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0 # c *■■-> THE UBYSSEY Vol. XLIV. VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1961 No. 51 $cott to dole STILI, displaying their victory grins, the newly-elected winners of lhe AMS second slate elections are shown in a congratulatory handshake. They are, from left, Doug Stewart, new Co-ordinator of Activities; First Vice-President Eric Ricker, who won by acclamation; and Treasurer-elect Malcolm Scott. Queens bed-pushers now kings of spreading college sport ' OTTAWA (CUP) —r Queen's University students passed the 550 mile mark and appeared headed for a 1,000 mile record late Tuesday in a- revised edition of the bed-push. The students had completed more than 250 laps around a 2.2 mile course well-within the city limits of Kingston. They were forced to use the short course after Ontario Provincial Police refused to let them push their bed over highways — the usual .bed-push course. • The Queen's Journal said the list for pushing fill ed until Wed- UCG honors club members University Clubs Committee has announced the winners of this year's UCC awards for club members who have made extra- Ordinary contributions to campus activities. Winners are: Ken Benson, Law II; Lorenne Gordon, Arts IV; Rudy Jalbert, Pharmacy II; Laurie Moss, Arts IV; Malcolm Ssott, Commerce III; Arpad Toth, Arts II. nesday midnight and all day Friday. It seems likely the paper said, that the push may continue for the rest of the week, or until the team reaches the 1,000 mile mark. The bed-pushing craze has swept Canadian universities following a 42 mile push from the border to UBC by members of the Intellectual Stunt Committee. So far, at least 10 universities have held: or indicated they will hold bed pushes- Recent developments include: • a push by McMaster University—100 miles over railroad tracks to the University, where they are pushing the bed around their quarter-mile track and intend to continue until they have beaten the Queens mark. • a 301 mile push last week by Acadia University to beat the 105 mile record of University of Western Ontario. • a 345 mile push by Dalhousie students from Antigonish to Halifax to Wolfville and back to Halifax. • a push from Quebec to 'VTontreal by McGill • and a sprint push from Montreal to Ottawa to Cornwall and "back to Montreal by Sir Forester's sap runs fust Arts _._- . 48.3% Med. ■___._'. 7.4 Commerce 59.0 Axch. : 8.8 Aggies 64.7 Grad. 10.8 Educ. _ . ... 35.1 Home Ec. 77.2 Engineering __ 53.7 Law ... 33.4 FORESTRY —129.0 P.E. _. ^_. 50.0 Nurses -1- 40.6 Pharmacy .. 76.7 Soc, Work 22.0 TOTAL of 4800 aim miola 50.5% George Williams students. The Sir George students are interested in keeping^ a 10 mile per hour pace, to beat the nine mile per hour speed record claimed by University of Western Ontario. Earlier Waterloo university students had questioned the validity of University of Western Ontario's speed claim, but Western replied with the following poem: Waterloo officials weep and wail They scream and shout and loud assail But their protests to no avail Western pushed long past the dawn Nine miles per hour we rest upon. Arts-Science exec, nominations open Nominations have opened for the first slate of candidates for both the Arts and Science Undergraduate Societies. Positions to be filled are president, secretary and treasurer. Nominations should be submitted to Box 64 in the AMS offices or to the ASUS office, Bu. 115, where election rules are posted. Nominations close at 4 p.m. February 20; at which time, nominations for vice-presidents, executive members, USC representatives, publicity chairmen, and AWS representatives an|i Science executive will open. Nominations for these positions close February 27. JFirst slate elections will be held February 24 and second slate on March 2. Library cards wiR be used for.; identification. Ubyssey columnist is AMS Treasurer Doug Stewart wins Co-ordinator race By IAN BROWN In a lightning-fast count Wednesday night, just fifteen minutes after the vote for Co-ordinator had been recorded, Ubyssey columnist Malcolm Scott was declared new AMS Treasurer. To the tumultous applause of- the assembled vote-counters, officials, candidates and friends, Scott moved jubilantly from group to group, shaking hands and receiving congratulations. The count was 103*3 for Scott, 1369 for Dean Feltham. "It's a surprise result," Scott said. "I was expecting about a :en percent difference, either way." Asked to comment on his victory, he said: 'I made no promises during the campaign, and I'll make none now, except that I'll do the best job I can." STEWART ELECTED .In the three-cornered race for Co-ordinator, Doug Stewart romped home an easy winner with 2199 votes to 732 for Kyle Mitchell and 427 for Al Ferguson'. When a stunned Stewart v«s declared elected and surrounded by a crowd of well-wishers, at 8:10 p.m., his only comment was "Whewwwww!" "I am very pleased and surprised," he said Li an interview later. "I thought it would have been mucti closer." "I would like to thank all the people who voted for me," he said, "and I will try to give them the support that was given me." The referendum on the proposed Arfs-Science split, the first vote to be counted, passed hands down by 3,000 to 282, with 99 spoiled ballots. TOTAL VOTE In this slate, 3428 students voted, compared with 4736 in the first slate last week. Experts consider this a very good turnout, especially since the major position, of First Vice- President, went to Eric Ricker by acclamation. Elected on the first slate were Alan Cornwall as President, Pat Glenn as Second Vice-President, and Lynn McDonald as secretary. Council will be completed by 17 undergraduate society presidents (including the president of the new Science Undergraduate Society). Undergrad society elections must be held within two weeks, according to the AMS constitution. Only Frosh, Social Work and Nursing are exempt. They elect their presidents in the Fall. Redshirt fist probes frosh pres. proboscis By COLEMAN ROMALIS The UBC Redshirts continued their celebration of Engineering Week by breaking tlfe nose of the Frosh president, Wednesday morning. At 11:30 a.m. about a dozen Engineers entered the office of the Frosh Undergraduate Society, and asked the freshmen to present their AMS cards for inspection, Frosh President Bob McConnell told The Ubyssey. When the frosh protested, the Engineers grabbeu one of them and threw a rOpe around his body. At this point, McConnell came to his defence, and in the ensuing scuffle had his nose broken by one of the Engineers. "While I was looking the other way, one of the Engineers hauled off and slugged me." McConnell said. McConnell at first didn't realize that his nose was broken, but was advised to go to Wesbrook Hospital. He was later sent to Vancouver General Hospital for treatment, where he an- nonced that the Eegineering Undergraduate Society would receive any medical bills. When asked if ihe EUS would- pay McConnell's medical bills, President Bob Noble said: "The matter will have to be investi-. gated." He refused to comment further. In other Engineering action on campus Wednesday, two fake Chicago-style gangland murders were perpetrated, to the horror and amusement of onlookers. As a crowd filed into Brock for a folk song concert, a student wearing a red Engineer sweater ran* down the East Mall, pursued by a number of cars. When he was in front" of Brock Hall, another student leaned out of the window of one of the cars, and fired blanks at the back of his fleeing cohort. The victim threw himself into the shrubbery in front of Brock, and the cars screeched to a halt. The "corpse" was retrieved by a group dressed in trenchcoats, who tossed him into the back of a station wagon. Engineering President Noble disclaimed all knowledge of the incident. "I don't know anything about it, he said, "I've been at the Commodore all day, decorating for the, dance." Page Two - THE UBYSSEY Authorized as second class mail by Post Office Department, Ottawa MEMBER CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Published three times weekly throughout the University year in Vancouver by the Publications Board of the Alma Mater Society, University of B.C. Editorial opinions expressed are those of the Editorial "Board of the Ubyssey and not necessarily those of the the Alma Mater Society or the University of B.C. TELEPHONES: CA 4-3242, locals 12 (news desk), 13 (critics- sports ), 14 (Editor-in-Chief), 15, 6 (business offices). Editor-in-Chief: Fred Fletcher Managing Editor Roger McAfee News Editor Denis Stanley Associate Editors . . . Ian Brown, Ed Lavalle Photography Editor Byron Hender Senior Editor Ann Pickard •' Sports Editor Mike Hunter Critics Editor Dave Bromige CUP Editor Bob Hendrickson 1 Layout: Clarence Buhr and John Bonenfant NEWS- Coleman Romalis, Sharon McKinnon, Susanne Clarke, Diane Grennall, George Railton, Ruth Robertson, Stu McLaughlin, Frank Findenigg. . SPORTS: Bert MacKinnon, Pete Gelin, Chris Fahrni, Dieter Urban, Ron Kydd. , „ , TECHNICAL: Pam Buhr, Gail Neff, Sharon Rodney, Dorothy Raisbeck, Kitty Watt, Fred Jones. Academic symposium Ubyssey proposes Responding to tihe challenge issued by Rod Dobell in his guest editorial in Tuesday's issue, The Ubyssey herewith presents its proposals for the improvement of Academic Sym- .posium: • Give the composition of the selection committee a broader base, perhaps by including some Student Councillors and a representative^ of the Faculty. This would result in less likelihood of personal standards entering into the selection of process. Selection criteria would be more standardized. The selection process should not be handled by the Academic Symposium committee, but rather by a group constituted by the committee, consisting only partly of committee members. • Selection of delegates by this group should be, if possible, on the recommendation of Faculty members -who knew the qualifications of the students involved. More effort should be made to publicize the symposium through faculty members. • Set a flexible limit of about 15 on the number of repeaters; this figure to include committee memers. • Investigate the possibility of having more, rather than fewer, students attend the symposium. Perhaps more than one symposium could be held. • Make greater efforts to ensure that the interest of the campus at large is focused on academic questions at the time of the Symposium. This might be accomplished by printing articles in The Ubyssey on key academic questions in the weeks prior to the Symposium. Efforts on the part of The Ubyssey to accomplish this end could succeed only with the full co-operation of the Academic Symposium committee. This proposal could be carried further by the printing of a four-page Academic Symposium oi the paper, to be inserted in a regular Ubyssey in the week following Academic Symposium. The Ubyssey found Stself in possession of sufficient material to, produce such an edition following this year's symposium. (This, despite the fact that The Ubyssey had some trouble in arranging for competent coverage of the symposium.) The financial position of the Publications Board was the only thing that prevented The Ubyssey from attempting such a project this year. We just couldn't afford it. If such, a publication were produced, it would go a long way toward spreading the value of the symposium outward to the campus at large. These are our proposals. We hope that Mr. Dobell finds them worth considering. Equal rights The Intellectual Stunt Committee has proven that women are not the only ones who can carry on a campaign for equal rights. It is becoming more and more apparent that the female of today desires something more than complete equality with the male. What she wants, in fact, is superiority. She wishes to retain the special privileges accorded a weaker sex while appropriating the rights of a stronger sex. ISC struck at a sore spot with its courageous "sit-in" demonstration Friday, protesting the banning of males from the Mildred Brock Lounge. This is rank discrimination, since there is no men's common room. We hope that this demonstration will arouse public opinion sufficiently to force the powers-that-be to rectify this distressing situation. THE UBYSSEY Thursday, February 16, 1961 Letters to the Editor Science Pride Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir; In your edition of Tuesday, February 14, Mr. Peter Penz ■ presumed to have the answer to the Arts-Science split. As one who played a small part in the formation of the Science Undergraduate Society, I would like to point out that the reason for the split was not that the former Arts and Science Undergraduate Society was too large. Neither was it the result of the distance between the buildings used by the two groups. Ratner, it was a move to express the autonomy of the Science students and to establish themselves as a distinct - student group, bearing in mind the following objects: 1) to correlate the activities of the Various science organizations. 2) to promote relations between professional scientists and students. 3) to sponsor a series of events of interest to all students. 4) to represent Science students in student affairs. However, Mr. Penz was right in stating that he know of several persons both willing and able to take over the executive duties of the new organization. Yours truly, — BOB HOYE, III GEOPHYSICS Frosh Farce The Editor, Ubyssey, Dear Sir: The Frosh Undergraduate Society has shown in a most deplorable way that they are not able to carry any responsibility. Thanks to them the Inter-Faculty Song Festival was turned into a farce. The following points support this rather well. 1) No control at the door. Last minute decision to charge admission. 2) Little or no publicity, Most people not directly participating did not know this event was coming up. In fact the faculty of Education had been led to believe that the festival was cancelled .- 3) Complete disregard for the rules set up. Engineers-Nurses entry was told half an hour before start that the group would be disqualified if it was larger than 20. Consequently 2 members had to withdraw. Education was awarded the cup although their group had 24 members. 4) .failing to supply an adjudicator, as required by the rules. As a substitute we were given the prive- lege of being judged by a crowd of hissing arts- men, too complacent to enter a group of their own from their small faculty of 4500 members. The Cnalrman (a FROSH) even asked those standing in the corridors (too cheap to pay adnvssion I suppose) to cast a vote. Most of these last men- ioned seemed to take their task so serious that they voted twice; once for the "Frosh" entry and then ior iiie "Education" entry. He (the chairman) handled the counting himself, of course. How could a freshman make a mistake in counting, if only a few votes separated first and second place. We wanted to enter this competition on fair grounds. We wanted to be judged by a competent authority. That's why we practised for four weeks. For a popularity contest we wouldn't have needed any pract'se at all; all we would have had.to do was stack the meeting. I hope that this will serve as a warning to the U.C.C. not to give the Frosh responsibility of this kind in the future. This is a very mild way of expressing the disgust I, and I am sure most of the others that were in the competition, have for the bungling Frosh. — PETER HERKE ENGINEERING III Filmsoc Sorry Editor, The Ubyssey, Dear Sir: On behalf of the Film Society I would like to apologize to all who were inconvenienced by the technical difficulties on Tuesday evening. I am assured by technical staff that -the trouble has been rectified. Yours Abjectly, MALCOLM G. SCOTT, Treasurer UBC Film Society FIVE-THIRTY CLUB By IAN BROWN As I was saying last week when I was so rudely edited, it's nice to be back among all these smiling faces again. Some of the smiles, however, appear to be getting rather fixed — a sign that the strain is beginning to tell. One detail your eagle-eye reporter noticed immediately — the number of ashtrays on Council table has increased from two (last September) to six. This not only proves that Councillors' nerves are fraying; it makes me nervous too. How come Russ Robinson can afford to smoke and I can't? ■- " Something tells me, though, that these ashtrays will be in full use for the next few weeks, what with the new Council coming along on March 6th to look and learn, and a whopping great backlog of business to get through before then. There's the new Student Union building, for instance. A start wds made on this Monday night, when Ross Craigie presented Council with Administration's idea of what should be built. (Yes, I thought they were ignoring us too.) These plans call for a winter sports arena, consisting of a hockey rink and a curling rink, north of the War Memorial Gym; and a two-story building On D- parking lot housing cafeteria space on the ground floor, and lounges or what-have you upstairs. This building to be designed so that it is expandable up, sideways, or, presumably, down. The total cost of all this would be uncomfortable close to one million dollars. Administration is reportedly willing to put up $250,000, and the students would have to supply the rest. Council is meeting specially today to take a closer look at this proposal and to decide what to do about it. V v ~r ■ The subject of discipline provoked the most long-drawn discussion of the evening. The Discipline Committee, meeting last week to discuss the recommendations i of the Pears Report on Student Discipline, recommended to Council that the Student Court be re-constituted under the University Act. The main reason for this recommendation is that Student Court at present is an insufficient deterrent because it "has no teeth." The AMS and its dependent committees come legally under the Societies Act at present, and this Act prohibits the laying of a fine greater than $5. The only other way to penalize a member is to withdraw his AMS privileges; there is no happy medium between these extremes. By constituting the Court under the University Act, Council could increase the maximum amounts of fines, but would lose control over the decisions of the Court. There is also a danger that Faculty Council would have more influence over it than it has at present. Just to complicate matters, two members of the Law Undergraduate Society come along to propose that all members of Student Court and the Discipline Committee be drawn in future from the Law faculty. Their main reason for this request was that as various activities are to be farmed out, under the new system, to the different US Councils, they were the logical people for this job. Council generally didn't go for this, as it would localize an organization that they felt should have a wider representation of interests on campus. That solved the problem of "who"; the . question of "how" was referred to a committee for further study. WITHOUT PREJUDICE VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 SEX INVESTIGATED Our loss Americas victory Students from the UBC Law Faculty lost their case in a Seattle Moot Court in November but won a point for Canadian independence. At the annual Moot Court, held November 4th, last year, the UBC team was arguing that U.S. anti-trust laws could be applied extraterratorially to Canadian firms—actually subsidiaries of U.S. firms. The U.S. team from the University of Washington Law stopped at the Canadian border, eyen if their capital investment didn't. The American team, Henry Haas and Walter Howe, of the University of Washington Law School, made a motioa for dismissal of the case, the Cana- Radio Patents Case, fer want of jurisdiction on the part of the American Court. POOL BROKEN The action as brought in this court, was aimed at breaking up a patent pool between certain electronics companies in Canada—so moeh so as to provoke comment by Minister of Jostice Fulton while visiting in New York. The U.S. team successfully argued the want of jurisdiction of the American Courts in respect to Canadian Corporations, regardless of whether they are 85%, Americanowned. The Canadian team, Brad Crawford and John Howard, vigorously argued the American case but despite their meritous efforts failed to exceed their American counterparts. THE BENCH The bench composed of Mr. Graham, a Seattle lawrer, Prof. L. V. Rieke, of the Washington law school faculty and Mr. John Flackett of the UBC Law School Faculty, did not offer an opinion on the law involved — the decision, delivered by Graham, was based on debating standards. The 45 law students, wives and faculty members including Dean Curtis, were hosted on tour of the King County Jails and the Seattle Court House, the day ending with a dance at Seattle's Windsor Hotel, following the Moot and Dinner. Students all agreed it was an interesting day but after viewing the facilities at the county jail were on guard (booze wise) so as not to re-visit that estab- - in another capacity. CANADA vs U.S.—Members of opposing debating teams take time out to talkt it over. Bright boy: $17 a week ■ Were lawyers to advertise for articled students today, the wording would be substantially similar to the words in the following poem by Waldheim. It must be noted, however, that wages paid to articled students in most offices, is eight dollars per week more than amount offered at end of poem. HELP WANTED A law firm commanding Position of standing Require a general clerk— A man who's admitted To practice, and fitted to handle diversified work; Must know the proceedings- relating to pleadings, The way of preparing a brief; Must argue with unction For writs of injunction AS well as for legal relief. Must form corporations And hold consultations, Assuming a dignified mien; Should read each decision And legal provision Wherever the same may be seen. Must analyze cases And get at their basis, Should never be idle or slow; Must manifest learning In all things concerning The matters referred to below: Attachments and trials, Specific denials, Demurrers, replies and complaints Disbursements, expenses And partial defenses, Ejectments, replevins, distraints; Estoppels, restrictions, Constructive evictions, Agreements implied and express, Accountings, partitions, Estates and /Commissio.ns, Incumberances, fraud and duress. Above are essentials, The best of credentials, required - and handsome physique; Make prompt application, Will pay compensation J Of seventeen dollars a week. I By Franklin Waldheim ,-- ., - . i Ts&SlK SecosrZ Y*** Tit f St 9 Y#6R EVOLUTION THE ARTIST'S conception of the changes in the average law student, which is brought about by the rigours of the intensive case reading and taking part in moots. AG. conducts personal survey The result of a recent resolution at a university meeting has aroused a lot of speculation, hopeful and despairing and, needless to say, more than average curiosity. Aloysius G. Barge, affectionately known around the law school as AG, decided to investigate sex attitudes and practices at UBC, in an effort to determine the veracity of the now notorious resolution, to wit: "Resolved that Chastity is iutmoded." There were very few dissenters when the vote was taken. AG, among others was secret- — ly delighted by the results of i senter whom he describes as a this resolution. By his own ex perience, he nad come to believe there was only one possible answer to such a resolution. AG by his own admission was "aroused", his curiosity, that is. He at once decided to discover the real sentiments on this issue for himself. This would be best achieved by a personal survey of the Student Body. THE VOTERS Among the first interviewed on the resolution were some who admitted voting at the meeting. AG was a little disconcerted because almost without exception they admitted voting in. favour of the resolution, but confessed that they were really voting in favour of the manner in which the supporters of this resolution presented their case. Efforts by the resourceful AG to find out what they themselves felt about the resolution was frustrated by evasions and AG quotes a few: "Its none of your business.", "I favour chastity.", "You can't carry chastity too far.", "You can carry chastity too far!" exclaimed a bold one who wished to remain anonymous. INDIGNANT One bright foggy day AG wandered into the Cafeteria. He had been following a lovely pair, of shoes and that's where they walked. He spotted . a group of of girls talking rather indignantly about the good food. AG, ever on the alert to make personal contacts with girls on the campus, made discreet inquiries of this charming group. They decried the newspapers as scandal mongers, and vowed that they would not rest until chastity had been put in its proper place. Their parting words were: "We won't take this lying down!" TEACHERS Undaunted AG, embarked on faculty interviews and he first came across a group of educa Voice in the Wlderness." When he questioned her on her views about the resolution she confessed that she would rather be "chased than chaste". Although she refused to reveal her identity she reluctantly agreed to give some vital statistics, "28- 28-28." A-FREUD AG came away from the Social Work faculty a little bewildered by the language used there and although the students interviewed were very cooperative, the results were inconclusive. There was a lot of talk about sex being the key to all the problems of society and that even though many of Freud's theories vhad been rejected, this one persisted. AG's venture into the subconscious of these students was not entirely frustrated however, because one of the students did express a short and printable answer, "chastity in the context of the resolution may be an unhealthy symptom." The engineers, of course, voted unanimously in favour of sex. AG agreed with this heartily, but hastened to sound them out on the resolution, to which they queried, "What's this chastity bit?" PURITY FINE The medicine men, and or women were very matter of fact about their opinions on sex as being a natural and normal part of everyday life and saw no reason why it should get any publicity at all. They refused to enter into any discussion on the resolution particularly on the merits or otherwise of chastity. Only one expressed an opinion, "Purity is fine in the operating room!" AG's personal research staff in the Law School were the hardest hit of all because they had to find the law, once it had been established that the meeting had been properly constituted. After several weeks of looking for a precendent AG's <-"»"»- u\,iuij^ a. giuu{j ui ciALH.n- « •»- " — — --*-—--•- **x_* >j tion students. They proved to dedicated staff reported, "There Urt ...... «««« M;++„i 3 is no law nn rhncH-H^ qo cuoli " be very noncommittal and some of them wanted to know what "chastity" meant. When it was disclosed that in the context of the resolution, it alluded to sexual purity, they became even more non-committal. One of the bolder ones expressed the opinion that everyone should be taught the "ABCs" of sex. On his way over to the Social Work Faculty AG met one dis is no law on chastity as such.' However, AG revealed that there is a presumption of chastity of unmarried women, but this did not prove the truth or untruth of the resolution. One of the sub-committees on the Criminal Code, reported that, "Chastity is not a crime." AG, not wanting to leave any (Continued on p. 4) See SEX Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Should A Lawyer Defc His dutyt;lodefend not to judge guilt By A. E. BRANCA, Q.C. Very frequently a layman asks himself the question, "How Dan counsel defend a person whom they know is guilty of an offence with which he is charged. . .This question not only perplexes laymen, but perplexes many lawyers who are not engaged in the practice of criminal law and who are therefore not acquainted with the professional ethics that guide one who understands such a defence. •There is not a branch of the jidi^kinistration of law which is more noble, more precious and more rewarding to experienced counsel than the defence of our fellowmen' charged with violations of, the law and who if found guilty may be punished by imprisonment -or otherwise. After many years' experience I adhere rigidly to the school of thought that creates a duty upon all counsel whose services are sought to lend his efforts to the defence in question. The question is— "Suppose a man rapes and kills an eight year old child. He approaches counsel, admits the rape, and wants counsel to defend him?" The facts are so meagre that it would be quite impossible to trace through the law applicable to such a case because many surrounding circumstances that might be the groundwork of a successful defence are not enunciated. However, the question can be answered generally as follows. It is one of the fundamental principles of the administration of our criminal law in this country that a person is presumed to be innocent of all crime. Closely allied to this presumption is another that is intrinsically embedded in the common aw of our country and that is that this presumption is never displaced unless a body of evidence is adduced in any one particular case which proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the offender is guilty. In other words, the presumption of innocence always weighs the scale down in favour of an accused and he is presumed to be innocent until such time that the evidence piled onto the other scale not only balances the same, but definitely weighs it down in favour of a verdict of guilt. Now the question of guilt or innocence is a question that presents itself for determination to a Court or to a Judge and jury. If the matter goes to a Court then that Court as a judge:of law and fact must decide whether or not the presumption of innocence is displaced and whether or not, if so^ the proof offered bears that degree of certainty which proves guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. If it is submitted to a;Judge and jury, then the Judge must outline the law to the jury and the jury must make this determination of fact. Normally speaking, if A kills B it may appear to the laymen's mind that A being the killer is guilty of murder. The offender himself may believe that he is guilty. He may tell the counsel that this is so but, it may not be so, and for counsel to decide that it is even if the instructions given to him by the offender would indicate that that is so, would be for counsel to usurp the runction of either the Court or a Judge and jury. * * * The question of guilt or innocence is effected by many legal problems. For example, take the case of murder. A defence that may arise upon the evidence that is offered is that of insanity. It may be that of self- defence or provocation or drunkeness, the latter three of which may provide defences or partial defences so that, for example, in a case of murder rather than the evidence warranting a verdict of murder it may ^warrant a vedict of manslaughter, or one of acquittal. Again, in addition to the possible defences aforesaid and as an alternative or in addition thereto, the Crown may find it difficult to make out a case by reason of the inability of the Crown to prove the voluntary nature of a confession upon which it depends greatly in order to warrant a verdict of guilt. It may involve a delicate question of corroboration which may be essential in the case being investigated or it may depend upon circumstantial evidence. Circumstantial evidence is of a peculiar nature and normally speaking before a conviction is warranted upon evidence of this nature, the circumstances from which the conclusion is drawn must be fully established arid the facts should be consistent with that hypothesis. The circumstances should be of a conclusive nature or ten dency and they should to a degree of moral certainty actually exclude every hypothesis but the one proposition to be proved. To enunciate these tests is to show at once the inadvisa- bility of defence counsel arriving at a conclusion of guilt from any instructions that the client may give to him. * * * Again very delicate questions regarding identification of the offender may be in issue and there are, of course, many other problems which may arise and which may so colour the evidence that as a matter of law it would be unsafe to rest a conviction upon the evidence [offered in any one case, -. The writer's experience in the field of crime, having regard to the many cases that he has defended over a period of 35 years in which he felt that a jury would convict, but which in fact a jury did not convict, has persuaded the writer that the most unsafe thing in the world a defence counsel could do is to arrive at a conclusion that his client is guilty of any offence, upon his review of the evidence I contend •. strongly that it is the duty of defence counsel not to judge the case Which presents itself for solution. His function is not to judge that case, but rather to .defend the case to the utmost of his ability and to attack it honestly, honourably and fearlessly and to take advantage of any and all weaknesses that may present themselves in the evidence offered by the Crown and if that evidence falls below the standard required at law to convict, then to put every effort into the case in order to avoid that verdict, bearing in mind at all times that while he owes a duty to his client, he works in a temple of justice, and that he likewise owes a duty to the Court to be frank and honest. * * * Defence counsel best discharges these duties when he is oblivious of his belief in the guilt or innocence of his client and addresses himself to the problem that offers itself for Grand Moot: No costs in Supreme Court of UBC The 'moot* was originally a popular court deriving its authority from customary law of the people and not from the King. In Anglo-Saxon England, the Hundred Moot and the County, or Shire Moot were the two most important courts in the country. However, it is not in this sense that the word 'moot' is applied to the cases argued by law students at UBC today. Around the end of the Twelfth Century, the centre of the law student's life was the Inns of Court which, in time, acquired a roughly uniform construction, governed by 'benchers', legal education being conducted by 'readers'. The students, or apprentices, were divided into ' stratified groups of which "utter barristers' were of the most notable class. It was these stu dents who were allowed to argue in mock trials and moots which were staged for the instruction of students. These moots were considered so important they were sometimes recorded in the old law reports. "A MOOT POINT" Nowadays, the word 'moot' is used to. refer to questions, which give scope for argument. Therefore, a moot point is one which is unsettled and over which there may be argument, and a moot case is one which seeks to settle such a question. The questions posed for the UBC law student may either theoretical or may be given on facts of an already decided case. In case it be thought by 'non-law' readers that the law is a settled and straightforward body of rules and legislation, may it be said that there is no shortage of moot points and moot cases to be argued at UBC today, as is evidenced by the almost nightly 'moot courts' conducted in the classrooms of the law school during both fall and spring terms. The moot programme at UBC began in 1945 when the school was established, to give students practice in arguing cases before a judge or judges, just as would be done in a Court. There is a moot assigned to every student in the school, second and third year students arguing in the fall term, and first year students arguing after Christmas. MOOT CLIMAX ~ The Grand Moot, climax of the year's mooting events, is argued in the spring term by four third year students who are, chosen by a; competitfoff, from among their classmates on the basis of marks received for their compulsory second and third year moots. The best of these four is awarded the "" Allan S. Gregory Memorial Prize which was first awarded in 1957 and was set up by the firm of Ladner, Downs, Ladner, Locke, Clark, and Lenor, of Vancouver, in honour of the late Col. Allan S. Gregory, a young member of the B.C. Bar who showed great promise in the field of counsel work before his tragic death in 1955. This year's Grand Moot was argued Feb. 1, before Chief Justice A. C. Des Bris- ay, Justice A. M. Manson, A. J. Cowan, Q.C, Treasurer of the B:C. Association, Mr. L.St. M. Du Moulin, Q.C, and Mr. R F. ¥. Heuston, visiting p-o- fessor ^rom Oxford. Counsel for thfe Moot were Lawrence :St Goulet, Lawrence W. Beadle, Anne M. N. Givins, and Joseph J. Oman. L. S. Goulet was awarded the Allan S. Gregory Memorial Prize. STATEME Laymen have often asl "Guilty" clients. This ques: both by the profession and In a effort to limit the posed the following propos community of Vancouver. Suppse a man rapes and to his lawyed that he did it against him and the lawyei he can get him off. What sibilities? (TO HIS CLIEN Angelo E. Branca, QC. couver Bar, present the la- "criminal" practice and is speak on this issue. Paul St. Pierre, Associa sents the layman's side. 1 rights by inclination, and fession is extremely well q solution, bearing in mind guilt must be established act ing to law, and as one famous judge has put it " better that nine guilty mer cape than one innocent should be convicted." All crimes are defined in Criminal Code. Norma speaking, one is.charged in terms of the section whic violated, and the evidence must apply itself in proof oi constituent ingredients of section which creates the cr A short analysis of one as of the crime of murder serve to illustrate the trei dous difficulties that woul< present if counsel were to 1 an opinion as to the guilt o: client. The crime of homicide in A GROUP OF LAW STUD volumes of Emily Post's for forthcoming Law Ball Law Ball i of UBC's Law students, like the o pictured above, have discard their law books in favor more frivolous literatu to prepare for tne highligh their social year. This is the Law Ball. It will be again held in Hotel Vancouver Ballroom February 24 from 9.00 p.m. into the wee hours. This I is sponsored by the Law dergratduate Society in c junction with the Vanco^j. Bar Association. February 16, 1961 THE UBYSSEY Page Three id The "Guilty n OF CASE fezs how they could defend :rves the fullest consideration immunity at large. E discussion of this topic we two prominent members of 8-year-old girl and he admits is only a circumstantial case that with a vigorous defence .awyer's professional respon- TO THE COMMUNITY.) ninent member of the Van- ide. Mr. Branca has a large ceptionally well qualified to r of the Vancouver Sun, pre- Pierre, a champion of civil aperman and writer by pro- to present the laymen's side. Lawyers too have duty to community By PAUL ST. PIERRE "A man attacks and kills an eight-year-old girl. He admits to his lawyer that he is guilty of the crime. The lawyer knows that the case against the man is circumstantial and that he can probably win an acquittal with a very strong defence. What are the obligations of the lawyer to his client and to the community its aspects is defined as caus- ; the death, of a person by any !ans whatsoever, direct or inr ect. Homicide is then deed as culpable, in which ant at law it is classified her as murder, or manslaugh- . It is culpable, that is to say her murder or manslaughter, lere the death is Caused by ■ans Of an unlawful act. *. * * A: true consideratiftn of the :ts present in any case then uld have to disclose whether ith was caused by any means, ^ther direct or indirect, and this portion of the definition satisfied by reasonably cer- n evidence, 'then the next ge of the investigation is (Continued on page 4) See BRANCA The obligation of the lawyer to his client seems clear enough. What can he do except defend this or any other client to the limit of the law? To adopt any other course obliges the lawyer to assume some of the duties of judge and jury, which are not properly his. Indeed, it could well be argued that the client cannot properly know nor say that he is guilty of a crime, that there is no crime, no guilt, until a properly constituted court so rules. But the duty of the lawyer to his community is another matter and I suggest it is not performed merely by his conducting a proper defence. The lawyer is also a citizen. He must know that there is here a failure in our system of law and order. At the proper time, it is his duty to sponsor or at least support alterations in that system so that there will be less likelihood of another failure. I do not advance the statement that there is here a failure of the system of law and order as an allegation but as a repetition of stated fact. It is explicit in ^he stated case on which this article is based that there has been an unjustified killing, that the accused is the man who did it and that possibly, even probably, society in this case will place on effective restraint upon him to prevent him killing again. * * * The law appears again in a posture which to many laymen seems all too familiar, It is scrupulous in its protection of the rights of one man but apparently unconscious of the rights of the vast majority of law-abiding citizens who look to the law to protect them from wrongdoers. Possibly this stated case was chosen to offer an advantage to a layman in this argument. It is what court reporters call simply a dirty case. It stirs repugnance in normal men, it offers an easy avenue for an appeal to emotion and a call for vengeance. But neither vengeance nor the principle of punishment need be introduced in this matter. It can and should be considered solely on the basis of the protection of the general public. On this basis the case seems singularly appropriate. Attacks upon children by mentally deranged men (and this slaying is in this class) are frequent. Con viction are not. Attacks upon children are difficult to prove. The law, after all, is weighted on the side of adult. witnesses. We see the result of shortcomings of the law all about us. The charges laid are frequently minor ones, the penalties pitifully inadequate. I could quote two examples in the Greater Vancouver area of the past six months but it is not necessary. It is common knowledge that the law is not sufficiently protecting children in this community and that men whom; any competent psychiatrist can recognjze as dangerous remain uncorrected and unrestrained. Parent' Teacher associations, various women's groups, newspapers, the man in the street, all have complained loudly. The voice of the legal profession seems strangely faint. Many a layman is led to the opinion that lawyers have hypno tized, themselves by staring too long at one* side of the coin, that the preservation of legal safeguards for accused men is their,. only active concern. Certainly it is difficult to dispute that fine principle of our system of justice which is expressed in the saying: "It is better that a guility man go free than that an innocent man be punished." But reasonable men know that is is not capable of unlimited extension. It is perhaps better that two, or five guilty men go free than that an innocent man be jailed. Or ten? A hundred? It is better that a thousand psycopaths be left free to prey upon society than one unfortunate innocent be imprisoned? Obviously at ■ some point the injustice Of. punishing one innocent man at the bar is outweighed by the injustice of failing to protect a touch larger number of innocents ?mong the general public. In the opinion of this layman lhe test case stated above re.-, presents one of the areas in which the purpose of the law to protect the law-abiding majority from the criminal minority is not being met in a practical way. Therefore how the lawyer discharges his obligations to his community in this case will be determined by his actions when the case has been closed and he is free to join other citizens in urging that our law be made more effective. More, he is closer to the law than the average citizen, he understands its strengths and weaknesses, and his responsibiliy to make it work for the common good is greater. Lifting veil: The strange case of the erring maiden ving library building with (I Etiquette" in preparation highlight al season student participation is being ;anized by LUS Secretary jrie Johnson. The students will stage a :it "for the entertainment of he patrons. This year Al La roix is directing this depart- ent. Tony Pantages and 2rry Bacon are in charge of iblicity and Norm Colling- ood is in charge of program. This Ball is held on Friday tes in .case some of the par- ^pants are unable to get 3 in time for ■eight-thirties. All readings in law are not ilways as dull as might be magined. A case on point is MITCHELL V. MARTIN and ^lOSE in which a judge in the Queen's Bench Division in Manitoba reviews the background of in action for false arrest. His udgment, in part, is respectfully submitted for your perusal. In as much as this appeal follows upon the refusal of the taxing officer to tax costs of separate defences, we will have to glance for a few moments at the background of facts out of which the action arises. , The defendant Rose is the chief of police for St. Vital, a flourishing suberb of Winnipeg, and is apparently a man of discriminating vigilance in enforcing a due and wholesome regard for the decencies of life within his bailiwick. The defendant Martin, is a police magistrate for the same suburb, a well-intentioned man willing upon occasion, to stretch his magisterial authority far enough to embrace and to bring back to the straight and narrow path, an erring maiden whose venturesome feet have carried her ut upon the wide and easy way. The plaintiff on her part is described as an infant—being of the tender.age of twenty year. Intermittently, she was employed in Winnipeg, but at the same time of which we speak—August, 1923—she had managed to "cull her out a holiday" and to pay a visit to a friend of her, in his summer tent on the east bank of the Red River, within the domain of the Defendant's jurisdiction. REVELRY RISES Upon that occasion, and in and about that tent, "there were sounds of revelry by by night." From the reports which reached the attentive ears of Chief Rose, and which by him have been transmitted to us, we are led to understand that the revelries were indulged in by several persons, male and female; that these bacchanalian revellers frequently burst forth into nocturnal song that filled the great spaces of the night with sounds that echoed far and wide; and that they interspersed their choral offerings by shouts and shrieks that "nightly rent the midnight air." To the watchful sleepers on the opposite bank of the Red, the nights grew hideous. They were annoyed and angered by what they saw and heard, and shocked by what they had neither seen nor heard, but suspected. Theye arose, and called upon Chief Rose to rid Shem of these troublesome neighbours. Prompt at the call of duty, the Defendant Rose set out to find the offenders, and at 4:00 p.m. on a summer's afternoon, he found the tent, and in it, the Plaintiff, recumbent on a bed—in extreme dishabille. On an adjoining bed lay her host, renewing his energy by ''tired nature's sweet restorer—balmy sleep." To the indulgent eye of the law this scene was not offensive, but to the virtuous eye of Chief Rose it was highly reprehensible. He sought information from the couple, but information was not given him—at least not the sort calculated to satisfy his then inquiring turn of mind. In the circumstances, being in doubt as to what he ought to do, he of course arrested the plaintiff, and led her off in captive bonds to the police station. There he detained her for more than one weary hour till Magistrate Martin could be notified and brought upon the scene. With the Magistrate's ready assistance, he laid an information charging the Plaintiff for that she "was found undressed on a bed without employment" for all which—with other acts of commission and ommission— he termed her a "vagrant" She was immediately put upon her trial. NO DEFENSE There was no defense, nor attempt at defense. The magistrate wavered. He dimly saw his legal duty to acquit her; but he strongly felt a fatherly desire "to save her" from something or other. He ended by expressing the view that she ought to be confined with hard labour, and in order that she might be so confined, he convicted her. Upon the same night, before the sun went down, she was carried off to the place for her confinement, and was there delivered, into the safe-keeping of the Salvation Army Home, for a period of six months. By zeal and a bail bond, she was, in a few days, released from durance vile; and in due course, as soon as the appeal could be reached, the conviction was quashed, and the proceedings declared to have been wholly illegal and unwarranted. Then the plaintiff took the initiative. She threatened the defendants with suit, unless they made prompt and adequate recompense for the deep injury they had done her. The defendants were not the men to admit their wrongdoing— they remained silent. To make good her threat, the plaintiff had to sue, ahd sue she did, joining both defendants in one statement of claim holding them both responsible for all her injuries. The defendants entered separate statements of defense through one solicitor. (Cont'd p. 502) Page Four THE UBYSSEY Thursday, February 16,'.-1961 WITHOUT PREJUDICE LAW EDITION Unlike other editors, the good views expressed in the articles and or stories are necessarily shared by lis, but of course, the others are protected by the title of our paper. Our motto is CIRCULUS INEXTRICABILUS. Editor ._.: i '--__ A. Scow Assistant - M. Kelly Foreign Co-respondent , T. Bacon Artist - R. G. Herbert Contributors: A. E. Branca, Q.C, Paul St. Pierre, Associate Editor, Vancouver Sun, Chas. MacLean, Anne Givins. Brassiere? Laughter in Court From Page 2 A. E. Branca says: whether the direct or indirect means proven in evidence amounts at law to an unlawful act. If it does not, then it cannot be culpable homicide. Jf it does, then further considerations may be present. We then proceed to a consideration for the moment of the other elements that must be present in a charge of this nature and the jury must then give further consideration to the following aspects of the matter, namely, (a) was there at the time the offender caused the - death by any means, direct or indirect, amounting to an unlawful act, an intent to cause bodily harm? Here the jury must search as much as possible into the mind of ^the offender. Normally speaking there is never evidence • of a declaration on the part of the, offender that he intended to kil|. The intent then must be gathered from the surrounding circumstances and from the principle of law that a man intends the reasonable consequences of his act. This aspect of the matter may be encumbered by a consideration of drunkeness, insanity, provocation, "or seM-defence. If not so encumbered, then assuming .that the evidence will disclose an intent to cause bodily harm, the task is not by any means finished because then a consideration must be given to the next portion of the investigation which deals with wheth- ; er or not the offender knew the bodily harm that he had inflicted was likely to cause the death of the person in question. Here, assuming all other aspects to have been properly proven, the jury must then consider whether or not the bodily harm inflicted was known to the offender lo be likely to cause the death of the deceased. Assuming that the evidence would attain that degree of certainty, then the final question is whether or not in intending to cause the bodily harm by means of an unlawful act which the person charged knew was likely to cause death, the person charged was reckless whether or not death ensued? It will readily be seen then that with all these intermediate steps to be taken by a Judge or jury in considering he guilt or innocence of a person accused of murder, that grave consideration of many direct problems is required. This is quite apart from the rules of evidence which direct the admissibility and relevance of evidence that is offered to prove any particular fact. I feel sure that with the short treatment that has been given to the matter in this document that the reader will realize at once that a defence counsel cannot or should not accept a statement from his client that he is guilty of a crime, or alternatively, if the client thinks so, the defence counsel should ignore it. Then, armed with this knowledge, and with the further knowledge that it - is not any part of his duty to arrive at a conclusion of guilt or innocence, but rather the function of a Judge or jury, he should use all honourable means available and at his disposal, having due regard to the ethics of our profession, in seeing that the offender is acquitted. Damsels in dis dress No matter how delightful that new bonnet may be, do not wear it court. Beehives, of course, are an exception. Although fashion changes dictate the lengths of skirts, Judges still dictate the length of gowns in court. Oh yes, do not address the Judge as "Dear Lord," or "Good Lord," or "My dear Judge." Remember girls, in court its still "your honour." And when'the Judge informs you that you are out of order, he is referring to your procedure. You may think it's criminal, but the colours are still BLACK AND WHITE. For your morning Chambers appearance, something sedate like a well cut ROBE DE CHAMBRE is considered in good taste. Avocafs almanac To enable clients to carry on legal repartee with their lawyer. WRIT: What someone did; short for write. LAPSE: What legal stenos sti on; four to a mile. STATUTE: Household decoration for testing deodorants. INVALID: Permanently bedridden, or crippled. CAVEAT EMPTOR: (4507) ch. c. 4, by Celladon II out of Firps Choice. MAD PARLIAMENT: Parliament set up by Henry III in 1258. DE MINIMUS NON CURAT SEX: The law takes no notice of triflers. FIAT JUSTICIA RUAT COF- LUM: All judges drive fiats. MAGNUM CUM QUOTS: A delicacy. ILLEGAL: A sick bird. CO-RESPONDENT: A Ubyssey reporter. CORRESPONDENT: A rascal. DUM CASTA: Dumb Blonde. HEIRLESS: Bald; without heir. By CHAS. MacLEAN The familiar worry about Yankee domination which every self-respecting Canadian carries around with him like a boil on his backside is, happily, without foundation in regard to our Legal System. The tedium of Canadian courts is unrelieved by any dangerous American Innovation. During a recent trip to attend the International Moot in Seattle, we had the privilege of visiting the State Courts, and listened in awe as a plaintiff's counsel explained his case to the jury by reference to the Mickey Mouse cartoon in the previous night's paper. The effect on the jury was electric."It was quite obviously, the first "damn thing they had understood about the case. One wonders, with great respect, what .Mr, Justice. Manson would make of that one in court. . The art of - Cross Examination is much- studied by our cousins-in-law and Mr. Perry Mason is the obvious exemplar. He, of course, has the advantage of a script, but our own practitioners might study his technique to their advantage. The average question on Cross Examination in our Courts runs something like this: * * * T put it to you that you were coming from the beer parlour on the wrong side of the road at seventy miles an hour when you hit my client?" This sort of thing would not deceive a backward seven- year-old, but perhaps I should explain, for the benefit of students at the College of Education, that the answer is, "No I wasn't." Lord Birkett, in his days at the bar, was responsible for one of the most devastating questions in the history of • the subject. He was appearing for the Crown against one Rouse, who perpetrated an ingenious murder in which the victim was burned in a car. The defence produced an expert who, after listing his impressive qualifications, stated that the fire in the car was probably caused by the expansion of a brass nut on the, fuel line which had allowed the fuel to leak accidentally. Birkett asked on cross-examination, 'What is the coefficient of expansion oi brass?" The witness had never heard of it. Some Harvard Cavalier has pointed out that Birkett would have been in a fix if the witness had replied ".0365482", or whatever it is, but the point is he didn't. * * * The exchanges between Carson and Oscar Wilde in the notorious libel action are aliterary, as well as a legal, classic. The spectacle of the Tiger of the Courts stalking the Butterfly of English Literature is fascinating and has been the subject of two recent movies. Sir Rufus Isaas was responsible for another classic question when he cross examined the poisoner Seddon. Seddon was a cunning and greedy man aDwayls looking for a way to make a fast sov- reign from the sufferings of his fellow man (he was in the insurance business, and dabbled in Real Estate). He had poisoned an admit tedly repulsive woman whom everyone cordially hated, after appropriating her savings. In his evidence Seddon, with both eyes firmly fixed on his Victorian Jury, had given a careful impression of asserting self righteousness. Isaacs asked him: 'Did you like Miss Barrow?" Seddon was in aquandry, How could he admit that he hated her while preserving his facade of virtue? On the the other hand, how could he pretend to have (liked one whom everyone knew was an old witch and thus stamp himself for the liar he was? * * * Much of the humour in the1 Courts is unprintable, and a lot of it is comprehensible only to professionals. The most familiar type in the English Courts is the Ploy of Judicial Ignorance. It usually happens like this: The case is say, Flat-chest (Spinster) vs. The Inflatable Brassiere Co. for breach of warranty. Counsel are bickering over the Sale of Goods Act and everything is very dull. The judge decides that it is time he got his name in the papers again, leans forward to Counsel and says: "What is a Brassiere?" The Press wake up and sharpen their pencils. Counsel who has been through this sort of thing before, replies: "My instructions are m'Lud, that is an article of feminine under - apparel designed to support the mammary glands". All this is reported in the National Press the next day under the headline: 'Brassiere ?—Judge." and reflects great credit on the entire Judiciary for their, ignorance of such low - down dirty - minded things. * * * Judicial wit can rise above this. A good example, from the New York Courts, came a case arising from a Reno divorce. It transpired that while the estranged couple were fulfilling the statutory period of residence they were living together in a motel, with a fine disregard for convention which would do credit to a West Vancouver weekend party- Judge held that even in Ne- Remember when The Brock Cafeteria was restricted for faculty use? Lecture.* began at 8:10 a.m.? You culd play tennis where the Buchanan Building is located. The days one could arrive at 8:30 and still get parking space next to the library? The revolving door in front of the library provided a great source of recreation — now substituted by the present phys-ed programme? One of the Student Councillors was actually charged with mutiny on "the boat trip" to a basketball game at Port Alberni? When the Mardi Gras started off as the Red Cross Ball and used to be a formal rather than a costume Ball? That wonderful year, 1946, when the University of British Columbia's Thunderbirds wonder basketball team defeated the Harlem Globe Trotters in what is now the women's gym. vada; "parties to a divorce are not allowed to litigate by day and copulate by night." The English, needless to say, have produced similar examples in the most exalted arena of all. In a case involving gambling which went to the House of Lords, the Attorney General informed their Lordships that roulette was played with cards. As the Law Quarterly Review puts it he received, "a devastating monosyllabic correction from the Lord Chancellor." Mr. Justice Wilson of our own Courts enlarged wittly on the case before him in which an enterprising male plaintiff who had been divorced twiced sued his lady parmour for breach of promise of marriage, and for damages for loss of his chastity. Mr. Justice Wilson calculated his chastity at $5.00 without court costs. * * * Finally the Unexpected Reply, which is in a category of its own. The best example comes from the States in a case involving an infraction of the Mann Act. This is a Federal Statute forbidding enterprising lovers from taking their young ladies across a State Line for purposes of etc. ... The defence put the wide- eyed symbol of the purity of American Womanhood on the stand to show that she went of her own free will, in full knowledge and so on. The young lady cheerfully complied, and the Judge intervened to ask in horror, "Were not you afraid of the Mann Act?" To which the maid replied: "Oh No Judge, I loved it!" Continued from page 1} SEX stones unturned, decided nexl to get an expression of opinion from the Greek Letter Societies, A spokeswoman for the sororities, speaking on the resolution said, "No comment." The fraternity spokesman was a little more definite, he said, "Naturally chastity is outmoded." It was discovered during the course of the interview that this unequivocal statement was no1 so unequivocal. Indeed, AG reports, there are reservations be> cause the spokesman confessed that he expected his bride to b< a virgin. . AG by chance, met a grand mother of a girl at UBC. The interview was terminated abruptly by the grandmothei and as she stomped away was heard to mutter, "Heavenlj day£, is nothing sacred any more?" AG when asked what con elusions, if any could he de rived from his survey, said, "W< do not know if Chastity is out moded, results of a resolutior in the affirmative to the con trary nothwithstanding!" How ever, he did speculate on th< prospects of conducting furthei interviews in court-room atmos phere with all the witnesses under oath. It would be inter esting because he believed tha' due to the prevailing attitudes in our society about sex, no on« would like to be caught out or a "libido", unless he knev> ahead of time that it would b< acceptable. He even wonderec whether or not all birth certifi cates contained a DUM CAST^ clause. y Thursday, February 16, 1961 THE UBYSSEY Page Three "Memorial" drops; Editor bounced ST. JOHN'S (CUP) — Although he had student support Les Thorns, editor of The Muse, was fired after he refused to reinsert the name Memorial into the masthead of his paper. Censured earlier by the students' council, Thorns left out Memorial for the second time because he wants to see the name of the University changed from The Memorial University of Newfoundland to the University of Newfoundland. A referendum conducted by The Muse showed that 396 students favored the change, 307 were opposed. Because of student support he may be reinstated and the council that fired him may be removed. A petition demanding that a student assembly be held to discuss the incident and calling for the reinstatement has been presented to the coundi'l which means that the council could be removed from office if such a motion were passed at an assembly. This would constitute a vote of non-confidence and a referendum would be needed. When the council earlier claimed that Thorns had "outstripped his authority" and in- sructed him to retain -the Word Memorial in the masthead — where the editors are listed — the pa p e r conducted a poll which showed the students were in favor of the name change. Memorial University of Newfoundland was incorporated by the province, and therefore the legislature would be the body which Would change the name. The council said it was illegal for the paper to drop the word Memorial, but the paper checked with the department of provincial -affairs which said the "name of the paper was registered and the institution publishing it could be called by any name. During the council meeting Peter Lebans was named as new editor-in-chief. Brock types' hair curled A request has been placed before Council by a Miss Ann James to open a beauty parlor in Brock Hall. Tenure of the establishment would presumably be similar to that of the barber shop. Fran Charkow stated that at present no space was available in Brock, however, the application would probably receive consideration in the Fall when space becomes available. Inquiries made through the women's organipations on campus and the sororities indicate a diversity of opinion. Some women say they would patronize the parlor; others said they would not be caught dead in curlers on campus. Other women said they would make up their minds when they found out who would be operating the establishment. Frats debute Legion Cup semi-finals take place noon today in Bu. 104 when Beta Theta Pi meets Psi Upsilon. The winner will meet eZta Psi who received a bye into the finals. Topic is, Resolved: that Canada should prohibit trade with Cuba. THE VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA under the direction of Irwin Hoffman will be presented in the University Gymnasium today at noon. The programme will include selections by Mozart, Ravel, Dvorak, Borodin and Adaskin. The Orchestra will be presented by the UBC Fine Arts and Special Events Committee. Admission is 25c. Brock echoes with stereo For the first time on Campus, UBC Radio will present an hour and a half program of Stereophonic Sound in Brock Lounge! at noon today. The program will consist of j works by Montovani, Tschaikow- sky, Count Basie, Kingston Trio and Martin Denny plus a demon- j stration of sound effects. I Opening Feb. 17th Varsity Fabrics 4343 West 10th Avenue CAstle 4-0842 Yard goods, patterns and notions. PSYCHOLOGY CLUB presents It's Annual Semi-formal dance EUPHORIC FROLIC Saturday, Feb. 18th Southlands Riding School Cost $3.00 per Couple Tickets at door or at Club room ALL INVITED Dependable Repair Service and . Shoes of Quality are a speciality at Sasamat Shoes 4463 W. 10th Ave. CA 4-1017 OPEN MONDAY • AUDITORIUM—8:15 p.m. UBC MUSICAL SOCIETY nresents . . . "damn yankees" FEB. 20, 22 - 2l STUDENT MONDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY NIGHTS TICKETS 75c at A.M.S. &. DOOR Public Performances $1.50, 2.00 & 2.50 THURS. Reservations at FRI. The "Bay" Book SAT. Dept. or A.M.S. CA 4-3242 "You've Got to Have'Heart" —"Whatever Lola Wants"— "The Game"—Near To You" —"two Lost Souls"—"Who's Got The Pain"— Flute-blowers perform today The recorder quartet of Hillside Junior High School will play a program of music in Hut Gl, room 9, today at 12:30. The recorder is a end^blown flute one popular in Shakespearean and Elizabean England. The students under their teacher, Joachim Sandvoss, play a family of recorders consisting of the Soprano, the Alto, Tenor, and Bass recorders. FOR A BINE ' DINNER A COFFEE AFTER THE GAME TRY Dean's Cafe 4544 W. 10th Open until 11:30 -JBS"--** ■^-s TIRE SALE Buy 3 first line tires and receive 4th tire free or. buy 4 second line tires and receive 4 tubes free. Why not give us a try! UNIVERSITY SHELL SERVICE 10th Ave & Discovery CA 4-0828 FREE PICK UP AND DELIVERY EXHIBITION BASKETBALL U.B.C. Memorial Gymnasium BOIDBOUIE'S HARLEM STARS vs. , UNIVERSITY OF B.C. " JAYVEES" Friday, February 17th, at 8:30 p.m. Preliminary at 6:30 p.m. BRAVES vs. VANCOUVER COLLEGE Tickets at Hicks and Memorial Gymnasium Reserved: ..$1.50 General Admission: $1.00 Students: 50c "A" Cards good until 7 p.m. Need a Haircut or a New Look? Zsa-Zsa's Beauty Salon 4395 W. 10th CA 4-1231 ELVIRAS Palma de Mallorca Come in and see our great variety of imported gifts. Special: comic Spanish Dolls 4479 W. 10th Ave. UBC RADIO presents STERE016 One Full Hour of The Best In Stereophonic Squnds One P.M. Thursday BROCK LOUNGE Page Four THE UBYSSEY Thursday, February 16, 1961 'Tween classes "Trouble in paradise' CINEMA 16 - "Les Enfants du Paradise" (France l94o) French dialogue, English Sub-titles. Bu. 106 noon. * .. -*. * FILMSOC Ernest L-ubitsch's comedy s "Trouble in Paradise", today 3:30-8:00. ".''.''."■• * * * INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Dr. A. W. Wainman gives illustrated talk .on "Greece" 8:30 p.m. Friday in International House. Dance to follow. * * * CIC 4th year Chemistry students talk on resea'rch topics Friday noon, Ch. 250. * * * VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Wilbur Sutherland — 'The Nature of Man" Friday noon in Bu. 106. * * ' * CIRCLE K "Flame in the Snow", 1960 Winter Olympics in Bu. 104 Friday noon. Everyone Welcome. * *- * ALLIANCE FRANCAISE Mr. Eoubakine will play the works of Frank, Faure and Cha- brier, Friday 8:30 in Bu. 106 For tickets phone, AM 6-5137 or AM 6-4131. * '* * WUSC Panel noon today in Bu. 204. "Aspects of Poland" moderated by Mr. Jan Solecki. ¥ -f. %• COMMUNIST CLUB Marxist Discussion, noon today in Bu. 216. Speaker will-be. Bill Stewart. x. x, if. r NEWMAN CLUB 'Nominations . and election speeches at general meeting, noon today. -f. -¥- -i- PRE-MED SOCIETY Dance in Club room Saturday 3:00-12:00. Admission 50c. Everyone welcome. JAZZSOC Party in Commodore Saturday night. Members and guests welcome. Sign list in clubroom so tables can be reserved. * * * t 7BC SPORTS CLUB General meeting. Nominations and Film. Chem. 201. * * * INTERNATIONAL HOUSE House is open evenings until 9:30. Facilities for studying, lounging and playing. * * * PSYCHOLOGY CLUB Friday noon, "Breakdown" film. Hut HM3. Club members only. ¥■ * * GLOBETROTTERS' CLUB Organizational meeting — Bu. 217, Friday. New members welcome. Grads given rings at Forest Club banquet Graduates of UBC's Faculty of Forestry and Sopron will be feted together at the annual banquet of the UBC Forest Club tonight. twenty-three Sopron graduates will participate in this ceremony. This year marks the graduation of the last students of Sopron who arrived in 1957, after the Hungarian Revolution. The banquet, which will be held at the Canyon Gardens in North Vancouver, will feature Deputy Minister of Forestry J. D. B. Harrison as guest speaker. Representatives of industry and the government will be present along with ' Forestry faculty members. Focal point of the evening will be the presentation to the new graduates of silver rings depicting a spruce tree, the official graduation ring of Canadian foresters. Thirty-six UBC foresters and UBC CLASSIFIED FOR SALE: Spanish electric guitar and amplifier, $2.50. New, 40% off, complete. Phone Pete Smith, CA 4-9822. WATER SKIERS'—1.4' plywood -boat,, 30-h.p. Evinrude §.teer- ' ing, remote" controls. Phone Pete, Yp 8-8000. $450. RIDE WANTED from Davie and Beach Ave. (English Bay Area). Please phone MU 4-8685. STAFF MEMBER of 22nd Ave. West between Dunbar & Highbury requires ride to and from UBC for 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.-hours. .Call information office, Local 314-315. FOR SALE: Excellent ski equipment—one pr. Stein Erickson skis, marker safety harnesses, and one pr. steel chrome- plated poles. All for only $40.00. Phone L. Moss, AM 6-8632 after 6:00 p.m. FOUND: Khaki-Olive sweater arid fur gloves; at Acadia Camp; Approx. 2 wks. ago; Contact Gord Bell at camp dining hall. RIDE WANTED to UBC from | Richmond, near No. 4 and j Bridgeport. Phone CR 8-1170. j LOST: Umbrella, taken from cirriculum laD, between 11:00- 11:30 a.m. Tues., Feb. 14. Black name engraved in three places. Ken Jerisen, MU 1- 2494.' <; RIDE WANTED for two Staff members from English Bay. Monday through Friday. 8:30 a.m. Leave 5 p.m. Phone Miss Robertson, MU 1-2997 between 7-8 p.m. WANTED: Riders for a car pool. Broadway and MacDonald. Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:30 lecture?. Phojne Elizabeth, RE 3-0139. WANTED: A ride to UBC 8:30 to5:30 Monday through Friday, from vicinity of 36th and Arbutus. Phone Lorna AM 6-2668. FILE SLIFS taken from Carrell 228 Feb. 13. Are urgently; needed. Please turn in to Lost -and Found, or phone HE 3- 2653. FOUND: Exposed, ILFORD (Brand name) colour film— in my car, presumably lost by a hitch-hiking student. PIE 1-5123. WANTED: Girl to share apartment. Please call Svlvia, RE 8-4604. FOR SALE: Olympus microso- j scope, mech. stage, 2 oculars, j 4 objectives, $95.00. Also as- j sorted, recent medical texts,; Years 1-4. CA 4-1097. I LOST:Math 120 and French 110 j Text books. Finder please i phone Janice, RE 8-8946 af-j ter 6 p;m. j HOUSE FOR SALE 4-room bungalow. Finished room in basement. Auto. Oil Heat etc. 15 minutes from campus. RE 3-9033, evenings. ISC elects exec Friday j General meeting to settle the j campus status of the Intellectual: Stunt Committee will be held in Bu 222. Friday noon. A constitution designed to constitute the committee under he Alma Mater Society will be presented to the members. Election of officers will also be held. EUROPEAN TRAINED BARBERS Individually Styled Haircuts UPPER TENTH BARBER & TOILETTRIES 4574 W. 10th UBYSSEY BARBER SHOP i BEAUTY SALON John & Carl | • Permanents • Styling in attendance I • Beauty Treatments 5736 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD CAstle 4-0151 Closed Wednesday CINEMA 16 presents "LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS" (France 1945) directed by Marcel Came Script by Jaques Prevert (French dialogue, English titles) "The most perfect film by Came and Prevert" Today noon Buchanan 106 "Woburn Abbey" A color-illustrated lecture on the collection from the estate of the Duke of Bedford, "The Treasure of Woburn Abbey," will be presented by William S. Hart of the Fine Arts Dept. in Bu. 102, Monday, Commerce annual banquet tonight The twentieth anual banquet of the Commerce Faculty will be held tonigilit iri the ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver. This function is designed to create a closer bond between the students of the Commerce Faculty and the business community which provides scholarships and other aids to students. W. Mr. V. Ash, guest speaker for the" evening, will title his talk "Commerce Dearly Bought". A turnout of six hundred businessmen and students is ex- Special Events and Fine Arts pAnAjmiA VANCOUVER SYMPHONY CONCERT Thurs. Fek 16, 123S - Wat Memorial Gym Admission: 25c th* MILDEST BEST-TASTING c.oabkttg
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