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

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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

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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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i'Hams met at noon hours to contact other universities and talk about technical prob- lems. Club consisted largely of engineers. This was the first year that it had recover- ed from fire of three years ago. dent Dave Pratt, to spread the name of UBC far and wide. The club's technical director, lack Belrose 'SOL has completed an extensive construction programme which was necessitated by the dis- astrous fire of '49 which destroyed the club's precious equipment. Art Holmes and Iim Court have done an excellent job of providing uma Meet Cach week for aff' geai The purpose of the UBC Amateur Operators' Association, more com- monly known as the Ham Club , is to provide a meeting-place for the Hams on the campus and a train- ing programme for new Hams. Hams is the term applied to those radio experimenters and operators who have passed federal govern- ment examinations permitting them to operate their own radio station. The Hams communicate directly with other Hams all over the globe, thus providing emergency com- munications when normal facilities fail, as well as pleasurable contact with Hams in other localities. The club operates a 250 watt radio station located in HM22, which enables the club, led by their presi- instruction to many new members, Ciui! iberiiea union uplzo One of the most active clubs on campus this year, the Civil Liberties Union, carried on its watchdog of democracy activities with persist- ance and enthusiasm. The nine- man executive, under the capable leadership of president Walter Camozzi, sparked the varied ac- tivities of the club, which included presentation of speakers nearly every week, and drives in support of aspects of civil liberties. High point of the fall term for the organization was a mass rally of campus clubs in support of the downtown Vancouver Civil Lib- erties Union's brief advocating changes in the Indian Act. Speaker at the meeting was English depart- i'Executive of Civil Liberties Club planned strategy of club in regard to petitions and giving of the Seclgewick Memorial award which went this year to Rev. A. E. Cooke. 70 ment professor Hunter Lewis, author of the brief. ln the spring term the Garnett Sedgewick Award for work in con- nection with civil liberties in British Columbia was presented to Rev. A. E. Cook, former minister at St. Iohn's United Church in Van- thus providing a continual influx of trained personnel to aid the old- timers in their task of sounding the UBC call-letters VE7ACS in for- eign ears. The contact with people of dis- tant countries has made the Hams more familiar with world problems and has given international good- will and understanding a healthy boost. lcla racfilion couver. Forums held at his church on subjects of democracy and civil liberties were his contribution. Activities during the spring term included a meeting on the subject of academic freedom, protesting dis- missal of United States professors for refusal to sign loyalty oaths. Civil Liberties