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The Vol. XXXI VANCOUVER, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1949 No. 50 Dutch Morally, Legally W rong Dececiarel s Mrs. Dorothy St eeves PAID PRINTED POSTERS No Justif iction For Acts 07 "Outright Aggression" POSITIVELY PROHIBITED Recent Dulch action in Indonesia i.s not justified by any Students' Council last night banned all machine-made moral or legal standards Mrs. Dorothy Steeves told a meeting signs for campaigning in the corning Council elections. of UBC students under the auspices of the United Nations The motion, tabled by Dave Williams, Undergraduate Association, Tuesday. Societies Committee president, read that all "commercial, '•We disbelieve." she said "a.s strong- j ed that although they wore able to. or printed signs be banned for campaigning". Iy in the crime i.f ibiecliiig hide- i (',.,.,,„ ii,., ii,,. i, i .i pendent groups to duress as we do of "The campus was a mess last year" said Williams a.s toiee tho Hutch to make an agree revolutionary uprisings." • ment, Ihe Dutch broke it in 1947. a result of printed posters. The socialist leader declared that The UN nuisi' have the final word nationalism existed in Indonesia long in Ihe struggle, because "if the prob- IK-I'uro the war. "They seized Ihe j lc m i.s not solved by good will the ipportunily for liberty at the end of i solution will come through bad will" '48 Totem Will Arrive" :e Japanese war." she said, and acid- ! sh aid in conclusion. On Campus Friday Dutch Invasion "Vicious" Mrs. Sleeves', provincial president volved in the struggle." she said. Your 1948 Totem will be here Friday. af the CCF. and a native ef Holland, "The Republic put down i'he com 'ashed out in vicious condemnation < f The handsome, 328-page yearbook for which students have munists without Dutch help." •ho "Dutch invasion". waited more than six months is almost ready for delivery. In the debate. Mrs. Sleeves said The weak resolution passed by the V ^' A few advance copies have been that the Dutch wanted to establish a UN came under Mrs. Steeves' lash. on the campus since last week. First United States of Indonesia whioi 'The Dutch have broken the UN ene off the press was presented to would provide for more Dutch auth >:- charter," .she said. "Canada and Rus McGoun Cup Premier Byron Johnson and the sec ity than the British have in the Brit sia, by abstaining from voting, have ond to Conservative leader George ish Commonwealth. weakened the UN." Diew during their recent campus vis She went en to say that tlie In- Team Out its. linesian republic wa.s a legal self- Major Snyder, defending the Dutch Bound in rich blue, red and gold, governing country with no racial hat action, said that the Dutch have been the yeai'book is tho largest ever pro red. ''There are no communists in democratic for so long "that it is un- duced by the Publications Board and For Blood has been completely revamped to in clude many striking typographical in Colonists' Property Confisticated Hope First Win novations. believable that she would be other .'10.000 and half of them were natives." wise in dealing with her colonies." First 500 yearbooks will be delivered The Indonesian Republic's govern In Two Decades "Borneo and Java." he said, "are to Alma Mater Society offices Friday ment was termed "undemocratic" by natural enemies. The Duffch have McGoun Cup debaters will afternoon and may be bought or pick the major who said that a minority Ubyssey Pliolo by Bob Steine brought prosperity, to the colony." be out for their first win in ed up on surrender of blue receipt party was in power, and that their "The people were so peaceful and si ubs. prime minister wanted to dominate two decades when they tangle happy—thoy had an army of only the government. Off To The Mardi Gras! with the University of Sas The handsome new additions and changes in the book overloaded editor "The Republic's leaders have never JIM GIBSON, lucky winner of two tickets to the Mardi Gras katchewan twosome this Fri Don Stainsby last year and resulted returned any of the Dutch property," in The Daily Ubyssey "Match the Legs" contest has his form day. in the book's delay. thc speaker stated, while insisting (Jrawn by vivacious Ellanor Hall, Ubyssey Photography Director. Resolution of the oratorical It will lie first come, first served that it was the Dui'ch who had in fracas will be "Should the Can when the year books arrive. Further sisted on free elections. The printe shipments will arrive next week after minister of Holland, a socialist, has adian Constitution include a ihe Friday lot is distributed. guaranteed free elections within four Match The Legs Contest Bill of Rights". weeks with compulsory voting, he Unfortunately just at the final hour said. debater Ron Grant ran into a Utile The major's statement' that tlie In Winner Is Jim Gibson trouble. The trouble being a rather No Wustest donesians are so frugal that they can mountainous rugby player in the live on 10 cents a day was brusqely Phil Shier' Gams Popular With McKechnie Cup match last Saturday. contested by Mrs, Steeves who said Grant will be laid up in hospital for that tlie UN good affairs committee Several Unobservant Myopics Mime time, so his shoes have been In This contradicts these Dutch reports. "In At least one UBC student will not have to "shell out'" filled by Hugh Lcgge. •;*'• donesia is an extremely rich country; no one starves." when he passes the ticket office at the coming Mardi Gras Legge and Don Lanskail will be off festivities. J. N. Gibson, Third Year Arts student from West I'or Saskatoon tomorrow night to up Year's Mock In answer to a question, Major hold the negative end of the debate. \. Snyder quoted Queen Juliana who Vancouver is the official winner of the Daily Ubyssey "match The boys from the prairies arc at a s; id "circumstances have made it nec The majority of UBC stud .MUS. DOROTHY STEEVES the legs" contest. slight advantage as their province has essary to re-establish order in Indon . "Dutch VU'i»us" From 500 entries, 100 of which had a Bill of Rights of its own, and thus ents think that the campus pol esia." 1st Verboten! Iho correct combination, Ellanor they can use their constitution as a itical clubs are getting too Hall. Ubyssey reporter, drew the win basis for their argument, , stuffy" ning entry blank yesterday. Here at UBC Jim Sutherland and Coeds Craving Though several unobservant slud Al Fraser will entrench themselves This opinion arose from the ents thought that Phil Shier's legs Pep Meet Features and await their opponents, who will decision of the four political belonged to 1, Eve Dunfee, 2, Kay lie upholding the negative side of the clubs to bar all "facetious party Crushed By Woodhead and 3, Gloria Phillips, resolution. neither Shier nor any of the above names" from the Mock Parlia mentioned queen candincites should ment this year. Greeks, Gals, Gams feel that the errors were a reflection GRAD CLASS TO Crusading WUS Love those gams might well have been the theme of the on their respective charms. This opinion arose from the-decision The "no smoking" rule is to be MEET THURSDAY Mardi Gras Pep Meet held in the Armories Tuesday noon. enforced in the women's Arts common It is remarkable that even 100 entries FOR ELECTIONS of the four political clubs i'o bar all room. were correct in view of the fact that "facetious party names'' from the Well ever 200 cheering students saw All members of this year's graduat Noon Meetings Out Helen Lindsay, president of tho there was a 3,600,000 to one chance Mock Parliament this year. a parade of lovesome, curvesome, of guessing them correctly—unless, of ing class are to meet in the Auditor Women's Undergraduate Society states l: sexsome, downright delightsome, bevy course, there was some key to it (we ium tomorrow noon to elect'ihe per The reason behind the no more that the WUS executive committee of gilds display their fullsome assets. manent executive of the Class of '49. WUSTEST" ban, club executives say. ha.1 decided to enforce this rule The stand corrected if any mathematics USC Desires Power This will bc the first big assembly is that, tho parliament will bc held "no smoking" rule was passed hy the major student can prove us wrong, Eight sororities entered their favor of the last year students who are leav during Open House and it was feare I girls several years ago for the pro but remember, we look Math 100.) ite daughters in the beauty candidate ing the mall this year for other fields. thai' taxpayers would receive a poor tection of non-smoking co-eds. A list Our mathematics were better, how Claims Council contest. , Engineers are confident, that their impression of the university. of rules in the Arts Common Room ever, than'the student who sent in turnout will be sufficient to revive "Harlem," the theme of the meet dees n*R include smoking but ibis ten different entries (all wrong) think, Student opinion, however disagrees. was tarried out with queen's attend ing that he hail a len to one chance. thc tradition of electing a Redshirt To Be Autocra fact has been overlooked by offend Said Chick Turner: "Same people, as class president, ants dolled out in daring pinafore ers. Our ethics were better, also, than they tell me.