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I I- the7 Martlet Vel. UNIVERSITY VICTORIA,VICTORIA, B.C., OCTOBER 11, 1967 No. 10 7 OF - - BCAS Drives For

Education Needs .a TheUniversity of Victoria willbecome the centre of action for policies of the British ColumbiaAssembly of Studentsthis year with three Uvic students on the newly formed executive of the union. RhysPhillips, a third-year Alsoacclaimed to the new this year will pay a ten cent arts student,was acclaimed executive from Uvic were levy per student amounting to president of the provincial treasurerFrank Frketich, a little more than $400. assembly atthe annual con- also AMS vice-president and Last year BCASconcen- gress held over the holiday Mark Walmsley as research trated on a mass student weekend. committee chairman. march to thelegislative build- Thirteenstudents f r o m The BCAS was formed last ings in Victoria with close to the universityattended the year in order to promote sec- 1200 studentsfrom member affair whichwas held at the ondaryand post secondary institutions all over the prov- -I University of British Colum- education in the province and ince. bia campus. is composed of studentsfrom The main goal behindpol- universities, technical schools, icy decided at the congress regional colleges, independent wag aimed at putting educa- nursing schools and provin- cia1 secondary schools.

tion on the front page~~ oflo- cal newspapers and at forc- Financing forthe imple- ing the provincial government mentation of policiescome to place education higher on from a percapita levy on its list of priorities. member institutions. Uvic This year, if the executive has its way, there will be no marchbut rather a concen- trated campaign of lobbying Serves You Right, Baby the government and educating the public inan inoffensive Moral: You can’t hide anything from the press. manner as tothe needs of BCAS delegates tried Mondaywhen they decided to higher education. keep secret a motion passed atthe second annual congress. A resolution passed at the Only troublewas they had already blown their congress proclaimed January minds to the press. 1968 as “Education Action IAN ANGUISW PHOTO Who saysFrosh don’t participate? Not even therain A controversial motioncondemning many high month” with the following could dampen the enthusiasm of this unknown spectator as he school administrations for openingstudents’ councils program to be implemented. braves the elements to watch Saturday’s rugby game. mail narrowly escaped defeat on the floor of the congress andbrought great consternation tothe “good image presentation of well-re- seekers”present. searched briefs listing BCAS Thisthen brought passage of anothermotion. to priorities to the government consult legal council before releasing news of the previous motion to the newspapers. a letter campaign from All this, despite the fact we were there through all individual studentsto their the discussion. MLA’s. -0 What else can they expect? 0 an extensive public edu- cationcampaign with full ...... I ...... ” utilization of the mass media.

0 BCAS sponsored students speaking to groups in their ty . . . an intelligent approach, role to play on curricula com- own community. based on the utmost co-opera- mittees,” Mr. Curtis said. The congressalso passed tion of all members of the uni- Curriculacommittees are resolutionsdealing with see ANGUS CURTIS versity community can only those departmental commit- ondary school teachers on lead to an intelligent and vi- tees which decide form pchool boards. student govern- able university life.” The race for the Grad class “marked lack of objective courses are to take and texts mentautonomy in secondary representative’s seat on coun- criticism”. Mr. Curtis, on the other to be used. schools, classroom over-crowd- cil has the appearances of a “I feel it is necessary to hand, is more concerned with The geography department ing, student counselling, the . tight battle. have a Grad class representa- establishing a constitution already hasstudents sitting secondary school grading sys- forthe Grad class, refining tem,regional colleges, and The candidates areJamie tive willing toput forth an on the curricula committee. communication between post- curriculum planning. Angus and Garry Curtis, both independent view point when “The success with which graduate andundergraduate arts-men,with a clearplat- the issuedemands it. There the students on the geography A further resolution passed students,and placing Grad form of how they see the role is all too often a yawning ac- committee are working should which created great contro- students on curricula comit- of the position they are vying quiescence and lack of healthy ensure success withinother versy among congress dele- tees. departments,” he said. for. dissension oncouncil.” gates condemned the action He said he plans, if elected, of Vancouver city council in Mr. Angussaid he feels The Grad class representa- “By 1970 graduate students to approach otherdepart- withdrawing the business li- that those active on the pres- tive plays animportant role will form one third of the stu- ments with a similar arrange- cense of the publication, ent students’ council are pur- on council because of his past dent body, and thereis an ment in mind. increasing need for communi- “Georgia Straight”. suing goals which are “remote university experience Mr. Mr. Curtis said he also felt from the immediate and nec- Angus said. cation between post-graduate that there should be increased Many delegates argued such students andundergraduate essaryrequirements of the “As the Grad class we have liaison between the students’ a motion was beyond the scope students.” students”. gained insight and perapec- council and the Gradclass of the congress business and throughtheir representative. would serve only to alienate He said he feels some coun- tive into the problems of both “Graduatestudents also Drovincial education officials cil members also exhibit a incoming students and facul- have a particularly important (More elections inside) (continued on page three) THE MARTLET, OCTOBER 11, 1967

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4. Why BCAS - well e.e e (A candid interview with AMs president Dave McLean following thecongress of theBritish ColumbiaAssembly of Students held inVancouver over the weekend revealed the following. ) . Question: Was the weekend jaunt worthwhile in your opinion? Answer: It will be of some use only if good action comes out of it. The resolutions must be meaningful . . . if there is no action the congress was wasted. Q.: What changes do you expect to see this year with much of .the executive coming fnun victoria? A.: Thismeans BCAS will be more activehere . . . "Damn you Glenn, we've been walking-for two hwn and you *ill h&'t ))Cough) of a 'a this is better for us . . . we can justify their actions to the funnyidea for tomorrow's caCC00n.l' students easier . . . I don't know if it is better for BCAS. Q. : Why might this fact not be so good for BCAS? . A.: Thefact the executive is centeredon theisland rather than the mainland might prove a handicap . . . there are morestudents in the Vancouver area so logically it should be over there. Better Pot nextdance exactly what it university students in white. Q.: Can you explain some of the ' congresspolicy was they came for, and the decided? The Editor, Sir: uniforms ; and were they ef- As one of this university's Circle .K beat goes on. ficient! No sdbnerwas a A.: This year the tone was research first, with correct many grass smokers, I would Yours Soberly, tablevacated, than oneof information backed up with atatistics and data . . . this type like to voicemy protest of R.W.H. them would a p p e a f from of information strongly backs upyour arguments when deal- council's recentproposal to nowhere, w h i s k away the ing with the government and the school boards. approach the Psychology de- Cafeteria Reminiscing soileddishes (none of this . Q.: Do you think this a better policy than was estab- partment to begin research Whenone is exposed to do-it-yourself c 1 e a r i n g of lished last year (the mass march)? on the cannabis sativa plant. the four windsof heaven and tables),clean table and The peoplewho have been thedriving sleet, as one chairs, and some newcomers A.: Yes, because the march didmore to harm .BCAS open-mindedenough to try and ita for higher education public reaction was trudges part of a mile from would at once be seated. No goals . . . this mild, but beneficial drug one building to another,or to noise,no fuss.The tables unfavourable . . . a systematic presentation of briefs to the havefound for themselves the cafeteria for one's were beautifully constructed government would not have created ' this we must have . . . the effects of pot. They them- meagrelunch, spirits droop in solid oak, andthe arm- the public behind us before pressing the government . . . I selves can attest to its non- and one's innate optimism be- chairswere to match. The think this is a good change in the direction of BCAS. habit forming nature, tension gins to wilt. building was quiet, attractive Q.: This year all but one of the positions on the execu- relieving qualities that carry It is in this state of mind with its oak paneling,and tive were won by acclamation. What do you think of this no stigmas of sickness, that I often cross the thresh- excellentlydesigned. T h e

lack of interest in the provincial union? I vomiting, 'or disorderly con- old of our Cafeteria, hoping ramp along which we moved A.: I don't like to see any position not contested. I duct, which our government forthe solace of a good, our trays while selecting the like see elections there should be choice this sold beverages seem to carry balancedmeal. But I have foodwere continuous, so to . . a . . . with them. year there was really no choice. longlearnt to steel myself that we never had to pick up A hang-over from grass is against disappointment: the our trays until after we had 8.: How do you propose to inform and involve students unheard of. It seems that line-up is longbecause the paidthe cashier.. And the at Uvic in BCAS: this year?, the peoplewho use grass organizationand design of food! There were about three A.: This year we will have a budget for BCAS. There know the .effects, both social the serving counters are ru- or four selections per course willbe a 10 cent levy perstudent and also the most of and psychological better than dimentary, and duties are not and aalads, etc. that were in- indiv'idualcommittees . ._. it willprobably be the job of anyresearch dossier. The efficiently distributed tended to be cold, werestand- ,- ,- the committees to involvd studentsin programs. people whohave mental amongst the personnel. Often ing on beds of crushedice blocks against this "evil" the selection I ask for is po garnished with parsley. And Q.: What will this cost the AMs? form of "dope" and will have longeravailable. If I take finally, the cost was well be- A.: Maybe around $2,400 . . . but actual figures haven't nothing to do with it will twopieces of bread, a lady Jow what we have to pay been worked out yet. not benefit from research in comes runningafter me to here. thisarea as they have no Q:: Do you think BCAS is more relevantto students tell me to replaceone of ' Whatare the advantages than CUS ? contactwith it. Be it far the pieces. Thereare, per- of sucha system? Firstly, from me to push it on them. A.: Ye0 becauie it's closer to home . . . it concerns haps, no forks left - yet I we would all have the chance direct reforms in the British Columbia educational process I think, however, thatthe seea lady 'foreman' stand- to restand recuperate our money sh'ould be put toa ing idly,presumably to 'su- frayednerves during that . . . also this year there will be more emphasis on the high much better use the de- schools, curriculumchanges, grading, student press and - pervise', while the line-up precious m i d - d a y hour; velopment of a better plant. has to wait anothercouple of secondly, we would get food student government . . . we must go back to the high schools Yours in "high" regard, to make basic changes. minuteswhile an otherwise cheaper,since thecafeteria Pierre la Toake would be.oper8ted on a non- Q.: you think students on this campus are interested overworked lady has to make Do good the deficiency.The profit basis ; and lastly, many in BCAS and do you anticipate much opposition to the,spend- AnotherDance Critic cooking is so bad, thatat students could obtainpart- ing of so much money on its programs? The Editor; Sir: timesthe meal tastes,and timeemployment there,for A.: Students who areagainst acadeqie reform are This blunt - headed p r o - looks, quiterepulsive. The (i) payment, or for (ii) free idiots BCAS does it provincially and .CUS,'does it na- m+ . . . jectile is aimed at the stout tablesand chairs are often meals, or for(iii) some re- tionally . . . I can't see the students being too upset about hearts of the swellguys in dirty: there is an inadequate bate in their fees. Take your our programs. Circle K who finallyover- supply of waitresses to see pick. Editor's Note: In the opinion of this writer who was also came $he controversy of the that they arekept clean. The Question: Whynot at present at the congress BCAS has given no indication this first frosh folly to bring us a space, in fact, is infinitelytoo Uvic ? Gourmet. year it will be any more relevant than CUS but will mean second frosh folly. Truly small forthe number of only another expense to the students they don't understand remarkable. Here was sweet people using it; and the noise the Martlet or care about. success.Not only was the is unbearable just at thetime band good (rated so because of day when it is necessary Editor "---.---Deryk Thompson This year's students' council has yet to formally estab- they played Louie, Louie and for us all to unwind-and re- Reporters.". Steve Rume, Judith Wil- liamson, Bruce Tobin, Gamy Curtis, lish any policy regarding either of the two student unions Little Latin Lupe Lu at least lax. SusanMay=, Allard Van Veen, which is relevant to students on this campus. three times), but there was Thisall took my memory Bob Mitchell, Rhys Phillios,Ron Read.Sylvia Jones, Gary Hayman, Although Uvic wasrepresented in large numbers at lots of room, so much so in back to my studentdays at BruceMcKkan, Sherry Dalzil. fact,that variousand nu- Shelly Donnan. KathyLowther, both congresses this year their participation in the policy an Eastern university, where Marilyn Bonering. making was a sorry sight to see. merous couples found it ad- the cafeteria was the best SpringIMichelle Secretary vantageous to drink not only hadever seen. It was run AdvertisinpManager "Frank Tovey We would recommend that council and other students while seated but while danc- by an expert,professional Cartoons -.".--Glenn Howarth examine at the budget meeting what practical 'effects they ing as well. caterer who was also - by Cireulation.""Ron Myers, Kes expect from these unions before they simply rubberstamp Roodbol,Adrian Batterbury, Keith Well, theBrylcream boys the way - an efficiency ex- Thornpaom. II, the 76 cent and 10 cent fee levies and then seemingly forget are happy, and as they stag- pert in the best sense of the Photographerr--."Ian Anguish, Dave about the unions for another year. word. The remainder of the MacFarhe, JudithWilliamson ger -off intothe sunset, I Lay-out ...._. Bob Mitchell. Deryk Tbompson hope they remember at the diningroom staff consisted of Angela St. Hilaire. Brock Ketcbam THE MARTLET, OCTOBER 11, 1967 Near Sweep For Rugger The rough, tough guys on the Uvic campus almost had a perfect weekend as rugby squads mudded to victory in first and second division gamesbut dropped a third match to Royal Roads. GLOVER RANKIN In first division action the Vikings, sparked by the kick- Sally Glover andLinda Rankin have quite a bitin ing of big forward Rick Pike, common. plowed theirway to a wet They’re bothpretty, and they’re both candidates for 6-3 victoryover Oak Bay’s first year women’s representatives to the students’. council. tough Wanderers at Carnar- But the similarities don’t end there - both girls bring von Park. a solidbackground of politicalexperience from students’ councils in their respective high schools, and both express Pike struck for two penalty a deep concern over the communication breakdown between goalsin thetight match, the average freshman, the AMS and the upper classmen. while Eric Druce scored Oak MissGlover said she feels that one solution could be Bay’s onlypoints on an un- the establishment of a specific weekly time at which fresh- converted try. mencould discusspertinent issues and problems withtheir Meanwhile, back atthe representative. ranch,the Norsemen were’ “More aggressiverepresentation oncouncil” forthe busy upsetting a fierce James freshmanclass is another solution emphasized by Miss Baysecond team 6-3 on the Glover. Gordon Head pitch. Shealso proposed that residencerules bemodernized The Norsemen points came for women, andthat Frosh Week be streamlinedand re- on a try by break-away for- IAN ANGUISH PHOTO vamped. ward Russ Pophamand the SOCCER TWO STEP . . . out of my way buddy, and a Miss Rankin proposes similar solutions to the communi- first penalty goal of Bruce determinedNorseman carries the baIlaround Island Tug cation problem. Irving’s rugby career. James player during a second division skirmish Sunday afternoon. She said thewomen’s representative must “get together Bayscored on a 20 yard with first year students to let them know what their council penalty goal by Ray Ramsay. is doing.” Sunday however, the Saxons, Only in that way can freshman “participation in student opening their BCJRL sched- Norsemen Thumped government and student activities” be increased she pointed ule had trouble with timing out. andwent down 11-3 at the Shealso suggested that residencescould be used as hands of Royal Roads. Uvic’s “homes” where off-campus students might meet during the sole points came on a try by In Second Outing day. A1 Perry. The high flying Norsemen Latein the gameNorse- met Island Tug and Bargeat men, who suddenly seemed to Lastyear the first year the university pitch Sunday. realizethey we re losing, men’s representative took his And the fine f 00tball mounted a determinedof- seat on the students’ council weather didn’thelp onebit fensive, but couldn’t crack by acclamation - this year as thevisiting crew stopped Island Tug’s modified free- it’s a different story. Uvic cold with a score of 3-0. float umbrella defence. Two candidates, Pete Law- AlthoughNorsemen had a TheTug and Barge crew, rie and Angelo Esposito, are slightedge in play during the bigger and hungrier, dug squaring off in the political first halfthey were unable harderand used a passing arena, and. it could develop to score,and during the last attack to greater effect, as into a hot race. half of playthey s imp1y the Norsemen scrambled Both candidateshave ex- couldn’t containthe fired-up aroundin the middle,un- cellent credentials as far as TugandBarge outfit. ablefinish,to andlosing previousexperience in poli- IslandTug failed to capital- valuable time when they tics is .concerned, andboth ize on a penalty shot in the should have been driving for openinghalf of play, but goals. are well aware of the prob- LAWRIE ESPOSITd lems andissues which face theycorrected that mistake Though defeated the Norse- theaverage freshman and the existence of an academic ‘‘I’m fullyaware of the prettyquickly in the second men producedsome fine in- the entire studentbody. communityand he must be financial Allandifficulties soccer. faceddividual by half. Mc- Mr. Lawriesaid he feels prepaRdto deal with it. If out-of-town students,and I At the ten minute mark of Dermott played perhaps the studentsshould have more studentrepresentatives are fullysupport the idea of the second period Island Tug best game for the Uvic side, voice inthe administrative barredfrom administrative equalization grants,” he said. scored what proved to be the whileAlex Muir, as goal- structure of the universi.ty. meetings the wholeconcept He also expressed concern winning goal, then wenton to keeper, foundout what it’s “Studenta have a right and of the academic communityis that freshmen do not receive saltaway two more un- liketo be inthe loneliest an obligation tocritically a farce and we are caught up enoughinformation regard- answered t a 1 1 i e 8, j u s t position on the field and still s t u d y present educational in a caste system where the ing CUS, EUS and theBCAS. to make the victory more se- turned in a fine game despite arrangements, and to demand studentsare the untouch- “There must be greater in- cure. the score. a voiee on all administrative ables.” volvement forfreshmen in committeeswhich will be Mr. Esposito, who comes organizeduniversity activi- makingdecisions affecting from Trail, said his primary ties . . . For it’s self-evident university policy andstu- concernwas with getting a thatthe freshmen of today dents,” he said. square deal for out-of-town willbe theleaders of to- EVERYTHING IN TRAVEL “President Taylor claimed students. morrow,” he said. Education . . . EVERYWHERE (Continued from Page 1) and the general public. TRAVELEYDEN TOURS After the congress Mr. Phillips said he felt theassem- bry created a largebut im- SPECIALISTS IN STUDENT TRAVEL portantstructure in which . . . NO SERVICECHARGE the educational needs of the HELP INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON: province can be asserted. “Une of the main problems 0 1968 Sailing Schedules will be the difficulties in com- Poll sitters are needed for 0 Passport and Visa Information munication over such a large area such as B.C.More stu- AMS elections Friday 13th 0 European Tours for Students Only dentsmust be broughtinto 0 Youth Hostels BCAS if it is to survive,” he said. 0 Low Cost Passenger Freighters “Theacquisition of funds Please sign sheets on bulletin Councsel on Student Travel this year will greatlyassist incarrying out the action board in SUB or phone programs,” he added. AMS president, Dave Mc- TRAVELEYDEN TOURS Lean, whoheaded the Uvic Denis St. Claire 386-6527 delegation, said any real value 768 Fort Street 388-4201, of the congress would be seen if strong actionresulted throughout the year. 4 THE11,196’2 MARTLET, OCTOBER

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THE SUNDAY ‘TIMES No. 7524 8 October 1967 Tenpence JOHN VIETNAM LENNON WAR ENDS

RESOLUTION of the Viet Nam war was reached at I top-level conference held secretly in Tokyo latc Saturday. Six nations represented, including the United States China and Russia, issued a joint-communique stating thal HOW I WON with concessions from certain countries Viet Nam wil: ‘‘develop political stability” under provisions outlined ir ‘THE WAR 8 the “New Tokyo Pact.” The surprising agreement, to of Communism, Imperialism REVOLUTION go into effectimmediately, came Nationalism or Capitalism,bu IN QUEBEC about at the dramatic insistence of poverty, disease, starvatioj of U.N.of secretary-generalU and ignorance,” Pope Paul ant Thant and Pope PaulVI, both of U Thant calledfor major power John Diefenbaker9 whom made eleventh-hour pleas to send wheat instead of arm DaNang peasants back to work for acceptance of a revolution- to Viet Nam and intern1 fac Apartheid ary “vicious enemy” article. tions to buildballot boxes in and eights Already, as a result of cessation of warring,Vietnamese stead of barricades in the im The concept contained in this RomanBrowne 17 peasants livingonly several miles from American air base at poverished country. startling a r ti c 1e involves “a Da Nang can resume harvesting of autumn rice crops. Yeater- broadening of logisticthinking In initial stages, the plan DRUGS,DEATH day, in the province of Thai Binh, key village industries such as and interpretation of the war call for theUnited States to hal 6sh processing, were being revamped to help bring food to the effort to focus on the greatest, ita bombing of North,Viet Nan AND DROPOUTS country’s starving, homeless thousande. mostvicious .enemy and cause then begin to carry out evacua him utter devastation,” says the tion of the thousands of militar SPECTRUM 24 ~~ document. personnel from South Viet Nan Reading their appeals for “an At the same time Chinese an escalationby all powers con- Russian arms shipments to Vi€ Johnson sends thanks Nam will cease, along with th cerned to bringa holacaust of VINDICATED fury against the corruption not halting ofconflict between th to Foreign Secretary forces of €Io Chi-Minh an Why John Golsworthy Premier Ky. was so bitter While this is beingCarrie BUSINESS 47 message to Whitehall, sent per- out,United Nations and Vat Foreign Office experts, mean- Mao, Lin sonalthanks to Foreign Sec- ,,me, were assi ting the can supervised elections will B retary GeorgeBrown forthe held over the whole of Viet Nsl Foreign Office’s help ir; bringing Foreign Secretary as hemade advocate in order to establish a fin about a Viet Nam settlement. arrangements to bringback to representation of Vietnamese t England a closely-guarded con- guide the country in setting u voy of freighters bound for “America is extremely grate- hard work a constitution and gain adequat ful,”said the president,“for Hong Kong. control. Great Britain’s tactful efforts in bringing about a conciliatory at- “I am anxious for the return CHAIRMAN Ma0 Tse-tung and titude among the communist of the quite large cargo in those Vice ChairmanLin Piao have Chinesedelegation preparatory ships,”commented Mr. Brown. called for an end to Red Guafd to a conclusive settlement.” “It is veryrelative to. Anglo- disorders in China. Chinese relations.” Although full background de- Writing in separate editorials tails are sketchy, it is known Asked to describe the con- in the fortnightly Red Flag, the that, at Britishinducement by tents, Mr. Brown was cautious. leaders urged the revolutionary means of pound sterling meas- “It wouldbe wrong for me to Red Guards to adopt “true east- ures, Chinese representatives, in comment, really, but I can say ern resolution” and return to the a dramaticreversal ofpolicy, that. it is rather highlyex- schools,universities, factories UntilSaturday-LAST 7 PERFORMANCES OF plosive,” he said. gave Mao-backedapproval to and local industries. the highly praised and lavish productionof Tchaikovsky’a Swan Lake -inits entirety “Thin production of Swan Lakeexhilaraten tb BritishBallet scene ”“Evening News De Gaulle at Colombev It was an enthralling evening ”-Sunday Times J Nasser A laviph, Cast moving spectacle ”-The Observer IN THE face of major election employment and the failure of August 24 to Septenlber 2 to pray gains by the French Communist several unpopulareconomic re- Spectacular new production of Tchaikovsky’s party and other anti-Gaullist forms. factions,General Charles De The Sleeping Beauty PRESIDENTNasser will visit -in its entirety Gadle has retired home For weeks now, the coalition the Vaticantomorrow to pray to .his Petipa/Grey/Steveruon/McDowelZ for world peace with Pope Paul. at Colombey-les-deux-eglisesfor governmentof De Gaulle has VI. the winter. faced almost certain by FESTIVAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA “We will pray that the new opposition forces backed by dis- Full Company of 120 Artists spirit generated at Tokyoyes- Although there is yet no of- gruntled farmers and some of terday will spread to the Middle ficial statement, Elys6e officials the country‘s 1 a r g e s t labour Eve. 7.45. Sats. 4.30 & 8. Tickets 28/6, 21/-, 10/6, 7/6. East,” said Mr. Nasser. expect the beleaguered General unions. 15/6, Israel Defence Minister Moshe to tender his resignation by this The finestentertainment valne in endon Dayan also was invited but was evening. The New F’rench government unable to attend due to an ur- is expected to join the six in The ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL in gent conferencebeing held TheGeneral’s retreat comes asking Mr.Harold Wilson to Book Now. Tel.: WATerloo 3191. Tel Aviv tday with Jordanian Foreign Minister Muhammad during a renewed slump in the accept British membership in m-Aaminyin. French economy, increasing un- the common market. page two MM, OCTOBER 11, 1967

Georgia Straight incident. By so doing we hope tosolicit at leaststudent concern and at most alsopublic interest. The student should be in- terestedin improvement of societyand not ir. a poem acquiescent subservience to it. steve MM: Talking of involvement; what has hap- by hume pened to Education Action? Frketich:This weekend we are having a joint univeraities meeting in Vancouver to work dusk out the 1967-68 policy. The main issues that we intendto press will include equalization grants filled with birds’ cries VOl. 3 MARTLET MAGAZINE No. 3 and more inter-university visitations. I think there and the whoosh of wings will be more emphasis on local involvement and local isues. rests on the cemetery like a sigh The Vice.. MM: Do you feelthat the students council shouldlead or represent students? What is it and I doing now? 7, President’s Frketich: The students council now is prim- move aimlessly among the dead arily a leadership body. Ideally I believe it should and listen idly be more representational. How this can be better accomplished I don’tknow. It is our hope that to the wind shush view the policies we adopt and pursue this year will leadin therepresentational direction. In and the grass whisper 11~1;1~1:1~111u~nIII#IIIHIIIIIIIIIwRI~~~~~~~~uu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the meantime both Mr. McLean and myself hold as the light Last year Frank Frketich defied the un- our office doors continually open to people with writtenetiquette of Vic Collegetradition ideas. drains silently away tocrash the customary Victorian power clique and become,humbly, one of MM: Do you see any repetition of last year‘s into the rich black earth thefew comtry churls to be electedto end-of-year demonstrations and open student pro- council. It was hoped his rustic manner, his test? around the crumbling stones homespun naivety, and his earthy innocence would bring a new and fresh atmosphere to Frketich: I don’t think so. Relationswith thebogged intellectuality and beaurocracy Dr. Taylor are very good and we have entered the of the cultured melieu which had for years yearwith a generalattitude ofgood faith. Dr. come to these positions as though .by right Taylor has demonstrated this by the formulation of inheritance.But churlish or not, like a of thecommunications committee. This commit- countryyokel turned squire, Frank now tee is composed of three students and two or three assumes theposition of Vice-president of each of administrationand faculty. I hope a the AMs and evokes by his presence an air repetion of last year will be avoided, but if neces- of quiet and positive efficiency’which deals sary I would support such measures again under with facts and gets things done. MM here similar circumstances. speaks withFrank about hisposition and his job. MM: As an outsider to the Victoria scene, do you detect any underlying malaise which sems to 11:11111111111111111llllll1llm11111#llmn~~n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~go againstthe grain of thereform movement whichthe. council seems presently dedicated MM: The position of vice-president inany to. organization seems always to be a very dubious Frketich: . Yes. TheVictorian sub-culture one, considered by many to be just a sort of sems to be ridden with a strata of extreme con- status with little power or responsibility. What servatism,and reaction to the new orthe un- exactly are your obligations and duties regarding proven. This seems to be demonstrated by an the AMs? aura of secrecy which veils the power and deci- Frketich: My primary “Duty,” to useyour sionmaking. People seem tolive in dread and term, is to theforeign students. I work inthe fear of the youthand their ideas. Whenforced position of chief co-ordinator to see that they are into a corner, insteadof rationally defending their assisted in every possible way in adapting to the views, they just say: “You are unexperienced.” new and strang environment they face by coming But worse still, I see this same attitude in youth here from another country. I also serve as official itself.Their reaction to hippies shows inherent council representative on the newly formed com- fears and prejudices which are comparable to the munications committee and have been selected to whiteattitude toward the negroes in the deep repreeent the students on the selection committee south. If ‘hippies’ bother them I hate to ponder forthe new dean of Arts and Science. But be- their reaction to other things they are going to yond these specific obligations, the vice-president run up against in later life. 0 works closely.to advise and assist the president in policy formulation and leadership. MM: “Apathy” is a word that is always tossed around a lot by people in your position. Do one poem by you find you have much recourse to use it in re- lation to the activities you have been involved in andrew carpenter v this year? Frketich: Yes, as student leaders this is one of our biggest problems. There are many reasons why studentsgenerally areapathetic ; among them are lack of knowledge, non-involvement, and transfiguration a utilitarian view of theiruniversity education. Often students have little inkling as to what is going on either here or in the world about them It was a long hard way up the mountain and they pursuea course which’keeps them within nnd tiring; sharp stonea in the sande4 a closely knit circle of friends which for all intent aching thighs, hot breath, and and purpose is their world. Also many are here sweat trickling down the back; only to get a piece of paper which will qualify difficult way though he was there them for a secure job with good pay. As student leaders we attempt to involve stu- to help us stumbling on dents totally both in the academic community and hard scree or in‘ tearing thorns the world as a whole. Through CUS we are a or among split rocks, until at last, national political force and as the AMS we are a we reached the top. collective voice and force here on campus. By so Nt Nt being the student is able to widen his fields of And afterwards, it was a long way down. interest and experience. but now our knees ached MM: Well, how then do you intend to “in- our feet bled with the stoma volve” students? our hands bled with the thorns Frketich: Our basic problem is in contacting and our brows prickled with hot sweat 4,000 students. I hope our policy thisyear will and the sun bbmed; includetwo main criteria. That is “openness” and“concrete limited action.” All councilmeet- he was too tired to lead us, ings And committeemeetings should be open to we helped him over the all for attendance and discussion. We are going dry stmambeds where lizards lie, to press for student representation to the Joint through the bushes where snakee hide Faculty, the Senate, and the Board of Governors. and down the long slope the mad where the In all these cases decisions are made which effect to us, but in which we have absolutely no representa- others we& waiting; tion or voice. Local involvement will include such. and when he was asleep, projects as bringing our issues into local politics, we told them. running candidates in the civ’ic election, and also r, taking a vocal stand on suchissues as therecent (Second of Two Parts) from a Speech by Carl Oghby

Let’s take a brief factualinventory of the ism. Where. is our Americanhumanism here? in our self-righteousness. Nuns will be raped and latter-day Cold War. What went wrong? bureaucrats will be disembowelled. Indeed, revo- In 1953 our Central Intelligence Agency man- Let’s stare our situation coldly in the face. lution is a fury. For it is a letting loose of out- aged to overthrowMossadegh in Iran, the com- All of us are born to the colossus of history, our rages pent up sometimes over centuries. But the plaint being his neutralism in the Cold War and American corporate system - in many ways an more brutal and longer-lasting the supression of his plans to nationalize the country’s oil resources awesomeorganism. There is one fact that des- this energy, allthe moreferocious will be its to improve his people’s lives.Most evil aims, cribes it: With about five-per cent of the world’s explosive release. mostevil man. In hisplace we putin General people, we consume about half the world’s goods. Far from helping Americans de81, with this Zahedi, a World War I1 Nazicollaborator. New We take a richness .that is in good part not our truth, theanti-Communist ideology merelytries to arrangements on Iran’s oil gave twenty-five .year own, and we put it in our pockets, our garages, disguise it so that things may stay the way they leases on forty per cent of it to three U.S. firms, our split-levels, our bellies, and our futures. are. Thus, it depicts our presence in other lands one of which was Gulf Oil. The C.I.A.’s leader On the face of it, it is a crime that so few not as a coercion, but a protection. It allows us forthis coup wasKermit Roosevelt. In 1960 should have so much at the expense of so many. even to say that the napalm in Viet Nam is only Kermit Roosevelt became a vice-president of Gulf Where is the moral imagination so abused as to anotheraspect of ourhumanitarian love-like Oil. callthis just? Perhaps many of us feel a bit those exorcisms in the Middle Ages that so often uneasy in our sleep. We are not, afterall, a killed the patient. So we say to the Vietnamese In 1954, the democraticallyelected Arbenz cruel people. And perhaps we don’t really need peasant,the Cubanintellectual, thePeruvian of Guatemala wanted to nationalize a portion of this super-dominance that deformsothers. But worker: “You arebetter dead than Red. If it United Fruit Company’s plantations in his coun- what can we do? The investments are made. The hurts or if you don’t understandwhy - sorry try, land he needed badly for a modest program of financial ties are established. The plants abroad about that.” agrarian reform. His government was overthrown are built.Our system exists. One is sweptup This is the action of corporate liberalism. It in a C.1.A.-supported right-wing coup. The follow- into it. How intolerable - to be born moral, but performs for the corporate state a function quite ing year, Gen. Walter BedellSmith, director of addicted to astolen and maybe surplus luxury. likewhat the Church onceperformed for the the C.I.A. when the Guatemala venture was being Our goodness theatens to become counterfeit be- feudal state. It seeks to justify ita burdens and planned,joined the board of directors of the foreour eyes - unless we change. Butchange protect it from change.As the Church exagger- United Fruit Company. threatens us with uncertainty - at least. ated this office in the Inquisition, so with liberal- Comes 1960 and Castro cries we are about to invade Cda. The Administration sneers, “poppy- cock,” and we Americans believe it. Comes 1961 and the invasion. Cornea with it the awful realiz- ation that the United States Government had lied. Comes 1962 andthe missile crisis, and our Administration standsprepared to fightglobal atomic war on the curious principle that another state does not have the right to ita own foreign policy. Comes 1963 and British Guiana, whereCheddi Jaganwants independence from England and a labor law modelled on the Wagner Act. And Jay Lovestone, the AFGCIO foreign policy chief, act- ing as always, quite independently of labor’s rank and file, arranges with our Government to finance an eleven-week dock strikethat brings Jagan down, ensuring that the state will remain British Guiana, and that any workingman who wants a wage better than fifty cents a day is a dupe of Communism. Comes 1964. Two weeks after Undersecretary Thomas Mann announces that we have abandoned Our problem, .then, is to justify .this system ism in the McCarthy time - which, if it was a re- the Alianza’s principle of no aidto tyrants, and give its theft another name - to make kind actionary phenomenon, was still made possible by Brazil’s Goulart is overthrown by the vicious and moral what it neither, to perform some al- our anti-Communist corporate liberalism. right-winger, Ademar Barros, supported by a show chemy with language that will make this injustice Let me thenspeak directly to humanist of American gunboats at Rio de Janiero. Within seem a most magnanimous gift. liberals.If my facts are wrong, I will soon be twenty-four hours, the new head of state, Mazzilli, corrected.But if they areright, then youmay receives a congratulatory wire from our President. Ahard problem. Butthe Western democ- racies, in the heyday of their colonial expansion- facea crisis of conscience.Corporatism or hu- Comes 1965. The DominicanRepublic. Re- ism..- Droduced a hero worthy of the task. manism:which?, For it has come to that. Will bellion in the streeta. We scurry to the spot with YOU letyour dreams be used? Will you be a twenty thousand neutral Marines andpur neutral Its namewa3 free enterprise, and its partner nudging ap610gist for ,the corporate state? or peacemakers - likeEllsworth Bunker Jr., Am- was an illiberal liberalism that said to the poor will you help try to change it - not in the name of bassador to the Organization of American States. and the dispossessed: What we acquire of your this or that blueprint or ism, but in the name of Most of us know that our. neutral Marines fought resources we repay in civilization: the white man’s simple human decency .and democracy and the openly on the side of the junta, a fact that the burden. Butthis wastoo poetic. So a muchmore that wise and brave men saw in the time Administrationstill denies. But how manyalso hardheadedtheory was produced. Thistheory of our own ~volution? know that what was at stake was ournew Carrib- said that colonial statue is in fact a boon to the And if your commitment to human values is bean Sugar Bowl? That this same neutral peace- colonized. We givethem technology andbring unconditiona], then disabuse yourselves of the making Bunkeris a board member and stock owner intothem moderntimes.notion statementsthat bring‘change, will if only of the National Sugar Refiining Company, a firm But this deceived no one but ourselves. We the right atatements can be written, or that in- his father founded in the good old days, and one weredelighted with this newtheory. The poor terviewswith. the mighty will bringchange if whichha8 a major interest. in- maintaining the saw in it merely an admission that their claims only the mighty can be reached, or that marches status quo in the DominicanRepublic? Or that wereirrefutable. They stood up to us,without will bring change if only we can make them mas- the President’s close personal friend and ,adviser, gratitude. We were shocked - but also confused, siveenough, or that policy proposals will bring our new Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, has for the poor seemed again to be right. How long change ifonly we canmake themresponsible satfor the past 19 years on the board of the is it going to be the case, we wondered, that the enough. Cucrest Company, which im p o r t s blackstrap Door will be right- and the rich will be wrong? We are dealing now with a colossus that does molasses from the Dominican Republic? Or that Liberalism faced a crisis. In the face of the not want to be chaned. It will not change itself. the rhetorican of corporate liberalsm and the late It will not co-operate withthose who want to President Kennedy’s close friend AdolfeBerle, collapse of theEuropean empires, how could it continue to hold together.our twin need for rich- change it. Those allies of ours in the Govern- was chairman of that same board? Or that our ment - are they really our allies? If they are, rovingambassador Averill Harriman’s brother ness and righteousness? How can we continue to sack the ports of Asia and still dream of Jesus? then they don’t needadvice, they need comtitu Roland is on the board of NationalSugar? Or encies; they don’t need study groups, they need a thatour former ambassador to the Dominican The challenge was met witha most ingenious movement. And if they are not, then all the more Republic, Joseph Farland, is a board member of solution:the ideology of anti-Communism. This reason for building that movement with a most the South Puerto Rico Sugar Co., which owns two was the bind: we cannot call revolution bad, be- relentless conviction. hundred and seventy-five thousands acres of rich cause we started that way ourselves, and because There are people in this country today who land in the Dominican‘Republic and is the largest it isall too easy to seewhy the dispossessed are trying to build that movement, who aim at employer on the island - at about one dollar a shouldrebel. So we willcall revolution Com- nothingless than a humanist reformation. And day ? munism.And we will reservefor ourselves the the humanist liberals must understand that it is Neutralists ! God mve the hungry people of right to saywhat Cbmmunism means. We take this movement with which their own best hopes the world from such neutralists! note of revolution’senormities, wrenchingthem are mostin tune. We radicals know .the same We do not say these men are evil. We say, where necessary from their historical context and history that you liberals know, and we can under- rather, that good men can be divided from their often exaggerating them, and say: Behold, Com- stand your occasional cynicism, exasperation, and compassionby theinstitutional system khatin- munism is a bloodbath. We takenote of those even distrust. But we ask you to put these aside herits us all. Generalion in and’out, we are put reactionaries who stole the revolution, and say: andhelp us risk a leap.Help us findenough to use.People become instruments.Generals do Behold, Communism is a betrayal of the people. time for theenormous work that needs doing here. not he& the screams of the bombed; sugar execu- We takenote of the revolution’sneed to con- Helpus build. Help us shape the future in the tives do not see the misery of the cane cutters: solidate itself, and say: Behold, Communism is a name of plain human bone. 0 for to do so is to be that much leas the general, tyranny. that much less the executive. It has. been all these thin&, and it will be Carl Oglesby was president of the Students for The foregoing facts of recent history describe thesethings again, and we willnever be at a a Democratic Society in 1965. This speech wtw One main aspect of the estate of Western liberal- loss for those tales of atrocity that comfort us so reprinted from Liberation, Jan. 1966.

” -. ”_ -. .. Desecration of the Oceanids ON ANON. by Roderick HaigBrown

There is a theoryheld by industryand by Theseshould be backedby directsubsidies for TEACHERS FIGHT! many municipalities that natural watercourses aremunicipal pollution abatement and some form of a legitimate means of waste disposal - that they tax relief for industrial improvements. Pollution are, in fact, a natural resource put to most ef- is unquestionably a national problem even though Teaching, thedoggedly ‘challenging’pro- fective use in this manner. This theory finds some much of the jurisdiction rests with the provinces; fession, continues to sufferat the iconoclastic support in government and often a good deal of publicpressure, therefore, will be essential to . hands of writerslike Paul Goodman and supportamong economists and planners. In the ensure the fullco-operation of reluctant provinces newspapermen like Richard Needham ; some- pastand UP tothe present pollution has been and to reveal any failures or insinceritiesof local times even educators themselves throwrocks. accepted all too often as a matter of practical government. policy. Industryand municipalities have been I think it important that anti-pollution forces But only rarely. allowed totake the cheap way out, at profit to should be aggressive rather than merelydefensive. Nedhamcomplains thatteachers are themselves and at high cost to all other citizens To insist -on attack at thesouice of pollution mere babysitters, bereft of any vital educa- of the country. rather than where its effects may be felt is the Watercourses are, in fact, an essential means most valuable form of aggression. But there is a tional value and useful only in the way that of waste disposal. Any complex of treatment and whole range of useful and constructive attack in theVictorian governess was to her mis- purification will leave some ultimateresidue of the field of waste recovery and thisI feel has been chievously-inclined ‘charges.’ waste to be carried off, whether in the form of too little examined and used. Insulphite pulp solids,solubles, increased or reducedtempera- production, forinstance, “the amount ofwood Goodman, in considering youthproblems, tures, loweredoxygen valuesor other adverse substance discharged as waste can vary from 65 takes a look beyond the classroom atthe effects. to 63 per cent of the raw material.” Wasteon such goal-less society that b r e e d s inactivity, It follows, therefore, that the first objective a scale as this is surely unconscionable andwould which breeds boredom,which breeds stu- should be to hold all pollution at an absolute mini- not be tolerated by a public that was fully aware pidity.Few people are really‘ignorant,’ mum. This is not only the best protection for the of it. It would seem that recovery would be sound manyother, superior uses of water,but it also if only for the purposeof restoring the “waste”to .he says, they arejust caught between a rout- gives the best assurance that watershed disposal the land that produced it. But it is also true that ine sytem determined to ‘educate’ them and will be availablefor the unavoidable residual there are commercially valuable substances in the a society which that has no use for them be- wastes of domestic and industrial origin. “wastes” (i.e. chemicals in mine wastes) and that cause it has no meaningful jobs. It is essential that all pollutions be attacked if recoverywere enforced ways would soon be at thesource. At this point their demand upon found to putthese to profitable use. Waste dis- In‘ both views, thefinancial aspect of awater system can be measuredwith accuracy posal of organic materials for instance, must al- teaching is aninevitable worrying-point. and the polluting agency is fully identifiable. The ways be wrong in terms of overall land manage- That thousands upon thousands of potential policy of shifting the onus of proof on to down- ment. laborersand workers are being effectively streamusers is a denial of naturaljustice and At the present time public awareness of pol- kept off thetouchy employment sceneis setsalmost impossibleproblems of establishing lution as aproblem is verygreat. But public quantitative .damage and identifying responsible understanding of theeffects of pollutionis not obvious ; that their presence in school, mean- parties. yet advanced. It is important to emphasize such while; isnon-productive and non-useful to It is not unreasonable for government at both points as ecological changes that begin long before anyone, is not considered. federaland provincial levels tosubsidize pollu- any gross pollution is evident, the cumulative ef- tion control efforts undertaken by existing indus- fects of chemical and organic pollutions. Obviously teachingraises many large, tries and municipalities,provided that substantial The above are points to be considered ip the large questions today, such as whether it is (in fact prohibitive) charges are made for use of generalissue, as guidelines to policy. Federd anything more than babysitting; whether the watershedsforwaste disposal. Where such leadership cannot achieve much without provin-” increasinglybureaucratic education system charges are notmade, the industry or municipality cia1 co-operation and the pressure should be on is merely producing boring, qualified is profiting by abuse of a natural resource that all provinces to conform to and improveupon is the property of the public in general and this is federal standards. teachers who inturn produceboring edu- nomore reasonable or tolerablethan would be, More local problemscall for specific local catedstudents; and whether,in a society say, the free use of public forests by loggers or knowledge andattacks based on balaneing this reeling in the throes of pop communication, public grazing lands by rancpers. againstpravincial and federal standarda. Con- the ‘teacher’ can ‘turn on’ his class. Pollution is, essentially, a simple matter, and servationiste, unfortunately, are rarely in a posi- it is urgently important to keep it simple. Those tionto finance intensiveresearch of a specific Theanswers, really, are up to today’s who have a financial interest in using watercourse local problem. Thatis why it isessential that young people, theteachers-in-training who for waste disposal invariably try to make it seem the onus must be on the polluter to show at all will soon get the job of explaining what life complex anddifficult and often succeed in con- times that his pollution is at the technically feas- is all about to the classes of anxious, quiz- fusing the public. To fight this it is necessary to ibleminimum level, andlegislation must be di- zical and often hate-filled faces on the other take the simple basic position that all pollution is rectedto this end. Even .so, pollutioncontrol side of the desk. It is the newcoming evil, to insist on simple guidelines such as those boards may find themselves with little to go on teachers alone who have the power to make suggested above and to keep these constantly be- except theengineering and other data supplied the schools what they want. Older teachers, fore the public as the measure of what it isneces- by thepolluter. It is therefore,essential that as is readily seen, have been unable to cope sary to work for and fight for. suchboards be furnishedwith staff andfunds with today’s :teaching problems : they have Canada needs the .strongest Rindof federal sufficient for accurate independent assessment of simplyfallen into the comfortabre middle leadership in pollution matters andclose co-opera- all claims and proposals submitted to them. 0 class rut andare out of touchboth with tion by all the provinces. The federal government themselves and the students they teach. should establish water quality standards and other Mr. Haig-Brown is a noted Canadian naturalist Today’s future teachers shouldbe giv’ing guidelines, with deadlines for their achievement. and author. greatthought to what they’re going to do about the problems of education. Some may be totallyblind and see noproblems: they will fit quitecomfortably into the 9 to 3, For God’s Sake Hold Your Tongue workaday, status quo mass of teachers which make up 90 per cent of the present number. and Let Me Love Some, hopefully,will have their prin- ciplesgrossly offendedby thehypocrisy, shoddiness and intellectual dishonesty in the by Robin Goodfelh .professionand rebel. It takesguts, and it takes principles ; it takes people, more speci- “You’re a lousykisser,” she said. . 66 ...left arm straight, head down, eyeon fically, who are genuinely trying to sort out “I’m sorry,” I said. the ball,” I giggled. what should and shouldn’tbe in the teaching “And DON’T SAY THAT. You don’t have to “You’re not trying.” profession. Complete answers aren’t easy to be sorry just because you’re a lousy kisser. There “Why don’twe start a TV series. There’s find, but too many teachers today aren’teven are worsethings than a lousykisser. And, re- Sam Snead’s Advice to Golfers, George Chenier’s looking. 0 member, you’re Boot at other things.” Tipsfor Snooker Players. Why notChristine There was a pause. Keeler’s Hints to Kissers?” “I’m a good writer?” I suggested hopefully. “Part of your problem is that you talk too “But there’s no gettingaway from it. You much.” ARE a lousy kisser.” “We could havekissing pros,’’ I went on, “Should I write to Ann Landers ?” ignoring her. “Every YMCA would have a kissing “Don’t be silly. You just need practice.” pro - just like a golf proor a skating pro. MARWT MAGAZINE “Practice?” ‘Lessons by appointment.’ You know I think you are really on to a great idea.” published every Tuesday “Yes. You should go outand kiss a lot of other kirls.” “DO you want to kiss‘me or don’t you?” “Just walk up to one on the street, you mean, “Wait a minute. Don’t be insuch a hurry. This idea is too good to forget. You see.we’d have editor ...... Martin Segger andsay, ‘Excuse me, miss, I’m kissing my way through college,’ and then- land her one?” these thousands of kissing pros all over the world, andevery so often they’d allgather for a big associates Jim Hoffman, HarrisonPam “You’re being purposely obtuse. I mean your and Jerri Jelinec tournament. We’d sell the TV rightsfor a few technique is bad.” million dollars and all the weekend kissers would art ...... Martin Springett “Well, Stanley Mathews used to kick a tennis tune in to try to find ways to improve their style ball against a stone wall, and Mickey Mantle hit ...11 try editor...... I ..._...... -. Jane Foster corncobs with a broom handle on hisfarm in “If you don’t kiss me, I’m going home.” mL Oklahoma. What doyou want me todo: suck “Oh all right ..... Unsolicited material can be left in the MAG lemons or take up the trumpet?” ..... You know you really are a lousy kisser.” box in The Martlet office in the SUB. MM’e of- “Very funny. Come here. We’ll tryit once ‘? guessmy mother was right. Shealwaya ficial office is located in Office 10, J Hut. more. Now ,close your eyes ...’+ wanted me to take up golf.’ 0