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Hope you We didn't vote need the for the ProTem Slate . .. staff!!! Volume VI, Number 19 The Student Weekly of Glendon College, York University Toronto,' Canada February: 9, 19671 8.C. STUDENTS MARCH PROTEST GETS RESULTS ON L.EGISI.ATURE 'Every kind of protest Mr Berton fielded a wide elimination of-tuition fee, an ultimately produces re­ range of questions for the Students from the universi­ independent grants commi­ sults' according to Pierre 250 students present in the • ties of Victoria and. B.C., ssion, and student represen­ Berton who participated in Old Dining Hall. Considering I BERTON Simon Fraser, B.C. Insti­ tation on the Boardof Gover­ the Glendon Forum this the future role of the fa­ tute of Technology, andother nors and Senate. Tuesday. 'You don't change mily, the speaker replied, small colleges, marched en 'Tuition fees will stay', Pe­ views with protest signs im­ 'the concept that all chil­ masse to the legislature terson told the bellOWing mediately but it's a start'. dren be brought up by their steps in Victoria Friday to crowd. He insisted that the Mr Berton is a firm ad­ parents must go' . 'The ask for aid. parental means test for stu­ vocate of student partici­ government won't give de­ Education Minister Leslie dent bursaries will remain pation in university govern­ serted mothers enough to Peterson, after refusing to in effect. ment. 'For too many years live on, yet day care centres meet the march, received Peterson told the crowd: adults have praised demo­ are resisted as some type the students with a blunt de­ 'You all have a tendency to cracy and freedom of ex­ of totalitarian plot'• fence of the Social Credit consider what you want in pression only to deny these One questioner referred to government's education po­ an isolated fashion and you same responsibilities to stu­ television as the idiot box. licy. ignore the needs of society'. dents' . Similarly, Mr Berton Mr Berton pointed out that 'I don't ~pprove of this Finally, in frustration, Pe­ favours complete freedom North America is the only type of demonstration. Go terson asked the students if for those in residence. 'The area of the world where it back to your lectures andbe­ they wanted appeasement; he university has no function in is not being used impro­ have responsibly' he told was met with continued yel­ the regulation of a student's perly. Especially shameful the roaring mob. ling. private affairs'• was the lack of university Earlier in the day a four­ 'I hope that when the amount Mr Berton feels four con­ instruction by television. member student delegation of this year's educationbud­ cepts in our society are due 'Lectures became obsolete visited the Minister and pre­ get is announced, you will go for total revision - the when the town halls were sented its demands: equal­ back to your lectures and church-supported 'work is torn down.' isation grants for students apply the same vigour you good, leisure is sinfUl' ethic, 'Television should have Pierre Berton from isolated areas, gradual have shown today'• the moral desirability of changed our whole concept savings, the feasibility of of education'. Mr Berton vant to modern life. He private ownership of land, pointed out that young chil'" agrees with the British his­ and cliches in the moral dren are much more sohpiS~ torian Toynbee that it has field. 'All the churches but ticated both in terms of produced a certain benefi­ SHITRR...!! one have finally approved of knOWledge and ways of re­ cial residue. birth control; within 20 years ceiving it because of the new Mr Berton has recently re­ SHITRR.... II it is an absurd mixture of that too will change.' Nor medium. turned from a trip to Czech­ is the first line (and, it .the comic and the melodra­ does Mr. Berton feel that Mr Berton no longer thinks oslovakia where he spoke seems, the dominanttheme), matics of the eery and the government can continue to that the church as an insti­ to many university students. ~~ O:.u.f4he York University Play,. ridiculous. The story re­ legislate pr:iYa.te morals. tution will survive, haVing He finds scepticism .'!'lol'-id-+,l...c,---­ ers' major production of the volves around the murder of After his brief address, become increasingly irrele- older generation ..d>mmon year--the English version of a noble king by the wicked throughout the w6rld. 'The Alfred Jarry's five act play, Father Ubu who has been cold war is over.· There is KING UBU (Ubu Roi). Cur­ egged on by his ambitious RIED WANTS CR.EATIVE a trend to liberalism on both rently rehea.rsing under the wife, and the attempts of the sides of the ex-iron curtain'. r direction of Timothy Bond, 14 year-old heir to avenge the cast of 25 (including a his father. Full of action, ~OOK five-piece orchestra) con­ blood, and violence, it in­ ROLE FOR CANADA YEAR sists of students from all cludes battlesfought between three Colleges, with Mina 'tin-soldier' armies and a less than two per cent of -YES AND NO Orenstein of Glendon as the fignt with a make-believe producer. Principal Escott Reid told the increase in our national University of Ottawa stu­ bear; there is an over-all the Canadian Centenary income. If Canada spent a­ dents will have a year book dream-like atmosphere ac­ Council Feb. 1 at its an­ nother $700 million on ai'd-­ this year defeatinganexecu­ The play, a modern sur­ centuated by the symbolic nual dinner in Ottawa, 'It or under one per cent of tive motion calling for the realistic comedy, will be su~gestivenessof the drama. is a dangerous thing for a the NATO countries' de­ year book to be abolIshed• . performed at Burton Audi­ great power to come to be­ fense expenditures--the net A workable method of fi­ torium on March 3, 4, and One of the most interesting lieve that it has a Messian­ flow of long term aid from nancing it was advanced. 5, and then will proceed to aspects of this production ic role to play in world af­ NATO members would in­ University of Waterloo, on Carleton for twe per­ will be the effective use of fairs'. He felt that Canada crease 12 per cent. the other ·hand, has decided formances the follOWing the stage of the Burton Au­ as a middle power, should The former High Commis­ to abolish theiryearbookfor week-end. ditorium--a form of 'total play a very Special crea­ sioner to India suggested this year and are making Mr. Bond has been directing environment art'. To quote tive role. that Canada can increase bindings for the newspapers plays on a professional le­ Mina Orenstein, 'We hope He recalled the'golden age' knowledge of China, 'the next available. vel throughout Ontario for this will be the Nouveau of Canadian diplomacy of biggest gap in the defenses the past eight months. A Art event of the year' . 1941-51, saying that we of civilisation'. A Canadian Apology graduate of Carleton, he has learned from it that when­ embassy in Peking would worked in the professional ever there is a gap our qUickly prOVide us with high­ theatre with the Canadian country can play an impor­ ly qualified China experts. Mr Larry Goldstein has Players, and at Stratford. tant role in world affairs. As well, it would 'increase asked to print the follow­ Set designs are by Cathy Mr Reid emphasised that North American understan­ ing: For a stupid and slan­ Richards, and Elaine Landa foreign aid must be increas­ ding of China by supplemen­ derous remarkI ma_de during is designing the costumes. Meeting for first ed by willing sacrifices of ting the information which a campaign discussion in (Anyone Willing to work on the rich nations. Canada's the United States was able Wood Residence I humbly costumes, props, or make..; year foreign aid has been increa­ to secure from its own apologise to Dean Tatham. up should contactMina Oren­ sing by $50 million yearly, sources'. stein). To quote Jarry's introduc- tion: . On March 1 at 1 p.m. there SNOWqVEEN Then Father Ubu shakes will be a meeting for first his peare, who was after­ year Glendon College stu­ CHOSEN WArds dents to discuss the Glen­ yclept SHAKESPEARE by don curriculum. Principal the Reid, Professor Gregory, On Friday, January 27, Wa- i Englishe, and you havefrom (Head of English), Professor terloo Lutheran University. him in his own hand manie Harris (Philosophy), and played host to the Canadian' lovely tragedies Professor Kay (French) will University Snow Queen Pa­ under this name answer any and all of your geant. The twenty-one con­ questions. testants came from cam­ puses all across Canada, The play, as this little pas­ from U.B.C. to Dalhousie. sage suggests, is indeed a Reports are that Glendon's York's entry, Karen F raser take-off on a number 1967-68 calendar will be a­ represented York well, and of Shakespeare's tragedies; vailable to students before was chosen one of the seven deliberately anti-realistic. the meeting. finalists. Linda Inkpen from Memorial University, Nfld., ~t",et4 1""ft-e", was crowned Miss Canadian ~'"" ~'UUe'f. 1..._E_L_EC_T_lo_N_R_E_sU_L_T_s=-_._sE_E.....ls_N_sE_R_T_1 Memorial University Snow Queen for 1967. York University EDITORIALS A SELf-CENTERED EDITORIAl You've probably Tloticed something new about this issue of PRO TEM. It's lighter than usual; there are only four pages and it's been a long while since we did that. Our problem is that too many staffers have become con­ vinced of their duty to Glendon students and have run in Because it is perfectly legal to re­ Council elections.
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