@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isReferencedBy "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1211252"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "University Publications"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-01-18"@en, "1928-01-31"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/Ubysseynews/items/1.0124032/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ Issued Twice Weekly by the Students' Publications Board of The University of British Columbia. Volume X. VANCOUVER, B.C., JANUARY 31»t, 1928 No. 23. I.W.W. MEETING HEARS YERBURGH Hectic discussion wiih tin- prevailing feature of the weekly mod Ing of the Industrial Workers nl tin* Worltl (I. W. W.) on Saturday night, when Richard Yerburgh of Ann '28 gave his address on "Tho General Hit Ike as a National Monaco." The speaker commenced by assur- ing his audience that he had prepared for emergencies by having un ambulance outside. In spile of the opinion of the meotlng, however, he believed that the recent general strike was nothing but a national menace. Mr. Yerburgh flrwt dealt with ihe legal aspects of the situation, it' the workers had a right to break contracts by walking out, the owners had an equal right to lock out. Although the workers had a right to strike for industrial purposes, they were, nevertheless, outside all law by using th,- strike weapon for political purposes, if the discontented workers were In a majority, the speaker maintained, the strike is unnecessary, as tho needed redress could be secured by parliamentary aotlon. On the other hand, if the strikers were In a minority (he strike would be useless, as the general opinion of the country would bo against it. Arbitration, at present, Is In its infancy, and is capable of great extension. The general strike, Mr. Yerburgh continued, was an attempt to coerce the government. That it was a menace to the country was seen by the majority of the British public, who turned oit to break the tie-up. University students of socialistic leanings turned out to save tho country by driving buses and unloading cargoes. In the latter part of his address, the speakei discussed the revolutionary Idea in general ln a manner highly provocative to the "comrades," He maintained that It was useless to change human nature with Its instinct of aqulsltion, although the social sys- tme cotld be deformed by the "Inevitability of gradualness." In conclusion he drew attention to conditions in Russia, and the way the Soviet leaders took "Emperor" Cook, the miners leader, on a "Cook's Tour." Question after question was fired at the speaker at the conclusion of the address. Facts, figures *fld personal opinions were demanded at length. Mr. Joe Lane, head of the University Social Science Club, wus by no means behind hand in the general quest for information. When the quest Ions had liei-n disposed of in a more or less satlsiac- tory manner, the chairman itivit*• Frosh, 1 , Sunns sides i V CANADIAN RUGBY arsily, 1 ; Meralniiias Is, V V Stl'l BASKETBALL irsliy Int. A. 11; Normal:., A'. iirsltv Int. s, Is, Wo.-imiii- V. 17. ey of oru- he ex prominent I. WW',, le l.lter- "Who owns Canada?" This is the gist, of the lorioal dynamite that w ploded by Mr Windle, member if the V-aileotlVer tit Wednesday's meeting of arv Society. This is the (list time in the recent history of the University of B.C., that a member of the Industrial Workers of the World has been officially Invited by a university organization to give an address lo members of the student body. On the other hand, the l.W.W. has always beon pleased to hear members of the university at their weekly meetings, no matter what their opinions were, and has always treated them with courtesy . Now an opportunity is afforded to the student body to hear what, how and why an I.WAV member thinks on current affairs. And Mr. Windle will certainly take full advantage of his opportunity! Who owns Canada? Is ll Mackenzie King, King George, the Hudson's Bay Company, the C. P. R„ General Sutton, Sir Gerald MeOeer, "Big Bill" Thompson, Uncle Sam or the Canadian people? The answer will be given on Wednesday. In addition, the meeting will be conducted un the linos of an I WW. "upon forum." At the conclusion of the address, an opportunity will be given for the audience to usk question*!, and for anyone piesent to give his opinion on the topic In hand. Every member of the University Is Invited lo intend the meeting, which will he hold on Wednesday, February 1, at :i p.m. In Arts 100. would result In the bollermakers copping all the Senior Rugby silverware in the Province, outside of tho McKechnie cup. SCIENCE BACKFIELD EXCELLENT Saturday's game commenced with the Blue and Gold taking the kick in their own territory. Tlie early fast play and concentrated action shows tho advancement and progress the tenm has made during the last year. This gait was kept up throughout the game. Following the kick play was most evident in mldfield. In a bad mix up on the Oarsmen's twenty-five yard line Wilson, of the club, secured the ball and made for the B. C. lino closely followed by the notorious speedy Leroy. This looked good for a try but Captain Bert Tupper, a speed-artist himself, overtook the Rower and made him bite the dust. Science was feeling hard pressed in tho scrums, being opposed by a much heavier pack and were due to feeding tho loss of Foerester, who was absent due to a poisoned foot- However, this did not deter the slide rule experts. They made up for any losses by their speed. Following another scrimmage near tho Blue and Gold line the red shirts „'ot away to what seemed a good advantage but were foiled when Phil Itiirratt, playing a stellar game at five-eighths, brought the opposition down in a brilliant tackle. Science relieved to centre field, the scrums heeled and the threes were away to a fast run. Tupper took the ball on the wing and looked dangerous but was collared down near the line. After another scrimmage Science lost the ball to regain it again in the loose, In a regular All-Black manner Ihev kept the leather pausing uroiind like a hot spud until finally Farrintitoii, going at top speed, took 11,,- union iioin Hot: Wilson to i rash across the line for the Blue and Gold's llrst points. The convert failed. Canadian Ruggers Lose to Meralomas Vaisily's encounter wilh the Meralomas, on Saturday, in the Intermediate Canadian Rugby series, although result ing in a loss, proved that the blue and gold have some real players in ilie making. Wilh such a team to produce new men i'or tho senior league It looks as though Varsily is going to have a "big say-so" about who the e/.amplons of the Big Four are going to be I'or several years to come. Johnson slurred lor Varsity. ills kicking was accurate and he showed good judgment, keeping down the score on several occasions by punting at tin crucial moment. Ilarrell, also did some brilliant work, making a thirty live-yard break awa\\ and com ing close to scoring a touch. Ilarrell, Ilerto. Green and Kobson were b> far the best ladders and look like prom Isiug material. Stewart put up a good game I'or a new man. The Meialoii'a's 17 points to \\'ar sit As I represents I'i'i'j poorly '<> llio-i who did nol see ihe game. Just what the University boss did. The Morale ma- are a heiiiy, experienced learn, and ih"> v ere up against a hunch nhii ti ore phi) Ing together I'or only I lie second time. Their score con sisled of three touches, one rouge illlii a deadline kick, .lohusoii pulled Vur sitAs single counter when he put the ball out on the sired behind ihe posts of tin athletic field. After the kick the Rowers came back hard and Leroy only failed to score when Oordie Logan brought the Coal Harbor speed artist down heavily. The Rowers pressed the mathematicians' home forcing Science to right hard on their own line, with the scrum digging teeth and nails. In a long line out the club ,went over for their only points. The convert failed. The Blue and Oold pressed hard' and forced the Oarsmen well back. The threes were getting away to some nice runs, Willis grabbing his man every time. The half ended with Varsity setting the pace. 3CIENCE 8CORE8 TWICE More determined than ever the bowler hat boys began the second chapter by running the Rowers back to their own twenty-five. The scrum was working a three-four and holding the club pack better, The threes were getting in some nice runs, each man smashing his opponent on the defensive. Securing the ball from a fast heel- hack a nice three run resulted in "Tanky"' Fell being thrown across the club line but was held up, After the kick Berty Barratt took a heavy flying tackle to floor with 200 lbs. of live meat. The Club relieved to centre field and after a scrimmage were off to a three run. Billy Locke lowered the opposition on the five yard line and Logan relieved to touch. In a scrimmage following a line out on the two yard line Ihe club were off but Phil Willis Intercepted the pass in brilliant style and was back like a flash with the quarter line behind him for the longest run seen on the local field. Richardson took his pass and side stepped three opponents using a new type of "semaphoric" pass to bring the score to 6-15 in favor of Science. The convert failed. In the next canto three quarter play was outstanding, The Coal Harbour boys were 11 ring and super- ior condition was telling. The next from Willis on the blind side and scoro came when Tupper took a pass closely followed by Borty Barratt using his old swerve to advantage went over for the next gain. The team: Logan, Locke, Fell, Richardson, Willis, Tupper, P. Bar- rai, B. Barratt. Mason, Murray. Wilson, Farrington, Jones, Morris, Sinclair. Overseas Education League is Praised Those studems who chanced to read the advertisements in the last issue of tin "Ubyssey" may have noticed one from the Overseas Education League. At first glance students may not realize the advantages of the tours arranged by this organization, but from all accounts given by those who have already taken part In them, they are many. The tours are arranged so as to cost the absolute minimum nnd yet to give the maximum educational value. They provide an opportunity of becoming acquainted, in a general way, with sullli- of the great cities of Kurope. Students majoring in or taking honours in French would derive great benefit from the six weeks' slimmer school in Paris, the cost of which Is nominal The Overseas Kdiiciitlon League lours aro to be highly recommended. Students who are ut all Interested are advised lo write to the Honorary Organizer, Overseas Education League Boyd Building, Winnipeg, for further information. DANCE FOR VICTORIA, FRIDAY NIGHT T II E U B Y S S E Y January 31st, 1928 $tf* llbyaa?}} (Member of Pacific Inter-Collegiate Press Association). Issued every Tuesday and Friday by the Student Publications Board of the University of British Columbia, West Point Grey. Phone: Point Grey 1434 Mall Subscriptions rate: $3. per year. Advertising rates on application. Editorial Staff EDITOR-IN-CHIEF—Jean Tolmie. Senior Editors—Francis Pllkington and George Davidson Aasociate Editors—M. Chrlstlson, Bruce Carrick and Stewart Reid Fonturo Editor—Roderick A. Pllkington Chief Reporter—M. Desbrisay Literary Editor: Laurence Meredith Cartoonist: C. Dudley Qaltskell Business staff Business Manager—Bev. Patrick. Circulation Manager—Allan Lloyd-Jones Edltori-for-the-l«ue: Senior F. C. IMlklngloii; Associates-Bruce Carrick and S, Held THE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT " What ilislinjruiNlies men from uniiiinls," suiil Anntole Fniiiee "is lying" ami lilernlnre." We therefore nuiintnin no mutter how pivsiunp tnously tlwil (his Literary supplement is literature. We present il to our rentiers wiih nil Ilie hruvmlo horn of the consciousness thnt if it is not literature it i* -well, it is one or the other nnd which ever wny you take it, is ei|iinlly (joint. This is n deliento subject, however, perhaps wo had hotter leave, the ly --or rather literal lire, to display its charms without interference from doubtful sources. At nny rate this is it fiill-iledued Literary supplement, the first fuor-piiRo supplement Mince tho 'Tbyssey" nssutued its bi-weekly form Tho fact that we have received a suflicient number of contributions to make this issue possible is u good indication of the mental condition of the Ntwferit body, or certain sections of it. It is ti sign of u Hennissanee, a return or re-birth of the spirit of the good old days nt Kairview, when poems and epigrams were produced by the dozen al tea, and when a literary page whs difficult only because of the superabundance of material. We hope that Ihe Literary supplement will become an annual event with tho ,(I'byssey," that it will become as much of ft tradition ns Homo-coming* Week, or even the Arts "20 Helay. HAWAIIAN INNOVATION The good old-fashioned class party is passing into the limbo of time. This was forcibly brought to our notice at the Arts ':{() dance last Fridny. We do nol wish to censure the class of Arts 'HO on their executive unduly, but wc think if the class and particularly the executive had paused to reflect, then' would not have been that lamentable exhibition of had taste displayed in, the special entertainment. The two dances which made up this part of the programme were frankly vulgar and disgustiuir. Even in a local vaudeville they would be considered to be in questionable tasle, but at a university dance they were beyond the pale. If it is essential to have special entertainment fixtures at a class party—and this wedo ubt—the selection should he more careful Responsible members of the upper years should be consulted tn make sure that Ihe programme dues nut contain items that the members of one's own families would not euro to witness. \\<>t fur moral reasons but merely from a cultural standpoint and from considerations of ordinary good taste it is essential to prevent such lapses as the proirramme of the Arts \\'!l) class part\\. DEBATING AGAIN Last week a "Tulip of international debaters and those people interested in dohatino- met to discuss the formation of a delialinu union, This is ihe firs) step in ihe direction nf a complete renrirani- zntion of ilebnliim, and a stop in (he riyiht direction. If ilebntinu' is resurrected and re-or'_r;iiii/ei| it will iu> loiiucr he the "weak skier" of coHeire activities. There is penn here for dehatiii'_r ,-nid it «■»i•_■■ Jij In be Olie of the si roilL'es! oi'o'a'l i /ill ions iiii the campus. l.ill while wo approve heartily nf tlie plans |Ar the new union,1 lliere is line point mi which w e <) i --; t ■.: t .'<■ That i-, th- i |.-t i-rtu ma t inn of those at the llieetill;. In make |)ie llelinle-, I 11 I -, f j a e]n-.e,| elllli of ithoiii I\\ven1\\ members. This "■ im i|.oi!>! a preea m i..n ,iv.;um-,i " ilrni I luniher" on the part nf Iln- or.'niii/ei's and llnw are wise m atteniptinu In prevon! thai, hut they are nm yoiiig ahnul il in the riuht way. The new union will or will try to he the only debatim: iiriraniziitiun oti the campus. As such it may control all official debates, or at leas; all major debates. If so, there should he no rest riot ions upon membership. Anyone who is interested in debatine- and who will tako part in the prouTiim of the olub has a riu'lit to behuij.', be there fifty or ;i hundred members already in it. If the union becomes a closed club with restricted membership it means that the members will have tlie power In elect candidates' (or new members i. As the only debuting society it will lints be as exclusive: and autocratic as any of the minor literary societies. N'o one would dream nf siigi*esting thai the Kiujliv Club or any athletic cluh should be restricted lo Iwenty or thirty members, and those members have the riirlil to eleel new mouthers. These clubs necessarily canim! he closed. Anyone heenmes a member wlm plnvs rugby and whether or not he is capable of making a team he ha, the rigbl tn turn mil and practise. It ought In be the same with dehaiinv;. Am sludent shiuild have the privilege of fakiii1.!' part in the jinej taniiiies or ilisciissinns ,,f ||!(. club whclher he is eapalile of " tnakiiiv " an international debute nr not, This is Ihe mdy way In en-nre that all who are inleresled m debating will have an nppnrt unity In lake p.n-i and il will also add to the \\ ifalil \\ nf the uni.ni. Dr. Roberts Lectur Those students who were able to avail themselves of the opportunity ol' hearing any of the three lectures given here last year by Dr. Charles (i. I). Roberts, will recall that this distinguished Canadian poet Intended giving a longer series ol' lectures on the subject ol Canadian literature, early in the spring ot 192K. As well as being a poet of no mean note, Dr. Roberts has written a number ol volumes of short stories which show a keen and Intimate knowledge of in. tine and of the life and habits of wild animals. Some lew of our number iiiii.i dimly recall having studied some ol these stories Iii a public school rend or of days long pusl. At the ago of iwcniy-ihrce, Dr. Huberts was editor of a Toronto newspaper, and later was appointed professor ol English und French llleratnre In King's College, Nuvil Scolill. He conies from llll old New Brunswick finally distinguished lor Its high .scholastic atiiiltiniciiis; both his sister ami his son ure writers of no small merit, while his cousin, Bliss Carmen, Is too well known to lovers of poetry to require uny comment. Those of Vancouver's' reading public as well as students of English mil other Inleresled graduates who have been looking lorn aid lo the plousutv of hearing Dr. Honoris' t'urlher lectures on Ciinadlun poetry will he pleas ed to know that there tin to be ten In all, and will be given on Tuesdays and Thursdays at !5 o'clock. The lectures will commence In a few days. Watch the notice hoards lor further Information. A schedule or the lectures will he published as soon as ll is available. ... — • .*- « .... Arts '30 ^laas Party The most enjoyable event of the year took place last Friday night ut the Winter Gardens In the form of the Arts ','hi ('hiss Parly. Tho popular phrase of the '(fin or more students present seemed to he: "Oh! Isn't It ti grout party!" Such comments were very gratifying to the active members of Arts "lo who worked so hard lo make the parly a success. I'lirtlctilar mention should be given to those in charge of the decorating and nianageineiii, more especially lo .lack Cotilan. Belly Whiteside, Elaine College, .lean MoGougan, Mary Mc- ('uurrie, Irene Poole. ,\\|ex Mitchell, Jack Parker. Basil Wright and Camp- hell Duncan. At the very tlrst note the crowd entered into Ihe spirit of the affair, lhanks lo Percy Lee and his orchestra who played in a little but built In the centre of the floor. Popular pieces, blended wilh old Hawaiian melodies were a fining accompaniment for the Hawaiian Innovation, which was even heller exemplified l)V Scleral pictures of South Sea girls on the walls. The supper was carried off with the hast possible confusion, a promenade being formed and each couple taking a way iheii- share of the refreshments. Iinniedlaii'l) afterwards the eager students were held hreaihloss while two heautilul girls, ih-. Ait roe dancers ol tin- A tl lee si i ul iti. Vancoui er, enier- 1 'lie 'I ' lii'in m i'li t wo liiimli -I.--. t he 1.1 i a I la m ai A u lane,, anil I In- second a el. \\ i v i. p i|;i |,n 'I'iie im>\\ ell \\ W il:- 1 ■ . ■ i ' f' *- app: .-i ml. d |,s ' In ..iii,|eMl- * I" ' In ini.-ii i I In in !,,-,( k I im. a i.,| Diminish or Augment There are two ways of securing independence : diminish your wants or augment your means. Life Insurance helps m boM ways. The required premium is saved from what, in all probability, would have been spent on foolish "wants". Protection and profits considered, there exists no liner method of augmenting one's means than is found in the provisions of Life Insurance. Oct our booklet "Common Questions Briefly Answered." HfflS® J*"-' JU3u*MMumi T;i 'ijwwBiftfcRJ'ar 1 ii a-- -Kin- and Id'.ie and while la) .. wi'i'.' di-t nl,ui, d dm iiu the interval. I'i-rliap-- t in- mo- i iini(|iie .,: i p. novel- 'As was the programme, shaped like I lllielele. 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Phone, Sey. 189 376 Seymour St. ff'mmmmmmmm0mm9»Tmf.m'mmm MATHEMATICS CLUB GOLF CLUB The ttleellliM; of the Milt heillut lew All devotees of thai uolile ami all riuh on Thursday next. I'Vliriinry Hem pastime known as (iolf are ut- 2ml, will he hold at the home of Dr ueiiilv reiinested to he present at an Miichanaii ut SOU p.m. Dr. lliichnnaiiA inipiu lani mi>»tlnK of the Varsity mhlroHH Ih 1I1S0 ,'ir.lh Avenue West It ''|,'h '" Ul" ,os • *» ''-'V al l~;,:' •«'■« In moHt convenient to trnvel hv Inter ,U ""''I1' i"'""''!;"". "ill nuilHm plan, <•■••>«>> ;Im ,,,' i"iu'! ' "',"" M,"sl,"L [which Include the uiinnal toiuiiev lev The aiitlrcMH of the evenliiK will ho ,|ie I'nIv■ • im 11>• Championship, TIiom. Klvi'ti hy Dr. F. S, Nowhin on the of the fair se>; who are addicted to Hiihject of "l.lne Co-ordlnatloti." IntereHfltiK lecture Ih promised. An thin most Inspiring of uanie.-i are aNn asked to he on hand. I I II I. II I u lio MM \\ li- ni ■ ■ I. I. . . . ■ ' I . iiiii". o: a ' i 11. i ■ i p. 11 i o 11 a:..! lie . mil ■ , In . |. i I A - . ie t lie I n ... i I' \\ In p|-i |.ii. I In ■ io i .ii their lite v\\ iirk, a serie-. of half hour talk . at i ..." u ill In. i-1\\ - ii mi W'eilne il.i > -. e ' I'i'. in I., ei in i ■ I! i hi n i I ie.; in i 'ie \\ IM ' li il Sei.-to e Mllililill.. The iii - I talk u ill Im- a nnei al i on i In el nice o! an occupat Ion. i'I\\ en h> I tean Itrock, on IA liiuan 1st ll Will lie lollnttetl III OUe oil the Ol'l'U pillions lor w hicll .Applied Science courses furnish ihe lies! I omnlal Ion ami ihen li> talks on the life and ivii! « In iiiany oi i In se occupations ».«ieM^g«i«-.-j>»¥f«»««w"-««egg«eggg»g.tgga The University Book Store I lours: () a.m. lo "> p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m. to I p.m. I .oiisr-Lrnl Nutr Books, ExtTcise Books and Scribblers ot A'l'i/nct'i/ Price*. Graphic and Enginming Paper. Biology Paper I .nose-Leaf Refills. Fountain Pens and Ink. Pencils and Drawing Instruments. Crepe Paper for M ampler ad*, a, etc. 411 Your Book Supplies Sold Here. Lj^fc' OF THE Random Remarks B1 |NCE, very foolishly I wrote nnd asked two or three publishing houses to mail 1110 their qiiiirterly ClltalogUOS of rt't'PIlt publications, little realizing what tlie future would bring forth. Now I am deluged, periodically, with dozens of gaily covered catalogues from the various most respect able publishing houses. If all the books were half as attractive as ihey make out, the publishers should be reaping a rich harvest, for the number of people who are or pose as authors, is legion. Hodder and Stoughton have produced a most attractive Christmas number of "The Bookman." This number seems to be specially dedicated to John Bunyan. The first half dozen articles ure on him and are full of wonderful illustrations. Anyone who wishes to keep in touch with modern literature should at least glance through this number. The pictures alone will repay you. # * # *• During the Christmas holidays I read II. M. Tomlinson's "Uallion's Reach" (Heinemann). There is it wonderful and eerie description of a storm in it. Since Conrad's "Typhoon" no one has made any really artistic attempt to describe a storm; but in "Uallion's Reach" Mr. Tomlinsou has proved himself a great artist in his description. We do not doubt for an instant that there is a storm and we see and feel it as we read. Alt bough the book is enjoyable, through that peculiar quality of the author's that make bis books so readable, he has wasted much of the effectiveness of his art on a thin ami meagre plot. I have noticed from reading the list of new books front the publish- ing houses uf both this eoniineni iitul of Lngland that there are a great, number of books on (jernnni literature, either written in Fug- lish or translated. Dr. .1. (i. Robertson's book on "Goethe" is most frequently mentioned. Dr. Robertson is the Professor of tier- man in the University of London. # # * # In his inaugural lecture delivered last October tit Cambridge. I'm!'. O M. Trevelyan, in answer to Ilie question, "What is History.'" says: "Historical discoveries have scarcely any value except in so far as they educate tlie mind, stimulate thought, or intensify intellectual emotion . ... In all ways it is necessary to make the young student feel that 11 is!on is al onee a stimulation and n satisfaction of intellect mil curiosity ; that il is a process of though!, nol a mere learning by rule, Hunks have been set and examinations been "riven with tha! end in view .... Hi-dory consists, not only in enlloeling facts about the past, Im! in think ing about t hem. This address should be read by History .students and those inter ested in the teaching of History. ll is published by Longmans in a booklet form entitled : "The Pres ent Position of History. # e * * The letters of (lortrude Hell have (Continued on page 4» Trials of a Student THOMAS HARDY Grandfather's Latin Book X an old trunk in the nllie its counterpart is to be found in every home with any pretensions to old fashioned respectability I found amid a pile of old papers, not as you would suppose, grandmother's love loiters lied up wilh frayed blue ribbon, but grandfather's I.alio book. There it was on the bottom bound wilh a sensible black elastic, yellow and dusty, so old that it almost fell apart as I picked it up. Inside the only remaining cover is grandfather's name, barely distinguishable amid the illegible scribblings of a school-boy. ".John Alexander McLeod, his book, in the year, September 22nd, ISiiO." This was evidently the first day of school, or al any rate the day on which he began to study the "learned language," as the book elegently terms it. For, in Edinburgh, in those days school was a fairly continuous process, with few frivolous interruptions. Tt is very innocent, and kindly at first appearance, this musty text book. It opens with an "advertisement" informing small schoolboys that "the Editor has again revised this excellent Klenicntnry Hook, and without inter-mixing with it any views of bis own, he has subjoined an Appendix containing an Elementary View of the Tenses of ihe Latin Verb," "This excellent book," writes grandfather at the top of th" page and plunges gaily into the text with the exuberance of yoitlh. Yes, T am sure grandfather liked bis "Rudiments of the Latin Tongue" —for the first thirty pages. He writes his name with a flourish at the top of evvvy page, and the dad By G. G. Sedgewick Adventurers A n Auijiisl nlohl: a frnulnl trail Tlirmiiili Italian woods jrom lint lo hutch Dim sen that ban I if sumed In rraeli An island with it (jhoslly sail. Hi nt In, a phantom in a gale (If cltntd \\ wonderful and -.ublle honk! Wonderful da\\ when grandfather went to school! 1'iookiiiiikiT-, in tlui-o da;.-- hud the art ol' kiHiug tint two, Iiiii three or i'oiii' birds wilh one -lone Thi- little te\\t |-, nm merely u Latin grammar.il is a mine of moral precept--, an ine\\lmiis tible fund of practical and spiritual in.si mot ion, With a truly Scotch economy it continues to teach children sound morality wilh their syntaxes, to introduce them to the cares of this world, und the rewards of the next, in close company with the subjunctive mood. Yes, grandfather was not only !»■ has been inescapable. Where- ever there has been a thinker or a literary artist or a man to listen, there has Hardy been also. Even the technical philosophers quarry from his work as if it were a natural deposit. And, indeed, to many men, who have been brought up in his shadow, he is something like one of the forces of nature—a fellow-Subaltern of the Immanent Will. Overestimating contemporary values is an inveterate human vice, Perhaps we feel that a great contemporary reflects considerable credit upon ourselves for being wise enough to be born in the same age, and wo forget that the swans of one period arc, with notorious frequency, ihe geese of the next. But after all, if one's eyes nre open to that fact, it is sometimes a pardonable amusement to try to fit the day's heroes into the perspective of history. At such a moment as this the attempt is not only amusing but inevitable. And to many wdio are now making it, Hardy bulks portentously large in tbe tradition of thought and literature. For myself, whenever I try to evaluate him in this way, 1 find myself applying the measures of Sophocles and Shakspere. What other measures can one apply to The Dynasts 1 If such claim seem too extravagant, it would do no harm to the case to grant, at once, thatliardy is a less ample figure. But at the very least I hold by this: that tho characteristics of those Great Ones which leap to my mind as I think of them are likewise the characteristics of Hardy. Tbe first is that virtue of structure and design that Arnold was fond of railing "architectonic." Arnold himself did not especially attribute this quality to Shakspere, and sonic of the French have been prone to deny it altogether. But I am thinking of the Shakspere ut.'o made I)liu Ho and Tin Tnnpisl and Henry 1\\\\, its well its of the e\\ en balanced artist who const moled fhdipus l\\i.r. As we survey these masterpieces, we think of their quality of subordinating details In a main deign, of construction on a great scale, of mass and shadow and relief and adjust nu-m, of pi-rAvi balance and proportion, In n-spect of these great matters Hardy, ihe Architect, was a superb craftsman. How precisely each one of tbein is exemplified in Thf. Mininr of fasti rtiridtji and Tin h'ctitrn uf the Sativ ! And on how much grander a scale in 77/c Ihinusts, with its "three parts, nineteen acts and one hundred and thirty scenes." each of them a significant part of the whole! As one reads this tremendous performance, "the mind naturally flies to the triumphs of the Hellenic and Elizabethan Theatre in exhibiting scenes laid 'far in the Cnapparent'." Hardy's hope has surely been .justified: these triumphs have indeed been repeated, all hough the form has been remoulded to suit a "meditative world" that is "older, more invidious, more nervous, more quizzical." Another property that Sophocles ami Shakspere and Hardy bold in common is (heir Irony. I do not use that word as does Hardy himself, when he gives voice to the Spirit Ironic and Sinister, who turns all things into mockery. Often Hard.*, does adopt the tone of such a Spirit, but il is not really his fundamental mode. His own most characteristic irony is ihe irony of the groat dramatists who, in creating their best characters and scenes, preserve thai perfect and impartial di'iachinent which is tlie ironic essence, 'No pleasure," says Macon qiioiing in pari from Lucretius, "no pleasure is comparable to the si a ml ing ti | ion the vantage ground of I rut b ( a hill not to he commanded, and where the air is always clear and sctvneA and to sec the errors, and wanderings, ami mists, and tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect lie wilh pily. and not with swelling, or pride." Such a vision is the gift of the true ironists: they aro not only creators bul ideal spectators a- well, experiencing and causing us to experience Ihat peculiar thrill which ciunes in us in the iheiitiv as we see the people of the si aire life acting m ignorance of their condition. Irony is the emotion of inn- wlid knows, beholding the aclions of one who does not know. In some sort,obviously, irony is the quality of all drama and of all art thai has a dramatic eleineiii. Hut it is possessed by Sophocles and Shakspere above all others, ami it is also a, supreme power of Thomas Hardy. He exhibits it whenever one of his peasants shows a face or opens a mouth; it is the quality of what arc surely the most moving chapters of modern English fiction those depicting Mrs. Yeobright (Continued on pa^o 3.) L.I I o ti LITEliAKY SUPPLEMENT TO THE UBYSSEY January 31st, 1928 The Literary Supplement OF THE "Ubyssey »» ©Ijp Art nf Hbattpz Literary Editor:—Laurence Meredith. Issued whenever the Muse, visits the l'Diversity ol liritisli Columbia, CURTAIN lliivolot-k Kllis has said that groat writers are those "who have all gono lo tlif depths of their own souls unil thence brought to the surface and expressed audaciously or beautifully, pungent ly or poignantly-- intimate impulses anil emotions whieh, shocking as they may have seemed lit Ihe time, art* now seen le he those of un inlinile eoin pany of 1 heir fellow men and women," That this is tlie secret of any one who writes literature successfully, we do nol douhl; the ureal writer becomes "ureal" by being in the greatest possible decree "him- self." This applies even to the student contributions in this supplement. In so far as each contributor has expressed in his own fashion a thought or feeling that is intimately his own ho has expressed something whieh his fellow students think or feel hut which they lacked the courage or originality to write. The student who has gone through four years of university training without having acquired tho ability or ambition to give clear expression to his thoughts has missed one of the essentials) which that training was meant to give him. Everyone has some thought that is intimately his own and that are worth expressing. To make it live in words is ono of the joys of life. It is therefore without apology that we present this Literary Sup plement. QUO VADIMUS In these days of "one grand and glorious rush" there seems little room for quiet reflection, and owing to this our education is acquired more hy rote than reflection. We start the day at !> o'clock on a hasty round of lectures. In the Middle Ages education found its sanctuary in the cloister, and rightly so, but now it is transferod to a factory. In the mad round of undergraduate life it is impossible to gain that poise, dignity and serenity that marked out the educated man of the past. The man that can go through life with a dispassionate outlook, that can smile tolerantly upon his critics and has the ability lo accommodate himself in relation to his environment, is the really educated num. The man that succeeds in doing this is tho man that has really succeeded in life. It is not the amassing of stupendous fortunes which is real success, nor does failure necessarily end in the poorhou.se. People are too prone to rate h college career in the light of subsequent financial success. The University is tending more and more to becoming a technical college where a man may increase his earning capacity and escape the drudgery of apprenticeship. The graduate goes out into the world und finds it impossible to regulate himself to his environment, so he turns around und blames his University for not having better fitted liini for life. Hut the University is not to blame. It is the fault of the acre. The University, as a system, is beginning to crumble ami the lime is not fur off when there will no Inni'iT be a University in the true scn-e of the word. More and more is tlie College, as it is known on I his contiucn'. coming into prominence. These are different from the Universities in that thoy are mere "glorified high-schools," mere factories where knowledge is manufactured and distributed in "units." Its work is not mature, neither does it turn out mentally mature men and women. The University of the Cloister, where most of the education one received, wns through reflection, is passing. Reflection, at present, has bo place in this age and unless the University can educate the age towards reflection it is doomed, for it is this method of education which differentiates between the College and tin; University. Tf we cannot keep our head above the great tide of life we are lost. We graduate and plunge headlong into the mad struggling for existence When a man fails to keep tip. people point a reproachful finger at. the University. Hut it is the man who has failed, not the University. He has not gained the poise thai education should give a man. lie has not that aloofness, that point of view of the spectator while at the same linn* engaging in ihe struggle for existence, it is only this ntli tilde, this psychical viewpoint whieh separates the cdiiealeil man front the uneducated rabble that struggles blindly through the world. Ibanez places his slory In the sor dldties.H and squalor of the rag pickers' hovels In llellavista and Cuatro Cam- inos, outlying suburbs of old Madrid. It is (lie story of the teeming life of the slums of Madrid, and concerns the love and sorrows of Isldro Maltrana, a would-be journalist, and his youthful mistress, a young factory worker. II is impossible for Maltratia to rise. lie has Intelligence, and Intelligence lo achieve a mediocre fame, but he did not stui'i under favourable auspices. The sou of a chin woman and grand son of a rag picker, he cannot rise iiliov e his s• i■ x Ironnieiil, and. like (lor li>'s ehaiactcrs, Is a product of Ihe lower substratum. In his iioii'l. Iluiiie/. compares iln local and heaiillful Madrid. Ililed with the wealthy, as a gieai honllie In the ouler darkness round ahoiu, the ran pickers of the mill> Ing Candidas, llellavista and ('initio ('aminos, are wolves circling round and waiting for Ihe (Ire to go out. when the;, will seize their chance and rush lu and over power those at the fireside. It Ih a gruesome picture and represents Mm great social revolution which I banc, says is coming lu Spain, and which Im works for from Ihe security of his villa in the Riviera. Ibaiiez describes with avidity all (he horror and vlleness of the lives of the human riffraff of Madrid. Ills description of Feliciana's Illness, of her death, and the picture he draws of her body being used by the medical students for dlsectlng purposes, Is horrible and revolting, and does not arouse the least spark of pity for these underdogs, Nevertheless he Is an artist, an artist with a sure technique, Just as Cioya Is an artist, nut. Ibanez has distorted his art to suit his aim. Hits aim Is propaganda, and he has, like his contemporary, Perez Galdos, cultivated the novvl of propaganda. In •La Catedral," "El Intruso," "La Bodega," and especially In "La Horda," the story Is wholly subordinated to the end of religious, social or political propaiiganda. Nothing cheerful relieves the gloom of all these works. Me transfers to his pictures only gloom and misery, and bars all light and Joy. "La Horda" Is filled with depressing description. Ibanez's powers of vivid description are very great, but he uses this, not fo picture the beautiful and the great, but meanness and poverty In all its vlleness. Description follows description until nothing can be distinguished in the fog of sordldness. The hovel of Zar- athustra. an ancient rag-picker, Is described thus: "The storehouse exhaled a stench of dust, putrescent bones and rotten clothes, together with that Indefinable odor of old houses that have been shut up for a long time. A buzzing of pestiferous flies vl- brated In the dark Interior of the huts. Now and then a blue-bottle Hew near isldro, gloomy, poisonous, with metallic reflections and disgustingly swollen, as If It had been gorging Itself on a grave." Hut In the midst of all this Is a passage thai conies to Ihe reader like a bnalh of pure air. It Is the description of ihe expedition Maltrana makes with old Mosco, the poacher, Into the depths of iliv great forest, the royal preserve, the 101 Pllldo: "Nlghl was beginning lo fall The iwlllglil sky was of a purple shade; the dink hills that closed ihe horizon displayed im a hand ol dull gold Ihe black silhouette of the trees ou Midi summits A slur shone with tnilkv Ugh! through the soli twi- llghi tn Ih i. The slow melancholy hells of invisible flocks tinkled; dogs barked In Ihe gardens bordering (he road, cart wheels creaked In tho ills- lance; here and Ihere, Ilie windows of Ihe lllsllc dwellings scattered through ihe ploughflelds became lighted." lhancz is poetical here like all artistic natures are when witnessing a scene like this. Henley, in England, inspired by this same atmosphere, wrote his "Margarltae Sororl." Hul ihe fact that, although we are acute observers of Maltrana's life, we cannot live his life with him, proves the limitations of the artist in Wasco Ibanez. Description, however, does not make a novel. The author seems to have no idea of construction. There Is a certain amount of romance and realism in the story, combined In something like that extraordinary manner Conrad does, but Ihe construction Is straggling ln the extreme. The plot Is meagre and rarely conies to the foreground, and the ulterior alms of the social and political doctrinaire are glaringly obvious throughout. Ibanez's work, especially In "La Horda" shows that he Is htrongly influenced by Zola. Hut the general reading public of today have no liking for the extreme 'naturalism" of the French school; and the pictures of social degeneration, animalism, and even Insanity, couched In sonic novel form, find Ihelr rightful place in some clinical report. Through a study of Ibanez's eventful life we come to realize that his Invietivcness against some of his fellow countrymen Is not only because of their overbearing superiority over "La Horda." or the Mob; there is also a strong personal motive. What rankles in his breast Is the fact that while he is hailed abroad as Spain's foremost writer, In his own country he Is unrecognized. L. M. AUTUMN IX THE OKAXAUAN VALLK Y / wonder if sonieielien in Heaven Tin re an landscapi s icln n in October Tin- i/illoic of tin poplars shun,-: among flu get i n of the pi in s: . 1 ii n ty mental tripe I " When ye sit on a pin Tht yarns that ye spin About cause and Ihe like, It's ht;y indeed What's wrong wi' your heed Toe blame the wee spike!" January 31st, 1928 LITERARY SUPPLEMENT TO THE UBYSSEY 3 THE CELTIC SPIRIT There is an old Irish verso which says, "For dullness, the creeping Saxons, For beauty and amorousness, the Gaedhlls," And though this perhaps presents fundamental difference between the the case ln extremes, it expresses the stolid Anglo-Saxon and the sensitive Celt, It explains too, why the honest practical Britisher, having been lured Into a theatre to see the performance of an Irish poetic drama by an enthusiastic but misguided Little Theatre group, si is wondering what it Is all about, and comes oui wilh a feeling that ho has been cheated of his money, and an Impression Hint all Irishmen and Utile Theatres are mad. For there Is a great difference between the Anglo Huxon temperament and the Celtic temperament, and ihe Anglo-Saxon, before he can enjoy the body of poetry and drama produced by the Irish group of writers u( the turn of the twentieth century, must be at some pains to understand the Irishman—his nature, his history, his outlook on life. The group of writers mentioned, luadod by W. B. Yeats, and known ns the pools of the Celtic Renaissance, sought to revive an Irish national literature, not a patriotic literature alone, but one which should express the Irish tradition as district from Ilie English one. They went for their subjects back to the heroic age of Ireland's history when glorious pagan beings trod the earth. They wrote of Cuchelain the warrior, of Maeve (he passionate queen of Olsln and his wanderings, of Deirdre, whose beauty brought her sorrow and death. They revived the fairy-lore and folk-lore of the coantry side. They wrote of the Irish peasant and the Irish soil. And whatever they wrote about these things was always tempered by that strain of sadness and melancholy which seems peculiar to the Celtic outlook on life. The Irish, with their love of "beauty and amorousness," but with no practical turn for affairs have seemed always to be a downtrodden nation, the prey of some larger country, and this perhaps, aided by a natural tendency in their character, has given them their sensallve feeling for the sorrow of life. So the old legends are told with a note of In- finite regret that the grand pagan days of Ireland are gone. The struggle between paganism and Christian liy Is often touched upon, and shows thai paganism even yet calls with an alluring voice to ihe Irish soul. There me tales of Ihe fairy people, of ihelr power to lure niorlals lo death, and of ihe lullllty of the religion of Christ against their spells. The Irish pools, like all oilier poets, wrolo of nature, bill ihey were iiiiiactod by her snd iniHiils. the long grey twlllghls, sioriuy and rainy nights, melancholy autumn days, when the wind goes sighing ovei the bogland. Thoy saw behind the phenomena of nature a spirit, strange, lovely and sorrowful, inunll'esllng Itself in the moan of the devouring ocean and tho pale light of the wan ilerlng stars. All this shows an mil look on the world which Is not characteristic of tlie robust Anglo-Saxon. Yet there are times when even he must feel 'Ittle fluttering doubts In his Innermost heart (hat life Is really not the secure, complacent, highly-satisfactory thing It usually seems. Even ho at times will want something which Is out of his reach, and he will pause In pained wonder, nnd will perhaps lift his eyes to ihe stars, and take refuge In a world of dreams which lie creates for himself. It is In these moods of doubt and melancholy, and. futile dreaming that Irish poetry should be read. It Is fatal to read It after a hearty game of tennis, or a successful business deal In railway shares. Then it seems only "sickly," but read It In that mood when the mind is baffled by the inscrutability of the world, and It is weird and lovely beyond words, like a minor tune, thin and sweet, from a faery pipe. —A. T. WYATT Who has not ever seen a bird alone Among the newly leafing trees of spring, And heard its untrained voice begin lo sing Of joy and love, before its mate has flown Hack from Italian skies? Who has not gone Into the woods and listened, wondering If in Us magic notes it sought to bring Into the world a music of its own? So Wyatt singing in the days gone by Of love forsaken and of Italy, Of courtly pastimes and of courtly wrong, Touched the beginning:, of our English tongue- Till Spenser heard and sang his melody, And Shakspere's age burst into glorious song. E.V. Arcadian The lane stretched straight before us for over a mile, Its cool length shaded with the green light that sifted softly through the high vine hedges which, interspersed with Huffily green trees interlacing overhead In a fleecy canopy, bordered It. The trail itself, long untrodden by any human foot, was carpeted softly with a thick, green blanket of moss, whose subdued color added to the feeling of coolness and tranquility thut had taken possession of us as we entered the wood. This feeling had spread to the wild things of the forest, for as we walked slowly over the soft carpet of moss, which silenced our footsteps, we passed close to two deer, who looked at us in mild curiosity, entirely untilarmed by our quiet Intrusion. The silence of the wood was intensified by the subdued notes of a vesper sparrow, which was trilling softly snd plaintively some where In the hedge. The lacy green network overhead, sharply etched against the blue .sky, filtered the warm sunlight ami by some subtle transmutation changed It to a cool, restful green. This light subdued and quieted nil bold, sharp outlines and softened the rugged hole of an old oak that projected through the lieadge We found Ihe old farmhouse at last, hidden away In a wild Jungle of second growth maple mid spruce. After spending several hours In exploring deserted rooms and disturbing long-forgotten memories, we became alive to the fact that evening was rapidly approaching and that we had several miles to travel, the greater part through dense woods. Aa we reentered ihe lane we felt a subtle difference In the atmosphere. Tho sparkle seemed gone from the green light that pervaded It. The silence was still unbroken, but It contained an element of ominous suspense. It was no longer the silence of contentment and peace; It was, rather, as though the world were holding Its breath, awaiting a blow, but not knowing from whence it was to fall, or In what manner. Not a bird chirped, not a beast stirred, the ominous silence lay over everything like a depressing cloud. The still, motionless air seemed to draw out all the odors from tho wood, and t!u> atmosphere was heavy wilh the scents of tree and How or. It grew rapidly darker, until we could barely see our way along the path. Chancing lo look up, I stood still In aimizomoni, for liy some sirnng" trick of the falling light, every motionless leaf and twig over head was painted in silver and sll lioilelled against a sky black with piled up clouds A grove of poplar i a short distance along Ihe Ihiio stood like a group of silver statues, their arms slretched Imploringly to heaven, as though In louse and desperate sup plication ugiilnsi Ihey knew not what The feeling of suspense and of something impending look hold of us so strongly that our nerves became taut and strained, and we Instinctively lowered our voices and glanced apprehensively back over our shoulder.!. - I.K. Thomas Hardy (Continued from Page 1) turned away from her son's Closed Door; lt is the dominant tone of tlm whole story of Tess after her first error; 11 plays like lightning around Bath- shebu Everdene and that gay puppet. Sergeant Troy; with bitter force lt wings the stone cast at the dog after he has helped Fanny over tho ngonles of her Iubi Journey; It onvolopes llenchard and Wlnterhorne and Judo as with an atmosphere. And dually It is the driving power of the mighty enginery of The ItjiiuiHts. Turning to our lust point of similarity, we need not labour the old platitude thai creative genius tillers the most deeply significant things which Its generation has to say, and which, In (lie absence of genius, go unsaid. Every sort of creative power does this lu some way or other. But only to a very few men, Sophocles uud Slink spore among llioiu, Is It given to express their age with anything like completeness. These few have the great good link of being In such fundamental harmony with (heir lime thai It listens to them attentively, and In tacit but practical fashion ncknowl edges them us lis mouthpiece, Con- trarwlso, tho Ages of Pericles and of Elizabeth enjoyed the singular fortune of having an ample and worthy voice to speuk for them. And the later Victorian era, I.e., from 1860 on, may well be proud to despatch Into the future such plenipotentiaries us The Dynasts. it is hard to Imagine what product of these yeurs can possibly be regarded by the historian of 2100 A.D. as a more complete expression of their prevailing spirit. There can be no doubt, as we can already see, that this spirit has beeu mainly directed hy the doctrine of Evolution. Already we are getting used to thinking of the Universe as vastly older than our fathers felt it to be, and terribly more unimaginable. We are getting used to the idea of our development from "lower forms." We ure slowly and painfully but surely giving up "anthropomorphic conceptions" of the "First or Fundamental Cause." Perhaps, by the year 2100, these notions will have become either commonplace or absurd or merely irrelevant. But their Impact upon this generation has been Incalculable, they have turned our world of thought upside down, und consequently they and their infinite trains of corollary have provided us with the chief, almost the only things we have had to say. Hardy's Napoleonic drama, therefore, takes on a prime Importance; it says these things with what seems at present to be incomparable beauty and power. In his hands they have heen shaped into what appears to us one of the grout myths of the race. Tho Phantasmal Intelligences of the Over- world who act as controllers and showmen of the piece—the "Great Foresightless," "the Universal Sympathy of Human Nature," "the Spirits Ironic and Sinister"—these are for us what the Noras and Stropos wore to a fur-off past How their voices will sound to ears of the twenty-second century no one dare prophesy, but to our Inuring thoy certainly speak with a "curiously hypnotizing impressive- ness." Listen lo the Spirit of the Years, that "Passionless Insight of the Ages," chanting over the "prone and emaciated body" of Europe after Waterloo: Thus doth the Great Foresightless mechanize In blank entruuconiont now as evermore Its ceaseless tirtlstrlos in Circumstance Of curious stuff and braid, as just forthshown. Yet but ono flimsy riband of Its web Have we here watched In weaving— web Enorm, Whose furthest hem und selvage may extend To whore the roars and plashlngs of the flames Of earth-Invisible suns swell noisily, And onwards Into ghastly gulfs of sky, Where hideous presences c h u r n through the dark Monsters of magnitude without a shape, Hanging a in lit ilcp wells of nothingness. • * * t) Ininianeiice, That rcasonest not In putting forth all things begot, Thou bulld'osl Thy house In space for what? () Loveless, Hateless! past the sense Of kindly eyed benevolence, To what tune datieetli this Immense? • * * A man who can write verso like this, so we think, may safely abide time's question, A CITY CHARACTER-Ah Jim Late one evening last week I met un old friend. I had Just come out from the Y. M. C. A. and was hurrying down Cumble Street. It was raining in torrents, ruining as lt can do In Vancouver on a January evening. I was in the midst of dodging the puddles when I almost knocked over a small figure under a very large umbrella. \\ It was un enormous umbrella, quite us big us those the garbage men used to have lu the old days when they came uroviud In u horse uud wagon This umbrella was black und in a lopsided fashion covered a very small person Indeed I thought it wus a child al firsl till with a shrinking gesture li nn nod and hull' raised the umbrella Uiiilortioiilh was a tiny old luce, yellow and wrinkled like the shell ol it peanut, ll was a Chinaman and over his shoulder ho carried u bundle of washing done up In a dirty sheet. But the luce I seemed lo know where was It? Yes- It was uc- lually Ah Jim. Of course It wus. Even without seeing the luce, I should have recognized that hobbling gait- any where. It was two years now since I hud seen him, but he had not changed much In that time. He seemed ageless, like a little wrinkled buddha. I remember the llrst time I met him. I was sent to get his signature on a note. (1 was In the bank in those days.) He kept a laundry shop down Chinatown way. His place was on an olley back of Pender Street and running Into Abbott. It was a narrow, dark alley, with only one entrance from Abbott Street, The gutter ran down the centre and reflected the thin ribbon of sky above. The doorway of a Chinese rooming house was on one side of the alley entrance, while on the other there was a lunch counter kept by a Swede. The Swede has gone long ago, and the business changed hands several times. I particularly remember this because it was through Ah Jim really that the Swede moved, although he himself would never admit it. Ah Jim's laundry office was nearly at the end of the alley. You could never find it unless you were shown. I used to remember lt from the other little shops by the number of hyrogllphics hanging on the ribbon of canvas above the doorway. There were seven queer outlines, and it was the only one ln the alley that had that number. What they read, I could never find out. Ah Jim was always so mysterious. I asked him once and ho just grinned and said, "Me washee." But other sounds, queer mysterious Oriental sounds, went on behind the curtain in that back room. 1 myself and several other of Ah Jim's friends had to be content with a seat in the front ofllce, I have often wondered since where Ah Jim dried his clothes; certainly there was very little room ln that shop huddled away in the gloom of the alley. On my flrst visit I remember I was quite nervous. After having found the alloy, I kept my eye on the entrance as I walked up It. Queer noises came from out of the buildings on either side, and occasionally yellow faces appeared furtively. I was glad at last when I got to Ah Jim's shop. It seemed a long way from the street on that first trip; in reality it Is a few dozen yards. Ah Jim was deeply respectful, perhaps obsequious would be a better word. You see, to him I was the bank itself. Throughout my relations with him, he always treated me In this manner even when I came to see him when not on bank business. He also had a sneaking affection for me when he got lo know me well, but he used to try aud hide this In ways which at times were rather ludicrous. It wus on the third visit that I was Initiated Into Ah Jim's circle of friends. He asked me to take tea with him. We did not have It in the back room, as I hud hoped, but In the front olllce behind the counter. I shall nev* er forget flint afternoon. It seemed as If I were In a different world, The weird shadows In the semi-gloom of the shop, the low mumbling of a voice or voice* lu the room at the back, which occasionally broke Into a singsong chant; and opposite me huddled on a low leak wood tabarot, his voice rising anil falling, Ah Jim told me the story of his life It was a wonderful tale and seemed almost unreal at times, so romantic was It. It was a story of warm troplo seas, of pirate ships and open boats; of the moist gloom of rubber groves and Malayan forests, and of life and death, And his voice got lower and lower, and when he came to tell about the death of his Bon he was quite overcome and was silent for a long time. So long that I began to wonder if he had gone to sleep. It had become quite dark and the only light came from a dim flickering glimmer through the cracks of a stove ln the far corner ot the office. After a bit he seemed to master his emotion and continued. Some time in the future I will write this tale down, but for the present lt will have to wait. There are one or two questions which I must ask Ah Jim first. He never told me who killed his son, but from what I could make out it was to find the murderer that he came to Vancouver. I cannot be sure on this point, however, because towards the end of his story he became so worked up, and his English was almost unlntelligable. I once tried to question Ah Jim's cousin on the subject, but he knows even less English than Ah Jim, and a smiling "No savee' was all 1 could get from him. I saw Ah Jim several times after this, but he never mentioned his past again, and I suppose he wished to consider the matter closed. I once questioned the Swede from the corner lunch counter on the subject, for he was a frequent visitor to Ah Jim's, but he seemed quite Ignorant of the fact that Ah Jim ever hau a past at all. When I left the bank a little over two years ago, I saw no more of Ah Jim. I never went to see him again, and gradually I forgot about the little Chinaman. But meeting him as I did last week, brought back vividly my visits to his shop and the tragedy of his past. I would have spoken to him only he did not recognize me. When I went to speak he had already hurried on and disappeared into the rainy darkness, his little legs stumbling along under the huge umbrella and his load of washing. —L. M. WHOM OI.DUX TALKS T1IKKH BECKONS ( FltllM (}HUMAN OK IllUNt:) From olden tales there beckons With a pale white hand; There sings here and there rings here, The song of a spclldand, Where great flowers languish In golden evening-light And delicately glance there With bridal faces bright. Where all the trees murmur And like a chorus, sing, And splashing fountains loudly play, Antl like dance music, ring. And love melodies re-echo, As thou hast never heard, And thou art filh-il with longing, With wondrous sweetness stirred. Ah, could I journey thither And end my heart's long guest, A ml cost aside my torment, A nd fn e antl liupjiy rest! Ahl the bliss of that spell hind I often see in dream; Then comes Ihe morning sun light, It fades an empty gleam. ■M.fl. 4 LITERARY SUPPLEMENT TO THE UBYSSEY January 31st, 1928 Group Seven and the Nation At the Vancouver exhibition laat summer the Vancouver public was given the chance of saeing the work of a group of Canadian artists known as the "Group Seven." These artists claim, and they are supported by a section of the public, that they form the only real school of Canadian Art and that their work, being nationally inspired, is representative of the spirit of Canada. There has always been much conflicting opinion as to the nationality of art, both In tho realm of literature and the tine art ot painting. Hut how can lt be explained that scenes or Canada and Canadian life, painted by Canadian*, differ, as works of art, from pictures of England hy Englishmen, of Holland by Dutchmen, of the United NtatcH by Americans What then Is National Art? As Newton Me- Tavlsh says, "We speak ot Hrltlsh Art nnd French Art and Dutch Art. But how Is It determined that any art is British, or French, or Dutch? Is it Dutch because It 1b painted ln Holland hy Dutchmen? What would It be ir It were painted In Scotland by Chinese? Louis Hemon only lived ln Canada two brief years yet we will always feel his book to be akin to Canada. But the question arises whether the Qroup Seven, any more than say the Montreal Group, has accomplished tho extraordinary feat of establishing a school of art ln Canada. But art Is universal and lt la hard to forget this, Many of our greatest artlstB and the lasting Impressions on art in Canada that they have made, have come from Europe, from Great Britain or the United States. The Group Seven- it self, has three who were born in Great Britain, Nevertheless their work is full ot vigor. It is dignified and dynamic and at times masterly. Amidst the general clash, however, it is dlfll- cut to descrlminate, or to perceive among the works of art, especially the pictorial and plastic arta, whether t. daflnltely national note is struck. Although the Group Seven have struck a new note, this is not conlined to Canada and appears elsewhere. The time Is not ripe when they can be judged as representing the nation. A truly national work ot art "must possess some quality that elicits sympathy antl receives the admiration of a great mass of the people of the country ln which it was produced." As Mr. Me- Tavlsh says in closing his book; "Later on in the clear, though subdued light of the after glow, that note and that spirit may be estimated at their true value. Meantime we can only wonder whether thoy may yet resound, and still resound, until they can bo recognized and accepted as veritable interpretations of national characteristics." Coupled with the name "Group Seven" wo hear tho namo "Algonquin Park." This, us far us It is associated with the Toronto painters, means any portion of the wilds of Norlliorn Ontario. It is there thut the Group Seven went to point Their work has (uken on the characteristics of this country; great rocks In the midst of strange lakes, smull rivers, snow- strewn wastes and forests of pine and spruce, and skies full of giant clouds Mown ubout by the sharp biting winds Hint blow out of the North. It wus the Arts and Letters Cluh ol' Toronto which llrst conduct! Its efforts ns a club to painting In "Algonquin Park." ln the midst of this group suddenly uppenretl an obscure young artist, Tom Thomson, who showed an entirely new and original artistic talent and style. His work was filled with brilliant colour, and a free dashing treatment. Thomson opened up u new land, primeval and virgin, His work aroused immediate Interest and other artists followed in his wake up Into the Northern wilds. In the midst of this, in May, 1017, Thomson was drowned In Algonquin Park. This meant more than is realized to art in Canada, for if ever a Canadian art should arise It will he to Thomson that artists will look hack as the founder. It was he who disproved for ever that Canadian scenery Is unsuitable for painting. Thus it is claimed that the Group Seven Is the centre of tho Canadian School of Art. In 1920, as an outcome of Thomson's Influence antl that of Algonquin Park the Group was announced with its present name. Its original members were La wren Harris, A. G. Jackson, Franklin Curmichael, Frank Johnston, Arthur Llsmer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and F, Horsman Var- ley. Frank Johnston, shortly after tho Group's formation, dropped out but the members st ill continued to be known as the Seven. ♦"The Fine Arts In Canada," by Newton McTavlsh, Toronto. The Mac- Millan Company, 1925, —L.M. Book Reviews THE HOUSE OF FULFILMENT. By L. Adams Beck. In this book Mrs. Beck has tried to cram into the confines of a novel her knowledge of theosophy. The result is confusion in the extreme. The plot Is meagre. It Is the story of a young painter who goes up into Kashmir to paint. He stays with some people who are theosophists and is finally converted to theosophy. Mrs. Beck has evidently read deeply in theosophical literatures; she may oven be a follower of that sect, but there is no reason why she should clothe such a subject under the guise of a novel. TWENTIETH CENTURY ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES. Ed. by William A. J. Archbold. MA., I.LIS. (Longmans, Green) This Interesting volume contains a series of representative essays of such men as Arthur Lymons, Viscount Haldane, Sir Walter Raleigh, George Santayana, Austin Dobson, Earl Balfour, Richard Aldington, Arthur Clutton-Brock antl others, The editor has selected the essays so as to show the main literary directions in which we are moving. This book is ono of the ablest books giving a bird's-eye view of contemporary literature, published in recent years. "CASTE", A novel by Cosmo Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton paints a vivid picture of the potency and racial prejudice in Americe, A young American girl, a member of one of the oldest families ln the country, falls ln love with the son of an aristocratic American Jew. Despite tholr love and the consent of both families, the union Is broken Anally by the hitter prejudice of both Americans and Jews In New York, "NIGGER HEAVEN." liy Carl v„n Voehton. A decidedly new tale of New York's Harlem, vividly presented. The author gives a novel intpoct of the racial queHtIon In New York, MOUK LrtJtmtATInNX "thu»ia sunt omnia," Sightd de Spino:.u. " lies sunt i in pi a t)h souls non rule inpla! 0 mores, 0 temporal" Sighed de Spino:a. THE REVOLT OF ASIA By UPTON CLOSE The most we can say of this book by Mr. Washington Joseph Hall, or to call him by his pseudonym, "Upton Close," is that it might be considered very good "copy" for one of Mr. Hearst's papers. He writes with tin Jerky, nervous style of the journalist, chuckling all the while over his great "scoop" in foretelling tho doom of the British Kmplre. In parts It Is almost equal to ono ot those journals sent out. by the authorities at Moscow or Leningrad. Mr. Hall falls Into the same error which nearly, If not all. the writers on the Chinese and Asiatic situation do- He starts with a fixed bias In his head, and either hy distortion or elimination makes all Ids lads conform lo his Idea. ThrouiAi a con versa!ion with an insignificant Scotch civil servant in an Indian railway car riage, lie generalizes on the whole British rule In India. He says that since the strike In Hong Kong thnt city has been doomed. We smile at Mr. Hall's passages on the overwhelming greatness of his country, hut we cannot condemn what, in a Britisher, would be considered bad taste and obnoxious, Is one of the foremost characteristics of his countrymen. It is only on China that Mr. Hall can speak with authority: Ills knowledge of the rest of Asia Is culled from a hurried tour "a la Cook" round the southern fringe of Asia. Tho grave and menacing problem between the two worlds which the writer points out, Is Indisputably apparent, but let us hope Ihat for all his Cassandra-like prognostications he has proved a worse prophet than ho has an author. Random Remarks (Continued from Page 1) recently been published by Ernest Benn in two volumes, This biography from all reports Is even more popular ln England than that of Walter Page. Lady Bell's brilliant personality attracts her readers on every page. This biography follows logically after those two recent publications ou the work of Col. T. E. Lawrenca in Arabia. It was through Lady Bell's work among the Arabians that much ot Lawrence's work was made possible and it Is to her that the British Government owes a large measure ot Its success with thu Arabians, • * « I see that Derail has published Mr. II. (I. Wells' book "Meanwhile." Lovers of Wells will probably pay their I2.no and gel the book; but I think It is one of his worst hooks. The piece de resistance Is (he recent British coal strike. It is full of propaganda written in u very Journalistic manner. There are several passagus tilled with Mr. Wells' humour, but (hey are too few and far between. • * * It Is curious lo note the flood of biographies on the market. It seems to be tho fashion at the present time among the literary world to write a biography. Would-be biographers ure rushing into print and all those who have ever written a biography aro ressurrectlng it again from the bottom shelf for a re-printing. The private lives of men of all stations from Barbusso's "Jesus" to a biography of Calvin Collldge are up for sale. • * * "A booklet about John Ersklne has been Issued by his publishers, the Bobbs-Merrill Company. It contains a recent, radio speech of Mr. Ersklne in which he explains what he is trying to do in his books. He is interested, he says, in a special kind of story and particular group ot ideas. These ideas he dramatized ln "Helen of Troy," in "Galahad" and In "Adam and Eve." Believing that the novel should convey a universal appeal, a general truth about life, he lays the scenes of his stories in a universal time nnd place—Sparta, Camelot, Eden, of which the reader well already have some imaginery picture so that description is unnecessary. The story being projected in universal terms, the conduct of his characters can follow universal laws of morality, rather than the fashion of any age. He uses old stories because they contain noble characters who must have faced the same problems that we face. By such means he conveys a general picture of human nature." The Book Review Digest. December Issue. « « « Mnhatma Ghandhi, writing in his own weekly Journal "Young India," assails Katharine Mayo's "Mother India" (Harcourt, Brace) a book that has excited International attention, but admits that "the substance underlying the many allegations" cannot be repudiated "The hook is cleverly and powerfully written," he observes. "The carefully chosen quotations give it. the appearance of a truthful hook, but Ihe Impression it loaves on my mind Is, that It Is the report of a drain inspector sent out with the one purpose of opening and examining the drains of the country to he reported upon, or to give a graphic description of the stench exuded hy the opened drains .... ". . , . In her hurry to see everything Indian in a bad light, she has not only taken the liberty with my writings, but she has not thought It necessary even to verify through me certain things ascribed hy her or others to me, ". . . . Whilst I consider the book to be unfit to be placed before Americans antl Englishmen (for lt can do no good to them), lt is a book that every Indian can read with somo degree of profit. We may repudiate the charge as It has been framed by her, but. we mny not repudiate the substance underlying the many allegations she bus made." Katherine Mansfield's Journal On reading Katherlne Mansfield's Journal (published ln 1927—four years after her death—by her husband, J Middleton Murry), one asks: How did this woman manage to remain unbeaten by hor depressing encounters with pain and vulgarity? The answer, to be found ln the Journal Itself, is twofold. First, there is the genius in Katherlne Mansfield that found profit in even ugly experiences, and secondly there Is the all-saving sense of humor in the woman, which, she says, "I have found of use every single occasion of my life," Had Ihat life been less harsh, had the genius In Katherlne Mansfield been given a nobler set of Impressions upon which to build—hud the music In her soul been given the right inspiration It Is probable that more ol her poetic Interpretations of the beautiful, sometimes expressed In her Journal, would have enriched Ihe world's store of artistic verse. But tlie poetry she longed (o write was turned roughly Into prose by unsympathetic necessity — by an urgent need for money which demanded that Miss Mauslleld's artistic experiences be placed at once lu I heir most Ilrm and concise form— the short story. Sympathy and regret are aroused tor this woman, who, with the sensitive nature of a poet, had to perform, utterly against her will, such paltry and uninspiring menial tusks us going to "buy the bacon" or to "pay the bills," lor which her money was not always sulllclent. And when these ugly little obstacles blur the spiritual light she sought, it is little wonder that Katherlne Mansfield, "natural and spontaneous"—easily influenced to violent moods, declares bitterly, "life is a hateful business." Disgust and rebellion seize her as sho encounters again the Intensely ugly wallpaper, the noises and smells, and the insolent foreign waiters in the necessarily cheap strange hotels she almost always inhabits. Sometimes, unwittingly, almost despairingly, she gives herself up to the coarse and the ugly, resignedly admitting that one may as well accept these things, not being able to have "the perfect other things" (poets and flowers and trees) she so ardently desires, Usually, however, she Is saved from revolt or Ignoble resignation by her Inimitable sense of humor. The "stinginess" of the French arouses her ridicule—"their gardens are veritable salad-bowls"—and she longs to stand a pound of "best English butter" on the window-sill and watch It slowly melt, ln defiance of them. Mutton is a favourite subject for mirth. Once, when dreams of her absent husband have reached almost poetic heights, expression Ih suddenly, she amusingly writes, "drowned by the smell of roast muttlng"; at another time the buttonhole of a rather passe-looking man ln n faded photograph reminds her of a coil of mutton-fat. Her student life at Queen's College, London, Is recorded, from humorous snatches of memory, in the Journal. There her mind had been "like a squirrel gathering treasure." But her only recollections of lectures are those times when she disagreed with her professors, who are delightfully caricatured by her vivid wit, Like other youthful "moderns,'1 Katherlne Mansfield delights ln laughing at Queen Victoria (who, she says, reminds her of a baby in a frilled bonnet, having "the same air of false resignation, the same mournful, regal plumpness")—and the Victorian Age. Of the many funny little verses in the Journal, one, entitled "A Victorian Idyll," Is a very witty interpretation of the over-crowded air of a Nineteenth Century parlour. So much for her humor, of which the Journal provides ample examples. It helped her to escape the crude "Inevitables" of lire. But when Katharine Mansfield treats of more beautiful experiences, when tho poetry she loves finds voice, both ridicule and derision are forgotten. Then, white the leans over bridges or gates wonderlngly at the evening sky, "the world Is exceedingly lovely," she decides, and she gets "h mlnuto and delicate Joy out or watching people and things." Healthy, ordinary people she loved; and ihe loved animals—her own sick little kitten or tho hungry dog on the street. Physical pain seldom left Katherlne Mansfield during the Journal years, and her sensitive mind was shocked by the ugliness of perpetual doctors' examinations, the fear of being unable to complete her self-appointed work of writing, and the dread of what the aftermath of her disease might be;—• these things haunted her and weakened her spiritual resistance. Often, with the agony Intense and her hand too weak to write—with her mind tortured by fear—she records In the Journal "a day spent in Hell." The profound struggles of her mind and soul In the face of the blasting forces, are set down in this, her private note-book. Torn by a pathetic desire to exert her will-power over external difficulties ln order that, In spite of physical weakness, her work may be completed, she considers herself as actually sinning as long as she remains idle. She derides herself: "Look at the stories that wait and wait Just at the threshold. Why don't I let them ln? And their places would be taken by others that are lurking beyond- just waiting for the chance." In her sense of duty, then, Katherlne Mansfield longs to clear the weeds from the garden of her mind that she may see life with "truth,' and interpret It ln her stories with devout "humbleness." "I must try to write simply, fully, freely—from my heart," she says, and worries that "there seems to be some bad old pride in my heart—a root of It that puts out a thick shoot on the slightest provocation." And, after all, in her desire to overcome the misfortunes of environment and ill-health—to humble herself completely—she prays that she may be able "to write something that will be worthy of that rising moon, that pale light. To bo simple enough, as one would be simple before God." A. L. W. If 1 should dii so 1 vi rily In Hi Holing u man ■/ Tl ol nflir illl Hn Thut indii \\7i tears hod run would grit a . • ll / should hn fur fours und uutrs l.ilii a Iri i , it In n 1 nubs ari li'tr i Tl uugh 1 w> n graii, unit shorn of ■ .7/1 ((;/'// 1 know that -ihe would curt. If all in a slrugglt ,\\ conn to naught And m\\i druitns in tislns In , Tl ough 1 should (all in nuisihss night Her lovi ivm Id follow nn . S.S Books of the Year The "Spectator" in a retrospect of the hooks of the year mentions the following: WAR: "The War Crisis" by Winston Churchill. "The Revolt in the Desert" by T. E. Lawrance. "The Letters of Gertrude Bell." "Field Marshall Sir Henry Wilson: His Life and Diary" by Major-Gen, Sir C E. Callwell. "The Truth About Jutland" hy Admiral Harper. BIOGRAPHY: "The Life of King Edward VII." by Sir Sidney Lee. "Queen Mary" by Kathleen Woodward "Napoleon" by Ernll Ludwig. "Bismarck" by Emit Ludwig. "Disraeli" by Andre Maurois. "Cavour" by Maurice Paleologue. "Turgenlov" by A. Yarmollnsky. "Life and Letters of Joseph Conrad" by Jean Aubrey. "The Journals of Katherlne Mansfield " "Sir Arthur Sullivan" by Herbert Sullivan. Diary of Lady Frederick Cavendish" edited by John Bailey. "Diary of a Country Parson," vol. 3, by John Beresford. VARIED INTEREST: "Law, Life and Letters" by Lord Birkenhead. "The Book of Marriage" by Count. Hermann Keyserllng. "Mother India" hy Katherlne Mayo. "industry and Polities" by Sir Alfred Mond. RELIGION: "Tho Impatience of a Parson" hy Rev. H, L. Sheppiird. "The Church In the World" hy Dean Inge of St. Paul's "I Believe Iii (iiiii" hy Minnie Hoyden. "Selected Letters" hy Baroii Frledrlch von Hugel. FICTION: "High! off Ihe Map" by C K, Montague. "Spanish Farm" hy ll II, Mottrnm. "Hed Sky At Morning" hy Margaret Kennedy. "The old Countess" by Anne Douglas Sedgwick. "The World of William Cllssold" by II. 0. Wells "Meanwhile" hy II. (1. Wells, "Hanging Johnny" hy Myrtle Johnson, "Jew Suns, and The Ugly Duckling" by Lion Feuchtwanger. POETRY: "Requiem" by Humbert Wolfe. "The Dark Breed" by F. R, Hlgglns. "The Charm of Birds" by Lord Grey of Failodon. January 31st. 1928 THE IIRYSSEY :* MIDNIGHT ORGY GLASS PART1KB aro getting hotter and hotter. Inspired hy Arts 30's "Hula Innovation" the Frosh have decided to go one better. The above pboto waa taken at the rehearsal and depicts the main act of the presentation. Bobbed Hair Bandit SOCIETY LEADERS prepares for High Jinks. Above is teen Miss Tilly Moron, prominent Arts '28 belle, trying on the costume she will wear at High Jinks. It is a Parisian creation of pink flannel and blue canvas and will probably have an enormous influence on the styles ot the coming season. English Professor Admits Great Scandal True details of the recent and much- discussed strike in the English department were bared in Monday's sensational confession of the Head of the Department. While hundreds sat in horror, he dramatically disclosed how the English professors, goaded Into frenzy by an orgy of Christmas exams, stormed his office like a horde of mutineers breaking into the captain's cabin on a pirate ship. He modestly demonstrated how he, a sturdy Hlueiiosc skipper, had repulsed their attack. With appropriate gestures he dem onsitrated his fencing powers, and how lie, had borne the striker's points with ills old ward. And how with his famous blade "ec^e slgnum" he smote the rogue In buckram plus-fours who attacked him on the left, piercing his doublet In fifty-seven places. The rest he speedily disposed of by thumping their chests, twisting their noses, and pulling their ears, The whole fifteen of them, fled, but not until he had brained the leader with a weighty English 2 theme. Two of them are still hiding in the top of the Science Building. His most terrifying ordeal, however, was the attack of the female members of the department. They were armed with revolvers and carried little kegs of powder. Shutting their eyes they took careful aim and fired. Their bullets, however, missed their mark, and when he threatened to fire the shooters, they departed screaming. As pointed out by Dr, Sedgewick the moral of this story Is "Never believe a lie until you hear a good one." Humour-spreaders please notice, NEW NECKWEAR Juat In trom England. STRIPES ARE THE THINQ. Droit In snd look them over. Prion i Si.SO $2.00 TABLOID Old Master Unearthed in Common Room TURPIN BROS., LTD. /♦fen's Outfitters 629 GRANVILLE ST. -€? $ **"*^bfcinlllVaOfii™T ^1Vif- ^V SH>UP *""* AN OLD MASTER recently discovered In the Lower Men's Common Room, where It was being used as a notice board. Experts state that it Is a genuine V.a.rley and is worth 1600,000.00. It is at present undergoing a process of restoration with Old Dutch Cleanser and Lysol, but will eventually b,e hung In the Library. CHEATS NOOSE THE FEATURE EDITOR ot the "Ubyssey" who threatens to go on strike unless given a more substantial salary. "My present salary of 110,001) per annum Is barely sufficient to pay the costs of my libel suits and to buy 'College Humour,'" he states, "unless I get at least twice that I shall accept a very advantageous offer from the "Bisector." HEART BALM HIS WORSHIP Mayor "Big Bill" Thompson, who is visiting Vancouver l'oi* the purpose of promoting better relations between Chicago and the British Empire. He says he admires Vancouver, but misses the sounds of bombs and machine guns. "Big Bill" is the man who recently gave such generous donations to the British- Israel Association. 4 > Nize Baby "■/"■■-' ' ^ AV : 'iaV;/ v^x *v£;.v;-> I ■.-.ll I ■ ■■^'"" • *•'*".'•. ---n-*-' ctV---i-r Infill Svfiy EARLY HOURS are nothing to these two members of the Canadian Rugby team who aro seen above training hard for the next game. Every morning they are on the field by 8.50 and practice strenuously till five to nine. "The harder II is, the better we like It," say these sturdy athletes. THE CAFETERIA iniiiiiigeinent has Just secured the services of the above mogul io carry nutrition to hungry students. He has made unite a hit with the Freshettes und has already re ceived twenty-three Invitations to the Leap Year Ball, Suicide Pact! VARSITY ATHLETES are getting Into form for the Arta '20 Relay. Above atv pictured two of the hopes of the Seniors who are out to win. Their programme of training includes a 100-yard dash after a bus each morning, a three-hour rest period In lectures, a two-hour grind in the revolving doors of the Library and finally tea in the Caf. $10,000 BLAZE LIT. HEAD PROBED EXCITING SCENES were witnessed whon the Science Building caught flro yesterday. Joyful students assembled from all over the campus but unfortunately the Idiot shown above extinguished the blaze. Tough luck! Try again. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT occurred on the Lily Pond during the holidays when a prominent member of Arts '.ID attempted to skate. Our photographer caught him in tht* culminating act of his exhibition. THE LATEST photo of the Litany Editor He Is shown getting the brain wave that resulted In the Litany Supplement. HIGH JINX EXPOSED Death Car IIushcs are too tame for Mr, Verdant Sapp of Arts '81. Being forced to attend 8,46 a.m. lectures, he has lilt upon the vehicle pictured above. He Ik becoming the terror of tho traffic cops, three of whom he has run down already, "The chief advantage of my chariot," says Mr. Sapp, "Is that I have no gas bills. The horses feed on the boulevards and drink from the lily pond, while at night I take them to bed with me." You wilt And It beet to outfit her* whsthsr It be SOCKS, SHIRTS, TIES OR PYJAMAS you nsed- Ws hiivs ob- Ulnsd tht latest, and although tho nswsst, tho prices are reesonabte. "Everything For the Mtn" "Your Boiom Friamd" Gold's Haberdashery "The Little Shop Around th* Corn**" 686 ROBSON ST. AUDITORIUM tr\\ Corner 1W1 Georgia and Denman Most Beautiful Ballroom In Canada PUBLIC DANCE EVERY SATURDAY 9 to IK p.m Admission, SO Cents. Auditorium now available for Private Dances and Balls, Concerts, Lectures, Banquets, Etc. NOTHINO TOO LARGK NOTHINO TOO SMALL 15c. Lunch ! READY TO GRAB, WHILE CHANGING FROM 8TREET CAR TO BUS. Sasamat electric Bakery Sasamat and 10th IIIOIl JINKS is far-famed as a very mysterious orgy but at last we have obtained a genuine photograph of the proceeding*). The above picture shows a cruel Senior forcing an innocent Freshette to submit to unbelievable I Indignities. ^^^Mi4HH>*H'*l^«*M>*f*l>*f*l''t>4HH^H» | Students' I Pictures for the New Year Bridgman'sjj Studio 413 Granville St. !1 l|l U (il TT P V O Cl T" V TT JANUABY 31ST, 1928 tt l^wnilaa tfampaitQ $ New Felt HATS For Misses The "Collegian", a lovely soft (elt with braid trimming and rhincttone pin. The "Triumph of the Season." $7.95 - -Floor Three, H.B.C. i******8 VAN BROS. •>-CIDERS-i- Ideal for Dancet and Parties. Prompt Delivery VAN BROS. LTD. 1985 Commercial Drive Phons, High. 90 tfegg McLeod's Barber Shop 562 Dunsmuir Street (Pacific Stage Depot) Where Students Meet .ii.iHii.,..i I llllll | HHii.1 Illllll i Commodore £afe Delicious Meals. Courteous Servloe •:• DANCING •:• 872 Granville Street >•**. The Gables Tea Room Near the Playing Field TEAS - LIGHT LUNCHES - SUPPERS Home Cook ing. Prlcus Moderate. f.TZZ Everything For Your Valentine Party The Stationery Department 1b well equipped with all the essentials for making your party an unqualified success. There are/ fancy hats, aprons, cut-outs, seals and decorative papers, eta, besides fancy noise makers for dances and home parties-- alao table decorations and favors. Dennison's party magazine for January and February is now on sale and is filled with many helpful suggestions for spring parties. Price, each 26o Heart Cut-outs 2 for 26c Heart Seal©— Packet 10c Valentine Aprons—Each .... 2So Valentine Capa—Dozen .... $1,00 and $1.50 Plaoe Cards—Dozen 60c Valentine Invitation*—Dor.. 35c and 60c Nut Cup Favors—Dozen 75c and $1.00 •lowouta—I Km. 60s and $1.00 Noieemakera—Do/. 35c. to $1,00 Deooratad Plaoe favors— Kaeh at 20c Stationary Dept., Main Floor A David Spencer LIMITED Normals Defeat Intermediate "A" Varsity's Intermediate A men's toam lost to the Normals 26-14, on Saturday night at Normal Gym. Tbe Normals had the best of It all through, the game being a ragged exhibition ot basketball, The Normals were working very smoothly and passing and displayed hotter combination all round, The dear teachers got away to an early lead and were ahead at half- time hy 14-0. In the second hnlf Varsity did better, Chapman especially finding the basket with two pretty shots from center floor. Varsily could not work the ball In and practically all their scores were the result of Individual efforts, The Normals were working very nmootly and had thoy not muffed several easy cltimcf-H under the basket, tho score would have beon much larger than It was, The game was clean, with only one person called lu the second half. VARSITY ICEMEN BOW TO EX-KINGS On Thursday last, Varsity Intermediate icemen met their old rival, Ex- King George and lost, score 1-0. As the league had already decided to give the title to King Oeorge, this game waa of no account, other than a fine exhibition of hockey, As varsity has been knocked out of the Junior series, three Junior men took part In the struggle. Doth sides fought hard antl the game ,ias a close ono, but during the third session a King George man quickened things up by netting a counter, Several Bcrlmmages In front of the goals showed up the leather gaiters of the goal-tenderR to fine advantage. Another game with Ex-KIng Oeorge may follow, but the official season for Varsity Ice-hockey is ended. The teams have shown up well thla year, and there Is no reason why Ice-hockey should not soon be one of the most Important sports at U.B.C. VERDANT ONES NOTE Before Arts 31'a great day of lottery arrives and they await Dame Fortune's pleasure as she pairs them off on February 2nd, a fow thlnga must he attended to. Among these, one of the most important is that of claas fees, Every momber of Arts ','U is required to pay his or her fee before 5 o'clock to-day in order to be eligible for the draw. Only those who go In the draw will be able to attend the party—so the moral Is, pay the fees Immediately, The draw will take place in the Auditorium on Thursday, February 2, at three o'clock, If at all possible, or even if Impossible the Frosh should turn out and let tho rest of the University see that they are an "up-to- the-mlnute" class, and know how to put on a successful dance. Meralomas Direct Funeral for Frosh I'laiiitK at Stralhcona Park Saturday, the Frosh Rugby team went, to their funeral to Ihe illrj-e of HO, The Meraloma "H" team acfltiK as the pallbearers. The Freshmen did not give up the Khoat until the last "amen," and the result might have been different tf fate had not been against them. The pick lor tbe victims were: Ktlpatrlck, Cleveland, NViiHon and Thompson. KICKERS KAYOED BY HUSKY CHURCHMEN On Saturday the first soccer bowed beforo the strong St. Andrews eleven by a score of 6-1. Varsity played well in the first half and came close to scoring mnny times. St. Andrews did not soem to be able to get moving nn account of the Varsity half backs holding the opposing forwards In cheek. Cy. Manning was especially noticeable In breaking up the rushen of St. Andrews. End to end play was the order with neither team having an advantage. In Ihe Merotul stanzii Ht, Andrew's chunked their line-up. The difference wiif soon noticeable for within nine iiiiliiuieH ihey were three goals up. Varsity attacked with renewed vigor hut eon lit not succeed In finding the net before Ht, Andrews added a fourth goal Varsity pressed hard and Al Teild drove home the lone iiuiiili r fur Varsity. St. Andrews eiiiiie hack wilh u fifth goal leaving Ilie full time score at Ii-1. ' FOUND l.ailv's Arts A's class pin In Capilnl Theatre about two weeks ago. Owner may receive same by applying to J llarkiH'ss Artsmen Arrange for Peppy Smoker The Arts Smoker is to be held on Saturday evening, February 18th, in the IrlHh Fusilier's Hall. Members of the ArtB executive may be seen almost any day in profound meditation upon the evening's program. The stars of the boxing club arc shadow boxing daily while their trainers blow clouds of tobacco smoke around them. All tho sons ot Nippon lu tho University are chuckling grimly at the thought of the Freshmen who will try a hand at ju-Jitsu, Male members of tho musical society are practicing day and night to bring their part of the program to tho highest point nf perfection, special attention being paid to finish and technique. Professors aro practising a new line or stories on their patient families, Corn cobs have taken a rise for three points on the Missouri stock exchange aud tobacco growing in the Okanagan Is progressing with renewed vigor. Tlie executive claim that everything Is to be paid for from a ticket sale at titty cents fori one but lt Is said that a substantial contribution Is being made by the Mother's Anti-Tobacco League of the United States. —«•* — THE OLD STORY The Junior footballers were beaten last Saturday by the Ex-Alexandras to the tune of 3—0. The goalie, McGregor, saved some good shots. The backs were not as safe as usual. The half-line worked hard, all through the game. In the forward-line Evans was probably the best; however he could not score. The line-up was: McGregor, goal; Fernlund, Stafford, backs; Landfer- son, Mitchell, McKenzie, halves; Wright, McKellar, Dawe, Evans, England in the forward line. FROSH SOCCER LOSES Playing against the strong Sunny- side aggregation the Freshmen went, down to a 7-1 defeat at Trimble Park on Saturday. With two men from the rooters section, who gallantly came forward to fill the gaps left by absentees, the Frosh held their own fairly well in the flrst period, but were broken up by the repeated rushes of the Hunnyside forwards in the second half, allowing the score to pile up against them. INTERMEDIATE "B" DEFEeVTROYALS Varsity's fast stepping Intermediate n Hoop team took a close game from Westminster Y on Saturday on the Y'o floor. A free shot by Jack Strelght with the score tied at 17-all, gave the game to Varsity in the last hnlf-mlnttte of play. There was little scoring in the first half, the count at the Interval being 7-4 for Varsity, Both teams were checking hard and allowing few openings. The teams battled on even terms all through the second half right up to the whistle. Strelght with 10 points was the best for Varsity. This win strengthens Varsity's position at the top of the league. Varaity: Nicholson 6, Williams 2, Horton, Coltart, Vandevoort, Strelght 1, Anderson and Cairns, -*•• BASKETBALL FORECAST This week the Senior "A" basketball team plays two games which have an Important bearing on the league standing. On Wednesday night, at 9 o'clock, Varsity meets the league leading Adanacs at the Royal City Arena. The Collegian hoopsters must win this game to get Into the play offs, as at present there are three teams tied for first place and two for second. On Saturday nlghl the Seniors will play the Rowing Club at i> o'clock In the Normal Gym. This game will be preceedeil by two matches with Victoria College learns, and will be followed by a basketball dance from H> 10 12 o'clock. «*♦ GEOLOGY GRADUATES Al ihe request of ii mining company In Northern Khoilesla, ihe mimes of (lie graduates In ueology from this University have been sent in iluni by Ueiiu Hrock. •«►» RUGBY CLUB^ MEETING There will be a meeting of 'he Rugby club on Thursdny next at noon in Applied Science 100 and all members are urged to be present, Important matters will be discussed. All senior men are expected to turn out every noon hour for a run until further notice. This Is vital. TURF MEN LOSE TO CRUSADERS Playing with a weakened line-up ou Saturday afternoon, the Varsity grans hockey team lost its tilt with the Crusaders at Connaught Park by a 2-5 count, Starting out with only ten men, Varsity was unfortunate to lose their speedy forward, Syd Clarke, who had to be taken to the hospital. Along with Birch he had been making some good wing attacks, until the ball bounded off his head and put him out of tho running, about half way through the first verse. This left Varsity with only three forwards, and accordingly Crusaders piled up a 3-0 score. Varsity, however, scored Its first goal as a result of a well-placed cross by Dharml; antl before the period was over Preston made the count 3-2 In the second chukker the collegians made some brilliant rushes but could not get past the Crusader's goal-mind- er. At the other end, Gould was getting plenty of work, and after a penalty corner, one of the Crusaders bulged the net with a slzzler. One more goal put an end to the scoring, and the final whistle blew with both teams working hard. BATTLEDORISTS DEFEAT ALL-COMERS The feather game scheduled for B team last Saturday night did not come off, but A team made its way to a 16-9 victory over West End. In both the ladies* and men's doubles Varsity was victorious, Misses Pound and Lyle walking away with tbe best scores for the ladies, and MacFarlane and Noble for the men. In the mixed doubles Miss Lyle again starred, she and Sparks winning three out of four gam Sparks winning 3 out of 4 games. STUDIO CLUB A meeting of the Studio Club will be held this Thursday evening at the home of Dr. A. F. B. Clark, 6037 Maple street. Members should catch the 8.00 o'clock Marpole tram from the Davie street station and get off nt Strath- cona East. - «•>« SKATING CLUB The Skating Club will meet on Wednesday ln Arta 105 to prepare the term program of events. All Interested are Invited to attend. P. I. P. A. Oregon State College— Corvallis, Jan. 27th (P.I.P.)—Whistling popular tunes to call a friend has gained wide popularity on the campus among the co-eds. Each group of girls has Its own particular whistle considered "private property" ot that group. 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