Garnet and Gold Revue premieres tomorrowExpo officials may run revue in city theatre

l 1 HEAT Expectations may be sponsored in a local professional theatre if the musical- com edy’s run in the university is a success.

The show is the production of the newly revived Garnet and Gold Revue and will be staged for the first time on Saturday night.

Further productions will be presented the follow ing Friday and Saturday evenings, January 21 and 22.

A ccording (o Richard Black- hurst, director of the Revue, Expo officials are very enthusi­astic about the show and will possibly arrange to have the show run in a professional theatre in the city.

Also under consideration by the Expo officials is the present­ing o f tile show or an adapta­tion of it, during Expo '67. It plans for the Expo youth pa­vilion — which may be scrap­ped — do in fact go through, the show might be presented there.

“ In any case.” said director Blackhurst, ' ‘everything de­pends on the success of the show within the university. Expo will make its decision solely on

the showw hether or not successful here” .

Mr. Blackhurst’s personal pre­diction is that the show will be a success. He bases the predic­tion on "the tremendous en­thusiasm and talent o f the en­tire com pany.”

A ll the actors have been drawn from within the univer­sity although none have worked with the Garnet and Gold Re­vue before as the production has not been presented for the last three years.

“ This presented a particular problem to us,” Mr. Blackhurst explained, “ in that we had to create the com plex m achinery necesary fo r a show of this type without any personnel experi­enced in this particular produc­tion.”

“ But despite the many set­backs we suffered I am pleased to say that we are now able to

is ! o ffer our audience a first class 1 production.”

Experienced actors“ All our actors have had wide

experience with local amateur groups,” Mr. Blackhurst con­tinued "and are w ell versed in opera, drama, musical com edy, production and direction.”

The theme of the Revue con­cerns the mythical country of Markistan and the trials and tribulations of a visiting Expo official who falls in love with one of the K ing ’s daughters.

The leading roles of the pro­duction are taken by Mr. Black­hurst (the Expo o ffic ia l), John Carstairs (the K ing), Fiona Mc- Murran (one o f the princesses), Louise Bloom (the other prin­cess), and Eugene Smith (prim e minister of the country).

By far the largest role in the production was filled by Rich-

M e m b e r s o f the ca s t o f the G a r n e t and G o ld R e vu e rehea r se w ith D i re c to r R ic h a rd B lackhu rs t (a t the p ia n o ) in one o f the g r o u p ' s f ina l rehearsa ls .

ard Blackhurst. who in addition to his Revue activities, serves as cultural chairman o f the Stu­dent's Undergraduate Society.

Mr. Blackhurst is responsible for the writing o f both the lyrics

and the music fo r the show, the writing of the script, direction of the revue, and, because of the departure of one o f the cast has also taken on one of the lead roles.

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Mr. Blackhurst was also re­sponsible fo r encouraging coun­cil to re-establish the Revue, which has been defunct for three yeais.

T icket sales were reported to be progressing w ell several days ago although the group ’s pub­licity director emphasized that most o f the advance ticket sales had been made to buyers out­side the university community.

One large problem encounter­ed by the production staff, under the direction of Margaret Bailey, was how to use Birks Hall to its best advantage.

The hall, designed prim arily fo r lecture purposes has only the absolute minimum of facili­ties to put on any sort o f play.

Am ong the ch ief com plaints is the lack of space in the wings of the stage, poor lighting fac i­lities, poor acoustics and lack o f proper theatre seats.

Expo '67 may scrap youth pavillion

Business Seminar set for TuesdayNext Tuesday afternoon, the Commerce Faculty’s

annual business seminar will take place in the Grand Salon o f the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

The Sem inar is designed toshow students what to expect from business. This year's theme is Education and Business.

The seminar is not a job forum , but a means for esta­blishing lines o f com munication and closer contact with business.

The two keynote speakers o f the event are J. M. Keith, Pre­sident o f Im perial T obacco Com­pany and Chairman o f the Can­adian Chamber o f Com m erce, who w ill represent the business viewpoint, and Professor Gun­ther Brink, B. Comm., MBA, chairman o f Sir G eorge ’s de­partment o f administration who will represent the education approach.

Both speakers are well versed in their respective fields. Their speeches w ill set the tone of the discussion.

The Sem inar begins at 12 noon with registration of dele-

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gates, follow ed by a 12:30 luncheon. Discussion groups w ill form follow ing the keynote speeches, rebuttals and ques­tions from the floor.

The groups will be small, each , headed by a representative o f j a well known company. The groups will com prise 3 day

I division com m erce students, 3 evening division students, 2

■ businessmen and the discussion leader.

Som e o f the companies to be represented at the Seminar in­clude A ir Canada, Domtar. Bell

P ro fe s so r G u n th e r B r ink

Fry-Cadbury and many, m any more.

Tickets can still be obtained from the Student R eceptionist, Room 54 or from the Commerce Faculty office in the A nnex. The absolute deadline for sign­ing up is Monday noon. There is a S3 registration fee.

Georgian errs: virgins abound

on campusThere are m ore virgins on

this campus than previously estimated.

An article in a recent issue of The Georgian claim ed that there were not enough virgins < on our concrete campus to start a blanch of the D ial-A-Virgin club.

Following the appearance o f the article, The Georgian o f­fice was flooded with calls. Many were excited virgins w ill­ing to cash in on this golden opportunity to end their v ir­ginity. Others were from males wishing to cooperate towards this goal.

Father Jack Liebm an enter­tained distraught callers in their virginal difficulties, and he even received a call from a 30 year-old virgin male. Un-

r w ; yv 1 HARVEY OBERFELD

THE W I D ^ f acclaimed Youth Pavillion for the 196r Montreal W orld’s Fair might very well be droppet

within the next few days. In an exclusive interview grantee to the Georgian, Mr. R. Desjardins, Chief Liaison Office for Youth Activities at Expo., voiced this fear concerning the only Expo undertaking dedicated solely to the Youtl of Canada.

From the time when a soft drink company withdrew its financu support over “ a conflict in policy” , the Youth Pavillion lias bee unable to find sufficient backers to enable continuation of the projec’ Steinberg Limited has generously offered approximately $100,000 t support the endeavour, but this still leaves an estimated $500,000 sti to be raised. Many other firms have been approached for financu assistance, but so far all have been unwilling to contribute funds to “ non-commcrcial” pavillion. The theme, as it now stands, will as the questions: “What is youth?” , “ What are their Goals?”

Financial backing neededIf financial backing can be found for this worthwhile project,

students and the general public will be able to literally enter into “ a world of Youth” at Expo '67. The pavillion, based on the creative ideas of Mr. F. Lamy, and architecturally planned by Ouellet, Reeves, and Alain Co.. will consist of twelve cells. Of these, seven wlil be used to develop the theme, and five for the presentation and elaboration of the theme. The displays will try to depict the aims, ideas, and hopes that we, the youth, hold for the future.

The pavillion will also house a cafe, where discotheque music will be offered for dancing. Adjoining the cafe will be an open patio and garden, providing a setting where informal gatherings and danc­ing will be offered. The mood of the cafe will be designed to reflect the vivid and avant-garde role that young people play in our society.

Provision has also been made for a theater which will cater to live performances as well as films. The design of the stage will jermit its being moved and changed in size to meet the requirements of each performance.

In the center of the pavillion area, which will cover a lot of 73,000 square feet, there will be an amphi-thealer for concerts and other cultural activities.

Sculptures and designsThe Youth Pavillion. to be constructed of specially treated woods,

will be complimented by aesthetic sculptures and designs. The finish­ed product would be a credit to those groups who have worked to­gether in planning the exhibit.

These groups, forming the Youth Advisory Committee, include the Canadian Union of Students, Canada Junior Chamber of Com­merce, Canadian University Press, and the Student Union for Peace Action.

All the (oil and planning, however, that has so far gone into the pavillion, is on (he verge of cancellation, unless financial backing is obtained very soon. An announcement is expected within the next few days that can result in the complete cancellation of the project.

It is interesting to note that there arc several large firms in the Montreal area which claim to “ like young people” or “ think young” . Each year, (hey spend literally hundreds of thousands of dollars to woo the confidence and spending power of the young students in Montreal, but when they arc presented with a genuine problem of great importance to young Montrealers, they immediately refuse to help oul unless their own products are specifically emphasized at the pavillion.

The only hope that remains for saving this project rests with the youth themselves. All students who feel strongly about .this matter should make their opinions known to large department stores in Montreal and to other concerns which can easily finance the project. It may just save the Youth Pavillion,

Quebec Premier to speakThe Honorable Jean Lesage, Premier of the Province of Quebec, will address

students in Birks Hall on Monday, January 17, at 2:30 p.m., as guest of the Liberal Club.

Mr. Lesage, born in Montreal in 1912, was first elected to the House of Com­mons at the general election of 1945. He was re-elected in 1949 and has since taken an active part in the House of Commons’ debates, particularly on questions of a con­stitutional, financial and economic nature.

Appointed Canadian Represen-. tative to the United Nations I e as slnce rece,vecl other Bishop and McGill Universtities. General Assembly in 1950 Mr i cloctorates “ honoris causa” from A Lieutenant-Colonel of the Lesage was later delegated Par-1 tl,e Universities of Montreal, Royal Canadian Army, Mr. Lc- liamentary Assistant to the Se- S1,erbrooke' ottaw a. aad Tor- sage has been married for 27 cretary of State for External I onto: anci from Mount Allison, years and has four children. Affairs in January of 1951. He , v i p M M Hwas also President of the Cana­dian Delegation to ECOSOC in Geneva in 1951 and in New York in 1952. In Paris 1952 Mr. Lesage was President of the United Nations’ Technical Assistance Conference, and later and was later appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Fin­ance in 1953.

Further achievements were the appointments to the positions of Minister of Resources and Deve­lopment in 1953, and Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources during the period 1953 to 1957.

Mr. Lesage was elected leader of the Quebec Liberal Party in May of 1958. His party was brought to power on June 22, I960 and he was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Province of Quebec on .July 5, 1960,

In January of 1961, Mr. Lesage received a doctorate in Law from Laval University and later added to his functions that, of Minister of Federal-Provincial Affairs.

A m ode l o f the p ro p o se d you th pavil l ion.

or many designs

T he Y.M .C.A. triangle on a ue background is one of the any designs submitted in the ig contest.O il Block, AFA President and airman o f the flag commis- )n, allowed a premature a nee at the flag designs thus r submitted.O ther designs include a agonally divided rectangle, ilf garnet, half gold; and either m e t or gold background with e school crest.Som e flags bear the univer- ty crest, both in its official id unofficial format.Som e bear the name “ Sir

G eorge W illiams University” while others are com pletely garnet with S.G.W.U. in gold letters in one corner. Some arc simple, some intricate.

A ll students are urged to sub­mit designs and express their opinions on what the flag should look like.

news ' w /olph*. J i the newsdepartm ent described the s itu a -j tion and Mr. Arfin was heai^ to com m ent, "T his is probably the best reaction to a Georgian article to date.”

A select group of Georgians are considering the form ation of a Virgins Anonym ous group probably headed by Joe Koltai. Such a group would take a keen interest in prom oting the cause of distraught virgins, but the administration is assured that any such prom oting w ill be done outside of this building.

We remind our innocent read­ers that the num ber is 849-7515, The Georgian office.

Fur coat may be clue to Carnival's NIC riddle

“ What a lovely furry coat you have, tee, lice,hee!”

That is not a personal remark, merely clue num­ber two in Winter Carnival’s NIC contest. In con­junction with clue number one, which reads “ Yup, it’s cold down there!” these hints should prove of some assistance to puzzled students.

Allen Nutik, Carnival pub- Georgian, they might.”licity chairman, says that so far response to the contest has been very good.

“ Students and faculty must rem em ber that the “ what, who, when, where and/or why” of NIC is concerned directly with Carnival,” said Mr. Nu­tik.

Apparently, the three letters stand for Carnival or someone working on the committee. The answer is directly con­nected with the above clues, but the clues themselves need not be interconnected.

The last day for submissions to the great riddle is January 19. The winners will be drawn for on the same day at 1 p.m. in Birks Hall.

“ We don't expect anyone to get Ihe answer,” said Mr. N u t i k discouragingly, we thought, “ but with a clue per

If there are no completely correct answers submitted, the Carnival Committee will select the closest and/or best entries for the drawing.

So if you haven't the remot­est idea what the secret is, try to dream up an amazingly original entry. You may win yet!

Prizes for the winners tenta­tively include passes to Expo 67, Carnival hockey tickets.

Sea and Ski products and a carton of Du Maurier cigaret­tes. There are many more to come.

The Publicity Committee stresses that this contest is open to absolutely everyone, be they students, faculty or administration.

P.S. We have it on very good authority that “ Nutik is crazy” is not the answer.

Nominations open for Carnival

QueenNominations are now open

for W inter Carnival Queen, c h a i r m a n S t a n M agid- son announced yesterday. Nom i­nees must be registered students (fem ale preferably) o f either the day or evening divisions o f the university.

Forms fo r nom inations are available in the W inter Carnival o ffice in the basement of the N orris building. They must be com pleted and returned to1 the W inter Carnival o ffice no later than January 21, 1966.

If you have a particularly suave, svelte and otherwise beautiful girl in mind, get her nomination in soon — only the first forty nominees will be considered.

A ll girls nominated w ill be personally interviewed by a m em ber o f the selection com ­mittee. Taking the interviews into account a co-ordinating com mittee will whittle the num­ber o f prospective mouarchs down to 10.

These 10 will appear before a select panel oil January 26, 1966 when their num ber will be further reduced; this time to five.

The final five contestants will be thrown at the m ercy of the university's 12.000 day and eve­ning students, all o f whom are eligible to cast a vole in favor o f one o f the lovely young ladies.

The new reigning winter mon­arch of the university w ill be crowned at the Carnival Variety show by last year’s queen, Louise Ely,

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BY F R A N K B R A Y T O N

O nce upon a tim e, not long ago, and not far away, there lived a giant (am ong m en) HO HO HO. This giant has becom e a fam iliar figure in the N ever N ever (do anything) Land o f S ir G eorge.

The creatures dw elling in this land w ere set in their ways and n ever budged. Then along came the Jolly Jeans G iant and got things going with her now

a perm it so they booked m e fo r disturbing the peace to make sure they didn ’t waste a tr ip .” M arsha m ade short w ork o f the bullies and was quickly re ­leased.

T h e C ool K id regards this incident in retrospect as the starting poin t o f her career at Sir G eorge. She is now o fficia l patron o f all causes (lost or otherw ise) attem pted within this noble institution. Som e crusades in w hich Marsha has

fam ous battle cry . , . "D o som ething you m iserable dung- heaps!”

“ W hat things has Marsha, the Cool K id gotten g o in g?” you ask naively. T o begin with, there was the incident which added a little life to the Shoe- shinerama at the beginning of the year.

In the words o f Marsha, “ Som e clod phoned the cops and told them I was shinin’ shoes illegally (ed. note— i.e. without a perm it.) W ell, I had

been involved are —Flag com m ittee B lood Drive Shoeshinerama R ed Feather Campaign A ll causes in need o f publicity The flag com m ittee was, is,

and will be the main p ro je ct on the Cool K id ’s agenda. It all started (them e m usic) when it was thought that M cG ill had stolen our flag. Several stu­dents, nam ely Howard A rfin and Marsha, charged o f f to that other institution in ord er to

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deal a recip roca l blow , but alas, w ere thw arted in the attempt. Then it was discovered that we did not even have a flag. This outraged our friends, and peti­tions w ere started.

The rest is history. Miss Akm an asked that two points be m entioned in this regard. The first is that Mr. A rfin is the on e responsible fo r the com ­position o f the petitions. She also stated that the flag is not M arsha’s fla g but S ir G eorg e ’s flag. T o date, approxim ately 15 designs have been subm itted.

THE DRUM . In addition to the hatful o f badges, the blue jeans, the dark glasses, the e v e rp re se n t cigarette in the m outh, the card-gam es, the F ri­day evenings at the St. James Pub, the bow ling on Tuesday nights, and the incessant com ­m and o f “ CO O L IT ” , M arsha’s sole trade-m ark is her drum. She does not reco llect how she started with it (it was either the R ed Feather P rom otion , or a pep-rally) but now she has fallen in lo v e with it. What w ould a ra lly be w ithout the drum ?

H ISTO R Y. M arsha (she was known as the M oose in those days) attended M onklands and Ross High School. (The latter is a private institution). The rest o f M arsha’s past is as se­cretive as the colou r o f her eyes.

W ith regard to politica l a ffi­liations, Marsha stated that she does not like to take sides but, rather, picks the best points from all party platform s and says that m aybe one day she w ill start her own party. Marsha, under all that cynicism , is an ardent Canadian above all else.

B eing totally serious Marsha said that she loves Canada

C eorg ianticsby P E A R L O ST R O F F

FRIDAYWOMEN’S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION: A Sport’ s Day is being held from 2.00 - 5.00 p.m . There will be Volleyball in the YMCA Gym, the Faculty vs the Girls Volleyball team ; a splash party in the YMCA pool, featuring novelty races in wild clothes; and a Sock Hop in Budge Hall, with GO-GO Girls and Marsha the Cool Kid.FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY: There will be a Hootenany in Room 308 at 1.00 p.m. Plans for Tom Rush Concert will be discussed. All welcome. DON’T FORGET THE FLAG ! !

SUNDAYFILM SOCIETY: At 7.00 p.m . in Birk’s Hall Bunuel’s “ Viridiana” will be shown.

MONDAYGEOLOGY CLUB: In R oom 308 at 1.00 p.m . a film , The Big Z, will be shown. This film put out by the Ontario Dept, of Mines is the story of the discovery and development of the Blind River Uranium Field and it’s in colour. Everyone welcom e.

Sorry, no com ments this time, m y brain has stagnated, besides the material was unpromising. By the way, Marsha the Cool Kid asks you all to submit flag designs.

although she was non-com m ital about Q uebec. Incidentally, the C ool K id has always lived in M ontreal.

W hat does the future hold in store? As fo r the im m ediate future, the p ro jects she is about to undertake are-

1) obtaining o ffic ia l school colours, (note— Marsha ex­plains that garnet and gold are not the offic ia l

. school colours.)2) obtaining an o fficia l school

song3) a student union building

which is probably her most ardent desire.

4) a footba ll team to be form ed

These projects should keep her busy fo r awhile no matter how hard she works. Prepare

Sir G eorge for a load o f cam­paigns!

Plans fo r M arsha’s far future are as sketchy as this year’s finances. There is a hint that M arsha m ight train for working with retarded children, how­ever. She has w orked in camps fo r retarded children fo r the past four sum mers. Marsha stated that she en joyed this type o f w ork but recalled she was fired fo r jum ping in the swim­ming pool with the kids, fu lly clothed. “ No one was teaching them to sw im ,” she explained, “ They w ere le ft to learn for them selves.”

W ell, this is part o f the con ­tinuing story o f Marsha o f the Crusades. W atch fo r the next crusade, com ing soon to a theatre near you.

M cM ASTER UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWSHIPSThe U n iv e rs ity o ffe rs G rad u a te Teach ing F e llo w sh ip s to sup p o rt g rad uate stud ents

w o rk in g to w a rd s a M aster's D egree in B io c h e m is try , B io p h ys ics , C iv i l E n g in e e rin g , C la ss ic s , E co no m ics, G e rm an , G re e k , La tin , M echan ica l E n g in e e rin g , M eta llu rg ica l E n g in e e rin g , P h ilo so p h y , P o lit ic s , Rom ance L a n g u ag es , R u ssian , S o c io lo g y and Socia l A n th ro p o lo g y ; and fo r a M aster's or Doctor of P h ilo so p h y D egree in B io lo g y , C hem ica l E n g in e e rin g , C hem ica l P h ys ic s , C h e m is try , E le c trica l E n g in e e rin g , E n g lish , G e o c h e m is try , G e o g ra p h y , G e o lo g y , H isto ry , M athem atics , M e ta llu rg y , M o lecu la r B io lo g y , P h ys ics , P sych o lo g y and the R e lig io u s Sc ien ces .

The Fe llo w sh ip s v a ry in va lu e b ut in a ll cases the s tip end s p ro v id e ad eq uate sup ­p o rt fo r a fu ll ye a r 's s tu d y . M ost a w a rd s are re n e w a b le fo r su b se q u en t ye a rs . H o ld ers o f F e llo w sh ip s w il l d evo te ap p ro x im a te ly o n e-fifth o f th e ir tim e to in stru ctio n a l d u ties .

T ra v e l ad van ces a re a v a ila b le to assist stud en ts w h o are com ing to the U n iv e rs ity fro m d is tan t p o in ts .

Fu rth er in fo rm atio n and ap p lica t io n fo rm s m ay be o b ta ined fro m :The Dean o f G rad u a te S tu d ie s , M cM aster U n iv e rs ity , H am ilto n , O n ta r io , C an ad a .

TheBank of Montreal

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in Commerce, GeneralFOR TRAINING

LEADING TO POSTINGS TOWARD MANAGEMENT

Interviewing at Sir G eorge Williams University January 21st, 1966

I f you are a male, bilingual student in your final year in Commerce, General, it will pay you to arrange an interview and see for yourself the career opportunities in domestic and international banking at Canada’s First Bank. Qualify­ing applicants w ill receive one year’ s accelerated training leading to definite postings toward management positions.

W hy not make an appointm ent today at the Placement Service and arrange your interview.

B a n k o f M o n t r e a lCANADA S FIRST BANK

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Mount A Carnival

The Arts Faculty Assoc­iation yesterday announced ithat the faculty executive K j? ’has made arrangements for t ^ Ia group of Sir George W il­liams students to take part in the Mount Allison Uni­versity W inter Carnival, scheduled for the weekend “ "o f February 3 to February 7.

Total cost for the three day trip is estim ated at about 30 dollars by an Arts Faculty exec- • • •utive. Students participating in j . the trip will depart from M ont­real. fo r Sackville, New Bruns­w ick, hom e o f M ount Allison, ■ on Thursday night, February 3at 11:30 p.m. and will return D e a n o f S t u d e n t s M a g n u s Flynn, right, and S i r G e o r g eSunday afternoon, February 7. p r in c ip a l and v ic e - c h a n c e l l o r R o b e r t C . R a e d i s cu s s the

The 30 dollar cost q u o t e d w o r k o f C h i n e s e a rt i s t s at a d i s p la y s p o n s o re d b y theabove includes the cost o f coach C h in e s e G e o r g i a n A s s o c ia t i o n ,fare to the New Brunswick uni­versity, cost o f a hotel roomand bus transportation to and » i I I I I

r Mount a. M arathon to heraldT w o o f the highlights o f the

carnival there will f e a t u r e . -G eorgian sports teams playing * I T i * * i *exh ib ition gam es with the M ount I I* I \ f I T O C T I \ / I I I Q CA. squads. The G eorgian cagers I I I I ▼ I I w J l I ▼ I I I v Jand the G eorgian hockey teamswill both be on hand, with the Pre-Carnival week is going to see the biggest rashbasketball squad expected to contests and competitions that has ever hit Sir George.perform on r n d a y e v e n i n gand the hockey squad the next Unfortunately, some of these wild plots are still undernigllt' lock and key, and several Georgian stalwarts have met

A ccord in g to one anonym ous . . . , , *, ,.A rts Faculty Association exec- w lth rather unfortunate accidents while attempting toutive, w ho fo r obvious reasons eavesdrop on the deep dark plans.wishes to rem ain nam eless the H ow ever, we have managed Room ISA in the basement, forentire trip w ill be one long tQ secure detaiIs on f dblast involving much liquid re- th are ^freshm ent, and, hopefullv, car­nal nleasures.” B eginning M onday, January

T * . , ' , . , . , 24. every m em ber o f the stud-interested students should fill * , j . 4, ,, .. i , . “ ent bodv. facultv or adm imstra-out the attached form and re- .. .. . , , ... ., . . , . .. tion sporting a Carnival buttonturn it to the student reception - . . .. ,, .. . . ., , . 1 , , is potentially a winner,ist in the basement no laterthan January 20. 1966. G eorgie. the overgrow n pen­

. , - , . . . guin, w ill be bounding aboutThe cost o f food is not m - f, , ,, i , • ̂ - Z *. , , .. , . the halls plucking winners fromeluded in the estim ate given ,, w _, r a., . . the crow ds like it was going outa b o v e for the cost o f the . , ,w eekend o f style 't The brainless bird mav pause Students under 21 years o f , . ,, . . . . , beside the elevator door, pro­age must obtain parental con - , . . „ ,, . .. tb . , . , , . _ claim ing that the 13th person tosent before em barking o f the _ . ,. . „ ° „ em erge from the lift (wearingArts Faculty s O rgy Express. „ . , , .. ,I t, « i a a Carnival button, o f course.P.S. The AFA has convenient- . -, , , , .. , will be a winner,ly booked one entire car o f the . _ .train fo r Sir G eorge-niks. This is m erely an illustration.Name but there have been an alrm ingA ddress num ber o f rum ors concerning

other fiendish m ethods o f select- .pe [ Ho tng the lucky ones — i.e., theFacultv & vear ....................... n inety-second individual to leap^ g e * ‘ from the mezzanine rail wins, at

........................................... ........... least, his beneficiary does.- | . Carnival buttons are avail-Niohf Students able f lo m tlle Carnival o ffice,______ ~ ________________________

to take oart young ladies for Carnival queen' ■ or win door prizes at the vari-

iff Carnival The Evening Students Associa­tion has made a financial con-

For the first time. Evening tribution to the carnival and hasstudents at Sir George will par- encouraged full participation byticipate in the university’s an- the university’s “ after-dark-nual winter carnival. scholars.”

Participation in all Carnival Tickets for most carnival-vents will be on an equal basis events are now being sold dur-or day and evening students with ing the day and evening at the11 registered students eligible to carnival booth in the main lobby

AFA faculty auction today in Birks HallHERE IT IS!! The chance of a lifetime. All you poor

hapless students who have been submitted to all form s of punishment, embarrassment, etc. by those nasty professors have a chance to get even for once and for all.

The Arts Faculty Association is sponsoring a Faculty Auction today from 1:00 p.m. till 3:30 p.m. in Birks Hall. Such notable figures as Prof. Michael Brian, Dean of Students, Mag Flynn, Lowell Gifford, of Dean Flynn’s office, etc., etc. will be up for

University to host first formal ballThe SUS in conjunction with

the University Council on Student Life is hosting, for the first time, a University Ball.

It was felt that the university should host one formal ball dur­ing the year, a common custom in most universities.

The Ball will be held January 21. This year, the Ball will be an exclusive afafir due to fin­ancial limitations. Only “ student leaders,” faculty and administra­tion members have been invited.

Tickets are $12 per couple.Council hopes to make the Uni­

versity Ball an annual event open to all students of the uni­versity.

a paltry 25 cents.Monopolathon

A novel addition to the pre­Carnival festivities is a giant game, a “ thon" in in fact. This gam e m ay be m onopoly if held in the university, and oligopoly if held outside. No m ore light can be thrown as yet onto the m ystery o f o ligopoly .

The gam e, which ever it is to be, will be played in teams round the clock fo r five days. M ilions of prizes will be avail­able for the w inning team.

E veryone can play, but no ap­plications can be accepted until the final details o f the event are w orked out.

The yearly Du M aurier con ­test is now in fu ll swing. M oney prizes are awarded to the first three entries drawn. Just put your name, address and phone num ber on the back o f em pty Du M aurier cigarette packs and drop them into the boxes lo ­cated in the basement, the main lobby or the Annex.

The drawing will take place Saturday night at the Carnival Ball. You must be present to win or there w ill be a redraw, i And if G eo ff D yer wins for the third year in a row, w e’re calling it a f ix !)

Ski m ovies will be shown at intervals during the w eek both fo r ski enthusiasts and those who want to know the sauvest thing to do when you arrive at M ont Habitant for the Day Up North. Tim es and places w ill be announced later.

Nominations open for new Council

SUS President Ronald K. M oores announced yesterday that nominations are now open for next year’s council o f the Stud­ents’ Undergraduate Society.

Elective positions on the coun­cil open for nominations include the posts of president, executive vice-president, external vice­president, internal vice-presi­dent, treasurer, secretary and presidents of the various facul­ties.

To be duly nominated for the positions, a candidate must have a nomination form taken out on his behalf and returned bearing no less than 40 signatures of day university undergraduates. The faculty president nomination pa­pers require only 20 signatures of m em bers of the faculty.

The president and the execu­tive and internal vice-presidents must be in at least third or fourth year to qualify for the post. The external vice-president must be a bilingual third or fourth year student in any faculty, while the treasurer must be a third or fourth year com m erce student.

Nominations for the positions will close February 11, 1966, with the elections scheduled for Feb­ruary 17 and 18. Form s are avail­able from the student reception­ist.

The new council will assume office at the end of the present school year.

sale to the highest bidder or group of bidders. Along with the profs., fabulous prizes will be heaped upon the winners.

For exam ple —M ichael Brian will interview

the highest bidder for the GEORGIAN, thus rendering the winner immortal in the historyof SGWU.

Jack Hopkins will take the hig­hest bidder to lunch at one of the famous downtown restaur­ants.

John Ferguson will present his master (mistress) with a gift, courtesy of the Alumni Associa­tion.

Audrey Brune will give the highest bidder one of her old hats, a personal ontological ana­lysis, and a drink at the Yacht Club.

Martin Franklin will take the highest bidder with him to Court for a day — plus lunch.

Hubert Guindon will take the highest bidders to his place for a party.

Lorna Maclean will take the highest bidder and his or her date for a few rounds at Le Trappeur up north and then take them to the Faculty Party on the Day Up North.

Paris Arnopoulos will take the highest bidder to the opening night of the Garnet and Gold Revue this Saturday.

Joan Richardson: the Highest bidder will receive 6 dances with her at the Carnival Ball.

Lowell Gifford will draw a caricature of the highest bidder.

Dr. T. Y. Maag will give a surprise package filled with a “ positive reinforcem ent" to the highest bidder.

Don M cPhie will serve the high­est bidder with the first meal in the new cafeteria in the Hall Building.

Jack Goldner will give the highest bidder a gesundheit test.

Paul Arsenault and Doug Ins- leay will each take the highest bidder to the Carnival Hockey Game.

Prof. Whitelaw will take the highest bidder to lunch.

Mr. Rawin will treat the high­est bidder to a banana split.

Mr. Taggart will give the high­est bidder an expose on film ­making.

Prof. Mahoney will give the highest bidder a free psychologi­cal test.

Prof. Zweig will present the highest bidder with a certificate of good humour and social con­sciousness.

Mag Flynn will act as an- announcer and interview the highest bidder for Radio Sir George.

All students who would like to own a professor for an after­noon and be treated to some fine prizes, are urged to bring along som e money and group together with som e friends to provide some real competition. The neg­ligible fee of 10 cents will be charged for entrance to the auc­tion hall. Birks Hall, that is.

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Letters to the EditorCompton in defense

of English 211Dear M adam :

Discussion of the curriculum is a legitimate and desirable function of any university student newspaper. Therefore, I welcom e your editorial about English 211 ( “ Tim e to Cut the Apron Strings” ) in the January 7 issue of The Georgian. Freshman composition is a problem and a souce of controversy at almost every university on this con­tinent. so it is not surprising that, over the years, a high proportion of The Georgian’s infrequent discussions of our undergradute pro­gram m e have been concerned with the subject. Faculties of Arts and Departments of English everywhere would be happy to be relieved of the task of organizing and staffing such expensive and troublesome operations.

U nfortunately, even the most liberal and progressive univer­sity cannot evade its responsi­bility to turn out graduates with a know ledge o f elem entary gram m ar and a com m and of sim ple expository English prose.In theory, this is the task of the school system, but. fo r rea­sons w hich I cannot go into here, very few freshm en arrive at college with these basic aca­dem ic skills. Pershaps it is un­kind o f me to say so, but every issue of The Georgian contains evidence o f this fact — and so does the editorial to which I am replying.

Thus, it is really irrelevant to com plain that many English 211 instructors are o r w ere once high school teachers: com posi­tion is not really a university subject. There is bound to be a great deal o f drudgery fo r both students and instructors in a course which aims to accom plish in a few months what the schools have been unable to do in over ten years. A nyone who knows his subject can be fasci­nating and inspiring about lite ­rature or socio logy or physics, but it takes a very exceptional teacher to arouse excitem ent about elem entary gram m ar and syntax. W e are fortunate that many of our com position in­structors succeed in doing just this. It w ould be too m uch to expect them all to be capable of it.

You m ay not be aware that the problem o f how best to teach com position gives rise to endless debate in the North A m erican academ ic com m unity. Journals, institutes, text books and con feren ces by the score are devoted to the theory and tech ­nique o f instruction. No sure m ethod has yet been discovered (nor will it ever be, I think), but S ir G eorge W illiam s devotes as m uch time, energy and ima­gination to the problem as any university in Canada. Ask your friends in other institutions.

W hile I am about it, let me correct you r statement that our “ 210” cred its are not valid at any other university. B efore

propagating such alarm ing ru ­m ors, you ought at least to clear the facts with the Registrar.

I should like to see The G eorgian attempt a m uch m ore elaborate and system atic crit­ique o f the SGW curriculum . There is no reason to pull your punches, but you ow e it both to yourselves and to the faculty i whose professional reputations are at stake) to avoid dubiously factual assertions and half-baked generalizations.

Yours sincerely,N eil Compton,Chairman,D epartm ent of English

GoodyDear Madam,

In answer to your recent edi­torial: And WHY were youelected?, I might remind your your readers of the following:

1. This is Arts MONTH. A Faculty Auction, five seminars in Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Philosophy and Econo­m ics, an International Film Fes­tival, a trip to Mount Allison Uni­versity, an Art Exhibition, etc. are but a few of the many pro­gram s planned.

2. A Committee on Student Co­operatives has been established.

3. Seminars on Syndicalism, Auto gestion and Co-gestion will be held next month.4. The average Council m em ber devotes at least 40 hours per week to his or her duties.

5. Science Week and Com­m erce Week were bigger than ever and great successes.

6. The Garnet and Gold Revue has been revived this year.

7. Publications have been al­lowed to expand enormously.

8. The Council’ s Constitutional Committee has submitted a report recom mending m ajor changes in the Students’ Socie­ties, which they spent months preparing.

ff. A Council o f the Arts has been established.

10. A com mittee has been established for the purpose of

making all the necesary prepara­tions for the m ove to the new Hall Building.

11. The Research Committe has been given many new tasks this year, surveying societies at other universities for the purpose of enhancing our organizations.

12. The Engineering and Science Faculties are publishing their own newspapers.

These dozen points are but many of a long list which space does not perm it to be presented in full. This year’s Council, Ma­dam Editor, is on the move.

This is why we were elected.

Sincerely,Gilbert Block,President,Arts Faculty Association.

Viet NamDear Madam,

Johnson, the U.S. president, said in his State o f the Union address that the United States w ill rem ain com m itted to the princip le o f self-determ ination and free elections in South V iet Nam. Is this why they sent Diem and an army instead o f the e le c ­tions prom ised for 1956 (by the G eneva Agreem ents on Indo­china) in which the National Liberation Front w ould have won a three-to-one m ajority over any U .S.-backed candidate (by E isenhow er’ s own estim ate!) Is this w hy they can spare 200.000 men in Viet Nam to pro­tect the “ governm ent” from its own people, but can not spare a 100 voter registrars for M is­sissippi? Is they why the United States sent an army to the Dominican Republic to prevent the return o f Juan Bosch, the elected president? Is this why the U.S. financed the dictator Diem , then dictator Khan, now dictator Ky — who's Gestapo m ethods would make H itler h im ­self w ince? Is this why the U.S. considers Chiang the president o f China? Is this w hy the U.S. supports Spain ’s Franco, Portu­gal’s Salazaar, G eorge W allace of Alabama, V erw oerd in South A frica , Duvalier in Haiti, and a host of others in South A m eri­ca w ho have never been, and cou ld never be, e lected?

Free elections and self-d eter­m ination are exactly what the U nited States is fighting against in Viet Nam; they know their men would lose any vote.

If the coloured people of the w orld (87% o f its population) ever get tired o f being shoeshine boys and realize what the U.S. is doing to them , I just hope n o b o d y m i s t a k e s us fo r Am ericans.

D ouglas H utchings

The Ctass WarA wonderful plan for creating a new and different

political and financial elite has recently been devised.It is to be known as the University Ball.

. The University Ball is intended to be an annual form al affair to enable faculty, administration and “ stud­ent leaders” to get together in an atmosphere o f fun and sophistication. Tickets are $12 per couple. Only a very select group o f students has been invited to attend the Ball, even though a letter sent out to the invited elite labels it “ an event which com bines all members of the University Community.”

The idea o f such an event originated in the mind of the Social Chairman of the SUS. Most other universities do have at least one formal affair each year. This is to be it. The letter, which was signed by Social Chairman Peter Caine and the chairman of the University Council on Student Life, Prof. F. W. Bedford, claims that this is the first time a social affair will enable students, admin­istration and faculty to fraternize.

This is an obvious falsehood. There are four balls held each year by the students to which all members of the faculty and administration are invited— the Freshman Ball, Christmas Ball, Carnival Ball and Spring Ball.’ In addition, all these functions are well within the reach of the average student. At absolute minimum, the Uni- ' versity Ball will cost the individual $34, broken down as follows: $12 ticket, $5 corsage, $8 tux, $3 transportation,

' $6 drinks. This is preposterous for a university function, even for one that is exclusive in its invitations.

Once the select guest has been established, we have created a political elite. This group is weeded out still further as those who cannot afford to go drop out, thus form ing the financial elite. This is exactly what Sir George doesn’t need. W e have enough problems with the so-called “ basement clique.”

It is our contention that a university ball, formal or otherwise, should be open to all members of the university community. It should also be arranged so that prices students can afford be set. As the matter stands at present, there are students holding official positions who feel they must attend, yet may have to borrow money to do so, a patently ridiculous situation.

W e fully realize that the eventual intention of the program is to include all students, faculty and administra­tion in an annual form al “ do” . However, with the limited finances and other obstacles that prevent the Ball from being arranged along these lines this year, we feel that Council should not have proceeded until such time as the whole community could be included.

About a month ago, when the proposition was first put to Council, there was a great deal of informal discus­sion on the subject. Council resolved to send the matter to the University Council on Student Life, which is co­sponsoring the event. The UCSL returned approval of the plan, stating that the suggestion had been taken in hand and arrangements were in progress. It was too late to back out, and Council was left holding the bag. It is an idiotic situation which should never have been allowed to happen. As it is, Mr. Caine reported W ednesday that only 50 or 60 tickets had been sold. At least the Ball w on’t be crowded.

W e would like to see this Ball quashed in future, or at least until it has been put in its proper perspective. For those who plan to attend this year, we hope you have a wonderful time.

Vol. X X IX FR ID A Y , J A N U A R Y 14. 1966 No. 17

T he G e o r g i a n is a n e d i t o r ia l l y a u t o n o m o u s n e w s p a p e r p u b l i s h e d b y th e P u b l ic a ­t io n s B o a rd o f the S t u d e n t s ' U n d e r g r a d u a t e S o c ie t y . T h e o p in io n s e x p r e s s e d a re th o se o f the e d it o r s a n d d o n o t n e c e s s a r i ly re p re s e n t th e v i e w s o f th e a d m in i s t r a t io n or s t u d e n t g o v e r n m e n t o f S G W U . A u t h o r iz e d a s s e c o n d c la s s m a i l b y the P o s t O f f ic e D e p a r tm e n t , O t t a w a , a n d f o r p a y m e n t o f p o s t a g e in c a sh . T h e E d it o r ia l O f f i c e s o f The G e o r g i a n a r e lo c a te d in R o o m 5 5 , K. E. N o r r i s B u i ld in g , 1 4 3 5 D ru m m o n d , t e le ­p h o n e 8 4 9 -7 5 1 5 . T h e a d v e r t i s i n g d e p a r tm e n t is lo c o te d in R o o m 2 9 , t e le p h o n e 8 4 9 ­90 9 1 . M e s s r s . G a r y R e in b la t t a n d M a u r y K o h le n b e r g , A d v e r t i s i n g C o - o r d in a t o r s .

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N e w s E d ito r , S t e p h e n N e w m a n ; F e a tu re s E d ito r , D e re k B e n n e tt ; S p o r t s E d ito r , M o r r i s R o s e n f e ld ; P h o to E d ito r , J o e K o l t a i ; N e w s f e a t u r e s E d ito r , D a v id B e rc u so n ; C U P E d ito r , H o w a r d A r f i n ; E v e n in g E d it o r , J u l iu s Y a n o f s k y ; B u s in e s s M a n a g e r , J a m ie A I l is te r; A r t D ire c to r , Z s i g m u n d D e s z o ; C ir c u l a t io n M a n a g e r , J a s o n B o l in s k y .

E d it o r ia l R e se a r c h B o a rd

V ic M e ln ic k o f f , J o h n L y n n , W a y n e P a v e y , P e te r F e n w ic k .

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A s s i s t a n t N e w s E d it o r s , S h e r r y R u b in s t e in a n d H o w a r d A r f i n ; N e w s , F r a n k B r a y t o n , H a r v e y O b e r f e ld , M e g a n W i l l i a m s ; A s s i s t a n t P h o to E d ito r , R o n L e m ish ; P h o to g s , Ed . S o o k o o , W in s t a n t C h a n , S t e v e L iv ic k ; F e a tu re s : A s s i s t a n t E d it o r S a n d r a P a i k o w s k y ; W r it e r s : F e a tu re s S t a f f , M ic h a e l N e m ir o f f , S a n d r a P a i k o w s k i ; S p o r t s : T ed N i c o lo f f , G o r d ia n F o o m fa h , K n o t in the f a m i ly .

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Model U.N. to be held in Montreal

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E v e n in g S t u d e n t M r s . H e le n S la v in m an s the c a rn iv a l t ic ke t b oo th in the m a in lobby . T ic ke t s fo r C a r n i v a l e ven ts a re se ll ing a t a re co rd rate.

Sir George students will again be invited to participate in the University Model United Nations which will be held in Montreal from February 9th to 12th.

This session, with the theme “ Challenge and Response", will be sponsored by McGill. Loyola. U. of M. and Sir George.

In the past delegates have usually been chosen from the senior students in Political Sci­ence, Econom ics and Govern­ment, but since there seems to be many in the university who are well informed about the opera­tion of the U.N.. any student may apply. A Personnel Selection Board will interview applicants and choose the delegates, who will probably represent the West Indies, Africa and South East Asia.

Besides sessions of the General Assembly, the Security Council and the Econom ic and Social Council, there will be several other interesting events. The Great Lakes Water level will be

discussed during two sessions of the International Court of Jus­tice. The Canadian Arm y will demonstrate how it prepares and mounts a U. N. peace-keeping mission and a film on U. N. pro­cedure will be shown.

Speakers at these various ses­sions will include: Prim e Min­ister Lester B. Pearson; Paul Martin, Minister of Foreign A f­fairs; Lord Caradon, Permanent United Kingdom Representative to the U. N. and Minister of State for Foreign A ffairs; and possibly representatives from the Am erican government.

Obviously the delegates to the model U. N. will have to do a fair amount of briefing before the sessions. The candidates, representing different countries, will be mainly from Canada and the United States.

Application forms m ay be ob­tained from the student recep­tionist and must be submitted by January 21, 1966 at 3 p.m . All the expense incurred by the candi­date during the session will be paid.

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Part of the program of the ex­ternal affairs department is the creation of International Study Groups.

These groups will provide stu­dents with the opportunity to discuss the problems of well-pub­licised trouble-spots such as Viet Nam, Rhodesia and the problems of nations which have been kept n u t nf th e n n h l i e e v e T h e l a t t e r

nations include India, Latin- Am erica and the African states.

Those who are seriously inter­ested in joining such study groups should leave their name and telephone number with the Student Receptionist, addressed to the External Vice-President, attention of International Study Groups.

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not bother to reply to criticism about a project with which I was involved if I felt the criticism to be fair, acute, illuminating, or any other m ode which served the critic’s function of pointing out to us lesser beings the qualities, good or bad, inherent in the work criticized. Dr. Philip Traci’s criticism o f Prism ’65, fall issue, does not fall into any of the above categories, and I think it only fair that be be answered, although, I would hope, not in like manner.

To begin with, I would like to reject emphatically Dr. Traci’s thesis: that the poor response to requests for contributions forced us to print these particular poems, these particular stories: after all, what could we do? We had nothing else, poor chaps. He is dead wrong. If we had re ­ceived ten times the amount of m aterial, we would have printed, in all probability, the same kind of poetry, the same kind of prose. Before I explain why, I would like to take a look at the various inaccuracies presented by Dr. Traci — for purposes of clari­fication.

"Poem ? " Poem ?

First of all, there is this new word that Dr. Traci has coined. I am referring to “ poem ” . “ P oem ” ? What in God’s name is a “ poem ” ? Did I call Dr. Traci's essay “ criticism ” ? Of course, the implication here is that a “ poem ” is something that is not “ good” enough to be called a poem . This is all fine and well, but this phraseology presupposes that Dr. Traci has the definitive idea of what is a poem, and what is a “ poem ". So, if he would be so kind as to furnish me with an absolute definition of poetry, I should be very interested. Be­sides the value judgement, it’s a nasty way of doing business.

Dr. Traci has the almost un­canny ability to com bine several mistakes in the same line. He states, in speaking of the afore­mentioned “ poem s” , “ they are, like so m any others in the issue, imitative of e. e. cummings (almost the whole issue is written miniscule letters! . . .” What does Dr. Traci mean by this? That e. e. cummings was, is, and will be the only poet to use “ minuscule” letters in liis work. Even reputed professionals like Howard Nem erov and Phillip Lindsay use the lower case in their work. Or does Dr. Traci consider them imitative of e. e. cummings, also? Anyway, the point is obvious: the absence of capital letters m ay have of­fended Dr. T raci’s sight, but I can ’t for the life of me under­stand why it should have affected his rationality. And Dr. Traci is wrong again when he states that “ almost the whole issue is written in minuscule letters". The fact is, out of twenty-one poems, only eight involve the non-use of ca ­pital letters, and only five of these use the lower case “ i” . Again, Dr. Traci goes on to state that these poem s are im i­tative of e. e. cummings m ech­anics” . Well, in m y opinion there is only one — repeat, one — poem that even vaguely uses cumm ings' sense of typography: the poem of Kathleen Thoms that begins. “ She is . . .” , and she uses the form in a highly effective man­ner. Dr. Traci says that the fact of no capital letters and irregular spacing is not what makes cum ­mings’ work poetry: but he turns around and says that this is ex­actly the thing that makes the work of Prism “ poetry” , i.e., non­poems. Dr. Traci then blithely states that “ even slanting an en-

By M IC H A E L N E M IR O F Ftire selection on the page (see “ going past” , p. 16) does not make it a poem .” Well, this m ay com e as news to Dr. Traci, but nobody was trying to “ make it a poem .” The slanting was done purely for the visual effect, in combination with the sketch on the opposite page; done to en­hance the poem, not to disguise it. The implication is unfair. H ere’s another bit of news for Dr. Traci: the quality of thepoetry in PRISM does not be ­long to the “ genre of ladies’ m agazines” and small town news­papers” , as he suggests, but to the genre of college literary magazines, amateur variety. R im ­baud’s exist, but few and far be­tween; and com parison of PRISM with the M cGill counter­part of the last few' years will point this out. With the small contributing body that exists at Sir George, the quality of PRISM is outstanding. And com paring the writers with people of he stature of e.e. cumm ings doesn’t detract from the magazine, in m y view. One might easily com ­pare Dr. Traci’s own prose with that of Henry James, of Thoreau. This is a critical device that ac­complishes nothing, in an ob­vious way. I could go on and on. Dr. Traci consistently mistakes verbosity and pedantry for intel­ligence, and simplicity for senti­mentality and effusiveness. There is a fundamental clash of view's here; w'e all recognize the great­ness of Ezra Pound, but nobody sings his verses. Today, the uni­versity student just happens to see tlie w'orld differently. He sings Bob Dylan. Now, whether Dylan is a good, bad, or indif­ferent poet, he must at least be considered. Dr. Traci’s view of poetry is diam etrically opposed to this. Capital letters are IN. Minuscule letters are OUT. It’s as simple as that. Dr. Traci could no m ore understand the poetry of someone like Sid Marty than he could the man in the moon. This kind of academ ic dry-rot is strange indeed in som e­one of Dr. Traci’s youth.

Pretentious ?Be that as it may, we now ar­

rive at the pinnacle of absurdity: Dr. Traci’s view of the prose. He calls the two short pieces by Phillip Stein, “ native and preten­tious". Pretentious? A m ere five- hundred W'ords for two stories, the whole affair being an easy­going spoof on science fiction: pretentious? Naive? Was Mr. Stein trying to delve into the darkest mysteries of human im a­gination? Was Mr. Stein applying for the Pulitzer Prize? Preten­tious and naive? I say poppycock to that. Someone else might have called them funny and charming. But not our academician.

Oxford R oger’s story lacks “ any unity of concept", according to Dr. Traci. A seven-hundred and fifty words dialogue be­tween tw'o people on a single theme for one effect lacks “ unity of concept." What rubbish. I really don’t know what Dr. Traci expects in one and a half pages of dialogue. One gets the impression that Dr. Traci just didn’t bother to read the material. Ho-hum, he says, I ’ll just put it down that it “ lacks any unity of concept". The funny tiling is, I agree with Dr. Traci on quite a few points. But writing a review' of a student magazine with a totally negative attitude, in every respect, just doesn’t seem fair.

Preciosite ?Look what Dr. Traci does to

poor Mr. Dyer. Leonard Dyer's work is called a “ masterpiece of preciosite". Again, “ it is not a play; it is not a poem ". Well, if it is neither prose nor poetry, then at least we must credit Mr. Dyer with the discovery of a totally new' art form , and he will be famous. It seems much too easy for Dr. Traci, with his self-

made definitions of poetry and prose, to ridicule the students. I knew that Mr. D yer’s w'ork was not going to shake the founda­tions of Western literature, but he made a good try at handling an extrem ely difficult style of writing. Of course, if Mr. D yer’ s name w'ere Harold Pinter or N. F. Simpson, I ’m sure a little m ore kindness would have been show’n by the reviewer, notwith­standing any stray preciosite-ing that might have crept in. And so it goes, on and on

I ’m afraid that Dr. T raci’s review was interesting for quite the wrong reason. It seem ed to point out — at least it did to m e — the terrible gulf between the students and the faculty at the University. Neither quite un­derstands what the other is trying to say. In a field such as liter­ature, which deals to a great extent with human meanings, this aphasia is a sad, sad thing. Let’ s hope, for Dr. Traci’s sake, that the condition is not a per­manent one.

(A n y further com m ents on the vieios o f Dr. Traci or M r. N em i­roff, or com m ents on PRISM , should be addressed to the F e a t u r e s Editor o f The G eorgian .)

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►►► Ak Garnet and Gold Revue: This W orld’s Fair spoof, to be per-^ T form ed January 15, 21, and 22, in Birks Hall, stars John Carstairs,^ r Louis Bloom , and Fiona M cM urran; tickets are still available in ^the Lobby

La Cinematheque Canadienne Film Festival: On January 17,► the Festival presents Joseph von Sternberg’ s “ Der Blaue Engel”

(6.30 p.m .) and Robert Wiene’ s “ Le Cabinet du Docteur Caligari” ^(9.00 p .m .). ^^ Balsam Kroll Heifetz Trio: On January 17, McGill’s “ Scope” 3► organization presents this program of Haydn, Ravel, and Beethoven ̂

at 8.00 p.m . in Redpath Hall on M cG ill’s cam pus; tickets will be^ Favailable at the door (student prices available). A^ “ W ho’s Afraid Of Virginia W oolf ? ” : January 22 will see the^ ̂ opening of Edw'ard Albee’ s stage hit at La Poudriere Theatre in^

^French starring Monique Lepage and Paul Hebert; tickets are now^ r o n sale at $2.50 and $3.00. ^^ For further in form ation concern ing the com ing events J ^ listed above, con tact J oel G reen b erg at the G eorgian office .) j 1

C O M M E N TBlackhurst and the Movies

By D EREK BENNETT problem Richard He seems confident: already he

is looking for a libretto for next year's show, but with an eye to the possibilities named herein— he w'ants someone else to write the book for the 1966 production.

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I had a rip-roaring meeting on Wednesday last; the pur­pose was to talk to current and prospective writers for The Georgian — three current writ­ers and one prospective writer showed up. It was great. I told them all that at the next m eet­ing w e’d get Birks Hall so we could accom m odate the crowd of interested parties, but un­fortunately Professor Hall’s Natural Science 210 class clash­ed with me in the time realm. So, this next meeting will be held in the Place des Arts on January 1, 1967 at 5:00 a.m. Everyone is invited — egg nog and scones will be served.

Derek Bennett.Features Editor

The single Blackhurst will encounter after the three showings of his baby, the Garnet and Gold Revue, is that it will make him or break him.

He has written the entire show, from beginning to end, from libretto to music and lyrics, and if the acting talents of his stars com e through, and his music and lyrics succeed, the Revue will probably becom e entrenched again in the cultural arena of Sir George.

But if these things fail, if the acting, and the music and lyrics fall short of his — and others’ — great expectations, Mr. B lack­hurst will know what failure is. Not only has he done the writ­ing. but he is directing the show, and recent changes now have placed him on stage in one of his own main characters. Two things here are fortunate: he is probably the finest singer in the show, and he has left the di­recting .where he is concerned, to someone else.

Yet still the problem looms large: if Garnet and Gold suc­ceeds, it will be Mr. Black- liurst’s success; if it doesn’t, it will be Mr. Blackhurst’s flop.

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ART ISRAELA cross-section of twenty-six painters and sculptors are currently

exhibiting at the Montreal Museum t>f Fine Arts. The large show of paintings, drawings, sculptures, and constructions provides a most exciting and vibrant exposition of the current Israeli art scene; an opportunity not often available in Montreal.

The largest selection of works consists of representational and non-representational oil paintings. Variety, the keynote theme, is evident in Michael Gross's “ Slain Soldier in F ield", a soft study in whites and golds filled with a sense of vastness and infinity created by a lack of perspective. Contrasted with this is the sophisticated red and black “ Poetry of Canaan” by Moishe Castel. A further theme of fantasy is presented in the strong greens, reds, and blues of Mordecai Ardon's “ Gates of Light” . The attitude of strength and power in many of the works surge out in the black, grey, and brown of the “ Common G rave". The m ajestic, stylized lion, a frequent symbol in Hebraic culture, perched on the elevated horizon line seems ready to pounce on the viewer as well as accentuating the aura of depth and falling created on the middleground of the canvas.

The most exciting portion of the exhibit, again with a multiplicity of theme, is the constructions. The first group consists of fun-type structures where the spectator is invited to move the pegs, wooden balls, and metal discs attached to the background, thus creating his own designs. Although this appears as a rather humorous approach to art, it exem plifies the artists’ constant struggle to create a work which has perpetual movement, always recreating itself. Of the three works in this category, Y aacov Agan's “ Natural M ovem ents" is the most outstanding. Consisting of many metallic discs, white on the surface and colored underneath, it is attached to a wooden stand by coils. The viewer is meant to brush his hand over the discs causing them to vibrate and move in all directions. The shadows, motion, and undercolors exposed by the external action create a refreshing ex­perience.

Constructions on a m ore serious vein are typified by the haunting “ Hiroshima” . The black surface is desecrated by textural effects of knife slashes, slabs of wood, nails, barbed wire, gears and other hardwares. The death and destruction stressed by the broken designs is accentuated by the massiveness of the actual cancas. Two similar theme constructions by Aika illustrate Israeli interest in structural expression. The first "R elie f Composition” com posed of black burlap, rope, and a resinous material evoke movement and fluidity on the surface plane but also create tension between various areas. The second and most remarkable is “ Dolls” . This bizarre but horrifyingly beautiful structure is created by an expanded canvas with slightly bronzed dolls and dolls’ heads inserted in cut-out areas of the surface The black coloring, and the death im ages of the dolls bears a subcon­scious rem inder of the horrors of the concentration camp.

The beauty of the coloring, the ingenuity of the construction, and the sensitivity of the subject matter com bine to form a most vital exhibition. This vitality alone is enough to warrant several viewings.

SANDRA PAIKOWSKY.

There are currently seven movies of some prominence that have been playing at the respec­tive theatres for well over a month. There are eight movies of som e prominence that have been playing at their respective theatres for just under a month. And it seems to us that this sit­uation — where movies play for over a week or two week period — leaves much to be desired.

It cannot matter whether or not these movies warrant such attention. And certainly the. size of the city of Montreal should m ake no difference, for there are many other cities of equal or greater size w hose' managers disallow films to run for a period exceeding two weeks — unless, a certain picture is in some way special, such as a Cinerama production like “ The Greatest Story E ver Told ," which isn’t , that good anyway.

A case in point: last year in Houston a film called "M afioso” played to m ediocre crowds in one of that city ’s smaller thea­tres. Within the week it was there, the theatre was never , com pletely filled, yet it has taken “ M afioso” a little less than a year to reach Montreal. I can j assume this is so because there were no movie houses available j for its use during that time; how­ever, this is only one possible assumption: others may exist.And that there were no theatres available was undoubtedly be­cause managers did not want to ,J give up a good thing until they had milked it dry.

Another example, and one that borders on the absurd, is “ Zorba the G reek," now in its forty-first “ record breaking” week at Place Ville Marie. Personally. I have seen and enjoye. ,“ Zorba" twice, but forty-one weeks is utterly ridiculous: tht manager suddenly seems to be a blood-sucking Bela Lugosi. Thajt length of run is enough time to show ten movies of comparable quality — certainly ten is a greater variety than one — andexcept for the size of the two-theatres in Place Ville Marie 1 can see no reason for such lengthy engagements (unless of course the manager is trying for an all-time record like pushing twenty people into a roadside telephone booth, which proves nothing in the end but how many < toes get stepped on).

The answer is simple: either there are too few theatres run­ning quality movies, or these theatres should allow their films relatively short runs, none to ex­ceed a month. It is highly doubt* ful that the output of Hollywood,. Rom e, and Paris cannot accom -] modate a city the size of Mont­real, but this would seem the j case. It’s not: it’s merely thatj Montreal refuses to be accom ­modated, and we viewers suffer in the repetitive monotony.

Georgians Beat McGill 10-1

CommentThe Georgian hockey team res­

ponded to their first tough assignment of the new year by rouncing Ottawa U. 13-4 . .. . They went out three days later and took M cGill by the tune of 10-1 . . . the gam es with Loyola

Georgettes

Seek RevengeThe W om en ’s V olleyba ll and

Basketball team s w ill be out revenge w hen they m eet

Carleton U niversity in the re­m atch o f the hom e and

series betw een the two

In last Saturday’s m eeting be- the two universities the

om ens Basketball team suf­fered a 53-18 upset. If they are

im prove on last weeks p er­form ance, they w ill have to

up their shooting and stop C arlton ’s b ig point scorer, Barbara French. The gam e will

U also serve as an indication as to how the G eorgettes will per­

I form a g a i n s t the Royal V ictoria Nurses on T u e s d a y evening.

The girls volleyball team also hopes to see a reversal o f the form w hich saw them drop two games to C arlton ’s volleyball team.

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and Carleton promise to be classics . . . buy your tickets for the Junior Canadians-Sir George hockey gam e — they’re going fast. Going into the second half of the hockey season, Georgian players have seven of the eleven top spots in the scoring race . . . Sir G eorge’s big line of Berry, M atthew, and K err are 1, 2, 3, in the league.

On the basketball front Sir George meets Ottawa St. Pats this Saturday in their first league gam e since D ecem ber 10th . . . They returned from Halifax with many injuries but will probably win anyway . . . Ottawa is pre­sently mired deep in the league cellar . . . Co-captain Mike Bar- kun is the only m em ber of the varsity team to grab a spot among the leagues top ten scorers . . . He's in ninth place, having scored a total of 102 points for a 14.5 average. Tom my Gorman, southpaw whiz of Carle­ton University’ s Basketball Ra­vens threatens to break the scor­ing mark of 389 points he set last year . . . it looks as though Loyola will be the team Sir George will have to beat to make the OSL Basketball play-offs . . . A ccord in g to reports, the con ­ference basketball and hockey champions have drawn the long roads to make the nationals, the basketball this year in the west and hockey in Sudbury . . . The OSL basketball play-offs will be held in Ottawa once again this year . . . Watch those refs . . . Conference swimming champion­ships will be settled early in February at College Militaire Royale to be followed by the Nationals . . . the track and fie ld buffs, too, won’t have any m ajor obstacles. Winnipeg, the modern day indoor hot-bed, again is the site, sometime in February.

Watch these pages for an up­com ing feature on athletic scholarships — some interesting facts m ay be revealed.

Staff MeetingT here will be a short m eeting

o f all m em bers o f the Sports D ep ’t. on Friday, January 14, 1966, at 2:00 p.m. A ll those in­terested in jo in in g the sports staff o f the G eorgian are w el­com e to attend and are to con ­tact the Sports Editor, M orris R osenfeld .

D e f e n c e m e n Paul Le m ire a n d H e c t o r M c F a y d e n , the bul- k a rk s o f C o a c h A r s e n a u l t ' s b lue l ine b r ig a d e .

Cagers HurtingThe Varsity Cagers upon re­

turning hom e from H alifax, where they had participated in the B luenose Classic basketball

Mike Barkun has badly injured knees.

The tonic which the Georgians need to cure all their ills may be foun d this Saturday when they take on the Ottawa St. Pat’s in a 2:00 p.m. fixture at M ont. St. Louis gym.

The Ottawa team ,which has gon e winless in their first six outings, and is m ired deep in the cellar o f the O SLA A , has given up 516 points in the sam e num ber o f games.

The G eorgains, winless in two tournam ents during the past m onth will add to their present 5-2 record.. Their obvious prob­lem w ill be to hold down M un- roe, who is averaging 20.6 p.p.g. in the O SLA A , good for third in the con feren ce scoring race. He is headed only by B ob Mason

Don Brown

tournam ent found them selves hard hit with in juries. Forward Don Brown has been lost to the team fo r the balance o f the season, while guard - forw ard

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o f R.M .C. and Carlton ’s Tom Gorm an.

Sir G eorge will start forw ards Sid Gonyea and M ike Barkun, centre Z ig S te iche and guard W ilf Jackson. W ilf w ill be jo in ­ed by either Steve K em per or Jay W olfe at the other guard.

By MORRIS ROSENFELD

The V a r s i t y ice-men, fresh from their Saturday evening’s victory over Ot­tawa U., took on the McGill Redman Tuesday night in an unofficial exhibition match, and won going away by a 9 goal margin.

Sir G eorge’s big line of Alex Matthew, Trevor Kerr and Bob B erry paced the way once again with a five goal effort. Matthew and Kerr notched 2 each with Berry scoring one. Other Georgian goals were scor­ed b y B ob Shatilla and Phil Sutton with two and one respec­tively while JV recruits Bruce Berry and Don Baker added singles.

The Georgians who led all the way, held 4-0 and 5-1 leads after the first and second periods and ended the gam e with five unan­swered goals in the third.

Varsity, displaying excellent forechecking and backchecking outplayed and outclassed the Redmen as well as outshot them 40-24. The Georgian defence corps led by Calgary products Paul Lem ire and Hector M c­Fayden combined to form strong and effective protection for goalie Brian Chapman.

Coach Paul Arnenault said that he was m ore pleased with the outcome of this gam e than per­haps any other during the year.

He stated that at first his play­ers did not want to play, feeling that the gam e would not do them any good. Added to the fact that stars Joe Rae and Bob Eastman were both out with injuries and that McGill was out to avenge an earlier 9-4 loss at the hands of the Georgians (a gam e which M cGill claim ed was won by garbage goals and dubious tac­tics) the win was an extrem ely satisfying one.

The fact that the team could hustle and win under these cir­cumstances shows a champion­ship spirit is present and the character which the team has developed.

Skiers take tow at Stowe

The M en’s and W om en ’s Ski teams, which have been practis­ing diligently and training at Mt. E cho even during the Christmas holidays in prepara­tion fo r upcom ing events, face their first test o f the season this w eekend at a m eet being staged at the Glen Ellen Ski Centre at Stowe, Verm ont.

The m eet which is being host­ed by Cham plain C ollege, has also attracted Bishops U niver­sity, St. M ichaels, V erm ont A ca­dem y as w ell as S ir G eorge.

Som e strong skiers on the w om en ’s team include Eve Sise, Barbara Shapiro, A rlen e Cohen and Nina Pesner. The m en ’s team also features m any strong skiers.

Both team s w ill be facing stiff com petition, but if desire and preparation are assets, the team s should put on a respect­able perform ance.

Jeannette M. Cayford

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Rise of the military philosophy

A Go-GoBy ARNIE KELLER

As any self-respecting voyeur can tell you, P layboy’s back on Quebec newstands for the first time since 1958. The powers that be in this province, apparently having a deep breath of the post- 1960 liberalizing attitudes, have included Playboy in their list of necessary social reform s right along with socialized medicine and increased welfare payments. These sam e powers ever since Jean Talon have more or less encouraged copulation but pre­ferred that no one idealize it; Playboy does little else. Of course, the magazine was not un­known here while the ban was in effect. Countless clandestine copies were smuggled in from the Orange-est parts of free-thinking Ontario, or else were delivered by a federal agency, the Post Office. This latter method was especially easy for college-stud- ents whose newspapers (ignoring morality) accepted advertise­ments urging the students to drop their accountancy texts in favor of subscriptions to Playboy of­fered at cut-rate prices. (The cultivation of the youth market, as any merchandising man can tell you, is good business.) But now, thanks to the effects of the “ quiet revolution,” even the most unimaginative among the general population can build an im pressive library for those stay- at-home nights.

Along with Playboy com es its lesser-but-more imitators (less im posing contributors but more flesh) who actually arrived be­fore Playboy on the newstands. The eager young reader now has a choice at his local drugstore that is equalled only — perhaps paralleled — by the choice at his local delicatessen. Add the pa­perback copies of the Kama Sutra, Henry Miller, and as­sorted m arriage manuals, and one has a veritable Disneyland for masturbators. Am id all these publications vying for what must obviously be a rather sweaty dollar bill, Playboy stands out like an oil derick on a flat plane or a fountain on the floor of a valley. None of P layboy’s imita­tors com es close to approaching P layboy ’s staggering circulation of three million copies a month despite either closely following P layboy’ s example (like Caval­ier), or else trying to outdo Playboy in the flesh derby. The best the others can hope for is that in their haste the more m yopic shoppers, attracted by a pink, hazy cover, will mistake their publication for Playboy. (There is on record one case where a gentleman is reported to have sued Golden Books Inc. for issuing “ Bernard Bunny in Lollipop L and;” the plaintiff claim ed Golden Books had delib­erately designed the book’s cover to fool him into believing it was Playboy. The case was thrown out of court when the defense introduced evidence to show the gentleman had not ac­tually known the difference until he was arrested in a public w ashroom .)

“ M en’s m agazines” (the phrase

has a hefty quality, have been changed radically since P layboy ’s success som e ten years ago. The “ outdoorsy” type has become, like the Buffalo he used to hunt, a vanishing American. And what’s happened to the two- fisted, hairy chested Marine who used to snarl out at you from badly drawn covers, clutching in one hand, a bosom y blonde whose dress was shredded, goug­ing the eyes of a scream ing sav­age with the other. Inside there were titles like “ Iwo Jima B aby,” and “ Blood, Guts, and White Slavers,” and occasionally

there were pin-ups — not a bit as daring as the ordinary, typi­cal, average Playm ate — but, looking back, m ore fun. You closed your eyes, and with your pre-enlightened, Puritan views on sex, you im agined all sorts of dirty things. Let’s face it, in those days, sex was dirty. Those magazines ran advertisements that would never appear in P lay­boy either — lessons in how to be a detective, “ poem s wanted to be set to m usic,” books (whose publishers wouldn’t take C.O.D.’s from Canada and charged a dol­

lar m ore) that prom ised “ the truth a"bout sex with more than 100 illustrations.” (The urge to send away to advertisements in magazines is a natural and strong impulse; who has never received a law yer’s letter from the Little­ton Stamp com pany threatening to take legal action unless those stamps sent on approval were returned?)

It seem s hardly w orthw hile spending time on magazines like F ield and Stream, because I never knew anyone w ho read them. Browse at them in the

drugstore, m aybe, but put down fifty cents? W ho wanted to see four hunters sitting around a fire eating m oosem eat? W ho ever wanted to read articles about the relative m erits of tracking antelope or polar bears? O f course, I realize there is a considerable portion o f the population interested in this kind o f thing, but all that fresh air som ehow seem ed unhealthy and unreal. Publications like F ield and Stream are probably on their last generation o f read­ers. A fter all, who cou ld blam e

the teenage boy for not paying as m uch attention to a W in­chester being adm ired by a strapping fe llow in a plaid jacket as to a “ naked lady” caressing it with her body ? (Such latter pieces are usually entitled “ O utdoor G irl.) As that w ell-know n A m erican p h ilo ­sopher, Hugh H efner, once said “ O ur readers are m ore interest­ed in indoor sport.” Heh-heh.

Strangely enough, the only com petitor P layboy has is neither an “ o ld -sty le” m en ’s m agazine or a blatant Playboy im itation. Esquire has a reader­ship o f w ell over a m illion, and it was here (as the m odern H oratio A lger legend goes) that Hugh H efner once w orked as a copyw riter in the prom otion departm ent, quitting in a huff a fter being refused a five-dollar raise. Esquire has changed its form at considerably in the past few years. It was Esquire who originated the “ cen ter-fo ldou t,” the “ Petty G irls” (the approx­imate equivalent of P layboy ’s Vargas drawings), and the “ calendar.” Esquire once even had a m ascot who was run on every cover just as the P layboy rabbit is today, but he was som ething o f a m iddle-aged, pot-bellied lecher whereas P lay­b oy ’s is a twentyish, svelte, sophisticated lecher. Esquire has taken on a literary stance, al­though you m ight get some strong argum ents about its in ­tellectual merits m ore because it was pushed out o f the “ g ir lie ” m arket by Playboy than from choice. Today, Esquire runs the odd spread showing an undraped m ovie star but apart from a w isecrack every now and then about the P layboy Philosophy, it is largely content to live and let live.

Just p icking up P layboy is a sensuous experience. In any ordinary 750 m onth it runs about 150 pages, and in the

cou p le super-duper holiday is­sues, there are alm ost 300 cool, shiny pages to fon d le and ad­m ire. The slickness fa irly shouts opu lence; the quality o f the printing and colou r is u n iform ­ly excellent; the photography (quite apart from subject m at­ter) is equaled only by Life (another peculiar publishing phenom enon) in a mass circu la ­tion magazine; the layout and graphics generally are always clean, appealing, and highly im aginative. In short, the people responsible fo r P layboy ’s phys­ical appearance do a thoroughly professional job .

But magazines unfortunately are also supposed to be read, and what passes fo r intellectual content in Playboy often suffers by com parison to its form . It w ould be foolish to attempt to generalize about the merits of P layboy ’s fiction and n on -fic­tion, but it is safe to suggest that they are not as outstanding as their defenders often claim . A ccord in g to the editorial p o­licy, the real justification fo r buying Playboy is not the flesh factor but the quality o f the “ articles” (a term ed used to designate any page without a “ naked lady” on it). T he P lay­mates are on ly an extra added attraction, a bonus for reading the rest o f P layboy, and after w ading through the P layboy A dvisor the Playm ates are a w ell-deserved bonus. P layboy does publish som e very good things by som e very good p eo ­ple but it would be in credib le if, paying the prices it does, it w ould not attract som e respect­able efforts. H ow ever, there is a lot o f fiction on P layboy ’s pages-that appears to have been collecting erasure crum bs in the desks o f som e “ big nam es” o f literature until their respect­ive agents, rum m aging around fo r a quick ten per cent, found them and sent them to Playboy. M ost o f “ the articles” deal in some way with sex but take an either som ewhat sniggering attitude (like the current issue’s “ G oing Naked on the R iviera), or an uncom fortable “ I bet I can shock you ” slant. P layboy ’s forays into non-fiction are sel­dom happier events; m em oirs by Som erset M augham or Lucius Beebe, despite dripping with what appear to be profound aphorisms or anecdotes about the w orld ’s “ really im portant p eop le ,” tend to get a bit tire ­som e Even Kenneth Tynan seems to lose som ething o f his wit in an article on British censorship (censorship in gen ­eral being thought o f by Play­b oy in the same terms o f castra­tion ); a h odge-podge o f h istoric­al references and quotes from Shaw and John O sborne, it seem s to be som ething that Tynan threw together rather quickly. An interview with Klan leader R obert Shelton displayed P layboy ’s fashionable seat on the current liberal bandwagon, a sort o f “ m e-a-liberal-too” atti­tude that was, in its own way, as biased as Shelton. And fo r such a progressively-m inded publication, have there been many — or any — co lored Play­m ates? Not that a N egro back­side would be a blow fo r fre e ­dom and civil liberty but it w ould be accurately reflecting “ the girl next d oor” po licy that is supposed to govern the selec­tion o f P layboy ’s m odels. Or

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COMMENTM r. Keller is an avid student o f the female form and has displayed his vast knowledge at many private and public gatherings. Recently returned from a cross-country tour of C anad ian prisons and Laura Secord shops, he graces our pages this month with a penetrating study of the O nan ist 's Bible, presently found on all M ontreal news­stands. W e are sure you will all enjoy this visit to . . .

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Flamenco and our Pursuit of the Primitive

By Richard OwenThe young middle class North Am erican in his

search for something real, that is, a satisfactory emotional experience, goes often to the art form s of ‘prim itive’ or rural cultures. In the m usical sphere he experiments most com m only with the folk music of the negroes and poor whites of the southern United States. I m yself pursued flam enco, but what I learnt in that pursuit seems to me to be generally pertinent.

Flam enco is the music of the farm ers and gypsies of southern Spain, derived from m any sources and dis­tilled by the gypsies and other fringe elements of Andalucia. It consists of song and dance accom panied by guitar, and it is highly improvisational within its traditional form s. Its styles range from the light and satiric to the most profound lament of death and unre­quited love, with an everpresent note of bitterness born and nurtured through centuries of poverty and perse­cution. It is in its pure form the expression of the agonies and ecstasies of a manic-depressive people, and reaches its heights when the artist is seized by his duende (dem on), which makes its own unmarked way through the traditional song or dance.

These great mom ents in flam enco are not easy to encounter. On this side of the water they are virtually nonexistent. While some artists here, both Spanish and otherwise, are well versed in flam enco, they rare­ly get carried away by it. If they do, it will probably not be in public, where the artist’s soul is weighted down with an audience which is unfamiliar with the m usic and therefore unmoved by it. Instead the perform er gives the audience what looks colorful and technically difficult, or, if she’ s a girl, what looks sexy. The people go away unmoved but impressed and the perform er goes away unexpressed but rich.

The situation is much the same in Madrid. At La Zam bra, the best tablo flam enco there, the situation reaches its apex. There are two cuadros, or groups of perform ers. The first is mainly dancers, heavy, volup­tuous women in dark makeup and low-cut red dresses flairing out half way down the thigh, and little men in tight black pants and ruffled shirts. The women wiggle their hips and the men attack the floor with their feet in nervous spasms. Guitarists, singers, castanets and heels make a rhythmic noise to complete the im pres­sion of color and enthusiasm.

This sort of thing can be found in any other club in M adrid as well. What makes La Zam bra special is the second cuadro. There is only one dancer, forty-five year old Rosita Duran, her gauntness clothed in a loose blue dress. There is only one guitarist, and five sing­ers, all considered among the present greats of fla­menco. Here there is no confusion of noise and color. One singer sings, one dancer dances, one guitarist plays — and well. Rosita is enchanting, the singers are tragic, the guitarist inspired. You com e back the next night. They are just as good. And you realize that they are just as good because they are doing the same things as the night before. In the singing there is some slight variation, but Rosita uses the same choreogra­phies for years.

Where then is the duende? Can it be found amongst the com m on people? There are smart bars where young Madrilenians gather in groups to sing popular songs with flam enco rhythms, and there are not-so- smart bars where drunks m ay wail a fandango or two late at night, but this is not what w e’re looking for. Where then is the bar where the artists and perform ers get drunk, and wail something good? Could we som e­how meet an artist, and get invited to a party where they play the way they like, ungoverned by sales?

This is what we must do, get them to have that party. We must supply the place, the wine, and the take-home pay. If we have some friends to share the cost, it m ay not be any more than a night at a club. In Madrid the artists m ay be the same ones you saw the other night turning out the com m ercial product, but in such small southern towns as Moron de la Fron- tera, where resides the great guitarist Diego del Gastor, there are artists who know only how to play well, and consequently have never played in a club. Here is the real flamenco.

The holy grail o f flam enco has been found. If you studied before you cam e to Spain, you m ay be able to absorb enough in a year or two that you too can pro­duce something with the guitar or dance, bottle some of the duende inside you to take home and imbibe personally, if not to market. The duende does not seem to stand com m ercial packaging too well, but if handled with a certain care and reverence, might it not endure in the New World ?

The answer is no. The duende is not an essence which can be extracted from the people and sur­roundings which gave it birth. When flam enco is not being played by the gypsies and farm ers of Andalucia, it is not the same, or as good. The evocation of the duende becom es a rare achievement. If you hope to produce real flamenco your only chance is to remain in Andalucia, which you may find difficult simply because you will never be one of the people. You are an urban North Am erican; you can never be a rural Spaniard.

The college graduate who goes on stage to sing in a rustic accent about his pain on a chain gang is an actor, not a folksinger. We can take our lesson from him. If we are going to do something with flam enco we must not try to be simple. We must use it to make a music of our own, an urban music which when fully developed will have its own urban demons. Such people as Bob Dylan have done much in this direction with the blues, and it is likely that North Am ericans will be much more successful with the blues than flam enco,

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The Richard Burton

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it all up with the Bible.

By I. M. HANDELMAN

Actually, I have no interest in anything relating to the above, but through the unspoken encouragem ent of Miss Gina Miedwocki and many others, I find m y­self writing. So what am I leading up to? Well, picture your average poor slob at your average party. Here com es that sensuous little blond bitch that all the other women at the party hate, dripping with attar of roses, and radiating what I can only call orgones. Now what does our poor slob do? With fibril- lating tongue he steps up, and proceeds to toss out the collected bon mots of Shakespeare, Milton, Tennessee Williams, or similar crap that nobody has heard of, in an attempt to bend her ear, or any other cartilagineous structure, his way. She im mediately crushes him with a dirty look, and he is left sitting in the corner, as horny as ever. M y point is, why Shakespeare? Why Milton? All these com e-ons culled from our literary giants have been driven into cliche-dom. There is only one area left for the poor slob to delve into. The Bible. How can the bible help m e becom e the poor m an’ s Richard Burton? I will proceed by quoting two ex­amples from the Old Testament, with some snappy explanations. The first example takes place before the feast of the New Moon. (If there is no feast of the New Moon in your neighbourhood, don’t worry. Any other holiday will do.) Saul, King of Israel, doesn't like David for personal reasons. On the other hand, Jona­than, Saul’s brother, does like David, I can go so far to say that he likes David very much, enough to save his life. Jonathan relates a plan to David which in­volves target practice. “ If I say something to the effect that ‘ the arrow is beyond thee’ , then you better make tracks” . So the plan was all set. Now let us involve ourselves with what is really going on. I will present some guide questions to help the reader de­duce the im portance of the quotation.1) Is Jonathan interested in the arrows?21 Is the question of time a prim ary or a secondary

factor?3i Is there the slightest hint of homosexual practice

between David and Jonathan?4i How far can John shoot an arrow?

Let me emphasize the importance of these ques­tions. They in fact deal with those things for which we all strive. M aterialism is expressed in term s of arrows, sex is accom plished through sentiment, and time and space are unified in skill. Any average per­son with an upstanding moral background can easily see that “ behold the arrow is beyond thee” has absol­utely nothnig to do with David's life. It is a conver­sational piece and nothing more. How does this affect

EXORCISESour poor slob? What does he do when he has to speak to the local siren? He searches for something that will cause him the least possible embarrassment. “ What do you think of the weather?” “ W ho's going to win the Nobel Prize for m eteorology this y ea r?” “ Were you a nice girl last y ea r?” Why doesn't he show some wit and sophistication? Impress the wench, m ake her feel inferior, and victory is his. For ex., Do you know that the arrow is behind you? Have you ever beheld arrows? Let’ s arrow out of here and be­hold m y pad, it is just beyond you. As you can see, it's effortless.

The second exam ple involves the story of Jacob and His Birthright. Jacob ’s mother tells Jacob that he is to receive his father’s blessing, instead of his elder brother, Esau. She outlines a plan by which Jacob can receive this blessing. The theoretical aspect of the plan deals with the idea of mistaken identity. Jacob doesn’t like the idea of a possible cursing, so he tries to back out. “ But m y brother’ s a hairy man, and I am a smooth m an” . The student of Psychology should leap to the obvious conclusion here — the Freudian sym bol of hair. This particular symbol and it's implications have fashioned the fortunes of m yriad Englishmen with guitars, Lady Clairol flexes her knees every night in thankful supplication to this story. It is the ultimate goal of society — hair. This exam ple is dedicated to the ladies reading this garbage. To those of you who have to rely on Chaucerian quotations, e.g., I ’m busy tonight, or, I don’t indulge in blind dates, freedom from cliche is yours. Be provocative, use the Bible. E .G ., Is your blind date a hairy man, or a smooth m an? Or quote directly and show your verbal prowess. I 'm not saying these quotations work all the time, not all the hairy men play with bows and arrows. They do prove a point, however, that the Bible was written for a specific purpose. And in con­clusion, when people everywhere are always asking you to validate your references, what better authority can you use than God? The scuttlebutt around the better supperclubs is that He knows everything.

Interview of the Year

Ed. Note — In these hard times, when Horatio A lger is just another fairy tale, it is indeed reassuring to find out that someone, at least, has had the initiative and resourceful­ness to find his way to the top with minimal effort. Patrick Nugent will marry Linda Baines Johnson, daughter of a well-known American, this June. Interviewed in his air-, conditioned suite at the Washington Civil Defence Military Barracks, Mr. Nugent had the follow ing comments to make:

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Mr. Nugent, how did you manage to get a date with Linda Baines Johnson?The usual way. I sent a letter to the chair­man of the Texas Dem ocratic Steering Com­mittee, he forwarded it to the Governor, who sent it on to Bill M oyers in Washington, and before I knew it, I got a telegram from Mrs. Johnson telling me to take the night plane to Washington for supper.How did you find your first date with Linda?

: Oh, we had a ball. We went to this way-out beatnick place where the lights are way down low. A really surprising thing happened, though. We had been sitting there about 15 minutes when I got this great big kiss on the cheek.Linda's really affectionate, huh?No, it was a Secret Service agent. I think it was the guy who broke the Walter Jenkins case.Tell us, Patrick, what do you think of the President ?

: He’s a strange fellow. I don't think he liked me the first time we met.How com e ?Well, I held out m y hand to shake, and he picked m e up by both ears, and gave me the once-over. People were outraged, but it really doesn’t hurt.Patrick, there was a great commotion over your rom ance at first because the President didn't think you and Linda were “ ready” to get married.Oh, yeah, that's all over with now. The President wanted m e to be able to support Linda, and I must admit that I wasn’t able to do so then. But now that I'm a Private in the Air Force Reserves, I think we'll manage. Patrick, is Linda interested in world affairs? Oh hell, yes. She spent over three years in Central A frica studying the Watusi.Was this for college ?No, I think it was for the Senior Prom. She does it better than anyone else in Washing­ton.Do you have any hobbies ?Yes, I ’m very interested in biographies. Biographies ?Yes, you know, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy, stuff like that.

Who is your favorite hero in contemporary literature ?Prince Phillip.Patrick, the fact that Linda converted to Catholicism was quite a surprise for most people. Do you happen to know how this move cam e about ?That's quite a story. Actually, Linda's con­version was necessary before we could get married. You see, originally I was a Brah­min. Before the last Presidential election I converted to Protestantism because I was positive that Goldwater was going to win, and he's got a real sharp daughter. Well, after the election I converted again, this time to Catholicism, only I forgot that Caroline Kennedy was only four. As it turned out, that last conversion was a real lucky break, because it meant I didn't have to convert again after Linda converted. I un­derstand that your third conversion has to be Jewish, and Levi Eshkol doesn't have a daughter.

Patrick, you 're in the Air Force now. Do you expect to see any action?It's kind of doubtful right now, but if the Gooks ever invade Fort Lauderdale, I expect I ’ll be right up there with the rest of the boys. What plans do you and Linda have for the future, Patrick?I want to give Linda the same kind of average, Am erican life she had before. Buy a few thousand acres of good ranch land, build our homestead, get a few slaves. Nothing special.Well, lots of luck, Patrick. One final question. What advice do you offer to the youth of to­day ?Well, John Lindsey m ay have a daughter. Then there’s Edward Kennedy, and Bobby Kennedy, a n d ..............

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P layboys’ m onthly review o f books, records, theatre, and film s leaves som ething to be de­s ired even b y such question­able standards as set up by the C laire Booth L u ce ’s tastes. Since P layboy is now in the publish­in g and record business, the re­views are often th in ly disguised p lugs fo r such m onum ental w orks as the Annual P layboy R eader, the Annual P layboy C artoon C ollection , or reprints o f the Playboy Philosophy. In com parison to E squire’s Dwight M acdonald, the film review s are not only superficial but quite shoddy. A ll the best peop le contribute to Playboy, “ the forem ost literary figures” as H efn er puts it, but som ehow they don ’t seem to be quite at th eir best. O ne wonders if they w ould want their final reputa­tions to rest on what they send to P layboy.

In fairness, any magazine that o ffe rs large doses o f Jules F ief- fe r and H arvey Kurtzman can ’t be all bad. Kurtzm an, who was the orginator o f M ad but le ft w hen it becam e a com ic book fo r in telligent high school stu­dents, draws a w onderfu lly satiric version of Little Orphan A nnie. K urtzm an’s Annie is re­nam ed Fanny and has blossom ed forth into a bosom y, bouncy dumb blonde w ho seem s an obvious laugh at the ladies who appear on P lay boy ’s other pages. Kurtzm an and F e iffer represent true satiric wit and one wonders about the consistency o f an edi­torial hum or p o licy that prints them , and adolescent, locker room Party Jokes and Cartoons that are the d irect descendants o f the travelling salesman stories. Surely, both can ’t ap­peal to the same audience.

This is probably P layboy's greatest problem in its demand

fo r acceptance by the in tel­ligentsia. The schizophrenic di- torial p o licy on one hand boasts the presence o f “ forem ost lit­erary figu res,” but on the other m ust add the extra insurance of the decidedly low -brow . Granted that P layboy is certainly not the w orst trash by any means, it certainly is not any better than many other “ quality” publica ­tions that don ’t carry pictures o f nude wom en. I f there are so m any persons around w ho are interested purely in P layboy “ in tellectual” content — which H efner once re ferred to as being upper-m iddle brow — than why do these other magazines have such distressingly low circu la ­tions? W hatever one thinks of P layboy ’s literary m erits, they are no higher than the A tlantic M onthly, or Com m entary’s or any o f a dozen others. O f course, the reason is obvious. Rem ove the nipples and navels and Play­b o y ’s readership, i f you w ill pardon a m etaphor, detum esces. F or to interpret the fam ous A m erican ph ilosopher cited earlier, m ore peop le will pay m oney to look at naked ladies than to read Sartre.

The really depressing thing about P layboy, as M ort Sahl once rem arked, is that “ there is a w hole generation o f boys grow ing up who think that girls have staples in their navels.” N ot that there is anything w rong with young boys look ­ing at beautifu l wom en but the lockers lined with pictures of Playm ates are not especially erotic or charm ing as say, a lock er lined with a real live girl. It ’s when the Playmates becom e either a substitute for that real girl, or when the real g irl is nothing m ore than a sta­tus sym bol as she seem s to be in P layboy that som ething seem s to- be amiss. The current issue takes the reader on a tour o f the fantastic P layboy Man­

sion, an $800,000 palace that is the realization o f the A m erican B oy ’s Dream, E very electron ic gadget one cou ld possibly im agine is there, every gim m ick from stereo to sauna baths that herald the success of the A m ­erican D ream . But like that A m erican Dream , it all seem s rather sterile and unreal. The g ills are beautifu l but as in the iron law in the flourish ing P lay­boy Clubs, they are strictly a look -but-don ’t touch proposi­tion. The same tour offers a p ic ­ture o f H efner at hom e, sur­rounded by girls in bikinis and we are told that this carefree gang often spend hours playing charades or popping corn. The strange thing is that one can really believe it. A nother fav ­orite pastime is provided by a h idden alcove, accessible only by sw im m ing under a waterfall (that’s right, I said, w aterfall) M. H efn er ’s basem ent pool. O nce there, couples find the spot secluded and fitted out with cushions and stereo. The article adds that “ som e C ave-dw elling couples have been caught un­awares when it (A trap door on the ceilin g) suddenly swung open to reveal the sm iling faces o f m ainroom revelers gazing down on their rom antic inter­lude.” Som e fun, huh? E lse­where we are told that there is a room com plete with m iniature racing cars and a penny arcade. N othing, it w ould seem , is as sophisticated or sw inging as a pinball machine.

One o f the m ost interesting things about P layboy 's pictures is a rather am bivalent attitude towards the fem in ine figure. C ontrary to com m only held con ­ceptions, P layboy holds certain biases w hich, in light of the perm issive, “ hey gang, lo o k !” tone o f the P layboy Philosophy is d ifficu lt to explain. A pparent­ly nothing is w rong with show ­ing the nipples, navels, and buttocks but when it com es to another and even m ore crucial part o f the fem in ine anatomy, either decadent Puritanism or repressive censorship rears its ugly head. The result: the

fam ous P layboy crotch shot. Each m onth a d ifferent o b je ct d iscretely covers a forb idden area; som etim es a scarf, p er­haps a m ink stole, m aybe a knee or a hand. One thinks of frantic editorial con feren ces as the deadline approaches — "w e can ’t use a boa constrictor, we used that last m on th !” Could it be there ’s som ething dirty about show ing “ it ? ” U naesthetic? Not accord ing to the P layboy P h ilo ­sophy.

A couple o f years ago the National Film Board did one o f their m agnificent, close-range studies (in the “ Paul Anka- L onely B oy” vein ) on H efner. A fter fo llow ing him around for a while, the film winds up with a typical P layboy orgy, fu ll of sem i-draped bunnies frenetica l­ly doing whatever was the equi­valent in 1961 o f the frug. At one point, the camera com es in on H efner who can be heard above the din talking about what it ’s like to be Hugh Hefner. A lternately contem plat­ing and sucking on the stem of

his ever present pipe, “ H ef” ( fo r so h e ’s known a ffection ­ately to his sta ff) grins boyishly at the cam era w ith his crooked but m asculine sm ile and — be careful, it com es qu ick ly — and rem arks, “ I like being w om en — uh, that is, I like being with w om en.” Som ebody at the N FB ’s editing departm ent with a sense of hum our left that in.

Perhaps this has been to un­fa ir to P layboy, too quick to point out its shortenings and not giving proper consideration to its redeem ing features. But the fact rem ains that despite everything Playboy says about itself, it intentions, its readers, it is P layboy ’s locker room views tow ards sex that is responsible fo r any success it has achieved. That sex accord ing to P layboy is on ly another part o f the trap­pings o f success, that it seem s finally to be a solitary act, leads to a final observation: P layboy is produced not fo r those w ho read each w ord, but fo r those w ho are content to f lip their way through its pages.

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since it already exists in our culture as rock and roll.The most com mon urban outgrowth of flam enco is

the concert flam enco guitar, the finest exponent of which is Sabicas. This consists of playing flamenco styles solo on the guitar like classical pieces. The result is something much colder and smoother than flamenco, yet lacking the com plexity and develop­ment of theme found in classical music. The flamenco demon and classical muse are both excluded. Most of the young people studying flam enco both here and in Spain are Americans, and most of the flam enco they listen to and think good is of this diminutive kind. The future of the art does not look bright.

As for myself, I no longer pursue flam enco ser­iously as an art form . I know one American who lives in Spain and has made flam enco his way of life, though more as a populizer than an artist. I know people here for whom flam enco is a profession, but nothing they have produced com es near that of the Andalucians, nor have they added anything lively and new. I toy with the blues and that true medium of our culture, the printed word.

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A u t h e n t i c p e r f o rm a n c e s of i n d ig e n o u s and u n se l f c o n s c io u s m us ic o f the p e o p le b y the " m in s t r e l s " o f the p e o p le s e ld o m h a v e e n jo ye d the b ene f i t s o f b ig - c i t y r e c o rd in g s tu d io s a n d t e c h n i ­ques. H o w e v e r , s om e of these w e re re co rd ed , a lbe it un d e r ra th e r d i f f ic u l t c o n d i t io n s and on not so h ig h - f i 7 8 r.p.m. d i s c s d u r in g the th irt ies and fort ies. M o s t o f them ha v e be e n ou t o f p r in t fo r y e a r s and ex is t on ly as well w o rn 7 8 ' s in the co l le c t ion s o f a f e w buffs.

It is the a v o w e d p u rp o se o f the A r c h i v e of Fo lk M u s i c to seek out o r ig in a l r e c o rd in g s and to s e le c t ive ly a nd ca re fu l ly m a k e them a v a i la b le to the pub l ic as re la t ive ly h igh q u a l i t y L .P. 's at r e a so n a b le prices.

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H o w J u s t 15 M in u t e s A D a y C a n G e t

Y o u O n The M o v e , L ik e Y o u ' v e

N e v e r M o v e d B e fo re !

Y E S , IT S T R U E !

C r i n g e l y ' s P ru ne P it Ext ract, W i t h

P re p a r a t io n " P " , G i v e s W e a k l i n g s

Tha t G e t - U p - A n d G O P o w e r T h e y 'v e

Been W a i t i n g Fo r !

N o w in h a n d y m a n - s iz e d sup p o s i to r ie s ,

C r i n g e l y ' s P rune P it E x t ra c t is

a M U S T f o r a c t i v e men e v e ryw h e re .

R EM EM BER -

C R IN G ELY DELIVERS !

(except on Sunday. and

sat. after 3)

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