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UNCLE JOHN StjYS OTTAWA (CUP) - Feb. 19. One of the reasons the Government has a deficit is because it has increased federal aid to education since taking office Prime Minister John Diefenbaker told the annual meeting of the Conservative Student Federation here Saturday night. Pointing to such items as $22,000,000 in loans for university residences, Mr. Diefenbaker said his government had “done all it could” to help education. Because of payments in this and other fields such as pensions, hospital insurance and northern expansion the government has found itself with a deficit. However, he told the delegates, “the outlook+*for 196% 63 is bright” and “Canada is entering the threshold of a new development.” Using the PC “vision” as a fundamental beginning, he asked the students to jom with him “in a great crusade” and help tell the nation of the PC “new concept” in national development. Mr. Diefenbaker said there was a need to develop and expand the quality of education, but it must be recognized that there are constitutional problems involved.
“But there is one problem that will have to be solved and that is the assurance that in the battle of the brains, Canada does not fall into second place,” he said. Chiding both students and press - who hoped he would faTesome clue to the election - he said one student asked him not to set it in April bekause of exams and not in May because a month was needed to recover. Later he assured them they “would have every opportunity to serve.” Earlier in the day Minister of Immigration and Citizenship, Ellen Fairclough, told a plenary session of the difficulty in finding summer jobs for foreign students. She estimated that 20,000 students were looking for jobs last year, with only 5,500 jobs available. “About 6,000 of these students were students from foreign countries” she said. She declared that the government would be able to be a little more generous this year but warned that “the door could not be left wide open” because many Canadians who did not have jobs might complain.
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It is obvious from the Associated Editor’s editorial that he has not distinguished the difference between nuclear defence and nuclear deterrance. In his stand for nuclear arms for Canada, he is proposing to fight the Second World War. He does not understand that once atomic weapons a,re used in a local war, the side which is losing will launch greater nuclear attacks and the local war will mushroom into a war Id war. To refute his claims of the need’ for nuclear warheads for the Bomarc, I quote from an article by Major W. H. Pope, Retired, which. appeared in the December issue of a Canadian magazine, Exchange. “Twenty years ago air defence made sense. To shoot down ten per cent of attacking bombers was considered very good. This rate of attrition led to a gradually lessening scale of attack. But it is the next war of which we must think. Speaking of the Russians on Aug. 5, 1960, the then Minister of National Defense, Major General George Pearkes, V.C., said: They do have a large fleet of bombers of different vintages numbering well over 6,000 which would be l capable today of being used against targets on the “What does it all prove?” Science and society cannot North American continent . I asked after the recent be mentioned without bring(Hansard, p. 7649) American success in achiev- ing up the topic of the ing orbital flight, “what does destruction - potential seemThat was said fourteen it prove?” In the sense that ingly inherent in scientific months ago. Since the anything can be “proved” knowledge. I am not capable Russians have shownthen us that (although the Scientific of going Jnto this topic to their bomber development Method comes closest to any deep, intellectual extent, not lagging. But supposeis exhibiting “proof”, academic but perhaps I could speak in that Russians attack arguments may ensue on general terms. Without wish- North the America with only one this point), the Man in ing to “pass the buck” or thousand and suppose Space has shown the scien- burden a scapegoat, I would also that planes NORAD shoots tific and technical skill of say that science is not wholly a fantastically high which man is capable. to (and I use the word .with down 5OoJ,.This will still leave 500 “Fine,” you say, “so what? reserve) “blame” for the aircr aft. to drop up to a What does this skill mean to shadow ‘of the mushroom thousand H-bombs on North the non-scientists- of soci- cloud darkening society’s American targets. Ir each ety?” The answer is evident front yard. Scientists, con- H-bomb has the power of in all serious issues of the sidered as members of a 20 megatons . . . and frankly modern day. Science has world wide society, have, in I cannot the sense in the become a ‘prime citizen in fact, much to offer in the Russians see using small Hsociety’s community, a mem- ways of conduct and associa- bombs in an all out attack ber encroaching on what is tion to the rest of the then the equivalent of vaguely referred to as “cul- administrators of society to 20 billion tons of TNT ture.” Disease is now treated Probably no other group has up will have landed on target in with chemicals, not with the prolific and free interthe U. S. A. An official incantations to drive away change of international ideas, American agency has caldemons. Science, by developall of which are considered that this megatonment of mass communicarationally on their merits culated nage landing on the U. SI A. tions, has spread knowledge with no discounting due to would be sufficient, through and widened the scope of the prejudice or pre-conceived radioactivity alone, to wipe knowledge of the ordinary notions, than the scientific out all human life in the citizen. Even the sturdy stuff society. of which orthodox. religions Scientists are, of course, U. S. A. have been made has ex- human and subject to human And what of Canada? perienced adjustments as a mistakes just as Prime MiniEven if no bombs were result of scientific analyses sters or street cleaners. But aimed at Canada, just what. of life. Science, no doubt, the solution of a. problem do you think would happen has been the prime factor in requires, not the application to the thousand H-bombs on the adoption of the new of blame, but a calm, orderly board the 500 aircraft I have “religion” of Humanism. The discussion and most imporassumed might not reach individual is free to accept tant, an understanding, of the their targets? I think they or reject the scientific views, issues involved. Back to the would all, or practically all, but the overall effect on ordinary citizen, now: he explode on Canadian soil. society of scientific advance- should not make meaningless Add this to the massive fallments is close ~to inescapable. Cont’d. on, Page 3 out that would drift across
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For the past few years, each student. has been pa*ying $10.00 annually into what is called the Campus Centre fund. To date, approximately $25,000 has been accumulated. The purpose of this fund is the construction of a Campus Centre, or what was originally referred to as a Student Union Building. The purpose of this building as implied by the name, will be to create a centre of interest on campus for the entire student body. To date very little has been done on this project other than the appointment of a Campus Centre Committee. This Committee has been investigating student buildings on other campus’ and will act as a “steering committee” in recommending a building both useful and suitable to the students and the University. We believe that the campus development programme has arrived at the stage where construction of a Campus Centre is essential. Investigations have revealed that on other campus’ these buildings serve as places to develop character in the student, to cultivate social and cultural standards and to the 45th and 49 parallels; throw in the additional effects of ICBMs and nuclear missile firing submarines and then I think you must agree with me that Dr. G. Kaplan oi Dalhousie University was perfectly right when he said on Sept. 25, 1961: It is obvious that the only defence against the mega(ton nuclear weapons presently stockpiled by the major’ powers is the prevention of nuclear war. The Bomarc, with or without nuclear warheads, as well as all the other active air defence para#phernalia. of the North American Air Defence Command, is useless and that for the simple and sufficient reason that there is no air defence against the H-bomb. The spread of nuclear weapons is going to make nuclear disarmament more difficult to achieve. The American Strategic Air Command, Polaris missiles a.nd ICBMs are sufficient deterrent to keep the Russians from attacking. Since we can get no benefits (other than a larger defence budget and thus higher taxation) from the acquisition of nuclear weapons, I feel that Canada should turn down President Kennedy’s fine offer of nuclear weapons. Also if the Associate Editor will stop spewing out grand statements like “The Chicken North, Scared from Sea to Sea,” and do some reading and, if possible, thinking, he might produce more intelligent articles.. , Paul Co eland, ii?cienee III
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give unity to the student body. In addition, they are priceless tools for shaping an authentic “community of teachers and students,” and lastly serve to enhance and expand the general area of education by improving the, quality of leisure through cultivation of taste and intelligence. Any changes in character which students undergo as undergraduates are affected as much if not more by the influence of leisure 8 time as by formal 1 classroom instruction. In other words, the addition of a Campus Centre to this institution will mean the addition .of a very definite part of the educational programme associated with the University. In the next few weeks, this column will present some examples of Campus Centres present on other campus’, along with the recommendations of the Committee. We hope that you, the students will give this your attention and thereby enable a decision to be made as to the type of building which .best conforms to the entire student body. Frank Anrep, Campus Centre Committee
Ryerson’sRam TORONTO (CUP) - Ryerson’s ram is gong shy. Eggy, the mascot ram of the Ryerson Institute of ’ Technology (actually Eggy . II), bolted at a recent hockey game when a gong gonged out over the arena. The “authentic Chinese presented to the gong,” school by the Electronics class of ‘62 was discovered in a Toronto music store. When it clanged out its , message last week, Eggy took off. Only the muscles of allegedly fearless Rye types halted’ his dash for 1 peace and quiet. Going, going, GONG!!!
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fhe CORYPHAEUS,
The CORYPHAEUS Published by the undergraduate student body of the University of Waterloo, under the authorization of the acting Board of Publications. Publications Office, Annex 2, The University of Waterloo, Phone SH 5-0571 and SH 3-2681 The opinions expressed herein represent the freedom of expression of a responsible, autonomous so?iety. E&o&z-Chief: George Welsh Associate Editor: Ted Rushton Production and Circulation : Todd Sewell News Editor: Sue Nichols Engineering Editor : Larry Barkley Arts Editor: Ron Hornby Sports: Lewis Taylor Science Editor: Joe Mazur i Photographers: Mike McBrine, John Bishop
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As can be seen from the lead story, the question of a campus centre is becoming more relevant every day. It is our understanding that the administration will pay for the cost of the building and the students will pay for all the furnishings. Such aid by the administration is very generous - if it is forthcoming. What we need is some kind of definite agreement on paper. Campus centre committee or no, without some kind of definite agreement in writing from the administration, this project can be postponed indefinitely. We need a campus centre before we need residences, convocation halls and expensive little evergreen trees. We have some thirty thousand dollars now and a guaranteed income of almost twelve thousand a year. Is this not enough to float a loan from somewhere and thereby prod the administration into action. Details such as this will probably be handed to some nebulous committee with the instructions, “Investigate”. Committees have the unhappy faculty of accomplishing very little so we suggest a definite meeting between students council and the administration, in hope that something definite will emerge. This is a pressing matter because a campus centre is a drawing card for the university and with one, we can attract more students. After so many months, the committee in charge of “Campus Centre” is still at the window shopping stage and this is hardly an accomplishment. Someone‘ must be charged with deriliction of duty and that someone appears to be Students Council, because responsibility for such matters ultimately rests with them.
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Queens Journal Once upon a time there was a big pond. This pond stretches from land to land, and at first the only dwellers in the whole pond were the frogs. But then some beavers came to live in the pond, and the fr,ogs and the bea.vers had a big fight because the frogs wanted the who!e pond. As everybody knows, beavers are bigger than frogs, so in the end the beavers won the fight. After the fight, things were very peaceful. Beavers and frogs ate different things, and spoke different tongues, so they lived side by side in happiness. The frogs ignored the beavers and the beavers ignored the frogs. Despite the frigidity of some female beavers, their species proved very prolific and there were soon beavers throughout the pond. In order to handle baby-bonus cheques more efficiently, the beavers changed their form of government. All the animals would gather in groups and shout their leader’s name - The group which shouted the loudest was the largest, so their leader would govern the whole pond, even the other groups. The beavers usually liked this system, because most of the beavers would be happy about their choice of leader. But the frogs, were unhappy.
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They had to learn the beaver language in order to shout for their choice of leader, and their leader never won because there were so few frogs. The frogs were also unhappy because many beavers continued to ignore all the best efforts that the forgs made in parts of the world outside the pond. Then the frogs found a new idea. They would all gather in one place, choose their own leader, and distribute their own baby-bonus cheques. No longer would they be a minority! The frogs were very happy. Big words like “secession”, “psychological domination” and “integration” began to resound throughout the pond. Some frogs took freedom rides (a thing to do in those days) to various beaver communities. The beavers soon realized that they would miss their froggy friends, and began to take an interest in them. After a while, peace was restored, and the beavers and frogs lived side by side once again - but without ignorance of each other. They lived happily for two or three years until that day when a strange beaver pressa red button by mistake. That was the day when huge mushrooms grew all over the world. Sandy Fergusson
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LETTERTO ‘TAKE THE EDITOR
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By G. WHIZ When I saw ‘the picture of Pearson pumping Argue’s lnd, I looked back into history for a suita.ble caption. eorge III. “Glad to see you Benedict old pal”. Sitting jndering Glenn and his space shot and missiles in general, remembered a ditty which I think I may have used before, ‘7 at the risk of iepitition . . . “I shot a missile into the air, It fell to earth I know not where. Let us hope it missed the pate Of he who can retaliate.” As you are well aware, tonight is opening night of Three For an Evening” the school’s dramatic effort for .is year. In next week’s edition there will be a review or post ortem of the plays and it will be someone’s task to write it. Iready, potenJa1 reviewers are being criticized by the !tors on the grounds that they lack the background to rite such a review. “Amateur reviewer reviews amateur !tors, director, scenery and so forth.” The whole thing ems quite fair to me. A professional reviewer, realistic and It diplomatic would leave such a trail of scattered and .attered egos that they could never be pieced back together Cain. Good luck people, may your evening be a success, td pay no attention to any review because it comes too te to do anyone any good.
To the Editor: The purpose of this incongruous and sketchy note is to suggest the following type of occasional (say once each term or as occasion and necessity - may arise) issue of Coryphaeus - a bloop issue. Through such an issue, I think, we may be able to accomplish much that would be difficult to do in a sober and legal persuasion, etc. For example, I strongly believe that our prime need is to have a campus centre built as soon as possible. However plans are to have it started after Arts and Chemistry Buildings are completed. Granted that the Arts building is important but that blasted addition to the Chemistry building can wait! And we can reverse the plans (in fact some of the staff members think so too). We could have the Campus Centre started as soon as the Arts Building is completed. To achieve our purpose we could print an issue -, a hoax issue full of reliable information that the students’ centre plans have already been drawn up. We could devote a great deal of space to the description of various luxuries, etc. This type of issue does not have to concentrate solely upon the above subject, however some of the contents should be ractual - everything should be from thin air, of course each article serving some definite purpose, for example: 1. Creation of Debating Society. 2. Chess Club’s invitation of Bobby Fisher (you know who). 3. Panty raid at women’s residence at W.L.U. 4, Basement pub at the students’ Centre. Having such articles our issue would be of advantage to our paper so that in some tiny article we could say it’s a hoax paper. This must be done - you know why. Well so much for these ideas for now. G.B.S. P.S. If you think this could be done please leave a note for the Rebel in the mail box. Ed. Note: Thank you for your confidence, Rebel. We were under the impression that the past 16 issues WERE bloop issues.
* >c: * * I saw a movie in the Physics ampitheatre last week lied “Simple Waves” and afterwards thought how very uch someone had insulted my intelligence. The movie was tched at a grade eleven level. After a few minutes of film .e audience realized that here was sheer comedy and they !gan to enjoy it immensely. The narrator looked like a oss between Burl Ives and Peter Lorre and his manner of cital and explanation was strictly George Gobel. He did ,y one very profound thing which I will recall to my dying by, “Steel is much stiffer Lhan rubber.” Occasionally he ould say “There! did you see that?” I bet you’d like to e that again. At this point the entire audience declined b . without thanks.
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Some reflections on: Diefenbaker - $37,000.00 a year 1 sit and dream up metaphors for his press releases. e.g., 1 can see definite cracks appearing in the ice of the cold ar.” Teachers: there are lecturers I know who should have h.D.‘s and there are a few people who have Ph.D.‘s who ust have made it on the G. I. Bill or its Canadian equivalIt. Eating: On week-ends one can subsist on water, bread id baloney - but only just.
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Hate: Renison College Cost: 75c. single. $1.25 couple. Refreshments will follow at Renison afterwards. Tickets available from : Marybeth Boon Jackie Schacht Ed Peng George Pollitt All Arts Students Welcomed (if weather not suitable, party will still be held at Renison) . Vic the Caretaker will have Accommodation (single and double room) at 134 Dearborn Spring-Summer Quarter Only studen& who want to study need apply.”
SCIENCE VISITED Cont’d. statements such,as, “Science has created aI Frankenstein monster which has turned to destructive erl ds,” and leave it at that (Science-fantasy in literature has ha.d a regrettable affect on the “publie image” of science). He should attempt to “understand” the methods of science as much as possible. Since the present gulf between the scientific society and the rest of society is coincident with increased social problems, perhaps a closing of the gulf would help to solve the problems. This “closing” is in our hands, as members of the “educational industry,” and the degree of sense and fairness with which we, of all fields, tackle the problems will determine the degree of success. ’ J.C.M.
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POET’SCORNER Cont’d. “No phosphorus in phosgene gad’ The puzzled chemist said, There’s no Cu in copperas, Plumbago has no lead.
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