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

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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

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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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to raise a total of 33,500 in order to attend. For most of these, the five-day conference was an un- forgettable time of learning and meeting some of the 9,000 delegates. A very important part of the programme for this year has been the Bible studies. Small groups have been meeting regularly to study the Gospel according to St. John. President this year was Bruce Wardrope. ECONOMICS CLUB This year the Economics Club got off to a late start around the end of October. Our first speaker was Mr. Bill Scott, The Light- house Philosopher, who addresed the Club on the subject of pawnbroking. Dr. Paul Bradley, Director of Graduate Studies in Economics at UBC, spoke to the Club about post graduate work in Economics at UBC. Mr. M. Kogayu, the Japan External Trade Organ- ization representative in Vancouver, came over to speak to the Club on the subject of Canada-Japan trade relations. Since the Club's budget was restricted to speakers only, there was only one informal gathering of the Club in the evening for a beer party this year. LE CLUB DE FRANCAIS Chaque annee des etudiants qui sfinteressent par- ticulierement au Francais forment un 'club: Le Club'5 de Francais. Le but du club est de fournir ce que leon peut ne pas Qforoementj trouver dans une salle de cours, c'est at dire une occasion de parler Francais, sans gene, sur niimporte quel sujet. Pour 6ter cette atmosphere un peu contrainte de la classe, faire contre poids at la rigidite des classes, on a pris ljhabitude de se reunir dans la maison d'un des membres du groupe. Les Professeurs sont toujours les bienvenus aux reunions, qui ont lieu le lundi soir tous les quinze jours. Souvent l'un d'entre eux nous presente un expose, ce qui donne aux etudiants lioccasion dientendre parler en Francais des choses les plus diverses, de discuter et de mieux connaitre leur professeurs. Chaque trimestre le 'fClub organise ce qu'on ap- pelle le Cafe de la Paixf' Pendant une matinee, dans le SUB, les etudiants peuvent venir prendre du cafe au lait, des croissants et des brioches dans llatmosphere des cafes francais aussi authentique qu'on puisse la reconstruire. Cette annee, pour la premiere fois, on a fait venir des films du Consulat francais - des documentaires sur la France. lls ont eu un tres grand succes parmi les etudiants et on essaiera d'accroitre le nombre de telles representations Vannee prochaine. Un autre projet pour l'annee qui vient sera de commencer un programme peut qui faire venir des etudiants francais at l'Universite de Victoria.