= PAGE 4, THE HERALD, Wednesday, May 31, 1978 Editorial When I set out, trudging behind my father, on my first fishing trip with him, it was the very first time the two of us had ever been together one, The chance to be with my Dad without ving to “share” him with others was also ufiique in my nine or ten year old life. 1 definitely wanted to make a good impression. Extremely self-conscious, I had stayed awake most of the ght trying to cover every eventuality. iIt was a beautiful morning as we set off. The fdliage of the trees, bushes and grasses still damp had begun to steam in the early rays of a | July dawn. New York State’s climate, reasonably moderate, can easily soar past the 190 degree mark at that time of the year, but this morning was a mild average. The tree locusts were using their wings as fiddles filling the air with sizzling sounds. Spiders’ webs that had not yet been robbed by direct sunlight were still beer their dew-drop jewellery; some of their necklaces were strung directly across our path- way. I hesitated, not wanting to break the delicate strands, yet afraid that if I dodged them if might appear a sign of weakness. Busily plffing his pipe as he walked, rod sloped over his oulder like a rifle, militarily erect, everything in place with army precision, seeming to not notice anything to the right or left, Dad strode ahead, in absolute silence. About a mile and fifteen minutes later, we reached a stream or creek, where we stopped afid my father began to survey the waters to décide on the fishing potential. Finding a place where there was space on the hanks to settle ourselves, he began to assemble his fishing gear. Everything Dad had, had always appeared to me to be the best. Of very simple tastes, he would never have two of anything, if one would do. ASheffielder, brought up to know good steel, ha had litle use for stainless ware. He was never jthout a pocketknife he must have had for ages. e steel was dark, and the blades were kept razor honed on a small carborundum stone he i Ottawa Offbeat-by Richard Jackson ttawa,-Senator David James Walker has een in political business a long, long time. itially, he involved himself in the political ne back in 1931 when he was made a special federal prosecutor for the government of Cqnservative Prime Minister Richard Bedford mnett. Tory all his life, he capped his political eer as Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s Minister of Public Works and special Parliamentary Prosecutor in a Com- mons Committee investigation of Liberal figencial hisjinks that rripled the estimated cost of the government Printing Bureau. __- in his years he has watched-and at times participated-as six different federal govern- ments rose and fell. ‘Me was there in the rise and fall of the gdvernments of Prime Ministers Bennett, ckenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau. Pierre Trudeau falling? That’s the way Senator Walker sees it, and he hds watched them all. And he says-measuring the men across the parspective of nearly six political decades—that Pierre Trudeau betrays unmistakable signs of tetminal ‘decline. s the Senator, “the more he regards himself indispensable, the deeper his isolation, ‘the further his retreat into a siege mentality. . Pierre Trudeau has reached the point of no , return where, except for Finance Minister Jean _ Chretien, he is alone in a cabinet utterly devoid of;talent, incapable of constructive action and albeady reconciled to defeat. ’ “This has created the vacuum of power into which only a new government can move.” Governments are seldom if ever killed in battle, said a sensationally successful premier of Ontario, G. Howard Ferguson, back in the 1920's, “they usually die of decay. Senator Walker, in sizing up the current situation, is merely updating Premier Ferguson. So okay, the Trudeau government is'10 years old, tired, and in the classic stage of decay where the Prime Minister, embattled, and isolated now talks of resignation if only in terms of denial. That there should be rumor, gossip, “‘in- formed” speculation and, in some disenchanted Liberal quarters even hope that he will be resigning, is a sign that the end is near. But is Conservative Leader Joe Clark per- ceived as a prime minister, the leader of an acceptable alternative government? TERRACE/KITIMAT daily herald General Olfice - 635-6357 Circulation - 635-6357 Published by Starling Publishers i PUBLISHER...Don Cromack MANAGING EDITOR...Ernest Senior f REPORTERS...Donna Vallieres (Terrace Thornhtt : Scott Browes (Kitimat-Kitamas RE OMAT DEFICE...Pat Zellnskl - 632-2747 Published every weekday at 3212 Kalum St., Terrace, B.C. A member of Varlfied Circulation, Authorized as second class mail. Registration number 1201, Postage pald in cash, return postage guaranteed. NOTE OF COPYRIGHT The Herald retains fully complete and sole copyright in any advertisement produced and-or any editorial or photographic content published in the Herald. Reproduction ts not permitted without the written permission of the Publisher. Father and I go fishing ‘Tike all the prime ministers before him,” carried with it. He would never let me use itor anyone else, ‘ , Now, my Father fashioned a’ sensitive “Dauber” or float from a hollow reed, I watched, fascinated, as he manipulated the pocketknife that served him as an entire toolchest. He plugged the ends, fastened the hook, bait, leader, swivel, sinkers and finally, float. Then with a graceful weave he made an overhead cast that. placed the baited hook exactly where he wanted it. It landed with a.. quiet “plop”. The whole process was completed with barely a word spoken. Meanwhile, through my active mind, a thousand thoughts were racing of questions I wanted to ask, but had never had the opportunity to bring up, because my father had been perpetually too busy. - At the same time, too, I realized that this was'my Great Chance. Now we were alone. I could find out all the things . I wanted to know about. . There were those topics the other kids had seemed so knowledgeable about, concerning life, birth and ‘“‘women”. A number of kids my age were smoking, and I had refused to join in with them, not really knowing whether it was right or wrong. There were questions about animals on the farm; about the end of the world, about people of different nationalities--why was I being teased and roughed up because I was supposed to by “‘English’’--what had the English done that I should come in for all the taunting and ridicule? There were questions that I couldn't ask anyone else: like, “Why do women wear skirts and not men, yet in Scotland they wear kilts?’’ There were even more “secret” questions that I had hinted about to my mother, and she had told me that I should ask my Dad, and he’d explain all about them to me. Nervously, I sorted out all the puzzling questions and problems I had been saving up for so long (or so it seemed to me) wondering which one J should ask first. Finally, noticing my nervousness, my father ' They usually die of decay To Senator Walker, and an increasing number of initially dubious Conservatives, he is. But don't the Liberals ridicule him as ‘‘Boy Blue,” and “Little Joe Peep?” ‘ They do. ‘ But they’ve stopped asking ‘‘Joe Who?” He no longer is ,““Joe Who?” even to the Liberals, says Senator Walker, because he is seen by all as the leader of a government team. While, says Senator Walker, the Prime Minister is seen as a leader on the defensive, isolated and alone by the desertion of most if not all his more able lieutenants—a captain without a- am, ny When you think of the government, you think - now only in terms of Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chretien. When you think of Joe Clark you think, too, of the men he has brought tothe fore as candidates for a Conservative cabinet: John Fraser of Vancouver, John Wise of St. Thomas, Walter Baker of Ottawa, Allan Lawrence of Bowman- ville, Dan McKenzie of Winnipeg, John Crosbie of St. John's, Tom Cossitt of Brockville, Elmer MacKay of Pictou, William Jarvis of Stratford, Allan McKinnon of. Victoria, Robert Coates of Nova Scotia, Sinclair Stevens of Toronto, for starters. ; And of course the old cabinet veterans, John Diefenbaker, Alvin Hamilton and George Hees . are etil Loe se sanonananemrsn ORY Labour council - blasts bill — Spokesman Norm Smith of Kitimat-Terrace Labour Council called Bill C-2 a regressive, anti-unlon act in a telegram to Skeena MP Iona Campagnolo. Smith - also noted that the labour council has committed Itself to working for the defeat of any election candidate who supports this bill. . “C28 is nothing more than an extension of wage con- trols in the public sector. Already federal government photographers have been offered no increase In wages in their latest contract negotiations, No one neets National Planned to remind people that in- flaticn is still running at well - over eight percent.’’ “Furthermore” declared, “C-28 is a pork- barrel bill, It 1s designed to destroy the concept of seniority and replace it with &@ system based upon the bosses’ preferences.” _ “Organized labour is committed to ai free collective bargaining in the public service, Any erosion of this right is a challenge to every working person and any elected official whe supports this erosion will bear the consequences!” Smith y 6stake Parenthood Week As more adults delay or ‘forego parentin altogether, the proportion of adolescent parents Is increasing as 4 percentage of the-total live birth rate, These new population trends seem beaded on a collision course, foreboding serious problems for future generations. The problem is that more bables are being born to those lease behavi prepared socially, emotionally or intellectually tofunction as parents, Many of these disadvantaged- from-birth children will likely become mentally and physically ill, with a potential for violence that is of serlous concern, , Every community has a in this . problem because teen pregnancy cuts acroes all social exonomic and cultural backgrounds, National Planned Paren- thood Week, May 28th - June ard s1078, Ss has ~—— been proclaimed in order to focus public attention on this serious social problem. The theme of the week promotes the need for responsible sexual attltudes and our, The Planned Parenthood Association of B.C. Js not & “passive service but one which actively Involves itself in ongoing educational programs for parenta,. adolescents and professional groups working: with . adolescents as well as sponsoring 15 medical clinics throught the Province of British Columbia. looked at me strangely. asked Boy?” he’ “What’s the matter, a little gruffiy. “Could you,” I asked, more nervous still. “Could you show me how to fasten sinkers onto my line without having them slip down over the hook?” ; My father took the tackle from my hands and deftly manipulated everything securely in place-- -the hook, leader, swivel, sinkers~and dauber, He handed the rod, reel and prepared line back to me, with a smile. ‘Those questions I knew, suddenly, would have “to wait! . I never did get around to asking them. There - was never to be another opportunity. Dr, H. Northrop Frye, of Toronto, bas been'selected as the 1978 recipient of the annual Royal Bank Award presented by The Royal Bank of Canada for out. . standing contribution to human welfare and the common good. The, award, made up of $50,000 anda and lecturer in English literatore, eee TORONTO, May 18, 1978- Professor H, Northrop Frye, 65, of Toronto descr by some as Canad’s “greatest living scholar” in the field of English literature, ia this year’s recipient of the prestigious Royal Bank Award: The announcement was made today by The Honourable J. V. Clyne, Vancouver, chairman of the award selection committee, Dr. Frye, who writes and lectures at the University of . Toronto, becomes the fourteenth Canadian to ve, or share.in, the $50,000 cash award and gold medal presented annually by The Royal Bank of Canada to honour men and women “whose . outstanding achievement is of such importance that it is con--* tributing to human welfare and the common good,” . . He will be presented with the award during a dinner in awe Feptember 18 hosted W. Earle ughlin, chairman of the bank. Dr. Frye has been a teacher of English literature: at Victorla College in Toronto for almost 40 years. He is the author of 16 books and hundreds of essays, articles and reviews, hag received honorary degrees from 27 universities and Is world-renowned in his field as a lecturer, . “The impact that Dr, Frye has had on the study of literature in the English- Sealy miportant,” ould Ma, i} po Mr. Clyne in introducing this year’s award recipient at a news conference. ‘The choice by the bank's. selection committee was unanimous. It gives us great pleasure io recognize so distinguished a Canadian scholar.” The selection committee, which acts completely §in- dependently of the Royal Bank, reviews candidates from all walks of life who have. been proposed by members of the general public. Previous, winners of the Royal Bark Award have been the late neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield, engineer Dr. 0, ‘ Mackenzie, His Eminence Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger, novellst Morley Callaghan, architect Arthur Erickson, rehabilitation expert Dr. Guitave Gingras, educationalist Dr. J. A. Corry, actor-airector Jean Gascon, agricultural scientists Dr. R. Keith Downey and Dr, Baldur R: Stefansson (joint award), | Miss Mary Pack, a pioneer organizer of the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society, and, in 1977, Dr. Tony Paddon and Dr. Gordon Thomas who shared the award for their devotion - to the provision of medical services in the remote areas of Newfoundland and Labrador. “Through these annual awards the Royal Bank has brought conspicuous recognition to deserving Canadians,” said Mr, Clyne, “Dr. Frye ia a worthy member of this select group who, I like to think, represents’ the many dreds of Canadians who help to make life more rewarding by their selfless con- tributlons,. The creation of ‘the love of literature in the, minds of young people can make a vital contribution to their future lives." Dr. Frye is a much-sought lecturer on campuses araund the world. He leaves shortly for a 2% -month lecture tour of New Zealand, : Born in Sherbrooke, Que., he grew upin Moncton, N.B., and graduated from Victoria College, Toronte, {In 1938. Three years later he com- “pleted theological studies and was ordained a United Church minister. Dr. Frye then undertook graduate studies at Oxford University before returning to Victoria College as a lecturer. A former principal of Victoria College, Dr. Frye now holds the titles of University Professor, at University af Toronto, arid Senior Fellow of Massey College, He is also a Companion to the Order of Canada, and is an honorary member of. many learned societles in Canada and the United States, Dr. Frye has been a member of the Royal Society of Canada since 1951, and has received its Lorne Pierce Medal and Pierre Chauveau Medal for distinguished contributions to Canadian literature, . His major books include “Fearful Symmetry,” a- atudy of the English poet William Blake,’ and “Anatomy of Criticism,” a atudy of the theory of literary criticism: crafts, egold medal, has been received or shared by 14 Canadians since 1967, Dr. Frye, a lecturer at Victoria College at the University of Toronte for more than 40 ° years, is internationally known as a scholar, author teas Among many other ap- pointments, he has been’ managing editor ‘of “Canadian Forum” and a member of the advisory ’ board of the Canadian Radio- Television and Telecom- munications Commission. - He has had considerable influence on the planninge _ and curricula in English and: on the teaching of English in -@lementary and secondary schools throughout. the "United States and Canada. In cular, he is super- visory editor of a series of text books which appear under the title: “Uses‘of the Imagination”, ‘Members of the Royal Bank Award selection committee, in addition to Mr. Clyne, are -Mary Elizabeth Bayer, Winnipeg, assistant deputy minister with. the Manitoba govern- ment; Dr. Roger Gaudry, Letters . honorary Montreal, former rector of the University of Montreal; The Honourable Henry D. Hicks, Halifax, president and vice-chancellor af Dalhousie University; Dr. P. BD. McTaggart-Cown, Bracebridge, Ont., former executive director of the Science Council of Canda; Dr. H. Rocke - Robertson, Ottawa, former principal of McGill University, and J. Allyn Taylor, London, Ont., chairman of The Canada Trust Company. ieee Spirituality is NOT a com- promise between life and death. Spirituality is the absolute affirmation of life ‘and total negation of death. When ia a man actually sick? . ‘He is sick only when his mind is empty of belief and his life empty of promise. Discovery ~ Workshops Dear Sir-Madame:; Studio 2380 of. the Com- munity Arts Complex will be holding twelve Discovery Workshops, on various to celebrate the Captain Cook Bicentennial. They will run between June July enced artists from ‘Prince George and the surrounding area will be -instricting the workshops ‘ and we are pleased to have.a professional potter from Vancouver, Byron Johnatad, to instruct t adyanc pottery workshop. All workshops will be held in the Studjo 2880 building. The workshop we will be offering are as follows: Batic-Jan Gray Tapesiry-Jane Kidd Frame Loom--Monique Wyse ; Basketry--Monique Wyse Stained Glass-Scott Taylor Ikat Dyeing-- Bobby Garnett Advanced Pottery-Byron Johnstad . Basic Pottery--Lynda Corneille i, ; ' Pit Firing-Pam Woodrow Quilting-Marj Fowler - Framing for Amateurs-- Cc.W, Jones ‘ : Natural Dyelng--Marg Holtby . For further information please contact Studio 2390—- 2880-15th Ave., or call 562- 25. Very truly yours, Kathryn Perrault Manager's Assistant Eee Dear Sir, Last week members of the L.¥, Rogers Theatre troupe took. part in ‘Kermade. Theatre 78" In Terrace and through the medium of your _ papet we would like to thank the people of Terrace and the organizers of the event. Thave been at a number of: these conferences and J can gay truthfully, that I have never been at a more relaxed and pleasant conference while working harder than never before. ~ ‘ [would like to give special thanks to'those who billeted us, to the organizers of the conference and very special thanks to Mary-Ann Boyd, Stefan Cleslik, and Don McLeod who worked so very: hard Once again, thank you Terrace for a terrific week... Yours truly, ’ Gus Bos, : L.V, Rogers Theatre.