University of Victoria - Tower Yearbook (Victoria, British Columbia Canada)

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ROD AND GUN CLUB Starting from scratch, and embarking on an am- bitious programme, the sixty-member UVic Rod and Gun Club had a most successful year. The club was most active during the hunting season in the Fall of 1967. Meeting once a week, members of the club saw a series of films on shooting and fish- ing, as well as listening to a number of speakers on subjects ranging from resource oonservation to sporting Hrearm ballistics. At each of these meet- ings, members arranged parties amongst themselves for shoots, hunts, or fishing trips. Several of these expeditions went as far as Kamloops in search of bigger, better trophies. Expenses were considerably reduced by the purchase of machinery for the re- loading of rifle and shotgun cartridges. Although composed mainly of sportsmen, the Club has a very keen target shooting contingent. This includes a Bissley shot, Phil Watt, and Stew Frerotte, who shot on the Canadian Army team in Germany. This spring, our most active fisherman, Bob Kissenger, organized a salmon derby in Brentwood Bay, which was a great success. President this year, M. L. Napier. CAMPUS LIBERAL CLUB The 1967-68 session saw the Liberal Club involved in a variety of activities, both on and off campus, which were designed to help foster an interest in Liberalism amongst members of the student body in general, and our Club members in particular. The Club, under co-sponsorship with the Political Science Forum, invited Liberal Leadership candi- dates, Eric Kierans and Reverend Lloyd Hender- son, to speak on campus. Also three Club members were sent to the April Liberal Leadership Conven- tion in Ottawa as official voting delegates. At home, Campus Liberals polled enough votes to form the Oflicial Opposition in the annual University Model Parliament. The Club actively participated in the establishment of the British Columbia University Liberal Federation Can organization composed of all Liberal clubs at institutions of higher learning throughout the provincej , sending two delegates to the November founding convention in Vancouver. With fourteen members, president was Mike Phelps. STUDENT CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT Heresy seems to be losing its popularity! Therefore, the Student Christian Movement did its best this year to revive this ancient art. From Cabinet meet- ings at the pub to questionable songs at the Grind Coffee House, the S.C.M. contributed more to heresy on campus than any other club. At the Con- ference on Vocation they advised Christian students

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excitement of taped and recorded music. Art shows were also held in the CNIB cafeteria, the Phoenix Theatre, and a year end show in the Education Arts Building. President of the fifty-member club this year, Roy Hamill. if-A li FOLK MUSIC CLUB 1967 was the first year the Folk Music Club showed its face on campus. Meetings were held regularly every Tuesday evening in the SUB. Members helped print songsheets and everybody soon forgot what poor voices they had, as thumping guitars and soul- searching harmonies pervaded the UVic Radio- filled atmosphere. Some members learned new material on instruments, and almost all learned at least a few new songs. A few got chances to perform through the Club. Members showed up in the MacPherson Theatre, the Grind, the Nine in the Fifth Place, and other Victoria institutions. Next year's plans include guest entertainers, hootenanies, a volume of songs to be sold on campus, and a much-hoped-for coffee-house workshop. With sixty- five members this year, president was Bruce Whit- tington. UVIC OUTDOORS CLUB The sixty-member Outdoors Club has been increas- ing in members and activities every year, and this one was no exception. During the university year, the Outdoors Club was active on every weekend, with a trip every Sunday, or when the long week- ends came, going on trips to various parts of the Island, such as Long Beach and Strathcona Park. Cn these long weekend trips, accommodation was arranged and activities, organized and unorganized, were of a nature so that all could take part. On the usual Sunday trips, the Club travelled to many different beaches, to known and unknown ones. Some of the more interesting trips this year were: a cave exploring trip to Thetis Island, and one to Horn Lake. Ropes and lamps were necessary to explore the caves fully, some caves extending hun- dreds of feet with several entrances. Another trip really worthwhile was to Mt. Arrowsmith, near Port Alberni, This mountain was climbed by forty members in the winter. The time taken to climb with packs to the base cabin ranged from two to six hours. The next year looks very bright, under the new president, John Sampson, the Club is already planning a trip off the Island. President this year, Ken Barton.

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to go out into the world, giving it a kick in the pants. At a supper meeting they cried Missionary, Stay Home! to those 19th-century evangelists. At a conference in Parksville they discussed the useless- ness of a lot of church construction. S.C.M. stirred up more heresy on campus with a panel discussion on The Student as Nigger, then published in The Martlet the National S.C.M. resolutions condemn- ing American aggression against Viet Nam, S.C.M. even ruflled some feathers of the Victoria Council of Churches, trying to get a full-time, professional heretic Qi.e., interdemnominational chaplainj on campus. The Club had a book sale, stressing such topics as LSD and Marxism. They also threw in some books on the far-out, heretical topic of theol- ogy. S.C.M. created more heresy with a film on Alan Watts and seminars on mysticism and faith healing, then topped it all off with a conference for all S.C.M. units of lVestern Canada. The topic was on Religion in Tomorrow's Wlorldf' Wlinner of the Most Active Club award, the seventy-member S.C.M. was headed by John Speer this year. VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP The seventy-member V.C.F. Club is a group of students who are concerned with learning about Christ, and his relevance to us in the university situation. This year, the weekly meetings included two or three lectures and several student panels, while the rest were group discussions. Every month, one meeting was held in the lounge of the SUB, where speakers from the mainland discussed the topics: g'Test tube babies and the meaning of life , 'jesus Christ-middle class hero , Evil-ao quired or inherited , '4Christianity and youi' and Life is a kind of blah. Dr. C. P. S. Taylor, a biophysicist from UBC, spoke about the implica- tions of science manipulating or perhaps creating life. Reverend Fritz Hull, from the University of Wfashington, dealt with the topics: Ujesus Christ - middle class hero and 'iLife is a kind of blah. One of the highlights of the year was the Student Leaders Banquet at which Canadian Director of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Mr. W. Suther- land, was the guest speaker. As in previous years, V.C.li'. arranged for two international students to attend the Banff International Christmas sponsored by l.V.C.F. There they enjoyed skiing and other sports, meeting other Internationals studying in Canada and having a Canadian Christmas. An important event this year in V.C.F. was the Eighth lnter-Varsity Missionary Convention, held on the University of Illinois campus at Urbana, near Chi- cago. About twenty students from UVic managed