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WORLD YOUTH FESTIVAL

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After Vienna delegates will

see many European countries:

ollowed by tourist travel to a number of
{1 below the normal is the inviting possi-

TORONTO=Ten memorable days.in Vienna f

western and eastern European countries at prices we

bility offered by the Canadian Festival Arratigements Committee to all participants in the

Seventh World Youth Festival: this summer in

. Information received by the
festival committee indicates
that post-festival travel will be
possible to at least the follow-
Ing countries: Bulgaria, Czech-

oslovakia, German Democratic
Republic, Hungary, France,
Belgium and Corsica. Prices
range from $2 to $3.50 per day,

K) YL backs UBC student

demand for larger grant

The Socialist Youth League) of Canada this week criticized
the provincial government for failing to meet the needs of the
University of British Columbia. Monica Samuelson, provincial
Secretary of the SYL, stated that the proposed $100 to $150
increase in fees means that hundreds of students will not re-

_ turn to classes next fall.

“With thousands of unem-
Ployed in the province it will
be extremely difficult _ this
Summer for students to find
enough work to earn their
tuition fees. The increase may
mean the difference, to a stu-
dent, between returning to
university or not. Obviously
students from working class
families and from out of town

will be particularly hard hit,”

she said.

: The proposed government
aid to “bright students” is no
solution and was neatly sum-
med up by UBC student presi-
dent * Charles Connaghan as a
“Masterpiece of political prop-
aganda.” Some 7,500 students

will pay $150 more while 2,500
will save between $10 and $50.

“The Socialist Youth League
calls upon the Social Credit
government to grant the full
two million dollars requested
by the university,” said the
SYL leader. “The- alternative
is a huge fee hike coupled with
inadequate faculty salaries
The .proposed - Third Great
Trek of UBC students to Vic-
toria. would dramatically dem-
onstrate to the people of B.C.
the crying needs of our univer-
sity. We wholeheartedly pledge
our support to the students in
their fight for a better deal
from the Socred government.”

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Vancouver 4, B.C.

Vienna from July 26 to August 4.

including food and accommo- |

dation, and trips cover periods
of from seven to 14 days. Post-
festival travel to the Soviet
Union is also possible.

For the festival itself, the
committee announces that it is
daily receiving requests for

_ information from al] parts of

the country. A group of 10

"young French-Canadian danc-

ers are preparing themselves
for the festival and plan to
initiate a series of. concerts as
well as individual collections
to help finance their trip.
Requests for information
have come from as far. afield

as Rycroft, Alberta, and many -

other small communities
throughout Canada. Local fes-
tival committees in all major
centres report that prepara-
tions are beginning to get well
underway. ‘

To further popularize the
festival, the Canadian Festival
Arrangements Committee has
prepared a special brochure
for distribution. It outlines the
highlights of the festival pro-
gram, and includes informa-
tion on various, other aspects
of festival participation. The
brochure, together with the
registration form, giving full
details as to cost, travel ar-
rangements, etc., are available
on request from the Canadian
Festival Arrangements Com-
mittee, P.O. Box 57, Postal
Station “E,” Toronto 4, On-
tario. a

Total. cost of a complete
four-week return trip by plane
is approximately $600, while
the boat trip, returning from

Europe on September 16, is

approximately $800. Earlier or
later return dates by boat are
also possible.

The committee emphasizes
that only a few short months
remain before the festival, and
urges all those wishing to at-
tend to register now. Many of
the travel arrangements, par-
ticularly by plane, must be
settled soon, and this can only
be done on the basis of regis-
tration forms received. Festi-
val participation is open to
any young Canadian between
the ages of 16 and 32 years in-
clusive.

_Some 17,000 young people,
from well over 100 countries,
will attend the Vienna Festi-
val, thus making sure that: it
will be an effective contribu-

‘tion to the basic aims of the

festival—that of promoting in-
ternational youth understand-
ing and friendship in a peace-
ful world. Re

) .

Should the Stanley Cup be

competed for by Canadian

teams in eastern and western divisions, in the way that
football teams clash for possession of the Grey Cup? Read
Bruce Yorke’s comments on Canada’s national game in his
guest Sportlight column below. :

Gert Whyte's

ral

SPORTLIGHT

(Guest Column by >
BRUCE YORKE)

Dp. . the fact that last
summer I picked Vancou-
ver Mounties to win the Pa-
cific Coast League, Bert has
been hounding me recently to
write another sports column.

I’ve tried to get somebody
else to write this piece who
really knows something about
the game. Over at the Fish-
ermen’s Hall everything stops
for hockey when Harry Alli-

son, Ole Pallesen or Don Cox.

drops in. Harry and Ole
never miss a game. Like many
other working class fans they
have pretty strong opinions
about the poor treatment our
national game gets in the local
press compared to football.

Even though I couldn’t per-

-suade Harry to write a column

he did get up enough writing
ability to send a wire to Dick
Beddoes of the Sun remind-
ing him that this was the mid-
dle of the winter and hockey
was the sport, not football.

Well, in my opinion the
calibre of play in the league
this year is way down from
last year. From. what I have
been told this is mainly a re-
sult of the fact that the better
minor league players are
being sent to the east where
they are handy to the NHL.
Attendance is way down in
Vancouver as the fans realize
that they aren’t getting a

.fair deal. Not too many work-

ers threatened with layoffs
can afford the $1.75 a game.

The Canucks are not nearly

as good as last year. They
have no scoring punch to
speak of. No One-Two like
Maloney and McLeod. Des-
pite being in second place no-
body on the team is in the
first 15 in the scoring race.
There are two bright pros-
pects on the
Gamble who has already play- |
ed a game or so with the —
Rangers and Mel Pearson, the
hustling ieft winger on the
kid line.

I have been wondering is
it not tims that we demanded
Number One hockey for our
own cities on a nationwide
basis.. At the present time
four of the six teams in the
NHL are American-franchises.

How about reconstituting
the NHL somewhat along the
lines that existed years ago?
That is to say a western di-
vision of Vancouver, Calgary,
Edmonton, Saskatoon and
Winnipeg and an eastern di-
vision of Hamilton, Toronto,
Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.

Let the two champions
meet in a truly national final

‘for the Stanley Cup, truly na-

tional in that the participants
are Canadians. Not like the
Grey Cup where the main
participanis in the “national”
spectacle are Americans!

I think this would do more
to liven interest in this really
thrilling game than anything
else, particularly if there
were an interlocking schedule
for a once a year swing
through the opposite division.
What do you hockey fans
think about it?

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