Vapaus, April 26, 1956

              TÄTÄ
loHct Muistiko
eädessään tes>
Uiaxftä» hyrin.
OI
lilemalleea fii- >
on ydpöydälä»
raivim ihaniin
s t t e * a i väitä
llääkkeeoä?
.OKSEIXIST4
-työtä lykätät
itin rullatuolia
5l, mutta minä
1 paikkaa vjo-aamupäivaJä
sa
Oulunkylään.
t jäädä pit-
In '.'vakoflijat
nien saapu­min
muutti
Peittääkseen
hän poistui
Turkua, Lit-
;koi matkaa
tapasi mais-joka
vei hä-saareen.
Jää
heidän jal-slvisivät
kui-
31. Joitakin
1 oU jo toi-
Tukholman
ä hän odotti
isti Tukhol-
Lin> toinen, 9:
npäkolaisuus
«nin palasi
Venäjälle.
,t 1917 Lenin
lähellä ole-
Heti hänen
ikäinen hal-änen
pidät-,
itti Leninin
pian jäUeen
la)
sässaisi ieh-n
imattiUTbeir
B sanoa, lil-n
'nykypäi-.
•onto .-Star-painijan
ja
än lausun-;
Imä reilun
uuresti sitä;
3, että pal­asta;-^
hä-äysten
mu-
It' ostettuja,
lyösltiii tebr
OS olympia-r
liset; marfc-irkkinatun;-
Iin Helppo-sekin
sinne
TiTnnafln""*
myymään.:
ä sentään
; pidetään
lympiaperir ,
ca se ei oi-lUHnalaisen
säelna iTS'
Bkeen ryhr,-
papikeideS:
im lehden
auppiaaksL
Igaiar gym ciassesmll start again n m Su»da>v Aprfl 29th «rith tbe
Imain emphasis bdag placed on the mase jgym program for the Liitto-jjuilas
trhich « i l l bsbdd m Sudbiuy thJs siaxinjer.
Jehu is hoplsg to have a greater aumber of partidpants in this
Icolorful maas evem than ever befoce. And iKat o f course is possible,
jbecause Jehu has a %«ry large youth aiemberähip and the comniunity
[has a large youth population.
j Another tfaing ihat inakfö mass partidpatioh possible the f^ct
[that the gym program, compiled4)y Elvi and Jack Hymanden indudes
jprograms for women'5 men's and duldren'5 groups, ali vröÄed into one
jraass program- The indusion of the cbildren into the program wm
I greatly increase the number of partidpants. .
A point vrorth noting and emphasiztng is that this year's massi
jgj-m program is very easy to leam vith the movements flovring from
jone to another in a graceful mamier,. The fact that the main part
jof the prograan js done to one side of a standard ^>eed record indicates
jtbat it is not very long and even inexperienced gymnasts should have
[no difficulty; in raastering the movements. ^ ^ ' ' • • :
The-over-all program is^bout the same as in previous years with
llhe marching taking up just a little more time. The childr€n'äi prot
Igram wiH be perforaned apart from and as a preliminary to the wo-
|men's and men's program. -Includicg the cbjldren in the gym progra
jhas been welcomed in most ccntres as a means of "involving more
[children in the Liittojuhlas.
Another "revolutionary" change this year is the choice of a tango
Ifor the background «nusic instead of tbj waltz which has been the
ptandard gym music for years. This change has probably bepn-brompted
mainly by the fact that the tango is; certainly far more
jpopular in our day and age than tlie waltz wh-ch was the craze in the'
[earlier days when gymnastics were first introduced into the FGASF.
The women and men will perform simultaneously to the same mu-
Isic with the cxceptjon tba,t the tnen v i i i «se wands while the women
iv/ill use no apparatus. Some meq gymnasts unfortunately regard the
|wand drills as something out o£ the he-man category of gymnastics.
rhey would, however get quite a shQck*if they were to try waving a
ft-and made out of half-inch pipe or three-quarter inch steel rod for
ibout 15 minutes; Itwould probably be one of the most effective
|warmups they have ever cxperienced. The metalrod should, of course,'
replaced by a -«rooden one when it comes to performances, so no-jody
would get into difficuUies in wlelding it.
» • • • '
Ye.s, we are quite happy to hear tbat Jehu is tak:ng up the chal-
^enge. Reports from Toronto also indicate that a sifeable group of
i'omen is beginningto rehearse the program.; We have also heard that
\Vanup is trying to get started.
Il should bepointed out that the Alerts A. G. in conj'unct:on with
ihe National Executive of -the PCA9F is prepared to send qualified
Snstructors from Sudbury to äny point in Ontario to help get rehearsab
Rjnderway. Despite the fact that the committee in charge has sen^nu-lnerous
letters to various centres^ the respqnse has been slow and some
jcentres have even ignored the anirtesy of a reply.- It is quite important
Ithat ali clubs utilize this opportunity so that there will not be a'diffe-
Irent Jnterpretation of the program in every centrCj which could create
p. serious problem when performance time rollä around.'
In those centres where rehearsals have not been started the young
beople and especially the girls should take-the initiative-i
[groups and getting rehearsals iinderway. After ali attending: the
Liittojuhlas is something^-^e are aHloöking forwardto>
|ing in them will make the trip even more interesting.
FoHowing the Jast Liittojuhlas it was decided to discontinue the
v-omen's competition gym because in the last few years participätion
vas Ihnited to primarily Toronto. . It is, however, hoped that ali wo-i€
n's groups will rehearse an additional gym program vrhich will be-terformed
as an exhibition number at the LiUtojuhlas.. With no res-bictions
on the number of performers it is hoped that ali clubs will
lake -use of this opportunity.
« » •
The otherphase of the Liittojuhlas must not be forgotten either,
ind thai is the track and field program in which the year's champion-ships
wiU be at stake. > '
In Sudbury area track and field athletes have maintained their
jconditionthroughactive participätion in cross-country skiing and after
jthe disappearance of the snow a number of promising athletes have
taken to the roads to maintain their contjiitioning, They understand
Ithat in order to be in top shape at Liittojuhla-time they must adopt
ja strict Schedule of trainingwithout anyprolonged lapses.
The "vvinning of championship medals is of c o u i ^ a very important
I achie\'ement at the Liittojuhlas, but it is even more im{)ortant that air
[clubs are well represented in ali events. If th:s is to be the case
preparations must be started immediately. Perhaps one of the best
ways to create interest is to arrange for ^ series of practise meets in
Kvhich a single trophywUlbe^ven to tbe athlete who turns out to ali
(of them and compiles the greatcst number of points. •
PÄST ACHIEVEMENTS
BHOW OLYMPIC TREND
Track and field records for 1955
live some indication of how the lead-.
pg sports nations Vili fare at the
piympic Oaznes ; in Melbourne next
[ali. The -vffor^s best last year i n -
[iuded these:
100 jnetres: W. Williams, US., 105;
^I. Agostini, Trinidad. 10.3; B . Bichr
|rd, US-, 10.3; H. Puttercr Germany,
|03
200 mettes: H. Putterer, Germany,
p.6; B. (Richard, XJS-, 20.3; J . Teles
|a Conceicoa, Brazil, 20.8.
40O mefa«s: L. Jones, U S , 45.4;;
Ma, US, 45.6; A. Ignatyev, USSB.
M^. ,
800 metres: B. Bfoens, Belgium.vi:
^5.7; A. Boysen, Norway, 1:4S.S; X .
fepurrier; US.; 1:46.8 (880 yaxds Öme
pess 0.7 seconds).
1,500 metres: S. Ih»os, Bonfary,
fe:40.8; L. Tabori, HangaiT. 3:40i;
p. Nielsen, Denmark, 3:40:8.
5.O0O tnetrts: S. Iharos, Htmgary.
h3:40j6; V. Kuts U ^ B . 13:46J;t^
pabori, Hungary. 13:53.2,
10,000 metres: V. Kuts, USSB 28:
t95; J . Kovacs Hmigaiy, •29:02J6; A;
[&mifEiyev. USSB, 29:10J6; 1. Chen»-
siy, USSB. 29:14J6; G . PSrie, Gieat
Britain,-29:19J>.
3,000 metr^^^eeideeliaiet J Chzo-nii
, Pö!and, B:40a; J . ]3>Is!ey, Great
Britain 8:44.2; S. Bozsnyoi Hungary;
8:45.2.
ue metr^ bnrdles: Jack Davis,
USv 13.8; AV- Thompson, US.; 13.8;
M. Campbell US, 13.9
400 metres hordles: A Yulin, USSR;
51J0: Y. Litiiyev, USSB. 51.4; J . Cul-byeath
US-, 51.5; I. Ilin, USSB 51.6, ,
. Hisli^: Jnmp: E. Sbelton US^ 6 i t,
11 i 4 i n s . ; B , Nilsson. Sweden 6 ft.
IC ^iOB.
i^Vfäbt vanU: B. Bichards, US., 15 ft,
3 dns.; D, Bragg, U S , 15 f 1.1 ta.
Broad Jmnp: B, Range US, 26 ft,
4 ins
•^öp step and^j^ F. da Siira;;
Bräää^ 5itt. 4 i n s ; I i . Shcherbakov,
U9S^, 53 f t. 7 ?i ins.
ghot imt: P. Ohrien, US, 59 ft.
4 U "i|is.
\ DiMemt K.
1QI5 |t.; .A. Consolini. Italy, 182 ft. 11
ins.; P. Gardien, U S , 180 f 1.11 ins.
rl BMmmtr <|iiov: M Krivonosov US
^R,' 211 f t. • 8 Ins.; H . Connoly, US,
209 I t 7 ins,; J , CsamaLk, Hungary
201 tus li ins.
Jain^ln: F . Häd. US, 268 ft. 2 Ti
ins.; J - Sidlo. Po'and, 262 f t. 8 % ins.;
S. Nikkisen i^nland, 261 f t. 3 ^ ins.
Nex£ veOc III give some pf tbe wo-men'&'
recosds for 1 ^ . «hieb £bow
tliat^lthe European women;w01 lilcely
«in the majorlty of gold and sOver
tpexals at Melbourne. ^ .
RacistSlur
"A Slip of llie
Tongue"!
The follovlng quotes are from a
news' item a few days ago: *"This is
a day when the.'lower races* .•— yeUov
black and red —. dont now their
pl|ice.under the white man. the fixst
cou3ln of God Almlghty.. T l i ^ are
being played lipon * y the poUtical
streams of democracy and Commu-nism."
The dateline mlght have been Ala­bama
— but it wasn't. And tite words
might have come from a Deep SouUi
racist — but didnt. The poison ivy
is home-grown, right helre in Ontario!
The'words belöng to Angus Miowat.
dlrector of Ontario Idbrary Services
(part of the Education Department)
in a recent speech at Ayr. Education
Mlnister Dunlop of Ontario was quick
to explain that Mowat regretted the
's'ip,of the tongue", and that he was
not expressing the opinion pf the De­partment
Ifs another case of the slip beIng
the whole hog.
The fact remains that there are
too many people in hlgh places.and
In govemment Service who are satu-rated
with racist prejudices. and who
often USB' their positions of publlc
trust to pollute the air with TTiis
poison. They deserve to be f ired and
rendered harmless.
Youtli Needs Sports
And Recreation And
Not Conscrjption
"While^he slx nations of the United
Nationsdisarmament Commission, In-cluding
Canada äre meeting in Lon­don
to agree on steps towards disar-mament,
Lt-Gen. Guy Simonds, re-tired
chief of general staf f is: touring
around the country demanding peace-tlme
forced mllitary trateing of ali
Canadian, youth.
'The actiöns of the brass hat and
his sponsors are' nothing but thin'y
disquised efforts to keep alive the dy-ing
embers of war hysteria. But the
tide of Canadian and World public
opinion will keep ttiis modem King
Canute in his place.
"Canadian youth in their over-whelming
majority resent: the sugges­tion
that conscriptlon Is necessary to
install the sense of loyalty or that
militarization is the cure for the so­cial
problem of juvenile delinquency.
"Canada.has a patriotic youth who
want to:bulld their country, see .it
master of its own affairs and be a
good neighbour iii the.world famlly
of nations.
"Canadian youth need: opportunity
for Jobs. not ^ unilorms. trades traln-ing
not war tralnlng. Otu: youth need
a national program for sports and
recreation, $10 mi'lion now from the
govemment to provide facilities, aid
amateur sports, help send 125 athle­tes
to. the 1956 Olympic Games at
Melbourne.
"Such a program is possible now^if
there was a cut in t ^ ' a m u budget
which the world situation makes pos­sible
and attention glven to thereal
needs of young Canadians. This is the
road to healthy youth in a peaceful
Canada."
This statement was issued by Steve
Endicott, National Secretary of the
National Federation of Labor Youth,
Paul Bunyan Has New Job
IT WOBKS!
A woman told her friend, "1 don't
believe in shouting at my husband.
You can do so much more with a lo«',
nerveracking whine."
Whatever€lse it may be, toere^s one
new Shopping Centre that v iU have a
distinctly ij^anadian flavor.- ' -
Paul Bunyon and his exploits are
to be the publicity theme for the
opening of North town at WIllovdale
up Yonge St. on Uie outskirts of To­ronto.
The first publicity release sent out
by Paul 'Morton of HunUngdon In-:
vestments Ltd, sets out to establish
the fact that Paul Bunyan is a Cana­dian
fo*k h e r o . i t takes issue with
the daims of writers in the US. who
say Bunyan was an American.
"Paul Bunyan,'.' says: the release.'
"was born in Quebec. His descen-dants
still li^-e there." To say* he!s
an Americatn is 'nonsense."
So Northtown promoters are pick-ing
up the legend.
They" have ordered a tree length
of Douglas f fr from B. C. and i t wlU
be carved — by sand blasting — Into
as authentic a statue of Bunyaii as
is possible.
•To deveiop the Paul Bunyan the­me.".
the promoters declare. "we will
give trees to children to plant where-ever
they chooise." \
They've even hised Ted Bust, a
ventri'oquist ("Canada's finest") who
is building a 6-foot-2 alumlnum ~fi-gure
of, Bunyan stuffed with down
from Canadian geese. He will dlrect
tl)e entertainment at the opening of
the new centre.
The promoters also pian to pub-lish:
a serles. of Bunyan storles and
the first release includes this one,
told because of the building of the
St Lawrence Seaway:
HOW PAUL BUNYAN DUG
THE ST. LAWBENCE
One siunmer Paul decided to' leave
the North Woods and go back to
Quebec to visit his father and mother.
When he arrived. th«y talked about
old times, and Paul a£ked about
Polycarp PlouffCi the biggest man tn
that part of the country.
"What Is this Polycarp Plpuffe dor
ing?" asked Pau'.
"He is digging the S t Lawrence
Biver between the United' States and
Canada," said Paiil's father.- r-^TherC'
was nothlrig to Separate the two coun-tries.
People neverknew w^en they
were in the United States: and when
thej' were in Canada."
Paul Bunyan went to see-Polycarp.
He found that Polycarp Plouffe and
his men had been diggfng. for .fhree
years and had dug only a very small
ditch.: Paul laughed when he saw It
''My men could dig the St. Lawren­ce
Biver in three weeks,"_he said.
. This made Polycarp angry /or he
thought no one could dig a large river
in three weeks
" I will give you a mllllon dollars if
you can dig the S t Lawrence Biver
in three weeks!" said Polycarp Plouf­fe.
So Paul sen#1for Babe the Blue O»,
Ole the Big Swede, Brlmstone Bill,
and ali his woodsmen.
Paul told Ole to make a huge shovcl
as large as a house. They fastened
it to Babe with a long buckskin rope.
He hau''ed many tons of dirt every
day and emptied the scoop shovel in
Vermont You can see the large plles
of dirt there to this day. They are
called the Green Mountains.
Every night Johhnie Inkslinger,
who did the arithmetic, would take
his large pencil and mark one day
off the calendar on the wall. •
SKULLDUGGEBY
Polycarp Plouffe was afraid they
would rnich digging the river on
time. He did not want to pay Paul
Bunyan the mllllon dollars, for at
heart he was a miser So he thought
of a p'an~ to prevent Paul from f i -
nishing the wor{c
One night Polycali) called his men
together and said^ "virhen everybody
ha& gone to bed v e wm go out and
pour water on the buckskin rope so
i t v l l l stretch^ and Babe tbe Blue Ox
wiUnoi be able to puli a single ahove
tul of dirt!"
: The next day, Babe started toward
Vermont with the llrst load of dirt
Wiien he arrived there. he looked
aromid and the huge scoop «hovRl
was nowhere to be seen. For mlles
and miles the buckskin rope Imd
stretched through the forests and
oyer the hi"ls.
Babe didn't laiow what to do. He
sat down and tried to think. but
everyone knows an ox isnt very bright
iso he just sat t^ere. After a whUe
the; sun came out and drled the buck-
FI6MT TOOfTO tMAllf OR SOCUIGAINS,
ueAerym MADE YOOR.
MJJLBI6 BOSINESS WHO STEPS
T O TAKE A L L T H E Ci?ePITnM
i^ope's Message [s
A Stern Warning
Vatican City. —. The Pope, In ari
Easter message, dedared titat man-kind
is racing fortrard every day on
the tragic road of suictde and extlnc-tlon^
from atomlc bombs and radio-guided
missiles...
While stressing the fear whlch nuc-lear
developmei|;tt had broug^t to the
World.' the - Pontiff mentloned the
good it' could bring.
' " t t s emp'oyment. In fact for means
of transport which will render eaaler
and more expedltlous the exchange of
raw mäterials to ensure their distrlbu-,
tion to ali members of the great hu-man
f amily; the application of radlo-actlve
Isotope» to the knowIedge of
biological matters. to ttie cure of se­rious
illnesses, to methods of parti-cular
Industrial processes; the Produc­tion
of energy in atomic centres: these
open new and marvellous horizons to
the hlstory of the fauman race."
His voice rang out firmly as he said:
"AU are aware; that other (than
peaceful). tTses have been sought and
found suitab'e for producing, Instead.
destruction and death.
"And what a death!
i "Brpy.day Isamelancholy step for-
:wardfoa this tragic<road; is a haste-ning
on to arrlve alone, first vlth
greater advantage.
"And the human race almost loses
hope of Jbeing able to stop this: faomi-cidal,
this suicidal madness ^
'To increase the alarm aiid terror,
there have come modem redio-guided
mlssues, capable of traversing enor-mous;
idistan(!es to carry: thlther, by
means. of atomc weapons,tot0i des­truction
to men and things.": — Globe
and MalL
skln and it started to shrlnk to nor-mal
slze.
Babe planted his large hoofs bet^
ween two mountains and walted. The
buckskin rope kept&hrinklnig and
shrlnklng. soon the scoop shovel
came Into vlew over the hlUs. Then
Babe empUed It and started after
another load.
In exactly three weeks Uie S t Law­rence
River vasfjnlshed. but still
Plouffe did not want to pay Paul
the money.
"Very; weU,*' said P a u l , " ! wlll re-move
the water!" «So he led Babe the
Blue Ox dawn to the river, and Babe
drank the St. Lawrence River dry.
CAME THE BAINS
Po'ycarp Plouffe only ohuckled to
himseU for he knew that the first.
raln would f ill it again. Soon It began
to rahi, and the river became as large
as ever.
So Paul picked up a large shovel.
"If you^ do not pay the money you
owe me I wlU fUl the river up again",
he said.
He threw In a shovelfui of dirt
He threw In another and another.
•T wlll pay you half your money,"
aid Palycarp.
Paul again picked up his shovel and
tossed more dirt: into' the river.
"I wri:pay you two thlrds of your
money," said Polycarp'.
Paul kept throwing more dirt into
the river untll he had thrown a
thousand shovelfuls.
SO Paul Bunyan wasflnally pald in
f ull forlligging the « t Lawrence Btver
The thousand shovcfuls of ;dirt ore
stiU there.
They are called» the Thousand Is-lands,
•
Torstaina, hubtikuun 26 p. — Ujursday, April 26,1956 SAVU I^Z-A
SVPEBB BAULST F 1 LH
m
Romeo and Jiiliet'
MR. |K.BETWEEN
Back m the days of nnclent Bome,
durlng the reign of Nero, two dlasa-tlsfled
Boman citlzensmet to dlscuss
plans to burn down the city.; ^
"I have heard a rumor that Nero
himself plans:to set flre to Bome,"
one of them said; "Why not abandon
our pian and let |ilm do H for us?"
"Why wait for Nero to do It?" rcp-
Ued his companlon, frif we do It our-selves
we ean elfminate the middle-man."
TALL TALE
An Australian wa3 trying to impress
a Texan wlth the wonders of his
country but then: the Texan :8aw a
kangaroo.: Drawled the man from the
Lone Star State: '
"AU grant you one. thlng,. thafs
for sure.iYoilrgrasshoppers are big-ger'n
ours,"
The mm fiovicl fUm "Bosoeo
Md Jnliet» »lil«h is curently be­Ing
shown ID atiany danadlan ci-ties
hMemilcd » flmrr of esdle-ment
and laodletf as m tnery soc-eecafbl
atlenpt In the flbnbif of
» fan length tallet fUm. The fot-
: leirlng uticle to bymn American
critle Amy Scheehter:
m the « lm based on Prokoflelfs
'BaUet lor Romeo and Juliet" Re
naissance Verona is brllianty ali ve."
The ftlm ends In death wlth the
night fUled with flarlng torches and
the feudlng Montagues and Capulets
at last peaceful moumlng together
over the bodies of the young lovers
they kept opart.
But the whole superbly danccd. ac
ted and .fllmed version of the f our
century Old love story Is geared to Ufe
whlch is the way Shakespeare wrote
tiie Story of youth. and love struggt-
Ing agalnst dlvLsiive hate and war
death.
The Juliet the great ballerina Gall'
na U!onova creates Is gentlc. paS'
sionate. bemused wlth love has the
wlll and strenght to f ight f or her love
and to Ilve.
The Mercutlo. frlend of Romeo,
danced and mimedby Sergei Koren;
Is also VfhoUy geared to Mlfe even
when he is dying plerced by the sword
of the arrogant klUer, T^balt,
Director Le Amshtam has explorcd
this oharacter In depth. maklng hlm
the embodlment of the Rennaissance
man, mocklng cynlcal, but warm< wlt-ty,
gay, qulck andgraceful, outstand-
Ing, but JnUmately of the city crowd
and niagnlficcntly allve.
* • «
The fUm Is a bold cxperimcnt be­ing
the first ever made based on: a
fu*I-lenth ballet;: The receptlon it is
getting conflrms the.verdlct .of the
Cannes Grand Prlze JU17 and of Eu­ropean
»crltics .that t^e experimcnt is
emlnently successful.
"The Ballct of Romeo nnd Juliet"
is not Just for:ballet extJerts.: i t is
an enthralllng love Story which keeps
close ' to, the meaning and: splrlt of
Shakespeare ond yet is as modem as
the Prokofleff score, Closslc baJlet,
acting. mlming, folk dancing, the mu?
slc of Prokofleff - playcd; by, the or-chestra
of the Bolshoi Theatre spoken
comnientary wisely. sparipg, ' mostly
uslng Shakespeare's own. wordB, are
combincd in a harmonlous whble f or
the enjoyment of everyone who:oves
young lovers and superlatlve danc-
Ing and actlng; and beautiful ^ubtty
handled color.
And this is no way a ftlm that
photographs a stoge ballet. To make'
the^fllm a wtu)Ie city ~- fiftecn cen­tury
Verona — v/aa built among the
blue hills of Yalta on the Black Sca.
The actors, the: prlnclpals plus 125'
young danccrs of the Bolshoi theatre
ba'let and over a hundred students
of the State Institute of Theatre Arts
and the :ahchepkln Theatre School
came here from <Moscow;: The. plcture
lsliUedwUh theiightaBdalrofifi«^%^
hand reality even though i t neUOt^'; '
the pure essenee of romance ot tbe •
legendaty story. ' '
The Romeo of Yuri Zhdanov ftU* i
power and ait<%ethcr maseuUne vlgor''
and grace typical of Sovlet male luMlet ^
danclng. >^
But the heart and tbe malnsprlng"
of the drama is Ulanova, who tises
her slcnder body Uke a «hiplash, nnd
donces wlth Incomparable lyrical gm»
ce and passion and convlcUon.
The questlon of her ^ge comes tipr
can a woman in the 'mlddle fortles
rea'Iy fultUl the role of the «irl J U - "
Het Perhaps to a few years time one f ;
of the splendid young iballerlnas now^ v:
rlslng in the Soylet Unlod viOl be^
prepar^ totoke over and a iresh^
young face in the role wouId betine. '
But Ulanova is not Just. a tlne dancer;-.
and a beautiful woman but a very
great artist; and neither yotith nor
tolent can take the place of that art
• • *
The remarkable camera Job is done
by a husband and wife camera team
who have become famous for tbilt.
work in the Sovlet Unton and i n <
Europe. These are Chlnese — Chen
Yu-lon, sister of the noted artist and
writer Jack Chen, and her Rttsi^n.'
husband, Alexander Shclenkov. "• -
A couple^of yAn ofter the w<ir^'
they vlsltedthe USA briefly. 'It-i
bappened the wrlter of this reylew.
met them oneevening at a trlend'a/,
house. Chen Yu-lon. a small quiet»
rather beautiful wom^n, talked "a little '
about the Borrow her odopted coun- '
try had Just lived through And a great
dcal and'with Immensc entbuslasm,'<<
about her v/otk, and the per8pecti\;es i'
opening up in the fteld of the color
f Hm thcn In Its bcglnnlng. ''
The use of color^ In the "tone Bow- '
er" on whlch sh^ had worked, wao"
primltive, experlmental; but great'
things were,ahead« The sweep and
radianco of the color this como^^
team use In the "Ballet ot Romeo
and" Juliet" hiust be the beginning o t "
the goal that eager cotiple vien loole»''
ing fonvard to.
COMPLIBTE A'tv;»iävf:':
"How you have chang^dl You uaed;
to have thtckfhlack h a l r a n d now /
you're bald. You used to hftve a
complexlon and now your pate. Yott^
used to be stocky now you're thin,-'^
I'm aurprised. Mr. Gordon." - >
. "But.Tm not Rte. Gordon." ^
''Lookf YouPve VveH ehaitiged your
nartieJ" ' '
1*
IiypOCRITCS
"I desplse a hypocrltc.?!
"80 dori," ^
'Now take Jackson, for ex;ample, i
HCs the bfggest hypocrlte on e{irth«,7^
"But you appesr to be his best"
frlend." ' ' / '
"Oh, ycs I try to appear frlendly <
toward8 hlm. It pays better In B!e,
cnd."
What's Troubling Our Teetiagers?
BY STEVE ENDICOTT
"Three PIghts In Night 30 In Gangs
Charged."
"Four Boys, age 13 End $1,000 Spree
in Juvenile Court."
"Doubled pollce patrols. mllitary po-lice
and a curfew were used to stop
one brawl and prevent a major riot in
downtown streets of Sarnia last
night." '
These are the headline storles
which appear daily in newspapers a!l
across Canada.
The events ' behind them are: at-tractlng;
growlng public attention and
concern and are causing many com-munlty
leäders to ask 'What makes
our young people go wrong?"
Some people are panicked by such
reports of violence and crime. They
slander the - younger generation by
calling:it:a generation of "irrespon-sible
boodlums": others discount the.
problem saying it's no wor8e than 30
years ago—"youth wlll be youth."
Albert Virgin, director of traintög
schools in Ontario is one of ttie latter.
He claims the rate of juvenile delin­quency
haa fanien 50 percent i n the
past 10 years.
Both these approaches stand in the
way of seeing the true scope of the
problem,
WIIAT ABe THE PACTS?
The ' foIlowiiig are facts which
throw sotdelight on the situation: 50
percent: of Xederal:penitentiary in-niates
(servingj sentences over two
years* are under 24 years of age: in
1952. 40 percent of ali indlctable
crimei waie committed by youths 16
— 24 years Old, aithough this age
group makes up only 19J8 percent of
the poptdation.
The Odminion Bureau of Statistics
ehca£ tliat the number of youth un­der
16 years sent to eorrective traio-ving
iSc'nool8 increased about 38 percent
in the flve years between 1946 — 52,
Accordlng to tXne Annual Report of
Jails in Ontario, nearly 18j000 people
tmder 30 «ere soit to Jail In tbe year
endJng Uarctb 31/ U@5, and another
ZXU were jmt i n xeformatorJes; In
19&5 täere were Uie Toronto cbildren
found delinquent and: 3,692 treated
unofficla:iy. This ^ an eight percent
Increase over 1954.
These facts show that there'Is on
increase in Iawle8«ness and crlme by
those under 25 years of age, . >
It shoold be remembered how-ever
tliat Willie the figures are
: niunericaily large, they make op
less than one percent of tbe youth
popniatlori.
At'the same time it would be a mls
take to think that the other 09 per­cent
are Immunc to the problenu that
brought the one percent into confllct
with the law.
AND THE CAUSE8?
caw.es of juvenile
what can we do
TVhat are the
delinquency and
about it?
Judge^s. tcacher», edltorlal writers
and social workers are ali expressing
opinion» — without much agreement.
There is the Individual and psycho-
:oglcal approach wiiJch says that pre-
Sent day youth are epoiled and things
too eas}', "Spare the rod and spoil the
chnd,'^ They advocate a "get tough"
pollcy.
Wc must "come back to the word
duty," says Ohlef Constable.. Chls-iu>
im of Toronto,
Another version of this is that of
Lt-Gen, Guy Simonds, retired chlef
of general staff who says;
•InÄtead of our leather jacketed
gangsand juvenile crime, it would be
better if 'Canada through mllitary
training gave it'« youth a measure of
discipline and pbysical*build-up and
a sense of loyalty .., to the country."
In tbe: United, States, «rhere
t b ^ f have : compafaKny mUltofy
trsiJilJig tbe rate of Juvenile erline
Jt'twfce Canada's.
Then there are those vhoblaroe
tbe parents and bad iiomes,
"If jall doesnX do you good, at leati
it Vili remlnd parentt they should
have better control of their children,"
said Mäglstrate Hollinrate of Ne«-
market as he sentenced an 13-year-old
youth to 60 days.
TVorking mothcrs are condcmncd
for leaving their children in the carc
of others or to look after themseives.
COCKTAILS AND CLBFEWB
Those who blamc the parents or
the young people are mUslng the
main point Who would deny that
some young people are arrogant and
anti-söclal In their behavlor? Or that
some parents think more of "cars,
cosmetlcs and cocktalV than they
do of the needs of taielr children?
But Is It true of the vast majority?
To call for: a crack-down on pa­rents
and curfcw« for y children ^ill
perhaps make the hcadlincs but it
wont solve the frustratlom daily tae-ing
tens of thousands of young people
and their parents.
What sense of purpo8eoru8cfulne»s
have the 51,230 jobless youth have un-der
20 wbo are registcred: tbday .with
the National Employment Service for
work?What about the thousands
leaving school who are not yet re-gistered?.
Wio's to blamc for acts of brutallty
and violence insplred by TV crlme
»howB, gangster films and horror co-mlcs
— the youth who see them or
those who sponMtr and produce them?
As for education everyone Is ta'k-ing
about the "crlsls" but nobody
seems to be doing anything about H.
Cramped facllltJes, nö "frllls" «uch as
gymnaslums, music and craft rooms.
cafeterias, Industrial arts, and such
facilities, plus the teacJier »hortagft
do not exactly add up to Increased
educatlonal opportunity.
"Are we developing a mass of
. large. fat, physicaUy »econd-nte
eblldrea from wfitcb far too many
are ellgfble for the hospitals or
the eoort?? asfcs Mehrfn Bogen»
presldent of ihe Camdlan Sport*
Advisoiy Coondl In a report io
that body. "A eomlderable in­crease
ot tttdHtttB »aa instmeUirs
in pbyslcal reereation and s p ^
Is very anrfonHr tutOea/' contlnii-
; ed Mr. Bogen. "Our qiorts goir-
* veming bodies... eando^a great
m.
Il
deal ihemselves and In inftnene- ^
Ing our govemment to take an {
actlvepart. The situation ean be
eorrected. Let us not waste time." ^ ^
WIIArs THE AN8WER? -
To sum up; one mlght aski wbat
youth legislatlon dId the federal par-,
llament pass this year? None. Such
things as Aininimum wage, a national
Sports and recreation program, scho-,
larships, the IS-yeaf-old vote^ unem- ,
ployment Insurance for first Job see
kers, still remain as taik and no ae- '
tion.
Meanwhlle to an encouraging
though still inadequate degree ctmi»
munlty organizatlons, trade tmlons,
parent (eacher ascoclations, youtb^
groups and certain polltlcal spokes'
men are demanding that something
be done,
On the inltiativc of the Community:^
Chest in Vancouver,* 250 representa-.^
tives of city organizatlons met to dis>^
cuss the youth problem bi February.^
A simflar type of Initlative in Ttoron-'
to a few years ago drew up the foIlo>w.,
ing recommendatlons:
' Financial aid to youth servingv
organizatlons;
.Use of ali faclUtles in tieif'
nelghborhood on 8ll-week'^basls;
. — Flexlble leadership so that youth
can take part In the plannins of ^their^
own actlvitics; ^ * ./
— Slum clearance and Improred.'
bousing pro/ects;
— Overall p'annlng \fl provide con-stantly
expanding servlces,^' ^/^ . ' '
Another examjile Is the'Yoiitb-tln"
Action radio eeries in Toronto, a efiiU: '
urday aftemoon program ^plannM^
and produccd "as an encotiragemenfe/
to youngsters to be doers as veli lui^
listeners and watchers,' and a»'
means of ''g)vlngv'expre8Sion> to
bright volatile imaginationofiyoutlk*!!;!»
Youth Commissions of the Ptoyöi-' ,
cial governments should be fänned;', ,
as well as local coutncfls of, ali
various youth organlzations^^so.. fhd^^
young peopte; themseives' caa'pariieto> »
pate hl discussing their needs ««4^'';^ -P
deve'oi>:ng programs for the ft(hnnitt«X
nitles In which they;;Urtj
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