University of British Columbia - Totem Yearbook (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada)

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Willis, Gib Wade, and Bill Sellens eskiew ' algazn op UBC skiers proved once again Greatest threat to the supremacy that the University of British Col- umbia is rated as the number three skiing power in the Pacific North- west. In all meets this year, UBC, true to the precedent set in intercollegi- ate meets in the pLlSt few years, placed third to the ever-powerful of the Yankee colleges this year was the perennial Thunderbird plank- man, Gar Robinson. Robinson came back to captain the 'Birds after tak- ing a year out from school to study ski techniques under a professional in the United States. Peter Vajda coached the Thun teams of the University of Washing- derbird plankmen again this year KOH Huskies and the Washington SELIEC COLlg8I'S. f UBC again proved .to be onelof University of Washington, with a llzflizgegiireetlsesyms vifriarishe four year uninterrupted record to wrjtifwfllv bv two 'OP teams. defend, continued to set the pace in osfmgcshinglon and the first two International Inter- collegiate meets of the season, the first at Rossland, B.C., and the sec- ond at Banff, early in the new year. J 6 and built a fine team out of the ri available talent. Vajda counted a lot on Robinson, but regulars Frank i'Skiers stayed at the lodge on Red Mountain when they went to Rossland for the annual ski meet. i'Part of the crowd that gathered inside the lodge which included UBC skiers as well as other week-end guests. i'Plankman Gar Robinson, after a year out of school, was standout on the team. During March he went to Banff where he tried out for the Olympics. Half! were always dependable. Last meet of the year, the annual Northwest Intercollegiate Cham- pionships, was hosted by UBC on their own stamping grounds, Grouse Mountain, on March 17 and 18. VVashington State Cougars edged out the perennial champion Husky team to take top honors, while UBC again ran third. Thunderbirds were jinxed out of a possible win when they lost out in the giant 112

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aJ they reach jmperia! Cup ina 4 i'Top picture shows bull being headed by member of opposing team. Centre is the team shot. They did not have a manager M, till late in the season and never had cl coach. The bottom shot looks like illegal play but the player is the goalie. First Division soccer team included Mike Puhach. Bud Fredrilqson. Don Renton, liill Wtilters. Howie Ushourne, lim Foster. Bob Mounds. Other members of the 11 squad were Donald B. Gleig, Bill Popowich, Bud Dobson, Ken Campbell, Dick lyiatthews, Mesfin Abehe and lohn Linguist. A. E. Richman was coach of the team with Gene Smith representing the soccermen as Senior Manager on the Men's Athletic Directorate. The other Varsity soccer team in the Vancouver Second Division did not have the polish of the upper team. 111

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i'The new VOC cabin as it looked on October 22, 1950. Members of the club continued working on the cabin all year adding improvements to it. VOC won the Honorary Activities Award for their contribution to the university. For over a year club members had treked up Sey- mour mountain to work on their new 311,000 cabin. Leading the work last summer, when the major part of the construction was completed, was 4th year Engineering student Don Manning. Manning worked seven days a week during the summer to have cabin ready for use in the fall when university reopened. For his work club members presented him with a watch. lack Lintott, president of VOC, saw the dream of the five past presidents come true when the cabin was officially opened in the early part of Ianuary. For five years the club has planned a new home on Seymour. 1511.000 loan from the AMS will be paid back at 31,000 a year. By the time the cabin was opened the VOC'ers had passed their objective for this year. Beside working on the cabin, VOC'ers held the annual hike to Garabalcli on Labor week-end. Every new member of the club is required to go on at least one hike during his first year in the club. Social activities of the club included dances and parties. Biggest success of these was the masquerade party held in Brock Hall in March. Club members came dressed as rabbits, clowns and any other wierd costume that they could find. During the week-ends members continued their excursion of work parties up Seymour to work on the cabin. Although the cabin was ready for use there was a lot of finishing work to be done inside. araify Ouicloora Club ll li if VOC'ers hiked to Western Lions last summer lbelowl where they got a bird's eye view of Howe Sound. iBottoml, the Squamish band which created a sensation on the campus this year. They played at dances, pep meets and campaign successfully to get VOC President Jack Lintott elected AMS social co-ordinator. 113