WEDNESDAY, JULY. 31, 1974 THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. s, | + Published every Wednesday at 3212 Kalum St. Terrace, B.C. A member of Varified. circulation; ' Reprinted from the Dawson Greok ‘News -... Ed, Note: The following article is reprinted from the High, School League ‘Bulletin. If ony article drives. the point home on the subject of rules, - régulations end morality, this one does. Read It carefully, Read It often —- B. Pound. By all sneans, let's lower all the standards of _ morolity, intagrity and decency. Let's dispense with, ‘ary rules and regulations that may restrict any: individual in his pursuit of happiness. Let's make things os “easy” as possible for everyone - and heaven forbid thai we should expact any young.” people to conform to ony set pattern established by can older generation which is still guided by an “ gyimoded moral code and is still clinging to some” vestige of human dignity and established morals. For the sake of peace and quiet and unrufiled feelings, let's give in fo all the rabblerousers, the ‘hippies, ihe beatniks, the enlightened generation. «Let's rationalize - It's the thing to do - all the kids : ara doing it - so why fight it? "Why Hight #?. 11 should be apparent i somebody will have to start fighting it — and soon, Ip would) seem - that some “‘enlightened’ - “educators and some “enlightened” ministers and pfiests are leading the pack to.“fower" the stan: . “dards established by their institutions. They. ap- porently »want to: be "in". with’ the younger. *. generation and in .doing 50, they'ra way "out. - “Instead of telling their students, “these are the - pules at this school — you live by them or gat out — ° they are easing up on all the rules in order to ac- = Sommodate'those who cannot of will not conform “49 set standards of good conduct and morals, In- ~ stead of ralsing up those wha enter there, thay are lowering themselves to mee! standards set by a | “gangration that has been pampered and spoiled,- ~ catered to and caddled, ° It is no wonder that the young people of this pation have become disenchanted with us, the '. “plder generation. We haven‘! got enough guts to . ' stand up and tell them, “Well Buster,” this Is how it _ will’ go — and it you with all your modern \deologies and modern. standards on drinking, “dopa, sex; and moralities can't stand ihe gaff + then‘cut ouf —- and fine your “niche” in the world "some place elsa — some place, where. you'll fit in “_ because you don’t fil in here.” _ Ina recent newspaper orticla, a minister was --/ > leading the campaign for more lenient punishment “3! > for high school cihlates found drinking. “IF you take >. Sawoy fren youth something he has given so much “for as athletics, yow are doing him graal horm.” would seem that you.are doing him more/narm ‘by’ not expecting very much fram him, The stan- "dards have already been lowered from a one-year +") Jguspendion to 14 school weeks for . drinking ©) ‘vlolations, The lowering of this requirement has not ‘lowered the number who drink — rather the - drinking violations have Increased. 1! would also “2. seem’ that any “boy who is relly dedicated to athletics, and “who has given so much for them,” ~ should and would be willing to give a little more to A weekly paper published by Sterling .Publications: Ltd. GORDON W. HAMILTON “Why fight it? ‘the Four-Way. Test | _ Of the things we think \ PUBLISHER, say or do. : Authorized as second class mail. Registration number , . : EDITOR. 1. ts it the TRUTH? 1201, Postage pald in cash, return postpge guaranteed, ‘PAT O'DONAGHY _ . ; : a oo ' 2. Is it FAIR to all “Sports, 7 Advertising. concerned? | MARK HAMILTON | nt “ cant . Cleculation : ae . 3. Will it build GOOD ELREEN TOOVEY - KAREN LANGLEY WILL and BETTER ‘ / . FRIENDSHIPS? NOTE OFCOPYRIGHT ~~ So, ve eval retains (ull, complete and sale copyright in any advertisement produced and oF 4.. Willlt be editorial ae photasraphic ~ot published inthe Herald. Reproduction is wal. i : ce evra ne photographie canes ubyied He Herald: Hepraiuction & nat permiie’ BENEFICIAL 3 I" : fo all concerned? comply with all the rules — or he's just not quite as. dedicated as he pretends to ba — and ifthe rules were enforced as they should be, to the letter of the low for avery infraction and violatian, you would find thet those whe really want to be on the team - — who really want to play for their school would give ita fittle more Ihought — o Sittle more con- sideration of what they were about to lose — of what they would have to give up, before they broke any of the rules. : . Living by the rules will not destroy.an individual — rather i would help him be better able to cope ~ with life and its complexities just because he hos -. had to discipline and has had the moral courage to keep his integrity. : o, And then, we get to the. colleges — where drinking is allowed in the dorms, girls are allowed to visit in boys’ roam ond vice versa. Of course, the. door musi be one-quarter opan and all four feet must be planted firmly on,ihe floor. How modern! But in our quest to be modern, we have neglected one important ingredient. We hove forgoiten that we are not dealing with two wooden statues, but with two human baings — with or- dinary normal human embtions and desires. Give: them every fraadam with no restrictions on hours. Give them the most ideal conditions for their . rendezvous, but don't expect them io react to the ‘circumstances. Lead tham into temptation, but. ‘don't expect them to be tempted. They could plant their feet firmly on the floor of the lobby or waiting room in the.dorm, and if they're 19, they could go off campus and drink, but why put any obstacles in thelr poths on the road to their degeneration. Give. * them a helping hand. ‘ ‘ ‘Why-Fight 1177? Because it’s just, about time:the educators, the ministers, the’ priests and thé. do- goaders took a long hard look at the -situation. Easing the rules is net the answer. Lowering the: standards is not the answer. This very gen¢ration’ that we are coddling and pampering and glving in to and easing the rules for.are ihe vary anes who are involved in‘more automobile accidents, are taking more ‘dope, drinking more booze, are in- volved in more “have to" morrlages, and divorcing . ‘ more than any generaticn. befor’ it. But, that's: modern!) . oo — Why Fight It??? We must, bacause this country is, deteriorating from within. History has proven that almost every great nation and empire that crum- bled and fell—tel!, not from outside. sources, but . because it rotted from within, and here wa quate a | - ‘paragraph called “Food For Thought,” The average, age of the world's grealest‘civilizations has been — 200 years. Each one has progressed from bondage to spiritual faith, to great courage, to liberty, to -abundance, ‘to selfishness, to complacency, to apathy, to dependency, back to bondaga, In iT - years the North American way of life will be 200 years old, Of all 22 civilizations ‘In history, 19) collapsed whan they reached our present MORAL state.” ws WHY FIGHT WW??? Because We Must To Survive. o: - Dent Analyses Federal Election Results . eellences FAREWELL EUROPE TM STUCK AT HOME by Bill Smiley Well, | thought this col-. umn would have a fairly ex- atic date-line: Amsterdam, — Copenhagen, Stackholm, Rue de Something-or-Other in Paris. . : an That's what I’ had. in mind for the summer. My young brother has an apart: meat, with lots of sleeping. space, in the Black Forest of Germany, or the Schwarz- wald, as we jet-setters callit. He offered it to‘us as a basé for bashing around wes-" ‘tern Europe. It was ideal. About five hours from Paris, the same from Switzerland, Denmark, Belgium, Berlin. A day to Sweden. A mere bag: ' atelle to Holland. . "Thad it all worked out. A one-day. trip to Zurich, a two-day .spree “in Paris, a smash at a Munich. bier- garten ‘(that’s a coffin where you have to keep yoursecks up), with the occasional for- ay into Frankfurt or Ham- burg. - . Unfortunately, most of our forays this summer will be into hamburg. That’s all we can afford,and that only once a week, There’s ‘an old nursery rhyme, which doesn't even - rhyme, “For want ofa nail, a The Way of — . the Snob We are ail quite adept at detecting the snobberles of others. We: generally see- snobbery. as the uppitiness of the other person over some bogus‘excellence he thinks he has, This bogus excellence, and the snobbery that goes with it, - gompares most unfavorably with our own. genuine ex-, oper pride: we take int Being aware of the snobberies of others does give us some comfort: “We can be thankful that we are not-like them. * "We tend te be snobbish not © ‘over things about which we are firm and strong and secure, but over things about which we feel insecure. Lionel Trillings writes, “the déminazit emotions of snobbery are uneasiness, self-conscisusness, self- defensiveness, the sense that | Violence .— > Anonymous | Phe” whole “world - seems “wrapped in a security blanket of ‘violence — addicted to it. Violence is socially acceptable, nations and individuals believe they profil from — it, The troubled, oppressed, disinherited turn (o.1t for solutions. We're surrounded by violence in news broadcasts, TV grams, and theatre screens, In North America people have voted with their fingers their preference for it - 24 weekly , prime lime TV shows deal with crime — compared with eight shows 10 years ago. Il’s exciting fantasy which too often turns to m reality.” . Last fall after a TV movie showed youths donusing a derelict with gas and lighting nd. authentie™. Bistro ie van: thedlquit yaTweedamulr, m. the shoe was lost; for, want ofashoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the bat- tle was lost, for want of a victory, the ‘kingdom -was lost.”. Or something like that. I'm quoting from mem- ory. | read it‘in the Hook of Knowledge when 3 was eight: And along with all ‘those nails and shoes, a good bit of my memory has been fost. At any rate, you get the message. One thing leads to another. Or something. . That’s why I’m not-writ- ing this column fromthe Eiffel Tower in Paris. or - “God's Badburg in Germany. Wt all started with: the Good Samaritans. You may. recall that 1 wrote a column a few weeks ago about some former students who came _ around and fixed my garage door for nothing. They ab- solutely refused lo accept a cent. It gave me quitea warm glow at lhe time. That warm glow lias, over the intervening weeks, turn- ed into a blazing ulcer. - Not their fault. It's: my wife's, She’s been saying for about two years, “Bill, we've got to get the. house paint- ed,” . ] always agree. “Yep. Sweetie, next’ summer. for sure.""Now, our house is not something you paint on a holiday weekend, buy a case one is not quite real but can in some-ways acquire reality.” Our feelings of gnawing in: security demand some kind of -emotional compensation. And this oftea leads (o attitudes and actions which make for some,” degree of special separation from other persons. This is the heart of snobbery. John , Bachan, . the. first Lorde Jpatgitein a lbleny way: “Insecurity Isthe mark of the snob... The true definition of a snob is one who craves for what sepalates men rather than for what unites them.” Complete separation from the herd must, of course, be avoided. After ail, part of the joy of being a snob is that members of the herd must be _able to observe the excellence of what the snob is and what he “had and which: they, un- fortunately cannot share, , him afire — 8 woman was in- cineraled under horrifyingly' similar _ circumstances in: , Boston. Meanwhile non-vicient ad- vocates like Ghandi, Martin Luther King, or the Berrigan brothers are assassinated or jailed for their beliefs. * ‘There's no real solution. But just for a wild chance why not encourage formations of small. “Violence Anonymous” groups among world leaders, media executives, philosophers and writers. They could. try: swearing off addiction to violent . solutions slowly, one hour, one. day ata time - with the resulls hopefully sifting down to the people. It has worked for: other addictions!! ; . of beer and getting some of your old buddres to come in and help. "4 It's a two-and-a-half stor- ey edifice of brick. Driving past, you might: say, “Hell, I'd paint that for $85.00,” There’s just the trim that needs painling, You see. But that is some trim. There are thirteen storm windows, thirteen screens, eleventy-four shutters, two French doors, and. at least ‘twenty-seven blackbirds in * a fir tree, That's before you start painting the trim. Well, in a burst of sent- imentalily, my old lady sug- gested we give “the boys" the job of painting the trim. I would have given them a case of beer and felt | was. all even. - . The “trim” is costing me 5500. Fair enough, in these- days. | could have done it myself, but I'm not going to climb a fifty-foot ladder un- less there's a mighty fait damsel al the top. And all they found was a hornet’s nest. : ., Next. The boss, who still calls me “Mr, Smiley” or-. “Sir”, bless him, said, *'Sir,. you've gol troubles,” with that roof.” My heart sank... I've been through it before’ «. * Well, I don't have to ga into detail, Any home-owner knows the rest. The roof is t a shot, everything is rotten, though it hasn’t leaked a drop since Wwe came here. « The only thing lpaking is the downstairs toilet, just after we've spent $16 having it “fixed”. t Farewell, Amsterdam. . Farewell, Copenhagen. Hel- la, roof. Hello, bank mana--- per. Py _ | shoutdi’t complain, I guess: Suppose’ those boys hadn't come to fix my gar- age door. | might have been.; lolling around in Copenha- - . gen, saying, “Pas de nuit, ‘cherie,’ instead of answering the door.ten times a day to” loan ‘the construction gang a screwdriver. “ : It's going to be a $2,000 _ ~~ summer holiday. At home. : It turns out that the garage. has to be painted, too, and -- the back porch, Rather bit- ; terly, | asked one of the, “boys” ‘if they shouldn't.” . “paint the woodgile, as well, io go with the decor. And with a nice twist of wit, he-. said, “Would you like us to” paint the cat, as well?”He | ’ sleepsthere. Why nat7Green:: * Shutter. green. With a high”. plasse.0 ~ ne e The Argyle Sysidicate Ltd, Spe ee ent os | the Editor ‘Watch It... Dear Sir:- ; In thi Julyybatts Iekue 0 paperbartiar! of the sections of the new fluman Rights Code of B.C... | wou lo draw your at- tention | following excerpt. “4, Employment Advertisin (Section 7) 8 .aaThe Human Rights Act of 1969. prohibits...ony ¢m- ployment, advertising which expresses directly or indirectly ‘a specification or preference as "Our Public Picnic a Grounds ‘Dear Editor: ; , ‘As a- taxpayer 1 strongly protest Lhat our plenic sites are being turned into public pubs. - Last Saturday 1, my wife and: two kids were trying to have a nice pieni¢ al the Lakelse Lake Picnic grounds, The park is just beautiful and also well kepl by the Parks Branch. Nature ts impressing _ and majestic. However most of the people there did not appreciate it and behaved just miserable. The Parks Branch tolerates a drink - With meals, but intends to break up‘ any drinking party. However, itis hard far them to. draw the line. Some food is being used just to cover up and . camouflage such parties. It is really necessary that each party brings several cases of beer, plus several bottles of ‘hard liquor in order to cansume a few weiner's anid hamburgers? Is you, iil tidecion. pfage~: ’ informing your readers of some Gn ‘OBSERVATIONS ON: THE RESULTS OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION AS RELAYENT TO . THE -SKEENA . FEDERAL -RIDING | : The first-and°most important fact about the 1974 Federal Election was that there was a strong desire on the part of the people right across the country, to ‘resalve: the political stalemate that was facing Canada by electing ‘a majarity Government. This desire for a- majarity Government led to a polarization of the two main political parties in Canada, the Liberals. and the. Progressive Conservatives, For example: Ontarlo' the .. strong polarization reduced | the numberof NDP geats and voles’ _. thus asalsting the Liberals in "winning a majority of the seats In that: Province. . In British - Columbia,‘on, the. othér hand,. ‘the’ de. was In favour of. the. Conservatives, The Liberals only increased - their ‘Federal polarization. -eaptured the. riding, representation because traditionally NDP voters supported the Liberals. It is nateworthy that six of the eight seats now held by the Liberals -were formerly held by the NDP, namely,, Skeena, Coast Chilcatin, Comox-Alberni. Vancouver-Kingsway, Burnaby Seymour and Vancouver East. A poll by poll analysis of the Skeena Constituency clearly shows the Impact of the overall Those polls lying within the Provincial Constituency of Omincca (at the East end of the riding) voled 47 reent Conservative, partly cause of the influence of the heavy Conservative vote.in the Prince George - Peace River Riding. On the other hand, the Riding from Smithers Weal, which has had. the strongest NDP vote in the riding, gave the largest number of vated to the Liberals, candidates and since there ig more population In the Western’ end, the ‘Liberals Those NDP voters, whether In Ontario or British Columbia, clearly yoted Liberal because of thelr fear of a possible Tory victory. Perhaps the reasons 1s because of the fear of price and wage control or because of the feat.of Standfield and some of his right-wing policies. In the’ Skeena Constituency, virtually all of those who switched thelr yote from NDP went to the Liberals and not the Con- servatives. Another point worth nating {5 thal Iona Campagnolo, the Liberal Candidate , did not do as well in Prince Rupert (her own home town) as-she did In Terrace and Kitimal where she was not as well known, This would Indicate that where she is _ well known she is not personally so popular, NDP Candidate, Frank Howard, did not- therefore lose a6 many voles lo’ the Liberals in the Prince Rupert area.. In these polls within .the -Prince Rupert — Constituency, Mr. Howard. got 40 per cent af the votes whereas those polls outside the Prince. Rupert area he got less then 35: percent of the yotes, © There is no doubt that the actions of the Provincial NDP Government had an effect on the yoters in this election, . however, it is diéficult to assess which had the greater impact on the vote pattern, the desire -for.a majority Government and ‘the resulting | polarization between the Liberals and the Torles, or the political backlash against ihe NDP Government within the Province. I would guess that the impact would be 70 percent for the Liberal-Tory polarization and °20 percent Provincial . backlash. There is'no doubt that we -have a major job to do within: the Province to inform the people about the many can- structive reforms and policies - that the NDP Government has ‘mplemented in ils firet two years in office, but there Is also no doubt that we must do a better job of presenting the. NDF’ an attractive alternative lo the old Inc parties al the “Natlonal-Level, For what shall it profit a nation If it doubles its Gross Nationa! ’ Praduct in fifleen years and allowa Its physical environment lo - deteriorate at the samerate at the same time? ; To what extent can we have effective pollution control without seriously slowing dawn economile growth and increasing .unem- ployment?. ‘ oO L Suppose that in your community there is a plant manufacturing © plorial - rads, bul thal its processes. put polluting gases into the atmosphere and poisons into the local river, And suppose that the cast of controlling such pollution is economically prohibitive, that it, would price those plorial - rods right out of the market. And suppose that the plant, employs 200 persons - your friends and neighbors, . perhaps you. Ani suppoke you own a few shares in the company. What wauld you think should be done? ‘ ; Effective pollution control muy require some quite radical changes in our economic structures and operations. It is obyious . that it will require some public controls which many industries will hot like. And large sdine of public méney will be needed for clean Up programs -- and that will touch the purses of allofus. "}thas been sald that smog isa deadly mixture of smoke, fog, and legislative inaction. But we ordinary voters can liave’quité a bit ta do with the action, and the inaction, of the legislators we elect. But politicans area wily breed, and they know how-easy Itisfor citizens to make idealistic and compassionate nolses without serious! considering the sacrifices they may have to make if those nines ~ are to be acted on. ‘ ; How much pollution are you willing to tolerate rather than accept’ a drop in your standard of living?” a me nseept Let nobody, try tv foo} you. When we were there most of the tables were decked and littered with bottles of any brand of . liquor. As a result, people were behaving stupid. Some were playing football right in the’ middle of the plenic. tables.’ Gravel flew around. A ball hit pats and paus or landed right it the middle of, salads, spagettt + ™ ~ ,m . : Oolong must be some cup of tenxtt's (he most expensive: “in the world, retailing at $11 " : — The British are going to two. Although. they consumed 139.2 ounces pe in 1970, the Irish and Libyane drank even more! P " we ™ * ‘ . Ten hasn't always been a beverage. The ancient Chines -and. carly American colonists usad It as a relish, Even today,’ _ some Oriental people relish it that way! . Carn Did you k | Did you know? The tea ceremony of Japan was introduced from China 4 inthe 16th century ag a semi-reljgious ritual! ey “tothe sex or marital stalus of d,: ny person. Advertising for a- “Girl: Friday" or ,‘Salesman'® no-longer be allowed.” ;* age EE Se & ~*May | also draw your” at; - tention to page B10 of the samay issue. You — have column* headings “Help Wanted Male: .° and “Help Wanted Female”. 1,: would suggest. that- you. seriously consider, adjusting ~ your classified section... .- °.: Yours truly, Alice Chen-Wing and corneebs, ‘There was. yelling and screaming: Two big fat women were embracing scenery was so disgraceful and embarrassing and stupid, thak:. © we had to pack our stuff-and leave, ms! Over we went to Furlong Bay Picnic Site, But here the same. =’. . pattern, Beer bottles all the place. irs So, we’ turned around headed for heme, Personally, I refuse ‘to sil. down in an open door pub, while My. intentions were (o enjoy nature. Till people learn :to vshare the God-created beaches with their fellow men I will have no intention af ever going back: there, . wasting my tax money, Maybe nature levérs : should get togelher some day and discuss the possibility of creating thelr“ own private recreation area, which they truly can call their.” own and where they can have -pedce of mind..In the meantime.” ‘I do hope that the Parks Branch -and the Police are able to cleat ‘up the mess somewhat. .? “Bill Homburg. apound! | - * * : have to-start drinking’ tea far:. cupila Le each other and making crying * | |- and sobbing sounds. The whole oan and That -means I. am | &