Sydney Academy - Record Yearbook (Sydney, Australia)

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Another sport which seems to be getting away from the amateur rule is boxing. If a 'boy fights on a Pro-fessiolnal Boxing Card, he loses his amateur status and must remain a professional. He must do this be-cause he has receiv- ed money for appearance as a p'r'o-fessional. Yet, I have heard of many boys who fought on their cards and then fouglht in a Golden Glove Amateur Tour- nament. These -people should either remain Professifonal or remain Amateur. The only sport which .seems tio be keeping to the Amateur rule is Ama- teur Skating. Each few years skaters from many countries meet in the Olym- pic Games. To participate in these games one must be fully amateur. That is, a person must never have been paid for skating during his or her career. This rule is very strictly enforced, as, was shown by an incident which happened in connection with the -games. a few years ago. Barbara Ann Scott was given a car by the City of Ottawa after her Olympic triumphs. She was forced to re- turn the car if she wanted to keep hefr amateur status, this she did, and she remained an amateur. Other sports which seem to be keeping this rule are: Amateur Swimm- ing and Baseball. The main reason for baseball staying amateur is that there are very few amateur leagues in -Canada. Any man who is good enough to play organized baseball usually plays for a Professional League. n I think that all players in any sport sho-uld be classed as a Professional if they obtain money for their services to a sport. Others should be classified as amateurs. If this rule were carried out there would be more Professional Leagues and thus, more places for people to work. The man who is 'an ama- teur now because he can find no place on any teams, would find a team which could use him.. Therefore he would be able to live in comfort with the money he obtains for his work and the Sports World might have another great per- former. 'To conclude, I think that there are very few amateurs in the sport today, and that someday all sport 's artists will be fully Amateur or otherwise fully Professional. -..gi-g-ig..- MUSIC APPRECIATED Blan-che Novak, XIID There are many people all ove-r the world, who would readily agree, that music can be enjoyed in all its forms. Swing and Jive give way to Clas- sical Selections, which are equally appreciated. Amon-g the famous compos- ers, who contributed to th-e- classical type, is Frederic Ohopin. I should like to tell you a lit.tle about this remarkable man. On October 17th., 1949, the whole world commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Chop-in's death. An international competition, for qualified pianists of all nations, was held in Warsaw. In the United States and through- out Canada were heard a number of all-Oho-pin recitals. and new recordings of O.hopin's music were released. Among these could be found an allbum of Preludes and a selection of Mazurkias. Two biographies were also published, namely: Chopin, The Man and His Music, and Life of Frederic Ohopinf' Chopin was a frail man with exquisite manners, possessing also his share of temperament and sensitiveness. Self-assured and aware of his genius, he loved society, yet sometimes fell into a deep fear of the world. His great- est joy was his piano playing, and sometimes he would finish completely ex- hausted, with beads of perspiration covering his blody. At times he would re- main like this forever an hour. 37

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'd t occurred While the inspection party Was in the Wire Mill, An acci en T . . but fortunately no one was hurt. A length -of hot Wire Jumped a roller and ' h b the re-a- Went Whizzing across the floor. This really brought home to t e oys son for the many safety signs a.nd precautions throughout the plant. The last stop on the tour Was the machine shop Where the Workers were h. making mo-ulds to cast steel parts for plant mac inery. , While on this tour all the boys Were impressed by the courtesy and con- sideration shown them by plant employees. Th Executives both Junior and Senior, were then taken to the Navy 9 y League Centre Where a fine luncheon was served. At the hea.d table were all ' 5 A M . G. G. the dignitaries. Short addresses were given by Mr. C. M. nson, r Campbell, Mr. D. J. MacL-ean, Mr. Edward Corbett, and, last 'but by no means least Bob Marks. It Was the general wish of these speakers that this would be the first of a long series of Dosco-Academy Days. Next on the program was a jump back to the plant and an inspection of the Gene-ral Office. The intelligentia, hunting for souvenirs and posing for pictures, kept the Work of the employees down to nil at this point, while cov- 'A thin from tlhe Drafting Department to the Accounting Offices. ering every g A A Several of the Juni-or Executives made an unscheduled visit to a conference in Mr. Anson's office and rather disrupted proceedings there. At 3.30 the Execs. saw movies of Dos1co's Newfoundland mines. Mr. Power addressed the boys, and after this a recording was made of the impres- sions of some of the boys, for broadcast later. This was the finale of this part of Dosco Day, and until the last Waltz of the Dosco-Academy Ball was played, the Bosses for a day lived through an experience that will be one in a lifetime. -+2-5-O-351m AMATEUR SPORT TODAY Redmond O 'Keefe, XC There are many definitions of Amateur Sport. This was shown at a re- cent sports conference at which representatives of many countries were pres- ent. Each had almo-st an entirely different definition of the Word-+armate-ur. The only term common to nearly all definitions was that an amateur was a player who was paid nothing for his servicesto a sport. This definition applies to all sports, but there are many ways in which this definition has been altered. To fully study the question of Amateur Sports We must take e-ach sport individually. First, We Will cfonsider the sport 'of organized hockey. There are many hockey leagues now operating in Canada which have amateur status. These leagues operating under this banner claim to be amateur, but players in this league are paid from fifty to one hundre-d dollars per Week. In my opinion this is 11Ot an amateur league, but is fully professional. The original definition of amateurism does not fit this league. 36

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Chopinls mastery was achieved at the early age of twenty-two. No pressure or need of money c.ould persuade him to release a Work he deemed less tl1an his best. OlroQpin's Nocturnes, Polonaises, Concertos and Mmuets, are widely known. And after 100 years of musical output, a greater portion of his works are alive, than that of any other great composer. -Q-:fzf-o..a+w- IF I WERE YOU Andi-ee LeBlanc, XIA If I were you I'd- It seems to me if I were you-- If I were you.- How vexing, how annoying, how irritating those four little words can be. The people in the If I were you class must think that the you has not enough brains to know what to do, and how to go about doing it, and therefore, use this so very, very tactful Way of setting them right. How right is a question indeed! There are thos-e who are continually using this phrase. Thank heavens there are not many! But, knowing one in a lifetime, is eno-ugh-no-too much. I was acquainted with one, a certain gentleman, whom I haven't seen for quite some time Cand I can assure you I am gladj who used to room at my home. -He was an If I were you type. But worse than that, every time he used those words, he accompanied them by a slight grin, rather a silly, stupid smirk. This quality of his was so well known that when he appeared every- one, at least anyone who had the chance, disappeared. I wonder at such -persons as these, m-aki-ng others afraid to talk with them lest they be drowned in a long list of If I were you 's. I wonder that they do not see that because 'of this they are being avoided. Yes, I often won- der at these things, but I can find no answer. And I hope that you can go through your life without meeting an If I were you-. Mr. Kerr: VVhat is the outside layer of a tree called? Robert MacG.: I don't know, Sir. Mr. Kerr: Bark, boy bark. ' Robert MacG.: Bow, wow. -..gi-g-E.. Mr. MacEachen: What is your brother in college? John Hugh: A half-back. Mr. MacEachen: I mean in his studies. John Hugh: Oh! In his studies he 's away back. 38