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REJIIRN TO &RIO l i l

Malcolm Cock Part III

While I was at Rio I’met the Zengakuren students from Japan. These young men and women represented

\ the top leadership of Japan- ese Universitystudents. You will recall the riots in Tokyo in June of 1960, when 240,000 students stormed the Diet Buildings? These riots were aimed at preventing the signing of a ten year

I security pact between Japan and the United States. The riots also caused the can- cellation of President Eisen- howers, visit to Japan. The students I met at Rio were * the ones who organized and led those riots. They were invited afterwards to go to the Moral Re - Armament training centre at Caux, Switzerland. There they changed completely and de-

. tided to give everything to a greater revolution. They wrote a play called. “The Tiger” which I saw at Rio.

’ This play tells of how the Communists used fear, hat-

‘red and corruption in stu- dents, business men and politleians to cause the June riots which almost put Japan behind the bamboo curtain. It goes on to tell the answer found in M.R.A. One scene in “The Tiger” is a’ snake dance which is an imitation of the actual rioting in Tokyo -1 had the privilege of par- ticipating in this dance twice, while I was at the Confer-

, ence. Each of us “rioters” ’ wore a head band and held

either a coloured flag or a sign. We formed a long double line, with each man linked to the person beside him. Under the illumination of a coloured spotlight we snake danced all around the stage, shouting “Down with the Diet!“,. in Japanese of course. This scene is very effective and realistic. One could actually sense the hat- red and passion in the stu- dents. As a participant I honestly felt as if I were storming the Diet.

The Zengakuren students came to America with their play last year and performed it in Carnegie Hall. James Haggerty s<w “The Tiger” there. Hagerty, acting as Press Secretary for Ike had found himself in the middle of the Tokyo rioting. The Japanese students apologized to him after the play. Hag- erty said “The Tiger” is all

k the apology that I or any American could want.” To’

’ one of the students he said, “I know you. You were the young man who climbed on to the roof of my car.”

Next, they went to see Eisenhower. They apologized for forcing him to cancel his visit to their country.. He said, “You must take your

lay to Latin America.” E isenhower is 1 now in ion-

mberea$: Members of the Honourable Faculty of Engineering are known to be men of exceedingly good taste and very high refinement,

m&r&: Members of the Honourable Faculty of Engineering are known to be escorts of exceedingly beautiful women, and connoisseurs of excellent music,

m@reas’: Members \of the Honourable’ Faculty of Engineering are famous for their skill in producing gala social functions of the highest quality and delectation,

I1Cherefore: In the time honoured tradi- tion,/ Members of the Honourable Faculty of Engineering are presenting the fabulous “WINTER WONDERLAND” on February 16th and 17th, anno Domini 1962

The Office of the President, Engineering Society Signed: J.D.M. - ‘1

&ant ‘correspondence with these - Zengakuren students. He calls them “my Japanese students.”

The Zengakuren students have been in South America for the past eight months winning the hearts and minds of the people. One and a half million people have seen “The Tiger” during this time. Crowds of ’ 50 to 90 thousand jammed huge stad- iums in, every city they visited. The ‘masses of South America are hungry for a big enough idea. They want food for their stomachs and an ideology to live by. Until now the only ideology they have seen is that of Com- munism. But wherever MRA and the “Tiger” have gone people from all walks of life have responded. The Com- munist time table has been set back and in some cases reversed. One example is the Port of Recife in the north of Brazil. Before MRA came, this port was controlled com- pletely by the Communists. They wanted to use Reeife as their base for Communiz- ing all of South America. But now Recife is the base or Moral Re-Armament. Top notch Communists came to see “The Ti er” in spite of orders by t eir a leaders td

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N. Y. UNWERSI-TY GLEE CLUB - Coming to Waterlao!

This fabulous group of 42 male ‘voices under the direc- tion of Alfred M. Greenfield will be performing at. Water- loo Collegiate, Tuesday, Apr. 17. They have made appear- ances throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Their visit is being sponsored by the Music Council and they are the first musical group to visit our campus.

Darling Daly’s Daily ; Date Dabble

from The Varsity (C.U.P.) - It‘has oft been

rumoured that the King James version of the Bible was written by William Shakespeare.

Now, The ‘Varsity has ir- refutable evidence 7 for the 46th. Psalm, the 46th word from the beginning is ‘shake’ and the 46th word from the end is ‘spear’, ,obviously 3 code for the name of thi incomparable bard.

What’s more, the Bible was written during the 46tlr: ear of Shakespeare’s life,

K ow does that grab you?

ONE M CHRIST

IN’S FEELINGS CONCERNING ANITY TODAY

Two thousand years ago a ragged, dusty man, claim- ing to be the Son of God, was found walking along the roads of Galilee, preaching to the people that the way to the Kingdom of God was’ through love. He wrote no books, only 50 days of his entire life was ever recorded; he was itinerant, for he gave even what little he had to the poor; he founded no temples, for he urged people not to make a show of their religion.

Yet what is thisChristian- ity today ? Would Christ, who was a humble teacher on the dusty roads of Galilee, be able to understand the luxuriously arrayed poten- tates of the Catholic Church, the .Baptist Kiwanians, the banjo-picking preachers from the hills, the Salvation Army lassies with their 19th cen- tury hairdos and their 20th century nylon stockings? Would he today understand those rich young evangelists, with their public relations counsel, drum majorettes, orchestras and choirs, who peddle religion like pills? Would he be able to under- stand the presence of a negro’ who calls himself Father Devine and claims to be God, while extracting millions from his followers?

Christ drove the money- changers out of’ the temple. What would he do to the bingo bosuns in His temples today; the whist players in

the Sunday-school rooms: the mortgage-burners at the. altar of their million dollar monuments? Christ said: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God.” Despite this, how many relig- ious people have tried to emulate Christ by remaining poor and giving away their worldly goods? Not the min- isters, who spend most of their time asking for larger salaries, and ‘a better deal for the clergy.’ Nor the charlatans, who have fleeced the gullible of millions. Nor the Churches themselves, with their millions of dollars of stock market investment+ their slum properties, their downtown properties.

From the one extreme of the pomp and circumstance I of the Catholic Church (al- though Christ was against ostentation), to that of the quasi - military organization of the Salvation Army (al- though Christ was one of the least military men who ever . lived), there is nothing but a babbling pack of splinter groups in this Christian spec- trum. They damn all wars (like the Jehovah’s Witnes- ses), and they bless the battle flags (like the Anglicans)+ they sanctioned the Nazis when in Rome (like the ~ Catholics) and then the Al- lied Forces as soon as they arrived. They argue whether

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CANADA-INDEPENDENT EVER? ~. There is something in the

air today in Canada . . . a re-born spirit of independ- ence, an awareness of our- selves as a nation. Some people, kind ones at that, would call it ultranational- ism; others a little more blunt would peg it as anti- Americanism. This new atti- tude has three primary facets to it:- first of all we are having our ‘Canadian’ cul- ture smothered by the mass’ culture of the U. S., secondly what is left of our control of industry is being buried un- der U. S. investment, thirdly we hate being taken for granted as ‘Canadian-Amer- icans’ rather than being re- ~gtrt distinctively as Can- .

Well, just let’s consider Canada today. We talk of an American invasion ruining our culture, deluging it under American T.V., movies, mag- azines and fads like tail fins. But let’s face it, culture operates according to the laws of supply and demand, _ and if we here in Canada. cannot supply the demand, then the Americans certainly will. Before we start criticiz- ing the Americans for their overwhelming cultural de- luge, let’s start producing sonic of our own.

Secondly, we hate the U.S.

economic domination of our industries. Well, Canada is not a natural economic unit because it ia a huge country full -of raw materials but empty of people. If we want all - Canadian ownership, which means NOT being financed abroad, we must dump our present prosperity and accept the austerity of self-sufficiency. Self-develop- ment cannot be maintained at the same level as our development is now, the Canadian rate of saving is not sufficient for the same rate of growth ‘investment. We will have to accept a lower standard of living, and a higher rate of unemploy- ment for many years tocome if we want to attain our complete economic indepen- dence.

Third, we resent being taken for granted by the Americans, and being regard- ed as only a reliable little satellite nation. What of it though? We are not a leading world power, despite the fact that we love to think we are. We are not a leading power at the U. N. - only our prestige stands higher there than the big forces. But prestige is an intangible, while power is not. And for the security of our nation we ’

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The CBRYPHAEUS Published by the undergraduate student body of the University of Waterloo, under the authorization of the acting Board of Publications. Publications Office, Annex 2, The University of Waterloo, Phone SH 5-0571 and SH 3-2681 The opinions expressed herein represent the freedom of expression of a responsible, autonomous society.

’ Edit or-in-Chief: George Welsh Associate Editor: Ted Rushton

Production and Circulation : Todd Sewell News Editor: Sue Nichols

Engineering Editor: Larry Barkley Arts Editor: Ron Hornby Sports : Lewis Taylor

Science Editor: Joe Mazur Photographers: Mike McBrine, John Bishop

EDITORIA’L * * * *

C.U.P. A VITAL INSTITUTION By E. U. Schrader

Honourary President, Canadian University Press As student enrolments grow, student government and

activities become complex. Canadian campuses have evolved from the “town meeting” level of administration, as recently as when I was an undergraduate, to giant corporations. Operation of these corporations is further handicapped by installing green executives each year.

Thus the exchange of information between campuses should go beyond the report that a student was killed during initiation at X university. The exchange should provide the wealth of experiences all campuses can offer regarding common problems.

Student Council budgets, whether professional direction should be engaged for the production. of musical revues, discipline boards for anti-social students - all are common problems, and all information should be pooled for the guidance of all campuses. There should also be an intellectual exchange, so all campuses would know what each thinks about world and national problems.

Thus the president of a students’ council should be able to drop into the office of his local CUP editor to solicit experience from other campuses. The editor would telegraph Ottawa, and the CUP machinery would turn up a plethora of campus material from across. the nation.

Whether all exchanges of information would be of immediate use in all campus newspapers is beside the-point. Editorial discretion must be used by each editor. But for our campuses to thrive, information must be exchanged.

Canadian University Press has other vital functions. Even as the national office must be financially strong, so must each newspaper be well supported by advertisers. The national president should create a favourable atmosphere among advertisers so that they would recognize the “Captive audience” of intellectual young people across the land, the people who will be the business, political and social leaders of the future.

And Canadian University Press should be constantly concerned with the improvement of quality in each member newspaper. Information and advice should be made available on how to ferret out elusive facts and write sparkling stories, how to debate logically in an editorial, how to edit copy and lay out pages, and all the complex functions of producing a newspaper.

Canadian University Press is the nervous system of Canada’s intellectual community, pumping a constant flow of ideas and events across the nation. Its health depends on the health of eac,h part, the contribution and support of all parts. Should CUP operate feebly or break <down, the democratic health of all campuses would break down.

To be strong, Canadian University Press must have: 1. Strong campus editors. 2. Strong financial support. 3. And campuses that are dedieated to the worthiness

of Canadian University Press as a vital part of our student life.

MUSIC ON CAMPUS l l l

Because of the much better turnout for the various music groups on campus, a Music Council has been set up this year. Its purpose is to pro- mote greater interest in mus- ic and to co-ordinate the various groups. It now in- cludes President, Susan Nic- hols; Vice-President, Dennis Franey; Secretary-Treasurer, Ken Magee; Student Coun- cil Representative, John Braun; Business Manager, John Featherstone; Publi- city, Herta Kukujuk, who work with Mr. Paul Berg, the Music Director.

Our major project for this

year is the Music Weekend being held March 1 and 2. Plans in conjunction with the Drama Club are now in pro- gress. The various groups will also make appearances in the High Schools and at Service Clubs. They are also planning to provide the Sun- day evening Services at var- ious churches.

Any student, staff mem- ber, or faculty member in- terested in joining the Uni- versity Glee Club, the Mixed Chorus, Dance Band, or Orchestra, is still welcome. The music room is now in Annex 2.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Mr. Editor: In the Physics Building

there is a notice which has been placed by a pious person of one of the many religious sects. One of the many false things which he says is that those churches selling Indulgences have a money making racket. The Roman Catholic Church holds the following view of indulgences.

In every sin there are two things, the guilt and the punishment. When God for- gives sin, the guilt is remitted but the punishment is com- muted, i.e., a lesser punish- ment is substituted. This is known as the temporal pun- ishment.

This temporal punishment must be satisfied, before we can enter Heaven, because nothing with the slightest taint of sin about it can possibly coexist with God. We can work out this tem- poral punishment in various ways, e.g., the penance we receive in Confession, by prayer, good works, recep- tion of the Sacraments, and by gaining indulgences.

An indulgence is the re- mission, either in whole or in part, of the tempora punishment due for sin AL- READY FORGIVEN. If the remission is of part of the temporal punishment, it is known as a partial indul- gence; if of the whole, it is called a plenary indulgence.

In the early Church, the penance given in Confession was set by Church law. Public penances were given for public crimes as a deter- rent to others. This no longer holds true. This is not longer done. The penance given today is not adequate to cover the debt of temporal punishment; it is left to the penitent to supplement it with voluntary acts of morti- fication. By gaining the in- dulgence we gain remission of the same amount of tem- poral punishment as we would have if we had per- formed one of the public penances common in the early Church.

And so indulgences are gained by acts of charity, prayer, and mortification, not by paying a set sum of money to a priest.

Marybeth Boon, Arts II

Big Eggy’s DEAD! Toronto (CUP) - Eggy,

the Ryerson ram, is dead. The mascot, old and

thought to be diseased, was quietly shipped off to a taxidermist to be butchered and stuffed.

His death trip came in late December - no one on campus but the executives know the exact day he died.

A new, young, and healthy ram will replace him. This ram cost $35 and is said to be worth $100. It was sired by a champion zind has pedigree papers. Eggy cost $25 and was said to have been priceless. No one knew his sire and he had no papers.

(The Ryerson Institute of Technology has taken the name “Rams” for many of its athletic teams. The school is named after Egerton Ryer- son, hence “Eggy” for the ram’s name).

PQuestion of the Week ? Due to the overwhelming response to what we thought

was a pertinent question, we were forced to pick only the three finest from all the thought provoking answers sub- mitted. From the quality of the answers, it is evident smack of the deeply penetrating and profound Stanton school of journalism.

* * * * Question :

Provided they are going back to school, should University students have to pay unemployment insurance during those periods when they are working, be it either during the summer or in their work period?

* * * * Yes.

No.

Maybe.

Hurbert N. Schmuck.

N. Kruschev.

J. Diefenbaker.

* * * * Next Week’s Question:

“WHAT AM I DOING HERE?” Leave your replies (please reply) in the Board of Pubs

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Canada - Ever?4

ndependent ont’d.

must depend upon the U. S. tax-payer and his nuclear deterrant - rather a bitter pill to admit that we cannot defend ourselves. Realistic- ally though, who would we rather be taken for granted by, the U. S. of the U.S.S.R.?

It is time that Canadians stopped to consider this situ- ation, and decide on some solution. Are we to follow the economic logic of the con- tinent and join the U. S. in a customs union? Or are we to become, in an increasingly competitive world, an econ- omic island? For the sake of this nation, and ourselves in it, we should decide on one course of action or another, then follow it. Either join the U. S. economically, or realize our independence. But we cannot have both our present prosperity and our inde- pendence, one or the other must be sacrificed to the future.

Theodore A. Rushton

= Poet’s Corner -

HUMILITY When I some lowly, servile

task Think far below my sphere, Then should I remember

Nazareth, And saw-dust on a cottage

floor.

When I look ‘round and see my friends

Deserting me, laughing, pointing,

Then should I remember Golgatha, Gethsemene,

And dice and sleeping men.

When I see all that I have done

Be nothing or turn and hurt

Then:%ould I remember Marv

And sorrows” and a dying man.

Marybeth Boon, Arts II

RETURN TO RIO lCont’d. stay away. Many dedicated Marxists changed and are now living a superior ideol- ogy. I saw them and heard them speak at the Assembly.

This all happened as a result of the change in the Zengakuren students. Who says that University stu- dents can’t be the pioneers of a new world?

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“TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT” By G. Whiz

* * * * \ You ask practically any engineer why he does not partake

in some other activity besides academics and he will probably pull out his slide rule, fiddle around with it briefly then tell you in an uninspired monotone that he has 32 hours per week. At this answer, you are expected to gasp in awe and stare at him as if he just managed to stop the world or something. Arts, there’s another laugh. Everyone is tearing around, warming his own little iron in his own little fire and no effective heat is coming from any of them. There is a vague rumour around campus that there is also a Science faculty here too. Although the smell of decay is rather prevalent in our little backwater we glean some compensa- tion from the fact that our little boat will never be overturned by rough water.

* * * *

Is marriage like buying a shoe? Should the couple try it on and see if it fits before deciding to purchase? All that I have been taught says definitely not but certain individuals around here take a more realistic view and feel that the shoe should first be tried on. The arguments for the other side bother me a great deal because they make sense and because they are contrary to what I believe is right but what can I say to refute them? Does this mean we are very slowly gravitating towards a “free love” society? I hope not, because such a society would only lead to chaos. Increased morality is perhaps the only answer but who wants to start the ball rolling?

* * * *

In the vein of “sick” humour I would like to offer this little item in hope that some lonely degenerate might laugh. I took it upon myself to think of great men, now deceased

‘and exactly what their’ last words might have been: 1. Hemingway: “Well Mary, if you don’t want me to start the barbecue, then I’ll go clean my shotguns.” 2. Achilles: “Why couldn’t she have held me by the hand instead?” 3. Custer: “Mother told me there would be days like this.” 4. J. Ceasar: “Brutus . . . you Fink!” 5. Dalai Lama: “Man, this sheer existence was a gas.” I had better stop before you begin to pick up large

stones but anyone can see that with a little, more imagination than I have this can be made into a very funny bit.

* * * *

I have often wondered why writers always name their prize booby George and why joke tellers do the same. Painstaking research has led me to the answer . . . Mrs. Crabbe’s favourite son. This came as somewhat of a dis- appointment because I always suspected that his writing could be the outer manifestation of an inner conflict which resulted from his illegitimacy.

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All graduates who had their pictures taken last week will find the proofs for these pictures in their mailbox next Monday or Tuesday. The Graduates are asked to indicate the proof which they want and to return all proofs to the Board of Pubs mailbox before Friday, Feb. 3rd. The graduates who have not ar- ranged for their sitting, may do so by phoning Forde Studios SH 5-8637.

WHOOPEE! I don’t promise a car in

every garage, but I do guar- antee that our committee- to-be will obtain Brigitte Bardot for the Engineers (out-quarter only), lectures by Madame Curie and La- voisier for the Science char- acters, and speeches by Jean- Paul Sartre and General Chuck de Gaulle (a very close friend of my wife’s family) for the Artsmen. In addition every meeting will include free white wine (champagne for Profs and final year students) and es- cargots a la Bourgogne. Im- mediate plans include bring- ing France to Canada next year and a dinner at Ver- sailles with Louis XIV (ne- nessarily limited to members only). All this and more I guarantee that the commit- tee of the greatest organiza- tion ever to be formed on the face of the earth (The U. N. has put in its bid for membership) will provide. So watch for notices about the U of W’s FRENCH CLUB.

Joe Houlden, Arts II

MISS ENGINEER The annual Engineering

Queen contest will be held this term in which Miss Engineer for ‘62 will be chosen.

Candidates, or their rep- resentatives on campus, are asked to submit photographs for election purposes. These may be given to respective class representatives or di- rectly to I. T. Kent before Feb. 12.

Pertinent information such as name, address, must be clearly printed on the back of each photograph.

The contest will be similar to that held last year. The photographs will be display- ed in front of the Student Offices a week prior to the Engineering Week-end. The Queen will be chosen by secret ballot by the Engin- eering student body.

The crowning ceremony will take place at the dance Saturday of the Week-end, where the Queen and her attendants will be guests of the Engineering Society.

So start work on obtaining those photographs right aw- ay. Candidates from Arts and Science will be especially welcome.

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n n l PROFILE m n a Four years ago a graduate

High School student, out of school for only a short time, was persuaded to further his education and go on to University. For financial reasons there was only one possibility, and so it was that John Roorda entered the University of Waterloo. His choice turned out to be quite fortunate, the Waterloo Plan enabled him to entirely pay his own expenses, his own drive and ambition will see him graduating this year and going on to study in England under the Athlone Fellow- ships.

First of all, the Athlone Fellowships. They were es- tablished in 1951 to give Canadian Engineers experi- ence in Great Britain, either in industry or in school, whatever they chose. Forty- one in all are offered each year, they include travel expenses, book and living allowances, in addition to tuition in British Universi- ties. They provide for a two-year stay in Great Brit- ain, with the condition that the student return to Canada upon the completion of the course. For the first year John intends to work for a firm of Consulting Engineers, then he plans to attend Imperial College of London University to take advanced courses in structural Engin- eering. He plans to complete his master’s degree when he returns to Canada, and then begin a career in structural Engineering.

This will not be the first time that John has seen the far side of the Atlantic, for he was born in Holland and only came to Canada nine years ago. He completed his High School here, then be- cause of financial considera- tions applied at Waterloo. Since then his work terms have paid for his schooling, his own I. Q. plus Effort have established his merit for the Athlone Fellowship. He has seen the campus grow from the “temporary annexes” of Waterloo College to the pre- sent University of Waterloo; and the courses progress from the days when they used to give subjects just to fill the time-table to the present well-rounded schedule. In John’s opinion, based on his comparisons with the courses of other universities and their graduates in industry, Waterloo is equal to any and better than most of the Engineering courses in Can- ada. In fact, because of the familiarization that he has had with industry through the Co-operative Work Plan, he can see quite an advan- tage over the recent gradu- ates of other Universities who do not yet have this knowledge.

But John is critical of some

aspects of it. “Waterloo is the place to get a degree, but not an education,” he quotes one of the other fifth year students as saying. “The three month terms are too short to be able to do any- thing but study, by their very brevity they have pre- vented the emergence of any real school spirit. They make it hard for you to take part in any activities, the exams come so soon after you start and then you’re off in in- dustry again. The four month system will be a definite im- provement, it will not only encourage more school spirit, but it will give more chance for an education.”

I asked John what he meant by ‘education.’ His reply, “The chance for more than just study, a wider field of experience and ex- change of ideas while at school. A greater opportunity to meet with people than the present three-month system afforded . . . this is where it will be to your advantage to attend under the four- month scheme.” In general then, what did John think of ‘the Waterloo Plan.’ “It is excellent, it will give me a University degree that prob- ably would have been im- possible otherwise. And in getting that degree I’ve had far more experience and acquaintance with industry than most students graduat- ing from other schools will have. My jobs through Co- ordination may never have been exciting and daring, but they’ve certainly given me something far more valuable than that, they’ve given me practical experience where I’ll be working in industry.

Well, these are a few of the thoughts and comments of our Athlone Fellowship stu- dent, John Roorda. It cer- tainly is a credit to this University that students of his calibre are attracted to it, it speaks very well of the Waterloo Plan and its in- novators. And it certainly speaks well of John. whose I: Q. plus Effort are bringing him and his school much

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Dear Mr. V. H.: It is only after carefully

reading your article in last week’s Coryphaeus that I have decided to write the following comment.Although I myself am of French- Canadian descent and tend to sympathize with the Sep- arists, I am definitely against Separatism as such, because such a scheme would bring a disastrous effect upon Can- ada as a whpleZ‘ as recently F;r&teut m Question of 17 .

However, I most strongly disapprove with many of your views as outlined in “Freedom Abused.” Your comments definitely demon- strate a very poor under- standing of French-speaking Canadians. Certain points demand some clarification.

First, the homeland of today’s French Canadian is definitely not Metropolitan France, but is Quebec, and Canada as a whole. As a matter of fact the only authentic and truly Canad- ian anthem happens to be called “0 Canada,” and has its origin in French-speaking Canada. ‘The “Marseillaise” is rarely sung by French Canadians and it is rather doubtful if any know its words and melody.

Secondly, I want to point out that the French Cana- dian nation cannot be *corn- pared with the mass of cosmopolitan immigrants that forms the bulk of Eng- lish-speaking Canada. The French Canadian nation has emerged from a handful of colonists that inhabited Can- ada and started from scratch more than two centuries ago, and which at this present day represents about one-third of the Canadian nation.

Today you find that a good percentage of the popu- lation inhabiting the follow- ing Canadian regions is French - speaking: northern and eastern Ontario; the western part of New Bruns- wick; certain parts of Nova Scotia, such as the Annapolis Valley, and St. Boniface in Manitoba; and of course Quebec. If all grouped to- gether, they would fill three

:EEDOM ABUSED” Canadian provinces.

Above,all, as stated in the British North America Act, French Canadians part on equal terms with their Eng- lish-speaking Canadian con- temporaries concerning the retention or usage of lan- guzlge, culture and tradi- tions. Thus, French Cana- dian adherence to their prin- eiples is legal.

Therefore, I suggest Mr. V. H., that your comparison of French Canadians with Italian, German, English, etc., immigrants is truly monstrous.

Thirdly, I want to remind you that although French Canada, was reluctant to join the War against the Germans, you will find am- ong the British and Canadian boys who found a burial place in France some French- speaking Canadians. The fighting against the Germans was not a matter of pity for Jack or John, but was a case of national survival and has little relationship with to- day’s separatism and free- dom in Quebec.

I also point out that the Cuban Revolution originated due to oppression of its people. Your allusion to Cuba in your article may have some bearing after all, but Quebee would not em- brace Communism as a re- sult of independence.

As a conclusion, I do maintain that implications such as the ones found in “Freedom Abused” do not alleviate or solve this present Canadian internal problem but on the contrary, accen- tuate it. To all French-speaking Canadians :

I also take this opportun- ity to encourage all French- speaking Canadians to learn and speak well not only their French language, but also their English one. I urge more students to take courses in technology and science at the University level in order to compete with our English- speaking friends in a pre- dominently English owned industry.

P. L. Rsussel, Eng. 3A

Aid to Universities Welcome Move From London Free Press

The announcement of Rt. The universities, and this Hon. John G. Diefenbaker includes particularly West- that he will increase the ern which is not a state grants to the universities university, will have to watch from $1.50 per capita of their expenditures closely in provincial population td two future. Only a few years ago dollars will be welcome news there were only three uni- to all supporters of higher versities which were given education in Canada. The provincial aid - Toronto, rush of students to the uni- Queen’s and Western. Now versities in recent years has there are no less than 10 placed a large burden on all institutions of higher educa- institutions of higher educa- tion in the province and the tion. For the University of pressure upon Queen’s Park Western Ontario, which has been rapidly expanding, the

from the newly established universities will be increas-

federal grant will mean the ing. budget that is

differen& between a in ,the red and one balanced.

While university fees have been increased in recent years they are never sufficient to meet the costs of higher education. The universities have to depend upon aid from the province and the federal government grants. It is to be hoped that the provincial government will not use the federal grants as an excuse for decreasing the provincial aid.

It was to meet the require- ments from the universities and education generally, as well as hospital costs, that the provincial government initiated the sales tax. It is vital in these days of world competition that our stan- dards of education should be maintained and facilities ex- panded to meet changing needs. This means money and it is still a truism that money does not grown on trees. f

CHRISTIANITY TO-DAY Cont’d.

it is’ right to drive a buggy but not an automobile; whether it is right to drink alcoholic drinks or just grape juice; whether wearing ugly clothes is more pious than wearing beautiful ones. There is the hypocrisy of the evan- gelist who preaches against lusting after a woman while lusting after a new car for himself; and the hypocrisy of the Christian who would never enter a motion picture theatre, but watches the TV shows every night.

Christ taught one simple truth, “Love thy neighbour as thyself .” What would He think of the preachers today who bless the newly launched battleships and fighter-plan- es? What would He say were He told that it was for His sake that the ‘Elona Gay’ flew to Hiroshima with an atomic bomb? That on His behalf the British carried thousands of Africans into slavery in North America? That thousands of little chil- dren were sent to their death in the Children’s Crusade for the glory of His name? That the Klu Klux Klan meetings begin with a prayer to Him? That missionaries have changed a hundred tropical Edens into syphilitic sores in His name? Why has His teaching “Love thy neigh- bour” been changed to quali- fy it to mean this neighbour, but not that neighbour?

Christ taught brotherly love: today he would be prevailed upon to bless the military might of nations, to support the Afrikaans Church and their racial dis- crimination in South Africa, to support the pious thieves who are stealing the Cana- dian Indian blind.

What would Christ say today to the crowds of fat females who toddle off to church on Sunday mornings with His name on their lips and new hats on their minds? What would He say to the members of religious sects who claim to have married Him, then shut themselves up in purdah for the rest of their lives ? What would Christ say to those who for His sake will let a little child die for the want of a blood transfusion ? What would Christ say to those who renounce all the pleasures of this world in order to smooth their way to heaven, when He Himself took part in the feasts and holidays of His people?

Christianity claims to be one of the world’s largest religions today, yet were Christ Himself to return who could honestly go forth to meet Him? Christ’s teach- ings are very simple, they can be summed up in about 20 minutes, yet who today can follow them? They tem- porize with them, they be- come a partial Christian, they pay lip service to Christ- ianity as long as it doesn’t interfere with getting ahead in life here on earth. They become Sunday Christians, or Born-again Christians, or Service Club Christians, and just as often as not un- Christianlike Christians.

If you, yourself, heard on the radio tomorrow night that a ragged, dusty man, claiming to be the Son of God, h<d been found walking along the roads of Galilee,

SPORTS * * * *

In basketball, the Warriors stretched their league record to 3-2 last Friday as they beat MeMaster Marauders 83-63 in Hamilton. The game was close up until the start of the fourth quarter. At the half the Warriors led by only 35-33 and only pulled away in the dying minutes of the game. High scorers were Mike Bosch (25), Harlan Krier (25), and Ray Palmer (16). For Mae, Bruce Agar had 21. On Saturday night they travelled to London to play the Tillsonburg Livingstons and lost out by 101-68. For the Warriors, Ray Palmer had 21, Harlan Krier 15, and Jim Hann 14. For the Livingstons, Jim Maloney had 30 and Ambi Gardiner had 24. As this issue goes to press, the Warriors take on U of T Blues at the K-W Auditorium, and next Wednesday they have a return match against the Livingstons here.

The Pioneers lost their first league game to Mat Buccaneers in Hamilton Friday night. The score 46-43 - and it was a close one. The Pioneers led 23-16 at the half but the Buts came out early in the second half to use a full court press to good advantage and soon came close to tying the game. Late in the game the score was tied and the Buts won it in the last 15 seconds on a basket and a technical foul called against the Pioneers. For the Pioneers, Ed. Talbot had 12, Don Demko had 11, and Dean Given had 10. Before the end of the game, the Pioneers had lost three players (Given, Demko and Joy) on personal fouls, while Mae lost two m a game that saw a great many more fouls called than is normally seen.

The Warrios hockey team won its first league game this weekend as they split a doubleheader with Queen’s in Kingston. The first game Friday night saw the Warriors go down to a 4-2 defeat as they were hit by hard luck throughout the game. In the first period alone, the Warriors either hit the post or had the puck go right in and out of the nets on three occasions. There is still speculation among the players as to whether the shots in question did or did not enter the Queen’s goal. Harry Lichti and Dave Brennan scored for the Warriors and John Van Brunt, Larry Windover, Pete Quinn and Frank Jodoin counted for Queen’s.

In the second game of the doubleheader, the Warriors were never behind and won 6-5. The score was l-l at the end of the first period, 2-l at the end of the second and in the third, the Warriors opened up a 6-2 lead, but the Gaels caught fire ‘in the last five minutes and scored three quick goals. For the Warriors, Dave Brennan had three goals while Bob Richardson, John Marsh, and Ray Kanerva each had one. For Queen’s, Andy McDougall had two and Bob Carnegie, Larry Dinsmore and Bob Redmond had one each. These two games along with the two early losses to McMaster (7-5, and 8-6) gives the Warriors a l-3 record so far. This Wednesday they play against Mae and tonight (Thursday) they have a home game against O.A.C. and in a second game, Waterloo College plays Osgoode Hall in an OIAA game.

preaching to ‘the people that the way to the Kingdom of ,/ God was ‘through love, what would you do? You’d say he was a dangerous mental case, as many said almost two thousand years ago about Him.

Or if you did say that you believed that He actually was Christ, the Son of God, and the government began rounding up His followers on

charges of sedition, would you do what His disciples did in Gethsemane once be- fore, flee from Him and deny Him? Or would you allow yourself to be crucified along- side of Him?

If Christ were to come back today, would gou be a Christian?

Theodore A. Rushton