swine pro-\n| ducts required by the consuming\n: public, since as yet neither thc\nefforts of modern synthetic\nj chemistry nor the nations horse\ni ranching and whaling industries\n| have produced a satisfactory sub-\ni stitute for these products. However, when so many of today's j The intended subject material\nhousewives became diet-concious,! will also provide excellent exilic fat pork and bacon cuts J perience in the broad field of\nof the existing pigs were also! \"Endurance and Survival\" in\n(Continued on Page 3) j preparation for A.ggie Week,\nSee SITUATION and the Farmers' Frolic.\nUBC Gets New Course\nAs a result of the current\nboom in scientific development,\none faculty has recognized the\nneed for a new course in technological advancement. Due to\nthe unfortunate construction of\nthe engineers' \"Godiva's Goeart\nduring the last three years, public spirited Aggies in a burst of\npride in their university are offering a course in \"The stresses,\nstrains and construction of the\nman-powered chariot.\nThis six-lesson course is given\nin basic English for the benefit,\nof the Engineering faculty, and\nwill be held on Saturdays at V,\np.m. in the Georgia.\nDiplomas will be given to all.\nthose who last, out the course. Page 2\nTHE UBYSSEY\nThursday, January 16, 191>8\nThe MOOBYSSEY\nis written ond compiled by the Agriculture Faculty;\nProduced by the\nPublications Staff.\nMOOBYSSEY\n(AGGIE SECTION)\n\u00C2\u00AB\nEDITOR, D. GROVES\nEDITORIALS:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nDEAN BLYTHE EAGLES, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture\nBILL DAVIS and D. GROVES\nARTICLES:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nDan Ostrovsky, Larry Lang, Bill Groves, Mike Raynor.\nFront Page Picture:-JIM RAMSAY. Cartoons: D. GROVES\nThe Challenge\nAs agriculture faces the challenge of the future it is\ndeeply aware that during the next 50 years its major task\nwill be to meet the urgent needs for the diffusion of every\nform of education of an improved quality to scores of millions\nof men and women throughout the world.\nIn the present state of world confusion the basic factors\nwhich are determining the future are not generally known or\nappreciated. There is little general realization that a crisis\nexists with respect to man's supply of food; that the soil resources of the world may not be capable of carrying the\nburden of an increasing population and that world-wide\nfamine maj* ensue.\nFood has always been the\t\nprimary necessity of life. In \u00E2\u0080\u0094.\u00E2\u0080\u0094.\nthe present rapid evolution of\nan industrial world society,\nan adequate supply of food\nis of paramount importance\nif we are to achieve social\nstability. To provide and\nmaintain an adequate supply\nof food, agriclture must be\nprepared to utilize to the utmost the resources of modern\nscience. We must accelerate\nthe pace of scientific development in the pure and\napplied biological sciences\nand use to the full the recent\nadvances in the newer fields\nof the physical sciences. \u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nIn their application to Z''sz^:.::::''..^:.'.ls^:.:z:l^s::i~'zz^z:i\nthe complex problems facing agriculturists, we must speed up the mechanization of\nfarming through progress in engineering and through an understanding of the economic, social and management problems\nposed by the increased operational capital needs of the industry.\nFrom the point of view of education in agriculture it is\nessential to provide the leadership and to implement the\nchanges facing agriculture both now an in tiie future, and\nthus meet the major challenge confronting mankind.\nA Student's Views\nOnce more, Aggie week has descended on the campus.\nStetson hatted, blue-jeaned and blue sweatered Aggies are\nselling apples for the crippled childrens fund and tickets for\nthe Farmers' Frolic; and the rest of the student body is suddenly reminded that there is an Agriculture Faculty at UBC.\nLooking back on the events of the past year or so, the observer\nfrom outside of the Faculty might notice that the chaps in\njeans and cowboy hats have entered rather fully into about\nall of the events that add up to university life. And if this\nobserver then decides that here is one of the more spirited and\nactive groups on campus, we in Agriculture can only be satisfied, since this is exactly the impression we try to create.\nDo not think, however, that the western garb and cowboy\nantics are indicative of the real purpose of Agriculture as a\nfield of study. Strange as it may seem to some, Aggies do not\nspend their lecture hours learning to milk cows or in stepping\nover furrows behind a plough. In reality, it is far more typical\nto find an Aggie wearing a lab coat, working with an up-to-\ndate piece of scientific equipment, than to find one wearing\nsoiled cowboy-Kings, pulling a chariot.\nUltimately, the purpose of agriculture is to feed mankind.\nTo achieve this end, agriculture has of necessity become a\nscience more than an art \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a highly diversified technical field\nof study and practice to which all of the principles of the\nmodern and physical, economic and biological sciences can\nand must be applied.\nStudents in Agriculture are therefore charged with the\nrather serious task of learning these principles so that they\nmay discover how to be better farmers and how to better the\nlot. of farmers in general, how to devise new means to improve\nand increase agricultural production, and, in the long run,\nhow to ensure the food supply of the nation and of the world.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0mr*? \u00E2\u0096\u00A0.\u00C2\u00AB v.-.yj->- ..w* '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2xpv:\", ~^*\"5\u00C2\u00A3>i^frv:\u00C2\u00AB*\"'W^f^ !.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB.*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.>\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00AB..; v*\n: 'T1*^.-*-* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *..-<\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0*'\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\u00E2\u0080\u00A2****\n*.c^\n.Oi\nti;\nicance\nWith Sputniks flying in\nouter space and men supposedly parachuting from rockets\nmiles up in the atmosphere, it\nis rather difficult to portray\nthe true significance of modern\nagriculture.\nHowever, just as in most sciences, the science of agriculture is moving ahead more\nrapidly in this present age than\nit has ever clone previously.\nJust like many other sciences, agricultural technological\nchanges are developing so rapidly that it is impossible for\nthe university, the government\nand industry to keep up with\nthese changes.\nBIASED VIEW\nMany people have a rather\nbiased view of what agriculture really is. To many, agriculture is portrayed by a picture of an unshaven, and probably uncouth individual who\nexists on a derelict farm somewhere back in the woods off\nthe main highway.\nThis type of agriculture is\nportrayed in books and movies\nsuch as \"Tobacco Road\" and\n\"God's Little Acre\" and also\nthrough the medium of such\nmusic as Fuedin' and Fussin\nand Fightin' and the Aggie\nsong \"Moo, Squish, Squish,\nSquish.\" .,\nThe people who regard agriculture in this light are entirely correct! However, this\nis a small portion of agriculture.\nTo some, agriculture is portrayed by large tracts of land\nin the prairies and foothills\nwhere thousands of cattle\nroam, all being controlled by\none individual who wears a\nbroad brimmed hat and cowboy boots. More often than\nnot, this individual is expected\nto be seen aboard his yacht in\nthe waters around Nassau. The\npeople who believe that this is\nagriculture are entirely correct, but this again is only a\nsmall part of agriculture.\nANOTHER PORTRAYAL\nTo some, agriculture is portrayed by a prairie wheat farmer who lives like a hobo from\nMarch until October in a shack-\non the prairie continually exerting pressure on the government to sell his wheat, but dur\ning the period from October to\nMarch can be found in California taking in the sunshine from\nthe balcony of his suite, or, in\nHawaii smoking panatella cigars as lie watches the torso of\na native dancing girl. This,\ntoo, is a part of agriculture\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nnot the torso.\nBILL DAVIS\nINCLUDES OTHER FIELDS\nBesides these somewhat distorted ideas of agriculture it\nalso includes many other fields\nwhen looked upon in its entirety. In government service\nare men and women who are\ncontinually seeking markets\nboth domestic and abroad, for\nCanada's agricultural produce;\nwho are continually doing research to improve the product\nand find new uses for it,\nMUCH RESEARCH\nIn industry, besides changing Ihe raw product to the finished product (i.e., beef on the\nhoof to wholesale and, in some\ncases, retail cuts of meat),\nmuch research is carried on.\nFor example, Canada Packers Ltd., a meat processing\nfirm in Canada, extracted the\ndrug commonly known as\nACTH from the adrenal glands\nof domesticated animals, It is*\nnow used quite widely in human medicine centred around\nthe cures for arthritis, asthma,\nrheumatic fever and many allergies. ACTH is also used as\nanimal medicines and animal\nfeeds.\nDEVELOP AND TRAIN\nThe main function of the\nFaculty of Agriculture here at\nUBC is to develop and train\nresearch workers to enter into\nthe fields of government and\nindustry.\nSecondly, the Faculty does\nresearch on its own and in cooperation with other departments of the university, government and industry. This,\ntoo, is only a part of agriculture.\nWithin the Faculty, students\nare prepared to enter into the\nfields of equipment design,\nfood technology, plant breeding, bacteriology, soil science,\nanimal nutrition, chemistry,\nmarketing and a host of other\nfields directly related to agriculture.\nSIX DEPARTMENTS\nThe Faculty itself is made\nup of six major departments\nbeing Mechanics, Economics,\nAnimal Science, Plant Science,\nSoil Science and Poultry Science. For this preparation\n\"Aggies\" are taking courses in\nArts and Sciences including\ngeology, the many fields of biology, chemistry, physics, economics, bacteriology, political\nscience and languages, 'Aggies'\nare also registered in Commerce and (although we hate\nto admit it), Engineering courses,\nSo as you might realize, agriculture is not made up entirely\nof just \"growin' thing's.\" It\nincludes the product from the\ntime the seed is placed in the\nground, so to speak, until it\nreaches the consumer's doorstep including the preparatory,\nthe growing, the manufacturing and the marketing.\nIts significance? The next\ntime you sit down to a meal,\nhow much of the food and\ndrink you will consume and\nwhat proportion of the clothing you will be wearing will\ncome from agriculture'.'\nMOTE: \u00E2\u0080\u0094 For people who\neai in the Cafeteria, Fort or\nAcadia Camps, agriculture is\nnot responsible for the sight or\nthe palatability of the food \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthat's Home Economics.\nYours truly,\nW. L. DAVIS,\n4th Agriculture Thursday, January 16, 1958\nTHE UBYSSEV\nTV\"\"*\"'\nPage 3\nThe Aggie\nMelting Pot\nA good morning to everybody and especially to engineers\nwith a change of clothing after\nlosing a blood drive and a chariot race.\nMild weather is expected to\ncontinue in Vancouver. Forecast is by U.S. meteorologists.\nFamous last words; Isn't it about\ntime Canada annexed the U.S.\nwith its Dulles weather.\nGrocer held up! It's time they\nwere allowed to stand on their\nown two feet.\nWATTER-MANIA \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Talking\nabout water, why shouldn't the\ncity's water supply be fluoridated?? Not only would the need\nior a dentistry school at UBC\nbe obviated (and money saved)\nbut Aggie experimental pigs\nwould be happier.\n(Editors Note: Certain fluorides control ascaris suis in\nswine.)\n* * * -\nDEAR MOTHER HUBBARD\nMy six-month-old heifer calf\nhas fallen in love with a bull 40\nmonths her senior. She's con-\ncinced its the \"real thing\" and\nwants to marry him. He is a\ndistinguished looking gentleman\nwith grey hair round his temples, a grey tuft at the tip of\nhis tail and \"university manners.\" She is a quiet, sensible\nheifer but so young! Could she\ncope with his idefinitely? I wonder if there is a bone in the cub-\nboard for this one?\n\"Worried Ayrshire\"\nDear Worried Ayrshire:\nIf your daughter would bother\nto apply Animal Husbandry 200\nprinciples to daily living she\nwould not find herself in such\na dilemma. Distinguished grey\nhairs around this boy's temples,\nbristly whiskers, and \"university manners\" create an impression but they go little further\nthan skin deep. Have you checked, his pedigree and progeny\nrecords if any? Has he an ROP\nrating? It would be unpleasant\nii your daughter heard fellow\nheifers whispering to the effect\nthat she was in love with her\nown sire \u00E2\u0080\u0094 especially if he failed to raise the herd's butterfat\naverage. Also bulls age early,\nand your daughter might need\nlove and attention at a time\nwhen the bull needs comfort and\nrest most of the time, or worse\nstill, when its time for the butcher to call.\n' Vc * *\nIn one car \u00E2\u0080\u0094 most lectures,\nuntil the spring exam schedules\nare posted. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and out the other.\nSITUATION\n(Continued from Page 1)\nscorned. The short pig was\ndoomed, and began to be replaced more and more by thc\nleaner, long straight pig.\nPresently therefore, the lonf\npig is in vogue, /although it if\njust possible that in view of the\nrecent popularity of sack dresses\nthat fatter, if not short fat pigs\nmay at least find more accep\ntance.\nAnd now, briefly, what of the\nfuture developments in the swine\nline? Firstly, as a result \"of the\nprogressive demand for longer\nand longer pigs, it is forseabk\nthat swine, like cars, will continue to increase in length. It\nis also forseable that the pres\nent genetic make-up of swine\nwill not allow an increase in\nlength beyond a certain point\nThis meaty problem is at present being approached from two\ndifferent routes: the one being\nthe stretching of pigsby mechan\nical means, and the other being\nan attempt to change the genetic\ncomplement of swine by cross\nJ- breeding them with dasc-\nhounds. Much research is presently being done to determine\nthe genetic feasibility of the\nlast possibility, which if success\nful, may well prove as great a\nboon to mankind as the harness\ning of the H-bomb.\nOther recent development-\nwhich may influence the trends\nin hogs are experiments to pro\nst'Uce a swine carcass having alternate layers of lean and fat\nby the method of alternately full\nfeeding and starving the animals\nas well as efforts, which are now\nbeing made to develop the pig as\nia fur bearing animal. The object\n! of these last endeavors is to produce a fur that is of sufficient\nquality to be a sort of poor-man's\nmink, which would be of inestim\nable value to girls who otherwise haven't got anything.\nTo conclude therefore, we see\nthe short pig has had its day,\nthat we are now living in the\nage of the long pig, and that\nthe future holds super-long pigs\nor maybe even swinehounds or\nfur bearing pigs. In any case it\nis safe to predict that pigs of\nsome sort will continue to find\nfavor and preference, even by\nsmokers who are presently addicted to camels.\n\"*\"\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 -*::\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'-:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n>**$<\n0\nJudging by the Xmas marks\nin Physics 101, among other\ncourses, profs have boosted their\nstandards of marking without\ni waiting for a majority show of\nstudent hands about the matter.\nFirst Aggie to sweet young\nthing who is eating a sandwich:\n\"Don't eat that, it's fattening.\"\nSSweet young thing: \"Why\nare you so worried about what\nI cat?\"\nSecond Aggie: \"We were just\nwatching your figure.\"\n i,m,,l\u00C2\u00BB\nami efm.mt molliod ol f.nt writing Uiiiuj th-j ,,l.,:..ibal imlo.nl of\nbioroqlypbi.;,, word .ibbr0.fiAlii>ii cm b\u00C2\u00BB pliaivi'\"; o'.l\li>ri)d ir. 20\nhour, from Ilm wlf Inilion monu.,1, lo nn.iblo you I.i \u00C2\u00AB-il.) up to HO\nword, ,1 mioiilo SPEEDI-IANO I, wldoly ui.id by l.i.'/.i'-.. n.>w,p,ipor,\n(Ton, buiimm O*0r:utiv,)i and colli!!),) itodonh Pubta ,p>a^\u00C2\u00BBrs b\"&\nII iiw.ilu.iblo lor condaniiiKj not,,,, Unm SP6E0HAM0 now ,,nd gain\no no* profit,,ion.i! tl.ituj. Writ,, lor full pilftiiiul.iri mid ttncloie *\nitomp lor n EREE tr',,,1 l.mon,\ncofwmHiNsivi eou\u00C2\u00ABs\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB hahm-by-doing mithob\nTHE CANADIAN SCHOOL OF SPEEDHAND\nM). BOX 224, EDMONTON, ftlBERTfl. -' Thursday, January 16, 1958\nTHE UBYSSEY\nPage 7\nNFCUS Story Contest\nDeadline Mid-February\nNation-wide short story contest is now open to all aspiring authors arid established writers who happen to be university students.\nNFCUS is sponsoring a Natio- *\nnal Short Story contest which\nrequires that entrants be univer\nsity students. Stories must not\nhave been presented in any but\nstudent publications, must be\nunder 2000 words and may be\nin either French or English.\nWinning English entry will be\npublished by Liberty Magazine\nat the standard rate of pay for\npublished material. Second prize\nis $50, donated by Ryerson\nPress.\nWinning French entry will receive $25, given by La Presse.\nAll entries must be submitted\nin triplicate. Deadline is February 15, 1958.\nEach university will judge its\nown stories and choose Jhe best\ntwo stories to be entered in the\nNational contest.\nFor further information contact Mr. John Dressier at the\nNFCUS olfice. Room 165, Brock\nExtension.\nUBC Graduate\nAwarded Fellowship\nWing To\nBegin Ln\n8 Months\nConstruction of a new wing\nfor the library will, begin in\nabout eight months, according\nto a \"conservative\" estimate by\nTom Hughes, superintendent of\nBuilding and Grounds.\nThe new wing should be ready\nfor use by October, 1959. Its\ncost is borne by a recent special\ndonation of $375,000 to the UBC\nDevelopment Fund by B.C. industrialist Walter C. Koerner.\nHughes said planning of the\nnew wing will probably take\neight months, and actual construction another year.\nKoerner said he had \"always\nconsidered the library the heart\nof the university\" and called it\nhis \"special interest.\"\nAddition of the wing is expected to relieve somewhat the\novercrowding in the library.\nUBC librarian Neal Harlow\nFrances Dullien, Hungarian-\nborn UBC graduate student in\nchemical engineering, has been L\nawarded the Charles G. Wil-I has said present crowded con-\nliams Fellowship worth $1,500, ; ditions in the library are\ndonated by Eldorado Mining and | \"severe\" and \"discouraging stu-\nRefining Limited. ; dents from using the library.\"\nStep Out... And Up\n... to a Career with the Bay!\nta6e#mjj\"Bag (tamiumg.\nINCORPORATED Zf> MAY 167a\nt^ IMMtMMMT )/ii>\MaUt IT.\nQpqn Daih 9 to 5:30, Fridays 9 'til 9- Phone PA G211\n*******\nHOME\nTRIMBLE SERVICE GARAGE\n4494 W. 10th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.\nALma 1551\nAVRO\nAIRCRAFT LIMITED\nMALTON, ONTARIO\nwill be\nINTERVIEWING\n1958 Engineering and Science Graduates\nFRIDAY SATURDAY\nJANUARY 17\nJANUARY 18\nAPPOINTMENT DETAIL\nIN UNIVERSITY PLACEMENT OFFICE\nEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES\nwith\nMOBILE OIL OF CANADA, LTD.\non\nJanuary 23 and 24,1958\nMobile Oil representatives will interview\nGraduate, Senior and Junior Year Students\ninterested in careers in\nGEOLOGY - GEOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING\nPETROLEUM and PRODUCTION ENGINEERING\nM0GSI\nThere are openings for both regular and\nsummer employment\nINTERVIEWS ARE BEING SCHEDULED THROUGH\nTHE PLACEMENT BUREAU OF THE UNIVERSITY\nMobil Thursday, January 16, 1958\nTHE UBYSSEY\nPage 8\nThe Organization Man \u00E2\u0080\u0094 A Saleable Personality\nBy MARG HAWTHORN\nIn the \"Organization Man,\"\nWilliam Whyte, author of the\nprovocative \"Is Anybody Listening\" and an editor of Fortune magazine, offers the student some absolutely painless\nsociology and the laymen a\nfascinating insight into some\nof the changes and developmens\nin North American society.\nAs its title suggests, Whyte's\nbook is thematically concerned\nwith the men who work for the\nbig corporations: how they are\neducated, chosen, promoted,\nhow they live, their families\nand their tastes.\nIt follows them through the\ncommerce and engineering\nschools, with their narrow and\npractical curriculm, sees them\nsafely under the wing of a big\norganization, reasonably secure,\nin possession of sick and pension plans, half promised advancement, perhaps through a\ncompany training school, then\naround the country, through\nvarious grades of development\nhousing and up the ladder in\nthe organization.\nSanctioning their lives and\nthe organization, is the Social\nEthic of teamwork, co-operation, \"fitting-in\"; do good to society (i.e. the organization) and\nit will do good to you \u00E2\u0080\u0094 the\ntrustful philosophy of young\nmen grown up in an atmos\nphere of prosperity and expansion. The anxious oil of thc personnel men smooths out\nwrinkles of individualism or\ncompetition, hold-overs from\nthe old cut-throat Protestant\nEthic.\nTop executives, however,\nare apparently those who manage to disguise their fierceness and ambition until they\nbecome too exalted to be \"personality tested.\" Whyte found\nthat people \"got on the nerves\"\nof top executives, who disliked\nworking with others, thought\nteamwork was a farce, that\n\"there has to be a leader.\"\nWhyte, himself, felt that all\nthis \"niceness\" was a definite\naoocooooaoooogqoogogsoaogoooeioacooqcoppgoooopoBqqQCPaoopoqq!\nREVIEWS ID CRITICISM\ndegeneration, 'that the organization was actually stifling human potential.\nAlmost an almanac for young\nOrganization Men, tho book is,\nI suspect, a best seller, if for\nits social observations, at least\nas much more for its meaty\nchapters on \"How Good an\nOrganization Man Are You\"\n(how to cheat oh personality\ntests), \"Inconspicuous Consump\ntion\" (how to beat the loan\nsharks and the monthly payment racket) and \"The Out Going Life\" (time budgeting in\ndevelopment living.)\nAlthough Whyte is quite\nharsh on the subjugation of the\nliberal arts and on the insist-\nsesosoesQossoosGti\nEDITOR, BARRIE HALE\n\u00C2\u00BB9eS090QOS09000000096Q\nRaven Readable; Often Redoubtable\nBy BARRIE HALE\nRAVEN No. 5, begins, I'm\nafraid, with an editorial called\n\"A Portrait of Dispair\" which\npictures the Artist of Today as\na figure of epic paucity, rankling under conformity, but able\nonly to reflect that conformity. All this may be so, but it\nis certainly not supported by\nthe- text of the magazine, most\nof which is individualistic, albeit often self-conciously so.\nWithout this esoteric of nonconformity it is difficult to see\nthe purpose of the first story\nin Raven, \"Hunters In the\nNight,\" by Shane McConnell.\nThis story is really not a story\nat all but a sensatively extended image, relentlessly illumining the animality of man, an\nanimality that has, as \"Hunters\"\nshows, its definite graces. But\nsuch an illumination, by itself,\nseems pointless. Again it may be\nthat this illumination is only\nincidental, an accident, and that\nthe image exists only for itself.\n\"Hunters,\" in fact, raises the\nproblem of just how much an\nauthor should seek to control\nthe. meaning of his work; in\nMr. McConnell's story, any\nnumber of \"meanings\" may be\ninfered, yet I doubt that he intended this.\n\"Subliminal Projection,\" by\nKen Hodkinson is, I guess, supposed to be an essay, but it\nreads rather more like a quickie\nbanged out for |i Sunday Supplement. With subtle irony, Mr.\nHodkinson shows how we shall\nbe lead clown the vidio path\nto World War Three; he does\nnot, however, take note of a\nfew (acts at least as fundamental as the ones he is peddling.\nFor first, the FCC has, even\nbefore subliminal projection\nlias been presented for its sanction, let it be known that such\na device would not be available\nto political bodies, and, second,\nlhat everyone is already receiving, constantly, peripheral impressions, recording them, and\ndoing nothing about them \u00E2\u0080\u0094\nbecause there are already so\nmany of them about, unpro-\njeeted, that they cancel one\nanother out, unless there exists\nin the mind of the receiver a\noubconcious willingness to accept them.\nMarg Hawthorn's \"Chad: Its\nRise, Its Ago, Its Fall,\" is, if\nI may be forgiven the appela-\ntion, \"clever\" \u00E2\u0080\u0094 the sort of\nthing that John Collier does a\nlittle better, but only a little.\nIt is, as well, slight enough to\nbe crushed by its one major\nflaw; which flaw being that it\nis not self-contained, it relies\nupon an otuside source \u00E2\u0080\u0094 the\n\"Chad\" articles published on\nthis page last fall \u00E2\u0080\u0094 for its\nsatirical focus, Miss Hawthorn\nonly hints at the philosophy\nshe is satirizing, and the hint\nis so incomplete as to cripple\nher story.\n\"The Test,\" by Rosemary\nKent-Barber, is called a \"science-fiction short story,\" and\nit is, insofar as it uses futuristic devices to establish the\nhelplessness of an individual\nbefore he reaches his, majority.\nIt is, too, a conjecture as to\nthe future social extension of\nthat helplessness, but the conjecture is expressed by assigning the present functions of\ndoting human beings to automatic machinery. This expression makes it- more analogous\nthan prophetic, and science fiction should, I think, extend\npresent tendencies, not identify\nthem.\n\"Permanent Wave,\" by Claire\nWillis, is very well done; it is\nall a short story should be:\nevocative, accurate, and self-\ncontained, and only one thing\nit shouldn't; a little self-con-\ncious, especially in the descriptive passages. It presents the\nemotional and psychological\nproblems attendant upon insecure personal rebellion, and\nit deserves to be read.\n\"Diamonds Threaded Yellow,\" by John Darling, probably has more personal spark\nthan anything else in the magazine. There is so much imaginative power and scope in this\nstory that they exceed the techniques the author uses to control them. As a consequence,\nthe prose becomes dull, a constant loud noise, relative to\nnothing but the continuance of\nthat noise. That tho story as\nit appears should have been Mr,\nDarling's first draft, is perhaps the most damning and respectful tiling to be said about\nit.\nImmediately following \"Diamonds,\" is a \"Poem\" by Robin\nMaunsell that is, well \"perfect.\"\nIt is wry, incisive, and musical;\nwithin its modest framework it\nsays volumes about the sentimentalizing of self-interest.\nHalf historicism, half esoteria\nDesmond Fitz-Gerald's \"Suc-\ncuba And the Green House,\"\nis well worth the researching\nof allusions that I, at least,\nfound necessary to the understanding of it. Once understood, it is a pleasantly sensual\npoem.\n\"Harlequinade,\" by Shawn\nHarold, was, I thought, a little\nastringent as an idea, but this\ndid not keep it from being a\nnicely symmetrical poem, but\nGeorge H. Bowering's \"The Intellectual Turned Artist,\" communicates little but a concien-\ntious ruttishness.\n\"Gavotte.\" by Richard Watson, seems to me to be the\nmost ambitious poem in the\nbook. It produces a rapid montage of images of a number and\ndepth to suggest that it is possibly the most successful as\nwell.\nRosemary Kent-Barber appears again, this time represented by a poem, \"Alien Shape\"\nwhich is neat and has a certain attractively weird music.\nIt ako makes its main point,\nwith all its ramifications, far\nmore tellingly than did her\nstory.\n\"The Road to Symbolism,\"\nby Elliot Gose and Warren Tall-\nman is a singularly virtuous\npiece of criticism. All my ob-\npections to it are niggling, and\nhave mainly to do with a personal disaffection for the sort\nof prose style that seems always to result from collaboration.\nI would like to say that the\nartwork, design, and typography of the magazine are very\nattractive, but that it seems\ntoo bad that there is no consistency of coloration from copy\nto copy.\nI would also like to say that\nI am afraid that I do think\nart should be instructive, that\nit cannot help but be so inasmuch as one individual, when\nhe speaks to another, is imparting knowledge \u00E2\u0080\u0094 knowledge of himself and of his\nworld. I have tried, in the above\ncriticism, to highlight the\nweaknesses in style that seemed to keep such knowledge\nfrom being imparted. But it is\nwholly possible that I was being spoken to and did not hear;\nif such was the case, then I\napologize for my insensativity.\nPeer Gynt Coming\nHenrik Ibsen's episodic fantasy \"Peer Gynt\" will open\n8.30 p.m. January 23 for a run\nof three nights in UBC's auditorium.\nThe production, the largest\never undertaken by the English Department, will employ\nfifty-four actors in 125 roles.\nPast English Department Work\nShop productions have been\n\"The Infernal Machine\", \"The\nAlchemist\" and \"Back To Methuselah\".\n\"Peer Gynt\" will be directed\nby Ian Thorne, who was largely responsible for the resounding success of the Players'\nClub production of \"Twelfth\nNight\" last year. The Role of\nPeer will be played by Richard\nIrwin.\nOther estimable talents connected with the production are\nset designer Cliff Robinson,\ncostume designer Jesse Richardson, and John Brockington,\nwho has arranged special music for the play.\nThe traslation to be used for\nthis production will be Norman Insbury's, which was the\ntranslation used by Tyrone\nGuthrie in the Old Vic revival\nof \"Peer\" a few years ago, and\nmore recently by the Canadian\nPlayers ia their successful touring version, which featured\nVancouver actor Bruno Gcr-\nussi in the title role and was\ndirected by Douglas Campbell.\nTickets for this production,\nwhich should be one of the\nmajor events of the year, may\nbe obtained by phoning University Theatre Reservations,\nAlma 4600, or may be picked\nup downtown at Kelly's Music\nStore,\u00E2\u0080\u0094B.H.\nence by industry and the big\nfoundations on team - work,\neven in what, he insists, is\noften better suited to individual research, in general, it\nseems to me, and in refreshing\ncontrast to some books on similar subjects (e.g. Crack in the\nPicture Window), he is good\nhumored, objective \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a student\nnot a preacher.\nThe book has been criticized\nfor being too \"interpretive,\"\ntoo entertaining, for not having\nenough charts, references and\nsurveys to justify the author's\nstatements, Their validity is a\nmatter for the professionals to\ndecide \u00E2\u0080\u0094 I only mention that\ndoubts do exist,\nOn the whole, nothing sums\nup the temper of this most absorbing book more than Whyte's\ntext for young men who wish\nto become Organization Men:\n\"I loved rr.sy father and\nmy mother but my father\na little bit more; I like\nthings pretty well the way\nthey are. I never worry\nmych about anything. I\ndon't care for books or\nmusic much. I love my\nwife and children, but I\ndon't let them get in the\nway of company work.\"\nThis, he guarantees, Will get\nthe organization aspirant\nthrough any personality test\nand past any personnel manager, for it exemplifies the beliefs of the ideal Organization\nMan.\nCLASSIFIEDS\nWANTED \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Ride from 30th\nAve. and Dunbar.\nNOTICE \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Anyone wishing to\nsubmit names for the Totem\nQueen contest please contact\nTotem photographers in\nBrock Extension. Deadline\nFriday, Jan. 24.\nWANTED \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Ride wanted from\n29th and Marine, West Van.\nMonday to Saturday for 8:30.\nMost miortfings. Phone Mary,\nWA. 2-4083.\nNOTICE -- Typing, essays,\ntheses etc. Reasonable rates,\n4574 West 14th Ave. Phone\nAlma 2527-R.\nFOR SALE \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Complete set\nof custom discs for 16\" rim.\nVery reasonable price. 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