October 26, 1978
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elArmrding-to lrwing Music for free. Both the Concordia Orchestra and the Concordia Chamber Layton Ensemble begin their seasons of free concerts this week. By Beverley Smith Dates· and progra'ms on page Concordia students will be glad to 2. know not o_nly that Irving Layton is Concordia in brief. back in town, but that he'll be teaching A quick look at interesting a course at Sir George Williams in Creative Writing. things Concordia people and Canada's foremost erotic poet has departments are doing can be left Toronto "the good" for good and found in At A Glance. This taken up residence once again in his native city of Montreal. What are the week on page 3. reasons behind his sudden shift of Scholarship pays off. allegiance and residence? In part, Layton claims that he never A complete list of the winners really did leave the town of his birth. of the 1978 graduate students He always maintained an affectionate awards and a look at some of regard for the Montreal of his their projects can be f~und on childhood. But the materialism and lack of warmth of the Queen City also page 4. played a part. To Layton, Toronto And they' re off! symbolized a cultural wasteland, a The race between the place where fortunes were made at the expense of meaningful human contact. Municipal Action Group and But Layton is not the type of poet, the Montreal Citizens' either, to elect to remain very far Movement for the hearts and removed from centres of cultural or votes of Montrealers has political controversy. And Montreal, with its English-French tensions, as begun. Mayoralty and ward well as the traditional Jewish-WASP candidates from the two dialectic, proved too strong a magnetic parties are coming to Con force for Layton to resist. Lionel H'ampton, Jazz film fesiiv~I. See· pag~ 3. Concordia students should count cordia to peddle their parties' themselves lu~ky. It's not every day platforms. On page 6. that a poet of the calibre of an Irving Layton elects to give a course in Plant Parenthood. Programs-Made creative writing, but Layton balks at Plant doctor Randall-Prue will the use of the term. Rather than teach be at Loyola next Thursday to "creative writing" -one can't each to Measure creativity-he prefers to see his role as counsel plant owners on their teaching students the craft of poetry. little green friends. There will By Mark Gerson dergraduate Scholars Program". He attempts to impart to them the also be a plant 'sale. See page A few years ago MicheHe Seguin "I had never heard of it before and I tools of th_e trade. 7. was unhappy with her program at Sir was curious," remembers Seguin. She 'Teaching my students," he says, George. She was interested in politics went to the office of then coordinator "something about figurative language, What's Up! and in translating political articles from Mair Verthuy and joined a group of symbolism, diction, coherence, how a poem is made. A poem is made with Turn to page 8 for a complete English to French but the translation four students who had come for the same reason. the same care a carpenter makes a listing of things to do on both program in which she was enrolled concentrated on literature. "Professor Verthuy asked us why we table or a cabinet. Concor<l:ia campuses ihis week Her dissatisfaction remained were there," recalls Seguin. 'The first I can teach the student the tools. I and next. 1· unexpressed until one day, by chance, student was extraordinarily brilliant. can teach him how to use the tools. she saw a poster advertising an "Un- Continued on page 6. Continued on page 5. SWANN RUFFLES FEAT.HERS A small, but receptive audience was treated to an incisive look at the museum world on Tuesday night when Peter Swann, former Director of the Royal Ontario Museum, delivered the 1978 Loyola Lecture. In his talk, "Museums for Fun , Profit and Peril", Swann took a light-hearted look back at his twenty years' work in the field, and sharply criticized those he felt were responsible for the sorry state of Canadian museums. This is the first in a series of excerpts from that speech . I had to wait until I came to Canada always a difficult one. Too little and Concordia Orchestra to receive the largest gift of money I you look stupid and too much and you have ever handled - and it came from look greedy. that great old Canadian, Sam "Well", I said, "if you could possibly Chordially Yours Maclaughlin, of General Motors fame. give us another $200,000, that would Just before I arrived he had.given a help us a lot." The Loyola Chapel will be· alive with Desiderata for clarinet and piano. couple _of million .d..9llars to build a "$200,000", he repeated, c!,nd looked music this week as both the Concordia Other works on the program include Planetarium because he wanted to at Jack who was busy taking notes like Orchestra and the Concordia Chamber Quintette in the fo~ of a chorus by emulate his friend, Charlie Hayden Bob Cratchet. His face went black and Ensemble begin their respective seasons Villa-.Lobos, Quintet for piano and who had given one to .the Museum of he leaned forward - a lengthy silence of free concerts. winds by Mozart and Concerto after Natural History in New York. He was while my tea cup trembled and the This Saturday (October 28) at 8:30 Vivaldi by Bach. not aware of the fact that Charlie biscuits nearly fell off the plate on my .-· p .m., the Concordia Orchestra will Ensemble members performing in Hayden had only bought the in knee. Then J.te looked at me and, perform Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. this concert are Sherman Friedland, strument itself - not the building ... but "It's not enough". S, Handel's Water Music and clarinet; Stella Amar, oboe; Elaine he wanted the whole thing. However, I recovered my composure and said, Beethoven's Overture to "Die Gaertner, horn; Joelle Amar, bassoon; he had not given anything for the somewhat weakly, "Well, anything Geschopfe des Prometheus". Eric Wilner, flute; and Lauretta exhibition galleries which led up to the more would enable me to do that The 60-member orchestra will Milkman, piano. · actual Theatre of the Stars and which much more." perform three more concerts this The next Ensemble concert will be we hoped would set the tone for the He wagged a finger at me. "What season: December 9, February 17 and on November 23. presentation - nor had he given any you really came out here to ask for · April 14. Both the Concordia Orchestra and funds for changing the shows - a was half a million, wasn't it? Now, The Concordia Chamber Ensemble's the Concordia Chamber Ensemble are somewhat expensive undertaking, own up." opening concert on November 2 at under the direction of Sherman though of course quite indispensable. My tongue dried up. "Half a million 8:30 p.m. will feature the first public Friedland. Call the music section at . So one of my first jobs was to go and our troubles would be over", I performance of a work by Concordia local 614 for more information. out to his splendid home at Pa.rkwood said. music professor Allan Crossman, -MG in Oshawa and explain to him our He turned to Jack: "Have we got needs. It was not an occasion that I half a million, Jack?" looked forward to with great an "Oh, yes, Mr. Sam, I think we've ticipation for he had already been most got half a million." generous. As a new boy in Canada, I I relaxed, but suddenly his face felt very much on trial. clouded over again and again I tensed. Anyway, here I went for tea. He "Now young fellow, why don't you was then ninety-six and he greeted me come clean? What you really came for somewhat sternly. With him was his was a million, wasn't it? Come on personal secretary, Jack English, a now, be honest with me." I did not stripling of a mere seventy-six. know what to say. "Now, said he, glaring at me, "Well, Mr. Maclaughlin," I "what's all this about galleries?" I stumbled, "with a million, I suppose I explained as. best I could and produced could do twice as much as I could with the designer's impressions. half a million" - not a particularly "Ah", says he, "I see, How much?" brilliant reply, but the best, I could "Well", says I nervously, "$200,000." manage. These are some of,the 50 particip'tmts of the Second Annual Concordia Run, He turned to Jack. "Are we alright "Have we got a million, Jack?" which took place on October 21. The run began at the Hall Building and ended for $200,000, Jack?" "Oh yes, Mr. Sam, I think we could 5.5 miles later at the Loyola footbalf field. Winner David Lloyd took only 25 "Oh, yes, Mr. Sam, I think we can manage a million." minutes to cover the ground. He was followed in order of placement by his twin manage $200,000." 'Then, give him a million, Jack, give brother Peter Lloyd, Chaim Levy, Chris Boer, and Ron Jankowski. 'That's alright then." him a million." Mechanical Engineering Professor Hugh McQueen, who finished 25th claiming We moved on to the next item on At this point, though with a very to be the first faculty member to cross lthe line, seized the healthful occasion to the agenda.