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

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5 arliamen tary orum eic. Biggest activity of the parlia- mentary forum this year was the McQuon cup debates between the Universities of Manitoba, Saskat- chewan, Alberta and British Colum- bia. UBC lost possession of the McQuon cup this year. Debating in Brock Hall against the University of Alberta team, UBC's team of Foster Isherwood and first year law student Ioe Noel went down on a split decision two to one. At the same time Winnipeg's second two-man of President-elect Vaughan Lyon and Edsel Olsen, team co-defenders of the trophy went down to an unanimous defeat at the hands of the University of Manitoba team. In the three times the cup has come to the Pacific Shore, UBC has never successfully defended it two years in a row. Home team argued the affirma- tive of the resolution that the activi- ties of labor unions are detrimental to the welfare of Canada' while the team at Manitoba argued the nega- tive. Debate judges in Vancouver were Rev. Cecil Swanson, rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Alderman Halford D. Wilson of the Vancou- ver City Council and Barrister and Solicitor T. G. Norris. On the campus, Parliamentary forum bought downtown business men to debate on current problems. Don Lanskail, downtown law- yer had his debate' punched with action. He spoke the word 'com- munist' and someone threw a fire cracker bomb in the door. In inter-faculty debates for the Legion Trophy Home Ec girls car- ried home the silverware from the Law huts. 'kTop to bottom: Vaughan Lyon, Foster lsherwood, Edsel Olsen and Joe Nold, members of the McQuon Cup debating team. Team lost the cup which it gained the year before. Lyon and Olsen went to Winnipeg where they lost to the University of Manitoba team. i'Below is Caroll Wenaas and Terry Nugent challengers of UBC from the University of Alberta. They topped two home debaters, Foster Isherwood and Joe Nold.

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PLAYS IN SUCCESSFUL YEAR G. C. Wood, the wife of the founder of the Players' Club. ln the cast were Maryan Macieiewski fMuchj, playing the part of a broken-down writer, Marilyn Miller, C21St as one of Williams' faded Southern belles, and Ethel Shuster, in the role of a hard-bitten landlady of a none-too-respectible rooming house. The second play chosen was an original Canadian play written by one of Canadais few successful play- wrights, Robertson Davies. The title of this fast-paced satire was Eros at Breakfast, and it was directed by the envoy of the Heart: and Ioy Brett in the role of Hepatica fthe little bit of woman in every proper manj the delegate of the Liver and Lights. The third play of the evening was far removed from the modern day and age, being a mediaval morality play entitled Everyman that was directed by another 4 of We , Q s-pr , 'DX 'K Rib Rf ' 49:29 M fs, . fm., 'wan 4 --o,fs,,N K -'-.SNXD ft tets ., Y 7 s 'klncluded in the annual fall productions was Tennessee WiIIiams's one-act play, The Lady of Larkspur Lotion. Cast as the shady heroine harrassed by cockroaches, Marilyn Miller complains to the ambitious writer Maryan Mcxchiewiski, whose dreams exude from the whiskey bottle. a student member of the Club, Robin Terry, who had already produced his own adaptation of Hansel and Gretelw for the Everyman Theatre this year. The scene of the play was the abdomen of a Canadian university student, and the characters included such entities as Chremes, head of the abdominal department, played by Bob Plumbg his assistant, Crito., played by Bruce Pey- mang Aristophontes, delegate from the brain was Bill Ferguson, Ralph MacPhee in the part of Parmeno, and the large cast included Albert Simpson, Bob Wood- ward, Norman Young, Rolf Schreeder, Alex Saunders, student, Shelia Cameron. The play concerned itself with the journey of Everyman from his life to the grave. The title role was played by Sandy Manson. Betty Vogel, Albert Plant, Mary Butters, Doreen Od- ling, Pat Strange, Irene Barrie, Liz Grant, Marguerite Stanlow and Marg Robertson. During the Spring term, Players' Clubbers were busier than they have been in some time, producing 'The Male Animal' in aid of the War Memorial Gym. Leads were Sheila Cameron and Phil Keatley. 67

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Radio ocieiy gxpanclecl R 1950-51 was a banner year for the Radio Society. . With a membership of over '50, the South 0 X Z Brock Basement, home of URS, buzzed with A activity. 6 , Concentrating on the training of students for both commercial and dramatic radio, people s at RadSoc learned the basic fundamentals of announcing, writing, producing and engineer- ing. In conjunction with this training, the Radio Society and The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters-through station CKWX-operated a school for Commercial Radio. This 22 week course was an outstanding success, and UBC can be proud that they are the only Univer- sity in Canada which offers its students a complete training in Radio, as an extra-curricular activity. Along wgth this school, the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion and URS trained members in dramatic radio. Every Wednesday night the budding young actors learned the ins and outs of radio drama at the CBR studio in Vancouver. Once again the fortunes of the Radio Society were guided by Don Cunliffe, who served his second con- secutive year as President. The Executive was made up of Ron Altree, program director, Merv Chertkow, business manager, Mary Chadwick, drama director, Robin Hart, chief engineer, and Iack Rhone, sales manager. This year URS again supplied the music for many dances on the campus. VVith the acquisition of all the H. i' President Don Cunliffe ta I k s over problems with Business Manager Merv Chertkow. Disc Iockey Services from major record companies, URS offered students a wide variety of popular music. URS carried on its broadcasting into Brock Hall from ll:5ll to 2:50 and plans for expansion of the Noonday Network to other parts of the campus were partially completed. Major equipment installa- tions were made and the expanded network is ready to roll next year. ir Starting early in the year with a shortage of members, University Radio Society expanded rapidly throughout the year. Four phases of their work were announcing, filing records, operating and repairing equipment. Programs got a new twist under the able direction of Ron Altree and for the first time in Rad Soc's history, paid commercials. 's vt 69