WATERLOO COLLEGECORD

MARCH 1950

WATERLOO COLLEGECORD

Vol. 2 5 N0.4 March 1950

Editor-in-Chief - - - Helen TaylorAssistant Editors - - - - Ward Eby

Abe Thiessen

EDITORIAL ASSOCIATES

Literary - - - - Trances Rothaermel

Sforts ------ Clayton DerstineStatic ------- Joyce SmithPhotography ------ Bey Haves

Bill ChaseReporters ------ Ruth Hamm

Marjorie PondDon Youn^blutCelestin Weiler

Neil Carson

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIONBusiness Manager - - En^el° o &Circulation Manager - George MalcolmAssistant ------ Welf HeickFaculty Advisor - - - Dr. Alex Potter

Published by students of Waterloo College,Waterloo Ontario.

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EDITORS' NOTES:

Edward Cleghorn, Lecturer in FineArts, Director ot Visual Education,Bursar and Business Manager atWaterloo College, has been appoint-ed Assistant to the Director of theMontreal Museum of Fine Arts."Having been served so faithfullyby Mr. Cleghorn, Waterloo Collegelooks upon his departure as a dis-tinct loss which can be mitigatedonly by the knowledge of the honorhis new appointment brings", com-mented Dean Schaus upon hearingof Mr. Cleghorn's appointment.

Marion Eckel will visit Great Bri-tain and Europe this summer as amember of the American V.M.C.A.and Y.W.C.A. sponsored "EuropeanSeminar". Only 100 students werechosen from Canada and the UnitedStates to make the trip which willlast three months and include aconducted tour of England, Scot-land, France, Germany, Switzerland,Holland and Denmark.

The students will live at Univer-sity Residences while in Europe andwill attend lectures dealing with thesocial and economic problems ofthe various countries.

Peggy Nairn has passage bookedon the "Empress of Scotland" whichwill leave New York for Liverpoolon September the 20th. Peggyplans to spend one year in Englandand Scotland.

The Preliminaries for the AnnualPublic Speaking Contest were heldFebruary the 27th and five con-testants were chosen to enter theFinals which will be held at theweekly Assembly March 13th. Thosecompeting in the Finals will beRuth Hamm, Ruth Mary Hattin,Paul Bitzer, David Barkman andEric Weber.

Waterloo College observed Educa-tion Week March sth to March11th. Grade 13 students from theKitchener-Waterloo Collegiate at-tended classes at the College onTuesday and Wednesday. The De-partment of English presented aradio drama entitled "The Ghostsof Hamlet" on Friday evening overstation CKCR.

Open House was held Saturday.Parents and friends visited theclassrooms and the Boys' Dormitory,and heard selections by the A Cap-ella Choir under the direction ofDr. Leupold. Films of the JanuaryConvocation were shown by Mr.Cleghorn. The Women's Auxiliaryof the College served tea.

—The Editors

AUDIENCES ENJOY WATERLOO'SPRESENTATION OF WILDE

On the evenings of February 20th and21st the twin cities were amused, de-lighted and pleasantly surprised withsomething new in local entertainment.The audiences accustomed to convention-al settings and familiar faces on thestages of the twin cities, were confront-ed with original, expressionistic sets andlocal talent hitherto unnoticed in thefield of dramaturgy. The presentationof THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARN-EST, often considered "the best modernfarce in the English language" was alsounprecedented in local dramatic produc-tions.

Oscar Wilde's sparkling comedy waswritten and takes place in the eighteennineties, the period of decadent litera-ture, when the theory that life and na-ture imitate art was in vogue. The arti-ficiality which is characteristic of deca-dence permeates the brilliantly writtendialogue of THE IMPORTANCE OF BE-ING EARNEST. It was once said ofOscar Wilde,

"Where he does excel is in affec-tation. His mode of life, his mannerof speech, his dress, his views, hiswork are all masses of affectation.Affectation has become a second na-ture to him and it would probably nowbe utterly impossible for him to re-vert to the original Oscar that liesbeneath it all."

By means of the epigram and theparadox Mr. Wilde has satirized themanners of the high society of his timeand placed Victorian points of view andconventions in a ridiculous light with ab-solute indifference to the opinion of thepublic of his time. The play has beencalled a "steady flow of wit and para-dox" and the brilliant conversation is afine lacquer which colours and makes ac-ceptable the triviality of the plot. Asthe essence of the play is its witty dia-logue, the play must be fast moving inorder to maintain the surface brilliance,and was extremely well done with the

minimum of hesitations and practicallyno uncomfortable moments when the con-tinual flow of wit suddenly ceased. Thiswas partly due to the careful timing ofexits and entrances and the particularcare to have something interesting hap-pening on the stage at all times.

The settings were carefully designedto suggest the decadence and artificialityof the society of the eighteen ninetiesand did so by a clever combination ofdistortion, colour, light and darkness.The colours used in the sets were care-fully chosen to be in harmony with thespirit of the play and yet not distractattention from the performers who werecostumed in colours which were either inharmony or contrasted well with the set-tings. The settings for the first andthird scenes suggested the luxurious andelaborate decor of the Victorian period,while the yellows and greens of the set-ting for the scene in the garden gavean excellent impression of brilliant sun-shine and the out-of-doors. Lights werecleverly used to emphasize the effect ofthe settings and draw the attention ofthe audience to the part of the stagewhere the action took place. The ab-sence of light on parts of the stage provedan effective contrast and helped to limitthe attention of the audience to the partof the stage desired.

The performers were well cast andthey succeeded extremely well in portray-ing the characters they represented, eith-er because of certain similarities betweenthe performer and the character in theplay or because of fine interpretation andbrilliant acting. The part of Mr. John,or Mr. Ernest Worthing, whose name is"Ernest in town and Jack in the coun-try", a young man whose attempts tolead a double life provide a great dealof humor in the play was taken by DanPowers and was played with fine un-derstanding and just enough accent tobe effective as well as understood. Hisfriend Algernon Moncrieff, the witty,

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dandaical young man who "never talksanything but nonsense" was played withperfect assurance by Ron Lowe. Thedifficult role of Lady Bracknell, a domin-eering matron whose primary interestwas maintaining a position in high so-ciety was taken by Joyce Smith whoperformed with a convincing gusto thatadded a great deal of humor to the play.Her daughter, Gwendoline, a sophisti-cated and unemotional young womanwas played with magnificent aplomb byPeggy Nairn. The role of Cecily Car-dew, the ward of Mr. Jack Worthing, asheltered young girl who desired excite-ment was taken by Marcia Schofield,who played the part with a delightfulcombination of vivacity and demureness.Miss Prism, Cecily's "esteemed governessand valued companion" who "at onetime had written a novel of more thanthe usually revolting sentimentality" wasperformed with enthusiasm and exacti-tude by Frances Rothaermel. Dr. Cha-suble, the amiable canon who could adoptan attitude and express a sentiment suit-able for any occasion was played byGregory Schultz, whose sanctimoniousmanner and clerical voice were highlyamusing. Abe Thiessen's portrayal ofLane, Algernon's obsequious manservantadded humor to the first act, while God-frey Oelsner adapted himself well to therole of Mr. Worthing's butler, Merriman.Seldom in the twin cities have we seenin one play so many outstanding per-formers. In spite of the unified artifi-ciality of the dialogue, the contrasts inthe characters were effectively broughtout in the play by differences of man-

ner, voice and costume.The play was extremely effective and

was very well received by the people ofthe twin cities. The result of muchpainstaking attention to the smallest de-tail, and hard work on the part of manypeople, the play was thoroughly enjoyedif not entirely understood by all whosaw it, and is a splendid example of whatcan be accomplished by co-operation andenthusiastic interest. The Department ofEnglish, the Department of Fine Art, theperformers and all who gave their timeand support should be congratulated foran outstanding success in 1950 and inthe history of Waterloo College.

Barbara Pearce.

Waterloo Debatesat MacMaster

Several members of the College De-bating Society took part in the ForensicTournament which was held at Mac-Master during the last week of February.

Representing Waterloo were FranRothaermel and Doug Scott, on theAffirmative team, who won two debatesand then only lost to the Championshipteam by one point. Marcia Schofield andBruce Owens, on the Negative side,achieved a draw with the ChampionshipAffirmative team.

A sidelight of the week-end was animpromptu public speaking contest, inwhich Fran and Doug entered forWaterloo.

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DR. ZINCK GUEST SPEAKERAT CONVOCATION

January 23, 1925, will always be re-membered as a day of great significancein the history of Waterloo College. Onthat day negotiations were completedwhich resulted in the affiliation of thisCollege with the University of WesternOntario. However, it is the celebrationof this event that many now associatedwith this institution will remember withgreater clarity. The 145th convocationof the University of Western Ontario heldat the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate au-ditorium on the night of January 23,1950, was an impressive ceremony and

deserves to be remembered.Approximatey a thousand persons, stu-

dents, alumni and friends were presentin the auditorium as those in the Con-vocation Procession entered and tooktheir places. The procession was led bythe Bedel, Professor Frank Stirling, whobore the mace. He was followed by theChancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, membersof the Faculties and Boards of Govern-ors of the University of Western Ontarioand Waterloo College, pastors of the Ca-nada Synod and of the Twin Cities, offi-cials of municipal and federal govern-ment, and the A Capella Choir.

The Rev. Dr. Schmieder pronouncedthe invocation after which the Bedelplaced the mace before the Chancellor,signifying that Convocation had com-menced.

Following a word of welcome by Dr.Lehman, greetings were conveyed fromthe University by Dr. Edward G. Hall,Vice-Chancellor and President of West-ern. He stated that "the calibre of thestaff, the quality of the students and thesupport of the public for a job being welldone are living tributes to the sucess-ful and useful place which this daughterof ours has reached. During the next 25years," he continued, "Waterloo Collegemust play an even greater role as a cen-tre of higher education, a repository ofthe culture of its people and as a centrewhich is becoming intensively concerned

with the activities of the human mind.The University is proud of the recordachieved by Waterloo College as it joinsthe swelling chorus of approval of workit is doing so well and in continuing en-thusiasm pledges its maternal support."

Following a selection by the A CapellaChoir under the direction of Dr. Leupold,Dr. Lehman and Dean Schaus presentedto the Chancellor for the degree of Doctorof Divinity two graduates of the Semin-ary: the Reverend Charles Hugh Whit-tiker, President of the Evangelical Luth-eran Synod of Nova Scotia, and the Rev-erend Austin Alvin Zinck, Pastor of Re-deemer Lutheran Church, Milwaukee,Wisconsin, and a former president ofWaterloo College and Seminary.

After the Chancellor had conferredthe degrees, he requested the ReverendDr. Zinck to address Convocation. Dr.Zinck made a plea for a return to theteaching of basic truths in educational in-stitutions, as had been the purpose of thefounders of Waterloo College. He pic-tured education as one of the great pro-cesses of life, but a process which shouldopen the paths of loyalty and service andpresent a challenge.

"Education is power," he said. Hepointed out that it was not the uneducat-ed, untrained people who are feared, butthe highly scientific, educated and skilledones. "Education has been used to in-flict a host of wars and untold sufferingon the world. With the highest level ofeducation in history, we have the mostbarbaric practices in the world," he de-clared. "Education has made war worse,more hellish. It has shortened the timebetween wars."

"Education has not made society moremoral," he went on. 'There is morecrime than ever. It has not made thehome life better; the divorce mills aregrinding faster in the United States andCanada. Education has not done whatit was intended to do," he stated. "Thereis a pall of fear resting on the world."

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"What is wrong with the educationalsystem?" Dr. Zinck answered his ques-

tion with the statement, "The fault lies in

the teaching of the thesis that we canlive by bread alone." He said, The ne-glect of spiritual values in teaching hasmade young people grow up with the at-titude that spirtual things are unneces-sary. Education must be brought backto teaching youth to see beauty andtruth ... a return to the fundamentalprinciples of life."

"I am confident," he continued, "thatthe purpose of the founders of this col-lege was to bring all human knowledge to

the touchstone of the Master of Galilee.If we can continue with this line ofthought," he concluded, "the fears willdissolve in the confidences of truth."

Following Dr. Zinck's address the ACapella Choir sang a second selection.The benediction was pronounced by theReverend Dr. John H. Reble, President ofthe Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Ca-nada. The Chancellor dismissed the Con-vocation.

All those who were present must agreethat the first University Convocation atWateroo College was an important eventin the progress of our college.

Ruth Hamm

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and soon our second semester will drawto a close. As we ponder in this lightour thoughts may have a tendency towander to the new friends we havemade and also to those students whomwe still know as just passing friends andacquaintances. One of these passing ac-quaintances may be Pavils Vasarinsch,a small, fair-haired Latvian refugee whohas had an intriguing life of adventureand sorrow.

Pavils Vasarinsch was born in Riga,Latvia, where he received his first yearsof high school education. War disruptedhis life and studies as it did for so manyothers, but two years ago he came toCanada and now we find him here atWaterloo College continuing his studiesas a pre-medical student.

In January, 1944, in Riga, then theNazi-occupied capital of Latvia, Pavilswas a member of an underground re-sistance movement. His assignment onenight was to tear down posters callingthe population to assist the police intheir search for a man who had killeda high-ranking officer of the militarygovernment. That night he was dis-covered and caught by the German Mili-tary Police. He was taken to the Cen-tral Prison where he was questionedwithout success and then imprisoned.The following day he, along with others,was deported to Germany without achance of seeing his family again to bidthem farewell. In Germany he spenttime in a prison camp in Gotenhafenand later, a day in a heavily guardedcattle train going southward and finallyhe was assigned to a Nazi farm labourcamp as an "Osterbeiter," a worker fromthe East. Here Pavils lived in a starva-tion state until the day of liberationwhen the American army spearheadedtheir attack into southern Germany.

Liberation to Pavils had two alterna-tives: first, doom under the cruelest ofall dictatorships which now occupied hiscountry and second, deportation to theWest. Latvia had not been liberatedbut re-occupied by the Soviet Red Armyand to Pavils the Soviet administration is

one of hatefulness, of subjugation andof servitude. In 1940 when the Russiantroops first occupied Latvia his fatherwas taken from his bed and deportedto Russia, never to be heard from againand for no reason but the decisive orderof the N.K.V.D. official.

Thus it was that Pavils chose the sec-ond alternative of Western deportation.He was placed under the care of U.N.R.R.A. and the International RefugeeOrganization who assigned him to campsthroughout "Allied Occupied" Germanterritories. It was here that he com-pleted his last three years of high schooleducation in two years. Attempting toenroll in a German University in theFaculty of Medicine he was refused sincehe was a foreigner, an undesirable alien.With the aid of a few packs of cigaretteshe nevertheless obtained admission toBiology and at the same time attendedan English Interpreter school. Due tosevere conditions throughout Europe hewas compelled to quit his studies and ob-tained a position as a translator andinterpreter in a U.N. branch agency.

Pavils' thoughts, like so many others,then turned to the prospect of emigra-tion. After a great deal of difficultyand owing to the fact that he was em-ployed by the U.N. agency, he was sub-jected to severe tests both physical andmental. After careful scrutiny of hisdocuments he was accepted by the Ca-nadian Consul and given his immigrationvisa. It was July 8, 1948, when heboarded a ship at the port of Bremer-haven along with hundreds of otherD.P/s who were Canada bound.

After eight days of sliding over theocean he arrived in Halifax and twoyears later we now find him here atWaterloo College, a student who is bothdiligent and intelligent. Pavils is typicalof several others in our midst whom weknow as just casual acquaintances andwho may have had such experiences al-so. It is to these casual acquaintancesthat we should provide a niche in ourmemory just as we do for our most in-timate friends.

By Donald Youngblut.

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MR. CLEGHORN RECEIVESMONTREAL APPOINTMENT

THE CORD CONGRATULATES

Mr. Cleghorn has been appointed as-sistant to the Director of the MontrealMuseum of Fine Arts. All WaterlooCollege joins in wishing him the best ofluck in his new position.

Mr. Cleghorn came to Waterloo coun-ty from Montreal in 1943. He was at-tracted by the beauty of the district, andby the fact that the still growing com-munities of Kitchener and Waterloo offer-ed greater opportunities than many of thelarger centres in Canada at that time. Thefollowing year, in 1944 Dr. Lehmann firstintroduced a fine arts course in WaterlooCollege, and Mr. Cleghorn was appointedas lecturer. In the summer of 1945,he lectured at the University of WesternOntario's summer school, and that fall,was appointed bursar and director of vis-ual education here at Waterloo. In 1946he became business manager and assis-tant to the treasurer, positions which hehas held since that time. During his shortstay here at the college, he has been ofinvaluable service in these variedcapacities.

Such a combination of talents in oneperson is not usual, but neither is it ac-cidental. Realizing early the difficultyof reconciling a life devoted to art asan ideal, and the less idealistic need for

bread and butter, Mr. Cleghorn aftergraduating from art schools, took an ap-prenticeship in a chartered accountant'soffice. With this background of train-ing in business, he was able to entermany fields of activity as a means toenable him to have time to paint andto travel to see the great masterpiecesof the world.

After his apprenticeship, he entered astock broker's office where he stayedfor two years. At the end of that timehe had saved enough money to financea trip through Europe. Studying on hisown, he went to England, Holland,France, Belgium and the Scandinaviancountries. Since then he has been in thenewspaper and hotel businesses, not tomention his variety of tasks at thisschool.

George Bernard Shaw once said that aman with a high purpose in life has thewhole universe behind him. You couldnot find better proof of that gentleman'swisdom than the life of Mr. Cleghorn.With a singleness of purpose—a genuinelove of art—he has obtained what allof us hope for, success in his chosenwork. Waterloo College congratulatesyou Mr. Cleghorn.

Neil Carson.

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AT GRADUATION TIME

fAn exchange of photo-graphs with classmates ere- £*ates bonds of friendship you %■ |Lwill treasure through the *srxiyears. *^^^

PHOTOGRAPHER.Dunker Building Kitchener Ont.

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A lot of activities have been writtenoff the books. We've counted up ourValentines, put away our Beaux ArtsBall costumes, and many of us havesigned our release papers. The calm be-fore the storm pervades the Waterloo at-mosphere. Only a few loose ends re-main to be tied and a few unheardstories remain to be told. Janette Ma-hcffey and Ccl Weiler, Waterloo's repre-sentatives to O.A.C.'s dance, returnedfrom the "Conversat" with some enter-taining common room conversation. Thestory begins on the way to Guelph whenJanette remembered that their ticketswere locked in her college locker, andCcl discovered that the corsage was

locked up at the office of the Record.After one dance at the Beaux Arts Balland several trips around town, they wereonce more on their way . . . the wrongway. O.A.C. didn't turn up until manyroads later. The head of the receptionline greeted Miss Happy and hAr. Weilswith pleasure, and introduced Mr. Milesto the next in line. Then Miss Miles wasreceived by a very sweet woman whoended the name guessing contest as shewelcomed Mr. and Mrs. Miles from Wat-erloo. But Miss Hathy and hAr. Meilersaid they had a wonderful time.

Dorm students amused themselves withiron particles on a paper tape until theexperimental pastime proved embarrass-

Bob Langan shows a masked admirer how to paint in the French manner atthe Beaux Arts Ball. Bob won first prize for the costume he is wearing,, which hemodestly admitted he had "run up" himself.

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THE PRESS TODAY—PRODUCT OFCOMMERCIALISM AND OUTDATEDREPORTING

"OUR LIBERTY DEPENDS ON THEFREEDOM OF THE PRESS, AND THATCANNOT BE LIMITED WITHOUTBEING LOST."

This statement was expressed byThomas Jefferson in the year 1786 atthe time when modern journalism wasstill in its infant stage, and yet the pro-found truth of his words have even moreforce today than in his time. Todaywe realizs, after two centuries of nur-turing journalism, that the freedom ofthe press has become limited and weare in danger of losing our liberty.

In part the explanation is paradoxical.We have limited the freedom of thepress by permitting it to advance toofar—the advance being one of commer-cialism and it's accompanying controls.Yet we have lagged behind in progres-sive journalism—the lag being one ofreporting too extensively the surfacestream of life in a newly evolved worldof national and international environ-ment.

The problem of commercailism andbusiness controls in our newspapers, givesrise to the question—"Do our newspap-ers have freedom of the press?"

No one would seriously suggest thatthey are not, however, absolutely free ofgovernmental regulation or control. Itis questionable whether the press ofAmerica, particularly the metropolitanpress, is free from non-political controls.

It is clearly apparent that the press iscareless in the performance of its obli-gation to the people. It is deficient inits democratic functions. A special re-sponsibility lies upon it to throw offwhatever self-imposed shackles restrictits freedom, a freedom that has neverbeen threatened by the government.

Too often the press has demonstratedthat the newspaper business is a busi-ness and nothing more. If this courseis not altered, the people will demandchanges. And changes, if they shouldlead to an abridgement of the freedom

of the press, would be disastrous fordemocracy. For a free progress is the key-stone of our liberties.

A press, however free from govern-mental direction or control, is not reallyfree if it submits to other controls. Thep2ople have the right to insist that free-dom of the press should mean freedomfrom any harmful influence, whether im-posed by interests too strong for the pub-lisher to resist, or self-imposed for bene-fits received or hoped for. When anewspaper rallies only to the profit mo-tive, when its guiding ideas begin andend in the counting room, it cannot beregarded as really free.

Newspapers live off the returns fromadvertising. This has been carried tosuch a vast proportion that in mostpapers the columns of "reading mat-ter" are little more than bait to attractenough readers to make the paper worth-while as a vehicle for advertisements.This is the extent of degeneracy to whichour newspapers have sunk; columns filledwith the sensationalism of the surfacestream of life, always shallow and oftencorrupt, for the sole purpose of baitingbusiness. It is a profitable, fabulousbusiness but our press is a slave to itand accordingly no longer free.

The Chicago Tribune made this state-ment:

". . . nobody buys advertising inThe Tribune because he likes its edi-torial policies. We aren't doing anadvertiser any favor when he signs aTribune contract and he isn't doing usany favor. We wouldn't be sellingadvertising if we didn't make a profiton it, and he wouldn't be buying if hedidn't make a profit. If he doesn'tmake his profit, we don't make ours,because he quits advertising."

This bold statement by The ChicagoTribune serves to illustrate the fact thatnewspapers cannot survive without ad-vertising profits. The 3c or 5c price ofthe paper is hardly enough to keep alarge newspaper supplied with lead pen-cils, and accordingly advertising profitsare vitally necessary. The appalling fact

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FOR YOU:THE FUTURE

Your future advancement, both cultural and material,will depend on many factors, none more important than

your use of the years immediately following your graduationfrom Waterloo College.

Never before has university training been deemed soimperative for young people who sincerely wish to makethe most of their capabilities.

If YOU are interested, the University of WesternOntario is ready to tell you of its wide-ranging educationalfacilities, to show you how Western can meet your needs.By writing to the Registrar now you may obtain aninteresting illustrated folder which outlines AdmissionRequirements, Courses, and Fees.

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LITERARY

THE ART OF LEAVINGI can never leave. I hate the thought

of leaving. Worst of all I hate the actof leaving. Bidding farewell is one ofthe greatest social problems of our day.

Yesterday I had to leave Doddy Tout's.I pulled myself to an upright position,adjusted the paraphernalia which decen-cy requires one to wear, stood firmly bya supporting armchair (a new approach,I might add, since on these occasions Ihave noticed that most people flounderhelplessly in the middle of the room, at-tempting to retreat to a door which isnot there, or at least, which is not di-rectly in line with their rear view mirrorwhich they ought to carry if they expectto depart in this manner), and with allmy courage uttered the only word goodbreeding and polite society would allowme to say—"Goodbye." (There wasnothing good about it for I was leavingexcellent company and Doddy's excellentwine.) The reaction was immediate. Theseated group answered my brave an-nouncement with a unified stare thatmade me conscious of a lack of stagemake-up under such a glare. Their eyessqueezed the b'emishes on my face,pulled my handsome nose to distortion,poked the cavities in my teeth, twistedmy tie, attached a price tag to my suit,bagged my trousers, and scuffed my shoe.I fled before they disrobed me to naked-ness.

On the other hand, the company couldhardly have done anything else. My curt,senseless, unimaginative farewell (the ac-cepted custom I believe) had shocked,embarrassed and frustrated them as part-ings always do. They were forced to myattention until, upon recovery, they couldonly retaliate with the same awkward"Goodbye."

This incident exemplifies a pressing

problem—the need for a comfortable pro-cedure of exit. Small wonder that weare a race of neurotics pleading for nar-cotics; little wonder that inferiority com-plexes have hit a high low; no wonderthat more holes are being created tocrawl into, that Drug Stores do a whop-ping business, that the price of coffeehas increased!—and all due to the inade-quacy of our social form of departure.When our visiting hours are over, we lielike caged animals waiting to springthrough a hole in the conversation. Un-fortunately society doesn't allow us tospring. We are inhibited to clumsiness.

The only solution possible to theseghastly goodbyes is an adaptation of theIrish Washerwoman. This dance includesa very simple footwork routine whichwould please the remaining audience,show off the figure to advantage withoutdisplaying any defects in appearance (forthe dance is fast moving), hide creasedtrousers or soiled shirts, and would carrythe emigrant gracefully and casually outthe door. The Irish Washerwoman wouldgive full vent to emotions. If one hasenjoyed the company, he may danceaway with enthusiasm and thus prove hisappreciation. If the party has been dull,one can always hop joyfully from theroom and thank society for such rapidescape. Cripples, obsolescents, bunionbearers and corn carriers, may now wel-come with rejuvenated spirits the painlessparting procedure. For what could bemore healthful for degenerate bodies andsouls as the exhilarating exercise of theIrish Washerwoman and the unembar-rassed composure of its step? Therefore,my friends, I say, let us hobble with un-conscious ease at every social departureand make life worth leaving!

Joyce Smith

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Have you ever heard old timers mournfor the day when men were men, sportswere amateur, and everyone participatedfor the benefit and enjoyment which theyreceived? Could it be that the remin-iscences of these senile sportsmen con-tained a degree of validity? It is ourcontention that they do, and that sportstoday are in the decadent swing of thecycle. The good old days were good—modern sports are bad—but improve-ment will come in the next few decades.

In the time of our ancestors peoplehad but little time for enjoyment andthus treasured it and knew how to use

it. . . Quilting bees, wagon races, cornhusking contests and beef butcheringbiowoffs were the sports in which every-one participated. These hardy peoplealso knew how to use their imaginations.For example, in southern climates wheretemeprature is hot and tempers hotter,a farmers' prize herd sire got tired ofhis profession and rebelled violently

against his slave driving master. Thisoutcropping was witnessed by varioushired hands, milk maids, and the likewho exercised imagination, popularizedthe idea, and began bull-baiting. Popu-lar entertainment it was when tiredfarmers at the end of the day armedwith pitchforks busied themselves in pull-ing bulls' tails and then ducking behinda protective haystack and mopping theirbrows with their red cotton handkerchiefs.However times changed, the hanky turnedsilk, the pitchfork turned sword, and thefarmer turned matador. Yet somehowpeople still had the aggravating habitof requiring food at certain intervals,and it was therefore impossible to developa whole race of matadors. Thus thefleet-footed farmers turned to bullfight-ing and the residue were required to

settle down and produce this food. Stillrequiring a means of enjoyment, thislarge majority took to watching theirmore skillful brothers, who in turn tookadvantage of them, charged admission,

The empty bleachers in this hockey shot of the game between Waterloo andToronto indicates the support the team is receiving from the students this year.Were you one who was not there?

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and initiated the professionalism whichmarked the change from ancient tomodern sport.

Baseball, football, hockey, basketball,etc., all have stories similar to the afore-mentioned, and soon in all forms ofathletic activity professionalism becamethe dominant characteristic. Minority ex-perts now perform while the large ma-jority sit and watch. People as a groupare essentially slow moving and lack per-ception, but like the turtle they are per-sistent. It is upon this quality that webase our predictions regarding the futureof sporting activities. People will sooneror later realize that just sitting andwatching is not as enjoyable a pastimeas personal performance, and this realiz-ation will mark the end of our deca-dence and the beginning of a newathletic age.

What forms will these revitalizedmethods of relaxation take? We believethat since John Q. Average has unfor-tunately forgotten how to intricatelypirouette around a charging bull, divefor a hot grounder, or sidestep a largedefenseman, he also will not be brilliantenough to originate an entirely new typeof activity, and will only revise our con-ventional ones. Thus our visions of fu-ture athletics contain some traces of themodern forms. Crowds will still be re-quired, not for the purpose of watchingan activity, but in order to entertain eachother which will be the key words of thishigher sporting society. Our new ath-letic heroes will be those who are able tothrow carefully folded programs andheavy pop bottles at a figure dressed inreferee's clothing and hit it regularly ata distance of 200 feet. From modernhockey will evolve a contest concerning

one's ability to down a certain fixedamount of spirits in the time previouslytaken between periods. We will admireswivel necked people who can twistthemselves into ingenious shapes as theyused to do when watching badmintontournaments from a crowded lounge; wewill publish in our newspaper sportingsections the pictures of strongmen whocan tear a small paper program into re-cord 3,251,423 pieces; we will respectand revere the one who can expertlyflick his cigarette ashes onto the shoul-ders of one who is sitting down threerows and over four seats. Athletics willonce again be personalized, people willonce again use their imaginations, andit is with little difficulty that we see acontest fifty years from now where thefamily group is seated around the kit-chen table completely happy in theirsporting attempt to drown the noise ofthe refrigerator with surprisingly adeptand well controlled coffee slurping.

But for one reason, we would go onwith the revelation of future events.Since we are truly a Waterloo Collegefan however, and it is our desire thatthe Alma Mater be the first to receivebenefit from our invaluable visions, wemust necessarily curtail our descriptionsso that the outside world will not knowthe future of athletics just yet. Thuswe will get a head start. It is our be-lief that if we begin to nurture andtrain a youngster right now, by the timehe enters Waterloo College, and withthe aid of an early start and extra spe-cialized training, he will easily be ableto win the World's Professional Peanut-Shell Throwing Championship, and thusbring needed sporting honour to ourschool. Clayton Derstine.

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ALUMNISTATISTICS

In recent issues of The Cord thewhereabouts and activities of individualAlumni have appeared. In this issue wewill take a look at the total picture ofour Alumni. The 31 2 graduates of Wat-erloo College divide themselves statis-tically as follows:Teaching.Elementary and Secondary Schools 68Principals . 5Public School Inspectors 2In Training 4College and Seminary 9

88Ministry.Lutheran 40Other Denominations 8Missionaries 2Religious Workers 3In Training 14

67Business and Industry.Insurance, Retail, Civil Service,

Manufacturing, Secretarial 75Other Professions.Library Work 8Law 1 0Social Work 3

21Graduate Studies 13Homemakers 24Miscellaneous 18Deceased 6

61Twenty-Fifth Anniversary.

The Alumni Association was well rep-resented at the Special Convocation ofthe University of Western Ontario held

in Kitchener on January 23rd to com-memorate the 25th anniversary of af-filiation. On this occasion Dr. A. A.Zinck of Milwaukee, Wis., and Dr. C.H. Whitteker of Bridgewater, M.S., re-ceived honorary degrees. Both are grad-uates of Waterloo Seminary.

The annual meeting of the AlumniAssociation on May 20th will be theoccasion for the graduates to observethe Silver Anniversary in a special man-ner. The way is being cleared to makethis the greatest Alumni gathering inthe history of the Association. TheGraduation Program, which usually fol-lowed the Alumni meeting and crampedit for time, has been moved to the eve-ning preceding, Friday, May 19th; theBaccalaureate Service will take place onSunday, May 21st. Thus all day Sat-urday, May 20th, will be at the dis-posal of the Alumni. Plan now to spendthe week-end of May 19-21 in Kit-chener-Waterloo. Urge your class-matesto be on hand for the reunion. For theClass of '30 it will be the 20th anni-versary of their graduation; for the Classof '35, the 15th anniversary; and forthe Class of '40, the 10th anniversary.How about observing these anniversariesin a special way?

Spreading the Good News.Recently a letter reached the Regis-

trar's Office from a high school studentin the Port Elgin district stating that heis planning to come to Waterloo Collegein September. We have never had astudent from that district before, butwe have several Alumni teaching upthere. Someone has been spreadingthe good news about Waterloo College.Enlisting new students for the AlmaMater is a project in which all Alumnican participate.

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ing. ft all began with a tape recorderand a half hour eraser reel, rented byBill Chase. Nigger's Haven organized aStage 50 and recorded melodramas, soapoperas and English 36 plays. PublicSpeaking and voice inflections were prac-tised faithfully as the recording machinemade audible note of every word spokenby the boarders. The dramatization ofthe Hairy Ape was one of the highlightsof the Dorm's recording era. Before ex-ams, the lesson was read alound and thenplayed back on the tape in order to im-press the material on their minds. Theset-up was thought to be perfect untilthe little eavesdropper machine wasplanted in the dining-hall. Then camethe blow! After picking up mealtimecomments, the recorder talked back. Itsaid too much. Now that the machinehas gone, Boarders can heave a sigh ofrelief, confident that they may speak upwithout later hearing an echo.

Forrest Mosher is a provider. For thepast 3 years the Boarding Club has elect-ed him to this position. Now he is re-sponsible for the meals of 66 persons inthe College dining-room which was ori-ginally made to seat 40 people. Throughhis experience gained in the Naval Ser-vice as Cook P.O. he is able to purchase

is that in becoming a big business con-cern the newspapers are neglecting thework of true and honest journalism toa great extent. Proof of the disapprovalof the people to this situation is evi-denced by the fact that people do notread their newspapers. The press of to-day is betraying its public trust—untilthey begin again to abide by it—ourdemocratic liberty is endangered!

This brings us to our second question—"Are our newspapers competent?"

Pick up the average newspaper andwhat do we read? We find, in greatabundance, items dealing with petty po-lice court gossip, crimes of little or nomoment, divorce cases, the doings ofcelebrities, a V.M.C.A. membership driveand a thousand and one items no dif-ferent from those of one hundred yearsago. Some say that the press moldsand leads public opinion, others that itbut mirrors the life of its time. I fearthat in our news columns neither is done.We lag behind in supplying that whichthe public is capable of understandingand sincerely wants to get. Our newsis superficial!

The demand today is for interpretation,getting below the mere surface to under-stand causes as well as effects. Untilour newspapers realize this and incor-porate it into their own reporting sys-tems they are again betraying the publictrust. The reader today is asking: "Whatdoes it mean?"—and the newspapersfail to telf him. Our sources of newstoday are complex fields-r—politics, eco-nomics, business, sociology, science andthey require interpretive reporting to thereader. Some few progressive newspap-ers are employing this system—the vastmajority are not.

What then is the solution to this di-lemma of our press? Many suggestionscan be offered, but essentially they allemanate from one principle; a principfemany editors and publishers in the news-paper business have apparently over-

looked. It is expressed in The Journalist's Creed—in part—

"\ believe that the public journal isa public trust; that all connected withit are, to the full measure of their re-sponsibility, trustees for the public;that acceptance of lesser service thanthe public service is betrayal of thistrust . . . and that advertising, newsand editorial columns should alikeserve the best interests of the readers."

William L. Campbell.

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all the foods for the Club and negotiatewith wholesalers for better bargains.Every morning he and the cooks havean early breakfast and plan the day'smenu. Fish is served twice a week andvegetables in season are usually chosen.Meat must be ordered daily and othersupplies are replenished once a week.The expenditure amounts to $1,860.00per month. Along with other membersof the executive, Forrest arrives in thedining-room early enough to set the foodon the table for the hungry boarders.This hobby, as he calls his providing, al-so includes replacing cutlery and crock-ery, and mending linen. Every Fall he

orders a new supply of bed linen andstows away for a few days to sew thelinen into bed sheets. During the yearhe keeps the pillowcases and linen ingood threaded condition for each Dormstudent. Forrest is also the complaintdepartment for any dissatified reportsbut up-to-date has had no customers.

Gloria Rivers has a full-time job fordead week. She is secretary of the Wat-erloo-Wellington County Music Festivalfor the second year. During that weekshe will attend the festival and recordthe results of each class. Her work hasbegun already as she must handle allentries and entry fees.

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MERCY OR MURDER?

Last month a twenty-year-old AmericanCollege student was acquitted of the"mercy killing" of her father. A fort-night after her acquittal Dr. Hermann N.Sander of New Hampshire stood trial forfirst degree murder, accused of injectingair into the veins of a patient slowlydying from cancer.

The attention that these two cases re-ceived from the press has once morebrought the argument for legalizingeuthanasia before the public. The stud-ents at Waterloo are aware of the im-portance of the issue and many com-mon-room sessions have been spent inan attempt to decide whether euthanasiais an act of mercy or of murder.

The Roman Catholic church, and manyProtestant clergymen condemn euthan-asia as elevating the violation of thefifth commandment "Thou shalt not kill"to a beneficial act. A statement fromthe Vatican against mercy killings claimsit "injects the poisons of atheism into theveins of society to free it from chronicpain". Whether the act is morally rightor wrong is for the individual to decide,but there are arguments against legaliz-ing the practice other than those basedon religious convictions.

Euthanasia might well be legalized asa humanitarian act to relieve undue suf-fering if all doctors were scrupulous intheir practices, and infallible in theirjudgment. However, the amount of un-lawful drugs sold, and the number ofillegal abortions performed by doctorseach year in Canada and the U.S. testifythat the medical profession is not with-out its unprincipled members. To per-mit an individual of this moral calibrethe right to flout the laws of nature byinterposing his judgment as to whetherand how long a person shall live is un-thinkable. Relatives impatient for an in-heritance, or tired of caring for a chronic

invalid would be tempted to induce acorrupt physician to perform a "legalmurder" for a specified sum.

Even the well-intentioned doctor maymake a mistake in applying euthanasia.He might err in judging the illness tobe incurable—the history of medical er-ror is astonishing—or he might performa mercy killing for a patient temporarilyracked by pain who had made an im-pulsive, ill-considered request.

Members of the medical profession whooppose euthanasia believe that if it werelegalized, it would shatter public confi-dence in the profession and stigmatizeevery doctor who practiced it. Legalizingeuthanasia would tend to weaken the re-solve of medical scientists to seek cures.Determination to prevent suffering losesmuch of its challenge and becomes lessvital to the scientist who realizes thatracking pain can be terminated by apainless happy death.

To legalize euthanasia is to change adoctor's mission of saving life, to an in-human act of giving death.

H.A.T.

When a person has a disease that can-not be cured do you think that doctorsshould be allowed by law to end thepatient's life by some painless means ifthe patient and his family request it?According to the Gallup Poll 37% ofthe population say "yes" and 54% say

no .However, the same poll of 4,000 doc-

tors in the U.S.A. revealed that 80%agreed that the law should be amendedto permit the administration of euthan-asia by medical men under the jurisdic-tion of the courts. Dr. George B. Lake,prominent Chicago psychiatrist says:

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"Most physicians of wide experience,have at one time or another, conferredthe bliss of death upon a hopeless suf-ferer. For this reason the EuthanasiaSociety of America maintains that mercydeaths should be brought out into theopen and safeguarded against abuserather than, as at present, practiced il-legally, without supervision or regula-tion."

In 1946 two thousand New York doc-tors dratfed a bill which would legalizeeuthanasia. This bill was not passed forobvious reasons. The people would ob-ject on moral or religious grounds. Somesay such a bill would shatter public faithin the medical profession, others saythat it would retard attempts to find acure for disease.

On the other hand, many doctorsagree that to withhold euthanasia againstthe expressed wish of the sufferer isnothing but a gross disservice and adenial of the physicians solemn obliga-tion to relieve pain and suffering. Inmany cases "mercy killing" might betterbe called "assisted suicide" for sufferingpatients often attempt to take their ownlife and, as the records reveal, sometimesare only partially successful.

No doctor worthy of his degree willdeny that illegal euthanasia is sociallyundesirable but most will agree that it isinevitable as long as medical sciencefaiis to find a cure for inoperable can-cer, painful forms of heart disease, andother degenerative maladies.

Other medical men say that some daythere will be no more criticism attachedto the administration of lawful euthan-asia than there is now to a doctor whoperforms a legal abortion to save awoman's life or sanity. Like birth con-trol, and artificial insemination, euthan-asia is a highly controversial issue.

In principle it is generally regardedas wrong, but those who are against iton moral or religious grounds sometimesrevise their stand when a particularmercy death apeals strongly to theirsense of humanity.

Ward Eby.

SEMINARY NOTESEach year the members of the middler

class in the seminary are assigned to oneof the local churches for one year to doclinical work. This is supposed to givethem experience in the organizationalwork of the church, although most ofthe seminarians are fully acquaintedwith such work through their activitiesin their heme churches long before theyenter the seminary. This year RobertLangen was assigned to St. John's inWaterloo, William Giller to St. Mark's inKitchener, Albert Lorch to St. Jacob's,and Walter Ohrt to St. Peter's in Kit-chener.

The graduating class this year is thelargest since 1936, having five members.Some of the members of the class havealready received calls. Herbert Gast-meier has accepted a call to Maynooth,Ontario, a congregation once served byDr. Leupold. Earl Haase is going toArnprior, Ontario, and Delton Glebe hasaccepted a call to New Dundee andMannheim congregations, to which hehas been ministering this past year. Wil-fred Myra is returning to his home pro-vince of Nova Scotia, having accepted acall to Northfield Parish which containsnine congregations.

D. H. S.

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