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Trips to stars

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colleague Herman Titov are
now studying at the Zhukov-
sky Academy of Aeronautical
Engineering because ‘‘besides
perfect health, future flights
require a profound know-
ledge of aeronautics and en-
gineering.”

“There are grounds for be-
lieving that space routes will
be blazed to the moon.” says
Gagarin. The first space

SCIENCE

flights “proved that in prin-
ciple it is possible for man
to fly to the planets.”

“This program might begin
with the sending of automatic
stations to the moon. These
would make a ‘soft’ landing
on the moon’s surface, collect
the required data and trans-
mit it to the earth.

“Subsequently, a spaceship
with people on board will fly
to the moon. It will land
there, study that planet and
bring back to the earth var-
ious rock samples from the
moon.

“The development of this
route would pave the way for
manned flights to Mars, Ven-
us and the asteroids.”

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Toronto, will direct the Shaw
comedy and Joy Coghill will
direct the children’s play.

Mr. Major will fly to Van-
couver from Stratford as soon
as he has completed work on
the Stratford Festival’s pro-
duction of “The Gondoliers”,
and immediately after Van-
couver’s “Caesar and Cleo-
patra,” he will direct “Rigo-
letto” for the Canadian Opera
Company. ;

The role of Caesar will be
played by Canadian actor
Mavor Moore, who took the
same part in the Crest’s pro-
duction earlier this year.

Auditions for other roles in
both plays will be held in
Vancouver at the end of this
month.

“Beauty and the Beast”’
will run from July 21st to
August ist with a matinee
and evening performance
daily, and “Caesar and Cleo-
patra” will follow, in the
Queen Elizabeth Playhouse,

from August 4th to 18th.

Program chairman of the
V.LF., David S. Catton, said
recently that this arrange-
ment fulfills two objectives of.
the Festival.

“We have long wanted to
product a play by Shaw, and
to utilize the experience and
professional talents of thea-
ttrical groups in the Vancou-
ver area,” he said.

Soviet school observes
Pauline Johnson birth

LVOV, Ukraine — “By ac-
quainting the Soviet public
with the life and works of
the Canadian Indian poetess
Pauline Johnson, the Lvov
University is contributing to
the cause of cultural ex-
change and better under-
standing between our peo-
ples,” declared the univer-
sity’s President E. Lazarenko
in opening the special session
devoted to the centenary of
her birth.

In addition to the univer-
sity staff and students many
Lvov literary and arts fig-
ures participated.

Mikhalina Kotsyubinska,
associate of the Ukrainian
Academy of Sciences, author
of a booklet on Pauline John-
son and translator of many
of her poems, delivered the
main address.

She dwelt on the pride of
the Mohawk songstress in her
Indian name, Tekahionwake,
and heritage, on her passion-
ate defence of the Canadian
native people’s rights and dig-
nity and her love of Canada.

Dealing at length with her
poems and legends M. Kotsy-
ubinska drew a parallel be-
tween Pauline Johnson and
the famous Ukrainian writer,
Lesya Ukrainka.

Speaking on the signifi-
cance of Pauline Johnson’s
works for Canadians today,
guest speaker John Weir
stressed her patriotic call to

‘defend Canada from Yankee

encroachment.

He read the peace pledge
of the Six Nations Confedera-
tion with the solemn under-
taking to bury all weapons
of strife and establish the
“sreat peace’, relating it to
the present world-wide de-
mand to destroy all nuclear |
weapons.

Poet Dmitro Pavlichko
read his poem written on his
visit to the house where the

poetess was born during his
tour of Canada last year.

Describing the sentiments
of a Ukrainian poet at the
birthplace of Canada’s poet-
ess, the poet urged that a
proper memorial museum be
established here.

One of the university staff,
P. Zelinsky, prepared an in-

PAULINE JOHNSON

teresting paper on Pauline
Johnson’s poetic craftsman-
ship. : a

An amazing concert pro-
gram followed — a Canadian
concert in Lvov.

With Illy Dzeryk, formerly
of New Westminster, B.C.,
emceeing in both English and
Ukrainian, the program too
was conducted in both lan-
guages.

First seven poems by Paul-
ine Johnson were recited,
Pavlichko reading his own
translation of “The Cattle
Thief’.

Seven-year-olds from Pub-
lic School No. 4 brought the
house down with the dance,
Ten Little Indian Boys —and
they made brave chiefs, each
with his feathered headdress
and trusty tomahawk.

Former Torontonian
George Moskal led a group
of student dancers in make-
shift Indian costume in a
creditable war dance and the
concert closed with about 30
young people doing a real
Canadian square dance.

The university womens
English-language choir did a
fine job of a number of Can-
adian and Indian songs, in-
cluding the popular ‘“‘Land of
the Silver Birch”’.

And why shouldn’t they,
with ex-Canadian Mary Horo-
dechna as their leader.

Famous composer A. Kos-
Anatolsky wrote music to
Pauline Johnson’s “The Song
My Paddle Sings” and “Lul-
laby of the Iroquois”, using
Indian motifs, which should
become part of Canadian as
well as Ukrainian musical
wealth.

The university in Lvov has
special ties of friendship with
Canada. Not only is this be-
cause of the influence of
Ukrainian-Canadians enrolled
as students (George Moskal
who is graduating this spring
is staying on the staff) but
because of the wide interest
of its leaders in Canada and
Canadians.

President Lazarenko, an
outstanding geologist and
member of the Academy of
Sciences, attended an inter-
national scientific congress in
Canada some years back and
maintains contact with Cana-
dians.

‘Art House’ policy
adopted by Varsity

RECENT and welcome

development on the local
movie scene is Odeon’s estab-
lishment of an “art house”
policy at the Varsity Theatre,
4375 West 10th Ave.

This culminates a _ period
of experiment and some rath-
er fumbling soul-searching
along the way to their pre-
sent decision: to be an art
house most—not all—of the
time.

To the trade, an art house
is a theatre showing foreign
language and off-beat films
which usually (although not
necessarily) implies artistic-
ally important films. In this
case, fortunately, that is what
is intended as they have al-
ready proven in such films as
“Shadows” and Federico (La
Dolce Vita) Fellini’s “Nights
of Cabiria.” :

Of films now lined up, the
following are recommended:
“r?Aventura” (Italy, direct-

ed by Antonioni)—a brilliant
study of bourgeois decadence.

“Ashes and Diamonds” (Po-
land, Wajda)—the first day
of peace brings problems of
a complexity unanticipated
by the young generation of
partisans; a major philosophi-
cal statement.

“Le Trou” (France, Becker)
— an engrossing treatment of
the comradeship among a
group of men planning a jail-
break.

“The Kitchen” (Britain,
Hill & Cole) — social com-
ment on several levels in an
economical and witty little
film.

“Rocco and His Brothers”
(Italy, Visconti) — a powerful
social document by a leading
Communist intellectual.

“The Rest Is Silence” (W.
Germany, Kautner) — techni-
cally brilliant, cold-as-ice
treatment of the Hamlet story
in post-Hitler Germany.

April 19, 1962—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 5

“The Last Day of Summer”
(Poland, Konwicki & Laskow-
ski) — at times apparently
intentionally obscure, even
pretentious; but a strangely
fascinating 65 minute: film.

A particularly commend-
able aspect of this Varsity
series is the balancing of
some of the world’s best story
films (where Canadian film
production doesn’t count)
with some of the best docu-
mentary films (where it does).
Many National Film Board of
Canada shorts will be incor-

_ porated in the programs.

SYMPHONY TOUR
The Montreal Symphony
Orchestra leaves April 21 for
a three-week tour of Europe
and the Soviet Union. The
tour is part of an agreement
which began with the Cana-
dian tour last year of the
Soviet Army Ensemble.
Eight concerts are sched-
uled for the Soviet Union.

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